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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09HARARE163ZIM NOTES 02-27-2009
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC and ZANU-PF Going Head to Head in Government... - SADC Looking to Raise US$2 Billion for Zimbabwe... - Roy Bennett Granted Bail, but Still in Jail... - Tsvangirai to Attend Bob's Birthday Bash? ... - USAID Employee Released... - WOZA Women [...]
2009-03-02 08:55:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE168AMBASSADOR CALLS ON DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KHUPE
[...] (C) In a cordial courtesy call in her freshly-painted office, Ambassador McGee and Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe discussed the immediate needs of the new government and how the U.S. government can assist. DPM Khupe acknowledged the serious challenges facing government and the forces w [...]
2009-03-02 17:38:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE177TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (TIP) - ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in reftels. ------------------------ Zimbabwe's TIP Situation ------------------------ -- 23 A. (SBU) There are no reliable statistics on the trafficking problem in Zimbabwe. Most information on trafficking comes fr [...]
2009-03-03 11:38:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ZI ASEC
09HARARE257MDC ON LAND SEIZURES, POLITICS
[...] (C) Gorden Moyo is the Minister of State in Prime Minister Tsvangirai's office. He serves as a chief of staff for Tsvangirai, helping to coordinate MDC policy and serving as a liaison with ZANU-PF. Moyo offered us his observations March 26 on land seizures and the political situation. 2. [...]
2009-03-26 09:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE275LABOR ANALYSIS: UNIONS FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL (PART 1
[...] (U) This is the first of two cables assessing labor in Zimbabwe. Part one examines the history of the labor movement and the challengs facing unions. Part two examines the internal political struggles within the labor movement and its continued relationship with the MDC leadership. 2. ( [...]
2009-04-02 13:36:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ELAB KDEM ZI
09HARARE276LABOR ANALYSIS: ZCTU'S INTERNAL STRUGGLES (PART 2
[...] (SBU) This is the second in a two-part series analyzing the labor movement in Zimbabwe. Part one (Ref A) examined the history of the labor movement and the current struggles unions are facing. Part two examines the internal political struggles within the labor movement and its relationship w [...]
2009-04-02 14:00:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ELAB ZI
09HARARE285ZIM NOTES 04-03-09
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - WhereQs the Money - QTsvangirai Blasts West - New Mercedes for All - Parliament forms Committees - QBlowQ to U.S. Sanctions - Journalist Abducted in Gweru - Anglican Church Feud Boils Over - No QHell HoleQ Here - Exam Council Corruption - L [...]
2009-04-03 13:22:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE307MONITORING REPORT ON HURIDETSA G/TIP GRANT
[...] (U) On March 30, poloff visited the local non-governmental organization Human Rights and Development Trust of Southern Africa (HURIDETSA) to evaluate progress on a US$300,000 grant that was awarded by G/TIP on September 25, 2008. 2. (SBU) The answers below are keyed in response to questions [...]
2009-04-15 12:12:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PGOV KTIP ZI
09HARARE356ZIM NOTES 04-30-2009
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Continuing Stalemate... - Farm Invasions Decreasing... - MDC Targets Gono... - Teachers Pledge to Strike... - The Herald Attacks Eddie Cross... - U.S. Volunteer Surgical Team Arrives... - HIFA Enlightens Harare Again... - Dutch Farmers Win Le [...]
2009-04-30 15:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE422009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ZIMBABWE
[...] The Government of Zimbabwe's corruption and mismanagement have severely crippled the local economy making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2009. GDP has declined by roughly 50 percent in the past eight years, the largest peacetime drop ever recorded. [...]
2009-01-15 14:55:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC ZI
09HARARE456TEA WITH MUGABE: CODEL PAYNE'S MARATHON MEETING AT
[...] (SBU) On May 30 President Robert Mugabe received Congressmen Donald Payne (D-NJ),Ambassador McGee, and staffers at his State House office for a nearly three-hour-long meeting. Throughout the marathon meeting Mugabe was alert, articulate, in apparent good health, and defiant. Congressman Pay [...]
2009-06-02 13:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE491ZIM NOTES 06-12-09
[...] The Herald Spins TsvangiraiQs Trip... With Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on an official visit to the U.S., Canada, and Europe the ZANU-PF mouthpiece The Herald has been spinning his trip as a solicitation for a lifting of sanctions and re-engagement in the form of aid. This week, the front [...]
2009-06-12 11:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE507ZIMBABWE: 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of ten (10) claims of United States persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). All ten claims arise out of the GOZ's Land Resettlement Program, which commenced in 2000. The general pace of land seizure has slowed, a [...]
2009-06-19 14:14:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV KIDE PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ECON
09HARARE510AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY GENERAL SLAMS ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) Amnesty International (AI) Secretary General Irene Khan wrapped up a six-day visit to Zimbabwe on June 18 with a press conference where she expressed her dismay at "persistent" human rights violations in Zimbabwe. During a diplomatic briefing on June 16 that included numerous African dip [...]
2009-06-23 11:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE577ZIM NOTES 07-10-2009
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Kimberley Team Urges Ban on Chiadzwa Diamonds... - Cabinet Presses Ministers on Outstanding Issues... - Constitutional All Stakeholders Conference to Kick-Off Monday... - Another MDC-T MP Convicted... - Swine Flu in Zimbabwe? - MIC Maintaining [...]
2009-07-13 09:41:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE602 HARARE: LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM PRIME MINISTER
[...] Following is the text of a thank you letter from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Morgan R. Tsvangirai, to President Obama. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 8 July 2009 Mr. Barack Obama President of the United States of America Mr. President, I have the honour to extend to you my [...]
2009-07-22 14:39:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP ZI
09HARARE622BITI ON CURRENT ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Tendai Biti told the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ) that Zimbabwe was at a cross roads; continued progress depended on successful completion of the constitutional process and resolution of ZANU-PF succession, the land issue, and Global Political Agr [...]
2009-07-30 15:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE626BBC AND CNN ALLOWED BACK IN ZIMBABWE, BUT KEPT ON
[...] (SBU) After an eight-year ban, in an effort to help repair the country's battered image, the ZANU-PF led Ministry of Media, Information and Publicity (MMIP) has given permission to the BBC and CNN to report from within Zimbabwe. A BBC crew has been openly reporting from Zimbabwe since July [...]
2009-07-30 15:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM OEXC KPAO ZI
09HARARE643MSIKA'S DEATH AND HIS SUCCESSOR
[...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's long-serving Vice President, Joseph Msika, died of liver and kidney failure the morning of August 5, 2009, according to the State media. (NOTE: The GOZ officially announced August 6 that Msika had died on August 5; we learned from sources that he actually died on August 4. [...]
2009-08-06 15:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI PINR
09HARARE660ZIM NOTES 08-14-2009
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - MDC and Outstanding Issues... - New Doctor's Strike a Blow to Healthcare Efforts... - Tsvangirai Saluted by Defense Chiefs?... - MDC-M Pressures Speaker to Ban MPs... - Secretary Clinton Blames Leadership for Zim Collapse... - ILO Investigation [...]
2009-08-17 08:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE70TSVANGIRAI TELLS AMBASSADOR MDC WILL ENTER
[...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has decided the MDC should enter government and will so recommend to the MDC National Council on January 30. He expects the Council to support his recommendation. With his inauguration as prime minister scheduled for February 11, ZANU-PF negotiators will mee [...]
2009-01-29 13:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE707CODEL MEEKS MEETING WITH MUGABE
[...] (SBU) In a brief meeting with CODEL Meeks, truncated by the CODEL's departure schedule, President Robert Mugabe lapsed into historical reveries, praised the Global Political Agreement (GPA),saying that only "little issues" remained, and questioned sanctions. Constrained by time, Congressman [...]
2009-09-04 08:51:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM OREP ZI
09HARARE712ZIMBABWE BANK DEPOSITS GROW BUT LENDING IS TIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe's banking sector is slowly recovering from the effects of hyperinflation. Public confidence in the sector had sunk to low levels, with people keeping money in pillows rather than depositing it in banks. As confidence improves, the banks are growing again, but they sti [...]
2009-09-04 10:43:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE720TSVANGIRAI DISCUSSES GPA PERFORMANCE WITH CODEL
[...] (C) On September 2, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai updated a visiting Congressional delegation on the performance of the inclusive government since his June visit to the U.S. He began by reinforcing some of the more positive messages out of Zimbabwe, such as continued low levels of violence [...]
2009-09-09 09:41:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV OREP PREL ZI
09HARARE772TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on September 24 briefed diplomatic chiefs of mission on the status of the inclusive government (IG). His remarks were essentially a reiteration of what he told the Charge two days earlier about the aims of the Global Political Agreement (GPA),[...]
2009-09-28 12:30:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE780FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: One year after the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that led to the February 2009 formation of a new unity government, tension remains between and within Zimbabwe's major political parties. Several issues remain unresolved, to include the restoration of basi [...]
2009-10-01 12:49:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI
09HARARE806TSVANGIRAI ADVISOR ON STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C) Gorden Moyo, political advisor to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, briefed the Charge October 7 on current political developments. Moyo believes that Tsvangirai's hard-hitting speech at an MDC rally in Bulawayo on September 13 has led to a conciliatory attitude on the part of President [...]
2009-10-07 14:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE808FRAUD SUMMARY - ZIMBABWE
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: One year after the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that led to the February 2009 formation of a new unity government, tension remains between and within Zimbabwe's major political parties. Several issues remain unresolved, to include the restoration of basi [...]
2009-10-08 10:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ZI
09HARARE812ZIM NOTES 10-09-2009
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Mugabe Opens Parliament... - ...And Then Attacks West's "Obnoxious Agenda"... - State Media Calls Off Attack Dogs... - ... And Then Intimidates Independent Paper... - Voter Roll Irregularities... - Striking Mine Workers Shot, Intimidated... - [...]
2009-10-13 11:24:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE814ZIMBABWE - AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 14:15:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE830TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...]
2009-10-16 15:36:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE831TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...]
2009-10-16 15:36:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE832TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...]
2009-10-16 15:36:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE866ZIM OFFICIALS MISTREAT, DEPORT UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON
[...] (SBU) The UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak, was deported from Zimbabwe on October 29 after officials at the Harare International Airport refused him entry the previous evening. He was scheduled to visit Zimbabwe Octob [...]
2009-10-30 09:07:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC UN ZI
09HARARE879THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN: AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABWE PRISONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 11:34:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM CASC SMIG ELAB ZI
09HARARE928AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian ambassador Gunnar Foreland, an experienced Africa hand, provided Ambassador Ray his insights on Zimbabwe. Foreland discussed the interplay of Shona and Western culture and the role ethnicity plays in the relationship between President Robert Mugabe and President Jacob [...]
2009-12-02 09:29:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE946MUGABE AND ZANU-PF MAINTAIN POWER
[...] (C) President Robert Mugabe, in advance of the ZANU-PF Congress set to begin on December 8, has consolidated his position within ZANU-PF and will continue to rule with the support of the military leadership. The Congress will likely confirm decisions already made by the party. ZANU-PF in tur [...]
2009-12-08 10:19:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC KDEM ZI
09HARARE956AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MALAWI CHARGE TO ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malawi-Zimbabwe relations are complicated by the presence of over two million Malawians in Zimbabwe, most working in farming and mining. The president of Malawi adopts a hands-off policy in SADC to avoid provoking Harare and causing the expulsion of Malawians which could have [...]
2009-12-09 13:16:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI MI
09HARARE975AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT MUJURU
[...] (C) In an informal and introductory meeting which circumvented Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) protocol, the Ambassador and Vice President Joice Mujuru discussed sanctions, the Global Political Agreement (GPA),and ZANU-PF. Mujuru hewed to the party line on sanctions, claiming that sanctio [...]
2009-12-16 14:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE987BITI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) This message includes an action request. See para 13. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) ZANU-PF is a party in disarray, according to Minister of Finance and MDC-T Secretary General Tendai Biti. As a consequence, Mugabe will find it more difficult to comply with the Global Political Ag [...]
2009-12-17 15:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ASEC ZI
09HAVANA110DISSIDENTS: UN MEETING SHOWS CUBAN GOVERNMENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Several leading dissidents commented that the GOC successfully used its good relations with nations in the developing world to minimize criticism during the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council held on February 5 in Geneva. The official Cuban press reported [...]
2009-02-18 20:25:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09HAVANA147CUBA'S JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: RENDERING UNTO CAESAR
[...] (C) Summary: A visit to the headquarters of Cuba's Jehovah's Witnesses revealed a sophisticated and growing operation. Leaders of the religion said that there were 90,000 practitioners in Cuba, a number far in excess of previous estimates. Although the religion has neither sought official [...]
2009-03-04 19:35:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA148PROSPECTS FOR U.S.-SPANISH COOPERATION ON CUBA
[...] (C) Chief of Mission hosted new Spanish ambassador Manuel Cacho Quesada for a working lunch March 3 to explore potential for closer US-GOS coordination on Cuba issues. Cacho took up his post in December and has maintained a relatively low profile. U.S.-Spanish Relations ------------------- [...]
2009-03-04 20:23:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PHUM CU SP
09HAVANA153LAGE AND PEREZ ROQUE ADMIT "ERRORS" AND RESIGN ALL
[...] (U) In virtually identical letters published in the official media on March 5, former Vice President Carlos Lage and former Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque admitted that they had committed unspecified "errors" for which they assumed full responsibility, and then resigned from their remaining po [...]
2009-03-06 19:49:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PREL CU
09HAVANA16DR HILDA MOLINA AND THE VISIT OF ARGENTINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Though she would dearly like to travel to Argentina to visit her family, Dr Hilda Molina says she has little real hope that anything will come out of the upcoming visit to Cuba of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK). End Summary. 2. (C) Dissident neurosu [...]
2009-01-12 12:43:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALAR CU PHUM PREL
09HAVANA164FRENCH VIEWS ON U.S.-CUBA RELATIONS AND THE EU
[...] (C) Chief of Mission (COM) had lunch with French Ambassador Frederic Dore on March 10 to seek his perspective on recent changes within the Government of Cuba, the pace of the EU-Cuba political dialogue, and U.S.-Cuban relations. France is a key player among EU missions here and held the local [...]
2009-03-12 14:55:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL CU EU
09HAVANA187KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE AND CUBA EVEN CLOSER
[...] (S) Summary: On 18 March 2009, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba attended a repatriation of 16 Cuban migrants at Baha de Cabaas. During the repatriation, the DIS spoke at length wit [...]
2009-03-24 16:14:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETSNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA218SWEDEN, THE EU, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA
[...] (C) Chief of Mission (COM) met on April 13 with Swedish Ambassador Caroline Fleetwood at her request to discuss U.S.-Cuban relations and Sweden's perspective on Cuba as Sweden prepares to assume the EU Presidency. Ambassador Fleetwood travels to Washington later this month for a schedule tha [...]
2009-04-14 12:51:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SW EU
09HAVANA221THE U.S. AND THE ROLE OF THE OPPOSITION IN CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Raul Castro government of Cuba (GOC) appears to have settled into a position of undisputed authority internally, it is worth asking what the Cuban political opposition is doing and the role it may play in the future. Two recent op-ed pieces in the international press that hav [...]
2009-04-15 13:33:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA226REACTION IN CUBA TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHANGES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction in Cuba to the April 13 announcement of changes to U.S. policy regarding travel, remittances and telecommunications activity has been generally very positive. The government of Cuba itself has been officially silent, though former President Fidel Castro has published se [...]
2009-04-17 20:20:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CU
09HAVANA244REACTION IN CUBA TO SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: It is apparent that Fidel Castro is not pleased with the outcome of the Summit of the Americas, though it is far from clear yet what the government of Cuba's view is. Ordinary Cubans we have talked to have high praise for the President's speech, but not much hope that their own [...]
2009-04-24 20:50:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CU
09HAVANA317IT'S NOT ALL BLACK AND WHITE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A SURVEY BY USINT OF REFUGEE APPLICANTS REVEALS WIDESPREAD AGREEMENT AMONG RESPONDENTS THAT ALL RACES ARE NOT TREATED EQUALLY IN CUBA. THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS COULD NOT NAME AN AFRO-DESCENDENT LEADER, A REFLECTION OF THE DEARTH OF AFRO-CUBANS IN POSITIONS [...]
2009-05-29 19:01:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREF ECON PREL CU
09HAVANA322HOW MIGHT CUBA ENTER ANOTHER SPECIAL PERIOD?
[...] (C) The combination of new warnings of potential blackouts, serious liquidity issues, and potential (if not already) reduced financial support from Venezuela has sparked rumors on the street and in the international media that Cuba may be headed toward another "Special Period". The reality is [...]
2009-06-04 13:54:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL EFIN CU
09HAVANA327 FRAUD SUMMARY Q CUBA
[...] Although initially optimistic that Raul CastroQs formal assumption of power might bring significant improvements to their lives, the economic and political reality on the ground continues to drive many Cubans either to the Interests Section or more unacceptably, the high seas, in any hopes fo [...]
2009-06-05 11:39:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS SMIG CPAS CMGT ASEC CU
09HAVANA329GOC PROMOTES MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS AND STRONG ARM
[...] (C) Summary: For the past several weeks leading opposition groups have been racked with severe personal quarrels coupled with widely disseminated accusations that leading dissident figures are agents of Cuban state security (see reftel). At the same time a broad cross section of our contact [...]
2009-06-05 13:53:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA366CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: LESS THAN
[...] (C) Summary: Canada's democracy)oriented foreign policy toward Cuba apparently is being implemented more vigorously in Ottawa than in Cuba, although some help may be on the way. End Summary. CANADA'S PRIORITIES IN CUBA --------------------------- 2. (C) USINT read with interest refte [...]
2009-06-23 14:31:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU CA
09HAVANA437GOC RESPONDS TO TIP DESIGNATION
[...] (C) Summary: MINREX presented us with a diplomatic note (no. 3335, dated July 8) responding to our note that had informed the GOC of the release of the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and Cuba's Tier III designation. While the GOC's 4-page note opens with a typically searing rejec [...]
2009-07-15 17:00:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA462OBSERVATIONS OF THE STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] (SBU) This front channel cable was originally sent as Official/Informal in reftel. The following is a collection of observations by outgoing human rights officer on the state of human rights and civil society in Cuba. 2. (C) CONTINUITY: Repeat visitors to Cuba, whether they have been gone fo [...]
2009-07-28 14:01:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ECON CU
09HAVANA477RAUL CASTRO DELAYS PARTY CONGRESS, DEFENDS
[...] (C) To no one's surprise, Cuban President Raul Castro and the Communist Party's Central Committee announced on July 29 another delay of the Sixth Communist Party Congress intended for the end of this year. The official excuse is a lack of preparation, even though the Congress is already seven [...]
2009-08-06 11:16:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV PINR CU
09HAVANA494THE EXIT PERMIT: HAMMER, CARROT, AND RALLYING CRY
[...] (C) Edgard Lopez Moreno, a well-known Cuban youth opposition leader, departed Havana for Miami on August 6, 2009 as a refugee. He quit the island eight days after GOC immigration authorities gave him his exit permit and passport, and two and a half years after he first applied for permission [...]
2009-08-12 10:52:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU SMIG
09HAVANA527QUESTIONS FROM YOANI SANCHEZ TO POTUS
[...] (C) Internationally renowned blogger Yoani Sanchez (see profile below) passed us seven questions for POTUS as well as seven questions she would like to ask Cuban president Raul Castro, if given the chance. Post believes a response to these questions would provide significant support to not ju [...]
2009-08-28 11:43:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA559CHECK PLEASE! GOVERNMENT OF CUBA MAY ACCEPT U.S.
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On 3 September 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba, engaged in a candid conversation with a Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) official who provided insight into the possible Govern [...]
2009-09-14 10:36:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETSNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA592GOC SIGNALS "READINESS TO MOVE FORWARD"
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Avowing a "readiness to move forward in our relationship," the Government of Cuba granted us unprecedented access to its state institutions during the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bisa Williams from September 16 to 22. To underscore the move, the GOC also offered t [...]
2009-09-25 17:39:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC EAID ETTC ODIP OEXC OFDP PHSA PHUM
09HAVANA639A SPLENDID LITTLE VISIT, FOR CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The visit by the Spanish Foreign Minster to Cuba highlighted the differences that have emerged among the Europeans, in particular, on how to nudge Cuba most effectively towards political reform. Foreign Minister Moratinos committed Spain to diluting the EU's emphasis on human rig [...]
2009-10-21 20:58:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA683SPAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SIGNS OF CHANGE IN CUBA
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Spanish Mission in Cuba is looking for signs of change that will help them move along EU-Cuba relations, and sway their EU partners. Featuring prominently in their case for normalization is progress on U.S. - Cuba relations. Our Spanish counterparts note that U.S. willin [...]
2009-11-10 12:02:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA697TRADING WITH THE ENEMY - DISAPPOINTING CUBAN TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of U.S. exporters told us they received an unusually cool reception from the Cuban Government at this year's Havana trade fair. While some exporters reported business more or less as usual, we heard more complaints than in previous years regarding everything f [...]
2009-11-19 17:29:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR PGOV PINR PREL ECON CU
09HAVANA706FEISTY LITTLE MISSIONS DENT CUBA’S RECORD OF
[...] (C) Summary. The Cuban Government has been able to stonewall its independent civil society from foreign visitors who have, for the large part, been all too ready to give in to Cuban bullying and give up on these encounters. A series of recent visits has shown the different approaches that foreign g [...]
2009-11-24 13:33:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA726SPAIN ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIALOGUE WITH CUBA
[...] (C) COM met December 2 with Spanish ambassador to Cuba Manuel Cacho at the latter,s request to discuss Spain,s plans vis--vis Cuba during Spain,s EU Presidency and the upcoming meeting between the Secretary and Spanish FM Moratinos. P/E Counselor separately met December 3 with his Spanish counterpa [...]
2009-12-05 16:15:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA763CUBA PASSES UP YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO UNVEIL
[...] (C) Summary: Even with expectations already below sea level, the National Assembly session that wrapped up on December 20 was a considerable disappointment. In the absence of a Communist Party Congress, or even a Conference, some had hoped that the GOC would take advantage of the legislative [...]
2009-12-21 20:32:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAID CU
09HELSINKI127FINLAND'S SECURITY POLICY: EU AN END POINT OR
[...] (C) Summary. Media attention on the Finnish Government's (GOF) quadrennial defense and security white paper focused more on the "strong case" in favor of Finland's possible NATO membership than the fact that the document places primary importance on the European Union's role in promoting secu [...]
2009-04-02 10:59:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALEU FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI141FINLAND: STUBB PRESSES HARD FOR NATO
[...] At a well-attended NATO 60th anniversary event on April 2 in Helsinki, Foreign Minister Stubb spoke forcefully about the benefits of NATO membership. Stubb stressed that he supported the Government of Finland's (GOF) policy articulated in the recent defense white paper, according to which whil [...]
2009-04-09 09:43:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV FI
09HELSINKI149FINLAND: COMMENTS ON APRIL GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met with Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on April 23. Lampinen previewed all of the EU agenda items. The Government of Finland (GoF) believes that efforts should be made to encourage the new Israeli government to honor the commitments made by the [...]
2009-04-24 13:47:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV FI
09HELSINKI150FINLAND: STUBB PUSHES FOR NEW THINKING IN FIRST
[...] (C) Summary. Reflecting the influence of Foreign Minister Stubb, who has called for Finland to move away from "old phobias" and to abandon "empty and ritualistic rhetoric," Finland,s new Russia Action Plan seeks to create a comprehensive, realistic and honest set of guidelines to govern Finla [...]
2009-04-24 15:18:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS FI
09HELSINKI151FINLAND: MEDVEDEV'S FIRST VISIT A "PROMISING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Halonen came away very satisfied from Russian President Medvedev's first visit to Finland on April 20-21. Having forged a good relationship with Putin, Halonen seeks a good rapport with his successor, and Medvedev's self-deprecating and modest demeanor went over well w [...]
2009-04-24 15:43:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALEIND ENRG ETRD FI PREL RS
09HELSINKI162SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER STUBB'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Finnish Foreign Minister Stubb arrives in Washington as the Finns enjoy considerable international acclaim for their efforts in international crisis management, not only as a result of their effective Chairmanship of the OSCE last year, but also for the award of the Nobel Peace Pr [...]
2009-05-05 13:44:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETFI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI182SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TANNER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Helsinki welcomes you to Finland. Your visit comes as we celebrate ninety years of diplomatic relations with Finland. Those relations are excellent. The Finnish government places high importance on deepening transatlantic ties as it also promotes a stronger role for [...]
2009-05-19 13:38:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON MARR NATO OREP FI
09HELSINKI186CUBA: FINLAND REVIEW TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (U) Econoff and Poloff discussed Finland's Cuba relations with Kimmo Pulkkinen, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Ambassador for the Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean. Post provides the following responses to reftel A questions: 2. (C) -- Has the host country, in Post's opinion, [...]
2009-05-20 15:19:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL FI
09HELSINKI221FINLAND: JUNE GAERC DISCUSSION
[...] (C) On June 12 PolOff met with the MFA Deputy European Correspondent for European Common Foreign and Security Policy Markku Lampinen to discuss the June GAERC agenda. Lampinen said that the Middle East discussion would dominate in light of the Lebanese elections and since the last discussion w [...]
2009-06-12 12:42:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALEUN FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI284FINLAND: DEMARCHE COMMENTS ON JULY GAERC
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered demarche to Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on July 23. Somalia: The Government of Finland (GoF) would like more concrete political action on Somalia from the EU. The GoF supports the Djibouti Peace Process and the Somali Transitional [...]
2009-07-24 10:58:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EUN ER SO IR GG SW FI
09HELSINKI32FINLAND AND THE JANUARY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Polchief met on January 21 with Deputy Director Markku Lampinen of the MFA's Unit for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy regarding the January 26-27 GAERC (REF A). Lampinen stated that the Foreign Ministers' (FMs) agenda contains two broad topics, the Middle East Peace Proces [...]
2009-01-22 14:03:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV
09HELSINKI378FINNISH COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN STEADY BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The commitment of Finnish forces to ISAF continues to be a matter of public debate in Helsinki. All political parties (with the exception of the opposition Left Alliance) reiterated their support for Finland's current policy regarding Afghanistan including maintaining its partic [...]
2009-10-15 13:11:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALAF FI MOPS PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI406FINNS DEBATE NORD STREAM AS GOVERNMENT'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Vanhanen said his Government (GOF) would decide whether to grant an Exclusive Economic Zone license for the Nord Stream pipeline project by November 5. If the GOF approves the license it then decide whether to grant a construction permit for the project, a proces [...]
2009-11-02 14:48:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EPET SENV RS FI
09HELSINKI429FINLAND: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 14:46:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM FI
09HELSINKI59FINLAND: 2009 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Post's point-of-contact on TIP is Political & Labor Officer Lisa Conesa(ConesaLB@state.gov; Tel: 358-9-6162-5482; FAX: 358-9-6162-5766). Ms. Conesa is an FS-04, and spent 100 hours on preparing the TIP report. Two local LES employees in the Political Section and Consular Section spent 6 [...]
2009-02-18 12:35:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB FI
09HELSINKI63FINLAND COMMENTS ON FEBRUARY 23-24 GAERC
[...] Summary: PolOff met with Markku Lampinen, Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent on February 20 in advance of the GAERC. Lampinen said that the main topics this month will be Afghanistan and the Middle East. This GAERC represents the first discussion of the Eastern Partnership Initiative [...]
2009-02-20 12:14:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EUN PGOV FI
09HILLAH2BABIL'S POLITICS HEADING TOWARD ELECTIONS: CHANGE AND
[...] Summary. (C) Babil's political landscape is sure to change after the elections, but the scope may be less than some opposition politicians seek. ISCI's dominant position is sure to be weakened, but it may not be broken altogether. Dawa may assume a greater political role in the province, if [...]
2009-01-13 20:11:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM IZ
09HILLAH28MODERATE BABIL SADRIST ON U.S. ROLE IN HELPING WEAKEN
[...] (C) In an April 6 meeting with the PRT, outgoing moderate Sadrist PC member Murtada Kamel gave unsolicited suggestions on how the PRT could undermine Sadrist extremists and bolster moderates. In what appeared to be a message from the incoming Al-Ahrar PC member (Kadum Majid Tooman),who is slat [...]
2009-04-08 13:33:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IZ
09HILLAH32BABIL DA'WA LEADER ON BAGHDAD'S EFFORTS TO GIVE GOVERNO
[...] (C) In a 20 April meeting with the PRT, Da'wa provincial chairman and PC member Abu Ahmed Al-Basri confirmed media reports that the national Da'wa leadership had promised the Babil Governorship to ISCI and that local Da'wa officials had reneged. He said that he had received eleveNnth hour inst [...]
2009-04-21 16:20:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IZ
09HILLAH33DA'WA EFFORTS TO GIVE AWAY BABIL GOVERNORSHIP
[...] (C) In a 20 April meeting with the PRT, Da'wa provincial chairman and PC member Abu Ahmed Al-Basri confirmed media reports that the national Da'wa leadership had promised the Babil Governorship to ISCI and that local Da'wa officials had reneged. He said that he had received eleventh hour instru [...]
2009-04-21 17:00:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IZ
09HILLAH45BABIL PRT: BABIL'S BANKS STRUGGLE TO FOSTER PRIVATE SECTOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Babil's political, academic, and business leaders have repeatedly identified access to capital and the functionality of the banking sector as the top impediment to greater private sector development in the province. While the number of private sector banks in Babil has increase [...]
2009-06-26 10:41:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV IZ
09HILLAH8QAIS MURDER TRIAL: CONTINUED DELAYS POINT TO POSSIBLE
[...] (SBU) The trial of three defendants accused of the December 2007 murder of former Babil Chief of Police (PDoP) MG Qais Al-Mamoury has been delayed four times over the last three months, since the trial venue was transferred from Babil to Baghdad in October. Gen Al-Mamoury's brother, Safa Al-Ma [...]
2009-01-27 09:38:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV KCOR IZ
09HOCHIMINHCITY145EVALUATING REPORTS FROM THE MONTAGNARD FOUNDATION, INC.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post has followed up on several reports issued from July 2008 through February 2009 by the Montagnard Foundation, Inc. (MFI),the U.S. based advocacy group headed by former FULRO leader Ksor Kok. In the Central Highlands, authorities continue to remain suspicious and watchful o [...]
2009-02-27 10:24:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY152009 ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-08 10:44:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
09HOCHIMINHCITY153VETERAN DEMOCRACY DISSIDENTS SPEAK OUT ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: Veteran democracy activists Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) leader Tran Khue and monk Thich Quang Do of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) offered divergent views [...]
2009-03-03 08:52:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY189FAMILY MEMBERS OF IMPRISONED DISSIDENTS SHARE THEIR STORIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 27, family members of several imprisoned democracy activists from Bloc 8406, the People's Democratic Party, United Workers and Farmers Organization and Bach Dang Giang shared news with PolOff about their relatives' recent hunger strike as well as general conditions f [...]
2009-03-13 08:53:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY213CAMBODIA BORDER AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES BRUSHING OFF
[...] (SBU) Summary: While provinces on the outskirts of Vietnam's Southern Key Economic Zone (SKEZ) feel cushioned from the global economic downturn because their largely agricultural economies can easily absorb unemployed workers, these areas are suffering from declining global commodity prices. [...]
2009-03-24 09:17:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY232CHINA'S INFLUENCE, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PACE OF REFORM ON
[...] (C) Summary: Three significant public figures, each having stood on both sides of the line that separates government from private industry in Ho Chi Minh City, engaged EAP/MLS Director Stephen Blake on the foremost issues they see confronting Vietnam: the influence of China, development of ci [...]
2009-03-30 11:35:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EFIN PGOV PREL SOCI CH VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY359SECURITY POLICE ACCUSE CONSULATE OF FOMENTING DISSENT AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the insistence of "security agencies," the External Relations Office (ERO) of Ho Chi Minh City called in CG on May 11 to complain that Consulate staff have been encouraging anti-GVN protestors and promising land rights protestors political support, visas and other benefits if th [...]
2009-05-12 07:55:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CMGT VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY398FORMER HCMC MAYOR THANH ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND CHANGING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vo Viet Thanh describes his role as a former senior official now working as an advisor to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as that of providing "honest feedback" from someone who is now outside political power struggles. In a recent meeting with CG, Thanh described the changing atti [...]
2009-05-27 03:42:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY473LEADING VIETNAMESE LAWYER LE CONG DINH ARRESTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnamese police arrested lawyer Le Cong Dinh at his home in Ho Chi Minh City's (HCMC) District 7 on June 13 then searched his home and office in District 1. Dinh is widely considered to be one of Vietnam's top corporate litigators (with A-list clients including ExxonMobile and [...]
2009-06-15 11:15:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY480UPDATE ON ARREST OF CORPORATE AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER LE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors and allegations continue to swirl four days after the arrest of leading Vietnamese lawyer Le Cong Dinh, one of Vietnam's most successful corporate attorneys as well as staunch defender of human rights who has volunteered to defend many persons accused of political crimes. [...]
2009-06-16 10:58:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY59(C) ONE BUSINESSMAN'S TAKE ON CORRUPTION IN VIETNAM
[...] (C) For decades, "what Westerners call corruption" has been the foundation of both politics and business in Vietnam, according Hang Vay Chi, a long-time confidant of leaders from the southern provinces. This one-time journalist turned industrial park developer confided that his own big breakth [...]
2009-01-22 08:28:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PINR VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY614ROUTINE RECEPTION BECOMES "GREEN ZONE" FOR SENSITIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent reception to introduce newly-arrived staff and to kick off the busy fall season provided a welcome opportunity for a wide range of contacts, both those working inside the GVN/CPV and those on the outside, to renew acquaintances and share ideas on a wide range of topics. W [...]
2009-10-06 03:41:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY619TALK OF MONEY POLITICS AND DISTRUST OF CHINA TOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The driving force behind CPV politics is the personal greed of its members, according to a prominent HCMC businessman with both a long track record of success and good political connections. He explained that while the CPV includes large numbers of both conservative ideologues and [...]
2009-10-09 03:54:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY650UNREGISTERED PROTESTANT HOUSE CHURCH LEADERS REPORT HALTING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of several unregistered house churches told ConGenOff recently that religious freedom continues to improve, but some congregations continue to experience problems with slow localized registrations and harassment by local authorities. Some individual pastors have been s [...]
2009-10-29 09:33:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY675FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN HCMC AN UPHILL BATTLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the officials charged with leading the fight against official corruption in HCMC, their work is stymied by multiple factors. Because the Government Inspectorate (GI) lacks subpoena power or other authority to force cooperation, investigations of government employees c [...]
2009-12-17 05:57:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON VM
09HONGKONG1066HONG KONG: H1N1 LESSONS LEARNED
[...] Summary. The recent and ongoing H1N1 outbreak has loomed large on the consciousness of the Hong Kong Government (HKG) and its citizens. This issue was especially sensitive in Hong Kong, given the collective memory of the SARS outbreak in 2003. Our task became more difficult when public and [...]
2009-06-12 00:44:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09HONGKONG1089MEDIA REACTION: IRAN; G8 FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING
[...] Iran 2. G8 finance ministers meeting HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]
2009-06-15 09:29:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO
09HONGKONG1140C-AL9-00948: HONG KONG-TAIWAN ELEVATE TIES TO NEW
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong and Taiwan exchanged groundbreaking visits the first week of June, elevating ties to a new level. Hong Kong Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam became the first principal Hong Kong official to make an official visit to Taiwan since 1 [...]
2009-06-23 07:22:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HK TW
09HONGKONG1242009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, HONG KONG
[...] Hong Kong pursues a free market philosophy, and the government interferes minimally in the economy. The Hong Kong Government welcomes foreign investment, neither offering special incentives nor imposing dis-incentives for foreign investors. Hong Kong's well-established rule of law is applied [...]
2009-01-20 06:51:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR HK
09HONGKONG1296U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH GUANGDONG
[...] (S) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Levey discussed with Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) President Michael Zink concerns regarding North Korean illicit activity and deceptive financial practices. Zink allowed that GDB's wide branch network may have been used by North Korean entities, but p [...]
2009-07-16 04:00:00Consulate Hong KongSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS
09HONGKONG1303CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON FORMER HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: During the Consul General's farewell call on former Hong Kong Chief Secretary Anson Chan on July 15, Chan said ethnic and religious conflicts in China are "likely to worsen," and Beijing must rethink its positions on China's religious and ethnic minorities. She said PRC officials [...]
2009-07-16 06:54:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV CH HK
09HONGKONG1314CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON EXCO CONVENER
[...] (C) Summary. In his farewell call on Executive Council (ExCo) Convener C.Y. Leung on July 15, the Consul General and Leung discussed Hong Kong's electoral reform consultations. Leung noted that Beijing plays a major role, but that there has been a lack of progress and Hong Kong is not close to [...]
2009-07-17 09:05:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG1315CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON HK CHIEF
[...] (C) Summary. During the Consul General's farewell call on July 16, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang expressed appreciation for our close cooperation and highlighted the importance of continued high-level contact between Hong Kong and Washington. Tsang extended an invitation to President Oba [...]
2009-07-17 09:30:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAGR PHUM MARR CH HK
09HONGKONG1318CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON CHIEF SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the Consul General's Farewell call July 16, Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Henry Tang thanked the United States for our cooperation on a variety of issues and noted that Hong Kong's close relationship with the United States is based on our shared respect f [...]
2009-07-17 10:30:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR HK
09HONGKONG1319Norman Chan Announced as New HKMA Chief
[...] SUMMARY: As long expected, the Hong Kong government announced today that Norman Chan will take over as Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority when Joseph Yam steps down October 1. Chan, currently serving as Chief Executive Donald Tsang's Chief of Staff, is well qualified having p [...]
2009-07-17 10:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG1371CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON SECRETARY FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam assured the Consul General the Hong Kong government will proceed with consultations on political reforms for 2012 by the end of this year. Lam told the CG the reform package, greater Pearl River Delta integ [...]
2009-07-24 10:00:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG1601CODEL BERMAN MEETING WITH MACAU SECRETARY FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In their August 23 courtesy call with Macau Secretary for Justice and Administration Florinda Chan, CoDel Berman discussed international financial crimes and implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on the DPRK. The delegation also discussed Macau's political developm [...]
2009-08-24 09:06:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP MC
09HONGKONG166CASINO OPERATORS CRITCAL OF MACAU GOVERNMENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Seniorgaming industry managers in Macau are disappointd with the Government of Macau's (GOM) gaming reulatory body, th Gaming Inspection and Coordinatio Bureau (known by its Portuguese acronym DICJ). They described DICJ as a lethargic organization hose oversight of junket operator [...]
2009-01-23 10:17:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK
09HONGKONG1667HONG KONG SEEKS INTEGRATION, EXPECTS RMB
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with U.S. Treasury Economic and Financial Emissary David Dollar, Hong Kong financial officials said they do not worry that the Special Administrative Region will be dominated by Shanghai or Guangdong and will continue to pursue closer economic integration and regulat [...]
2009-09-02 10:18:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG1683WINNERS AND LOSERS IN HONG KONG'S LEHMAN MINIBONDS
[...] (C) Summary: A July agreement between 16 Hong Kong banks and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to offer compensation to most Lehman Bros, minibond investors in Hong Kong has been criticized for allowing banks accused of mis-selling to avoid criminal prosecution, but has bee [...]
2009-09-03 10:26:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV HK
09HONGKONG1730MEDIA RECTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS; U.S. POLICY
[...] U.S.-China relations 2. U.S. policy HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]
2009-09-11 08:28:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO
09HONGKONG1819MACAU GAMING REVENUES RISE SHARPLY AS LAS VEGAS
[...] (C) Summary: Gaming revenues in Macau rose sharply in August, as the PRC reportedly loosened visa restrictions on Mainlanders wishing to visit the Special Administrative Region. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) has restarted its outreach efforts directed at senior PRC officials in Beijing, while its pri [...]
2009-09-24 09:40:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL MO HK CH
09HONGKONG1947LSD MASTER PLAN FOR POLITICAL REFORM: ONE BANANA
[...] (C) Summary: Although their latest antics in the Legislative Council (LegCo) chamber are receiving tepid reviews even from their allies, the League of Social Democrats (LSD) insists their extremism will spur Beijing to negotiate with the more moderate pan-democrats on constitutional reform. [...]
2009-10-20 09:47:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG1998HONG KONG ACADEMIC FREEDOM: SAY WHAT YOU WANT,
[...] (C) Summary: While Hong Kong has had its post-handover academic openness tested in two high-profile cases, the forces of censorship definitively lost. Local professors agree Hong Kong remains an open forum for the exchange of ideas. One of our contacts felt Hong Kong's future academic freedo [...]
2009-10-28 08:21:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG2092MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT; CHINA; NORTH
[...] President Obama's China visit 2. China 3. North and South Korea HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]
2009-11-13 07:25:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO
09HONGKONG2252HONG KONG PRINCIPAL OFFICERS ACCOUNTABILITY
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Hong Kong's Principal Officers Accountability System (POAS),which saw cabinet secretary and key deputy positions filled by political appointees rather than senior civil servants, has thus far failed to meet its goals. Removing senior officials from the protection of [...]
2009-12-10 08:08:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR HK
09HONGKONG23MEDIA REACTION: SINO-US RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 09:48:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG2339U.S. POLICY TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN HONG KONG
[...] (C) This is an action request. Post requests Department concurrence with a set of core points and initial outreach strategy to express key U.S. interests in Hong Kong's successful transition to elections by universal suffrage in accordance with the Basic Law. Our diplomacy, both government-t [...]
2009-12-23 08:34:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG246MEDIA REACTION: US ECONOMY; US-RUSSIA RELATIONS
[...] U.S. economy 2. U.S.-Russia relations HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]
2009-02-09 09:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG264LIBERAL PARTY: FINDING THEIR OWN ROAD FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary and comment: At the end of last year, the pro-business, pro-government, pro-Beijing Liberal Party (LP) appeared forsaken by tycoons, the Hong Kong government, the Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) and half its Legislative Council (LegCo) delegation (ref B). Yet, the year o [...]
2009-02-11 08:53:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH HK
09HONGKONG280SCENESETTER FOR FEB 17-19 VISIT OF ADMIRAL KEATING
[...] (C) We warmly welcome your February 17-19 visit to Hong Kong. Despite the People,s Republic of China's (PRC) sharp protest in October 2008 against U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs has continued to approve U.S. Navy ship and aircraft requests to Hong Kong -- most [...]
2009-02-13 08:38:00Consulate Hong KongSECRETPREL MARR OVIP HK
09HONGKONG290MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TRIP TO ASIA; SINO-U.S.
[...] Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia 2. Sino-U.S. relations 3. U.S. economy 4. Afghanistan 5. Iraq HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]
2009-02-17 09:39:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG335HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REITERATES PLEDGE TO CONSULT
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam assured the Consul General that the Hong Kong government still intends to begin consultations on reforms for the 2012 Chief Executive and Legislative Council elections by the end of 2009. At a lunch February 20, he re [...]
2009-02-24 09:39:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG336HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BRIEFS CONSUL GENERAL ON
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam told the Consul General February 20 that Hong Kong hopes to expand relations with Taiwan through its Inter-City Forum and at the same time cultivate the next generation of Taiwan leaders. Lam dismissed the [...]
2009-02-24 09:43:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HK CH TW
09HONGKONG383HONG KONG DEMOCRATS READY TO DEAL ON REFORM, BUT
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong's Democratic Party (DPHK) told the Consul General they are ready to reach a compromise deal on reforms for 2012. During a lunch February 27, they noted certain core DPHK positions, such as the eventual elimination of the Legislative Council's functional con [...]
2009-03-03 09:18:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG406LEAGUE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS: TRIPPING ON THEIR OWN
[...] (C) Summary: The banana-throwing antics of Hong Kong's League of Social Democrats (LSD) may have finally crossed the line, as LSD legislators have encountered widespread opprobrium for their disruption of Financial Secretary John Tsang's budget address. Unlike their antics during the Chief Ex [...]
2009-03-05 10:07:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG445MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-U.S. SHIP INCIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 09:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG450MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS; TIBET
[...] U.S.-China relations 2. Tibet HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]
2009-03-12 07:36:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG483MACAU (MOSTLY) LIFTS TRAVEL BAN ON PAN-DEMOCRATS;
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Weeks of mounting pressure from Hong Kong's pan-democrats, the media, the Hong Kong government (reluctantly),and perhaps even Beijing have led Macau to lift what appeared to be a blanket ban on Hong Kong democratic activists' visiting Macau. Twenty eight pan-democra [...]
2009-03-16 10:21:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MC HK CH
09HONGKONG501FINANCIAL SECRETARY UNDERCUTS SUPPORT FOR HIS
[...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economic and political observers have differing views of the Hong Kong budget Financial Secretary John Tsang presented February 25. Economic analysts applauded the government's probity and willingness to "focus on the little things" as the forces buffeting the global e [...]
2009-03-18 08:27:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG547MEDIA REACTION: NEW USG PLAN TO DEAL WITH TOXIC ASSETS;
[...] New USG plan to deal with toxic assets 2. U.S.-China relations 3. Iran HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]
2009-03-24 09:36:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG606IMPACT OF MACAU LAW ON HONG KONG ARTICLE 23 DEBATE
[...] (C) Per reftel, post offers the following comments in response to reftel queries. 2. (C) WHO ARE THE KEY BEIJING AND HONG KONG OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN HONG KONG'S ARTICLE 23 POLICY PROCESS, AND WHAT DIFFERENCES EXIST BETWEEN THESE INDIVIDUALS IN REGARDS TO THE TIMING, SCOPE, ENFORCEMENT, AND [...]
2009-04-01 08:25:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PHUM CH HK MC
09HONGKONG637CODEL MCCAIN ROUNDTABLE WITH SENIOR HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: Former Chief Secretary Anson Chan told CoDel McCain April 5 that Hong Kong's deterioration under "one country, two systems" has more to do with the failure of the current administration to defend Hong Kong's interests than with interference from the Mainland. Executive Councilor [...]
2009-04-06 08:49:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM OREP SENV HK CH
09HONGKONG638MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA; G-20; NATO
[...] North Korea 2. G-20 3. NATO HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]
2009-04-06 09:28:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG679MEDIA REACTION: THAILAND; ISRAEL AND PALESTINE; U.S.
[...] Thailand 2. Israel and Palestine 3. U.S. military spending HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]
2009-04-14 09:55:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG746HONG KONG/TAIWAN: HIGH-LEVEL VISITS TO SPUR TIES
[...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong-Taiwan relations have experienced a recent surge of activity, with Hong Kong's Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing becoming the first senior Hong Kong official since 1997 to visit Taiwan, when he led the Hong Kong and Macau delegation to the second World Buddhist Fo [...]
2009-04-23 10:16:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HK TW
09HONGKONG754RENEWED PUSH IN HONG KONG TOWARD LEGISLATED
[...] (SBU) Summary: USTR Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China Affairs Timothy Stratford reassured Hong Kong-based business executives that the Obama administration will seek to maintain a bipartisan consensus in favor of free trade. During the April 4 discussion, Stratford described the po [...]
2009-04-24 10:33:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
09HONGKONG793JASPER TSANG: HOW MUCH COURAGE IN HIS CONVICTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: People across the political spectrum in Hong Kong acknowledge Legislative Council (LegCo) President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing as a man of ideas and integrity. Despite concern about his still-unacknowledged status as a Communist Party member, Tsang has proven he can run LegCo fairly, ha [...]
2009-04-30 06:49:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR HK CH
09HONGKONG919HONG KONG SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI
[...] (U) We warmly welcome your delegation's May 29-30 visit to Hong Kong. Your meetings with Chief Executive Tsang, the Legislative Council and democratic politicians will help to underscore our message that the United States, particularly the Congress, maintains a key interest in Hong Kong's aut [...]
2009-05-19 10:31:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD OREP HK
09HONGKONG931TWO GOVERNING TEAMS IN HONG KONG?
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) Research Department Chief Cao Erbao's January 2008 Party School journal article describing "two governing teams" in Hong Kong has recently surfaced to rekindle alarm bells here about "one country, two systems." The uproar may ha [...]
2009-05-21 07:12:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH HK MC
09HONGKONG984CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: A far-ranging meeting May 29 between CODEL Pelosi and seventeen of Hong Kong's most active (and vocal) legislators covered a range of issues, with pan-democratic legislators calling for U.S. support on human rights in China and Hong Kong's democratic development. Pro-establishment [...]
2009-06-01 03:31:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ETRD SENV ENRG
09ISLAMABAD1001 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 09:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1014 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 10:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1029 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 09:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1035 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 11:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1070 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 09:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1080IDP STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION PLAN
[...] (C) Summary and action request: The GOP,s strategic communications plan for combating extremism remains nascent, under-resourced, and uncoordinated among civilian and military players. While the government realizes the importance to its military campaign of winning the hearts and minds battle [...]
2009-05-18 15:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1093 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 09:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1107 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 10:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1118TURKISH AMBASSADOR: THEIR TRILATERALS, FRIENDS,
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by EmbOffs, met May 20 with Turkish Ambassador Soysal and other Turkish counterparts. The Turkish Embassy, which has taken on a coordinating role for NATO in Pakistan, advocated greater cooperation with the U.S. vis-a-vis Pakistan. Soysal described Turkey's [...]
2009-05-24 06:23:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREF EAID MOPS PHUM MARR PREL PK TU
09ISLAMABAD1122PAKISTAN MILITARY CLAIM MINGORA; PRIME MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan military operations continued on May 25, as the troops continued efforts to recapture the main Swat city of Mingora and secure major intersections and surrounding areas. Major General Athar Abbas, the Director General's Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) spokesm [...]
2009-05-25 12:05:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1123CODEL LEAHY MEETS PRESIDENT ZARDARI
[...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with Codel Leahy, President Zardari described his recent trilateral meeting in Iran as being focused on controlling drug trafficking and expressed support for the Obama administration's outreach to Iran. Zardari asserted that he had political consensus for current Paki [...]
2009-05-26 01:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1138 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 11:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1140PAKMIL CONTINUES TO MAKE GAINS IN SWAT; UN PUTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Pakistan military tightened control around Mingora on May 25 and 26. Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazullah announced that his men would no longer fight in Mingora and pleaded for those displaced to return to the city. However, Pakistan military officials saw this announcemen [...]
2009-05-26 13:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1145 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 10:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1151UN IDP CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR WAZIRISTAN; MINGORA
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 27, Ambassador met with representatives from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to discuss OCHA's IDP contingency plan for the Waziristans, which will cost an additional USD 150 million over the recently launched revised UN appeal. OCHA exp [...]
2009-05-27 15:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1177 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 13:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1179ADB WILL CONDUCT A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; NO
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 29 meeting with Ambassador, the Asia Development Bank (ADB) committed to doing a joint damage/reconstruction assessment with the World Bank of the conflict-affected areas. In order to properly conduct such a survey, ADB has requested assistance through satellite image [...]
2009-05-29 14:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1194PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION REPORT, JUNE 1, 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan government is moving to restore security and services to Swat, but the situation remains dangerous for humanitarian assistance provision. ICRC entered Swat on May 31 but cannot yet access Mingora. ICRC hopes to provide some health and food relief in the coming wee [...]
2009-06-01 18:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1198 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-02 11:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1201MILITARY OPERATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Asif Zardari met June 2 with political, military and law enforcement chiefs for Pakistan's four provinces to discuss overall security in the country. Each province is slated to stand up anti-terrorist units. The curfew has been lifted in some of Swat district's main ci [...]
2009-06-02 15:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF MOPS EAID PTER PK PINR
09ISLAMABAD1213PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 11:31:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1222PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 11:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1236 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 11:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1249 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 09:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1266 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 09:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1292 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 10:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1299SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH FM QURESHI
[...] (C) Summary: SRAP Holbrooke met with Foreign Minister Qureshi, Foreign Secretary Bashir and other Foreign Office officials on January 5. Qureshi said Pakistan was united under Zardari's civilian government, as the ongoing Pakistan military campaign to defeat the Taliban in Swat valley and n [...]
2009-06-13 09:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IN UN PK
09ISLAMABAD1321 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 10:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1330 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 09:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1353 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 11:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1357 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 12:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1364SCENESETTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JONES
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes your visit. Your arrival comes at a moment when Pakistan's political leaders, and its people, are united in support of the military campaign to confront extremist militants in Malakand (including the Swat valley) and South Waziristan, where the offensi [...]
2009-06-20 16:06:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID MARR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD1380 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 10:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1386FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF
[...] (C) The government continued low-intensity fighting during the first full week in June with pockets of militants in Swat, Buner, Shangla, and Lower Dir. The latter showed that they pose a continued threat by destroying schools in Lower Dir and Buner, and resuming kidnappings of civilians in [...]
2009-06-24 09:42:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1389 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 13:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD139 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 11:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1409 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 10:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD141CONSEQUENCES OF A ZARDARI-NAWAZ SHOWDOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 14:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD1421 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 09:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD143USCENTCOM PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting January 20 with USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador, President Asif Zardari welcomed the "new beginning" of the Obama Administration, urging both countries' military commanders to "revisit the map" on how to jointly fight regional extremi [...]
2009-01-23 08:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1437PML-N WARNS NSA JONES THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor General James Jones joined Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and several other Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leaders for lunch on June 25. The PML-N leaders explained to NSA Jones that Pakistani public opinion currently supported the war agains [...]
2009-06-30 10:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1438NSA JONES' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary: In their June 25 meeting in Islamabad, National Security Advisor General James Jones and President Zardari discussed: Pakistan's military offensive against extremists; GOP capacity to fight terrorism; the nature of extremism in Pakistan; drones; Iran; Afghanistan; Zardari's conver [...]
2009-06-30 10:45:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1440PRIME MINISTER GILANI DISCUSSES MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with U.S. National Security Advisor General James Jones on June 25, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stressed that Pakistan is winning the war against extremists militarily, but needs to win hearts and minds to sustain gains. The country was unified in its support [...]
2009-06-30 10:45:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PHUM KNNP PK
09ISLAMABAD1470 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 09:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1528 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 08:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD153 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 11:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1543 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 09, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 13:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1552 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD156CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador met January 20 with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani. The Prime Minister complained about the rolling electricity blackouts throughout the country, blaming the Musharraf administration for the lack of capacity. Businesses [...]
2009-01-24 12:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1567PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: July 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 13:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1574 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 10:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1585 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 12:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1592 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 10:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD161 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 12:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1613 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 10:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD164 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 09:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1642SECRETARY NAPOLITANO DISCUSSES BORDER
[...] (S//NF) Summary: In a series of meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani and Minister of Interior Rehman Malik July 3, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano offered DHS assistance to enhance Pakistan's border security and sought GOP view [...]
2009-07-20 10:46:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETEAIR PGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1652 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 14:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1658ZARDARI AND NAWAZ MEET IN RAIWIND
[...] (C) Summary: On July 17, President Zardari and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met outside of Lahore at Sharif's Raiwind estate and discussed ongoing military operations in Pakistan and potential constitutional changes in their first meeting since the Long March crisis. The relationship b [...]
2009-07-21 08:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1660 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 12:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1671FATA: NEW ROUND OF KURRAM SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The breakdown in Sunni-Shi'a relations in Kurram Agency and ensuing violence over the past three weeks has cost 120 lives and mobilized the local communities on a scale not seen for months. After the intervention of the Frontier Corps and a jirga drawn from local Sunnis and Shi [...]
2009-07-22 09:23:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREF EAID PGOV MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD1680 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 10:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1688 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 11:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1718 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 11:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1732 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 10:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD177THE WAY FORWARD FOR PAKISTAN'S F-16 PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy requests that a small interagency team of decision makers visit Islamabad to chart a financial and technical way forward on the F-16 program. Ambassador confirmed January 28 with Finance Minister Tareen that the GOP would make the pending overdue payment on the purchase of n [...]
2009-01-28 08:29:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1803 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 11:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1808 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 10:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1850 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1859FITFUL PROGRESS: ROUND THREE OF THE AF-PAK TRANSIT
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul/Embassy Islamabad cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The third round of negotiations for the Afghan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) yielded progress on some outstanding issues such as arbitration, but the atmosphere frayed over interim arrangements to expedite [...]
2009-08-10 12:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL AF PK
09ISLAMABAD1877 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 12:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD190PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 09:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1930 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 11:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1955 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 10:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1988 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 09:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1996 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 11:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2007PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 09:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD201 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 13:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2025 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 08:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2049 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 10:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2067 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 10:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2094 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: September 01, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 11:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2102 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 09:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2111 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2131 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-04 09:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2159 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 12:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD217 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 10:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2173 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 09, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 09:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2196 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 11:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2208CODEL CASEY'S AUGUST 25 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 meeting with CODEL Casey, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan emphasized the need for a long-term enduring partnership between the United States and Pakistan. He argued for increased trade preferences for Pakistani goods through the lo [...]
2009-09-11 13:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD PREL PTER AF PK
09ISLAMABAD2209PESHAWAR: "HERE I COME AGAIN" OPERATION IN BARA
[...] (C) Summary: After just over a week of fighting under the "Here I Come Again" operation in Khyber Agency, the joint army/Frontier Corps/Frontier Constabulary/police actions in Bara tehsil appear to be drawing to a close as army and Frontier Corps troops are pulled out to concentrate on other [...]
2009-09-11 13:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2218 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 09:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2226 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 09:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2263 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 10:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2278 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 09:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2288PRIME MINISTER GILANI OUTLINES GOP PLANS ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long meeting September 18, Prime Minister Gilani said the Malakand campaign against extremist groups is 70 percent completed. He emphasized the need to undertake reconstruction and rehabilitation in the region, not only to help the population there but also to convi [...]
2009-09-20 09:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PTER PREL SNAR PINS PREF AMGT PHUM
09ISLAMABAD2290ASSESSMENT OF PRESIDENT ZARDARI'S FIRST YEAR IN
[...] (C) Summary: When Asif Ali Zardari took oath as Pakistan's President on September 9, 2008, he inherited a series of intersecting political, economic, and security crises for which the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led coalition government appeared ill-equipped. One year later, Zardari appears [...]
2009-09-21 13:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL ECON EAID ENRG MOPS PK IN AF
09ISLAMABAD23 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 09:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2301 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 09:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD231 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 14:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2320 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2340 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 10:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2353 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 11:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD236SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY HOLBROOKE
[...] (C) Summary. Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival; your appointment comes as Pakistan grapples with internal change and hopes the Ombama administration can support regional solutions to development and counter-terrorism challenges. After eight years of military rule, the civilian governmen [...]
2009-02-04 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EAID MARR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2361 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 10:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2375 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 01, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 10:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2393KERRY-LUGAR LEGISLATION CRITICIZED BY OPPOSITION,
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 5 National Assembly session, the opposition PML-N sharply criticized the Kerry-Lugar bill's perceived conditionality, while the PPP defended the government's approach toward the legislation and maintained that the conditions are in synch with Pakistan's own inte [...]
2009-10-05 20:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD24ZARDARI COMMENTS ON INDIA/NAWAZ SHARIF
[...] (S) Summary: President Zardari told the Ambassador January 2 he would have no choice but to respond militarily to an Indian attack. There was no more politically sensitive issue in Pakistan than Kashmir, he said. Zardari had been briefed by ISI Director General, LTG Pasha, on his meeting with the D [...]
2009-01-05 13:11:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2424 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 10:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2427AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KAYANI AND PASHA ABOUT
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador heard a number of complaints about the Kerry-Lugar bill from COAS General Kayani and DGISI Pasha in a two-hour meeting October 6. These focused on the history of Pressler sanctions, particularly a fear that the waiver in Kerry-Lugar would not be used and aid would be suspend [...]
2009-10-07 13:31:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2434 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 10:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2453 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORIRSM,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 10:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2459HEATED DEBATE IN PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In three days of intense debate in the Pakistan National Assembly October 7-9, the Kerry-Lugar Bill (KLB) has come under fire (reftel). Post has been observing the debates daily. During debates on October 8 and 9, criticism of the bill by opposition members of parliament conti [...]
2009-10-10 06:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2474 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 10:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2483 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, PAK-CHINA,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 10:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2488RESOURCING THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: To build a long-term relationship with Pakistan and increase the country's political will and military capability to fight insurgent and terrorist groups, post recommends (1) obtaining "cash-flow" financing authority for Pakistan's FMF; (2) announcing a Presidential commitment to Paki [...]
2009-10-14 13:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD2496 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 09:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2501PML-N PRAISES KERRY-LUGAR'S INTENTIONS, CRITICIZES
[...] (U) National Assembly debate on the Kerry-Lugar bill continued on October 14. PML-N spokesman Ahsan Iqbal adopted a somewhat more conciliatory tone toward the legislation than his party had taken during previous debate sessions. 2. (U) Iqbal praised Kerry-Lugar as "a very good document" wi [...]
2009-10-16 05:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2518 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 10:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD252 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-05 09:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2534 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 10:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2543 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 03:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2554 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/MILITARY, KERRY-LUGAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 10:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2571 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2591PAKISTAN MILITARY LAUNCHES GROUND CAMPAIGN IN
[...] (S) Summary: The Pakistan military launched a ground combat campaign against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in South Waziristan on October 17. Reconnaissance in force (RIF) operations have transitioned to preparations for a major ground assault. Military sources have described th [...]
2009-10-23 15:06:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2600 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 13:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2609 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 15:03:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2625 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 09:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2632 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 10:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2640 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 11:03:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2651 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, USAID,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 12:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD266CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 9 meeting with President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani, Senators Biden and Graham reasserted their support for passage of the Biden/Lugar aid legislation. However, Senator Biden noted that the U.S. public was financing its own economic recovery efforts and [...]
2009-02-06 14:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2663 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 11:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2677 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, HILLARY CLINTON'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2692 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY STATE'S VISIT,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 09:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2696THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE UN IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The UN continues to struggle in structuring itself to play its full role in Pakistan. The departure of Jean Arnault as the Secretary General's representative to the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) not only reduces the UN's leadership role in the group, but also complicates [...]
2009-11-06 13:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD270CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH COAS KAYANI AND ISI
[...] (S) Summary: Senators Biden and Graham met with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Kayani and Director General of ISI LTGen Pasha on January 9 to underscore bipartisan support for the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. Senator Biden emphasized the need for the American people to see results soon in Afghanistan [...]
2009-02-06 15:03:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER MARR PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2709 PAKISTAN SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION TO SEYMOUR M. HERSH STORY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD271CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH PM GILANI
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 9 meeting with Codel Biden, PM Gilani pledged continued Pakistani resolve to fight terrorism and cooperate in the Mumbai investigations. He said that civil-military relations had improved, urged an expedited meeting of the Friends of Pakistan and requested U.S [...]
2009-02-06 15:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2710 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/MILITARY, POLITICAL,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2718 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, VISITING U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 11:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2739 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, U.S. CONGRESSIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 11:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2741NEW CEO ON CHANGE IN KESC LEADERSHIP AND FUTURE OF
[...] (U) This is a joint Consulate General Karachi-Embassy Islamabad message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) CEO Tabish Gahaur said that KESC had made significant strides in increasing collections and bringing new generation on line since Abraaj Capital took over its ma [...]
2009-11-15 13:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK
09ISLAMABAD2754PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 01:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2760 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2769CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani told CODEL Tierney November 11 that the Pakistani people were united in the fight against terrorism and supported military efforts in Swat, Malakand and South Waziristan. However, he noted the public was upset with Pakistan's failing economy, pointing out co [...]
2009-11-17 14:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2773 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 09:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2787 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 10:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2810 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 10:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2819 FRAUD SUMMARY: ISLAMABAD
[...] Pakistan Fraud Summary: Pakistan is considered a "high" fraud country. Fraud of every kind is pervasive at all levels of government and commercial sectors. Fraud surfaces in many different forms, including washed U.S. visas of good to excellent quality; forged documents such as post-secondary [...]
2009-11-21 05:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PKST
09ISLAMABAD2820 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, USAID,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-21 05:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2827 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 11:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2836 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 09:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD286 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 09, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 13:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2885 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 01, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 14:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2889 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 11:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD289ZARDARI’S PLANNED APPROACH TO HOLBROOKE
[...] (C) Summary. During a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, President Zardari outlined Pakistan's need for additional assistance, a message that would figure prominently in his meeting with Special Representative Holbrooke. Zardari outlined the steps he would follow to restrict A.Q. Khan (septel) [...]
2009-02-09 14:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2927 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 10:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2939 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2941PAKISTAN HUMAN TRAFFICKING INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. This cable responds to ref A request for an interim assessment of Pakistan's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP). In response to Pakistan's Tier 2 Watch List ranking in the 2009 TIP report, the government enhanced its efforts to address Pakistan's significant huma [...]
2009-12-08 03:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK
09ISLAMABAD2946 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 11:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2959 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 11:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2966 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 09:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD297 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-10 11:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2979MISSION ESTABLISHES INTER-AGENCY GENDER
[...] Summary: The Mission held the first meeting of an inter-agency Gender Development Working Group (GDWG) on November 19. The group, which subsequently met two more times and will convene monthly, was established with four broad goals: 1) to build greater understanding, collaboration, and commun [...]
2009-12-14 04:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KPAO KWMN PK
09ISLAMABAD2987 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 08:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3005 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 08:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3015 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 09:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3027 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 11:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3035 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 09:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD304 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 13:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD305 STATE BANK GOVERNOR: LACK OF CREDIT STIFLING PAKISTAN'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 31, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its Monetary Policy Statement which maintained the discount rate at 15 percent for the next six months, causing disappointment to many in the private sector who were hoping for an easing of rates. SBP Governor Salim Raza [...]
2009-02-12 07:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3073 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 14:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3076 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-23 14:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3084 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-24 07:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3131 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 10:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD318 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 11:31:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD330 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 10:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD334INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION REACTS TO PAKISTAN'S MUMBAI
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI reaction to the GOP report on its investigations into the Mumbai attacks and the request for further information from the GOI has been positive and "deflated tensions," according to the Indian High Commission. Surprise at the depth of the investigation into the attack, h [...]
2009-02-17 15:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09ISLAMABAD34 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 03:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD365SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL KAYANI’S VISIT TO
[...] (S) Summary. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani's February 20-27 visit to Washington comes on the heels of the government's loss of control over Swat, continued Pakistani Army/Frontier Corps operations in the tribal areas, and still-simmering Indo-Pak tensions in the wake of the Mumba [...]
2009-02-19 16:17:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD378POLITICAL UPDATE: ZARDARI CONSOLIDATES POWER
[...] (C) Summary: President Asif Zardari has taken simultaneous moves to further consolidate his authority over the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and to extend the PPP's control over both the National Assembly and Senate. Senate elections will not occur until March 4, but the PPP has already locked [...]
2009-02-20 13:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD385FOCUSING THE U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary. As Foreign Minister Qureshi and his team arrive in Washington for coordination on the Holbrooke/Riedel strategic review, Post offers the following thoughts on issues for strategic engagement. In the coming weeks, Post will detail our suggestions on how to expand political, economic, se [...]
2009-02-21 12:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD397 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD413 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 11:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD443BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 25 FEBRUARY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 02:28:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD451 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 13:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD468LACK OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO UN APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8-9. 2. (SBU) Summary. On February 26, representatives from the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Program (WFP) called on Charge d'Affaires to discuss their operations within Pakistan. Both organizations committe [...]
2009-03-03 14:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD472 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 11:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD486 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-05 11:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD506PM GILANI STAYS ABOVE THE FRAY
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a March 9 meeting with Ambassador, Gilani criticized the decision to impose governor's rule in Punjab and supported compromise to end the dispute between Zardari and the Sharif brothers. However, Gilani offered little in terms of immediate ideas that would be acce [...]
2009-03-09 15:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD511 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 09:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD560IMPLICATIONS OF THE LONG MARCH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 12:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD568CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI
[...] (C) Summary: CODEL Tierney met February 2 with Prime Minister Yousef Gilani. Gilani thanked the U.S. for its help in defusing tensions with India following the Mumbai attacks. He emphasized the GOP commitment to cooperating with the U.S. in the fight against terrorism and stressed the need fo [...]
2009-03-18 08:40:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD612 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 13:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD625 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 11:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD640PRESSING THE UN ON IMPROVING ITS PRESENCE IN
[...] (C) Summary: The UN system needs to appoint a humanitarian coordinator in Pakistan and fill its positions with permanent staff. These are urgent requirements necessary to respond to the problems of Pakistan,s internally displaced. The UN's ability to meet these requirements will be affecte [...]
2009-03-25 14:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN PTER PREF PK
09ISLAMABAD659 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 12:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD66 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 11:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD672 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 00, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 11:46:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD680 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 11:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD691 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 11:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD707 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 11:05:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD72BOUCHER ENGAGES FARUQUI ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN AND
[...] (C) Summary. On January 5, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Salman Faruqui, Secretary General to the President of Pakistan, to outline a timeline leading to the Friends of Democratic Pakistan meetings and a donor conference. Faruqui and his adv [...]
2009-01-13 11:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD720 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 10:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD723SWAT FLOGGING VIDEO GENERATES OUTRAGE
[...] (C) Summary. Civil society groups launched demonstrations across Pakistan April 4-5 to protest the video-taped flogging by the Taliban of a 17 year-old girl in Swat. Secular politicians condemned the incident, and newly restored Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry called upon the govern [...]
2009-04-06 14:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD746 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 10:46:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD756 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 09, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD779 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 09:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD797 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 09:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD807GILANI TO KERRY: NO CONDITIONALITIES, NO DRONES
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Kerry met April 13 with PM Gilani. Gilani complained about the conditions recently placed on the House version of the Senator's bill; Kerry said his Senate version would be "very different," and rejected conditions as demeaning. However, he was adamant that metrics would be [...]
2009-04-16 11:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD813 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 09:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD819 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 10:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD829PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 10:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD832SPENDING STRATEGICALLY IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. This cable conveys a shorter version of the strategy we laid out in the Mission Strategic Plan and how we will implement the President's strategic review. We welcome the additional resources but we are very mindful of the constraints: our own, the GoP's and the international don [...]
2009-04-21 11:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD84 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 09:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD856 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-23 09:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD867 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 12:28:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD883 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 11:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD894 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 08:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD90 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 11:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD902DONORS PLEDGE OVER $5 BILLION IN NEW MONEY AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: International pledges totaled more than $5 billion at the Pakistan Donors' Conference in Tokyo on April 17. The Donors' Conference was intended to support the implementation of Pakistan's International Monetary Fund (IMF) Stand-By Arrangement agreed to in November 2008. Specia [...]
2009-04-28 13:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID
09ISLAMABAD911 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 10:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD921 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 10:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD93PAKISTAN ANNOUNCES TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE
[...] (C) Summary: On January 15, Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced a Federal Investigation Agency-led (FIA) task force to investigate the Mumbai attacks of November 2008. Malik emphasized Pakistan's commitment to investigating and prosecuting all the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks. He [...]
2009-01-15 15:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD935 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 01, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 09:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD939MALAKAND DIVISION: BUNER OPERATIONS IN FOURTH DAY
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On May 1, Pakistan military operations in Buner District (Malakand Division, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)) entered their fourth day. Security forces cut a major militant supply line to the Ambela pass and established a Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Daggar on April [...]
2009-05-01 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD943MEET THE GOVERNOR-IN-WAITING: ANWAR SAIFULLAH
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Senator Anwar Saifullah has accepted President Zardari's request that he serve as the new Governor of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). Saifullah is ready to take up his duties immediately, but completion of his appointment has been delayed by [...]
2009-05-02 11:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD947ANP'S WALI KHAN PRAISES MILITARY SUCCESSES
[...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party President Asfundyar Wali Khan told Charge May 3 that he was pleased (for the first time) with vigorous Army/Frontier Corps action against militants in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). GOP forces were moving into Shangla, completing the encirclement [...]
2009-05-03 11:08:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD950 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD958 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 09:03:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD971 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 09:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD976 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 12:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD98 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 11:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD980 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 09:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD996SITUATION IN SWAT AS OF MAY 9
[...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Swat District continued on May 9 with reports of over 140 militants killed during the day. Press reports indicate that the Pakistan Air Force started aerial assaults in the Swat city of Mingora on the morning of May 9. By the evening, the UN High Commission for R [...]
2009-05-09 12:50:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISTANBUL103ROMA ASSOCIATION PRAISES LOCAL GOVERNMENT, STARTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Edirne's Roma community enjoys a progressive relationship with the city's municipal authorities, which has helped bring tangible benefits to the community and led to increasing interest among Roma there in participating in party politics. According to Edirne Deputy Governor A [...]
2009-03-12 13:48:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL12NGO LEADERS: WOMEN'S RIGHTS THREATENED BY GROWING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Women NGO leaders gathered for lunch hosted by the Consul General on December 17, 2008, commented on the growing conservatism on the part of the Turkish government (GOT) over the past year which ultimately impaired women's rights. According to the leaders present, a tendency t [...]
2009-01-07 14:58:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF OSCE TU PHUM
09ISTANBUL121RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND AKP VIE TO WIN THE HEARTS AND
[...] (C) Summary. A visiting USG research group met with intellectuals and think tanks in Istanbul on March 5-9 to discuss the developing relationship between the government of Turkey (GOT) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Various observers told them the religiously conservative Turkis [...]
2009-03-24 15:48:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE IZ TU
09ISTANBUL124COLUMNISTS DEBATE THE FUTURE OF TURKEY UNDER AKP
[...] (U) Summary. During a lively luncheon at the Consul General's Residence, four senior Turkish columnists exchanged views and barbs about Turkey's future course. While all agreed that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will be setting the course, there was great disagreement [...]
2009-03-27 11:56:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALKPAO ECON TU PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE
09ISTANBUL131A LEADING IRANIAN ANALYST'S ADVICE ON ROXANA
[...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: A leading Iranian analyst shared views with us on March 26 on Iranian-American journalist Roxane Saberi's detention, US-Iran engagement, and Iran's presidential elections. Regarding Saberi's detention, he said if the USG follows the model used in 2007 in response to Hale [...]
2009-03-31 10:20:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PHUM IR
09ISTANBUL138US-IRAN RELATIONS: "BEWARE THE SPOILERS"
[...] (S) Summary: Several contacts who closely watch Iranian politics have cautioned that in the wake of recent positive "atmospheric" developments in US-Iran relations, Washington should take extra care not to "over-extend" its efforts to reach out to the regime. The remaining two months before [...]
2009-04-10 13:43:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL14US-IRAN RELATIONS: CONTACTS IN TURKEY AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian contacts and local experts have cautioned it would be a mistake if the USG, as it considers whether, when, and how to engage Iran, withheld such an approach in an effort to impact the outcome of Iran's elections, in this case against Ahmadinejad. One expert argued that [...]
2009-01-09 11:13:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL141TURKISH BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS POTUS VISIT AND
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 15 luncheon discussion with the Ambassador and Consul General, organized in part to receive input in response to discussions during the President,s visit on increasing two-way trade and investment, prominent Turkish business executives viewed President Obama,s [...]
2009-04-17 14:12:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN
09ISTANBUL17EUR/SE DEPUTY DIRECTOR BRINK IN ISTANBUL MEETINGS
[...] (U) Summary. On December 18, EUR/SE Deputy Director Bridget Brink ended a week-long visit to Turkey by meeting with officials of the Turkish business association MUSIAD, the press relations officer of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and prominent newspaper columnists. The overall theme of the [...]
2009-01-11 09:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL TU EINV IR AA
09ISTANBUL198IRAN/ELECTIONS: A TURKISH PROFESSOR'S INFORMAL
[...] (C) Summary: A Turkish political science professor plans to visit Iran with several colleagues June 9-13 on the pretense of holding academic exchanges with counterparts at Tehran and Esfahan universities, but for the primary purpose of visiting Iranian polling stations and observing the cond [...]
2009-06-04 15:54:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL206IRAN/ELECTIONS: A LEADING IRANIAN ANALYST PREDICTS
[...] (S) Summary: A leading Tehran-based economic and political consultant predicts that Mir-Hossein Mousavi will win the Iranian elections in a June 19 run-off against Ahmadinejad. His firm's most recent polling shows Mousavi receiving over 50 percent support from Iranians likely to vote, with [...]
2009-06-09 13:50:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL KDEM IR TU
09ISTANBUL207IRAN/ELECTIONS: "THE MOST DYNAMIC WEEK IN IRANIAN
[...] (S) Summary: Former Iranian MFA Director General Kia Tabatabaee (please protect) told us June 10 that not since the 1979 revolution has he seen such a dynamic week in Iranian politics. He said the televised debates (especially the airing of corruption charges and personal attacks),the mass [...]
2009-06-10 13:46:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPGOV KDEM PINS PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL231HALKI SEMINARY MERELY ONE STEP TOWARD ENSURING
[...] (C) Summary. Closed since 1971, Halki Seminary is touted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul and Greek Orthodox communities in the United States as being key to the survival of the Patriarchate. Turkey's remaining community of 2,500 Greek Orthodox is not large enough to maintain the Pat [...]
2009-06-23 13:25:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU GR
09ISTANBUL269KOC EXECUTIVES ASSESS TURKEY'S ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Koc executives expressed concern over the Turkish economy to Ambassador Jeffrey and CG Wiener in a July 9 meeting. While the situation has improved since earlier this year and Turkey is relatively better-positioned than its peers, consumer confidence remains low and must reboun [...]
2009-07-15 08:09:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV TU
09ISTANBUL270KEY TURKISH BUSINESS GROUPS DISCUSS POST-CAIRO
[...] (SBU) Action request - see para 11. 2. (SBU) (Summary) Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Anne-Marie Slaughter met with representatives of MUSIAD (Independent Industrialist and Businessmen's Association) and TAIK (Turkish-U.S. Business Council) in Istanbul to discuss prospects for U.S [...]
2009-07-15 08:10:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN TU
09ISTANBUL28TURKISH INTELLECTUALS WANT FREEDOM TO DISCUSS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 13:56:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL316TUSIAD CHIEF QUESTIONS GOT ECONOMIC REFORM
[...] (Summary) (C) Arzuhan Yalcindag, President of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD),on August 12 told the Consul General that recent developments and a round of ministerial-level meetings in Ankara left her pessimistic about the GOT's commitment to economic ref [...]
2009-08-14 11:01:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL319BMENA FACES CHALLENGES IN TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 31, NEA Acting DAS Madelyn Spirnak met with the director and officers of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) Foreign Policy Program to discuss the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) initiatives and methods of achieving greater GOT buy-in t [...]
2009-08-14 15:19:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MC XI ZR XF
09ISTANBUL320SESAME SEES ITSELF AS A MODEL CENTER FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fourteenth meeting of the Council of Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) was held in Istanbul in July. The SESAME project is a scientific initiative currently under construction in Jordan that currently fosters positive in [...]
2009-08-17 05:33:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPRELTBIOBA CY EG ENRG IR IS IZ JO PK
09ISTANBUL336(C) IRAN: A XXXXX CONTACT SHARES VIEWS FROM A RAFSANJANI BUSINESS ALLY ON KHAMENEI'S CANCER AND RAFSANJANI'S NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: A XXXXXXXXXXXX businessman who represents the XXXXXXXXXXXX company XXXXXXXXXXXX shared with us a discussion he recently had with a XXXXXXXXXXXX he described as close to Rafsanjani. The XXXXXXXXXXXX claimed Rafsanjani told him Supreme Leader Khamenei has terminal leukemia and is expecte [...]
2009-08-28 14:09:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS ECON ETRD IR TU
09ISTANBUL345IRAN: TURKISH EXPERTS SEE KHAMENEI IN CHARGE,
[...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed several leading Turkish think-tank experts for latest views on developments in Iran and the Iranian regime's view of engagement with the international community. The common themes we heard were: Supreme Leader Khamenei remains in firm control of the regime, su [...]
2009-09-11 13:38:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL346CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP GETS BROAD VIEW OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. A Congressional Study Group arranged by the Association of Former Members of Congress met with leadership from the Jewish Community, Armenian Archbishop, analyst Hugh Pope, Kurdish intellectual Umit Firat and GOT EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis between September 1-3. Both Jewish [...]
2009-09-11 13:40:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV TU AR GR CY OSCE
09ISTANBUL350TURKISH ARMENIANS RELATE HOPE FOR PROGRESS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting on September 4, Armenian Archbishop and acting Patriarch Aram Atesyan shared with visiting Ambassador Yovanovitch his optimism about the Turkish-Armenian rapprochement despite his conviction that Turkey will not change its stance on the events of 1915. He expl [...]
2009-09-14 08:52:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE AR TU
09ISTANBUL351ISLAM, AKP, HEADSCARVES, FETHULLAH GULEN, AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 12:04:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL357ISLAM, AKP, HEADSCARVES, FETHULLAH GULEN, AND THE
[...] (SBU). SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. A wide range of our contacts dismissed the notion that Turkey is at risk of becoming an Islamic Republic. Their consensus is that the political system is flexible enough to accommodate pious Turks, growing political activism. Though this activism will contin [...]
2009-09-17 14:25:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL365PRIVATE SECTOR QUESTIONS AKP WILL TO LEAD ON
[...] (C) Summary. Leading Turkish businessmen and economists gave the Justice and Development Party (AKP) mixed reviews at a luncheon hosted by the Consul General on September 23, 2009. The group acknowledged that the government of Prime Minister Erdogan has done a better job of handling the ec [...]
2009-09-28 14:17:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL37COMMENTATOR TALKS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC
[...] Summary. In a recent discussion with diplomats and media representatives, professor of political science and well-regarded newspaper columnist Sahin Alpay predicted that Turkey will achieve democratic consolidation with or without EU support, and offered a broad apologia for the lackluster p [...]
2009-01-21 14:15:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL376BAHA'I COMMUNITY REPORTS IMPROVEMENTS, STILL SEEK
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 23, leadership of the Baha'i community in Turkey shared with us their close collaboration with the government, the reduction in the number of assaults and harassment, and the community's remaining request to be recognized, at least informally, as a religion by the [...]
2009-10-02 11:09:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL38JEWISH COMMUNITY OF TURKEY: GOVERNMENT'S GAZA
[...] (C) Summary. Three weeks of grassroots demonstrations throughout Turkey against the humanitarian crisis caused by Israeli actions in Gaza (refs A-C) have triggered anxiety within the Jewish Community of Turkey. Jewish Community president Sylvio Ovadya and vice president Lina Filiba shared th [...]
2009-01-21 14:34:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
09ISTANBUL394IRAN-TURKEY COMMERCE: WARM FUZZIES AND COLD FACTS
[...] (C) Summary: Despite a spate of recent Iran-Turkey trade conferences and visits, bilateral trade volume in 2009 is significantly down: USD 2.92 billion in the first seven months of 2009, down 38% compared to the same period in 2008. Many experts suggest the global financial downturn and low [...]
2009-10-15 05:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN PREL PINS PGOV IR TU
09ISTANBUL405ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: ERDOGAN THE BEST POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary. The Ecumenical Patriarch joined the Ambassador and Istanbul Consul General for dinner October 15, five days before the Patriarch's departure for the United States. As in previous meetings, the Patriarch praised PM Erdogan as the best option available for Turkey's minority populati [...]
2009-10-23 13:13:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GR OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL408INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY VOICES GROWING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 06:36:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL421AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey and Iran have actively courted each other in recent months, including Foreign Ministerial bilats in August, September, and early November, Erdogan's October trip to Iran, and Ahmadinejad's November 8-9 Istanbul visit. Ahmadinejad came for the OIC Summit, but also to furthe [...]
2009-11-10 17:12:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KNNP OIC TU IR
09ISTANBUL425A TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL EXECUTIVE URGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL BOARD MEMBER TOLD US THAT TRYING TO DO BUSINESS WITH IRAN HAS BECOME INTOLERABLE. HE SAID THIS IS BECAUSE IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC) IS MUSCLING OUT OTHER PARTNERS; IRAN REFUSES TO LOWER CUSTOMS DUTIES; BANK MELLAT IS UNRELIABL [...]
2009-11-13 18:10:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL428IRAN/FINANCE: TREASURY A/S COHEN URGES MORE
[...] (C) Summary: Treasury A/S Cohen met October 19 in Istanbul with representatives from Turkey's two largest banking associations, including eight leading Turkish banks. A/S Cohen urged Turkish banks to adopt the most stringent compliance and enforcement standards to give the international finan [...]
2009-11-19 10:03:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD PREL TU IR
09ISTANBUL429SISLI MAYOR SARIGUL BROADENING ELECTORAL BASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mustafa Sarigul, mayor of Istanbul's Sisli District, remains on track to launch his political party, the Turkey Change Movement (Turkiye Degisim Hareketi, or TDH),in January 2010 and will make a bid to oust Prime Minister Erdogan in the 2011 election. In separate, recent meetings [...]
2009-11-19 11:39:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL432READOUT ON ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH'S "SUCCESSFUL"
[...] (C) Summary. A close advisor who accompanied the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on his October 20 - November 6 trip to the United States provided us with a debriefing of the trip in which the Patriarch attended an environmental symposium, held services in New York and Washington D.C. and me [...]
2009-11-24 07:52:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE GR TU
09ISTANBUL434HALKI AND PATRIARCHAL SUCCESSION
[...] (C) Summary. Echoing statements made earlier by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the U.S.-based spokesperson for the Ecumenical Patriarchate on November 14 reiterated to poloff that Turkey's remaining community of 2,500 Greek Orthodox alone is not large enough to sustain the Patriarchate. The [...]
2009-11-27 09:31:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU
09ISTANBUL440TURKEY-IRAN RELATIONS: MOTIVATIONS, LIMITATIONS,
[...] (C) Recent discussions with Turkish and Iranian think-tank, business, and political activist contacts on the issue of Turkey-Iran relations reveal a broad consensus that: (1) Turkey pursues closer relations with Iran out of desires for regional stability and conflict avoidance, recognition of [...]
2009-12-04 12:36:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD KNNP TU IR
09ISTANBUL456ALEVIS WITHOUT A PARTY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The definition of Turkish Alevism varies greatly, as do the cultural and political objectives of the rainbow of Alevi organizations in the country. Three significant Alevi organizations/federations share only two demands: official GOT recognition of Alevi places of worship ("c [...]
2009-12-14 13:02:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL47IRAN/DIPLOMACY: FORMER IRANIAN MFA DG URGES
[...] (C) Summary: Kia Tabatabaee, a former Iranian MFA Director General now working for the "Developing Eight" (D8) organization in Istanbul, told us that Iran awaits US steps towards engagement. He urged the US and EU3 to put aside the nuclear issue "for a few months" and cooperate on regional i [...]
2009-01-29 11:59:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS IR TU
09ISTANBUL49ISTANBUL BUSINESS LEADERS VOICE CONCERNS RE IMF
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 23, Ambassador Jeffrey accompanied by Consul General met with members of the board of directors of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD). The discussion focused on concerns related to the global economic slowdown and its effects on the Tu [...]
2009-01-30 04:59:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV TU
09ISTANBUL68TURKEY: HIDDEN ARMENIANS AND THE ROLE OF THE
[...] (C) Summary. Acting Armenian patriarch Archbishop Aram Atesyan estimates there are 110,000 ethnic Armenians in Turkey including Armenian Turks and illegal Armenian migrant workers. He would put the number of those of Armenian descent in Turkey much higher -- nearly 2 million -- given compulsor [...]
2009-02-19 11:01:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL78TURKISH THINK TANK EXPERTS EXPOUND ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed private Turkish experts for latest views on Turkey-Iran and US-Iran relations. The most common themes we heard were: Turkey and Iran, as neighbors and rivals, both seek a stable "balance of power" with each other and usually pursue bilateral relations with t [...]
2009-02-26 10:34:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP IAEA TU IR
09ISTANBUL83US-IRAN RELATIONS: WHY IRAN REFUSED THE US
[...] (S) Summary: A trusted contact claims he was told by a close advisor to Iranian President Ahmadinejad that Iran denied visas for the planned February 4, 2009 visit of the US women's badminton because of the USG's "bad faith" in announcing the visit earlier than Iran had requested. According t [...]
2009-03-03 06:54:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPREL PGOV PINS KDEM IR
09ISTANBUL86AMCHAM SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS INVESTOR CONCERNS
[...] (U) Summary. The third annual American Business Forum Turkey investment survey highlights U.S. investor disillusionment with the pace of reform and concerns regarding macroeconomic stability. A large majority of surveyed investors nonetheless remain confident in Turkey's market potential and [...]
2009-03-03 14:17:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD TU
09ISTANBUL94TURKEY-IRAN COMMERCE: "MOSTLY JUST NATURAL GAS
[...] (C) Summary: Despite two recent trade-related Ministerial visits to Iran and accompanying press suggesting a rapidly expanding bilateral trade relationship, Turkish-Iranian Business Council contacts assured us that beyond Turkey's interest in Iranian natural gas, the trade relationship is "m [...]
2009-03-06 12:37:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV ETRD IR TU
09JAKARTA1040SCENESETTER FOR HDAC CODEL VISIT JUNE 30 TO JULY 2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 10:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1041SCENESETTER FOR HDAC CODEL VISIT JUNE 30 TO JULY 2
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Jakarta welcomes CODEL Price to Indonesia. You will arrive one week before Indonesia's second direct Presidential elections, July 8. This is a critical time for building relations between the U.S. and Indonesia, the world's second and third largest democracies. [...]
2009-06-19 10:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA10722009 AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LABOR DIPLOMACY:
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission nominates Stanley J. Harsha for the 2009 Award for Excellence in Labor Diplomacy. Counselor for Political Affairs Joseph L. Novak has nominated Stan with the full endorsement of Ambassador Cameron R. Hume. 2. (U) SUMMARY (Con'd) Stan has performed his Labor Attache [...]
2009-06-24 08:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ELAB PHUM ID
09JAKARTA1076 ASEAN 101 and Contacts
[...] Summary: Secretary Clinton's historic February visit to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat (ASEC) in Jakarta underscores a deepening U.S. relationship with ASEAN. The United States was ASEAN's first "Dialogue Partner" to name an Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs. It al [...]
2009-06-24 23:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDASEAN ECIN PREL EAID ID
09JAKARTA1156SAO--URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED IN VISA CLEARANCE
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Mission in reftel requested the Department's urgent assistance in securing Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) clearance for Hidayat Nur Wahid to travel to the United States. Nur Wahid is Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly ( [...]
2009-07-08 09:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CVIS KISL ID
09JAKARTA1163SCENESETTER FOR EXIM FARRELL VISIT TO INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Indonesia offers an opportunity to improve the competitive position of U.S. companies in this economy, at a time of improving U.S.-Indonesia bilateral relations. The effects of the global financial crisis have been milder in Indonesia than elsewhere, with Indonesi [...]
2009-07-10 02:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD ENRG EPET ID
09JAKARTA1184INDONESIA -- OUTLOOK FOR PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono,s decisive victory in Indonesia's recent presidential election gave him a second five-year term and a strong mandate to govern. He will need a stable Parliamentary coalition and a strong Cabinet to implement his reform agenda, however, and neither of these is [...]
2009-07-14 10:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KCOR ID
09JAKARTA1193INDONESIA: PROMOTING MUSLIM EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE AND
[...] (U) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes the President's proposals for broadening science and technology engagement with Muslim-majority countries. The key to success in Indonesia will be promoting personal scientist-to-scientist interactions. Post requests Washington's assistance in: 1) mainta [...]
2009-07-15 10:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL ID
09JAKARTA1275JULY 17 BOMBINGS -- CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY SEEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reached out to security authorities and other knowledgeable contacts about the recent blog post claiming responsibility for the July 17 Jakarta bombings. Although the "Al-Qaeda Indonesia" name used in the blog is new, virtually all observers agree that it appears to be mo [...]
2009-07-30 09:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC ID
09JAKARTA1292SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON VISIT AUGUST 14-16
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Jakarta welcomes CODEL Nelson to Indonesia. You will arrive the day of the National Day Address to Parliament by President Yudhoyono, who will be inaugurated on October 20 for his second term after a landslide victory. Indonesia has done well under his administ [...]
2009-08-05 00:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1339SUMATRA: FOREST FIRES IN RIAU DISRUPT LIFE AND IMPACT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Increasingly serious levels of haze and smoke resulting from forest fires mainly concentrated in Riau Province, Sumatra, have had a severe impact on daily life in the province during the first half of August. The smoke and haze caused by the fires have created flight diversions a [...]
2009-08-13 05:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAIR SENV ID
09JAKARTA1360YUDHOYONO SHARES HIS VISION FOR INDONESIA IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's August 14 National Day Address showed a confident leader on the cusp of his second and final term of office who sees his nation at the launching point for greater things. The broad vision for Indonesia Yudhoyono laid out corresponds in many ways to the [...]
2009-08-18 11:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1374U.S. GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE (GPOI)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: USPACOM put forward its draft FY 2010 GPOI Program Proposal, which requests funding to support Indonesian Peacekeeping Training in three areas: training, facilities, and equipment. According to USPACOM representatives, Indonesia will be a top priority for GPOI funding within P [...]
2009-08-20 06:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDID PGOV PREL MOPS
09JAKARTA1392SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES VISIT AUGUST 26-28
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representative Reyes, the staff of Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Indonesia and the United States are key partners in promoting democracy and security in Southeast Asia. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and incre [...]
2009-08-21 11:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1399LEGISLATORS ASK FOR U.S. -INDONESIA COOPERATION AT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian legislators told us at a DCM-hosted lunch that the key to strengthening U.S.-Indonesia relations was cooperating on issues confronting their constituents at the local level. A multi-partisan group of women legislators met with us on August 11 to discuss bilateral r [...]
2009-08-24 08:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ECON ID
09JAKARTA1408Health Cooperation - GOI Proposes
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; please handle accordingly. Please see action request in paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has proposed a health cooperation memorandum of understanding to be released during the President's proposed trip to Indonesi [...]
2009-08-25 09:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PGOV AMED KFLU MASS ID
09JAKARTA1417ASEAN -- SECGEN SURIN ON HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 25 diplomatic briefing at ASEAN headquarters in Jakarta, Secretary General Surin outlined developments in the areas of establishing an ASEAN human rights mechanism and addressing regional stability issues, such as North Korea. Surin reiterated ASEAN's call for the [...]
2009-08-27 08:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ASEAN ID
09JAKARTA1431INDONESIAN PRESIDENT'S SEPTEMBER TRAVEL PLANS --
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Presidential Palace has confirmed that President Yudhoyono will travel to Pittsburgh for the G-20 Summit, September 24-26. He will then travel to Cambridge to give a speech at Harvard and participate in a business gathering in Boston. He will not participate in the U.N. Ge [...]
2009-08-28 08:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP ECON UNGA ID
09JAKARTA1521Locking in Progress for Broader Health Cooperation in
[...] (SBU) Your September 15 meeting with Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari presents a critical opportunity to reset the stage for health and biomedical research cooperation with Indonesia. The Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Presidency received a resounding majority mandate in his July re-election, [...]
2009-09-11 10:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1584TIMOR-LESTE -- INDONESIAN VIEWS ON RELEASE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed with GOI contacts reftel points related to the recent release from detention by authorities in Timor-Leste of former militia leader Martenus Bere. GOI contacts confirmed that they are working with the GOTL to ensure the return of Bere--who is now in the cust [...]
2009-09-23 07:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID TT
09JAKARTA1638PAPUA -- CONTINUED PROBLEMS, AND POSSIBLE NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Eastern Indonesia's Papua and West Papua provinces remain troubled. The region is politically marginalized and many Papuans harbor separatist aspirations. Low-level violence continues, including a series of shootings near an American-owned mine, although it poses little immedia [...]
2009-09-30 10:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT ECON ID
09JAKARTA1669COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP--FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI and U.S. must maintain momentum on the Comprehensive Partnership and conclude the Peace Corps agreement soon, Department of Foreign Affairs Director for North and Central America Bunyan Saptomo told visiting EAP/MTS Director Joseph Yun on September 28. In a separate mee [...]
2009-10-06 02:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ID
09JAKARTA1685SINO-INDONESIAN RELATIONS -- POLITICAL WARINESS AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI views its deepening ties with the United States as an important element of a strategy to maintain regional balance in light of expanding Chinese influence. Sino-Indonesian ties are currently dominated by booming trade relations, which have in turn brought concerns that [...]
2009-10-07 08:01:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV MARR ECON ID CH
09JAKARTA1693PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON ON COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP AT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Presidential advisor and Spokesperson for International Affairs Dino Patti Djalal described U.S.-Indonesian relations as "at an interesting place" in public remarks delivered at a lunch hosted by USINDO on the Comprehensive Partnership on October 6th. He described the recent in [...]
2009-10-08 01:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD PREL ID
09JAKARTA1749SCENESETTER FOR EPA ADMINISTRATOR LISA JACKSON
[...] SUMMARY: Mission warmly welcomes EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and her presidential delegation to Indonesia. You are arriving on the eve of President Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono's inauguration. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and [...]
2009-10-16 11:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KGHG SENV ECON KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1766SHAPE OF NEW INDONESIAN CABINET EMERGES DESPITE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After weeks of frenzied media speculation, Indonesians were expecting to learn today who President Yudhoyono had selected for his new cabinet. Although most of the positions are pencilled in, analysts speculate that the delay could be due to a last-minute attempt by Yudhoyono to [...]
2009-10-21 11:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID PREL
09JAKARTA1767CHAIR OF REGIONAL ASSEMBLY AGREES ON NEED TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly-elected Chair of the Regional Representative Assembly (DPD) Irman Gusman told the DCM that the recently-passed Aceh province law that mandated the stoning to death of adulterers needed to be closely reviewed to determine whether it was in accordance with the constitution. [...]
2009-10-22 03:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1773PROMISING ALLIES FOR COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 00:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ID PREL
09JAKARTA1774PROMISING ALLIES FOR COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 00:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ID PREL
09JAKARTA1782INDONESIA'S PROMISING NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (U) This message contains Action Requests, please see paragraphs 7 and 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has signaled a continuation of his pragmatic and moderate foreign policy with his choice for Indonesia's new Foreign Minister. Dr. Marty Natalegawa, known for his quick wit and [...]
2009-10-26 06:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1820SCENSCETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ADVISOR EINHORN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Special Advisor Einhorn, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Indonesia and the United States are key partners in promoting democracy and security in Southeast Asia and have growing cooperation on nonproliferation. The GOI is favorably disposed toward what it views as [...]
2009-11-02 10:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV MNUC ECON AORC IAEA ID
09JAKARTA1832Ambassador Hume Expresses Concerns on Status of Peace Corps
[...] (U) This telegram contains an action request, please see para. 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hume met with Bunyan Saptomo, Director of North and Central American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 4 to discuss the remaining issues on completing Peace Corps' Memoran [...]
2009-11-04 12:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID USAID PREL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1837ESTABLISHING A DIALOGUE WITH INDONESIA'S NEW
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In October 30 meetings with the Ambassador, newly-elected Indonesian legislative leaders expressed their commitment to working with the U.S. to achieve Comprehensive Partnership goals. They di [...]
2009-11-05 09:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1860U.S.-INDONESIA SECURITY DIALOGUES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The United States and Indonesia hold an annual Strategic Dialogue and biannual Bilateral Defense Discussions. These discussions are productive, and Mission seeks to augment them under the proposed U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership by adding an annual set of strategic cons [...]
2009-11-09 11:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ID
09JAKARTA1869REWARD PERFORMANCE: RESELECT INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy strongly supports MCC reselecting Indonesia as eligible for compact. Indonesia deserves reselection based on its performance both on and outside the indicators. Failing to reselect Indonesia would dash Indonesian expectations created by the U.S. government and would we [...]
2009-11-12 00:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC ID
09JAKARTA1870REWARD PERFORMANCE: RESELECT INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy strongly supports MCC reselecting Indonesia as eligible for compact. Indonesia deserves reselection based on its performance both on and outside the indicators. Failing to reselect Indonesia would dash Indonesian expectations created by the U.S. government and would we [...]
2009-11-12 00:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC ID
09JAKARTA1879INDONESIAN FOREIGN POLICY--REALIZING THE POTENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As he begins his second term in office, which began on October 20, President Yudhoyono seeks an expanded global role for Indonesia. He wants his country to bridge the gap between developing and developed countries in the G20. He also seeks a role building understanding between [...]
2009-11-12 09:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV
09JAKARTA1882ENHANCING US-INDONESIA PARTNERSHIP THROUGH SCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post proposes a long-term science engagement strategy based upon three pillars: 1) upgrading Indonesia's science capacity through joint research that will provide ongoing mentoring relationships and connections to the U.S. science community; 2) assisting the recognition and dev [...]
2009-11-13 09:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TBIO SCUL SENV ENRG PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1929NEW STAFF AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's Office has appointed six new staff members. Julian Adrian Pasha will be in a particularly prominent position as Spokesperson for Domestic Affairs. Two key staff positions wh [...]
2009-11-23 08:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ID PINR
09JAKARTA1947SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY BURNS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and increasingly confident about its leadership role in Southeast Asia and the Muslim world. Indonesia has held successful, f [...]
2009-11-25 09:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON MARR ID
09JAKARTA2009RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- HIGH-LEVEL VATICAN OFFICIAL
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Cardinal Tauran, President of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, recently visited Indonesia. The Cardinal highlighted positive Christian-Muslim relations in Indonesia [...]
2009-12-07 10:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KIRF ID
09JAKARTA2010FILM CHALLENGES GOI VERSION OF EAST TIMOR INVASION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian censors have voted to ban the Australian film "Balibo," which alleges that Indonesian troops deliberately killed five foreign journalists during the 1975 invasion of East Timor. The ban may not be legally enforceable and activists have already screened the film in Ja [...]
2009-12-07 10:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI ID AS TT
09JAKARTA2013INDONESIANS DEBATE ASIAN REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two recent foreign policy conferences in Jakarta showed Indonesian's ongoing reappraisal of Asian regional architecture and anxiety over China's sometimes heavy handed approach to regional diplomacy. The events also demonstrated Indonesians' interest in a strong U.S. role in A [...]
2009-12-08 07:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ID CH XC
09JAKARTA20242010 FOOD SECURITY PLANNING: INDONESIA
[...] SUMMARY: Substantial potential exists for Indonesia to achieve greater food security through cash crops and fisheries, and to replicate its successes in other developing countries in the region. Indonesia has over 110 million people living on less than $2 dollar a day and around 13 million ma [...]
2009-12-10 03:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD SENV PREL ID
09JAKARTA2027SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and increasingly confident about its leadership role in Southeast [...]
2009-12-10 09:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KISL ID
09JAKARTA20312010 FOOD SECURITY PLANNING: INDONESIA
[...] SUMMARY: Substantial potential exists for Indonesia to achieve greater food security through cash crops and fisheries, and to replicate its successes in other developing countries in the region. Indonesia has over 110 million people living on less than $2 dollar a day and around 13 million m [...]
2009-12-11 09:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD SENV PREL ID
09JAKARTA2052PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY LOSES CREDIBILITY AS FINANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament's inquiry into the government's bailout of Bank Century is losing credibility as it escalates into a political in-fight between technocrat Finance Minister Sri Mulyani and wealthy businessman and Golkar Party leader Aburizal Bakrie. Mulyani's claims that the Golkar [...]
2009-12-15 10:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID ECON EFIN
09JAKARTA207PUTTING INDONESIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN
[...] (C) The Human Rights report drafted under current guidelines is misleading and would harm U.S. interests. It is time to fix this problem for the 2008 Indonesia Country Report on Human Rights Practices. The human rights situation in Indonesia has improved dramatically in the last ten years, a [...]
2009-02-06 10:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM ID
09JAKARTA2071U/S BURNS' DECEMBER 10, 2009, MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) December 10, 2009; 4:15 p.m.; Bali Democracy Forum; Bali, Indonesia. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary William Burns Ambassador Cameron R. Hume, Embassy Jakarta Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Dan Rochman, Embassy Jakarta political officer ( [...]
2009-12-17 10:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KDEM OVIP ID AF
09JAKARTA2072U/S BURNS' DECEMBER 10, 2009, MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) December 10, 2009; 10:45 a.m.; Bali Democracy Forum; Bali, Indonesia. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary William Burns Ambassador Cameron Hume, Embassy Jakarta Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Dan Rochman, Embassy Jakarta political officer (no [...]
2009-12-17 10:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR SENV OVIP ID AF
09JAKARTA2073CHINA DEEPENS ITS ECONOMIC INFLUENCE IN INDONESIA
[...] (C) Summary. China is deepening its economic influence in Indonesia, through major deals in energy and resources, as well as the impending entry into force of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement on January 1. Bumi Resources, Indonesia's largest coal miner and owned by the family of Golkar c [...]
2009-12-17 10:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN ETRD EMIN EPET PGOV ID CH
09JAKARTA2081INDONESIA-UNITED STATES STRATEGIC CONSULTATIONS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the first session of the December 11 inaugural U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Consultations, Under Secretary Bill Burns led the U.S. delegation in a discussion of bilateral cooperation under the Comprehensive Partnership (CP). The U.S. and Indonesian delegations discussed ways [...]
2009-12-21 09:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEAID SENV PREL PARM KGHG MARR OVIP
09JAKARTA2082INDONESIA-UNITED STATES STRATEGIC CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the second session of the December 11 inaugural U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Consultations, Under Secretary Bill Burns led the U.S. delegation in a discussion of cooperation on regional and international issues. The USG and the GOI agreed to cooperate in promoting democratic [...]
2009-12-21 09:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR KDEM OVIP ID AF
09JAKARTA2104Mission Indonesia Promotes Entrepreneurship
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Jakarta actively engages in promoting entrepreneurship as a means to strengthen ties with high-impact economic actors in Indonesia. This key group of stakeholders has the potential to positively shape and influence economic and political governance. Efforts to date hav [...]
2009-12-28 07:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV SOCI ID
09JAKARTA2122DEATH OF FORMER INDONESIAN PRESIDENT ABDURRAHMAN
[...] (U) The following message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's fourth president and a champion of democracy, diversity and human rights, Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid died in Jakarta on December 30 at the age of 69. Gus Dur--who had suf [...]
2009-12-31 05:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ID
09JAKARTA24PRESIDENT'S PARTY TAKES EARLY LEAD IN POLLS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat (PD) is leading in early polls for Indonesia's April national legislative election. PD has become the most popular party only recently, taking a lead on more established parties. PD's rise mirrors that of President Yudhoyono who--facing r [...]
2009-01-07 08:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA249KOSOVO -- BRIEFING INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has brieed GOI officials re Kosovo using latest points. Kosovo is a sensitive issue for Indonesia given its history of separatist movements and GOI interlocutors reiterated Indonesia's firm opposition to territorial separation in principle. In view of this, Mission advi [...]
2009-02-12 08:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ICJ KV ID
09JAKARTA26IN ANNUAL SPEECH, FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a review of Indonesian foreign policy priorities, Foreign Minister Wirajuda portrayed Indonesia as a "bridge and consensus builder" and defender of fundamental principles, particularly in the United Nations. He highlighted Indonesia's role as a key emerging economy and a voi [...]
2009-01-07 10:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA271INDONESIAN ELECTIONS EXPECTED TO BE LARGELY
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's 2009 national elections are expected to be largely peaceful. A tradition of peaceful elections, government-opposition relations that are not strained and effective law enfor [...]
2009-02-17 10:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS ID
09JAKARTA332PAPUAN REGION PREPARES FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's eastern provinces of Papua and West Papua are gearing up for the national legislative elections on April 9. While the situation has been calm and is expected to remain largely peaceful, long-standing Papuan resentment over perceived political marginalization lurks b [...]
2009-02-26 09:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA347SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ),
[...] (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Yes. Segments of Indonesia's Muslim and Papuan communities are capable and at times will carry out anti-American protests. Most demonstratio [...]
2009-03-02 02:06:00Embassy JakartaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
09JAKARTA370YEMENI PRESIDENT'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS LONGSTANDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's February 28-March 3 visit to Jakarta highlighted the longstanding ties shared by the two countries. Saleh also participated in the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF),a gathering of economic leaders from the Muslim world. The visit also c [...]
2009-03-03 10:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID YM
09JAKARTA375MAINSTREAM MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS STAY NEUTRAL IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's two large mainstream Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, have maintained their historically neutral political postures ahead of this year's national elections. Despite their proclaimed neutrality, many of their leaders and members are inten [...]
2009-03-04 03:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA378INDONESIA -- ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2009
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: The past year did not witness significant change in overall trafficking patterns in Indonesia. There is a continuous trend of Indonesians seeking work abroad as high unemployment and [...]
2009-03-04 08:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAM EAID ID
09JAKARTA392YUDHOYONO CONSIDERS REPLACING ACEH MILITARY
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY. President Yudhoyono is struggling with how and when to replace the hardline Aceh Regional Military Commander, Major General Sunarko. The only question is whether this happens before or after the April 9 national legi [...]
2009-03-05 10:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ID
09JAKARTA396PAPUA -- TENTATIVE NEW EFFORTS TO ADDRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Residents of eastern Indonesia's Papua and West Papua provinces remain frustrated at their region's relative economic and political marginalization. Many Papuans feel the province's Special Autonomy Law has so far failed to deliver promised economic benefits or given them a gre [...]
2009-03-06 08:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ID
09JAKARTA415 INDONESIA'S GROWTH SLOWDOWN, BALANCE OF PAYMENT PRESSURES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's economic growth is slowing as the global economic downturn has become more entrenched. Market consensus expects a growth slowdown (current IMF forecast is 3.5 percent),rather than recession, for 2009. The macroeconomic situation remains broadly stable, though pres [...]
2009-03-10 10:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EINV EAID ID
09JAKARTA447ASEAN SECRETARIAT -- POSITIVE MOMENTUM ON TIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's February 18 visit to the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta has generated positive momentum regarding U.S. engagement with Southeast Asia. ASEAN Secretariat officials welcome the U.S. decision to pursue accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation and look forward [...]
2009-03-13 09:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA ASEAN ID
09JAKARTA45CENTRAL JAVA RAMPS UP FOR APRIL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C and Pol/FSN visited Central Java, Indonesia's third-largest province by population, January 8-9. Contacts were focused on the campaign for the April national legislative elections. The general view is that the opposition Indonesian Party of Democratic Struggle (PDI-P) wi [...]
2009-01-12 05:13:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO PTER ID
09JAKARTA519EDUCATION #4 - FOLLOW-UP TO THE SECRETARY'S INDONESIA
[...] Over the last decade, Australia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Great Britain, and other countries expanded and modernized their student recruiting systems in Indonesia. The United States did not with unfortunate and predictable results: the U.S. is no longer the top destination for Indonesian stu [...]
2009-03-23 06:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL ID
09JAKARTA526COUNTERTERRORISM -- GOI DERADICALIZATION EFFORTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's deradicalization program owes much to the personal commitment of several key police officials. Along with the primary goal of intelligence collection, deradicalization aims to change the mind-set of terrorists and reintegrate them into society after their release fr [...]
2009-03-24 04:20:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV PTER ASEC PREL ID
09JAKARTA539Climate Change, Smart Power, and the World Ocean
[...] (SBU) Summary. The May 11-15 World Ocean Conference (WOC) and Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Summit in Manado, Indonesia is an unparalleled "smart power" diplomacy opportunity. We can showcase our environmental and climate change leadership on the road to Copenhagen and beyond. We can streng [...]
2009-03-25 09:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID
09JAKARTA544BURMA -- AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EU SPECIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume discussed Burma with EU Special Envoy Fassino on March 24. Fassino said the 2010 elections in Burma offered a historic opportunity and the international community should try to influence the process constructively. Fassino welcomed recent signals that Washingto [...]
2009-03-25 10:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN ID BM EU
09JAKARTA584WORLD OCEAN CONFERENCE -- RAISING ISRAELI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has learned that Indonesia does not plan to invite Israeli representatives to the World Ocean Conference (WOC) it will host, May 11-15. We have noted that a failure to invite Israeli participants could undermine the WOC's claim to be a world conference. We also urged GO [...]
2009-04-01 10:35:00Embassy JakartaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHSA SENV ID IS
09JAKARTA613 TOP INDONESIAN FOUNDATION WANTS U.S. PARTNERSHIP ON HIGHER
[...] (SBU) During Secretary Clinton's visit to Indonesia she supported an expanded bilateral relationship in the field of education. Our challenge: to cultivate sustainable educational partnerships between the U.S. and Indonesia by expanding university partnerships and increasing the number of Indo [...]
2009-04-03 09:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL ID
09JAKARTA623U.S.-INDONESIA COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A delegation of senior GOI officials looks forward to discussing the draft of a U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership statement with USG counterparts during an April 14-16 visit to Washington. This [...]
2009-04-06 10:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KPAO ID
09JAKARTA632U.S.-Indonesia: Moving Ahead with Health Collaboration
[...] (SBU) During an April 6 meeting with Ambassador Hume, Dr. Emil Salim, Environmental Advisor to President Yudhoyono, urged that the United States and Indonesia expand health collaboration under a new bilateral science and technology agreement. Salim acknowledged that a stable bilateral relation [...]
2009-04-07 09:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO TSPL SENV KGHG PREL ID
09JAKARTA666PAPUA -- INCIDENTS FUEL POST-ELECTION TENSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two additional incidents, including one fatality, have added to post-election tensions in Papua. Although five people are now confirmed dead in the series of incidents, the security forces have pledged a tough but measured response. Papuans are increasingly calling for a dialog [...]
2009-04-13 10:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM ID
09JAKARTA69WHO'S IN CHARGE OF INDONESIA'S ECONOMIC POLICY?
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesian economic policy lacks clear leadership and institutional coordination. While Indonesia's macroeconomic response to the financial crisis has been generally strong, high profile Ministerial disputes highlight the tensions between economic technocrats, who believe in rul [...]
2009-01-14 08:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV EFIN ID PGOV
09JAKARTA736SENIOR OFFICIAL PUBLICLY ENDORSES COMPREHENSIVE
[...] A senior official in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs has publicly endorsed the idea of a new partnership between the United States and Indonesia. Retno L.P. Marsudi, Director General for America and Europe, made the endorsement in an opinion piece in the English-language Jakarta [...]
2009-04-27 09:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA804PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR'S INSIGHTS ON POSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 5 meeting with DepPol/C, Presidential Advisor T.B. Silalahi said President Yudhoyono is leaning toward choosing State Minister Hatta Rajasa as his vice-presidential running mate. The President still has not made his mind up, however (Yudhoyono has said he will announce h [...]
2009-05-07 09:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PDEM ID
09JAKARTA880Manado Ocean Declaration Stresses Climate-Ocean Linkages
[...] Summary: U.S. engagement contributed significantly to the success of the May 11-15 World Ocean Conference (WOC) in Manado, Indonesia. Our substantive participation led to the adoption of the Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) by 76 countries, while our delegation underscored U.S. concern about c [...]
2009-05-20 09:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS KGHG PREL ID
09JAKARTA896GOI CONCERNED ABOUT LANGUAGE IN DRAFT FOREIGN
[...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see para 5. 2. (C) The Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs called in the Ambassador on May 25 for a meeting to discuss draft U.S. Congressional legislation. The language regarding West Papua in Section 1123 of the draft Foreign Relations Autho [...]
2009-05-26 08:13:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA929BORNEO MARITIME TERRITORIAL DISPUTE TESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has called for renewed talks with Malaysia about a long-standing maritime border dispute over a region located off of eastern Borneo Island (Indonesian Kalimantan). Malaysian naval vessels reportedly recently entered disputed waters in the region before backing off. Bil [...]
2009-06-01 10:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ID MY
09JAKARTA961U.S. Visas for ASEAN Officials: Time for Change
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: Secretary Clinton's historic February visit to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat (ASEC) in Jakarta reflected a deepening U.S. relationship with ASEAN. The United States is a Dialogue Partner of A [...]
2009-06-05 01:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEAN PREL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA970PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH EVOKES POSITIVE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulates Surabaya and Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Prominent Indonesians of different faiths praised President Obama's "soothing" speech to Muslim world communities on June 4. One of his advisors told Pol/C that President Yudhoyono was "highly impressed [...]
2009-06-05 10:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KIRF KISL ID
09JAKARTA974INDONESIAN POLITICAL TENSIONS SURGE IN BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian government officials and parliamentarians are gearing up for a political tussle with Malaysia over a border dispute off the coast of Borneo. Six legislators plan to visit Kuala Lumpur to complain about what they consider to be Malaysian naval incursions into disputed [...]
2009-06-08 10:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PBTS MY ID
09JAKARTA981 Special autonomy in Aceh: governance challenges mounting
[...] (SBU) Summary: The April legislative elections marked a major transition point for Aceh. A bigger challenge for Aceh: governance. Provincial, district and national government have struggled to implement their respective governance roles under special autonomy. The two biggest economic governa [...]
2009-06-09 08:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL ID
09JEDDAH157ALBANIA SUBMITTING DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Albania is submitting a draft resolution on Kosovo recognition at May 4-6 OIC Jeddah meeting preparatory to May 23-25 Damascus OIC Ministerial. En route to Jeddah OIC meeting today, the Albanian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Admirim Banaj, passed post a copy of Albania's draft reso [...]
2009-05-04 19:17:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF
09JEDDAH163ALBANIA SUBMITTING DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Albania is submitting a draft resolution on Kosovo recognition at May 4-6 OIC Jeddah meeting preparatory to May 23-25 Damascus OIC Ministerial. En route to Jeddah OIC meeting today, the Albanian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Admirim Banaj, passed post a copy of Albania's draft reso [...]
2009-05-06 14:28:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALEAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF
09JEDDAH165ALBANIANS REPORT SUCCESS IN MOVING DRAFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a May 4-6 OIC preparatory meeting in advance of the upcoming Damascus ministerial conference, the OIC has passed an Albanian-submitted resolution encouraging its 57 member states to consider diplomatic and economic ties with Kosovo. According to the Albanian ambassador, Egypt w [...]
2009-05-06 15:18:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALEAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF
09JEDDAH175OIC CAMPAIGNING FOR SYG IHSANOGLU TO ATTEND POTUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meeting an Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) official again expressed strong interest in sending a high level delegation to Washington in June, identifying five potential participants. In the course of the meeting, a May 13 email from OIC Permanent Observer [...]
2009-05-21 15:23:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL OFDP OPDC PREL SA OIC
09JEDDAH186READ-OUT ON OIC MINISTERIAL IN DAMASCUS: SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In May 25 conversation with Jeddah poloff, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) adviser Ufuk Gokcen reviewed developments at the May 23-25 OIC Ministerial in Damascus, which included passage of a "modest" Kosovo resolution along with a watered-down version of a proposal to [...]
2009-05-26 15:27:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALEG KISL KO PREL RP SA SY OIC OFDP OVIP
09JEDDAH214OIC OFFICIALS RECEIVE SECRETARY CLINTON'S LETTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 27 Consul General delivered Secretary Clinton's letter to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General in response to his May 6 message urging pressure on Israel to end settlement expansion and home demolitions. While expressing appreciation for the Se [...]
2009-06-03 14:35:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALIS KISL KWBG OPDC PREL SA OIC
09JEDDAH215ASKING TO SEE WORDS LINKED TO ACTION, JEDDAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo to the Muslim world was very positively received by an audience of a dozen Saudi elites, Muslim diplomats, and a senior OIC official at the Consul General's residence in Jeddah. The speech was viewed as setting US-Islamic relations in a new [...]
2009-06-04 16:43:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PREL SA TU EG
09JEDDAH226OIC SECRETARY GENERAL REQUESTS MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the President's POTUS speech, the Organization of the Islamic Conference remains fixated on gaining a meeting with a high-ranking U.S. official and specifically are requesting a meeting with the Secretary between June 15-23. While the OIC continues to press for lower le [...]
2009-06-14 13:14:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KISL KPAL WBG SA
09JEDDAH268POST SNAPSHOT OF NEWLY-APPOINTED IRAN NUCLEAR
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Jeddah-based Organization for the Islamic Conference's (OIC) recent Assistant Secretary for Scientific and Technology Affairs, Ali Akbar Salehi, an AUB grad with doctorate from MIT, has been named chief of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization. In 2008, USG officials dealt [...]
2009-07-19 16:11:00Consulate JeddahSECRETKNNP KISL IAEA PHUM PREL IR SA
09JEDDAH367THE NEW FACE OF SAUDI ARABIA? SAUDI MINISTER,S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In September 23 meeting with Ambassador Smith and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale, Saudi Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja held forth on issues ranging from new media and the significance of the Kingdom,s brand-new flagship [...]
2009-10-01 11:14:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON EDU KPAO LE PGOV PHUM PREL SA SCUL
09JEDDAH407OIC SYG CALLS MEETING WITH SECRETARY "HISTORIC"--
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Returning from a recent trip to the U.S. with Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, OIC senior official Ufuk Gokcen discussed the highlights of the visit, including the long anticipated meeting between SYG and Secretary Clinton. Acco [...]
2009-10-22 12:49:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KISL KPAL WBG SA
09JEDDAH444SAUDI PROPOSED OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: On November 16, Captain Mohammad Ali Jamjoom, Vice President Safety and Economic Regulation at the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA),presented EconCounselor and PolEconOff with further revisions to the D [...]
2009-11-19 11:29:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALCVIS EAIR ECON KTIA PREL SA
09JEDDAH445MORE NETWORKING, MORE OUTREACH TO MUSLIM YOUTH,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During her October 31 - November 1 visit to Saudi Arabia, the Secretary's Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC),Farah Pandith, reached out to a wide range of Saudi youth and civil-society activists over the course of two full days in Jeddah. SRMC Pandith discussed h [...]
2009-11-19 11:35:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIPR KPAO SA SCUL SOCI
09JEDDAH446LOBBYING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS SAUDI-STYLE: SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary. As part of her October 31-November 1 visit to Saudi Arabia (ref A),Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith met with Basmah Omair, general manager of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (JCCI) Khadeejah Bint Khuwailed Women's Center (KBKC). The KBKC [...]
2009-11-19 12:49:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO KWMN PHUM SA SOCI
09JEDDAH489REDISCOVERING SOUTHERN ARABIA: NAJRAN, THE EMIRATE
[...] (C) Summary: A ConGen visit to the southern Arabia emirate of Najran, December 18-19, 2009, revealed a tranquil, fertile valley tucked within mountainous terrain, where the traditional way of life has remained surprisingly unaffected by the recent violence in Yemen, at various points 5-15 km [...]
2009-12-25 07:26:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SA SCUL
09JEDDAH61SAUDI ARABIA: CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL
[...] (SBU) KEY POINTS: --Saudi Arabia continues to be a destination country for foreign domestic workers, primarily women from East and South Asia, who are either trafficked into the Kingdom or whose treatment after arriving in the country qualifies them as victims of trafficking. --In additio [...]
2009-02-11 06:26:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09JEDDAH84INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION --
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Consulate General Jeddah received a letter through the post dated February 15 directed to President Obama from the Secretary General of the International Islamic Relief Organization(IIRO) in Saudi Arabia. IIRO Philippine and Indonesian branches, along with IIRO Saudi Arabia E [...]
2009-03-02 11:17:00Consulate JeddahSECRET//NOFORNKISL PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI PREL PINR SA
09JEDDAH85HIJAZIS COMMENT ON RECENT MEDINA CLASHES AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post met with Hijazi Shi'a to get their views of recent demonstrations in Medina following clashes after Shi'a pilgrims were not allowed to enter Baqi'a cemetery on February 20. Poloffs also spoke to a local Sunni contact with ties to Medina who claims the situation has been blown [...]
2009-03-02 16:49:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA
09JERUSALEM1089UNRWA'S June 2009 Advisory Commission Meeting
[...] (SBU) At the June 9-10 Advisory Commission (AdCom) meeting of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Amman, Jordan, Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd noted that the total deficit of $107 million, including $39 million of essential operatin [...]
2009-06-26 14:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL KWBG JO SY LE
09JERUSALEM1092JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/29): PALESTINIANS WONDER IF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 11:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1137JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/06): Abbas Calls for Cessation
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 10:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1190JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/13): "National Unity Should
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 10:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1226JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/17): "The dialogue must
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 09:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1280JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/27): Palestinians seek deeper
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 11:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1285ABU MAHER TO RETURN, CLAIM FATAH NUMBER TWO SPOT
[...] (C) Summary. Fatah official Mohammed Rateb Ghneim (Abu Maher) is expected to arrive in the West Bank July 29, following decades in the Palestinian diaspora. Upon his return, which Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abu Mazen personally negotiated, Abu Maher will effectively become the nu [...]
2009-07-28 15:02:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1330JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 10:44:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1333JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 12:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1394FATAH CONGRESS: PRELIMINARY CENTRAL COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: Fatah officials have released a "semi-official" list of the new Fatah Central Committee (FCC). Only four incumbent FCC members retained their seats in elections held August 10; the other 14 members largely reflect familiar Fatah power centers. The biggest surprise was Abu Ala' [...]
2009-08-11 15:48:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR KWBG KDEM KPAL
09JERUSALEM1398YESHA COUNCIL WEAKEND, NEEDS TO DELIVER TO SETTLER
[...] (C) Summary. Although it emerged weaker from the 2005 Gaza disengagement and 2006 evacuation of Amona outpost, and is now challenged by a younger generation of radical settlers, the YESHA Council remains the strongest settler organization, according to ConGen contacts. One expert claimed t [...]
2009-08-12 14:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1403JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/14): Time Has Come For
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 07:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM143NEW LAND CONFISCATIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM AND WEST
[...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality informed an East Jerusalem family that ten dunams (2.5 acres) of their land will be confiscated to build a school for Palestinian children. A Municipality representative told PolOff the Municipality planned to confiscate land throughout East Jerusalem [...]
2009-01-15 16:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
09JERUSALEM1465JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/19): Palestinians continue to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 07:14:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1494JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/24): Settlement activity
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 10:51:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1533PALESTINIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETS FOR FIRST TIME
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. On August 26, the Palestinian National Council (PNC) convened for the first time since 1998 to fill six seats vacated by deaths on the PLO Executive Committee (PLO/EC). Three of the new members return to the seats traditionally held by their small factions. Two othe [...]
2009-08-27 15:02:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KDEM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM156JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/20): OBAMA's "ERA OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 11:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1565JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/31): Indications of progress
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 10:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1596JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/03): Palestinians continue to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 14:51:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM160JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/21): OBAMA INAUGURATION USHERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 11:14:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1614JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/08): Relations will not
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 10:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1618JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/09): The Obama peace
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 10:02:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1652NASER AL-QIDWA ON FATAH, PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary. Newly-elected FCC member Nasir al Qidwa said Fatah's abilities to overcome internal rivalries will determine whether it ultimately emerges stronger after its recent Congress in Bethlehem. He is skeptical that Fatah is prepared for new elections, despite favorable polls, and beli [...]
2009-09-11 15:11:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL KUNR IS EG
09JERUSALEM1653YASIR ABD RABBO AND HANAN ASHRAWI ON PLO REFORM
[...] (U) This message includes an action request for the Department -- please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: PLO Executive Committee (PLO/EC) General Secretary Yasir Abd Rabbo outlined plans to reform the PLO in a meeting with the Consul General on September 10. He said the PLO's role was never [...]
2009-09-12 12:35:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
09JERUSALEM1719MUTED PALESTINIAN REACTION TO POTUS SEPTEMBER 23
[...] (C) Summary: Despite positive public comments by PA leadership in local media following President Obama's September 23 UNGA speech, mid-level Fatah contacts told Post that, while they welcomed the President's references to Palestinian statehood and the illegitimacy of continued settlement a [...]
2009-09-24 14:34:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS PTER
09JERUSALEM1742JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/29): Palestinians hope for
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 05:56:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1754PROFILE OF AVIGAIL OUTPOST FOUNDER ELISHA MEIDAN
[...] (C) Summary. On September 22, PolOff visited the settlement outpost of Avigail in the Hebron Hills and met with its founder, 30-year-old Elisha Meidan. Meidan, a new husband and father living in a converted bus, explained to PolOff that while he considers himself and his fellow outpost sett [...]
2009-10-01 16:24:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG CASC IS
09JERUSALEM1791SEIZED HAMAS DOCUMENTS OFFER POTENTIAL INSIGHT
[...] (S) Summary and comment. Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) seized four documents during the raid of a Hamas-affiliated think tank in Nablus in late September 2009. The documents were drafted by Nablus-based Hamas leaders and Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members in early [...]
2009-10-08 16:43:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EG IS
09JERUSALEM1890SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE
[...] (C) Summary. Since the Hamas takeover of Gaza in June 2007 and the subsequent establishment of an "emergency government" in the West Bank under PM Salam Fayyad, the trajectories of Gaza and the West Bank have increasingly diverged. In Gaza, Hamas has consolidated control, thanks to externa [...]
2009-10-16 16:41:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM190JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/27): THE COSTS OF DIVISION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 10:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM198JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): MITCHELL AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 11:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1983PA SECURITY COMMANDERS CONCERNED OVER IDF
[...] (C) Summary. In back-to-back meetings on November 2, PA National Security Forces (NSF) West Bank Commander Major General Thiab Ali (Abu al Fatah) and Palestinian Civil Police (PCP) Chief Major General Hazim Atallah expressed anger and frustration with what they described as un-coordinated Is [...]
2009-11-03 15:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS MOPS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1984UNSCO AND UNRWA DESCRIBE CONTRADICTIONS IN GAZA
[...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with USUN Ambassador Susan Rice, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) Robert Serry and UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Director for Gaza John Ging emphasized the need to restart essential infrastructure projects in Gaza, inc [...]
2009-11-03 18:39:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER PGOV EAID KPAL GZ IS
09JERUSALEM2018JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (11/6): President Mahmoud
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 14:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2047JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/16): The Palestinian Authority
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 07:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2050MIXED MESSAGES ON PLO UNSC STATEHOOD INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Palestinian officials have been sending mixed messages about the seriousness and speed of the PLO's call for a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution declaring a Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital. PLO Chief Nego [...]
2009-11-16 14:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2129UNRWA'S November 2009 Advisory Commission Meeting
[...] (SBU) At the November 17-19 Advisory Commission (AdCom) meeting of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA),Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd highlighted chronic funding shortfalls and looked to host and donor governments to consider innovative ways to finance UNRWA operations. UNR [...]
2009-11-25 09:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG JO SY LE
09JERUSALEM2130PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS, ISRAELI SETTLERS CRITICIZE
[...] (C) Summary: In the build-up to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's early-evening November 25 address announcing a ten-month moratorium on new West Bank settlement construction, senior Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) officials issued a flurry of publi [...]
2009-11-25 20:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2132WEST BANK SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM, TOME
[...] (SBU) The GOI's November 25 announcement of a ten-month moratorium on new residential construction in West Bank settlements was the subject of continued criticism on November 26-27. Palestinian officials issued a stream of press statements arguing that the moratorium was meaningless without [...]
2009-11-27 11:59:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2144JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/30):
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 13:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM215HAMAS CALL FOR "NEW PLO" ANGERS PLO, FATAH
[...] (C) Summary. Fatah and PLO contacts responded angrily to Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Mesha'al's January 28 call for the formation of a new Palestinian organization to replace the PLO. Mesha'al said in a televised speech that the PLO does not represent "resistance" factions and has lo [...]
2009-01-30 15:30:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2174WEST BANK SETTLERS FEEL "BETRAYED" BY NETANYAHU
[...] (C) Summary. In the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's November 25 announcement of a 10-month suspension of new construction in West Bank settlements, Post contacts in the settler community voiced distrust of the GOI, anger at the USG, and a determination to resist GOI efforts to moni [...]
2009-12-03 15:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG CASC IS
09JERUSALEM218JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/02): PALESTINIAN ALARM OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 10:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2260WEST BANK MOSQUE TORCHED, SETTLERS SUSPECTED
[...] (C) Summary. Before dawn on December 11, a mosque was set afire in the Palestinian village of Yasuf, south of Nablus, according to Palestinian Authority security officials. Local contacts and press report that Israeli settlers from Kfar Tappuach are suspected of the arson, which was the la [...]
2009-12-11 16:33:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KIRF KISL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2296ASSESSING THE "NEW" FATAH
[...] (S) Summary and Comment. In the four months since Fatah (the historically dominant Palestinian national movement) held its long-delayed Sixth General Congress, it has made only limited progress on internal reform. Despite the initial boost he received from the Congress, Palestinian Authorit [...]
2009-12-18 12:35:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETECON KDEM KPAL KWBG PGOV PINR PREL
09JERUSALEM2337JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY REPACKAGES LATEST ZONING
[...] (C) Summary: Jerusalem municipal officials briefed Post on December 23 on the latest version of Mayor Nir Barkat's plan for the redevelopment of the currently Arab-inhabited al-Bustan area of Silwan in East Jerusalem. Barkat's proposal calls for the demolition of 19 of al-Bustan's 97 homes, [...]
2009-12-29 14:07:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM245FRANCISCANS REQUEST USG ASSISTANCE PROTECTING
[...] (C) Summary. The Franciscan (Catholic) Custos of the Holy Land reported vandalism against a monastery on Mount Zion and requested USG assistance to protect Jerusalem's Christian holy sites. A representative of the Custos told PolOff vandals accessed the monastery from the neighboring Cenacl [...]
2009-02-05 14:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM264JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/09): TURKEY'S "GROWING ROLE"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 11:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM399JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/09): PALESTINIANS ANALYZE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 09:03:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM563JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/27): PALESTINIANS SEE U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 05:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM616JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/06): PALESTINIANS: PEACE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 10:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM644JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/10): PALESTINIANS SEE "SLOW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-10 08:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM659JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/13): PALESTINIANS WONDER HOW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 09:25:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM681JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/21): PALESTINIANS: POWERFUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 09:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM692JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/23): PALESTINIANS: TANGIBLE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-23 16:21:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM694NO CLEAR TREND EVIDENT IN RECENT UNIVERSITY AND
[...] (C) Summary. Employee and student elections are widely seen by Palestinians as indicators of the relative standing of political factions at a given point in time. Recent elections reveal no clear trend in favor of either Fatah or Hamas, who continue to compete for influence and attempt to s [...]
2009-04-24 09:20:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
09JERUSALEM742JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/05): LOW EXPECTATIONS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 10:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM784JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/13): "A WEAK AND BIASED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 06:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM797JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/14): PALESTINIANS WONDER:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 09:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM825NEW FAYYAD GOVERNMENT FORMED
[...] (C) Summary. A new Palestinian Authority (PA) cabinet under the leadership of PM Salam Fayyad was sworn in on May 19 by PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen). Coming after a difficult, prolonged negotiation over Ministerial positions, the new government includes representatives from four pol [...]
2009-05-20 15:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KWBG
09JERUSALEM846REGIONAL SETTLER COUNCIL MOVES ON EXPANSION OF
[...] (C) Summary. The Jordan Valley Regional Council issued a tender on May 12 for 20 houses in Maskiyot settlement for settler evacuees from Gaza, and held a tour for contractors on May 17. The 20 houses will be constructed outside Maskiyot's built-up area, roughly doubling the settlement's fo [...]
2009-05-22 13:24:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL EAGR
09JERUSALEM848PALESTINIAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY PLEASED BY NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts in the Palestinian business community are generally pleased with the new Palestinian Authority government, but concerned that the timing and method of government formation has deepened political differences. Contacts emphasized the need for the new government to suppor [...]
2009-05-22 14:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS PREL
09JERUSALEM870JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 14:26:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM871JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 14:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM891FATAH PLC MEMBERS JOIN FAYYAD'S GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) More than two weeks after swearing in the new Fayyad government (reftel),Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) swore in two additional ministers from the Fatah PLC bloc on Thursday, June 4. Their addition to the cabinet, after the last-minute "boycott" of the [...]
2009-06-05 11:50:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM897PALESTINIANS WELCOME PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JUNE 4
[...] (U) Summary. Palestinians welcomed President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech. Palestinian Authority (PA) officials praised the speech, highlighting the President's commitment to an independent Palestinian state. Several Fatah leaders told Post officers privately that President Obama's speech [...]
2009-06-05 15:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS PTER KISL
09JERUSALEM945JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/09): PALESTINIANS: NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 08:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JOHANNESBURG1172009 `STRIKE SEASON' TURBULENT AND POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Up to 190,000 South African municipal workers plan an indefinite strike from July 27 that will disrupt local service delivery. The strike is being organized by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and its South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMAWU) affiliate [...]
2009-07-24 15:31:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM SOCI SF PREL PGOV ECON ELTN EFIN EIND
09KABUL1018FRAUD IN ZABUL'S FOOD FOR WORK PROGRAM UNDERMINING
[...] (C) Corruption and fraud in the U.N. World Food Program's Food For Work (FFW) initiative has started to undermine governance efforts in Zabul province. According to provincial officials, some local government officials are complicit in falsely certifying uncompleted or non-existent projects, [...]
2009-04-22 08:25:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAGR EAID AF
09KABUL1037AFGHAN HIGHER EDUCATION: DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF
[...] SUMMARY: Afghan higher education was decimated during the civil war and never re-built during the Taliban years. In the past eight years, great improvements have been made, notably in rebuilding infrastructure and reestablishing standards of higher education. However, of the more than 2,300 in [...]
2009-04-23 12:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KIRC SCUL EAID AF
09KABUL1041DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW AND KARZAI ACKNOWLEDGE
[...] (C) In his April 2 meeting with D/S Lew, Karzai reaffirmed his confidence that President Zardari's view on the insurgency problem was in line with Afghanistan's, but continued to express distrust of the motivations of the Pakistan army and ISI. Karzai pledged to cooperate with the U.S. to impr [...]
2009-04-25 06:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL1044INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS FEELING OUT THEIR ROLE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 22, the EU exploratory mission on election observation, and a representative of OSCE/ODIHR, briefed donor nation representatives in Kabul on their initial observations. Some team members updated a smaller group of donor nation representatives on April 25, providing a cl [...]
2009-04-26 05:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1046KARZAI HOSTS PARLIAMENT-US CONVERSATION ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai, his national security ministers, and several dozen MPs urged the Charge and ISAF representatives on April 26 to join with the Afghan government and Parliament to form a commission on reducing civilian casualties. During a long and impassioned but respectful m [...]
2009-04-26 15:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL11JUNBESH LOOKS AHEAD TO LIFE AFTER DOSTUM
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Junbesh-e-Milli leaders are scrambling to lead the party in a new direction following Gen. Dostum's exit from Afghanistan. Junbesh, the country's largest ethnic Uzbek political organization, receives the bulk of its funding from foreign governments, which also influence the [...]
2009-01-04 09:47:00Embassy KabulSECRETKDEM PREL PGOV AF TU UZ
09KABUL1111WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?: FEMALE REGISTRATION FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the April 25 opening of the two-week candidate registration period, over 500 individuals have registered as provincial council (PC) candidates for the August elections. The Independent Election Commission's (IEC) initial reports on candidate registration indicate, howeve [...]
2009-05-03 09:41:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1196SCRUTINY, THEN CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR CANDIDATES
[...] SUMMARY: On May 8 the two-week candidate registration period for the August 2009 elections closed. The Independent Election Commission (IEC) now has in hand registration packages from 44 presidential candidates and 3,324 provincial council candidates. By May 15, the IEC must complete its sc [...]
2009-05-10 13:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1226SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEAHY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the Administration's new strategy, agreeing on the merit and priority of refocusing on defeating al Qaeda to prevent it, and like-minded local and regional groups, from returning to Afg [...]
2009-05-13 10:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP PTER NARC PHUM KDEM
09KABUL1232TALIBAN AND WARLORD QUESTIONS AS THE ECC SETS UP
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At a May 12 press conference, the five commissioners of the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) introduced their organization, noted the jurisdiction of the ECC and explained the process for the upcoming challenge period. Afghan media representatives pressed the ECC on whethe [...]
2009-05-15 06:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1292AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-IRAN TRILATERAL SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) MFA Senior advisor Davood Marodian informed us that the trilateral summit, postponed from its original May 19 date, has been rescheduled for May 24. He expected more visuals than substance. 2. (C) President Karzai is considering President Ahmadinejad's invitation to Karzai to extend [...]
2009-05-21 04:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PK IR
09KABUL1295CODEL CARPER - WELCOME TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Senators: We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the United States' new strategic purpose to defeat al Qaeda and its supporters and to prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan. To accomplish this, President Obama's [...]
2009-05-21 09:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP PTER NARC PHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL1321SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LANGEVIN
[...] (SBU) Congressmen: We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the United States' new strategic purpose to defeat al Qaeda and its supporters and to prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan. To accomplish this, President Oba [...]
2009-05-26 06:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1352FM KOUCHNER REITERATES FRENCH COMMITMENT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Pierre Lallouche, France's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Ambassador Jean d'Amecourt May 14 to discuss increased military and civilian engagement in Afghanistan, elections and bilateral coordi [...]
2009-05-30 11:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MOPS MARR FR AF
09KABUL137NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 18, polmiloffs delivered reftel demarche on sanctions against the A.Q. Khan proliferation network to Dr. Davood Moradian, Senior Policy Advisor to the Afghan Foreign Minister. Moradian generally welcomed the news but used the meeting to urge the U.S. to adopt a ''smart [...]
2009-01-20 07:02:00Embassy KabulSECRETKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
09KABUL1378CODEL CARPER STRESSES NEED FOR GREATER AFGHAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senators Thomas Carper, Mark Udall, Jeanne Shaheen, Kay Hagan, and Mark Begich had a productive visit to Afghanistan that included meetings with President Karzai, the Ministers of Defense and Interior, and a visit to Regional Command-East. The Codel delivered effective USG mess [...]
2009-06-01 08:43:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM OREP AF
09KABUL139SECOND THOUGHTS ON KARZAI AMONG AFGHAN ELITE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Constituencies important to President Karzai's re-election hopes are voicing dissatisfaction that Karzai is ignoring their counsel and failing to improve local governance and fight corruption. Disappointment with Karzai's performance over the last few years is becoming more comm [...]
2009-01-20 09:02:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL1425AFGHAN PUBLIC PROTECTION FORCE IS TAKING ROOT IN
[...] (C) Summary. The positive development of the Afghan Public Protection Program (AP3) in the Jalraz district of Wardak Province demonstrates how the AP3 might successfully be adapted to build local support and responsibility for security. The program still faces a myriad of challenges, though [...]
2009-06-07 02:45:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1467FORGING A CAMPAIGN OF IDEAS
[...] (C) Even before the official start of the presidential election campaign season, most political observers have concluded that President Karzai will easily win re-election. Karzai is gunning for an overwhelming first-round victory by lining up endorsements from nearly all of the country's powe [...]
2009-06-08 14:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1519AFGHANISTAN: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF DAUDZAI
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Chief of Staff Minister Umar Daud Zai (Daudzai) said that Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu shared "fresh ideas" on improving Turkish-Afghan bilateral relations and regional ties during his June 11-13 visit here. Daudzai mentioned education, economics, and in [...]
2009-06-14 11:13:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SNAR AF
09KABUL1564YASENI CALLS FOR MORE INVOLVEMENT FROM
[...] (C) Lower House Deputy Speaker and presidential candidate Mirwais Yaseni requested more USG and international community involvement in the presidential election to help offset President Karzai's alleged use of government officials and resources to benefit his campaign. In a June 15 meeting wit [...]
2009-06-18 05:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1577SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NSA TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan. Your timing could not be better. You are coming at a crucial period in Afghanistan's movement toward a more secure and democratic Society. The presidential election campaign has just begun, as has our increase in military forces, plus a dra [...]
2009-06-21 07:22:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR NATO OVIP PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1592CORRECTED COPY: COIN SUCCESS IN ALASAY BEGINS TO
[...] (S) Summary. There are sobering lessons to be drawn from the Alasay Valley in Southern Kapisa, where the strategic dynamics have shifted back in favor of the insurgency just shy of three months after U.S. and French forces assisted the ANA to reestablish Afghan government presence there. This [...]
2009-06-22 02:39:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1600SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan. Your timing could not be better. You are coming at a crucialperiod in Afghanistan's movement toward a more secure and democratic society. The presidential election campaign has just begun, as has our increase in military forces, plus a dram [...]
2009-06-23 02:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL AF
09KABUL1647ABDULLAH HIGHLIGHTS DECENTRALIZATION PLATFORM IN
[...] (U) The Ambassador continued his public engagement with opposition presidential candidates with a joint press appearance alongside Abdullah Abdullah on June 21. During the event, covered widely by Afghan and international media, Abdullah highlighted his proposals to decentralize the governmen [...]
2009-06-23 16:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1669MAY IN GHAZNI: GOVERNOR ABSENT
[...] (S/REL ISAF) During the month of May, the province remained stable politically with Governor Usmani in control, but the governor was forced to face accusers from Ghazni's Provincial Council (PC) and their allies in Parliament in Kabul on May 20, in a hearing presided over by President Karzai. [...]
2009-06-25 14:41:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1671IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN AFHGAN HIGHER ED: SUBTLE BUT
[...] SUMMARY: Given cultural and linguistic ties between Afghanistan and Iran, no one is surprised that Iranian influence permeates Afghan higher education. Ironically, just as Iran closes university access to Afghan refugees in Iran, it is becoming more deeply involved in Afghan higher education. [...]
2009-06-26 11:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO KIRC SCUL AF
09KABUL1683KARZAI ASKS NSA JONES FOR GREATER BILATERAL POLICY
[...] (C) At their June 23 meeting, President Karzai repeated to NSA Jones his call for a US-Afghan joint team to implement the President's new strategy. He conceded such an initiative could not begin until after the election. Karzai will make his role as a unifying and national, rather than ethnic [...]
2009-06-29 04:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON AF PK IR
09KABUL172SHERZAI BASKS IN BUZZ OVER POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Nangarhar Governor Gul Aqa Sherzai's trip to the United States this month ignited gossip among Kabul's chattering classes and media about his presidential ambitions and relationship with President Karzai. Rumors that Sherzai attended President Obama's inauguration at the invitat [...]
2009-01-26 07:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1733AFGHAN GOVERNMENT'S RESTRAINED INTERVENTION IN
[...] (C) Summary. Officials of Paktya province in Afghanistan and tribal elders brokered an agreement on June 15 in an attempt to quiet two years of fighting between the Shia Turi and Sunnis in Pakistan's Kurram Agency. The residents of Bushera, a Sunni enclave on the Pakistani side of the border [...]
2009-07-02 12:30:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1747CANDIDATES DISCUSS PLATFORMS AND ELECTORAL PROCESS
[...] SUMMARY: On July 1, Ambassador Eikenberry hosted a roundtable for the members of CODEL Ellsworth with four presidential candidates standing in the August elections. The Ambassador, Ambassador Ricciardone and Rep. Ellsworth focused their comments on U.S. support for a secure, credible and incl [...]
2009-07-05 04:41:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM OREP PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1748OPPOSITION CANDIDATES TELL NSA JONES SECURITY AND
[...] In a June 23 meeting with National Security Advisor General Jones and Ambassador Eikenberry, leading opposition candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, and Mr. Mirwais Yasini cited security, corruption, good governance, the role of women, and economic development as they key issue [...]
2009-07-05 08:17:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PINR PREL PTER AF
09KABUL1767KARZAI ON THE STATE OF US-AFGHAN RELATIONS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings this week, I discussed with President Karzai a number of issues, including Karzai's concerns with the future of US policy on Afghanistan, and his opinions on where US policy here had failed. The meetings were cordial, but raised certain concerns for me about [...]
2009-07-07 13:29:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1899MINOR CANDIDATES ADD COLOR AND CONFUSION TO THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By nearly all informal observations, President Karzai holds a sizable lead over his closest competitors in the lead up to the Aug. 20 election. If Karzai is unable to secure 50 percent of the vote in the first round, it will likely be due to the high number of candidates spli [...]
2009-07-16 08:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1912AFGHANISTAN'S INDIA INTERESTS
[...] (C) Summary. Senior officials described the Afghan relationship with India as the best in recent history but noted the constraints imposed by Pakistan's fear of encirclement. They noted the extensive Indian assistance programs now underway in Afghanistan, and had no suggested recommendatio [...]
2009-07-18 08:46:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1914ABDULLAH ENERGIZED ABOUT CAMPAIGN, WORKING FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 14, Ambassador Eikenberry met with presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah to discuss the state of the presidential campaign. Invigorated by his trips to the provinces and boasting an ambitious travel schedule for the next few weeks, Abdullah expounded on his cam [...]
2009-07-18 09:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL AF
09KABUL201 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR
[...] SUMMARY: Narcotics cultivation in Afghanistan declined in 2008 by nearly 20 percent, after two years of record highs. Despite the drop in poppy cultivation, however, Afghanistan remained the world's largest grower of opium poppy, with cultivation largely confined to five contiguous provinces i [...]
2009-01-26 13:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER
09KABUL2244CREATION OF NEW AFGHAN "COUNCIL OF MINORITIES"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of four minority ethnic communities in Afghanistan (the Babar, the Baluch, the Bayat, and the Hazaras) met with Embassy representatives on July 21st to announce the formation of a new organization to represent minority communities in Afghanistan. The group, whi [...]
2009-08-05 13:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER USAID AF
09KABUL2262AFGHANISTAN: NEXT STEPS FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S. Mission in Kabul is applying more resources and new capabilities to support Afghan government counter-narcotics (CN) interdiction efforts in 2009-2010. While downgrading/eliminating USG funding for large scale Afghan police eradication of poppy fields, we will expand ag [...]
2009-08-06 13:00:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PREL AF
09KABUL2304KARZAI THE CANDIDATE GIVES KARZAI THE PRESIDENT A
[...] (S) Summary: President Karzai's recent success in energizing political support appears to have put him in a better frame of mind about the future, making our most recent discussion of post-election strategic goals more coherent and useful. That said, he is still spending more time working on [...]
2009-08-11 06:50:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2305SKY INTERVIEW SHOWS PARADOXES IN AFGHAN TRIBAL
[...] (U) Summary: Prince Ali Seraj of the Afghan royal family hosted a gathering of tribal elders and religious scholars on August 1st to share with us information on various tribe-related issues, the current political situation, and the recent developments in their home provinces. We unexpecte [...]
2009-08-11 07:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER AF
09KABUL2339 Faryab Province Assessment
[...] (U) This is a bi-annual report from the State PRT representative in Mazar-e-Sharif on political, economic and security developments in Faryab Province. 2. (SBU) Security in Faryab province, which forms the western flank of Regional Command North, has deteriorated over the past year and doe [...]
2009-08-13 07:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2380AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 11 MEETING WITH KARZAI:
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In my August 11 meeting with President Karzai, I reiterated the importance of moving forward on post-election goals, including creating a compact with the international community. I emphasized that a return of Dostum to Afghanistan would be unacceptable to the United States [...]
2009-08-16 10:39:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2382DIRECTOR OF KUCHI DIRECTORATE: FEW KUCHIS WILL
[...] (C) Summary: According to Director General (DG) of the Independent Directorate of Kuchis (IDK) Abdul Wahab Sulemankheil, no female Kuchis and only 20-25% of eligible Kuchi male voters will vote in the August 20 presidential election. The DG attributes the expected low Kuchi voter turnout t [...]
2009-08-16 12:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL AF
09KABUL2422POST-ELECTION COMPACT: KARZAI TEAM CONSULTATIONS
[...] (S) Summary: In final pre-election consultations, President Karzai and his security team agreed to the general concept of the strategic dialogue and a post-election "compact" but had few new ideas to contribute in light of their intense focus on elections. Karzai in particular was engaged in [...]
2009-08-19 09:49:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL243YOUR VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (C) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from increased U.S. military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. But con [...]
2009-02-02 16:31:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV AF
09KABUL246PAKTIKA GOVERNOR CONFIRMS HIS DEPARTURE AND
[...] (C) At a meeting with the Ambassador on January 29, Paktika Governor Mohammad Akram Khpalwak confirmed that he is being replaced, in all likelihood within a few days by current Kandahar NDS chief Abdul Qayum Katawazay. He expressed support for the notion of a carefully organized, government- [...]
2009-02-03 06:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL249 Afghan Human Rights Report on Kuchi-HazaraViolence:
[...] The Aghan Independent Commission on Human Rights' (AICHR) report on the Summer 2008 clashes betwee ethnic Hazarans and ethnic Pashtoon Kuchi nomds in Wardak Province concludes that, absent decisive government intervention to resolve this long running dispute, violence is likely to flare up aga [...]
2009-02-03 10:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL25AFGHAN PARLIAMENT MAKES UNEVEN PROGRESS IN 2008
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's Parliament struggled to pass meaningful legislation and find a proper balance between executive and legislative authorities as its 2008 legislative session ended last month. Disorganization, chronic absenteeism and poor professional capacity hampered both house [...]
2009-01-04 11:59:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2520THE PILOT AFGHAN PUBLIC PROTECTION PROGRAM: SIX
[...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Public Protection Program (AP3)*an Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) organization providing community-based security under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior (MOI)*has taken root in several districts of Wardak province. The Embassy and USFOR-A assess re [...]
2009-08-24 14:23:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2599BADGHIS: GOVERNOR ARMAN REQUESTS MORE US ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Summary: A subdued but confident Badghis Governor Delbar Jan Arman told Ambassador Eikenberry on August 13 that the situation in his province is difficult and getting worse. He requested U.S. support, both in troops and diplomatic efforts, to help overcome the lack of activity on the par [...]
2009-08-29 07:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2658FM BILDT AGREES ON NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt agreed, in an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Eikenberry, to a post-election course of action for the international community in Afghanistan. Minister Bildt expressed his fears over Afghan perceptions of the upcoming conference of Special Represent [...]
2009-09-01 14:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2687 CIVILIAN COMPONENT OF PRT FARAH JOINS REGIONAL COMMAND
[...] (SBU) Reftel set forth the roles and responsibilities of the Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) positions in Regional Command East (RC-E) and Regional Command South (RC-S). In particular, the SCRs are responsible for coordinating the work of all USG civilians under Chief of Mission authori [...]
2009-09-05 04:08:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2690IEC TAKES POSITIVE STEP TOWARDS FINALIZING FRAUD
[...] (C) Summary: The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Commissioners took a key step September 6 towards addressing claims of fraud in Afghanistan's presidential and provincial council vote. The IEC was supposed to rule on criteria for including or excluding all the ballots quarantined to da [...]
2009-09-06 17:26:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2756FORMER EXILED TRIBAL LEADER PROMISES TO IMPROVE
[...] (C) Summary: Former mujahidin commander and Nangarhar power broker Haji Zaman Gomsharick, widely considered to be the most influential leader of the Khogyani tribe, met with the Jalalabad PRT State Department representative on August 10. Haji Zaman, who recently ended seven years of exile in [...]
2009-09-10 06:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS AF
09KABUL2832GHANI SEES BAD AND WORSE POST-ELECTION OPTIONS
[...] (S) Summary: Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani is convinced that without a national framework, Afghanistan will face a political implosion. Without a new national political architecture, Dr. Ghani's prognosis for the country is glum. He warns that the North is on the verge of implosion, K [...]
2009-09-19 06:09:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF KDEM
09KABUL2919POST-ELECTION DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS GAIN MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary: Some Afghan analysts and officials are forecasting potentially dire scenarios that could unfold following the announcement of the final election results. A former Afghan diplomat and political analyst, who currently works for UNAMA, predicts "a gathering storm in the north," w [...]
2009-09-20 07:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL2933AFGHAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS TRANSBOUNDARY WATER
[...] (C) Summary: After years of official reluctance to negotiate with its neighbors on transboundary water issues, Afghan government officials received the go-ahead from President Karzai to discuss capacity building for government negotiators. Before donors begin large-scale irrigation, drinking [...]
2009-09-21 15:30:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALENRG EAID SENV ECON PREL AF
09KABUL2959IEC/ECC AGREE ON SAMPLING METHOD FOR AUDIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Independent Elections Commission (IEC),the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC),the UN and international experts have finalized an audit process for contested presidential election ballots. SRSG Eide introduced the new methodology to candidates' agents and election obser [...]
2009-09-24 17:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2961IEC/ECC AGREE ON SAMPLING METHOD FOR AUDIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Independent Elections Commission (IEC),the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC),the UN and international experts have finalized an audit process for contested presidential election ballots. SRSG Eide introduced the new methodology to candidates' agents and election obser [...]
2009-09-25 12:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL31SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REED
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from increased US military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. But c [...]
2009-01-06 09:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR OREP AF
09KABUL313IEC "SATISFIED" WITH VOTER REGISTRATION AFTER
[...] (SBU) Two senior officials of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),with ISAF support, traveled February 2-4 to Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan to monitor voter registration operations, reach out to voters and key political figures, and assess the neuralgic question of equitable Pashtun [...]
2009-02-11 04:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3168GOVERNANCE IN PANJSHIR - PEEKING UNDER THE HOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The government and people of Panjshir have firm control of their own security, providing a safe environment for development and enabling the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to undertake $65 million worth of projects. However, human capacity remains weak. Perceived neglec [...]
2009-10-07 14:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MOPS AF
09KABUL319PARLIAMENT EXERCISES CHECK ON KARZAI THROUGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Parliament's Lower House confirmed two Cabinet nominees and rejected a third this week. The votes concluded another chapter in President Karzai's often rocky relationship with legislators, who have turned to Cabinet confirmations and no-confidence votes as one of their few check [...]
2009-02-12 10:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL323CHANGE AT THE TOP OF AFGHANISTAN'S FINANCE MINISTRY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Ahadi has resigned to run for president and been replaced by acting Transport Minister Zakhilwal, a technocrat whose political star has been rising since he rescued the Haj-flights operation late last year. Zakhilwal, a strong proponent of private sector develo [...]
2009-02-12 13:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAIR AF
09KABUL3362IRANIAN AID AND CHILD LABOR KEY LABOR MINISTRY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a review of child labor issues, Afghanistan Ministry of Labor Director of International Relations Ahmad Komail focused on issues of foreign criminals preying on the children of the poor, foreign government influence on his ministry, and ineffective staffing policies pursued wi [...]
2009-10-19 13:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EIND ETRD PHUM PREL SOCI
09KABUL3378KARZAI AND IEC ANNOUNCE SECOND ROUND
[...] (U) Summary: At a Palace press conference on October 20 President Hamid Karzai announced that there would be a second round of the elections, held in about two and a half weeks. (IEC likely will delay final signature on its certification of first-round results until October 26, so that the co [...]
2009-10-20 16:30:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3409NURISTAN,S GOVERNOR JAMALUDDIN: PORTRAIT OF AN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Habitually attired in blindingly white baggy trousers and tunic, Governor Jamaluddin Badr is the very picture of the present Afghan bourgeoisie: proud of his conservative religious credentials, fascinated with modern luxuries, and focused on narrow concerns. His weaknesses as [...]
2009-10-26 04:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKBIO PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3420ENGAGING KARZAI'S INNER CIRCLE ON ELECTIONS AND
[...] (S) Summary: The Embassy continues to engage both Karzai and Abdullah confidants to prevent political slippage and to solidify our message before the November 7 presidential run-off. We are recognizing President Karzai's correct but difficult decision to accept a second round and the pivot [...]
2009-10-26 12:30:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3462SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 2-3 VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since 2002, Canadian forces have engaged in the strategically important southern Afghan province of Kandahar along side the United States. On August 21, 2009, both countries signed "The Canada-U.S. Kandahar Coordination Plan," which outlines the joint priorities and projects w [...]
2009-10-29 04:17:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS AF CAN
09KABUL3480PAVING THE WAY FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE APTTA
[...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan,s chief negotiator for the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA),Adib Farhadi, talked to EconOffs Oct 29 regarding the recent flap resulting from the Afghan MFA,s foot-dragging on transmitting the terms of reference for the study on unauthorized trade. [...]
2009-11-01 09:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALETRD EAID PREL PK AF
09KABUL3484ABDULLAH'S WITHDRAWAL: THE DOOR STAYS OPEN
[...] (C) Summary: Dr. Abdullah Abdullah made public his decision to withdraw from the Presidential race on November 1, conducting a meeting-announcement in front of about 1000 followers and a formal press conference later in the day. His tone was critical of the Karzai government, especially the I [...]
2009-11-01 14:31:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3485ABDULLAH'S WITHDRAWAL: PRELIMINARY LEGAL ANALYSIS
[...] (C) Summary: Following Dr. Abdullah Abdullah's November 1 speech withdrawing from the Presidential election, there are legal questions that must be answered in coming days. The ECC's Legal Advisor, Peter Lepsch, provided his preliminary analysis of the options under the Afghan Constitution and [...]
2009-11-01 14:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3487OCTOBER 27 MEETING WITH BALKH GOVERNOR ATTA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-01 17:36:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3503CONFLICTING VIEWS WITHIN AFGHAN GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts within the Afghan National Security Committee (NSC) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) appear ambivalent regarding the overall value of de-listing individuals from UNSCR 1267. FM Spanta's senior advisor said that re-integrating individuals "won't change the Taliban" [...]
2009-11-03 12:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL AF
09KABUL3506THE MORNING AFTER: THE KARZAI CAMP LOOKS AHEAD
[...] (S) Summary: At a meeting with Ambassador Eikenberry November 3, the day after being declared the winner of the presidential elections, President Karzai appeared ready to get to work on his second term, buoyed by the call from President Obama. He accepted the need for forward momentum: his i [...]
2009-11-03 14:21:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3633PLANNED SOUTH KOREAN PRT IN AFGHANISTAN: A FEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-11 14:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM MOPS PGOV PREL KS AF
09KABUL3662THE GRUNTLED AND DISGRUNTLED - AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. The Embassy met separately with each of the leading electoral also-rans - Abdullah, Bashardost, Ghani and Yasini -- over the past week to gauge their reactions to the outcome of the election and discuss future plans. Apart from Karzai, these are the only candidates to [...]
2009-11-13 10:01:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3665 ESTABLISHING SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVES IN THE
[...] SUMMARY: Ref (A) announced the creation of the Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) positions in Regional Command - East (RC-E) and Regional Command-South (RC-S),as well as a new structured civilian presence throughout Afghanistan, to achieve USG and coalition civ-mil unity of effort. Ref ( [...]
2009-11-14 03:42:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV AF APER
09KABUL3666 ESTABLISHING SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVES IN THE
[...] SUMMARY: Ref (A) announced the creation of the Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) positions in Regional Command East (RC-E) and Regional Command-South (RC-S),as well as a new structured civilian presence throughout Afghanistan, to achieve USG and coalition civ-mil unity of effort. Ref (A) [...]
2009-11-14 03:42:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV AF APER
09KABUL3677WELCOME TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, We warmly welcome you to Afghanistan. Your visit caps a period of political and security challenges here, which we see moving into a new phase of consolidation. The Afghan government and public appreciate our increases in civilian personnel; our continued military pr [...]
2009-11-16 12:15:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV EAID AMGT PREL ECON AF
09KABUL371KARZAI-MASSOUD TENSIONS HIGHLIGHT EXECUTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Karzai and First Vice President Ahmad Zia Massoud clashed over post-May 21 executive authority and Massoud's presidential ambitions during a February 16 Cabinet meeting, shocking those present with the personal nature of their remarks. Karzai pressured Massoud to resig [...]
2009-02-20 02:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL3725KARZAI'S INAUGURATION - LEGITIMACY, POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's November 19 inuaguration ceremony emphasized his domestic and international legitimacy, possibly laying to rest his government's fears that their troubled electoral victory would come back to undermine his second term. Karzai's strong roots with the "mujahedee [...]
2009-11-19 14:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID AF
09KABUL3742PROSPECTS FOR NEXT AFGHAN CONFERENCE
[...] (C) In UNAMA's November 21 weekly ambassadorial-level meeting, UK Ambassador Sedwill announced that UK, U.S., French, and German capitals, and President Karzai had all concurred that the next conference on Afghanistan will take place on 28 January 2010 in London. According to the UK and Fren [...]
2009-11-22 07:03:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL UN AF
09KABUL3748RC/SOUTH SENIOR CIVILIAN REP MEETS WITH KANDAHAR
[...] (C//REL TO ISAF) Summary: Regional Command - South Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Frank Ruggiero discussed local security and governance issues and introduced U.S. stabilization programs in meetings on November 16 with Kandahar Governor Tooryalai Wesa, Kandahar City Mayor Haider Hamidi [...]
2009-11-24 05:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PTER PREL AF
09KABUL3799CABINET RUMORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Karzai's inaugural day assertion that "the ministers of Afghanistan must possess integrity and be professionals serving the nation," both Afghans and internationals are awaiting Karzai's announcement of his Cabinet picks. Karzai's candidates must be confirmed [...]
2009-11-28 10:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL380UK Foreign Secretary Miliband Discusses Best Practices with
[...] (SBU) In a February 18 meeting, Kunar Province Governor Wahidi reviewed for visiting UK Foreign Secretary Miliband the reasons for his success in the most "kinetic" province in Afghanistan. Wahidi cited extremely close cooperation with and support from the PRT in security, governance, and dev [...]
2009-02-22 06:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PINR AF
09KABUL381JUNBESH OFFICIAL EXPOUNDS ON PARTY REFORM, PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) Junbesh party central committee head Sayed Noorullah discussed his recent public spat with General Dostum, internal party reform efforts, and the party's outlook for the upcoming presidential elections with State PRT officer. Anti-reform elements within Junbesh, especially former militar [...]
2009-02-22 06:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3812AFGHANISTAN'S GHAZI PROVINCE GOVERNOR ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In early November, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representatives met with Governor Usman Usmani to discuss the presidential election outcome and a way forward on our governance agenda. Usmani, a strong Karzai supporter, expressed his support for the Afghan Independ [...]
2009-11-30 06:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AFIN
09KABUL3844AFGHANISTAN'S GHAZNI PROVINCE GOVERNOR ON
[...] (C) Summary: In early November, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representatives met with Governor Usman Usmani to discuss the presidential election outcome and a way forward on our governance agenda. Usmani, a strong Karzai supporter, expressed his support for the Afghan Independ [...]
2009-12-01 12:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3853US-AFGHAN PARTNERSHIP CREATES NEW INSTITUTIONS TO FIGHT
[...] Summary: Seven Ministerial level speakers joined the Ambassador and UK Ambassador in stressing the importance of reducing corruption in Afghanistan at an Embassy-organized media event in Kabul on November 16. At this event highlighting growing bilateral and multilateral engagement in this sph [...]
2009-12-02 13:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCOR EAID AF
09KABUL3865KARZAI LOOKS FORWARD
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 2, Ambassador Eikenberry met twice with President Karzai. At the first meeting, the Ambassador and General McChrystal discussed President Obama´s December 2, speech with Karzai and his national security team. Ambassador Eikenberry advised that at the national level, the [...]
2009-12-03 11:27:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PROG AF
09KABUL3876INTERIOR MINISTER DETAILS SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE IDEAS,
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Atmar welcomed intensified USG focus on sub-national governance (SNG),calling it essential to the survival of Afghanistan's central government. He criticized international contractors for knowing little about the subject, sub-national governance, and proposed [...]
2009-12-04 12:02:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF
09KABUL3890KANDAHAR POLITICS COMPLICATE U.S. OBJECTIVES IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: As we step up engagement with GIRoA leadership in Kandahar, it is important to understand the dynamics of political power and how fundamental Kandahar is to the fortunes of the Karzai regime. It is from Kandahar that President Karzai's claim to national legitimacy originates and from t [...]
2009-12-06 09:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PTER AF
09KABUL3894SUBJECT: HELMAND: A REINTEGRATION ASSESSMENT
[...] (S/REL to USA, ISAF, NATO) Summary: Helmand Province, particularly in parts of the south, is already undergoing de facto reintegration of some Taliban forces on an informal basis, with no involvement from coalition forces or GIRoA. Both Nawa and Garmsir Districts have community councils, comp [...]
2009-12-06 13:29:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV AF
09KABUL393HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN: FINDING THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG Kai Eide told 35 gender donors group representatives at their 2/10 retreat that he would like to speak out more on human rights issues but frequently remains silent because he fears unintended negative consequences of a public statement. Eide's comments reflect frustration am [...]
2009-02-23 05:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL AF KDEM
09KABUL396OPPOSITION LEADERS SAY THEY SUPPORT UNITY ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. First Vice President Massoud and United Front leader Burhanuddin Rabbani back a unified effort to resolve the issue of President Karzai's status following the 5/22 constitutional expiration date of his term. In separate and recent conversations with the Ambassador, each: (1) sup [...]
2009-02-23 08:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL3961ABDULLAH FADES, RABBANI EMERGES; STRONG OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: Although former presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah rose from virtually nothing to prominence during the elections, he has since noticeably faded from the Afghan political scene, as Rabbani moves out of the shadows to exert his influence with President Karzai for ministe [...]
2009-12-08 13:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL397KARZAI REOPENS ELECTION DATE TIMING
[...] (C) On 2/23, President Karzai informed a group of western and developed country embassies that he would announce on 2/27 his decision either to comply with the Constitution (i.e., declare that the election should be advanced to the spring) or seek a political agreement that would result in his [...]
2009-02-23 16:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL40SCENE-SETTER: GENERAL PETRAEUS VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your return visit to Afghanistan. Your presence at the Afghan National Military Academy,s first graduation will significantly enhance this milestone event. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from i [...]
2009-01-08 12:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PREF AF
09KABUL400UNITED FRONT: KARZAI MUST STEP DOWN AFTER MAY 22
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Front (UF) spokesman Sayed Sancharaki said President Karzai must step down after the 5/22 expiration of his term, but promised UF leaders will temper their public comments so as not to destabilize the country. Hard Line, But Tempered Tone ----------- 2. (SBU) In a [...]
2009-02-24 04:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF
09KABUL4024SUBJECT: BUILDING A STRATEGY ON AFGHANISTAN'S
[...] (S) Summary. Cross-border issues have a fundamental impact on U.S. objectives in southern Afghanistan, and improved control of the southern border -- at the Spin Boldak crossing in particular -- is a critical path to international coalition and GIRoA success. This message assesses the key cha [...]
2009-12-16 05:31:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS ELTN CAN PK AF
09KABUL4025ADDRESSING AFGHAN PARLIAMENTARY CONCERNS OVER U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone visited Parliament's Upper and Lower Houses December 11 and 12 to discuss the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and specific MP concerns regarding President Obama's December 1 speech. In the two meetings, MPs expressed broad support for President Obama's [...]
2009-12-16 05:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF
09KABUL4027KARZAI ON ANSF, CABINET, AND 2010 ELECTIONS
[...] (S) Summary: President Karzai reiterated to Admiral Mullen and Ambassador Eikenberry on December 14 his commitment to Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) development, Interior Ministry (MOI) reform, and to obtaining sufficient security force recruits and training. Although Karzai's reported cabi [...]
2009-12-16 09:57:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL404JUNBESH SEEKS COMPROMISE ON PRESIDENTIAL CONTINUITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Junbesh-e-Milli leaders say the majority-Uzbek party is willing to play a constructive role in negotiations with President Karzai and other political leaders over post-5/22 executive authority. Most Junbesh leaders insist Karzai must step aside after the constitutional expira [...]
2009-02-25 04:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF
09KABUL4040TALIBAN SHADOW GOVERNANCE IN HELMAND PROVINCE
[...] (C) Summary: There is no coherent structure to Taliban shadow governance in Helmand, but there is a relevant presence of Taliban in large parts of the province which competes with GIRoA for local loyalty. While local Taliban leaders work under broad strategic direction from the Quetta shura [...]
2009-12-17 06:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL4070THE NEW CABINET: BETTER BUT NOT BEST
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai sent most of the cabinet list to the Parliament on December 19 with the notable exception of National Directorate for Security (NDS) Chief Saleh. Although we judge many of the ministers are acceptable and qualified, this list represents only a modest upgrade in Karzai' [...]
2009-12-19 16:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL408PIR GAILANI: AUGUST ELECTION OKAY ONLY IF KARZAI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fresh from a Palace election date discussion, Pir Gailani, head of the politically and religiously influential Gailani family, told the Charge on 2/24 that he and other political leaders would support President Karzai staying in office until an 8/20 election only if Karzai annou [...]
2009-02-25 11:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF
09KABUL4137AFGHAN CABINET CONFIRMATION PROCESS UNDERWAY
[...] (C) Summary: The Lower House of the Afghan Parliament began the cabinet approval process on December 21, and announced they would not vote on ministers until after all of the confirmation hearings. Most MPs think this process will end before mid-January; meanwhile, acting ministers are limi [...]
2009-12-23 07:49:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4150ABOVE THE LAW: CORRUPT GOVERNOR THWARTS GOVERNANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Paktya Governor Juma Khan Hamdard has the skills and charisma to be a successful politician. However, his Hezb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HiG) connections, alleged meddling in political affairs in Balkh Province, leadership of a province-wide corruption scheme, and suspected contacts with ins [...]
2009-12-27 11:34:00Embassy KabulSECRETKDEM PGOV PINR AF KDEM
09KABUL4151SOME POLITICAL FACTIONS WANT A 2010 DELAY
[...] (C) Summary: Although key presidential staff claimed to us that Parliament was "unanimous" in its view that the 2010 Parliamentary elections must proceed on time (reftel A),privately, many MPs have told us they would support a delay if it meant there would be electoral reform (and since they [...]
2009-12-27 13:20:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4152STATUS UPDATE: MOU WITH COALITION PARTNERS ON LIFE,
[...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 4 2. (U) Begin Summary. Embassy Kabul continues to engage with coalition partners who lead Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in order to press for conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support. [...]
2009-12-28 10:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF CA EAID FR GM HU IT LH NL NO NZ PGOV SP SW UK
09KABUL416HELMAND GOVERNOR SEES SOME PROGRESS BUT BLAMES
[...] (C) En route to a visit in the UK, Helmand Governor Mangal met with the Ambassador on 17 February to provide an update on developments in his province. He was especially pleased with progress on the counter narcotics front as well as with the continuing, positive effects being felt in Garms [...]
2009-02-26 04:23:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4187NAD ALI-MARJA STABILIZATION PLANNING: MOVING
[...] (C/Rel US, ISAF, NATO) Summary: UK-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Lashkar Gah hosted a Marja stabilization civ-mil planning conference on December 16, with members of Task Force Helmand (TFH),Task Force Leatherneck (TFL) and RC-South. This was a complete review of the previous sta [...]
2009-12-29 13:16:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL4211SHIA ASHURA CELEBRATION PASSES PEACEFULLY IN
[...] (U) On December 27, Afghan Shia throughout the country publicly and peacefully observed the holiday Ashura. Black, red, and green banners draped monuments, street lights, and doors in Kabul more than a week in advance of the holiday to commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali, the prophe [...]
2009-12-30 14:58:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL426RABBANI TELLS HOLBROOKE PARLIAMENT, SUPREME COURT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-28 10:26:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL427FM SPANTA-HOLBROOKE: WELCOME U.S. COMMITMENT, NEED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Spanta told Ambassador Holbrooke on 2/14 that Afghanistan welcomed the United States' ongoing commitment to Afghanistan, most visibly exemplified by the proposed increase in U.S. troops. Spanta urged the United States to take an active part in seeking a solution to the transit [...]
2009-02-28 10:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL428SRSG KAI EIDE: KARZAI STILL THE PERSON TO BEAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. SRSG Kai Eide told Ambassador Holbrooke on 2/13 that Karzai, with all of his political vulnerabilities, was still the strongest political figure and would likely win reelection. Karzai still on top ------------------- 2. (C) Eide told Ambassador Holbrooke that he had develop [...]
2009-02-28 10:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL467NEGATIVE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN KARZAI ADVISORS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Individuals formerly close to President Karzai attribute blame for Karzai's recent unpredictable behavior to the influence of a trio of Palace advisors. Critics say Palace Chief of Staff Mohammad Daudzai, Education Minister Farooq Wardak, and Information and Culture Minister Abdul K [...]
2009-03-02 13:38:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL495IRANIAN INFLUENCE AT PARLIAMENT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Iranian government officials routinely encourage Parliament to support anti-Coalition policies and to raise anti-American talking points during debates. Pro-Western MPs say colleagues with close Iranian contacts accept money or political support to promote Iran's political agenda. S [...]
2009-03-03 12:08:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV AF IR
09KABUL514NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI'S SOFT PURGE
[...] (C) Summary: Nangarhar Governor Sherzai has proposed leadership changes in eight of the province's 21 districts. Although the Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) is legally charged with selecting district administrators, Sherzai has a history of making unilateral decisions on [...]
2009-03-07 04:10:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL516SAR-E-PUL GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL HOUSECLEANING TARGETS OWN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The strained relationship between Sar-e-pul Governor Bashir Qanat Chayabi and Deputy Governor Qamaruddin Shekib has hit a new low with disclosure of Chayabi's proposal to the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) to have Shekib replaced with an associate of Member of [...]
2009-03-07 07:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL567CANADIAN EMBASSY SEEKS ENHANCED CIVILIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 9 2. (C) Summary: Canadian Deputy Head of Mission (DHOM) Ben Roswell and senior Canadian reps from Kandahar, invited U.S. Embassy officers from PRT-SNG, USAID and Pol-Mil for a March 12 discussion aimed at improving civilian coordination betw [...]
2009-03-12 16:59:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS NATO PK AF CA
09KABUL587BRITISH IN HELMAND KEEN TO IMPROVE CIV-MIL
[...] (C) Summary: British Deputy of Mission in Helmand Kevin McGurgan and British Political Counselor Mark Bryson Richardson visited the embassy's State PRT section on March 13 to discuss plans for heightened civilian-military cooperation in Helmand. In light of the impending lay down of thousands [...]
2009-03-15 09:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MOPS NATO PK AF UK PGOV
09KABUL609NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON GOVERNANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Governor Jamaluddin Badr, who took office in late November, is beginning to assert his presence in Nuristan and implement personnel changes. His efforts to date are generally being met with optimism. However, most provincial officials continue to live and work outside of Nurista [...]
2009-03-16 08:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL636KAPISA GOVERNOR CALLS FOR UNIFIED TAGAB SHURA, MISSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The four shuras of conflict-ridden Tagab in Kapisa province met on March 10 to discuss forming a single unified shura that would address local security issues and bring peace and stabilization to the district. Shura members agreed generally with the proposition, but discussion q [...]
2009-03-18 06:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL717BADGHIS: SEIZING A TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY IN BALA
[...] This is an action request. See para 11. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Badghis province's Bala Murghab district (BM) is fertile ground for immediate engagement and is emblematic of the opportunities for enhanced security, governance and development in the North and West of Afghanistan, even [...]
2009-03-25 05:24:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL718MARCH 16-18 VISIT OF THE NAC TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: On March 18, the NATO Senior Civilian Representative (NATO SCR) in Afghanistan reviewed key themes discussed by the North Atlantic Council (NAC) with senior Afghan figures for the Kabul NATO Caucus during the NAC's recent visit. In the NAC meeting with cabinet ministers, Interio [...]
2009-03-25 05:24:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV NATO AF
09KABUL76PATH TO A PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR,S POLITICAL REBIRTH
[...] (C) Uruzgan Governor Hamdam narrowly escaped dismissal by President Karzai. As recently as September 2008, the Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) told Hamdam that he had three months to improve his performance or face termination. With strong backing from the IDLG and PRT, [...]
2009-01-15 07:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PINR PTER KDEM AF
09KABUL796 AFGHAN TRADE ENVOY IN RUSSIA OFFERS VIEWS ON CORRUPTION,
[...] (U) Kamal Nabizada, a prominent Afghan businessman from Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghan trade attach in Moscow, and self-described confidant of President Karzai and Russian Prime Minister Putin, shared with State PRT officer his thoughts on corruption in the fuel import business, the upcoming Afghan pre [...]
2009-03-31 09:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD AF RU
09KABUL798PROVINCIAL-LEVEL ELECTION POLITICKING
[...] (C) A review of provincial-level election preparations indicates that in most provinces politicking is not yet underway, with many officials indicating they do not expect such activity to jump into high gear until June. Support for President Karzai appears soft, with many governors hedging [...]
2009-03-31 14:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL803SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential election, and from increased U.S. military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. The [...]
2009-04-01 07:08:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR OREP AF
09KABUL809SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential election, and from increased US military deployments. Implementing the new strategy will require significant resources to enhance our current diplomatic support plat [...]
2009-04-01 14:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT ABLD APER CVIS AF
09KABUL837KARZAI SIGNS ANTI-WOMEN SHIA LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19 President Karzai signed the Shia Personal Status Bill into law, regulating only the affairs of Shia citizens, a minority comprising about 15 percent of the population. Although the law has been in draft form for years, public backlash against the more extreme measures [...]
2009-04-02 17:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL840PRT KUNDUZ - GOVERNOR RAISES CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) In the early morning hours of March 22 in the district capital of Imam Sahib, Coalition Forces conducted a security operation at Mayor Sufi Abdul Manon's guest house. The operation resulted in five deaths. In the aftermath of the event, locals have protested, rumors are flying about how [...]
2009-04-03 12:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL846DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S APRIL 2, 2009 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On April 2, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob Lew, D (L),met with Afghan Interior (MOI) Minister Hanif Atmar. Atmar provided an account of the April 1 Ankara trilateral summit with Pakistan and Turkey. He said the presidential level talks were positive, but the [...]
2009-04-05 02:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER AF
09KABUL897LOGAR GOVERNOR TALKS OF NEEDED COOPERATION;
[...] (C) Summary: Logar Provincial Governor Atiqullah Lodin shared a sober view about the direction of Afghanistan governance and security, lamenting that the Government of Afghanistan is becoming increasingly weak. He predicted that President Karzai will be reelected despite increases in corrupt [...]
2009-04-10 02:47:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PTER AF
09KABUL907URUZGAN,S SHIFTING SANDS
[...] (C) Infighting between key leaders in Uruzgan Province has diminished the hope for improved security and increased development in Uruzgan that was generated in late 2007 by the appointment of "strong governance" (reftel) in the form of Governor Hamdam and Provincial Chief of Police Juma Gul He [...]
2009-04-12 13:10:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL910GOVERNOR MANGAL TELLS CHARGE OF HELMAND'S SECURITY
[...] (C) ChargQ dQ,Affaires Ricciardone and Helmand Governor Gulabuddin Mangal discussed Helmand's pivotal place in the broader Afghan strategy, security and policing, governance, and development, in an April 8 meeting in Kabul. Governor Mangal told the Ambassador that he had proposed to Indepe [...]
2009-04-13 06:10:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL958AFGHANISTAN: LOCAL GOVERNANCE DIRECTORATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: At an April 13 meeting with the DCM, Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) Deputy head Barna Karimi expressed concern that both Afghans and International Community representatives in Kabul now view the IDLG as highly partisan and focused on President Karzai's re [...]
2009-04-16 13:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL994CANDIDATE REGISTRATION: WHAT IS HAPPENING (AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's presidential hopefuls are scanning political circles in search of running mates to fill the two vice presidential slots on their tickets, apparently unaware or unconcerned with a rapidly approaching April 25-May 8 registration period, at which time candidates will [...]
2009-04-20 11:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KAMPALA1044VIOLENT RIOTS IN KAMPALA AFTER MUSEVENI SNUBS
[...] (C) Summary: Riots in Kampala erupted on September 10 after Ugandan security forces prevented senior Buganda Kingdom officials from traveling to the town of Kayunga less than 50 miles north of Kampala. Police, military and the notorious "Black Mamba" squads used tear gas and live bullets to [...]
2009-09-11 11:02:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR ASEC UG
09KAMPALA1096UGANDA: NATIONAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT INSIDER SEES
[...] (C) "Captain" Mike Mukula, disgraced former Ugandan Health Minister and current National Resistance Movement (NRM) vice-chairman for eastern Uganda, warned that the 2011 presidential elections will be worse than the deeply flawed 2006 presidential contest. Mukula, whose political reputation w [...]
2009-09-23 06:08:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL UG
09KAMPALA1098SCENESETTER FOR OGAC AMBASSADOR GOOSBY SEPTEMBER 26-30
[...] (SBU) Summary: You are visiting Uganda when the long-running war against the HIV/AIDS pandemic is at a crossroads. Under the leadership of President Yoweri Museveni, Uganda was a pioneer in recognizing and taking tangible action against HIV/AIDS in the 1990s. Prevalence rates plunged from ne [...]
2009-09-23 12:57:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KHIV SOCI TBIO PHUM EAID UG
09KAMPALA116UGANDA/DRC: JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST LRA
[...] (C) Summary: Joint military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are picking up momentum. The operation was extended on January 22 for another three weeks. Military and political coordination among Uganda, DRC, and southern Sudan rem [...]
2009-01-30 12:02:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UG SU CG
09KAMPALA1241FRAUD SUMMARY - UGANDA
[...] (U) Uganda is a country in political and economic transition. It is estimated that 31% of its 30 million people live below the poverty line, and in northern Uganda, over 70% of the population lives below the poverty line. A high unemployment rate and the lack of a living wage for many Ugandan [...]
2009-10-27 09:12:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC UG
09KAMPALA1276UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 08:39:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID EPET SO UG
09KAMPALA1356UGANDA: CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS ACCOMPANY ARRIVAL
[...] (C) Summary: ExxonMobil interest in Tullow Oil's Ugandan operations, and Italian oil giant ENI's attempt to purchase Heritage Oil's local holdings, mark a clear shift from exploration to the beginnings of production. The remote location of Uganda's oil wells, the difficult chemistry of the oil with [...]
2009-12-03 06:13:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET ECON EINV ENRG KCOR UG
09KAMPALA1365UGANDA: NEW LAND REFORMS TARGET BUGANDA KINGDOM
[...] (C) Summary: Parliament ratified Uganda's controversial Land Amendment Bill on November 26, after more than two years of wrangling between the Ugandan government and the Buganda Kingdom. The bill now awaits President Museveni's signature. Museveni revived the legislation in September after th [...]
2009-12-07 14:16:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EINV PINR UG
09KAMPALA1399UGANDA: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON 2002 GULU PRISON INCIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The following information responds to reftel questions regarding the 2002 death of Peter Oloya at Gulu Central Prison. In 2003, the Ugandan High Court described Mr. Oloya's death as "a blatant case of extra judicial killing." Relying on the testimony of one eyewitness, and the Ugandan [...]
2009-12-17 07:09:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UG
09KAMPALA1409UGANDA: INTERNAL OPPOSITION TO ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL
[...] (C) Summary: Three domestic opponents of Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill received significant local press coverage during the December 12-13 weekend. The government-owned newspaper published a column against the bill by senior presidential advisor John Nagenda. Nagenda had earlier told PolOf [...]
2009-12-21 08:34:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1413UGANDA: HOMOPHOBE EXTREMISTS AND HOMOSEXUAL SCAPEGOATS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-24 08:27:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UG
09KAMPALA163 UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2009
[...] Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FS-02),spent 30 hours, political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 15 hour [...]
2009-02-13 09:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV
09KAMPALA185UGANDAN CABINET RESHUFFLE SETTING STAGE FOR 2011
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told audiences in the opposition stronghold of West Nile that he would not reward areas that voted against him as he announced his new cabinet on February 16. There were few significant changes, with old timers and south-westerners dominating t [...]
2009-02-20 09:07:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM UG
09KAMPALA207UGANDA/DRC: MUSEVENI AND KABILA SUMMIT SET FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila will meet on March 1 in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. The two heads of state will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the extension of Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT). The extension r [...]
2009-02-25 13:43:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA241UGANDA/DRC: MUSEVENI AND KABILA DISCUSS OLT AND OIL
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 private meeting on their common border, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila agreed to strengthen bilateral relations in accordance with the Ngurdoto Accord reached in Tanzania in September 2007. We do not yet have the details of [...]
2009-03-05 13:29:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA271STATE OF COUNTERTERRORISM IN UGANDA
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GoU) is a willing partner in the fight against terrorism and an important member of the East African Regional Security Initiative (EARSI). Uganda is responsive when terrorist threats are identified, but could improve its capabilities with better coordin [...]
2009-03-11 12:49:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KE UG
09KAMPALA2722008 SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (S) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country prone to carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Not generally, however during the reporting period there was one public protest of significance held by the local Muslim population on 16 January [...]
2009-03-12 11:28:00Embassy KampalaSECRETAPER ASEC
09KAMPALA279UGANDA/DRC/SUDAN: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER
[...] (S NF) Summary: Joint military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),codenamed Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT),now entering their fourth month, have gained significant momentum after initially stumbling out of the gate. The Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) and Armed F [...]
2009-03-17 12:46:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM MASS MOPS UG CG SU
09KAMPALA290UGANDA'S KARAMOJA REGION: THE FINAL FRONTIER FOR SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Mission is moving forward with a series of activities to address sustainable security and development in Karamoja, Uganda's poorest region. The current environment of improved security and renewed domestic and international interest in addressing dire humanitarian and [...]
2009-03-18 12:50:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR ECON MASS PREL SENV PGOV PHUM KDEM UG
09KAMPALA352UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTNING THUNDER UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information [...]
2009-04-07 13:18:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA363 NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (MARCH 1-31, 2009)
[...] Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social servi [...]
2009-04-08 04:59:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
09KAMPALA430UGANDA/DRC: CAPTURED LRA OFFICER TELLS HIS STORY
[...] Summary: The following is the account of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Colonel Thomas Kwoyelo, who was injured and captured by the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) on February 3 during a firefight. Kwoyelo had been a senior officer until LRA leader Joseph Kony decided to execute LRA deput [...]
2009-04-28 10:43:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PREF MOPS MARR UG SU CG CT
09KAMPALA431UGANDA/DRC: CAPTURED LRA OFFICER TELLS HIS
[...] Summary: The following is the account of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Colonel Thomas Kwoyelo, who was injured and captured by the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) on February 3 during a firefight. Kwoyelo had been a senior officer until LRA leader Joseph Kony decided to execute LRA depu [...]
2009-04-28 10:52:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PREF MOPS MARR UG SU CG CT
09KAMPALA454UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information gleaned in Uga [...]
2009-05-04 13:15:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA489UGANDA DE-LISTED FOR RECRUITMENT OF CHILD SOLDIERS
[...] Summary: The United Nations has removed Uganda from its list of countries that actively recruit children into armed forces. The Ugandan Government initially brushed off the UN listing as politically-motivated, but recently allowed a formal verification team to inspect all of its military faci [...]
2009-05-12 12:46:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PHUM PGOV KWMN UG
09KAMPALA504UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (MAY 15,2009)
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information glea [...]
2009-05-15 08:17:00Embassy KampalaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA551UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JUNE 1,
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information gleaned [...]
2009-06-01 13:58:00Embassy KampalaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA679UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JUNE 29,
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information gleaned [...]
2009-06-29 13:47:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA830UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JULY 31,
[...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information g [...]
2009-07-31 10:16:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA922UGANDA/DRC/CAR: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information gl [...]
2009-08-14 09:27:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KARACHI145BALOCHISTAN - WHAT MAY BE BEHIND THE CURRENT
[...] (C) Often violent unrest over the killing of three Baloch leaders continued in Balochistan over the past week. Nationalist political parties led protest rallies and militant nationalist groups claimed credit for violence, including a rocket attack on a Frontier Corps (FC) camp. Some nationali [...]
2009-04-27 05:04:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09KARACHI255BALOCHISTAN - Baloch Nationalists Threaten Hostage Lives
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Baloch militant nationalist organization, the Baloch Republican Army (BRA),kidnapped eleven laborers and nineteen policemen on July 30, 2009. The hostages were taken in retaliation for an alleged Frontier Corps (FC) crackdown and arrest of several hundred Baloch youth agit [...]
2009-08-05 02:14:00Consulate KarachiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PK
09KARACHI361KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE - REFORMS, HOPES, CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Pakistan's 2008 financial collapse, the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is introducing viable leverage products and debt liquidity, implementing stringent safeguards against market manipulation, and pursuing demutualization - through decoupling exchange ownership and tr [...]
2009-11-16 04:33:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV ECON PK
09KARACHI362KARACHI - MQM'S STUDENT-WING AS LEADERSHIP TRAINING GROUND
[...] (C) Summary. Poloffs met November 6 with Syed Waheeduzzaman, Chairman of APMSO, which he described as the "mother-wing" of MQM. APMSO provides traditional student support in schools and Universities across Sindh and plays a major role in the day to day operations of MQM by identifying and prov [...]
2009-11-16 04:47:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KCRM KCRS PK
09KARACHI74SINDH - MQM HOLDS RALLY TO SUPPORT PPP, OFFER
[...] (C) Summary: The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) held a large rally in Karachi on March 1, in an apparent show of solidarity with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) anger over damage to Benazir Bhutto's Rawalpindi shrine and burning of her photos by supporters of Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim Lea [...]
2009-03-06 12:31:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
09KATHMANDU1030MEDIA REACTION: 'ERA OF ENGAGEMENT' WITH JUNTA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 09:41:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU105SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT TO NEPAL
[...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. Your visit will be the highest-level visit by a U.S. official since the Maoists won a plurality in the Constituent Assembly (CA) election in April 2008 and formed a coalition government in August. Bilateral Relations ------------- [...]
2009-02-09 10:17:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER EAID PREF PHUM CH BT NP
09KATHMANDU1077NEPAL: PRM PDAS PRESSES GON ON REFUGEE PROTECTION
[...] (C) Summary:During a November 11-12 visit to Kathmandu, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala and Home Minister Bhim Rawal to discuss the situations of Tibetans and Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. The Gove [...]
2009-11-24 11:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL NP BU
09KATHMANDU1079NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN OPTIMISTIC ON PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: The Maoists remain committed to the peace process and are "trying their best" to work with other parties, according to Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda). In response to ref A demarche points, Prachanda told Charge that other parties, supported by India, are blo [...]
2009-11-25 07:22:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1135NEPAL: UNPKO OFFICER REPATRIATED AND DETAINED
[...] (SBU) Nepal Army (NA) Major Niranjan Basnet, who had been deployed to Chad on a UN peacekeeping mission, has been repatriated to Nepal following intervention by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). Basnet is one o [...]
2009-12-14 11:50:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU1154NEPAL: MAOIST YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE ACTIVE, STRONG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With more than 700,000 members, the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) is the country's largest, best-organized youth paramilitary organization. The Maoist leadership uses the YCL to enforce general strikes, intimidate voters, and raise funds, mostly through mafia-lik [...]
2009-12-22 12:02:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1180NEPAL: ARMY'S TRANSITION TO PEACETIME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morale and discipline remain high in the Nepal Army (NA) despite restrictions on training and the instability of the Government of Nepal (GON). EmbOffs found, during a trip to Western Nepal, the NA suffers from a severe shortage of supplies, and the soldiers do not receive pa [...]
2009-12-31 11:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU127NEPAL: BOUCHER STRESSES NEED FOR CONSENSUS WITH
[...] (C) In meetings February 11 and 12 with the head and the former head of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist, which is the second-largest party in the Government of Nepal, and with the leader of the opposition, Girija Koirala of the Nepali Congress, Assistant Secretary Boucher [...]
2009-02-19 07:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON MARR PHUM UN NP
09KATHMANDU129NEPAL: BOUCHER STRESSES U.S. INTEREST IN
[...] (C) During his February 11-12 visit to Kathmandu, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher emphasized to members of the Government of Nepal that the United States was interested in strengthening Nepal's democracy, in promoting the country's economic development and in seeing an end to violence. Pr [...]
2009-02-19 08:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID ENVR ENRG EINV ETRD MARR
09KATHMANDU356SCENESETTER AND POINTS FOR MAY 5 UNSC SESSION ON
[...] (C) The May 5 session of the UN Security Council to review the UN Secretary General's mid-term report on the UN Mission in Nepal provides the United States with an excellent opportunity to push the peace process forward. For almost two weeks, Nepal's politics has been consumed with a struggle [...]
2009-05-01 10:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER KDEM UNSC NP
09KATHMANDU357 AIR POLLUTION IN KATHMANDU VALLEY
[...] Air pollution in Kathmandu Valley is bad and getting worse, but no substantial effort is being conducted to address the problem. Its impact on the most vulnerable, the young, and the elderly is severe. Numerous studies have shown a strong linkage between the level of air pollution and the shar [...]
2009-05-01 10:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO EAID XD NP
09KATHMANDU389NEPAL: LEAKED VIDEO SPARKS "PRACHANDAGATE"
[...] (C) On May 4, a Nepalese television station released a video of Maoist leader Pushpa Dahal addressing a group of Maoist combatants at a cantonment in Chitwan on January 2, 2008. On May 6, Dahal defended his actions in a press conference. In the 2008 video, Dahal claimed that: - The rea [...]
2009-05-07 09:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU520MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S TURMOIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 08:38:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU523NEPAL LEADERS UPDATE A/S BLAKE ON OHCHR EXTENSION
[...] (SBU) On June 12, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Representative Richard Bennett informed Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that his office has been focusing on impunity and discrimination in Nepal. Both problems are still rife and continue to undermine the transition [...]
2009-06-18 09:42:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM PK SL NP
09KATHMANDU530NEPAL'S PRESIDENT STRESSES COMMITMENT TO PEACE
[...] (C) In his June 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary Blake, President Ram Baran Yadav underscored his commitment to the peace process, a new constitution, and, most importantly, the rehabilitation and reintegration of former Maoist combatants. The President defended his decision to reinstate [...]
2009-06-19 06:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU677MEDIA REACTION: CLINTON'S DELHI VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 06:21:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU692NEPAL'S CABINET MINISTERS - BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Following is biographic information about key ministers in the current Nepali cabinet. Biographic information about the Prime Minister was reported in Ref D. Bijay Gachhadar, Deputy Prime Minister and Physical Planning and Works --------------------------------------------- --------- [...]
2009-07-28 08:42:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU70NEPAL: CHAIRPERSONS SELECTED FOR CONSTITUENT
[...] (SBU) On January 13, Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subash Nemwang swore in chairpersons from six parties for the 24 CA committees. Madhav Kumar Nepal, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),was elected head of the Constitutional Com [...]
2009-01-27 06:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU748UNMIN PESSIMISTIC ON NEPAL PEACE PROCESS PROSPECTS
[...] (C) Summary: The UN Secretary General's representative in Nepal, Karin Landgren, told P-5 missions on August 11 that prospects for Nepal's peace process over the next six to eight weeks are "slim." Obstacles include the failure of political leaders to develop a "high-level mechanism" for re [...]
2009-08-12 09:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDEM UNSC IN NP
09KATHMANDU787NEPAL: FM SYMPATHETIC ON TIBET BUT CHANGE UNLIKELY
[...] (C) In an August 24 meeting with Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (septel),Charge expressed U.S. concern about recent, and highly inaccurate, reports in the Nepali media linking the Tibetan Reception Center to anti-Chinese activities. Noting the U.S.-funded Center is well-respected and plays an [...]
2009-08-25 08:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM NP CH
09KATHMANDU792NEPAL: FM KOIRALA ON ROPES BUT LIKELY TO SURVIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has come under fire over her last-minute decision not to accompany Prime Minister M.K. Nepal on his August 18-22 visit to India. She will survive the controversy, but her weak political base has eroded even further. Koirala will make a "goodwill t [...]
2009-08-26 08:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM CH NP
09KATHMANDU808NEPAL'S NEXT ENVOY TO U.S. IS COMPETENT TECHNOCRAT
[...] (C) Summary: Shankar Prasad Sharma, Nepal's Ambassador-Designate to the United States of America, is a longtime economic adviser to the Government of Nepal (GON) who has also been a personal adviser to the family of Nepali Congress chairman G.P. Koirala. He received his Ph.D. in economics f [...]
2009-08-31 09:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU814INDIA VISIT REINFORCED NEPAL'S RULING COALITION --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's August 18-22 visit to New Delhi, widely viewed as more symbolic than substantive, somewhat cemented his position as the leader of the Nepalese government but does not guarantee he will be able to remain in power. The visit did, however, ill [...]
2009-09-01 09:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU842SCENESETTER: DASD SCHER VISIT TO NEPAL
[...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. The last high-level visit to Nepal was A/S Blake's visit in June, and your visit will convey the message that the USG is committed to supporting Nepal's peace process and transition to a full-fledged democracy. Arriving only a week af [...]
2009-09-11 19:22:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MARR NP
09KATHMANDU898NEPAL: LET'S ENGAGE THE KEY PLAYERS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 5 and 9. 2. (C) Summary. Post proposes a new approach to remove two conflict-era impediments to effective U.S. engagement in Nepal: (1) restrictions on U.S. military assistance to the Nepal Army, and (2) ongoing inclusion of the Communist Party of [...]
2009-10-01 03:29:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU910FRAUD SUMMARY - KATHMANDU, NEPAL
[...] Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita income of less than USD400. A precarious peace following ten years of armed civil conflict, the Maoist party intimating a potential return to violence, weak government institutions under the current government - the second [...]
2009-10-05 12:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NP
09KATHMANDU917MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL-U.S. RELATIONS; U.S.- MAOIST RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 11:41:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU945MEDIA REACTION: RESPONSE OF NEPALI PRESS TO OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 11:50:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU966MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN RUNOFF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 11:05:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU974NEPAL: INDIA BIASED AGAINST MAOISTS, FAVORS STATUS
[...] (C) Summary. Two senior Nepali civil society leaders, who just completed extensive political discussions with Indian leaders, concluded that India's policy toward Nepal is "simplistic" and biased against the Maoists. India supports the current M.K. Nepal-led government and wants to keep the [...]
2009-10-26 12:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU980NEPAL: MAOISTS DEMAND LEADERSHIP OF GOVERNMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist plans to intensify protests and "paralyze" government operations starting in mid-November unless the ruling coalition agrees to create a new Maoist-led consensus government. The Maoists seek increased dialogue with the United States and want t [...]
2009-10-27 12:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU984NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN SEEKS TERRORIST DE-LISTING
[...] (C) Summary: Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) told Charge he would like to build confidence and relations between the Maoist party and the United States. Dahal also expressed interest in taking steps to remove his party from the U.S. terrorist exclusion lists. He insisted [...]
2009-10-29 08:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KHARTOUM102DARFUR HUMANITARIAN MECHANISM AND PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue's (CHD) Theo Murphy told CDA Fernandez that Abdul Wahid Al-Nur's acceptance of CHD's proposed humanitarian monitoring mechanism was a "breakthrough." Murphy also reported that JEM has accepted CHD's initiative "in principle," [...]
2009-01-27 12:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1022SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETING WITH GOSS VICE
[...] (c) Special Envoy (SE) Scott Gration met Government of South Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar on August 20. Machar spoke at length about the political dynamic between the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and its partner in the Government of National Unity (GONU),the Nation [...]
2009-09-04 09:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PREL AU SU
09KHARTOUM103TURABI MOVED TO PORT SUDAN, FAMILY DEFIANT
[...] (SBU) On January 25, Sudanese authorities transferred Dr. Hassan Al-Turabi from Khartoum's Kober prison to the political detainees' wing in Port Sudan's prison, in the eastern part of the country. Turabi, the outspoken Islamist who was once a founding father of the present regime, but now its b [...]
2009-01-27 14:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1031SPLM SIGNS MOU WITH UMMA PARTY AND PREPARES FOR TRILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 5, the Southern People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and Umma parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) pledging Umma's support for free and fair elections and for a referendum that allows the South to choose unity with or separation from the North. Umma Pa [...]
2009-09-07 15:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1039STAFFDEL DORAN DISCUSSES UNMIS AND UNAMID MANDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with civilian and military UN Mission leadership in Sudan, staffers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee were called upon to advocate for more ambitious mandate execution of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Mi [...]
2009-09-09 15:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1063NCP Tells Staffdel that South to Blame for CPA Shortfalls
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 25 meeting with U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee Staffdel Doran, Dr. Idris Muhammad 'Abd-al-Qadr, State Minister of the Presidency, and Dr. Muhammad Mukhtar Hassan, Office of the Presidency, acknowledged delays in implementation of the Compre [...]
2009-09-21 11:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM107SUDANESE RESPOND TO BADR AIRLINES DEMARCHES
[...] (S/NF) Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor on January 27 provided a written response to the Badr Airlines demarche (Refs A and B). Alor said that NISS Chief Salah Ghosh had provided him with the document the previous day. The document, which is transcribed in its entirety at the end of this [...]
2009-01-28 09:58:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNASEC ETTC KPKO MASS PARM PGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1070UK Expert Shares Views on Foreign Exchange Reserves, Oil
[...] (SBU) Summary: Laura James, Senior Economic Advisor for the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) said that implementation of the wealth-sharing provisions of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) have been "fairly smooth", but problems remain. In 2008, the North stopped payi [...]
2009-09-23 11:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EPET PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM1097SPLM HOSTS ALL PARTIES POLITICAL CONFERENCE: SUPPORT FOR
[...] (U) Summary: After numerous delays and a closed session of the party delegates to discuss procedural issues on September 26, the opening session of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) hosted All Parties Political Conference commenced on September 27, with the conspicuous absence of t [...]
2009-09-29 05:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM1128NCP Sounds Campaign Themes at Party Congress
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National Congress Party (NCP) held its third party congress in Khartoum October 1-3. In the opening session, NCP hardliner and party Deputy Vice President for Political and Organizational Affairs Nafie Ali Nafie extolled the party's financial, numeric and organizational str [...]
2009-10-06 14:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1130ALL POLITICAL PARTIES CONFERENCE CONCLUDES WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-hosted(SPLM) All Political Parties' Conference (APPC) closed on September 30. The conference concluded with all parties adopting a "Juba Declaration" that affirms commitments to all peace agreements, sets pre-conditions for elections, call [...]
2009-10-06 15:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SU
09KHARTOUM1135MISSERYIA ORGANIZE TO BLOCK ABYEI BOUNDARY DEMARCATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately one thousand members of the Misseryia, an Arabic-speaking nomadic tribe located primarily in South Kordofan State, met October 5 to reject the July 22 decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA),which defined the boundaries of Abyei. Conference attendees [...]
2009-10-08 14:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PBTS PINS KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM114DARFUR MEDIATION: WE NEED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BEFORE AN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28, George Zechariah, the primary staff assistant to AU-UN Chief Darfur Mediator Djibril Bassole, told poloffs that the Mediation needs to secure a framework agreement between the rebels and Government of Sudan (GoS) before the issuance of an ICC indictment against Pr [...]
2009-01-29 15:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1146SUDANESE BREAKTHROUGH ON RELATIONS WITH CHAD?
[...] (C) Summary. GOS presidential adviser and lead negotiator on Darfur, Dr. Ghazi Sallah Eddin, told Charge Whitehead that his October 10-11 trip to Ndjamena will potentially have a huge impact on normalizing relations between Chad and Sudan as well as forging a durable peace in Darfur. He des [...]
2009-10-13 13:01:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1165VOTER REGISTRATION STAFF CUT, POLITICAL PARTIES SADDLED
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13, the National Elections Commission (NEC) announced that it will cut its voter registration staff from 10,000 to 1,500, a number which election experts say is sufficient to register only 40 percent of the eligible electorate. The NEC also announced that political p [...]
2009-10-16 10:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM117CHADIAN REBELS - ERDIMI PLEDGES POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, the newly-selected Chadian rebel leader Timane Erdimi (reftel) told polchief and poloff that his movement, the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR),will focus first on political and diplomatic engagement, and only later consider an attack on the Chadian Government. E [...]
2009-01-31 07:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM118CHADIAN REBELS - ERDIMI PLEDGES POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, the newly-selected Chadian rebel leader Timane Erdimi (reftel) told polchief and poloff that his movement, the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR),will focus first on political and diplomatic engagement, and only later consider an attack on the Chadian Government. E [...]
2009-01-31 07:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1188INITIAL REACTION TO SUDAN STRATEGY ROLL OUT MUTED
[...] (SBU) Summary. Our initial soundings about Sudanese reaction to the New Sudan Strategy roll out indicates that most informed observers are adopting a muted and cautious posture as they digest how the strategy will impact the bilateral relationship. Media reaction today largely echoed the mi [...]
2009-10-22 07:07:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1208SLA/AW GENERAL COMMANDER REQUESTS REBEL UNIFICATION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The General Commander of the rebel forces of Sudanese Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) Abdelgadir Abdelrahman (Gaddura) supports rebel unification efforts that occur within Darfur's "liberated areas," not in Libya. Assembled commanders reaffirmed their support for the work o [...]
2009-10-26 11:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1209CHADIAN REBELS: UFR'S TOLLIMI ADDRESSES EU INITIATIVE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 25 meeting with poloff, Secretary General of Chadian rebel group Union des Forces de la Rsistance (UFR) Abakar Tollimi expressed concern about the lack of progress in the EU-led initiative to facilitate political discussions between UFR and the Government of Chad (G [...]
2009-10-27 09:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PINR PREL KPKO SU CD
09KHARTOUM126RUSSIAN ENVOY PLANS GREATER ENGAGEMENT, PROPOSES
[...] (C) Summary: President Bashir promised that the GOS will carry on with "business as usual" and asserted there would be no government-orchestrated hostile response to the issuance of an ICC arrest warrant, Russian Special Envoy Mikhail Margelov told CDA Fernandez in a meeting on January 30. Mar [...]
2009-02-02 09:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1277Media Reaction to U.S. Special Envoy Scott Gration: The
[...] SUMMARY: Visible "shuttle diplomacy" between officials of the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) failed to produce a break-through by the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration on his recent visit to Sudan. Media followed the impasse on two-party [...]
2009-11-12 12:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM KPAO OIIP SU
09KHARTOUM1278FRENCH DIPLOMAT CALLS FOR RETURN TO NAIVASHA-STYLE
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 21 meeting with Polchief and Poloff, French Deputy Chief of Mission Denis Douveneaux praised Chadian President Idris Deby as a "peacemaker," and placed the blame squarely on Libya for arming and funding insurgents in the Darfur region. He expressed doubts that unity [...]
2009-11-15 06:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS CH FR SU
09KHARTOUM134UNAMID PROPOSES SAFE ZONE IN MUHAJARRIYA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, UNAMID's Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada told CDA Fernandez that the Justice and Equality Movement has taken four defensive positions outside of Muhajarriya, while the GoS vows a large-scale attack on JEM in South Darfur. UNAMID will stay in the area, [...]
2009-02-03 06:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1343World Bank Economist: Water Security an Issue for Sudan
[...] (SBU) Summary: World Bank Economist Mosllem Alamir predicted that water resources in post-2011 Sudan could lead to conflict and economic crisis if the parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) do not make decisions now about allocation or cooperation on the use of Nile waters. Increas [...]
2009-12-01 10:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAGR ECON EIND ENRG SENV EWWT SU
09KHARTOUM1345SE GRATION VISIT TO EL FASHER AND EL GENEINA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 20-21 visit to Darfur of U.S. Special Envoy (SE) General Scott Gration, senior officials from the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) estimated that 40 percent of the problems in Darfur are related to the troubled relationship between Chad [...]
2009-12-01 13:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1350THE EMERGING STORY ON "SUDANIZATION" OF HUMANITARIAN AID
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 08:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI UN SU
09KHARTOUM1359SPLM HEAVYWEIGHTS PAGAN AMUM, YASSIR ARMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Two key leaders of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),Secretary General Pagan Amum and Head of SPLM Northern Sector Yassir Arman, were detained by Omdurman authorities in conjunction with an "illegal" protest by opposition parties at the National Assembly on December 7. [...]
2009-12-07 11:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM136PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CALLS FOR STRATEGIC
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 2 meeting, CDA Fernandez warned Presidential Advisor Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahadeen that an implosion of GOSS due to falling oil prices and revenues would have disastrous implications for Sudan and the NCP. Salahadeen responded that the NCP is a proponent [...]
2009-02-03 15:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM139SEEKING TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR IN 2009 AND
[...] (C) There is an opening for tangible improvement in Darfur over the next year and beyond. However, progress will require heavy and sustained engagement by the US, because no other country can deliver what the Sudanese regime wants: better relations with the international community in general, [...]
2009-02-03 16:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1411WEARY MINNAWI EXPRESSES "NO HOPE" FOR DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with CDA Whitehead, Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi lamented that the international community has shifted its attention to North-South relations at the expense of Darfur. Characterizing Southern secession as a foregone conclusion, he expressed [...]
2009-12-15 11:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU CH
09KHARTOUM1421SUDAN 2009 Country Report on Terrorism
[...] (SBU) Sudan remains a cooperative partner in the Global War on Terror (GWOT),and the outlook for continued cooperation is positive. During the past year, the Sudanese government continued to pursue terrorist operations directly involving threats to U.S. interests and personnel in Sudan. Suda [...]
2009-12-17 06:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR SU
09KHARTOUM1423GHAZI TOUTS PROGRESS ON CPA, CHAD BUT EXPRESSES
[...] (SE) Summary: In a December 13 meeting with Special Envoy Gration, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin called the December 13 Agreement between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) on outstanding Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) issues (refte [...]
2009-12-17 14:41:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETASEC PGOV PREL UN SU CH
09KHARTOUM1475ABYEI REFERENDUM LAW APPROVED, BUT SOUTHERN SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary. On December 30, the National Assembly approved the Abyei Referendum Law by a majority vote, one day after passing the Southern Sudan Referendum Law (reftel). Acting Charge d'Affaires and poloff met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin on December 30 prior to the announce [...]
2009-12-30 16:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM148YASIR ARMAN CALLS FOR HOLISTIC APPROACH TOWARD
[...] (C) Summary: SPLM Northern Sector Chief Yasir Arman told Senior Representative for Sudan Shortley that he wants a "more holistic approach" to Sudan by the new Administration, coupling increased engagement and a powerful U.S. Special Envoy with pressure on the regime to make progress on Darfur [...]
2009-02-04 15:10:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM15NCP PLANS FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL AFTER ICC
[...] (C) Summary: Following the anticipated ICC indictment of President Bashir, the Ruling National Congress Party (NCP) regime will respond pragmatically and continue to meet its obligations, party officials told CDA Fernandez during meetings in Khartoum January 5 and 6. However, they warned that [...]
2009-01-06 15:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM150SEEKING TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR IN 2009 AND
[...] (C) There is an opening for tangible improvement in Darfur over the next year and beyond. However, progress will require heavy and sustained engagement by the US, because no other country can deliver what the Sudanese regime wants: better relations with the international community in general, [...]
2009-02-04 15:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM152MUHAJARRIYA UPDATE - FEBRUARY 4
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID reported that the GOS had "moved in and taken control" of Muhajarriya as of 15:40 on February 4. Sudan National Radio made a similar announcement late the same day. Although the GOS appears to have reduced the number of aerial bombings compared to February 3, Sudanese Ar [...]
2009-02-04 15:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM17MFA U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ DISCUSSES USG AIRLIFTS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 6 meeting with CDA Fernandez and DLO, MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq stated that the GOS has given its initial approval for a USG military airlift of UNAMID equipment, but requires the USG to provide the final flight details and liaise with UNAMID. Coordination with [...]
2009-01-06 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM172SLM/MINNAWI SLAMS JEM, QATAR, AND THE MEDIATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting with Special Representative for Sudan Shortley, leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi in Khartoum vehemently criticized the rival Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group, Qatar's involvement in the peace process, and the work o [...]
2009-02-08 09:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM18240th AEC Plenary: Legislation, Census, Abyei, and Foreign
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) 40th plenary session on February 3, the NCP and SPLM provided status reports on pending CPA-related legislation (notably the southern referendum law),and plans to announce census results by the end of February. The SPLM refused [...]
2009-02-09 11:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID KDEM KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM185GOVERNMENT OF SOUTHERN SUDAN FACES UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) is on the cusp of a major economic crisis, hobbled by the absence of a strong fiscal policy and hostage to plummeting oil prices. After two years of seemingly limitless oil revenues and a burst in spending, the GOSS is making widespread bud [...]
2009-02-09 15:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS ECON EFIN EAID SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM186SMALL VOICE, WEAK LEADERSHIP: SPLM NUBA ON EDGE
[...] (C) Summary. The Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the Nuba Mountains appears to lack leadership and has not effectively advocated for itself with the SPLM National Secretariat in Juba nor with the Government of National Unity (GNU) in Khartoum. It also appears to lack a vision for [...]
2009-02-09 15:09:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI KDEM AU SU
09KHARTOUM187DARFURI CIVIL SOCIETY AND FORMER REGIME OFFICIALS PUSH FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Senior Representative for Sudan Tim Shortley and CDA Fernandez, Darfuri civil society leaders and retired government officials pressed for greater U.S. diplomatic involvement in engaging directly with the GOS to solve the Darfur crisis. With Darfuris fed up that [...]
2009-02-10 08:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM190KHALIL WILL BE WORSE THAN MINNI, SAYS PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Presidential Advisor Abdallah Masar told CDA Fernandez that the U.S.'s alleged focus on JEM is dangerous, because Khalil Ibrahim "will be worse than Minni Minnawi." Masar stated that his National Congress Party is intent on holding elections "sooner rather than [...]
2009-02-10 14:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM2EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF PRO-GOVERNMENT DAILY CONTENDS U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 30, 2008, the Public Affairs Officer and Information Assistant visited, "Sudan Vision" Editor-in-Chief and former International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) participant Saif Adeen Elbashir Ahmed Hassan. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss an upcoming PAS [...]
2009-01-02 06:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM204MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM THE
[...] (U) Post has received a letter of congratulations (text in para. 2) for President Obama from the President of the Republic of the Sudan, H.E. Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir. A copy of the original letter is being transmitted to the Department via pouch. 2. (U) Begin Text: February 11, 2009 [...]
2009-02-13 09:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM210USAID PARTNER STAFF EXPELLED FROM SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Last week the Country Director for USAID implementing partner PADCO-AECOM was given 48 hours to leave Sudan by the Government of Sudan's Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC). The order was in direct response to a discussion between the Charg d'Affaires and the HAC Commissioner at the Hi [...]
2009-02-17 05:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM212CHADIAN REBELS COMMITTED TO DIALOGUE, BUT TIME IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: From February 12-16, four Chadian rebels from the United Resistance Front (UFR) separately told poloffs that they are currently committed to political dialogue, but cautioned that time is running out as they wait for deeper diplomatic engagement from the European Union and Unit [...]
2009-02-17 10:41:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM225USAID PARTNER ASSETS SEIZED IN SUDAN
[...] (SBU) The Government of Sudan's Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) proceeded on February 18 with a summary seizure of assets used by USAID implementing partners PADCO-AECOM and International Rescue Committee (IRC). These seizures are the latest in a continuing pattern of intimidation and disrup [...]
2009-02-20 09:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM226WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM DOHA AND NEXT STEPS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Doha process continues, the conclusion of the initial phase of the process on February 17 with an "Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building" between JEM and the GoS (reftel a-d) left behind notable early losers and winners. Rapidly changing events in Sudan, [...]
2009-02-20 11:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM230SPLM NEGOTIATOR ARMAN ON DOHA DARFUR TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Doha talks participant Yasser Arman, the GNU-JEM &Goodwill Agreement8 reached there potentially could re-energize the political process in Darfur, if it is enforced and if Sudan,s neighbors and other rebel factions can be engaged, but the behavior of JEM in the talk [...]
2009-02-22 10:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU QA
09KHARTOUM234NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION STILL AIMS FOR ELECTIONS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-22 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM240NCP-SPLM DISAGREEMENT ON KEY LEGISLATION PREVENTS NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to GNU State Minister of Justice Wek Mamer Kuol (SPLM) the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) are discussing eleven pieces of outstanding CPA-related legislation. While the two parties have agreed upon several of the draft [...]
2009-02-23 06:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM249SUDAN COMPLAINS OF “PROBABLY AMERICAN” BOMBING
[...] (S) CDA Fernandez was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on the morning of February 24 by Americas Department head Ambassador Nasreddin Wali. Wali said that he had sensitive and worrisome information to relate to the Charge. Reading from hand-written notes in Arabic and referring to a large dog-eared [...]
2009-02-24 10:54:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNETTC MASS PARM PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM260UN DONOR PRINCIPALS' MEETING, FEBRUARY 24
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 24 meeting, UN Humanitarian officials told donor principals that contingency planning for the March 4 ICC announcement has not detracted from humanitarian operations, and that they plan to continue working. In Darfur, access to Muhajeriya and surrounding areas has i [...]
2009-02-25 10:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM288NEGOTIATING FOR ITS OWN SURVIVAL: HOW THE NCP USES
[...] (C) As the new U.S. Administration considers options on how best to engage with the Sudanese regime and considers the possibility of discussing with the regime on our key foreign policy objectives in Sudan, it is important to keep in mind that the National Congress Party (NCP) regime never saw [...]
2009-03-02 12:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM302CHADIAN REBELS LEAVE KHARTOUM AND EXPECT AN ATTACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 26, polchief and poloff met Mahamat Hanno, a close associate of UFR President Timane Erdimi, and Mukhtar ben Yahya, a UFR representative and personal representative of UFDD/F's Abdulwahid Aboud. The Chadian rebels said they expect fighting between the ANT and their [...]
2009-03-04 09:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM321NGO EXPULSIONS FURTHER DAMAGE SPLM-NCP RELATIONS
[...] (C) The government's decision to expel 13 INGOs (and dissolve 3 local NGOs) from operating in Sudan has not just damaged the regime's relations with the West, it has also damaged the ruling party's relations with the SPLM, which was not consulted at all about the decision, according to SPLM De [...]
2009-03-08 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM334SUGGESTED DONOR RESPONSE TO THE NGO EXPULSIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The US Embassy and other donor missions in Khartoum continue to work closely with the UN Mission in Khartoum to assess the impact of the NGO expulsions and examine possible responses. Today the UN began a one-week joint fi [...]
2009-03-11 14:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM342MARCH 12 NGO STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The unlawful expulsion of the 13 INGOs on March 5 has exposed the absence of any legal framework to govern humanitarian activity and left remaining INGOs hostage to the political whims of the GOS, members of the NGO Steering Committee told Donor Ambassadors on March 12. This lack [...]
2009-03-12 14:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM37SUDANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF SAYS GOS READY TO WORK
[...] (C) Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS ) Chief Salah Ghosh said that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is ready to cooperate with the new US administration, particularly on the Darfur crisis. He suggested that a definitive solution to Darfur is near and could be an "early vi [...]
2009-01-12 15:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM390EMBASSY TRIP TO EL FASHER MARCH 15-17
[...] (SBU) Summary: The expulsion of 13 INGOs has led to a deterioration of services in IDP camps that local NGOs have neither the capacity nor inclination to fill, representatives of Al Salaam, Abu Shouk and Zam Zam (reftel) IDP Camps told CDA Fernandez on a March 15-17 trip to El Fasher. They also [...]
2009-03-19 14:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM422WILY LAM AKOL CLAIMS SPLM WILL STAND WITH BASHIR
[...] (C) Summary. Dr. Lam Akol, well-known Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) turncoat and former Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Foreign Affairs, told CDA that he would pass a message to the National Congress Party (NCP) that if it wants to engage with the new U.S. administr [...]
2009-03-25 15:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SOCI KDEM ASEC AU SU
09KHARTOUM427ANGRY NCP "MODERATE" SIGNALS AN UNBENDING REGIME:
[...] (C) Summary: In a contentious meeting with CDA on March 26, the usually moderate NCP former General Yahia Babiker dismissed US policy in Sudan as "not wise" and accused the U.S. of giving his country nothing substantive in exchange for the NCP's years of bilateral cooperation on the CPA and an [...]
2009-03-26 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM431"SUDAN IS DIFFERENT NOW AND YOUR POLICY MUST BE
[...] (C) Presidential Advisor Ali Abdallah Masar, the most senior Darfuri Arab in the Sudanese regime, met CDA Fernandez on March 26 to suggest that, after the March 4 ICC arrest warrant for President Bashir "Sudan is a different place now" requiring a different American approach to the Khartoum re [...]
2009-03-27 10:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI AU UN SU
09KHARTOUM433ESTABLISHMENT OF SUDANESE-AMERICAN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN
[...] SUMMARY: For a number of years, Sudanese alumni of USG grant programs tried, but never quite succeeded, in forming an alumni association. This has now changed. In late February, the semi-governmental Council for International People's Friendship approved the 27-member Sudanese American Alumni [...]
2009-03-29 05:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI OEXC KMDR KPKO ASEC SU
09KHARTOUM44RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL: FOR THE USG TO DECIDE
[...] (C) NCP strategist Sayed Al-Khateeb told CDA Fernandez that the NCP regime will not act irrationally when an ICC indictment of GoS President Omar Al-Bashir is handed down, but warned, just like many other NCP officials have, that the GoS may not be able to fully control the actions of non-gove [...]
2009-01-14 15:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM459SOUTHERN SUDAN SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (U) Keyed to ref a are the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) responses below for Southern Sudan. ------------------ POLITICAL VIOLENCE ------------------ 2. (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out [...]
2009-04-01 15:54:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER AMGT SU
09KHARTOUM466UN AND DONORS MEET TO DISCUSS TRACK 3 AND NEW ROLES
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On April 1, USAID Mission Director attended, on behalf of the CDA, a small donors- group meeting with Deputy Special Representative to the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Ameerah Haq, to discuss UN thinking and planning on Track 3, as well as steps that donors could take to sup [...]
2009-04-02 15:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM468SE GRATION VISIT BEGINS: MFA'S SIDDIQ SAYS "WE ARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration began his visit to Sudan with a meeting the morning of April 2 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Undersecretary (and NCP insider) Mutriff Siddiq. Siddiq expressed the Government of Sudan's willingness to improve U [...]
2009-04-02 17:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM469SE GRATION VISIT: NISS CHIEF GHOSH LOSES HIS COOL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: President's Special Envoy Gration met with National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director Salah Ghosh on the morning of April 2. Ghosh rejected the possibility of the 13 expelled international NGOs being allowed back into Sudan but when pressed accepted a formula to m [...]
2009-04-02 17:33:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM470SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 meeting with Presidential Special Envoy to Sudan Gration, a friendly but assertive Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie expressed appreciation for USG concerns about CPA implementation and the conflict in Darfur, but stated that bilateral relations would not improve [...]
2009-04-03 10:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM473REQUEST FOR TERMINATION OF AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE STATUS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per reftel A (Para 1 B,) I have re-evaluated the conditions at Embassy Khartoum that led on March 9 to your approval of Authorized Departure (AD) status. Based on this re-evaluation, I ask that Khartoum now be taken off of AD on April 9, at the end of the 30 day AD period. I bel [...]
2009-04-04 13:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AEMR CASC KFLO ASEC SU
09KHARTOUM475SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, NCP-insider and Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahadeen lauded the SE's mission to improve ties with Sudan while seeking improvements in the situation in Darfur and CPA implementation. He was less supportiv [...]
2009-04-05 08:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU INSC SU
09KHARTOUM477SE GRATION MEETS WITH THE UN HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR IN
[...] (SBU) On April 2 the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration met Deputy Special Representative for the Secretary General, Ameerah Haq and other UN staff in Khartoum to discuss current humanitarian gaps and UN efforts to mitigate the current crisis here. The latter stems from the Gov [...]
2009-04-07 05:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM48JEM ATTACKS SLM/MM AND BURNS MUHAJARIYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez that the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) attacked his Sudan Liberation Movement forces stationed in Muhajariyya and completely burned the village on January 15. Minnawi said that the fighting began in the early [...]
2009-01-15 12:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM481RECLUSIVE SLA/AW COMMANDERS WELCOME SE GRATION IN JEBEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 5 rebel commanders from SLA/Abdul Wahid and an enthusiastic local population warmly welcomed Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and his delegation to Darfur's most inaccessible area, the mountainous rebel enclave of Jebel Marra. Praising the US and hoping for stron [...]
2009-04-08 06:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM485SE GRATION VISIT: NCP PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SHOWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Special Envoy to Sudan, General Gration, met with GOS Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail at National Congress Party Headquarters on April 8, 2009. Proclaiming that Sudan is willing to make a deal, Ismail hinted that the NCP would likely offer SE Gration som [...]
2009-04-09 10:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM487CORRECTED COPY: RECLUSIVE SLA/AW COMMANDERS WELCOME SE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 5 rebel commanders from SLA/Abdul Wahid and an enthusiastic local population warmly welcomed Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and his delegation to Darfur's most inaccessible area, the mountainous rebel enclave of Jebel Marra. Praising the US and hoping for stron [...]
2009-04-09 10:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM489SLA/AW REBEL COMMANDERS' LETTER TO POTUS
[...] (SBU) During the visit of Special Envoy Gration to Deribat, Jebel Marra on April 5, 2009 (reftel),senior commanders in the Sudan Liberation Movement/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) submitted a hand-written letter in Arabic to President Barack Obama. 2. (SBU) The translated text of the letter is as fol [...]
2009-04-09 11:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM507SE GRATION IN EL FASHER: A PESSIMISTIC MINNAWI, A MYOPIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and delegation traveled to El Fasher on Saturday, April 4, meeting with the Wali of North Darfur, who strongly denied serious humanitarian gaps but still desires bilateral cooperation, telling the delegation "We put our hand in your hand t [...]
2009-04-14 05:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM508SE GRATION MEETING WITH SPLA LEADERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister for SPLA Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial briefed SE Gration on the status of SPLA transformation and the importance of this process for the Southern military to continue to be a credible, and respected, guarantor of the CPA. He underscored SPLM and SPLA willingness to assist [...]
2009-04-14 05:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MCAP KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM510SAF GENERALS USE FIRST MEETING WITH US ENVOY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 8, Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration held the first high-level USG meeting in recent years with high-ranking SAF officials. The SAF noted its redeployment of forces from the South and integration of Other Armed Groups (OAGs) (as confirmed by UNMIS) while lambastin [...]
2009-04-14 09:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM511SE GRATION TELLS FM ALOR URGENT ACTION NEEDED IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Foreign Minister Deng Alor, the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration said that it is urgent to address security, humanitarian, and political problems in Darfur. Gration also promised that the U.S. will offer its full support to good-faith initiatives [...]
2009-04-14 09:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF EAID ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM513YESTERDAY'S CPA IN TODAY'S SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary: Three months after the four-year anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ending the second civil war between northern and southern Sudan, all signs indicate a worsening of prospects for implementation of the agreement over the final two years of the i [...]
2009-04-14 10:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU
09KHARTOUM525CHADIAN REBELS EXPECT TO BE ATTACKED BY CHADIAN
[...] (C) The Chadian army will soon attack Chadian rebels at their positions inside the borders of Chad, RFC Chadian rebel commander (and close associate of UFR President Timane Erdimi) Mahamat Hanno told polchief April 15 in Khartoum. Hanno claimed that the Chadian rebels now have fully unified bo [...]
2009-04-16 05:26:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM533SE GRATION NEGOTIATES WITH GOS TO URGENTLY FILL
[...] (C) Summary: During his first visit to Sudan, the President,s Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration held intensive discussions with senior NCP officials April 8-10 in Khartoum in order to resolve the NGO expulsion crisis and ensure that life-saving humanitarian assistance reaches beneficiaries [...]
2009-04-21 05:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM536SENATOR KERRY MEETS WITH UNMIS SRSG QAZI AND AEC CHAIRMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) Chairman and former UK Ambassador to Egypt Sir Derek Plumbly and UNMIS Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi told Senator John Kerry that the USG should continue its course of positive engagement and its lev [...]
2009-04-21 07:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM537SENATOR KERRY MEETS WITH NGOs
[...] (SBU) During an April 16 meeting with Senator John Kerry, representatives from six major non-governmental organizations (NGOs) conveyed concern regarding continuing gaps in assistance following the NGO expulsions, shrinking humanitarian space, and bureaucratic impediments to program implementa [...]
2009-04-21 08:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM539CODEL KERRY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Senator Kerry told Presidential Advisor Nafie that the change of administrations in Washington opens an opportunity for the United States and Sudan to begin a new dialogue, and he identified the provision of humanitarian assistance following the expulsion of 13 NGOs [...]
2009-04-21 11:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM54KHARTOUM REGIME PLANS FOR ICC COUNTER-STRATEGY
[...] (C) Sudanese FM Deng Alor briefed CDA Fernandez on January 16 on the latest thinking within the National Congress Party (NCP) of President Al-Bashir on how the NCP hopes to weather and counteract the destabilizing effects of an ICC arrest warrant of President Al-Bashir. Alor had met with VP Ali [...]
2009-01-16 12:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM542MEDIA REACTION: CODEL KERRY'S VISIT TO SUDAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The state-influenced Khartoum press corps reacted very positively to the visit of Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, echoing sentiments for better U.S.-Sudanese relations seen after the visit of U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration [...]
2009-04-22 05:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM546CDA'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SALAHEDDIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salaheddin welcomed the proposed return visit by Special Envoy Gration and offered to try to reduce tensions with NGOs in Sudan by meeting with them and assuring them of the GoS, readiness to work with them, as long as they do not cross the regime,s red [...]
2009-04-22 10:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM549SENATOR KERRY'S MEETINGS WITH VICE PRESIDENT TAHA
[...] (C) Summary: Vice President Taha received Senator Kerry at his home in Khartoum April 16 and confirmed the NCP's commitment to a tripartite mechanism to implement the CPA as discussed during the SE Gration visit. However, Taha seemed to backpedal somewhat (noting the existence of other mechan [...]
2009-04-22 13:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM564JONGLEI VIOLENCE POLARIZES, PARALYZES JUBA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While renewed violence in Jonglei state has pushed Juba's diplomatic and donor community into hyper-drive, the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) continues to take a more measured approach to containing tensions within the South's largest state. This difference in approach has [...]
2009-04-27 12:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM565SPLM POLITBURO FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC CRISIS; HOPES THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Government of National Unity (GNU) Presidential Advisor Dr. Mansour Khalid (a prominent SPLM northerner) said that the southern Sudan economic crisis was the hot topic at the SPLM's April Political Bureau (PB) Meeting. He noted that an SPLM team is working with the World Bank o [...]
2009-04-27 19:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON ASEC AU KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM59DUP CHAIRMAN MIRGHANI URGES STRONGER TIES,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with CDA Fernandez, DUP Chairman Mohamed Mirghani urged direct USG financial support for Sudanese Northern opposition parties, including his party so it could compete in national elections on a level playing field with the NCP. He also requested that USG li [...]
2009-01-20 08:49:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM597DARFUR REBEL UPDATE, SPRING 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although holding no territory in Darfur, JEM continues to pick up detritus from other Darfur rebel movements. Its incursion into the SLA/Minnawi stronghold of Dar Zaghawa on May 4-5 in far north Darfur indicates that it will continue to flex its muscles as it seeks to position it [...]
2009-05-06 14:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM611SPLM SG AMUM URGES THE USG NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Pagan Amum emphasized the importance of critical items within the CPA being implemented in a credible way, in particular the elections and the referendum, by 2011 in order to keep peace alive in Sudan. He laid out [...]
2009-05-11 07:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM637SPLM URGES SE GRATION TO WORK CPA AND DARFUR
[...] Summary. Deputy Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman and Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Cabinet Affairs Kosti Manibe (SPLM) urged Special Envoy Gration to work concurrently on CPA implementation and Darfur. The [...]
2009-05-14 06:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC SOCI KPKO KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM644GOS INTENDS TO MOVE CAUTIOUSLY IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE
[...] (SBU) The Government of Sudan intends to move cautiously in its engagement with the U.S. and the international community, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahudin told CDA Fernandez during their final meeting May 14. While the ruling National Congress Party is eager to move forward with the Da [...]
2009-05-17 04:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM651UNAMID LEADERSHIP WARY OF JEM'S RISE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) Doha-talks monopoly has created a peace process that guarantees war, as JEM seeks to destroy or co-opt all rival factions, UNAMID JSR Rodolphe Adada and Political Affairs Chief Abdul Mohammed told CDA Fernandez on May 13. They noted that [...]
2009-05-17 13:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU CD
09KHARTOUM665AMNA DIRAR FORMS EASTERN DEMOCRATIC PARTY, LAMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Front has effectively dissolved after electoral officials denied requests to register it as a political party, Dr. Amna Dirar told poloffs in a May 17 meeting. In response to this setback, Dirar formed the Eastern Democratic Party to provide an alternative to the tri [...]
2009-05-20 04:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PINR KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM669BEJA CONGRESS, FREE LIONS ACKNOWLEDGE COLLAPSE OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Front has fallen apart, representatives of the Free Lions and Beja Congress conceded to poloffs separately on May 18-19. Implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) was the only hope for keeping it together, they said, but the peace dividend promised u [...]
2009-05-20 14:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU ER CM
09KHARTOUM698NISS CHIEF CALLS ON SENATORS TO REMOVE SUDAN FROM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Headquarters, NISS Chief Salah Ghosh expressed frustration that after nine years of NISS cooperation with the CIA, Sudan remains designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, and complained that Sudan is "paying a high price" for [...]
2009-05-28 15:15:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM701MEDIA REACTION TO U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY TO SUDAN EAST-WEST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The current East-West tour to China, Qatar, United Kingdom and France by U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration has dominated most of the local news in Sudan. While a handful of pro-government newspapers remain optimistic and describe the visits as "encouraging" and "a [...]
2009-05-29 07:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC KPAO OIIP SU
09KHARTOUM710 MAY 25 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic, and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN driv [...]
2009-05-31 15:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM713CODEL ISKASON MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Bob Corker (R-TN) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, accompanied by CDA a.i. Asquino and emboffs, met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahudin at the Ministry of Federal Rule in Khartoum on May 25. Later that afternoon, they met wit [...]
2009-06-01 10:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM726NCP OFFERS ELECTION STRATEGIES AND STRESSES POST-REFERENDUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2, CDA Whitehead made introductory calls on Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah Eddin as well as NCP strategists Yahya Babiker and Sayed Al-Khateeb. The NCP praised the Obama Administration's "new approach" to U.S.-Sudanese relations, provided some insight into NCP election [...]
2009-06-04 12:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM735CDA'S COURTESY CALL ON DUP LEADER AL MIRGHANI
[...] SUMMARY. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Mohammed Osman al Mirghani complained to Charge Whitehead that the two CPA partners are ignoring the concerns of Sudan's other political groups. Despite this, Mirgahani seemed unable to articulate a clear strategy of how the DUP might compete in [...]
2009-06-09 13:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM743YASIR ARMAN: NCP/SPLM RELATIONS WORSE THAN EVER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a courtesy call with Charge d'Affaires Whitehead on June 10, Deputy Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)'s Northern Sector Yasir Arman discussed his party's deteriorating relationship with the National Congress Party (NCP) and outlined the biggest c [...]
2009-06-11 14:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM781USAID AND AECOM SIGN IMPLEMENTATION PROTOCOL WITH MIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. USAID and implementing partner AECOM (formerly operating in Sudan as PADCO) signed an Implementation Protocol (IP) with the Government of Sudan's Ministry of International Cooperation (MIC) on June 8, 2009. The new relationship with MIC restores the programming of the USAID Off [...]
2009-06-24 09:27:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM786JMST SHIFTS FOCUS TO TRIPOLI GROUP, CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) Summary: With peace talks in Doha suspended due to the impasse between the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Government of Sudan (GOS),the UN/AU Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST) is shifting its immediate focus to the so-called "Tripoli Group" of rebel factions. JMST is als [...]
2009-06-25 14:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM807NCP AND SPLM NEGOTIATE REFORM LEGISLATION; CONSENSUS ON A
[...] (SBU) Summary. National Congress Party (NCP) parliamentarian and political heavyweight Ibrahim Ghandour and Government of National Unity (GNU) State Minister of Justice Wek Mamer Kuol (of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement) told poloffs that while the National Constitutional Review Commiss [...]
2009-07-02 13:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM808FINANCE MINISTER ALJAZ SAYS NCP COMMITTED TO
[...] (C) Summary: The National Congress Party (NCP) is committed to the peaceful resolution of Sudan's political problems so it can focus its energy on economic development, Minister of Finance Dr. Awad Aljaz told CDA Whitehead in a July 2 meeting. Striking a friendly tone, Aljaz expressed hope tha [...]
2009-07-03 09:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM814 UN ELECTIONS CHIEF CALLS DELAY OF ELECTIONS TO APRIL 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30, poloffs attended the monthly meeting of the Electoral Assistance Group (EAG) in Khartoum. UNMIS Chief Electoral Affairs Officer Ray Kennedy noted that the National Electoral Commission (NEC) would imminently release a new electoral calendar, which calls for voter reg [...]
2009-07-07 06:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM844SUDAN - INITIAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INCREASED
[...] (SBU) Protection concerns--particularly incidents of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)--persist throughout conflict-affected areas of Sudan. Nearly six years after conflict erupted in Sudan's Darfur region, SGBV continues to negatively affect Darfuri communities; however, reliable statis [...]
2009-07-15 12:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL EAID SOCI KWMN KOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM85UNAMID DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE PLANS AND SOUTH DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 22, Rodolphe Adada, the Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID,) told CDA Fernandez that UNAMID continues to draft its ceasefire plans. Adada stated that UNAMID's plan will be flexible and applicable in bot [...]
2009-01-23 09:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM857 SE GRATION VISITS KALMA CAMP AND MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (U) During July 17-18, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration traveled to South Darfur to review the humanitarian situation in Kalma and Kass internally-displaced person (IDP) camps and meet with Darfuri civil society and ethnic leaders. A report of Gration's trip to Kass will be provided v [...]
2009-07-21 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM866SPLA: Deterring External Threats While Addressing Internal
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 23 meeting with Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, the Government of Southern Sudan's Minister of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial and the SPLA Chairman of the General Staff James Hoth Mai provided their assessment of the security threa [...]
2009-07-27 04:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM867SPLA: Deterring External Threats While Addressing Internal
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 23 meeting with Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, the Government of Southern Sudan's Minister of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial and the SPLA Chairman of the General Staff James Hoth Mai provided their assessment of the security threa [...]
2009-07-27 04:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM869Sudan: Special Envoy Gration and CDA Whitehead visit Heglig
[...] (U) On July 21 Special Envoy (SE) Gration and Charge (CDA) Whitehead visited Heglig oilfield, the field headquarters of the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC). Taking off from the regional capital of Kadugli, SE and his delegation were transported by helicopter over the lush rainy [...]
2009-07-27 04:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM874UGANDAN AMBASSADOR REQUESTS US ASSISTANCE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Ugandan Ambassador Betty Akech Okullou called on Charge July 28 to discuss the fate of a Ugandan national abducted a month ago in Darfur (reftel). Okullou said she had been consulting closely with the Irish, who are also working to free an Irish national abducted at the same ti [...]
2009-07-28 11:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PINR EAID UN AU SU UG IR
09KHARTOUM8932009 ELECTIONS BUDGET PROPOSAL RELEASED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National Elections Commission (NEC) announced its 2009 budget of approximately $153 million USD on July 27, 2009, down from an earlier request of more than one billion USD. The GNU would commit approximately $72 million to 2009 elections preparations and seek over $79 millio [...]
2009-08-04 05:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM917GHAZI SALAHEDDIN TELLS REPRESENTATIVE ELLISON: "WE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 5 conversation with Congressman Keith Ellison, Presidential Adviser and National Congress party (NCP) intellectual Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin said he is open to visits by anyone seeking to engage with the regime, including members of the U.S. Congress and the Darfur advocac [...]
2009-08-07 09:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM942LONG-TIME NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY
[...] (c) Summary. On August 13 President al Bashir sent a shock-wave through Khartoum political circles with a decree replacing long-time NISS Director General (DG) Salah Abdallah, better known as Salah Ghosh, with NISS Deputy Director Major General Mohammed Atta al-Moula. Ghosh will join the Pr [...]
2009-08-14 10:54:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINR SU
09KIGALI172RWANDA DEFENCE FORCES TOP LEADERSHIP ON EASTERN
[...] (C) Summary. Charge d,Affaires and Defense Attache met Rwanda Defence Forces, (RDF) Chief of Defence Staff General James Kabarebe, Army Chief of Staff General Charles Kayonga and Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Muhire on March 18. Kabarebe expressed satisfaction with the recently c [...]
2009-03-20 12:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS RW
09KIGALI207RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]
2009-04-13 07:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI208RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]
2009-04-13 07:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI212SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S VISIT TO RWANDA
[...] (C) Your visit underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda, our support for peace and security in the region, and our recognition of Rwanda's leading role as an international peacekeeping force. You will arrive shortly after a week-long national commemoration of the 1994 genoc [...]
2009-04-14 11:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV ECON EAID
09KIGALI279SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE: RWANDA UN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: I am delighted you will participate in the UN Security Council's May 17-18 visit to Rwanda. The Mission staff and I look forward to assisting you during your visit. Your participation underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda and our support [...]
2009-05-08 06:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MOPS PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI314SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON
[...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes CODEL Isakson to Rwanda. Your visit to Rwanda comes at an excellent time in U.S.-Rwandan relations. The U.S. Government has a deep partnership with Rwanda on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as fighting the spread of the global scourges [...]
2009-05-21 15:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI325RWANDAN AMBASSADORS NAMED FOR DRC AND OTHER POSTS
[...] (SBU) On May 6, the Rwandan cabinet announced the nomination of several new ambassadors, including most prominently Amandin Rugira as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Following are biographic notes and Mission comments on the various nominations. 2. (SBU) Amandin [...]
2009-05-27 09:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI328BBC TEAM MEETS WITH GOVERMENT FOLLOWING SUSPENSION
[...] (C) On May 21, Jerry Timmins, the Head of BBC World Service for Africa and the Middle East, met with Rwandan officials to discuss the April 25 suspension of BBC Kinyarwanda Service broadcasts in Rwanda (ref B). According to BBC personnel who participated in the five-hour discussion, Informat [...]
2009-05-28 06:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI506RWANDA'S MCC THRESHOLD LAUNCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior officials from Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) visited Rwanda in late July to meet with key stakeholders involved in implementing Rwanda's three-year, $24.7 million Threshold Program, which focuses on the MCC's "ruling justly" indicators. Senior Government of Rwan [...]
2009-08-15 14:06:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI525SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS
[...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes CODEL Meeks to Rwanda. The U.S. Government partners closely with Rwanda on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as fighting HIV/AIDS and malaria, expanding economic development and assisting Rwanda's democratic structures. Rwandans deeply a [...]
2009-08-26 06:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID KDEM PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI588RWANDA NO "ISLAND" - KAGAME PREACHES REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 13 meeting with visiting senior State Department officials, President Kagame said his country's future success depended on the stability and prosperity of the region as a whole. Accordingly, Rwanda wanted closer ties with neighbors such as the Democratic Republ [...]
2009-09-18 17:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI618RDF GENERAL EMPHASIZES REGIONAL STABILITY, URGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 23 meeting, a senior Rwandan military officer stressed that regional peace and stability, especially with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),was in Rwanda's vital interest. He requested USG action against U.S.-based supporters of the Democratic F [...]
2009-09-30 16:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINS PINR KJUS CG RW
09KIGALI634RWANDAN PM DESCRIBES IMPROVING RWANDA-DRC TIES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, Rwanda's prime minister confirmed plans for Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to exchange ambassadors in the very near future and said Rwanda sought to strengthen its economic partnership with both the DRC and with countries belonging to the Ea [...]
2009-10-07 07:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI699GOVT ALLOWING OPPOSITION BREATHING SPACE, SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, Internal Security Minister Harerimana told Emboffs the Rwandan government was purposely not applying the law to the full extent and was allowing new opposition parties some latitude to form and operate. He cautioned that politicians could easily manipulate many Rw [...]
2009-10-28 16:28:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS RW
09KIGALI736DASD HUDDLESTON AND RWANDAN DEFENSE REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Huddleston met October 26 with Rwandan Minister of Defense Gatsinzi and senior Rwandan Defense Force officers, including Chief of Defense (CHOD) Kabarebe. The Rwandans thanked DASD for USG cooperation on peacekeeping and highlighted the Rwan [...]
2009-11-06 11:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS MASS PINR CG RW
09KIGALI749REFUGEE ISSUES IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Rwanda hosts 53,000 Congolese refugees in three refugee camps and 2,000 urban refugees from various nearby countries. Standards of living in the camps are high, although land and sanitation issues are sometimes problematic. Although relations between Rwanda and the DRC have impr [...]
2009-11-13 12:13:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV CG RW
09KIGALI80DRC-GOR JOINT OPERATION SCORES SUCCESS, IS EXTENDED
[...] (C ) Summary. Senior Rwandans report that President Kabila has asked Government of Rwanda (GOR) troops to remain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) until February 28. A senior Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) officer asked if the U.S. had agreed with Kabila,s request to place U.S. milit [...]
2009-02-05 17:39:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINS PGOV RW
09KIGALI822RWANDAN CABINET SHUFFLE, NEW FOREIGN AND FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary. In the third cabinet shuffle of the year, President Kagame replaced his Foreign and Finance ministers and rearranged cabinet responsibilities for other ministers. The new Foreign Minister, Louise Mushikwabo, had been Minister of Information. She came back to Rwanda and became In [...]
2009-12-03 13:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RW
09KIGALI829TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY REVIEWS FOOD SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin reviewed food security, infrastructure needs and the impact of the global economic downturn on Rwanda with senior government officials, members of the private sector and international donor organizations October 29-November 1. Rwanda's [...]
2009-12-04 14:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAGR EAID EINV PREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI859NKUNDA'S ATTORNEY CONTINUES TO ARGUE HIS CLIENT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Canadian defense attorney for detained CNDP leader Laurent Nkunda told Emboffs December 9 that Rwanda's Supreme Court had agreed to hold a hearing on January 13, 2010 about the legality of Nkunda's detention. The attorney claimed to have had no direct communication with Nkunda [...]
2009-12-16 12:23:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS MARR CG RW
09KIGALI862GETTING TO KNOW SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The president of the Rwandan Socialist Party, an intellectual and Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) veteran whose family was killed during Rwanda's political violence of the late 1950s, is strongly pro-American and critical of China. He leads a small party which is aligned with the [...]
2009-12-17 12:52:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI870RWANDA-FRANCE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ON FAST TRACK
[...] (C) Visiting French MFA Director General of Administration Stephane Romatet told Ambassador on December 17 that the Quai d'Orsay planned to have a full-time political officer in Rwanda by early January, 2010 and an ambassador here later that month. He said France intends to start quickly, at [...]
2009-12-18 12:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON PGOV CG RW
09KINGSTON113JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Engel at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, and high violen [...]
2009-02-12 19:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON1190JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR DAS REYNOSO'S VISIT, JANUARY 11-13
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of DAS Reynoso at a time when Jamaica faces serious challenges on multiple fronts: -- a crushing debt burden, negative growth, high unemployment, and the prospect of painful new taxes and budget cuts needed to conclude an indispensable standby arrangement wi [...]
2009-12-30 14:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR PHUM ASEC CJAN IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON253FRAUD SUMMARY - KINGSTON (OCT 08-MAR 09)
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In the first half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FPU at [...]
2009-04-02 11:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
09KINGSTON270JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR RADM JOSEPH KERNAN
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, [...]
2009-04-07 14:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC XL JM
09KINGSTON306FEW OPTIONS FOR CASH STRAPPED JAMAICA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the Bruce Golding-led administration reaches the 18 month mark; the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) faces difficult decisions on the eve of its second budget presentation. Still suffering the effects of the global economic meltdown and frozen credit markets, the GOJ has been for [...]
2009-04-22 20:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON320JAMAICA: 2009 HERBERT SALZMAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 20:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER ECON BEXP ETRD AMGT EAIR SOCI IBRD IMF CDB IBD
09KINGSTON361JAMAICA: PM GOLDING'S 2009-10 BUDGET PRESENTATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding to criticism from the opposing People's National Party (PNP),Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding defended his proposed national budget before Members of Parliament on May 5. During the speech attended by emboffs, Golding detailed the dire economic reality facing the Gov [...]
2009-05-07 20:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG SENV EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON377JAMAICA RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, MAY 2009
[...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. On May 5 during the 2009-2010 National Budget Debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said, &We continue to advocate for the revocation of the U.S. embargo against Cuba and the normalization of Cuba,s relations within [...]
2009-05-14 19:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON ETTC PREL JM
09KINGSTON440JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES CUBA MUST
[...] (SBU) On May 29, 2009, Charge visited the Government of Jamaica,s (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) for final meeting with Minister Dr. Kenneth Baugh. Charge and the Minister discussed a number of topics, including: the upcoming Organization of American States (OAS) [...]
2009-06-01 18:27:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC SOCI ELAB
09KINGSTON467JAMAICA: OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS CUBA MUST
[...] (U) Summary: In an informal June 5 press conference in Kingston, Organization of American States (OAS) Assistant Secretary General (ASG) Albert Ramdin of Suriname described as "historic" the recently-concluded 39th General Assembly (GA) session in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, that saw the rescindi [...]
2009-06-12 13:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ASEC SOCI PGOV OAS JM
09KINGSTON514JAMAICA: FRUSTRATION GROWS OVER FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT,
[...] (U) As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prepares for its July 2 summit in Guyana, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) finds itself increasingly frustrated and at odds with its partners in the 36 year old organization, especially the regional economic powerhouse of Trinidad and Tobago. Particula [...]
2009-06-30 16:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EIND PBTS PREL EINV EPET ETRD SMIG MIC
09KINGSTON551JAMAICA: IMF NEGOTIATIONS IGNITE DEBATE,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. A Government of Jamaican (GOJ) delegation led by Don Wehby, Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance, visited Washington the week of July 6 to intensify negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The GOJ's failure to reach most of its ec [...]
2009-07-17 16:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB
09KINGSTON601JAMAICA: RUMBLINGS OF KEY PERSONNEL CHANGES IN
[...] (C) The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP)-led government is undergoing a second major reshuffle of portfolios for the year. Key Minister of Finance advisors Don Wehby and Dennis Chung have returned to the private sector. Chris Zacca, President of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ),[...]
2009-08-13 13:22:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG PINR PREL PGOV SOCI IADB
09KINGSTON611JAMAICA: SUPREME COURT ORDERS THIRD BY-ELECTION IN CONTINUING
[...] (U) On August 12, Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Hibbert: -- ruled that Michael Stern of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP),the Member of Parliament (MP) representing North West Clarendon parish, had been improperly nominated for the September 2007 general election because he had then held dual [...]
2009-08-17 13:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI PREL CASC CPAS JM XL
09KINGSTON676JAMAICA: KEY OPPOSITION FIGURE DESCRIBES PRIME
[...] (C) Peter Bunting, Member of Parliament and the opposition People's National Party (PNP) Spokesperson on National Security, praised the USG's August 30 request that Christopher "Dudus" Coke be extradited to stand trial on federal drug charges. Describing Prime Minister (PM) Golding's position [...]
2009-09-04 19:11:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR
09KINGSTON689LACK OF INDEPENDENCE CONSTRAINS JAMAICAN JUDICIARY,
[...] (SBU) Jamaican Chief Justice Zaila McCalla expressed frustration with the state of the Jamaican judicial system during ChargQ Parnell's September 11th introductory meeting. Since the 1960s, crime rates in Jamaica have increased dramatically, yet the court system has not responded with adequate [...]
2009-09-15 13:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR CJAN SOCI EAID KCRM KCOR JM XL
09KINGSTON701JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS re HIGH-PROFILE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 22:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON709JAMAICA: PM ATTEMPTS TO RECAPTURE POLITICAL MOMENTUM, GOJ
[...] (SBU) In a much-anticipated pre-dawn address to Parliament, Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding called for a "paradigm shift" in the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s civil service and government finances. Confronting a moribund economy, unsustainable budget deficits, and a resurgent opposition Peop [...]
2009-10-01 17:52:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ASEC SOCI ECON EFIN IMF IBRD ENRG EINV
09KINGSTON712JAMAICA: PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY SHOWS NEW ENERGY AND UNITY
[...] (U) A seemingly rejuvenated and energized People's National Party (PNP) held its annual conference in Kingston over the weekend, at which party President and former Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) assailed the current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) -led Government of Jamaica (GOJ) [...]
2009-09-22 19:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL ECON EFIN
09KINGSTON733JAMAICA: POLICE COMMISSIONER HARDLEY LEWIN RESIGNS
[...] (U) Police Commissioner Hardley Lewin announced his resignation as head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on November 1, putting to an end weeks of speculation and bringing to a close a tumultuous two-year tenure in which Lewin was unsuccessful in either reversing the island's spiraling c [...]
2009-11-04 18:43:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON747JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, NOVEMBER 2009
[...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in Reftel A. On May 5 during the 2009-2010 National Budget Debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said, "We continue to advocate for the revocation of the U.S. embargo against Cuba and the normalization of Cuba's relations withi [...]
2009-12-02 17:52:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETTC SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON790Fraud Summary - Kingston March 2009 - August 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the second half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FP [...]
2009-10-06 16:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
09KINGSTON962JAMAICA: PNP GENERAL SECRETARY DISCUSSES COKE EXTRADITION
[...] (SBU) On November 12, Emboffs organized a largely informational meeting at Post between representatives of the Mission's law enforcement community and Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Bunting, General Secretary and Opposition Spokesman for National Security for the opposition People's National P [...]
2009-11-17 19:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI EAID KCOR
09KINGSTON992JAMAICA: RULING PARTY BLAMES OPPOSITION FOR CURRENT FISCAL
[...] (U) At its scaled back November 22 annual party conference, an embattled Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) defended its two years in office and attributed much of the nation's economic and fiscal travails to the "inheritance" left by the opposition People's National Party (PNP). In a somber and serio [...]
2009-11-24 13:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ASEC ECON EFIN CJAN CVIS KCOR KCRM IMF JM
09KINHASA1056SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 1/3: OBJECTIVES AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe visited Kinshasa November 13-17 as the culmination of his six-country salutatory tour of the region. In his meetings with senior GDRC decision makers, Wolpe outlined the Obama Administration's objectives in Central Africa and pro [...]
2009-12-03 12:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS CG
09KINSHASA1013TIP Action Plan Demarche Delivered
[...] (SBU) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel talking points on October 30 to Upio Kakura Wapol, Minister of Human Rights (MHR) and Sulubika Asha, lawyer and assistant in the MHR. PolCouns delivered reftel talking points on October 16 to Xavier Mirindi, Secretary General in the Ministry of Interior, [...]
2009-11-16 08:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PHUM PREL KWMN CG
09KINSHASA1032DRC 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT
[...] (SBU) Since the June 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) has made progress in the development of strategies and legislation, but there is still significant work needed in the area of enforcement. The GDRC shows a growing politica [...]
2009-11-24 15:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KWMN CG
09KINSHASA1042 War Crimes Ambassador Rapp visits DRC;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador at Large for War Crimes (S/WCI) Stephen Rapp visited the DRC from November 12-14 as part of a follow-on mission to Secretary Clinton's August visit. He interacted with a variety of Congolese and international actors in meetings with the Minister of Justice, the Vice [...]
2009-11-30 06:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL PREF MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA105KABILA PRESS CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON EASTERN DRC
[...] (SBU) DRC President Joseph Kabila held a press conference January 31, addressing questions on the situation in the East and on the state of the economy in the DRC. Kabila defended his decision to allow Rwandan troops into the DRC to pursue FDLR combatants, stressing that both Ugandan and Rwan [...]
2009-02-03 07:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS ECON KPKO CG
09KINSHASA1061SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 2/3: ANGOLAN RESOURCES,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe met with GDRC decision makers and key foreign ambassadors as part of his November 13-17 visit to Kinshasa in which he outlined USG objectives and initiatives in the region (reftel B). In meetings with GDRC Foreign Minister Thambw [...]
2009-12-07 10:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA PREF CG
09KINSHASA1063GDRC THOUGHTS ON CNDP INTEGRATION, SGBV, AND SADC
[...] (U) During a December 2 meeting with polcouns, John Muabma, an advisor in the Ministry of Regional and International Cooperation, discussed the CNDP's transition from a military movement to a political party, sexual and gender based violence (SGBV),and the DRC's role in SADC and other Centra [...]
2009-12-07 13:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWMN ECON CG
09KINSHASA1071PROMINENT PPRD PARLIAMENTARIAN ON KIMIA II, SGBV,
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with polcouns, Jean Mbuyu Luyongola, a prominent PPRD parliamentarian, stressed that sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) was a societal problem in the DRC. Ill-disciplined FARDC and police aggravated SGBV, as did the culture of impunity. Creating n effe [...]
2009-12-09 15:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN MOPS KPKO KDEM CG
09KINSHASA1080AUGUSTIN KATUMBA, PRESIDENT'S ALLEGED TREASURER
[...] (C) Summary: National Assembly Deputy Augustin Katumba Mwanke resigned as Executive Secretary of the ruling coalition, the "Alliance pour la Majorite Presidentielle" (Alliance for the Presidential Majority -- AMP) last week. He relinquished the position amid pervasive rumors of an impending [...]
2009-12-14 06:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG
09KINSHASA1083DONGO, KATUMBA'S RESIGNATION, AND ANGOLA -- ANY
[...] (S) Summary: The situation in Dongo remains very fluid, with over 74,000 DRC refugees having crossed over the Ubangi River into the Republic of Congo and up to 38,000 IDPs in the area within the DRC. The region remains too unsafe for humanitarian workers to enter. MONUC has publicly announc [...]
2009-12-15 10:05:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPGOV PREL PINS PHUM PREF MOPS EAID CG
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