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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
07BEIJING1840	ZHEJIANG PARTY SECRETARY TOUTS ECONOMIC SUCCESSES [...] (C) Summary. Zhejiang Province Communist Party Secretary Xi Jinping, a contender to succeed President Hu Jintao in 2012/2013, describes Zhejiang as a driving force behind national economic growth. Zhejiang ranks high for income, low for income disparities, and makes substantial contributions to mig [...]	2007-03-19 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SCUL ELAB SOCI CH

07BEIJING1841	PRC-JAPAN HISTORY DIALOGUE: COMFORT WOMEN ISSUE [...] (C) Chinese and Japanese historians meet in Tokyo March 19-20 to conduct the second round of a dialogue on modern history intended to calm tensions in both countries, scholars and officials involved with the project told us. Officials say press reports that Premier Wen will cut short his April [...]	2007-03-19 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI JA CH
07BEIJING188	SECURITY FORCES RAID PURPORTED XINJIANG TERRORIST [...] (C) Local Xinjiang security forces raided a suspected terrorist camp in a mountainous region of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region near the Pakistan border on January 5, killing 18 and arresting 17 suspects, according to Chinese media and officials. According to Xinjiang public security officia [...]	2007-01-09 12:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CH
07BEIJING1882	DAUSTR BHATIA DISCUSSES STRATEGIC ECONOMIC [...] (C) Although the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) will be an important legacy of the United States-China bilateral relationship, it is essential that the SED produce positive, practical results, Deputy United States Trade Representative Karan Bhatia told Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Ma [...]	2007-03-20 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW
07BEIJING1885	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINESE QUESTIONS ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request at para. 2. 2. (SBU) China is pleased to see expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and particularly welcomes the announcement that Ukraine has joined the Initiative, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told [...]	2007-03-20 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RU CH
07BEIJING1900	CHINA PREPARES RESUMED AND EXPANDED [...] (S) China is prepared to immediately resume and expand nonproliferation cooperation with the United States, MFA Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Zhang Yan told the DCM. Zhang's proposals include: - immediately resuming nonproliferation consultations with ISN A/S Rood at the [...]	2007-03-21 05:58:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC CH IR
07BEIJING1937	CHINA SEEKING SOLUTION AGREEABLE TO ALL ON UNESCO [...] (C) China will try to find a solution to the proposal for a UNESCO special session on the Old City of Jerusalem that satisfies all parties, MFA International Organizations Counselor Jiang Qin told PolMinCouns in response to reftel demarche. The Chinese Chairman of UNESCO's Executive Board wil [...]	2007-03-21 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL UNESCO CH IS
07BEIJING1960	KOSOVO: CHINESE MFA SEES POSITIONS HARDENING [...] (C) China sees positions concerning Kosovo as hardening, both between Serbs and Kosovars and among some UNSC members, the Deputy Director for MFA's Balkans Division told poloff. China supports Special Envoy Ahtisaari's efforts, but Beijing's position that it will only back a result agreed to b [...]	2007-03-22 08:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ZL CH RS SR
07BEIJING2043	UK URGES CHINA TO PRESS IRAN FOR THE RELEASE OF UK [...] (C) China will do all it can to persuade Iran to return the British military personnel Iran is now holding, MFA International Organizations Deputy Director General Chen Xu said to British Polmincouns Peter Wilson on March 26 in response to Wilson's request that Beijing intervene with Tehran o [...]	2007-03-26 14:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS UK CH IR
07BEIJING2073	CHAIRMAN OF JCS GENERAL PACE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) The United States and China are not only important stakeholders in the international community but also "constructive partners" working together closely to serve the common interests of the world's people, stated FM Li Zhaoxing during a March 23 meeting with the Chairman of the Joint Chief [...]	2007-03-28 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING2091	U/S LAVIN, MOFCOM VM MA DISCUSS SED, JCCT, MARKET [...] (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary Lavin informed Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister Ma Xiuhong that unaddressed market access and IPR issues, the possibility of countervailing duty cases against China this year and the potential for a deterioration in the bilateral economic and trade rel [...]	2007-03-29 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR WTRO EINV CH
07BEIJING2100	UNHCR'S BEIJING REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES REFUGEES [...] (S) Some 160 refugees and 62 asylum seekers are currently receiving UNHCR protection in Beijing, including individuals from North Korea, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran and Iraq, UNHCR Regional Representative for China and Mongolia Veerapong Vonguarotai told Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population R [...]	2007-03-29 12:00:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREF PREL KN CH
07BEIJING2101	CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: [...] (SBU) Summary. This is the first of two cables to assist Washington, DC agencies in their Section 301 decision making for China. This cable focuses on non- enforcement related IPR issues, including policy developments, legislative developments and patent and trademark prosecution. Post reco [...]	2007-03-29 12:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING2103	CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: [...] (SBU) This is part two of the Mission's reporting on "Special 301" related developments. The Mission's recommendations that China should once again be placed on the Priority Watch List, with Section 306 monitoring, and considered for an appropriate WTO case on IPR, were set forth in the first [...]	2007-03-30 00:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING2130	HU JINTAO'S UPBEAT VISIT TO RUSSIA: EXTENDING [...] (C) Chinese scholars say President Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia solidified the China-Russia political strategic partnership and helped expand that partnership to economic and cultural fields. Given the Hu-Putin consensus on most bilateral and international political issues, includi [...]	2007-03-30 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS CH ZK KN
07BEIJING2138	HU JINTAO'S UPBEAT VISIT TO RUSSIA: EXTENDING [...] (C) Chinese scholars say President Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia solidified the China-Russia political strategic partnership and helped expand that partnership to economic and cultural fields. Given the Hu-Putin consensus on most bilateral and international political issues, includi [...]	2007-04-02 01:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS CH ZK KN
07BEIJING2139	EMBASSY RAISES FALUN GONG REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...] (C) Post contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations Human Rights division March 30 to inquire about the reported unlawful repatriation from Russia March 28 of refugees Ma Hui, a Falun Gong practitioner, and her daughter Ma Ding (ref). Xu Jing, an offi [...]	2007-04-02 01:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF CH RS
07BEIJING2152	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, ANSWERS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 07:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RU CH
07BEIJING2178	XIAN AIRCRAFT CORPORATION VISITED BY EMBASSY [...] (S) Embassy Export Control Officer (ECO) visited Xian Aircraft Industry (Group) Ltd., a/k/a Xian Aircraft Corporation (XAC) on November 24, 2006, at the invitation of the Boeing Corporation (STRICTLY PROTECT) and under the direction of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). The purpose of [...]	2007-04-03 06:35:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
07BEIJING2188	17TH PARTY CONGRESS TO BOOST HU JINTAO'S [...] (C) Embassy contacts uniformly predict that the 17th Party Congress scheduled for this fall will boost Party chief Hu Jintao's ideological authority by listing his doctrinal slogans together with those of his predecessors. The relative weight that will be given to Hu's various ideological sl [...]	2007-04-03 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING2261	HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY RAISES TREATMENT OF KADEER [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 06:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH
07BEIJING2283	ILO SEEKS DONOR FUNDING FOR CHINA MINE SAFETY [...] Summary: The International Labor Organization (ILO) and China's State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) seek US$1.9 million in funding for a three year project on improving occupational safety and health in China's coal mines. The project would use a tripartite approach to review mine saf [...]	2007-04-06 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EMIN EAID CH
07BEIJING2321	CHINA "HAS NO PLANS" TO SEND AN OFFICIAL TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-09 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA PARM IR CH
07BEIJING2443	APRIL 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, BDA, [...] Key Points at the April 12 MFA Press Conference by MFA Spokesman Qin Gang were: -- Asked repeatedly about BDA, Qin said China hopes the situation can be properly resolved as soon as possible, that the handling of the BDA issue will be conducive to the social and financial stability of Macau [...]	2007-04-12 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KN KS VM JA KG CD IN SU
07BEIJING2455	USPTO U/S DUDAS AND SUPREMEPEOPLE'S COURT DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Jon Dudas met with Supreme People's Court (SPC) Deputy President Zhang Jun on March 28 to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and innovation in China. The two discussed China's crimi [...]	2007-04-13 03:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07BEIJING2459	RESIDENCE PERMIT REFORM: "OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLE" [...] (C) An official announcement that residence permits in 12 provinces and regions will no longer classify citizens as rural or non-rural has pushed debate over China's household registration system back to the fore in media and academic circles. But as with previous declarations of reform, the [...]	2007-04-13 07:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING2463	U.S. COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL [...] (U) United States Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement Chris Israel met with China General Administration of Customs officials on March 28 to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. China Customs expressed their interest in moving forward quickly wit [...]	2007-04-13 08:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING2471	AMBASSADOR RAISES VOA BROADCASTS, INTERNET [...] (C) China's blocking of Voice of America radio and television broadcasts and censorship of United States Government Internet sites undermines the kinds of exchanges China itself wants to foster, the Ambassador told State Council Information Office Director Cai Wu on April 9. The programs and [...]	2007-04-13 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING2484	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINESE QUESTIONS ON EXPANSION [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Zhang Junan called in poloff and Russian Embassy poloff April 13 to raise questions about the process for expansion and admission of new members in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (the Initiative). China agrees that the most im [...]	2007-04-14 06:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH
07BEIJING2514	STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES NORTHEAST ASIAN [...] (SBU) China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Japan expert Jin Xide told Staffdel Mixter that Premier Wen's visit to Japan aims to enhance China's image in the minds of the Japanese public. Energy, including cooperation on energy conservation and the dispute over gas in the East China Sea, is [...]	2007-04-17 01:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV CH JA KS KN
07BEIJING2535	ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting on March 28, 2007, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) informed Mark Ginsberg, Member of the Board of Directors, DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Ginsberg),that the Ministry of Construction (MOC) has the lead in negotiating the Ene [...]	2007-04-17 06:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV SENV CH
07BEIJING2536	U.S. -CHINA ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. On the margins of the Third International Conference on Intelligent Green and Energy Efficient Building Technologies and Products Expo (Intelligent Building Technology Conference),Vice Minister of the Ministry of Construction (MOC) Qiu Baoxing shared his vision for expanding t [...]	2007-04-17 06:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV SENV CH
07BEIJING255	PRC/FRANCE: SEGOLENE ROYAL VISITS BEIJING [...] (C) Segolene Royal, the head of the French Socialist Party who hopes to become France's first female President in elections in April and May, had a positive visit to China, according to French Embassy Political Counselor Erkki Maillard. During her four-day trip to Beijing ending of January 9 [...]	2007-01-11 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU CH FR
07BEIJING2555	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) China welcomes ref A information about the expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to include Armenia, Romania, Cambodia and Macedonia, MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Zhang Junan told poloff April 17. Poloff noted that we did not yet have any informat [...]	2007-04-18 06:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH
07BEIJING2566	USTR CONCLUDES PROVINCIAL IPR REVIEW IN BEIJING [...] (U) USTR Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement Stanford McCoy and USTR Senior Director for China Affairs Amy Celico visited Beijing on March 16 to conclude a series of provincial review meetings in several Chinese cities. They discussed Internet copyright issues at the B [...]	2007-04-18 06:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING2599	BEIJING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHERS DISCUSS DIALOGUES, [...] (C) Beijing-based human rights watchers reported that: -- Chinese officials referred to the Nangpa La Pass shooting incident on the Nepal border as "an accident" during the recent UK-China human rights dialogue. -- Germany will host the 23rd round of the China-EU human rights dialogue in mid-May in [...]	2007-04-18 11:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH
07BEIJING2631	PRC/INDIA: 10TH ROUND OF BORDER TALKS TO TAKE [...] (C) Executive Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo will arrive in New Delhi April 20 to conduct the tenth round of China-India border negotiations, stated MFA Asia Department officer Xu Liyi. On April 19, Xu told poloff that EVFM Dai, who also holds the title of China's Special Representative to [...]	2007-04-19 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN CH
07BEIJING2670	CHINA-VIETNAM: BEIJING PRESSURING HANOI ON ENERGY [...] (C) Chinese protests last week over Vietnamese energy exploration and survey activity in the South China Sea were especially "heavy-handed" and timed to gain leverage during the visit of Vietnam's National Assembly Chair to Beijing, according to a Vietnamese diplomat. MFA officials confirmed [...]	2007-04-20 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PHUM CH VN PF
07BEIJING2680	PRC-JAPAN: PREMIER'S TRIP CONTINUES THAW BUT [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 visit to Japan, the first bilateral trip to Tokyo by a Chinese leader in seven years, produced concrete economic agreements and opened new channels for political and security talks but failed to resolve tough bilateral issues, Chinese diplomats and analyst [...]	2007-04-20 09:57:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL ENRG SENV CH JA KS
07BEIJING2711	PARTY SCHOOL CONTACTS ON COMING LEADERSHIP CHANGES [...] (C) Two Central Party School (CPS) scholars predicted that there will be only a few changes in the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) at this fall's 17th Party Congress, but that the Politburo is in for substantial changes and maybe even an expansion. In discussing the impetus for and limits [...]	2007-04-23 13:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING2748	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS' VISIT TO CIVIL [...] (U) Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters visited the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China (CAMIC) in Beijing on April 13 to deliver a speech on United States- China aviation cooperation. Tian Baohua, President of CAMIC, hosted the Secretary, and Minister Yang Yuanyuan of the Gen [...]	2007-04-24 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2757	ERITREAN SEEKS REFUGE AT EMBASSY BEIJING, REFERRED [...] (S/NF) Summary: In the early morning hours of April 20 a man telephoned the Embassy seeking assistance. He said he was a member of an Eritrean delegation visiting China and believed he would be in danger if he returned to his country. After a face to face discussion with the man and RSO co [...]	2007-04-25 04:32:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	ASEC CH PREF PREL
07BEIJING2786	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS? MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters discussed a broad range of bilateral aviation issues during her meeting with General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) Minister Yang Yuanyuan on April 13, 2007. The meeting included a signing ceremony for a record of [...]	2007-04-26 00:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2793	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS' MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters highlighted opportunities for cooperation in railway expansion and economic development and advocated on behalf of United States railroad equipment suppliers in her April 14 meeting with Chinese Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun. Minist [...]	2007-04-26 05:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2798	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERSQ MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters on April 14, Minister of Construction Wang Guangtao stressed that public transportation is a priority in China. He announced his attention to visit the United States in June or July to discuss implementing the soon to be sign [...]	2007-04-26 05:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN BEXP PGOV KOLY OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2799	SECRETARY PETERSQ MEETING WITH COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters and Chinese Minister of Communications Li Shenglin agreed that a bilateral agreement on safe transportation of hazardous materials could and should be concluded in the very near future. Secretary Peters outlined cooperation with China [...]	2007-04-26 05:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ELTN SENV PREL CVIS OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2812	APRIL 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BDA, DPRK-BURMA, [...] Key points at the April 26 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao were: -- Relevant parties are still making contact and consultations in an effort to solve the BDA issue. -- The MFA has taken note of reports of the arrests of United States citizens in Tibet where the case [...]	2007-04-26 11:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KS KN CA FR BM ET
07BEIJING2909	U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Chair Carolyn Bartholomew and a United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission delegation used a meeting with MFA North America Deputy Director General Xie Feng to urge China to do more to produce concrete results on key economic issues, to allow American FDA inspectors to [...]	2007-04-30 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING3085	CENTRAL CHINA EXPO 2007: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY [...] (C) Government officials and businessmen descended on Zhengzhou April 26-28 for the second Central China Expo. The Expo, a featured part of the Central Government's six-province "Central China Rising" strategy, was well attended despite the poor organization of volunteers who were ill-prepare [...]	2007-05-09 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ENRG CH HK
07BEIJING315	PM OLMERT'S CHINA VISIT [...] (C) The January 9-11 China visit by PM Olmert, the first visit to China by an Israeli Prime Minister in nine years, was very good with regard to atmospherics, with the Chinese accentuating the positive on areas of Israel-China policy agreement on Iran and the Middle East, although there were n [...]	2007-01-12 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH IS
07BEIJING3155	CHINA/ENERGY: WESTERN ENERGY COMPANIES DISCUSS MECHANICS OF [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary of State for Economics, Energy, and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan held a roundtable discussion in Beijing with representatives from several United States energy companies on April 24, 2007. The companies noted problems in the nature of their ties with Chinese partn [...]	2007-05-11 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH
07BEIJING3169	VFM ZHANG YESUI TAKES U.S. AFFAIRS ROLE, WILL [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui has been made the VFM-level supervisor of the North American and Oceanian Affairs Department, though MFA contacts say that Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei will continue to supervise the Department on a day-to-day basis. Zhang, not Foreign Minister Yan [...]	2007-05-11 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH
07BEIJING3171	PRC/NEPAL: BEIJING SEES EARLY ELECTION DATE AS [...] (C) The Government of Nepal needs to set a date for the constituent assembly elections as soon as possible, according to MFA Asia Department Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Huang Xilian. The postponement of the elections could reignite political differences between the "eight parties." [...]	2007-05-11 12:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH NP
07BEIJING3232	NEW PROPAGANDA BLITZ ON MODEL TEACHER AIMED AT [...] (C) According to Embassy contacts, a major propaganda campaign launched in April to celebrate the character and achievements of a PLA Navy political theory professor is the Party's latest effort to narrow the ideological chasm between official Party doctrines and the personal beliefs of cadres [...]	2007-05-14 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING3234	PRC/AFRICA: CHINA'S NEW SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFRICAN [...] (C) Newly appointed PRC Special Envoy for African Affairs Liu Guijin will travel to Sudan shortly, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Deputy Division Director Weng Meihui said, adding that his division is working on the logistics of the trip. Weng echoed the MFA's public line that Liu wi [...]	2007-05-14 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN CH SU
07BEIJING3239	S/CRS AMBASSADOR HERBST CONSULTATIONS IN BEIJING [...] (C) China has the capability to be a vital contributor and partner in global reconstruction and stabilization (R/S) efforts, Ambassador John Herbst told officials from the Ministries of Foreign and Civil Affairs and representatives from Chinese think tanks April 27-28. In the meetings, Ambas [...]	2007-05-15 03:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRS CH
07BEIJING3260	PRC/AFRICA: PRC NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) Newly appointed PRC Special Representative for Sudan/Africa Liu Guijin will travel to Sudan from May 18-24 to meet with Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and other senior leaders, Liu told Polmincouns. A stop in Darfur is not currently scheduled. Liu looks forward to working [...]	2007-05-15 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH SU UN
07BEIJING3273	CHINA/IPR: U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 23 meeting with the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) that focused on the state of IPR protections in China, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) North American Affairs Deputy Director General Jin Xu told USCC Chairwoman Carolyn Bartholomew and othe [...]	2007-05-16 06:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EIND PREL WTRO CH
07BEIJING3292	PRC/ETHIOPIA: MFA DETAILS PRC RESPONSE TO APRIL 24 [...] (C) China was shocked "top to bottom" by the April 24 dawn attack by some 200 Ogden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels o a Chinese oil facility near the Somali border in the Ogaden region, MFA Deputy Division Director Zhou Haihong told us on May 16. Describing the incident as "totally un [...]	2007-05-16 11:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC PREF CH ET
07BEIJING3321	MAY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BDA FUNDS; AFRICA [...] Key points at the May 17 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA has taken note of reports from the DPRK Foreign Ministry that BDA funds are being moved. -- Jiang reiterated that assistance to African nations has "no political strings attached." -- The MFA has taken note of reports that th [...]	2007-05-17 10:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD SU JA XA XW KS KN SO AS UK HR FR
07BEIJING3416	MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER TECRO WASHINGTON EVENT [...] (C) MFA DDG for North America Xie Feng called in Polmincouns on May 21 to express Beijing's concern over a May 9 TECRO-hosted event in Washington at which TECRO representatives reportedly flew the "so-called" Republic of China (ROC) flag, played the ROC national anthem and made remarks emphasi [...]	2007-05-21 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW
07BEIJING3462	PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING3463	PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) The United States' and China's common interests are "on the rise" in response to increasingly diversified global threats, Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Zhang Yesui told United States Pacific Command (PACOM) Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating on May 11. Zhang said China wants to continue [...]	2007-05-22 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING3503	CORRUPTION TALES: WHEN THE DOG BARKS, BUT DOESN'T [...] (C) Former head of China's General Administration for Press and Publications (GAPP) Long Xinmin, recently replaced by Liu Binjie, was sidelined over corruption charges, according to an American academic who knows Long well. Beijing real estate developer Liu Jun, charged with bribery and implic [...]	2007-05-23 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI CH
07BEIJING3578	ZHENGZHOU WELCOMES EMBASSY'S FIRST VIRTUAL PRESENCE POST IN [...] (SBU) The China Mission launched its first Virtual Presence Post (VPP) in Henan Province's Zhengzhou city during a major commercial Expo in the city. Despite local officials' initial uncertainty, the media and residents of Zhengzhou welcomed the new initiative, which built on more than a year [...]	2007-05-29 03:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH KPAO KIIP
07BEIJING3587	CHINESE OPEN DOOR ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCE...MAYBE [...] (SBU) In a possible indication of greater openness to talking about development finance, officials from China's foreign aid bureaucracy told a visiting Treasury official that they look forward to more exchanges on the topic. Long reluctant to discuss foreign aid-related issues (see reftels),t [...]	2007-05-29 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID CH
07BEIJING3601	MAY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL VISIT, SUDAN, [...] Key points at the May 29 MFA Press Conference were: -- A/S Hill will visit Beijing on May 30 to exchange views on the Six-Party Talks and other international and bilateral issues. -- China seeks a comprehensive solution to the Darfur issue, Spokesperson Jiang replied when asked about EU pr [...]	2007-05-29 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD SU JA IN KS ID GE
07BEIJING3648	PRC-JAPAN: EAST CHINA SEA TALKS, LEE TENG-HUI [...] (C) The first round of East China Sea talks following Premier Wen's landmark visit to Tokyo clearly outlined the difficulty of bridging gaps between Beijing and Tokyo and moving toward joint exploitation of East China Sea resources, according to MFA Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun. To [...]	2007-05-31 08:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG JA CH KS
07BEIJING3661	MAY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL IN BEIJING, [...] Key points at the May 31 MFA Press Conference were: -- A/S Hill discussed Six-Party Talks and BDA with VFM Wu Dawei and bilateral issues and Sudan with AFM He Yafei on May 30. -- China strongly objects to Lee Teng-hui's visit to Japan. -- Japan should recognize demands for compensation [...]	2007-05-31 10:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV ETRD SU JA IN KS GE SW RS BM
07BEIJING3706	THAI PM MEETS CHINESE LEADERS AND SIGNS FIVE-YEAR [...] (C) Summary: Thailand Prime Minister Surayud Chulanot visited Beijing and Kunming May 28-29, meeting with President Hu, Premier Wen and State Councilor Tang. The PM was accompanied by Thailand's Defense Minister, who met separately with PRC Defense Minister Cao and state-run arms procurement [...]	2007-06-01 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD CH TH
07BEIJING3761	JUNE 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY, [...] Key points at the June 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- When asked about the anniversary of Tiananmen the spokesperson noted China's progress over the past 20 years and slammed comments by American officials as "groundless attacks on China's internal affairs." -- China believes a United Sta [...]	2007-06-05 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GE BM KS CH
07BEIJING3861	JUNE 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRESIDENT BUSH-KADEER [...] Key points at the June 7 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA called President Bush's decision to meet with Rebiya Kadeer a "blatant interference in China's internal affairs." -- China and Costa Rica have established diplomatic ties. -- If the Korean nuclear issue is raised at G-8, the [...]	2007-06-07 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GE KS NS CS RP
07BEIJING3870	ZHENGZHOU CHINA-AFRICA SYMPOSIUM EXPOSES CENTRAL CHINA'S [...] (SBU) A recent China-Africa Trade and Investment Symposium in Zhenzhou, held in conjunction with the Central Chin Expo, attracted a large number of local Chinse businesseople but failed to provide many pportunities for dialogue with African counterparts. Although it might have been the Expo's [...]	2007-06-08 03:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ELAB CH AX
07BEIJING3884	CHINA'S DRAFT CHARITY LAW [...] (C) Summary: Embassy has obtained a copy of China's draft "Charity Law" (para. 5). The Law would create a legal means to register non-profit organizations in China for the first time, but whether it will serve as a stimulus to the development of Chinese civil society, or as a means for the [...]	2007-06-08 07:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KOLY ELAB CH
07BEIJING3896	STUDENTS RIOT IN ZHENGZHOU OVER BEATING OF [...] (U) More than 1,000 students rioted in Zhengzhou, Henan Province on the evening of June 6 over the beating by city inspectors of a female vendor who was a student at a local university, according to international and Chinese media reports on June 8 (see Ref A). The situation spiraled out of c [...]	2007-06-08 12:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM CH
07BEIJING390	LABOR CONTRACT LAW: NATIONAL PEOPLE's [...] (U) On December 25, 2006, the National People's Congress (NPC) debated a new, second draft of the Labor Contract Law (LCL). The LCL is intended to complement existing labor legislation and specifically address prevalent abuses of workers? rights. The second draft is substantially different [...]	2007-01-17 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV PGOV CH
07BEIJING3916	CHINA WELCOMES FIVE NEW MEMBERS OF GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 06:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC PREL PARM RS CH
07BEIJING3921	SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT DEMARCHE [...] (S) China appreciates cooperation with the United States on issues concerning Central Asia and invites further dialogue, MFA Deputy Director General for Eurasia Zhang Xiao said in response to Acting Political Minister Counselor's delivery of reftel points on the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation O [...]	2007-06-11 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL AF KG ZK CH
07BEIJING4075	SMALL PROTEST AT JAPANESE EMBASSY OVER LEE [...] (SBU) Chinese authorities allowed a small group of approximately 20 protestors to stage a demonstration at the Japanese Embassy on the morning of June 18 over the recently completed visit of former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to Japan. Emboff observed the demonstrators, who claimed to be pa [...]	2007-06-18 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH JA
07BEIJING411	CHINESE OFFICIAL POLLING: SURVEY SAYS, YOU'RE [...] (C) The Chinese Government at various levels is increasingly turning to opinion polling to measure public satisfaction with officials' performances and with provision of social services. The Ministry of Supervision (the Government analog to the Party's Central Discipline Inspection Commissio [...]	2007-01-18 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING413	JANUARY 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL'S DPRK [...] Key points made at the January 18 MFA press conference were: -- China welcomes the meeting between Assistant Secretary Hill and DPRK nuclear envoy Kim Kye-Gwan in Berlin and supports direct contact between the sides. -- The MFA confirmed A/S Hill's planned visit to Beijing "in the coming [...]	2007-01-18 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KIRF CH XA KN JA
07BEIJING429	Embassy Visit to Mine Safety Program Site [...] (SBU) Summary. The United States Department of Labor's (USDOL) program on Mine Safety and Health in China is proceeding well. Both the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) and the Yangquan Coal Group (YCG),the project's industrial partner, report that the project has opened their ey [...]	2007-01-19 04:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID EMIN PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING4331	CHINA/ENERGY - PDAS FREDRIKSEN HOLDS WIDE-RANGING ENERGY [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: United States Department of Energy (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Katharine Fredriksen discussed a wide range of bilateral energy issues during a meeting with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)/Energy Bureau Deputy [...]	2007-06-27 23:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN SENV TRGY KNNP CH
07BEIJING4401	JUNE 12-13 DISCUSSIONS OF CHINA'S PROPOSED CHARITY [...] (C) Summary: Reftel provided the text of a draft of China's proposed Charity Law, which would, for the first time, create a legal means to register non-profit organizations in China. A participant in a June 12-13 conference on the Charity Law, sponsored by China's Ministry of Civil Affairs [...]	2007-07-02 02:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB CH
07BEIJING4799	CLOSURE OF NGO "CHINA DEVELOPMENT BRIEF" CAUSE FOR [...] (C) The recent decision by Beijing City authorities to shut down the China Development Brief (CDB) newsletter has caused concern, but not alarm, among local NGOs and foreign foundation representatives. Embassy contacts were unsure precisely why the organization, which served as an information [...]	2007-07-20 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING4871	XINJIANG: AMCIT REPORTS HAJJ RESTRICTIONS, [...] (C) Chinese authorities have increased restrictions on Xinjiang's Uighur population by collecting Uighurs' passports to prevent unauthorized Hajj travel, according to an American citizen businessman in Xinjiang and other Embassy contacts. A low-ranking PLA officer reportedly told the businessma [...]	2007-07-25 23:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIF KISL SOCI CASC CH PK SA
07BEIJING4901	VIOLENCE AGAINST REPORTERS, SIDE EFFECT OF GROWING [...] (C) Since the January death of a reporter at an illegal coal mine in Shanxi, China's media is becoming more aggressive in publicizing attacks against journalists, according to Embassy contacts. The July 4 beating of a reporter by county-level officials in Xiji, Ningxia has generated interest [...]	2007-07-26 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING501	HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA OFFICIAL DEFENDS JUDICIAL [...] (C) MFA Human Rights official Xu Jing defended the Chinese Government's handling of Gao Zhisheng's case (reftel) during a January 22 meeting, claiming that Gao Zhisheng's legal rights were protected and that he received a "light sentence." Xu Jing said she will inquire about the Chinese Gover [...]	2007-01-23 12:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING5039	(S) LIMMT INVESTIGATION [...] (S) On July 25, in his capacity as Charge d'Affaires a.i., Dan Piccuta met with MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament Director General Zhang Yan to urge him to share the results of China's investigations into the LIMMT (Dalian FTZ) Economic and Trade Organization's commercial activity [...]	2007-08-02 07:04:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCR KSCA IR CH
07BEIJING5064	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Canberra wants to be "in the loop" regarding discussions of a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM),given that Australia is likely to be drawn into any conflict in the region, Australian Ambassador to China Geoff Raby told Ambassador Randt and Japanese Ambassador Yuji Miyam [...]	2007-08-03 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV PHUM CH JP AS KS KN
07BEIJING5069	PRC GOVERNMENT POUNCES ON RARE "GOOD NEWS" MEDIA [...] (C) Relieved to have good news to report, China's media gave heavy coverage to the successful rescue of 69 miners from a flooded mine in Henan Province August 1-2. China Central Television (CCTV) pushed back coverage of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army to b [...]	2007-08-03 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING5139	HU JINTAO ATTENDING BEIDAIHE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS [...] (C) President Hu Jintao will attend, or may have already attended, meetings at the resort town of Beidaihe to discuss leadership personnel arrangements in advance of the 17th Party Congress, according to two Embassy contacts. President Hu previously had "quietly" attended Beidaihe meetings at [...]	2007-08-07 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5140	AFTER THE JAPAN ELECTIONS, PRC CONTACTS FORESEE [...] (C) Following the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) upper house election defeat on July 29, most PRC officials and analysts we spoke with predicted stability in the Sino-Japanese relationship. The election results themselves will not have much impact on the current positive trend in bilateral [...]	2007-08-07 10:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON SENV CH JA
07BEIJING5176	INFORMAL FOREIGN AID DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) A Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) official responsible for foreign aid told a visiting USAID official that the Chinese Government would welcome efforts by the United States to cooperate with China on economic development initiatives. The August 2 meeting followed a positive exchange with a [...]	2007-08-08 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID CH
07BEIJING5187	CHINESE ACTIVISTS, SCHOLARS CALL FOR "HUMANE" [...] (C) In an indication of the domestic public relations and policy challenges China will increasingly have to grapple with in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, 39 mainland Chinese activists, lawyers, scholars, writers and journalists have signed an "open letter" calling on PRC leader [...]	2007-08-08 10:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KOLY PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING523	A/S HILL MEETS WITH HE YAFEI, RAISES BILATERAL, [...] (C) Relations between the United States and China advanced significantly in 2006 and both sides should work together to take advantage of more challenges and opportunities in 2007, Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told EAP Assistant Secretary (A/S) Christopher Hill January 21. On th [...]	2007-01-24 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAGR CH BM HA IR KS KN
07BEIJING5233	CHINA KICKS OFF ONE-YEAR COUNTDOWN TO OLYMPICS [...] (C) China kicked off the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games with an impressive ceremony in front of Chairman Mao's portrait in Tiananmen Square August 8. Politburo Standing Committee Member Wu Bangguo gave the keynote address, reiterating Beijing's commitment to conduct a "humane" [...]	2007-08-09 11:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KOLY PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING5237	(S) AMBASSADOR PRESSES CHINA ON ITS RELATIONS [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador urged China to support the approval of a new UNSC Resolution to "keep the pressure on Iran" during a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minster Cui Tiankai at the Foreign Ministry August 9. Drawing upon reftel A and previous demarches regarding arms shipments to Iran, [...]	2007-08-10 00:14:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA CH IR
07BEIJING5248	CHINA CONTINUES FTA EXPANSION IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: While consistently professing support for the Doha Round of WTO negotiations China is moving forward on an ever increasing number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in 2007, according to MOFCOM Director Zhu Guangyao. Previously concluded Trade in Goods Agreements are being follow [...]	2007-08-10 06:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON CH

07BEIJING5254	CHINA CONTINUES FTA EXPANSION IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: While consistently professing support for the Doha Round of WTO negotiations China is moving forward on an ever increasing number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in 2007, according to MOFCOM Director Zhu Guangyao. Previously concluded Trade in Goods Agreements are being follow [...]	2007-08-10 07:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON CH
07BEIJING5266	AUSTRALIA-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: HEATED [...] (C) Australian Embassy Human Rights Officer Aviva Gulley described the July 30 Australia-China Human Rights dialogue as a mostly cordial exchange during which the Chinese side gave little ground and stuck to boilerplate responses. The Chinese delegation leader, Assistant Foreign Minister He Y [...]	2007-08-10 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CN AS
07BEIJING533	ANTI-CORRUPTION ENFORCER DISCUSSES PARTY'S FIGHT [...] (C) China's leaders continue to trumpet the Party's crackdown on corruption, with its Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) supplying the shock troops for the fight. CDIC staff recently told poloffs that the past year has been an exceptionally busy one because of the large number of [...]	2007-01-24 12:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5361	CHINESE PROVIDE CASE BRIEFINGS AND CRITICIZE U.S. [...] (S) Summary: In an afternoon session of bilateral nonproliferation talks August 13, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Zhang Yan touted China's actions on nonproliferation enforcement and criticized U.S. sanctions on Chinese firms and our "wide-scope" interpretation [...]	2007-08-15 10:10:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC IZ IR IS LE KN CH
07BEIJING5387	EAP A/S HILL'S AUGUST 14 MEETING WITH AFM HE [...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Hill raised U.S. concerns on Iran and Darfur with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei on August 14. AFM He stated that although our approaches often differ, China wants to cooperate with the United States on both issues. AFM He conveyed China's concern ove [...]	2007-08-16 03:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ETRD CH IR SU TW
07BEIJING552	CHINA/STEEL: WRAP-UP OF SECOND SINO-UNITED STATES STEEL [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese and United States Government delegations supported by steel industry representatives from both countries conducted the Second Sino-United States Steel Dialogue in Beijing October 19-20, 2006. The dialogue included a broad range of presentations relating to the steel ind [...]	2007-01-25 07:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EINV WTRO CH
07BEIJING5556	CHINA/SED: SECRETARY PAULSON AND NDRC CHAIRMAN [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and National Development and Reform Commission Chairman Ma Kai met on August 1, 2007, to discuss the Strategic Economic Dialogue, currency reform, and investment policy. Secretary Paulson emphasized the need to make the Strategic Economic Di [...]	2007-08-22 07:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET PREL SENV EINV CH
07BEIJING5562	PBOC GOVERNOR AND SECRETARY PAULSON DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan told United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson that he supports using dividend payments from state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to help rebalance China's growth and that only a relatively small share of payments [...]	2007-08-22 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD CH
07BEIJING5565	TREASURY SECRETARY PUSHES CAPITAL MARKET REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 1 meeting with Treasury Secretary Paulson, China Securities Regulatory Commission SIPDIS (CSRC) Chairman Shang Fulin described steps CSRC has taken to implement SED agreements, including licensing foreign stock market rep offices, resuming licensing new securities [...]	2007-08-22 22:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD CH
07BEIJING5584	PARTY ENACTS "SAFE" POLITICAL REFORM BY [...] (C) The Chinese media has trumpeted nationwide, local-level reorganization of Communist Party committees over the past year as an example of political reform desiged to increase efficiency and "inner-Party deocracy." The most visible change has been reduction of the number of local Deputy Par [...]	2007-08-23 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5705	BEIJING MAYOR WANG QISHAN DISCUSSES OLYMPICS, CITY [...] (C) As Beijing prepares to host the Olympic Games in August 2008, the city is taking a number of measures to lessen air pollution, Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan told the Ambassador over dinner on August 29, calling this month's four-day experiment in which half the city's cars were taken off the road " [...]	2007-08-30 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KOLY ECON SENV ABLD ELTN PINR CH
07BEIJING5706	PARTY CONGRESS TO OPEN OCTOBER 15; PERSONNEL [...] (C) The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC),which will determine China's new Party leadership lineup and policy direction for the next five years, will open October 15 in Beijing, official media announced August 28. No ed date for the Congress was given, though the e [...]	2007-08-30 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5794	HUMAN RIGHTS: YUAN WEIJING PREVENTED FROM [...] (C) On August 31 Yuan Weijing, wife of imprisoned legal activist Chen Guangcheng (reftel),was prevented from traveling to Beijing, where she planned to campaign for her husband's release, and was forcibly returned to her home in Shandong Province, according to Jiang Tianyong (protect),one of [...]	2007-09-04 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH
07BEIJING5801	CENTRAL CHINA RISING: HENAN PLEASED WITH PROGRESS [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with EconMinCouns, Henan Provincial Government officials painted a picture of a province whose strategy of economic opening has resulted in three years of GDP growth above 14 percent as well as growing participation of foreign companies in local industry. The Cent [...]	2007-09-05 02:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI KPAO KIIP CH
07BEIJING5888	TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM REMAINS SERIOUS CONCERN, [...] (C) Current tensions over Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's UN referendum, while serious, have not yet become a crisis, in part because of careful management by Washington and Beijing, in part because Chen has yet to cross China's "red line" of de jure independence, Embassy contacts commented [...]	2007-09-07 06:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW
07BEIJING5902	CHINESE SCHOLAR DESCRIBES INTERNAL DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: China's Iran policy is the subject of heated debate within China's academic and foreign policy establishment, said Yin Gang, a Chinese research professor who recently returned from an officially sponsored trip to Iran. One camp, led by a senior People's Liberation Army (PLA) sch [...]	2007-09-10 00:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER TBIO MNUC XF IR CH
07BEIJING5918	CHINA TO CONSIDER FORMAL UNSC BRIEFING ON BURMA, [...] (C) Summary: China will consider supporting a formal briefing of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) by Special Envoy Gambari (reftel),MFA Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Liang Jianjun told us September 10. Liang said the MFA had conveyed to the Burmese gov [...]	2007-09-10 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING592	THAI CNS CHAIR SONTHI DISCUSSES ARMS PURCHASES, [...] (C) Summary: Thailand's Council of National Security Chair General Sonthi Boonyaratkalin discussed military ties and arms purchases during his January 21-24 visit to China. Sonthi met with Vice President Zeng Qinghong, Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan and other military officials and visited Chi [...]	2007-01-26 07:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH TH
07BEIJING594	LABOR CONTRACT LAW: SECOND DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The National People's Congress (NPC) has invited the American Chamber of Commerce in China (Amcham) and the US-China Business Council to submit comments on the second draft Labor Contract Law (LCL) which the NPC published on December 25. Amcham hosted a breakfast for members [...]	2007-01-26 08:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV PGOV CH
07BEIJING5950	WAL-MART PULLS CHICKEN JERKY PET FOOD STRIPS FROM SHELVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy APHIS Attache and HHS Health Attache were informed separately on August 30 by the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of Wal-Mart's recent decision to remove chicken jerky pet food strips manufactured by two Chinese firms from [...]	2007-09-11 23:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON PREL HHS CH
07BEIJING5976	EX-SOLDIERS RIOT OVER FEES AT RAILWAY VOCATIONAL [...] (C) Around 2,000 ex-soldiers rioted at three separate railway vocational schools in Baotou in Inner Mongolia, Baoji in Shaanxi Province, and Wuhan in Hubei Province on September 3, wire services reported September 11, citing the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy [...]	2007-09-12 11:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MARR CH
07BEIJING5977	DESPITE POTENTIAL HICCUPS, PRC PUSHES FOR IMPROVED [...] (C) In the wake of Japanese PM Abe's September 12 resignation, his earlier cabinet reshuffle, landmark August visit to India and multilateral naval exercises, Embassy contacts underscored China's continued desire to improve China-Japan relations. Neither Abe's resignation nor his recent cabin [...]	2007-09-12 12:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN IN
07BEIJING598	LATEST ROUND OF CHINA-VIETNAM BORDER TALKS BREAK [...] (C) Chinese negotiators walked out of Sino-Vietnamese border talks without agreement January 20, leaving the Vietnamese delegation feeling disappointed and overlooked, according to our contacts. "Golf diplomacy" by Chinese VFM Wu Dawei and Vietnamese VFM Vu Dung could not overcome a negative [...]	2007-01-26 08:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG CH VN PF
07BEIJING6005	CHINA REQUESTS CONSULTATIONS REGARDING U.S. [...] (SBU) On September 13, 2007, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) American and Oceanian Affairs Deputy Director General (DDG) Wang Hongbo summoned Embassy Deputy Senior Commercial Officer and USTR Senior Trade Representative to inform them that the Chinese Government will file a request for consultati [...]	2007-09-13 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CH
07BEIJING6042	FM YANG: "NEED TO STUDY AND DISCUSS THE BEST WAY [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting requested by Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on other subjects (see septels),the Ambassador, drawing from talking points contained in ref e-mail, stressed our joint commitment to a two-track resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue. In addition to the IAEA effort, w [...]	2007-09-14 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC CH IR
07BEIJING6045	CHINESE MFA PROTESTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SALES OF [...] (C) Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui both protested to the Ambassador the recent announcement of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, saying that such actions "send the wrong signal" to Taiwan and embolden Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's independence efforts. VFM Zha [...]	2007-09-14 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV MARR CH TW
07BEIJING6157	REVISION OF PARTY CONSTITUTION: "BEGINNING OF HU [...] (C) This week's announcement that the Chinese Communist Party Constitution will be revised at the October Party Congress, apparently to incorporate key concepts associated with General Secretary Hu Jintao, signals a clear advance in Hu's consolidation of power and marks the "beginning of the H [...]	2007-09-19 11:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING6159	SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: CHINESE AID TO [...] (C) Summary: China's aid policy toward Zimbabwe has not changed, and the current spate of reports regarding Chinese aid to Zimbabwe are all the result of a misunderstanding, MFA Zimbabwe Desk Officer Wang Xiao told PolOff September 19. The rumors re-ignited following a September 18 press conf [...]	2007-09-19 11:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH ZI XA
07BEIJING617	A/S SILVERBERG AND AFM CUI DISCUSS BURMA, HAITI, [...] (C) United Nations successes in 2006 benefited from P-5 cooperation, especially between the United States and China, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (IO) Affairs Kristen Silverberg told Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. U.S.-China cooperation resulted in the selecti [...]	2007-01-26 10:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CH BM IR KS KN SU
07BEIJING621	HUMAN RIGHTS: AMCIT NASDAQ REP DETAINED THEN [...] (C) Chinese security officials detained and questioned AmCit Lawrence Pan, NASDAQ's chief representative in China, on the morning of January 26 in connection with NASDAQ's alleged "support" for Falun Gong activities in the United States. He was released the same afternoon, Hong Kong-based NA [...]	2007-01-26 11:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CASC CH
07BEIJING622	XINHUA RENEWS PRESSURE ON FOREIGN MEDIA PROVIDERS [...] (C) Representatives of the Associated Press (AP),Reuters, and Dow Jones (DJ) recently told emboffs that Xinhua is using the occasion of foreign financial wire services renewing their annual licenses to require them to sign distribution agreements with China Economic Information Service (CEIS [...]	2007-01-26 12:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL KPAO KIPR ECPS CH
07BEIJING6253	CHINA/SCO ECONOMIC CONFERENCE - FEWER SPEECHES, [...] (SBU) A September 2007 forum on economic cooperation among members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) had far fewer and lower ranking speakers than the previous year. The SCO Secretary General highlighted China's leading role in deepening friendship, cooperation and mutual economi [...]	2007-09-24 03:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PTER CH ZK
07BEIJING6286	PARTY CONGRESS ECONOMIC POLICY IMPACT SEEN AS [...] (SBU) Several ECON contacts have told us that next month's Party Congress is unlikely to affect China's macroeconomic policies. One economic analyst opined that personnel changes at the Ministry of Finance could play a role in China's fiscal policy, but said the overall direction of reform wou [...]	2007-09-25 07:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING6338	CHINA TELLS BURMA TO RECEIVE GAMBARI QUICKLY, [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador per ref A urging China to press the Burmese regime to exercise restraint, begin an inclusive dialogue on democracy, and accept a visit of UN Special Envoy Gambari immediately, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei stressed in a meeting on Septem [...]	2007-09-27 08:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6342	AFM HE YAFEI ON IRAN: CHINA SUPPORTS NEW UNSC [...] (C) Summary: China supports a new UN Security Council resolution on Iran when appropriate, but a new resolution should not hurt either the Iranian people or the legitimate economic and energy interests of China or other countries, Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told the Ambassador [...]	2007-09-27 10:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING6347	AQSIQ VICE MINISTER DISCUSSES SALMONELLA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspecion, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) Vice Minister Wei Cuanzhong discussed with FAS Mincouns September 26 the issue of poultry import restrictions in both countries, salmonella-contaminated Chinese fish exports, possible contamination [...]	2007-09-27 22:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ECON ETRD BEXP CH
07BEIJING6376	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON EURO-RMB [...] (C) At the September 28 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis said that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told Chinese economic ministers to "work on" the current Euro-RMB currency imbalance after French Finance Minister Lagarde invited China's attention to it. German [...]	2007-09-28 08:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV ECON CH FR GM JA UK
07BEIJING6395	CHINESE MFA SAYS ONGOING CRISIS IN BURMA STILL NOT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Western Embassy officials on September 28, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Yang Yanyi delivered now familiar points on China's position on the crisis in Burma: China is concerned and supports UN efforts; the Burmese government should "properly handle" [...]	2007-09-28 10:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6403	SCO SECRETARIAT, PRC SCHOLARS DISAGREE ON SCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Central Asian staff at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) secretariat and Chinese scholars offered clashing views on the SCO's mission, reflecting differences between China and other member states. Umad Azizov, an Uzbek at the SCO Secretariat, stressed the SCO's role in [...]	2007-09-28 14:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD ENRG MARR ZK XD CH RS
07BEIJING6498	DISH DIFFUSION: PIRATE SATELLITE TV THRIVES IN [...] (C) China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) has been cracking down on illegal satellite television since July 2007, according to news reports. While police in several cities are confiscating illicit receivers, enforcement of China's long-standing ban on private sat [...]	2007-10-05 08:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PROP PHUM SOCI KCUL KIPR CH TW HK JA RP
07BEIJING6535	CHINESE MFA ON MINUSTAH RENEWAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 07:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV UNSC HA CH
07BEIJING6579	CHARGE PRESSES AFM HE TO BE FLEXIBLE ON P5-PLUS-1 [...] (C) Drawing on points in ref (A),Charge urged Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei on October 10 to remain constructively engaged on the P5-plus-1 process for dealing with Iran's nuclear program, and to attend the next Political Directors meeting. He also suggested that Beijing consider [...]	2007-10-10 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC CH IR
07BEIJING6640	NORINCO VP EAGERLY ACCEPTS MEETING PROPOSAL [...] (S) Summary. China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) Vice President He Xiaodong eagerly accepted reftel invitation to meet in Washington the week of 29 October - 2 November. VP He understands the meeting is only for NORINCO executives and not for outside consultants. VP He stated that as [...]	2007-10-12 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL CH ETTC PARM
07BEIJING6641	ROUNDUP OF DISSIDENTS, UNDESIRABLES AS BEIJING [...] (C) Security authorities appear to be rounding up a large number of petitioners, dissidents and other "undesirables" in advance of the 17th Communist Party Congress, which opens October 15. Police are detaining petitioners in Beijing and forcibly returning them to their home towns, contacts r [...]	2007-10-12 10:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6671	CHARGE PRESSES MFA ON WSJ REPORTER'S VISA [...] (C) Summary: Per ref A, the Charge d'Affaires met with the MFA Information Department DG October 12 to press him to issue a residency permit to a Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal correspondent. The DG, Liu Jianchao, stressed that the visa denial for journalist Ian Johnson was due to [...]	2007-10-15 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH
07BEIJING6761	CHINA'S 2008 WOMAN OF COURAGE: AI XIAOMING [...] Embassy Beijing is pleased to nominate feminist author, documentary filmmaker and activist Ai Xiaoming to receive the 2008 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Ai has overcome police detention, physical assault and state censorship to fight for the rights of Chinese women. I [...]	2007-10-19 13:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO CH
07BEIJING6809	BURMA POINTS DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6851	GAMBARI TO PUSH DIALOGUE IN BURMA; CHINA STILL [...] (C) Summary: Drawing from Ref A talking points, the Ambassador encouraged UN Special Envoy Gambari October 25 to push for more concrete progress in Burma. Gambari confirmed that he will return to Burma "in the first week of November." In addition to praising Chinese efforts on his behalf, G [...]	2007-10-25 23:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6863	DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Embassy on October 25 notified MFA in advance of the designation of Iranian entities. 2. (C) DCM Daniel Piccuta emphasized to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi October 26 that the new measures announced by Secretaries Ric [...]	2007-10-26 08:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC EFIN KNNP CH IR
07BEIJING6895	MFA SAYS GAMBARI TO PUSH FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA; [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese Government has agreed to a November 5 visit by UN Special Envoy Gambari, and during that visit Gambari hopes to push for dialogue between the regime and Aung San Suu Kyi, a more inclusive constitutional process and measures to improve economic development, an MFA Inte [...]	2007-10-30 08:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6935	CHINA AND SINGAPORE SUPPORT AN "INCLUSIVE [...] (C) Summary: Singapore and China expressed support for a more inclusive national reconciliation process in Burma during the October 26 visit of Singapore FM George Yeo to China, though neither Yeo nor Chinese FM Yang Jiechi articulated the elements of that process, according to MFA Asia Depar [...]	2007-11-01 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM SN
07BEIJING6938	PRC-ISRAEL: FM LIVNI PRESSES BEIJING TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli Embassy readout, visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni stressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that efforts to achieve international consensus on the way forward with Iran have weakened existing sanctions against the [...]	2007-11-01 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR IS
07BEIJING6976	CHINA/RUSSIA/INDIA: PRC TALKS UP TRILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministers from China, Russia and India met in Harbin October 24 for the seventh in their series of trilateral meetings. The role of the UN in the Asia-Pacific region was a key issue in talks, as well as climate change, counter-terrorism and scientific and academic exchan [...]	2007-11-05 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS CH IN RU
07BEIJING6977	ARGENTINA DEMARCHES CHINA ON INTERPOL RED NOTICES, [...] (C) Poloff contacted the Argentine Embassy in Beijing regarding Argentina's effort to have INTERPOL issue six Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national indicted by Argentine courts for their alleged roles in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Jewish Mut [...]	2007-11-05 11:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AR CH
07BEIJING6978	Strategic Economic Dialogue Meeting on [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and Chinese Government and industry representatives met October 29-30 to discuss transparency in administrative licensing, an outcome from the second round of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) held in May. The sides exchanged information on general licensing requireme [...]	2007-11-05 23:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CH
07BEIJING7004	CONTACTS ASSESS HU JINTAOÂ´S STRENGTH AFTER THE [...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao succeeded in further elevating his authority at the recently completed 17th Communist Party Congress, most Embassy contacts believe, though they differ to what extent. A minority of observers, however, argue he fell short of his goals. Despite HuÂ´s apparent gains, [...]	2007-11-07 05:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING7005	MFA: CHINA AND U.S. BOTH "GOOD INFLUENCES" FOR [...] (C) In the wake of Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar's October visit to the United States and signing of the USD 285 million Millennium Challenge Account aid package, Chinese and Mongolian officials underscored the "special" nature of Sino-Mongolian relations, but differed on China's view [...]	2007-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH MG
07BEIJING7037	COUNTERTERRORISM: PRC ADOPTING PRAGMATIC APPROACH [...] (C) PRC citizens have increasingly been victims of violence overseas in recent years, including murders and kidnappings in Africa and attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Despite evidence that some of these incidents specifically targeted Chinese and clear signs that the PRC is experimenting [...]	2007-11-08 23:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL CASC PGOV CH PK XA IZ AF UN
07BEIJING7098	CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ON CHINA-JAPAN TIES DESPITE LACK [...] (C) Chinese and Japanese contacts were cautiously optimistic about Japanese PM Fukuda's impact on China- Japan relations, highlighting his "balanced" approach, but they were hesitant to predict any significant developments in the near term. The October round of talks on joint energy explorati [...]	2007-11-14 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN IN
07BEIJING7107	CONTACTS ON NEW POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE [...] (C) Many Embassy contacts have told Poloffs that the elevation of "fifth generation" leaders Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) at the recently completed 17th Communist Party Congress (Ref A) may be the CongressÂ´s most significant outcome. Anointing Xi and Li as [...]	2007-11-14 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING7192	CHINA/IPR: AMBASSADOR'S SIXTH IPR ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) On October 23-24, the China Mission held Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr.'s Sixth Annual Roundtable Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in China, with the theme "IPR Protection on the Ground - What the United States Embassy is Doing to Support Rights Holders in China, and What [...]	2007-11-21 06:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07BEIJING7197	VFM WANG YI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON BURMA VISIT; [...] (C) Summary: Briefing the Ambassador on his recent trip to Burma, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the ongoing "political reconciliation and democratic process" are the domestic affairs of Burma and should therefore be addressed by the Burmese Government and people themselves. The internat [...]	2007-11-21 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING7213	PRC/MEPP: PRC SUPPORTS ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's decision to send Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to the November 26-27 Annapolis conference on the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) demonstrates China's firm support for the international meeting, according to an MFA contact. Chinese public statements have played up the int [...]	2007-11-23 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG PTER MEPP CH IS
07BEIJING7273	PRC DENIAL OF USS KITTY HAWK PORT VISIT [...] (S) Summary: In response to our queries as to the reason for the recent PRC denial of port visit permission to the USS Kitty Hawk, officially the Chinese have been unwilling to say anything more than the United States "already understands" the reason. A Taiwan Affairs Office official, while c [...]	2007-11-29 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING7284	(C) WHITHER NDRC? POST-PARTY CONGRESS RUMORS [...] (C) Post-Party Congress rumors and speculation by Embassy contacts indicate that the National Development Reform Commission (NDRC),China's top economic policymaking body, may soon undergo significant structural changes in the run-up to the March 2008 session of the National People's Congress [...]	2007-11-30 02:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING7295	CHINA-INDIA DEFENSE TALKS BUILD CONFIDENCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The first Chinese-Indian "Annual Defense Dialogue," held in November, and mid-December's planned joint military exercises will bolster confidence in bilateral relations, according to Chinese MFA officials and academics and Indian Embassy officials. However, academics believe the [...]	2007-11-30 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH IN PK
07BEIJING7331	XI JINPING SLATED FOR PARTY SCHOOL PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts have told PolOffs that newly-promoted Politburo Standing Committee Member Xi Jinping will soon be appointed president of the Central Party School (CPS),replacing former Politburo Standing Committee Member Zeng Qinghong, who retired at the mid-October 17th Party [...]	2007-12-04 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING7382	CHINA/JAPAN HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC DIALOGUE, FORM WINS OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Form prevailed over substance at the first ever China-Japan High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) in Beijing December 1, 2007. The meeting was co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura. Topics included macroeconomic policies, ec [...]	2007-12-06 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON CH
07BEIJING7384	AMBASSADOR URGES CHINESE ACTION ON BURMA [...] (C) Drawing upon Ref A talking points, the Ambassador in a December 6 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei urged China to press the Burmese regime to engage in an authentic dialogue with the opposition and include the opposition in efforts to draft a constitution. Drawing upon Ref [...]	2007-12-06 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING7385	AMBASSADOR URGES CHINESE ACTION ON BURMA [...] (C) Drawing upon Ref A talking points, the Ambassador in a December 6 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei urged China to press the Burmese regime to engage in an authentic dialogue with the opposition and include the opposition in efforts to draft a constitution. Drawing upon Ref [...]	2007-12-06 11:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING7386	EAP A/S HILL'S DECEMBER 6 MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG: [...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Hill, accompanied by the Ambassador, raised U.S. concerns on Iran, Darfur, North Korean refugees, human rights and Burma with PRC Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on December 6. A/S Hill pressed the PRC to prevent further transfers of conventional weapons to Iran [...]	2007-12-06 12:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PREF PHUM MARR ETRD AMGT CH IR SU
07BEIJING7401	BEIJING AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: NEW HUMAN AI CASE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: China confirmed a human case of avian influenza on December 2, 2007. This is the fourth human case this year, three of which have died. The last case was reported in May 2007 (Ref A). In a divergence from past AI announcements, the Ministry of Health did not/not send around a form [...]	2007-12-07 07:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CH
07BEIJING7407	BEIJING TFCO CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (U) Per reftel (State 164437),Embassy Beijing's Terrorist Finance Coordinator is Rachel Brunette-Chen, Second Secretary, Economic Section. Her contact information is as follows: 86-10-6532-3831 x. 6859; BrunetteChenR@state.gov; ChenRX@state.sgov.gov. 2. (U) Deputy Terrorist Finance Coordina [...]	2007-12-07 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN
07BEIJING7434	CHINA/IRAN: $2 BILLION YADAVARAN OIL [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed media reports that China state-owned energy giant Sinopec sealed a deal with Iran to develop the Yadavaran oil field in Southwestern Iran. Media reports, some quoting officials at the signing ceremony that took place December 9, describe a s [...]	2007-12-11 03:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON EINV CH IR
07BEIJING7435	CHINA/IRAN: $2 BILLION YADAVARAN OIL [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed media reports that China state-owned energy giant Sinopec sealed a deal with Iran to develop the Yadavaran oil field in Southwestern Iran. Media reports, some quoting officials at the signing ceremony that took place December 9, describe a s [...]	2007-12-11 04:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON EINV CH IR
07BEIJING7445	CHINA/IRAN: SINOPEC SAYS OIL DEAL DOES NOT HARM U.S. [...] (SBU) On December 11, Sinopec's Director General for International Affairs confirmed and elaborated on several elements of its deal with Iran to develop oil production at Yadavaran. He told us the activities to be undertaken in Iran constitute a services contract, not an investment. He argued [...]	2007-12-11 23:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ECON EINV CH IR
07BEIJING7455	CHINA TO SUPPORT DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 08:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR IZ CH
07BEIJING7485	ARMS WIDE OPEN, BEIJING WELCOMES U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT [...] (SBU) Summary: Even after a week of United States toy recalls totaling almost 5 million units, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Rich O'Brien received a cordial welcome from Beijing authorities, private industry, and the China Toy Association during a four day November visit. Meetings [...]	2007-12-14 06:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH
07BEIJING749	PRC ACADEMICS ON NORTH KOREA [...] (S) In three recent conversations on North Korea, Chinese counterparts were consistent in their frustration with the DPRK and their contempt for Kim Jong-Il. One scholar dismissed recent rumors that Kim had been detained by the North Korean military but hinted that the DPRK leader may be suff [...]	2007-01-31 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV KNNP CH KN
07BEIJING753	CHINA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Post is pleased to provide the names and thumbnail backgrounds of five women we consider the most influential in China (Ref A). Although women in China enjoy equal rights under law, in reality they often face considerable obstacles to advancement. The women we mention below have overcome th [...]	2007-01-31 12:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN CH
07BEIJING7545	TIP: COORDINATED MEKONG MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) At the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking (COMMIT) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and Inter Ministerial Meeting (IMM) in Beijing December 12-14, delegates from Burma, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam discussed regional cooperation and coordination o [...]	2007-12-19 06:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING7550	XINJIANG AUTHORITIES BLOCK UNSANCTIONED HAJJ [...] (C) Summary: A well-placed contact told Poloff December 3 that Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) officials seek to eliminate all Hajj pilgrimages other than those arranged by the Islamic Association of China (IAC). The contact said that Saudi Arabia requested China to prohibit Chinese M [...]	2007-12-19 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ CH
07BEIJING7575	PM FUKUDA,S VISIT TO CHINA STILL IN THE PLANNING [...] (C) Preparations for Japan Prime Minister Fukuda's upcoming official visit to Japan are underway even though the dates of the visit and the agenda have yet to be agreed, MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told Poloff on December 19. Lu said the notional agen [...]	2007-12-20 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN
07BEIJING7591	SURPRISINGLY SMALL INCREASE IN CHINESE HAJJ [...] (C) Summary: Saudi Arabian Consul Majed Alshammary (protect) told Poloff December 13 that Saudi Arabia would admit 20,000 Chinese Hajj pilgrims annually if China permitted it, although China has stated it will allow 10,700 Hajj pilgrims in 2007. Alshammary said he is surprised that China did [...]	2007-12-21 06:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK MY SA CH
07BEIJING7610	China Requests Date Change for UN ESCAP Meeting to May, [...] (SBU) Mr. Geng Shuang, MFA Director of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences, called Embassy to request the United States support the Chinese sponsored change of date for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asi and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) meeting to May [...]	2007-12-27 05:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON CH
07BEIJING769	ROK FOREIGN MINISTER SONG VISIT TO EIJING [...] (C) Foreign Minister Song Min-soon discussed bilateral relations with high-level Chinese officials and raised growing concerns about the treatment of North Koreans in China in a day-long series of meetings with ROK consular officers in the PRC on his recent visit to Beijing. Our PRC and ROK E [...]	2007-02-01 08:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CMGT CH KS KN
07BEIJING804	COMMUNIST PARTY SCHOOL PROFESSOR SAYS IVP CHANGED HIS [...] (SBU) Niu Xianfeng, an Associate Professor at China's Central Communist Party School, said that participation in an International Visitor's Program (IVP) in the United States in September 2006 changed the way he teaches his students, many of whom are high-level Communist Party officials from pr [...]	2007-02-02 05:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SCUL KPAO OEXC SOCI CH
07BEIJING860	HUMAN RIGHTS: GAO YAOJIE BLOCKED FROM TRAVELING TO [...] (C) Local authorities have blocked Dr. Gao Yaojie, a well-know AIDS advocate from Henan province, from traveling to Beijing February 5 to complete visa processing for an upcoming trip to the United States, post has confirmed. Police continue toprevent Gao from leaing her home, Guo Tufei prot [...]	2007-02-05 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING886	HUMAN RIGHTS: DAS CHRISTENSEN RAISES GAO YAOJIE [...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen expressed deep concern about the detention of AIDS activist Dr. Gao Yaojie to MFA Director General for North American Affairs Liu Jieyi on February 6. Local authorities have prevented Dr. Gao, who exposed the widespread AIDS infections ca [...]	2007-02-06 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING889	FEBRUARY 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the February 6 MFA press conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks will resume February 8. -- The Deputy Spokesperson refused to comment on detained AIDS activist Gao Yaojie, referring questions to local authorities. -- China's anti-satellite test does not pose a threat [...]	2007-02-06 13:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH
07BEIJING921	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST RAISES EXECUTION CASE OF UIGHUR [...] (C) Post contacted Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Human Rights officer Xu Jing February 8 to urge that China stay the execution of Uighur rights activist Ismail Semed, citing problems of due process and the requirement under Chinese law for a Supreme Court [...]	2007-02-08 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING935	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST AGAIN RAISES CASE OF DR. GAO [...] (C) The MFA is continuing to look into the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie, MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Chen Xu stated in response to Polmincouns' delivery February 8 of a demarche (ref A) urging that China let Dr. Gao travel to Washington to be honored at the Vi [...]	2007-02-08 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING940	FEBRUARY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the February 8 MFA press conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks resumed today with an open- ended schedule. Goals are to implement the Joint Statement and establish a mechanism for further progress. Relevant parties should address financial sanctions issues to allow th [...]	2007-02-08 11:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MNUC KN JA CH XA
07BEIJING972	DID HU JINTAO ASSESS VIETNAM'S POLITICAL REFORMS [...] (C) An officer at the Vietnamese Embassy said he finds credible reports circulating among ASEAN diplomats in Beijing that President Hu Jintao wrote the phrase "this is not Socialism" on a document Hu was given describing political reforms at Vietnam's April 2006 10th Party Congress. The ques [...]	2007-02-09 12:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH VN
07BEIRUT1000	LEBANON: BERRI ADMITS SCUTTLING THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) In a 7/5 meeting, Speaker Berri gave his version of the demise of the Arab league initiative that collapsed in late June. While he tried to lay the blame on March 14th, it was clear that Berri had received instructions from Damascus to focus strictly on the "national unity government" -- [...]	2007-07-06 07:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT1005	LEBANON: RIZK ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL "HOMEWORK," [...] (S) Minister of Justice Charles Rizk told the Ambassador in a 7/5 meeting that he and PM Siniora had agreed that, at the beginning of next week, Siniora will send to the UN the candidates for judges and deputy prosecutor for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Rizk would like us to whisper qui [...]	2007-07-06 13:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER KCRM LE SY
07BEIRUT1018	LEBANON: BERRI OFFERS GUARANTEE NOT TO TOPPLE [...] (C) According to a new proposal presented by a close aide of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, the opposition finally will provide March 14 with the long sought-after guarantee not to resign from a national unity government. In return, the opposition wants its say in who will be Lebanon's next [...]	2007-07-09 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT102	LEBANON: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (C) Embassy Beirut has completed a coordinated review of its Fiscal Year 2007 Section 1206 funding request for military assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). All elements of the Embassy support this funding request. 2. (C) The Section 1206 request for Lebanon reflects a carefu [...]	2007-01-19 11:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY LE IS
07BEIRUT1035	EXAMINING LAF PERFORMANCE AND NEEDS, POST NAHAR [...] (S) During their 6/26 meeting in Paris, Prime Minister Siniora and Secretary Rice discussed the possibility of a further U.S. military assessment team to examine the training, equipment, and ammunition needs of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). We have been working with our Lebanese contacts [...]	2007-07-12 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PARM LE
07BEIRUT1047	LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR PARIS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Lebanese political representatives have low expectations for the July 14-17 conference in St. Cloud, outside Paris, though many tell us they note a change in tone and rhetoric from some of Lebanon's more militant parties, such as Hizballah. The French also harbor no illusions about the co [...]	2007-07-13 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE

07BEIRUT1056	LEBANON: NAHR AL-BARID: BIG STEP FOR LEBANESE [...] (C) As the Lebanese Armed Forces' eight week old confrontation with Fatah al-Islam nears its end, one thing is certain: after years of Syrian domination and internal passivity, the LAF has surprised most observers by showing that it can stand on its own two feet. Despite suffering what for L [...]	2007-07-16 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT107	LEBANON: GERMAN ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT LEBANESE [...] (C) The German Embassy DCM has provided us with an overview of German support for enhancing Lebanese government control over points of entry by air, sea, and land. She described activities launched after the adoption of UNSCR 1701 in August 2006, and which include customs assistance at Beir [...]	2007-01-19 17:12:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	MOPS PTER LE GM SY
07BEIRUT108	LEBANON: PM SINIORA EXPECTS STRIKE ACTIVITY; [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora interpreted Friday night's televised interview by Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah as a clear indication that the anti-government March 8th coalition is not yet ready to negotiate a resolution to the current impasse. Siniora believes the disappointing turnouts of the [...]	2007-01-22 06:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID SY LE IS
07BEIRUT1087	DISMAYED BY THE MARONITE PATRIACH, MARCH 14 [...] (C) Christians supporting the GOL are dismayed by what they see as a drift, if not shift, in the attitude of 87-year-old Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, away from March 14 values toward "neutral" positions that in practice benefit pro-Syrian forces. When the Patriarch came out recently in favor o [...]	2007-07-23 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY VT
07BEIRUT1088	LEBANON: MIXED REACTIONS TO LA CELLE-ST. CLOUD [...] (C) Lebanese participants in the July 14-15 La Celle-St. Cloud talks told Embassy that the talks succeeded in breaking the ice among Lebanon's feuding political parties, who had not sat down together as a group since the spring 2006 national dialogue. Herded together in a two-star, unaircondi [...]	2007-07-23 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT109	LEBANON: AOUN CORNERED, CORRUPTED, OLD FRIENDS SAY [...] (S) Two longtime Michel Aoun supporters, one also a close friend of Walid Jumblatt, described Aoun as "cornered" in his standoff against the government of Prime Minister Siniora. While a reconciliation with Jumblatt could help resolve the political crisis, Aoun's son-in-law Gebran Bassil has s [...]	2007-01-22 08:40:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1123	LEBANON'S ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON VATICAN TRIP [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on 7/25, Acting Foreign Minister Tariq Mitri, just back from Rome, said that he found Vatican officials generally willing to push Christian MPs to participate in the Parliament session to elect Lebanon's next president. But while on board philosophically, the [...]	2007-07-26 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY VT
07BEIRUT1138	DISGRUNTLED SWISS ENVOY TRASHES FRENCH DIALOGUE [...] (C) In a 7/26 meeting with the Ambassador, Swiss envoy Didier Pfirter projected both sour grapes and some reasonable-sounding analysis in trashing the French dialogue initiative. While smarting from being upstaged by the French diplomacy (with French envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran refusing to [...]	2007-07-29 08:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1163	SURPRISING MESSAGE FROM THE PRO-SYRIAN CAMP: [...] (C) In a 8/1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister Wadih al-Khazen -- close to both Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and Maronite Patriarch Sfeir -- insisted that Emile Lahoud will leave the presidency on schedule on November 24. Khazen also made a surprising proposition: if the USG [...]	2007-08-02 11:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1175	OUTGOING FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S) Outgoing French Ambassador Bernard Emie, meeting with Ambassador Feltman on 8/4, insisted that his 60-minute farewell call on President Emile Lahoud was done for protocol purposes only. Lahoud took the occasion to praise what he claimed was a return to French even-handedness and hinted [...]	2007-08-06 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1178	LEBANON: GEAGEA OUTLINES MARCH 14 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea outlined to Ambassador on August 2 the presidential election strategy he claims he and his March 14 allies have agreed on. He urged that USG treat all declared candidates, including Michel Aoun of March 8, equally in public so as to be seen as supportin [...]	2007-08-06 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT118	LEBANON: BERRI BACKS AWAY FROM RESPONSIBILITY; [...] (C) In a 1/22 meeting, Speaker Nabih Berri confirmed estimates heard in other quarters that Hassan Nasrallah and Michel Aoun are out to prove a point in the 1/23 demonstrations and intend to use every means available to portray the general strike as effective and broadly supported. Declarin [...]	2007-01-23 06:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT122	LEBANON: FORMER PRESIDENT GEMAYEL RECEIVES [...] (S/NF) On January 23, former President Amine Gemayel, father of slain Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel, informed the Ambassador that the Iranian Embassy in Beirut contacted him last week to invite him to Tehran, with the hint that Iran would support him as president in order to resolve Le [...]	2007-01-23 18:07:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT1250	BERRI ON PRESIDENCY, NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT, [...] (S) In a 8/15 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, quoting diplomatic traffic from the Lebanese Embassy in Washington, lashed out against the USG for opposing amendments to Lebanon's constitution. If for example the Lebanese want LAF Commander Sleiman as their next p [...]	2007-08-15 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY IR
07BEIRUT1252	LEBANON'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: BUILDING [...] (C) A clear pattern exists in Lebanon of Syria's allies trying to prevent free and fair elections. In summer 2004, efforts by the Lebanese and the international community failed to prevent the Syrian-directed, three-year term extension of Lebanon's president, Emile Lahoud. Lahoud's shamele [...]	2007-08-16 13:42:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IR FR
07BEIRUT1254	LEBANON'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: BUILDING [...] (C) A clear pattern exists in Lebanon of Syria's allies trying to prevent free and fair elections. In summer 2004, efforts by the Lebanese and the international community failed to prevent the Syrian-directed, three-year term extension of Lebanon's president, Emile Lahoud. Lahoud's shamele [...]	2007-08-16 14:44:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IR FR
07BEIRUT126	MURR CLAIMS LAF COMMANDER'S COWARDICE WORKED TO [...] (S) In a meeting with the Ambassador on 1/24, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr acknowledged that Saudi-Iranian ties and a generalized fear of sustained violence helped persuade the March 8-Aounist opposition to suspend its road-blocking demonstrations after only one day. [...]	2007-01-24 17:10:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PARM LE SY
07BEIRUT1272	LEBANON: MOVING TOWARDS THE LAUNCH OF THE GERMAN [...] (C) The German Border Security Pilot Program (BSPP) has made some strides and will "technically" be able to launch as scheduled on September 1. However, most of the equipment and capabilities will not be functional until approximately October 15. There are still unmet equipment needs and Ger [...]	2007-08-21 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1284	LEBANON: PLO REPRESENTATIVE IN LEBANON [...] (C) Abbas Zaki, the PLO Representative in Lebanon, told the Charge on 8/21 that he has faith in the GOL's promise to rebuild the Nahr al-Barid refugee camp on its original site. Lebanese politicians, though divided on domestic issues, are united in their desire to help the Palestinian refugees [...]	2007-08-22 14:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL PTER KPAO LE
07BEIRUT1301	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH TELEPHONE NETWORK 'DISCOVERED' [...] (C) The Ministry of Telecommunications announced it had found an illegal telecom network established and operated by Hizballah in the parts of Lebanon Hizballah controls. Minister of Telecom Marwan Hamadeh initially said the GOL would react "fiercely" to what he portrayed as a surprising disc [...]	2007-08-24 14:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECONEGE EFIN LE
07BEIRUT1320	LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HEADED FOR A [...] (C) With less than one month to go before the beginning of the two-month presidential election period, the gulf between the majority March 14 and opposition March 8 appears to be widening. The battle currently is being fought in the Christian arena, split into two opposing camps: one, represe [...]	2007-08-28 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1343	LEBANON: MARCH 14 PLANS FOR COUNTERING BERRI'S [...] (C) During a productive Saturday at the Serail, the Ambassador met on 9/1 with the Prime Minister, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh, and Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad. The March 14 members were all discussing Speaker Berri's proposal announced to great fanfare the prev [...]	2007-09-02 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT135	LEBANON: EAC DISCUSSES 1/25 VIOLENCE; AGREES TO [...] (C) At 1800 hours on January 25 DCM chaired a full meeting of the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the day's events and consider measures in response to the violence in Beirut and elsewhere on January 23, 24, and 25. The EAC made the following observations: (a) Leban [...]	2007-01-26 07:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER KPAL LE
07BEIRUT1360	LEBANON: ITALIAN AMBASSADOR URGES URGENT US [...] (C) Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Gabriele Checchia, accompanied by Second Secretary Carlo Jacobucci, met with the Ambassador September 5 to provide a readout of EU High Representative Javier Solana's September 6 visit to Beirut (Italy was acting on behalf of the EU presidency in the absence o [...]	2007-09-05 15:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1383	LEBANON: FRENCH POSITION IS WORRYING [...] (S) The analysis in Embassy Paris' excellent reporting (reftel being the most recent) on what appears to be a dismaying shift in France's Lebanon policy corresponds with the Lebanese impression of French views. (As we will report separately, the Egyptians may also be moving in this directio [...]	2007-09-10 15:57:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV LE FR SY IR
07BEIRUT1384	LEBANON: USG RESPONDS TO PM'S APPEAL TO REBUILD [...] (SBU) At a widely attended international donors conference on September 10, Prime Minister Siniora formally launched the appeal to rebuild the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp and to assist Lebanese citizens in the surrounding area who had been impacted by the 105-day armed conflict. UNRWA Commissi [...]	2007-09-10 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL PTER KPAO LE
07BEIRUT1406	LEBANON: MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS PRESS FOR [...] (C) Sheikh Salim Soussan, the Sunni Mufti of Sidon, and Sayyed Ali al-Amin, the independent minded Shi'a Mufti of Tyre, both conveyed messages of goodwill toward the US in September 10 meetings with Embassy staff. However, while Soussan focused on the volatile national and regional political s [...]	2007-09-13 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT141	LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER INSISTS AOUN MARCHES [...] (C) On January 25, just as serious unrest at Beirut Arab University was beginning, Minister of Interior Hassan Saba told the Ambassador that the LAF would exercise more decisive control of the situation if further violence occurs. Minister Saba, whose ministry controls the ISF which has been [...]	2007-01-26 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT1421	LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE BRIEFS ON KOUCHNER VISIT, [...] (S) In a 9/14 meeting with the Ambassador, French Charge d'Affaires Andre Parant was at pains and obviously under instructions to play up the French-U.S. shared vision on Lebanon and to downplay any differences. He said that, while France hopes for a consensus president, France, like the U. [...]	2007-09-16 08:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT143	LEBANON: FORMER MINISTER EDDE SEES CHRISTIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador and Poloff met over lunch on January 24 with former Minister of Culture and the current President of the Maronite League, Michel Edde. He expressed his deep concerns for the future of Lebanon after the previous day's general strike and was especially troubled by scenes of L [...]	2007-01-26 18:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1441	LEBANON: FINNISH DIPLOMAT OFFERS VIEWS ON SYRIAN [...] (C) A visiting Finnish diplomat from Damascus sees Syria as pursuing a policy of "constructive chaos" in Lebanon, and views its motives for supporting an EU-proposed border mission as suspect. He perceives cracks in the Syrian regime that suggest its lifespan is limited, and advocated targeted [...]	2007-09-19 14:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1446	LEBANON: PDAS DIBBLE'S VISIT REVEALS A FULL AGENDA [...] (C) During a September 12-14 visit, EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble met with GOL officials, bankers, and World Bank economists, who agreed on just two issues: continued U.S. support for Lebanon is essential during the upcoming presidential election period, and Lebanon has a lot to discuss at the upc [...]	2007-09-20 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT1456	LEBANON: PHALANGE LEADER SAYS MARCH 14 WILL FIGHT [...] (C) In a September 20 condolence call on Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel following the September 19 assassination of March 14 Phalange MP Antoine Ghanem, the former President said March 14 will continue to fight back politically, despite the "apocalypse of Sin el-Fil". Gemayel stressed the [...]	2007-09-21 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT146	LEBANON: AOUN ADVISOR ADMITS ERRORS; CLAIMS THE [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, a senior Aounist advisor, admitted to emboff that Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) made serious errors of judgment on January 23, the date of a violent general strike in Beirut that resulted in three deaths and numerous casualties. K [...]	2007-01-29 06:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1461	LEBANON: BERRI'S LATEST TWIST: A DISGUISED [...] (C) Following a lengthy discussion between Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's senior advisor and Pol/Econ Chief, Berri, in the latest twist in the opposition's tireless efforts to gain control of the presidency, is proposing a one-month trial period for his initiative to seek a consensus candida [...]	2007-09-24 07:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1482	LEBANON: PM SINIORA: CABINET REAFFIRMS SUPPORT [...] (C) Although details of the meeting make the LAF-GOL discussions sound tense, Prime Minister Siniora described as "very good" the seven-hour cabinet meeting on 9/24. The meeting focused, the PM reported, on stopping groups from across the political spectrum from rearming and tightening cabin [...]	2007-09-26 11:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCRM PTER LE
07BEIRUT150	LIST OF AL-MANAR SHAREHOLDERS: POTENTIAL NAMES FOR DESIGNATION? [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 8 below. 2. (S/NF) Embassy BeirutÂ´s consular section has obtained, through the Lebanese commercial registry, the listing of the 38 shareholders of the Lebanese Media Group, aka Lebanese Communication Group, HizballahÂ´s parent company for Al-M [...]	2007-01-29 10:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ETTC PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1535	LEBANON: WORRIES ABOUT RED LINES ON UNSCR 1559 [...] (S) Four well-informed Embassy contacts -- Walid Jumblatt, Nassib Lahoud, Boutros Harb, and journalist Sarkis Naom -- all argued in separate meetings with the Ambassador that pro-Syrian forces in Lebanon are using upcoming presidential elections to bury UNSCR 1559. They (and we) see this as [...]	2007-10-02 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR
07BEIRUT1598	LEBANON: FRENCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN FMS TO MAKE [...] (C) The French, Spanish, and Italian Foreign Ministers are planning a joint visit to Lebanon October 19-20 to meet with UNIFIL commanders and their national troop contingents in UNIFIL and aleo meet with key political leaders in Beirut. French Embassy DCM and poloffs told us that the French hop [...]	2007-10-11 15:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1599	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S DEFENSE EDELMAN [...] (C) Under Secretary Edelman: Welcome back to Lebanon. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Lebanon. You come during a critical period of the presidential election season. Parliament elects the president and is supposed to [...]	2007-10-11 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1623	LEBANON: "CHANGE AOUN" URGES GREEK ORTHODOX [...] (C) Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elias Audi is worried about March 8 and March 14's inability to date to find a solution to the presidential election impasse. He believes the key to a solution lies in a shift in General Michel Aoun's thinking, which begs the question, who is most suitable to infl [...]	2007-10-17 14:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1633	LEBANON: ON BORDER PROJECT, GERMANS LOOKING AHEAD [...] (C) A businessman whose firm is the logistical consultant for the German Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) told Poloff in an October 17 meeting that the NBPP continued to face serious delays and would not be fully operational by mid-February, rather than the target December 1 final deadline [...]	2007-10-18 14:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PG PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT1640	LEBANON: IS AOUN'S ATTITUDE CHANGING? [...] (SBU) Some members of General Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement suggested to embassy contacts that Aoun is accepting that he cannot be elected president and is willing to support a consensus candidate elected by a two-thirds quorum. These members also report he opposes oppose a two-governm [...]	2007-10-21 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1642	LEBANON: INCREASINGLY HOSTILE RHETORIC WORRIES [...] (S) Some Lebanese contacts -- including relatively neutral figures like LAF Commander Michel Sleiman -- have connected a number of recent statements by Syrian and pro-Syrian figures to arrive at alarming conclusions. Believing that Lebanon is entering a particularly dangerous period, they wo [...]	2007-10-22 04:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY IR
07BEIRUT1661	LEBANON: HARIRI RETURNS TO LEBANON, PURPORTS TO [...] (C) An alarmist Saad Hariri accused the U.S. of not doing enough to prevent Syrian interference in Lebanon, claiming the Europeans and Saudis are willing to follow a more aggressive U.S. lead. Now is the time to exert the utmost pressure to get Emile Lahoud out, Hariri argued, and March 14 ne [...]	2007-10-23 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1664	LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: VIEWS ON KEY [...] (SBU) What are the views of the candidates for president on issues such as Hizballah, Syria, UN resolutions, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and revising Lebanon's election law? To answer that, embassy prepared the following summary of key candidates' views based on a review of source materia [...]	2007-10-24 13:35:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1677	LEBANON: UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STATEGY [...] (C) Lebanon's democratic traditions go back at least to its initial elections, first held during the Ottoman rule Empire in 1854. The landmarks in Lebanon's democratic history are the 1924 Constitution, the National Pact of 1940, and the 1989 Ta,if Accord. Throughout Lebanon,s history democr [...]	2007-10-26 13:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1680	LEBANON: EUROPEANS SEE PROGRESS ON PRESIDENCY [...] (C) The Italian Ambassador to Lebanon, reporting on the October 19-20 visit of the French, Italian, and Spanish foreign ministers to Lebanon, noted progress in Speaker Berri's efforts to reach a consensus candidate and more conciliatory tones on the part of both Berri and PM Siniora. Despite r [...]	2007-10-26 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1699	LEBANON: SINIORA ADVOCATES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) In a 10/29 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora recommended simultaneous pursuit of two options regarding presidential elections. First, he urged continued push for an absolute majority ("half plus one") election, despite the fact that March 14 might not be able to p [...]	2007-10-30 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1714	LEBANON: HARIRI BLOC WOULD ACCEPT PATRIARCH'S [...] (C) Parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri's cousin and Chief of Staff Nader recently delivered assurances on behalf of Saad to the Patriarch that his bloc would vote for any candidate selected by the Patriarch in order to avoid a presidential vacuum. Nader was skeptical, however, whether [...]	2007-11-01 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1747	LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE SAYS FRANCE WILL PUSH [...] (C) French Charge Andre Parant believes it may be possible to convince the Patriarch to provide a short-list of presidential candidates, although he agrees that letting him decide on the names could result in less than ideal candidates. France is determined to find a solution before the midni [...]	2007-11-07 14:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT176	RIZK CLAIMS FRENCH, HARIRI BACKING FOR PRESIDENCY [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-02 07:53:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	FR KDEM KINL LE PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT1797	LEBANON: FATF IRAN STATEMENT DEMARCHE -- NO SUBSTANTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 14:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ECON PTER LE
07BEIRUT1799	LEBANON: AOUN PLAYING FOR HIGH STAKES [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun continues to believe that he and only he deserves the presidency, and will not participate in any efforts, including the French initiative, to find a consensus, according to his advisor and son-in-law, Gebran Bassil. Bassil envisioned two scenario [...]	2007-11-16 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1825	BEIRUT EAC MEETING NOVEMBER 21, 2007 [...] (S) DCM chaired a meeting of the Beirut Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 21, 2007. Present at the meeting were POL, DAO, ODC, CONS, INL, MGMT, LEGATT, PD, USAID, GRPO and RSO. 2. (S) Pol/Economic Chief commented that the French initiative to settle the presidential selection i [...]	2007-11-21 15:18:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
07BEIRUT1828	LEBANON: RECONSTRUCTION LAGS IN THE SOUTH [...] (SBU) Alaa Abu Hommeen of the Lebanon Transparency Association (LTA) said in a November 13 meeting with PolOff that while reconstruction efforts in the south are visible, they are continuing to move at a slow rate due to corruption and a lack of transparency. Hommeen said that the primary obs [...]	2007-11-21 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL UNDP LE
07BEIRUT1829	LEBANON: GOL UPDATE ON NAHR AL-BARID RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, head of the GOL's Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Commission, expressed concern about the pace of reconstruction efforts in the Nahr al-Barid (NAB) Palestinian refugee camp. With the arrival of winter weather, many families are suffering in their less than [...]	2007-11-21 16:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS LE
07BEIRUT192	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR AGGRESSIVELY [...] (C) The Ambassador and Econoff met with Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad Salameh on February 1. Salameh was quick to emphasize his essential role in planning Paris III and in taking action to decrease the national debt now that Paris III is over. He expressed dismay at the smaller-than-e [...]	2007-02-05 16:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1960	LEBANON: A/S WELCH TELLS BERRI NO MORE DELAYS FOR [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch told Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on December 15 the time had come for Lebanon to elect a president. Now that the difficult work of finding a consensus candidate had been done, there were no more excuses for holding the election. In a clear warning t [...]	2007-12-16 18:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1979	LEBANON: WELCH AND ABRAMS MEET LEBANESE ARMY [...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Assistant to the President SIPDIS and Deputy National Security Advisor Elliot Abrams, a confident Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman discussed the ongoing investigation of General Francois Al-Hajj's [...]	2007-12-20 15:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1984	LEBANON: PM SINIORA TELLS A/S WELCH "I CANNOT DO [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora was grateful to receive a debrief on NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch's return visit to Lebanon. Speaking during the evening of December 19, A/S Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams reiterated U.S. support for March 14 and the democratic processes in Lebanon. They ad [...]	2007-12-21 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT199	LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE TO SEEK LEBANESE DIALOGUE, [...] (S) Hisham Youssef, Deputy to Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, is visiting Lebanon to test the SIPDIS waters before Moussa resumes his mediation of Lebanon's political crisis. Moussa, in his continuing engagement with Lebanon, hopes to build confidence with the Lebanese opposition [...]	2007-02-06 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1997	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) Embassy contacts argue that Hizballah has no economic program because its goals are predominantly military and political. The group has, however, over the past fifteen years been forced to respond to domestic policy issues; since it joined goverment two years ago it has been forced to co [...]	2007-12-27 15:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KISL ECON EFIN PGOV LE
07BEIRUT2	OPTIONS FOR THE TRIBUNAL [...] (S) As the Christmas-New Year and 'Eid al-Adha holidays come to an end, the Lebanese seem no closer to completing the approval process for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. None of the options available to the GOL guarantee success; most ideas are unrealistic. Within GOL circles, there is g [...]	2007-01-03 07:10:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PREL KCRM LE SY
07BEIRUT200	LEBANON: SINIORA RECOMMENDS DUAL TRACK: [...] (C) In a 2/5 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora interpreted Nabih Berri's support for a cross-confessional "tribunal document study committee" (reftel) as a Syrian ploy to avoid the fait accompli of a Chapter VII decision. Siniora maintained that Berri is clearly carrying out Syrian ord [...]	2007-02-06 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT2008	LEBANON: HOW TO HELP LEBANON FINANCIALLY NOW [...] (C) According to Finance Minister Jihad Azour, Lebanon's deficit situation is under control because tax revenues are up, but that the GOL faces problems paying its foreign currency debt in the first quarter of 2008. Contriubuting to Lebanon's first quarter debt crunch are the problems of red [...]	2007-12-31 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV LE PGOV PREL PTER
07BEIRUT207	LEBANON: LAWYER FOR JAILED GENERAL JAMIL AS-SAYED [...] (C) Akram Azoury, attorney for the jailed former head of Lebanon's Surete Generale, Jamil as-Sayed, met with DCM February 5 to present the case for as-Sayed's release from prison. Azoury, a respected human rights lawyer, said that the only basis for the Lebanese government's incarceration of [...]	2007-02-08 09:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PTER SHUM LE SY
07BEIRUT213	HARIRI CALLS BERRI; EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE TO BE [...] (C) As a follow up to what Saudi Ambassador Khoja described as a "Berri initiative" earlier in the day (reftel),MP Saad Hariri, still in Riyadh, called Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday evening (2/7),in the first direct communication between Hariri and Berri since November. The [...]	2007-02-08 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT214	LEBANON: BORDER CLASH OVER IED REMOVAL [...] (C) According to the Embassy's contacts in Lebanon, there is a tense quiet across the shared border after last night's exchange of fire between Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Israeli Defense Force (IDF) units. The United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) preliminary report of the inc [...]	2007-02-08 16:52:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	LE MARR PGOV PREL
07BEIRUT219	LEBANON: MODERATE SHIA LEADER DISCUSSES STATUS OF [...] (C) In a 2/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Dureid Yaghi, a moderate, secular Shia who is Deputy Secretary of Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in the Hizballah-stronghold of Baalbek, confirmed other reporting sources that Hizballah has re-established itself as the de facto go [...]	2007-02-09 14:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CASC LE SY IR
07BEIRUT220	LEBANON: AOUNIST MP EXPLAINS THE GENERAL [...] (S) FPM MP Ibrahim Kanaan shared with us his views on party leader Michel Aoun, attempting to explain (while analyzing for himself) Aoun's motivations in collaborating with pro-Syrian political leaders and movements. Kanaan shared with us that the OrangeTV venture was flagging as a reflection [...]	2007-02-09 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT227	MIKATI SAYS SINIORA NOW AS MUCH SYRIA'S PROBLEM AS [...] (S) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati (please protect) told the Ambassador in a 2/12 meeting that his brother Taha had recently visited Damascus. Acknowledging how peculiar it is for the GOL to negotiate the Special Tribunal with those likely to be tried, Taha told Najib that the Syrians ar [...]	2007-02-12 16:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT250	MINDEF MURR ON BUS BOMBING, HIZBALLAH WEAPONS, [...] (S) In a 2/14 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting NEA/ELA office director Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr stated that the 2/13 double commuter bus bombing was a sinister message aimed at him. The buses originated in his home village, an [...]	2007-02-15 14:38:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT260	LEBANON: PM SINIORA SEES PAUSE WHILE PARTIES [...] (C) In a 2/15 meeting, PM Siniora indicated only slight progress toward resolution of the country's political impasse. On the negative side, the Saudis "have stepped back," the Iranians are being opaque, Amre Moussa does not plan to return to Beirut anytime soon, and Speaker Berri will prob [...]	2007-02-16 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT280	LEBANON: SHIA POLITICIAN REPORTS ON HIZBALLAH [...] (C) In a follow-up communication to a meeting held on 2/7, a moderate, non-Hizballah Shia political leader from Baalbek informed the Embassy that Hizballah has transferred "most" of its missile inventory from south Lebanon to the Baalbek district, where they exercise near complete control. D [...]	2007-02-21 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT284	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND [...] (C) One month after Lebanon held a successful Paris III donor conference, Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad heads to Washington from February 25-28. Haddad is a pro-reform, nationalist technocrat seeking change and a broader leadership role, but he has no independent political [...]	2007-02-22 17:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT314	LEBANON: GERMAN INITIATIVE FOR NORTHERN BORDER [...] (C) Despite considerable planning and effort by German Federal Police officials who have been assigned to Beirut, it appears the German Pilot Border Project will not actually be implemented until sometime this summer. According to German representatives in Beirut, PM Siniora has given them v [...]	2007-02-28 16:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT320	LEBANON: UN MISSION TO LEBANON AND ISRAEL ON [...] (C) UN Senior Advisor Michael Williams visited Beirut February 27-March 1 to prepare a report to the SYG on implementation of UNSCR 1701. Williams remarks on his preceding visit to Israel were mostly negative. He was concerned at Israel's refusal to accept the visit of a UN cartographer to [...]	2007-03-01 17:12:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR LE SY SI
07BEIRUT337	LEBANON: INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR BORDER [...] (C) In a 3/2 meeting, the Border Security sub-group, a working-level unit of the larger International Security Assistance Donors Group that meets monthly in Beirut, discussed the current status of Lebanon's border security effort. Although the Siniora government wants the German-led Norther [...]	2007-03-05 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ARRMZY SY LE IS
07BEIRUT349	LEBANON: BERRI DESCRIBES NEW PLAN TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Nabih Berri described a "new" plan as the last opportunity for Lebanon to avoid serious civil disobedience. He said that all sides (except possibly Michel Aoun) would emerge with their non-negotiable objectives intact. Under the Berri plan, the pro-government March 14 and opposition Mar [...]	2007-03-06 17:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY SA
07BEIRUT352	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CAMPAIGNS FOR THE [...] (C) Lebanon's Central Bank Governor, Riad Salameh, in late February for the first time publicly expressed his interest in the Presidency. Salameh has issued veiled criticism of the GOL economic reform program, demonstrating his differing policy priorities and personal views from the current l [...]	2007-03-07 16:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT371	LEBANON: MP CLAIMS AOUN READY FOR RAPPROCHEMENT [...] (C) Michel Aoun is embarked on a program to distance himself from the Hizballah-led opposition, according Aoun Bloc MP Ibrahim Kenaan. Aoun's public statements at variance with Hizballah positions, his courting of the international community, his support for the international tribunal, his de [...]	2007-03-09 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT405	JUMBLATT FRETS THAT SYRIA IS PAINTING HIM AS PKK [...] (S) Over a 3/16 lunch otherwise dominated by discussion of Lebanon's domestic developments, Druse leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador that he was deeply worried that Syria was implicating him with PKK terrorism. Former Syrian VP Abdulhalim Khaddam, who met with Jumblatt earlier that w [...]	2007-03-19 08:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER LE TU IZ
07BEIRUT408	LEBANON: BANKS COMMISSIONER FRUSTRATED WITH GOL [...] (C) Banking Control Commissioner Walid Alameddine in early March expressed his concern that the GOL is not doing enough to promote financial stability. He argued that Lebanon urgently needs a more proactive government, and argued that that if the present stalemate is allowed to continue, fin [...]	2007-03-19 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT414	LEBANON: UNIIIC SENIOR INVESTIGATOR SAYS STEADY [...] (C) In a 3/19 meeting, UNIIIC chief investigator Peter Nicholson and senior investigator Rosemary Nidiry informed emboff that the Commission is now proceeding on the assumption that their mandate will be extended by the Security Council. Nicholson stated that the investigation has considera [...]	2007-03-21 09:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM LE SY IS
07BEIRUT416	LEBANON: TOP SHIA CLERIC URGES USG INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) In the course of a friendly 3/20 meeting, Lebanon's top official Shia religious cleric urged the USG to take an active and direct role in Lebanon's political crisis, as the Lebanese parties have reached an impasse they cannot overcome. This role could consist of pressuring the Lebanese pa [...]	2007-03-21 11:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT423	SAUDI AMBASSADOR BLAMES JUMBLATT FOR IMPASSE, AS [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja used a 3/21 meeting with Ambassador Feltman to blast Walid Jumblatt. Had it not been for Jumblatt's objections, Khoja said, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and MP Saad Hariri would be able to conclude a "declaration of intent" of how to end Lebanon's poli [...]	2007-03-22 13:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT426	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) In a 3/22 meeting with the Ambassador, French Ambassador Bernard Emie expressed concern that, with the departure of French President Jacques Chirac, France will lose its only strong advocate for Chapter VII approval of the Special Tribunal. The "entire French bureaucracy" is against pro [...]	2007-03-22 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY SA FR
07BEIRUT43	LEBANON: MICHEL "THE COOK" MURR HAS RECIPES FOR [...] (C) Veteran politician, MP and Michel Aoun ally Michel Murr is working on a solution to the Metn by-election controversy that would bypass President Lahoud and install Amine Gemayel in the parliamentary seat left vacant by the assassination of his son. Murr also has a formula for the resoluti [...]	2007-01-08 17:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT465	LEBANON: FRANJIEH ADMITS OPPOSITION HOLDING [...] (C) On March 23, Suleiman Franjieh treated the Ambassador to a full menu of the opposition leader's controversial positions on Lebanon's political crisis. Franjieh expressed general support for the international tribunal, but warned that the opposition would use it as a bargaining chip to obt [...]	2007-03-29 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT483	LEBANON: CODEL PELOSI MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (U) April 2, 2007 meeting in Beirut between CODEL Pelosi and Prime Minister Siniora. Lebanese Attendees: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr Ambassador Mohamed Chatah, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Ambassador Antoine Chedid, Lebano [...]	2007-04-03 15:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT533	LEBANON: PROPOSED CHARITY DESIGNATION [...] (S) A proposed designation of the al-Mabarrat charity organization, founded by Lebanon's top Shia spiritual leader Sayyed Fadlallah, would risk material damage to USG relations with Lebanon's Shia community, while promising little if any impact on Hizballah. The Embassy maintains good relation [...]	2007-04-17 12:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT552	LEBANON: UN LEGAL ADVISOR URGES EARLY TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Near the conclusion of his Beirut visit, the UN Legal Advisor reported to us on 4/20 that Hizballah has still not revealed its reservations to the special tribunal for Lebanon but denies having issues with Article 3 (assigning responsibility to superiors) and has repeated its pledge to sup [...]	2007-04-20 15:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT576	LEBANON: SINIORA IN GO-SLOW MODE ON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) PM Siniora's recent trip to Egypt garnered an energy deal that could reduce Lebanon's dependence on Syria, but President Mubarak and Amr Moussa advised steadfastness, not confrontation, in the GOL's political conflict with Syria and its allies in Lebanon. Rumors of a Swiss track to solve t [...]	2007-04-25 06:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM ENRG PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT58	SENIOR STATESMAN YEARNS FOR "LOCKERBIE" SOLUTION [...] (C) Octogenarian senior statesman Fouad Boutros hosted the Ambassador to a one-on-one lunch on 1/9. Boutros (who has held public positions from the 1940s until his recent stint as head of the electoral reform commission) expressed deep concern that Lebanon is being destroyed because of the [...]	2007-01-10 17:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KCRM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT587	PEDERSEN BRIEFS ON UNSYG BAN'S TRIP TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) In a 4/25 meeting with the Ambassador, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen said that, in terms of the Lebanon agenda, the Syrians -- as could have been predicted, he acknowledged -- offered "nothing" in UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon's meetings in Damascus the previous day. While adopti [...]	2007-04-25 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT623	LEBANON: MARCH 14 ATTEMPTS TO COUNTER AOUN'S NEW [...] (C) Two founding members of the pro-reform March 14th movement expressed genuine concern that FPM leader Michel Aoun's shewd proposal to select Lebanon's next president by direct elections has to be effectively countered -- and soon. MP Samir Franjieh and former MP Fares Souaid argued that t [...]	2007-05-03 09:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT633	LEBANON: PRO-REFORM LEADERS URGE CHAPTER VII [...] (C) In a 5/3 meeting at the Embassy, a broad range of leaders from the March 14th movement, including Walid Jumblatt, Marwan Hamadeh, Ghattas Khoury and Nassib Lahoud, discussed the chances for a successful vote on a Chapter VII resolution, likely Syrian and opposition reaction to such a dev [...]	2007-05-04 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT645	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON TRIBUNAL, BRAMMERTZ, [...] (C) In a 5/7 meeting with Ambassador Feltman, French Ambassador Bernard Emie, just back from Paris, reported that France wants to move quickly toward a simple UNSCR establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Emie agreed that it appears that the pro-Syrians already recognize the inevita [...]	2007-05-07 14:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL UNSC LE SY
07BEIRUT650	LEBANON: INDEPENDENT SHIA POLITICIAN SUGGESTS [...] (SBU) Independent Shia political leader Mohammad Baydoun in early May expressed frustration that the March 14 movement continues to approach the Shia community exclusively through Nabih Berri, whom Baydoun considers an unreliable partner. The main impediment to progress in Lebanon is Hizballah [...]	2007-05-08 16:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IS LE

07BEIRUT655	NABIH BERRI SEEKS USG HELP TO DERAIL LAHOUD-SYRIAN [...] (S) Describing President Emile Lahoud as a "bastard," Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri used a 5/9 meeting with the Ambassador to seek USG help in derailing what Berri suspects is a diabolical Syrian-inspired plot Lahoud plans to implement to destroy Lebanon's parliament. (Yes, gentle reader, [...]	2007-05-09 17:27:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT666	LEBANON: AOUN ADVISOR'S RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE [...] (C) General Aoun's son-in-law and senior advisor Gebran Bassil provided details about Michel Aoun's anticipated initiative, which has yet to be publicly released. Bassil has been preparing the initiative for some time, but Aoun decided to wait until all of Lebanon's political players appeare [...]	2007-05-11 17:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM LE
07BEIRUT673	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S 5/15-17/07 VISIT TO [...] (S) David: You last visited Lebanon in August 2006. Then, as now, Lebanon was in deep crisis. Yet the impact of today's crisis -- when Syria's allies seek to paralyze and make irrelevant the cabinet of Fouad Siniora and then install a pro-Syrian president in autumn -- stands in sharp contras [...]	2007-05-15 08:25:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT68	LEBANON: EAC TO ADDRESS THREATS TO EMBASSY [...] (S) On January 12 the DCM convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review current threats in the wake of the early morning attack against Embassy Athens. EAC members discussed press reports of the Atnens attack, reftel description of an alleged missile threat against Embassy Beirut, [...]	2007-01-12 17:07:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER CASC PGOV LE
07BEIRUT690	LEBANON: AOUN SAME GOALS, BUT DIFFERENT MEANS TO [...] (SBU) Former General Michel Aoun displayed to visiting NEA A/S Welch a friendly, near collegial demeanor as he outlined his plan for disarming Hizballah and assuring Hizballah supporters in southern Lebanon that a legitimate government can keep them safe from Israel. Welch said the U.S. woul [...]	2007-05-17 11:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
07BEIRUT692	LEBANON: A/S WELCH AND PM SINIORA COORDINATE [...] (C) In a 5/16 meeting, PM Siniora informed the visiting NEA A/S Welch that he is ready to initiate an all-out final diplomatic push to garner support for Chapter VII to establish the Special Tribunal. Once the P-3 draft resolution text has been agreed upon, Siniora will concentrate on winni [...]	2007-05-17 13:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT695	LEBANON: PM SINIORA CONVOKES UNSC MEMBER STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: PM Siniora summoned the chiefs of missions of all UNSC member embassies in Beirut at 6:00 PM on May 16 to make a pitch for UNSC adoption of a Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal. Present were the ambassadors of Italy, Russia, China, and Belgium; Char [...]	2007-05-17 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KCRM LE
07BEIRUT696	LEBANON: A/S WELCH DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS WITH [...] (C) In a 5/15 meeting with Walid Jumblatt, Marwan Hamadeh, Ghazi Aridi and other March 14th figures, NEA A/S Welch assured them that U.S. support is non-negotiable and the pro-reform movement in Lebanon enjoys strong bi-partisan support in Congress. The state of play in the UN Security Coun [...]	2007-05-17 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT701	LAF COMMANDER FRETS ABOUT UNIFIL UNDER "TWO [...] (C) On May 16, NEA A/S David Welch met with Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman. General Sleiman was confident that the LAF would maintain unity and remain neutral politically. However, he admitted that if President Emile Lahoud appoints a second government -- a scen [...]	2007-05-18 09:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT707	THE SEDUCTION OF THE WIDOW HARIRI: HOPES FOR [...] (C) Further to something we first mentioned in the 4/23/07 daily sitrep, beach resort owner and political gadfly Roger Edde has pursued a far-fetched plan to achieve his long-shot goal of becoming Lebanon's next president: he has dangled before the eyes of Rafiq Hariri's Paris-based widow N [...]	2007-05-21 07:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT710	LEBANON: EAC MEETS TO REVIEW VIOLENCE OF MAY 20-21 [...] (C) Summary: On May 21 at 0900 local, the DCM convened a full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review the events of May 20-21 and to consider follow-up security measures. It was agreed that the Embassy would maintain its strict review of all off-compound moves, issue a U.S. citiz [...]	2007-05-21 10:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PTER LE
07BEIRUT713	LEBANON: FOLLOW-UP EAC MEETING TO REVIEW SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On May 22 the Embassy Beirut EAC reviewed security developments in Lebanon and corresponding measures to address continuing threats. The Embassy's RSO will stay in close contact with Lebanese Internal Security Forces to evaluate risks to off-compound moves of Embassy Beirut Am [...]	2007-05-22 12:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT PTER CASC LE
07BEIRUT733	LEBANON: ISF'S GENERAL RIFI SEES SYRIA BEHIND [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 23, Director General of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) General Ashraf Rifi added his voice to the chorus of those who assume a Syrian role in the recent violence in Lebanon. Rifi supports immediate action to eliminate Fatah al-Islam from [...]	2007-05-23 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT740	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S 5/28-29/07 [...] (SBU) The House Democracy Assistance Commission last hosted Lebanese members of parliament (MPs) for a legislative strengthening visit to Washington in April. Then, as now, Lebanon was in deep crisis. Your visit comes amidst heightened tensions and renewed security concerns that will likely [...]	2007-05-24 14:35:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT746	MURR ON NASRALLAH SPEECH: HARMFUL, BUT GOL/LAF [...] (S) In a 5/26 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr attacked as "unacceptable" Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah's televised speech the previous evening. While according to Murr Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman also [...]	2007-05-28 05:23:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS PREF MASS LE SY
07BEIRUT754	LEBANON: EAC SETS TRIPWIRE OF ARMY ENTRY INTO [...] (S) On May 29, DCM chaired a full session of the Embassy Beirut EAC. Principal subjects included the increasing frequency of credible threat information against western and Lebanese government interests, tensions arising from the standoff at the Nahr el-Barad Palestinian refugee camp, and a [...]	2007-05-29 12:02:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	ASEC CASC PTER LE
07BEIRUT756	LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARIANS STRESS COOPERATION, AID [...] (U) On May 28, the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) Legislative Strengthening Program brought together members of the U.S. House of Representativs and leading members of the Lebanese Parliament. The U.S. delegation held three sessions with the following groups of Lebanese MPs: M [...]	2007-05-29 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID LE
07BEIRUT780	LEBANON: EAC CONVENES TO REVIEW COMBAT AT NAHR [...] (C) The full Embassy Beirut Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened at 1600 hrs. local to review security threats in the aftermath of the Lebanese Armed Forces' entry into the Nahr el-Barad Palestinian refugee camp. The EAC confirmed that off-compound personal moves have been suspended and [...]	2007-06-01 14:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT PTER CASC LE
07BEIRUT782	LEBANON: EAC REVIEWS COMBAT AT NAHR EL-BARAD; [...] (C) On June 2 at 1300 hrs. local, the DCM chaired a full emergency action committee (EAC) meeting to review the status of military operations at the Nahr el-Barad Palestinian refugee camp and related security threats throughout Lebanon. The EAC agreed to lift the suspension of all off-compou [...]	2007-06-02 11:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER CASC AMGT LE
07BEIRUT783	LEBANON: AOUN BLOC TELLS HDAC THEY ARE THE [...] (SBU) On May 28, Aoun bloc member Ibrahim Kenaan told visiting members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission that the Aoun bloc was the original opposition; this status derives from the bloc having always opposed any government formed via elections that took place under the old Syrian- [...]	2007-06-02 12:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
07BEIRUT794	HADDAD, AZOUR CONVINCED SYRIA WANTS RIAD SALAMEH [...] (S) After shooing out their staff members and Embassy notetaker after a lengthy meeting on economic and financial matters (reftel),Minister of Finance Jihad Azour and Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad told the Ambassador on 6/1 that they were deeply concerned about the "charm offens [...]	2007-06-04 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT805	LEBANON: A/S SILVERBERG MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) On 6/5, PM Siniora informed A/S Silverberg that LAF operations against Fatah al-Islam terrorists cornered in the Nahr al-Barid refugee camp were proceeding according to plan and that only two outcomes were acceptable: surrender to Lebanese justice, or elimination. Siniora agreed with the [...]	2007-06-06 09:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT818	LEBANON: UN ENVOY PEDERSEN ON UNIFIL RENEWAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN SYG's Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pederseon shared his thoughts about UNIFIL renewal, the upcoming UNSCR 1701 report, and Hizballah thinking on dialogue with March 14, at a dinner hosted by the Ambassador for IO A/S Kristin Silverberg on June 4. Pedersen noted t [...]	2007-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT824	LEBANON: MARADA ALLY BLAMES HARIRI FOR SECURITY [...] (C) Richard Haykel, AmCham Vice President, general manager of a Tripoli hospital, and close friend of Marada Forces leader Suleiman Franjieh, on May 31 theorized about the recent security incidents in the north. He blamed Hariri and the Future Movement for the existence of Fatah al-Islam and [...]	2007-06-08 10:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT858	LEBANON: EXPLOSION KILLS MARCH 14 PARLIAMENTARIAN [...] (C) March 14 MP Walid Eido was killed June 14 in what sources tell us was a targeted bombing on Beirut's waterfront corniche. Eido, an outspoken opponent of Syrian interference in Lebanon, was a member of Saad Hariri's Future Movement and a close personal friend of Social Progressive Party le [...]	2007-06-14 09:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT861	LEBANON: BRAVO ZULU FOR U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE [...] Speed, professionalism, effectiveness: those qualities exemplified the extraordinary effort put forth by our EUCOM, CENTCOM and TRANSCOM military brethren and our State and DOD civilian colleagues in providing urgently needed military assistance to Lebanon's fledgling armed forces in their ti [...]	2007-06-14 16:23:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MOPS PTER PREL LE SY
07BEIRUT871	POST CONCURRENCE - PROPOSED NIH RESEARCH PROJECT [...] Embassy Beirut has no objections to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed award of research project AG01284613 entitled, "Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging," to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the American University of Beirut. Embassy Beirut sees no adverse U [...]	2007-06-15 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA LE
07BEIRUT872	LEBANON: COUSSERAN READOUT: FRANCE REVISED ITS [...] (C) The reactions to the French initiative that Lebanese interlocutors gave envoy Jean-Claude Cousseron during his visit to Lebanon caused the French to modify their original plan for participation, French Embassy charge Joseph Silva told DCM on June 14. Interlocutors from both political camps [...]	2007-06-15 14:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT899	APPALLINGLY BAD EXAMPLE OF UNAUTHORIZED PERSONAL [...] (U) We urge all recipients of this message to remind all employees that Embassy Beirut is a partially unaccompanied post. All USG employees from all agencies, as well as their families and members of households, are subject to reftel guidance on travel to Beirut. Unless advised differently [...]	2007-06-20 13:42:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	AMGT ASEC APER LE
07BEIRUT913	LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER WARNS ISRAEL WILL [...] (C) UNIFIL Force Commander Graziano, calling the June 17 rocket attack against Israel a "severe violation" of UNSCR 1701, credited excellent UNIFIL communication with the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and Israeli restraint for Israel's decision not to retaliate. However, he warned that Israel [...]	2007-06-21 14:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT967	LEBANON: FBI DIRECTOR EXPLORES COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (S) FBI Director Mueller on June 26 met with Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr, Minister of Interior Hassan Sabaa, Head of the Internal Security Forces Ashraf Rifi, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk, and Chief Prosecutor Jean Fahd to offer FBI assistance to Lebanon's securit [...]	2007-06-29 09:01:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM LE SY
07BELGRADE100	SERBIAN ELECTIONS - ALBANIANS MAKE IT [...] SUMMARY: The Presevo Valley Albanian coalition received enough votes to get one seat in parliament, according to Serbia's Republican Election Commission (RIK). Local contacts report that USG efforts in particular were "difference makers" in helping get the Albanians into parliament for the f [...]	2007-01-23 16:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM SR MW YI
07BELGRADE101	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MELISSA K. SHOEMAKER [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Melissa K. Shoemaker, Political officer from 01/27/07 to 03/25/07. Control Officer for this visit will be POLMIL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. The Embassy's offices are located [...]	2007-01-24 08:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE1012	EMBASSY BELGRADE SUPPORTS ODC 1206 PROPOSAL FOR REGIONAL [...] (U) The Ambassador supports the Office of Defense Cooperation Section 1206 proposal for the Regional Air Surveillance Coordination Center. The center will provide important opportunities for our continued mil-mil engagement with Serbian armed forces, as well as promoting regional mil-mil coo [...]	2007-07-18 09:40:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SR
07BELGRADE1018	AMBASSADOR MEETS ENERGY MINISTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador Polt met with new Minister of Energy Aleksandar Popovic on July 11 to review his plans for addressing Serbia's energy security. The minister, a vice president in Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS),said Serbia has no alternative to sourcing gas from th [...]	2007-07-19 06:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SR
07BELGRADE1029	Serbian Kosovo Position Continues to Harden: Kosovo Weekly [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of July 16. 2. (sbu) Summary: Kosovo was not as much in the public eye as last week, as there were no visits comparable to A/S Fried and FM Kouchner to report on. The GoS showed private signs of increasing rigidity on rel [...]	2007-07-20 13:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV SR
07BELGRADE103	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MELISSA K. SHOEMAKER [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Melissa K. Shoemaker, Political officer from 01/27/07 to 03/25/07. Control Officer for this visit will be POLMIL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. The Embassy's offices are located [...]	2007-01-24 09:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE1065	VISAS DONKEY CORRUPTION 212 (F) SRM (MISKOVIC, Miroslav) [...] (s) Summary: Miroslav Miskovic, dpob: 5 July 1945, Serbia, is the richest man in Serbia and, according to the most recent Forbes ranking, one of the richest in the world, with over $1 billion in wealth. He dominates banking, insurance, and consumer goods in Serbia after obtaining massive we [...]	2007-07-27 15:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	CVIS KCOR KCRM ASEC PGOV PREL ECON KFRD SR
07BELGRADE1086	NATIONWIDE MEDIA APPEARANCES IN SERBIA BY [...] Summary: From July 17-26 outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael C. Polt conducted a series of interviews with a broad spectrum of Serbian media in which he forcefully conveyed messages on U.S. ambitions for Kosovo, Serbia and the region. The Ambassador reiterated that the U.S. supports [...]	2007-08-01 07:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PGOV KPAO SCUL SR MW YI
07BELGRADE111	K+1: ROLLING OUT THE SERBIAN BENEFITS PACKAGE [...] (C) As we approach the endgame in the Kosovo status process, this Mission is preparing to activate the third phase of our K 1 strategy, the rollout of the Serbian benefits package, to demonstrate the continued U.S. commitment to Serbia's future beyond Kosovo. This rollout would involve the in [...]	2007-01-24 16:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07BELGRADE1126	SERBIA UNDECIDED ON COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE [...] (u) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (u) On August 8, emboff delivered diplomatic note and reftel points to Vanja Radonjic-Rakic, Counsellor in the Serbian Ministry for Foreign Affairs' Directorate for United Nations. Radonjic-Rakic was receptive to the talking points and consid [...]	2007-08-09 14:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA
07BELGRADE1145	GOS RECEIVES TROIKA'S MESSAGE [...] On August 14, the Charge, along with the Russian and Portuguese (EU President) Ambassadors and German Charge, orally delivered the Troika's points in ref to the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With the Foreign Minister on vacation, the delegation was received by State Secretary Radojko Bog [...]	2007-08-14 17:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV
07BELGRADE1252	KOSOVO WEEKLY: DS HITS BACK AT DSS RHETORIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Party (DS) responded to the Democratic Party of Serbia's (DSS) NATO-bashing and inflammatory comments about Serbian "use of force" or "severe measures" in Kosovo. Serbian media covered the U.S. and EU's reactions to the latest DSS rhetoric, which included a Kosovo [...]	2007-09-07 18:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1276	KOSOVO WEEKLY: GOS COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. THREAT; ADVISES [...] (SBU) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) protested throughout the week, through the media and to the UNSC, the perceived USG "threat" to Serbia's territorial integrity. Kostunica traveled to Brussels, in an attempt to organize EU opposition to an [...]	2007-09-14 19:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1277	KOSOVO WEEKLY: GOS COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. THREAT; ADVISES [...] (SBU) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) protested throughout the week, through the media and to the UNSC, the perceived USG "threat" to Serbia's territorial integrity. Kostunica traveled to Brussels, in an attempt to organize EU opposition to an [...]	2007-09-14 19:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1329	Serb Rhetoric on Kosovo Status Stronger than Resolve [...] (SBU) Serbia's leaders, in New York for the UNGA and Troika-led Kosovo talks, continue to call on the international community to play by UN rules on Kosovo. At home, government officials echo that Serbia will do everything short of sending in the troops to hold on to Kosovo, while quietly sugg [...]	2007-09-28 17:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV
07BELGRADE1348	Just Say When: Scheduling Serbia's Presidential Elections [...] (SBU) Exploiting ambiguities in the law, Serbia's political parties are wrangling over the election schedule, with the presidency, government of Vojvodina province, and key mayoral races potentially at stake. The key consideration scheduling elections is not the law, however, but rather specu [...]	2007-10-03 15:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
07BELGRADE1359	SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS CRITICIZE BELGRADE [...] (SBU) All ethnic Albanian parties from southern Serbia's Presevo Valley signed a declaration, September 29, criticizing the Government of Serbia for "delaying" political progress in the region. The parties alleged that the GOS was militarizing the region, failing to follow through on promised [...]	2007-10-05 17:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1380	SERBIA TO SEND DELEGATION TO BRUSSELS EMPTY-HANDED [...] (SBU) Serbia will bring no new ideas or proposals to the next round of Kosovo talks, Slobodan Samardzic, Serbia's Kosovo Minister and lead negotiator, told Ambassador. Resident European diplomats and a Government advisor echoed this message in conversations with the DCM and, further, conveyed [...]	2007-10-10 17:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS KV SR
07BELGRADE1394	SERBIA - DUELING MUFTIS OVERSHADOW IFTAR [...] (SBU) In the midst of a bitter contest between Islamic leaders that reaches deep into the politics, economics, and financial aspirations of Serbia's Sandzak region (septel),the Ambassador went to Novi Pazar to host an Iftar and to deliver a message about reconciliation. Building on this theme [...]	2007-10-11 18:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR
07BELGRADE1411	SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA AND PRESIDENT TADIC - CO-DEPENDENCY [...] (C) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and President Boris Tadic dislike each other. This has the fortunate benefit of keeping the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and Democratic Party (DS) coalition together. Both men's political bases are equally based on exploiting differences bet [...]	2007-10-16 11:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE1433	GAZPROM IN SERBIA - BUYING UP THE WORKS? [...] (U) Russia's Gazprom is making a push to control Serbia's key energy companies and infrastructure. During an October 9 visit, Gazprom CEO, Alexei Miller linked three major energy projects in Serbia -- a new gas pipeline, a gas storage facility and perhaps a deal involving 51% ownership of the [...]	2007-10-22 07:21:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SR
07BELGRADE1480	Serbia: President and Foreign Minister Defend Dayton [...] Both President Tadic and Prime Minister Jeremic, in separate meetings on October 30 reaffirmed Serbia's support for the Dayton Accords as one of the "guarantors," and criticized High Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajcak for taking measures in Bosnia contrary to the accords. [...]	2007-10-31 12:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BH SR
07BELGRADE1488	SERBIA WILL SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN IAAC [...] (U) Serbia's MFA informed Embassy Belgrade through diplomatic note, on October 25, that Serbia would support the U.S. candidate to the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee, David Walker, at the elections to be held during the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly, on November 2, 2007. [...]	2007-11-01 08:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UN UNGA
07BELGRADE1495	SERBIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR/B OFFICERS [...] (U) Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of INR/B officers Amanda Timko and Katherine Kaminksi for the period of November 6 to 8, for consultations with embassy officers. Embassy control officer for this visit will be POL officer Bianca Menendez: (381-11) 306-4654 ( [...]	2007-11-02 12:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR OTRA BK MW SR
07BELGRADE1509	SERBIA: MISSILE DESTRUCTION STALLS SHORT OF GOAL [...] (U) This is a time sensitive action request. Please see para 8. 2. (U) In.2005, the United States and Serbia and Montenegro signed an agreement for the destruction of 5,000 MANPADSs by the end of 2007. As of October 31, 2007 Serbia had destroyed nearly 4,000 of those weapons and inten [...]	2007-11-06 17:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MCAP PREL PTER MW SR
07BELGRADE1529	ANTI-CUBAN EMBARGO RESOLUTION PASSES SERBIA'S PARLIAMENT [...] (U) The Serbian Parliament overwhelmingly approved a declaration condemning sanctions against Cuba, in principle. The text of the declaration reflects the vigorous debate between the democratic and radical MPs that resulted in only one explicit mention of the United States. While Serbia has v [...]	2007-11-08 20:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN CU SR
07BELGRADE1551	(S) SERBIA: SANDZAK SIMMERS WHILE FIGHTING MUFTIS VIE FOR [...] (C) Serbia's Islamic community in the Sandzak region continues to feud over financial and political control of the local community while the opposing religious leaders try to enlist U.S. support. What started as a power grab by one faction of imams supported by Belgrade apparently has spun out [...]	2007-11-15 16:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV BK
07BELGRADE1559	HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK IN NIS CITY [...] Over 550 cases of Hepatitis A have been reported in and around Nis, Serbia's third largest city, this year. As the number of cases has grown, local press reports have focused on the continued spread of the outbreak. Males between the ages 20-50 make up the majority of those infected. The go [...]	2007-11-19 06:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CASC SOCI SR
07BELGRADE1560	SERBIAN PATRIARCH DYING; BISHOPS MANEUVERING [...] (C) Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle is 93 years old and in declining health. The Church already is preparing to select a new patriarch. The process of choosing a successor will involve a complex process of election and divine selection. Metropolitan Amfilohije and Bishop Irinej are t [...]	2007-11-19 06:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SR
07BELGRADE1595	SERBIA: 2008 BUDGET SENT TO PARLIAMENT [...] On November 12, the Serbian Government adopted a 2008 budget with a 9.9% increase over 2007, with revenues of $12.02 billion, expenditures of $12.3 billion and deficit of $280 million. The consolidated fiscal deficit is projected to improve in 2008 to 0.6% of GDP, mostly by keeping increases [...]	2007-11-27 16:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV SR
07BELGRADE1615	SERBIA: DYNAMIC MAYOR OUTLINES A VISION FOR A BETTER [...] During a visit to Indjija, a small city located 45 minutes from Belgrade the Ambassador had an opportunity to see first hand a dynamic local Mayor's success in attracting investment and building a foundation for economic prosperity. Mayor Jesic is a young, energetic leader who is working to b [...]	2007-12-04 08:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV SR
07BELGRADE1617	SUSPECT EMBASSY MEMO BECOMES PART OF [...] This is an Urgent Action Request - See Paragraphs 12 and 13 Summary --------- 2. (SBU) Serbian Liberal Party leader Cedomir Jovanovic has dragged the United States into the middle of a political and legal battle with Serbian tycoon Miroslav Miskovic. Jovanovic has accused Miskovic of [...]	2007-12-05 06:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CVIS SR
07BELGRADE1626	BELGRADE EAC OF DECEMBER 5, 2007 [...] (S) POST EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) CONVENED TO REVIEW POST'S CURRENT SECURITY POSTURE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOST GOVERNMENT OF SERBIA, AS A DECISION ON THE FUTURE STATUS OF KOSOVO APPROACHES. 2. (S) MEMBERS OF POST'S EAC: DCM, USAID, DAO, FCS, ECON CON, CLO, GPRO, POL AND RSO MET TO [...]	2007-12-07 15:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	ASEC
07BELGRADE1652	NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE FIELD STUDIES VISIT TO SERBIA [...] (U) Embassy Belgrade warmly welcomes the National War College Field Studies Program visit to Serbia, and looks forward to welcoming a delegation in spring 2008. Post believes that the May 9-22 schedule for the visit is reasonable. As we get closer to the date of the visit, we will develop an [...]	2007-12-12 10:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS SR
07BELGRADE1655	SERBIA TO JOIN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Arms Control, Branka Latinovic, told PolChief on December 11 that Serbia had agreed to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, providing a note verbale formally informing the USG of this decision. Ambassador Latinovic said that thedecision culminated an [...]	2007-12-12 15:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PARM PREL SR
07BELGRADE17	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR YOULIANA IVANOVA [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance to Ms. Youliana Ivanova, Serbia Desk Officer, from January 17 to February 2, 2007, for the purpose of participation in the OSCE election observation team, and to conduct an embassy orientation tour. Control Officer for this visit will be Demian Smith, [...]	2007-01-08 14:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SR
07BELGRADE1700	SERBIA PACKAGES ENERGY DEAL FOR RUSSIA [...] (U) In the wake of a December 11 press conference to propose a bilateral energy agreement between Russia and Serbia, Embassy interlocutors confirm that support in the Serbian government to sell state oil company NIS to Gazprom has gained momentum. Embassy contacts point to government approval [...]	2007-12-20 06:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SR
07BELGRADE1709	SERBIA: 2007-2008 INCSR II ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] Reftel requested post update for Serbia on efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Serbia is upholding all international commitments to eliminate money laundering and terrorist financing. END SUMMARY. SERBIA: Not a Financial Center ------------------------------ 2. [...]	2007-12-20 14:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR SR
07BELGRADE22	SERBIA'S INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] This is Embassy Belgrade's response to reftel seeking a list of the top five most influential women in Serbia. Post's officer tracking women's issues is Laura Brown (phone: +381 11 306 4661, unclassified email: BrownLJ2@state.gov). SIPDIS 2. Post has identified the following five women [...]	2007-01-09 10:21:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL SR
07BELGRADE236	VINCA NUCLEAR INSTITUTE: CAS STAFFING, VIND [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy has been informed by Vinca Nuclear Institute direction that the Department of Energy (DoE)-built Central Alarm Station (CAS) will be staffed in the near future. After the institute and the Ministry of Interior (MUP) reached an agreement on CAS staffing, Vinca identif [...]	2007-02-21 17:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM EAID OTRA SR
07BELGRADE249	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. UNOSEK: the view from Belgrade ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) For the week of 2/19, almost all Kosovo focus was on the UNOSEK talks in Vienna. The media reports from Vienna have been mostly straightforward. [...]	2007-02-23 17:01:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE266	KOSOVO'S FINAL STATUS BURDENS ECONOMIC TIES [...] (U) This is a joint cable from USOP and Embassy Belgrade. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Belgrade econ chief and Pristina econ officer made the rounds of UNMIK and PISG economic agencies to identify some of the economic issues that are factors in current and future relations between Kosovo and [...]	2007-02-27 11:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG ECON SR YI
07BELGRADE268	MORE SERBIAN REACTIONS TO ICJ RULING [...] (SBU) Serbia's major parties (DSS, DS, SRS, SPS) all heralded the findings issued yesterday by the International Court of Justice as a generally "not guilty" verdict for Serbia. While welcoming the exoneration for complicity in genocide, both President Tadic and PM Kostunica did acknowledge [...]	2007-02-27 13:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI
07BELGRADE272	SERBIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] OVERVIEW --------------- A. Serbia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. The Agency for the Coordination of Protection of Victims of Trafficking recorded 62 TIP victims. Of these, there were 60 females and 2 males; 33 wer [...]	2007-02-28 14:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SR
07BELGRADE275	KOSOVO SERB PROTEST AT EMBASSY BELGRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo-based Serbian National Council (SNV) staged a peaceful demonstration of approximately 10,000 - 20,000 people in front of the U.S. Embassy on February 27 to protest against the Ahtisaari proposal for Kosovo status and alleged USG support for "dividing up" Serbia. The s [...]	2007-03-01 09:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS SR YI
07BELGRADE284	K+1 ? FOCUS ON SERBIA?S FUTURE - A/S FRIED IN [...] (C) Dan, you are returning to a Serbia much like the one you found less than a year ago: uncertainty over government vision and direction and denial of the Kosovo reality. The country?s leadership offers very little perspective for the future to its citizens. The penultimate phase of Vienna [...]	2007-03-02 12:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL SR YI
07BELGRADE288	POWER STRUGGLE DEEPENS BETWEEN SERBIAN MUSLIMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Serbia's new Law on Religion has brought to the fore long-simmering tensions within Serbia's Islamic community (IC). Serbian Islamic leaders are deep into negotiations over unification, but with separate ideas about where the centralized administrative authority should be based, [...]	2007-03-02 15:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO KIRF PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE291	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (2/26 - 3/2) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (U) Summary: For the week of February 26, the second week of UNOSEK talks, the SNV rally and Russian DFM Titov's visit were the most notable events related to Kosovo in Serbia. End Summary. UNOSEK: the view from B [...]	2007-03-02 16:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE295	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER J. HOH [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Christopher J. Hoh, EUR/SCE Director from March 22-26, 2007 for consultations. Control Officer for this visit will be POL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. The Embassy's offices [...]	2007-03-05 14:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE303	EDUCATION MAFIA ARRESTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES [...] (U) Serbian police have arrested 18 people, including 12 university teachers, in an ongoing investigation of rampant corruption at the Law Faculty of Kragujevac University. The arrests, all occurring since February 20, include Assistant Minister of Education Emilija Stankovic, Sveta Puric, rec [...]	2007-03-06 14:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCRM KCOR PREL SR
07BELGRADE307	SERBIA'S IPR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IMPROVE IN 2006 [...] The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA),in its yearly Special 301 submission to USTR, elected not to recommend that Serbia be placed on the Special 301 Watch list. Embassy supports this decision. Serbian authorities responsible for intellectual property rights (IPR) enforce [...]	2007-03-07 13:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL SR KIPR
07BELGRADE323	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/5 - 3/9) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (U) Summary: For the week of March 5, Serbia's preparation for the final, top-level round of UNOSEK talks, as well as the visits of A/S Fried and NATO SYG Scheffer were the most notable events related to Kosovo and S [...]	2007-03-09 13:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE33	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OSCE AFFAIRS [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Kenneth E. Gross, Jr. Deputy Director OSCE Affairs from January 17-22, 2007 to perform work in support of participate in OSCE Election Monitoring of Parliamentary election in Serbia. The Embassy has been notified that no further as [...]	2007-01-11 13:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE392	MAKING THE MOST OF USG ASSISTANCE TO MUSLIM [...] Dan: During your recent visit you rightly pointed out that the USG could do a lot to get value, on a global level, from our outreach and assistance to the Muslim communities in this part of the world. I took note of the enthusiasm with which you greeted news of our planned project to rebuild [...]	2007-03-22 08:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07BELGRADE42	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR YOULIANA IVANOVA [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance to Ms. Youliana Ivanova, Serbia Desk Officer, from January 17 to February 2, 2007, for the purpose of participation in the OSCE election observation team, and to conduct an embassy orientation tour. Control Officer for this visit will be Demian Smith, [...]	2007-01-16 06:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC SR YI
07BELGRADE428	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID T. KILLION, DOUGLAS ANDERSON, [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes David T. Killion, Senior Professional Staff, House committee on Foreign Affairs, Douglas Anderson, Minority Professional Staff, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Jennifer Simon, Professional Staff, Senate Foreign Relations and Tom [...]	2007-03-29 14:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE435	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/26 - 3/30) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (C) Summary: For the week of March 26, the announcement and international reactions to Ahtisaari's recommendation for the supervised independence of Kosovo were the dominant events of the week related to Kosovo and S [...]	2007-03-30 16:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE443	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL C. MOZUR [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Michael c. Mozur, Deputy special Coordinator of the stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, from April 15-19, 2007 to Participate in Speakers of Parliament of South Eastern Europe Cooperation Process Conference and the Stability [...]	2007-04-03 13:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE483	GETTING REAL ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the Embassy's ongoing effort to reach out to Serbs and explain our support for Kosovo's supervised independence, the Ambassador and his French counterpart co-hosted a lunch for Serbian journalists and other opinion makers for a frank, off-the-record, discussion on Koso [...]	2007-04-12 14:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE489	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/9 - 4/13) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 9, Serbia's self-titled "diplomatic offensive" to block passage of a UNSC resolution on Kosovo was the dominant event related to Kosovo and Serbia. The Ambassador and his French [...]	2007-04-13 16:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE534	LAVROV'S VISIT TO BELGRADE SHOWCASES HARDENING STANCE [...] (u) Russian FM Lavrov's visit was widely covered in local press, which focused on his meetings with Tadic and Kostunica. His statements to press following the meetings reiterated Russia's commitment to continued negotiations and respect for implementation of UNSCR 1244 - the provisions of wh [...]	2007-04-20 16:32:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS UNSC PREL KPAO RU SR
07BELGRADE539	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RYAN C. LEONG [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Ryan C. Leong, Political Officer, from April 22 to May 2, 2007 for consultations with Embassy officials. 2. The Embassy's offices are located at Kneza Milosa 50, Belgrade. The Embassy's switchboard telephone number is 381-11- [...]	2007-04-23 09:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE597	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/30-5/4) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. SUMMARY ------- 2. (sbu) This was an abbreviated week for Kosovo-related news owing to a 2-day May Day holiday. Media focus at the beginning of the week was on the SCM visit that concluded in Kosovo over the prece [...]	2007-05-04 16:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS UNSC PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR
07BELGRADE609	Additional Information on Novi Pazar [...] (SBU) RSO Met with Director of National Security Veljevic on April 2, 2007. RSO was meeting to discuss the possibility of Serbian security forces providing personal protection to the Mufti of Novi Pazar. The Mufti expressed concern for his personal safety to the Ambassador just days before [...]	2007-05-08 08:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER SR
07BELGRADE617	KOSTUNICA'S PARTY GIVES RADICALS CONTROL OF PARLIAMENT [...] (u) At 0300 on May 8, after a 17-hour marathon session, the Serbian parliament elected Radical Party (SRS) deputy president Tomislav Nikolic speaker with 142 votes in favor (99 opposed, 9 did not vote - absence). The vote went on strict party lines - SRS, the Socialists (SPS) and Kostunica's [...]	2007-05-08 16:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE676	Serbia's "Spring Coalition" Government [...] The following is the new cabinet sworn in on May 15, 2007 in Serbia. It consists of 22 ministries in addition to a Prime Minister from the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS),a Deputy Prime Minister from the Democratic Party (DS) and a minister without portfolio. 2. Prime Minister: Vojislav Ko [...]	2007-05-16 13:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE693	SERBIA'S PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN OSCE PPP CONFERENCE [...] (U) On May 17, 2007, poloff delivered ref demarche to the Serbian MFA, jointly with a poloff from the Russian Embassy in Belgrade. Serbia plans to send two representatives from the Ministry of Interior (so far unnamed),Aleksandar Dovanovic from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one or two re [...]	2007-05-18 14:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP
07BELGRADE709	AMBASSADOR, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SHARE COMMON [...] (U) Summary: On the eve of the new government's formation, the Ambassador sat down with human rights groups to hear their concerns, discuss mutual interests, and express support for their role in civic society. The lively exchange, which took place at the Embassy, reinforced the need to work [...]	2007-05-21 16:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR
07BELGRADE737	AMBASSADOR'S 5/24 MEETING WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (c)SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MET WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DJELIC ON MAY 24 TO REVIEW HIS PLANS FOR CARRYING OUT THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM. UPBEAT AND ENERGETIC - TO THE POINT OF BEING COCKY - DJELIC EMPHASIZED THAT HE WOULD INVEST HEAVILY IN BUILDING GOOD RELATIONS WITH DIFFERENT PA [...]	2007-05-25 16:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV SR

07BELGRADE738	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (5/21 - 5/25) [...] This cable summarizes the week's notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. Summary: With a government formed, media and public attention in Serbia has returned to Kosovo and speculation on the likelihood of a UNSC resolution based on the Ahtisaari plan. In a late-breaking developmen [...]	2007-05-25 16:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE747	CZECHS PREVIEW 2009 PRESIDENCY AGENDA FOR BALKANS [...] (U) The Czech Embassy hosted on May 17, 2007 in Belgrade a discussion panel on the program priorities of the Czech Republic when it assumes the EU presidency in 2009. The panel was composed of Jan Kahout, Czech Ambassador to the EU, and Dr. Tanja Miscevic, Director of the Serbian government' [...]	2007-05-30 10:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EU SR
07BELGRADE763	SERBIA: APPLICATION FOR 2007 PRM AMBASSADOR'S FUND TO [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Belgrade proposes granting 12,000 dollars of the FY 2007 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees toward the purchase of basic household equipment and educational material to enable a short-term protection facility in Belgrade, Serbia, to improve its care of IDP, refugee, and other at- [...]	2007-06-01 07:32:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM SR
07BELGRADE775	SERBIA BROADBAND OPERATING IN HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) Only five years after the Southeastern Europe Equity Fund invested USD 10 million in this cable television and broadband start-up, Serbia Broadband (SBB) has become a significant market player in Serbia. Its successful growth places it squarely as a threat to state-owned Telekom Srbija. O [...]	2007-06-01 16:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN BTIO PGOV KPRV SR
07BELGRADE810	NEW SERBIAN FINANCE MINISTER PROMISES RESPONSIBLE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with new Finance Minister Mirko Cvetkovic for the first time on June 5 to discuss the economic agenda for the new government. Cvetkovic said that he aims to uphold the Ministry's role in safeguarding a stable macroeconomic environment, including a return to convention [...]	2007-06-08 10:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV KIDE SR
07BELGRADE84	SERBIAN ELECTIONS: SRS, DS TAKE TOP SPOTS [...] (u) SUMMARY: Initial results from the Republic Election Commission (RIK) indicate that the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) again took the top spot in parliamentary elections, with Boris Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) coming in second. ODIHR will likely announce the elections to have been general [...]	2007-01-22 13:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE85	SERBIAN ELECTIONS: A MIXED PICTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian elections were free and fair with high turnout and no significant problems. The results suggest difficult negotiations for forming a government between the three strongest democratic parties: the DS, the DSS and the G-17+ -- the DS just did not do well enough to shake up [...]	2007-01-22 13:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE879	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW DEFMIN [...] (c) Summary: The Ambassador's June 1 courtesy call on new DEFMIN Dragan Sutanovac focused on ICTY cooperation (improving),Kosovo (the military remains committed to staying out),and developing Serbia's security relationship with the U.S. and NATO. Sutanovac has already experienced the frust [...]	2007-06-21 09:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR SR
07BELGRADE884	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW DEFMIN [...] (c) Summary: The Ambassador's June 1 courtesy call on new DEFMIN Dragan Sutanovac focused on ICTY cooperation (improving),Kosovo (the military remains committed to staying out),and developing Serbia's security relationship with the U.S. and NATO. Sutanovac has already experienced the frust [...]	2007-06-21 09:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR SR
07BELGRADE896	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: STATUS DELAY GAMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian officials, confident that a Kosovo status decision will be delayed considerably, augmented diplomatic overtures to Russia and European countries with the aim of isolating the USG in the push for independence. The GOS reacted quickly to the new draft UNSC resolution by [...]	2007-06-25 06:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE897	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: STATUS DELAY GAMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian officials, confident that a Kosovo status decision will be delayed considerably, augmented diplomatic overtures to Russia and European countries with the aim of isolating the USG in the push for independence. The GOS reacted quickly to the new draft UNSC resolution by e [...]	2007-06-25 06:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE907	AMBASSADOR MEETS ECONOMY MINISTER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with new Minister of Economy Mladjan Dinkic for the first time on June 20 to review the economic agenda for the new government. Dinkic, leader of the G17 party, said that he personally favors a partition of Kosovo but said that preserving momentum on Euro-Atlantic rela [...]	2007-06-25 14:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV KIDE KPRV SR
07BELGRADE914	AMBASSADOR MEETS ECONOMY MINISTER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with new Minister of Economy Mladjan Dinkic for the first time on June 20 to review the economic agenda for the new government. Dinkic, leader of the G17 party, said that he personally favors a partition of Kosovo but said that preserving momentum on Euro-Atlantic rel [...]	2007-06-26 08:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV KIDE KPRV SR
07BELGRADE920	SOUTHERN SERBIA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a trip to Presevo and Bujanovac on June 19-20, poloff and polspec met with political leaders and various contacts from NGOs, the media and the Orthodox Church. In general, the region is currently acceptably calm and secure. Our contacts confirmed that the protest on June [...]	2007-06-27 12:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE925	DS FAILS FIRST TEST OF COALITION LEADERSHIP [...] (c) SUMMARY: The recent tabling of the proposed PfP Presentation Document in a sub-Cabinet committee of the GoS may be an early indicator of the power relationships that will guide the new coalition government. Key DS ministers were either unwilling or unable to push the document (which had [...]	2007-06-28 09:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO SR
07BELGRADE93	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USOSCE POLITICAL COUNSELOR SAMUEL [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Samuel Laeuchli Political Counselor from January 25-26, 2007 to meet and visit OSCE Field Missions. Control Officer for this visit will be POLMIL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. [...]	2007-01-23 09:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC CMGT SR
07BELGRADE952	YOUR JULY 10-11 VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (c) Dan - Your visit comes amidst a surprising, if brief, lull in heated Kosovo rhetoric from Serbia's leadership. The lack of a decisive statement out of Kennebunkport has left Kostunica and other Kosovo hardliners without a clear hook on which to hang additional Kosovo vitriol, and the ap [...]	2007-07-05 13:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE984	2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] Below is the submission for the 2007 report on investment disputes and expropriation claims in Serbia. This cable contains additional information on property restitution cases reported to the Embassy since June 2006. There are developments on several of the cases and three new property restit [...]	2007-07-12 06:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE EINV EFIN CASC PREL SR MW
07BELMOPAN150	BELIZE - SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) Responses are keyed to the checklist (paras 27-32) in Ref. A. 2. (SBU) Overview of BelizeQs Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons A. Belize is a transit and destination country for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. Trafficking occurs within the countr [...]	2007-03-02 22:00:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH
07BELMOPAN179	BELMOPAN: PLANNED PROTESTS AND STRIKE SCHDULED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Belize's national unions have planned a protest at the Belize National Assembly this morning, March 16, 2007, during scheduled budget debates. Radio announcements last night stated the nationwide strikes that had been discussed would also commence. While the size of the protest [...]	2007-03-16 14:36:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV ELAB BH
07BELMOPAN225	HIV/AIDS IN BELIZE [...] Summary: A forum on HIV/AIDS funding addressed an overview of the epidemic in Belize, a critique of the government's response, and an assessment of current challenges. Donor groups agreed to work together to prod the government towards a more effective delivery of HIV/AIDS services. End Sum [...]	2007-03-29 16:02:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID PGOV PREL BH
07BELMOPAN338	BELIZE RESPONSE - INL DELEGATED AUTHORITIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 22:10:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BH
07BELMOPAN342	BELIZE: POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED [...] A special session of the Belizean House of Representatives has been called for Friday, May 18. The Prime Minister was forced to convene the meeting to address dissent over his decision to provide a government guarantee of a 33 million dollar private debt (reftel). He will presumably reque [...]	2007-05-17 21:33:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC BH
07BELMOPAN397	BELIZE'S ATTENDANCE AT THE CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN [...] Ayesha Borland, U.S. Desk Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),confirmed to post June 12 that Prime Minister (and Minister of Finance and National Development) Said Musa will lead the Belize delegation to the Conference on the Caribbean. 2. Musa will be ac [...]	2007-06-13 21:28:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KSUM BH
07BELMOPAN43	Appointment of Director of Public Prosecution [...] Summary: Ambassador and Consul called on Belize's newly-appointed Director of Public Prosecutions to review his plans for prosecution of several high-profile cases of interest to the USG. During the meeting the DPP expressed interest in training opportunities for his staff to improve skills [...]	2007-01-19 20:31:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM CASC PREL PINR KCRM BH
07BELMOPAN435	BELMOPAN: DIRECTOR, BELIZE IMMIGRATION MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 21, 2007, Gareth Murillo, Director of Immigration, met with RSO Belmopan to share information re a suspected corrupt Immigration Officer assisting a Cuban with a counterfeit Guatemalan passport and U.S. visa, and the political pressure to issue visas to Chinese (and the flo [...]	2007-06-28 17:46:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS BH
07BELMOPAN492	BELMOPAN: GOB RESPONSE TO SEAWELL EXTRADITION REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (U) In response to Embassy's formal request for an update on the Seawell Extradition request, the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was received August 3, 2007. 3. (U) TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE NO. 495 COMPLIMEN [...]	2007-08-06 19:38:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KTIA BH
07BELMOPAN494	ACTION REQUEST: POST'S ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Our assessment, based on discussions within Country Team and with regional law enforcement officers covering Belize, is that inclusion in regional efforts to strengthen border protection and to combat alien smuggling would be of great benefit. Anti-gang efforts aimed at prevent [...]	2007-08-06 22:17:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER BH
07BELMOPAN520	BELIZE-VENEZUELA: NEW BRV AMBASSADOR TO BELIZE [...] (SBU) With timing perhaps linked to Prime Minister Musa's visit to Venezuela for the PetroCaribe Summit, the BRV Embassy in Belize circulated on August 14 an announcement that the Mission's Charge d'Affaires, Roberto J. Dubuc, was being transferred to the Internal Service in the Ministry of F [...]	2007-08-16 21:36:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR BH VE
07BELMOPAN524	TFJM01: BELMOPAN SITREP: EAC MEETING AND PREPARATIONS [...] Embassy Belmopan EAC met at 1000 local to review situation and preparations for Hurricane Dean. Given the new track of the hurricane and the likelihood of serious danger for northern Belize and coastal areas including the cayes, the EAC decided: -- local staff were excused at 1200 to compl [...]	2007-08-20 20:46:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT BH
07BELMOPAN526	TFJM01: BELIZE PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND [...] SUMMARY: The GOB is requesting international assistance to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Dean. Prime Minister Musa declared two northern districts disaster areas. Urgent needs include equipment to test the safety of water supplies, bulk food to replenish stockpiles used in the emerge [...]	2007-08-22 21:19:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID MARR PREL AMGT BH
07BELMOPAN541	BELMOPAN: HURRICANE DEAN WRAP-UP [...] SUMMARY: Hurricane Dean provided an opportunity to exercise our new hurricane plan, revised since we moved from Belize City to Belmopan. Things generally went very well though there are some lessons learned that we will work into the upcoming Crisis Management Exercise. Although the genera [...]	2007-09-06 15:35:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AEMR PGOV BH
07BELMOPAN594	CUBA'S MEDICAL DIPLOMACY IN BELIZE [...] Summary. Since 1999, Cuba has been sending doctors, nurses, and medical technicians to work free of charge in Belize. Ninety-two Belizean students currently study medicine in Havana on Cuban government scholarships. More than 1,500 patients have traveled from Belize to Cuba for free surgery. [...]	2007-10-04 22:30:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PROP EAID SCUL SOCI BH
07BELMOPAN604	BELIZE: CHILD ABDUCTION CASE RESOLVED [...] Summary. A six-year-old Belizean girl was taken by her father to the United States in February 2007 without permission. The Embassy initially received negative press when the incident took place. On October 7 the girl was returned to Belize and the Embassy received thanks in the press and fr [...]	2007-10-12 21:49:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL BH
07BELMOPAN624	(C) CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS IN THE BELIZE OIL SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Several U.S. firms have complained to the Embassy that bribes are determining which companies are being awarded oil exploration contracts in Belize. One company claims to have recorded several government ministers soliciting bribes. The opposition party has taken the informat [...]	2007-10-23 20:53:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG KCOR BH
07BELMOPAN645	BELIZE: NOTE RECEIVED AT LAST ON SOFA [...] (SBU) Embassy received on October 29 diplomatic note 695 from the MFA agreeing to the terms of the SOFA as we proposed them in July via note 07/038. (There are some minor typos but nothing of substance. A copy of the MFA note has been e-mailed to WHA/CEN, Rois Beal.) The note makes no refe [...]	2007-10-30 21:39:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL MASS MOPS BH
07BELMOPAN649	BELIZEAN GOVERNMENT UNRESPONSIVE IN CRIMINAL CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: While Belizean police have been very cooperative in returning U.S. fugitives, efforts requiring the cooperation of higher levels of the Belizean government have repeatedly led to stonewalls and dead ends. Action on extradition requests has been slow to come. Cases then languish i [...]	2007-11-02 15:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC BH
07BELMOPAN713	(C) BELIZE OIL: CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS REACH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Two U.S. energy firms have complained to the Embassy that bribes determine who receives oil exploration contracts in Belize. One company official who claims to have actually paid a bribe and has electronically recorded numerous conversations, alleges that the Prime Minister's d [...]	2007-12-13 20:42:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG EPET SOCI BH
07BELMOPAN96	BELIZE: IIP SPEAKER KELLNER JUMPSTARTS EMBASSY'S GOOD [...] See action request in para 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. During his two-day (January 24-25) visit to Belize, IIP Speaker Ken Kellner met with university students, civic leaders, and government officials to share his experiences as Senior Counsel for the House of Representatives Commit [...]	2007-02-12 19:10:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP EAID PGOV KPAO BH
07BERLIN1003	U.S.-RUSSIAN DEMARCHE: OSCE CT CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Global Affairs Officer and Russian Embassy CT Officer Alexander Kondakov delivered ref demarche to Holger Kraemer, German MFA desk officer for International CT cooperation, May 14. Kraemer replied MFA Commissioner for Counterterrorism Ambassador Buso von Alvensleben would attend the eve [...]	2007-05-16 19:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN GM
07BERLIN1007	SCENESETTER FOR G-8 AFRICA PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. Chancellor Merkel will open the Eighth Africa Partnership Forum (APF) in Berlin immediately following the G-8 Finance MinistersQ Meeting in Potsdam May 19-20 and the German-World Bank Forum on May 21. Hosted by the German Development Minister, the APF will set out the key co [...]	2007-05-18 09:17:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ECIN EMIN ETRD PREL GM
07BERLIN1067	TURKEY AND TURKISH-GERMANS [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish state has long considered Turks resident in Germany as potential allies and maintains official and unofficial means of influencing the community. For many years, Turkey had at best been ambivalent and sometimes directly hostile to integration. Turkey's stance has cha [...]	2007-05-25 12:00:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV PREL TU GM
07BERLIN1090	(S) GERMANY ALERTED TO RECENT PROCUREMENT [...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered demarche contained in ref to Markus Klinger, Deputy Director of the German MFA's Export Control Division, and Ina Schuett, desk officer, May 23. Klinger agreed to pass the information concerning Mahaco's brokering of a shipment of pressure transmitters fr [...]	2007-05-31 09:37:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	KSCA PARM PREL ETTC GM
07BERLIN1107	CFE: GERMANY PUSHES FOR BEING FORWARD-LEANING ON [...] (C) Summary: Germany believes that at the June 12-15 CFE Extraordinary Conference, a point-by-point rebuttal of Russian concerns about CFE could prove counterproductive and play into the hands of hardliners in Moscow. Instead, Germany believes that NATO should be forward-leaning and take "an [...]	2007-06-04 05:50:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1136	SPECIAL ENVOY OPPOSES GERMAN CHANGES TO SLAVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, J. Christian Kennedy, met May 21 with the leader of a Jewish group in Berlin and parliamentary leaders of the CDU/CSU and SPD parties to exchange views about the proposed German government changes to the Board of Trustees of the German slave [...]	2007-06-06 14:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN114	SCENESETTER: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, your visit to Berlin will enable you to seek solutions to our bilateral and U.S.-EU challenges with a government and with a Minister who see things a lot like we do and who have the will and the authority to improve the status quo. Our key suggestions for your January 26 d [...]	2007-01-19 17:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KHLS KJUS PTER PGOV PREL GM EU
07BERLIN115	FOOD SECURITY/HUMANITARIAN ACTIONS COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY. On January 18, USEU Development Counselor and Embassy Berlin Econoff discussed opportunities for cooperation on development assistance with German officials in light of Germany's concurrent EU/G-8 presidencies. Development Ministry interlocutors expressed interest in U.S. proposals [...]	2007-01-21 10:45:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON GM
07BERLIN1190	GERMANY - MFA RESPONSE TO 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) CONTAINS REQUEST FOR ACTION -- PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) Emboffs delivered demarche contained in ref and passed an advance copy of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report country narrative for Germany to Axel Kuechle, MFA Deputy Director for International Cooperation against Orga [...]	2007-06-13 15:36:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC
07BERLIN1215	GERMANY LIFTS ENTRY BAN ON REVEREND MOON [...] (SBU) According to Dr. Dieter Romann, Director of the German Interior Ministry's Office of Border Security Issues, the "hit" in the German consular and border control system calling for Reverend Sun Myung Moon's visa denial has been removed. Dr. Romann issued a statement to Embassy Berlin, t [...]	2007-06-18 10:46:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM PHUM
07BERLIN123	German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of January 14, Germany has 7,486 military personnel in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of observers such as in Georgia (where currently 11 military personnel are deployed under UNOMIG),require parliamentary approval. A law regul [...]	2007-01-22 11:57:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL GM
07BERLIN1238	TERRORISM FINANCE: GERMANY PROVIDES ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Pursuant to reftels, MFA Desk Officer for International Counterterrorism Cooperation Holger Kraemer provided Global Affairs Officer with additional information June 19. 2. (C) Begin Text of informal Embassy translation of German non-paper. The Mauritanian national and former resident [...]	2007-06-21 09:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFS EFIN ETTC EUN GM
07BERLIN1247	GERMAN AND EPO RESPONSE TO WIPO DEMARCHE [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin discussed holding WIPO DG accountable for his actions as requested in reftel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacts voiced support for the USG view but also discussed the delicacy of Germany's position, due to its ongoing role as President of the European Council. Spe [...]	2007-06-22 13:24:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR WIPO SZ GM
07BERLIN1268	IRANIAN RESPONSE TO EU DEMARCHE ON DETAINED AMCITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA has provided details on the EU demarche carried out by the German Embassy in Tehran, in its role as EU President, to the Iranian MFA on June 19. The German CDA informed the Iranian MFA's Office Director for Human Rights Emadi of worldwide concern about the detenti [...]	2007-06-26 14:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC PGOV PREL GM IR
07BERLIN1312	GERMAN PROSECUTORS INVESTIGATING DELIVERY OF [...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed the following German-language non-paper in response to the USG non-paper contained in ref A to Global Affairs officer June 19. Kauke said this case was difficult because the German firm Limbach Flugmotoren GmbH & Co shipp [...]	2007-07-03 15:55:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC GM TW LN IR
07BERLIN1341	(S) GERMAN QUERY ON ALLOWING EXPORT OF HIGH-SPEED [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed the following German-language non-paper to Global Affairs officer June 19. The non-paper requests USG input into a licensing decision by the German Federal E [...]	2007-07-06 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MNUC ETTC PARM PREL IS GM
07BERLIN1342	(S) GERMANY RESPONDS TO USG NOTIFICATION OF [...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed the following German-language non-paper to Global Affairs officer June 19. The German non-paper responds to ref B demarche, which alerted the German Government to attempts by the Swedish firm Mahaco to procure German-pro [...]	2007-07-06 16:50:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	KSCA PARM PREL ETTC GM
07BERLIN135	GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN AND NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: German officials welcomed the U.S. comprehensive approach to Afghanistan, covered in the Secretary's meetings January 17-18 with Chancellor Merkel and SIPDIS Foreign Minister Steinmeier, and followed up January 22 by the Deputy Chief of Mission. Berlin expects to [...]	2007-01-23 16:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS NATO PINS AF PK GE
07BERLIN1425	GERMANY'S AMBITION TO JOIN THE LUNAR-PROBING CLUB [...] (SBU) Summary: Conversations with German officials concerning Germany's plan to launch an unmanned lunar mission by 2013 indicate that, although enthusiasm is high in the German Aerospace Center (DLR),the government needs to be convinced of the value of this unilateral mission. The chairman [...]	2007-07-19 16:34:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL TNGD ETTC ECON GM
07BERLIN1438	EMBASSY BERLIN'S EFFORTS ON ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION [...] (S) Post leadership continues to raise our concerns to the Government of Germany about Iran's failure to comply with its international nuclear nonproliferation and UNSCR-mandated obligations regularly. The Ambassador has discussed issues noted in reftel with the highest levels of German gover [...]	2007-07-23 15:07:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL GM IR
07BERLIN1450	TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS AGAINST IRAN WITH GERMAN OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 08:02:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN GM IR PARM PREL
07BERLIN1452	(S) NIAG 7053: GERMAN RESPONSE ON IRANIAN FIRM [...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke met Global Affairs officer July 19 and passed the following German-language non-paper. Kauke said the German Government investigated the information contained in ref B concerning an attempt by the Iranian firm Tajhiz Novin Tous [...]	2007-07-25 15:01:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR TC CH GM
07BERLIN1453	GERMAN QUERY CONCERNING POTENTIAL EXPORT OF [...] (U) This is an action item -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog met Global Affairs officer July 23 and passed the following German-language non-paper. Herzog explained that German export control authorities sought USG input for an [...]	2007-07-25 15:03:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MNUC ETTC MTCRE PARM TNGD GM CH
07BERLIN1457	SPD DEBATES WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE LEFT PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The flow of some support from the SPD to The Left party -- highlighted by the recent defections of five officials of the Lower Saxony SPD to The Left -- has increased self-examination within the SPD about its future direction. Although the top party leadership has vowed to cont [...]	2007-07-26 10:56:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1571	MESSAGE ON ONGOING PROLIFERATION FINANCE [...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs August 16 and to the Ministry of Economics and Technology August 17. Claudia Schuett, desk officer in the MFA's International Economic and Financial Policy Division, Ursina Krumpholz, Office Director [...]	2007-08-17 13:45:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	IR KNAR KNNP PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1648	EMBASSY BERLIN'S EFFORTS ON FY2007 IRAN DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a pilot post in the FY07 Iran Democracy Small Grants Program, Embassy Berlin has canvassed several local nongovernmental organizations working on Iran or Middle East issues to discuss Small Grant opportunities. While generally positive on overall initiative goals, organizatio [...]	2007-08-31 12:00:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM KPAO PREL GM IR
07BERLIN1699	DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY: CHANCELLERYQS [...] Summary: Germany, like many industrialized nations, faces the enormous twin challenge of remaining competitive in a global economy while coping with the social and economic impact of demographic change. German policy makers confront a sobering demographic trend: the population of Germany i [...]	2007-09-10 05:46:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1706	DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY: CHANCELLERY'S [...] Summary: Germany, like many industrialized nations, faces the enormous twin challenge of remaining competitive in a global economy while coping with the social and economic impact of demographic change. German policy makers confront a sobering demographic trend: the population of Germany i [...]	2007-09-10 13:21:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1733	(S) GERMAN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL EXPORT TO IRAN [...] (S) German MFA Export Control Desk Officer Volker Herzog provided a German-language nonpaper to Global Affairs Officer on September 10. The German nonpaper responds to the US nonpaper of 31 May 2007 outlined in Ref concerning the possible export of test equipment from a German firm via UAE to [...]	2007-09-13 09:20:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC MTCRE KSCA PARM PREL GM IR AE
07BERLIN1740	BUNDESTAG INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE [...] (C) On September 13 the Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry will meet again following the summer recess and continue the process of questioning individuals concerning the activities of German intelligence and security agencies relating to the Iraq war, the alleged abduction and transport of terror [...]	2007-09-14 11:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV GM
07BERLIN1746	THE GERMAN SUBPRIME BANKING CRISIS: [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. subprime crisis continues to produce anxiety in Germany?s banking sector, but the exposure of German banks remains unclear. After the bailout of a second state-run bank, SachsenLB, in mid-August, pressure for a consolidation of Germany?s fragmented financial landscape [...]	2007-09-14 15:52:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN ELAB PREL
07BERLIN1784	(S) GERMAN RESPONSE CONCERNING EXPORT OF WELDING [...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker delivered a German-language nonpaper to Global Affairs officer September 19. The nonpaper responds to ref B demarche informing German authorities that the German firm Trumpf GmbH & Co., working with Ireland's Mac Aviation Group, [...]	2007-09-20 15:30:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR EI
07BERLIN1785	ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS OF COATED FREE SHEET PAPER [...] Summary: This is in response to Reftel on subject of the USITC antidumping investigation of coated free sheet paper from China, Indonesia and Korea. 2. Industry-wide data, as available for coated free sheet paper: Production quantity, metric tons (value million USD*) 2004 1,838,615 [...]	2007-09-21 05:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN PREL GM
07BERLIN1792	GERMANY ISSUES NEW REGULATIONS REGARDING THE [...] (C) Global Affairs Counselor received a letter September 17 from German MFA Export Control Division Director Cyril Nunn reporting the German Government has issued new export control regulations regarding the export of currency production equipment to North Korea. The new regulations, which we [...]	2007-09-21 14:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC KSAC PARM PREL KH GM
07BERLIN1802	RENEWAL OF MINUSTAH MISSION ON HAITI - [...] SUMMARY. In response to SecState 127801, post emphasized to German Government the importance of the UN Security Council renewal of a strong MINUSTAH mission on Haiti and urged the German Government to support the recommendations for the MINUSTAH made by UN Secretary General. German official [...]	2007-09-25 15:47:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO EFIN EIAD PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1853	SPD CHAIRMAN BECK THROWS RED MEAT TO THE PARTY'S [...] (C) Summary: In the weeks before the SPD's October 26-28 national convention, and with an eye toward the 2009 election campaign, SPD Chairman Kurt Beck is attempting to calm the SPD's unruly left wing with gestures that symbolize a partial repudiation of the centrist economic policy of former [...]	2007-10-05 15:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1885	GERMANY REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF IV PROGRAM FOR [...] (C) Acting MFA Deputy Director General for Asian Affairs, Ambassador Michael Koch, called in pol-mil/external chief October 12 to raise concerns about Embassy Kabul plans to send an Afghan governor from the northeast province of Kunduz (Mohammad Omar) on an international visitor program to the [...]	2007-10-15 05:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR GM AF
07BERLIN1886	GERMANY REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF IV PROGRAM FOR [...] (C) Acting MFA Deputy Director General for Asian Affairs, Ambassador Michael Koch, called in pol-mil/external chief October 12 to raise concerns about Embassy Kabul plans to send an Afghan governor from the northeast province of Kunduz (Mohammad Omar) on an international visitor program to the [...]	2007-10-15 05:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR GM AF
07BERLIN1913	(C) GERMANY AGREES TO JOINT DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Post raised reftel request with the German Foreign Office October 19. The Western Balkans office agreed with U.S. points on the importance of avoiding any parallel election effort in Serb portions of Kosovo. Germany supports a coordinated approach by Contact Group embassies in Belgrade [...]	2007-10-19 13:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR YI KO GM
07BERLIN1957	GERMAN DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 09:50:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PHUM
07BERLIN1964	GERMANY EXPECTED TO PRESENT HEALTH SYSTEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, EconOff met with Dr. Walter Werner, Head of the Trade Policy, Services and Intellectual Property Division at the Ministry of Economics on reftel points. Werner said Germany will avoid any discussion of Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRI [...]	2007-10-26 17:34:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR WTRO WHO
07BERLIN2004	THE WRONG SIGNAL AT THE WRONG TIME: [...] (SBU) Summary. No tectonic shift in German economic policy came out of the SPD convention, perhaps, but the SPD's labor reforms could mark the beginning of a rollback in Schroeder's "Agenda 2010" reforms, a source at the Labor Ministry told the Embassy. The resolution to block privatization [...]	2007-11-02 06:58:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2008	OCTOBER 30 G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP MEETING FOCUSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The final G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin on October 30, and included focused discussions on geographic expansion and related modalities. The delegates also heard presentations from implementing agencies des [...]	2007-11-02 11:06:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS
07BERLIN2037	GERMANY'S IRAN POLICYMAKING PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both privately and publicly, German officials continue to insist multilateral measures, coupled with quiet economic pressure on Iran, are the most effective way to change Iran's behavior. While Chancellor Merkel has been clear on the need to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapons [...]	2007-11-07 16:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR GM
07BERLIN2064	GERMANY?S DRAFT INVESTMENT SECURITY LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The German Ministry of Economics has published a first draft of a law establishing a review mechanism for foreign investments that seeks to address national security considerations without deterring legitimate business. Ministry officials say the draft, significantly narrower i [...]	2007-11-14 16:32:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2071	GERMAN GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO BLOCK RUSSIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On the basis of information presented to the German Government by the Portuguese Embassy in Berlin, the German Government has taken initial steps to block a shipment of Russian rockets and related materials bound for Venezuela's Defense Ministry. The shipment was scheduled to [...]	2007-11-15 13:54:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM ETTC TSPA MARR MASS PGOV RU VE GM
07BERLIN2094	GERMAN BANKS WEATHERING SUB-PRIME MORTGAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Third quarter reports show that most German banks appear to have weathered the turbulences in the international financial markets. Large private banks such as Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank reported losses in their investment portfolios, balanced by gains in other sectors, resu [...]	2007-11-20 10:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2103	(S) GERMANY WILL GRANT LICENSE FOR EXPORT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog passed Global Affairs officer November 21 a German-language nonpaper (see para 4) announcing the German Government's intention to grant a license for the export to Israel [...]	2007-11-21 12:23:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY GM IS
07BERLIN2106	(S) AUSTRALIA GROUP - GERMANY REQUESTS INFORMATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog passed Global Affairs Officer November 21 a German-language nonpaper (see para 3) requesting additional information on a U.S. Australia Group denial (AG/Jun03/Den/USA/57) [...]	2007-11-21 14:56:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CBW CH GM
07BERLIN2140	GERMAN VIEWS ON ADDITIONAL EU DESIGNATIONS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Government officials are still deliberating at a very senior level how they will proceed on the UK and French proposal to add Banks Melli and Saderat and the Ex-Im Bank of Iran to the April 2007 EU list of designated individuals/entities. German officials regard the UN pa [...]	2007-11-30 09:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD ECON PREL IR EU GM
07BERLIN215	JOINT COORDINATION AND MONITORING BOARD: ENHANCED [...] At the high-level session of the Afghanistan Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) in Berlin January 30-31, donor Government representatives and Afghan partners renewed their commitment to realize the political vision outlined in the January 2006 Afghanistan Compact. In the opening [...]	2007-02-02 15:32:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PGOV ENRG AF
07BERLIN2161	(S) GERMAN RESPONSE - IRANIAN MISSILE DEVELOPER [...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker delivered a German-language nonpaper December 3 in response to ref B information indicating that Iran's Doostan International Company, acting on behalf of Iran's Sabalan Company, was seeking a toxic gas detection system manufact [...]	2007-12-04 15:20:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR CH
07BERLIN2163	(S) GERMANY CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE GERMAN FIRM'S [...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Director Goetz Lingenthal provided Global Affairs Officer November 28 with an update into German Government efforts to to prevent the German firm ICS Schneider Messetechnik from exporting environmental test and temperature shock chambers to Iran's missile [...]	2007-12-04 15:20:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR
07BERLIN2177	COMPREHENSIVE GERMAN CLIMATE CHANGE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The coalition government presented a series of far-reaching and ambitious environmental legislative measures to the German Parliament for consideration on December 5 (Reftel). The 14 points of this proposal are not new, but rather stem directly from the 29-point "Meseberg Plan [...]	2007-12-07 14:55:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG GM
07BERLIN2202	ICAO/PSI - MFA CONTINUES TO LOBBY TRANSPORTATION [...] (C) On December 13, MFA Nuclear Arms Control and Nonproliferation Division Desk Officer Thomas Muetzelburg provided emboffs with a readout of ongoing German interagency discussions on whether to support including transportation offenses related to WMD proliferation in the Montreal Convention a [...]	2007-12-14 12:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAIR KNNP KTIA OTRA PARM ICAO GM
07BERLIN2207	GERMANS PLEASED WITH TEC PROGRESS; IDENTIFY PRIORITIES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German government officials and industry associations are upbeat about the results achieved at the first Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) meeting on November 9 in Washington. Government officials also expect renewed focus on TEC during the Slovenian EU Presidency. German in [...]	2007-12-17 06:29:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EINV ECIN PREL PGOV EU GM
07BERLIN2208	SECOND WAVE OF FINANCIAL MARKET CRISIS HITS [...] SUMMARY: The "second wave" of the U.S. sub-prime mortgage crisis has hit the German banking sector, striking hardest those banks that were already affected at the beginning of the crisis in July and August. IKB (Industrie Kreditbank) and Saxony state bank (Sachsen LB) announced their need fo [...]	2007-12-17 06:30:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2239	GERMAN COURT TO RESUME TRIAL AGAINST A.Q. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A federal court in Stuttgart announced November 14 that trial proceedings would resume in early 2008 against Gotthard Lerch, a German citizen allegedly linked to the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation network. The trial was suspended in July 2006 pending resolution of jurisdictio [...]	2007-12-21 13:31:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM KNNP KJUS KCRM PREL MNUC ETTC GM
07BERLIN2241	IRAN: GERMAN MFA UPDATES ON EU MEASURES, LARIJANI, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a December 20 meeting with Iranwatcher, MFA Senior Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel discussed a range of Iran-related issues. In addition to comments on the current status of the P5 1 and EU additional measure processes, she underscored the return of former nuclear nego [...]	2007-12-21 14:41:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GM IR
07BERLIN230	AL-MASRI UPDATE -- NEXT STEPS ON ARREST WARRANTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: The MFA's Acting Legal Adviser told emboffs Feb. 5 the German Government fully understands the USG's strong desire that international arrest warrants not be issued in the al-Masri case. She noted, however, that such warrants are routinely issued ("99.99 percent of the time") [...]	2007-02-05 18:48:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	KJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN244	JANUARY 23 MEETING OF G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) met January 23 in Berlin under the German Presidency. The Chair informed partners that the next meeting, February 27-28, would focus on the mid-term review of the 10-year Global Partnership (GP) program, with the International Atom [...]	2007-02-07 10:41:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA

07BERLIN251	US-EU INFORMAL JHA HIGH LEVEL MEETING, JANUARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S. and EU, under the chair of the German Presidency, met in Berlin January 22-23 for the Informal Senior Level Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Meeting. Led by INL DAS Elizabeth Verville, DOJ Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz, and DHS Acting A/S for Internati [...]	2007-02-08 06:47:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM KJUS PREL PTER SMIG KHLS CVPR EU
07BERLIN268	DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 14:30:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP PREL GM
07BERLIN274	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS GERMAN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt met with German Finance Ministry State Secretary Thomas Mirow February 8 to review key bilateral and transatlantic economic issues. Discussing international sanctions on Iran and North Korea, he noted the progress that had been ma [...]	2007-02-11 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL GM IR
07BERLIN317	BUNDESTAG INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE SEEKS USG [...] (U) On February 9, 2007 Ambassador Timken received a letter from the chairman of the Bundestag committee investigating the detention in Guantanamo of the German-born Turkish national Murat Kurnaz. In the letter, Chairman Siegfried Kauder asks whether the USG would be willing to allow an Amer [...]	2007-02-15 15:36:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM KJUS KLIG PGOV PINS PREL
07BERLIN334	USEU AMBASSADOR C. BOYDEN GRAY'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 7, USEU Ambassador C. Boyden Gray met with German Chancellery State Secretary Dr. Hans Beus, Chancellery Director of Coordination for European Policy Andreas Hermes, and the Chancellery's Economic Advisor Dr. Jens Weidmann to discuss key issues in Germany's EU Presid [...]	2007-02-16 17:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD SENV PGOV PREL EU GM
07BERLIN362	BERLIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. delegation travelling to Berlin, Germany, for the Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting February 27-28, 2007. 2. (SBU) The control officer for this visit will be Global Affairs Officer Richard Crandell, who can be rea [...]	2007-02-22 18:12:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC OTRA PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN371	MISSION GERMANY SUBMISSION FOR 2007 SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mission Germany recommends that Germany receive the same treatment in the 2007 301 Report as it received in 2006 and not be listed in the priority watch list category. The situation facing American pharmaceutical companies in Germany has not appreciably deteriorated during th [...]	2007-02-23 15:45:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR GM
07BERLIN386	GERMAN RESPONSE TO CIVIL SOCIETY PROGRAMMING [...] (C) (SUMMARY): With 2006 expenditures totaling nearly two million Euros, Germany's approach to supporting Iranian civil society focuses on broadcasting, exchange, cultural, and educational activities. Reflecting Germany's general caution on promoting civil society in the region, the GOG tends [...]	2007-02-26 15:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GM IR
07BERLIN390	GERMAN FAMILY MINISTRY RELEASES EVALUATION OF 2002 [...] (U) Summary: German legislation enacted in 2002 to improve the legal and social situation of prostitutes -- and create conditions for them to get out of prostitution -- has enjoyed only partial success, according to a 200-plus page Family Ministry report released in late January. The report [...]	2007-02-26 16:33:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV GM
07BERLIN397	NEA DAS SCOTT CARPENTER DISCUSSES BMENA INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A FEBRUARY 20 DISCUSSION OF THE BROADER MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (BMENA) INITIATIVE, MFA BMENA COORDINATOR RENATE SCHIMKOREIT ASKED NEA DAS SCOTT CARPENTER FOR ASSISTANCE IN SECURING AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM JORDAN THAT YEMEN WILL HOST THE 2007 FORUM FOR THE FUTURE. SHE NOTED [...]	2007-02-27 15:55:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI KDEM PHUM PREL GM JO YM
07BERLIN399	SECOND ROUND OF US-GERMAN "PRUEM" DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. German and U.S. officials resumed discussions of a data sharing agreement modeled on Germany's "Pruem" Convention for law enforcement and counterterrorism cooperation in Berlin January 23. The German delegation said it had not had time to study the U.S. draft text or discuss i [...]	2007-02-27 15:56:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KHLS PGOV CVIS KVPR GM
07BERLIN409	GERMAN FIRM ALERTED TO TAIWAN FIRM'S FALSE END-USE [...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer met Global Affairs officer February 23 and passed the following German-language nonpaper in response to ref B demarche concerning the Taiwan firm Hartford's use of a false end-user certificate to divert German-produced CNC controllers to the [...]	2007-02-28 16:34:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW EG
07BERLIN443	A/S SULLIVAN MEETS WITH GERMAN OFFICIALS; [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met Jens Weidmann, the Chancellery's Director General for Economic and Financial Policy, and Karl Brauner, the Economics Ministry's Director General for External Economic Policy, February 1-2 to discuss [...]	2007-03-05 15:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD PREL GM
07BERLIN459	GERMANY - 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission points of contact are Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127) and Caroli [...]	2007-03-07 09:17:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC
07BERLIN479	UK ENGAGING GERMANY ON POSSIBLE ENERGY/CLIMATE [...] (C/NF) A British Embassy contact passed emboff the following British draft non-paper March 7 that they have been told to deliver to the German government. He asked that the USG not/not disclose that it had received/knew the contents of the document. The non-paper is most striking for its pra [...]	2007-03-08 16:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV ENRG EAIR GM
07BERLIN484	GERMAN GOVERNMENT ALERTED TO USG CONCERNS OVER [...] (S) Summary: DCM as Charge as well as senior Embassy staff again raised the need for German government action to preclude the possible printing press sale to North Korea by the German firm Drent Goebel, as requested in refs. MFA State Secretary Silberberg, Chancellery Deputy National Securi [...]	2007-03-09 14:40:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	KNNP KS MNUC PARM PREL KH GM
07BERLIN515	IRAQ COMPACT UN MEETING: GERMAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary. Post delivered ref demarche to the Chancellery and MFA to urge senior German participation. The German government's initial plan was to have an ambassador-level official from its UN Mission represent Germany at the event. Embassy has reclamaed the German government at senior le [...]	2007-03-14 10:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ GM
07BERLIN524	MURAT KURNAZ: ANOTHER BUNDESTAG REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) On March 2, 2007 Ambassador Timken received another letter from the chairman of the Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry looking into allegations of renditions, the activities of the German intelligence services related to the war in Iraq, and the detention in Guantanamo of the German-born T [...]	2007-03-15 11:14:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS KLIG PREL GM
07BERLIN533	(S) GERMAN QUERY CONCERNING THE EXPORT OF [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Desk Officer Andreas Kauke provided a German-language nonpaper to Global Affairs Officer March 12. The nonpaper requests USG input for a German export licensing decision concerning the delivery of vib [...]	2007-03-16 17:26:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MNUC ETTC PARM PREL IS GM
07BERLIN547	DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY MEETS WITH TOP [...] (C) Summary -- Meeting separately with Head of the Federal Chancellery/Minister without Portfolio Thomas de Maiziere and with Chancellery Director General for Economics Jens Weidmann March 19, Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt discussed Chancellor Merkel's transatlantic economic initiative, i [...]	2007-03-20 11:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL ETTC GM IR IZ
07BERLIN555	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MARCH 19 [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and German MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg discussed the need to maintain political unity within the international community on Iran and to work together to ensure effective implementation of multilateral agreements. They also discussed [...]	2007-03-20 13:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL SENV ENRG EAIR MARR GM IZ PK
07BERLIN561	(S) RESULTS OF GERMAN INVESTIGATION OF IRAN'S [...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke met Global Affairs officer March 12 and passed a German-language nonpaper in response to ref B and D demarches requesting German authorities to investigate attempts by the Chinese firm Bellamax to procure WMD-related items for I [...]	2007-03-20 15:58:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM IR
07BERLIN576	GERMANY AND MISSILE DEFENSE: STRATEGY FOR DEFUSING [...] (C) Summary. Discussion of missile defense (MD) in Germany may become trapped by partisan domestic political interests. Social Democrats (SPD),suffering in the polls and without any major issues to distinguish themselves from the conservatives (CDU/CSU),seem to see an opportunity to reasse [...]	2007-03-21 16:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GM
07BERLIN59	COUNTERTERRORISM INFORMATION SHARING: BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The three main results of the first meeting of the U.S.-German Working Group on Counterterrorism Information-Sharing were: (1) the U.S. will provide Germany with a draft bilateral agreement on enhanced biometric data-sharing in January; (2) the U.S. invited a German delegation [...]	2007-01-10 16:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KHLS CVPR PGOV GM
07BERLIN597	GERMANY NOTIFIED OF USG OUTREACH TO INCREASE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 15:33:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PTER KGIC GM RS
07BERLIN599	GERMANY NOTIFIED OF UKRAINE JOINING THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 15:36:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PTER PINR PINS KNNP KGIT GM UP
07BERLIN60	GERMAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS EU DATA PROTECTION AND [...] (C) Summary. German Ministry of Interior (MOI) DG for Police and Counterterrorism Gunther Krause told a DHS-DoJ-USEU delegation the EU draft framework decision on sharing police and judicial information is unsatisfactory; Germany plans to re-write it during its 2007 EU Presidency. Concerning [...]	2007-01-10 16:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KHLS KJUS PTER PGOV EU GM EAIR
07BERLIN619	BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Semmel, Foreign Affairs Officer David L. Evans, Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy, and William F. Menold, Jr., to participate in the Global Partnership Working Group and Nonproliferation Directors [...]	2007-03-27 12:33:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AMGT OTRA ASEC PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN637	INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] (C) Global Affairs Counselor and Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Ingo Karsten, Office Director of the German MFA's International Economic Policy Division, and Desk Officer Claudia Schuett of the same division March 28. Karsten said the German Government agrees with all aspects [...]	2007-03-28 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC GM
07BERLIN645	INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] (C) Global Affairs Counselor and Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Ingo Karsten, Office Director of the German MFA's International Economic Policy Division, and Desk Officer Claudia Schuett of the same division March 28. Karsten said the German Government agrees with all aspects [...]	2007-03-29 11:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC GM
07BERLIN73	THIRD PARTY ATTEMPTS TO PURCHASE BOEING AIRCRAFT [...] (C) Following up on previous discussions with Boeing's Germany office, Boeing provided Econoff January 8 with information on third-party attempts to acquire Boeing aircraft and spare parts over the past twelve months involving Iran and Libya. Eric Schwartz (please protect throughout),Deputy [...]	2007-01-12 08:55:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL EAIR IR GM
07BERLIN730	AL MASRI CASE UPDATE: MUNICH PROSECUTOR TO MAKE [...] (SBU) Following up on April 7 media reports indicating the Munich State Prosecutor's Office planned to take a "new legal step" in the Al Masri case, Mission approached both the prosecutor's office in Munich and the Federal Justice Ministry. The Munich Deputy District Attorney told ConGen Mun [...]	2007-04-10 17:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL GM
07BERLIN747	GERMANY'S GRAND COALITION IN GOOD CONDITION, FOR [...] (C) Summary. Germany's Grand Coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD is in good condition, despite tensions between the two parties on domestic and foreign policy. The CDU/CSU has for the most part taken the lead in domestic policy and Chancellor Merkel is broadly credited with doing a good job. The SP [...]	2007-04-12 16:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN768	GERMANY AGREES TO CBP IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. German Interior Ministry Director for Air, Sea, and Rail Security Dieter Romann told CBP Representative (Frankfurt) and Global Affairs Officer March 29 that Germany agrees to the U.S. proposal to post four CBP officers at Frankfurt Airport as part of the Immigration Advisory Pro [...]	2007-04-13 18:00:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KHLS AMGT APER PTER CVIS ECON PREL CMGT
07BERLIN796	CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS NEW MUSLIM COORDINATING [...] (U) Summary. Reftel reported the planned establishment of a Muslim Coordination Council (KRM) by Germany's four largest Muslim religious organizations. The Council would serve as an umbrella organization representing German Muslims belonging to or otherwise associated with the four organizat [...]	2007-04-19 15:09:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KISL GM
07BERLIN801	BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO U.S. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Semmel, Foreign Affairs Officer David L. Evans, and Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy to attend the G-8 Global Partnership Working Group meeting from April 21-25, 2007. Per reftel, hotel reservations at [...]	2007-04-19 19:31:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC GM OTRA PARM PREL
07BERLIN855	RECENT GERMAN ACTIONS AGAINST THE PKK: RAIDS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the course of the last two months, German authorities have taken a number of actions against the PKK, including arresting two key PKK leaders and conducting raids on the homes and offices of numerous suspected PKK members. The actions again demonstrate German intentions and abi [...]	2007-04-27 09:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ETTC PREL KTFN GM TU
07BERLIN858	THIRD ROUND OF U.S.-GERMAN "PRUEM" DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary: German and U.S. officials met April 4 on the margins of the U.S.-EU Troika meetings in Berlin for the third round of face-to-face discussions on a data-sharing agreement modeled on the European "Pruem" Convention. (Note: Additional discussion has taken place via videoconference. [...]	2007-04-27 11:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KHLS PREL PGOV KVPR GM
07BERLIN865	GERMAN PROSECUTOR DROPS LEGAL COMPLAINT AGAINST [...] (U) Summary. German Federal Prosecutor decided April 27 not to pursue a full investigation into senior U.S. officials for alleged "war crimes" at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. As first reported in ref A, the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, acting through German attorney Wolfgan [...]	2007-04-27 18:15:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KLIG PTER GM
07BERLIN92	GERMAN PROSECUTOR FOLLOWS UP: KURNAZ CASE [...] (U) This Cable contains an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Further to reftel, the State Prosecutor's Office in Tuebingen has written the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Stuttgart Law Center, asking for further information in connection with events Murat Kurnaz -- a Turkish [...]	2007-01-17 07:00:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KLIG KJUS MARR MOPS GM
07BERLIN925	ENCOURAGING GERMANY TO MOVE FORWARD ON HOLOCAUST [...] (U) Summary: Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues J. Christian Kennedy met April 22 and 23 with German government officials to discuss three major Holocaust issues: "ghetto pensions," restructuring of the slave labor foundation's Board of Trustees, and stolen art restitution. In each of these [...]	2007-05-08 12:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN940	BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew K. Semmel, ISN/DOS Alexander T. Liebowitz, and Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy to participate in the G-8 NPDG meeting from May 12-15, 2007. 2. (SBU) Point of contact for this visit will be Global A [...]	2007-05-09 16:57:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC OTRA PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN943	GERMANY EXERCISING VIGILANCE AND RESTRAINT WHEN [...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Desk Officer Mirko Schilbach of the German MFA's UN Policy Division May 9. Schilbach was not aware that Russia had admitted Iranian General Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr, whose travel is sanctioned under UNSCR 1747, entry into Russia in early Apri [...]	2007-05-10 13:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP PARM RS GM
07BERLIN952	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin jointly delivered ref information to Joerg Polster of the German MFA's Division for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy May 4. Polster thanked us for the information and said he would pass [...]	2007-05-11 10:06:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC KNNP PINR PINS PARM PREL GM
07BERN1009	SWISS ELECTIONS: LEFT-WING RADICALS DISRUPT SVP [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 6, left-wing radicals disrupted a long-planned campaign rally in downtown Bern by the Swiss People's Party (SVP). At days end, 42 left-wing demonstrators reportedly had been arrested, with 3 demonstrators and 18 police injured. This incident has further disconcerte [...]	2007-10-10 14:25:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SZ
07BERN1077	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST GOV PRACTICES [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 16:01:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL CVIS ASEC KVPR SZ
07BERN1096	ZURCHER KANTONALBANK REPORTS IT IS 98% OUT OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Emboff met November 19 with Juerg Reichen, Head of International Banking for Zurcher Kantonalbank (ZKB),who traveled to Bern for the meeting, to discuss the bank's Iranian relationships. Reichen explained that ZKB had reduced its Iran portfolio by about 98% since its management [...]	2007-11-20 16:01:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KFIN KFTN IR SZ
07BERN1101	SWITZERLAND DENIES EXPORTS OF NON-CONTROLLED GOODS [...] (C) On November 21, Embassy Pol/Econ Counselor was called to the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to meet with the Head of the Export Control and Sanctions Division Othmar Wyss regarding a GOS export denial based on USG information presented on August 14, 2007. SECO Chief of [...]	2007-11-21 16:47:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC SZ
07BERN113	SWISS DFA STATE SECRETARY AMBUEHL HEARS NOTHING \ [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-05 17:15:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PTER KNNP SZ IR
07BERN1150	DELIVERY OF LETTER TO EMBASSY OF JAPAN REGARDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 09:57:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP TRGY PARM JS RS SZ
07BERN130	IRAN: SWISS FM CALMY-REY MEETS WITH LARIJANI \ [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 11:16:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL ETTC IR SZ
07BERN151	SWISS CABINET AUTHORIZES A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 07:35:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS KJUS SZ
07BERN158	IRAN: AMBASSADOR URGES POLDIR AMBUEHL TO STEP BACK \ [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 11:28:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PTER ETTC IR SZ
07BERN171	IRAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES "THE SWISS PLAN" WITH \ [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 14:46:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PTER ETTC IR SZ
07BERN200	TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 15:40:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ
07BERN258	IRAN: SWISS POLDIR AMBUEHL TELLS EUR A/S FRIED HE \ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 07:49:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM UNSC SZ
07BERN259	IRAN: SWISS POLDIR AMBUEHL'S BRIEFS ON HIS MOST \ [...] In order to create the necessary confidence: \ \ -- Iran will suspend all its enrichment-related activities as \ required by the UNSC and the IAEA and to be verified by the \ latter; \ \ -- The P5 plus 1 will simultaneously suspend the \ implementation of the UNSC sanctions and will ensure that [...]	2007-03-16 12:23:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC SZ
07BERN270	KOSOVO: SWISS TO SUPPORT AHTISAARI [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 10:10:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SZ
07BERN29	SCENESETTER FOR USG PARTICIPANTS IN THE 2007 WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 13:03:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ASEC SZ
07BERN609	SWISS JUSTICE MINISTER BLOCHER PREVIEWS VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 16:31:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS SZ
07BERN664	ISA: SWISS SUPPORT EGL DEAL, VIEW IT AS ISA AND UNSCR COMPLIANT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 14:17:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PARM SZ
07BERN881	FM CALMY-REY "TAKES NOTE" OF USG CONCERNS \ [...] (S) Per instructions in reftel A, CDA met FM Calmy-Rey on \ the evening of September 7 to discuss USG concerns regarding \ the handling of the Iran case at the September 10-14 IAEA \ Board of Governors (BOG) meeting (reftels C/D). As requested \ in ref B, CDA also took the opportunity to raise USG [...]	2007-09-11 09:44:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	MNUC KNNP ETTC IR SZ
07BERN923	D/EUCOM GEN WARD DISCUSSES ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) During a September 7 office meeting with Swiss DefMin Schmid, and a subsequent joint MFA/MOD roundtable discussion, Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward and senior Swiss MFA and MOD officials exchanged views on efforts to enhance African security and stability. DefMin Schmid characterize [...]	2007-09-18 15:01:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL AF SZ
07BERN937	LEBANON: SWISS REVIEWING WHETHER TO CONTRIBUTE TO [...] (SBU) Poloff met September 21 with Tim Enderlin, Chief of UNSC Affairs for the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),and delivered the reftel message encouraging the Swiss government to make a contribution to the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Enderlin responded by emphasizing [...]	2007-09-21 14:57:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PTER LE SZ
07BERN992	DEFMIN SCHMID COMMENTS ON SWISS ISAF COMMITMENT [...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with Swiss DefMin Schmid, the Ambassador drew on points in reftel to urge the Swiss government to retain -- or increase -- its commitment of personnel to ISAF. MOD Political Advisor Kunz and Military Advisor MG Rusch accompanied DefMin Schmid; DATT and poloff acc [...]	2007-10-05 13:26:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO ASEC PREL AF SZ
07BISHKEK100	KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REFLECT ON PARTIES, [...] (C) Summary: During conversations with the Ambassador and visiting Central Asian Affairs Office Director Pamela Spratlen, Kyrgyz government officials defended the December 30 version of the constitution that restored numerous powers to the president. Presidential advisors stressed the need f [...]	2007-02-01 06:01:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1015	KYRGYZ STAND READY FOR SCO SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following months of intense preparation, Kyrgyz officials claim they are ready for the 7th annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on August 16. The Kyrgyz Government has worked feverishly to ensure all logistical and functional aspects of the summit -- from paving roa [...]	2007-08-10 08:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK102	SADYRKULOV: ROSY OUTLOOK FOR KYRGYZSTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: During a lengthy conversation with Ambassador, First Deputy Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov predicted his own influence would increase and that Kyrgyzstan would push forward on reforms and improved relations with the west. Ambassador emphasized the importance of resolving the legal iss [...]	2007-02-02 02:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KG
07BISHKEK1083	KYRGYZ RECEIVE IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 07:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG KG
07BISHKEK1087	RISING BREAD PRICES SPUR KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT ACTION [...] (C) Summary: Amidst a 20-40% increase in bread prices due in part to a three-fold increase in the price of imported Kazakh wheat, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Atambayev and other senior officials have criticized bakers for raising bread prices. However, PM Atambeyev's government has moved beyond p [...]	2007-08-29 14:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR SOCI KG
07BISHKEK1092	BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON AUGUST 27 SCHOOL [...] (C) The Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 27 August 2007 to discuss whether security conditions at post warrant continued use of USG assets to transport post dependent children to school. Present were the DCM, RSO, DAO, CON, MGT, PAS, [...]	2007-08-30 09:39:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG
07BISHKEK113	EMBASSY BISHKEK BFIF PROPOSALS [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Bishkek hereby submits two proposals for the use of Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) resources in 2007. Details of the two proposals are outlined below. 2. The first proposal is entitled "Outreach to Kyrgyz Businessmen." Justification: Embassy [...]	2007-02-02 08:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD KG
07BISHKEK1136	PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE: EMBASSY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Embassy has actively supported Kyrgyzstan's burgeoning democracy, and has taken great strides to promote human rights and civil liberties through direct, public engagement with government officials and civil society, NGOs, and religious groups. U.S.-funded projects have also [...]	2007-09-12 13:27:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK1137	KYRGYZ INSIDERS PROMISE "BIG EVENTS" THIS FALL: [...] (C) Summary: After a relatively quiet summer, with attention focused on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek and vacations at Lake Issyk Kul, presidential insiders are predicting "big events" for the fall. Constitutional reform, and the question whether to adopt the amendm [...]	2007-09-13 12:19:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1155	"MAXIMIZING" BUSINESS IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: A prominent ex-pat businessman, Giorgio Fiacconi, has reportedly been forced to sell his Kyrgyz Credit Bank (KCB) to a close business associate of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's son, Maxim. The associate, Latvian businessman Valery Belokon, has also acquired the failed "I [...]	2007-09-18 09:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV KCOR ECON EINV PINR KG
07BISHKEK1173	KYRGYZ FEEL INFLATIONARY AND FINANCIAL PRESSURES [...] (SBU) Summary: With "official" monthly food price inflation of 2.3%, hoarding and rapid price inflation are affecting an increasing array of foodstuffs in Kyrgyz markets. Meanwhile, the Kyrgyz Central Bank has pumped the equivalent of over $150 million into the local currency market to curb [...]	2007-09-21 12:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI KG
07BISHKEK1178	U.S. BUSINESS SEMINAR DRAWS KYRGYZ ENTREPRENEURS [...] (U) Summary: The Embassy-hosted "Doing Business with the USA" seminar attracted approximately 220 people for a discussion on developing business relations with U.S. firms and ways to compete for U.S. government contracts at Manas air base and in Afghanistan. More than 90% of the companies we [...]	2007-09-25 04:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1183	FY07 BFIF REPORTING FROM EMBASSY BISHKEK [...] Per reftel A request, Embassy Bishkek hereby submits the following report regarding the use of Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) resources in 2007 in the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. The total amount of BFIF support provided for use by Embassy Bishkek was $3,100.00. The total amount spe [...]	2007-09-25 12:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EINV AFIN ADPM KG
07BISHKEK1187	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER KARABAYEV'S TRIP TO THE [...] (C) Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev will travel to Washington and New York between September 26 and October 3. This is his first trip to the United States since becoming foreign minister in February 2007, and the first high-level visit since President Bakiyev and former Foreign Minister [...]	2007-09-26 12:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK120	KYRGYZ REPLY TO MERCURY MINING QUERY [...] In response to an Embassy inquiry into official Kyrgyz attitudes to controls on mercury production, the Kyrgyz MFA responded via Diplomatic Note 011-14/79 dated January 25, 2007 with answers to five questions derived from reftel. The translated questions and answers are repeated below: A) [...]	2007-02-05 12:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN SENV KG
07BISHKEK1200	NEGLECT, POLITICAL ISOLATION AND HOPE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled to the eastern Kyrgyz cities of Naryn and Balykchy September 19-21, met with government officials, civil society activists, NGO representatives and educators, and found infrastructural neglect, political isolation, and high unemployment, but hope for the future. [...]	2007-09-28 10:30:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK1201	KYRGYZSTAN: NEXT STEPS ON MANAS AIR BASE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kyrgyz have repeatedly requested a U.S. response to their June diplomatic note, which requested changes to the protocol covering payment for access to the base, as well as information on the disposition of the case regarding the December 2006 shooting incident. We underst [...]	2007-09-28 10:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
07BISHKEK125	MANAGING KYRGYZ CRITICISM OF MANAS AIR BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kyrgyz domestic political turmoil in December and January over a new constitution and government has shifted public and political attention away from Manas Air Base. This welcome hiatus may prove temporary, however, once the new government is in place. Looking ahead, we see sev [...]	2007-02-06 11:59:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK128	HCOC: ENCOURAGING KYRGYZSTAN TO SUBSCRIBE [...] (SBU) In December 2006, the Kyrgyz MFA contacted post to inquire how to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). Post informed the ministry at that time that Kyrgyzstan could subscribe by sending a note verbale to the Government of Austria. 2. [...]	2007-02-07 08:05:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA KG
07BISHKEK1280	Embassy Events Marking Ramadan and Orozo Ait [...] (SBU) On September 25, the Ambassador hosted an Iftar dinner for local religious leaders and members of the diplomatic corps and interfaith community. Over forty guests joined Embassy staff for this event. In her remarks, the Ambassador emphasized the positive spirit of cooperation between th [...]	2007-10-15 10:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO SCUL KG
07BISHKEK1285	RISING PRICES AND TIGHTER BORDERS, BUT CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to the southern capitals of Jalalabad and Osh, the Ambassador presided over a U.S.-funded border checkpoint opening, met with students, civic leaders, political parties, and NGOs, honored local religious leaders with an Iftar dinner, and visited the largest hydropow [...]	2007-10-15 11:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1288	BISHKEK LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM chaired the Embassy's Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG) meeting on September 19. In addition to reports from Bishkek-based officers, the meeting included presentations by the regional Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officer and the regional FBI Legal Attache. The [...]	2007-10-17 02:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1298	EMBASSY BISHKEK'S NOMINATION FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit its nomination for the 2008 Secretary's Woman of Courage Award. We nominate Ms. Cholpon Idinovna SIPDIS Djakupova, a well known fearless human rights activist and outspoken defender of the rights of refugees. Ms. Djakupova heads the NGO legal clinic 'Adilet' w [...]	2007-10-19 11:19:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL KG
07BISHKEK1304	BAKIYEV DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT AFTER NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission announced that, based on preliminary results, 75% of eligible voters approved a new constitution and electoral code in the October 21 referendum. The CEC claimed that nationwide turnout was over 80%, but local observers disputed that fi [...]	2007-10-23 12:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK1319	BISHKEK EAC MEETING RE SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Yovanovitch chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee on October 22, 2007, to discuss Security for the 232nd USMC Birthday Ball. Present were the DCM, RSO, DAO, CON, MGT, PAS, POL/ECON, POL/RA, RLA, SAO, INL, MED, CLO, Peace Corp, and Manas AB Commander. MSG Detachm [...]	2007-10-25 09:49:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG
07BISHKEK1320	ETHNIC UZBEK JOURNALIST SLAIN IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Outspoken ethnic Uzbek/Kyrgyz national journalist Alisher Saipov was shot and killed outside his office in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, early evening October 24. Saipov was editor-in-chief of the Uzbek-language newspaper, Siyosat (Politics),and he served as a stringer for Voice of America [...]	2007-10-25 11:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1328	Kyrgyz Consular Update: US Contractors, Kazakhstan and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On October 10, Kyrgyz MFA Consular Affairs Director Beshymbiev told Con Chief there is legislation pending before the Kyrgyz and Kazakh parliaments that would allow bearers of valid Kyrgyz visas to enter Kazakhstan without obtaining a Kazakh visa. Beshymbiev a [...]	2007-10-29 11:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC KG KZ CVIS PGOV PREL
07BISHKEK1333	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WALKER CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel points in support of David Walker's candidacy for the United Nations Independent Audit Advisory Committee to the Kyrgyz MFA October 31. Embassy also requested the Ministry to instruct its UN delegation to support Mr. Walker. Any substantive response will be repor [...]	2007-10-31 11:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UN UNGA KG
07BISHKEK1334	WELCOMING KYRGYZSTAN AS A PSI PARTICIPANT [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel non-paper welcoming Kyrgyzstan as a PSI participant to the Kyrgyz MFA on October 31. 2. (U) Embassy appreciates the Department's assistance in providing the Russian translation of the detailed non-paper. YOVANOVITCH [...]	2007-10-31 12:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KG
07BISHKEK1335	LETTER TO AMBASSADOR FROM WIDOW OF KYRGYZ TRUCK [...] (SBU) This cable forwards the text of the fifth letter to the Ambassador from Mrs. Ivanova, the widow of the Kyrgyz truck driver who was shot on December 6, 2006 by a U.S. airman at Manas Air Base. The letter includes a long litany of alleged unfulfilled commitments by the U.S. side to coope [...]	2007-10-31 13:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK1337	KYRGYZ INVESTIGATION INTO SAIPOV KILLING CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kyrgyz law enforcement investigation continues into the October 24 killing of journalist Alisher Saipov. The two most popular theories place blame either on the Uzbek security services or on Islamic extremist organizations Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) or the Islamic Movement of Uzbek [...]	2007-11-01 11:32:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KG
07BISHKEK1339	POOR KYRGYZ OBLAST HIT HARD BY GROWING INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24 ) 26, Ambassador Yovanovitch visited Naryn Oblast. Everyone she met, from local government representatives in Naryn City to farmers in remote villages, reported that the economic situation in the oblast is dire. The region, already poor, has been especially hard [...]	2007-11-02 12:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1366	KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: A GUIDE TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan will hold early parliamentary elections on December 16. For the first time, election to parliament will be solely on a proportional basis by party list. The new electoral code sets an extremely high threshold for a party to enter parliament: 5% of all registered v [...]	2007-11-15 10:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KG
07BISHKEK1371	KYRGYZSTAN: 2007-2008 INSCR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] (U) No report was published for the Kyrgyz Republic in the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Embassy point of contact for this report is Resident Legal Advisor Irfan Saeed, e-mail: SaeedIA@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Follow i [...]	2007-11-16 06:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PGOV KG
07BISHKEK1383	KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR RESULTS OF IVANOV [...] (SBU) On November 19, post received a diplomatic note from the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting the results of the U.S. investigation into the December 6, 2006 killing of Kyrgyz citizen Alexander Ivanov by an airman from Manas Airbase. Unofficial translation of the Note follows at [...]	2007-11-21 09:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KG

07BISHKEK1395	KYRGYZ ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: While Kyrgyz Energy Minister Chudinov and other officials embrace Kyrgyz electricity exports to South Asia under the CASAREM umbrella, supply issues, particularly involving Tajikistan, color the discussion of how much electricity may be available for export. Other Kyrgyz offici [...]	2007-11-26 11:08:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL KG
07BISHKEK1401	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT OUSTS PM ATAMBAYEV AHEAD OF [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Kyrgyz President Bakiyev dismissed Acting Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev. The post will likely remain vacant until after the December 16 parliamentary elections. The move came the day after Jalalabad oblast governor Iskender Aidaraliyev's appointment as fir [...]	2007-11-28 11:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK1402	KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGNING BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The official campaign period for Kyrgyzstan's early parliamentary elections opened November 26 with billboards, media ads, and public events. On November 25, the Central Election Commission (CEC) completed the registrations of 12 parties to appear on the ballot; 10 parties were [...]	2007-11-28 13:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK1419	OUSTED PRIME MINISTER COMMENTS ON KYRGYZ ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev told Charge November 30 that President Bakiyev, by using state resources to support the pro-presidential Ak Jol party in the parliamentary election campaign, was repeating the mistakes of former President Akayev in the 2005 elections. Atambay [...]	2007-11-30 13:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KG
07BISHKEK142	MORE KYRGYZ CABINET APPOINTMENTS MADE; [...] (SBU) A number of new cabinet-level appointments were made February 8, including the ministers of Foreign Affairs; Finance; and Industry, Energy and Fuel Resources. The February 8 appointments include: -- Ednan Karabayev, former Deputy Rector of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, was app [...]	2007-02-08 13:01:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	TAGS
07BISHKEK1421	KYRGYZ FM PUSHES FOR GREATER COOPERATION WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting Central Asia Office Director Spratlen and Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Karabayev November 20 in Bishkek. Spratlen stressed the importance of the upcoming parliamentary elections as an indicator of the direction of Kyrgyzstan's political reform, and she discussed [...]	2007-12-03 07:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK1424	KYRGYZ OFFICIALS CALL IN INTERNATIONAL REPS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Senior Kyrgyz administration officials called a meeting November 30 with some of the diplomatic and donor community to discuss the upcoming parliamentary elections. Attending the meeting were representatives from the National Democratic Institute (NDI),the International Republi [...]	2007-12-03 12:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK1461	ELECTION EVE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst the political wrangling preceding the December 16 Kyrgyz parliamentary elections, there have been significant economic and financial developments in the Kyrgyz Republic during the past year. Despite strong economic growth in 2007, increasing inflation and the falling v [...]	2007-12-10 13:23:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI KG
07BISHKEK1462	EMBASSY BISHKEK'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 08:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN KG
07BISHKEK1505	KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS SHOW AK JOL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission (CEC) announced preliminary results showing that the pro-presidential Ak Jol party received enough votes to pass the nationwide and regional thresholds in the December 16 parliamentary elections. The opposition Ata Meken passed the nati [...]	2007-12-18 02:27:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK1513	KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: MISCOUNTING THE VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the relatively peaceful conduct of the Kyrgyz parliamentary vote on December 16, the Embassy's 14 teams of observers noted widespread irregularities and vote total manipulations. Observers in Osh and Jalalabad oblasts recorded numerous instances of unchallenged repeat [...]	2007-12-20 11:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK1514	KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: MISCOUNTING THE VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the relatively peaceful conduct of the Kyrgyz parliamentary vote on December 16, the Embassy's 14 teams of observers noted widespread irregularities and vote total manipulations. Observers in Osh and Jalalabad oblasts recorded numerous instances of unchallenged repeat [...]	2007-12-20 11:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK1515	KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: MISCOUNTING THE VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the relatively peaceful conduct of the Kyrgyz parliamentary vote on December 16, the Embassy's 14 teams of observers noted widespread irregularities and vote total manipulations. Observers in Osh and Jalalabad oblasts recorded numerous instances of unchallenged repeat [...]	2007-12-20 11:27:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK1516	KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: MISCOUNTING THE VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the relatively peaceful conduct of the Kyrgyz parliamentary vote on December 16, the Embassy's 14 teams of observers noted widespread irregularities and vote total manipulations. Observers in Osh and Jalalabad oblasts recorded numerous instances of unchallenged repeat [...]	2007-12-20 11:32:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK1518	KYRGYZ REPUBLIC: 2007 CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] This cable provides Embassy Bishkek,s child labor update for the Kyrgyz Republic for subsequent inclusion in the 2007 Trade and Development Act Report. Feedback below is tied to the specific questions outlined in reftel. Section A: Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child l [...]	2007-12-21 05:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK1520	EMBASSY BISHKEK'S SERIES OF EVENTS TO COMMEMORATE 16 DAYS FREE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Working in conjunction with Post's Mentor Program for Women Leaders and Peace Corps, Embassy Bishkek organized a series of events around the country, including the cities of Bishkek, Osh and Naryn to commemorate the 16 days free of violence against women that run from November 25 [...]	2007-12-21 07:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KG KWMN PHUM PREL
07BISHKEK1525	KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: PARLIAMENT OPENS WHILE [...] (C) Summary: With Central Election Commission election results showing opposition party Ata Meken not passing the 0.5% vote threshold in Osh city, the pro-presidential Ak Jol party collected 71 out of 90 seats in the new Kyrgyz parliament. The Social Democrats and Communists, which polled s [...]	2007-12-21 12:27:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR KG
07BISHKEK1538	NEW KYRGYZ PM AND PARLIAMENT START WORK, WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Energy Minister and Bakiyev loyalist Igor Chudinov assumed the prime ministerial post December 24 and indicated a new cabinet would be in place by year's end. In parliament, ex-State Secretary Adakhan Madumarov was elected speaker, and the pro-presidential Ak Jol party obt [...]	2007-12-26 12:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK1539	ADDITIONAL KYRGYZ FM GREETING TO SECRETARY RICE [...] On December 20, the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry sent another diplomatic note to the Embassy with a separate English-language message of greetings from acting Foreign Minister Karabayev to Secretary Rice. Begin text of the message (as supplied in English by the MFA) and addressed to Secretary Ric [...]	2007-12-27 05:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL KG
07BISHKEK154	BIO OF NEW KYRGYZ FM KARABAYEV [...] (SBU) Ednan Oskonovich Karabayev, Kyrgyzstan's new Foreign Minister, was appointed February 8 after spending thirteen years at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University as Vice Rector. No stranger to the MFA, FM Karabayev held the same position from 1992-1994, under former President Askar Akayev. [...]	2007-02-09 12:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
07BISHKEK1548	KYRGYZ FM WARY AS OPPOSITION EXHAUSTS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In a December 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Karabayev acknowledged "problems" with the December 16 parliamentary elections, but reasoned that an Ak Jol-dominated parliament would inspire real debate with the government. To correct electoral code proble [...]	2007-12-31 08:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI KG
07BISHKEK155	THE GLITTER OF KYRGYZ GOLD TAXES CANADIAN MINE [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian-run Kumtor gold mine in eastern Kyrgyzstan, which generates 4-6% of Kyrgyz GDP, is expected to double its 2006 production of 303,000 ounces by 2008. Despite the rosy projections, Kumtor Operating Company (KOC) President Andrew Lewis told Embassy that a less friendly [...]	2007-02-09 12:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EINV KG
07BISHKEK181	KYRGYZSTAN'S NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to nominate an outstanding Kyrgyz candidate for the IWOC Award. Ms. Bubusara Ryskulova is a well-known promoter of women's rights in the Kyrgyz Republic. She has tirelessly worked in the area of women issues for the last 10 years. First among her many accomplishments wo [...]	2007-02-15 08:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KG
07BISHKEK183	CHARGE DEMARCHES KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT ON POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. On February 15, Charge demarched Minister of Interior and Deputy FM regarding information that Kyrgyz investigators into the December 6 shooting incident were under political pressure to charge the U.S. Airman with intentional homicide, notwithstanding the facts of the case. Bot [...]	2007-02-15 11:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK196	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION'S NEW "UNITED FRONT" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kyrgyz opposition has formed a new alliance, calling for the removal of President Bakiyev and for "real" constitutional reform. Led by former Prime Minister Felix Kulov, the "United Front for Kyrgyzstan's Decent Future" has attracted many -- but not all -- opposition leaders. [...]	2007-02-22 09:38:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK21	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE KYRGYZ [...] This cable provides Embassy Bishkek's submission of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime with a broad base of commercial laws. Unf [...]	2007-01-16 08:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KG
07BISHKEK210	KYRGYZ DOWNPLAY EXPECTED IMPACT OF NEW RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: With an estimated 500,000 Kyrgyz working in Russia, sending back an estimated half billion dollars a year in remittances, Russia's new restrictions on foreign labor and outdoor markets (Ref A) have prompted concern here about a possible sudden return of labor migrants and reductio [...]	2007-02-28 08:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI KG
07BISHKEK222	AMBASSADOR COMPLAINS TO KYRGYZ OMBUDSMAN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met February 28 with Kyrgyz Ombudsman for Human Rights Tursunbay Bakir uulu to protest the Ombudsman's "inspections" of U.S. Government-funded assistance implementers. Bakir uluu claimed it was "within his right" to investigate all foreign-funded organizations for pot [...]	2007-03-05 02:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK227	NEW KYRGYZ FM KARABAYEV MORE POSITIVE ON U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Ambassador's introductory meeting with new Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev on February 26, Karabayev said he was looking forward to a productive relationship, and suggested establishing a regular schedule of meetings with the Ambassador. He said that his top priorities were [...]	2007-03-05 11:49:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK239	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES "PILLARS OF FOCUS" [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed new Foreign Minister Karabayev March 5 on the range of interagency U.S. assistance programs in Kyrgyzstan. Karabayev said he thought U.S. assistance was "in tune" with Kyrgyzstan's priorities, and he expressed interest in increased collaboration. Karabayev th [...]	2007-03-07 08:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK258	KYRGYZ MP BAIBOLOV URGES GREATER EFFORTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 28, the Ambassador met with opposition Member of Parliament Kubatbek Baibolov to discuss the current political situation, Kyrgyzstan's leadership, and the new constitution. Baibolov harshly criticized President Bakiyev and his administration, saying they lacked the wi [...]	2007-03-13 10:49:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK26	EMBASSY BISHKEK RESPONSE TO TOBACCO ACTIVITY [...] Post has searched available records dating back to January 2004 for any tobacco-related documentation described in reftel. Post located one item, described in paragraph 2. 2. On October 13, 2005, the Ambassador sent a letter to the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, reg [...]	2007-01-18 04:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ATRD ECON KG
07BISHKEK262	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER URGENTLY REQUESTS DELAY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Karabayev urgently requested that the U.S. delay the departure from Kyrgyzstan of the service member involved in the December 2006 shooting incident at the Manas Airbase. Karabayev presented a diplomatic note (un [...]	2007-03-14 14:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK27	BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 11, 2007 to develop an earthquake preparedness plan. Present were the AMB, DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, USAID, CONS, DAO, MGT, MSG, PAS, and LEG. 2. (SBU) In response to recent earthquake activity l [...]	2007-01-18 05:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL
07BISHKEK316	GOING FOR THE KYRGYZ GOLD -- WILL USENOV TAKE THE [...] (C) Summary: First Deputy Prime Minister Usenov has continued to consolidate control over Kyrgyz economic and business activity since the new cabinet was named in February. He led the (successful) campaign against the HIPC initiative, and he has advocated ousting the IMF and the World Bank a [...]	2007-03-23 10:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON EFIN PREL KG
07BISHKEK335	NOVROOZ: AN EXCUSE TO DRINK AND CELEBRATE SOVIET [...] (C) The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry and resident embassies that celebrate Novrooz invited the diplomatic community to a lengthy lunch and cultural program to celebrate spring on March 21. The words that followed were no doubt heavily influenced by the vodka, which flowed freely, but were no les [...]	2007-03-26 10:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK340	MFA LAYS NEXT STEPS ON SHOOTING INCIDENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 27, Ambassador delivered ref A diplomatic note denying Kyrgyz request to extradite Airman Hatfield in connection with the December 6 shooting incident at Manas Air Base. First Deputy Foreign Minister Kydyrev was expecting this response and laid out his views on next st [...]	2007-03-28 07:49:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
07BISHKEK350	PROFILE OF NEW KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER ALMAZ [...] (SBU) Summary: A northern native with a background in business, new Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev is a former parliamentarian who has previously harbored presidential ambitions. His People's Congress of Kyrgyzstan was an active player in the March 2005 revolution. Atambayev worked a [...]	2007-03-30 13:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KG
07BISHKEK362	MOST KYRGYZ CABINET APPOINTMENTS MADE; OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following his March 30 confirmation, Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev announced that he would consult with all political forces -- including the opposition -- to select a new "coalition" cabinet. He then quickly reappointed the foreign minister and the power ministers. He also ann [...]	2007-04-03 12:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK373	BAKIYEV-DOLE: POSITIVE MEETING ON RELATIONSHIIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 4, Senator Robert Dole held a positive meeting with President Bakiyev and Foreign Minister Karabayev. Bakiyev said that he understands the importance of the Manas Air Base, but the outstanding questions, such as compensation, the September collision, the December 6 sh [...]	2007-04-05 10:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR KG
07BISHKEK383	BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON PLANNED DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 9, 2007 to discuss action plans for the anti-government demonstrations scheduled to start in out-lying regions of Kyrgyzstan on April 9 and in Bishkek April 11. Present were: INL, RSO, LEG, POL/ECON, PO [...]	2007-04-09 11:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG
07BISHKEK390	KYRGYZ DEPUTY FM ON IRAN, SCO SUMMIT, INTERNAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 13:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IR AF KG
07BISHKEK397	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION BEGINS MASS DEMONSTRATION [...] (SBU) The opposition United Front began its mass protest on Bishkek's central Ala-Too Square. Throughout the day, United Front and other party workers erected over 30 yurts and dozens of tents on the square. As of 17:00 local, the crowd had grown to approximately 4-5,000 demonstrators. Much [...]	2007-04-11 12:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KG
07BISHKEK423	SENIOR KYRGYZ INTEREST IN ORIENTATION TRIP TO [...] (U) This is an action requesQ see para. 9 below. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Kyrgyz First Deputy Minister of Defense Oruzbaev informed DATT April 13 that the Kyrgyz government had authorized cabinet level officials to visit Afghanistan, as had been discussed during prior visits of senior U.S. milita [...]	2007-04-17 09:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK436	BAISALOV WEIGHING OFFER TO JOIN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Late on April 18, opposition member Edil Baisalov told SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum that Presidential Chief of Staff Medet Sadyrkulov had asked him to join the Bakiyev administration as his deputy. According to Baisalov, Sadyrkulov told him that he would be the only deputy chief of staff, he w [...]	2007-04-19 10:03:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK454	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION-LED DEMONSTRATION ENDS WITH A [...] (SBU) Late in the evening on April 19, the anti-government demonstration in Bishkek came to a halt when Ministry of Interior (MVD) forces cleared the area around the Kyrgyz White House and Ala-Too square. The action followed an apparent attempt by a small group of protesters to storm the Whit [...]	2007-04-20 11:30:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK468	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Post EXBS and SAO staff have completed thorough inspections of all night vision goggles (NVGs) transferred by the USG to the Kyrgyz Government, including those transferred under the licenses listed in Ref B. Post conducted inspections at the Ministries of Defense (MOD) and Interior (MVD [...]	2007-04-23 12:23:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL ETTC KOMC KG
07BISHKEK47	ANNUAL REVIEW OF STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY-ANNUAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, on January 22, 2007 the DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the Memorandum of Agreement Between COMS and COCOMS on Security of DOD Elements and Personnel in Foreign Areas and Additional Annex A Review. Present were: DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, C [...]	2007-01-24 06:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASIG CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL AODE AMGT ASEC
07BISHKEK479	SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETING WITH KYYRGYZ ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary. In an April 19 meeting with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum, recently-nominated Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Islan Ryskulov said he sought improved dialogue and cooperation with the United States. He asked for assistance moving forward on U.S. funding for the Kyrgyz Threshold C [...]	2007-04-24 11:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID KG
07BISHKEK488	MEDIA REACTION: DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY EVAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Local media reaction to DAS Evan Feigenbaum,s visit of April 15-20 was primarily neutral, matter of fact reporting with some elements of general suspicion and conspiracy theory thrown in, as is generally the case in local media. Both print and electronic media covered his visit [...]	2007-04-26 04:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
07BISHKEK490	DAS FEIGENBAUM AND FM KARABAYEV LAY GROUNDWORK FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 15-19 visit to Bishkek, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met twice, over five hours, with Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev for open and wide-ranging discussions. While many other meetings during the visit were dominated by the fast-changing domestic political situation, [...]	2007-04-27 06:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MARR AF KG
07BISHKEK50	KULOV OUT AS KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER? [...] (C) Summary. According to several well-placed Kyrgyz and other officials, it appears increasingly likely that Acting PM Felix Kulov's candidacy will be voted down in Parliament on a procedural point that will effectively ease Kulov out of office. The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee th [...]	2007-01-24 14:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK520	KYRGYZ PM PARTICIPATES IN US EMBASSY WORLD PRESS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In honor of World Press Freedom Day, Post hosted an event at the recently raided Freedom House Printing Press. The Ambassador, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Alamaz Atambayev, and Kyrgyz Media Representative Shamaral Maychiev gave short remarks regarding the importance of a free press in [...]	2007-05-04 09:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
07BISHKEK526	EMBASSY BISHKEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OSCE EXTRA [...] Embassy Bishkek would like to endorse the following extrabudgetary proposals: 2. High Priority: -- Preparation of Guidebook for Controlled Deliveries (no project number): The issue of controlled deliveries is a hot topic in Central Asia, and is the most discussed aspect of any regional [...]	2007-05-08 11:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN EAID ECON KCRM KJUS OSCE PHUM PREL
07BISHKEK527	EMBASSY BISHKEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OSCE EXTRA [...] Embassy Bishkek would like to endorse the following extrabudgetary proposals: 2. High Priority: -- Preparation of Guidebook for Controlled Deliveries (no project number): The issue of controlled deliveries is a hot topic in Central Asia, and is the most discussed aspect of any regional [...]	2007-05-08 12:07:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN EAID ECON KCRM KJUS OSCE PHUM PREL
07BISHKEK528	KYRGYZ PEDESTRIAN DEATH FOCUSES ATTENTION ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Late on May 7, a Kyrgyz pedestrian was struck and killed by a Kyrgyz automobile in a hit-and-run accident near Manas airport. A car carrying an Amcit contractor at the U.S. air base was also damaged apparently when the pedestrian's body hit the vehicle after being struck by the [...]	2007-05-08 12:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CASC KG
07BISHKEK544	KYRGYZSTAN, MANAS AIR BASE AND THE SCO SUMMIT: [...] (C) Summary. With the August 16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishek only three months away, we need to move to closure now on two contentious incidents -- an aircraft collision and a shooting -- that have undermined public and political support for continued operation o [...]	2007-05-11 11:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK549	KYRGYZ POLITICAL ROUNDUP: PRESSURE ON BASE [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz political developments this week focused on Manas Airbase, as well as parliamentary candidate Bermet Akayeva and opposition leader Felix Kulov. On the base, PM Atambayev said "steps would be taken" to review the Manas Airbase agreement in response to calls for further gove [...]	2007-05-11 13:07:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK597	KYRGYZ POLICYMAKERS FOCUS ON MANAS AIRBASE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 21 meeting, the Manas Airbase commander handed Alexander Ivanov's widow a goodwill check to compensate her for her loss. Mrs. Ivanova and her lawyer queried about "moral damages" and complained about the amount and intent of the payment. Ivanova later spoke at a press [...]	2007-05-21 12:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM KG
07BISHKEK609	KYRGYZ EXPRESS INTEREST IN FIBER OPTICS CONFERENCE [...] Kyrgyz Minister of Transport and Communications Sulaimanov, Kyrgyz Telecom President Mambetaliev and "Government Communications" State Company Director Beyshekenov all expressed interest in reftel's proposed fiber optics conference. We have also received positive feedback from the Communicat [...]	2007-05-23 12:19:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN EFIN ECPS EINV ETRD EAID KG
07BISHKEK614	KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT AND PRESS TARGET MANAS AIRBASE [...] (C) Summary: During a packed parliamentary committee session May 23, MPs criticized the Prosecutor General's office for its handling of the Hatfield case and called for the ouster of the U.S. military from Manas Airbase. Interest in extension renewals for the base's operations as well as tax [...]	2007-05-24 14:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK627	MANAS: KYRGYZ TRY TO TONE DOWN THE VOLUME, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Kydyrov's May 25 conversation with the Ambassador revealed what is likely to be the main Kyrgyz talking point during the visit of Secretary Gates: renegotiation of the base agreement. The SIPDIS Ambassador disabused Kydyrov of the notion that an "administ [...]	2007-05-25 14:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL KG
07BISHKEK665	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) We warmly welcome you to Kyrgyzstan June 7 to 11. Your visit comes at an important time for the bilateral relationship. The series of high-level visits -- Secretary of Defense Gates on June 5, your visit, and then CENTCOM Commander Admiral Fallon later in June -- will demonstrate to the K [...]	2007-06-01 13:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK67	INFLUENTIAL WOMEN OF KYRGYZSTAN [...] This is in response to the REFTEL action request. During the last two years of dramatic political and social changes in Kyrgyzstan, both the composition and membership of the government have changed. Currently, there is an extremely low number of women represented in the government bodies or [...]	2007-01-26 08:07:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN KG
07BISHKEK670	KYRGYZ PROTEST AGAINST BASE, AS LAWMAKERS SEEK [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On June 2, 35-40 demonstrators gathered in front of the Embassy to protest Manas Airbase's continued presence in Kyrgyzstan. Led by the "Movement for the Withdrawal of the U.S. Air Force Base," the demonst [...]	2007-06-04 13:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK684	NO KNOWN U.S.-KYRGYZ INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 09:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV KG
07BISHKEK724	CORRUPTION, ENERGY AND RULE OF LAW HEADLINE KYRGYZ [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bakiyev and Prime Minister Atambayev emphasized the rule of law, the battle against corruption and enhancing the business environment in a day-long discussion of the Kyrgyz Country Development Strategy (CDS) with the international donor community May 31. Bakiyev also [...]	2007-06-14 03:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PHUM KG
07BISHKEK798	KYRGYZSTAN'S PROJECT FOR AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR [...] Embassy Bishkek requests from PRM $3,000 under the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees FY 2007 to purchase winter clothing for refugee children and educational materials for the schools they attend. While Post was not an addressee of Ref A announcement of the FY 2007 program, Post participated in [...]	2007-06-20 11:23:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF KG
07BISHKEK80	HIPC INITIATIVE VICTIM OF KYRGYZ PM SHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: In response to President Bakiyev's January 26 nomination of a new prime ministerial candidate to replace him, Acting Prime Minister Felix Kulov "revoked" his name from the letter committing Kyrgyzstan to the HIPC initiative. The IMF is still hopeful that the agreement can be salv [...]	2007-01-26 13:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL KG
07BISHKEK81	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO KARAKOL: ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 16 and 17, the Ambassador traveled to Karakol, at the eastern edge of Lake Issyk Kul in northeastern Kyrgyzstan, to open an American Corner at the Issyk Kul Oblast library. The center will provide increased access to news and information about the United States and [...]	2007-01-26 14:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KG
07BISHKEK816	KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO CHANGE BASE FINANCE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 22, the Kyrgyz government delivered a draft protocol on changes and additions to the July 2006 Protocol of Intentions covering U.S. payment to the Kyrgyz government for access to and use of Manas Airbase. The Kyrgyz proposal includes additional payments and a [...]	2007-06-25 13:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK830	MODERATE KYRGYZ ANALYSIS OF BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In an interview with AKIpress that was picked up by other media outlets, political commentator Valentin Bogatyrev analyzed growing anti-American sentiment and opposition to the Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan. He said there were base-related reasons for the concerns, but that cer [...]	2007-06-26 11:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KPAO KG
07BISHKEK834	KYRGYZ ATTENDANCE AT TIFA MEETING [...] (U) The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry notified the Embassy June 26 by diplomatic note that Ambassador Jeenbek Kulubayev, Director of the Foreign Ministry's International Economic Cooperation Department, will represent Kyrgyzstan at the U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA [...]	2007-06-27 07:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KG
07BISHKEK86	LOOING AHEAD AT U.S.-KYRGYZ RELATIONS IN 2007 [...] (C) Summary/Introduction. Looking back on 2006, U.S.-Kyrgyz relations suffered a series of body-blows, including the unprecedented expulsion of two U.S. diplomats and a series of unfortunate incidents related to the Manas airbase that have undermined the U.S. image as a beneficial partner. [...]	2007-01-29 12:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK88	KYRGYZ CANDIDATE FOR TIR BOARD [...] The Kyrgyz MFA has sent us a diplomatic note requesting support for the Kyrgyz government's candidate, Turkmen Bootaev, for a seat on the TIR Executive Board. (Note: TIR is an international road transport convention operational mostly in Europe under the aegis of the United Nations to which [...]	2007-01-30 06:01:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN KTIA PREL KG
07BISHKEK906	KYRGYZ NSC DEPUTY ON BASE-RELATED ISSUES [...] (C) On July 12, Charge provided an all-encompassing review of USG assistance programs to Kyrgyzstan for FY07 to Major General Alik Mamyrkulov, Chief Inspector for the National Security Council (NSC). Charge gave detailed explanations of numerous State Department and USAID programs in the field [...]	2007-07-13 07:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM KG
07BISHKEK907	KYRGYZ NGO FORUM FOCUSES ON INTERNAL, GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 150 Kyrgyz NGOs from throughout the country convened July 10-11 to discuss constitutional, economic, ecological, and social reform; corruption; the future of political party development; and the role of civil society in relation to the Kyrgyz Government's Country Developme [...]	2007-07-13 07:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK909	ENGAGING THE KYRGYZ ON MANAS AIR BASE [...] (C) Summary: On June 22, the Kyrgyz government proposed changes to the July 2006 Protocol of Intentions covering payment for access to, and use of, Manas Air Base. The Kyrgyz proposal includes a request for $18 million for upgrades to their air traffic control system at Manas, as well as a r [...]	2007-07-13 09:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK946	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN KYRGYZSTAN: CLAMPING DOWN OR [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the State Agency for Religious Affairs (SARA),Toigonbek Kalmatov, told the press July 12 that Kyrgyzstan needed "tougher" legislation to combat religious extremism, and SARA was working on "five draft laws." Kalmatov claimed that over 400 religious organizations, in [...]	2007-07-20 11:35:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KIRF KG
07BISHKEK968	BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON JULY 30 DEMONSTRATION AT [...] (C) Charge chaired an EAC meeting at 09:00 am on July 30 to discuss precautions for a possible demonstration at the Embassy. In attendance were RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, DATT, MGMT, CONS, USAID, MSG, RLEA, MED, and Peace Corps. At 11:00 am on July 30, a small demonstration supporting the U.S. a [...]	2007-07-30 09:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR KG
07BISHKEK972	SMALL PRO-U.S. DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY LEADS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A small, unsanctioned demonstration took place in front of the Embassy the morning of July 30. Approximately 15-20 demonstrators carried signs in support of the U.S. airbase in Kyrgyzstan. After demonstration organizer Tursun Islamov presented two letters to the Embassy, the p [...]	2007-07-31 11:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC PINR KG
07BISHKEK975	AMBASSADOR'S CONCURRENCE ON SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 11:39:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS KTIA PREL PTER KG
07BISHKEK984	VIEWS FROM BISHKEK ON UKRAINIAN-KYRGYZ WTO TALKS [...] (C) Summary: A Ukrainian memorandum proposing $14 million in humanitarian and technical assistance to cover an outstanding $27 million Ukrainian debt to Kyrgyzstan may not unlock obstacles preventing the conclusion of bilateral negotiations relating to Ukraine's WTO accession. The Ukrainian [...]	2007-08-03 07:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO PREL KTIA ECON KG
07BISHKEK996	SNAPSHOT OF KYRGYZ AGRICULTURAL DIFFICULTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Shortfalls in agricultural irrigation, coupled with the effects of alleged incompetence at the Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture, have negatively impacted the agriculture sector. Man-made problems have exacerbated infestations of gypsy moths, whiteflies, viruses and fungi to dimi [...]	2007-08-07 09:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV KG
07BISHKEK997	SNAPSHOT OF KYRGYZ AGRICULTURAL DIFFICULTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Shortfalls in agricultural irrigation, coupled with the effects of alleged incompetence at the Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture, have negatively impacted the agriculture sector. Man-made problems have exacerbated infestations of gypsy moths, whiteflies, viruses and fungi to dimi [...]	2007-08-07 09:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV KG
07BISHKEK999	SNAPSHOT OF KYRGYZ AGRICULTURAL DIFFICULTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Shortfalls in agricultural irrigation, coupled with the effects of alleged incompetence at the Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture, have negatively impacted the agriculture sector. Man-made problems have exacerbated infestations of gypsy moths, whiteflies, viruses and fungi to dimi [...]	2007-08-07 09:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV KG
07BOGOTA1088	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BAYH [...] (SBU) Post welcomes CODEL Bayh to Colombia. President Alvaro Uribe was re-elected in May, 2006; he is the first president to be re-elected to a second, consecutive term in over 100 years. We expect close bilateral relations between the United States and Colombia to continue in his second ter [...]	2007-02-14 19:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOC ECON CO
07BOGOTA1109	ELN NARCO ACTIVITIES INCREASINGLY APPARENT [...] (S) There is growing evidence of ELN fronts' narcotics trafficking activities, and credible indications the ELN's Central Command (COCE) permits and benefits financially from the drug trade. Testimony from demobilized ELN fighters says some ELN fronts adre deeply involved in narco activities. [...]	2007-02-15 15:08:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PTER SNAR KCRM PHUM PGOV CO
07BOGOTA1165	COLOMBIA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR [...] This is an action request (see paragraphs 2 and 4). 2. We received a request from the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for support for their candidate for the Interamerican Judicial Committee of the Organization of American States, Guillermo Fernandez de Soto. A copy of the request [...]	2007-02-16 19:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CO
07BOGOTA1218	PRESIDENT URIBE APPOINTS FORMER FARC HOSTAGE AS [...] On February 19, President Alvaro Uribe appointed Fernando Araujo Perdomo to replace Maria Consuelo Araujo (no relation) as Colombia's Foreign Minister. Fernando Araujo escaped from 6 years of FARC custody on December 31, 2006. Uribe said he appointed Araujo because he was a symbol of Colombi [...]	2007-02-20 22:40:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PHUM PINR CO
07BOGOTA1224	FERNANDO ARAUJO: LIFE AS A FARC HOSTAGE [...] (C) Former GOC Development Minister Fernando Araujo was kidnapped by the FARC in December 2000 and held hostage until his dramatic escape during a COLMIL assault last New Year's Eve (reftel A). In five hours of de-brief interviews with Embassy officers, Dr. Araujo described the guerrillas' t [...]	2007-02-21 18:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER CO
07BOGOTA1232	A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SANTOS ON [...] (C) Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon and INL A/S Anne Patterson the U.S. and Colombia should develop a coordinated message on Plan Colombia's successes, a message he would take with him to Washington when he met with Secretary of Defense Gates. Santos urged the U [...]	2007-02-21 23:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA1246	COLMIL REFORMS (1) -- EDUCATION ROADMAP [...] Planners have drafted a "strategic roadmap" for overhauling military and police education and doctrine, the first of five reform areas announced last fall by the Defense Minister to strengthen the credibility and efficiency of the armed forces. Educational initiatives will focus on leadership [...]	2007-02-22 18:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA1302	GOC 'WEALTH TAX' BOOSTS DEFENSE BUDGET [...] (C) In December 2006, the GOC approved a four-year "wealth tax" on liquid assets of Colombia's richest citizens and businesses to boost military spending. Of the estimated $3.7 billion in new revenue over 2007-10, the major portion (about 70 percent) is expected to fund the domestic war effo [...]	2007-02-23 22:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA1322	CHARGE RAISED HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS WITH ARMY [...] (C) In the first of a series of periodic human rights meetings with COLAR Commander General Montoya, the Charge d'Affaires said we share concerns raised in the forthcoming UNHCHR annual human rights report that extra-judicial killings committed by COLAR personnel may be the unintended result [...]	2007-02-26 17:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER CO
07BOGOTA1400	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCGOVERN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes CODEL McGovern to Colombia. With U.S. help, President Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. In January, the GOC presented a Plan Colombia consolidation phase strategy, with a heightened emphasis on social development. USAID programs aim [...]	2007-02-28 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOC ECON CO
07BOGOTA1407	COLOMBIA AND PANAMA: DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES ON [...] (C) Tensions increased between Colombia and Panama after President Uribe announced he would place greater customs restrictions on goods originating from Panama's Colon Free Trade Zone. Panama claims these restrictions would violate a customs agreement signed by the two countries in October 20 [...]	2007-03-01 11:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECIN ECON PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO PA VENZ
07BOGOTA1455	PROSECUTOR GENERAL TO INTERROGATE 69 SOLDIERS OVER [...] (SBU) On February 22, the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) summoned 69 soldiers - an entire company from the 17th Brigade - to a formal interrogation hearing into the February 21 2005 massacre of eight members of San Jose de Apartado peace community. The summons to a formal hearing do [...]	2007-03-02 20:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS CO
07BOGOTA1457	COLOMBIA'S SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Scott Fagan, phone number (57-1) 383-2122, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 52 hours preparing report. 2. (U) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. ------- SUMMARY ------- [...]	2007-03-02 22:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
07BOGOTA1516	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY U.S. TRADE [...] (SBU) Post welcomes DUSTR Veroneau to Colombia. With U.S. help, President Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. The economy is growing, the investment climate is strong, and there is both anticipation and nervousness over the fate of the U.S.-Colombia Trade [...]	2007-03-07 15:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL CO

07BOGOTA1809	REPRESENTATIVE MCGOVERN MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (SBU) In a March 2nd meeting with Representative James McGovern, President Uribe reviewed progress in the investigation into the high-profile killing of a victims representative in January. Uribe highlighted the importance of a transparent Justice and Peace Law Process, explaining it was cruc [...]	2007-03-20 19:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ELAM PTER PREL CO
07BOGOTA1903	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FEBRUARY 2007 [...] (U) Post's Visa Viper Committee met on March 7, 2007, and the meeting was chaired by the CDA, Milton Drucker. Post's Viper Coordinator is Fraud Prevention Unit officer Jenny Cordell. 2. (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee submits Horacio Duque Giraldo, former advisor to then-Minister of Inter [...]	2007-03-23 18:32:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER CO
07BOGOTA199	CONDOLENCE MESSAGE [...] We received a condolence letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs addressed to the Secretary regarding the death of former President Gerald Ford. Original will be sent by pouch to WHA/AND. 2. Begin informal Embassy translation of condolence letter: To Her Excellency Condoleezza Ri [...]	2007-01-11 15:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CO
07BOGOTA2117	INTEL LEAK TO L.A. TIMES: LOCAL FALLOUT IN BOGOTA [...] (S) GOC and COLMIL reaction to publication of the leaked intelligence report in the L.A. Times has been generally measured, with no indication that U.S. contributions to COLMIL operational activities will be affected. Generals Montoya and Padilla, named in the report as being likely paramilit [...]	2007-03-30 17:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA2244	FACILITATORS REPORT SMALL ADVANCES ON HUMANITARIAN \ [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX told us French and Swiss facilitators had met with FARC spokesperson \ Raul Reyes and appeared optimistic they could persuade the \ FARC to agree to a "zona de encuentro" to begin talks on a \ humanitarian exchange. The GOC was working well with the \ facilitators but saw no FARC [...]	2007-04-04 19:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MARR PHUM CO
07BOGOTA2274	PALM OIL CREATES OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS FOR [...] Colombia is increasing production and export of African palm oil as a sustainable alternative to coca. There are a small number of high-profile accusations that palm oil producers, possibly in concert with paramilitaries, illegally seized land from Afro-Colombian communities for palm cultiva [...]	2007-04-04 22:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR PGOV PTER SOCI CO
07BOGOTA2437	CHARGE URGES GOC TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTION PROGRAMS [...] (C) The Charge reiterated to Vice President Francisco Santos and Justice and Interior Minister Carlos Holguin the importance of strengthening GOC protection programs for victims participating in the Justice and Peace Law process. Santos and Holguin said the GOC shared our concerns and was tak [...]	2007-04-12 20:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM CO
07BOGOTA2533	AFRO-COLOMBIANS STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL IDENTITY [...] A century-and-a-half of state neglect has marginalized the majority of Afro-Colombians and created substantial deficits in income, health and education. Sometimes called an "invisible minority," only in recent years has the government acknowledged Afro-Colombians as a distinct ethnic group e [...]	2007-04-17 19:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV ECON CO
07BOGOTA2575	BOLIVAR'S SECURITY SITUATION STILL A CONCERN POST [...] (C) On March 20, Poloff visited the former conflict-ridden Bolivar department where the overall security, political, and economic situation has improved sharply since 2002. Still, an increase in common crime and other security-related problems remain a challenge. The security and social sit [...]	2007-04-19 17:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA269	FISCALIAS PREPARES TO RESUME SALVATORE MANCUSO'S [...] (C) The Prosecutor General's (Fiscalia) Justice and Peace Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez told us on January 12 his office is preparing the second round of questions for ex-paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso once his &version libre" or voluntary confession resumes on January 15. Gonzalez said th [...]	2007-01-12 22:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA2837	PETRO DENOUNCES ATTEMPTED OFFICE SEARCH AND [...] (C) At a Senate hearing on April 24, leading opposition Polo Democratico Senator Gustavo Petro denounced an April 23 attempt by police to search his office for documents linked to an old espionage case involving a military officer. Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran conceded a low-level prosecu [...]	2007-04-27 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA2995	SPILT MILK: FARC ATTACKS AGAINST NESTLE [...] (C) FARC attacks on Swiss multinational Nestle's dairy operations in Caqueta threaten the livelihoods of thousands of families. In January-February 2007, the FARC bombed Nestle plants and trucks in Caqueta, disrupting the most important legal sector in the department's economy. Nestle turned d [...]	2007-05-02 22:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PTER SOCI CO
07BOGOTA3089	SOUTHCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS VISITS [...] (C) Commander of U.S. Southern Command Admiral James Stavridis visited Colombia on April 26-27. He was briefed first by JTF-O Commander GEN Navas, who thanked him for U.S. contributions of mobility assets and psyops support, as well as for U.S. help to COLMIL/GOC civil affairs efforts. BRACN [...]	2007-05-04 13:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA311	COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE ESCAPES FARC CAPTORS DURING [...] (S) Former GOC Minister and six-year hostage Fernando Araujo escaped from his FARC guards during a COLMIL assault to rescue him and take down a FARC leader. The December 31 operation coincided with partying among the guerrillas, who failed to hear approaching helicopters. Araujo supplied val [...]	2007-01-17 13:29:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR PTER CO
07BOGOTA3133	MAGDALENA IMPROVING, BUT THREATS FROM EMERGING [...] (C) Community leaders in Magdalena told poloff the paramilitary demobilization and President Uribe's democratic security strategy have led to improvements in security and the local economy. Still, instances of rearmament of ex-paras are worse in Magdalena than in other north Atlantic coast d [...]	2007-05-04 22:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA3288	GOC REJECTS EFFORT BY SENATOR PETRO'S FAMILY TO [...] (C) Justice and Interior Minister Carlos Holguin rejected May 9 the effort by some family members of Senator Gustavo Petro to decline GOC protection measures, saying the GOC's obligation to protect the family was "irrevocable." Petro's parents and brothers made the request after police detaine [...]	2007-05-10 17:24:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV CO
07BOGOTA3651	U.S. HOSTAGES: POSSIBLE 'PROOF OF LIFE' [...] (C) Former hostage Jhon Pinchao escaped on April 28 from a FARC camp deep in the jungle of southeast Colombia. Pinchao said he was held with 13 other captives, including three U.S. citizens captured in 2003. He gave accurate descriptions and specific anecdotal details of the three Americans; [...]	2007-05-22 22:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER CO
07BOGOTA3787	COLOMBIAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CALLS FOR [...] (U) On May 23, the House of Representatives approved a non-binding resolution calling on the GOC to ask the OAS to remove Sergio Caramagna, chief of OAS Mission for Support of the Peace Process (OAS/MAPP),for alleged incompetence in monitoring the Tierralta accord with the paramilitaries. ( [...]	2007-05-25 23:40:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV MARR PHUM CO
07BOGOTA4029	PRESIDENT URIBE EXPLAINS UNILATERAL RELEASE OF \ [...] (C) President Uribe explained in a radio and television \ news conference on June 4 that his unilateral FARC prisoner \ release was a goodwill gesture to gain the freedom of 56 \ political hostages held by the FARC, including the three U.S. \ hostages. XXXXXXXXXXXX told Polcouns \ President Uribe [...]	2007-06-05 18:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA418	COLOMBIA SEEKING THE LEAD ON REGIONAL [...] (U) After sharp reductions in kidnapping and homicide rates in Colombia, the GoC is seeking to position itself as a leader in counterterrorism (CT) efforts in the region. Colombia signed a bi-national agreement with Paraguay to provide training and technical assistance in crime scene and kidna [...]	2007-01-19 20:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ASEC CO MX PA
07BOGOTA440	MEETING WITH AFRO-COLOMBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP [...] (SBU) On January 17, Polcouns and Poloff visited the Bogota offices of the Association for Internally Displaced Afro-Colombians (AFRODES) to discuss specific threats against AFRODES' office in Cartagena, as well as land, displacement, and general security issues facing Afro-Colombians. AFRODES [...]	2007-01-22 21:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CO
07BOGOTA4615	CODEL MEEKS MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADERS [...] (U) June 4, 2007; 300PM, U.S. Embassy 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) Polcouns John Creamer Pol officer (notetaker) COLOMBIA Former President and Liberal Party leader Cesar Gaviria [...]	2007-06-26 17:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA4653	CODEL MEEKS MEETS WITH PROSECUTOR GENERAL IGUARAN [...] (U) June 4, 2007; 200PM, U.S. Embassy 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) CDA Milton Drucker Pol officer (notetaker) COLOMBIA Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran Human Rights Unit Director [...]	2007-06-26 20:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA4716	FARC ASSASSINATES ELEVEN COLOMBIAN HOSTAGES [...] Summary. The FARC assassinated eleven Colombian state assemblymen on June 18, according to a FARC communique issued June 28. The FARC claimed the hostages were killed in a crossfire during a military attack. President Uribe condemned the FARC for the murders, and he confirmed that GOC did [...]	2007-06-28 23:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA4730	CORRECTED COPY: FARC ASSASSINATES ELEVEN COLOMBIAN [...] Summary. The FARC assassinated eleven Colombian state assemblymen on June 18, according to a FARC communique issued June 28. The FARC claimed the hostages were killed in a crossfire during a military attack. President Uribe condemned the FARC for the murders, and he confirmed that GOC did [...]	2007-06-29 16:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA4746	BUENAVENTURA: MILITARY AND CIVILIAN EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Marine and Police reinforcements in Buenaventura have cut homicides from last year's peaks, but violence has rebounded as FARC militias and criminal gangs launched a wave of bombings in response to the security crackdown. In addition, drug traffic has shifted inland, and gangs have recru [...]	2007-06-30 20:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER CO
07BOGOTA5258	JHON PINCHAO'S ESCAPE FROM FARC CAPTIVITY [...] (C) Police subintendente Jhon Frank Pinchao successfully fled eight and a half years of FARC captivity in late April 2007 (ref A),four months after Fernando Araujo escaped from a separate rebel front (ref B, C). Unlike Araujo, who escaped during a military operation, Pinchao relied on long- [...]	2007-07-19 21:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER PHUM CO
07BOGOTA5392	COLOMBIA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] This is an action request (see paragraphs 2). 2. We received a request from the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for support for their candidate for the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Pastor Elias Murillo Martinez. Pastor Murillo is well-known [...]	2007-07-25 14:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM UN UNHRC AORC CO
07BOGOTA5431	COLOMBIA PREPARES FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS FREE FROM [...] (C) Summary. The GOC and political parties are working to prevent the interference of illegal armed groups (FARC, ELN, new criminal groups) in the October elections for governors, mayors, and other local officials. A recent independent study concluded that 328 of Colombia's 1099 municipali [...]	2007-07-26 17:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF CO
07BOGOTA5444	CONGRESS PASSES RURAL DEVELOPMENT LAW WITH [...] (C) On June 15, Colombia's congress passed a rural development law to increase rural productivity, harmonize existing laws, and reform INCODER, Colombia's rural land development agency. Concerns of human rights, Afro-Colombian and indigenous groups were addressed in the bill, and INCODER wi [...]	2007-07-26 21:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM SOCI CO
07BOGOTA5449	FARC REPORTEDLY WANTS TO MEET U.S. OFFICIALS TO [...] (S) Newly promoted director of the Office of Police Intelligence (DIPOL) Colonel Ramirez Calle met with Embassy Legat on July 24. Ramirez told Legat that DIPOL had intercepted FARC communications indicating that the FARC would like a face-to-face meeting between one of their spokespersons, [...]	2007-07-27 11:40:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA6105	DUSTR VERONEAU DISCUSSES TRADE, LABOR VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary. During his August 7-11 visit to Colombia, DUSTR John Veroneau discussed U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) prospects and labor violence with Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata and Attorney General Mario Iguaran. Veroneau briefed the officials on the state of play i [...]	2007-08-20 22:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV CO
07BOGOTA6382	SENTENCING OF SOLDIERS IN ARAUCA LABOR CASE [...] A Bogota court sentenced four Colombian soldiers to 40 years each for murdering three union leaders in Saravena, Arauca department on August 5, 2004. The court ruling, announced August 28, found the soldiers guilty of executing labor leaders Jairo Eduardo Prieto Chamucero, Hector Alirio Mart [...]	2007-08-30 21:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
07BOGOTA6487	USNS COMFORT VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. USNS COMFORT anchored near Buenaventura, Colombia from August 22-28 during its humanitarian assistance deployment to the region. Coordinating with Embassy Bogota, Colombian authorities, and NGOs, the COMFORT team provided 25,815 medical, dental and veterinary services and train [...]	2007-09-05 22:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER CO
07BOGOTA6885	CORDOBA SEEKS MEETINGS WITH "SIMON TRINIDAD" AND [...] (C) Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba called the Charge from Caracas on September 18 to request a meeting with FARC members "Simon Trinidad" and "Sonia" (convicted in the United States of terrorism and drug charges, respectively). Cordoba asked to meet with the two on September 21 during a plan [...]	2007-09-20 19:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF FR VZ CO
07BOGOTA6957	OPIC CEO MOSBACHER HIGHLIGHTS U.S.-COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In September 10-11 meetings with government and private sector representatives, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Robert Mosbacher, Jr. highlighted the potential for increased U.S. investment in Colombia and the range of OPIC services a [...]	2007-09-25 14:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG OPIC CO
07BOGOTA7017	GENERAL PETER PACE'S SEPTEMBER 13 MEETING WITH [...] (U) September 13, 2007, Cartagena Airport, 60 minutes 2. (U) Participants: United States SouthCom Commander ADM James Stavridis Ambassador William Brownfield Colombia Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos Military Forces Commander GEN Fredy Padilla Army Commander GEN Mario Monto [...]	2007-09-27 15:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER PHUM CO
07BOGOTA7038	NGO CONSULTATION FOCUSES ON AFRO-COLOMBIAN AND [...] Summary: On September 14, we hosted a discussion of Afro-Colombian and indigenous issues with human rights groups. Participants criticized the GOC's "democratic security" policy as a pretext to transfer lands traditionally belonging to indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities to large commer [...]	2007-09-27 23:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
07BOGOTA7061	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD,S SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met September 26 with families of the three American hostages held by the FARC. The families appreciated the Ambassador's recent statements that he would not oppose other governments' efforts to resolve the hostages' detention. The Ambassador stressed the importan [...]	2007-09-30 20:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PTER PREL PGOV CO VZ
07BOGOTA7104	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior and Justice (MOIJ) Holguin told the Ambassador on September 26 that the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) process faced difficult challenges as it addresses the legal status of 18,000 rank and file demobilized paramilitary. The recent victims protection decree will [...]	2007-10-03 12:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PINR PHUM PTER CO
07BOGOTA7171	CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: With funding from the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB),Embassy Bogota hosted the visit of Conservation International Senior Research Scientist Timothy J. Killeen to Colombia September 26-28 to speak about the sustainable development of biofuels. As part of the t [...]	2007-10-04 15:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON KPAO OIIP SENV CO
07BOGOTA7224	SHOOTING VICTIMS REQUEST INVESTIGATION AND [...] (C) On September 17, Miguel and Ualberto Hoyos, leaders of a resettlement effort for displaced persons near Curvarado and Belen de Bajira, Choco department, were shot outside their home by a man believed linked to new criminal groups and local ranchers. The Hoyos brothers believe they were ta [...]	2007-10-05 20:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM CO
07BOGOTA7319	PROS/CONS OF SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' DELEGATION VISIT [...] (SBU) Embassy Bogota proposes visit by Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and delegation to the village of Bojaya on October 13. The delegation would accompany President Uribe. Pros and cons of such a trip follow. 2. (SBU) The trip to Bojaya presents certain risks: health risks, the risk as [...]	2007-10-10 23:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CO
07BOGOTA7325	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S 26 SEPTEMBER MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Brownfield met with Minister of Defense (MOD) Juan Manuel Santos and Vice MoD Juan Carlos Pinzon on September 26. Santos raised the need for agreement on GOC sharing of intelligence with Israeli defense contractors, as well as Colombia's request that its priority military purc [...]	2007-10-11 16:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA7453	COLOMBIAN HIGH-VALUE TARGET OPERATIONS BEARING [...] (S) The Colombian military's successful operation against FARC 16th Front commander and leading narcotrafficker Tomas Medina Caracas aka "Negro Acacio" shows that the Colombians--with substantial U.S. support--have advanced in intelligence, strike accuracy, mission planning and deployment, op [...]	2007-10-18 15:17:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA7470	UNITED STATES, COLOMBIA AND MEXICO MEETING [...] (C) Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Karen Tandy met with Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos Calderon and Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora Icaza on October 9 to promote increased counternarcotics cooperation. The meeting was part of a series and led to ag [...]	2007-10-18 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ECIN PTER SNAR MX CO
07BOGOTA7582	OAS AND U.S. ELECTORAL OBSERVATION EFFORTS IN [...] The OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) has a presence on the ground and will support extensive GOC actions to promote free and fair elections (reftel). The Embassy has developed an election observation plan, and will deploy 30 officers across key Departments under OAS accreditation. Othe [...]	2007-10-19 22:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA7625	COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE - Q3'07 [...] (C) The following reflects the Country Team's quarterly review of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and GOC activities. During the third quarter of 2007, the FARC shifted forces to its core territories between Meta Department and the Pacific coast -- evidently to hunker down, pro [...]	2007-10-23 13:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MCAP OAS CO
07BOGOTA7746	COLOMBIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS PROCEED SMOOTHLY WITH [...] Colombia's October 28 local elections occurred without significant violence or problems. The GOC deployed 167,000 police and military to voting sites, and electoral officials were well-organized overall. The GOC quickly deployed security to the few areas where allegations of fraud--or local [...]	2007-10-30 17:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA7748	SCENESETTER FOR THE USTR SCHWAB-LED CODEL AND [...] (SBU) Your delegation will visit a Colombia far safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Many Colombians say conditions today have improved to a level better than any other time in their lives or those of their parents. During your visit y [...]	2007-10-30 19:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB EAGR OVIP PGOV PREL CO
07BOGOTA7767	COLOMBIAN MFA TRAINS JUDGES AND LAWYERS ON HAGUE CHILD [...] Summary: The Colombian MFA hosted a September 13 seminar for judges, lawyers and child welfare workers on the Hague Convention on child abduction. The seminar was the second MFA-hosted conference on the Convention this year, and, along with two recent lower-court decisions ordering the retur [...]	2007-10-31 15:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CVIS CJAN PREL CO
07BOGOTA7862	EMBASSY CONFIRMS REPORT OF AMERICAN KIDNAPPED BY FARC IN APRI [...] (C) Summary. On October 25, FBI and consular representatives inter 2. (C) In late September 2007, Colombian citizen Nestor Mora wrote to 3. (C) Nestor described the circumstances surrounding his brotherQs ki 4. (C) Nestor said the kidnappers contacted him two months later, and [...]	2007-11-02 20:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PTER PREL PGOV CO
07BOGOTA7873	EMBASSY CONFIRMS REPORT OF AMERICAN KIDNAPPED BY FARC IN [...] (C) Summary. On October 25, FBI and consular representatives interviewed Colombian citizen Nestor Mora. Mora said that the FARC had kidnapped his brother, U.S. citizen Daniel Mora, in April 2003. Post verified DanielQs citizenship, and Colombian authorities have confirmed NestorQs account o [...]	2007-11-02 22:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PTER PREL PGOV CO
07BOGOTA790	TRADE CONFEDERATIONS SEND ANTI-FTA LETTER TO U.S. [...] (U) On January 23, two trade confederations and a pensioner's group released an open letter to the U.S. Congress, criticizing the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and urging that it not be ratified (See para 5). The trade confederations also invited a U.S. labor-Congressional delegation [...]	2007-02-06 11:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PGOV CO
07BOGOTA7951	SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR JOHN WALTERS AND DEA [...] (SBU) You are visiting a Colombia far safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Many Colombians say conditions today have improved to a level better than any other time in their lives or those of their parents. Murder rates declined 40 per [...]	2007-11-06 22:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SNAR ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL CO
07BOGOTA7955	SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR JOHN WALTERS AND DEA [...] (SBU) You are visiting a Colombia far safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Many Colombians say conditions today have improved to a level better than any other time in their lives or those of their parents. Murder rates declined 40 per [...]	2007-11-07 14:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SNAR ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL CO
07BOGOTA7981	AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 1 MEETING WITH BOGOTA MAYOR [...] (C) Bogota Mayor Luis Eduardo "Lucho" Garzon told the Ambassador on November 1 that he supports the Free Trade Agreement--with modifications--as well as President Uribe's democratic security policy. Garzon urged the USG to pay greater attention to "leftist" movements in the region but disavow [...]	2007-11-08 12:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM PTER ETRD VE CO
07BOGOTA7990	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S OCTOBER 25-26 VISIT TO [...] The Ambassador visited Cartagena, capital of the Department of Bolivar for meetings with government, private sector, educational and religious leaders. His interlocutors underscored that improved security had opened the door for economic growth and expressed interest in deepening the U.S.-Co [...]	2007-11-08 18:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID PGOV ASEC CO
07BOGOTA8044	MILITARY JUSTICE WORKING GROUP HEARS REFORM [...] (SBU) Military Criminal Justice (MPJ) director Luz Marina Gil and National Director for Prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's office (Fiscalia) Alicia Ledesma outlined their plans for greater military-civilian cooperation on human rights investigations, including extrajudicial killings, to a [...]	2007-11-13 23:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
07BOGOTA8086	URIBE REAFFIRMS OPPOSITION TO DEMILITARIZED ZONE [...] (SBU) President Uribe reiterated his opposition to a demilitarized zone ("despeje") in talks with the FARC, and ruled out a meeting between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and senior FARC leader Manuel Marulanda. In his November 8 meeting with Chavez, FARC Secretariat member Ivan Marquez had [...]	2007-11-15 20:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
07BOGOTA8092	COLOMBIA BIOFUELS UPDATE: PROMISE DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opening of Colombia's first biodiesel plant, establishment of a biodiesel free trade zone, and increasing blending mandates reinforce the GOC's commitment to adopt biofuels to diversify energy supplies and promote rural job creation. However, while growers expand palm oil c [...]	2007-11-15 22:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ECON EAID PGOV CO
07BOGOTA8117	USG SUPPORT FOR GOC EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (C) The Colombian Government has made ending extrajudicial killings (EJES) a top priority, with Defense Minister Santos and Prosecutor General Iguaran instituting steps to facilitate civilian investigation of combat deaths, end jurisdictional disputes between military and civilian courts, and [...]	2007-11-19 17:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS MARR PTER UN CO
07BOGOTA8135	COLOMBIA'S RESPONSE TO UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On November 17 and 18, the Ambassador spoke to President Uribe and Foreign Minister Araujo, in President Uribe's presence, to press for GOC support on country-specific human rights resolutions on Iran, North Korea, Belarus, and Burma (reftels). The GOC appears committed to its global pol [...]	2007-11-20 15:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UN CO
07BOGOTA8165	BONA FIDE ASYLUM CLAIM EXCEPTION TO 9B [...] (SBU/N) Colombian nationals listed below applied for a nonimmigrant visa at Embassy Bogota on 18 SEP 2007. However, on the family's last trip to the United States, they all stayed for over a year and a half even though they were authorized to stay for six months. During the period this famil [...]	2007-11-21 16:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM
07BOGOTA8170	COLOMBIAN AND MEXICAN AUTHORITIES MOVING SWIFTLY IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mexico (GOM) seized two large cocaine shipments that originated from Colombian seaports in October. In response to these seizures, the Government of Colombia (GOC) sought additional information from the GOM and initiated formal investigations of all involved [...]	2007-11-21 18:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX CO
07BOGOTA8200	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SENATE MAJORITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 21:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD ECON CO
07BOGOTA8221	AMBASSADOR VISITS CALI--COLOMBIA'S THIRD CITY, AT [...] (C) On November 14, Ambassador Brownfield visited Cali, capital of Valle del Cauca and Colombia's third largest city. Infamous for the violence and narcotrafficking of the 1980s and 90s, Cali continues trying to start a revival and clean up its image. The Ambassador expressed the Embassy's c [...]	2007-11-23 21:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA8256	FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE ERADICATION IN SOUTH [...] On November 6 Econoff raised reftel issue with Colombian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) North America Desk Officer Claudia Cuevas and delivered non-paper. Cuevas said she would distribute non-paper to appropriate GOC agencies. Based on the recommendation of the Embassy's Agricultural A [...]	2007-11-27 16:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PTER KSCA CO
07BOGOTA8362	SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 7-9 VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Your return to Colombia comes as the Uribe Administration continues building a safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic country. Murder rates declined 40 percent since 2002, violence against union members fell over 60 percent, and kidnapping rates plummeted 76 pe [...]	2007-12-04 23:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ETRD PREL ELAB PHUM PTER PREF CO
07BOGOTA8453	GOC 'WEALTH TAX' FIGHTS CURRENT AND FUTURE WARS [...] (C) Allocation of the $3.7 billion "wealth tax" (ref A) for 2007-10 defense spending has been a topic of heated debate within the Defense Ministry since its passage by the Colombian Congress late last year. Minister of Defense Santos stressed that his top priorities are purchases that contri [...]	2007-12-10 22:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
07BOGOTA8478	PRESIDENT URIBE DISAVOWS THIRD TERM, BUT DOUBTS [...] (C) Summary: Public debate continues over whether President Uribe will seek a second re-election in 2010. Uribe has publicly said he will not do so, and presidential political strategist Jose Obdulio Gaviria categorically told us Uribe will not run again. Still, U Party Secretary General Lu [...]	2007-12-11 21:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
07BOGOTA8545	EMBASSY ANALYSIS OF HOSTAGE PROOF-OF-LIFE [...] (S) Colombian Security Forces captured three suspected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) members in possession of proof-of-life (POL) for sixteen hostages, including U.S. citizen Defense Departments contractors Tom Howes, Keith Stansell, and Marc Gonsalves on November 29, 2007 (re [...]	2007-12-17 14:16:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM VZ FR CO
07BOGOTA8618	FARC ANNOUNCES PENDING RELEASE OF THREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC welcomed the December 18 announcement by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that it would release three hostages - Clara Rojas, her son Emmanuel, and former Congresswomen Consuelo Gonzales de Perdomo - to Venezuelan President Chavez or "whomever he designat [...]	2007-12-19 22:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM CU FR VZ CO
07BOGOTA8640	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD,S DECEMBER 13 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador visited Barranquilla, capital of Atlantico Department on December 13 for meetings with Governor Carlos Rodado, ranking regional military Commander Colonel Carlos Bueno, and public outreach audiences. Rodado expressed his support for the U.S.-Colombian Trade Pro [...]	2007-12-21 21:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV MARR CO
07BOGOTA8660	URIBE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTS EXTRADITIONS AT [...] (SBU) The GOC processed a record number of 164 extraditions in 2007, surpassing the previous record of 134 set in 2005. Under President Uribe, 581 defendants involved in crimes such as drug trafficking, extortion, money laundering and terrorism have been extradited to date to the United Sta [...]	2007-12-26 21:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR CO
07BOGOTA8692	EMBASSY PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPONSORS CONFERENCE ON [...] Embassy Public Affairs sponsored the 12th Houston Series seminar with a focus on "Social Justice: Reducing Poverty, Building the Economy and Peace." 110 leaders and officials from the private sector, academia, government and NGOs participated in the three-day conference held in Cartagena fr [...]	2007-12-28 20:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ASEC KPAO OIIP CO
07BOGOTA870	INL A/S PATTERSON MEETS WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting, INL A/S Anne Patterson asked Minister of Interior and Justice Carlos Holguin to continue expediting consultations with indigenous communities regarding aerial eradication in reserves. Holguin expressed frustration with the conflicting SIMCI and CNC numbers on hec [...]	2007-02-07 20:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO SNAR
07BOGOTA871	INL A/S PATTERSON MEETS WITH REINTEGRATION CZAR [...] (C) In a February 1 meeting, Reintegration Commissioner Frank Pearl told INL A/S Anne Patterson of his efforts to increase the program's credibility in Colombia and with the international community. He noted the GOC pays 96 percent of the Reintegration Program's budget, while the internation [...]	2007-02-07 20:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA884	UNION PENEYA: SECURITY PROMPTS MASS RETURN [...] In the rural hamlet of La Union Peneya, Caqueta Department, over 1,200 residents have returned to the town they abandoned in 2004 amid military-guerrilla combat. Most of the town's infrastructure is still standing, but the residents returned earlier than expected, before all social services h [...]	2007-02-07 22:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO PREF
07BOGOTA923	VIOLENCE AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON [...] (U) On January 31, unknown gunmen killed human rights activist Yolanda Izquierdo, who had been warning the GOC of death threats against her. The killing followed violence, threats, and arson against other groups involved with human rights, displaced persons, and paramilitary victims' rights o [...]	2007-02-08 19:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
07BRASILIA1000	BRAZIL: INL A/S PATTERSON'S MEETING WITH [...] (C). Summary. INL Assistant Secretary Patterson and Ambassador Sobel, accompanied by DCM, Embassy Regional Affairs Chief, and PolCounselor, met on 14 May with General Jorge Armando Felix, chief of the ministerial-level Office of Institutional Security (GSI) in Brazil's Presidency. Felix was [...]	2007-06-04 13:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SNAR PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1037	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL SMITH [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. William M. Smith, Program Director in the Office of the Assistant Director (GEO),to Manaus, Brazil, June 10-16, 2007, to attend the 24th meeting of the Inter-American Institute (IAI) Conference of the Parties (COP). 2. Visitors are remi [...]	2007-06-06 20:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1039	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL BROWN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Louis B. Brown, Senior Staff Associate in the office of the Assistant Director (GEO),to Manaus, Brazil, June 10-16, 2007, to participate in the meetings of the Executive Council and Conference of the Parties of the Inter-American Institute [...]	2007-06-06 20:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1040	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL FILMER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Paul E. Filmer, Program Director in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR),to Manaus (Brazil),June 10-17, 2007, who will lead the U.S. Government Delegation to the Conference of the Parties of the Inter-American Institute. 2. Visitors ar [...]	2007-06-06 20:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1041	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL ROSALY CORREA [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Rosaly Correa de Araujo, Director of the Americas, OGHA, OS, HHS to travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil, from June 9-10, to Brasilia, Brazil, from June 10-15, and to Sao Paulo, Brazil from June 15-16, 2007, to co-chair the meeting of the JCM Workgro [...]	2007-06-06 20:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1042	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR OES/EGC OFFICIAL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Norman Barth, OES/EGC/State Department, to Manaus, Brazil, June 07-16, 2007, to attend the Executive Council and Conference of Parties of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US citizens t [...]	2007-06-08 10:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1049	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SIMOES [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Eduardo Simoes, Prevention Research Program Director, NCCDPHP, DACH, COGH, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia (DF),Brazil, June 11-14, 2007, to represent HHS/CDC interests in establishing an agenda of future [...]	2007-06-08 16:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1099	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NPS OFFICIAL JOHNSON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Robert Johnson, Director of the Everglades-South Florida Natural Resources Center, National Park Service (NSP) in Florida, to Foz do Iguacu, Brasilia, and Cuiaba (Brazil),June 15-26, 2007, to participate in the Brazilian Congress on Protect [...]	2007-06-14 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY KSCA SCUL OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1105	BRAZIL: IPR TRAINING REQUEST [...] In accordance with requirements presented in reftel A, Embassy Brasilia submits the following proposal for 2007 IPR enforcement training. The proposal is for a grant of $43,900 to provide a two-day high-level workshop for law enforcement officials (Federal Police, Customs, Highway Patrol) and [...]	2007-06-15 11:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON BR
07BRASILIA1115	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE CONTRACTORS PETERSON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for David P. Perterson and Loren J. Habergger, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),July 5-19, 2007, to Itaituba and Creporizao (State of Para) Brazil, to work on projects on reduction of emissions from community and small scale gold mining in developin [...]	2007-06-15 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1131	AMEMBASSY BRASILIA NOMINATES FORD AND MICROSOFT BRAZIL FOR [...] (U) Based upon their leadership and commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR),Ambassador Sobel nominates the U.S. multinational companies Ford and Microsoft Brazil, as representatives of the 50 U.S. multinational companies that support the U.S. Embassy Brazil CSR Initiative, for th [...]	2007-06-18 17:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ELAB ETRD BR
07BRASILIA1145	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE DOS AND NNSA FUNDED [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for a Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's (DOE/NNSA) International Nonproliferation Export Control Program (INECP) for the following DOS and NNSA-funded personnel, from July 7-14, 2007 to conduct WMD Commodity Identifica [...]	2007-06-20 10:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KSCA KNNP BR
07BRASILIA116	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HOWARD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. William Howard, Safety and Health Manager, Office of Health and Safety, OD, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia (DF),Brazil, February 6-8, 2007, to participate in the BSL-4 lab design workshop. 2. Visitors [...]	2007-01-22 20:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1185	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 96 [...] The following is the ninety-sixth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]	2007-06-22 19:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA1204	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL SCHNEIDER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for William Schneider, Office of Prevention, Pesticides an Toxic Substances, for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s OECD Biopesticide Steering Group, to Sco Paulo (transit only) and Brasilia, Brazil, from June 29 to July 05, 2007, to partic [...]	2007-06-26 19:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1216	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro, , from July 1-8; Brasilia, from July 8-14, to Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 14, 2007, as follow: -- Rio de Janeiro/Brasilia: to provide techni [...]	2007-06-27 19:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1231	BRAZIL PREFERS SUSPENSION OF ISS ARRANGEMENT [...] Post received a Diplomatic Note from Brazil's Foreign Ministry on June 29, 2007, referring to the Government of Brazil's position about the bilateral International Space Station Arrangement (ISS). The Diplomatic Note is as follows: "The Ministry of External Relations complements the United S [...]	2007-06-29 19:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA SENV KSCA KTIA TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPL BR
07BRASILIA1240	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE A/S KARSNER JULY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Alexander Karsner, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitiveness and its Brazil [...]	2007-07-02 18:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1242	SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 9-11 VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and Brazil share the basic goals of fostering hemispheric stability, promoting democracy, achieving a mutually satisfactory conclusion to the Doha round of WTO negotiations, preventing terrorist and drug transit activity and strengthening international non-proliferation [...]	2007-07-02 19:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ECON PGOV EFIN BR
07BRASILIA1262	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL FERNANDEZ [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Luiz Fernandez, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs (OIA),U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Brasilia, Itaituba, and Creporizao, Brazil, July 5-29, 2007, to work on UNEP Global Mercury Partnership P [...]	2007-07-05 10:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR

07BRASILIA1278	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE BARTON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Bradley L. Barton, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Director of Commercialization and Deployment, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Sao Paulo (transit),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitivenes [...]	2007-07-06 15:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1285	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE LUTTRELL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ellen Luttrell, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Consultant- Communications Advisor, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12-15) and Sao Paulo (transit: Jul 10 and 15),Brazil, to participa [...]	2007-07-09 13:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1287	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE SATTELBERG [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Alfred P. Sattelberg, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Contract, Argone National Laboratory, Associate Lab Director for Physical Sciences, to Brasilia (July 9-13),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitiveness and its Brazilian coun [...]	2007-07-09 13:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1289	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE ARVISU [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dan E. Arvizu, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Director, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12-15) and Sao Paulo (transit: Jul 10 and 13),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Compet [...]	2007-07-09 13:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1308	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL LUDWIG [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ms. Victoria Ludwig, Program Manager, Landfill Methane Outreach Program, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Goiania, Cuiaba, Porto Alegre and Florianopolis, Brazil, July 15-29, 2007, [...]	2007-07-10 18:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA132	RUSSIA DOWNPLAYS MILITARY SALES IN BRAZIL BUT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with his Russian counterpart, Ambassador Vladimir L. Tyurdenev, on January 12, 2007 at the Russian Embassy. Tyurdenev spoke candidly about bilateral relations, trade, Russian hopes to furnish equipment and exprtise to the potential regional gas pipeline proect, [...]	2007-01-25 13:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG BR RU
07BRASILIA1331	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR HHS OFFICIALS TO TRAVEL TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. William R. Steiger, Special Advisor to Secretary Leavitt for International Affairs, HHS, and Dr. Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, Director Office for the Americas, Office of Global Health Affairs (OGHA),OS, HHS to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, [...]	2007-07-13 12:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1333	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL LINK AND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Link, Health Scientist; William Garvin, Computer Specialist, COCHP/NCCDPHP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 11, and Brasilia, Brazil, from August 11-18, 2007: -- Brasilia: travelers will par [...]	2007-07-13 16:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1351	UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY 'S VISIT TO BRAZIL SPARKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Dobriansky's visit to Brazil May 16-17, 2007, not only fulfilled the request by President Bush and Brazilian President Lula to elevate the Common Agenda for the Environment (CAE) dialogue, but helped the U.S. Mission in Brazil move forward on a number of key issu [...]	2007-07-18 09:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG SENV EAGR ETRD KSCA US BR
07BRASILIA1412	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MOKDAD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ali Mokdad, Epidemiologist, COCHP/NCCDPHP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 12, and to Brasilia, Brazil, August 12-18, 2007, as follow: -- to Brasilia: to participate in a meeting and workshop to discus [...]	2007-07-25 15:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1413	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HICKS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Marie Hicks, Public Health Advisor, NCIRD, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 15, and to Brasilia, Brazil, August 15-18, 2007, as follow: -- to Brasilia: to support the bilateral cooperation agreement wit [...]	2007-07-25 15:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1414	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, August 5, and to Brasilia, Brazil, from August 5-16, 2007, as follow: -- to Brasilia: to lead a data analysis workshop as part of a year lon [...]	2007-07-25 15:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1431	BRAZIL: IPR TRAINING REQUEST [...] Embassy is resending this as an amendment to reftel F to incorporate suggestions made by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). 2. SUMMARY: In accordance with requirements presented in reftel A, Embassy Brasilia submits the following proposal for 2007 IPR enforcement traini [...]	2007-07-26 19:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON BR
07BRASILIA144	U.S.-BRAZIL CAE - NEXT STEPS [...] At the December 13, 2006, U.S.-Brazil Common Agenda for the Environment (CAE) it was agreed that a Technical Work Group be created under the CAE framework to review and coordinate technical-level cooperation. This work group could meet at any time but would report its work and seek policy gui [...]	2007-01-26 14:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPA TBIO KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1456	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL JOHNSON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Denise Johnson, Associate Director for Extramural Program, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro, August 7-14 and Brasilia, Brazil, from August 14-16, 2007, as follows: -- Rio de Janeiro: to provide [...]	2007-07-31 19:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1457	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANNERY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Brendan Flannery, CCID/NCIRD/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Sao Paulo on or about (o/a) August 9; to Rio de Janeiro, o/a August 9-10 and to Brasilia, Brazil, o/a August 10-17, 2007, as follows: -- Rio de Janeiro: to partic [...]	2007-07-31 19:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1458	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MOEN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ann Moen, Associate Director for Extramural Program, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from August 15-18, 2007, to provide an opportunity to meet with project staff to review progress and plan [...]	2007-07-31 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1463	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 98 [...] The following is the ninety-eighth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2007-08-01 14:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA1466	BRAZIL: SUBMISSION FOR INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Per instructions in reftel, US Embassy Brasilia is aware of one (1) claim of US persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Brazil (GOB). Claim 1 ------- a. Claimants A and B b. 1999 c. Claimants A and B, along with a Brazilian partner, through a joint [...]	2007-08-02 11:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE ENRG CASC ECON OPIC PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1485	EMBASSY BRASILIA CY 2006 CLASS B REFERRAL VALIDATION STUDY [...] Summary: In July 2007, the consular section of Embassy Brasilia conducted a validation study of 475 class B Referral visas issued between January 1st, 2006 and December 31st, 2006. Results from this random sample showed that 71% returned, 2% did not return, 23% never traveled; 4% were inconcl [...]	2007-08-03 15:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KRFD CMGT BR
07BRASILIA1507	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PRATT [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Pratt, Senior Medical Officer, NCCDPHP/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Brasilia, Brazil, August 22-26, 2007, provide technical assistance/consultation to the Brazilian Ministry of Health on developing national chronic [...]	2007-08-07 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1535	BRAZIL: GOVERNMENT REQUESTS REVIVAL OF FRAMEWORK SPACE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 7 BELOW. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) contacted Post to express interest in reviving the bilateral "f [...]	2007-08-10 12:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA KTIA TPHY TRGY TSPL BR
07BRASILIA1536	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA OFFICIALS MR AND MRS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Jeffrey Williams (Astronaut) and Anna Marie Williams (spouse),National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) official, to Sao Paulo (SP),Campos dos Goitacases (RJ),Brasilia (DF) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ) [...]	2007-08-10 12:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1540	DEPT OF ENERGY'S BRADLEY BARTON AND DAN ARVIZU BRING A [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Energy's Bradley Barton, Director of the Office of Commercialization and Deployment, and Dan Arvizu, Director of DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),led panels on [...]	2007-08-10 17:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG EAGR ETTC EPET PREL BR
07BRASILIA1585	BRAZIL TO HOST MINISTERIAL MEETING ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian Foreign Ministry briefed representatives of embassies about its "Ministerial Meeting on International Governance for Sustainable Development," which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, September 3-4. The For [...]	2007-08-17 10:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV UN EAGR ECON KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1651	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL IMAI [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Kumiko Imai, Service Fellow, NCCDPHP/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 2 to September 6, 2007, to attend the Secretariat of Health Surveillance Meeting and Workshop, and present "Methodology Cos [...]	2007-08-29 19:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1653	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANNERY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Brendan Flannery, Epidemiologist, NCIRD/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 10 to September 21, 2007, to work with current HHS/CDC secondee for immunizations and the Pan American Health Organizati [...]	2007-08-30 12:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1654	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PATEL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Manish Patel, Medical Epidemiologist, NCIRD/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 17; to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 17 to September 20; and, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 20, 2007, as [...]	2007-08-30 13:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1686	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA CAREY BYLIN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Official Carey Bylin, to Brasilia, Brazil, from September 16 to September 18; to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 18 to September 23, 2007, as follows: In Brasilia: Meetings at Ministry of Mines and Energy. In Rio de Janeiro: Meetings at P [...]	2007-09-05 13:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1742	BRAZIL: WASHINGTON SEPT. 27-28 MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil will certainly attend the September 27-28 meeting in Washington on climate change. It appears the Ambassador Everton Vargas, the Under Secretary for Policy in the Ministry of Exterio [...]	2007-09-13 16:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1743	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL NOTMAN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Evan Notman, Assistant Program Officer in the Division of International Science Engineer (OISE),to Sao Paulo(SP),Manaus (AM),and Brasilia(DF),Brazil, from September 17 to September 26, 2007, to participate in the discussion of cooperative pr [...]	2007-09-13 16:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TPHY NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1774	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 99 [...] The following is the ninety-nine in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views express [...]	2007-09-17 19:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA1779	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL JACOBS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Krista Jacobs, Economist, CCID/NCCPSTP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/HHS, to Rio de Janeiro, October 16 and Brasilia, Brazil, from October 16-20, 2007, as follows: In Brasilia: to assist in teaching a course in economic evaluatio [...]	2007-09-19 14:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA1784	MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING: BRAZILIAN DELEGATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On September 18, the Embassy's Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Counselor met with Paulo Chiarelli, acting Director of the Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Division of Environme [...]	2007-09-20 10:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL BR
07BRASILIA1803	EPA TRAININGS STRENGTHEN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN [...] (U) Summary: Using funds from OES, three trainings on environmental law enforcement were carried out by EPA experts in August 2007 in Medellin (Colombia),Lima (Peru),and Georgetown (Guyana). With support from the Regional Environmental HUB Office, ECON Offices in each respective country, and [...]	2007-09-21 10:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA1850	Brazilian Senators Welcome U.S. Outreach, Exchange [...] (U) Summary. As part of a broad outreach to Brazilian senators August 7-8 on a number of topics, Ambassador Sobel found very high receptivity to the prospects of an increase in bilateral congressional exchanges. Interest is not limited to members of the foreign affairs committee, and topics [...]	2007-09-27 20:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL BR
07BRASILIA1870	AMB. GROSS LEADS INTERAGENCY DELEGATION TO BRAZIL FOR [...] Summary: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (EEB/CIP) led a senior-level U.S. delegation to Brazil for meetings with the Brazilian Ministry of Communications and the telecommunications regulator, the National Telecommunications Ag [...]	2007-10-01 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS TINT TSPA BR
07BRASILIA1873	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, GAP, NCHHSTP/CCID/HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October-16-2007 to October-16-2007; Brasilia, Brazil from October-16-2007 to October-20-2007; Sao Paulo, Brazil from Oct [...]	2007-10-02 14:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA188	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL KSIAZEK [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Thomas Ksiazek, Research Scientist, COCH, OD, HHS/ Centers for Disease Control (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from February 5-7, 2007, to assist in the developing stages of a Bio Safety Level 4 Laboratory (BSL4) facility. 2. Visitors are re [...]	2007-02-01 11:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA190	TABLOID SAYS BRAZILIAN INTELLIGENCE SEES FOREIGN [...] (U) On Jan. 29, Jornal do Brasil (JB) published excerpts of what it claimed were from a "Situation report" prepared by the "Amazon Working Group," composed of intelligence and military officials. The JB story described the "Situation Report" as the consensus of Brazilian intelligence officials [...]	2007-02-01 13:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BR XR
07BRASILIA1934	BRAZIL ON EU'S ETS AVIATION EMISSIONS PROPOSAL AND REVIVING [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On the margins of the September 3-4 Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Sustainable Development (SEPTEL),in Rio de Janeiro, State Department Assistant Secretary for Oceans, International Environme [...]	2007-10-10 11:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAIR KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1935	MINISTERIAL MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil hosted the "Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Sustainable Development: Challenges for International Governance," in Rio de Janeiro, September 3 and 4, 2007. Participants from t [...]	2007-10-10 11:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG UN KSCA BR
07BRASILIA195	EU TO APPROACH BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT ON TAXATION OF [...] (U) Action Request - paragraph 2. 2. (U) Summary and Action request. On January 31, EU Econ/Commercial Counselor Fabian Delcros approached Commercial Attache with respect to problems that EU cosmetics companies were experiencing regarding alleged discriminatory taxation upon their expo [...]	2007-02-01 19:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP ECON BR
07BRASILIA1976	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA LOREN HABEGGER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Official Loren J. Habegger, to Itaituba, Brazil, from October 27 to November 5 and to Creporizao from November 5 and November 8, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to further test the performance of the technology installed in the two places [...]	2007-10-15 17:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA2012	BRAZIL: SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. PROPOSALS COMMISSION FOR THE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. REF: SECSTATE 138243 2. (SBU) SCICOUNS delivered reftel points on October 11 October to Government of Brazil (GOB) Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Director for Space, Marine and Antarctic Affairs, Couns [...]	2007-10-22 09:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV PHSA BR
07BRASILIA2021	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE RODMAN LINN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for DOE Official Rodman Linn, to Brasilia, Brazil, from November 3 to November 10, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to attend and do a presentation at the 19th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering. 2. Visitors are reminded that all [...]	2007-10-22 17:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA2038	BRAZIL: POST OCR FINDINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends retaining Brazil on the Watch List based on its continued strong overall anti-piracy enforcement efforts and in light of some continuing problem areas. The value of pirated and contraband items seized by Receita Federal in the first six months of 2007 was over [...]	2007-10-26 18:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA2044	BRAZIL: INTERESTED IN THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Drawing on REFS, ESTH Counselor Driscoll had a series of conversations in mid- and late-October with Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Chief of the Division of Division for New and Renewa [...]	2007-10-29 09:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG BR
07BRASILIA206	INSIGHT INTO BRAZILIAN FM AMORIM FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Dutch Foreign Minister Bot met with Brazilian Foreign Minister Amorim recently during his visit to Brazil. Ambassador Sobel was briefed by the Dutch Mission and gained insights particularly into Brazil's ideas on a UN Security Council seat, views on Syria from his recent meeting wi [...]	2007-02-06 14:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA2062	Ambassador Sobel's meeting with the Senate Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Senate Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee told Ambassador Sobel in a closed, informal meeting on October 16 of concerns about a possible U.S.-Brazil tax treaty, fears of Venezuelan aggression, support for the Doha Round, and hopes for sustainable de [...]	2007-10-30 13:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2065	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV/MULLER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Richard P. Muller and Ann E. Mattsson, from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL),National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA),Office of Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),to Belem (Para),Brazil, November 3 to November 10, [...]	2007-10-30 19:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG TRGY OTRA KSCS BR
07BRASILIA2068	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 101 [...] The following is the one-hundred-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]	2007-10-30 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2069	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 101 [...] The following is the one-hundred-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]	2007-10-31 09:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2070	SUBJECT: BRAZIL: PROBABLY WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINA [...] (C) On 29 October, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to director of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) Office of Transnational Crimes, Virginia Toniatti. While Toniatti was familiar with the AMIA case and the upcoming Interpol General Assembly vote, and noted Brazil,s con [...]	2007-10-31 10:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KJUS PGOV PREL IR BR
07BRASILIA2079	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV MILLS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John M. Wills, Los Alamos National Laboratory, from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL),National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA),Office of Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) to attend the International Workshop on Full [...]	2007-11-01 13:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG TRGY OTRA KSCS BR
07BRASILIA2082	USG-GOB COMMERCIAL DIALOGUE: CONTINUING A STRONG FORWARD [...] Summary: The reporting session of the third meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Commercial Dialogue, an hour-long event held October 10, 2007 in Brasilia, Brazil, was a positive and productive example of current USG-GOB bilateral cooperation. Visiting U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez and [...]	2007-11-01 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EINV ENRG TSPL TBIO TPHY TRGY TNGD PGOV BR
07BRASILIA2084	BRAZIL: TRAINING BY USG EXPERTS BRINGS TO LIFE PROMISE OF [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Seminars put on in mid-October by U.S. water resource management experts have served to implement recommendations developed by the bilateral water technical working group created under the C [...]	2007-11-01 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA BR
07BRASILIA2087	BRAZIL: CEO Forum recommendations report to USG and [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Brazilian and American CEOs participating in the CEO Forum reported their recommendations to President Lula's Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff, Minister of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC) Miguel Jorge, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and National Economic Council Direc [...]	2007-11-05 17:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2124	BRAZIL CIVAIR: ANAC PRESIDENT RESIGNS; THREE DIRECTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's civil aviation agency (ANAC)'s Director-President Milton Sergio Silveira Zuanazzi formally submitted his resignation to President Lula the afternoon of October 31. The same day, the "Diario Oficial da Uniao," the GOB's Federal Register equivalent, announced the confi [...]	2007-11-09 14:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON MARR EIND PGOV PREL EINV BEXP BR
07BRASILIA2131	BRAZIL: COMMANDER OF U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During his visit to Brazil October 1-5, LTG Robert Van Antwerp, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),and his delegation met on October 3 with civilian Brazilian counterpart [...]	2007-11-10 18:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA ECON EINV BR
07BRASILIA2147	KEY SENATOR SAYS CLIMATE IS RIGHT FOR BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Aloizio Mercadante, chairman of the Senate Economic Affairs Committee, told Ambassador Sobel on October 18 that the bilateral relationship is at a very favorable point and the bilateral agenda must be resumed without delay so as to expand economic relations. He predicted the [...]	2007-11-16 12:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL BR
07BRASILIA2158	MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETING IN BRASILIA -- NOVEMBER 2007 [...] SUMMARY: On November 19, 2007, under the chairmanship of the Government of Spain, the Mini-Dublin Group convened at the Spanish Embassy to discuss counter narcotics assistance and cooperation between member countries and the Government of Brazil (GoB). This was the first time the group had g [...]	2007-11-21 14:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID KCRM PREL BR
07BRASILIA2159	BRAZIL: CUBAN BOXERS SAGA LIKELY TO END WITH A [...] Summary: (C) Federal Deputies will probably unceremoniously drop their investigation into the departure of two Cuban boxers who apparently tried to defect at the Pan Am Games but later were repatriated to Cuba. Unable to gain traction on the issue outside of Congress, and stymied by the Cuban [...]	2007-11-21 17:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BR CU
07BRASILIA2171	BIOFUELS IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel request, and pursuant to request for extension to Oct. 19 response date, Post submits the following information regarding the development and adoption of bio-based chemical products and liquid biofuels in Brazil, including research and reports available, [...]	2007-11-23 10:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV PREL EINV ECON PGOV OTRA BR
07BRASILIA2184	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 102 [...] The following is the one hundred second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views [...]	2007-11-27 11:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2241	BRAZIL: GOB REQUESTS RENEWAL OF 1997 ENERGY COOPERATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On December 7, 2007, the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Division for Non-Renewable Energy Resources (DREN) contacted the Embassy to request that the USG and the Government of Brazil (G [...]	2007-12-07 21:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY KSCA BR
07BRASILIA226	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "LONG TERM IMPACT [...] On January 15, 2007, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 003, dated January 15, 2007) approving the research project proposal entitled "Long Term Impact and Intervention for Diarrhea in [...]	2007-02-09 15:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
07BRASILIA2262	BRAZIL: UNWILLING TO ENDORSE ARGENTINE CLAIMS ON [...] (S) Summary: With its abstention on the vote to confirm issuance of international capture notices for five Iranian nationals and one Lebanese suspected of involvement in the 1994 terrorist attack in Buenos Aires at the Interpol General Assembly session on November 7 the Government of Brazil has [...]	2007-12-12 14:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL BR AR
07BRASILIA2263	UNCTAD SEEKS MORE ACTIVE ROLE WITH BIOFUELS: CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND IS NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. UNCTAD, together with the Government of Brazil (GoB),held a conference on biofuels in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 4-5 as a pre-event to the twelfth session of the United Nations [...]	2007-12-12 14:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY UN UNCTAD KGHG ECON SENV ENRG KSCA BR
07BRASILIA2269	BRAZIL: INTERESTED IN COOPERATION WITH EPA ON MERCURY, BUT [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND IS NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the last six months, the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA) has repeatedly expressed interest in cooperating with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the field of [...]	2007-12-13 10:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TNGD KSCA BR
07BRASILIA2321	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 104 [...] The following is the one-hundred-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views [...]	2007-12-26 14:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA260	HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] Country clearance is requested for Suzanne Westman, Epidemiologist, GAP-Brazil, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC, to travel to New Delhi, India, from March 2, 2007 to March 9 to participate in the Regional WHO Training Workshop on Avian Influenza Preparedness and Response and from March 11th - May 20th on tem [...]	2007-02-14 16:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA290	AMBASSADOR LOBBIES MINISTER OF TOURISM AND CIVAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: On Feburary 13, Ambassador Sobel, EconCouns and Civair Officer met with Minister of Tourism Walfrido dos Mares Guia Neto, and National Civil Aviation Agency Director-President, Milton Sergio Silveira Zuanazzi, to discuss flight frequency issues and tourism development in Brazil [...]	2007-02-16 18:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA294	BRAZIL: Special 301 Recommendation [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary: In 2006, Brazil continued to make significant progress in improving protection of copyrights and intellectual property. The potential for compulsory licensing - a key area of [...]	2007-02-16 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA297	AMBASSADOR LOBBIES MINISTER OF TOURISM AND CIVAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: On Feburary 13, Ambassador Sobel, EconCouns and Civair Officer met with Minister of Tourism Walfrido dos Mares Guia Neto, and National Civil Aviation Agency Director-President, Milton Sergio Silveira Zuanazzi, to discuss flight frequency issues and tourism development in Brazil [...]	2007-02-18 18:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA298	Brazil: US Mission's 4th Quarter 2006 Corporate Social [...] Summary. (U) Since October 2006, when Ambassador launched the US Embassy's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative, USAID, FCS, Embassy and Consulate Sao Paulo have worked exhaustively with our 31 corporate partners (firms such as Microsoft, GE, IBM, and GM) to follow-up on this issue [...]	2007-02-18 18:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SENV BR
07BRASILIA315	ETHANOL IN THE RAINFOREST: GLOBAL COMMODITIES AND HIGHWAY [...] Summary: USAID Mission officers and the Regional Environmental Affairs Officer visited the Southwest Amazon February 4-10, 2007 (en route to the Amazon Basin Conservation Initiative meeting in Yucay, Peru) on a 550- kilometer road trip connecting Rio Branco, capital of the state of Acre, with [...]	2007-02-23 14:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR ENRG EAID TBIO SNAR ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA316	ETHANOL IN THE RAINFOREST: GLOBAL COMMODITIES AND HIGHWAY [...] Summary: USAID Mission officers and the Regional Environmental Affairs Officer visited the Southwest Amazon February 4-10, 2007 (en route to the Amazon Basin Conservation Initiative meeting in Yucay, Peru) on a 550- kilometer road trip connecting Rio Branco, capital of the state of Acre, with [...]	2007-02-23 14:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR ENRG EAID TBIO SNAR ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA351	BRASILIA REQUESTS COPIES OF AGREEMENTS SIGNED AT [...] This is an action message. See point 3. 2. Reftel notes that at the July 21, 2006, U.S. - Brazil S&T Commission meeting held in Washington, the United States and Brazil signed renewals of the Implementing Arrangement for Cooperation on Environmental Scientific Research in the Large Scale [...]	2007-02-27 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA BR
07BRASILIA362	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Nicholas Burns met in Brasilia with six state governors, representing some of the largest and most significant states by population and GDP, on February 8 to discuss areas of potential cooperation. The governors described specific areas where they would welcome technical [...]	2007-03-01 14:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO ENRG PREL BR
07BRASILIA367	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL WEATHERS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Andrew Weathers, Program Analyst, COCH, OD, HHS/Centers for Disease Control (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from March 18-23, 2007, to work with the Field Epidemiology Training Program staff to identity administrative and logistical priorities i [...]	2007-03-01 19:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA368	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS OFFICIAL TIESZEN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Larry Tieszen, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),Physical Scientist to travel to Brasilia (DF),Brazil (03/18-03/25/2007). PURPOSE OF TRAVEL: To participate in a meeting for South American mapping agencies organized by the Andean Development Corpo [...]	2007-03-01 19:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA370	BRAZIL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, P Special Assistant Heide Bronke, Ambassador Sobel and PolCouns Dennis Hearne met on 7 February with Foreign Minister Celso Amorim for a broad discussion of bilateral and regional iss [...]	2007-03-01 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA382	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HUB [...] James Story, South America Regional Environmental Officer based in Brasilia, requests country clearance to visit Lima from March 15-17, Cartagena March 17-21, and Bogota March 21-24. Purpose of trip to Lima is to discuss an environmental enforcement training proposal with embassy staff; trip [...]	2007-03-05 16:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV CO PE BR
07BRASILIA394	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS OFFICIAL CROWLEY FROM APRIL 19 [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. James Crowley, U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist to travel to Sao Paulo (SP) April 19-28, 2007 and Maraba (PA),Brazil, April 28 to May 4, 2007 (in transit at Brasilia and Sao Paulo airports). Purpose of travel: Dr. Crowley and scien [...]	2007-03-06 18:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA419	TWO USGS MOUS WITH BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITIES APPROVED BY [...] Reftel authorizes Post to seek Government of Brazil (GOB) authorization to sign two previously negotiated Memorandum of Understanding, between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Geoscience Institute of the University of Brasilia and USGS and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte [...]	2007-03-09 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA KTIA NASA SENV BR
07BRASILIA420	STAS TEAM VISIT - U.S.-BRAZIL BIOINFORMATICS CONFERENCE AND [...] SUMMARY: Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (STAS) Dr. George Atkinson led a team of scientists and engineers to Rio, Sao Paulo, Campinas and Petropolis, Brazil, November 10-17, 2006, to co-host a regional Global Dialogue on Emerging Science & Technology (GDEST) Conference [...]	2007-03-09 19:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA SENV TNGD BR
07BRASILIA453	HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] Country clearance is requested for Aristites Barbosa Junior, Epidemiologist, GAP-Brazil, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC, to travel to Luanda, Angola from April 28-2007 to May 4-2007. 2. The purpose of this trip to Luanda: accompany on several visits to government and NGO principals in order to improve co [...]	2007-03-16 15:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA482	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIALS ZEPP AND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Officials Richard Zepp, Senior Research Scientist and Marirosa Molina, Research Scientist, Office of Research and Development, to Brasilia (DF) April 13-20, and Florianopolis (SC),Brazil, April 20-23, 2007, to attend the Large-Scale Biosphe [...]	2007-03-21 18:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA487	BRAZIL: Hot Rolled Paper Dumping Case [...] Post received a letter from the Department of Trade Defense of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade notifying the Embassy that it has accepted an anti-dumping petition on exports to Brazil of hot rolled base paper for siliconization originating from the U.S. Original will be [...]	2007-03-22 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BR
07BRASILIA498	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR ROBERT MIRANDA AND ALAN [...] Country clearance is granted for ROBERT MIRANDA and ALAN HAMPTON to visit Brasilia from 03/25-27/2007 for investigative purposes. All work will be coordinated through LEGAT Brassanini. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US citizens traveling to Brazil for any purpose require visas, which must [...]	2007-03-23 19:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT
07BRASILIA499	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR ROBERT MIRANDA AND ALAN [...] Country clearance is granted for ROBERT MIRANDA and ALAN HAMPTON to visit Brasilia from 03/25-27/2007 for investigative purposes. All work will be coordinated through LEGAT Brassanini. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US citizens traveling to Brazil for any purpose require visas, which must [...]	2007-03-23 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT
07BRASILIA510	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 91 [...] The following is the ninety-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]	2007-03-26 19:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA52	BRAZIL REQUESTS SPECIFICS ON SUSPENSION OF ISS [...] (SBU) Summary: SCI Counselor delivered reftel demarche January 9, to Counselor Maria Teresa Pessoa, Chief of the Division of Oceans, Antarctic and Space, Brazil Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty). Counselor Pessoa was expecting the visit and aware of the USG desire to either suspend or terminate the [...]	2007-01-10 18:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA SENV KSCA KTIA TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPL BR
07BRASILIA524	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL YEOW [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Aaron Yeow, Environmental Health Scientist, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, and Executive Secretary and OSRTI Liaison for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Technical Review Workgroup (TRW) for Metal and Asbes [...]	2007-03-27 18:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
07BRASILIA545	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SIMOES [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Eduardo Simoes, Director, Prevention Research Centers, NCCDPHP, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from April 9-19, 2007, to provide technical assistance to develop a long-term plan for training, scien [...]	2007-03-28 11:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA559	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS OFFICIAL NICHOLS PLUS 2 [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. James Nichols, Senior Scientist, Byron Williams, Senior Science Advisor, and James Hines, Computer Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist to travel to Cuiaba (Mato Grosso),Brazil, April 28 to May 12, 2007. Purpose of travel: [...]	2007-03-30 16:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA572	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR SEEKS IN-COUNTRY FAA PRESENCE TO FURTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy enthusiastically endorses the concept of posting an FAA attache in Brazil to provide for a regional FAA presence in South America. Bilaterally, such a presence would allow FAA and Mission Brazil to work together to assist the Brazilians in dealing with their air traffi [...]	2007-04-02 15:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA580	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 92 [...] The following is the ninety-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2007-04-03 15:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA592	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICER CHILLER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Tom Chiller, Medical Officer, COGH/NCZVED, OD, CDC, HHS, Brasilia, Brazil, from April 23-27, 2007, and to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from April 22-23, 2007 to meet with collaborators to work on the final analysis of the Candidemia surveillance stud [...]	2007-04-04 19:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR

07BRASILIA600	BRAZIL: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE, MAY BE PROSECUTED [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 30, between 120 and 200 air traffic controllers (ATCers) initiated the strike that they had been obliquely threatening for months, marking another tense chapter in Brazil's civil aviation history. Due to the military's control of the ATC system, this action was consid [...]	2007-04-05 19:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV OTRA ECON BR
07BRASILIA64	FRANCE MAKES BRAZIL NUMBER ONE IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) French Ambassador to Brazil Antoine Pouillieute met with Ambassador Sobel on January 9, 2007 for a surprisingly frank and substantive conversation. Key themes from the meeting are reported below. BRAZIL -- THE NEW FRENCH PRIORITY 2. (C) Pouillieute noted that his government has a co [...]	2007-01-12 17:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA671	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA OFFICIAL BRIDGES [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Nathan Bridges, National and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) official, to Carajas (PA),Brazil, to conduct fieldwork at the Carajas mine in support of the remote spectral characterization of terrestrial life formi [...]	2007-04-16 13:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA694	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE A/S KARSNER DELEGATION [...] Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Alexander "Andy" Karsner, and his delegation, to Sao Paulo and Brasilia, Brazil, April 22-25, 2007. Members of the Assistant Secretary's delegation include Courtney Gillespie, Michael Mills [...]	2007-04-19 12:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA697	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANERY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Brendan Flannery, Epidemiologist, COCH/NCIRD/OD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from April 23-30, 2007, to meet with current CDC secondee to PAHO in Brasilia for measles and immunizations activities [...]	2007-04-19 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA698	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL CHILLER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Tom Chiller, Medical Officer, COGH/NCZVED/OD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, from April 22-23, 2007, and Brasilia (DF) April 23-27, 2007 to meet with collaborators to work on the final an [...]	2007-04-19 18:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA745	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL NESLUND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ms.. Verla Neslund, Special Project Advisor, OD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from May 1-5, 2007, to participate in WHO meeting as CDC foundation representative to ensure greater understanding of the [...]	2007-04-26 19:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA751	BANCO DEL SUR BECOMES A BRAZILIAN "PEEVE" [...] (C) Summary: The abrasive and high-handed manner in which Venezuelan President Chavez has sought to advance his "Banco del Sur" project has pushed Brazil to the point of seriously considering not joining the Venezuelan's latest flight of fancy. The Brazilians, according to both the IMF resrep [...]	2007-04-27 17:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EFIN PGOV PREL BR XM
07BRASILIA752	BRAZIL: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON IRANIAN [...] (C) Per reftel, Mission officers have received additional and sometimes conflicting information in recent days on the events surrounding the closing of the Iranian Defense Industries (DIO) stand at the Latin American Air and Defense (LAAD) show in Rio on 16-17 April, following the realization [...]	2007-04-27 18:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
07BRASILIA759	BRAZIL: MANAUS MEETINGS, MEANDERINGS AND MUSINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: As Virtual Presence Post Officer, Econoff visited Manaus, State of Amazonas from April 16-19 for public outreach and economic-related meetings. While there, she visited the U.S. Consular Agent in Manaus, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Amazonas, and the bi-national center, Institu [...]	2007-04-30 15:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG KPAO OIIP CVIS PGOV SENV BR
07BRASILIA762	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SAMIRA ASMA [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Samira Asma, Associate Director, Global Tobacco Control Program, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo(transit),May 1; Brasilia, May 1-3; Rio de J [...]	2007-04-30 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA787	BRAZIL: MERCK REPORTS IMMINENT COMPULSORY LICENSING [...] (SBU) Merck representatives have told EmbOffs that the GOB informed their company on May 3 that it would initiate a compulsory licensing order for Merck's HIV drug Stocrin (Efavirenz) as early as May 3 or the morning of May 4. According to Merck officials, the GOB communicated that any additio [...]	2007-05-03 21:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA790	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS GREGG, IMAI, [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Edward Gregg, Epidemiologist; Kumiko Imai Senior Service; and Yiling Cheng, Scientist, NCCDPHP/HHSCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 6-12, 2007, to participate in a meeting and workshop to discuss the [...]	2007-05-04 14:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA792	EARTH DAY PHOTO CONTEST ATTRACTS OVER 1,500 PICS FROM ALL [...] SUMMARY: The US Embassy in Brasilia, through its Regional Environmental HUB Office and with indispensable support from the Public Affairs section, celebrated Earth Day 2007 through a countrywide photography contest entitled 'A Snapshot of Brazilian Nature.' With over 1,500 entries from throu [...]	2007-05-04 14:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KPAO OIIP BR
07BRASILIA832	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL AGENDA WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) On April 25, Ambassador met privately with Lula Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff in the wake of a prior meeting between visiting DOE A/S Andrew Karsner and Rousseff (reported septel). In this subsequent give-and-take session, the Ambassador raised a number of pending issues with Rousseff [...]	2007-05-09 19:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD OVIP EINV BR
07BRASILIA839	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FLANNERY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Brendan Flannery, Epidemiologist, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 27 to June 10, 2007, to work with current CDC secondee for immunization to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) o [...]	2007-05-10 17:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA840	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL WELLINGTON SUN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Wellington Sun, Dengue Branch, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 23-25, 2007, to attend as a Temporary Advisor at the Regulatory Forum on Clinical Evaluation of Dengue Vaccines, as part of the Sixth [...]	2007-05-10 17:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA841	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PARASHAR [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Umesh Parashar, Medical Epidemiologist, CCID, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 22-23, 2007, to participate and present at a WHO Meeting on Developing Countries Vaccine Regulators Netw [...]	2007-05-10 17:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA854	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VISIT OF U/S DOBRIANSKY [...] The U.S. Mission in Brazil welcomes the May 16-17, 2007, visit of Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and delegation for the Common Agenda for The Environment and other meetings, and grants country clearance to the travelers. During your stay in Brasilia (DF),Bra [...]	2007-05-14 14:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA OVIP PGOV BR
07BRASILIA855	U.S. COMPANIES PRESS TRADE MINISTER ON COMPULSORY [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 9 meeting with newly-appointed Minister of Trade Miguel Jorge, representatives from the Brazil-U.S. Business Council outlined their thoughts regarding the direction of bilateral trade trends. Chief on their mind was the damage to Brazil's investment climate done by t [...]	2007-05-14 15:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EIND BR
07BRASILIA858	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL PRATT [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Michael Pratt, Lead, Senior Medical Officer, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, May 15; to Brasilia, Brazil, May 15-18; to Curitiba, May 18-20; to Brasilia May 20-23; and, to Sao Paulo, Brazil, [...]	2007-05-14 17:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA874	BRAZIL'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SILVA DISCUSSES MINISTRY [...] SUMMARY. During a wide-ranging conversation with Ambassador Sobel and other Embassy staff on May 11, 2007, Brazil's Minister for the Environment, Marina Silva, discussed bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Topics included Brazil's proposal regarding compensated deforestation, Ministry prio [...]	2007-05-16 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TRGY BR
07BRASILIA888	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS SCHMID AND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Thomas Schmid, Senior Evaluation Specialist and Eduardo Simoes, Chief, PRC, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 20, 2007 and to Brasilia, Brazil, from May 20-24, 2007, and Sao Paulo on May 24, 2007. The purpose of the trip [...]	2007-05-18 15:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA890	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR HHS/FDA OFFICIALS TIERNAN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Rose Tiernan, Medical Officer and Robin Levis, Regulatory Coordinator, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS to travel to Brasilia, Brazil, from May 22-27, 2007. The purpose of the trip [...]	2007-05-18 17:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA905	DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S A/S KARSNER VISITS BRAZIL TO JUMP [...] (SBU) Summary: During Assistant Secretary Karsner's April 23-25, 2007, visit, he was able to meet with a broad spectrum of policymakers representing state and federal government plus those from the private sector who make up Brazil's biofuel power elite. Beginning with meetings in Sao Paulo w [...]	2007-05-21 19:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG SENV EAGR ETRD KSCA US BR
07BRASILIA919	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE CONTRACTOR NOZIK [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Arthur J. Nozik, Sr Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Manaus, Brazil from August 19-25, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to present a speech on recent published results from NREL's research on multiple exciton generat [...]	2007-05-23 13:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG OTRA BR
07BRASILIA920	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH DR. KAMHAWI [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Shaden Kamhawi, Staff Scientist, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to Manaus, Brazil, June 3-9, 2007, to meet with Brazilian collaborator to continue Sand Fly Leishmania Program research related to malaria studies. [...]	2007-05-23 13:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA934	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH/FIC DR. COSTERO-SAINT [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Adriana Costero-Saint Denis, Program Officer, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH, to Manaus, Brazil, June 3-15, 2007, to attend a two-week course, Biology of Disease Vector, at Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. 2. V [...]	2007-05-24 16:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA BR
07BRASILIA94	BRAZIL'S APRIL 2007 GLOBE LAUNCH ON TRACK [...] (U) On January 11, 2007, SCI officer met with Rachel Trajber, Coordinator of Environmental Education for the Brazilian Ministry of Education. Trajber has been designated by the Government of Brazil (GOB) as GLOBE country coordinator. GLOBE is a USG sponsored interagency science and education [...]	2007-01-18 13:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGLB TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
07BRASILIA958	BRAZIL: NEXT STEPS ON FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 24, in a joint "NAFTA" approach to the Ministry of External Relations, the Econ Counselors from the U.S. and Canadian Embassies, along with the Commercial Counselor from the Mexican Embassy, met with Evandro Didonet, the Ministry's recently-appointed Chief of its Intern [...]	2007-05-26 19:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA96	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 87 [...] The following is the eighty-seventh in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views ex [...]	2007-01-18 16:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA984	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL HANDLEY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Frank Gray Handley, Associate Director for International Research Affairs, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH),to Brasilia, Brazil, from June 10-14, 2007, to participate in the first me [...]	2007-05-31 17:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA CDC OTRA BR
07BRASILIA985	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/FE OFFICIAL MCKEE TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Barbara McKee, Director, Office of Clean Energy Collaboration, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),to Brasilia, Brazil, June 26-30, 2007, to chair the International Energy Working Party on Fossil Fuels Executive Committee Meeting and speak a [...]	2007-05-31 17:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRATISLAVA10	SLOVAKIA WANTS TO SUPPORT BURMA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 13:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM LO
07BRATISLAVA100	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FACES SETBACK IN SLOVAKIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Slovakia, which has the strictest requirements in the OSCE for registration of a religious organization, plans to tighten those requirements. Parliament is set to pass an amendment to the religious registration law changing the necessary 20,000 petition signatures from those of [...]	2007-02-16 17:21:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI LO
07BRATISLAVA102	SLOVAKIA'S DEBATE ON KOSOVO STILL SIMMERING [...] (C) Summary: Kosovo remains a delicate topic in Slovak politics, with both opposition and government parties vying to show the strongest support for Serbia, and the MFA struggling to maintain room to maneuver. The final say on Slovakia's position will come from PM Fico. Key will be whether he [...]	2007-02-20 13:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI KOC LO
07BRATISLAVA112	FICO'S LIBYA TRIP A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Robert Fico's February 20-22 delegation to Libya focused on commercial objectives, primarily gaining Slovak military and infrastructure contracts in Libya as repayment for Libya's debt to Slovakia. Initial press reports indicate that Libya and Slovakia reached pr [...]	2007-02-23 16:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ETRD ENRG LY LO
07BRATISLAVA113	SLOVAK PM CALLS BULGARIAN NURSES "PERPETRATORS" [...] (U) "Fico: The Nurses are Perpetrators" announced the headline of the Slovak daily SME on 2/23, referring to Prime Minister Robert Fico's statements during a visit to Libya 2/20-2/22. A rough translation of Fico's words to Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi follows: "As intensively as (pe [...]	2007-02-23 16:39:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BU LY LO
07BRATISLAVA115	KOSOVO: SLOVAK MFA STILL TRYING TO PERSUADE GOS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Political Director Miroslav Lajcak indicated to us Feb. 23 that the MFA is continuing its efforts to prevent Slovak politicians from passing the point of no return on the Kosovo issue. Lajcak, who considers this goal feasible, is busy orchestrating meetings or phonecalls with [...]	2007-02-23 17:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI KOC LO
07BRATISLAVA116	SLOVAK AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ON FIVE-DAY STRIKE [...] (U) Summary. Slovakia's Air Traffic Control employees went on strike February 22, shutting down all international flights over Slovak airspace, including US military flights. The strike has resulted in significant costs to the US military due to re-routing. Slovak domestic air travel continu [...]	2007-02-26 16:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON MARR PGOV LO
07BRATISLAVA117	KUBIS LOOKING FOR DOMESTIC AGREEMENT ON KOSOVO IN [...] (C) Summary: FM Kubis told the Ambassador February 24 that language in a Slovak parliamentary resolution referring to regional peace and security could give the GOS a way to support an eventual UNSCR on Kosovo, even without the agreement of Serbia. Kubis and other MFA diplomats continue to st [...]	2007-02-26 17:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI KO LO
07BRATISLAVA133	FICO: I WILL NOT ALLOW MY GOVERNMENT TO BE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Fico told the Ambassador that he will not allow his government to be isolated in Europe on the issue of Kosovo, which is what he believes to be the aim of opposition leader Mikulas Dzurinda. Fico expressed firm support for FM Kubis, who in turn gave public remarks [...]	2007-03-02 15:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KOC YI LO
07BRATISLAVA138	SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy TIP Point of Contact: Name: Tanya Spencer Position: Political Officer Phone: 421 2 5922 3277 Fax: 421 2 5922 3109 E-mail: spencertk@state.gov Total time to complete TIP report: FSNs: 33 hours FS03: 40 hours FS02: 2 hours FS01: 1 hour --------------------------------- [...]	2007-03-06 19:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
07BRATISLAVA140	SLOVAK MPS VISIT CUBAN DISSIDENTS, BRING MONEY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two opposition MPs traveled to Cuba recently to meet with dissidents and bring them money and medicine. They, along with Pontis Foundation, the NGO that organized the trip, hope to raise awareness of human and civil rights abuses in Cuba and to increase support for Cuban dissident [...]	2007-03-09 16:10:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM CU LO
07BRATISLAVA147	SLOVAKIA ON TRACK FOR 2008 SCHENGEN ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Despite some early uncertainty and delays carried over from the previous government, the current GOS seems motivated - and able - to meet its deadlines for joining Europe's Schengen zone by the end of the calendar year. Accession to the Schengen zone would, in effect, certify that Slova [...]	2007-03-13 07:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PGOV PREL PINR SOCI LO
07BRATISLAVA155	AMBASSADOR VALLEE WELCOME TO ADM GIAMBASTIANI [...] (C) Admiral Giambastiani, it will be my great pleasure to welcome you to Slovakia on March 29. This will be a rare high-level visit for U.S. Embassy Bratislava, and it comes at a critical time given the Slovak Government policies and world-outlook. Your visit will provide an excellent opportun [...]	2007-03-16 16:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP LO
07BRATISLAVA156	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP - NATIONALIST EDITION, [...] (U) On March 13, two NGOs held a press conference to draw attention to racist attacks against minorities and people of color. In the space of two weeks, a resident Nigerian, two resident Vietnamese, several Spanish exchange students, a Mexican exchange student, and a Romani-Slovak were physica [...]	2007-03-16 16:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI LO
07BRATISLAVA166	ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE: SLOVAKIA CONCERNED BUT NOT [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Political Director Miroslav Lajcak who agreed that an already bad situation in Zimbabwe is deteriorating. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Slovak MFA Human Rights Department. Martina Hrvolova, the desk officer who covers both the UN Human Rights [...]	2007-03-20 15:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI LO
07BRATISLAVA190	SLOVAKIA TO JOIN EUROPEAN UNITY ON KOSOVO, BUT [...] (C) Summary/Comment: After two days of over-heated debate on Kosovo, Parliament resoundlingly passed a resolution that, while containing nationalistic language, expresses the expectation that the GOS ultimately will seek a joint solution for the future of the Western Balkans together with othe [...]	2007-03-28 16:51:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC EU KOC YI LO
07BRATISLAVA208	Slovak Labor Woes - Not Enough Workers! [...] (U) Summary: Slovakia's strong economic growth in recent years, fueled by FDI, has significantly reduced unemployment. In a picture common to the region, Roma, long-term unemployed, and older low-skilled workers are the remaining hard-to-erase pockets of high unemployment. Labor mobility has [...]	2007-04-04 15:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EINV ECIN SOCI SCUL LO
07BRATISLAVA211	CUBAN DISSIDENTS CONNECT LIVE WITH SLOVAKS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Cuban youth dissidents and former Slovak dissidents and student leaders from the 1989 Velvet Revolution connected live via webcast on April 3 to share experiences. On the same day that Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos concluded his visit to Cuba (ref A),Embassy Bratislava hos [...]	2007-04-05 15:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO CU LO
07BRATISLAVA241	TIP GRANT PROPOSALS FROM SLOVAKIA [...] (SBU) First recommendation: Name of organization: Kulturne Zdruzenie Romov Slovenska (KZRS),(Cultural Association of Roma of Slovakia, an NGO) Name of primary contact: Andrea Buckova Requested funding amount from USG: USD 49,940 Total cost of project: USD 80,274 Project title: Prevention of [...]	2007-04-23 06:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM SMIG PHUM PGOV LO
07BRATISLAVA250	SERBIAN PRESIDENT TADIC'S VISIT TO SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary: During Serbian President Boris Tadic's April 24-25 visit to Bratislava, Slovak leaders stayed largely on message. In private meetings they told Tadic that Slovakia sympathizes with Serbia but it would vote with the EU. MFA PolDir Lajcak expressed satisfaction with the visit and s [...]	2007-04-26 06:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI UNSC LO
07BRATISLAVA256	SLOVAKIA RELIGIOUS ROUND UP APRIL 27, 2007 [...] (U) On April 19, the Ministry of Culture registered the Bahai Community as the 18th recognized religion in Slovakia. The Bahais are the last faith to receive recognition under the existing law, which requires a petition of 20,000 signatures of resident supporters (though not necessarily member [...]	2007-04-27 15:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV PHUM LO
07BRATISLAVA270	HZDS AND MECIAR: CAN'T LIVE WITH HIM, CAN'T LIVE [...] (C) Summary. Vladimir Meciar is being challenged for the leadership of his People's Party ) Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HzDS) for the first time in 14 years. HzDS Vice-Chairman Viliam Veteska,s reach for the HzDS top post is unlikely to succeed, but it reflects concerns about Meciar's [...]	2007-05-07 14:54:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LO
07BRATISLAVA294	CUBA TRANSITION COORDINATOR MCCARRY FINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 4, Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry met with the Slovak MFA State Secretary and Political Director, Members of Parliament, NGO representatives, and former dissidents in Bratislava. McCarry informed his interlocutors of the increased repression and summary trials s [...]	2007-05-17 15:29:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO CU LO
07BRATISLAVA308	SLOVAKIA PURSUING A TRANSPETROL DEAL WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary - Minister Jahnatek followed up the May 4 Putin/Fico meeting (Ref A) with detailed discussions with Russian-controlled Yukos Finance (YF) and Gazpromneft on the eventual sale of the 49 percent stake plus management control in the Slovak oil pipeline Transpetrol. In return for agre [...]	2007-05-22 13:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RU
07BRATISLAVA31	FM KUBIS ON AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, CUBA, VENEZUELA [...] (C) Ambassador delivered message in ref A to Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on January 17. Kubis told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Robert Fico still planned to travel to Kandahar, Afghanistan on January 25. Kubis would then travel to the January 26 Informal NATO Ministerial. Although Kubis [...]	2007-01-18 06:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU VE KO AF LO
07BRATISLAVA312	SLOVAKIA WILLING TO CO-SPONSOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 14:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC LE PREL PTER LO
07BRATISLAVA417	PM FICO AND PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C)Summary. Paragraphs 4-12 contain notes from the Ambassador,s July 19 Meeting with PM Robert Fico. Paragraphs 13-19 contain notes from the Ambassador's July 18 meeting with President Gasparovic. SUMMARY OF THE MEETING WITH PM FICO ----------------------------------- 2. (C) The Ambassador [...]	2007-07-20 15:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS YI KO RU UNSC PHUM LO
07BRATISLAVA477	SLOVAK RESPONSE TO UNSC 1540 DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 06:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PARM PREL PTER LO
07BRATISLAVA497	SLOVAK RESPONSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] (U) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel demarche to new head of the MFA Human Rights Office, Zuzana Topolska, on September 4. Topolska had just returned from leave, so was primarily in listening mode. She promised to convey U.S. views on the range of issues covered to the Slovak missions in Gene [...]	2007-09-05 15:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PREL UNGA
07BRATISLAVA498	EMBASSY BRATISLAVA PARTICIPATION IN USNATO/USEU [...] (U) Embassy Bratislava will send Polical-Economic Chief Susan Ball to the upcoming workshop. Requested information follows: DOB: 003/26/63; Security Clearance Level: TS; Telephone: 42-12-5922-3412; Fax:42-12-5922-3109; email: BallSM@state.gov. Ms. Ball plans to arrive on September 18 and dep [...]	2007-09-07 10:38:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO LO PREL MARR
07BRATISLAVA503	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW SLOVAK POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary. In a cordial luncheon on September 5, DCM and new Slovak Political Director Roman Buzek exchanged views on Kosovo, the Middle East, CFE, and Slovakia's candidacy for the Human Rights Council. Buzek repeated well-known Slovak red lines on Kosovo, but confirmed that Slovakia would [...]	2007-09-10 06:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCFE LO MEPP
07BRATISLAVA524	BILATERAL CONSULAR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES VISA [...] SUMMARY: On September 11, Ambassador, DHS DAS for Policy Development Nathan Sales, Director for the Visa Waiver Program Office Daniel Sullivan, and Embassy officers met with representatives of the GOS to discuss the visa waiver program in light of the recent 9/11 legislation. Discussions includ [...]	2007-09-18 15:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT CASC PREL LO
07BRATISLAVA538	SLOVAKIA: 2008 NATO POLICY-MAKER TOUR PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Bratislava requests a date be reserved for a policy-maker tour in April/May 2008, following the NATO Summit. Post would send 6-8 employees of the Ministry of Defense and Government Office, a representative from DAO and a Political Officer. Post requests a tour that includes substantive [...]	2007-10-01 08:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO KPAO OEXC OIIP PREL LO
07BRATISLAVA542	PROSPECTS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY IN SLOVAKIA IMPROVING [...] Summary. On September 14, the Embassy funded and co-hosted the conference "Biotechnology and its Prospects for Biofuels," in cooperation with Slovakia's leading farm association. The conference, held in the spa town of Piestany, was attended by approximately 160 participants, predominantly f [...]	2007-10-01 08:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO LO
07BRATISLAVA560	SLOVAKIA: PM FICO RAISES SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. Past may not be prologue in Central Europe, but it is certainly present. A simmering dispute regarding the post-World War Two era "Benes Decrees" gained momentum when the Slovak Parliament adopted on September 20 a resolution reaffirming the inviolability of the Decrees. Hungaria [...]	2007-10-10 13:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	HU LO PREL PGOV
07BRATISLAVA58	PM SIGNALS SLOVAK TROOP MOVE TO KANDAHAR - BUT [...] (C) PM Robert Fico has signalled his agreement to move Slovak military engineers from Kabul to Kandahar, but with the caveat that they conduct work only at Kandahar Air Base. Fico told a Bratislava press conference upon return from his January 26 visit to Kandahar that the GOS should make a fo [...]	2007-01-26 17:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS NATO KPAO AF LO
07BRATISLAVA595	SLOVAK MFA EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE WITH CUBA OVER [...] (C) On October 29, Ambassador Roman Buzek, Director General for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called in the Cuban Ambassador to Slovakia to express displeasure with the Cuban government's actions in detaining and deporting Slovak election observer Peter Novotny on Octob [...]	2007-11-02 16:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU LO
07BRATISLAVA623	SLOVAKIA: FIRM ON KOSOVO ESDP MISSION; SAYING THE [...] (C) Summary. Charge discussed Kosovo, Bosnia and Iran with Slovak Political Director Roman Buzek on November 20. On Kosovo, Buzek said Slovakia can accept UNSCR 1244 as the basis for an ESDP mission in Kosovo, but complained that "some countries" were pushing the GOS to equate participation [...]	2007-11-21 12:37:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	BH KVIR LO PREL
07BRATISLAVA630	NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT PRIBENIK, SLOVAKIA REF: 06 STATE 163201 Classified By: Lawrence R. Silverman, Deputy Chief of Mission, for reason 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] (C) Summary: Slovak police authorities confirmed to the Embassy November 29 that Slovak and Hungarian police arrested three individuals in eastern Slovakia November 28, during a sting operation as the individuals attempted to sell 500 grams of Uranium 235 or 238. Slovak authorities are still testin [...]	2007-11-29 15:29:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PARM PREL PTER MNUC KCRM KNNP HU UP LO
07BRATISLAVA64	SLOVAKIA BIOTECH OUTREACH STRATEGY PROPOSAL [...] US Embassy Bratislava proposes two core projects to promote friendly biotechnology public policy and increased usage of GM seeds by Slovak farmers. The first project, to be held in April, focuses on strengthening GM-friendly elements in Slovakia and providing a space in which they can share t [...]	2007-02-01 16:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO LO
07BRATISLAVA648	UPDATE ON NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT PRIBENIK, SLOVAKIA REF: A. 06 STATE 163201 B. BRATISLAVA 00630 Classified By: Lawrence R. Silverman, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1 .4(b) and (d) [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 14:29:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	ASEC PARM PREL PTER MNUC KCRM KNNP HU UP LOG
07BRATISLAVA652	SLOVAKIA CONCURS WITH NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE [...] Post looks forward to hosting the international travel portion of the National War College (NWC) "Field Studies in National Security" in the May 9-22, 2008, timeframe. 2. The orientation to the Slovak Republic will provide invaluable background for the formation of national security strateg [...]	2007-12-10 12:38:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS LO
07BRATISLAVA668	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH PRIME MINISTER FICO [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Obsitnik had a cordial, almost hour-long introductory meeting with Prime Minister Fico on December 17. The Prime Minister expressed his desire to maintain open and constructive relations with the U.S. Embassy and noted how pleased he was to have the opportunity to meet [...]	2007-12-17 16:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO KVIR EU
07BRATISLAVA84	FY-07 NATO TOUR NOMINEES FOLLOW-ON [...] (SBU) Per reftels, Embassy Bratislava nominates the following Members of Parliament for the FY-2007 single-country, policy-maker tour, which is already scheduled for March 8-9, 2007: -- Rudolf Pucik is a first-time MP representing the governing Slovak National Party (SNS). He is Chairperson o [...]	2007-02-09 13:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO AMGT NATO LO
07BRATISLAVA85	SNS-NOMINATED UPN CHAIRMAN SAYS THE RIGHT THINGS [...] (SBU) On February 9, PolOff and PolFSN met with Ivan Petransky, PhD, the new Chairman of the Institute of the Memory of the Nation (UPN). Petransky was nominated by the far-right Slovak National Party (SNS) whose members generally profess an admiration for Jozef Tiso, leader of the WWII-era f [...]	2007-02-09 17:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR LO
07BRATISLAVA95	GOS DRAFTS LABOR CODE PROPOSAL; FOREIGN INVESTORS [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOS has prepared a draft labor code proposal, which it hopes to finalize and introduce in Parliament next month. The proposal contains numerous pro-worker changes that domestic and foreign investors will fight strenuously. While priorities different among employers, Americ [...]	2007-02-15 12:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV LO
07BRAZZAVILLE439	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF, 2 NOVEMBER 2007 [...] (U) The Renaissance Man: President Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaimed in his state of the nation address that the Republic of Congo (RoC) is now in a full renaissance mode. Addressing Parliament on October 27, the President stated "The renaissance of the Congo is a visible, concrete and tangible a [...]	2007-11-02 15:19:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR PGOV EAID PINR PHUM SCUL MARR ECON CF
07BRAZZAVILLE449	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - NOVEMBER 16, 2007 [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified Post. 2. Representatives of the London Club (LC) announced on November 15 that an agreement has been signed between the Republic of Congo (RoC) and the LC to forgive 77 percent of the US$643.6 million debt owed to LC creditors. Government bonds will be [...]	2007-11-16 11:39:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ELTN EAID PHUM ENRG CF
07BRIDGETOWN1001	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NORTON AND HIGGS FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Gregory Norton, Special Agent, NCIS and Ms. Tracy Higgs, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from August 12 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to liaise with USMLO, RSO, DEA and host nations' law enforcement [...]	2007-08-10 13:04:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN101	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MCNEIR FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to TSA Representative Loretta McNeir to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from February 11-14, 2007, for the purpose of meeting with Antiguan civil aviation officials. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Embassy [...]	2007-01-30 19:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA AC
07BRIDGETOWN1023	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MANTILLA AND HERRERA O/A AUGUST [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to OFDA Washington Information Officer Liza Mantilla and OFDA/Darlington Computer Manager Ricardo Herrera. 2. The purpose of the visit is to pre-deploy before Tropical Storm Dean. 3. Embassy point of contact is James Gogg [...]	2007-08-15 19:53:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB
07BRIDGETOWN1025	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING, [...] (SBU) In response to the latest tracking of Tropical Storm Dean, Ambassador Ourisman chaired an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on Wednesday, August 15, 2007, attended by A/DCM, P/E, RSO, DET CDR, LEGATT, DEA, IRS, CON, ORA, IPO, MLO, USAID, OFDALAC, PAS, and GSO. Also in attendance [...]	2007-08-15 21:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC BB CASC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1032	HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1 [...] (U) As of August 16, Tropical Storm Dean intensified to a category two hurricane, moving toward the west at approximately 23 mph, with maximum sustained winds of up to 100 mph. As of 1700 hours, Hurricane Dean was located 210 miles east-northeast of Barbados and approximately 305 miles east o [...]	2007-08-17 13:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC EAID XL
07BRIDGETOWN1033	HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1 [...] (U) As of August 16, Tropical Storm Dean intensified to a category two hurricane, moving toward the west at approximately 23 mph, with maximum sustained winds of up to 100 mph. As of 1700 hours, Hurricane Dean was located 210 miles east-northeast of Barbados and approximately 305 miles east o [...]	2007-08-17 13:55:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC EAID XL
07BRIDGETOWN1035	HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #2 [...] (U) At approximately 0200 hours EST, Hurricane Dean made its way past Barbados as a Category-2 hurricane. Dean's center was approximately 85 miles east-southeast of Martinique and 90 miles north-northwest of Barbados, traveling at a rate of 23 mph and with winds up to 100 mph. Embassy Bridget [...]	2007-08-17 17:53:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1036	FY 07 BFIF PROGRAM -- END OF FISCAL YEAR REPORTING [...] Per reftel request, the following is a report on U.S. Embassy Bridgetown's participants in the FY 07 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) program. Financial Accounting and Reporting ---------------------------------- BFIF Fund Cite: MO: 1970113-1005-700126-050500-2251-2589 Approp [...]	2007-08-17 18:06:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ADPM
07BRIDGETOWN104	ST. LUCIA: NEWLY APPOINTED FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia's newly appointed Foreign Minister, Rufus Bousquet, visited the U.S. Embassy in Barbados on January 18 to discuss his visa ineligibility with the Consul General. FM Bousquet also paid a courtesy call on the DCM, who asked about APIS legislation for Cricket World Cup an [...]	2007-01-30 21:01:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1042	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARSTELLER AND DONNELLY FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Suzanne Marsteller, Special Agent, NCIS and Mr. Thomas Donnelly, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Saint Lucia from August 19 - 24, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to liaise with host nation law enforcement and also to p [...]	2007-08-18 17:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1051	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CUFFE AND MULCHAN FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Errol W. Cuffe and Terry H. Mulchan, Aviation Safety Inspectors, to travel to Antigua from September 17-21, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct an FAA 14 CFR Part 145 Aircraft Maintenance Program Inspection and surve [...]	2007-08-20 21:15:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA ASEC AC
07BRIDGETOWN1052	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ARMBRISTER AND MORRIS TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OFDA/IRG Consultant Beryl Armbrister and OFDA/IRG Instructor Terry Morris to travel to St. Lucia o/a September 9-15, 2007 to deliver training for instruction course. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions [...]	2007-08-21 14:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EAID BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1060	DECLARATION OF DISASTER: DOMINICA AND ST. LUCIA [...] As a result of the passage of Hurricane Dean on August 16/17 the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is beyond the capability of the governments of St. Lucia and the Commonwealth of Dominica to respond, is of sufficient magnitude to warrant U.S. government assistance, and is in [...]	2007-08-22 21:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC EAID ST DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN1083	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEA CONTRACT EMPLOYEE [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DEA contract employee Derrick Ball to travel to Barbados from September 11 - 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to complete migration of DEA's Firebird system to Windows 2003. 2. Embassy point of contact is DEA Special [...]	2007-08-24 20:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT ACOA AADP ASEC OTRA BB
07BRIDGETOWN1087	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WALTON AND PESARE FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Jeffrey L. Walton, Supervisory Special Agent, NCIS and Mr. Jean-Paul G. Pesare, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from September 06 - 07, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to attend a meeting with U.S Embassy of [...]	2007-08-27 17:41:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1089	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEA CONTRACT EMPLOYEE [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DEA contract employee Derrick Ball to travel to Barbados from September 11 - 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to complete migration of DEA's Firebird system to Windows 2003. 2. Embassy point of contact is DEA Special [...]	2007-08-28 14:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT ACOA AADP ASEC OTRA BB
07BRIDGETOWN1098	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S VISIT TO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (SBU) Ambassador Ourisman traveled to Antigua and Barbuda August 15-16, 2007, with Embassy Bridgetown USAID Director for the Eastern Caribbean and the Regional Security Officer. The Ambassador met privately with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, as well as Minister of Health, John Maginley. The [...]	2007-08-29 17:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS PGOV PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN1099	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CARLTON DUNCAN TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Carlton Duncan, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, OCOO, OD, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barbados to facilitate an orientation for the HIV Prevention Activity for the Caribbean region, September 05 - September 14, 2007. 2. Understand no Embassy assis [...]	2007-08-30 19:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA CDCC EAID US BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1103	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WELTON FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ellsworth Welton, Principal Investigator of NASAS MPLNET, for travel to Barbados from September 4-8, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to install a new site for long-term monitoring of atmospheric dust in the Caribbean for NA [...]	2007-08-31 12:17:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA BB

07BRIDGETOWN1104	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MERRILL AND GLASS TO TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Frances Merrill and Dana Glass, TSA Transportation Security Specialists, for travel to St. Lucia from September 8-15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to provide an International Civil Aviation Crisis Management training pro [...]	2007-08-31 12:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA ST

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