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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
07KABUL2001	AFGHANISTAN - USEPA SCIENCE FELLOWS ADVISING, COACHING GOA [...] Two Embassy Science Fellows detailed from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) have been engaged with their Afghan counterpart National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) since late 2006. The two-year-old Afghan agency is building itself and its environmental managemen [...]	2007-06-21 13:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO PGOV AF

07KABUL2004	PRT URUZGAN - THE FIGHT FOR CHORA [...] (C/REL NATO and AUS) Summary: Chora district center came under Taliban attack Friday, June 15, the focal point of a province-wide surge in insurgent activity. When it looked as if Chora might fall, the Dutch took the politically difficult decision to go on the offensive. They mounted successfu [...]	2007-06-21 15:11:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SOCI AF
07KABUL2005	AFGHAN PREPARATIONS FOR PEACE JIRGA ON TRACK; [...] (SBU) The Afghan Crossborder Jirga Preparation Commission is making good progress on its preparations for the August event. A number of substantive and logistical issues will be finalized based on input from the Pakistanis. The joint Afghanistan-Pakistan technical committee could meet as ear [...]	2007-06-21 15:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL201	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO APHSCT TOWNSEND [...] (C) U.S. Embassy welcomes the visit of Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend and grants country clearance for her visit February 8-9, 2007. Country Clearance is also granted to members of the APHSCT Townsend delegation: Michele [...]	2007-01-22 06:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ECON POL INTEL AF
07KABUL2032	DETAINEES: GOA NOTIFIED OF THIRD GROUP OF [...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On June 25, polmiloff provided reftel A notification to Malik Quraishi, Director, Policy and Oversight, Office of the National Security Council (ONSC),who will relay it to Mohammad Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director. Salehi, our primary ONSC contact on detainee issues, [...]	2007-06-26 05:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PTER AF
07KABUL2069	AFGHANISTAN - USEPA SCIENCE FELLOWS ADVISING, COACHING GOA [...] Two Embassy Science Fellows detailed from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) have been engaged with their Afghan counterpart National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) since late 2006. The two-year-old Afghan agency is building itself and its environmental managemen [...]	2007-06-27 12:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO PGOV AF
07KABUL2070	Afghanistan Energy: Revisiting NEPS [...] (SBU) Summary: The North East Power System (NEPS) is at the center of the GOA strategy to provide affordable and reliable electricity to the Afghan people, a high economic and political priority for the GOA and the donor community. NEPS transmission lines were designed to import 300MW of powe [...]	2007-06-27 12:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL2071	RECONSTRUCTING AFGHANISTAN - USG PROCUREMENT AS DEMAND [...] (SBU) Beginning with Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan's (CFC-A) landmark Afghan First initiative, local procurement of goods and services by the U.S. and NATO military establishments and the international community is growing. It needs to grow more. An April 2007 study estimates that of th [...]	2007-06-27 12:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EIND ETRD EINV EAID MOPS AF
07KABUL2073	EXPLORING WAYS TO MAKE PTS A MORE SUCCESSFUL [...] (C//REL UK) The Program Tahkim-e-Solh (PTS) process has reconciled 3,742 former combatants since being established in May 2005, but needs to be strengthened. Recent developments - a more solid funding base and stronger Afghan leadership - provide an opportunity to make this happen. Embassy is [...]	2007-06-27 14:25:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER AF
07KABUL2081	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER ONE [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier One of ANP Rank Reform. When t [...]	2007-06-29 03:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2082	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of ANP Rank Reform. This i [...]	2007-06-29 03:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2083	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of ANP Rank Reform. This i [...]	2007-06-29 03:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2084	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 41 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier 2 of ANP Rank Reform. This is [...]	2007-06-29 03:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2085	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP DOB REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 25 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of ANP Rank Reform. This i [...]	2007-06-29 03:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2107	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 19 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...]	2007-07-03 02:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2108	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...]	2007-07-03 02:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2109	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 16 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...]	2007-07-03 02:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2136	DETAINEES: UPDATE ON TRANSFER-RELATED ISSUES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Transfers to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) resumed on June 3, and the ANDF now contains 56 detainees. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has relayed charges for the first 12 detainees transferred in April to the Attorney General's prosecutors, who have a [...]	2007-07-05 14:40:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL2139	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III (TIER [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III (Tier Two) o [...]	2007-07-07 04:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL216	PRT FARAH: ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT -- POPPY AND IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite being dry and barren, Farah depends heavily on agriculture. Although poppy production has decreased recently, Farah remains a major poppy producing province. Governor-led eradication has begun, but it has a long way to go. The Alternative Livelihoods Program is not [...]	2007-01-22 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB EAID AF IR
07KABUL2166	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 49 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...]	2007-07-11 02:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2167	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...]	2007-07-11 02:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2168	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO, [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 39 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...]	2007-07-11 02:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL220	USING THE BERLIN JCMB MEETINGS TO FLAG NEED FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The next presidential election is scheduled to take place in 2009, followed by national assembly elections in 2010. Given the significant steps that must be taken before the next elections, it is imperative that preparation begin immediately and have the support of the interna [...]	2007-01-22 15:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID AF
07KABUL2246	FOLLOW-UP ON ATTACKS AND THREATS TO AFGHAN FEMALE [...] (C) Following the murders of two prominent female journalists (Zakia Zaki and Shakiba Sanga Amaj),Embassy officers met with both women's families to get further details on what happened. One case appears to have resulted from a family dispute. The family of the other victim report they hav [...]	2007-07-12 13:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2249	PRT URUZGAN: CHORA LEADERS SPEAK TO AFGHAN [...] (C) On July 6, Chora district and tribal leaders met at the district center with a team from the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission investigating civilian losses in the June fight for Chora. Their message was clear and measured, devoid of the histrionics or exaggeration and blame for IS [...]	2007-07-12 14:35:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL229	AFGHAN TELECOM CHIEF FIRED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Afghan Telecom (AfTel),Afghanistan's state-owned telecommunications company, has now been operating for two months without a formally designated president/CEO. The Minister of Communications, Amirzai Sangin, is currently acting as president/CEO of the company. Sangin fired Aftel's Pres [...]	2007-01-23 11:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS KCOR PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL2324	UNHCR VIEWS ON AGHANISTAN, IRANIAN DEPORTEES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a July 5 meeting, Ambassador and UNHCR Country Representative Salvatore Lombardo discussed a wide range of issues. Chief among these were the politicization of the Afghan refugee situation in Pakistan, Afghan deportees from Iran and concerns regarding President Karzai,s forth [...]	2007-07-19 02:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL AF IR PK
07KABUL2339	Afghanistan Energy: TURKMEN POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 17, citing President Karzai's July 5 and 6 visit to Ashgabat, the Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) clarified comments that the Minister for Economics (MOE) had earlier made to the Ambassador concerning Government of Afghanistan (GoA) efforts to import electric power [...]	2007-07-21 04:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL2343	PRT/QALENOW: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (C) In Badghis economic and social indicators continue to improve slowly, but growth has been restrained by a deteriorating security environment caused by a recently-removed corrupt and inefficient Governor. Recent insurgent attacks have grown in size and coordination in the Pashtun parts of [...]	2007-07-22 11:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID AF
07KABUL2357	BAND-I-AMIR LAKES, AFGHANISTAN'S FIRST NATURAL PROTECTED [...] The GoA and the international community are laying the groundwork to establish Afghanistan's first natural protected area at central Afghanistan's Band-i-Amir lakes in Bamyan Province. A recent visit there showed that the current circumstances at the lakes--one of the world's few large travert [...]	2007-07-23 10:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO PGOV EIND AF
07KABUL2361	DEATH OF MOHAMMAD ZAHIR SHAH - FORMER AFGHAN KING [...] (U) Summary: The Presidential Palace announced on Monday, July 23, that Mohammad Zahir Shah, the former King of Afghanistan has died. The funeral and burial ceremonies have been scheduled for Tuesday, July 24 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Ambassador Wood will represent the USG at the funeral an [...]	2007-07-23 14:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
07KABUL2402	AFGHAN CIVIL ORDER POLICE UNDERMINED BY POOR MOI [...] (SBU) The Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) are being trained by the Ministry of Interior (MOI) in close coordination with Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) to provide a force capable of responding to urban unrest, civil disorder and national emergencies, whil [...]	2007-07-27 04:01:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	MASS PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL243	JCMB SUCCESS - PRESIDENT KARZAI ISSUES FOUR COMMERCIAL [...] SUMMARY: On January 17, President Karzai signed decrees enacting laws on partnerships, corporations, arbitration, and mediation. The laws went into effect immediately, but are subject to parliamentary ratification. Their enactment results from active USG engagement through the JCMB process [...]	2007-01-24 12:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL2487	AFGHANISTAN - NATO MANEUVERING TO GET CONTROL OF [...] (C/NF) NATO's civilian leadership in Afghanistan has been lobbying the GoA to gain control of civil aviation development at the expense of the Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) and the established donor coordination process. The NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) [...]	2007-08-01 14:30:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ECON PREL AF
07KABUL2505	PRESIDENT KARZAI APPOINTS NEW GOVERNORS [...] (C) Governors have recently been sacked and replaced in Badghis, Ghor, Kapisa, and Logar. The status of the governor in Jowzjan remains unresolved, though he is no longer in the province. The governors from Faryab and Takhar were shifted to new provinces. Faryab remains vacant. The Ministry [...]	2007-08-03 03:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PINR AF
07KABUL2548	AFGHANISTAN - PRIVATE READOUT IMF MISSION [...] (C/NF) The recent IMF mission focused on revenue targets, ad hoc tariff decisions, banking supervision, and progress on the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS). The IMF continues to raise concerns about increased political interference in tax and customs collections. While the F [...]	2007-08-05 05:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	TAGS
07KABUL255	PAG APPROVES EXPANDING ANAP TO EAST AND [...] (SBU) The January 11 Policy Action Group (PAG) approved two Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) proposals. The first will expand the authorization of ANAP for Kandahar from 1300 to 2000. The additional 700 police will be recruited from and deployed to Panjwayi and Zharey districts to ba [...]	2007-01-25 09:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PGOV SNAR PTER AF
07KABUL2554	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: PROACTIVE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The Afghan Government held a Strategic Partnership Quarterly Update meeting on Prosperity and Governance with Embassy counterparts on July 21. Organized by the Ministry of Finance and co-Chaired by Deputy Minister Shahrani, Afghan representatives reported progress on most Prosperity and [...]	2007-08-05 06:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL2689	DETAINEES: IROA PREPARES FOR FIRST TRIALS AT ANDF [...] (S/NF) Summary: Following July and August transfers from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) and Guantanamo Bay (GTMO),more Afghans are in IRoA custody in the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) than remain at GTMO. Afghanistan's court system was reorganized in July, and the S [...]	2007-08-13 06:40:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL274	Afghanistan Energy: New Inter-Ministerial Commission Offers [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: A principal USG goal in Afghanistan's energy sector is ensuring an adequate and affordable supply of electricity to Kabul and other key population centers by end-2008 through rehabilitation and construction of power plants, dams and transmission lines. Despite [...]	2007-01-27 06:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL2743	POLAND TO CONSIDER A PRT IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Polish Government will soon consider whether to stand up a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. Internal discussions will begin in Warsaw on August 17. Polish diplomats in Kabul have met with Embassy PRT director to sound out initial USG thoughts. Based on [...]	2007-08-16 09:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF PL
07KABUL28	NEW AFGHAN NATIONAL COMMUNICATION COORDINATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: With active encouragement and support from the international community (IC) and especially Embassy Kabul, the Government of Afghanistan established the National Communication Coordinating Center (known as the NCCC or NC3) in early December 2006. Although the GOA is still identif [...]	2007-01-04 10:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AF PREL PTER MOPS
07KABUL291	JCMB SUCCESS - "TEA CLUB" APPROVES EMBASSY ENERGY WHITE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-28 10:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL294	Afghan Budget Execution and Capacity Development - Another [...] Prodded by JCMB III Semi-annual Report and an Embassy-led donor White Paper, the GoA has taken the first step towards the preparation of an Afghan National Capacity Development Strategy, targeted for release at the spring Afghan Development Forum (ADF). A draft Framework Paper identifies four C [...]	2007-01-28 11:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL2983	NEXT STEPS WITH S/CRS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy and CJTF-82 jointly recommend that S/CRS, under Embassy direction, continue its Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) planning process to include the remaining U.S.-led PRTs. The process should also be extended to the Brigade Combat Team level. This effort should be comple [...]	2007-09-06 12:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL299	MISLEADING PRESS REPORTS ON KARZAI'S ASHURA MESSAGE [...] (SBU) As is the usual custom on religious holidays, President Karzai offered a message during the Ashura ceremony at the Takyakhana-e-Hussenia (Shiite Mosque) on January 29. It follows successful efforts by government and religious leaders and security forces to plan for a peaceful Ashura cele [...]	2007-01-30 09:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL PTER AF
07KABUL3054	PRESIDENT KARZAI'S NEW GOVERNANCE CZAR OUTLINES [...] (SBU) President Karzai established the new Office of Local Administration on August 30 and appointed as its director general Ghulam Jelani Popal, a respected former deputy minister of finance. Popal outlined his vision for making the Afghan government "a reality in the lives of the people," p [...]	2007-09-12 11:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV PINR AF
07KABUL3087	AF: Anyak mine tender: WB comfortable with current state of [...] (SBU) In a September 13 meeting, World Bank staff informed Embassy Treasury Attach and EconOff that based on the information available to them, the initial evaluation of the Anyak copper mine bids appears to have proceeded according to the process spelled out in tender documents, and in accorda [...]	2007-09-15 13:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL313	POLICE RANK REFORM: MOI DECIDES TO MOVE AHEAD WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Interior has decided to move forward immediately with assignments of police company grade officers (captains and lieutenants) to rank reform positions. At a January 30 meeting of the International Police Board Coordinating Action Group (IPCAG, a monthly meet [...]	2007-01-31 12:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR SNAR PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL314	POLICE RANK REFORM: MOI DECIDES TO MOVE AHEAD WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Interior has decided to move forward immediately with assignments of police company grade officers (captains and lieutenants) to rank reform positions. At a January 30 meeting of the International Police Board Coordinating Action Group (IPCAG, a monthly meeting [...]	2007-01-31 13:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR SNAR PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL3198	AF: Fuel price spikes stabilizing, Iran blamed. [...] (U) Reporting from Embassy PRT's as well as Kabul-based Embassy FSN's confirmed that July and August 2007 saw an increase in fuel prices across Afghanistan that quickly caused an up-tick in other prices, as well as increased grumbling against the government in Afghanistan's coffee house convers [...]	2007-09-22 04:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3207	KABUL -- SUMMARY OF U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMS FOR [...] (U) Per Reftel, Embassy Kabul is providing a summary of Post programs and activities to promote human rights in Afghanistan. This is intended for President Bush's democracy and human rights roundtable to be held at the UN General Assembly on September 25. 2. (U) Begin text: --------- [...]	2007-09-22 12:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA AF
07KABUL3208	AFGHANISTAN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE [...] (C) Post had delivered request for Afghan support for the U.S. candidate to the Committee Against Torture on August 12 and followed up on September 19. 2. (C) G. Seddiq Rasuli, Deputy Director of the United Nations and International Conferences Department of the MFA told Poloff on Septembe [...]	2007-09-22 12:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3210	KABUL'S PLANS TO USE 2007 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS [...] (U) Per Reftel, Embassy Kabul confirms that the 2007 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Report has been posted on Post,s website in English. Copies of the report are being circulated to key contacts in the Afghan government, to other international actors, and to religious contacts. 2. [...]	2007-09-22 12:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO AF
07KABUL3237	LOWER HOUSE QUESTIONS MANDATE AND LEADERSHIP OF [...] (C) Summary: The Lower House of Parliament's September 1 discussion of the Structure of Government Law included heated debates over the mandate and leadership of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC). Following scathing criticism of the AIHRC, the Lower House voted to [...]	2007-09-25 08:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL3437	SPANISH OFFER TO TRAIN AFGHAN ARMY COMPANY [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy-Combined Security Transition Command Q) Afghanistan message. 2. (C) Spanish willingness to support and train the Afghan Army is appreciated. Our concerns here are that Spanish (and other) Allied assistance be provided in a manner that reinforces Q) not und [...]	2007-10-09 03:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF
07KABUL3460	SPANISH OFFER TO TRAIN AFGHAN ARMY COMPANY [...] (U) This is a resend of Kabul 03437. This is a joint Embassy-Combined Security Transition Command Q) Afghanistan message. 2. (C) Spanish willingness to support and train the Afghan Army is appreciated. Our concerns here are that Spanish (and other) Allied assistance be provided in a [...]	2007-10-10 08:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF
07KABUL3562	NEW GHAZNI GOVERNOR AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TALIBAN [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting October 16, recently appointed Ghazni governor Lawang Faizan appeared to seek the Ambassador's endorsement for his plans to reach out to Taliban fighters in Ghazni. The Ambassador welcomed Faizan's efforts in principle, but cautioned that reconcilees must not ha [...]	2007-10-20 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS AF
07KABUL359	PRT KHOST - GOVERNOR JAMAL: FUNDING DELAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During mid-December meeting with PRT, Khost Governor Arsala Jamal expressed concern that, due to funds from the Ministery of Interior into his Governor's Discretionary Fund drying up at the end of the fiscal year, he would not be able to pay the governor's militia that he was rel [...]	2007-02-05 10:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL360	PRT QALAT: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: The political situation in Zabul is fairly stable, with a good governor, Delbar Jan Arman, who has served for almost two years. His efforts are undermined by a weak administration both in the capital and in the districts, and his own unwillingness to empower and build the cap [...]	2007-02-05 10:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL3632	EMBASSY KABUL'S NOMINATIONS FOR 2008 SECRETARY'S [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Kabul is pleased to submit its list of nominees for the Secretary's 2008 Award for International Women of courage, keyed to the priorities in the reference. Per instructions, Embassy Kabul is submitting three (3) nominees. All nominees have been informed of the Ambassador's [...]	2007-10-25 10:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AF
07KABUL3656	DETAINEES: RUNUP TO FIRST TRIALS AT AFGHAN [...] (S/NF) Summary/Comment: On October 3, the first 12 detainees transferred to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) from Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) in April were arraigned before Afghan judges at the ANDF with defense counsel and the Attorney General's (AG) prosecutor pres [...]	2007-10-26 12:48:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL3662	D/NSA LTG LUTE AND D/SRSG ALEXANDER DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) Deputy SRSG Chris Alexander used an October 22 meeting with Deputy NSA LTG Lute to lay out a proposal for closer UNAMA-ISAF coordination on an overall counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. He reported close coordination between the SRSG and COMISAF, but highlighted difficulties coor [...]	2007-10-28 07:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID AF
07KABUL369	DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Afghan interagency national security, military, and legal experts have not arrived at a final position on how the GOA will deal with "security detainees" -- i.e., those individuals that the GOA is unlikely or unable to prosecute in the Afghan national security or criminal just [...]	2007-02-05 15:18:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	KAWC MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL371	PRTSHARANA: PAKTIKA GOVERNOR SEEKS AMBASSADOR'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paktika Governor Khpalwak used his January 20 meeting with the Ambassador to seek U.S. support for projects in his province. The Governor requested help in funding new projects in the border districts. The Ambassador highlighted the importance of the newly-authorized Afghan N [...]	2007-02-06 10:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EAID ECON MARR AF
07KABUL3714	NEW GOVERNANCE CZAR POPAL LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS [...] (SBU) Jelani Popal's three-year strategic plan for his new Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) aims to strengthen sub-national governance by holding appointed representative District Councils accountable for local governance, development, poppy-eradication, and security. To re [...]	2007-10-31 08:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR EAID KDEM AF
07KABUL3727	AFGHAN GOVERNMENT FOCUSES ON ELECTION PLANNING [...] (SBU) The October 3 JCMB has helped the Afghan government focus on the need to make several key decisions which will enable the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to move forward with plans for the 2009/10 Presidential, Parliamentary, and Provincial Council elections. Parliament is committ [...]	2007-11-01 06:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL3754	RESPONSE TO GERMAN REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF [...] (SBU) Post appreciates Embassy Berlin's REFTEL message relaying the German government's sensitivities about the nomination of the Kunduz province governor, Mohammad Omar, for participation in the autumn International Visitor program. 2. (SBU) Post would appreciate Embassy Berlin's conveying [...]	2007-11-05 01:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO MARR GM AF
07KABUL3765	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY EDELMAN'S NOVEMBER [...] (S) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Your visit, coming near the end of this year,s fighting season, is an opportunity to assess 2007,s military, political and development progress and to prepare the ground for major challenges in 2008. With 2008 being the last full year before the next Afghan president [...]	2007-11-06 08:32:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL3768	THIRD TRANSFER OF AFGHANS FROM GUANTANAMO TO [...] (S/REL IROA) On November 4, eight Afghans were transferred from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to the Afghanistan National Detention Facility (ANDF); IRoA officials were notified verbally on October 29 of the (then pending) transfer. On November 5, Emboffs met with Zia Mohammed Salehi, Director of the [...]	2007-11-06 11:59:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL3775	AF: Afghan-Pakistani Bilateral Trade and Security Talks [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: US Embassy Kabul representatives attended the Afghanistan-Pakistan Cooperation Workshop, sponsored by the Canadian Government in Dubai, October 30 - November 1. Senior Afghan and Pakistani officials responsible for customs, immigration and border security spent thre [...]	2007-11-08 01:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EPET EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3788	AFGHANISTAN: NEW OIL AND GAS FIELD TENDER EXPECTED IN THREE [...] (SBU) The Afghan Ministry of Mines intends to issue a tender for exploration of several blocks of the Amudarya Oil and Gas basin in north-western Afghanistan in February or March 2008 Post learned at the recent Oil and Gas Working Group meeting November 8. Note: The Amudarya basin is also where [...]	2007-11-09 02:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3800	USDP EDELMAN NOV 7 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KARZAI: [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his November 7 office call on President Karzai, USDP Edelman expressed condolences for the victims of the November 6 bombing in Baghlan Province and highlighted the opportunity presented by this heinous act to reinforce Afghan national unity and action against the Taliban. Karzai we [...]	2007-11-10 06:00:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL3848	AFGHAN POLICE TRAINING: SHIFT TO FOCUSED DISTRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Afghan National Police (ANP) development has lagged behind that of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Despite the training of over 70,000 ANP individuals and advances in equipping and recruiting, the police remain largely ineffectiv [...]	2007-11-15 10:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS MARR AF
07KABUL3856	NEW AFGHAN MINISTER OF REFUGEES AND REPATRIATION [...] (SBU) On November 17, the Afghan Parliament confirmed Sheer Mohammmad Etebari as the new Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, replacing the ineffectual Akbar Akbar. UNHCR and the Kabul Refugee Section both see Etebari as a less than perfect but acceptable alternative to Akbar and have worked [...]	2007-11-17 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3887	PRIVATIZATION OF AFGHAN TELECOM IMMINENT INCLUDING FIBER [...] (SBU) State Department Senior Advisor, Robert Deutsch, met with Afghan Minister of Communications, Amir Zia Sangin, on November 17 and received Afghan support for a conference fostering regional telecommunications interconnectivity. Minister Sangin also shared that plans for the privatization [...]	2007-11-21 09:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EICN PREL PGOV PBTS ETRD AF
07KABUL3908	Central Asia-to-South Asia Regional Energy Market [...] Summary. The four countries working to create an electricity transmission corridor between Central and South Asia took a major step forward in their Third Ministerial Conference in Kabul, November 14-16, 2007. Representatives agreed on the scope and preliminary technical definition of the p [...]	2007-11-26 01:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENGR ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3932	AF: Aynak Copper: Details of winning Chinese bid remain [...] (SBU) Summary: After a prolonged tender and evaluation process, on October 20, 2007, the state-owned China Metallurgical Group (CMG) was awarded the right to start negotiating a detailed contract for the Aynak Copper Mine project. By some accounts, the Chinese are expected to invest approximat [...]	2007-11-27 08:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL3933	AF: Aynak Copper: Details of winning Chinese bid remain [...] (SBU) Summary: After a prolonged tender and evaluation process, on October 20, 2007, the state-owned China Metallurgical Group (CMG) was awarded the right to start negotiatinQdetailed contract for the Aynak Copper Mine project. By some accounts, the Chinese are expected to invest approximately [...]	2007-11-27 08:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL395	PRT QALAT: PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES--ONE STEP AT [...] (U) SUMMARY: By their actions and through a series of meetings with the PRT, local women have expressed their desire for employment, education, and security in southern Zabul province. Key players for women's activities in Zabul are the Directorate of Women's Affairs (DOWA),two women Provinc [...]	2007-02-06 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL3973	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES' DECEMBER 3-5 VISIT [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: Your visit, coming at the end of this year,s fighting season, is an opportunity to assess 2007,s military, political and development progress. ISAF was the clear winner this year on the battlefield, which has pushed the enemy to resort increasingly to asymmetric attacks. [...]	2007-12-02 08:34:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS MARR AF
07KABUL3983	AFGHAN SUPPORT FOR NEW DEHLI AVIAN FLU CONFERENCE AND [...] (U) Embassy confirmed Afghan attendance at the New Delhi Avian and Pandemic Influenza Conference (reftel). Afghan Ministry of Agriculture Ubaidulla Ramin and Minister of Public Health Dr. Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatimi are scheduled to attend the conference, along with four others including their [...]	2007-12-03 14:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ESTH AIAG PGOV PREL EAGR SENV AF
07KABUL3993	Progress On Afghan Electricity from Uzbekistan? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Discussion with Afghans and donors on the North East Power System (NEPS) connection to Uzbekistan, yielded signs of increased Uzbek commitment to provide 150 MW of electricity to Afghanistan by the end of 2008 (including completing 43 KM of transmission lines to the Afghan border [...]	2007-12-04 13:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL4007	FOOD PRICE INCREASES CAUSE CONSTERNATION IN THE AFGHAN [...] Summary. Prices for household staples have risen across Afghanistan, driven primarily by worldwide increases in prices of key commodities. Even Afghans with "good" jobs have found themselves caught between rising food prices and flat salaries. Price increases are having a negative effect on [...]	2007-12-07 04:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN AF
07KABUL4020	AFGHANISTAN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE [...] (U) On December 07, Post delivered reftel points and materials to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan regarding the candidacy of Pierre Richard-Prosper to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Committee. On December 08, G. Seddiq Rasuli, D [...]	2007-12-09 13:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA AF
07KABUL4140	STILL A HARSH WORLD FOR WOMEN IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Summary. Despite Herat's status as the most modern Afghan city, western Afghanistan remains deeply conservative and women are still forced into arranged marriages, suffer beatings and abuse at the hands of family members, and resort to self-immolation as a means of escaping their plight an [...]	2007-12-18 07:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL4141	STILL A HARSH WORLD FOR WOMEN IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Summary. Despite Herat's status as the most modern Afghan city, western Afghanistan remains deeply conservative and women are still forced into arranged marriages, suffer beatings and abuse at the hands of family members, and resort to self-immolation as a means of escaping their plight an [...]	2007-12-18 07:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL4142	Afghans and Tajiks agree to Double Opening Hours of Bridge [...] (U) Summary: At a USG hosted meeting on December 17, Afghan and Tajik officials discussed current operations of, and ways forward for, the US-built and financed Afghan-Tajik bridge. Participants agreed to extend opening hours, consider pedestrian traffic and identify a common frequency for r [...]	2007-12-18 07:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD AF
07KABUL4172	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. JONAH BLANK [...] U.S. Embassy Kabul welcomes the visit of Dr. Jonah Blank, Senate Foreign Relations Staffer and grants country clearance for the period December 29 to January 01, for fact-finding relating to ongoing war issues in Afghanistan. Control officer is Political Officer C John Long, email address lo [...]	2007-12-22 08:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA AF
07KABUL4207	MOI PERSONNEL CHANGES: SCORE CARD [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. In late September, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) announced some 33 mid- to senior-level Palace appointments, including commanders for all four of the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP)'s brigades and several provincial chiefs of police. Anecdotal inform [...]	2007-12-27 13:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL424	NOMINATIONS FOR WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Kabul submits the following two candidates for the Women of Courage Award. Per email instructions from G/IWI, both women speak English. 2. (SBU) Mary Akrami is Director of a non-governmental organization called the Afghan Women Skills Development Center. Un [...]	2007-02-08 04:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AF
07KABUL439	STATE OF PLAY AND ACTION REQUESTS ON UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Embassy is working with the GOA to set dates and fix the agenda for upcoming working-level and senior-level Strategic Partnership meetings. We are in direct contact with our GOA counterparts for each working group. The MFA is responsible for overall organization of the Strategic Partne [...]	2007-02-09 05:16:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS ECON EAID SNAR AF
07KABUL442	CODEL PELOSI CITES STRONG SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During January 28 CODEL Pelosi visit to Kabul, Pakistan and poppy were dominant themes. Speaker Pelosi, Chairmen Skelton (Armed Services),Lantos (Foreign Affairs),and Reyes (Intelligence) and Sub-Committee Chairs Murtha (Defense Appropriations) and Lowey (State/Foreign Operatio [...]	2007-02-09 14:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PTER PGOV SNAR MOPS AF
07KABUL459	SECURITY NEEDS AND GOVERNORS' DISCRETIONARY FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Governors in a number of provinces slated to receive payments out of the Governors, Discretionary Fund have recently begun complaining that suspension of the Fund for the fourth quarter of the Afghan fiscal year has negatively impacted their ability to counter the security thre [...]	2007-02-10 11:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KFIN SNAR PTER AF
07KABUL466	UPDATE ON AMNESTY RESOLUTION [...] (U) During a press conference on February 6, Presidential Spokesman Karim Rahimi said that President Karzai may reject the draft resolution on amnesty passed by the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on January 31. Even if Karzai were to reject the resolution, it could still pass if i [...]	2007-02-10 13:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
07KABUL558	DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: READOUT FROM FEBRUARY [...] (S) Summary: Afghan legal experts are still preparing the GoA's response to our request for a written description of the legal framework that the GoA would apply to detainees transferred from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) and Guantanomo (GTMO) to GoA custody at the Afghan Nati [...]	2007-02-19 14:14:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL581	SOUTHERN GOVERNORS OUTLINE MAJOR SECURITY [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: During a February 6 introductory meeting in Kandahar with COMISAF, the governors of Helmand, Kandahar and Zabul pressed for increasing police salaries and getting more police officers into the Southern provinces to provide leadership to new recruits. ANA 205th Corps Co [...]	2007-02-21 13:15:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PTER EAID NATO MARR AF
07KABUL622	PRT CHAGHCHARAN:THE COST OF ALLOWING NICE GUYS TO [...] (C) Summary: The case of Ghor Province in Afghanistan's mountainous center suggests that major flows of assistance to areas of instability can have the unintended consequence of undermining government authority in ostensibly stable areas. Ghor province enjoys a generally benign security envi [...]	2007-02-26 09:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PREL AF

07KABUL652	DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA PROVIDES PART ONE [...] (S) As promised (reftel A),on February 19 the GOA provided a written description of the legal framework that will apply to detainees transferred from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) and later possibly from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to GOA custody at the Afghan National Detention Fac [...]	2007-02-27 13:43:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL661	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 15 Strategic Partnership Working Group meeting ranged broadly over issues related to building Afghan National Security Force capacity and increasing security sector links. The discussion covered the growth, equipping, and capacity building of both the army and poli [...]	2007-02-28 14:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR SNAR NATO AF
07KABUL662	OSD DELEGATION DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary: In February 13-15 meetings, a delegation from the Office of the Secretary of Defense discussed Pakistan, Iran, Afghan security forces development, and the Strategic Partnership with key leaders in the Afghan government. National Security Advisor Rassoul advised that the GOA is w [...]	2007-02-28 14:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV SNAR NATO AF
07KABUL68	DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES [...] (S) Summary: Deputy National Security Adviser Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada convened GOA representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Interior, Justice, and the National Directorate of Security on January 2 to discuss the legal basis for detention and prosecution of any detainees transferred [...]	2007-01-07 11:40:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL685	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) On February 22, senior USG officials responsible for Afghanistan and GoA counterparts participated in a Working Group on Governance in preparation for the Strategic Partnership plenary to be co-led on the U.S. side by U/S Burns and U/S Edelman on March 13-14. Participants agreed on a li [...]	2007-03-03 07:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL696	EXPEDITING MEDICAL RELEASE/TRANSFER OF [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Per ref A, Canadian officials paid a first consular visit to detainee Khaled Samy Abdalla ISMAIL in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) on January 11 and advised that Mr. Ismail, who is a dual Canadian/Egyptian national, [...]	2007-03-04 06:51:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	CASC KAWC MARR PTER CONS CA EG AF
07KABUL700	PRT FARAH: SEMI ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Incidents and attacks continue and security remains tenuous and uncertain, but the police now show a heightened presence with patrols and raids in Farah Province. Governing dynamics will be seriously affected as Farah deals with its third governor in less than six months. The [...]	2007-03-04 06:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR PINS PREL SOCI IR AF
07KABUL752	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) Polmil Deputy Counselor delivered reftel A message on March 5 to Ayoob Erfani, Director General of the MFA's UN Affairs Department. Mr. Erfani had not previously heard of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (CICNT),but said that the GOA would review the matter mindful of i [...]	2007-03-05 12:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP PARM IAEA AF
07KABUL759	REMAINS OF MEMORIAL TO SOVIET PILOTS AT BAGRAM AB [...] (C) Summary: In the late 1980s, members of a Soviet military unit stationed at the then Soviet Bagram Air Base constructed a memorial to five of their pilots who had been killed in action fighting the Mujahideen. There are no/no graves known or believed to be associated with the memorial. In [...]	2007-03-05 16:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RS AF
07KABUL775	U.S.-AFGHANISTAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) In the second meeting of the Afghan-U.S. Strategic Partnership Prosperity Working Group, Afghan and USG dels reaffirmed their commitment to a long-term economic partnership and advanced preparations for the March 13-14 Strategic Partnership plenary in Kabul to be co-led by Under Secretar [...]	2007-03-06 09:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL AF
07KABUL804	SCENE SETTER: US-AFGHAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Your March 13-14 visit to Afghanistan will be greeted by an Afghan government eager to host the Second U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Dialogue meeting. As some Afghans begin to fear international support may be slipping, the GOA sees the Strategic Partnership as a key vehicle to r [...]	2007-03-08 16:35:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL827	AFGHANISTAN: H5N1 SPREADS TO 3 PROVINCES INCLUDING KABUL [...] The avian influenza outbreak in Jalalabad late last month (reftel) has spread to a total of six districts in three provinces. Confirmed cases of H5N1 in backyard poultry have now been reported in Nangarhar (3 districts),Kunar (2 districts),and Kabul (1 district) provinces. The pattern of spr [...]	2007-03-12 04:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU SOCI ECON CASC AF
07KABUL829	SHIA ACTIVIST DESCRIBES IRAN'S EFFORTS TO EXPAND [...] (C) According to Sayed Jawad Husseini, the leader of a minor political party, "Afghan Youth", Iran is stepping up its efforts to influence the Afghan media, education, and influential Parliamentarians. At least four television stations financed by Iran are scheduled to go on the air in April [...]	2007-03-12 07:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR AF
07KABUL852	STAFFDEL GROVE'S FEBRUARY 19-21 VISIT TO [...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary: Mr. Hakan Abaci, Civilian Director of the Turkish-led PRT in Wardak province, emphasized that the PRT is mainly a "civilian" operation, which seeks to minimize the visibility of the Turkish military element that provides security for the PRT compound. He said he believes [...]	2007-03-13 12:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP MASS EAID SNAR ASEC AMGT AF
07KABUL881	EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Border Management [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Union (EU) has approved a plan for a European mission to Afghanistan aimed at enhancing training for the Afghan National Police. The ESDP mission will strengthen the European contribution to police training, of which the largest part is now the German Police Prog [...]	2007-03-15 13:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL882	EXBS AFGHANISTAN ADVISOR AND BORDER MANAGEMENT MONTHLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During this reporting period, the BMTF position for Border Police and Immigrations Systems Coordinator was filled. The Afghan Customs Department (ACD) drafted a proposal for transferring the Customs Police unit to MoF. The GoA accepted the Iranian proposal to fund and construc [...]	2007-03-15 13:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL883	AFGHAN AIRLINE IN DEFAULT WITH BOEING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Boeing has asked for assistance with a $1.8 million default by Ariana, Afghanistan's state airline, for lease payments on two Boeing 757s. Subsequent meetings with senior GoA and Ariana officials have revealed that the airline has no money to pay, but the GoA is putting together [...]	2007-03-15 13:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV EAIR ECON AF
07KABUL910	PRT HERAT: IRAN INCREASES VISIBILITY IN WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran has recently taken steps to establish "operational centers" for police cooperation in three provinces in western Afghanistan: Nimroz, Herat and Farah. These new centers complement Iranian efforts to establish relations with Afghan security forces and increase the range of the [...]	2007-03-19 16:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL926	AFTEL'S PUZZLING EXPANSION PLANS [...] (SBU) State-owned Afghan Telecom plans to quadruple the number of lines the company has by an aggressive build-out of wireless and copper networks, funded by the GoA and donors. The wireless plans will put AfTel into competition with mobile service providers, which could bring charges of anti- [...]	2007-03-20 13:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EFIN EINV ECON KPRV PGOV AF
07KABUL934	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANA PERSONNEL SELECTED FOR IMET [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 10 Afghan National Army (ANA) officers selected by Embassy Kabul's Defense Attache Office (DAO) to participate in international military education training at Alexa [...]	2007-03-21 09:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL935	LETTER FROM AFGHANISTAN MINISTER OF ENERGY AND WATER [...] Post has received the following letter from Minister of Energy and Water Ismail Khan requesting USG assistance with purchase of 100 MW of electrical generating equipment for Kabul. 2. BEGIN TEXT Date: 13 March 2007 From: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Energy and Water [...]	2007-03-21 09:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAID EFIN AF
07KABUL944	PRT GHAZNI: SIX MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security and governance in Ghazni have improved over the last six months due to an increase in troops and a change in governor. Reconstruction and development appear to be moving forward, but there is still no prioritized provincial development plan. Ghazni's citizens are expe [...]	2007-03-22 12:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON AF EAID
07KABUL956	DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: REVIEW BOARD MEETS [...] (S) Summary: The GOA has been informed that the first transfer of 13 detainees to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) is scheduled for March 25, when the facility will be formally opened; the actual transfer will occur on April 2. Post passed evidentiary files for the first transfer [...]	2007-03-25 03:47:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL998	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OFFICE OF WEAPONS REMOVAL [...] U.S. Embassy Kabul welcomes and grants country clearance for Stuart Harris, Marcus Carpenter and Lauren Frese to travel to Afghanistan April 3-5 2007, per reftel. All travelers who possess U.S. Department of State badges should bring their ID for identification purposes and to obtain an Emba [...]	2007-03-27 02:56:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC AFIN AF
07KAMPALA1050	UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...]	2007-06-26 12:29:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA1172	UGANDA: ROUNDUP ON STAFFDEL SMITH AND KUIKEN VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee Professional staff members Shannon Smith and Michael Kuiken visited Uganda from July 4-7, 2007 to gain further understanding on both bilateral and military relations. The team examined the ongoing peace proce [...]	2007-07-17 05:26:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI MOPS UG
07KAMPALA1209	UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY (August 18-23) [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...]	2007-07-26 04:19:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA1224	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 15-28, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]	2007-07-27 05:15:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1291	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 29 - AUG 10, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]	2007-08-13 05:04:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1310	UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FEINGOLD (AUGUST 26-30, [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive partner for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. Uganda is vigorously supporting a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives on HIV/AIDS (PEPFAR) and malaria (PM [...]	2007-08-15 10:23:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID UG
07KAMPALA1429	Ugandan Perspective on Museveni-Kabila Summit [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila met in Arusha, Tanzania for a two-day summit on September 7 and 8 to discuss border issues, the Lord's Resistance Army and other negative forces, and sharing of common resources. The two heads of state agre [...]	2007-09-11 13:17:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS UG CG
07KAMPALA1485	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 8 - SEPTEMBER 21, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]	2007-09-25 13:37:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1490	UGANDA/DRC: MORE ON LAKE ALBERT CONFRONTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kampala follow-up on the incidents on Lake Albert confirm basic elements of the confrontation (retel). The details of the second incident remain in question and under investigation by a joint FARDC-MONUC-UPDF team. MONUC said that the UPDF fired unprovoked on a civi [...]	2007-09-26 14:04:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA1595	UGANDA: THE INTERNATIONAL COMPONENT OF PRESIDENT MUSEVENI'S [...] (SBU) Summary: A look inside Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's in-box reveals a range of international and regional issues, many where the U.S. also has interests. Museveni's immediate "to-do" list includes repairing relations with the Democratic Republic of Congo, to gain its cooperation [...]	2007-10-16 12:52:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU CG
07KAMPALA1772	UGANDA: BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON LICENSE [...] Acting Permanent Secretary of Defense Rosetta Byengoma and Joint Chief of Staff Brigadier General Robert Rusoke confirmed to PolOff on November 15 that the reftel firearms would be used by the Ugandan military for security during the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting in Kampala [...]	2007-11-15 15:45:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KMOC PGOV UG
07KAMPALA238	UGANDA: PARLIAMENTARY DEFENSE COMMITTEE TO [...] (SBU) On February 7, Parliament referred the Somalia resolution to the Defense and Internal Affairs Committee. The committee's chairperson, Rose Nsereko Namayanja, told P/E officer on February 9 that the committee was wrapping up its work on the Somalia resolution. She would be preparing the [...]	2007-02-12 02:35:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG
07KAMPALA240	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (January 27-February 9, 2007) [...] Summary: Post presents the thirteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good gove [...]	2007-02-12 04:33:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA311	UGANDA'S MUSEVENI PRAISES U.S. AND AGOA [...] President Museveni expressed gratitude to the United States for opening its markets. In a speech on February 23 celebrating the first shipment of 100 percent Ugandan made organic cotton t-shirts to the United States, Museveni said, "the fact that the eleven trillion dollar U.S. market is open [...]	2007-02-26 07:03:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KAMPALA312	UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD (FEB 27-28) [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money, and logistics. Uganda cooperates fully in the War on Terror, and is highly receptive to U.S. training and presence. On the humanitarian and develo [...]	2007-02-23 03:10:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA342	UGANDA: ACTION ITEMS ON SOMALIA FROM EUCOM DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command General William Ward, discussed a wide range of issues with Ugandan military and civilian officials during his visit to Uganda from February 27 to 28. Ward praised President Museveni's commitment to regional stability. Senior military off [...]	2007-02-28 12:28:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG
07KAMPALA345	UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR AND NSC DEPUTY ADVISOR DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of US initiatives including Presidential initiatives o [...]	2007-03-01 03:50:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA377	UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2007 [...] (U) 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 (FO-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 3 [...]	2007-03-05 10:58:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG
07KAMPALA463	UGANDA: GOVERNMENT CLOSURE OF NATIONTV [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's closure of NationTV and concurrent demands on its sister organization, Monitor Publications, highlight the Ugandan Government's questionable commitment to an independent media. In exchange for allowing the station to broadcast, President Museveni has reportedly [...]	2007-03-15 10:43:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO UG
07KAMPALA561	UGANDA: SAVE THE CHILDREN UGANDA ALLEGES ATTACK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Save the Children Uganda, an auxiliary non-governmental organization (NGO) to Save the Children USA, released a report on an alleged Ugandan military attack in Karamoja that killed 66 children and 20 adults. At Save the Children USA's request, Save the Children Uganda shared t [...]	2007-03-30 07:29:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KWMN MOPS SOCI UG
07KAMPALA744	UGANDA: IF A TREE FALLS IN MABIRA FOREST, WHO WILL [...] (C) Summary: The April 12 and 17 violence associated with the campaign to stop the sale of land in the Mabira Forest to foreign investors continues to reverberate throughout Uganda's political arena. Five people died after frustrations were taken out on Asians during violent confrontations. [...]	2007-05-02 07:12:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SENV UG
07KARACHI756	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO ON SECURITY AND INVESTIGATION OF KARACHI ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: During an October 23 meeting in Karachi, Pakistan People,s Party Chairman Benazir Bhutto told the Ambassador that she was dissatisfied with the government's investigation of the October 19 bombing that targeted her motorcade. The Ambassador noted we had absolutely no evidence anyone [...]	2007-10-29 10:36:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINR PREL PTER PK
07KATHMANDU1001	BHUTANESE REFUGEES WORRY ABOUT ONGOING [...] (C) Recent press reports in Nepal and India have concluded that 70,000 - 80,000 Nepali-ethnic Bhutanese, called Lhotsampa, were not permitted to participate in the mock elections held in Bhutan in April. The reports also suggested that these people might be subject to eviction from Bhutan. G [...]	2007-05-18 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU1027	UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES MEETS WITH CORE [...] (C) On May 23, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres thanked the Core Group in Kathmandu for paving the way for third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. He had observed in his May 22 meetings that the Government of Nepal (GON) had accepted and endorsed a [...]	2007-05-23 12:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV CH BT NP
07KATHMANDU1032	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO NEPAL [...] Barry, I'm delighted that you are able to make it out to Nepal at this crucial point in the country's history. You will find a country that is teetering on the brink of becoming either a showcase for democratic transformation or a failed or totalitarian state threatening stability in the reg [...]	2007-05-24 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1035	MELAMCHI FIASCO HAS JAPANESE WONDERING ABOUT [...] (C) On May 24, Japanese Ambassador Tsutomu Hiraoka indicated to the Ambassador that Japanese soft lending may be affected by recent mishandling of the Melamchi Water Supply Project by Minister of Physical Planning and Works Hisila Yami. Her decision to refuse to award the management contract [...]	2007-05-25 09:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL ECON EAID ADB ABLD JA NP
07KATHMANDU1059	AMBASSADOR VISITS BHUTANESE REFUGEE CAMPS, [...] (SBU) On May 25, despite rocks thrown by Young Communist League activists in Jhapa District (ref A),the Ambassador held several successful meetings with refugee teachers, youth and the elected camp management. Questions regarding resettlement were largely practical. On May 26, Communist Par [...]	2007-05-29 13:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1064	NEPAL: PURE PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM FOR CONSTITUENT [...] (C) In two recent meetings, IFES Country Representative Peter Erben told the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission that the Government of Nepal's agenda for the Constituent Assembly election was largely stalled. Certain steps, such as the registration of political parties, were moving ahead, but man [...]	2007-05-30 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1069	AMBASSADOR URGES HOME MINISTER TO HOLD MAOISTS [...] (C) In a May 30 meeting with Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula, the Ambassador sharply criticized the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) for attacking his vehicle in Jhapa on May 25 and for threatening and intimidating Nepalese with impunity across the country. The Maoist leade [...]	2007-05-30 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PHUM ASEC PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1133	NEPAL: MAOIST LEADER CLAIMS ATTACK ON AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) On June 5, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, who is the second-most senior Maoist leader, phoned the British Deputy Chief of Mission Paul Bute, to ask that he pass two messages to the U.S. Embassy. According to Bute, Bhattarai said that the May 25 stoning by Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) activ [...]	2007-06-07 13:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU1197	NEPAL: INDIAN OFFICIALS TAKE TOUGHER STAND ON [...] (C) On June 15, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee confirmed to the Ambassador that the Government of India had taken a tougher line on Maoist abuses. Mukherjee's recent visit to New Delhi had coincided with the visit of Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist General Secretary Ma [...]	2007-06-18 13:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR IN NP
07KATHMANDU123	NEPAL: HOME MINISTER SAYS POLICE TO BE DEPLOYED [...] (C) On January 19, Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula told the Ambassador that the Government of Nepal (GON) planned to re-instate all police posts across the country within one week. Sitaula added that the GON also planned a significant presence of the Armed Police Force in every voting co [...]	2007-01-19 09:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF NP
07KATHMANDU1236	MAOISTS INTIMIDATE PRIVATE MEDIA IN NEPAL [...] (C) The decision this week by a private Nepal media house to suspend publication of its two daily newspapers in the face of Maoist pressure has fanned concern among private news executives about threats to their editorial independence. Kamana Prakashan Samuha (Pvt.) Ltd., which has resisted [...]	2007-06-22 11:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU1340	KOIRALA THANKS U.S. AND CRITICIZES YCL [...] (C) In comments to the Ambassador after serving as the guest of honor at the dedication of the New Embassy Chancery on July 11, Prime Minister (PM) Girija Prasad Koirala expressed deep concern about the intentions and goals of the Maoists. The PM was also worried about continued unrest in the [...]	2007-07-13 04:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1376	BHUTANESE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT STILL FACING [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Government of Nepal (GON) has agreed to third-country resettlement as an option for the Bhutanese refugees, bureaucratic and security obstacles continue to delay the start of resettlement processing: IOM still needs to conclude an MOU with the GON; the GON is resis [...]	2007-07-18 12:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL BT NP
07KATHMANDU1523	UPDATE ON DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-10 04:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NP
07KATHMANDU1530	NEPAL'S PM READY TO DEAL WITH TERAI [...] (C) At an August 10 meeting Prime Minister Koirala informed the Ambassador that he would be speaking later that day with leaders of the Madheshi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) and expected to reach an agreement on their demands. The PM stated that Indian government leaders were also ready to tak [...]	2007-08-10 11:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1531	NEPAL DEPORTS TIBETAN REFUGEE TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16 Tibetan refugee Tsering Wangchen was deported from Nepal to China in an apparent violation of the so-called &gentlemen,s agreement8 between the Government of Nepal (GON) and UNHCR whereby new Tibetan refugee arrivals are permitted to transit Nepal to India and are not [...]	2007-08-10 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL NP CH
07KATHMANDU157	INDIA, UK, NORWAY ON INTERIM GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) In separate meetings January 18 with Ambassador Moriarty, Indian Ambassador Mukherjee, Norwegian Ambassador Toreng and UK Ambassador Hall lamented the agreement to give a Maoist the Deputy Prime Minister slot, discussed the need for a strong Election Commission mandate, and shared growing [...]	2007-01-22 10:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU1572	NEPAL: MAOIST LETTER TO AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR NEW [...] (C) On August 20, the Ambassador received a letter from Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) leader Krishna Mahara in his capacity as a Central Committee member. Mahara also serves as Nepal's Minister of Information and Communications, but wrote only in his party capacity. The two-page [...]	2007-08-20 11:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KDEM KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU1603	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ELECTION, REFUGEES AND [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Foreign Minister Pradhan on August 13, the Ambassador emphasized the ongoing U.S. interest in assisting Nepal with its upcoming Constituent Assembly election and its democratic transition. Minister Pradhan responded that the election was the Gov [...]	2007-08-24 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PREF ELAB KDEM KWMN AMGT BT
07KATHMANDU164	NEPAL: MECHANISMS OF GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) At its second sitting on January 17, the Interim Parliament elected Subash Nemwang as Speaker. Nemwang was the Speaker of the previous House of Representatives as well. The election came after a day of negotiations between the governing Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists. Manohar [...]	2007-01-24 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU165	NEPAL: IAN MARTIN COMMENTS ON ARMS MANAGEMENT, [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- See para. 3. Summary ------- 2. (C) The UN Secretary General's Personal Representative Ian Martin informed the Ambassador January 22 that the process of Maoist arms management was progressing fairly smoothly at the two main People's Liberation Army camps [...]	2007-01-24 11:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER MARR UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU1720	NEPAL: AIRPORT THREAT PROMPTS ADDITIONAL SECURITY [...] (U) A leftist weekly, Jana Aastha, reported September 12 that Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had received an emailed threat of an attack against Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport September 10 from an unknown group. The email was signed "T Army of Nepal." (Note: An organizati [...]	2007-09-12 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAIR KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU1744	NEPAL: CA ELECTION UPDATE: 65 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) During the week of September 10, the Carter Center's observers, USAID partners IFES and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and other Embassy contacts reported increased political party activity in the districts and more momentum at the center to hold the November 22 Constituent Assembl [...]	2007-09-17 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1750	NEPAL: MAOIST MINISTERS RESIGN FROM INTERIM [...] (C) Citing the Interim Government's failure to operate as agreed, the four remaining Maoist ministers submitted their resignation to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala the afternoon of September 18. The Maoists had been threatening to resign on the 18th if their 22 demands, including the im [...]	2007-09-18 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU176	AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR PLANS TO MEET WITH MAOISTS [...] (C) Australian Ambassador Lade told Ambassador Moriarty January 24 that Canberra had authorized him to meet with the Maoists. He conceded that he had no illusions about the Maoists and acknowledged they were continuing their abuses. Nevertheless, the Government of Australia had interests in N [...]	2007-01-26 00:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ENRG EAID AS NP
07KATHMANDU1783	NEPAL CA ELECTION UPDATE: 58 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) Declaring Nepal a republic before the Constituent Assembly election and switching from the previously agreed upon mixed electoral system to a purely proportional electoral system for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election featured prominently in Maoist pronouncements during the week of Sep [...]	2007-09-24 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU1847	NEPAL: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION POSTPONED [...] (C) Nepal's Election Commission announced the morning of October 5 that it was suspending the Constituent Assembly election scheduled for November 22. The Commission postponed the polls at the request of the Interim Government. All of the governing parties apparently agreed to the Maoist dema [...]	2007-10-05 08:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1901	NEPAL: NO POLITICAL PROGRESS LIKELY UNTIL AFTER [...] (C) Nepal's Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists are not expected to reach any agreement on resolving the current political deadlock until after the Hindu holiday season of Dashain. Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) General Secretary M.K. Nepal informed the Ambassador Oct [...]	2007-10-17 13:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1922	NEPAL: MAOIST LEADER ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN [...] (C) On October 29, K.B. Rokaya, a Nepali Christian leader who was recently appointed as a member of the National Human Rights Commission at the urging of the Maoists, delivered a letter dated October 28 from Krishna Mahara, in his capacity as a member of the Maoist Central Committee, via Emboff [...]	2007-10-30 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU1935	SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (C) On October 31 Post contacted the Embassy of the Argentine Republic in New Delhi as the mission responsible for relations with Nepal regarding Argentine's effort to persuade the International Criminal Police Organization's (INTERPOL) General Assembly to confirm the issuance of six Red Notic [...]	2007-11-01 09:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IN AR NP
07KATHMANDU1961	NEPAL: MAOISTS WIN PARLIAMENTARY VICTORY BUT [...] (C) A temporary parliamentary alliance with the center-left Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),gave the Maoists the votes on November 4 to pass their resolution calling for a fully proportional election system. In return the Maoists backed UML's resolution directing the [...]	2007-11-08 09:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2027	NEPAL: PARLIAMENT RESUMES BUT POLITICAL DEADLOCK [...] (C) Nepal's Interim Parliament resumed its regular session November 29 after a 10-day recess, but without any progress on resolving the political deadlock. As expected, a last-ditch meeting of the Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists the morning of November 29 saw no breakthrough. Senior leade [...]	2007-11-29 10:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2062	NEPAL: TAKING ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] Mission Kathmandu hosted a film festival, several speakers and a reception to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence and International Human Rights Day. Post used these events to help raise awareness and engage an audience on issues related to violence against women. A synopsis [...]	2007-12-11 10:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU2065	NEPAL: MADHESI CABINET MINISTER RESIGNS TO PROTEST [...] (C) Several senior Madhesis, including Minister of Science and Technology Thakur and three other Members of Parliament, resigned their positions in the Cabinet, Parliament and respective political parties on December 10 to protest the government's failure to address Madhesi concerns. They in [...]	2007-12-11 10:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU210	NEPAL REQUESTS EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES [...] (C) On January 25, Post received a letter from Under Secretary for Planning and Procurement Shiva Thapa of the SIPDIS Ministry of Defense requesting delivery to Nepal of all its excess defense articles (EDA). In a conversation with the Office of Defense Cooperation Chief the same day, Secr [...]	2007-01-30 07:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS NP
07KATHMANDU2118	NEPAL: POLITICAL AGREEMENT REACHED BUT OBSTACLES [...] (C) On December 23, after a nearly three-month stalemate, the Six-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists signed a twenty-three-point agreement, which addressed two major Maoist concerns: declaration of the republic and the electoral system. They agreed to revise the Interim Constitution to decl [...]	2007-12-26 12:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU265	NEPAL: MADHESI LEADERS SAY GOVERNMENT OFFER NOT [...] (C) Upendra Yadav, head of the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),and Awadesh Kumar Singh, a Supreme Court lawyer and senior MPRF member, told Emboff February 1 that the Prime Minister's January 31 speech was not enough to stop the ongoing movement in the Terai. Yadav stated that the demand [...]	2007-02-02 09:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PTER PINR NP
07KATHMANDU316	COMMUNIST PARTY OF BHUTAN INTENSIFIES ACTIVITIES [...] (C/NF) According to several recent reports in the Royal Government of Bhutan's (RGOB) news service and the Indian press, the Communist Party of Bhutan - Marxist Leninist Maoist (CPB) has intensified its activities in the Bhutanese refugee camps in eastern Nepal. A close Embassy contact and r [...]	2007-02-07 12:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PGOV PTER BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU338	CORE GROUP ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES EAGER TO MOVE [...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with Ambassadors representing the Core Group on Bhutanese refugees, Ambassador Moriarty informed his colleagues that Prime Minister had approved large-scale resettlement (ref A). The Ambassador's briefing was well-received and helped the Core Group to define its ne [...]	2007-02-09 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU339	NEPAL: MAOISTS CONTINUE TO INTIMIDATE INDUSTRIAL [...] (C) On February 8, the Industrial Security Group (ISG),a business-diplomatic group, chaired by the Ambassador, discussed continued Maoist threats against the commercial and industrial sectors. Extortion, kidnappings and violence continued and appeared to be soaring in the run-up to a planned [...]	2007-02-09 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON ELAB UK NP
07KATHMANDU341	U.S., UK, INDIA, AND UN DISCUSS CHALLENGES [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting with the Ambassador, UK Ambassador Hall, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) head Ian Martin, and an Indian Embassy representative, a visiting UK security assessment team described the key challenges facing the police as: 1) the absence of public debate on public security a [...]	2007-02-09 12:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU342	NEPAL: FRANCE AND GERMANY AGREE TO PUSH FOR [...] (C) On February 8, Ambassador Moriarty, French Ambassador Jolivet and German Ambassador Ring agreed that on-going concerns with international adoptions in Nepal required a joint push for reform. The meeting followed the Government of France's decision to suspend all individual adoptions from [...]	2007-02-09 12:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS CASC KFRD KOCI NP
07KATHMANDU345	NEPAL: MAOIST VIOLENCE CONTINUES [...] (C) Recent events around the country indicate that Maoists continue to use violence to advance their agenda. Maoist actions have disrupted the voter registration process, spurring a request from the Election Commission to allow registration to continue beyond the initially planned closing dat [...]	2007-02-12 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU406	PM'S ADVISOR ASKS FOR HELP ON ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, expressed concern to the DCM February 20 about UN pressure to accept the results of the arms management exercise without effective monitoring mechanisms in place. The UN had submitted a report to the Government of Nepal [...]	2007-02-21 11:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU493	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO NEPAL [...] Henrietta, I'm delighted that you are able to make it out to Nepal, at this crucial point in the country's history. You will find a fascinating country, great weather, and a talented country team that is getting the Mission fully ready for the 21st century. You will also find a country that i [...]	2007-03-07 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PGOV NP PREL
07KATHMANDU525	AMBASSADOR DEMANDS ACTION ON ALLEGED THREAT TO [...] (C) Nepal media widely reported March 8 that Maoist Supremo Prachanda had alleged during a public rally in western Nepal that royalists were planning to kill U.S. officials in Nepal. In a meeting March 10 with Under Secretary Fore and the Ambassador, Prime Minister Koirala SIPDIS emphasize [...]	2007-03-12 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU557	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT MAOISTS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador March 12 that Maoist leader Prachanda should provide evidence of his claim of a royalist plot to assassinate official Americans and that, if he failed to provide evidence, the Government of Nepal (GON) should issue a publ [...]	2007-03-16 08:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC IN NP
07KATHMANDU560	FOREIGN MINISTER ON INTERIM GOVERNMENT, THREAT TO [...] (C) Foreign Minister K.P. Oli suggested to the Ambassador March 15 that the Interim Parliament might vote March 16 to endorse Prime Minister Koirala and accept his oath of office. Oli was not certain if the PM would then announce the formation of an interim government. The Ambassador expresse [...]	2007-03-16 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ASEC PTER BH NP
07KATHMANDU647	NEPAL: INDIANS WANT TIMELY ELECTIONS [...] (C) On March 28, Indian Charge d'Affaires Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya stressed to the Ambassador the importance of holding the Constituent Assembly election by June as specified in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Since only an interim government could declare the date for the election und [...]	2007-03-28 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU668	PRIME MINISTER UNEASY ABOUT FORMING INTERIM [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told the Ambassador March 30 that he faced tremendous pressure to form an interim government with the Maoists before he departed April 1 for New Delhi to attend the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit. Koirala said he was being pressed by [...]	2007-03-30 16:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU669	NEPAL: INTERIM GOVERNMENT WITH MAOISTS SWORN IN, [...] (C) On April 1, after days of bickering between the parties, Prime Minister and Nepal Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala administered the oath of office to an interim Nepali government. The 16 ministers and five state ministers include five Maoists. Koirala once again kept the defense mini [...]	2007-04-01 14:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU720	NEPAL: COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION [...] (C) Nepal will need significant assistance if its planned June 20 Constituent Assembly election is to have a chance of success. Our work in the coming 75 days falls into four main categories: support for the Election Commission and the security forces, support for voter education, diplomatic [...]	2007-04-06 13:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU739	AFTER PUSHING FOR AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT, INDIANS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador April 9 that the re-appointment of Krishna Prasad Sitaula as Home Minister would exacerbate existing tensions in the Terai and make it more difficult to impose law and order. They also agreed that problems remained with t [...]	2007-04-10 12:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU78	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK [...] (C) In recent meetings with Acting Foreign Secretary Bhagirath Basnet, UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham, and Core Group Chair and Australian Ambassador Graeme Lade, RefCoord promoted coordinated donor action to encourage the Government of Nepal (GON) to adopt a resettlement policy. Basnet [...]	2007-01-12 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BH NP AS

07KATHMANDU844	NEPAL: G/TIP INCLE AND ESF FUNDING PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following five projects, in rank order, for consideration for INCLE and ESF funding (reftel). Post emailed the full text of the proposals to G/TIP. Begin Projects -------------- Project 1 --------- Name of the Applicant: The Asia Foundatio [...]	2007-04-25 12:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG NP
07KATHMANDU896	UNHCR PREPARES TO RESETTLE BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) On May 3, UNHCR International Protection Division Deputy Director and Head of the Resettlement Service Vincent Cochetel and UNHCR's Country Representative Abraham Abraham informed Charge d'Affaires that the United States needed to clarify its preferred methodology to identify and process th [...]	2007-05-04 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU919	SOLIDIFYING NEPAL'S SUPPORT FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (SBU) During their visit to Nepal April 23 - 28, Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Deputy Director for Asia and the Near East Larry Bartlett and PRM Deputy Director for Admissions Jan Belz met with key Government of Nepal (GON) officials to solidify GON support for the Bhutanese refugee [...]	2007-05-09 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU92	PM KOIRALA ASKS FOR U.S. ADVICE ON COMMUNISTS AND [...] (C/NF) Prime Minister GP Koirala told the Ambassador January 17 that he planned to tell Maoist Supremo Prachanda later the same day in plain terms that, with the Maoists in the interim parliament, the time had come for them to end their violence and extortion and dissolve their "people's gover [...]	2007-01-17 11:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PREF MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU967	NEPAL: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; STATE-DOD [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 10:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KFLU MARR MASS NP
07KATHMANDU988	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA FEISTY, FRUSTRATED [...] (C) On May 17, Prime Minister Koirala expressed his frustration to the Ambassador with the Maoist failure to change their behavior since joining the Interim Government. Koirala said he was determined to enforce law and order and to crack down on the criminal activities of the Maoist Young Comm [...]	2007-05-17 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM MARR UN CH IN NP
07KHARTOUM1006	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: UN/AU UPDATE ON THE EVE OF [...] (SBU) On the eve of the June 25 ministerial summit in Paris, United Nations and African Union representatives in Khartoum provided detailed updates on the Darfur political process. They said that the immediate focus should be on repairing the rift between the Darfur rebels' political and mili [...]	2007-06-25 08:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM1047	DARFUR POLITICAL PROCESS: UN/AU PLANS STILL LACK [...] (C) In advance of the Darfur summit meeting scheduled for Tripoli July 15-16, the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) are assessing the viability of two parallel efforts to energize the Darfur political process: a conference for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories hosted by the [...]	2007-07-02 13:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER
07KHARTOUM105	KHARTOUM CDA PRESENTS CASE ON AU CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) On January 24 CDA Hume met Presidential Adviser Mustafa Ismail in the airport's VIP departure lounge to ask that President Bashir not submit his candidacy for AU Chairman. Hume explained that, with AU troops still in Darfur, a Bashir candidacy would present questions of a conflict of inte [...]	2007-01-24 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AU SU
07KHARTOUM1060	DARFUR: IMPROVING AMIS UNDER AGWAI [...] (SBU) With the arrival of the new AMIS force commander, the international community has the opportunity to strengthen the security provisions of the DPA to increase stability on the ground. U.S. leadership could lead to substantive improvements in the operation of the Cease-fire Commission an [...]	2007-07-05 09:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1085	S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH SOUTH DARFURIANS [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) During a July 9 visit to Nyala, Presidential Special Envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, and US Embassy Charg Alberto Fernandez conducted a series of meetings with IDP camp representatives, the Magdoum of the Fur and civil society activists, as well as an impromptu meeting with the d [...]	2007-07-12 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1097	MINAWI PROPOSES U.S.-NCP DIALOGUE, DISCUSSES [...] (S/NF) Reporting on recent conversations with two senior National Congress Party (NCP) figures, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi has renewed a previous proposal to facilitate a regular dialogue between the CDA and the NCP on the Darfur c [...]	2007-07-15 12:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SU UN AU
07KHARTOUM1105	SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS JULY 11 MEETING WITH SPLM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Envoy met with GOSS senior officials Luka Biong Deng, Paul Mayom, and Cirino Hiteng to discuss the status of CPA implementation, U.S. support for an equitable solution to the Abyei impasse, road development in the South, and the SPLM's efforts on Darfur. Despite the u [...]	2007-07-16 06:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM EPET EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1109	NCP OFFICIAL IMPLICATES U.S. IN ALLEGED COUP [...] (SBU) Influential regime hard-liner Nafie Ali Nafie has implicated the USG in a coup plot that the Sudanese Government claims to have disrupted on July 14. Speaking on Al Jazeera, the Presidential Assistant and former director of the security services accused the U.S. of supporting an attempt [...]	2007-07-16 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM UN AU SU US
07KHARTOUM1116	MFA U/S, CDA DISCUSS NCP VISIT TO U.S., NAFIE [...] (C) In a July 18 meeting with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Mutriff Siddiq, CDA Fernandez said that the U.S. would welcome the visit of Sudanese officials to Washington in the near future to discuss a "range of issues." This question had been raised by the Government with S/E Natsios duri [...]	2007-07-18 13:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1124	SUDAN - DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN SUDAN [...] Summary: This cable declares a disaster due to flooding in Sudan and requests U.S. Government (USG) emergency assistance for those in need. Unseasonably heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding since late June have affected hundreds of thousands people in Khartoum, Northern Kordofan, White Nile [...]	2007-07-19 16:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1133	DARFUR: MINAWI DESCRIBES SAUDI TRIP, PREVIEWS TRIP [...] (S) Buoyant after his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi described his visit to Jeddah--which had included a rare 40-minute private meeting with King Abdullah and promises of financial support for the SLM--as " [...]	2007-07-22 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID PTER PINR SU SA UN AU
07KHARTOUM1137	CENSUS DELAY LIKELY - POLITICS AND MONEY CAUSE [...] (C) Summary: The Census Technical Working Group is planning for the delay of the nation,s first nationwide census (and Comprehensive Peace Agreement milestone) by at least one month. The cause: continued delay in the release of long-promised funding by Khartoum to census programmers in both [...]	2007-07-23 08:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PHUM KDEM EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1141	SPLA DEPLOYS NEW TACTICS IN REDEPLOYMENT QUAGMIRE [...] (C) Summary: The SPLM and NCP are renegotiating a redeployment deadline of 9 November 2007 for southern-deployed Sudanese Armed Forces. In contrast, the SPLA has commenced redeployment of SPLA forces north of the 1956 line in advance of standing CPA deadlines, despite significant hardship, in [...]	2007-07-23 10:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS SU UN
07KHARTOUM1143	SUDAN DENOUNCES UNMIS SPOKESWOMAN [...] (SBU) Sudan denounced United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) spokeswoman Radhia Achouri for stating that the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) had not completed the withdrawal of its troops from Southern Sudan, in violation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). In a July 21 statement, SAF spokes [...]	2007-07-23 12:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO KPAO MARR MOPS UN SU
07KHARTOUM1157	DENG ALOR: NCP-SPLM AT LOGGERHEADS ON ABYEI, SAF [...] (U) This cable has an action request (see para. 11). 2. (C) The SPLM and the NCP have reached an impasse on the status of Abyei and the redeployment of the Sudanese Armed Forces from Southern Sudan, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told CDA Fernandez. Following senior-level internal c [...]	2007-07-25 13:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU
07KHARTOUM118	U.S./SUDANESE RELATIONS: IN A LONG WAR, NO QUICK [...] (C) Summary: U.S. policy toward Sudan confronts a fundamental contradiction: although legally Sudan is organized as a nation-state, in reality Khartoum is an Arab capital struggling to rule a vast African hinterland. Ethnic conflict, economic change, and the declining legitimacy of Khartoum' [...]	2007-01-26 10:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM SCUL AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM119	CHINA IN SUDAN: RISING DRAGON OR PAPER TIGER? [...] (C) Summary: China has quickly become Sudan's most important market, absorbing nearly 70 percent of its total exports in 2004, and 96 percent of its oil exports in 2005. Chinese investment and immigration have risen sharply in the past five years, especially in Khartoum, creating a kind of Ch [...]	2007-01-26 11:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SOCI SU CH
07KHARTOUM1197	MEDIA REACTION: UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Most papers prominently featured news of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769, but focused mainly on its details, and the reaction of the Sudanese Ambassador to the UN who stated that the resolution has "many positive aspects." On August 1, there were a limited numbe [...]	2007-08-01 12:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1222	MEDIA REACTION: CDA PRAISED FOR EFFORTS BY PRO-REGIME [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 2, the managing editor-in-chief of the pro-government "Akhbar Al-Youm," praised the U.S. Charge d'Affaires, the U.S. embassy's press release upon his arrival, and the anticipated return of the American scholarship program in 2008. In particular, the editor-in-chief, A [...]	2007-08-06 11:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1261	EMBASSY CONTINUES OUTREACH IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 9-10 visit to the northern town of Shendi in River Nile State, and also birthplace of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, CDA Fernandez met with the newly-appointed commissioner, presented books to the vice chancellor of Shendi University, and toured area farms and te [...]	2007-08-13 06:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU EAID UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1262	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FLOOD RELIEF PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 8, the AmEmbassy held a press conference highlighting the U.S. contribution to Sudanese flood relief. The USG airlifted 1300 rolls of plastic sheeting valued at over one-half million U.S. dollars that will help provide shelter to 78,000 individuals in flood-affected a [...]	2007-08-13 07:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1288	EMBASSY RECEIVES 1ST FORMAL REQUEST TO LIFT COMPANY FROM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 24, Embassy Khartoum received its first formal request from a company asking to be removed from the specially designated nationals (SDN) sanctions list issued on May 29, 2007. Osman El-Hadi of the Shiekan Insurance and Reinsurance Company contends that although the compa [...]	2007-08-16 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1303	SLM AWAITS SAUDI RESPONSE TO AID REQUEST [...] (S) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is awaiting a response from the Saudi Arabian government to his request for financial assistance to maintain the loyalty of his forces, integrate SLM fighters into the civilian population, and treat t [...]	2007-08-20 10:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID SU SA
07KHARTOUM1308	GITMO DETAINEE RELATIVES, ACTIVISTS PROTEST [...] (U) SUMMARY: About 25 demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum on August 19 to protest the continued detention of nine Sudanese citizens held in Guantanamo Bay. The demonstration included six relatives of the detainees who carried photographs of their family members. Appr [...]	2007-08-21 07:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPAO PINS PTER SU
07KHARTOUM1321	UPDATE ON DETENTION OF UMMA PARTY LEADER MUBARAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 19, PolOff met with family members of detained Umma Reform and Renewal Party leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi. According to the family, Al-Fadil remains in solitary confinement in Khartoum's Kobeir Prison. Al-Mahdi was arrested along with some 20 others on July 14 (see r [...]	2007-08-22 13:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL SU
07KHARTOUM134	MFA UPDATE ON DELAYED NEC CONTAINERS [...] (C) During a January 29 meeting with MFA Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi and Deputy Director Abdel Rahman Sharfi, Charge Powers again raised the issue of the Embassy's detained containers at the Port of Sudan (Refs B, C, and D). Noting that next week would represent a delay in their clea [...]	2007-01-29 15:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OFDP ABLD AMGT ASEC US SU
07KHARTOUM1369	SLM/MINAWI COMMANDER VENTS ON AMIS AND DISCOUNTS [...] (SBU) S/CRS Field Officers met with Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)-Minawi General Commander Jumah Hagar and three of his staff to discuss security in areas of Darfur under his control, alleged SLA-Minawi involvement in carjackings, strained relations between the rebel group and AMIS, and prospect [...]	2007-08-30 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1372	CODEL JACKSON-LEE'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 28 courtesy call, Codel Jackson-Lee briefed Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol on their visit to Darfur. The delegation also urged the expeditious implementation of UNSCR 1769, full implementation of the CPA, unfettered access for humanitarian NGOs, expedited [...]	2007-08-30 15:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1386	MINAWI: "WE WILL NOT BE VICTIMIZED" [...] (U) See para. 10 for recommendation. 2. (S/NF) In a recent meeting with CDA Fernandez, SLM leader Minni Minawi lamented the loss of international support for the DPA and warned that "we will not be victimized." While supportive of enhancing the agreement in the context of upcoming negotiat [...]	2007-09-04 09:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER UN AU SU SA
07KHARTOUM1387	MEDIA REACTION: AL-WASILA VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sudanese press closely reported on the August 27-30 visit to Washington by Sudan's State Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Samani Al-Wasila. Claiming that this visit was the first of its kind in over a decade, most papers included a daily update of every stage of [...]	2007-09-04 10:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP UN SU
07KHARTOUM1389	JEM/SLA-UNITY LAUNCH BRAZEN ATTACK AHEAD OF PEACE [...] (SBU) An estimated 250 rebel fighters allied with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)/Unity struck a police installation in North Kordofan on August 29, resulting in the death of nearly 50 policemen, according to a variety of credible Embassy sources. I [...]	2007-09-04 13:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM142	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Advance Team for [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for the advance team for former President and Mrs. Carter and delegation to Khartoum and Juba on February 3 to 13, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. Th [...]	2007-01-30 15:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM1432	AL-SAMANI: SUDAN READY FOR THE HYBRID [...] (C) Summary: Reiterating Sudan's committment to the hybrid force in a September 11 meeting with CDA Fernandez, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Wasila al-Samani said the ball was now squarely in the UN's court. Appealing to the perceived close relationship between the US and the south, al-Sa [...]	2007-09-11 15:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1438	SUDAN - IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN MUSLIM [...] (S) Embassy Khartoum has identified a few &credible voices8 in Sudan,s Muslim community. The following information was requested in reftel: 2. (S) NAME: Tigani Hassan Al-Amin, chairman of the Center of Faith Research Center. INFLUENCE: Al-Amin is known for his open-mindedness. His influe [...]	2007-09-12 09:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL KISL PINR SU
07KHARTOUM1473	SOUTHERN SUDAN: LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE ON THE [...] (U) Summary: A letter from Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Finance Minister Mawien to Secretary Rice outlines objectives for the impending GoSS visit to Washington to explore ways to mitigate the impact of U.S. economic sanctions on Southern Sudan. End Summary. 2. (U) On the eve of [...]	2007-09-18 15:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1476	SPLA FORCES ENCOUNTER SAF FORCES IN EL-MUGLAD; [...] (SBU) On Sept 18, media reported that on September 17, elements of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) encountered Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) troops in El-Muglad for the second time in a month. The UN told embassy that SPLA Commander Hassan Hamed along with ten soldiers attempted to enter [...]	2007-09-19 13:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM148	SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - SUDAN [...] Per reftel, Embassy Khartoum has identified what we believe are the five most influential women in Sudan. Our list is geographically diverse and includes women from civil society and government. Names, titles, and contact information for each of the women follow: NAME: Mariam Al Sadig Al S [...]	2007-01-31 15:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1492	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT STEADY BUT BIGGER TESTS STILL TO COME [...] (SBU) While obstacles to the deployment of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) exist--primarily at the local level--deployment of the force has been steady, and there are no indications that Sudan is blocking UNAMID as a matter of official policy. However, as CDA Fernandez explaine [...]	2007-09-23 13:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM15	GOS BOMBS VILLAGES AFTER AU OUTREACH TO REBEL [...] (C) Summary: As an outgrowth of the December 15 Cease Fire Commission and with the support of UNMIS, the AU Force Commander traveled to Um Rai in North Darfur to meet with non-signatory rebel commanders on December 28. He reportedly obtained an agreement by the rebels to join the second chamb [...]	2007-01-04 12:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1522	SUDAN SANCTIONS: TELECOMS COMPANY AGAIN PRESSES [...] This is an action request ) see para. 8. 2. Summary: Executives of Sudanese telecoms company SUDATEL have repeated their request for information as to what action the company might take to be delisted as a Specially Designated National (SDN). They also provided additional insights on ho [...]	2007-09-27 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1535	HASKANITA ATTACK PART OF INCREASED VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) One day after the September 29 attack on the its camp near Haskanita, South Darfur, AMIS evacuated 10 dead and 14 wounded peacekeepers with the help of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). Reports abound on the number and identity of the assailants, ranging from two Darfur rebel factions to [...]	2007-10-01 14:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1570	SUDAN: ALLEGED SANCTIONS VIOLATION [...] (SBU) Embassy has received an apparently bogus email (text in para. 6),purporting to be from the Legal Department of the Bank of Sudan, originally addressed to Diebold, Inc., charging that ATM machines manufactured by Diebold in the United States have been shipped to Sudanese commercial banks [...]	2007-10-09 06:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1599	SUDAN'S UNSCR 1769 COORDINATOR SIDDIQ: AMIS ASKED [...] (C) Summary. In an October 9 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Mutriff Siddiq said that AMIS asked the GoS to intervene militarily in the wake of the attack on the Haskanita MGS. On other topics, Siddiq said he would consult with the GoS on the U.S. offer to speed [...]	2007-10-11 06:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM166	Fiscal Federalism Comes to Sudan [...] (U) Summary: The Fiscal and Financial Allocation and Monitoring Commission (FFAMC),created under the CPA, has the responsibility to establish an entirely new, decentralized, federal, financial system. The first transfers to the 25 state governments under this new fiscal federalism are to tak [...]	2007-02-05 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1680	UNREST AND TURMOIL IN CAMPS CREATE SUSPICIONS OF GOS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1696	CPA Fiscal Oversight Chairman shows independence [...] Summary: As Coordinator of the Wealth Sharing Working Group, Embassy organized a special AEC plenary October 24 featuring Dr. Mohammed Osman Ibrahim, Chairman of the GOS's Fiscal and Financial Allocation and Monitoring Commission (FFAMC). The presentation was organized to seek additional ins [...]	2007-11-01 05:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM170	DARFUR: STATUS OF THE NON-SIGNATORIES [...] (C) Summary: The conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders has again been delayed to allow time for more commanders to assemble in North Darfur. A variety of Embassy contacts report that efforts to unify the commanders, facilitate negotiation within the framework of [...]	2007-02-05 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM1705	AEC CHAIR PESSIMISTIC FOLLOWING BASHIR MEETING [...] (C) Summary: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen provided a readout November 1 to AEC Coordinators on his October 31 meeting with GOS President Al-Bashir. Vraalsen said Bashir was positive about the importance of the AEC and of the two-year report. However, the embittered Vraalsen left convinced that th [...]	2007-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1735	UNAMID: CHINESE ENGINEERING COMPANY BEGINS [...] (SBU) Chinese Embassy Defense Attache Colonel Dong Jian Dong told poloff November 6 that, starting November 7, the first of eleven flights using IL-76 aircraft will begin to arrive in Nyala. Over a period of ten days, the flights will transport equipment and supplies for the construction of th [...]	2007-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1761	NCP SEES SPLM AS INCREASINGLY HARDLINE [...] (C) Summary: NCP officials participating in negotiations with the SPLM on a way out of the current political crisis complained that the SPLM has reneged on past agreements during the negotiations, and that the SPLM has become more hardline in its tactics with each meeting. Based on Embassy me [...]	2007-11-12 10:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1763	SWEDISH PLAN TO SUPPORT SIRTRE TALKS FOCUSES ON JOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff attended a working-level meeting November 8 at the Swedish Embassy on a Swedish plan to provide non-lethal support to armed groups in order to stabilize the situation on the ground in Darfur to promote the success of the Sirte peace talks. To receive support, in the form [...]	2007-11-12 15:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1765	FUR ELDER BRIEFS CDA AFTER MEETINGS WITH REBEL LEADERS [...] (SBU) Recently returned to Northern Sudan from visits to Paris, Juba, Kampala, and Nairobi to meet with Darfur rebel leaders, the legitimate Maqdoum (literally, "viceroy," one of the traditional Darfur tribal titles) of the Fur, Ahmed Abdelrahman Rijal, told CDA Fernandez on November 12 that he [...]	2007-11-13 08:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1767	VERDICT REACHED IN TRIAL OF MURDERED SUDANESE JOURNALIST [...] (SBU) On November 10 a Khartoum criminal court convicted ten individuals in the 2006 murder of prominent Sudanese journalist Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed, including a U.S. Embassy local guard. While most press reports indicated that the convicted men were all from the troubled Darfur region, an E [...]	2007-11-13 12:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM1787	MINISTER AL-SAMANI ON UNAMID, BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Wasila al-Samani on November 15, CDA Fernandez strongly cautioned the minister that while his visit to Washington in September and Foreign Minister Lam Akol's UNGA visit later that month had produced some positive results, the bi [...]	2007-11-18 04:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1810	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: SIX RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (C) The next critical milestone in the Darfur peace process is UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson's briefing for the UN Security Council scheduled for November 27. While admitting that the rebel factions were unprepared to engage in negotiations in Sirte in late October, the UN and AU have set a t [...]	2007-11-19 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1813	SHINING AN AMERICAN LIGHT ON ABYEI [...] (C) Summary: With the ongoing political crisis between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in its second month, the conflict over the oil-rich Abyei region takes center stage once again as the key irreconcilable difference between the two parties, th [...]	2007-11-20 10:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1817	SUDANESE CENSUS MAY BE DELAYED FROM FEBRUARY TO MARCH [...] USAID and emboffs spoke November 19 with Herbert B. Kandeh, Chief Technical Advisor with the UNFPA (United Nations Fund for Population Activities) office in Khartoum. Kandeh confirmed that the UNFPA, which is advising both the national government's and the GOSS's census bureaus on the upcomin [...]	2007-11-20 16:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1828	AEC CHAIRS DISCUSS NEXT CHAIRMAN/POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 20 urgent AEC working group chairperson meeting called by the UK Ambassador, Attendees (US, UK, Netherlands, Norway, Italy) discussed the draft UK paper on "Future Direction" of the AEC, a possible UK nominee for the AEC chairmanship, and the proposed Rome preparat [...]	2007-11-21 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1844	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT ROUNDUP [...] Summary: The Jordanian Embassy in Khartoum reports that the GOS has not approved its offer of a Multi-Role Logistics Company, while the Chinese Embassy confirms the arrival of Chinese UN blue-helmeted peacekeepers. End Summary. TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES LAST TO KNOW -------------------- [...]	2007-11-26 04:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1846	MINAWI PRESSES QATAR FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Please see action request para. 4. 2. (S) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi traveled to Doha November 21 to 25 as part of a broader effort to solicit political and financial support from Arab capitals for his beleaguered movement [...]	2007-11-26 05:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV SU QA
07KHARTOUM1861	AEC PLENARY: VRAALSEN URGES PARTIES TOWARD GREATER CPA [...] Summary: At the November 27 monthly plenary session of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),departing Chairman Tom Vraalsen used his farewell statement to warn of the dangers of the current stalemate on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). He urged the AEC's [...]	2007-11-27 13:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1866	CHINESE ENGINEERS ARRIVE AMIDST REBEL THREATS [...] (SBU) Soon after the arrival of 135 Chinese engineer peacekeepers on November 24 in Nyala, media reported the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group threatened to attack the Chinese engineers. According to the media, JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim Muhhamed said, "They are not welcome...the [...]	2007-11-28 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1874	ERITREAN OPPOSITION LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT REFUGEES IN [...] (U) In a meeting with EconOff November 29, the chairman of the Eritrean Nahda Party, Noor M. Idris, claimed that hundreds of Eritrean refugees arrive in Sudan every day from Eritrea and Ethiopia, and estimated that there are over 200,000 Eritreans living in Sudan. Idris expressed concern for [...]	2007-11-29 13:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PREF SU
07KHARTOUM1883	ISLAMIC AFRICAN RELIEF AGENCY SEEKS RECONSIDERATION AS [...] (SBU) Representatives from the Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA) called on embassy November 27 to discuss their organization's designation as a sponsor of terrorism. The delegation consisted of Dr. El Jizouli Dafaal, former Prime Sudanese Minister (in the early 1980s) and Chairman of the IA [...]	2007-11-30 10:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1904	MINAWI PUSHES FOR DPA IMPLEMENTATION, SUSPICIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Sole signatory to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Mini Minawi told CDA Fernandez he plans to work through regional partners and the international community to pressure the Government to implement the agreement. Despite sitting in a regal office on the grounds of the Presidential [...]	2007-12-03 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1906	FIRST TRANCHE OF CHINESE ENGINEERS WAITING FOR [...] (SBU) Chinese Defense Attache Dong Jian Dong told poloff December 3 that 140 Chinese engineers arrived at the Nyala Forward Operating Base (FOB) on November 24, but have not yet started construction of the initial part of the UN-African Union Mission In Darfur (UNAMID) supercamp. Dong said tha [...]	2007-12-03 14:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1924	"GUEHENNO IS LYING" ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT, SUDAN CLAIMS [...] (SBU) See para 8 for action request. 2. (SBU) In a December 4 meeting with CDA Fernandez, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani Al-Wasila decried recent UN allegations that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is obstructing the conditions necessary for the deployment of the AU-UN hybrid for [...]	2007-12-05 10:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1925	MEDIA REACTION: NCP REFUSAL TO ATTEND ADDIS MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Khartoum daily newspapers reported December 5 the refusal of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to accept the Secretary's invitation to meet in Addis Ababa, adding that the NCP "does not object" to the American effort. All reports noted that the SPLM had accepted the U.S [...]	2007-12-05 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1930	VP TAHA: AMERICA CAN ACHIEVE ITS GOALS IN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: VP Ali Osman Taha sees steady progress on the CPA, even on Abyei, entering a decisive phase next week. The Sudanese Government remains deeply suspicious of American intentions and believes that its "improved behavior" in recent months has not been appreciated by the United States [...]	2007-12-06 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM195	SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMY WENDT AND FRUZSINA [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Amy Wendt and Fruzsina Csaczar, for the purpose of conducting monitoring and evaluation of PRM-funded projects in Southern Sudan from February 17-24. 2. (SBU) U.S. Citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for [...]	2007-02-11 04:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA APER PREF ET SU
07KHARTOUM1957	MSA ISSUE MOVES TO RESOLUTION BUT PROBLEMS LINGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Payment of overdue Mission Subsistence Allowance (MSA) to CFC party representatives began in El Fasher December 6 and continues this week. Donors appear willing to cover the entire US$4.6 million MSA estimated cost under certain conditions. Although the MSA arrears issue may be [...]	2007-12-11 08:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM196	SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KENT (SAM) HEALY [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Sam Healy, for February 17 to 27, 2007 for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating PRM-funded projects in Tambura, Yei, Kajo, Keji, Twic East/Duk (Panyagor/Bor) and Juba. 2. (SBU) U.S. Citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas [...]	2007-02-11 04:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREF AMGT SU
07KHARTOUM2005	NORTHERN SUDAN - USAID-FUNDED NATIONAL NGO CPA ADVOCATES [...] (SBU) The recall of Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials from the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the political crisis that followed has derailed implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and CPA-related activities throughout Sudan. Since mid-October, hara [...]	2007-12-14 11:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM2013	MINAWI: SLM CRIPPLED BY INTRIGUE AS NCP ATTEMPTS [...] (C) Para 7 contains an action item recommending demarching the UAE government on the appropriate channel for UAE assistance to Darfur. 2. (C) The Sudan Liberation Movement's (SLM) political paralysis has grown worse in recent days as Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie is using SLM Secreta [...]	2007-12-16 11:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM2017	NORTH DARFUR INSECURITY ON THE RISE [...] (QBU) The week of December 10 saw a sharp rise in carjackings, banditry and insecurity in North Darfur, culminating on December 14 with a violent car-jacking attack on the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS),whose El Fasher Force Headquarters are located in close proximity to USG residen [...]	2007-12-17 06:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM202	UPDATE ON AL-WATAN THREAT [...] (C) On February 7, an article in a local newspaper in Khartoum reported that a group of masked men visited Al-Watan, an independent Arabic daily newspaper, claiming that they were responsible for sending terrorist threats to both the UN and the U.S. diplomatic mission in Khartoum. One of the [...]	2007-02-11 16:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PTER PGOV ASEC SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM2024	HORN OF AFRICA MANPADS STRATEGY [...] (S/NF) Following consultations among the relevant agencies at post, Embassy Khartoum has determined that the Government of Sudan is unlikely to be receptive to cooperation with the USG on the threat of MANPADS at this time. Addressing the issue at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is likely to r [...]	2007-12-18 09:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS PARM SU
07KHARTOUM2027	BLASPHEMY AT THE KHARTOUM INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR [...] (SBU) In a twist on the recent "teddy bear scandal" that saw a British schoolteacher sentenced to prison, pardoned by the President and ultimately expelled from Sudan, two Egyptian booksellers were convicted of insulting Islam by distributing a book allegedly critical of the prophet Mohammad's [...]	2007-12-18 12:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU EG
07KHARTOUM2038	MFA CLAIMS IT HAS "NEGATIVE REPORTS" ABOUT DYNCORPS [...] On December 23, the MFA delivered a Note Verbal to CDA Powers in response to the Embassy's dipnotes 750 and 803 concerning delays currently faced by DnyCorps International in obtaining visas and travel permits to enable it to fulfill its maintenance and support roles for AMIS operations. CDA [...]	2007-12-23 13:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM2058	CHINESE HAVE YET TO BEGIN NYALA SUPERCAMP CONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Defense Attache told poloff December 24 that Chinese engineers have not started construction on the Nyala supercamp and are still waiting for AMIS escort of heavy construction equipment (Ref A) which arrived in Sudan November 10. Dong said he was comfortable with the prog [...]	2007-12-27 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM224	CDA AND MFA UNDER SECRETARY MUTRIFF DISCUSS [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with Mutriff al Siddiq, Under Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CDA Hume SIPDIS explained the U.S. position with respect to Darfur rebels who had not yet signed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The United States, along with other members of the inte [...]	2007-02-14 12:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM248	GOSS BUDGET SHOWS NEED FOR DONOR ACTION [...] Summary: The GOSS 2007 Budget highlights the need for donor action to assist Southern Sudan with budgeting, civil service administration, and cash management in order to assure success of the CPA. The budget also exposes the problem of weak legislative oversight of the military. The GOSS needs [...]	2007-02-19 09:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM272	SUDAN: END OF TOUR REPORT [...] (C) Note: the following represents the end of tour report of departing Political/Economic Counselor Eric Whitaker, who served at Embassy Khartoum from August 2005 ) February 2007. The opinions expressed are his own reflections on his experiences over the course of his tour, as well as from hi [...]	2007-02-22 12:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM324	NORTH DARFUR HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: PERMITS, ACCESS [...] (C) In a follow-on meeting to their February 20-21 visit, CDA Hume and USAID Director Almquist met again on February 27 with North Darfur Governor Yousef Kibbir in his El Fasher headquarters. Accompanying Governor Kibbir were the State Minister for Information, the State Humanitarian Affairs C [...]	2007-03-01 15:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM360	SE NATSIOS MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie and Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Salah Ghosh, SE Natsios outlined the three goals of USG policy in Darfur: advancing the political process, ensuring the continuation of huma [...]	2007-03-08 10:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PINR AU UN SU CD LY ER
07KHARTOUM362	NATSIOS-BASHIR MEETING, MARCH 7, 2007 [...] (C) Summary: SE Natsios met President Bashir at his residence for a two-hour frank exchange on Darfur, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship. Bashir said he agreed to see him despite doctor's orders that he rest. Foreign Minister Lam Akol was pres [...]	2007-03-08 10:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD LY US
07KHARTOUM373	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for SPG Desk Officer [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for SPG Desk Officer Rebecca Jovin to travel to Khartoum and Darfur for consultations from March 10 to 17, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudane [...]	2007-03-11 08:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM384	SE NATSIOS MEETING WITH FM LAM AKOL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 7 meeting with Foreign Minister Lam Akol, SE Natsios described the USG's frustration at the delay in implementation of the November Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements, called on Sudan to provide an immediate response to the UNSYG's January 24 letter on the Heavy Support P [...]	2007-03-13 08:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PGOV KPKO PTER AU UN SU US CD LY
07KHARTOUM392	SUDAN REJECTS UN HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE [...] (C) President Bashir's March 6 letter to UNSYG Ban Ki-moon on assistance for the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rejected the UN's Heavy Support Package. Bashir's response contradicted the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements of November 2006 and the Presidential Statement in the UN Security [...]	2007-03-13 16:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN US
07KHARTOUM458	UN/AU: USG SHOULD ATTEND TRIPOLI FORUM [...] (C) UN and African Union officials in Khartoum expressed strong support for U.S. representation at the proposed multilateral coordination meeting in Tripoli (reftel) scheduled for April 16. UN Director of Political Affairs Abidoun Bashua and the deputy head of the AU's Darfur Peace Implementa [...]	2007-03-22 15:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN LY SU CD ER US
07KHARTOUM459	AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION WEEK OF MARCH 19: SECOND CHAMBER [...] (SBU) SLA-Minawi raised objections to the African Union Mission in Sudan's (AMIS) potential restructuring of the CFC Second Chamber, contending that the proposals may violate the DPA. Carjackings remain a persistent threat, and AMIS is seeking input from all key stakeholders on means to mitiga [...]	2007-03-22 15:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM460	US/SUDANESE RELATIONS AT THE DIVIDE [...] (C) Summary. U.S./Sudanese relations are poised to pass from one watershed into another. From the U.S. perspective, Sudan's rejection of UN peace-keeping in Darfur pushes relations toward direct confrontation, just as Sudanese see the U.S. imposition of additional sanctions as proof of enduri [...]	2007-03-23 11:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU AL CH IN
07KHARTOUM466	MINAWI CONSIDERS RETURN TO DARFUR AFTER ATTACK ON [...] (C) A force of nearly 200 police and elements of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) attacked a house inhabited by partisans of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi and then raided the SLM party headquarters in the Omdurman section of Khartoum on March 24. Of the 29 SLM [...]	2007-03-25 09:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM478	ELIASSON, SALIM CONSIDER UN/AU SUMMIT ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: During their March 22-27 visit to Sudan, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson and AU Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim told CDA Hume of the need to develop a credible political process for Darfur involving key stakeholders in Sudan and in the region. CDA Hume emphasized that the UN and AU had a limited ti [...]	2007-03-27 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US

07KHARTOUM484	MINAWI CONTEMPLATES DARFUR RETURN [...] (C) In private, Minni Minawi continues to contemplate a return to Darfur in the wake of the March 24 attack on Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) facilities in Khartoum and the ambush of a prominent SLM commander near Nyala. Minawi is pressing the Sudanese government to account for the dead, wou [...]	2007-03-27 16:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM511	MEETING WITH NISS DIRECTOR SALAH GHOSH [...] (C) CDA Hume met with Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh on March 29 to discuss the current impasse on the deployment of UN peace keepers in Darfur. CDA underscored that the UN Security Council, including China, viewed UN command and contro [...]	2007-03-29 16:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM520	CPA: PROGRESS MADE IN SHARING PETROLEUM DATA [...] Summary. Under the CPA, the Government of National Unity is required to share information on oil production, revenues and contracts with the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). In the past, the GOSS has repeatedly alleged that this information is not being made available. Now, it appears tha [...]	2007-04-02 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EPET PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM523	FUTURE PROCESSING OF NEC CONTAINERS [...] (U) The Deputy Chief of Mission was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Protocol, on April 2 in order to discuss the New Embassy Compound (NEC). Ambassador Ali Yusuf explained that, while those shipping containers holding building materials currently in customs are fully [...]	2007-04-02 16:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD AMGT ASEC PREL US SU
07KHARTOUM57	KHARTOUM OBJECTS TO SENIOR USG PARTICIPATION IN OPENING OF [...] (SBU) On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol, MFA Director of Americas Amb. Badawi al-Sanosi summoned the Charge d'Affaires on January 14. Al-Sanosi handed Charge Hume a copy of a press release by the GoSS regarding a ceremonial event announcing the launching of a Governme [...]	2007-01-14 16:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ABLD AMGT US SU
07KHARTOUM574	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE STATE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, State Minster for Foreign Affairs As Sammani appealed for dialogue to "unlock" the situation in Darfur and urged the U.S. to push the non-signatory rebel groups to join the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The Deputy Secretary urged the Sud [...]	2007-04-14 06:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PREF
07KHARTOUM575	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During an 13 April meeting with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol, the Deputy Secretary underlined that the AU/UN hybrid force must be accepted immediately and under complete UN command and control. Akol responded that the GoS has accepted a hybrid force in principal, and the UN [...]	2007-04-14 06:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL EAID MOPS PINR PREF
07KHARTOUM576	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UNMIS FC LTG [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with UNMIS Force Commander (FC) Lt. General Lidder and Head of Security for UN/OCHA in Darfur Michael McDonagh. Both emphasized that simply increasing the size of peace-keeping operations (PKO) would not stabilize Darfur. General Lidde [...]	2007-04-15 03:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM577	DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MEETING WITH AU AMB IBOK [...] (C) Summary: On April 13, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Ambassador Sam Ibok, African Union (AU) Head of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Implementation Team. Ibok explained that the rebel groups outside the DPA will remain divided but might accept a shared position if the international [...]	2007-04-15 03:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM583	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Adviser Salaheddin appealed for a qualitative change in the bilateral relationship. He presented an upbeat assessment of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),saying that momentum is building, with progress being made even on the contentious i [...]	2007-04-16 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM
07KHARTOUM589	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 15 Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Nafie Ali Nafie, a trusted advisor to President Bashir and a key hard-liner in the National Congress Party (NCP). The Deputy Secretary told Nafie that the most pressing issue of his trip was the situation in Darfur in all its aspects [...]	2007-04-16 09:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM59	Sudan: U.S. Business Facilitation and Commercial [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 4. 2. (SBU) Stringent U.S. economic sanctions against Sudan have drastically limited opportunities for U.S. firms to supply goods and services in this nation of more than 40 million consumers. Only U.S. firms licensed by OFAC are able to compete in t [...]	2007-01-15 03:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO BMGT ETTC US SU
07KHARTOUM599	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (C) Summary: On April 15 Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Sudanese President Omar El Bashir for over an hour. Negroponte emphasized USG concern over Darfur, including the fragility of the humanitarian situation, the need to transition to a UN/AU hybrid peace-keeping operation, and the chal [...]	2007-04-17 14:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM60	RETRANSMISSION: KHARTOUM OBJECTS TO SENIOR USG [...] (SBU) On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol, MFA Director of Americas Amb. Badawi al-Sanosi summoned the Charge d'Affaires on January 14. Al-Sanosi handed Charge Hume a copy of a press release by the GoSS regarding a ceremonial event announcing the launching of a Governme [...]	2007-01-15 07:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ABLD AMGT US SU
07KHARTOUM614	SUDAN: POST ASSESSMENT OF TREATMENT OF RETURNED [...] (S) Embassy Khartoum does not believe there to be a credible basis to suspect the mistreatment of previously transferred Sudanese GTMO detainees by the Sudanese authorities and believes that the GOS has demonstrated sufficient resolve and effectiveness to justify consideration of additional tr [...]	2007-04-19 14:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PHUM PTER KAWK SU
07KHARTOUM636	SUDANESE ASK TO OPEN DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting April 22, Sudanese officials asked to establish a bilateral dialogue with the U.S. on key issues surrounding Darfur. Embassy recommends that this opportunity be seized. The process for dialogue should be based on frequent meetings, held outside of Khartoum or Washingt [...]	2007-04-23 08:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM65	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for TDY Econ Officer [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF WAE Econ Officer Curtis Stewart to travel to Khartoum to assist post from January 17 to mid-May, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudanese [...]	2007-01-16 08:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM695	FONMIN AKOL LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON DETAINEES [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Government of Sudan (GOS) delivered May 2 the following letter to the Embassy regarding the status of its citizens currently held as enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on. Post requests Department's guidance in responding to this letter. Post under [...]	2007-05-03 03:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	SU PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC
07KHARTOUM72	MFA COMPLAINS RE SEARCH OF EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD, [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, the MFA summoned DCM Powers to raise several issues of concern. Director of Americas Al-Sanosi relayed concerns over a U.S. break-in of the Sudanese embassy in Baghdad, the status of Sudanese detainees in Guantanamo (covered septel),Special Envoy Natsios' meeting [...]	2007-01-17 16:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CVIS ABLD AMGT ASEC US SU
07KHARTOUM73	MFA RAISES GUANTANAMO ISSUES [...] (C) On January 17, MFA Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi raised the matter of Sudanese detainees at Guantanamo with the DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor during a meeting to which they were summoned (other aspects covered septel). Al-Sanosi specifically requested an update on the status of Sani [...]	2007-01-17 16:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM KAWC US SU
07KHARTOUM753	DIALOGUE WITH SUDANESE [...] (C) On May 10, embassy officer met with Sayed El Khatib to discuss the work of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) and to review a matrix prepared by the Embassy on the status of CPA implementation two years into the interim period. El Khatib attends AEC plenary meetings as the NCP [...]	2007-05-14 06:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM756	HSP IN SIX MONTHS... CAN AMIS LAST? [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: A senior UN military official in Khartoum estimated that the Heavy Support Package (HSP) will not deploy for at least six months due to the lack of agreement on chain of command and the rules of engagement between UN and AU headquarters. Other international officia [...]	2007-05-14 16:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPKO UN AU SU MOPS
07KHARTOUM757	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHARON MORRIS TO SUDAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF/SE Senior Advisor Sharon Morris to travel to Khartoum o/a May 21 to o/a June 15, 2007. Travel within Sudan is contingent on approval from the Regional Security Officer based on an assessment of the fluid security situation. T [...]	2007-05-15 03:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT APER ASEC SU SZ
07KHARTOUM76	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Jason Small and Herb [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Sudan Programs Group Deputy Director Jason Small and Worldwide Humanitarian Program Manager Herb Bentz to travel to Khartoum and Juba, Sudan, from January 19 - 25, 2007. Please note that the RSO is away from post and will review [...]	2007-01-18 16:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM78	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for AF/SPG Josh Drake and [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Josh Drake of AF/SPG and Ann Truitt and Kelly Bracey from A/LM/AQM to travel to Sudan from January 20 - 29. Please note that the RSO is away from post and will review specific travel requests upon his return; permission to travel [...]	2007-01-18 16:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM782	REQUEST FOR SECURITY WAIVER AND EXCEPTIONS - JUBA, [...] (U) Summary: Post requests expedited consideration of the following waiver request, for an interim, unclassified U.S. Government facility in Juba, Southern Sudan. Charge signed COM statement on May 17, 2007. The package, including attachments, will be forwarded via DHL. End Summary. 2. (S [...]	2007-05-20 11:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC AMGT EAID SU
07KHARTOUM813	SPLM DARFUR CONFERENCE: ABDELWAHID AND FINANCES [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese People's Liberation Movement continues to move towards a June 11 commencement of "consolidation talks" between Darfur rebels interested in participating in a rejuvenated political process. Limited financial resources and a lack of clarity on future funding streams i [...]	2007-05-24 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM814	SOUTHERN LEADERS WELCOME U.S. SUPPORT FOR DARFUR [...] (C) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has deployed teams to Darfur and Chad to try to gain support for a planned conference of Darfur rebel groups to be held somewhere in southern Sudan by mid-June. Senior SPLM officials welcomed a strong message of U.S. support for their initiati [...]	2007-05-24 12:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM832	MINAWI OFFERS TO MEDIATE BETWEEN NCP AND WEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 10:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UN SU CD LY
07KHARTOUM849	DARFUR: STATUS OF THE SPLM INITIATIVE [...] (C) Recent meetings with First Vice President Salva Kiir, SPLM insider Luka Biong Deng, and SPLM Darfur Task Force members have underscored the SPLM's intention to bring DPA non-signatories to Southern Sudan to prepare them for negotiations with the Sudanese Government. Though the SPLM views [...]	2007-05-30 13:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM85	PRESS STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDERS CONFERENCE [...] Post issued a press statement on January 21 supporting UN and African Union (AU) efforts to facilitate a conference of Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory military commanders and to encourage the Sudanese Government to provide the security assurances necessary for the conference to proceed. [...]	2007-01-21 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM857	GOVERNOR OF KHARTOUM STATE ANNOUNCES INTENT TO [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of Khartoum State has announced in the press that the street in front of the U.S. Embassy will be immediately reopened to vehicular traffic. The Embassy is currently seeking assurances from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that the street will actually remain c [...]	2007-05-31 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM859	DARFUR DONORS CONCERNED ON HAAVISTO APPOINTMENT, [...] (C) Meeting on May 30, the core group of Western donors in Khartoum expressed reservations over the appointment of former EU Special Envoy for Sudan Pekka Haavisto as UN Envoy Jan Eliasson's new representative for the Darfur political process. While Haavisto's terms of reference had not yet b [...]	2007-05-31 16:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CH
07KHARTOUM88	Sudan Country Clearance Granted for S/CRS Eythan Sontag [...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for S/CRS Eythan Sontag to travel to Khartoum to assist post from January 27 to April, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudanese Government has i [...]	2007-01-22 09:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM89	Termination of Land Rover Operations Creating [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Land Rover has been ordered by Ford Motor Company to close down all commercial operations in Sudan. Representatives of Land Rover here believe this action was taken as a result of pressure from the U.S. Government. The shut down [...]	2007-01-22 13:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO ETTC ECON EAID PREL SU
07KHARTOUM900	UN/AU PROCESS FLAILING [...] (SBU) Summary: The absence of a specific UN/AU plan for the Darfur political process has led to an increase in competing international initiatives. The UN and AU appear unable to exert the necessary leadership to shape these initiatives into a coherent strategy. They have wavered in their sup [...]	2007-06-07 16:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM904	SPLM Appeals for Funds, Outlines Efforts for Darfur [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) initiative to organize a conference of various Darfur factions faces significant logistical and financial obstacles but is moving forward. In several meetings in Juba, members of the SPLM's Task Force on Darfur (TFD) provided a detai [...]	2007-06-08 14:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM925	GOVERNOR OF KHARTOUM MAINTAINS THAT EMBASSY STREET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 11, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Fernandez met the Governor of Khartoum State, Dr. Abdulhalim al Mutaafi, to discuss the Governor's May 30 declaration that the street directly in front of the U.S. Embassy will be reopened to vehicular traffic. In the meeting, al Mutaafi dir [...]	2007-06-11 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM939	OFFER TO SELL RADIOACTIVE URANIUM [...] (Secret) On May 31, 2007, ARSO Bleu Lawless was contacted by a Sudanese-American, identified as Abuobaida A. Mohed, who claimed to have access to radioactive uranium. During a subsequent interview conducted by ARSO Lawless and SIMO representatives, Mohed claimed that his uncle, who is a Sudane [...]	2007-06-14 07:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER
07KHARTOUM943	SCENESETTER FOR AMB KHALILZAD VISIT TO SUDAN [...] (C) In keeping with the last twenty years of the bilateral relationship, the USG continues to use three instruments to implement our policy in Sudan: sanctions, humanitarian and development assistance, and diplomacy. An end to the crisis in Darfur is being pursued along two policy tracks--pea [...]	2007-06-14 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM947	EMBASSY'S PROPOSED RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN [...] This is an action cable. See para. 4. 2. On June 12 the Embassy's Regional Affairs Officer and Regional Security Officer met with the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in order to seek clarification concerning the Sudanese Government's intention to reopen the stre [...]	2007-06-14 15:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC AMGMT SU
07KHARTOUM95	Sudan: Pres. Bashir Seeks Continued Role in Somali Talks, [...] (U) President Bashir stated that Sudan continues to support Somalia, seeks to continue hosting talks among Somali parties, and offers training for Somali army and police units. His remarks, made during the January 20-22 visit to Khartoum of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi, also pledged [...]	2007-01-22 15:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MASS SO SU
07KHARTOUM951	MINAWI PREVIEWS TRIP OF ARAB CAPITALS [...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi will travel to five Arab capitals next week to seek political and financial support for his movement in an effort to stabilize the situation in Darfur. He has asked for U.S. assistance in previewing his trip with these Arabs go [...]	2007-06-15 10:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU EG SA KU QA TC
07KHARTOUM960	SPLM DARFUR CONFERENCE POSTPONED [...] (SBU) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) conference on Darfur has been postponed. No date has been set for the conference to begin. SPLM Task Force on Darfur (TFD) chair Rev. Clement Janda stressed that the SPLM's efforts will continue. Janda told Acting CG Juba June 18 that he h [...]	2007-06-19 09:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM962	"BROKEN PROMISES:" RESENTMENT GROWS WITHIN THE SLM [...] (C) Resentment toward the lack of financial and political support from the U.S. is growing within the ranks of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM),a mid-ranking cadre in Khartoum told Poloff on June 17. Emphasizing that he was "speaking frankly among friends," the SLM member said that after [...]	2007-06-19 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM965	CDA TO MFA: SUDAN MUST SHOW "NEW REALITY" [...] (x) In an introductory meeting with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Siddiq Mutriff on June 16, CDA Fernandez said that many in the U.S. doubt Sudan's sincere commitment to resolve the Darfur conflict and instead viewed the Sudanese Government as responding only to pressure. "Everything you d [...]	2007-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM966	SPLM DARFUR CONFERENCE POSTPONED [...] (SBU) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) conference on Darfur has been postponed. No date has been set for the conference to begin. SPLM Task Force on Darfur (TFD) chair Rev. Clement Janda stressed that the SPLM's efforts will continue. Janda told Acting CG Juba June 18 that he ha [...]	2007-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM97	DEMONSTRATION AGAINST GUANTANAMO DETENTIONS [...] On January 23, the Government of Sudan sanctioned a peaceful demonstration to protest the continuing detention of Sudanese nationals at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO). Approximately 100 protesters took part in the march, which included a riot police escort. A smaller grou [...]	2007-01-23 13:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PINR PHUM KAWC KPAO SOCI ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM972	CDA TO MFA: SUDAN MUST SHOW "NEW REALITY" (CORRECTED COPY [...] (SBU) In an introductory meeting with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Siddiq Mutriff on June 16, CDA Fernandez said that many in the U.S. doubt Sudan's sincere commitment to resolve the Darfur conflict and instead viewed the Sudanese Government as responding only to pressure. "Everything you [...]	2007-06-20 08:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KIGALI1000	RWANDA DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER DRC SUPPORT TO FDLR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Great Lakes Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera October 31 to discuss the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Sezibera expressed great concern at the ascendency of Rwandaphone extremists within the Kabila governmen [...]	2007-11-01 12:38:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1061	RWANDA ON UN RAPE RESOLUTION AND FAO REFORM [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief and poloff met November 15 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Affairs Director Ben Rutsinga to discuss the U.S.-sponsored rape resolution pending before the General Assembly, and the FAO "external evaluation" demarche. Rutsinga began by categorically restati [...]	2007-11-15 15:10:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA AORC FAO RW
07KIGALI1069	RWANDA PRISON BEAT: PRISON POPULATION DOWN, ICTR [...] (C) Rwanda's prison population fell to 64,000 inmates, as the government continued its releases of persons convicted by gacaca courts, relieving the severe overcrowding that previously characterized the prison system. A well-constructed Kigali transit facility, built to receive International [...]	2007-11-19 11:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI1077	GOMA DEMOBILIZATION OFFICER: NO EVIDENCE OF [...] (C) Embassy officers met November 10 in Kigali with Harald Hinkel, who works for the World Bank's Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) office in Goma. Hinkel, who had working in Goma since January 2005, spends his work weeks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( [...]	2007-11-21 11:43:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINR PINS RW
07KIGALI1092	MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (C) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: -- Former senior military officer Patrick Karegeya left Rwanda suddenly. -- Dissension continued within the Liberal Party. -- The Government of Rwanda (GOR) presented its growth and poverty reduction strategies to the donor communit [...]	2007-11-29 16:21:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR ECON RW
07KIGALI1104	RWANDA ON IRAN AND ISRAEL DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 14:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNGA RW IR IS
07KIGALI1112	INFORMATION ON TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] (U) Embassy Kigali submits the following information on our Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO: TFCO: Richard Kaminski Title: Chief, Political/Economic Section Phone: 250 505 601 x3304 Unclassified email: KaminskiRM@state.gov SIPDIS Classified email: Kaminski [...]	2007-12-10 14:02:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN RW
07KIGALI1115	SUMMARY OF G/TIP SMALL GRANTS PROJECT OUTCOMES [...] (U) Embassy Kigali welcomed the opportunity to use FY 2005 Economic Support Funds (ESF) for anti-trafficking in persons projects, and submits the following summary of project outcomes. (Note: Final narrative project reports have been submitted to G/TIP via e-mail. End note.) --------------- [...]	2007-12-11 10:03:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI1119	SPORTS ENVOY REQUEST [...] Post welcomes the possibility of participating in the ECA sports program in FY08 and is pleased to submit this request for a Sports Envoy in field of basketball. With an enthusiastic audience for the program, a low crime rate, excellent climate, and meticulously clean environment, post believ [...]	2007-12-14 10:37:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC IS JO KPAO LE RW
07KIGALI1146	LIFE MORE DIFFICULT FOR LOW-INCOME RWANDANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Inflation in Rwanda is officially reported at under 10 percent but the reality behind the numbers is much more serious for low-income Rwandans, the majority of the population. Certain food prices have increased as much as 350 percent and virtually none less than 10 percent ov [...]	2007-12-27 12:36:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI178	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TWO LEAHY ISSUES WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. Due to time constraints in the case of BG Muganga, post requests a response from Department no later than opening of business (Washington time) 23 Feb. 2. (C) On 22 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to receive G [...]	2007-02-22 17:34:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC MOPS AU SU RW
07KIGALI218	RWANDA: RECENT CHINA ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) The Chinese and Rwandan governments conduct their long-standing and productive relations on a number of levels. Last year the Chinese Minister of Cooperation and a senior Communist party official visited Kigali in August, under the aegis of the Fifth Rwanda-China Joint Committee on Econ [...]	2007-03-05 05:57:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI285	MONUC COOPERATION WITH ICTR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On the margins of the Tripartite Plus meetings in Kigali March 15-16, ICTR Chief Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow met with SRSG for the DRC William Lacy Swing to discuss MONUC assistance to the ICTR, specifically the location of suspe [...]	2007-03-21 07:13:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC RW
07KIGALI289	CONGOLESE JOURNALIST RELEASED, EXPELLED [...] (SBU) On March 21, Rwandan authorities released from custody Congolese journalist Idesbald Byabuze, in detention for approximately a month, and under investigation for a 2005 article criticizing the alleged Tutsi domination of the Hutu majority in Rwanda (reftel). At the central "1930" prison [...]	2007-03-21 15:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI295	POWELL/MCCORMICK DELEGATION MEETS PRESIDENT [...] On Tuesday, March 6, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, David McCormick and Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell met President Kagame. The duo was accompanied by members of their traveling party and Ambassador Arietti. [...]	2007-03-22 14:23:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KPAO PREL SCUL RW
07KIGALI342	FORMER PRESIDENT BIZIMUNGU RELEASED FROM PRISON [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Rwanda released former President Pasteur Bizimungu from prison on April 6. This release apparently occurred without prior notice to the public and without condition. Coming thirteen years to the day from the start of the 1994 genocide, and on Good Friday, thi [...]	2007-04-06 14:21:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI373	DEMARCHE ON REMOVAL OF 14TH BATTALION COMMANDER [...] (C) Per reftel dated March 22, the Embassy sent Note 040 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 23, quoted in part as follows: "The United States requests that the Government of Rwanda advise it of the name of the replacement commander of the 14th battalion." In this note the Embassy re [...]	2007-04-18 13:58:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PHUM RW
07KIGALI388	JOURNALIST PLEADS GUILTY TO DIVISIONISM, RECEIVES [...] (SBU) On Friday, April 20, Agnes Nkusi-Uwimana, director of the Kinyarwanda-language newspaper "Umurabyo," received a one year jail term in a Kigali court, having on April 3 pleaded guilty to various charges including divisionism, defamation, and passing a bad check. Nkusi had been arrested [...]	2007-04-24 15:56:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI391	RWANDA PETITIONS THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE [...] (U) Rwanda on April 18 petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the November 2006 issuance of arrest warrants by French judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere against nine senior Rwandan officials. These officials, according to an investigation conducted by Bruguiere, were allegedly [...]	2007-04-25 13:23:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KJUS RW
07KIGALI400	ONE UN PROGRAM IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) The One UN program in Rwanda has taken its first organizational steps. On February 27 and 28, the UN organized a retreat, the first day consisting of UN agencies in Rwanda discussing the prospective program, and the second day including donor governments and Rwandan officials. A resul [...]	2007-04-27 11:10:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PREL EAID RW
07KIGALI443	KIGALI SCIENCE FELLOW REQUEST [...] In response to reftel and previous communication between Assistant Secretary Claudia McMurray and Minister Romain Murenzi, the following details four possible workplans for a Science Fellow. 2. In Rwanda, the Science Fellow would work in Minister Murenzi's Office, in the Office of the Presid [...]	2007-05-09 12:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP PARM KN ECON IR RW
07KIGALI446	RWANDA ON BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 09:05:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI454	REPORTS OF EXTRA-JUDICAL KILLINGS BY THE RWANDAN [...] (C) Summary. Dutch colleagues, the local representative of Human Rights Watch, and the Executive Secretary of LIPRODHOR (Rwanda's most well-known human rights organization) report 8 to 10 incidents of extrajudicial killings by Rwandan police since the new year, mostly in April. The major [...]	2007-05-14 14:42:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI456	RWANDA TO VOTE FOR SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 10:00:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI461	OPIC TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN KIGALI [...] SUMMARY. The City of Kigali, in conjunction with the U.S. Embassy, hosted an affordable housing workshop with subsequent side meetings to explore affordable housing issues in Kigali. With the goals of assisting the City of Kigali to address their housing challenges and to find opportunities f [...]	2007-05-16 05:59:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EAID ECON PREL MCAP RW
07KIGALI483	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Page Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date - [...]	2007-05-18 14:52:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI523	EMBASSY ACTION ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS; GOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador on May 17 presented the Rwandan National Police Commissioner with a list of ten police shootings of "escaping" prisoners (garnered from local human rights group LIPROHDOR -- see reftel),asking for an explanation of the shootings. A majority of the cases involved the arrest o [...]	2007-05-30 14:10:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI529	KAGAME VISIT TO CHINA [...] (U) Summary. President Paul Kagame paid a five day visit to China May 14-19, visiting Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The two governments signed several accords, including debt cancellation, infrastructure development, expanded trade links, and cultural exchanges. Kagame also addressed th [...]	2007-06-04 07:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL RW
07KIGALI555	RWANDA SUPPORTS TWO BATTALION TRANSFER TO UN HEAVY [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 10:39:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO RW
07KIGALI562	GOVERNMENT CLOSES INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER [...] (SBU) On June 6, Information Minister Laurent Nkusi canceled the registration to publish he had issued 20 days earlier to the Weekly Post, a new English-language publication. This cancellation occurred just days after the first issue of the Weekly post had appeared. The minister gave no re [...]	2007-06-15 11:03:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI639	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The British Department for International Development (DFID) approved approximately USD 70 million for direct budget support to Rwanda for 2007. This is part of the British government's increased commitment to support the GOR in poverty reduction, maintaining peace, stability and improving fina [...]	2007-07-10 11:19:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI645	ICTR SEES "NO VALUE" IN COMMUNICATIONS FROM PAUL [...] (U) Embassy transmits for Department the following statement issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda regarding communications with Paul Rusesabagina. 2. (U) Begin text: Statement Office of the Prosecutor 29 June 2007 Mr. Paul Rusesabagina did write to the ICTR Pro [...]	2007-07-11 06:44:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI680	2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - RWANDA [...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following updates the single existing investment dispute involving an American investor in Rwanda. END SUMMARY. 2. The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of a United States person that is outstanding against the Government of Rwanda (G [...]	2007-07-30 15:12:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CACS RW
07KIGALI728	GRANTS ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC [...] Summary. Post welcomes the Department's solicitation of information on the administrative burden of administering grants and the level of support being provided by ICASS service providers for PD operations in the field. PAS enjoys strong support at post from ICASS service providers; those ga [...]	2007-08-14 15:29:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KICA KPAO OIIP AMGT
07KIGALI743	BUSINESSMEN, GENERALS, AND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS: [...] (SBU) Summary. The recent case of prominent local businessman Assinapol Rwigara, sought by police after a construction-site accident, is an object lesson in Rwandan law enforcement in action, and the rumor-mill that attends the arrest of any public personality. Officials extended the opera [...]	2007-08-20 05:47:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI747	TWO ARRESTED GENERALS RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (SBU) Following two same-day sessions of a military court in Kigali, the presiding judge released Generals Frank Rusegara and Sam Kanyemera Kaka on bail on August 17. The court scheduled their next court session set for September 6. Both men stand accused of interfering with police officer [...]	2007-08-20 16:10:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI758	RWANDA SNAPSHOT - CIVIL SOCIETY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of political parties, NGOs, and religious organizations in Rwanda described a challenging environment in a series of recent meetings in which resources are scarce and political will to reform on the part of the government of Rwanda (GOR) is insufficient to overcome conti [...]	2007-08-23 14:23:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI759	RWANDA - PRISONS, JUSTICE SECTOR REFORMS [...] (C) Embassy and visiting DRL officers met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Office Pierre Wattach (protect) on July 10 to discuss prison conditions in Rwanda. Wattach gave a generally positive report, despite identifying some lingering problem areas. The serious ov [...]	2007-08-23 14:31:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI882	RWANDA: CREDIBLE VOICES IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 13:48:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI915	GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES ON BWINDI DEFENDANTS [...] (SBU) Embassy has reviewed the September 17 letter from Department of Homeland Security ICE A/S Julie Myers to A/S Frazer, detailing the immigration judge's decision in regard to one of the three Bwindi defendants. In her letter, A/S Myers requested the Department of State to offer a "prefer [...]	2007-10-10 14:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS RW
07KIGALI917	2200 RWANDANS RETURN FROM UGANDA [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has confirmed recent press reports of the repatriation of approximately 2200 Rwandans who had settled in the Kibati region of Uganda, near the Tanzanian border. Most press accounts depicted forced movement on little notice although the pro-government New Times offered ac [...]	2007-10-11 07:50:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI966	RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNPLAYS CONGOLESE FDLR [...] (C) Summary. On October 23 Foreign Minister Charles Murigande expressed considerable reservations about the Congolese "Ex-Far/Interahamwe Action Plan," regarding it as less detailed and less concrete than earlier plans, and in conflict with current planning by the Tripartite-Plus Chiefs of [...]	2007-10-23 14:08:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MOPS RW
07KIGALI969	RWANDA GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. PRIORITY UNGA [...] (U) On October 23 PolOff met with Ben Rutsinga, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche on UN General Assembly Third Committee resolutions. Rutsinga was receptive to U.S. request to take a stand against no-action motions and gene [...]	2007-10-23 16:22:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA UN KTIA RW
07KIGALI985	REFUGEES IN RWANDA - A CHALLENGE FOR GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The refugee operation in Rwanda is having difficulty keeping pace with the growth of the Congolese refugee population. In the past six-months, over 3000 Congolese have entered Rwanda, fleeing fighting in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over 60 percent of the [...]	2007-10-30 10:38:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PREF PGOV RW
07KIGALI989	MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) Two Liberal Party parliamentarians lost their seats in the Chamber of Deputies after being expelled from their party. The government set up a Commission to investigate the shooting-down of the Habyarimana presidential jet in 1994. Two independent publishers temporarily suspended their [...]	2007-10-30 14:51:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL RW
07KINGSTON1012	JAMAICA: "SHADOW" MINISTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: NAS Director met with Derrick Smith, Shadow Minister for National Security, on June 26. Smith was confident that the opposition JLP party would win the next election. He expressed the JLP's disappointment that the U.S. has not come out in favor of a JLP administration, levie [...]	2007-06-29 12:57:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL JM
07KINGSTON1116	JAMAICA: ENDORSEMENT OF FY08 SECTION 1206 NDAA [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 19:03:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MASS MARR JM XL
07KINGSTON112	JAMAICA: TOBACCO-RELATED ACTIVITIES [...] (U) Per reftel, Post has found no evidence of involvement in tobacco-related activities. Post has not reported on efforts to support GOJ tobacco control efforts. Neither tobacco indistry representatives nor tobacco growers have approached embassy personnel to promote tobacco or tobacco produ [...]	2007-01-23 14:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD JM XL
07KINGSTON1126	JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER ONE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-20 11:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON JM XL
07KINGSTON113	JAMAICA: TOBACCO-RELATED ACTIVITIES [...] (U) Per reftel, Post has found no evidence of involvement in tobacco-related activities. Post has not reported on efforts to support GOJ tobacco control efforts. Neither tobacco indistry representatives nor tobacco growers have approached embassy personnel to promote tobacco or tobacco produ [...]	2007-01-23 14:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD JM XL
07KINGSTON1131	JAMAICA: TRAFFICKING CASE PROMPTS INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is pursuing a particularly egregious case of labor exploitation under the recently passed Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act, 2007 (reftel). GOJ officials have approached the International Organization of Migration (IOM),th [...]	2007-07-20 16:09:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL

07KINGSTON1132	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR BLANKET RETRANSFER END-USE [...] Per reftel, Emboffs met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Bilateral Relations Courtenay Rattray and Assistant Director Shauna-Kay Richards at midday on July 20 to determine the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s interest in participation in the blanket en [...]	2007-07-20 19:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS JM
07KINGSTON1133	JAMAICA: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE (PSI) [...] Per reftel, Emboffs met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Bilateral Relations Courtenay Rattray and Assistant Director Shauna-Kay Richards at midday on July 20 to invite the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s endorsement of the Proliferation Security Init [...]	2007-07-20 19:46:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP JM
07KINGSTON1170	JAMAICAN REACTION TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (SBU) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports. On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack an [...]	2007-07-27 13:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1171	JAMAICAN AND FEDERAL AGENCIES REACTION TO [...] (U) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack and th [...]	2007-07-27 14:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1209	JAMAICA: CONCLUSION OF 505 AGREEMENT [...] In reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note number 026/07 of February 5, 2007 (reftels),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the following diplomatic note, Ref. No. 358/803/3, dated 30th July 2007, to the Embassy: (begin text o [...]	2007-08-07 17:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON1211	JAMAICA: CONCLUSION OF 505 AGREEMENT [...] In reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note number 026/07 of February 5, 2007 (reftels),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the following diplomatic note, Ref. No. 358/803/3, dated 30th July 2007, to the Embassy: (begin text o [...]	2007-08-07 18:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON1237	A MOUNTAIN VIEW OF JAMAICAS POLITICAL VIOLENCE [...] (U) Following an ebb in years of extreme election violence of the 1980's, many Jamaicans predict that the current ongoing national campaign may see an upturn in violence. Thus far, the political seems to be concentrated in constituencies of South East Saint Andrew, East Saint Andrew, and East [...]	2007-08-09 21:25:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON JM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI XL KPAO
07KINGSTON1264	JAMAICA: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-18 20:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1266	TFJM01: JAMAICA: HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-18 23:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC JM KFLO MARR PINR PREL XL XK
07KINGSTON1269	JAMAICA: HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-19 19:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1271	JAMAICA: Sitrep #3 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 12:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1273	JAMAICA: Sitrep #4 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 18:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1274	USAID SITUATION REPORT 1 HURRICANE DEAN [...] As of August 20, the USAID assessment team reports that Hurricane Dean has destroyed the sugarcane crop in Saint Catherine Parish and resulted in pockets of damage throughout the island. Initial assessments indicate that Clarendon, Saint Thomas, and Saint Catherine parishes have sustained si [...]	2007-08-21 12:53:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1307	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION DRAWS EVEN WITH RULING PARTY [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 12:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI ENRG KCOR JM
07KINGSTON132	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KINGSTON CRISIS MANAGEMENT [...] Post grants country clearance to the following individuals for travel to Jamaica, 29 January, 2007 to 2 February, 2007: John Haralson, James McVerry, Paul Baldwin, Marshall Derks, Joseph Chamberlain, Ann Jackson, AnneMette Lavery, Keith Sims, and Major Louis Poore. The purpose of this travel i [...]	2007-01-26 17:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA JM XL
07KINGSTON1323	JAMAICA: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETS TO DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 21:14:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1348	JAMAICA: AMEMBASSY KINGSTON PARTICIPATES IN OAS OBSERVER [...] On September 3, 2007, National General Elections were held in Jamaica. The Organization of American States (OAS) was present at the invitation of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to serve as impartial observers for the electoral process. OAS fielded 38 volunteers in two-person teams and cover [...]	2007-09-05 16:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OAS CASC PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON1369	JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING TO BE SWORN-IN AS PRIME MINISTER ON [...] On the afternoon of September 6, Embassy received an advance facsimile of the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (begin text of Diplomatic Note 8/802/380) ---------------------------------------- "The Min [...]	2007-09-07 19:56:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV SOCI ECON OVIP JM XL
07KINGSTON1389	JAMAICA: NEW PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-12 14:08:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI ECON JM XL
07KINGSTON1419	JAMAICA: NEWLY INAUGURATED PRIME MINISTER BRUCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-17 20:48:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER SOCI ASEC MARR OFDP UNDP
07KINGSTON1425	JAMAICA: MEDEVAC REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 19:43:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU PHUM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL
07KINGSTON1462	JAMAICA: CRIME AND CORRUPTION CHALLENGES FACING [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 16:14:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SNAR PHUM ASEC KCOR KCRM KJUS
07KINGSTON1490	JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE [...] (SBU) The new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade confirms that a growth-oriented, reformist government seeking stronger ties to both the private sector and to the U.S. now has taken the helm of the Jamaican ship of state. End Summary and Conclusion. 2. (U) Ambassador, accompanied [...]	2007-10-01 18:19:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1570	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE DELAYED [...] On October 23, PolOff had an appointment to meet with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Office Director of Multilateral Affairs Pamela Ingelton to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Unfortunately, Ms. Ingleton was diverted by urgent business and thus was unable to meet as schedule [...]	2007-10-23 20:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UN JM XL
07KINGSTON1625	JAMAICA: LETTER TO TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS re [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 19:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL
07KINGSTON1626	JAMAICA/BAHAMAS: ARGENTINA IS APPROACHING HOST [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 20:59:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	PTER ASCEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR JM XL
07KINGSTON1656	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR SUPPORT OF JAMAICAN CANDIDATE TO IMO [...] Per Reftel B, on October 30, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) requesting the U.S. officially support the Jamaican candidate for Category "C" of the Council. 2. On November 5, the Embassy received a follow-up phone call from the Bilat [...]	2007-11-09 16:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1665	JAMAICA: CLEARANCE FOR R/V CORWITH CRAMER [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 18:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT JM KRVC TPHY XL
07KINGSTON1680	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] Per reftel (C),Charge' delivered demarche, and provided copies of country-specific background, to the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, on November 16. 2. At midday on November 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Tr [...]	2007-11-19 19:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA JM XL
07KINGSTON1739	JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 15:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM
07KINGSTON1770	JAMAICA: WAITING FOR A POLITICAL DECISION ON [...] (SBU) on December 7, prompted by reports of the strident commentary from the Jamaican Ministry of National Security Special Advisor on Policy Anne-Marie Barnes (REFTEL),and by a continued lack of forward movement by the Government of Jamaica towards opening bilateral talks with the Internatio [...]	2007-12-10 20:17:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR JM
07KINGSTON1810	JAMAICA WILL NOT ACCEPT DEPORTEE REINTEGRATION [...] Summary: (SBU) On December 20, the Jamaican Prime Minister rejected the U.S. offer of assistance for returning deportees through the pilot Deportee Reintegration Program. This decision was based on adherence to a reported collective decision by CARICOM Heads of Government to discuss the prog [...]	2007-12-21 21:56:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM JM
07KINGSTON186	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER'S POPULARITY FADES AMONG [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 16:52:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON199	ILEA SAN SALVADOR - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-08 20:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM
07KINGSTON221	JAMAICA: 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - EMBASSY INPUT [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list, due to its continuing failure to pass a WTO TRIPS-consistent patent law. Its trademark and copyright regimes meet international standards and enforcement efforts over the past year [...]	2007-02-13 19:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD USTR JM
07KINGSTON252	JAMAICA: SEEKING A 505 AGREEMENT THAT MAY APPLY TO [...] Per Reftel, PolOff and MLO met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Under Secretary for Bilateral and Regional Affairs, Amb. Maxine Roberts, and MFAFT Legal Counselor Michelle Walker on the afternoon of February 12, and provided text of proposed new agreement. 2. [...]	2007-02-20 20:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON271	KINGSTON: LESSONS LEARNED - CRISIS MANAGEMENT [...] The following is keyed to Para 2, A-H, Reftel: (A) Almost all participants consider the form and conduct of the exercise to have been outstanding, and four hours to have been sufficient to meet the objectives. Understandably, some participants (RSO and CONS) would have welcomed the opport [...]	2007-02-26 14:13:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AMER CASC ASEC AFSI KCOM OTRA KESS JM
07KINGSTON287	JAMAICAN CRIME UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 11:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC JM KCRM PGOV SNAR
07KINGSTON299	JAPAN/CARIBBEAN: TOKYO CONSIDERS OPENING ANOTHER [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 20:17:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EAID OFDP JA CH TW
07KINGSTON307	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MS. JEANNE BAILEY, USDA FAS [...] Country Clearance is granted to Ms. Jeanne Bailey, Area Director, Western Hemisphere, USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington D.C. to travel to Kingston, Jamaica for a supervisory site visit arriving Monday, March 5 and departing Wednesday, March 7. 2. The in-country contact person fo [...]	2007-03-02 18:46:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR OTRA JM DR
07KINGSTON343	ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: CONTRACTOR GENERAL OF [...] Summary: Please see the action request in paragraph 12. Currently, the Mission is exploring mechanisms for encouraging the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to curb corruption. In keeping with the Mission's evolving strategy plan on anti-corruption, we are meeting with heads of Jamaican governmen [...]	2007-03-12 20:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV
07KINGSTON380	ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: JAMAICA'S POLICE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 14:07:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV KCOR JM
07KINGSTON389	ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC [...] (U) Begin Summary: On March 8, Acting Narcotics Affairs Director (NASDIR) met with Kent Pantry, Jamaica's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP),principally to acquaint him with the embassy's interest in assisting the Government of Jamaica to fight official corruption. NASDIR also wanted to get [...]	2007-03-20 19:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS SNAR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON393	JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: OPPOSITION LEADER DEEPLY [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 13:15:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON EINV EPET MASS CARICOM JM
07KINGSTON394	ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: AUDITOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EMBASSY'S PLAN TO PROMOTE ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES, ACTING NARCOTICS AFFAIRS DIRECTOR (NASDIR) CALLED ON JAMAICA'S AUDITOR GENERAL, ADRIAN STRACHAN, IN ORDER TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HIS ROLE IN COUNTERING CORRUPTION BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS. N [...]	2007-03-21 14:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR KJUS PGOV JM
07KINGSTON57	JAMAICA: CRICKET WORLD CUP (C-AL6-01777) [...] (U) This message responds to the information requested in ref. A; answers are keyed to paragraphs. A. (C) Econoff sent the updated Regional Security Plan (including threat and risk assessments) electronically to Michael Fortin (ref. B). To access, open the document, type 'rsplan', then sel [...]	2007-01-12 19:46:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR CARICOM JM
07KINGSTON624	JAMAICA: NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] In Embassy's estimate, the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has neither the will nor the ability to contribute military or civilian resources to Iraq. Given Jamaica's severe crime problem, the risk of violence in the run-up to impending national elections, and the country's heavy debt burden (app [...]	2007-04-30 19:10:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER JM
07KINGSTON640	JAMAICA: REQUEST TO RECONSIDER COMMERCIAL SERVICE [...] Summary: (SBU) Post would like to add its voice to the chorus from the English-speaking Caribbean (refs. A,B) respectfully requesting that the Commercial Service reconsider its proposal to close its office in Kingston, Jamaica. Our concerns mirror those from our regional counterparts: -- T [...]	2007-05-02 20:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL
07KINGSTON69	JAMAICA: APIS; POSSIBLE ELECTION VIOLENCE; CRIME & [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-16 19:11:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR PGOV SOCI SNAR PTER ASEC PHUM CASC
07KINGSTON71	2006/2007 OBJECTIVES FOR THE MAJORS LIST REPORT TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 15:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCOR EFIN JM
07KINGSTON843	JAMAICA HOSTS WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540 [...] SUMMARY: The first outreach event on implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 (2004) in the Caribbean was held in Kingston, Jamaica on May 29-30, 2007. Representatives from 11 Caribbean states attended. The workshop was successful in increasing participants' kno [...]	2007-05-31 17:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ETTC KNNP PARM PREL PTER XL XM JM
07KINGSTON887	JAMAICA: PNP FACES INTERNAL PROBLEMS/LACK OF [...] (SBU) Poloff recently met with longtime People's National Party (PNP) activist and organizer Karen Cross to discuss recent media reports of problems within the PNP which could impact the outcome of the upcoming elections (due by October 2007). During the meeting, Cross confirmed that there is [...]	2007-06-06 18:09:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON89	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LEADER CLAIMS VENEZUELA GIVING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 18:04:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ABLD AMGT ENRG KCOR KCRM
07KINSHASA1040	KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA [...] (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi is generally receptive to U.S. views on the current situation in the Kivu provinces. He has been active in promoting diplomatic engagement with Uganda and Rwanda, and confirmed high-level meetings with each for September. He appreciates [...]	2007-08-31 13:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1050	KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA [...] (U) This is a corrected version of Kinshasa 1040. 2. (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi received newly arrived Charge Sam Brock August 29. Charge used the meeting to present demarche as requested ref (A). Mbusa used it to publicize relations with the U.S., inviting l [...]	2007-09-04 15:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1056	LOW-LEVEL FIGHTING ONGOING IN NORTH KIVU AS [...] (C) Summary: Low-level fighting and occasional skirmishes between troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government forces continue in several areas of North Kivu. Integrated brigades of the Congolese military (FARDC) have been deployed into new positions in Rutshuru and Masis [...]	2007-09-05 12:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PHUM PREF CG
07KINSHASA1063	RWANDAN, DRC FOREIGN MINISTERS COMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Rwandan foreign minister Charles Murigande's official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from September 2-4, the first by a Rwandan official to the DRC since the end of the second Congo war in 2004, is a potentially significant step in a slow process of reconciliation [...]	2007-09-05 17:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG RW KPKO
07KINSHASA1085	EBOLA OUTBREAK IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO [...] (SBU) Summary. Ebola virus, one of the hemorrhagic fevers, was confirmed on September 10 in the province of West Kasai, where nearly 400 people have fallen ill and over 160 of those have died since June (ref Kinshasa 1075). DRC Minister of Health, Makwenge Kaput, received the results from a W [...]	2007-09-11 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID SENV TBIO PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1111	Patriot Day Activities [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa carried out several activities on Patriot Day in remembrance of the 9/11 events. Charge d'Affaires and Public Affairs Officer delivered remarks at Kinshasa educational institutions. Press reported on CDA's statement. Statements will be posted on Embassy's open [...]	2007-09-18 06:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA1121	DRC EBOLA EPIDEMIC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ebola fever epidemic in south-central DRC has now claimed 172 lives. Nearly 400 suspected cases remain clustered around the towns of Mweka and Luebo in the West Kasai province. Unconfirmed cases have been reported as far as 300 kms from the epicenter, some little more than [...]	2007-09-19 06:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SENV TBIO PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1127	FOREST SECTOR REFORM IN THE DRC: STAKEHOLDER [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC is reviewing 156 forestry titles for conversion into new titles as part of its forestry sector reform and economic development plan. The process is intended to regulate the forestry sector in a way which encourages sustainable resource management, improves forestry cons [...]	2007-09-19 16:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV ETRD SENV EAGR KGHG CG
07KINSHASA1128	DRC: DISASTER DECLARATION FOR EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER [...] (SBU) This is an action request for emergency assistance. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following laboratory confirmation of Ebola virus in Mweka rural health zone in Kasai Occidental Province, the Congolese Minister of Health has requested international assistance to contain [...]	2007-09-20 05:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1168	DRC SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary - New GDRC Aviation Commission Created - IMF and World Bank Teams in Kinshasa - IMF and World Bank Check on PRSP, HIPC Progress - Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) - Lower Electricity Rates for Large Consumers - Ebola Epidemic Continues in Kasai Occidental - M [...]	2007-10-02 09:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1172	CHARGE MEETS WITH NORTH KIVU DELEGATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Seven of 48 National Assembly deputies from North Kivu, representing nearly all the province's districts and ethnic groups, were received by the Charge d'Affaires. They raised a number of issues, including current insecurity in North Kivu, the return of FDLR members to Rwanda, a [...]	2007-10-02 17:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA120	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRC - SUSAN MCLURG [...] Post grants country clearance and welcomes the visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo of Minister Counselor Susan McLurg, United States Mission to the United Nations, February 10 - 17, 2007 to participate in the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ). 2. [...]	2007-01-31 14:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ACABQ CG
07KINSHASA1213	DRC NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSELOR ON JOINT PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. Cesar Fwani (protect),the DRC's National Security Council (CNS) expert on Tripartite Plus issues, is unimpressed with the concept of grafting a Joint Planning Cell (JPC) onto the existing Tripartite Plus Intelligence Fusion Cell (TFC) but very enthusiastic about the renewal of [...]	2007-10-19 11:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1215	CHARGE'S OCTOBER 18 MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister displayed little knowledge of the objectives and aspirations of President Kabila's upcoming official visit to the U.S. He even wondered aloud if he would remain in the government after the long-expected cabinet reshuffle, which many observers believe will come [...]	2007-10-19 20:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD KPAO MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO KWMN PHUM
07KINSHASA1232	DIILS ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT LAYS BARE CONGOLESE [...] A team from the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) issued a comprehensive assessment of the Congolese military justice sector in September. Drawing on visits during the previous month to facilities in several areas of the country and consultations with a wide range of of [...]	2007-10-30 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1233	DRC DHRF II ANNUAL STATUS REPORT FY07 [...] Embassy Kinshasa is pleased to report that all Democracy and Human Rights projects funds prior to FY06 have been liquidated and activities closed. 2. All project funds for FY06 have been liquidated and activities closed. DHRF No Amt Obligated Unliquidated balance ------- [...]	2007-10-30 14:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1234	SPECIAL SELF-HELP FY-07 ANNUAL REPORT [...] All 2006 activities have been completed and all funds liquidated. All projects prior to 2006 have been completed and closed out. STATUS OF SSH FY 2007 --------------------- 2. Twelve projects were selected with the $100,000.00 allocated to Embassy Kinshasa FY 2007. Post greatly appre [...]	2007-10-31 05:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM EAID CG
07KINSHASA1236	PROGRAM UPDATE: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THE DRC [...] Gender-Based Violence continues to be a threat to stability and affects the most vulnerable populations - women and children-in Eastern Congo. Recent reports indicate the problem is worsening, particularly in the province of North Kivu, but the problem is also severe in South Kivu, Maniema, a [...]	2007-10-31 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN KJUS CG
07KINSHASA1247	TRIPARTITE FUSION CELL -- WHAT NEXT? [...] (S) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Intelligence Fusion Cell (TFC) has significant assets at its disposal, but they are currently underutilized. Member states should be encouraged to participate fully, or else be suspended from the project. Additionally, the TFC should be brought into alignment [...]	2007-11-02 10:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR MOPS KPKO UG RW BY CG
07KINSHASA1248	RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE TO [...] Summary. The Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS) has prioritized a set of recommendations for U.S. assistance to the Congolese military justice sector. It recommends immediate implementation of training for military magistrates, to give priority focus to the investigati [...]	2007-11-02 11:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KDEM KWMN PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1249	ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER, WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, BLASTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alain Lubamba convened a snap meeting of P-3 + 2 ambassadors and MONUC on October 25. Lubamba, a member of the micro-party "UDEMO" (Union of Democratic Mobutistes) delivered a rambling statement condemning Tutsi politician Azarias Ruberwa, criticized r [...]	2007-11-02 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KWMN CG RW
07KINSHASA1260	SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S NOVEMBER 3 MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor Tim Shortley met with close advisors to the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC) on November 3 to discuss Shortley's just-ended trip to the eastern Congo, which included meetings with senior officers of the Congolese Armed forces (FARDC),the UN [...]	2007-11-06 16:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1278	Special Advisor Shortley's November 13 conversation with [...] (SBU) Tim Shortley, in Kampala, spoke at length with Raymond Tshibanda, DRC President Joseph Kabila's chief of staff on November SIPDIS 13. Shortley urged Tshibanda to press Congolese officials to move quickly on implementation of the recent DRC-Rwanda communique (reftel) on negative forc [...]	2007-11-14 15:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1289	November 13 attack on IDP camp near Goma [...] (SBU) Summary. Thousands of panicked IDPs fled three camps near Goma November 13 after FARDC artillery deployed nearby apparently opened fire. While the FARDC claimed pro-Nkunda CNDP forces had attacked the camps, and Nkunda blamed the FDLR, neither MONUC nor humanitarian organizations were a [...]	2007-11-20 05:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1301	NOVEMBER 21 GOMA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Unfounded claims were received from both government and Nkunda about CNDP occupying Rutshuru. Some may make their way into the international press. As noted in separate conversations with embassy, such claims would appear to be false. While in Rutshuru with a WFP/OFDA/UK team (includi [...]	2007-11-26 07:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO MOPS PHUM PREF KWMN CG
07KINSHASA1311	November 22 Goma Update [...] (SBU) Commercial traffic between Goma and Masisi is flowing again after MONUC installed a mobile operating base at Mushake at midweek. CNDP forces had set up a roadblock there that, in the words of Governor Paluku, was "strangling" the provincial capital. Prices of staples such as beans had e [...]	2007-11-27 05:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1329	AF SPECIAL ADVISOR TIM SHORTLEY'S NOVEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary: Shortley called Tshibanda to provide information on his latest conversations with dissident General Laurent Nkunda, and to discuss a possible Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) military offensive against Nkunda. Shortley told Tshibanda that A/S Frazer agreed that military pressure w [...]	2007-12-03 14:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA134	PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT IN BAS-CONGO PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Protests in Bas-Congo province, sparked by the controversial result of the January 27 gubernatorial election, turned violent January 31-February 1 with clashes between security forces and demonstrators led by adherents of an ethnic Kongo political-religious movement, Bundu dia [...]	2007-02-02 12:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1350	Goma Situation Report for December 7, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military offensive has stalled at Kibati -- a high point along the track north from Sake -- where Nkunda has continued to bring in reinforcements and evidently taken a stand. Speaking to the humanitarian community in North Kivu, MONUC Force Commander General Babacar [...]	2007-12-10 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1356	Goma Situation Report for December 10, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military campaign in North Kivu remains stalled, with Nkunda's line holding at Kibati and Nkunda having made a foray within two kilometers of Mushaki. MONUC's North Kivu Brigade Commander helicoptered with a team into Kirolirwe IDP camp December 9 to sensitize the ID [...]	2007-12-11 10:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA136	BAS-CONGO CALM, CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE IN [...] Summary. There were no reports of further violence in the DRC province of Bas-Congo following clashes January 31-February 1 between militant ethnic separatists and Congolese security forces. The death toll is close to 100, predominately civilians. Casualties were significantly higher in the [...]	2007-02-05 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC PHUM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1360	Goma Situation Report for December 11, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC's military campaign west and north of Sake collapsed December 10 and the military plan, which MONUC North Kivu Brigade Commander General Narayan describes as a very good plan, now "goes back to square one." Nkunda's zone of control returns to what it was in August 2007, [...]	2007-12-12 15:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1361	PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. At President Kabila's request, Ambassador William Garvelink and Tim Shortley, Senior Adviser for Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution met with Kabila in his residence on December 11, 2007. Kabila agreed to stick to his agreement with President Museveni and to keep [...]	2007-12-12 15:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1362	Goma Situation Report for December 12, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: In the course of December 11, FARDC abandoned its remaining positions west of Sake, leaving MONUC to defend the town. Nkunda's commanders communicated to MONUC Brigade Commander General Narayan that they would not enter Sake, but not before the nearby fighting had caused a mo [...]	2007-12-13 16:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1364	Goma Situation Report for December 13, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC General Narayan told embassy's Goma officer December 13 that FARDC losses in men and materiel from the December 3-12 campaign were light. Attacked by an Nkunda force of perhaps 200 at Mushaki, three FARDC brigades panicked and fled. The issues are leadership, training, [...]	2007-12-14 12:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1369	Goma Situation Report for December 14, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Fallout from the army's reversal continues apace. FARDC held its position on the Rutshuru axis December 13 but the region's deputy commander was reportedly shot in the shoulder by his own men. General Narayan estimates 5,000 deserters, of whom some are in Goma where they coul [...]	2007-12-17 08:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1384	Goma Situation Report for December 18, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC is considering a new offensive against Nkunda forces despite recent reverses, and continue to fly in new supplies and equipment to Goma. MONUC does not believe it will be capable of doing so for months, and is counseling caution. Scattered combat continues. Supported by [...]	2007-12-19 08:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1391	Goma Situation Report for December 19, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The military situation in North Kivu remained calm for a second day December 19; reports of fighting in Masisi and Sake appear to be incorrect. MONUC Generals Singh and Narayan advised FARDC General Kayembe that FARDC could not mount a second offensive for six months. FARDC m [...]	2007-12-20 08:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1392	MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: DIILS [...] Summary: Following up on its assessment of the Congolese military justice sector (reftels),the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) has completed preparations for a DRC-wide training program focusing on military magistrates and judicial police. In what hopefully evolves [...]	2007-12-20 13:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MASS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1405	Goma situation report for December 22, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The North Kivu military situation remained stable during the previous week. However, FARDC continues to move reinforcements into and around the province. Pro-Nkunda and Pareco militia forces clashed again in a remote area of Masisi territory. Inhabitants of Rutshuru town prote [...]	2007-12-26 08:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1406	Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission (JVC) authorized Joint Verification Teams (JVT) to investigate allegations of violations of sovereignty and territorial integrity at the December 20-21 meeting in Rubavu, Rwanda. It also clarified several procedural issues involvi [...]	2007-12-26 13:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG RW
07KINSHASA1422	REQUEST TO RECONSIDER DECREASE IN COLA [...] (U) Summary: The recent decision to lower Kinshasa's COLA from 42 to 30 percent (ref A) has serious implications for post morale and its efforts to recruit Foreign Service staff. The new COLA is inconsistent with findings by the highly reputable Employment Conditions Abroad International" (EC [...]	2007-12-28 07:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT AFIN CG
07KINSHASA1423	Goma situation report for December 22, 2007 [...] (SBU) Embassy acting Goma rep spent most of first day in meetings on the upcoming Kivus Conference. Information below is preliminary and subject to change. Initial Notes ------------- -- The location of the conference is the Free University of the Great Lakes (Universite Libre des Pays [...]	2007-12-28 09:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1425	DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is moving slowly as it grapples with solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following the historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the [...]	2007-12-31 09:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM
07KINSHASA1427	Goma situation report for December 28-29, 2007 [...] (U) The subject line in ref (A),the most recent report in this series, is incorrect. Subject line should read: "Goma situation report for December 27 (not December 22),2007." This is the last report for 2007; reports will resume January 2, 2008. Conference Update ----------------- 2 [...]	2007-12-31 10:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA199	DRC PM-DESIGNATE PRESENTS FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister-designate Gizenga has presented the new DRC government's plan of action for consideration by the National Assembly. It highlights initiatives in a wide range of areas and includes a special focus on governance issues. The government can begin work officially o [...]	2007-02-20 14:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN CG
07KINSHASA290	CONGOLESE AND ANGOLAN MINISTERS TO ATTEMPT RESOLUTION TO REMOTE BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Congolese and Angolan officials plan to meet in Kinshasa this week to discuss a disputed frontier in a remote diamond-bearing area at the intersection of the provinces of Bandundu in the DRC and Lunda Norte in Angola. Angolan troops reportedly entered the area on January 2 [...]	2007-03-13 10:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS AG CG EMIN

07KINSHASA306	BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...]	2007-03-14 15:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA308	BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...]	2007-03-15 05:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA318	CONGO ACKNOWLEDGES DISPUTED BORDER AREA IS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC and Angola commissioned a technical team to clarify their common border following high-level consultations March 13 in Kinshasa. The team is charged with locating the 112 colonial-era border monuments and laying groundwork for joint control of the frontier. The deleg [...]	2007-03-16 09:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS MOPS CG AG
07KINSHASA345	DRC'S NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE TARGETS CORRUPTION, [...] (C) Summary. New DRC Minister of Defense Chikez Diemu's immediate priorities include combating corruption, dismantling the guard forces maintained by the former transitional vice presidents, and finalizing disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programs (DDR) to streamline and profess [...]	2007-03-21 16:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM PINR CG
07KINSHASA351	SITUATION REPORT 1: GUNFIRE, CONFUSION IN GOMBE [...] (U) Small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire broke out in the downtown Gombe area of Kinshasa March 22 between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and the guard forces of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Isolated shots were first reported around 10:30 a.m., and heavier firin [...]	2007-03-22 18:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS ASEC CG
07KINSHASA352	KINSHASA SITREP 2: FIGHTING CONTINUES, LOOTING [...] (U) Scattered gunfire continued as of 10:00 p.m. in the central Gombe district of Kinshasa between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and guard forces of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Shooting has diminished throughout the evening although RPG fire and machine gun fire were [...]	2007-03-22 22:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA353	KINSHASA SITREP 3: FIGHTING ONGOING, BEMBA TAKES [...] (U) Sounds of automatic weapons and mortar fire have been heard off-and-on beginning around 4:30 a.m. March 23 in the central Gombe district of Kinshasa. Fighting between elements of the Congolese military forces loyal to President Kabila and Bemba's guard forces had temporarily quieted somewha [...]	2007-03-23 10:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA355	KINSHASA SITREP 4: MILITARY CLAIMS TO BE GAINING [...] (SBU) Sporadic shooting continued into the afternoon around the Embassy compound in the Gombe district of Kinshasa. Automatic weapons fire and several loud explosions have been heard since midday. Military officials with FARDC Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sunglinga claim their troops are g [...]	2007-03-23 15:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA356	KINSHASA SITREP 5: FIGHTING DIMINISHES INTO THE [...] (U) The sounds of gunfire around the Embassy compound in the Gombe district of Kinshasa diminished into the evening of March 23, as fighting has appeared to wind down between elements of the Congolese military loyal to the government and guard forces of Jean-Pierre Bemba. Occasional bursts of [...]	2007-03-23 21:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA357	KINSHASA SITREP 6: CITY QUIET WITH HEAVY MILITARY [...] (U) The downtown Gombe district of Kinshasa is calm the morning of March 24. Gunfire and small explosions were heard in the vicinity of the Chancery and USAID offices for nearly an hour beginning at approximately 4:20 a.m., but only occasional bursts of small arms fire since. The area around t [...]	2007-03-24 08:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA361	KINSHASA UPDATE: SITUATION IN CAPITAL RETURNING TO [...] (U) The central Gombe district of Kinshasa remains calm four days after fighting broke out between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and guard forces of Senator and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. There have been no reports of fighting since early morning on March 24. Vehicle [...]	2007-03-26 11:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG
07KINSHASA370	KINSHASA UPDATE 3/27: KABILA DEFENDS ACTIONS [...] (U) Summary: President Kabila defended the use of force against Jean-Pierre Bemba's guard forces in a March 26 press conference, declaring that "order had to be restored at all cost." Bemba, who remains in the South African embassy compound, said in a press interview Kabila is determined to ge [...]	2007-03-27 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA375	IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: Forces loyal to former Vice President Bemba were defeated in March 22 - 23 violence, and no longer constitute a fighting force. There is a general consensus that numerous political options were not exhausted prior to the fighting, with many in the Kabila camp spoiling for a fight [...]	2007-03-28 16:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA381	POLITICAL VIEWS FROM BOTH SIDES [...] (C) Summary: Following the March 22-23 violence, political feelings are running high. Reflecting Prime Minister Gizenga's views, his de facto chief of staff, Minister Godefroid Mayobo, strongly reaffirmed the need for a full trial of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. While fully acc [...]	2007-03-30 17:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV MOPS CG PO SF
07KINSHASA406	ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MARCH FIGHTING IN KINSHASA [...] (U) Summary. The March 22-23 violence in Kinshasa likely cost business owners and the GDRC millions of dollars, but the precise totals have not been tallied. Most of the damage, like most of the fighting, occurred in Kinshasa's central Gombe district, the home to many government buildings and [...]	2007-04-05 16:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ASEC CG
07KINSHASA419	BEMBA LEAVES KINSHASA FOR PORTUGAL [...] (U) Senator and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba departed Kinshasa for Portugal aboard his private jet at 2:10 a.m. April 11. Bemba, accompanied by his wife and five children, officially left for follow-up surgery for a broken leg suffered in December 2006. He had been at a South African [...]	2007-04-11 10:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO PO CG
07KINSHASA434	DRC FINANCE MINISTER ADMITS ECONOMIC SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. The new Minister of Finance said that the DRC economy is "not good" but was optimistic that the situation could be turned around by the new government. He cited hopeful signs regarding increased GDRC revenues and blamed overspending on the defense and security sectors. The mini [...]	2007-04-16 11:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA435	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AN INCOVENIENT GUEST IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht had frank criticism for both sides involved in the March 22-23 violence in Kinshasa during his April 10-12 visit to the DRC. He reiterated Belgium's desire for a post-CIAT mechanism for political dialogue and discussed governance issues [...]	2007-04-16 11:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BE CG
07KINSHASA472	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COLONEL RICHARD ORTH [...] Post grants country clearance and welcomes the arrival of Col. Richard Kevin Orth to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from May 03 - 06, 2007 to attend the Tripartite Fusion Cell (TFC) focal point meetings. 2. POINT OF CONTACT Chris Brown will be the Control Officer for the visit and c [...]	2007-04-26 12:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	APER OTRA BY RW UG KE ET CG
07KINSHASA527	AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MARIE THERESE NLANDU [...] (SBU) Summary. Bemba attorney and unsuccessful presidential candidate Marie Therese Nlandu gave an exclusive interviewto Poloff in which she outlined her side of the vents that led to her arrest on charges of insurretion and weapons possession. She also explained why she thought she was acq [...]	2007-05-11 12:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA61	BEMBA MAKES THEATRICAL RETURN TO KINSHASA [...] (U) Transitional Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, defeated in his run for the presidency in October, returned to Kinshasa from Europe January 14. He had been in Portugal, where he maintains a residence, recovering from a broken leg suffered here in December (reftel). 2. (U) Bemba pledge [...]	2007-01-19 15:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL CG
07KINSHASA624	BEMBA NOT PLANNING TO RETURN TO KINSHASA SOON [...] (C) Summary: Close aides to Senator Jean-Pierre Bemba said the former Transitional Vice President and MLC President will remain in Portugal and not return to the DRC anytime soon. A 60-day leave of absence granted Bemba by the Senate ends June 11. Bemba and his advisers say he will not come ba [...]	2007-06-06 14:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PO CG
07KINSHASA658	BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: "WALK IN THE WOODS" WITH [...] (U) DCM represented Embassy Brazzaville at the June 8 closing ceremony for the two-day "concertation" which took place in the former ex-Ninja rebel stronghold of Kinkala in the heart of the Pool region. Unlike the high-profile, security-charged environment witnessed the preceding day by th [...]	2007-06-13 13:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS CF
07KINSHASA660	EITI DEMARCHE [...] (U) Post submits the following in response to reftel A, regarding the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). GDRC'S RESPONSE --------------- 2. (U) The GDRC has not yet responded to the EITI letter mentioned in reftel A. DFID delivered the letters to DRC officials on June [...]	2007-06-13 16:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN EAID ENRG EPET CG
07KINSHASA688	BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: NTUMI - DEER HUNTER OR THE [...] (C) Following his June 8 "walk in the woods" in Kinkala with CNR President Frederic Bintsamou (Pasteur Ntumi),in the presence of BBC journalist James James, (reported reftel A),DCM was contacted by CNR National Secretary Joseph Mbizi to discuss his party's anticipated participation in the J [...]	2007-06-20 13:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PREL PINR PHUM PGOV CF
07KINSHASA74	Media Authority Suspends Two Newspapers, Editor of One [...] (U) Summary: The High Media Authority (HAM) suspended two newspapers for slander, and the editor of one of the papers, which tends toward the tabloid persuasion, was subsequently jailed. His is the first such arrest and sentence of a journalist since President Kabila's inauguration and provoked [...]	2007-01-23 14:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO CG
07KINSHASA797	RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF URANIUM TRAFFICKING IN THE [...] (S) Several sources have recently stated that the Malta Forest Company is mining and exporting uranium from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to reports, Malta Forest does this by mining the uranified rock while mining copper and cobalt, then exporting the uranified ore and circumve [...]	2007-07-11 11:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	ENRG ETRD KNNP PGOV PINR PINS IAEA EMIN
07KINSHASA799	BEMBA SIGNALS HARDER LINE TO EU [...] (C) European Chiefs of Mission have told us that former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba recently spoke with EU Special Envoy Van de Geer regarding his potential return to the DRC. Bemba, still in Portugal ostensibly for medical treatment but in reality living in temporary self-exile, reporte [...]	2007-07-11 13:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PO CG
07KINSHASA824	UN SMALL ARMS DESTRUCTION DAY IN KINSHASA [...] (U) The Ambassador marked the UN's Small Arms Destruction Day with a speech at the Congolese military's Central Logistics Base (CLB) July 9 at an event organized by the NGO Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to commemorate the destruction of more than one million small arms and light weapons (SALW) wo [...]	2007-07-17 08:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PGOV KHDP CG
07KINSHASA840	ANVIL TRIAL VERDICT QUESTIONED [...] (SBU) The June 28 military court verdict finding Anvil Mining employees and several Congolese soldiers not guilty in the FARDC's killing of dozens of villagers in Kilwa (Katanga province) in October 2004 has drawn criticism from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour. Arbour said [...]	2007-07-18 13:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN PHUM PGOV CG
07KINSHASA884	ANGOLAN EXPULSION: TOTAL OF CONGOLESE ARRIVALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Initial news reports of Congolese expelled from Maludi, in Lunda Norte, Angola, were exaggerated, but the numbers continue to grow. Assessment teams confirmed in mid July that 13,000 displaced Congolese arrived in West Kasai and some 3,000 others in Katanga since July 3. They sa [...]	2007-07-26 11:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CG OA
07KINSHASA896	FOR SOUTH KIVU CITIZENS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS [...] Summary. MONUC, human rights organizations, humanitarian groups, and civil society leaders in and around Bukavu, South Kivu province agree that the three most serious human rights issues facing the area are violent crime by the Congolese army, impunity for soldiers, and FDLR attacks on civilia [...]	2007-07-30 15:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM CG
07KINSHASA954	AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES SUPPORTS SCHOOL [...] (U) The Ambassador signed a USD 20,000 grant from the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees at a special reception August 7 for Action and Interventions for Development and Social Supervision (AIDES),an NGO which will rehabilitate a secondary school in Buburu, Equateur Province. The UN High Commissi [...]	2007-08-09 08:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF CG
07KOLKATA116	EASTERN INDIA ALERT TO AVIAN INFLUENZA RISK FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Summary: With the recent reported cases of Avian Influenza (AI) in Bangladesh and Burma, neighboring Indian states have alerted officials to monitor for possible outbreaks and have banned imports of poultry products from those two countries (reftels). On April 7, the "Hindustan Times" [...]	2007-04-10 05:46:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO KFLU CASC EAID AMED PGOV IN BM BG
07KOLKATA144	INDIA'S MAOIST MENACE GROWS [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent large scale attacks by Maoist insurgents in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and other states reflect growing Maoist strength and organization in India. Mostly operating under the banner of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist),India's Maoists now maintain a [...]	2007-05-03 12:43:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER SOCI PHUM ECON IN NP
07KOLKATA263	A FOURTH INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA GOES MISSING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27, an industrial radiography camera containing radioactive iridium 192 was stolen from Tata Steel's manufacturing plant in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, the fourth such theft since August 2005. The first camera theft occurred on August 14, 2005 from the Industrial Radi [...]	2007-08-31 02:24:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ENRG TRGY ETTC TSPL PGOV EIND SENV IN
07KOLKATA353	A/S SAUERBREY MEETS WITH CHIN LEADERS ON ACCESS TO REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 7 stopover in Kolkata, Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey discussed with Burmese Chin leaders the condition of the several thousand Chin migrants in India's Northeast. The lack of access by UNHCR to the Chins and other [...]	2007-11-20 04:36:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN PREF
07KOLKATA356	INDIAN ARMY DEPLOYS TO QUELL MUSLIM RIOTS IN KOLKATA [...] (U) Summary: On November 21, central Kolkata was rocked by violence as Muslim supporters of the All India Minorities Forum (AIMF) and Furfurasharif Muzadeddia Anath Foundation (FMAF) enforced roadblocks in Kolkata to protest the recent Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) attacks in Nandigr [...]	2007-11-21 13:20:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AEMR CASC PHUM IN
07KOLKATA382	NAGA INSURGENTS SEEK UNITY PRIOR TO NAGALAND STATE ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary. December 3-7, ConGen and Embassy New Delhi PolCouns visited Nagaland and discussed with officials and contacts the Naga insurgencies and preparations for the February 2008 state assembly elections. While many decried the internecine violence among the insurgent factions, most [...]	2007-12-19 11:21:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM ASEC BM IN
07KOLKATA39	USG SUPPORT FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS STRONG, [...] (U) Summary: On January 18, DCM visited anti-trafficking non-governmental organization (NGO) Apne Aap's shelter at Topsia, located in a Muslim neighborhood that is one of Kolkata's poorest slums. DCM interacted with Apne Aap leaders and spoke with Deputy Public Prosecutor Taj Mohammed about [...]	2007-02-06 09:40:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR IN
07KOLKATA66	FORMULATION OF A NEW INTEGRATED ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT TIP [...] (U) Summary: On February 1-2 approximately 50-75, lawyers, judges, NGO activists, and government officials from West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, and Jharkhand participated in the "Eastern Regional Workshop to Discuss the Proposed Plan of Action to Prevent and Combat Human Trafficking" organized b [...]	2007-02-22 06:33:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN SOCI KCRM PHUM PREL IN
07KOLKATA67	LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THIER AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]	2007-02-23 08:17:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI IN
07KOLKATA68	LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THEIR AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]	2007-02-23 13:34:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG EAGR PGOV PREL IN
07KUALALUMPUR1049	YOUNG PROGRESSIVES RETAIN INFLUENCE IN PAS PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's Islamist opposition party, the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS),held its annual general meeting and biennial party elections June 1-3 in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, the only state controlled by PAS. As expected, party president Abdul Hadi Awang ran unopposed and retained [...]	2007-06-19 00:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1059	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF 13TH AIR FORCE [...] (C) Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one [...]	2007-06-20 10:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1138	REQUEST FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR HELICOPTER CRASH [...] A Malaysian military helicopter carrying six crew and passengers crashed near the Genting Highlands in central Malaysia on July 13. As of 0930 Malaysian time on July 14, Malaysian authorities were unable to locate the crash site in dense jungle terrain and they continued an urgent search for [...]	2007-07-14 01:34:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1145	EMBASSY SENIOR-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Malaysian officials are still smarting over the U.S. decision to rank Malaysia in TIP Tier 3 but they have expressed much more willingness to discuss the issue quietly than they did in the immediate aftermath of the USG decision of June 12. We have engaged with senior off [...]	2007-07-16 01:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KWMN MY
07KUALALUMPUR1172	KHAIRY AND UMNO YOUTH FOCUS ON FTA, PALESTINE IN [...] (C) Khairy Jamaluddin, influential son-in-law of PM Abdullah, underscored his oft-publicized concerns about the FTA, in particular regarding agriculture and government procurement, during the Ambassador's July 18 lunch for leaders of UMNO Youth, an important component of the dominant United M [...]	2007-07-20 07:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD EAGR EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1198	IRAN SANCTIONS: URGING MALAYSIA TO PRIORITIZE [...] (S) DCM and polchief met on July 23 with Malaysia's National Security Council Secretary Muhammad Hatta and focused the discussion on the importance of countries maintaining pressure on Iran to comply with its nonproliferation obligations, including through implementation of UNSCR sanctions (r [...]	2007-07-25 09:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1205	MALAYSIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DESCRIBED BY [...] (C) Malaysia's National Security Council Secretary Muhammad Hatta outlined the NSC structure during a July 23 lunch with DCM and polchief. We include bio notes on Hatta. End Summary. NSC Structure ------------- 2. (C) During a July 23 lunch with DCM and polchief, Malaysia's National [...]	2007-07-26 06:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1218	VIRTUAL LIMITS: MALAYSIA ATTEMPTS TO REIN IN BLOGGERS [...] (C) Bloggers fear the recent police actions against two prominent online political commentators, Nathaniel Tan and Raja Petra Kamaruddin, presage a Government of Malaysia (GOM) crackdown on the freedoms of speech and the press in cyberspace. GOM leaders and officials from the dominant United [...]	2007-07-30 11:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO MY
07KUALALUMPUR1234	MILF PEACE TALKS: OTHMAN SEEKS RESTRAINT AFTER [...] (S) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak used his recent travel to the Philippines to urge both the GRP and MILF to avoid resuming hostilities in the wake of the July 10 killings and mutilation of Filipino marines in Bas [...]	2007-08-02 08:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1238	MALAYSIA LAUNCHES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COURT [...] (SBU) Summary. After several years of anticipation, Malaysia finally launched its new intellectual property court on July 17. The new court system will include branches throughout Malaysia, though the Kuala Lumpur branch will likely be the only significant IP court in the near term. IP lawyers [...]	2007-08-03 05:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1290	REASSESSING MALAYSIA'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (C) The Malaysians have made significant progress in implementing items contained in the action plan we provided them in 2006, and we should return them from Tier 3 to the Tier 2 Watch List in connection with the September review. We recognize that trafficking in Malaysia remains serious. We [...]	2007-08-15 10:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1304	MALAYSIA: WELCOME CODEL CHAMBLISS [...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes Codel Chambliss to Malaysia, as scheduled from August 26 to 28. 2. Embassy control officer is Embassy Officer Michael Zikes, Telephone: (603) 2168-4895; Fax: (603) 2168-5165; Cellular: (60) 12-339-3138; E-mail: zikesmk@state.gov. 3. Hotel reservation [...]	2007-08-20 03:57:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT AFIN ASEC OTRA MY TH VM
07KUALALUMPUR1309	EXPEDITED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: MARITIME [...] The security force members listed in Paragraph 2 are scheduled to participate in a Maritime Security Trilateral Conference from August 25 - 29, 200 in Cebu, Philippines sponsored by the Asia Pacific Security Forum. Embassy has no information to indicate that the individuals listed in Paragrap [...]	2007-08-20 09:39:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS MARR MASS MOPS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1334	WELCOME TO MALAYSIA'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION [...] (U) Welcome to Malaysia and its golden independence anniversary. Our fifty-year relationship with Malaysia is strong and growing. As President Bush has said: "The United States and Malaysia share strong trade and investment ties and a commitment to generating prosperity through openness, dem [...]	2007-08-27 09:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1362	UNHCR OVERVIEW OF REFUGEE OPERATIONS IN MALAYSIA [...] (C) The UNHCR Representative in Malaysia presented on August 23 a "confidential" briefing to diplomatic missions monitoring the status of refugees in Malaysia. After the Government of Malaysia (GOM) denied access to detention facilities earlier this year, the UNHCR regained limited access to [...]	2007-09-05 23:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL CVIS SMIG BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1363	MALAYSIA: IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS FOR ISLAM AND [...] (C) Post recommends one Malaysian scholar and one influential Islamic cleric as possible candidates for ref A events. -- Professor Emeritus Osman Bakar, of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC),is an outstanding scholar of Islam who has published art [...]	2007-09-05 23:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1376	MALAYSIA: NO RESPONSE YET ON INVITATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-10 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA MY
07KUALALUMPUR1398	EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] On July 10 the Advisor met with Dato' Haji Ibrahim bin Haji Jaapar, Deputy Director General (Operations) Royal Malaysian Customs (RMC) to discuss the upcoming ISIT course with Malaysia, scheduled for August 09-17 in Charleston, SC. Mr. Tan Kwong Gin, Director of Customs (Enforcement),and Puan [...]	2007-09-14 09:00:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1439	BURMA: MALAYSIA DOES NOT LINK GAMBARI TRAVEL TO [...] (C) Embassy continues to raise the Burma issue with Malaysia's Foreign Ministry subsequent to presentation of the latest demarche (refs A, B). Polchief spoke with the MFA's Southeast Asia and Pacific (II) Director Under Secretary Rahimi Harun on September 14, using the occasion to emphasize [...]	2007-09-20 09:33:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1455	MALAYSIA NOT ATTENDING TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON UNSCR [...] Malaysia's Foreign Ministry informed us that there would be no Malaysian government representative at the Open-Ended Technical Seminar on UNSCR 1737 Implementation scheduled for 26 September. According to to Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Ministry's Multilateral [...]	2007-09-25 05:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MNUC KNNP IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1470	BURMA: PM ABDULLAH SAYS CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Following the release of the tough September 27 ASEAN statement on Burma, both Prime Minister Abdullah and Foreign Minister Hamid hardened their tone and concluded that ASEAN would have to rethink its demands and expectations vis--vis Burma, with the PM stating that ASEAN's "constructive [...]	2007-09-28 10:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1476	BURMA: UMNO YOUTH PARTCIPATE IN RALLY; POLITICIANS [...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Prime Minister's son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin and the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) Youth wing joined the cause of promoting democratic reform in Burma and participated in a peaceful rally in front of the Burmese Embassy on October 1. Approximately 200 [...]	2007-10-01 10:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1478	EMBASSY MEETING WITH ISNA-SANCTIONED TARGET [...] (S/REL MALAYSIA) Polchief and econoff met with U.S. ISNA-sanctioned Malaysian firm Target Airfreight on September 26, in a meeting set up by the Malaysian Foreign Ministry. Target executives confirmed they shipped helicopter parts to Iran on March 31, 2004, at the request of an Indonesian firm [...]	2007-10-02 05:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1480	MALAYSIA'S CANDIDATURE FOR UNESCO SEAT [...] Post has received Diplomatic Note number KLN 45/07 from the Government of Malaysia which reads in pertinent part: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to propose an arrangement of reciprocal s [...]	2007-10-02 06:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNESCO MY
07KUALALUMPUR1484	BURMA: MALAYSIA WAITING ON GAMBARI, NOT FOCUSED ON [...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian government is awaiting the outcome of Gambari's mission and the return of PM Abdullah before considering next steps on Burma, according to MFA Secretary General Rastam, who predictably gave no hint of SIPDIS support for sanctions in response to our demarche. A [...]	2007-10-02 10:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1492	AMBASSADOR KEITH'S OCTOBER 4 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Keith raised Burma during his initial courtesy call on MFA SecGen Rastam, urging that ASEAN support an October 5 UNSC meeting and a prospective Presidential Statement from the Council on Burma. Sidestepping the issue of a statement, Rastam reiterated Malaysian frustra [...]	2007-10-04 10:04:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1506	MILF TALKS: OTHMAN USES IMT THREAT AND PREVIOUS [...] (C) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak employed previous GRP negotiator Silvestre Afable and the threat of Malaysia's pull-out from the International Monitoring Team (IMT) to push Manila during a September 25-26 [...]	2007-10-10 07:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1548	MALAYSIA BIOFUELS: INFORMATION ON INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] Summary: The Malaysian government strongly supports the development of the biofuels industry, using the country's large and growing palm oil production as feedstock. The recent passage of the Biofuel Industry Act will facilitate the industry's continued expansion, though the industry has benef [...]	2007-10-19 09:42:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO MY
07KUALALUMPUR1551	ABBAS VISITS MALAYSIA, PM ABDULLAH WELCOMES CHANCE [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Kuala Lumpur October 20 - 21, accompanied by Information Minister Riyad al Maliki and two other senior Palestinian officials as part of a tour of Muslim countries to seek support ahead of the U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference [...]	2007-10-22 10:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1552	ABBAS VISITS MALAYSIA, PM ABDULLAH WELCOMES CHANCE [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Kuala Lumpur October 20 - 21, accompanied by Information Minister Riyad al Maliki and two other senior Palestinian officials as part of a tour of Muslim countries to seek support ahead of the U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference [...]	2007-10-22 23:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1562	EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] On September 04 the Advisor and ECONOFF met with Mr. Koshy Thomas, Deputy Secretary, Tax Analysis Division, Malaysian Ministry of Finance (MOF),to participate in the ongoing deliberations to secure a Memorandum of Understanding on the Megaports proposal. Discussion focused on two seemingly m [...]	2007-10-24 08:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1568	GOM UPDATES ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW, REQUESTS [...] (SBU) A senior official in Malaysia's Internal Security Ministry told us October 22 that the Anti-Trafficking Council created by the new anti-trafficking in persons law would meet formally by mid-November. Enforcement of the law would begin in early 2008, as Malaysian authorities needed time [...]	2007-10-25 10:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1570	MALAYSIA: NOMINATION FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur nominates Aegile Fernandez, co-founder and coordinator for migrant and refugee affairs at the NGO Tenaganita ("Women's Power"),to receive the Secretary's award as an International Woman of Courage. Aegile has demonstrated exceptional courage and commitment to defending t [...]	2007-10-26 09:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1579	MALAYSIA'S APEC PRIORITIES [...] Econoff met with Malaysia's Senior Official to APEC, Abdul Ghafar Musa, on October 30 to discuss the September APEC Summit in Sydney and to preview priorities in the upcoming year. Ghafar, Senior Director of the APEC Division in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, said Malaysia w [...]	2007-11-01 09:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ECIN MY
07KUALALUMPUR1609	TERRORIST FINANCE: MALAYSIA DINGED ON ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] Summary: This cable responds to reftel requesting information on cash couriers in Malaysia. The Financial Action Task Force Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (FATF/APG) conducted a Mutual Evaluation of Malaysia in February 2007. "Cross Border Declaration and Disclosure" of cash was the o [...]	2007-11-09 08:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER MY
07KUALALUMPUR1610	BURMA: MALAYSIA MFA WANTS GAMBARI TO PLAY ROLE IN [...] (C) Polchief spoke with the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Southeast Asia and South Pacific Division chief Rahimi Harun on November 9, and conveyed ref A points on Burma welcoming Aung San Suu Kyi's call for meaningful dialogue and raising concern over the regime's rejection of UN Special Adviso [...]	2007-11-09 09:39:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1613	MALAYSIA'S OPPOSITION DRAWS TENS OF THOUSANDS TO [...] (C) Malaysia's major opposition parties operating under the election-reform umbrella organization BERSIH on November 10 carried out possibly the country's largest opposition demonstration since 1998, gathering 20,000 or more demonstrators to present an election reform petition to the National [...]	2007-11-13 11:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR163	UPDATE ON 1206 FUNDING -- MALAYSIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 08:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MARR MASS MOPS MCAP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1639	MALAYSIA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ANNAPOLIS [...] (SBU) Malaysia accepts the U.S. invitation and will attend the November 26-27 Annapolis Conference, per Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah, Under Secretary of the Foreign Ministry's OIC Division, who is charged with the Middle East peace issue. We delivered the advance notice to Ambassador Ibrahim, [...]	2007-11-21 09:28:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CVIS KPAL KWBG IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1640	ALLEGED SEX TRAFFICKING ON LABUAN ISLAND [...] (C) Poloff visited Labuan in October in light of reports of some Filipinas trafficking into brothels on the island. We found that prostitution takes place under cover of legitimate business fronts and most Filipinas employed there have temporary work visas as "guest relations officers." Labua [...]	2007-11-21 11:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS KWMN SMIG MY
07KUALALUMPUR1647	POLICE BREAK UP ETHNIC INDIAN PROTEST IN KUALA [...] (C) Thousands of ethnic Indian Malaysians took to the streets of Kuala Lumpur in protest on November 25, the second major anti-government demonstration in two weeks. Despite police warnings, early arrests (ref A) and heavy police presence on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, approximately 20,000 e [...]	2007-11-26 11:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1648	IMPORT SAFETY - MALAYSIA WELCOMES DIALOGUE WITH THE U.S. [...] Summary: Malaysia is interested in expanding contacts with the United States on import safety issues. Malaysian trade officials have been following recent USG efforts to address import safety, and they support increased dialogue with the U.S. to preserve and enhance Malaysia's strong trade lin [...]	2007-11-27 01:57:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1649	EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] October 09-11 the Advisor was in Jakarta to meet with officials from the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) and the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) to discuss the upcoming Additional Protocol Commodities Identification Training (AP-CIT) scheduled for November 06-08. Mr. Sukarman [...]	2007-11-27 02:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1658	POLICE RESPOND POSITIVELY DURING CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff, Legatt, and an ICITAP trainer from Jakarta met for a full day session on November 15 with senior police leaders from the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) to discuss law enforcement efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) under Malaysia's new anti-trafficking law. The police w [...]	2007-11-29 07:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS SMIG KWMN KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1659	UNHCR WARY OF NEW ROLE FOR "RELA" AUXILIARIES IN [...] (C) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Malaysia Volker Turk briefed Ambassador Keith on November 23 regarding UNHCR operations in Malaysia, and UNHCR's central role in U.S. resettlement processing for Burmese refugees. Turk expressed his concern with the [...]	2007-11-30 01:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1684	INDIAN GRIEVANCES AND RACIAL TENSIONS; GOM TRIES [...] (C) The ethnic Indian protest on November 25 and the government's strong law enforcement response have increased domestic and international attention on Malaysia's Indian community. Despite constituting nearly 8 per cent of Malaysia's population, ethnic Indians hold only 1.2 per cent of the n [...]	2007-12-06 16:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1687	UNCITRAL RULES OF PROCEDURE AND METHODS OF WORK [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche on December 5 to Rohana Abdul Malek, International Affairs Division, Malaysian Attorney General's Chambers. Although Rohana did not have an immediate comment, late on December 7 (after Embassy COB) she sent the following message to econoff: "We appreciate the [...]	2007-12-10 02:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNCITRAL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1691	POLICE ARREST HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MARCHERS; ANOTHER [...] (C) Malaysian police on December 9 arrested organizers of an attempted march in Kuala Lumpur by lawyers, activists and opposition party officials in support of freedom of assembly. The short-lived march involved some 100 participants and took place after the Bar Council, under police pressure [...]	2007-12-10 11:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1693	MALAYSIAN IMMIGRATION REQUESTS TRAINING VISIT TO U.S. PORTS [...] (SBU) This is an action request for ICE Singapore to organize a study visit to the U.S. for Malaysian Immigration officers, with a focus on inspection, detention, removal, and deportation of illegal immigrants; as well as trafficking in persons victim identification and protection. Malaysian [...]	2007-12-11 08:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF CVIS KCRM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1694	EMBASSY RAISES CONCERNS OVER FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy raised concerns over freedom of assembly with two senior Malaysian officials on December 6 and December 11, respectively, in light of the continued arrests of opposition and civil society organizers of rallies critical of the government. An advisor to the Prime Minister [...]	2007-12-11 09:33:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1695	POLICE ARREST OPPOSITION LEADERS ATTEMPTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysian police on December 11 arrested 24 opposition party and NGO activists, organized under the Bersih electoral reform coalition, in connection with a planned rally at Parliament. Police released at least seven of the activists later in the day. Those arrested included f [...]	2007-12-11 10:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1720	1207 - MALAYSIA'S TRI-BORDER CAPACITY BUILDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Kuala Lumpur seeks to utilize USD 1 million in allocated FY 2007 Title 1207 funding during FY 2008 to conduct civilian maritime law enforcement training and to enhance border control capability in the tri-border region of Malaysia's eastern state of [...]	2007-12-14 09:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ID RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1721	AMBASSADOR RAISES ISA CONCERNS WITH LAW MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on December 14 with de facto Law Minister Nazri Aziz and raised U.S. concerns over Malaysia's use of the Internal Security Act (ISA) in light of the December 13 detention of five ethnic Indian activists. Minister Nazri vigorously defended use of ISA as necessar [...]	2007-12-14 11:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR173	MALAYSIA'S OTHMAN APPEARS SUPPORTIVE OF U.S.-MILF [...] (C) Malaysian facilitator for the GRP-MILF peace talks Othman Abdul Razak appeared supportive of another U.S. Mission Manila meeting in February with MILF leaders (ref A),in response to polchief's explanation of the mission on January 29. Othman wished the American team success in its meeti [...]	2007-01-29 11:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MOPS KISL RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1733	2007 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY FIZZLES, BUT KHAIRY [...] (C) Summary: The United Malays National Organization (UMNO) held its 58th Annual General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur from November 5 - 9 and despite the usual fanfare proved to be little more than a pep rally for the upcoming general election. Although party elections remain a year away, chang [...]	2007-12-21 01:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR184	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took the helm. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. [...]	2007-01-31 10:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR209	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 29 MEETING WITH EDUCATION MINISTER HISHAMMUDDIN [...] (C) Education Minister and UMNO Youth chief Hishammuddin responded favorably to the Ambassador's call to expand dialogue between the Embassy and Muslim Malay youth during their January 29 meeting. Hishammuddin described the Malaysian political scene as "volatile" due to the increased racial [...]	2007-02-07 08:12:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO MY

07KUALALUMPUR263	HONORARY CONSUL NOTES MALAYSIA AS SAFE HAVEN FOR [...] (S) The Honorary Thai Consul in Langkawi, Malaysian businessman Shazryl Eskay Abdullah (protect throughout),described Thai Malay separatist use of Malaysian territory as a safe haven and insurgents' views of the conflict during a February 5 meeting with polchief. Eskay, who was a leading Ma [...]	2007-02-13 08:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR268	MALAYSIA'S HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER CRITICIZES UNHCR, [...] (C) Home Affairs Minister Radzi Sheikh Ahmad recently launched a salvo of criticism at the local UNHCR office, threatening a crackdown on refugees and highlighting the UNHCR's difficult status in a country that has yet to sign the UN Convention on Refugees. The UNHCR appears to be weathering [...]	2007-02-14 10:42:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF SMIG PREL PGOV UNHCR MY
07KUALALUMPUR396	BURMA: MALAYSIA NOT FOCUSED ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Malaysia has "no new initiative" in mind for Burma and appears unfocused on next steps, according to our meetings with several Malaysian Foreign Ministry officials and a prominent government-linked think tank. One official in charge of UN matters questioned whether Malaysia would activel [...]	2007-03-02 09:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR415	MALAYSIAN CANDIDATE TO EXECUTIVE BOARD OF UNESCO [...] Embassy has received a diplomatic note, number KLN. 08/07, from the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informing us that Malaysia has decided to present the candidature of Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, the Minister of Education, to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scienti [...]	2007-03-05 05:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI UNESCO MY
07KUALALUMPUR419	IRAQ: MALAYSIA FOREIGN MINISTER CONSIDERS VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah asked his Foreign Minister, Syed Hamid Albar, to visit Baghdad, according to the Iraqi embassy. The Iraqi charge hoped the U.S. quietly would encourage his government to respond quickly with a formal invitation. The Iraqi charge advised Baghd [...]	2007-03-05 10:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ MY
07KUALALUMPUR44	NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST TARGET AIRFREIGHT [...] (S) Post delivered reftel notification of USG sanctions against Target Airfreight of Malaysia and A/DCM held conversations on January 8 with Malaysian Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for the Multilateral Political Affairs Division, Shahrul Ikram, and the Americas Division, as well as the Dep [...]	2007-01-08 09:34:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC ETTC MY
07KUALALUMPUR448	UNHCR IN MALAYSIA: THE HONEYMOON IS OVER [...] (C) The UNHCR representative in Malaysia, meeting with the Ambassador March 2, described difficulties with the Home Affairs Ministry and raised the prospect the GOM might restrict the UNHCR's ability to operate in country. The Home Affairs Ministry recently eliminated the UNHCR's access to cu [...]	2007-03-09 00:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF SMIG PREL PGOV UNHCR MY
07KUALALUMPUR457	GOM Touts "Record" Manufacturing Investment Approvals for 2006; Rampant "Ali Baba" Abuses in GOM's Affirmative Action Program Draw PM's Ire: Malaysia Economic Update for February 2007 [...] (U) Summary: The GOM trumpeted figures showing total manufacturing investment approvals in Malaysia rose 48.1% in 2006 to a record RM 46 billion (USD 13.1 billion),and used this as proof the country remained internationally competitive. However, a closer look at the numbers reveals the inves [...]	2007-03-09 08:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR458	TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM MEETING WITH AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) The Australian High Commission hosted a trilateral meeting with U.S. and Japanese embassies on January 17 to discuss CT cooperation and assistance issues in Malaysia. Each mission was represented at the DCM level and included representatives from political, economic, defense, and securi [...]	2007-03-09 09:39:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MY
07KUALALUMPUR495	MALAYSIA'S MOST PROMINENT THINK TANKS (C-AL7-00170) [...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's most prominent think tanks all have historical ties to and receive substantial funding and material support from the Government of Malaysia. The Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS),the Malaysian Institute for Economic Research (MIER),and the Asia [...]	2007-03-15 09:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV ECON MY
07KUALALUMPUR496	PHILIPPINES/MILF: OTHMAN CONTINUES SHUTTLE [...] (S) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak told polchief March 14 he remained focused on shuttle diplomacy, although he also expressed serious concern over March 5-7 fighting in Mindanao. His efforts between the MILF and [...]	2007-03-15 09:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR540	IRAN: AMBASSADOR URGES FM HAMID NOT TO UNDERCUT UN [...] (C) The Ambassador called on Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar March 22 to urge Malaysia to discourage major new investments in Iran, such as SKS Ventures. He underlined the importance of Malaysians not appearing to undercut UNSC efforts. The Ambassador also highlighted the Iran S [...]	2007-03-23 08:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KNNP IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR575	PETRONAS ON CASPIAN GAS; PM ABDULLAH TO VISIT KABUL [...] (U) Summary: Petronas, CEO Tan Sri Hassan Merican said Malaysia,s national oil company has not yet decided on an export route for Livanov gas and is willing to consider all possible export routes for Caspian oil and gas, including a westward one. In response to PDAS Mann's suggestion that gas [...]	2007-03-28 09:14:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL ECIN EPET MY TX
07KUALALUMPUR61	IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: EMBASSY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy raised concerns with the Malaysian Government regarding a reported $16 billion gas development deal between a Malaysian firm, SKS Ventures, and Iran, noting possible implications under the Iran Sanctions Act and pointing out the particularly poor timing given recent UN [...]	2007-01-10 10:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EPET ETTC EFIN IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR645	EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] On March 01 the Advisor met with Bong Yik Jui, Assistant Secretary in the Multilateral Affairs Division of the SIPDIS Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to coordinate the Targeting and Risk Management course scheduled for April and identify topics of discussion for the legal workshop in May. [...]	2007-04-11 00:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR651	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Keating: Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, [...]	2007-04-11 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR652	MALAYSIA INFORMED OF POSSIBLE FURTHER ISNA [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 09:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR653	MALAYSIA'S CABINET APPROVES DRAFT TIP LAW [...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-Large Ghazzali S.A. Khalid telephoned the Ambassador on April 11 in order to inform him that the Malaysian Cabinet, in its meeting earlier in the day, had approved the draft anti-trafficking in persons law. Ghazzali said the Malaysian Government intended to present the bil [...]	2007-04-11 09:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR811	IRAQ: MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT BAGHDAD [...] (C) Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar plans to visit Baghdad on May 12. FM Hamid has requested meetings with Iraq's senior political leaders during his 12-hour stop. The Iraqi embassy in Kuala Lumpur is not aware of any Malaysian deliverables; however, FM Hamid's visit represents [...]	2007-05-04 11:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL IZ MY
07KUALALUMPUR812	AFGHANISTAN: MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi plans to visit Kabul on June 3-4 at the invitation of the Aga Khan to attend an Enabling Environment Conference on Enhancing Private Investment and Development. Abdullah is expected to spend one over-night in Kabul on his 36 hour visit. A delegat [...]	2007-05-07 09:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL AF MY
07KUALALUMPUR818	IRAQ: MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT CANCELED [...] (SBU) Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) West Asia desk advised us on May 7 that Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar has canceled his planned May 12 trip to Baghdad which we previously reported in ref A. Foreign Ministry officials commented that although the intent was to postpone th [...]	2007-05-08 08:42:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL IZ MY
07KUALALUMPUR835	MALAYSIA NON-COMMITTAL ON HRC VOTE, MIGHT STRIKE [...] (C) We engaged with the Malaysian Foreign Ministry at senior and working levels again May 10 to convince Malaysia to support Bosnia and Slovenia instead of Belarus in the UNHRC vote. In addition, the Canadians delivered a high-level demarche yesterday. The Ministry's Deputy Secretary Genera [...]	2007-05-10 09:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC MY
07KUALALUMPUR878	TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM MEETING, APRIL 18 [...] (C) DCM chaired an April 18 meeting with Japanese and Australian counterparts on trilateral counterterrorism cooperation, the second such meeting in Kuala Lumpur. The delegations discussed the potential for trilateral cooperation in Malaysia and possible recommendations to be presented for co [...]	2007-05-17 07:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MY
07KUALALUMPUR902	PROSECUTING TERRORISTS IN MALAYSIA: LOOKING BEYOND [...] (S) Assisting Malaysia to develop the capacity to successfully investigate and prosecute terrorists would support key U.S. law enforcement and political objectives in this strategic Muslim-majority country. Malaysia has used an intelligence approach and the Internal Security Act (ISA),inclu [...]	2007-05-22 02:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL KJUS ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR924	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL PACE, [...] (C) General Pace: Welcome to Malaysia. During your meetings here with the Deputy Prime Minister and other senior officials, we recommend in your discussions you: -- Applaud Malaysia's success in the reduction of piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca and inquire what are the next steps Ma [...]	2007-05-24 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR947	MALAYSIA DEFENSIVE REGARDING SHARING OF FINANCIAL [...] (U) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey visited Kuala Lumpur May 11 to meet with GOM officials and local financial institutions to discuss implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 1737 and 1747 and the risks of doing bus [...]	2007-05-31 07:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KFTN UN IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR949	MALAYSIA'S HIGHEST COURT RULES AGAINST APOSTATE [...] (C) Malaysia's apex court ruled on May 30 that Muslims who seek to apostatize may not do so outside the Shari'a court system. In a 2-1 decision in the case of apostate Lina Joy, the Federal Court ruled that the National Registration Department (NRD) may only change a Malaysian Muslim's offici [...]	2007-05-31 10:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN SOCI KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR994	EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] On April 10 the Advisor met with Dr. Lauren Bain, Political Officer from the Australian High Commission, and Embassy POLOFF to discuss our respective ongoing export control program efforts in Malaysia. Ms. Bain informed us of her government's proposed regional MANPADS seminar slated for June 0 [...]	2007-06-07 09:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUWAIT1001	FOREIGN MINISTER INQUIRES ABOUT RETURN OF [...] (S/NF) At a June 26 meeting with Ambassador, Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah asked how the Government of Kuwait (GOK) could be part of the solution regarding the remaining four Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo Naval Base. He expressed doubt about the strength of the evide [...]	2007-06-27 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT1004	KUWAIT DEMARCHES DELIVERED: ICAO ASSEMBLY - [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A and B demarches and background papers to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on June 18 and June 27, respectively. The GOK is unlikely to co-sponsor a working paper on these issues. Post has requested a meeting with the Air Transport Director at the [...]	2007-06-27 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD SENV ECON KU
07KUWAIT1005	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOPEC LEGISLATION [...] (C/NF) At a June 26 meeting with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah, Ambassador delivered reftel points noting the Administration strongly opposed and might veto the NOPEC legislation passed by Congress. Ambassador added that statements by some OPEC members that there was no supply [...]	2007-06-27 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1006	FOREIGN MINISTER TAKES INTEREST IN EMBASSY [...] (SBU) At a June 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah inquired about why Kuwait had been listed lower than the United Arab Emirates on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Ambassador said that he did not know, but the UAE had apparent [...]	2007-06-27 13:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB AE KU TIP
07KUWAIT1007	KUWAIT CABINET RENEWS CONTRACT FOR OIF FUEL AT [...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah informed the Ambassador on June 26 that the Kuwaiti Cabinet had agreed on June 24 to renew for one year an existing agreement with the USG to provide concessionally-priced fuel for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). 2. (C/NF) This agreement, [...]	2007-06-27 13:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PREL ECON MOPS KU IZ
07KUWAIT1008	FOREIGN MINISTER INQUIRES ABOUT RETURN OF [...] (S/NF) At a June 26 meeting with Ambassador, Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah asked how the Government of Kuwait (GOK) could be part of the solution regarding the remaining four Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo Naval Base. He expressed doubt about the strength of the evide [...]	2007-06-27 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT1009	FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN-US TALKS; ATTACK [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a June 26 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister (FM) Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said Iranian officials had provided their views on the recent meeting in Baghdad between the U.S. and Iranian Ambassadors to Iraq and he had received a letter from Iranian [...]	2007-06-27 14:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR IR IZ KU
07KUWAIT1017	SPECIAL KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT'S ISLAMIC CENTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-30 08:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1022	BLUE LANTERN: UPDATE ON POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF [...] (S/NF) Following up on April 18 assurances from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) to investigate the case of a possible release of sensitive U.S.-origin Advanced Tactical Communications System (ATCS) technology to Chinese company Norinco (reftels),Econoff met again with Assistant Director of For [...]	2007-06-30 12:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KOMC KU
07KUWAIT1023	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL DAVIS (JUNE 30 - JUL 4, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Davis to travel to Post 1-2 July, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will [...]	2007-06-30 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BA EI GM KU PK COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1024	PARLIAMENT SPEAKER PREDICTS PASSAGE OF KATRINA AND [...] (SBU) Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador June 30 he expected Parliament would pass the remaining $400 million of the $500 million aid package Kuwait pledged in September 2005 to assist victims of hurricane Katrina (ref C) before it goes into summer recess sometime mid [...]	2007-06-30 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID LE KU KATRINA AID
07KUWAIT1025	MINISTER OF FINANCE ON CABINET RESIGNATIONS, THE [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a June 30 farewell call with the Ambassador, Minister of Finance Bader Meshari Al-Humaidhi said resignations of both the Minister of Oil and the Minister of Communication were imminent (these occurred later in the day). He was optimistic that Parliament will pass long [...]	2007-06-30 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EPET KDEM KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT1026	OPPOSITION MPS SCORE VICTORY AS OIL AND [...] (SBU) Minister of Oil Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and Minister of Communications/National Assembly Affairs Shireeda Al-Mousharji resigned from Cabinet June 30, only five days after Al-Jarrah was subjected to nine hours of questioning by opposition parliamentarians (reftel). Facing a no conf [...]	2007-06-30 14:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET ECPS KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT1027	UNCERTAINTY OVER KUWAITI SIGNATORY FOR MOU ON CEIP [...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Security Decision Follow-up Committee (SDFC) Chairman General Mohammed Al-Bader on June 24 to discuss next steps towards forming a Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) Joint Working Group (JWG) following the June 12-13 visit by a USG CEIP team (ref A). ( [...]	2007-07-01 06:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC EPET KCIP KU PTER
07KUWAIT1036	KUWAITI BLOGS AND OTHER INTERNET TRENDS [...] (U) Summary and comment: Like young people elsewhere around the world, the daily lives of Kuwait's youth often center around friends, music, and movies. Internet trends in Kuwait reflect these priorities as social networking, instant messaging, and music and video websites are often the most [...]	2007-07-02 08:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT KPAO ENRG ECON PGOV ETRD KIPR KU
07KUWAIT1047	IRAQI ELECTRICITY MINISTER NEGOTIATES WITH KUWAIT [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: An Iraqi delegation consisting of the Electricity Minister, the Director-General of SOMO (the Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization),and former Iraqi Parliament Speaker Hajim Al-Hassani visited Kuwait from 25-27 June to ask the GOK to take the necessary steps to [...]	2007-07-02 14:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ENRG EPET ECON KU IZ
07KUWAIT1050	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DS/IP/OPO TEAM [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for referenced DS/IP/OPO PMR Team to transit Kuwait August and September 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Embassy points of contact are: Joh [...]	2007-07-03 10:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC AMGT IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1055	GOK ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINE TO RESUME "SOON" [...] (C/NF) Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid al-Jarallah to press for release of Kuwaiti funding for the Palestinians. Ambassador noted and Jarallah agreed that now is the time to show strong support for the government of Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayaad. Jarallah noted the re [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1056	AMBASSADOR STRESSES CUTTING OFF FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid Al-Jarallah to emphasize the importance of cutting off foreign fighters going to Iraq. The Ambassador emphasized that the foreign fighters make up a majority of the suicide bombers and thus have a disproportionate destabilizing [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN IZ KU PREL PTER ECON PGOV KTFN
07KUWAIT1057	KUWAITI FACILITATOR AL-JALAHMAH DETAINED, RELEASED [...] (S/NF) On June 24, U.S.-designated terrorist facilitator Jaber Al-Jalahmah was taken into custody by GOK authorities for questioning regarding his involvement in the recruitment of Kuwaiti jihadists. He was released on July 1 on a KD 300 (USD 1050) bond. (Background: Jaber Al-Jalahmah is a [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
07KUWAIT1058	KUWAITIS TRY TO ADDRESS CHEVRON'S CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 25 June, Ahmad Al-Jemaz, Manager for the New Refinery Project at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),met with Dudley McDaniel, Senior Vice President for Operations at Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC),to discuss Kuwait's plans to build a mega-refinery adjacent to SAC's co [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1059	KUWAITIS TRY TO ADDRESS CHEVRON'S CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 25 June, Ahmad Al-Jemaz, Manager for the New Refinery Project at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),met with Dudley McDaniel, Senior Vice President for Operations at Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC),to discuss Kuwait's plans to build a mega-refinery adjacent to SAC's co [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1060	GOK ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINE TO RESUME "SOON" [...] (C/NF) Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid al-Jarallah to press for release of Kuwaiti funding for the Palestinians. Ambassador noted and Jarallah agreed that now is the time to show strong support for the government of Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayaad. Jarallah noted the re [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1061	KUWAITI FACILITATOR AL-JALAHMAH DETAINED, RELEASED [...] (S/NF) On June 24, U.S.-designated terrorist facilitator Jaber Al-Jalahmah was taken into custody by GOK authorities for questioning regarding his involvement in the recruitment of Kuwaiti jihadists. He was released on July 1 on a KD 300 (USD 1050) bond. (Background: Jaber Al-Jalahmah is a [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
07KUWAIT1062	AMBASSADOR STRESSES CUTTING OFF FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (C) The Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid Al-Jarallah to emphasize the importance of cutting off foreign fighters going to Iraq. The Ambassador emphasized that the foreign fighters make up a majority of the suicide bombers and thus have a disproportionate destabilizing in [...]	2007-07-03 14:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ KU PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1063	KUWAITI DEPUTY PM SAYS KUWAITI DEMOCRACY SETTING [...] (C) During a July 4 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Faisal Moahammed Al-Hajji Boukhadour, the Minister commented that the recent performance of the Kuwaiti parliament was leading others in the region to question the efficacy of democracy. Coming of [...]	2007-07-04 08:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KU PGOV PINR PREL GCC
07KUWAIT1064	NOPEC DEMARCHE: OPEC GOVERNOR AND KPC COUNSEL SAY [...] (C/NF) Following Ambassador's June 26 conversation with the Foreign Minister (ref A),Econoff delivered ref B demarche separately to Kuwait OPEC Governor Dr. Seham Razzouqi and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Deputy Managing Director and General Counsel Shaykh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah on [...]	2007-07-04 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT107	2007 KUWAIT INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT SUBMISSION [...] Per reftel instructions, the following is Post's submission for the 2007 Kuwait Investment Climate Report: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approved the implementing regulations for its current Direct Foreign Capital Investment Law -- [...]	2007-01-24 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OPIC EINV KTDB USTR KU
07KUWAIT1070	TIP REPORT FOLLOWUP: GOK TARGETS 60-DAY REVIEW, [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Kuwait's placement on Tier Three of the TIP report has generated a great deal of interest in the three weeks since the report's release. The newspapers have devoted significant space to the report. Many of the stories have been critical, but many have also used the [...]	2007-07-07 11:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1072	GCC MINISTERS FOCUS ON IRAN-RELATED SECURITY [...] (C) During the Ambassador's brief farewell call July 7 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the Minister described the GCC ministers meeting in Riyadh July 3 as "pessimistic" about current events in the region, and preparing f [...]	2007-07-07 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ KU PREL GCC
07KUWAIT1073	KEEPING THE KUWAITIS FOCUSED ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (S/NF) During a July 7 farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the Ambassador emphasized the need to keep up the pressure on the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Afghanistan and go after those who facilitate and fund them. Th [...]	2007-07-07 15:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ KU DEMARCHE PGOV KTFN ECON
07KUWAIT108	KUWAIT "100 PERCENT WITH THE PRESIDENT" ON IRAQ [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a courtesy call by visiting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah expressed full agreement with the President's strategy for bringing sta [...]	2007-01-25 12:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IZ KU
07KUWAIT1093	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN POLICY, IRAQ, IRAN, AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 09:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1094	MINISTER OF DEFENSE/INTERIOR ON GCC MINISTERS [...] (C/NF) First Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister, and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah told the Ambassador July 7 that the major focus of the GCC meeting in Riyadh was to discuss Iraq and put some "imagination" into trying to address regional security implica [...]	2007-07-09 09:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EPET KU MAS PHUM PREL PTER ASEC KCIP
07KUWAIT1097	MINISTER SAYS GCC CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTER TO BE [...] (C) Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah told the Ambassador on July 9 that agreement had been reached at the recent GCC meeting of defense and foreign ministers and national security chiefs on establishing a GCC crisis management center in Kuwait. He credite [...]	2007-07-10 09:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC LE QA SA IR IZ IS KU
07KUWAIT1099	LABOR MINISTER TO TAKE "TIP" BULL BY THE HORNS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khalid told the Ambassador on July 9 that the Cabinet had focused its attention on trafficking and had given him full authorization to take decisive steps on fighting trafficking in persons. The Minister hinted th [...]	2007-07-10 13:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1101	KUWAIT: WHERE WE ARE AND CHALLENGES AHEAD -- [...] (C) This message summarizes my parting thoughts on key issue areas in the U.S./Kuwait relationship. It draws heavily on input provided by Matt Tueller, who recently concluded a distinguished tour as Deputy Chief of Mission and is en route to service at Embassy Baghdad. The report covers fiv [...]	2007-07-10 13:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON PGOV PTER KU
07KUWAIT1104	KUWAITI AMIR ON GUANTANAMO AND IRAQ/IRAN [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a July 10 farewell meeting, the Ambassador and the Amir of Kuwait Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah discussed Kuwaiti detainees in Guantanamo, Iraq and Iran, GCC security, and visa issuances. The Amir said he planned to write President Bush soon to provide assurances tha [...]	2007-07-10 15:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CVIS ECON IZ KU PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1107	KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERS ENCOURAGE DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior leaders in or close to the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood, have said in recent meetings that the U.S. has made a major tactical error in refusing to deal with Hamas. Citing their close ties to Hamas leader K [...]	2007-07-11 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL EG IS KU
07KUWAIT1108	DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR LEBARON [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 10:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT KU
07KUWAIT111	DONOR COORDINATION CONFERENCE: WHERE IS THE USG? [...] (C/NF) I am extremely disappointed by the lack of high-level Washington-based USG representation at the donor coordination conference the Arab Fund is hosting in Kuwait on February 4. It is difficult for me to accept that we cannot offer at least one senior representative from Washington, fr [...]	2007-01-27 10:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KU XF
07KUWAIT112	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-27 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1120	KUWAIT WAR CRIMES CASE IN HOLDING PATTERN AT IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Robert Monk of the United States Regime Crimes Liaison Office at the Iraq High Tribunal (IHT) told GOK officials on July 10 and 11 that the Kuwait war crimes case before the IHT would likely not be the next case heard by the tribunal despite being the case most ready to go to t [...]	2007-07-16 06:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KJUS KAWC IZ KU
07KUWAIT1122	GOK INTEREST IN REGIONAL RADIOACTIVE SEALED [...] (U) The following Government of Kuwait officials have expressed an interest in participating in reftel workshop: Eng. Samir Al-Asfour Director Radiation Protection Department Ministry of Health Tel. 965-241-5047/ 965-243-9889 Fax 965-241-5049 Mr. Fadhel A. H. Ghuloum Head of Ionizing [...]	2007-07-16 10:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	JO SA QA KU IZ TC ENRG TRGY
07KUWAIT1123	KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND GCC+2 [...] (C/NF) In response to reftel, Charge spoke with MFA U/S Khalid Jarallah and with Dr. Ahmed Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah (Shaykh Ahmed),Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah's Chief of Staff, on July 14-15 to inform the GOK about the July [...]	2007-07-16 10:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT1124	FM'S CHIEF OF STAFF EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT U.S. [...] (C/NF) Dr. Ahmed Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah's Chief of Staff, told Charge during a July 15 office call that Kuwait viewed the prospect of an "early" U.S. withdrawal from Iraq with great concern. H [...]	2007-07-16 11:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL KU TIP
07KUWAIT113	NEXT STEPS FOR THE FREEDOM AGENDA IN KUWAIT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Over the last year, Kuwait has implemented two of the three key elements of the Freedom Agenda strategy that we described in May 2005 (05 Kuwait 2091). These were: women's registration for and participation in national elections and the passage of a new press and publications [...]	2007-01-27 14:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL KU FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT1135	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN: RED MOSQUE SEIGE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 10:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1136	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BURGESS (19-23 JULY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Burgess to travel to post 19-23, July, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-07-18 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1140	KUWAITI REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S JULY 16 SPEECH [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti reaction to the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East has been limited so far, but what has appeared is generally skeptical or negative. A positive view came from Dr. Ahmed Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohamme [...]	2007-07-18 10:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KMDR KU OPRC PGOV PREL XF PPAO
07KUWAIT1141	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHAWN [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Agricultural Counselor Shawn Roderick McSherry to travel to Kuwait o/a July 25-27, 2007 for consultations. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Bag [...]	2007-07-18 11:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KU OTRA PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1142	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ROBERT MONK [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Regime Crimes Liaison Robert Monk (SES-5) to travel to post July 17-25, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Embassy point of contact is: De [...]	2007-07-18 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1144	PARLIAMENT LEGISLATION ON WOMEN: WOMEN'S SOCIAL [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: The main piece of women's legislation on the parliament's agenda, which would grant women generous paid leave for taking care of children and other family members, is being handled in a cooperative manner. After a period of contentious public debates on the legi [...]	2007-07-18 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KWMN KU
07KUWAIT1145	GOK NOMINEES FOR FDIC COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) The following Government of Kuwait officials have been nominated for the FDIC Counterterrorism Financial Regulatory Training in Arlington, VA from August 6-10, 2007 (reftel): Abdullah Ali Al-Sabah Financial Controller and Acting Head of AML Section Central Bank of Kuwait DOB: unknow [...]	2007-07-18 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PTER ECON EFIN PREL
07KUWAIT1153	FREEDOM AGENDA: LIBERALS, ISLAMISTS GETTING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Many Kuwaitis are frustrated by the unproductive relationship between the parliament and the Government as well as by the weakness of the Government's leadership. One proposed solution that has long been bandied about is the legalization of political parties. A liberal MP [...]	2007-07-19 09:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EG KU
07KUWAIT1158	AMERICAN POETRY NIGHT CAPTURES KUWAITI AUDIENCE [...] SUMMARY: ON JULY 17, 2007, PUBLIC AFFAIRS KUWAIT ARRANGED FOR THE FIRST AMERICAN POETRY NIGHT IN KUWAIT BY HOSTING AN EVENING OF POETRY AND MUSIC AT A POPULAR GATHERING PLACE FOR YOUTH, THE HANGOUT LOUNGE. THE EVENT INCLUDED CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY POETRY RECITATIONS BY MISSION PERSONNEL AND [...]	2007-07-22 08:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT1159	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, IRAQ, U.S. POLICY AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-22 08:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1166	GOK APPROVES TIP SHELTER, OUTLAWS PASSPORT [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Highlighting his personal commitment to fighting TIP, the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor made an unexpected personal appearance at PolOff's July 22 meeting with a ministry official to provide the Embassy with a copy of a ministerial decree authorizing the e [...]	2007-07-24 15:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1169	GCC+2 THEMES: KUWAIT REACTION [...] (C/NF) On July 24, Charge previewed with Dr. Ahmed Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah (Shaykh Ahmed),Chief of Staff to FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed, reftel themes pertaining to the July 31 GCC 2 meeting. Shaykh Ahmed concurred with the proposed themes, but suggested that the discussion on Iran not be confi [...]	2007-07-25 11:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT1170	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES' VISIT [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, we and the senior Kuwaiti leadership look forward to your visit to Kuwait on August 1. The Kuwaitis are strongly committed to the strategic relationship with the U.S. and will value this opportunity to consult with you on regional security, but especially on Iraq and Ir [...]	2007-07-26 10:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR IR IZ KU
07KUWAIT1172	ARRIVAL OF CHARGE D' AFFAIRES [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-28 05:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA KU
07KUWAIT1188	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PEACE PROCESS, KUWIAT-U.S. SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 10:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1191	GCC+2 JOINT STATEMENT: KUWAIT REACTION [...] (C/NF) A/DCM met with Raed Al-Rifai, Acting Chief of Staff to FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed, on July 30 to discuss reftel draft statement on the GCC 2. Rifai read over the document and expressed general satisfaction but did not offer substantive comment. He said he would forward the draft immediat [...]	2007-07-30 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KU
07KUWAIT12	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U/S [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for U/S Dobriansky and a thirty-one member U.S. delegation,including TDY support, to visit Kuwait from Thursday, January 4, 2007, to Friday, January 12, 2007, to participate in and support the Conference of Women Leaders in Science, [...]	2007-01-06 13:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC SENV AMGT APER AA KWMN OTRA TSPL KU
07KUWAIT120	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL KYL (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Kyl to travel to post o/a 16 thru 17 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2007-01-28 11:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ IS KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1203	UNGA: NO DECISIONS YET ON KUWAITI SENIOR-LEVEL [...] (SBU) Mit'ib Matutah, Acting Director of the MFA Americas Department, told PolOff on July 30 that the GOK has not made any decisions yet about the participation of senior officials at the 2007 UN General Assembly. He expected more information would be available in mid-August and said he woul [...]	2007-08-01 16:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA KU
07KUWAIT1208	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SCHAKOWSKY [...] In reply to refs. A-C, Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Schakowsky to travel to post 6-7 August 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer [...]	2007-08-04 11:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT121	2006 COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN FOR KUWAIT --FINAL REPORT [...] Embassy Kuwait received one additional donation and reports the following 2006 Combined Federal Campaign results (final): a. Number of potential donors: 50 b. Total number of contributions to date 11 c. Total dollars pledged: USD 9,862.91 [...]	2007-01-28 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
07KUWAIT1212	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL DURBIN (07-08 AUGUST [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL DURBIN to travel to post 07-08 AUGUST, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-08-05 09:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT123	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NOAA NMFS [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for NOAA NMFS Official Robert Metz to travel to post o/a February 2-8, 2007, to participate in the seafood audit for DSCP Philadelphia, PA. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance [...]	2007-01-29 08:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KSCA TPHY OTRA EFIS AMGT
07KUWAIT1237	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND THE LATEST ARMS DEAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-08 08:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1239	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL WARNER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Warner to travel to post 15-20 August 2007. Please see 5.g. Security Clearance information is required in order to receive the Embassy's classified country briefing. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you mu [...]	2007-08-12 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE

07KUWAIT124	KUWAITI SPEAKER TELLS CODEL PELOSI DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a January 25 meeting with Kuwaiti Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah, and Deputy Speaker Dr. Mohammed Al-Bousairi, CODEL Pelosi expressed gratitude for Kuwait's support for OIF and emphasized the importance to the U.S. [...]	2007-01-29 08:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OVIP PREL PTER CVIS IR IZ KU
07KUWAIT1240	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LEVIN [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Levin to travel to post 15-20 August 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]	2007-08-12 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1241	AMERICAN TRIVIA NIGHT CAPTIVATES KUWAITI YOUTH AUDIENCE [...] Summary: Some 75 Kuwait youth tested their knowledge of American history, culture and society at the first American Trivia Night sponsored by Embassy Kuwait and a popular local eatery. The July 30, 2007, event pitted teams of players aged approximately 16 to 30 who answered five rounds of que [...]	2007-08-13 05:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT1244	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL FILNER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL FILNER to travel to post 21-23 August 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-08-13 09:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1246	FILIPINO ENVOY RESEARCHING TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 7, a Filipino Presidential Envoy visited Post as part of a fact-finding mission in the investigation of reports of Filipino citizens being trafficked by a Kuwaiti firm into Iraq to build the new American Embassy. According to the delegation, the Kuwaiti firm is coope [...]	2007-08-13 10:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM TIP KU
07KUWAIT1251	KUWAIT TIP ACTION PLAN REVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the past sixty days, the GOK has made progress on G/TIP's Short-Term Action Plan (Ref B). The Government of Kuwait (GOK) has drafted anti-TIP legislation, criminalized the withholding of passports, provided concrete examples of TIP criminal prosecution, authorized the esta [...]	2007-08-14 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB BG RP KU TIP
07KUWAIT1264	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-19 07:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1270	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BIDEN [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BIDEN to travel to post September 4-8, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-08-20 09:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1279	KPC CEO ON FUEL FOR IRAQ, CEIP, KUWAITI OIL AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 19 August, Charg d'Affaires made an introductory call on Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Vice Chairman and CEO Saad Al-Shuwaib. Regarding a new fuel contract with the Government of Iraq to support power generation, Al-Shuwaib said KPC is ready to sign as long as the GOI accept [...]	2007-08-22 08:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET EINV KCIP OIL SECTOR IZ KU
07KUWAIT1280	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on August 20. Post will report substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.go [...]	2007-08-22 09:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR AORC ICAO KU
07KUWAIT1284	OSD TASK FORCE ENCOURAGES KUWAITIS TO INVEST IN [...] (C) Summary: Bob Love, Director of Operations for the OSD Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations in Iraq, visited Kuwait on August 12-15 to encourage Kuwait-based companies to do business with Iraq and to lay a foundation for a proposed September meeting between Iraqi Minister [...]	2007-08-22 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV IZ KU
07KUWAIT1285	JOURNALISTS ARRESTED FOR BLOG REMARKS CRITICIZING [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 18, members of the Kuwait State Security (KSS) Department arrested two journalists outside the offices of Al-Jarida newspaper. The KSS arrested the first journalist, Bashar Al-Sayegh, for publishing remarks on his website critical of the Amir. They arrested the second [...]	2007-08-22 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT1286	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, on 23 July, Econoff and Econ Specialist met with Abdullah Al-Muzayan at the Al-Muzayan International (AMI) store. Abdullah Al-Muzayan said he took over the business from his father in 1987 and plans to pass it on to his son. He has a license allowing him to import [...]	2007-08-22 15:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KU KOMC ETTC
07KUWAIT1287	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MEEK (26-30 AUGUST [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Meek to travel to post August 26-30, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]	2007-08-25 07:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT129	IRAQ: KUWAITI PARLIAMENT REAFFIRMS OPPOSITION TO [...] (U) On January 28, the Kuwaiti state news agency KUNA reported that 100 members of Iraq's parliament sent a letter to the GOK requesting that Kuwait write off Iraqi debt (comment: pre-Gulf War Iraqi debt is about USD 11 billion). The letter, reportedly sent January 27, asked for a dialogue o [...]	2007-01-30 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IZ KU
07KUWAIT1290	SAVE THE DATE: EVENT ON LITERACY AND HEALTH HOSTED [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-26 10:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL KU
07KUWAIT1293	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILES AND APPAREL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 05:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD KU
07KUWAIT130	KUWAIT MAY HOST SOMALI PM [...] (C/NF) In a 1/30 meeting with PolCouns, MFA First Secretary for Arab Affairs Abdel Nasir Al-Rasheedi said SIPDIS Kuwait has agreed to host a visit by Somali PM Ghedi as soon as travel schedules can be worked out. He said PM Ghedi had originally requested a late January date, but with the [...]	2007-01-30 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KU
07KUWAIT1301	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TAUSCHER (23-29, AUGUST [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL TAUSCHER to travel to post 23-29, August, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2007-08-28 09:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1303	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL COLEMAN [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL COLEMAN to travel to post on August 31 - September 2, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a dr [...]	2007-08-28 14:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1304	ARABIAN ANTI-PIRACY ALLIANCE AND KUWAIT CUSTOMS DG [...] (SBU) On August 22, Commercial Counselor and Econoff met with Scott Butler, CEO of the Dubai-headquartered Arabian Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAA). Butler was accompanied by Albert Marshall, Legal and Business Affairs Manager for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, who was making a tour of the Gul [...]	2007-08-29 05:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
07KUWAIT1306	KUWAIT TO SUPPORT US NOMINEE FOR COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 09:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA KU
07KUWAIT1308	KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY NOT WORRIED ABOUT USD [...] (C) Summary: On 28 August, Charge d'Affaires met with Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) Managing Director Bader Al-Sa'ad and his Executive Director Ahmad Bastaki to discuss the growing public interest in sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). Taking a long-term view, Al-Sa'ad said KIA was not worried [...]	2007-08-29 12:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1309	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 12:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KPAL XF DEMARCHE KU
07KUWAIT131	LEBANON AID: NOTHING NEW IN PARIS, BUT ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econcouns spoke with the Kuwait Fund's Regional Manager for Arab Countries Marwan Al-Ghanem on January 30 to review Paris III and possible next steps on Kuwait aid to Lebanon. Al-Ghanem said that Kuwait had not offered any new assistance to Lebanon in Paris but had pledged undetermined [...]	2007-01-30 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KU
07KUWAIT1310	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME CARGO [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 12:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT1311	SPECIAL 301 INITIATIVE: GOK SAYS IT WANTS [...] (SBU) In a 28 August meeting between CDA and Acting Under Secretary of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Hamad Al-Ghanim, SIPDIS and in a separate meeting on 29 August with Shaykh Ali Khaled Al Sabah, Director of the Economic Department and Acting Director of the Americas Department at the Minist [...]	2007-08-29 12:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV ADCO KU
07KUWAIT1312	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KTFN EFIN PREL PTER DEMARCHE KU
07KUWAIT1313	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Assistant Secretary Ahmed Saeed, and accompanying delegation of Robert Kaproth and Matthew Turner, to travel to Kuwait September 16-17 to meet with Kuwaiti government officials to discuss the region's sovereign we [...]	2007-08-29 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU OTRA AMGT EFIN ASEC PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1314	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE A/S KEVIN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for DOE A/S Kevin Kolevar, and DOE employees Sarah K. Magruder and Patrick A. Willging to travel to Kuwait September 6-9 to meet with Kuwaiti Energy Officials. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; [...]	2007-08-31 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SA KU KCIP OTRA PTER ASEC ENGR PREL
07KUWAIT1319	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY DAS HOWARD [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Deputy Assistant Secretary HOWARD MENDELSOHN and Team Chief MICHAEL MADON to travel to post on September 5 - 9, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. [...]	2007-09-02 10:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTAR ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT132	MPS BLAME RULING FAMILY FOR NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM'S [...] (SBU) As Kuwait returns from its worst performance ever at the 18th annual Gulf Football Tournament in the UAE -- drawing one match and losing two -- Members of Parliament (MPs) minced no words in laying blame squarely on the ruling family. (Note: Kuwait has won the tournament nine times. Sh [...]	2007-01-31 07:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT1324	FIRST FEMALE KUWAITI MINISTER RESIGNS [...] On August 24, Kuwaiti Health Minister Dr. Masouma Al-Mubarak, a liberal and Shi'a women's rights activist, tendered her resignation to the Amir of Kuwait after a deadly fire broke out in one of the government hospitals. As the head of the ministry, Al-Mubarak accepted responsibility for the [...]	2007-09-03 08:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KU
07KUWAIT1333	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY [...] (SBU) This is an amended cable to include Matthew Epstein, who was omitted from REFTEL country clearance. Please provide Mr. Epstein's itinerary to the Point of Contact listed in paragraph three. Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Assistant Secretary Ah [...]	2007-09-03 13:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU OTRA AMGT EFIN ASEC COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1337	COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY ON BLOCKING ARABSAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 10:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KU SA IZ
07KUWAIT1344	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR: IRAN-GCC FREE TRADE [...] (C) In a 5 September meeting with CDA, Kuwait Central Bank Governor Shaykh Salem Abdulaziz Al-Sabah said he had seen recent press reports suggesting that the GCC was considering negotiations with Iran to create a free trade area, but he had no information as to the specifics or the seriousness [...]	2007-09-05 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL IR KU
07KUWAIT1347	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USCIS NATURALIZATION [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Lori Pietropaoli, Deputy District Director, DHS USCIS Rome Italy; Emigidio Martinez, Adjudication Officer DHS USCIS, Frankfurt,Germany; and Darryl Perez, Rome Immigration Specialist, to travel to post on/about SEPTEMBER 6-13, 2007. [...]	2007-09-06 09:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS OTRA ASEC KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1348	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S SEPTEMBER 24 [...] (S/NF) Your visit is timely as it comes on the heels of the highly successful SECDEF visit of 1 August. We are requesting meetings for you with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah, Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al Sabah, Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister, Defense M [...]	2007-09-06 11:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT1353	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ELLSWORTH (07-10 SEPT [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL ELLSWORTH to travel to post 07-09, SEPT, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2007-09-09 08:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1355	KUWAIT TO SUPPORT US NOMINEE FOR COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-09 10:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA KU
07KUWAIT1358	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER (12-14 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BOEHNER to travel to post on September 12-14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2007-09-09 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EI KU IZ AF SP PK COUNTRY
07KUWAIT136	PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 2006 MONTREAL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Department official Hamad Al-Mashaan on January 24. Al-Mashaan said he would send them to Salem Al-Shubli of the MFA Legal Affairs Department for review and response. Al-Mashaan said that despite Kuwait's la [...]	2007-01-31 12:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM KU
07KUWAIT1367	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BAUCAS (SEPTEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BOEHNER to travel to post on September 13-17, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2007-09-11 12:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ JO COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1368	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BAUCAS (SEPTEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BAUCAS to travel to post on September 13-17, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expe [...]	2007-09-11 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ JO COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT137	KUWAITIS NOT EXPECTING SOMO TO CEASE FUEL IMPORTS [...] (C/NF) Responding to a report that Iraqi Oil Minister Shahristani had ordered Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) to cease importing fuel from Kuwait (ref A),Econoff spoke with Jamal Al-Nouri, Director of International Marketing for Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on 30 Januar [...]	2007-01-31 12:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG EPET IZ KU
07KUWAIT1371	GOK TO DOE A/S KOLEVAR: PROGRESS ON CEIP; WANT [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 9 September, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Kevin Kolevar participated in a series of site visits, briefings, and meetings with GOK and oil sector officials to promote further USG-GOK cooperation on Critical Energy Infrastructure [...]	2007-09-11 13:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC EPET PTER KCIP KU
07KUWAIT138	2006 COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN REPORT FROM KUWAIT --FINAL [...] Embassy Kuwait unexpectedly received one additional donation on the last day of the campaign and reports the following revised 2006 Combined Federal Campaign results: a. Number of potential donors: 50 b. Total number of contributions to date 12 c. Total [...]	2007-01-31 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
07KUWAIT1391	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR CROCKER AND PARTY [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Ambassador Crocker and party transit Kuwait per Ref. A September 13-22, 2007. 2. (SBU) Per Ref. B, Mr. Khedery will be picked up with CODEL Boehner and transported to the Federal Deployment Center (FDC) Crowne Plaza Room 201 whe [...]	2007-09-12 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1393	KUWAIT AIRWAYS BOARD RESIGNS; ORDERS CANCELED FOR [...] (U) On 10 September, the Government of Kuwait announced that it had accepted the resignation of the board of directors of Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC). The board, headed by ruling family member Shaykh Talal Mubarak Al Sabah, submitted its resignation on 9 September citing differences with [...]	2007-09-13 10:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP ECON KU
07KUWAIT1395	ARAB FUND DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ, KUWAITI [...] (C) Summary: Director of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development Dr. Abdelatif Y. Al-Hamad told Charge September 10 that "no one inside Iraq cares about Iraq" and the "chaos" there will require another 10-15 years to sort out. He said there has been no progress on lifting Iraq's s [...]	2007-09-13 15:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON IZ KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT1396	SAUDIS REJECT KUWAITI PLAN TO BUILD NEUTRAL ZONE [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: In a 12 September meeting with CDA and Econoff, Khaled Al-Fulaij, advisor to the Amir on energy affairs, said that a KSA envoy had recently visited Kuwait to deliver a message to the Amir stating the Saudi position that it would be unacceptable for Kuwait to build a [...]	2007-09-16 04:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1397	PHILIPPINES AMBASSADOR: KUWAIT "WORST" PLACE FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: Filipino Ambassador Ricardo Endaya told the Charge on September 3 that Kuwait is the "worst" country in the Gulf region for domestic workers. He said the shelter at his embassy houses more runaway domestic workers (200) than any other Filipino Embassy shelter in the world. [...]	2007-09-16 06:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB RP KU TIP
07KUWAIT1399	NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU DEPUTY COMMENTS ON IRAQ, [...] (SBU) On August 27, Charg paid a courtesy call on Kuwait National Security Bureau (NSB) Deputy Director Shaykh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah. On September 5, NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo also met with SIPDIS Shaykh Thamer and later provided a briefing of hi [...]	2007-09-16 10:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU PM PINR
07KUWAIT14	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BROWNBACK [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Brownback to travel to post o/a 7 and 10 Jan, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2007-01-07 05:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
07KUWAIT1400	COURTESY CALL ON MOD'S SHAYKH SABAH AL-NASSER AL [...] (C) Summary. On September 6, Charg and Chief, OMC-K paid a courtesy call on Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense Under Secretary Shaykh Sabah Al-Nasser Al Sabah. The Under Secretary offered his thoughts on an ongoing investigation of aircraft engine sales to Iran, his dreams of upgrading the Kuwaiti [...]	2007-09-16 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU PINR PM
07KUWAIT1405	KUWAIT CONSIDERING TRANSIT OF YELLOWCAKE THROUGH [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 05:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU
07KUWAIT1407	GOK CONSIDERING TRANSIT OF YELLOWCAKE THROUGH [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 10:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU
07KUWAIT1409	REGIONAL TELECOM GIANT ZAIN (FORMERLY MTC) MOVES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On 28 August, Kuwait-based regional telecommunications giant MTC announced that it would establish its international corporate headquarters in Bahrain. MTC (rebranded as Zain on September 8) is the second largest Arab telecom by market capitalization and is the largest [...]	2007-09-18 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECPS ECON EINV KU BA
07KUWAIT1412	NATIONAL BANK NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS OF [...] (SBU) In a September 16 courtesy call with the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK),CDA met with Bank CEO Ibrahim Dabdoub and Chief Economist Randa Azar-Khoury. (NBK is the largest bank in Kuwait and the fifth largest Arab Bank with 2006 net profits of USD 875.8 million and USD 27.32 billion in asse [...]	2007-09-19 11:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KU
07KUWAIT1413	MFA U/S SUPPORTS U.S. IN IRAQ, IRAN AND TIP [...] (C) On September 17, Charge met with Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah to deliver reftel demarche and discuss the positive role of the U.S. in Iraq, the French FM's remarks on Iran and how trafficking in persons is damaging Kuwait's image. End summ [...]	2007-09-19 11:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU PINR TIP
07KUWAIT1415	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ABERCROMBIE ( SEPTEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL ABERCROMBIE to travel to post on/about SEPTEMBER 21-22, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a [...]	2007-09-19 12:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1418	GOK ENCOURAGING FOREIGN TELECOMS TO PARTNER WITH [...] (U) There has been significant uncertainty in recent weeks over whether foreign mobile phone operators would be able to bid on Kuwait's third mobile license and if so, whether they would need to do so with a Kuwaiti partner. In February, the National Assembly passed legislation "to establish [...]	2007-09-19 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON EINV KU
07KUWAIT1421	DOMESTIC WORKER SHELTER NEARS COMPLETION [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 18, GOK officials gave PolOff a tour of the GOK's shelter for potential victims of trafficking, which is scheduled to open by September 26. The two-building complex is basic but clean. It has recreation and kitchen facilities and will be able to house approxima [...]	2007-09-20 09:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1422	TREASURY DAS SAEED DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On September 17, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Middle East DAS Ahmed Saeed and International Monetary Policy Director Robert Kaproth met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Ministry, and the Public Institution for Social S [...]	2007-09-20 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1429	AMIR: IRAN SHOULD COOPERATE WITH IAEA; IRAN AMB [...] (U) On September 19, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported that the Amir of Kuwait Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah urged neighboring Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He was quoted as saying, "We believe in the importance of reaching a peaceful so [...]	2007-09-20 14:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU KPAO PM
07KUWAIT1435	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-23 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KU LE
07KUWAIT1436	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUESTING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-23 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ KU PHUM PREF
07KUWAIT1439	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL CONATON (SEPTEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Conaton to travel to post on September 27 - October 1, 2007. Please pass security clearances of all travelers iaw para. 6.g. in order to allow the Staffdel to receive classified briefings. 2. This clearance is not/not valid f [...]	2007-09-25 08:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1441	KUWAIT PETROLEUM SIGNS DEAL TO PROVIDE FUEL FOR [...] (SBU) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Saad Al-Shuwaib confirmed to econoff on 24 September that KPC has signed a contract with Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) to provide 1.5 million liters of diesel fuel per day to support Iraqi power plants. The USD 150 million contrac [...]	2007-09-25 14:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EPET ECON KU IZ
07KUWAIT1451	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MR. BRADLEY [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Professional Staffer Mr. Bradley Bowman to travel to Kuwait October 22-24, 2007 to identify the nuclear drivers that may motivate Middle Eastern states to pursue nuclear weapons wit [...]	2007-09-30 06:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KU OTRA PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1457	US CENTCOM COMMANDER FALLON MEETS WITH AMIR AND [...] (S) Summary. On September 24, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander, Admiral William J. Fallon discussed the issues of Iraq, Iran, and Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees with the Amir of Kuwait, the Crown Prince, the Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Armed Forces Chief of Staff. The Governme [...]	2007-10-01 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	IR IZ KU MARR PGOV PM PREL
07KUWAIT146	KUWAITI SHIA MARK ASHOURA PEACEFULLY THOUGH [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti Shia celebrated Ashoura on January 30 and 31 in Shia neighborhoods and at husseiniyas (Shia diwaniyyas) around Kuwait City. The celebrations included chanting and self-flagellation and gatherings at husseiniyas where clerics gave sermons focusing on the martyrdom of Imam Hussein [...]	2007-01-31 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KISL KIRF KU
07KUWAIT147	VISIT TO THREE KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER FACILITIES [...] (U) Summary. On January 28, Ambassador and Emboffs participated in site visits to three border facilities on the Kuwait-Iraq border and to one Government of Kuwait (GOK) border outpost. Army Central Command (ARCENT) officials stated that the transition to the new military crossing point was p [...]	2007-01-31 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETRD MARR PBTS KU IZ
07KUWAIT1473	AMIR MAKES IMPASSIONED APPEAL FOR COOPERATION IN [...] (U) Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah appealed to the National Assembly and the media on October 3 to end the bickering and partisan sniping that has dominated Kuwaiti politics since the Amir assumed power in January 2006. In a televised address to the nation on the occasion of the final [...]	2007-10-04 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PREL KPAO
07KUWAIT1474	MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH'S MEETING ON AMCIT, UNGA, AND [...] (C) On October 2, Charge met with Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah to deliver and follow-up on septel demarches and to discuss the Foreign Minister's UNGA meetings, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) and other issues. U/S Al-Jarallah [...]	2007-10-04 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU CONS KCIP ASEC
07KUWAIT1475	GOK TO REFUSE YELLOWCAKE TRANSIT THROUGH KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU
07KUWAIT1476	GOK CONSIDERING REQUEST TO OPEN ADDITIONAL BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ KU
07KUWAIT1479	REPATRIATING KUWAITI DOCUMENTS TO THE GOK [...] (S) On October 2, Charge met with Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah to discuss the repatriation of Kuwaiti government documents recovered in Iraq by the Coalition (see background below). Charge and the U/S decided on a course of action that calls fo [...]	2007-10-06 06:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU IZ MASS
07KUWAIT148	KUWAIT PROPOSALS FOR FPC REPORTING TOURS 2007 [...] Kuwait Public Affairs proposes five rank ordered FPC reporting tour topics: Gulf regional security; free trade; Islam/Religion in America; history of women's participation in American politics; and the life of Kuwaiti students at American colleges and universities. Post also nominates Al-Qabas [...]	2007-01-31 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OPRC KU
07KUWAIT1489	KUWAIT'S DOMESTIC WORKER SHELTER OPERATIONAL; GOK [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP),visited Kuwait on September 26 to review Kuwait's progress on its 60-day action plan and to engage high-level GOK officials on combating TIP. The highlight of the trip was a tour o [...]	2007-10-09 05:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB PHUM KU TIP
07KUWAIT1492	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL KRUSE (OCTOBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Kruse to travel to post on/about October 11 to 16, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Afghanistan; you must apply for Afghanistan clearance through Embassy Kabul. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit offi [...]	2007-10-09 08:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF GM UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT150	UPDATE ON CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION [...] (C/NF) On 10 January, Acting Chairman of Kuwait's Oil Sector Services Company (OSSCo) Ali Al-Obaid contacted Econoff to request assistance in arranging a visit to U.S. energy facilities to observe security programs, systems, and practices. Al-Obaid said that Kevin Kolevar, Director of the D [...]	2007-02-01 10:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PTER EPET KU OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT1501	KUWAIT LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI KU
07KUWAIT1502	KUWAIT TO PARTICIPATE IN BERLIN BMENA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-11 06:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMPI KDEM GM EUN KU
07KUWAIT1509	UPDATED KUWAIT DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY [...] (U) Introduction: Kuwait proudly identifies itself as the region's oldest functioning democracy. Kuwaitis across the spectrum express continuing loyalty to the constitution, which establishes an elected National Assembly and separate executive, legislative, judicial branches. Respect for bas [...]	2007-10-11 15:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPAO KMPI KDEM ECON AMGT XF KU
07KUWAIT1510	GOK SAYS KUWAIT AIR WILL PRIVATIZE BEFORE BUYING [...] (C) Summary and Comment: CDA paid a courtesy call on the Acting Communications Minister Abdul Wahid Al-Awadi on October 11. Al-Awadi said that GOK is eager to purchase two Boeing 777s and one 787 Dreamliner for the Amir but timing and price are holding up the deal. Al-Awadi expects Kuwait A [...]	2007-10-11 15:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD KU BA
07KUWAIT1511	KUWAIT PETROLEUM TO CLOSE WASHINGTON OFFICE FOR [...] (SBU) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) General Counsel and erstwhile Director of KPC's Washington Office Shaykh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah confirmed to econoff on 11 October that KPC will close its Washington office by the end of November. He explained that the Washington office had initiall [...]	2007-10-13 07:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV KU
07KUWAIT1523	KUWAIT SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR ELECTION TO IMO [...] (SBU) On 4 October, Post received a diplomatic note and background paper from the MFA requesting USG support for Kuwait's election to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council under Group C at the IMO General Assembly to be held November 19-30 in London. A translation of the full [...]	2007-10-17 06:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KU
07KUWAIT1524	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Department of Energy NNSA employee Jimmie Collins to travel to Kuwait October 20-23 to participate in the Border Standards Workshop for Iraq and its neighbors. Embassy requests an outbrief from Mr. Collins following the w [...]	2007-10-17 08:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KNNP ENRG PARM OTRA PREL APER AMGT IZ
07KUWAIT1529	SCENESETTER FOR THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait warmly welcomes your visit, which presents a terrific opportunity to reaffirm the strong U.S. friendship with Kuwait; to recognize the strides Kuwait has made in women's activism; and to highlight some of the contributions we have made in women's issues and in the field of [...]	2007-10-17 11:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM KMPI SCUL SOCI KU
07KUWAIT153	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, PALESTINE, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-03 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1530	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KTIA CWC GR NO SP TU KU
07KUWAIT1532	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KUWAIT APPRECIATES THE US CONGRESS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1534	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BORDER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr.Stephen Mangino, Mr. Souad Al-Atar, and Mr. Mark Samuel Riley to travel to post on October 19-24, 2007 to attend a Border Security Experts Meeting. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assi [...]	2007-10-18 09:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ KU OTRA PBTS PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1535	CHEVRON AND KNPC SEEKING COMPROMISE ON NEUTRAL [...] (C/NF) In an 8 October meeting with CDA, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Chairman and Managing Director Sami Al-Rushaid said discussions on the proposed location for a 615,000 bpd KNPC refinery in the Partitioned Neutral Zone next to the Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC) compound were back [...]	2007-10-18 11:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1536	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LOEBSACK (OCTOBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL LOEBSACK to travel to post on October 19-21, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2007-10-18 11:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1537	IRAQI GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO U.S., KUWAIT AND ROPME [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of Iraqi officials visited Kuwait in September for a roundtable on Iraqi environmental issues initiated by the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME). This roundtable, part of a series of meetings between ROPME and Iraq, served as an [...]	2007-10-18 12:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL TBIO KU
07KUWAIT1539	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] (C) In response to reftel, econoff visited Al-Hadaf Hunting and Equestrian Equipment on 4 October and met with the company's sole proprietor, Ali Al-Sanea, a retired protocol officer from the Amiri Diwan (the office of Kuwait's Head of State). Al-Sanea said the Al-Hadaf company, established b [...]	2007-10-21 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KU KOMC ETTC
07KUWAIT1540	GOK'S OFFICIAL REFUSAL TO TRANSIT YELLOWCAKE [...] (S) On 16 October, Post received the below diplomatic note from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming the GOK's refusal of the USG request (ref A) to transport Iraqi yellowcake through Kuwait. 2. (S) Begin Text of informal translation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas [...]	2007-10-21 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU
07KUWAIT1541	FOREIGN AFFAIRS MP SOUNDS ALARM BELL ON IRAN [...] (C) On October 3, in separate conversations with Post, Kuwaiti MP Mohammad Jassem Al-Sager and MFA Director of Arab World Department Ambassador Jassem Al Mubaraki relayed their grave concerns that Iran is leading the region towards conflict. Though they acknowledged that the removal of Sadda [...]	2007-10-21 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS

07KUWAIT1543	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Senior Advisor David Pearce; Special Assistant Ali Khedery; and A/RSO David Hazarian, to travel to post on October 29, 2007 to meet with host government principals. 2. An Embassy visit officer and [...]	2007-10-22 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	BA EG JO KU QA OTRA AMGT ASEC
07KUWAIT1544	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR LORI [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to DHS USCIS Military Naturalization Team to travel to Kuwait on/about November 6 to 14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: No emb [...]	2007-10-23 06:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS OTRA ASEC KHLS KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1550	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Officials David H. McCormick, Under Secretary, International Affairs; Marvin J. Barth III, Chief SIPDIS Economist, International Affairs; Karen Mathiasen, Director, Office of Middle East and North Africa; and An [...]	2007-10-24 04:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU OTRA OVIP AMGT EFIN PREL APER
07KUWAIT1556	TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 09:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SA KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
07KUWAIT1560	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (SBU) On 25 October CDA called MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah and A/DCM called Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi's Office Director Khaled Al Rowayeh to deliver reftel talking points. Copies of the non-paper and the official transcript of the announcement by the Secretary and Treasury [...]	2007-10-25 16:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP PREL PARM EFIN KTFN
07KUWAIT1562	GOVERNMENT REMOVES CONTROVERSIAL MINISTERS IN NEW [...] (C) On October 28, the Kuwaiti Government announced the formation of a new 16-person cabinet. The new ministers took the oath of office before the Amir earlier the same day and assumed their new positions immediately. Seven ministers, including FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah and Prime Mini [...]	2007-10-29 09:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT1563	CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: THE 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] American Embassy Kuwait is pleased to nominate the following outstanding candidate for consideration for the 2008 Secretary's Award for the International Women of Courage: 2. Name: Ms. Farea Ahmad Al-Saqqaf, Founder, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of The Lothan Youth Achievement Cente [...]	2007-10-29 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM
07KUWAIT1564	IRAQI ELECTRICITY MINISTER GETS GOK COMMITMENT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iraqi Electricity Minister Dr. Karim Wahid Hasan visited Kuwait from 27-29 October for meetings with the Prime Minister, Acting Oil Minister, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO, and the Speaker of the National Assembly to facilitate Kuwaiti fuel shipments to Iraq for power [...]	2007-10-30 08:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET ECON KU IZ
07KUWAIT1567	KUWAITI ELECTRICITY MINISTER PLEDGES SUPPORT TO [...] (C) In a courtesy call to congratulate Mohammed Al-Elaim on his reappointment as Minister of Electricity and Water (Ref A),CDA thanked Al-Elaim for receiving Iraqi Electricity Minister Dr. Karim Wahid Hasan during his 27-29 October visit to Kuwait (Ref B). Al-Elaim answered, "Whatever is good [...]	2007-11-01 06:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET KU IZ
07KUWAIT1569	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SMITH (NOVEMBER 2-5, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL SMITH to travel to post on November 2-5, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2007-11-01 07:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT157	BLUE LANTERN: POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF U.S.-ORIGIN [...] (S/NF) Post delivered reftel talking points to MFA by dipnote on 8 January, and followed up with repeated phone calls to Acting Director of the MFA Americas Department Hamad Al-Meshaan. Al-Meshan said the dipnote was forwarded to the Ministry of Defense on 13 January. On 3 February, Al-Mesh [...]	2007-02-03 12:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KU KOMC ETTC
07KUWAIT1571	KUWAITI POLICE WELCOME TIP TRAINING; REQUEST U.S. [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) PolOff met on October 28 with Brigadier General Dr. Hassan Hussayn Al-Abdulsalam, Director of Kuwait's Police Academy, to stress the importance of training police officers to identify potential TIP victims and to handle poten [...]	2007-11-01 09:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1572	EMBASSY KUWAIT'S FY08 POST LANGUAGE DIRECT FUNDING [...] Summary: As part of our continued focus on language training, Embassy Kuwait requests $30,500 from FSI's Direct Funding Initiative for our FY08 Post Language Program (PLP). Thanks to FSI's FY07 funding, we formed Arabic language classes at the 0 through 2 proficiency levels in addition to a 3 [...]	2007-11-01 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AMGT KFLO KU
07KUWAIT1573	MPS ATTACK GOVERNMENT DURING OPENING SESSION OF [...] (SBU) Parliament began its 2007-08 session on October 30 amid great tension. MPs ignored the Amir and Prime Minister's opening speeches, which at times warned and at other times pleaded with the Parliament to de-escalate the conflict with the Government and give the recently reformed cabine [...]	2007-11-01 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT1574	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LOVE + 1(THE [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Robert E. Love, SES, Director of Operations for the Task Force to Support Business and Stability Operations in Iraq, and Courtney Vicario, Project Support Specialist, to travel to Kuwait November 2-4 to attend the 2nd Inter [...]	2007-11-01 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KU OTRA PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1575	FIRST LADY PROMOTES EDUCATION AND WOMEN'S [...] (U) Summary: First Lady Laura Bush visited Kuwait October 24-25 as part of her regional trip to highlight education, breast cancer awareness, women's issues, and the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). At a diwaniyya (traditional discussion salon) hosted by Higher Education Undersec [...]	2007-11-01 14:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PDEM KWMN KDEM KU
07KUWAIT1576	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 14:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UN KU
07KUWAIT1577	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNAUS UNGA
07KUWAIT1578	KUWAIT TO FOLLOW GCC LEAD IN LIKELY SUPPORT OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI KU PREL UNGA
07KUWAIT1579	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PHUM UN CU KU
07KUWAIT158	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Anne Aarnes, USAID Director, Jordan, to travel to post o/a February 3-5, 2007 to attend the Donor Coordination Event hosted by the Arab Fund on February 4. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must appl [...]	2007-02-03 12:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA AID KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1583	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE CENTRAL BOYCOTT [...] (SBU) A/DCM discussed reftel demarche with the Director of the MFA's Arab World Department, Ambassador Jasim Al-Mubaraki, and MFA Second Secretary Ahmed Al-Baqer, who handles Arab League issues within the Arab World Department, on November 4. A/DCM stressed that the perpetuation of the Arab [...]	2007-11-05 05:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AL IS KBCT ECON ETRD PREL
07KUWAIT1588	TERROR FINANCE: REPORTED PROGRESS IN DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM and Econoff met recently with Nasser Al-Ammar, Director of the Charities and Philanthropic Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) to discuss GOK efforts to strengthen oversight of Kuwaiti charity organizations. Al-Ammar was encouraged by the progres [...]	2007-11-05 10:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KU PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
07KUWAIT1590	OIL MINISTER RESIGNS AS GOVERNMENT TRIES TO DEFUSE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al Sabah accepted the resignation of Oil Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi on November 5. The resignation should end the state of tension between the Government and Parliament in the short term, but the ultimate sources of contention between t [...]	2007-11-05 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT1597	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DHS USCIS MILITARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to DHS USCIS Military Naturalization Team (Gonzales, Scharfen Bulger, McCament, Aytes, Vorwerk, Lan, and Hudgins) to travel to Kuwait on/about November 6 to 14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply [...]	2007-11-06 12:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS OTRA ASEC KHLS KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1598	TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]	2007-11-07 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1599	TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]	2007-11-07 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT160	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, IRAN, AND SECTARIAN STRIFE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-04 06:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1600	TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]	2007-11-07 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1601	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ADRIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Adrian Cronauer to travel to Kuwait November 12-15 to support the Tripartite Commission. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. (U [...]	2007-11-07 10:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KU OTRA PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1603	KUWAIT-HOSTED IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION EXPO AN [...] (SBU) Under the patronage of Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, the Kuwait International Fair hosted the second International Trade Exhibition for the Reconstruction of Iraq from 4-7 November. In addition to a number of European and African ambassadors (but no Arab Chiefs [...]	2007-11-07 11:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD KU IZ
07KUWAIT1605	AMB. CROCKER'S MEETING WITH KUWAITI AMIR [...] (C) On October 29, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker met with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah to discuss developments in Iraq since the U.S. military surge began and United States policy following the September Crocker/Petraeus testimony. Crocker underlined the need for renew [...]	2007-11-08 10:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KU PGOV PREL UN
07KUWAIT1607	TERRORIST FINANCE: RESPONSE TO FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] (SBU) In response to reftel post provides the following responses. 2. (SBU) Status of host nation laws specifically criminalizing bulk cash smuggling: On March 10, 2002, the Amir (Head of State) of Kuwait signed Law No. 35/2002, which criminalized money laundering. Law No. 35 crimina [...]	2007-11-08 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PTER KTFN
07KUWAIT1611	A Leadership and Democracy Workshop for Kuwait's Youth [...] Summary: On October 29, twelve Kuwaiti Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program alumni participated in an Embassy-organized leadership workshop. The one-day workshop was held at the U.S. Embassy and incorporated group-development activities, discussion of leadership theories, social activism, a [...]	2007-11-14 09:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO OEXC KU
07KUWAIT162	KUWAIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: MORE U.S. INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 31, Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Ali Al-Ghanim told Econcouns that U.S. firms were losing out to more aggressive European and Asian firms in Kuwait, and he encouraged more U.S. firms to seek business opportunities outside of the government [...]	2007-02-04 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP ETRD KU
07KUWAIT1623	KUWAIT'S TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the very positive development of establishing a shelter for domestic workers, Kuwait has not taken addditional actions to improve its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) since Ambassador Lagon's September 26 visit and the subsequent October 18 Tier placem [...]	2007-11-15 15:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1624	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on October 31. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state. [...]	2007-11-15 15:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC IR KNNP KU PARM PREL DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT1625	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL [...] Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on November 5. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov. [...]	2007-11-15 15:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	UN EAGR AORC KU
07KUWAIT1626	RESOURCE NATIONALISM: NOT THE MAIN OBSTACLE TO [...] (C) While resource nationalism was a factor leading to the nationalization of Kuwait's oil industry in the mid-70s, and populist and or Islamist MPs still use nationalist language in public comments on Kuwait's oil sector, resource nationalism is not the biggest obstacle to opening Kuwait's oi [...]	2007-11-15 16:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV
07KUWAIT1627	KUWAIT: MINIMAL PARTICIPATION AT MALI CD [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-18 07:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA KU
07KUWAIT1629	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MURTHA (NOVEMBER 20-27, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Murtha to travel to post 20-27, November, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2007-11-18 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT163	CHEVRON ADVOCACY LETTER FROM SECRETARY BODMAN; [...] (C/NF) On 24 January, post faxed a scanned copy of Energy Secretary Bodman's advocacy letter on behalf of Chevron (ref A) to Kuwait Energy Minister Shaykh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah. Econcouns spoke with the minister's office director to request that the letter be brought to the attention of the [...]	2007-02-04 11:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET EINV PREL KU SA OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT1630	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MARSHALL (18-26 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Marshall to travel to post 18-26 November, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2007-11-18 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1637	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCAIN (21-24 NOVEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCain to travel to post 21-24 November, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2007-11-19 11:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT164	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ENERGY ISSUES WITH KUWAIT OIL [...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 14, the Ambassador met with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) Chairman and Managing Director Farouk Al-Zanki to discuss developments in the energy sector. KOC manages all of Kuwait's upstream oil and gas production. Al-Zanki highlighted the potential for "enhanced technic [...]	2007-02-04 11:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT1651	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG CONCERNS REGARDING GOK [...] (S) On November 20, Charge presented reftel points to Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah. 2. (S) Jarallah reacted with surprise and incredulity to the reftel point that Sa'd Al-Azmi had taken up residence in Yemen. He stated that he shared USG c [...]	2007-11-21 08:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KU
07KUWAIT1656	IRANIAN FM TO VISIT KUWAIT [...] (C) In a November 20 meeting (issues raised reported septel),Kuwaiti MFA U/S Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah informed CDA that on or around November 30, Iranian FM Manoucher Mottaki is scheduled to visit Kuwait to meet with senior GOK officials. 2. (C) Al-Jarallah said that in his upcoming me [...]	2007-11-22 07:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT1657	PARLIAMENT PRESSURES GOVERNMENT AS AVIATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Kuwaiti Government has departed from its usual practice of backing down to Parliamentary pressure by resisting calls for higher wages for government employees. The GOK was not able to prevent the formation of committees to investigate several former ministers, [...]	2007-11-23 17:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON KU
07KUWAIT1659	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL WEBB (NOVEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Webb to travel to post November 27 - December 1, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ [...]	2007-11-25 12:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1669	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, we look forward to your December 2-3 visit to Kuwait. We have scheduled a dinner meeting with the Amir's Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem. A former Finance Minister and Chairman of the Kuwait Investment Authority, the U.S.-educated Dr. Al-Ebraheem is a tr [...]	2007-11-27 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ECON KU PREL
07KUWAIT1674	IRAQ/KUWAIT: TALABANI VISIT; FUEL; BORDER [...] (C) On November 20, CDA met with U/S Al-Jarallah to discuss Ref A points, Ambassador Crocker's October 29 visit and other related issues. The U/S demonstrated no objection, in principle, to USG requests for an additional border crossing, but expressed concern at the close proximity of Camp B [...]	2007-11-29 07:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR EAID IPET IZ IR TU KU
07KUWAIT1675	AVIAN INFLUENZA INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP [...] Embassy held a meeting of its Interagency Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) on Tuesday, November 27, which included representatives from each section of the Embassy and U.S. military health officials from local bases. Embassy participants included CDA Misenheimer, the Regional Security Of [...]	2007-11-29 10:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC KFLU TBIO KU
07KUWAIT1676	NOVEMBER 11-13 TRIPARTITE COMMISSION AND TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11 and 13, respectively, Kuwait hosted the 55th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) and the 30th Tripartite Commission (TC) Meeting. Representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, the United Kingdom, the U.S., and the Inter [...]	2007-11-29 10:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT168	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-05 06:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1683	KUWAIT RESPONSE FOR COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW OF [...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel on implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) Cuba has a diplomatic presence in Kuwait, but the GOK does not maintain a mission in Cuba. Relations between the two countries have been strained since the 1990-91 Gulf War when Cuba [...]	2007-11-29 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU KU
07KUWAIT1684	KUWAIT PRACTICES-INFORMATION COLLECTION, [...] (U) Post's response to Department inquiries in State 133931 follows. Watchlisting ------------ 2. (SBU) - The GOK maintains watchlists. The number of records is unknown. - The Kuwait Immigration Service of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Kuwait State Security (KSS) maintain li [...]	2007-11-29 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU KVPR PTER PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS
07KUWAIT1685	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW DELHI CONFERENCE ON AVIAN [...] Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on November 29. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov [...]	2007-11-29 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID TBIO PREL KU
07KUWAIT1690	PRESS PROVIDES RARE GLIMPSE INTO KUWAIT'S [...] (SBU) On November 20, the Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas published an unusual table listing the overseas investments of the Kuwait Investment Authority's Fund for Future Generations by geographic distribution and asset class (see table in para 4). To our knowledge, this is the first time tha [...]	2007-12-03 10:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV KU
07KUWAIT1692	MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT VISITS KUWAIT [...] (U) On November 26th, Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar arrived in Kuwait for a four-day official visit at the invitation of Kuwait,s Amir, Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah. The stated objective of the visit was to strengthen the bilateral relationship between Kuwait and Mongolia, specific [...]	2007-12-03 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV ECIN EPET KU
07KUWAIT1697	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR PARM KU
07KUWAIT170	KUWAIT MFA "UNAWARE" OF LIBERIA PARTNERS' FORUM [...] (SBU) On February 4, Econoff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for Africa and Asia Ambassador Mohammed Al-Bader to discuss the scope and purpose of the upcoming Liberia Partners' Forum (reftels) and to encourage high-level Kuwaiti attendance at the conference in Washington o [...]	2007-02-05 10:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN LI PREL KU
07KUWAIT1701	TREASURY DEPSEC KIMMITT ADVOCATES SWF [...] (C) During a dinner meeting with Amiri Economic Adviser and former Finance Minister Dr. Yousef al-Ebraheem on December 2, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt strongly urged the GOK to engage positively in the international effort to develop voluntary best practices for sovereign wealth f [...]	2007-12-05 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PTER KTFN KU IZ
07KUWAIT1706	MOI CASTS DOUBT ON OPENING ADDITIONAL BORDER [...] (C) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with MNF-I DCG LTG William Rollo, MOI Undersecretary LTG Nasser al-Othman noted the security progress being made in Iraq and predicted significant progress in the next two years. In stark contrast from what Post has heard from Kuwait Customs and the Kuwai [...]	2007-12-06 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL ETRD EPET KU IZ
07KUWAIT1707	READOUT OF IRAN FM MOTTAKI VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 25, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Kuwait as part of his tour of Arabian Gulf States. According to the Kuwaiti media, FM Mottaki discussed the Kuwait-Iran maritime border, bilateral energy issues, foreign relations, Iraq and the Iranian nuclear pr [...]	2007-12-06 17:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PBTS PINR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT1711	GOK HOSTS AML/CTF CONFERENCE, DISCUSSES DRAFT [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Several recent events in Kuwait have given some impetus to Kuwait's anti-money laundering capabilities. The Central Bank of Kuwait hosted a conference on anti-money-laundering and terror finance on December 2-3 attended by over 400 professionals from government, l [...]	2007-12-11 08:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PTER KTFN KU
07KUWAIT1714	2007 COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN REPORT FROM KUWAIT --FINAL [...] Embassy Kuwait received two pledge cards for the 2007 Combined Federal Campaign. Due to the convenience of the on-line pledge option, this year many people chose to pledge on-line rather than filling out a pledge card. These numbers do not reflect on-line donations: a. Number of potentia [...]	2007-12-12 13:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
07KUWAIT1715	KUWAIT TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER KTFN KU
07KUWAIT1717	DEPUTY CHIEF OF KUWAIT NATIONAL GUARD ON CURRENT [...] (C) On December 10, Charge d'Affaires, Defense Attache and Poloff met with Shaykh Mish'al Al-Ahmed Al Sabah, Deputy Chief of the Kuwait National Guard (KNG). Shaykh Mish'al is the half-brother of both the current and former Amirs as well as the Crown Prince, and is considered to be one of the [...]	2007-12-13 07:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET KCIP KU PGOV PINR PTER
07KUWAIT1718	KUWAITI PARTICIPATION IN PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: CDA and emboffs delivered reftel points to the Arab Fund and various GOK interlocutors in the Amiri Diwan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and the Kuwait Fund. MFA confirmed that Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah will lead the Kuwaiti delegation to Paris but said [...]	2007-12-13 09:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS KU
07KUWAIT172	MIXED REVIEWS ON SHAYKH SABAH'S FIRST YEAR AS AMIR [...] (C/NF) Summary: January 29 marked Shaykh Sabah's first anniversary as Amir. He has presided over an historic year during which Kuwait experienced several significant developments, including the constitutional dissolution of Parliament and new elections in which women participated both as vot [...]	2007-02-05 12:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT1720	KUWAIT CUSTOMS AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with Embassy Baghdad Econcouns and Embassy Kuwait econ and customs officers, DG of Kuwait Customs Ibraheem Al-Ghanim said that continuing concerns over the smuggling of contraband into Kuwait from Iraq and corruption and mismanagement on the part of Ira [...]	2007-12-13 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD IZ PREL KU
07KUWAIT1721	COMMERCE MINISTER DISCUSSES TIFA, TRADE WITH IRAQ, [...] (SBU) In a December 11 meeting with the CDA, Minister of Commerce and Industry Falah Al-Hajeri acknowledged the importance of making progress on TIFA-related issues, denied the existence of restrictions on Iraqi imports to Kuwait, and dismissed reports of possible dissolution of the National [...]	2007-12-13 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON PGOV KU
07KUWAIT173	KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT IRAN - FEBRUARY [...] (C/NF) On February 4, MFA Director for Africa and Asia Ambassador Mohammed Al-Bader confirmed to Econoff that Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah will visit Iran from February 13-14, 2007. (Note: The Foreign Minister traveled to Iran twice in 2006 - once in June and again in [...]	2007-02-05 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL KU IRAN
07KUWAIT1736	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 10:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KU KJUS KPRP PHUM PTER
07KUWAIT1738	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TAYLOR (DECEMBER 14-18, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Taylor to travel to post 14-18, December, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2007-12-17 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT174	PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE APPROVES "LANDMARK WOMEN'S [...] (U) On February 4, Parliament's Women's Affairs Committee approved a bill, introduced by Islamist MPs (reftels),that would give Kuwaiti women a host of new benefits, including the right to apply for government housing, longer paid maternity and mourning leave, unemployment allowances for sta [...]	2007-02-06 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KDEM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
07KUWAIT1741	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S JANUARY 11-12 [...] (C) Mr. President, your January 11-12 visit to Kuwait offers a timely opportunity to acknowledge the invaluable cooperation of a key regional ally, and also to press the Government of Kuwait (GOK) to do more on issues of vital interest to the United States - especially Iraq and counterterroris [...]	2007-12-17 23:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KCIP OVIP KU IZ IS EAID KPAO
07KUWAIT1742	INTERIOR MINISTER NONCOMMITTAL ON ADDITIONAL [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with CDA, Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al Sabah said he was deeply concerned about the smuggling of contraband (including drugs, alcohol, munitions, and chemicals) into Kuwait from Iraq at both the Abdali-Safwan commercial border crossing and the militar [...]	2007-12-18 11:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL ETRD KU IZ
07KUWAIT1744	MAJOR POWER OUTAGES BARELY AVERTED IN 2007, MAY BE [...] (C) Despite widespread predictions of major power outages (reftel),Kuwait made it through the summer without any significant blackouts or load shedding. In meetings with Minister of Electricity and Water Mohammed Al-Elaim on 31 October and MEW Director of Studies and Research Suhaila Al-Mara [...]	2007-12-18 13:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV KU
07KUWAIT1745	DOW'S BILLION-DOLLAR PETROCHEMICAL JOINT VENTURE: [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 16 meeting with econoff, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Saad Al-Shuwaib told econoff that a newly announced joint venture between state-owned KPC subsidiary Petrochemicals Industries Company (PIC) and U.S.-based Dow Chemical Company represents Kuwait's lar [...]	2007-12-18 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ETRD KU CH IN
07KUWAIT1746	LORD PADDY ASHDOWN MEETS HAMID KARZAI IN KUWAIT TO [...] (C) On December 12, CDA met with British Lord Jeremy (AKA Paddy) Ashdown for a readout on an earlier meeting that day between Ashdown and Afghanistan President Karzai to discuss the possibility of Ashdown becoming the UN Envoy to Afghanistan. Ashdown assessed that the terms of reference he r [...]	2007-12-18 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU PINR AF
07KUWAIT1747	ADDITIONAL BORDER CROSSING REQUEST GAINS TRACTION [...] (C) Following contacts reported reftels, CDA on December 17 had multiple telcons on the border crossing request with GEN Saleh Al-Humaydhi in absence of Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah. At Al-Humaydhi,s request, he subsequently had two telcons with GEN Khaled Al-Jarrah (J2). [...]	2007-12-18 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL KU IZ
07KUWAIT175	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA/ARP [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for NEA/ARP Office Director Alan Misenheimer to post o/a February 9-13, 2007 for regional consultations. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Em [...]	2007-02-06 15:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU BA SA PREL AMGT OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE APER
07KUWAIT1750	KUWAIT SPORTS ENVOY PROGRAM REQUEST [...] Per reftel, Embassy Kuwait submits the following program request for American NBA and WNBA sports envoys to come to Kuwait to conduct a basketball program for Kuwaiti youth. Basketball is a popular sport in Kuwait that can be played year round indoors. Note: Due to strict separation of male and [...]	2007-12-23 03:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO IS LE JO KU
07KUWAIT1751	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SKELTON (DECEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Skelton to travel to post 23-26, December, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2007-12-23 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1756	AMIRI DIWAN MINISTER ON GOVERNMENT-PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs and eldest son of the Amir, Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, on December 11 and discussed a range of issues including Kuwait's participation and contribution at the Paris Donor Conference (Ref. A),Kuwaiti domestic politics and Critical Energy [...]	2007-12-26 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET KCIP KU PGOV PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1757	AMIRI DIWAN MINISTER ON GOVERNMENT-PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs and eldest son of the Amir, Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, on December 11 and discussed a range of issues including Kuwait's participation and contribution at the Paris Donor Conference (Ref. A),Kuwaiti domestic politics and Critical Energy [...]	2007-12-26 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET KCIP KU PGOV PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1760	PARLIAMENTARY CRISIS CONTINUES - ASSEMBLY WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 24, Islamist MP Saad Al-Shraye filed a motion to "grill" Minister of Education (and the only remaining female minister) Nouriya Al-Sabeeh. The grilling comes in response to a well-publicized sexual assault at a Kuwaiti primary school, but is more accurately a reflectio [...]	2007-12-27 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI KISL KWMN KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT1761	SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS: GOK LETTER TO TREASURY ON [...] (SBU) The Central Bank of Kuwait Deputy Governor Dr. Nabeel A. Al-Mannae provided post with a letter addressed to U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick, in which he expressed CBK interest in sovereign wealth fund governance. The letter is a follow-up to m [...]	2007-12-27 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV KU
07KUWAIT1762	TAX ON FOREIGN COMPANIES REDUCED FROM 55 TO 15 [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, Kuwait's National Assembly passed a bill to reduce the tax rate on foreign companies from 55 percent to 15 percent to attract more foreign investment. In making its case for passage of the law, the government noted that Kuwait attracted less than USD 300 million [...]	2007-12-27 16:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON
07KUWAIT1766	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL WOLF (JANUARY 2-9, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Wolf to travel to post 2-4, January, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]	2007-12-30 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1767	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL COLEMAN (January 1-7, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Coleman to travel to post 4-7 January, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-12-30 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1768	KUWAIT FOLLOW-UP ON 2007-2008 SPECIAL 301 [...] Summary: The 2007 Special 301 Report placed Kuwait on the Watch List. Kuwait has continued to make progress in the areas that were identified for improvement. The most noticeable improvements have been in the area of enforcement. A significant increase in frequency and scope of raids and s [...]	2007-12-31 03:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV KU
07KUWAIT1769	NEW MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND LABOR ON TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 13, CDA met with MoSAL/Justice Minister Jamal Ahmed Al-Shihab. The Minister said that the GOK was appreciative of external pressure (up to a point) to resolve TIP issues and promised to partner with the Embassy to make further progress on TIP. Minister Al-Shihab was [...]	2007-12-31 04:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB KIPR KU PGOV PHUM PREL KTFN TIP
07KUWAIT177	CENTCOM TEAM ASSESSES SECURITY OF CRITICAL ENERGY [...] (C/NF) Summary: At the invitation of Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation subsidiary responsible for all downstream oil operations, the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) facilitated a CENTCOM-led multi-disciplinary vulnerability assessment [...]	2007-02-07 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PTER ASEC KU OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT178	TERROR FINANCE: PROGRESS BUT CHARITIES "STALLING" [...] (C/NF) Summary: Following up on the Ambassador's January 16 meeting with the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL, ref A),Econoff met with Nasser Al-Ammar, Director of the Charities and Philanthropic Department at MOSAL on February 3 to discuss ongoing GOK efforts to strengthen overs [...]	2007-02-07 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
07KUWAIT181	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DARFUR HEAVY PACKAGE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO MARR SU KU
07KUWAIT182	DEMARCHE: SEEKING ARAB SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS SO KU
07KUWAIT183	KUWAITI - IRANIAN TRADE RELATIONS: AN OVERVIEW [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables reporting on the economic relationship between Kuwait and Iran. 2. (SBU) Summary: Since the 1991 Gulf War, Kuwait and Iran have enjoyed an expanding trade relationship. Kuwaiti imports of Iranian products - mostly food, live animals and househ [...]	2007-02-07 15:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD IR KU
07KUWAIT184	JOINT TREASURY-FEDERAL RESERVE DELEGATION MEETS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 22-24, Department of Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Tim Adams and Federal Reserve System Governor Randall Kroszner met with leading Kuwaiti officials, financiers, and economists. The visit was the first for a sitting Federal Reserve Governor to [...]	2007-02-07 15:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN KU PREL

07KUWAIT185	ARAB FUND HOSTS RARE DONOR COORDINATION EVENT [...] (SBU) On February 4, the Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development (Arab Fund) hosted a unique donor coordination event designed to promote dialogue and increased cooperation between leading Arab and international donors. Nine Arab organizations that comprise the Arab FundQs joint secret [...]	2007-02-10 06:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD PREL KU
07KUWAIT188	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HANS WECHSEL TO [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Mr. Hans Wechsel, MEPI Regional Office Director, to post o/a February 13-16, to meet with existing and potential MEPI partners and participants. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq [...]	2007-02-11 12:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KMPI KPAO OTRA APER COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT190	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DAVID [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for ATO Regional Director David Williams and Marketing Specialist Mohamed Taha to travel to post o/a February 12-13, 2007 to meet with Government officials to discuss food safety issues, particularly the importation of Genetically Mo [...]	2007-02-12 08:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR OTRA AMGT APER KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT192	DEMARCHE: SEEKING ASIA GROUP CANDIDATES FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-12 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
07KUWAIT193	UPCOMING NDI PROGRAMMING IN KUWAIT [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait approves of the overall direction of the workplan set out by NDI for spending the rest of its funding. The emphasis on building the political capacity of women, political associations, and youth works toward the USG's Freedom Agenda goals for Kuwait. Post offers the foll [...]	2007-02-12 15:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KMPI KPAO KU MEPI
07KUWAIT194	REQUEST FOR SUMMER 2007 TDY SUPPORT FOR EMBASSY KUWAIT [...] Due to an anticipated severe shortage of personnel during the summer transition in 2007, the Economic Section at Embassy Kuwait requests TDY support for the period June 15-August 15, 2007. 2. Embassy Kuwait's Economic Section has a Section Chief, three officers, and one OMS. Due to the de [...]	2007-02-13 05:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT AFIN KU
07KUWAIT195	PARLIAMENT UNLIKELY TO PASS NO CONFIDENCE MOTION [...] (C) Summary: Islamist MP Khudair Al-Enezi told Poloffs that a no confidence motion on the Minister of Health was likely to be submitted after his February 19 grilling, but was unlikely to pass. Al-Enezi said that while he personally opposed the grilling, he would support it in Parliament as [...]	2007-02-13 10:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT196	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA DEPUTY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA DAS Lawrence Butler to travel to post o/a 20 Q 21 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and [...]	2007-02-13 10:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER JO IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT197	DISCUSSION OF KUWAITI GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Summary. In a February 11 meeting with MFA Director Maqamis, visiting NEA/ARP Director Misenheimer discussed GOK's request that Kuwait's remaining four detainess at Guantanamo be transferred to Kuwaiti custody as soon as possible. Misenheimer noted that the four would face a more exactin [...]	2007-02-13 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT21	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2007 LIBERIA PARTNERS' [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-08 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID
07KUWAIT217	KUWAITIS WELCOME MECCA AGREEMENT, CONDEMN AL-AQSA [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwaitis welcomed news of the agreement between Fatah and Hamas in Mecca and praised Saudi Arabia for hosting the reconciliation meeting. In a February 11 statement, the Council of Ministers hailed the agreement as "a step in the right direction" and praised Saudi King Abdulla [...]	2007-02-14 12:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAL IS KU
07KUWAIT218	KUWAITIS KEEN TO INVEST IN IRAQ, BUT SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On February 11, Director of the OSD Task Force to Support Business and Stability Operations in Iraq Robert Love met separately with prominent Kuwaiti investors to enlist their support for revitalizing the Iraqi economy through investment and facilitating access to ex [...]	2007-02-14 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON BEXP ETRD PREL PGOV KU IZ
07KUWAIT219	TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C/NF) The following response is keyed to ref A. 2. (S/NF) Effectiveness of Tranche I Designations: Tranche I designations have had little discernible impact on the three Kuwaitis identified as terrorist facilitators -- Hamad Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- though we [...]	2007-02-14 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KU QA KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT22	(S/NF) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KUWAIT AND ISRAEL [...] (S/NF) Kuwait does not have diplomatic relations nor does it share intelligence with the Israeli government. All travel to and trade with Israel is technically illegal in Kuwait. However, Kuwait does not strictly enforce the Arab League's economic boycott of Israel and there are sometimes ru [...]	2007-01-08 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR IS KU
07KUWAIT220	NOMINATION OF MA'ASOUMA AL-MUBARAK FOR [...] (U) Post nominates Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, Minister of Communications, for the International Woman of Courage Award. 2. (U) Dr. Ma'asouma became the first woman in Kuwait's history to be appointed to the cabinet when she was named Minister of Planning and Minister of State for Administ [...]	2007-02-15 12:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN KHUM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
07KUWAIT221	KUWAIT'S EFFORT TO APPEASE BIDOON WITH DRIVER'S [...] (C) Summary: After months of vague promises to ease their plight, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) on January 6 began issuing driver's licenses to Kuwaiti Bidoon (stateless residents) for the first time on a broad scale in many years. The intended goodwill gesture soon gave way to disenchant [...]	2007-02-16 14:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KISL KU
07KUWAIT235	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Keith Koji Nakanishi, Rengin M. Gok, and Arthur James Rodgers Jr., of the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to travel to post o/a March 23-28, 2007 to attend the Gulf Seismic Fo [...]	2007-02-18 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PARM OTRA KNNP COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT236	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for U.S. Department of Commerce Under Secretary Franklin Lavin 4 to transit Kuwait o/a February 18-19, 2007 enroute to Iraq to launch the joint U.S.-Iran business dialogue in Erbil. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry [...]	2007-02-19 04:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP EINV OTRA APER AMGT OVIP LAVIN IZ
07KUWAIT237	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-19 07:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT239	PROGRESS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS SLOWED BY BUREACRACY [...] (C/NF) Summary: GOK attempts to address the abuse of domestic workers through a mandatory contract have so far fallen short, with the contracts proving difficult or impossible to enforce. GOK enforcement officials acknowledge unscrupulous practices at domestic recruitment offices, but expre [...]	2007-02-19 11:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB ID KU TIP
07KUWAIT240	KUWAITI REFINERIES SHUT DOWN FOR ONE HOUR DUE TO [...] (SBU) On February 18, all three of Kuwait's refineries temporarily shut down after an electrical substation unexpectedly ceased to provide power between approximately 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. local time (0700-0800 GMT). The power failure affected the entire Shuaiba industrial area which, in addit [...]	2007-02-19 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EWWT OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT241	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARABSAT AND NILESAT BROADCAST [...] (C) During a February 11 meeting with Shaykh Ali Abdullah, the Acting Director of the Americas Department at the MFA, the Charge d'Affaires and visiting NEA/ARP Office Director Alan Misenheimer reiterated U.S. concerns about the continued broadcast of Al Manar Television and the potential broad [...]	2007-02-19 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ETTC KPAL KPAO PTER KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT242	DEMARCHE: WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-19 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL WFP EAID AORC
07KUWAIT245	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, PALESTINE, [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-20 07:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT247	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DICKS (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Dicks to travel to post o/a 22-25 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2007-02-20 09:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC TU PK AF IZ GM EI KU
07KUWAIT25	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PROVOCATION AND SADDAM EXECUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 09:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT251	EMBASSY COUNTERPUNCHES ON GMO MISINFORMATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 5, local Arabic-language daily Al-Rai published a story about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foods and quoted an unnamed "U.S. Embassy official" as saying, "if you refrain from consuming these products you will die starving." The article appears to have bee [...]	2007-02-20 13:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EIND ETRD TBIO KU
07KUWAIT254	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR REGIONAL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Mary Ellen Hickey, Regional Consular Officer based in Damascus, for travel to Kuwait o/a February 26-March 1, 2007 for consultations with the Kuwait Consular section. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you [...]	2007-02-20 13:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA CMGT ATRN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT256	DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE ON PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) In a February 19 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, Charge noted U.S. caution toward the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) and urged Kuwait to avoid taking any especially high-level steps to engage with the NUG until the NUG had endorsed t [...]	2007-02-20 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL KWPG IS KU
07KUWAIT257	UPDATE ON SHI'A-SUNNI RELATIONS IN KUWAIT: STABLE, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Despite a recent surge in sectarian rhetoric, the majority of our contacts insist there is no near-term threat to Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Most Kuwaitis describe the overall relations between the two communities as "very good," and say leaders on both sides and the Go [...]	2007-02-20 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KISL SOCI IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT258	MPS SUBMIT NO CONFIDENCE MOTION ON HEALTH MINISTER [...] (SBU) Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Minister of Health and the Amir's nephew, was brought before Parliament February 19 and questioned for ten hours on alleged corruption and mismanagement in his ministry and on the overall deterioration of health services in the countr [...]	2007-02-20 14:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT26	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JAN 16-17, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Madam Secretary: Embassy Kuwait warmly welcomes your visit. In addition to your meeting with the GCC 2 Foreign Ministers, hosted by Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah, you will likely have separate bilateral meetings with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Prime Mi [...]	2007-01-09 12:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EAID OVIP KU
07KUWAIT264	KUWAIT: COMMENTS FOR 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti government agencies sustained the level of IPR enforcement activity in 2006 that they demonstrated in 2005, and in some cases improved upon that performance. Kuwait Customs in particular continued to be the most aggressive and most competent agency in impeding the movement of pi [...]	2007-02-21 08:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
07KUWAIT270	IRAN: KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER MEETING WITH [...] (C) On February 19 in a meeting with Charge, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah said the primary purpose of the recent meeting between Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Iranian President Ahmedinejad (February 13-14) had been to d [...]	2007-02-21 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT271	LIBERAL KUWAITI WOMEN SEE NEW LAW AS MEANS TO KEEP [...] (SBU) Aisha Al-Reshaid, a women's activist, journalist, and former candidate for parliament, told PolOff on February 19 that the proposed new law on women's social and civil rights (reftel) is an Islamist project to buy women's support while at the same time keeping them out of public life. [...]	2007-02-21 14:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KHUM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
07KUWAIT272	UNSCR 1737: FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-21 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP PARM PREL EFIN ETTC
07KUWAIT273	POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED THIS SUMMER; WIDENING GAP [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: In a 19 February meeting with Econoff, Suhaila Marafi, Director of Research at the Ministry of Energy (Electricity and Water) said she anticipated significant power outages this summer, which would likely worsen in 2008 and 2009. The Ministry has been scrambling [...]	2007-02-21 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG ECON KU
07KUWAIT277	STUDENT UNION DEFENDS MINISTER OF HEALTH GRILLING [...] (SBU) In a February 17 statement, the President of the Kuwait branch of the National Union of Kuwait Students (NUKS),Maath Al-Duwaila, said that questioning Ministers, commonly referred to here as "grillings," is a right guaranteed by the Constitution and a means for reform. Al-Duwaila defen [...]	2007-02-24 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS
07KUWAIT278	AL-ZAWRAA DEMARCHE RECEIVES MUTED KUWAIT RESPONSE [...] (C) In light of ongoing concern about Al-Zawraa broadcasting, post wishes to recap our discussions to date with the GOK on this issue. 2. (C) During a February 11 meeting with Shaykh Ali Abdullah, the Acting Director of the Americas Department at the MFA, the Charge d'Affaires and visiting [...]	2007-02-24 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ASEC ETTC KPAL KPAO PTER KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT281	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: KUWAIT CRITICAL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for the following Kuwait Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection Survey Team (ATA 6156) members traveling to Kuwait from March 13-21, 2007: Richard Soler - DS/T/ATA; Kevin Maloy - DS/T/ATA; Patrick Willging - U.S. Dept. of Energy; [...]	2007-02-27 10:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU QA KCIP ASEC ENRG OTRA PTER
07KUWAIT283	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TODD SCHWARTZ [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Todd Schwartz to travel to post o/a 7 March, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-02-27 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA JO IZ GM KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT284	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANEELLEN BAGWELL AND [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Janeellen Bagwell and Debbie Munt to travel to post o/a 28 February 2007 and 19-20 March. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embas [...]	2007-02-27 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT285	AVIAN FLU SITREP No. 1 - H5N1 AVIAN FLU FOUND IN KUWAITI [...] (SBU) Summary: On 25 February, the Kuwaiti Minister of Health reported that 20 cases of bird flu had been detected in Kuwait. The date on which these cases actually surfaced is unknown. As of 27 February, the GOK has reported a total of 32 cases of the H5N1 virus in wild and domesticated b [...]	2007-02-27 17:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT291	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MFA U/S SAYS GCC FOREIGN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: ON FEBRUARY 28 CDA DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 3 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL TO MFA UNDERSECRETARY KHALED AL-JARALLAH. AL-JARALLAH EXPRESSED OPTIMISM THAT THE MECCA AGREEMENT AND RECENT EFFORTS BY THE QUARTET WERE REINVIGORATING THE PEACE PROCESS. THE CHAR [...]	2007-02-28 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL KWPG IS IZ LE SO SU IR
07KUWAIT292	CABINET RESHUFFLE LIKELY PRIOR TO MARCH 5 NO [...] (C) Our contacts almost unanimously agree that there will be a Cabinet reshuffle prior to the March 5 no confidence vote on Minister of Health Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah. The Minister, who is also the Amir's nephew, was brought before Parliament February 19 for questioning over [...]	2007-02-28 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT293	IRAN: GOK EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION, CONCERN DURING [...] (C/NF) Summary: On February 21, Emboffs met with MFA First Secretary Mansour Alolaimi, who covers Kuwaiti-Iranian relations, to discuss Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah's February 12-13 visit to Tehran. Alolaimi, who accompanied the FM, conveyed GOK frustration wi [...]	2007-02-28 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ETRD IR KU
07KUWAIT295	AVIAN FLU SITREP NO.2: 7 NEW CASES REPORTED; [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs and ARCENT Medical officers met with Kuwait's Director of Public Health on 28 February to discuss the latest on the avian flu outbreak in Kuwait. The number of confirmed cases in Kuwaiti birds as of 1200 GMT on 28 February is 39. No cases have been reported on commerc [...]	2007-02-28 15:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT297	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CDC [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Becky Lankenau, External Relations Coordinator, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC to travel to post o/a March 7-14, 2007 to conduct a site visit supporting the development of Kuwait's national pyhsical activity plan. 2. This clearance is not/ [...]	2007-02-28 16:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU OTRA SOCI COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT30	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: JONATHAN E. [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Jonathan E. Fuller, Agricultural Commodity Grader (meat),Livestock and Seed Program, Agriculture Marketing Service, to travel to post o/a February 3-8, 2007 to participate in the DSCP worldwide food audit team meeting. 2. Th [...]	2007-01-09 12:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR APER OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT305	AVIAN FLU SITREP NO. 3: 7 NEW CASES REPORTED; [...] The total number of confirmed cases in Kuwaiti birds is up to 46 as of 1200 GMT on March 3. The new cases, two identified on March 1 and five on March 2, included chickens, falcons, and quail. There have still been no cases identified on commercial farms. Bans on the import and selling of [...]	2007-03-03 15:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC KFLU TBIO KU
07KUWAIT31	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY AND FEDERAL RESERVE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Under Secretary Timothy D. Adams, Federal Reserve Governor Randall S. Kroszner, and Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Middle East and Africa Ahmed Saeed to travel to post o/a January 22-25, 2007, to meet with s [...]	2007-01-09 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER OTRA AMGT EFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT310	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND ZIONISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-04 07:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT311	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SENIOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Senior Advisor Elizabeth Erin Walsh, to travel to post o/a March 9-10, 2007 for meetings pertaining to MEPI. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. [...]	2007-03-04 07:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL AMGT APER KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT312	KUWAIT: SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions in paragraph 27 of reftel: -- 27A: Kuwait is a destination count [...]	2007-03-04 07:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KU
07KUWAIT317	KUWAIT CABINET RESIGNS UNDER PRESSURE FROM [...] (SBU) Kuwait's Cabinet resigned en masse March 4 on the eve of a scheduled parliamentary vote of no confidence on Health Minister Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Sabah. The Cabinet, the 23rd since Kuwait gained independence in 1961, lasted only eight months. The Amir will now begin the customary c [...]	2007-03-04 13:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT318	FIVE MPS SUBMIT LEGISLATION TO BAN ALL CONTACTS [...] (SBU) Five parliamentarians - two Shi'a Islamists, two Sunni Islamists, and one populist - submitted draft legislation March 3 calling for a complete ban on all Kuwaiti interaction, both official and unofficial, with "the Zionist entity" (i.e. Israel). The bill "seeks to prohibit government [...]	2007-03-04 13:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL IS KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT319	TWO GUANTANAMO RETURNEES ACQUITTED [...] (U) The Kuwait Criminal Court on March 3 acquitted two former Guantanamo detainees of terror related charges. Abdullah Kamel Al-Kandari and Omar Rajab Amin, who were transfered from Guantanamo to Kuwait in September, 2006, were found not guilty of intent to commit hostile actions against the f [...]	2007-03-04 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT32	PARLIAMENT'S OPPOSITION ALLIANCE CRACKS AS POPULAR [...] (SBU) Parliament's nine-member Popular Action Bloc announced January 7 its withdrawal from the 34-member Reform Bloc formed last October (ref B). The other two opposition blocs, the liberal National Action Bloc (8 MPs) and the Islamic Bloc (17 MPs),will continue to cooperate formally within [...]	2007-01-09 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT320	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 53RD [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 53rd session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on February 20, 2007 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassy Kuwait in attendance. The session closed no c [...]	2007-03-04 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT33	RECONNAISSANCE VISIT TO NEW IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER [...] (C/NF) On January 7, Econcouns participated in a site visit to the new border facilities at Kheybari Crossing (K-Crossing),scheduled to open later this spring, with U.S. military officials from Army Forces Central Command (ARCENT). K-crossing is located approximately forty-seven kilometers [...]	2007-01-09 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD KU MARR PBTS
07KUWAIT332	KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #4 [...] (SBU) On March 6, Post convened a second meeting of its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG),which includes U.S. military health officials from local bases, to discuss recent developments in the outbreak of avian influenza in Kuwait. The number of confirmed cases has slowed considerably in r [...]	2007-03-06 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT339	DISCUSSION OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY, [...] (C/NF) On 7 March, Econcouns and Econoff met with new Under Secretary of Energy for Oil Abbas Ali Naqi, appointed in December 2006. Econcouns congratulated Naqi on his appointment and asked how the Ministry was being affected by the 4 March resignation of the Kuwaiti Cabinet (Ref A). Naqi s [...]	2007-03-07 16:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV PINV
07KUWAIT351	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC UNDER SECRETARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Ambassador Frank Lavin, and delegation, to travel to post o/a March 13-15, 2007 for meetings with Kuwaiti officials and investors to promote investment in the United States. [...]	2007-03-10 13:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU ECON OVIP OTRA BEXP APER AMGT
07KUWAIT356	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE, IRAN, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-11 08:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT357	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SNOWE (MARCH [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Snowe to travel to post o/a 16-18 March 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-03-11 12:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ASEC AMGT AFIN IZ GM KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT358	DEPUTY NATIONAL GUARD CHIEF ON DEFENSE ISSUES, [...] Summary: Deputy National Guard Chief Shaykh Mish'al said the Kuwait National Guard (KNG) has expanded by 3000 personnel and plans substantial further expansion in the next year. The KNG continues to work successfully with U.S. contractors Lockheed Martin and MPRI, and will explore FMS optio [...]	2007-03-11 13:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
07KUWAIT359	UNDP REPORTS PROGRESS ON KUWAIT-HOSTED LABOR [...] (C/NF) UNDP Kuwait Deputy Director Mohammad Al-Nassery told PolOff on March 10 that the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) had written a letter formally approving a Kuwait-hosted international labor conference in May. The conference would bring together mid-level representatives of [...]	2007-03-11 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT360	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAIT CONSIDERING ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C/NF) Summary: Salah Ghazali, the head of the Kuwait Transparency Society (KTS),reported on March 10 that the Amiri Diwan had prepared a decree establishing a government anti-corruption watchdog agency that would rank government institutions according to their corruption levels. According [...]	2007-03-11 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL KU ISLAMISTS
07KUWAIT361	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 06:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT365	KUWAIT HOSTS WORLD ISLAMIC FINANCE AND INVESTMENT [...] (U) Summary: On March 4-5, ADEEM Investment Co., Investment Dar, and a number of leading Islamic investment and finance companies from throughout the Gulf hosted "The First Annual World Islamic Finance & Investment Conference" in Kuwait City. The two-day event included panels on two key areas [...]	2007-03-12 09:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL KU
07KUWAIT366	TRIBAL ISLAMISTS FORM NEW GROUPING WITHIN [...] (U) Six tribal Islamist parliamentarians announced March 11 the formation of a new grouping within the 17-member Islamic Bloc. Abdullah Akkash, the Coordinator of the still unnamed grouping, said it would operate in a manner similar to the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM) and the Salafi [...]	2007-03-12 11:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL KU ISLAMISTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT368	IRAQ COMPACT MEETING: ARAB FUND WILL NOT ATTEND [...] (U) The Embassy received on March 12 the following letter from Mr. Ahmed Osman, Director, Technical Department of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, addressed to Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, concerning the upcoming meeting of the Iraq Compact on March 16. 2. (SBU) Be [...]	2007-03-12 12:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IZ KU PREL
07KUWAIT370	KUWAIT: EMBASSY REACHES OUT ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The embassy marked International Women's Day on March 8 by placing an op-ed in Kuwaiti newspapers that recognized the achievements of Kuwaiti women over the last year and by reaching out to a new set of contacts -- women in the financial sector -- through a lunch hosted by the [...]	2007-03-12 13:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KPAO KWMN PHUM PREL
07KUWAIT371	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM, THE MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 06:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT378	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, THE GULF, AND SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 07:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT382	TIP UPDATE: KUWAIT'S DOMESTIC LABOR AWARENESS [...] (SBU) Saad Al-Hajji and Eqbal Mallallah, the Director and Assistant Director of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs' National Project to Raise Awareness of Domestic Workers (the project is also known as "Barirah," after one of the prophet's wife Aisha's female servants),met with PolOf [...]	2007-03-14 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT383	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CEIP VISIT, KUWAIT'S FOURTH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met March 11 with Chairman of the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Sami Al-Reshaid to discuss current issues in the oil sector. The Ambassador briefed Al-Reshaid on the March 13-22 multi-agency USG critical energy infrastructure visit, to which Al-Reshaid [...]	2007-03-16 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU
07KUWAIT386	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR BRUCE A. AVERILL [...] (SBU) Request country clearance for Bruce A. Averill, Senior Coordinator for Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection Policy, for March 18-20 to meet with UAE Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection Coordinator, Embassy Abu Dhabi officers, and other individuals as post deems appropriate. [...]	2007-03-17 08:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER CIP ENRG KU OTRA
07KUWAIT39	KUWAIT HOSTS SUCCESSFUL WOMEN LEADERS IN SCIENCE [...] (U) Summary. The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR),in conjunction with the State Department and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, hosted a conference entitled "Women Leaders in Science, Technology, and Engineering" from January 8-10 in Kuwait City. Part [...]	2007-01-11 07:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA KWMN SENV TSPL KU
07KUWAIT390	KUWAIT'S NEW TIFA LEAD SAYS COPYRIGHT LAW WILL GO [...] (SBU) On March 13, Econcouns and Econoff met with new Assistant Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) for International Trade Abdulazziz Al-Khaldi. Al-Khaldi, who was previously Assistant U/S for Commercial Control and a key contact on IPR issues, took over in January as the GOK's le [...]	2007-03-17 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL KU
07KUWAIT394	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KHALID AL-SHAYKH, IRAN, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-18 07:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT396	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KHALID AL-SHAYKH, IRAN, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-18 09:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT397	(SBU) KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Biographic Officers Artheia Dingle, Ann Urralburu, and Ansel Stein for travel to post o/a 31 March to 2 April to meet with Embassy Officers and discuss the current needs of the biographic program. 2. This clearance is not/not [...]	2007-03-18 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU TC UK PINR OTRA APER AMGT COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT40	TERROR FINANCE: EMBASSY KUWAIT VIEWS ON POSSIBLE [...] (S/NF) Through recent actions and private comments to us and senior USG officials, the GOK has made clear its opposition to the designation of the Kuwaiti charity Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). Going back almost a year, to the April 2006 visit of Treasury U/S Levey and our trans [...]	2007-01-11 08:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
07KUWAIT400	COMMERCE U/S LAVIN AND KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Ambassador Frank Lavin met with Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) Managing Director Bader Al-Saad to discuss recent developments in trade and investment in U.S., Kuwaiti, regional and international markets. Al-Sa [...]	2007-03-18 13:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT401	SOMALI PRESIDENT, AWQAF MINISTER VISIT KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary: In a March 3-6 visit to Kuwait, Somali President Abdullahi Yusef asked the Amir for humanitarian assistance and support for an upcoming reconciliation conference. The Amir agreed to send humanitarian support, but did not commit to other assistance. Somali Ambassador Abu Bakr [...]	2007-03-18 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTFN SO KU
07KUWAIT402	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 06:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT404	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COUNSELOR TO THE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Counselor to the Department of State Eliot Cohen, Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Barbara Stephenson, Colonel Stephen Ganyard, and Mark D. Smith to travel to post o/a 23 to 24 March and 1 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for [...]	2007-03-20 12:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER IZ JO KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT406	KUWAIT CONFIRMS DATE FOR NEXT GULF SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT410	RISING COST OF LIVING HAS KUWAITI CONSUMERS [...] (SBU) The cost of living in Kuwait continues to rise, with prices for basic consumer goods, food, and rents increasing steadily. Recent press reports have highlighted rises in the prices of basic foodstuffs such as eggs, meat, and rice, and indicate growing consumer displeasure with the incr [...]	2007-03-21 13:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFSN ALOW ECON ETRD PGOV KU
07KUWAIT412	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR INTERAGENCY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Chris Camponovo (NSC),Alan Liotta (DoD),Marisa Porges (DoD),and Andrew Morrison, (DoS) to travel to post o/a March 23-25, 2007. The purpose of the interagency delegation's visit is to consult with Kuwait government officials o [...]	2007-03-22 17:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT AFIN ABUD ASEC KAWC KU
07KUWAIT414	KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #5 [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, Post convened a meeting of its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG),which includes U.S. military health officials from local bases, to discuss recent developments in the outbreak of avian influenza in Kuwait. The number of confirmed cases now stands at a total of [...]	2007-03-24 04:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT419	CRITICAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT TEAM VISITS KUWAIT, [...] (C/NF) Summary: A multi-agency USG Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) team visited Kuwait March 13-22 to assess security vulnerabilities in Kuwait's energy infrastructure and make recommendations on improvements (see para 8 for a complete list of the U.S. delegation). The team [...]	2007-03-24 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC BEXP ECON ENRG EPET KCIP KU PTER
07KUWAIT423	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-25 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS IZ IR LE SU KU
07KUWAIT424	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-25 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT427	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S APRIL 3 VISIT TO [...] (S/NF) Welcome to Kuwait, Admiral Fallon. I regret that I will be away during your visit but look forward to greeting you on your next visit to Kuwait. We have requested meetings for you with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Sabah, Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah, and First Deputy Prime [...]	2007-03-26 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT428	GOK DOCUMENTS IPR EFFORTS [...] (SBU) On March 17, Post received a Diplomatic Note in response to our written request in January soliciting input for the 2007 Special 301 Review. With the Note is a letter from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which includes a statement detailing seiz [...]	2007-03-26 11:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
07KUWAIT43	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OBO/IPCO TEAM [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for OBO/IPCO Team Members Jenkins and Rajen to travel to post o/a January 13 -30, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: Embassy point [...]	2007-01-11 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
07KUWAIT430	NEW CABINET FORMED: SIX NEW MINISTERS, TWO WOMEN, [...] (C) Summary and comment: After three weeks of consultations, the Prime Minister announced March 25 the formation of a new Cabinet, which includes six new ministers and, for the first time in Kuwait's history, two women. The Cabinet reshuffle is unlikely to affect significantly any key U.S.-K [...]	2007-03-26 13:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT431	NEXT STEPS AFTER CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C/NF) Following the March 13-22 Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) assessment jointly conducted by the Department, DOE, and DHS (Ref A),Post is actively encouraging Kuwaiti officials at both senior and working levels to implement the team's recommendations, including near-te [...]	2007-03-26 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET KCIP ASEC ENRG PTER KU

07KUWAIT432	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHAWN RODRICK [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Shawn Rodrick McSherry, Agricultural Counselor, to travel to Kuwait City, March 29-30, 2007. Return travel to Kuwait on April 22. Purpose of travel is transit to and from Washington D.C. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for [...]	2007-03-27 07:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE

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