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06COPENHAGEN262	KEEPING DENMARK ENGAGED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) During a February 28 meeting, the Ambassador stressed to Defense Minister Gade the USG's strong interest in Denmark's continued contributions in Iraq. Gade said the Danish government will prepare a "white paper" in May that analyzes how Denmark can best continue to contribute to Iraq's se [...]	2006-03-01 09:33:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IZ AF DA

06COPENHAGEN324	KEEPING DENMARK IN IRAQ: REQUEST FOR INTERAGENCY [...] (C) Summary. The Danish parliament in May will vote on a yet-to-be drafted government resolution to extend Denmark's contributions to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and the NATO Training Mission (NTM-I) through the remainder of 2006. In preparation for what will be a difficult political challe [...]	2006-03-14 13:19:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ DA
06COPENHAGEN778	DENMARK EXTENDS ITS IRAQ DEPLOYMENTS BY ONE YEAR [...] (C) Summary. With a one-year extension of its deployments in Iraq until at least July 2007, Denmark remains one of the USG's most stalwart partners in Iraq. In addition to maintaining a battalion in southern Iraq, Denmark is boosting its generous reconstruction aid and offering to provide the [...]	2006-06-02 09:53:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR DA IZ
06COPENHAGEN859	DENMARK TILTS TOWARD DUTCH CANDIDATE FOR NATO SCR [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed reftel points in support of Ambassador Litt's candidacy to MFA Deputy Director for International Security Michael Lund Jeppesen and MFA NATO Section Chief Maria Egense. Egense responded June 15 by stressing that Denmark believes both Amb. Litt and the Dutch candidate Am [...]	2006-06-16 13:02:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO MARR PREL AF DA
06COTONOU1107	SCENE SETTER FOR GULF OF GUINEA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post welcomes your participation in the Government of Benin (GOB)-ACSS hosted Gulf of Guinea Ministerial Conference on Maritime Security in Cotonou, November 13-14, 2006. Your visit highlights USG support for security and safety initiatives in the Gulf of Guinea. The conference [...]	2006-11-07 14:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR CASC BN
06COTONOU1118	BENIN: SCENE SETTER FOR EUCOM AND NAVEUR PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post welcomes your participation in the NAVEUR/ACSS-sponsored Gulf of Guinea Maritime Safety and Security (MSS) Ministerial Conference hosted by the Government of Benin (GOB) in Cotonou, November 13-15, 2006. Your visit highlights USG support for safety and security and initiati [...]	2006-11-09 08:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR BN
06COTONOU1149	BENIN: MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE A SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Benin hosted a ministerial conference on "Maritime Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea" in Cotonou on November 13-15. The conference, sponsored by NAVEUR, and organized by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS),involved ministerial delegations from [...]	2006-11-21 15:46:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS ETRD ECON MARR KMCA PGOV PREL BN EWWT
06COTONOU1168	BENIN BORDER ARREST OF TWO CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) On November 27, Beninese media reported the recent arrest by Beninese Customs of two Central African Republic nationals at the Benin/Togo border. According to the media reports, Michel Djotodia and Abakar Sabone are reportedly wanted for their role in an attempted coup in the Central Afric [...]	2006-11-29 13:26:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC CT BN
06COTONOU1175	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BONI YAYI OF BENIN'S USA VISIT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Benin's new pro-American President Boni Yayi welcomes his December 13-16, 2006, USA visit to meet with President George W. Bush, and other USG, IFI and private sector officials. President Yayi likely will express his appreciation for the US support to Benin via its $307 million M [...]	2006-11-30 16:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT EAID MARR PGOV EFIN PINR CASC MASS PHUM
06CURACAO336	VENEZUELANS COME "A-COURTIN'" TO CURACAO [...] (C) Summary. A high level Venezuelan Navy delegation led by CNO VADM Luis Chirinos Medina met with RADM Frank Sijtsma, Commander of Dutch Forces in the Caribbean, April 3. Sijtsma characterized the meeting as a "good step" in furthering naval cooperation with Venezuela in a follow up conversati [...]	2006-04-07 20:17:00	Consulate Curacao	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NA AA NL
06DAKAR1499	GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY SECTOR REFORM PLANS WILL [...] (C) GOGB and international partners continue to focus on security sector reform as the top priority for improving stability. There is still no date set for round table talks to raise funds, which have been delayed several times already. GOGB has a vision, but no clear plan, of what reform s [...]	2006-06-23 09:38:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PU
06DAKAR168	GUINEA-BISSAU SEEKS ASSISTANCE IN COMBATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On January 20, the Mission received a letter from Bissau-Guinean Prime Minister Aristides Gomes requesting assistance in combating narcotics trafficking through Guinea-Bissau. The letter noted that Bissau-Guinean Army officers, senior Ministry of Interior off [...]	2006-01-24 16:39:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EAID MARR PINS PU
06DAKAR2246	GUINEA-BISSAU: RULE OF LAW RESOLVES TENSE SECURITY [...] (C) Two military officers were arrested August 28 for plotting to murder the Armed Forces Chief but were subsequently released for lack of evidence. In a separate incident reflecting the army's inability to control national territory, a Senegalese Movement of the Casamance Democratic Forces [...]	2006-09-18 09:29:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL KISL MARR PU SG
06DAKAR2517	GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY SECTOR REFORM WILL TOP [...] (C) Guinea-Bissau is hoping to raise over USD 350 million at the donor,s round table in November for a sweeping security sector reform and poverty reduction program. Indications from potential donors are that pledges will fall far short. The United Kingdom has provided technical experts to a [...]	2006-10-18 16:52:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR EAID PINS PREL PU UK
06DAKAR54	ENGAGING THE AU ON AMIS REHAT [...] (C) On January 9, Charge delivered Ref A demarche to Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, who said that Senegal has decided to support rehatting the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to make it a UN peacemaking (Chapter 7) operation. Gadio said that he and President [...]	2006-01-09 16:35:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR PHUM PINS AU SU SG
06DAKAR831	GUINEA-BISSU,S ECONOMY IS GROWING DESPITE WEIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: American and British oil companies have drilled two exploraory oil wells in shallow Bissau-Guinean waters; wo more will be drilled by the end of 2006. If oi is found, it could transform Guinea-Bissau,s agiculturally based economy. The GOGB is optimistic, and President Vieira as [...]	2006-04-05 15:31:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR EINV MARR PU
06DAKAR933	SENEGAL: 2006 BUDGET CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal's 2006 budget allocates more money to the social sector (education and health),and relies on CFA francs (CFAF) 43.1 billion (USD 78.3 million) in savings from the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief initiative to reduce poverty, which affects nearly 57 p [...]	2006-04-18 08:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID MARR SG
06DARESSALAAM1137	UNSC RESOLUTION ON DPRK OK, BUT NOT THE TIME FOR [...] (C) Vitus Njiku, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Council Unit, told Poloff on July 6, that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) supports a UNSC resolution in response to North Korea (DPRK) launching ballistic missiles July 4 and 5. Njiku said these launches are a concern to ev [...]	2006-07-06 13:04:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM UNSC KN KNNP TZ
06DARESSALAAM1142	TANZANIA SUPPORTS, WILL NOT CO-SPONSOR, UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 11:02:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MARR UNSC KN TZ
06DARESSALAAM1149	RESOLUTION, NOT PRST, SAYS TANZANIA RE DPRK [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 10:28:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MARR UNSC KN TZ
06DARESSALAAM1260	TANZANIA READY FOR ACOTA ACTION; OPEN TO ARTICLE 98 [...] (S) SUMMARY: Tanzania is eager to get the ACOTA program underway. In mid-July meetings with ACOTA's Chip Beck, officials from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) addressed specific training and equipment options while Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials showed increased interest in, and [...]	2006-07-27 15:02:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	SECRET	PREL MARR ASEC TZ
06DARESSALAAM1730	TANZANIA UNDERLINES INTEREST IN DEPLOYING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tanzania's Defense Minister has warmly welcomed recent developments in the U.S.-Tanzania mil-to-mil relationship, including the latest timeline for ACOTA training, deployment of a CJTF-HOA civil affairs team to Tanzania, the reintroduction of IMET training, and the offer of sever [...]	2006-10-23 04:59:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PREL PGOV TZ
06DARESSALAAM1946	SOFA WITH TANZANIA: PROPOSED LANGUAGE BEING [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 08:12:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KTIA MARR MOPS TZ
06DARESSALAAM1951	TANZANIA: MOVING CLOSER TO COMMITTING PKO TROOPS [...] (SBU) Signs are increasing that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) is moving closer to committing troops to a peacekeeping mission in Darfur. From December 11 to 15, the Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) team hosted a strategy conference in Dar es Salaam with key dec [...]	2006-12-20 13:00:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV KTIA TZ
06DARESSALAAM592	TANZANIA OVERFLIGHTS REVISITED, NO READ ON RESPONSE [...] (S) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),through Grace Martin, Head of Section for Europe and the Americas, contacted Poloff April 4 regarding the outstanding USG request for overflight permission. In a April 5 meeting, Martin told Poloff that she had been directed to research the issue, [...]	2006-04-10 14:51:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	SECRET	MOPS PREL PBTS PTER PINR TZ MARR
06DARESSALAAM606	ACOTA OFFERED, WELL-RECEIVED IN TANZANIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Meetings of the ACOTA (African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance) and Embassy team with officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Defense and National Service (MOD) were positive and produced a way forward to bringing Tanzania into the [...]	2006-04-13 03:21:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PGOV ETTC TZ
06DARESSALAAM715	AMBASSADOR RETZER AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE DISCUSS [...] (C) President Kikwete emphasized to Ambassador Retzer during an hour-long meeting in Dodoma that his administration intends to be "proactive in developing our relationship with the United States." Kikwete indicated he will use his mid-May trip to Washington, Boston and New York to forge stron [...]	2006-05-03 12:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID MARR TZ
06DHAKA1364	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BALANCE BUFFALO 06-2 [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 4. 2. The following units are scheduled to take part in Exercise Balance Buffalo 06-2 initiating deployment in MAY 2006: Bangladesh Army: 1st Para Commando Battalion. Bangladesh Air Force: Commandos from 101 Special Flying Unit, (Tpt Wing). [...]	2006-03-14 09:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL BG
06DHAKA2886	EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH BANGLADESH FOR JULY 2-8 [...] (S) On May 21, we proposed to MFA Americas-Pacific DG Shahidul Islam an exchange of diplomatic notes per reftel in support of the port visit of the USNS Mercy. We stressed the importance the USG places on such agreements and of a timely and positive response. 2. (U) We will follow up with [...]	2006-05-21 09:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA BG
06DHAKA5434	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR "ATA-6001 - PREVENTING [...] (U) This is an action request. See para three. 2. (SBU) The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Diplomatic Security Anti-Terrorism Assistance Preventing Attacks Against Soft Targets (PAAST) course from September 16-23, 2006 in Washington, D.C. Post vetting was [...]	2006-08-27 05:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PHUM BG MASS MARR PREL KCRM
06DILI135	PRESIDENT GUSMAO RESPONDS TO DISMISSAL OF STRIKING SOLDIERS [...] (U) On March 16, the Commander of East Timor's Defense Force (FDTL),Brigadier-General Taur Matan Ruak, publicly announced that all striking soldiers were officially dismissed and were considered to have become civilians as of March 1. The dismissed soldiers, numbered at 591, were part of a st [...]	2006-03-24 19:13:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MARR TT
06DILI144	UNREST IN DILI OVER THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING FDTL DISMISSALS, [...] Summary: Beginning late last week and escalating over the weekend, there have been a number of incidents of unrest around Dili involving intimidation and threats as well as attacks on houses and other property. As of Monday night (March 27),widespread police patrols have resulted in a signifi [...]	2006-03-29 08:05:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR ASEC TT
06DILI147	FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON LOCAL TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On 29 March, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta briefed the diplomatic corps on recent events in Dili, emphasizing that press reports of riots and military strife are exaggerated and that recent disturbances have been neither politically or ethnically motivated nor fatal. Rather [...]	2006-03-30 03:37:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR TT
06DILI152	END OF WEEK UPDATE ON FDTL DISMISSALS AND UNREST IN DILI [...] (U) Summary: As of today, the situation in Dili remains calm and appears to have mostly returned to normal after the spate of incidences reported in Reftel D. Dili residents who had left their homes to stay with relatives or take refuge elsewhere out of fear of escalating violence, a number th [...]	2006-03-31 09:24:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR ASEC TT
06DILI192	MORE VIOLENCE IN DILI AREA LAST NIGHT, BUT CALM TODAY [...] (U) Summary: There was more rioting yesterday evening in the village of Tasitolu, just west of Dili, and at least three more people died, apparently shot by members of the armed forces (FDTL) who had responded to the Tasitolu riot, in addition to the two who had died earlier in Dili. Although [...]	2006-04-29 15:57:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI194	DILI REMAINS CALM, BUT THOUSANDS STILL DISPLACED AS RUMORS [...] Summary: The situation in Dili was relatively calm last night, but there were still several disturbances reported, including shots fired in two Dili neighborhoods, reported clashes in the hills outside of Dili, and fighting at one of the major markets. There was another fight between groups of [...]	2006-04-30 15:04:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI200	UPDATE ON DILI SECURITY SITUATION: RETURN TO NORMAL IS SLOW [...] Dili remains abnormally quiet following Friday's rioting and the security operations in response. It appears that the armed forces (FDTL) have relinquished law enforcement responsibilities to the national police (PNTL),but they remain involved in patrolling. Currently, there are five confirm [...]	2006-05-01 15:12:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI203	DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUSMAO [...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboffs, met with President Xanana Gusmao May 2 to discuss U.S. priorities and concerns in East Timor. The major focus of the discussion was the riots on Friday, April 28 and the subsequent intervention of th [...]	2006-05-03 11:06:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT
06DILI210	DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ALKATIRI [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboff, met with Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri on May 3. DAS John congratulated Alkatiri on the many things that the Government of East Timor (GOET) is getting right, such as their work with the Millennium C [...]	2006-05-04 15:15:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT
06DILI213	EAST TIMOR UPDATE: ARMY RETURNS TO BARRACKS AS GOET URGES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy's current assessment is that the potential for politically motivated violence in East Timor in the near future appears to be de-escalating. Although the likelihood of imminent violence appears low, the ongoing political and constitutional crisis caused by Prime Minis [...]	2006-05-05 15:36:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI214	AMBASSADOR GUTERRES ON POLITICAL/SECURITY SITUATION AND [...] (SBU) Emboff met with East Timor's Ambassador to the U.S. and the United Nations, Jose Luis Guterres, on May 6. Guterres is running against Prime Minister Alkatiri for Secretary General of the ruling Fretilin Party in the party congress scheduled for May 17-20. Ambassador Guterres conveyed st [...]	2006-05-06 14:17:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR KDEM TT
06DILI219	ALKATIRI, RAMOS-HORTA EXPRESS OPTIMISM, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 15:12:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI220	THE VIEW FROM THE WEST: MEETINGS WITH DISSIDENT MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to the ex-military "petitioners" who led the April demonstration in Dili, there are a number of dissident members of the national police (PNTL) and armed forces (FDTL) who have gone AWOL and are currently located in mountainous areas of western East Timor. Many, alt [...]	2006-05-10 15:19:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI226	EAST TIMOR UPDATE: WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT THINKING? [...] (S) Summary: Despite the widespread popular belief in East Timor that the ongoing political and security crisis can only be resolved if the President invokes the constitutional provision permitting the dismissal of the Prime Minister, President Gusmao and his close associates have made clear t [...]	2006-05-11 19:08:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI228	EAST TIMOR UPDATE: WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT THINKING? [...] (S) Summary: Despite the widespread popular belief in East Timor that the ongoing political and security crisis can only be resolved if the President invokes the constitutional provision permitting the dismissal of the Prime Minister, President Gusmao and his close associates have made clear t [...]	2006-05-11 19:24:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI229	RAMOS-HORTA: WOULD ACCEPT PRIME MINISTER POSITION [...] (S) Summary: In a conversation with Ambassador Rees, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said he believes Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri will probably be defeated in next week's Fretilin Party Congress. He believes Alkatiri has brought the defeat upon himself by his arrogant and sometimes abusive [...]	2006-05-12 15:12:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI240	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 18, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. - LIFE IN DILI - FRETILIN CONGRESS DAY 2 - AMERICAN CITIZENS ISSUES - EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - SECURITY ASSESSMENT LIFE IN DILI Â [...]	2006-05-18 15:15:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MARR KDEM TT
06DILI243	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 19, 2006 [...] (U) The city continues to return to normal and there were several reports of additional refugees returning to Dili Transportation was functioning normally; schools and markets were open. Despite a heavy security presence, restaurants in the immediate area around the party congress were open. [...]	2006-05-19 11:11:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MARR KDEM TT
06DILI245	CHARGE MEETS WITH STATE MINISTER ANA PESSOA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Stein and USAID representative Fuller held a warm meeting with Senior Minister and Minister for State Administration Ana Pessoa on May 22, 2006 to discuss the commission she leads to investigate the grievances of the former FDTL soldiers, the "petitioners" dismissed earlier [...]	2006-05-22 15:13:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR KDEM TT
06DILI246	DILI SITREP MAY 22 [...] (SBU) The situation was more tense than in recent days as rumors and exaggerations circulated widely. An outbreak of communal violence in Becora (Dili's easternmost suburb),where gangs of eastern and western youth armed with slingshots, knives, and machetes clashed intermittently throughout t [...]	2006-05-22 15:13:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR KDEM TT
06DILI247	EAST TIMOR SITREP #1 FOR MAY 23, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: GOET PROPOSAL FOR TALKS FALTERS AS REINADO AND FDTL CLASH COMMENTS FROM THE FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS FROM THE GOET POLICE ISSUES IDP CAMPS SITUATION IN DILI End Summary. GOET PROPOSAL FOR TALKS FALTERS AS REINADO AND FDTL CLASH 2. (C) Charge Stein and USDR traveled to [...]	2006-05-23 15:12:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT
06DILI252	EAST TIMOR SITREP #1 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary. - EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT OF COMMENCMENT OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENTS - FDTL ACTIVITIES - OTHER VIOLENCE IN DILI - AIR TRAFFIC ISSUES - DISIDENT MILITARY GROUPS - OTHER POLICE ISSUES - IDP CAMPS OVERCROWDED - AMCIT PHOTO JOURNALIST COMES UNDER FIRE IN TASITOLU - AMC [...]	2006-05-24 07:12:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CACS TT
06DILI253	EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...]	2006-05-24 15:33:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT
06DILI254	EAST TIMOR REQUESTS FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION; PRIME [...] (S) Summary: East Timor's four top government leaders today announced that the government would request military intervention from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Malaysia to restore order and to end what President Xanana Gusmao called "this climate of panic." Foreign Minister Jose Ramo [...]	2006-05-24 15:36:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI258	EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...]	2006-05-25 07:15:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT
06DILI259	EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...]	2006-05-25 07:15:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT
06DILI262	EAST TIMOR REQUESTS FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION; PRIME [...] (S) Summary: East Timor's four top government leaders today announced that the government would request military intervention from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Malaysia to restore order and to end what President Xanana Gusmao called "this climate of panic." Foreign Minister Jose Ramo [...]	2006-05-25 07:27:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI263	DILI UPDATE: FIGHTING IN DILI INCREASES, PRESIDENT ASSUMES [...] (U) Summary: -- President Assumes Control of the Military (on Paper) -- FDTL Soldiers Shoot Unarmed Police and UN Personnel -- Violence in the Capital Worsens -- Casualty Information -- Military Reportedly Arming Civilians -- Status of Amcits -- Special Police Unit Requests Embassy Assistanc [...]	2006-05-25 15:11:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DILI268	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 26, 2006 [...] (U) SUMMARY -- AUSTRALIAN PATROLS COMMENCE, SOME VIOLENCE CONTINUES -- GOVERNMENT DEFIES PRESIDENT -- PRESIDENT INTENDS TO DISMISS THE GOVERNMENT -- FOREIGN MINISTER: PRIME MINISTER SHOULD RESIGN -- SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IMPROVES BUT REMAINS TENSE -- NATIONAL HOSPITAL STRUGGLING TO CARE FOR WO [...]	2006-05-27 15:12:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DILI274	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 29, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: PRIME MINISTER MAY ENDORSE PRESIDENT'S ASSUMPTION OF SECURITY POWERS MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND DEFENSE WILL BE REPLACED TOMORROW ALKATIRI REFUSES TO RESIGN, BUT MAY SOON BE DISMISSED VIOLENCE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN, LOOTING CONTINUES FDTL WITHDRAWS FROM DILI HQ ADF SUCCESSFULLY RESP [...]	2006-05-30 11:30:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DILI276	EAST TIMOR SITUATION REPORT FOR MAY 30 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 19:20:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO CASC TT
06DILI279	EMBOFFS INTERVIEW NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSIONER IN HIDING [...] (C) Summary: Vice Interior Minister Alcino Barris, Police Commissioner Paulo Martins and dozens of police officers from all branches have reassembled the national police (PNTL) hierarchy at an orphanage in the hills overlooking Dili. The group has been disarmed by the Australian Defense Forces [...]	2006-05-31 15:15:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PHUM TT CU CH
06DILI280	EAST TIMOR SITUATION REPORT FOR MAY 30 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 15:15:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DILI281	EAST TIMOR SITUATION REPORT FOR MAY 31 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 15:15:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DILI369	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JULY 10-17, 2006 [...] Summary: New government leaves opposition parties cold Prosecutor General sworn in for second four-year term Rai Los hands over his weapons Parliament back to work on electoral law and Alkatiri case Plans for additional demonstrations called off Internally Displaced People (IDPs) beginning to [...]	2006-07-17 12:09:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI387	PRO-REINADO DEMONSTRATIONS SMALL BUT WORRYING [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations are being staged in Dili to protest the arrest and detention by international forces earlier this week of Major Alfredo Reinado, the leader of a group of dissident Military Police that played a prominent role in the violent clashes in and around Dili in late May. [...]	2006-07-29 15:05:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR AU PO TT
06DILI394	EAST TIMOR UPDATE JULY 24-31, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: Continued repercussions of Reinado arrest Prime Minister presents his Government Program to Parliament Council of State extends the "State of Crisis" through August 20 International Commission of Inquiry: Briefing by the Executive Director End summary. Continued repercussions [...]	2006-08-01 09:05:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR UN TT
06DILI534	DETERIORATION IN DILI SECURITY SITUATION, AIRPORT CLOSED [...] (U) Summary: A significant increase in communal conflict occurred in Dili today, resulting in two confirmed deaths and reports of other casualties as well. The first clashes, beginning early in the morning, involved the area around airport IDP camp where disturbances that began last night esca [...]	2006-10-25 11:24:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MARR PREF KPKO CASC AU TT
06DILI540	UNMIT ADDRESSES SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNMIT sees ongoing disturbances in Dili becoming more organized and UNPOL notes drug related behavior and evidence that payments are being made to perpetrators. Recognizing the counterproductive effect of freeing most of those of those arrested after only a short period of deten [...]	2006-10-27 11:59:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO MARR ASEC CASC UN TT
06DILI578	MULTIPLE DIALOGUE INITIATIVES ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS TIMOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent weeks have seen a flurry of dialogue and reconciliation efforts among East Timorese institutions and leaders. These have included series of meetings between the armed forces (F-FDTL) and the national police (PNTL),initiatives by youth group and gang leaders, and a high l [...]	2006-11-29 11:03:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MARR KPKO TT
06DILI592	UPDATE ON POLICING AND SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNMIT reports that the situation in and around Dili IDP camps, which previously have been the main flashpoints for violence, largely has returned to "normal," with only sporadic rock fights and disturbances. However, they remain concerned that government plans to utilize PNTL an [...]	2006-12-08 03:31:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO ASEC MARR UN TT
06DJIBOUTI289	DJIBOUTI STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 08:24:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR
06DJIBOUTI338	DJIBOUTI AND FRANCE FORMALLY RENEW TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti and France have signed a bilateral agreement through 2010, which includes a 76 million Euro aid package for Djibouti. This agreement was signed during the recent visit of Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf to Paris. Both sides have agreed to conduct more hig [...]	2006-03-15 17:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MARR MASS FR DJ
06DJIBOUTI361	DJIBOUTI AND REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE COOPERATION ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador conveyed to Mahmoud Ali Youssuf, Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs, substance of points provided in reftel during an urgent meeting at her request on March 23. She also converted the cable's instructions into a series of points which she left with the Minister as a non-p [...]	2006-03-23 13:31:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PHSA SO DJ
06DJIBOUTI383	DJIBOUTI RESPONSE ON SOMALI PIRACY SUSPECTS [...] (C) Ambassador met 3/26 with Acting Foreign Minister Badri Ali Bagoreh and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Bilateral Affairs Director Mohamed Ali Hassan as a follow up to reftel (B) request to the Government of Djibouti on the suspected Somali pirates. Bagoreh and Hassan advised Ambassador [...]	2006-03-27 12:15:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHSA SO DJ
06DJIBOUTI433	DAS YAMAMOTO MEETS WITH PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 2, AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto met separately in Djibouti with SIPDIS President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf to discuss the Ethiopian/Eritrean border conflict, engaging with Somalia, and strengthening the coalition at [...]	2006-04-07 07:47:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM MARR DJ SO
06DJIBOUTI56	MEETING OF DJIBOUTI'S PRESIDENT WITH CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Peter Pace, met January 2 in Djibouti with President Ismail Omar Guelleh during CJCS's stopover with a USO troupe traveling in theater. The conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the Somalia situation dominated the 40-min [...]	2006-01-12 13:59:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR DJ SO ET
06DJIBOUTI748	GUELLEH AND A/S FRAZER DISCUSS SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. We need your blessing on the new process for Somalia as an example for other international groups, President Ismail Omar Guelleh told visiting A/S Jendayi Frazer on June 21. All levels of Somali society want to be heard by the Americans, said Guelleh. He believes that Somaliland a [...]	2006-06-26 12:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO MARR DJ SO ET ER
06DOHA1610	IRAQ: QATAR CAN SUPPORT EDUCATION, INFLUENCE SUNNI [...] (S) SUMMARY. In contrast to its support for our military in the region, Qatar has not been an important partner on political issues regarding Iraq. Post believes Qatar can provide increased support in areas where it can achieve leadership, such as education and training. Its contacts with Iraq [...]	2006-11-05 14:28:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ XF QA
06DOHA461	COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S MEETING WITH QATARI FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary. Department Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow met with the Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs March 20 to begin a strategic dialogue between the two countries, consult on Iran, and enlist support for [...]	2006-03-27 09:41:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL MARR KPAL XF IR IZ QA
06DOHA465	SCENESETTER FOR U/S ROBERT JOSEPH'S VISIT TO DOHA [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you. You will find the Qatari foreign minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),will be interested to meet you to further the nascent Strategic Dialogue put forth by Counselor Zelikow during his visit March 20-21. HBJ will be particularly intereste [...]	2006-03-27 13:48:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KNNP QA
06DUBAI10	GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE AND [...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met December 27 in Dubai with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) and Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Minister of Defense General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Ma [...]	2006-01-02 12:28:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR PTER XF TC IR IZ SY LE XD SO
06DUBAI2014	ESTONIAN SOLDIER OUT ON BAIL [...] (U) Consul General contacted Netherlands CG April 11 to seek an update on the case involving the Estonian soldier serving with NATO forces in Afghanistan, who was arrested at Sharjah Airport on February 23 for drunkeness and molesting a female police officer. Sharjah's Shari'a court originally [...]	2006-04-11 13:18:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PHUM NATO AE EN
06DUBLIN1020	EMERGING CONSTRAINTS ON U.S. MILITARY TRANSITS AT [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Although supportive of continued U.S. military transits at Shannon Airport, the Irish Government has informally begun to place constraints on U.S. operations at the facility, mainly in response to public sensitivities ov [...]	2006-09-05 14:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL EAIR PTER EI
06DUBLIN1078	GOI OPEN TO INFORMATION EXCHANGE ON SHANNON MILAIR [...] (C) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) As a follow-up to Post's September August 30 meeting with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) regarding emerging constraints on U.S. milair transits at Shannon Airport (reftel),DATT, pol/econ chief, and poloff met with Irish Departme [...]	2006-09-15 11:48:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL EAIR PTER EI
06DUBLIN1284	THE AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a November 1 discussion, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern did a tour d'horizon of key bilateral issues. Ahern: -- urged bilateral cooperation to avoid "surprises" regarding U.S. military use of Shannon Airport; -- noted that the Irish Cabinet had charged [...]	2006-11-03 12:58:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PREF EI
06DUBLIN1416	IRELAND TO CONSIDER EXPANDED ISAF CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) Ireland, a NATO Partnership for Peace member, is committed to maintaining its presence in ISAF (now four officers and three non-commissioned officers in Kabul),but would have to consider contributing additional personnel in the context of constraints on Ireland's current and planned peac [...]	2006-12-15 16:18:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO PINS AG EI
06DUBLIN255	CHARGES AGAINST SHANNON PROTESTORS DROPPED [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 16:55:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PTER EI
06DUBLIN270	IRELAND: EU COMMON CHARGING SCHEME FOR ANS SHOULD [...] The EUROCONTROL draft regulation on the Common Charging Scheme for Air Navigation Services (ANS) is evolving toward a version that would protect exemptions of state aircraft from ANS fees, according to Fintan Towey, Department of Transport Principal Officer for Aviation Security, to whom embof [...]	2006-03-14 15:26:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR MARR MOPS PREL NATO EUN
06DUBLIN313	IRELAND CONSIDERING REDEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPERS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. On March 23, the DCM met with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Political Director Colm O'Floinn and UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs Director John Deady regarding GOI plans for the potential redistribution of its peacekeeping forces by the end o [...]	2006-03-28 07:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KPKO PGOV PREL EI SU XY
06DUBLIN362	IRISH CROWD MOVED BY "THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO" [...] Summary. On April 5, an emboff attended the Amnesty International sponsored public screening of "The Road to Guantanamo" and a following Q&A session with former Guantanamo detainees, Rhuhel Ahmed, and Shafiq Rasul. The film is a docu-drama that presents a damning account of USG treatment of [...]	2006-04-06 16:57:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER OPRC KPAO PINR PHUM MARR MOPS PINS
06DUBLIN372	IRELAND UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE POLICE TRAINERS TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 16:52:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EI IZ JO KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS
06DUBLIN401	IRELAND PLANNING A REDUCTION OF THE QRF IN [...] (C) Summary. On April 12th, POL/ECON Chief and DATT met with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs Director John Deady and Deputy Director Brian Cahalane and separately with Deputy Political Director Colm O'Floinn and Desk Officer Louise Hartigan regarding t [...]	2006-04-13 18:34:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR NATO UN LI EI SW
06DUBLIN467	IRELAND AND THE SWEDISH EXAMPLE: SUSPICIONS ON [...] (C) Post read reftel with interest, having confronted similar sensitivity from the Irish Government over a criminal deportation flight in late 2005 that was originally scheduled to transit Ireland. At the time, we quietly informed the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that the charter flight [...]	2006-04-27 16:42:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR PGOV PINR SW EI
06DUBLIN555	PUBLIC DEBATE ON RENDITION AND SHANNON CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: A May 9 seminar on rendition and torture hosted by Amnesty International Irish Section and the Irish Centre for Human Rights focused on the USG's use of Shannon Airport and the CIA's alleged practice of leasing civilian planes to circumvent authorities. Debate at the seminar hi [...]	2006-05-18 17:08:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EUN EAIR KTIA EI MARR MOPS
06DUBLIN620	IRELAND WILL SUPPORT AN EXTENSION OF THE MANAS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 15:27:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KG MARR MOPS PREL AF EI
06DUBLIN891	SHANNON FIVE FOUND NOT GUILTY [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 25, a jury found five anti-war protesters not guilty of criminally damaging a U.S. aircraft at Shannon Airport on February 3, 2003. In an unprecedented decision, Judge Miriam Reynolds allowed the accused, who had pleaded not guilty, to argue that they had a "lawful excu [...]	2006-07-29 05:28:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PTER KJUS IZ EI
06DUBLIN947	IRELAND CONSIDERING TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (C) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Ireland is actively considering contributions to the expanded UNIFIL mission under UNSC Resolution 1701, according Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials. Before deciding on contributions, however, the Irish Govern [...]	2006-08-17 06:30:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE EI
06DUSHANBE1285	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER NAZAROV ON INCREASING REGIONAL [...] (S) In a 'just between us' session with the Ambassador on July 6, Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov offered a litany of challenges to Tajikistan's regional foreign policy and even sovereignty. The meeting was ostensibly to preview Secretary Rumsfeld's July 10-11 visit with President Rahmonov, b [...]	2006-07-07 04:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR TI

06DUSHANBE1296	RUMSFELD VISIT AND RUSSIA - WHO'S ON THE SIDE OF THE [...] (S) Russian Charge Viacheslav Svetlichny was the first diplomat to seek a readout of Secretary Rumsfeld's visit to Tajikistan and his meeting with President Rahmonov. The Ambassador joked with him on July 12 that Svetlichny must surely already have a near-verbatim treatment of the meeting fro [...]	2006-07-12 11:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR TI
06DUSHANBE1420	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT RAHMONOV [...] (C) During the Ambassador's 90-minute one-on-one farewell call with President Rahmonov July 19, the President spoke without notes, because, we learned later, he had not expected a working meeting. President Foreign Policy Adviser Erkin Rahmatulloyev told us, "Generally, ambassadors come to sa [...]	2006-07-24 08:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PROP ECON EINV ENRG MARR KDEM IR
06DUSHANBE1423	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON TAJIK FM TALBAK NAZAROV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his July 17 official farewell call on Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov, the Ambassador summed up the progress in the U.S.-Tajik relationship over the past three years, including increased border assistance, a new U.S. Embassy and U.S. involvement in hydropower and infra [...]	2006-07-25 11:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR KDEM IR RS TI
06DUSHANBE1436	RUSSIAN MILITARY NEWSPAPER ASSERTS MOSCOW'S RIGHT [...] SUMMARY: A seminal July 25 analytical article in Russia's official military newspaper asserts Russia's right to dominate Central Asia and to prevent the United States and NATO - "[Russia's] traditional geopolitical rivals" - from any sort of further military presence in the region. The artic [...]	2006-07-27 17:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PROP ECON MARR RS ZK
06DUSHANBE1440	RUSSIAN MILITARY NEWSPAPER ASSERTS MOSCOW'S RIGHT [...] SUMMARY: A seminal July 25 analytical article in Russia's official military newspaper asserts Russia's right to dominate Central Asia and to prevent the United States and NATO - "[Russia's] traditional geopolitical rivals" - from any sort of further military presence in the region. The artic [...]	2006-07-28 09:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PROP ECON MARR RS ZK
06DUSHANBE1442	PRESIDENT KARZAI WORRIES ABOUT RUSSIAN INTENTIONS IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai invited the Ambassador for a private one-hour breakfast at the Presidential Guest House in Dushanbe before returning to Kabul July 28. After a 20-minute one-on-one, Karzai invited his foreign minister and two other advisers to join. WHAT'S RUSSIA UP [...]	2006-07-28 10:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR RS AF IR TI
06DUSHANBE1464	OLD-GUARD TAJIK MINISTER OF DEFENSE OBSESSES ON NATO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador endured a three-hour-plus one-on-one lunch August 1 with Tajikistan's Minister of Defense Sherali Khairulloyev. Apart from the general conversation, the minister apologized for previous mil-mil relations that didn't meet expectations; harped repeatedly on NATO, Georgia, [...]	2006-08-01 12:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GG RS TI
06DUSHANBE1557	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER DISAPPOINTED IN ISRAEL [...] (C) Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov responded to the points on UNSC resolution 1701 (reftel) by voicing his concern over the situation in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories. In a 45-minute discussion with Charge, Nazarov suggested Israel should compensate Lebanon for the "$3 billio [...]	2006-08-14 12:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IR TI
06DUSHANBE1661	TAJIKISTAN CONSIDERS NUCLEAR FREE ZONE TREATY "OPEN AND [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Yatimov said that Tajikistan had not made a final decision about signing the Central Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (CANWFZ) agreement in Kazakhstan September 8, and that they regarded the treaty as "open." In a 90-minute meeting with DCM and PolOff September 6 ( [...]	2006-09-07 10:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR KNNP UN TI
06DUSHANBE31	EMERGENCY SUPPLIES FOR TAJIKISTAN BORDER GUARDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 07:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR
06DUSHANBE32	EMERGENCY SUPPLIES FOR TAJIKISTAN BORDER GUARDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 12:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PREL TI
06DUSHANBE776	INDIA LOOKS TO REVIVE SILK ROAD HERITAGE, NOT GREAT GAME [...] (SBU) In an April 26 meeting with U.S. DCM, Indian Deputy Chief of Mission Govinda Khampa took great pains to explain India's priorities in Tajikistan. Far from extending India's "strategic reach," the repair of the Ayni Airfield outside of Dushanbe is part of India's Technical Economic Coope [...]	2006-04-26 09:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MASS ECON ETRD TI
06DUSHANBE801	TAJIKISTAN SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND [...] (SBU) Richard and Elisabeth, we are very grateful you are visiting Tajikistan. As you have quickly learned, Central Asia is not the easiest place for the United States to do business, especially since Russia has declared these countries its sphere of influence and is taking all sorts of measu [...]	2006-04-29 09:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SNAR KDEM KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE862	SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC MILLARD MEET FM NAZAROV, DISCUSS SCO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millmetwith Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov May 8. Boucher delivered the reftel demarche on countering attempts to use the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ( [...]	2006-05-10 10:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM IN TI
06FREETOWN341	USS CARR VISIT TO FREETOWN -- FRUITFUL EXCHANGES, [...] (C) The USS Carr called on Freetown April 22-24 as part of its ongoing mission to strengthen partnerships in the Gulf of Guinea. The Navy wants to keep tabs on maritime activity connected to trafficking in drugs, trafficking in persons, illegal fisheries, and pollution, Task Force Commodore (N [...]	2006-04-26 18:02:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPAO EWWT EFIS PINR MOPS EAID SENV
06FREETOWN876	REQUEST TO PURSUE STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH [...] This is an action request. See Para. 5 2. Since 2001 DOD has assigned at least three U.S. Military personnel to serve as U.S. liaison at the International Military Advisory Training Team (IMATT). Although the UK concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Sierra Leone (G [...]	2006-10-26 17:13:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL SL
06FUKUOKA11	USS STETHEM'S NAGASAKI VISIT ENDS SMOOTHLY DESPITE [...] (SBU) On February 13, the USS Stethem concluded a successful three-day routine visit to Nagasaki City. The Stethem's visit was the first USN port call to Nagasaki since June 2002 and the 15th one to that city since 1967. Although there was strong opposition to the visit by the Nagasaki Prefe [...]	2006-02-22 06:48:00	Consulate Fukuoka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06FUKUOKA21	IWAKUNI REFERENDUM BOOSTS MAYOR'S PROSPECTS, BUT WORRIES [...] (SBU) The March 12 referendum in Iwakuni City, in which 87% of the participants voted to oppose the transfer of the USS Kitty Hawk air carrier wing from Atsugi to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni under proposed U.S. forces realignment plans, appears to have produced one clear winner: c [...]	2006-03-15 08:37:00	Consulate Fukuoka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR PREL SOCI JA
06FUKUOKA27	RE-ELECTED IWAKUNI MAYOR TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE ON U.S. NAVAL [...] (U) On April 23, Katsusuke Ihara easily defeated an LDP-supported opponent and a third candidate in the Iwakuni City mayoral election. Ihara, who was mayor of Iwakuni City prior to its March 20 merger with seven smaller towns, obtained 69% of the votes compared to the 28% and 2% obtained by [...]	2006-04-24 09:13:00	Consulate Fukuoka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR PREL JA
06GABORONE581	CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN BOTSWANA [...] (SBU) Summary: As the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) prepares to mark thirty years of professional, apolitical service to the nation, its leadership has recognized the need to improve civil-military relations. While the BDF's streamlined relationship with the executive branch has facilitated [...]	2006-04-28 08:36:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR BC
06GEORGETOWN1186	STAFFDEL MEACHAM AND TOON VISIT: DISCUSS MLO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Carl Meacham and Bernard Toon, Senior Professional Staff Members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, traveled to Guyana November 2-4. The primary focus of their visit was to understand the process and procedures whereby the State Department oversees security assistan [...]	2006-11-09 21:24:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM OREP GY
06GEORGETOWN518	GOG REQUESTS FOLLOW-UP MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR [...] The GOG has requested that the USG provide follow-up medical attention for Guyana Defense Force (GDF) soldier Calvin Lewis, who suffers from severe venous stasis disease. 2. Private Lewis was originally injured in an ammunition storage point explosion in December 2000. He was evacuated to [...]	2006-06-02 16:21:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL GY
06GUANGZHOU32144	U.S.-China Bilateral on Margins of Seventh North Pacific [...] (SBU) Vice Admiral Wurster, Commander of the Coast Guard's Pacific Area, told Deputy Director General Li Qingping of the Maritime Safety Administration (under the Ministry of Communications),at an October 25 bilateral meeting on the margins of the Seventh North Pacific Coast Guard Forum that t [...]	2006-11-03 08:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA MARR CH
06GUANGZHOU32146	U.S.-China Bilateral on Margins of Seventh North Pacific [...] (SBU) Summary: Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen and PRC Vice Minister of Public Security Meng Hongwei exchanged views October 25 on a variety of maritime safety and security topics, including `border security, search-and-rescue and disaster relief issues. The Admiral said that the U.S. was pre [...]	2006-11-03 08:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA MARR CH
06GUATEMALA2080	GUATEMALA: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO NEGOTIATE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH),a component command of U.S. Southern Command, plans to carry out two Special Operations Forces (SOF) Joint Combined Exercise Training (JCET) deployments to Guatemala in Fiscal Year [...]	2006-10-23 22:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KTIA GT
06GUATEMALA607	GUATEMALA: MILITARY MODERNIZATION NEEDED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan military faces increasing challenges in operating and maintaining its aging equipment. The Guatemalan military has a modernization plan but no funding to support the plan. The GOG stipulated that modernization funding must come from either sale of military prop [...]	2006-03-27 21:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL EAID PHUM SNAR KPKO GT
06HANOI2607	CODEL HAGEL CALLS ON MINISTER OF DEFENSE, COLONEL GENERAL [...] (SBU) On October 6, Senator Hagel called on Vietnam's new Minister of Defense, Colonel General Phung Quang Thanh. During this meeting, Colonel General Thanh reviewed the positive trend in bilateral military relations, and noted several key areas where the U.S.-Vietnam defense relationship coul [...]	2006-10-12 03:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER MARR VM
06HELSINKI1157	DELIVERING ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN - [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Kimmo Lahdevirta, Director of the Finnish MFA's Office of Security Policy. Lahdevirta expressed appreciation for US efforts to keep partners informed as the Riga NATO Summit approaches, and welcomed the fact that Afghanistan will feature prominentl [...]	2006-11-15 11:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS
06HELSINKI1158	DELIVERING ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN - [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Kimmo Lahdevirta, Director of the Finnish MFA's Office of Security Policy. Lahdevirta expressed appreciation for US efforts to keep partners informed as the Riga NATO Summit approaches, and welcomed the fact that Afghanistan will feature prominentl [...]	2006-11-15 13:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AG FI
06HELSINKI1248	FINLAND: NATO DEBATE HEATS UP [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 2007 parliamentary election campaign is about to kick off and NATO is emerging as a key theme, just as it did in the January 2006 presidential elections -- and despite the efforts of several prominent politicians to muzzle public debate on this sensitive topic. This ca [...]	2006-12-19 13:12:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR EUN RU FI
06HELSINKI465	FINNISH VIEW ON US-EU SUMMIT PREPARATIONS, AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S for Political Affairs Lyra told Ambassador that the US and EU are making good progress toward finalizing Summit Declarations, although more work needs to be done to create a real dialogue on climate change and to find language that is not counterproductive to our shared goals [...]	2006-05-26 09:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV PREL MARR FI EU
06HELSINKI528	FINNISH TO DEMARCHE KYRGYZ REGARDING MANAS AIRFIELD [...] (C) In response to subject demarche, Hannele Voionmaa, MFA Counselor for peacekeeping and military crisis management operations, told PolChief that the GOF agreed June 8 to make a formal approach to Kyrgyz authorities regarding US access to Manas Airbase in Kyrgyzstan. The GOF has a strong in [...]	2006-06-08 12:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	KG MARR MOPS PREL AF FI
06HELSINKI680	FINLAND EU PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU has agreed to offer peacekeepers for a mission in Lebanon if called upon by the UN. Privately, Finnish MFA Secretary of State Torstila told us that UN and EU hopes to send a force to the region any time soon are "unrealistic," given the current level of violence and apparen [...]	2006-07-19 12:31:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR EUN FI
06HELSINKI701	FINNISH U/S OFFERS UPDATE ON EU PRESIDENCY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF welcomes Israel's announcement that it could eventually accept NATO peacekeepers in Lebanon. However, U/S for Political Affairs Lyra suggested that an EU- or UN-led force -- perhaps with NATO support under Berlin Plus arrangements -- would be better than a strictly NATO-l [...]	2006-07-24 12:54:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV MOPS EUN FI
06HELSINKI725	FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY ON EXTRAORDINARY AUG. 1 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM met with Finnish MFA European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala to discuss the Aug. 1 extraordinary GAERC. Syrjala also offered the latest Finnish EU Presidency thinking regarding a potential international force for Lebanon. End Summary. 2. (C) Regarding the GAERC agenda, Syr [...]	2006-07-28 14:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS EUN FI
06HELSINKI75	PAAVO LIPPONEN'S SILLY SEASON COMMENTS ON NATO AND [...] (SBU) Finnish Speaker of Parliament and former Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen prompted a media feeding frenzy this week when he publicly criticized Conservative (CONS) presidential candidate Sauli Niinisto's increasingly pro-NATO arguments and urged caution toward NATO membership because it wou [...]	2006-01-27 08:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR PINR FI
06HELSINKI817	FINLAND SEEKS TO CONTRIBUTE 200 TROOPS TO UNIFIL [...] (SBU) Finnish MFA Secretary of State (D Equivalent) Pentti Torstila told Ambassador Ware Aug. 15 that Finland will seek to provide up to 200 additional troops for enhanced UNIFIL operations in Southern Lebanon. Confirming public comments made by President Tarja Halonen, Torstila explained that [...]	2006-08-17 04:49:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL FI
06HELSINKI842	FINLAND TO STRONGLY URGE SYRIA TO RESPECT LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: DCM and PolChief met with MFA Political Director Vierros-Villeneuve Aug. 22 to express US disappointment regarding the Aug. 23 visit of Syrian FM Walid Al-Moallem to Helsinki; to remind the GOF of the need to isolate Syria diplomatically; and to urge that the Finns use the meeting [...]	2006-08-22 12:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV MARR FI SY LE
06HELSINKI854	FINNS TELL SYRIA TO HONOR UNSCR 1701; SYRIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Aug. 23 in Helsinki, Finnish FM Tuomioja told Syrian FM Al-Moallem that the EU expected the Government of Syria (GOS) to support the ceasefire in Lebanon and wider peace in the Middle East by respecting all provisions of UNSCR 1701; by honoring the arms embargo in Lebanon; and b [...]	2006-08-24 13:50:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV MARR FI SY LE
06HELSINKI885	FINLAND AND SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (U) MFA Sri Lanka desk officer Marita Meranto assured emboff on September 4 that Finland would attend the Sri Lanka Contact Group's experts meeting in Washington on September 27. She said that because of the press of business arising from Finland's EU presidency, Finland's representative woul [...]	2006-09-04 09:12:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE FI
06HILLAH102	QADISIYAH PROVINCE: SADR, SCIRI, AND SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Militia (MM) and his political organization, Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS),increasingly dictate the pace of events in Qadisiyah Province. While the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution (SCIRI) holds 20 seats out of 41 on the Provincial Council, SCIRI is [...]	2006-06-12 16:11:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV KISL MARR PTER IZ
06HILLAH104	RUMBLINGS IN SOUTH CENTRAL PROVINCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Events in four South Central provinces over the last twenty-four hours indicate that although the incidence of terrorist acts remains low in this seemingly stable region, tensions are increasingly manifesting themselves in public demonstrations, ultimatums to provincial government [...]	2006-06-14 12:20:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PGOV PTER MARR IZ
06HILLAH117	GENERAL QAIS DISMISSED AS BABIL PROVINCE POLICE CHIEF [...] (S) SUMMARY General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri told RC that on July 13, Minister of Interior Jayad al-Bulani signed an order removing Qais as Chief of Police in Babil Province, transferring Qais to an unspecified desk job in Baghdad. Qais said Ministry contacts told him that al-Bulani bowed [...]	2006-07-16 18:05:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PTER MARR PGOV ASEC IZ
06HILLAH125	BABIL GOVERNOR'S RENEWED EFFORTS TO OUST BABIL POLICE CHIEF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (C) REO staff met with Babil Iraqi Police (IP) Deputy Chief Colonel Abbas Al-Gebory on July 26 to discuss the latest effort on the part of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) and Babil Governor Al-Musalamawi to oust General Qais Ham [...]	2006-07-27 06:52:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR PGOV ASEC IZ
06HILLAH127	SECURITY UPDATE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL IRAQ [...] (SBU) This cable covers trends and significant events that affect security in the five South Central provinces of Iraq. Items are taken from the local press or are public knowledge in the region (Najaf, Karbala, Qadisiyah, Babil, and Wasit provinces). Najaf Province ----------------- 2 [...]	2006-07-29 09:00:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PTER KISL IZ
06HILLAH128	BABIL GOVERNOR AND PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN PRESS REO [...] (C) Summary: Babil Governor Al-Musalamawi called an emergency meeting with REO staff on July 27 to discuss various security issues brewing in the province. He was joined by Provincial Council Chairman (PCC) Mohammed Ali Hussein Al-Masoudi. The main point of issue raised during the meeting was [...]	2006-07-29 15:28:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR PGOV ASEC IZ
06HILLAH129	DIWANIYAH SECURITY - TURNING A CORNER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Diwaniyah provincial government has become more aggressive about turning around deteriorating security in the province, and preliminary results are encouraging. After a series of meetings with REO staff and personnel at Camp Echo, Governor Hamza held a public meeting in wh [...]	2006-08-10 11:42:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL MARR PTER IZ
06HILLAH131	QADISIYAH INA LEADER: BADR ORGANIZATION IS SETTING UP SADR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a August 2 meeting with REO staff, Abd Muslim, the head of the moderate Iraqi National Accord party in southern Qadisiyah (Diwaniyah) province, warned against attributing all instability in Diwaniyah Province to the Mahdi Militia (MM). Muslim believed that local MM cells ar [...]	2006-08-10 11:54:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PTER MARR IZ
06HILLAH132	SOUTH-CENTRAL IRAQ FEDERAL REGION: A DONE DEAL [...] (C) Summary: On August 14 Regional Embassy Office (REO),Al-Hillah staff met with the head of Wasit Badr Corps and Provincial Council member Qasim Mohammad Jalal to discuss pressing issues of the province and region. The meeting proved to be fruitful when Jalal presented new information in re [...]	2006-08-16 18:14:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR PGOV ASEC IZ
06HILLAH84	GENERAL QAIS: WILL HE BE DISMISSED? [...] (S) SUMMARY: The beleaguered, but popular head of the Babil Police, General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri, updated the Regional Coordinator on developments in the Babil Governor and Provincial Council's campaign to dismiss him. General Qais stated that he had traveled to Baghdad on Friday to se [...]	2006-05-14 18:14:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PGOV MARR IZ
06HILLAH85	GENERAL QAIS: WILL HE BE DISMISSED? [...] (S) SUMMARY: The beleaguered, but popular head of the Babil Police, General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri, updated the Regional Coordinator on developments in the Babil Governor and Provincial Council's campaign to dismiss him. General Qais stated that he had traveled to Baghdad on Friday to se [...]	2006-05-15 12:31:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PGOV MARR IZ
06ISLAMABAD10539	MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON FATA PLAN [...] (C) In a May 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on May 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...]	2006-06-06 11:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV MARR
06ISLAMABAD10608	CORRECTED COPY: MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON [...] (C) In a June 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on June 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...]	2006-06-07 03:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV MARR
06ISLAMABAD16302	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOLITICITING UNIFIL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see para. 5. 2. (C) On August 18, poloff presented reftel points to MFA (UN) Director Haider Shah. Poloff also asked about the accuracy of August 18 reports in the Pakistani press quoting Foreign Minister Kasuri, traveling in the Middle [...]	2006-08-18 11:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MARR MOPS PK PREL UN
06ISLAMABAD17766	NORTH WAZIRISTAN PEACE ACCORD ANNOUNCED [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and local tribal leaders announced that the 45-member Grand Jirga for North Waziristan Agency (NWA) had a peace agreement with the GOP. (Note: Consulate Peshawar has obtained a copy of the agreement and has translated the Urd [...]	2006-09-06 14:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PK PTER
06ISLAMABAD17768	SEPTEMBER 9 F-16 SIGNING DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Summary: GOP sources told Office of Defense Representatives Pakistan (ODRP) September 6 that the scheduled September 9 signing of the F-16 LOA would not happen. The same day, MODP (Ministry of Defense Production) sent ODRP a memo requiring an unspecified per-plane price cut; signific [...]	2006-09-07 02:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL MOPS UN MARR
06ISLAMABAD17963	NORTHERN WAZIRISTAN UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 8 [...] (S) Summary: While the September 5 agreement between the GOP and North Waziri leaders allows foreigners to remain in the North Waziristan Agency so long as they do not engage in attacks on or in Afghanistan, some foreigners reportedly are leaving NWA for neighboring areas, a development th [...]	2006-09-08 13:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL MOPS UN MARR LE
06ISLAMABAD22237	PAKISTAN KEEN ON GPOI, SEEKS MORE INFO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para 6. 2. (SBU) On November 28, PolOff met MFA Director (UN I) Haider Shah to follow up on reftel USG proposal for Pakistan to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). Shah said that Pakistan is amenable to takin [...]	2006-11-30 05:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MARR MASS PK
06ISLAMABAD22317	GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE: PAKISTAN'S [...] This cable contains an action request -- please see para 3. 2. On December 4, MFA Director (UN I) Haider Shah delivered to Poloff the Government of Pakistan's written response to the U.S. proposal for Pakistan to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) (ref B). Pakistan [...]	2006-12-06 09:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MASS PK
06ISLAMABAD3318	AGREEMENT WITH PAKISTAN ON STATUS OF FORCES - [...] (U) On February 23, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) transmitted its proposed final text for a Status of Forces Agreement, based on the U.S. text in ref A. The only change to the U.S. text is in para 10, where the U.S. draft stated that: " The mutually agreed duration of this agreement is 90 [...]	2006-02-27 08:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA PK
06ISLAMABAD3542	15TH PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN-U.S. TRIPARTITE MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The 15th U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Tripartite Commission meeting, held at Bagram on February 25, was characterized by frank discussion between the Afghan and Pakistani delegations. The agenda focused on cross-border issues, intelligence sharing, steps to counter IEDs, and the lin [...]	2006-03-03 02:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD3684	PAKISTAN CONSIDERS NEW SOFA TO BE IN FORCE AS OF [...] (C) On March 2, poloff delivered to MFA Americas Desk Director Diyar Khan the diplomatic note (text ref A) confirming USG acceptance of the SOFA language in the earlier GOP note, reported ref B. Director Khan confirmed to poloff on March 7 that the GOP has no objections to the USG note and co [...]	2006-03-07 09:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA PK
06ISLAMABAD3807	POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR PM - A/S JOHN HILLEN [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned March 15 - 18 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan to [...]	2006-03-08 14:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	KDEM MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD6419	PRIME MINISTER AZIZ BRIEFS SENATOR HAGEL ON [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with visiting Senator Hagel (R-NE),Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reiterated Pakistan's opposition to any nuclear weapons program in Iran, but supported Iran's right to a civil nuclear energy program. He praised Afghan President Karzai, and highligh [...]	2006-04-14 14:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL MARR PK AF IN PGOV IR
06ISLAMABAD7563	SIXTEENTH MEETING OF U.S.-AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Tripartite Commission (TPC) Met at GHQ in Rawalpindi April 19 -- the third Tripartite conducted at the four-star level and the second official visit to Pakistan by Afghanistan's Chief of the General Staff. Atmospherics were favorable, continuing a trend seen in earlier TPC [...]	2006-04-28 15:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PK AF PTER
06ISLAMABAD7770	PRINCE SULTAN'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN: MOSTLY OPTICS; [...] (C) Summary. In the week following Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud's April visit to Pakistan, PolCouns sought assessments in separate meetings with the MFA Director General for the Gulf region Sajjad Haider, Saudi Embassy DCM Abdullah Al-Omari and a respected local journalist, Far [...]	2006-05-02 11:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PK SA
06ISLAMABAD9473	EXPLAINING THE SECURITY FORCES IN THE FATA [...] (U) This cable provides an introduction to the myriad of security forces besides the regular Pakistani Army that operate in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and adjoining regions of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). 2. (U) Frontier Corps. The paramilitary Frontier Corp [...]	2006-05-23 12:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK MARR SNAR KCRM PTER EAID
06ISLAMABAD9706	FATA: STRATEGIES AND REDLINES [...] (C//NF) Summary. The stabilization of Pakistan's Federally Administered Areas (FATA) and the acceleration of political and economic development in this troubled region is a complex task that will determine the success of USG and Government of Pakistan (GOP) counterterrorism efforts. Since 9/11, [...]	2006-05-25 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS EAID ECON
06ISLAMABAD9708	FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]	2006-05-25 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISLAMABAD9710	FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]	2006-05-26 01:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISLAMABAD9712	PAK MIL SUPPORT IN BALOCHISTAN FOR OPERATION [...] (S) Per SCA request (ref A),post offers this summary of Pakistani military operations in Balochistan in support of CFC-A Operation Mountain Thrust. 2. (S) On May 20, Coalition Joint Task Force (CJTF-76) and the Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan (ODRP) representatives met with [...]	2006-05-26 05:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD9772	UK FACILITATES TRANSIT OF DANISH CARGO [...] (C) In response to inquiries via State and Defense Department channels (Reftel),post has confirmed through the British High Commmision (BHC) and Danish Defense Command Representatives that Danish military cargo transiting Pakistan en route to Afghanistan was successfully offloaded at Karach [...]	2006-05-26 11:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PK PREL
06JAKARTA10136	ILLICIT ARMS CACHE ACTIVATES INDONESIAN RUMOR MILL [...] (C) Summary: On August 9 the Indonesian Army,s National Military Police announced the results of its investigation into the 185 guns and other weaponry discovered by authorities in Brigadier General Koesmayadi,s homes and office following his June 25 death of natural causes. TNI Commander D [...]	2006-08-11 13:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA10366	INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPING PREPARATIONS FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia is preparing to send a 1000 troops to serve in UN-led peacekeeping operations in Lebanon. The composite force includes elements from a range of Indonesian military units, including mechanized and engineering elements. Indonesia lacks airlift capability for transportin [...]	2006-08-16 11:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PFLP PREL ID LE
06JAKARTA10399	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MEETINGS WITH INDONESIAN FM [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with S/P Director Stephen Krasner on August 11, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda emphasized Indonesia's desire to expand and deepen bilateral cooperation with the United States on political, security, economic and other fronts. Wirajuda appealed for U.S. assista [...]	2006-08-18 11:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID CVIS ID
06JAKARTA10493	GOI SAYS ITS FORCES ARE READY TO DEPLOY TO LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential adviser Dino Djalal told the Ambassador August 23 that Indonesian forces are "ready" to deploy to Lebanon at any time; there remains some confusion in the public arena about what exactly their role would be. Ambassador emphasized to Djalal the need for GOI statements [...]	2006-08-23 11:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PFLP PREL ID LE
06JAKARTA11042	INDONESIA SECURITY FORCE VETTING REQUEST, ECON [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Indonesian security force members for Department clearance for participation in United State Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO),2006 Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA),Enforcement of IPR Program to commence on September 25. Post did not find any c [...]	2006-09-06 06:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL KCRM MARR ID
06JAKARTA11142	EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...]	2006-09-08 12:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID
06JAKARTA11143	EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...]	2006-09-08 12:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID
06JAKARTA11214	KEITH LUSE'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN MOD DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Senate SFRC Senior Professional Staff Member Keith Luse met with Indonesian Defense Ministry Director General for Defense Strategy Major General Dadi Susanto on August 28 in Jakarta. Susanto characterized U.S.-Indonesian relations and military cooperation as positive. Susanto w [...]	2006-09-11 10:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM ID
06JAKARTA11215	INDONESIANS REQUEST CONSULAR ACCESS TO HAMBALI [...] (C) On September 8, PolCouns briefed Hasan Kleib, Department of Foreign Affairs Director (DEPLU) for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, on the transfer of Indonesian citizen prisoner Hambali from a se-cret location to the prison facility in Guantanamo Bay (refs a-c). Kleib reque [...]	2006-09-11 10:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MARR ID
06JAKARTA11217	INDONESIANS REQUEST CONSULAR ACCESS TO HAMBALI [...] (C) On September 8, PolCouns briefed Hasan Kleib, Department of Foreign Affairs Director (DEPLU) for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, on the transfer of Indonesian citizen prisoner Hambali from a secret location to the prison facility in Guantanamo Bay (refs a-c). Kleib reques [...]	2006-09-11 10:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MARR ID
06JAKARTA11377	U.S.-INDONESIA BILATERAL DEFENSE DIALOGUE AGREES [...] (U) Summary: The sixth annual meeting of the U.S.-Indonesia Dialogue (USIBDD) in Jakarta on August 29-31, 2006 the two sides agreed to 138 military-to-military events for 2007. USPACOM and the Indonesian military (TNI ) also signed a Terms of Reference (TOR) formalizing the annual meeting pr [...]	2006-09-13 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL ID
06JAKARTA1141	ACEH: ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR GOI-GAM PEACE [...] (SBU) The Aceh peace process remains on track and now moves into a more difficult phase in which the parties begin to develop the parameters of political participation in a normalized Aceh to give voice to all of Acehenese society. Acehenese trust the USG as an honest broker because of our con [...]	2006-01-27 11:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ID
06JAKARTA11482	THE VISIT OF VP KALLA: ENGAGING ON THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla,s September 23-28 visit to the U.S. offers an excellent opportunity to deliver a message on the need to accelerate economic reforms to one of Indonesia,s most influential officials. Although deeply involved in economic policy issues, Kalla is a relucta [...]	2006-09-18 06:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA11522	DRAFT STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH INDONESIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-18 07:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ID MARR PREL
06JAKARTA12160	DISCOURAGING TNI FROM TAKING MANPADS TO UNIFIL [...] (S) Charge discussed the MANPADS issue with Indonesian Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Dino Patti Djalal on October 2. Charge emphasized that Indonesian deployment with MANPADS would cause big problems and urged GOI to reconsider. Djalal subsequently discussed the issue with the commander [...]	2006-10-03 11:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL ID LE
06JAKARTA12546	INDONESIA SEEKS GPOI FUNDING FOR PLANNED [...] (C) Summary: Officials at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs have confirmed Indonesia's interest in participating in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) and have asked whether GPOI funding could be used to support a national PKO center Indonesia is creating to train its mi [...]	2006-10-13 10:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA12547	U.S.-INDONESIA SOFA TALKS LAY BASIS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. delegation's exploratory talks with the Indonesian government on October 5 in Jakarta made considerable headway in establishing a basis of understanding for possible formal negotiation of a bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Embassy shared a draft template text (r [...]	2006-10-13 11:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL ID
06JAKARTA12660	ACEHNESE VILLAGERS EXHUMING CONFLICT VICTIMS' [...] (C) Summary. Acehnese villagers are exhuming the graves of persons executed during the conflict between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian government, Georges Paclisanu (strictly protect),Head of Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),told us recently. Ba [...]	2006-10-18 04:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA12732	EAP DAS ERIC JOHN'S MEETING WITH BG DADI SUSANTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Indonesian Director General for Defense Strategy Susanto on October 18, EAP DAS Eric John raised U.S. human rights concerns, the need for continued military vetting and accountability for past abuses, the importance of a SOFA in underpinning bilateral cooperatio [...]	2006-10-19 10:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS MOPS ID
06JAKARTA12776	TNI ANNIVERSARY SPEECHES EMPHASIZE REFORM AND [...] Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono and Commander-in-Chief (Panglima) Air First Marshal Djoko Suyanto urged the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to continue along the path of reform as the TNI celebrated its 61st anniversary on October 5. The speeches exhorted the TNI to complete its tr [...]	2006-10-20 10:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PHUM ID
06JAKARTA13143	NAMRU-2 NEGOTIATIONS TO PROCEED NOVEMBER 9 [...] (C) Summary: We will be proceeding with an initial NAMRU-2 negotiation session on November 9. The Ambassador was told by Eddi Hariyadhi, Director General for American and European Affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs Nov. 7 that he is confident that resolution of the issue would pro [...]	2006-11-07 13:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID
06JAKARTA13170	PM A/S HILLEN'S POLITICAL-MILITARY TALKS IN JAKARTA [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen discussed a range of political-military issues with Indonesian Minister of Defense Sudarsono, Foreign Affairs Director General Hariyadhi and other public leaders in Jakarta on November 7. The discussions built on simil [...]	2006-11-09 10:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MNUC RI
06JAKARTA13193	YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (S) Summary: Mr. President: Your visit to Indonesia provides an excellent opportunity to consolidate recent gains in U.S.- Indonesian relations and showcase the success of our core political values ) freedom, democracy, and economic development ) in this, the world,s largest Muslim-majority [...]	2006-11-13 10:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA13218	INDONESIA BEGINS NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Formal discussions between the Indonesian and U.S. governments on the future status of the Naval Medical Research Unit 2 (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta began on November 9. The Indonesians, fresh from high-level interagency discussions, came in with a set of six concerns which were mostly [...]	2006-11-15 10:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID
06JAKARTA13308	GPOI FUNDING: INDONESIAN PLANS FOR A TRAINING [...] (C) Poloff and ODC Chief met with Department of Foreign Affairs officer for International Security and Disarmament Yonatri Rilmania on November 14 to learn more about a planned Indonesian center for peacekeeping training and to explain U.S. funding possibilities for this and other potential ne [...]	2006-11-27 10:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MASS PREL ID
06JAKARTA13341	INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO REVISED PROPOSED TEXT FOR A [...] (C) We delivered the revised text of the draft agreement for a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Indonesia (ref a) on November 15 to Harry Purwanto, Director for North and Central American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). We noted that the text had been revised with a [...]	2006-11-29 10:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ID KTIA MARR MOPS PREL
06JAKARTA13372	YUDHOYONO ALLEGEDLY APPROVES TRYING SOLDIERS IN [...] (C) Summary: According to media reports citing Indonesian Justice and Human Rights Minister Awaluddin, President Yudhoyono has signaled his support for draft legislation which would clear the way for military personnel charged with criminal acts to be tried in civilian courts. The report, if [...]	2006-12-01 09:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS MARR ID
06JAKARTA13413	NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE FIELD STUDIES EAST ASIA [...] Embassy Jakarta welcomes the proposed visit (reftel) of NWC seminar students to Indonesia in April 2007. Embassy requests precise dates for the visit so that more definite plans can be made. Control officer will be MAJ Marc Harrelson, DAO, office tel: (62-21) 3435-9192, home tel: (62-21) 71 [...]	2006-12-06 07:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS ID

06JAKARTA13498	YUDHOYONO'S VISIT TO RUSSIA: DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia and Russia signed a range of intergovernmental and other agreements during the visit of Indonesian President Yudhoyono to Russia November 29-December Â [...]	2006-12-15 10:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR EINV EIND ENRG SOCI ID RS
06JAKARTA13578	PDAS WARLICK'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: IO PDAS James Warlick discussed Indonesian peacekeeping policy and options with Indonesian Director General for Defense Strategy Dadi Susanto in Jakarta on December 19. Susanto said the UNIFIL deployment to Lebanon was Indonesia's first involving mechanized infantry. Indonesia w [...]	2006-12-22 05:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ID
06JAKARTA1817	INDONESIA: A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Imron Cotan February 1 expressed to SIPDIS Assistant Secretary John Hillen his great pleasure that the U.S. had taken steps to end the "embargo" on military-to-military cooperation and suggested that the countries nee [...]	2006-02-10 11:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA1818	INDONESIA: A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary John Hillen February 1 described to Indonesian Defense Minister the "great anticipation" in the U.S. regarding Indonesia and the U.S. desired a robust relationship with Indonesia. Juwono told A/S Hillen he would do whatever necessary to strengthen this relat [...]	2006-02-10 11:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA1819	INDONESIA-U.S. POLITICA-MILITARY TALKS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Indonesian delegations held a day of political-military talks February 1 to explore expanded bilateral cooperation following the U.S. decision in November to end restrictions on military-to-military relations. The U.S. delegation, led by Dr. John Hillen, Assistant Secre [...]	2006-02-10 12:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2032	INDONESIA: SBY USES INVESTITURE OF NEW TNI CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian President Yudhoyono February 13 swore in Chief Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto as the new commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to replace General Endriartono Sutarto. Air Marshal Suyanto, the first Air Force Officer to hold the position, will assume command of [...]	2006-02-15 12:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2110	INDONESIA: POLAND PLANS DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL [...] (C) Polish Ambassador Tomasz Lukaszuk previewed with the Ambassador February 16 the upcoming visit to Jakarta of Polish Minister of National Defense Radoslaw Sikorski. Lukaszuk noted that NATO Ambassadors in Jakarta had agreed in 2000 to cooperate on defense matters and inform counterparts of [...]	2006-02-16 11:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2316	INDONESIAN OUTBRIEF ON KOREAN MEDIATION MISSION [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Special Envoy Amb. Nana Sutresna briefed representatives of the nations participating in the Six Party talks on his travels to Pyongyang and Seoul earlier in the month. Sutresna, following the instructions of President Yudhoyono (SBY) urged the North Koreans to resume [...]	2006-02-21 11:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNUC MARR KN KS ID
06JAKARTA240	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - DECEMBER [...] Summary. Indonesian financial markets reacted favorably to a December 6, 2005 cabinet reshuffle, with the rupiah gaining two percent through the end of December to close at 9,840/USD. The Jakarta Stock Exchange composite index also rose six percent after the reshuffle to close at 1,162 on Dec [...]	2006-01-06 08:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD ENRG SENV TBIO MARR ID
06JAKARTA2490	CODEL KOLBE CALLS ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) On February 21, President Yudhoyono presented the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) delegation headed by Representative Jim Kolbe with a lengthy description of his priorities including reform, continued democratization, increased economic prosperity, Aceh and Papua. He raised [...]	2006-02-23 12:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KISL MARR OVIP ID IR
06JAKARTA2744	ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon February 23 discussed with Indonesian Minister of Defense Juwono Sudarsono difficulties budget shortfalls caused for TNI's ability to respond to "natural and man-made disasters" and the GOI's procurement focus on transportation assets, which could [...]	2006-03-02 07:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2819	ADMIRAL FALLON CALLS ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) PACOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon called on President Yudhoyono (SBY) Feb. 23. SBY emphasized the importance of bilateral cooperation in multiple areas. He spoke of the progress in implementing peace in Aceh, and judged that in his view the situation will be fully settled within [...]	2006-03-02 13:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER KN BM ID MASS PGOV
06JAKARTA2820	ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH MINISTER WIDODO [...] (C) Summary. Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, met with Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Widodo A.S. on February 23. He emphasized the importance to the United States of restored mil-mil relations with Indonesia. Both le [...]	2006-03-03 02:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ID
06JAKARTA2914	INDONESIA: ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH NEW TNI [...] (C) Summary: Air Chief Marshall Djoko Suyanto was upbeat in his assessment of U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military relations with PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon February 23. Suyanto described the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) internal reforms as &ongoing8 but cautioned that changing TNI,s cul [...]	2006-03-06 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA2917	YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA: MOVING OUR RENEWED [...] (U) Madame Secretary: Your team in Jakarta warmly welcomes your March 14-15 visit to Indonesia, the most senior USG visit since Secretary Powell's of January 4-6, 2005. We have underway preparations to ensure a visit high in substance and symbolism. Introduction ------------ 2. (C) Su [...]	2006-03-06 13:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA3344	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian President Yudhoyono March 3 described to EAP Assistant Secretary Chris Hill his plans to press the Burmese junta to reform. During his visit to Rangoon March 2, the President said he had urged General Than Shwe to make progress on the national constitution, national [...]	2006-03-15 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA3483	INDONESIA: CODEL FEINGOLD'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Defense Minister told visiting Senator Russell Feingold that progress in the counterterrorism fight by Indonesian law enforcement authorities had disrupted terrorist groups in the country. Terror groups had financial difficulties, were less able to mount attacks and [...]	2006-03-17 12:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA4466	INDONESIA CONSIDERING DARFUR PKO ISSUES [...] (C) We delivered on April 4 the points contained reftel to the Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs, Hassan Kleib, to urge Indonesian support for re-hatting as a UN PKO the African Union Mission in Sudan. We also pressed [...]	2006-04-06 10:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL KPKO ID SU
06JAKARTA5789	ASD RODMAN'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter Rodman met Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Imron Cotan on April 12. Both expressed strong interest in expanding military ties. Imron pressed for USG training for Indonesian Special Forces (Kopassus); [...]	2006-05-09 06:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS MARR PHUM KDEM KAWC TT BM TW
06JAKARTA59	YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA: LAUNCHING A RENEWED [...] (U) Madame Secretary: Your team in Jakarta warmly welcomes your January 8-10 visit to Indonesia, the most senior USG visit since Secretary Powell's of January 4-6, 2005. We have underway preparations to ensure a visit high in substance and symbolism. Introduction ------------ 2. (C) [...]	2006-01-03 11:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL ID
06JAKARTA616	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) President Yudhoyono (SBY) told the Ambassador, January 16, of an increased need for regional counterterrorism cooperation, notably in the region of Sabah/East Kalimantan, and that he would welcome U.S. assistance to this end. He asked the Ambassador to work with the Defense Minister and [...]	2006-01-17 13:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EPET PGOV PTER PHUM
06JAKARTA6433	APCSS SUPPORT FOR NSC SEMINAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 06:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA6493	SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO JAKARTA [...] (C) Summary: Mr. Secretary: Your strong support for the Administration's decision to move quickly in November to normalize military-to-military ties with Indonesia has given a new, more cooperative quality to bilateral relations across the range of our interests. You will have the opportuni [...]	2006-05-22 09:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA6770	STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) May 30, PolCouns pressed Harry Purwanto, Foreign Ministry Director for North and Central American Affairs, about our pending request for a temporary SOFA agreement in connection with the Yogyakarta earthquake relief effort. Purwanto replied that "internal consultations" were ongoing, and [...]	2006-05-30 09:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA EAID ID
06JAKARTA6773	GOI RESPONDS TO STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT REQUEST [...] (C) Subsequent to transmission of reftel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs faxed a formal reply late May 30 to our request to implement a SOFA in conjunction with the Yogyakarta earthquake relief. The reply agrees to the principle of establishing a SOFA, but modifies the agreement reached in [...]	2006-05-30 12:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA EAID ID
06JAKARTA6811	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR QUICK AGREEMENT ON SOFA [...] (C) During a May 31 visit to Yogyakarta, Ambassador pressed Presidential foreign policy adviser Dino Djalal to weigh in on the Foreign Ministry's response (ref. B) to our request for a temporary SOFA agreement in conjunction with earthquake relief efforts there. The Ambassador told Djalal th [...]	2006-05-31 09:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KTIA EAID MOPS PREL ID
06JAKARTA6912	AMBASSADOR LOBBIES FOREIGN MINISTER ON SOFA [...] (C) During a June 1 meeting with Foreign Minister Wirajuda (other subjects septel),the Ambassador noted that while the presence of U.S. military personnel in Yogyakarta for earthquake relief is expected to be short, the United States considers a SOFA important to cover those deployments. Fo [...]	2006-06-01 10:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS EAID PREL KTIA ID
06JAKARTA7015	NEGOTIATING A SOFA WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) Summary: We have attempted at senior levels to obtain the same SOFA we had twice in 2005 in order to avoid protracted negotiations over language that might threaten both our long term position and practices already occurring on the ground in Yogyakarta, notably with respect to weapons an [...]	2006-06-03 06:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA ID
06JAKARTA7561	INDONESIA: SIX MONTHS OF NORMALIZED MIL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: A bit over six months after the Administration moved to normalize military relations with Indonesia the U.S. has gained traction on a broad range of issues in ways we previously found impossible. No aspect of our bilateral relationship has experienced more pronounced change tha [...]	2006-06-15 04:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA8179	INDONESIA RESPONSIVE TO GPOI PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL [...] (C) Indonesia's coordinator for peacekeeping activities, Dr. Hassan Kleib, warmly received our offer for Indonesia to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI)(reftel). Kleib, who is Director for Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) [...]	2006-06-29 11:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA8389	FORMER GAM MEMBER KILLED IN ACEH SHOOTING [...] (C) A former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel was reportedly shot and killed by members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) during the course of an apparent dispute over a traffic violation in Northern Aceh. According to Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) head Peter Feith, AMM personnel were present at [...]	2006-07-05 10:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ID
06JAKARTA8732	INDONESIA SECURITY FORCE REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED [...] ( SBU) Post proposes the following Indonesian security force member for Department clearance for participation in EAP sponsored seminar: Global Transshipment and Enforcement: Synergies of Strategic Trace Control and Enforcement to commence on July 18. Post did not find any credible evidence o [...]	2006-07-12 09:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL KCRM MARR ID
06JEDDAH481	AMCIT REITERATES CONCERNS ABOUT SAUDI DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A U.S. citizen, who promotes American defense interests in the Kingdom, reported on a meeting he held with his SAG contact who participated in the SAG-French meeting in June about upcoming defense contracts. The AmCit told the Consul General on July 9 that the French are using [...]	2006-07-16 13:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS MCAP KCOR PGOV PINR
06KABUL1023	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PM VISIT [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Dr. John Hillen, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, Tom Canahuate, SIPDIS Action Officer,PM/RSAT, Amy Coletta, Program Analyst, PM/PPA, and Richard G. Kidd, IV, Officer Director, PM/WRA and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on Ma [...]	2006-03-08 12:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OVIP MARR AF
06KABUL1045	NATO-AFGHAN COOPERATION PROGRAM - GOA AND NATO [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Wardak and National Security Advisor called a meeting of NATO Ambassadors on March 9 to discuss draft language for the Afghan Cooperation Program negotiations, to take place in Brussels on March 13-15. The Afghan side has added a substantial amount of new lan [...]	2006-03-09 15:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF
06KABUL1089	POLICE REFORM: REGIONAL COMMANDS AND RAPID [...] (C) Summary: The GOA has a pressing need for an Afghan National Police (ANP) that can respond to counter civil disturbances as well as law enforcement cases. As foreseen ref A, Ambassador Neumann and LTG Eikenberry discussed and jointly agreed to a revised approach developed by OSC-A and IN [...]	2006-03-14 08:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SNAR PREL AF
06KABUL1103	PRT/TARIN KOWT - TALIBAN REMAIN POTENT THREAT IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. The security environment in the province of Uruzgan in southern Afghanistan remains grave. The Taliban threat has not diminished over time and may increase in the near term. The provincial government - only marginally effective on the best of days - shows signs of surrendering [...]	2006-03-14 15:55:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PTER MARR SNAR PGOV SOCI AF
06KABUL1133	GOA PROPOSES AUXILIARY POLICE, REQUESTS USG FUNDING [...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Ministry of Interior has developed a plan for 9,210 &auxiliary police8 to supplement the 62,000 policemen authorized for the Afghan National Police force. It is looking for U.S. funding to support the plan, at a cost of at least USD 25 million for the first year. Th [...]	2006-03-16 14:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SNAR PREL EFIN AF
06KABUL1356	DIAG PLENARY: "IT'S TIME FOR HONESTY" [...] (C) Summary: Reviewing the status of the DIAG process, UNAMA Deputy SRSG Alexander told the DIAG Steering Committee that the time has come for honesty. He said there has been little progress since the Parliamentary elections last September, and that until the GOA shows political commitment a [...]	2006-03-28 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AF
06KABUL1478	WARDAK-HILLEN MEETING: ANA IS IMPROVING, ISAF [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Defense Wardak said the quality of the ANA is improving and he welcomes recent Coalition planning for joint operations. In a March 20 discussion with visiting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs SIPDIS John Hillen, Minister Wardak said that [...]	2006-04-02 04:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER AF
06KABUL1669	PRT/TARIN KOWT - SECURITY PROGRAMS GETTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Establishing GOA authority, particularly police authority, in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province is very much a work in progress. The province's two police forces are semi-reformed militias allied to rival warlords. The PRT and coalition forces are making some progress in trainin [...]	2006-04-12 13:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR ASEC PTER MARR AF
06KABUL1714	KARZAI NERVOUS ON PROVINCIAL SECURITY: RESURRECTS [...] (C) In the wake of recent insurgent activity in the South, President Karzai is afraid he may be losing public confidence in his government's authority in rural provincial districts, and he is once again broaching the idea of raising informal auxiliary police units to provide security in ce [...]	2006-04-17 05:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MARR PTER EFIN AF PK
06KABUL1769	PRT/TARIN KOWT - DUTCH PREPARING FOR ISAF [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch deployment to Uruzgan province is getting underway. Under NATO'S ISAF Stage III expansion into southern Afghanistan, the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Uruzgan will transfer from U.S. to Dutch-NATO command on or about July 31, 2006. In recent months, several D [...]	2006-04-19 14:58:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	MARR PTER PREL ASEC SNAR AF NL AS
06KABUL1821	PRT/KANDAHAR - DEALING WITH THE TALIBAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The "spring offensive" announced by Taliban leaders in southern Afghanistan a month ago appears to be picking up momentum. During the previous four months the Taliban engaged primarily in small hit and run attacks and improvised explosive bombings, and this remains their pr [...]	2006-04-24 09:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC MARR PGOV AF
06KABUL1828	PRT/KANDAHAR - RECENT ATTACKS ON CANADIAN-LED [...] (S) SUMMARY. At 07:30 April 22 near Gumbad in Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar Province, an improvised explosive device (IED) killed three Canadian soldiers immediately and one perished later at a military hospital. Three Canadian soldiers were wounded, but not seriously. The four vehicle [...]	2006-04-24 14:05:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PTER MARR ASEC AF CA
06KABUL1977	PRESIDENT KARZAI'S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Karzai had a productive visit to India earlier this month to discuss a variety of bilateral and regional issues. The visit of President Karzai and his 109 member delegation, including nine parliamentarians, religious leaders, and businessmen, reinforced the close r [...]	2006-05-02 14:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID ETRD EFIN MARR AF IN
06KABUL2319	SCO AND MANAS DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 12:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS KG IR AF
06KABUL2342	PRT/QALAT Q ROMANIAN INTEREST IN PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 11:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MARR RO AF
06KABUL2386	BILATERAL DETAINEE AGREEMENTS WITH THE GOA [...] (C) Summary: Four nations ) Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the U.K. ) have signed bilateral agreements with the Government of Afghanistan concerning the transfer of detainees. With the exception of Denmark, these nations are already engaged in military action as part of OEF or are lo [...]	2006-05-25 06:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PTER PREL AF
06KABUL2407	New ISAF Headquarters Approach to PRTs: [...] Summary: The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) has assumed the mantle of command of ISAF. They are bringing a commitment and plan of action to the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) program that should bring greater coherence to the effort. We strongly support this initiative, and recom [...]	2006-05-27 11:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF
06KABUL2411	New ISAF Headquarters Approach to PRTs: [...] Summary: The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) has assumed the mantle of command of ISAF. They are bringing a commitment and plan of action to the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) program that should bring greater coherence to the effort. We strongly support this initiative, and recom [...]	2006-05-28 06:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF
06KABUL2862	PRT/KUNDUZ: NEW POLICE CHIEFS RAISE HOPES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new police chiefs in Kunduz, Baghlan and Takhar are well-educated, professional, career police officers who have risen through the ranks over the past 20 to 25 years, assiduously avoiding direct participation in partisan politics and earning a reputation for loyalty and in [...]	2006-06-25 09:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR MARR AF
06KABUL2962	PREPARATIONS FOR DIAG TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) At the June 28 pre-meeting before the bi- weekly DIAG Forum, Japanese Ambassador Okuda briefed international representatives on plans for the July 5 DIAG Conference in Toyko. In addition to the planned presentations (DAS Gastright is listed as presenting on the ANA),Canada, the Nether [...]	2006-07-01 14:56:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR AF JA
06KABUL3049	PRT/BAMYAN: OFFICIALS MAKE NZ PRT SCAPEGOAT [...] (SBU) Officials have begun their annual blame the internationals for everything campaign, this time focusing their ire on the PRT. Official carping about the PRTs (mis)perceived lack of activity in Bamyan has reached new heights, capped by recent caustic remarks from WJ and PC members to the [...]	2006-07-08 10:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID MARR ECON SOCI AF
06KABUL339	PRT/TARIN KOWT: AUSTRALIANS LOOK KEENLY AT TARIN [...] (S/NF) Summary: After Australia,s agreement in principle to send a PRT team to Afghanistan this year, the Australian Force Commander and his POLAD have proposed to Canberra to embed a small number of Australian military personnel in the Tarin Kowt PRT in order to learn more about its operation [...]	2006-01-25 10:55:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR NL AF AS
06KABUL3589	EQUIPPING THE ANA [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel, in which post and CFC were asked to provide information regarding ANA equipment needs for possible donations by NATO countries. This effort requires close coordination with OSD staff who are part of the overall security assistance progra [...]	2006-08-10 14:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SNAR PREL NATO AF
06KABUL3719	PAG MAKES FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS TO PRESIDENT KARZAI [...] (S) Summary: The security situation in the south remains fragile, with an increasingly determined enemy operating freely in key areas according to a joint CFC, ISAF, GOA brief to President Karzai in a Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on August 16. Wardak said that the enemy is succeeding in p [...]	2006-08-21 10:18:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL3824	PAG UPDATE:AUG 23 MEETING [...] (C) The full Policy Action Group (PAG) met August 23. 2. (C) Key view points and topics of discussion raised were: -- The Security Operations Group (SOG) has begun producing joint daily reports on the security situation. Defense Minister Wardak reported that the implementation and coordi [...]	2006-08-28 08:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL3934	PRT/KUNDUZ: BETTER THAN ITS REPUTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The German-led PRT in Kunduz is one of the most maligned PRTs in Afghanistan, but many of the old myths, especially regarding the PRT's military effectiveness, no longer apply. The Germans now patrol regularly throughout their area of responsibility (Kunduz and Takhar provinc [...]	2006-09-03 08:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF
06KABUL3935	HELMAND GOVERNOR ON TRIBAL WARFARE, SECURITY, NEED [...] (C) Summary: Helmand Governor Daud asked the Ambassador on August 23 for support for efforts to carve out the space the governor said he needs to build "loyal" local governance in the province. The Governor acknowledged poppy cultivation and Taliban activities are critical threats to his effor [...]	2006-09-03 08:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MARR PINR PTER AF
06KABUL4001	PAG APPROVES AUXILIARY POLICE [...] (C) The August 30 Policy Action Group (PAG),chaired by National Security Advisor Rassoul, approved in principle a concept for auxiliary police proposed by the Ministry of Interior. The MoI argued that it is essential to provide some level of security in key provinces immediately, particular [...]	2006-09-06 11:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR MARR PGOV AF
06KABUL4002	PROBATION BOARD RECOMMENDS REMOVAL OF THREE POLICE [...] (C) The Police Probation Board met on August 30 to discuss the cases of three of the 14 police officials not on the original list of 86 (reftels). At the Senior Working Group meeting in mid-August, it was decided to review the cases of Abdul Basir Salangi (Nangarhar Police Chief),Haji Mohamma [...]	2006-09-06 11:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR MARR PREL AF
06KABUL4045	NAC VISIT TO KANDAHAR PROMPTS REQUEST FOR MORE [...] (C) Over the course of two days, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) visited Kandahar Air Field (KAF),home of NATO Regional Command South (RC-South),to review PRT activities in southern Afghanistan and receive a briefing on Operation MEDUSA. On September 5, Kandahar PRT Commander LtCol Simon [...]	2006-09-10 03:41:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	MARR NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL4161	PAG REPORT SEPT 14: SECURITY SITUATION STRETCHED [...] (C) An Afghan National Directorate for Security (NDS) briefing to the September 14 Policy Action Group (PAG) continues to paint a stretched security situation in the four southern provinces of Helmand, Farah, Zabul, and Uruzgan. Military gains are being put into jeopardy due to lack of police [...]	2006-09-15 15:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL4232	AFGHAN POLICE REFORM: CIVIL ORDER MAINTENANCE - [...] (C/REL CAN) Summary: Ongoing Afghan National Police (ANP) reform efforts are focused on removing corrupt/incompetent leadership, increasing the quality of training and equipment, and "rebalancing"/augmenting the force in favor of provinces with the greatest security needs. As important as the [...]	2006-09-18 11:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV AF
06KABUL4321	SECURITY OPERATIONS GROUP SEPT 21: SOUTHERN [...] (S) Summary: Although the usual Policy Action Group (PAG) was canceled this week due to high-level travel, Minister Wardak convened the Security Operations Group (SOG) today, Sept 21, at the Ministerial level in order to keep up the momentum on security-related projects, particularly the auxi [...]	2006-09-21 14:00:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PTER MARR PGOV PK AF
06KABUL442	TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SCHOOLS SHOW SPIKE IN JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Four schools (two of which were USAID projects) were attacked and burned January 28 in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. The perpetrators are believed to be Taleban sympathizers or other anti-government groups. In the month of January alone, there were 11 attacks on schools in s [...]	2006-02-01 10:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR PTER EAID AF
06KABUL4779	TRIBAL AFFAIRS MINISTER ON SECURITY AND BORDER [...] (C) During an October 1 courtesy call, Minister of Frontier and Tribal Affairs Abdul Karim Brahowie blamed Pakistan for Afghanistan's security woes. While no concrete results have been seen from the North Waziristan agreement, the Minister sees a role for tribal leaders in reducing border ten [...]	2006-10-04 02:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL4899	PAG REPORT OCT 4: KARZAI RALLIES HIS TEAM [...] (C) At a three-hour marathon session of the PAG October 4, an engaged, focused and energetic President Karzai, appearing at times frustrated, directed both his own government and the international community to move forward rapidly on the full menu of security, reconstruction, and strategic c [...]	2006-10-08 14:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5025	PRT KANDAHAR/HELMAND: SECURITY CONCERNS TAKE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Taliban elements have re-infiltrated into parts of the districts of Panjwayi and Zharay. Security incidents in the area have increased, resulting in the deaths of six Canadian soldiers since late September. Canadian forces first shifted into a defensive position to get rein [...]	2006-10-16 04:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5106	PRT JALALABAD: NANGARHAR GOVERNOR,S SECURITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nangahar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai called a special meeting with 200 elders and mullahs from the three southern districts on October 2 to discuss the escalating violence in the province, especially in the south. Representatives from each of the districts spoke, with members of t [...]	2006-10-22 02:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5215	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KANDAHAR GOVERNOR [...] (C/NF) During an October 22 meeting in Kandahar, Ambassador Neumann and Governor Khalid discussed the Afghan National Auxiliary Police Program (ANAP) and agreed that recruits for the ANAP needed to come from all regions of the province and not be based on one tribe or individual if we are to [...]	2006-10-26 08:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5216	PRT JALALABAD: PTS RECONCILIATION PROGRAM NANGAHAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jalalabad PRT Officer met with Khuja Mohammed Naim Sadiq, the Director of the Jalalabad PTS Office, on October 19. Mr. Khuja reported that 115 former Taliban have been processed through his office, although only 25 are on record as having been reconciled through the PTS head [...]	2006-10-26 08:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5277	SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Your November 1-3 visit to Afghanistan will be greeted by a President and Afghan government with security and reconstruction very much on their minds. The country is facing some of its most serious challenges since the fall of the Taliban. Since his return from Washington, President Kar [...]	2006-10-30 14:50:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF ECON IR
06KABUL5397	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE VISIT OF PM/WRA [...] (U) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes PM/WRA Policy Advisor Eric Patterson and Technical Advisor Eric Arnett and grants country clearance for the visit from November 15 to November 18,2006. 2. (U) Control officer for the visit is Political-Military Affairs Officer Todd Bullock. Mr. Bullock's co [...]	2006-11-07 12:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PARM PREL MARR MASS ASEC AF
06KABUL5399	PRT LASHKAR GAH - NORTH QUIET AFTER ISAF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The situation in Musa Qala district in the north of Helmand Province, the site of serious clashes between ISAF and Taliban forces, remains relatively stable following ISAF,s recent withdrawal from the district center (DC). The withdrawal followed an arrangement between the l [...]	2006-11-07 14:38:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5414	OUR TAKE ON AFGHANISTAN OBJECTIVES AT THE RIGA [...] (C) Summary: The upcoming NATO Summit in Riga offers a prime opportunity to advance our agenda in Afghanistan with our NATO Allies. We believe it essential to continue to project a steady, measured message on the need to eliminate caveats some nations have imposed on the deployment of their [...]	2006-11-09 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAID AF
06KABUL5435	PRT KHOST: NEW ABP COMMANDER OPTIMISTIC DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Despite inheriting a demoralized force on the heels of a 200- to 250-man walkout (a fifth of the force),incoming acting Afghan Border Police (ABP) Commander Kasim Khil is optimistic he can bring back and improve troop strength and effectiveness. In what appears to be a model app [...]	2006-11-12 13:13:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5444	RASSOUL REVIEWS AFGHAN SECURITY SITUATION WITH [...] (C) National Security Advisor Rassoul used his November 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Affairs Richard Boucher to review Afghanistan's evolving security situation, which he characterized as generally improving due to NATO operations in the South, but still affected b [...]	2006-11-13 12:08:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
06KABUL5452	PRESIDENT KARZAI WITH A/S BOUCHER ON SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher used his November 8 meeting with President Karzai to report on his discussions in Islamabad on the cross-border jirgas, and urged early direct discussions before differences on expectations and plans become s [...]	2006-11-14 04:27:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5504	DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER SHAHRANI - BUDGET ON TRACK BUT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 09:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON MASS MARR PGOV AF
06KABUL5566	NEW ANP PAY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM A POSITIVE STEP [...] Summary: A recent reform of the pay distribution system in Afghanistan makes it possible for Afghan National Police employees in the provinces to receive their pay directly from a branch of the central bank or one of several commercial banks. Previously, pay was distributed by means of middl [...]	2006-11-22 12:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR MARR AF
06KABUL5584	MUSA QALA AGREEMENT: OPPOSING INTERESTS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two delegations of Helmand Province elders and residents affected by the Musa Qala Agreement, each reflecting opposing forces fighting for control of the district, offered PolCounselor and Lashkar Gah PRTOFF very different assessments of the impact of the Agreement. The first [...]	2006-11-27 01:34:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR EAID AF
06KABUL5593	Getting the Interior Ministry to Pay Its Police: Case Study [...] (SBU) Summary: Fixing the profoundly dysfunctional Ministry of Interior (MoI) is a long-term project. We want to encourage Afghans to look to their own ministries, and not to us, to resolve problems; however, we find ourselves forced to intervene even in basic administrative functions to prev [...]	2006-11-27 07:45:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR AF
06KABUL5632	POLICY ACTION GROUP NOVEMBER 22: ADZ'S AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 22 Policy Action Group decided to: - Consider expanding the Afghan Development Zone (ADZ) concept to Regional Command - East (RC-East) while maintaining the focus on RC South; - Limit, for now, the Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) recruitment, trainin [...]	2006-11-30 03:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR SNAR PTER AF
06KABUL5653	PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR QUESTIONS JIRGAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During November 28-29 meetings with the Ambassador, Pakistan Ambassador to Afganistan Sardar Tariq Azizuddin, noting that he was speaking personally without instructions, raised fundamental questions on the meaning and purpose of the cross-border jirgas. Searching for possible al [...]	2006-12-03 06:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ASEC MARR MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06KABUL5671	PRESIDENTIAL MEETING ON DIAG CONFIRMS GOA SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: GOA Ministers and international representatives, in a meeting on the Disbandment of Illegally Armed Groups (DIAG) process chaired by President Karzai, called on the Afghan leadership to recommit to the program, stating that it is in the interest of the Afghan people and essenti [...]	2006-12-04 10:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR AF
06KABUL5676	KUNAR GOV DEEDAR MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) Governor DEEDAR Shahlizay of Kunar Province met with the Ambassador on October 31 at the Embassy, and reviewed his efforts to improve security in Kunar and his ideas for spurring economic growth in the province. Deedar,s main complaint was of interference by the Ministry of Interior (MO [...]	2006-12-04 11:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5678	PAG NOVEMBER 30: TESTING MUSA QALA [...] (S) SUMMARY: The November 30 PAG focused on the Musa Qala agreement and the need to reach a PAG common line. The PAG reviewed an ISAF paper but put off any decision on it for the following week. We think the paper does not reflect recent intelligence showing that the Taliban are seeking to [...]	2006-12-04 11:51:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF MOPS
06KABUL5716	FM SPANTA DISCUSSES JIRGAS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (U) This cable contains action requests (see para 12). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) FM Spanta has been seized with preparations for the cross-border jirgas and his December 7 meeting with Pakistan FM Kasuri. Afghanistan very much wants the jirgas to be national in nature, but is wi [...]	2006-12-07 04:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5734	KHOST SECURITY AGREEMENT NOT LIKE MUSA QALA: [...] (C) Summary: Governor Jamal underlined that the November 23 Khost Security Resolution was "totally different" from the Musa Qala agreement, and that there was nothing in the resolution that would limit the operation of ISAF/Coalition forces or Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). He asked [...]	2006-12-07 10:41:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	MARR MOPS NATO EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL5751	DEC 6 PAG: NAC SHOULD TEST MUSA QALA [...] (C) The December 6 PAG continued to negotiate the tests necessary to determine whether Musa Qala district is operating under the control of the central government. A new document was issued but remains flawed as it still misses the essential ingredient needed to test the agreement )- a small [...]	2006-12-09 11:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5777	NOTIFICATION TO GOA OF TRANSFER OF 7 DETAINEES [...] (S/REL GOA) Polmiloff delivered reftel A message on December 10 to Wakil Shakir and Mohammad Zia Salehi, who are now handling detainee affairs at the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) related to the Takhim e-Solh (Peace Through Strength) PTS reconciliation program. In a discussio [...]	2006-12-11 04:22:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PTER KAWC PINR PREL MARR AF
06KABUL5823	KARZAI AND SPANTA ON FM KASURI VISIT ON JIRGAS: NO [...] (S) President Karzai believes the Pakistanis are having trouble accepting the idea of large cross-border jirgas, due to their deep fear of the Pashtuns, and that we have to work to remove these fears. During his recent meeting with Pakistani FM Kasuri, Karzai did not accept the GOP proposal [...]	2006-12-12 15:40:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5824	PRT LASHKAR GAH: SUICIDE BOMBING INCIDENT AT [...] (SBU) At 1250hrs on December 12, an explosion occurred inside the Helmand Governor's compound in Lashkar Gah, within the courtyard but outside the building. It appears that a suicide bomber was responsible. One account reports that one of the guards was trying to usher the bomber away from t [...]	2006-12-12 16:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5839	AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN JIRGA DOCUMENTS [...] (C) As reported reftel, below are the GOA and GOP jirga documents provided to us by Foreign Minister Spanta. The documents have not been provided to other nations, nor to the UN, although many have been given oral briefings. 2. Text of Afghanistan Jirga Document: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AF [...]	2006-12-13 13:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5853	PRT/KHOST: KHOST EAGER TO CONVERT ARBAKI INTO ANAP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial and Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials had selected the first 460 members of a future Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) force for Khost, but MOI, implementing a November 11 agreement under the direction of the Policy Action Group (PAG),has since told Khost Af [...]	2006-12-14 11:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER AF MARR SNAR
06KABUL5855	PRT CHAGHCHARAN: PLAN AFOOT TO WITHDRAW ICELANDIC [...] (U) This cable contains and action request -- see para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Reports are circulating at PRT Chaghcharan that the Icelandic government may be preparing to withdraw the Icelandic Mobile Patrol Team (Mobile Liaison Observation Team/MLOT) from Afghanistan at the end of April. Be [...]	2006-12-15 07:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR AF IC PGOV
06KABUL5889	SENATOR MCCAIN AND KARZAI DIFFER OVER PAKISTAN [...] (C) Over a December 15 dinner, Senator McCain and President Karzai disagreed over the extent to which the Government of Pakistan was supporting the Taliban and terrorism in Afghanistan. Karzai,s theme throughout the evening was that Afghans see Pakistan as entirely intertwined with Taliban e [...]	2006-12-18 11:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK
06KABUL5900	NEW HELMAND GOVERNOR: SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assadulla Wafa was appointed as the new Governor of Helmand Province on December 16. He is currently in Kabul but plans to move to Lashkah Gar in the next few days. Wafa was most recently Advisor, Minister, and Prime Assistant to the Minister of Frontiers and Tribal Affairs and [...]	2006-12-19 14:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF UK

06KABUL5926	PRT/KUNDUZ: HOSPITAL REFORM WORKING IN NORTHEAST [...] (SBU) The provincial hospitals in Kunduz and Takhar Provinces are two of five pilot projects under the World-Bank funded Hospital Reform Program. They receive extensive support from the Ministry of Public Health and are relatively well-equipped, have capable and well-paid staff, and appear to [...]	2006-12-21 13:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5929	POSITIVE REACTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL PAG IN KANDAHAR [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) According to a sampling of official, press, and political analyst reactions to President Karzai's December 11-13 PAG visit to Kandahar, most Afghans viewed his visit to the South positively. They felt it was about time he criticized Pakistan publicly and want him and his Mini [...]	2006-12-23 07:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5951	DECEMBER 21 PAG AGREES TO TEST MUSA QALA AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The December 21 PAG agreed to move forward to test the Musa Qala (MQ) Agreement, although several members called for flexibility in the target date established for Test 3 (January 31) and for the new Helmand Governor to first lay the groundwork with the tribal elders, since Test 3 [...]	2006-12-26 08:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5952	PRT/QALAT: SUICIDE BOMBING IN QALAT BAZAAR [...] (S/REL TO USA, ISAF, NATO) SUMMARY: On December 14, a suicide bomber detonated himself in the Qalat bazaar killing four locals, including a 12 year old child. Thirty others were wounded, but all were treated at the provincial hospital without outside assistance, a noteworthy accomplishment. [...]	2006-12-26 09:14:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5958	DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Charge, A/Polmilcouns, and Polmiloff met on 26 December with Deputy National Security Adviser (DSNA) Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada to follow up on his agreement (reftel A) to convene GOA representatives to identify which Afghan laws could provide the legal basis for detention and prosecuti [...]	2006-12-27 08:48:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF
06KABUL5959	PRT/ASADABAD: KORENGAL MURDERS CONTINUE, TALK OF [...] (C) This year several employees of the Korengal Outpost (KOP) in Kunar Province have been murdered for their association with ISAF forces. Other Korengalis have been murdered this year because of their support for ISAF and the GOA. Following the recent killing of another four employees of th [...]	2006-12-27 09:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5971	PRT/HERAT: ONGOING SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The normal tranquility of Herat has been disturbed in recent weeks by political cross-currents that exist below the surface. The tribal tensions in the aftermath of Amanullah Khan,s murder in Shindand District, Iranian nervousness over border training activities at a U.S. facil [...]	2006-12-27 12:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PINR PINS PREL AF IR
06KABUL5980	FINDING COMMON GROUND ON CORRUPTION TRIALS BETWEEN [...] (C) Afghanistan,s Attorney General Sabit has made a number of comments recently to officials of the U.S. and other governments that are critical of the policies and practices of Chief Justice Azimi in connection with anti-corruption cases filed in some provinces by Sabit. Some of these commen [...]	2006-12-28 08:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5982	PRT/ASADABAD: TALIBAN INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO [...] (C) The murder of two female teachers on December 9, along with three of their family members, was the first direct attack on education in Kunar in recent memory. This, and an increasing number of night letters in Kunar,s main towns, has created an increased climate of fear in the province. G [...]	2006-12-28 08:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5986	PRT/NURISTAN: INAUGURATION OF PRT NURISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Provincial Reconstruction Team Nuristan was officially inaugurated at Qala Gush in Western Nuristan on November 19. The Qala Gush site is the larger of two temporary PRT sites in Nuristan Province conducting Civil Affairs activities (the other being near Kamdesh in the eastern pa [...]	2006-12-28 14:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID MARR AF
06KABUL725	ISAF RESPONSE TO ANTI-CARTOON RIOTS: "RESTRAINT," [...] Summary: Last week,s cartoon-related demonstrations, several of them violent and with loss of life, provide an opportunity to assess ISAF,s capability and willingness to respond to violent confrontations in its current areas of responsibility (RACs North and West, and Kabul). In Maimana, the [...]	2006-02-17 11:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF
06KABUL749	DOHA II PLANNING - DONATION REQUESTS TO FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior German Police Advisor Ambassador Frick told USG representatives that Doha II is conceived as a donors, conference with emphasis on the Afghan Border Police and shortfalls in the Law and Order Trust Fund Afghanistan (LOTFA),but not customs issues. He said it will be a [...]	2006-02-21 10:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR EFIN MARR AF
06KABUL875	PRT/LASHKAR GAH - CITIZENS SEE BOOTS ON THE [...] (SBU) As the PRT continues its transition to the UK, an advance group of British soldiers has begun dismounted patrols in Helmand Province's capital, Lashkar Gah. Early indications appear positive. Up to the arrival of the UK troops, there have been no such patrols, as US forces use mounted [...]	2006-03-01 15:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PTER AF
06KATHMANDU1239	DEFENSE SECRETARY: GOVERNMENT'S RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C) Bishnu Dutta Uprety, Ministry of Defense Secretary, told A/DCM and Pol/Econ Chief May 12 that the Ministry of Defense would soon become a "player." Uprety said that Prime Minister Koirala had stressed to him that the focal point for military policy issues must be the Ministry of Defense, a [...]	2006-05-12 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR NP
06KATHMANDU2286	NEPAL'S PETROLEUM CRISIS NOT YET SOLVED [...] (C) Nepali Finance Minister Mahat told the Ambassador August 21 the Government of Nepal (GON) had mishandled its attempt to abolish most of the subsidies on petroleum products. He expressed regret that it had not been possible to retain at least some portion of the price increase. Mahat said [...]	2006-08-23 12:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EAGR EAID PGOV PREL ECON MARR NP
06KATHMANDU2425	MAOIST LEADERSHIP RATCHETS UP THE PRESSURE; SAYS [...] (C) The leadership of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has decided after its recent Central Committee meeting to increase its pressure on the Government of Nepal. The most striking result of the August 27-31 meeting was the leaders' announcements September 2 and 3 that Maoist combatants w [...]	2006-09-07 12:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU2557	NEWLY APPOINTED ARMY CHIEF STILL FACING HUMAN [...] (C) PM Koirala swore in Rookmangud Katawal as the new Chief of Army Staff on September 18. Katawal, who has repeatedly affirmed his intention to loyally serve the democratic Government of Nepal (GON) received cabinet approval on September 5. The government's decision came in the face of com [...]	2006-09-20 12:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MARR NP
06KATHMANDU2558	INDIAN AMBASSADOR AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) In a meeting on September 18, Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador that he had heard that the recent meeting between Prime Minister Koirala and Prachanda had been successful. Two-on-two talks were planned, he said for September 26, 27 and 28 between the Government of Nepal (GON [...]	2006-09-20 13:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON MARR IN NP
06KATHMANDU2589	SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASSERTS MINISTRY'S CONTROL OF [...] (C) Ministry of Defense Secretary Upreti invited Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief to a meeting on September 18 to learn more about U.S.- Nepal security assistance and agreements. ODC Chief emphasized U.S. security assistance hinged on the promotion of human rights. He asked if the M [...]	2006-09-22 11:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS NP
06KATHMANDU2590	FAR-WESTERN NEPAL: IN TROUBLE, BUT NOT HOPELESS [...] (SBU) During a trip to the far-western region of Nepal September 12-15, Ambassador Moriarty met with government and military officials, business and political leaders, human rights organizations, and USAID project partners to gauge the situation on the ground and the impact of U.S. assistance [...]	2006-09-22 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON MARR MCAP PHUM SENV EAID NP
06KATHMANDU2903	PEACE AGREEMENT MOVING CLOSER? [...] (C) Dr. Shehkar Koirala, Prime Minister G.P. Koirala's nephew and a key member of the Government of Nepal (GON)'s informal talks team, told the DCM October 27 that the two sides were converging on a peace deal. He claimed the GON and the Maoists had managed to reach agreement on nearly all of [...]	2006-10-31 11:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR NP
06KATHMANDU2904	CPN-UML AND NC-D WEIGH IN ON ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) On October 27, the Ambassador met with General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party - United Marxist SIPDIS Leninist (CPN-UML) MK Nepal and Nepal Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba to discuss the Ambassador's consultations in the U.S. and the status of peace tal [...]	2006-11-01 01:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR NP
06KATHMANDU2909	PRIME MINISTER'S CLOSE ADVISOR AND HOME MINISTER [...] (C) Over the recent Nepali holidays, Embassy LES discussed the arms management process with the Prime Minister's nephew and close advisor, Dr. Shekhar Koirala, as well as Home Minister Sitaula, the Government of Nepal's chief peace negotiator. Both argued for a phased strategy, highlighting [...]	2006-11-01 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR NP
06KATHMANDU2962	PRIME MINISTER ANGRY INDIA AND EU COSYING UP TO [...] (C) The Ambassador stressed to Prime Minister Koirala in a meeting November 3 that any arms management agreement with the Maoists had to begin to drain the fear and would thus require substantial domestic and international monitoring. The Ambassador's third point was that the Government of Nep [...]	2006-11-03 12:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR EU IN NP
06KATHMANDU2972	CHALLENGES FACING THE NEPALI POLICE: SECURING LAW [...] (SBU) From September 20 to 29, 2006 TDYers Christa Skerry and Holly Benner from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) met with officials from the USG, Nepal security forces, Nepal government officials, journalists, local and international NGOs, the United [...]	2006-11-06 11:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR NP UN
06KATHMANDU2973	LAW AND ORDER DURING THE TRANSITION: CHALLENGES [...] (C) Interviewees, including Nepal security forces, Government of Nepal officials, journalists, local and international NGOs, UN agencies and the UK Embassy, who met recently with TDYers from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) described a sharp downward [...]	2006-11-07 01:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UN NP MARR PREF PTER
06KATHMANDU3000	U.S.-NEPAL POLICY AT THE CROSSROADS: SUPPORTING A [...] (C) With the governing Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists in their second straight day of marathon peace talks, there is increasing expectation in Kathmandu that a peace deal might be on the way. While the text of an actual agreement or agreements could be delayed, the outlines of how Maois [...]	2006-11-07 11:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR EAID UN EU NP
06KATHMANDU3013	GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS SIGN PEACE DEAL: WHERE'S [...] (C) Following two days of marathon talks and weeks of anticipation, the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists signed a package agreement in the early morning hours of November 8th (full text below). While punting many vital implementation details to a November 16 "comprehensive peace agreement [...]	2006-11-08 11:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR NP
06KATHMANDU3014	CORRECTED COPY: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS SIGN PEACE [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Kathmandu 3013 with text of the agreement attached. Summary And Introduction ------------------------ 2. (C) Following two days of marathon talks and weeks of anticipation, the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists signed a package agreement in the early mo [...]	2006-11-08 13:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR NP
06KATHMANDU3034	INDIA URGES RAPID ACTION IN THE UN [...] (C) In a November 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee emphasized the need for rapid action in the United Nations regarding Maoist arms management and peace and election monitoring in Nepal. Ambassador Moriarty stressed the need for a UN Security Council res [...]	2006-11-13 10:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR IN NP
06KATHMANDU3061	NOW IS THE TIME FOR UN MONITORS IN NEPAL [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. State of Play On Expanded UN Role --------------------------------- 2. (C) On November 17, Acting Foreign Secretary Bhagirath Basnet confirmed to the DCM that Ambassador Acharya, Nepal's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, had del [...]	2006-11-17 11:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU3062	UN REP. AND BRITISH AMBASSADOR DEALING WITH [...] (C) On November 15, the UN Secretary General's personal representative Ian Martin and UK Ambassador Andrew Hall gave their views on the Maoists, the peace process and challenges for Nepal to Assistant Secretary Boucher and the Ambassador. Martin was not willing to wager on the Maoist intentions [...]	2006-11-17 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR PREF UN UK NP
06KATHMANDU3063	NEPAL PEACE PROCESS STALLED [...] (C) According to a joint statement the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists issued on November 16, the signing of the comprehensive peace accord, which was supposed to take place that day, was postponed until November 21. According to political leaders on November 16 and Dr. Shehkar Koirala, [...]	2006-11-17 11:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU3064	NEW OHCHR HEAD NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PEACE [...] (C) On November 17, Lena Sundh, the new Swedish head of the Nepal Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),told the Ambassador that impunity remained a big problem on both sides of the conflict in Nepal -- for both the security forces and the Maoists. Sundh stated that she wa [...]	2006-11-20 10:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER MARR PINR NP
06KATHMANDU3104	IMPLEMENTING NEPAL'S PEACE [...] (C) Three days after the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed the "Comprehensive Peace Agreement," the Government and the Maoists are moving to implement its provisions, but considerable challenges lie ahead. Maoist extortion and violence as well as illegal recruitment are continu [...]	2006-11-24 11:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR EAID UN NP
06KATHMANDU3112	FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH UN [...] (C) During a November 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mahat gave his views on what the United Nations was doing and should be doing soon to assist the peace process. He expressed appreciation for Secretary General Annan's November 22 letter to the UN Security Council Presiden [...]	2006-11-27 06:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR EAID UN IN FI NP
06KATHMANDU3115	FINANCE MINISTER WANTS UN TO SET STRICT STANDARDS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador November 26, Finance Minister Mahat asked the United States to use its influence on the United Nations to ensure that only true Maoist combatants be permitted to go into cantonments. Mahat expressed concern that the latest draft of the tripartite (Governme [...]	2006-11-27 12:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU3116	NEGOTIATORS FOCUSED ON HOW MANY COMBATANTS WILL [...] (C) The political adviser to the UN peace team told DCM November 27 that the Government of Nepal and the Maoists were arguing over how many combatants would get jobs in the security forces. John Norris said the issue preventing an arms management agreement was not who was a combatant. The po [...]	2006-11-27 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU3148	UN MOVING AHEAD ON CANTONMENT OF MAOIST COMBATANTS [...] (C) Key staff of the Office of Personal Representative of the UN Secretary General briefed members of the diplomatic corps and the donor community December 1 on the status of cantonment of Maoist combatants. Ian Martin's security advisor Dan Huntington, political advisor John Norris and milit [...]	2006-12-04 09:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU3165	NEPAL'S NATIONAL PARKS MAY GET UPGRADE IN [...] (SBU) Barna Bahadur Thapa, Warden of the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve in south-eastern Nepal, told Emboff on December 3 that poaching was a big problem in the park. Thapa stressed that most poaching was for food (wild buffalo, fish, or birds) or shelter (trees or thatch grass). Under Nepali l [...]	2006-12-06 09:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV MARR NP
06KATHMANDU3199	PEACE PROCESS: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert told the Ambassador December 8 that the Government of Nepal (GON),the Maoists and the UN had established an effective working group to handle the nitty-gritty of the People's Liberation Army cantonments. The approximately USD 2.4 million i [...]	2006-12-11 10:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU3209	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES JAPAN TO ASSIST WITH [...] (C) In a December 12 meeting with the Japanese Ambassador to Nepal, Tsutomu Hiraoka, Ambassador Moriarty expressed optimism that Nepal's transition could proceed if arms management were successful and monitors flooded the Nepali countryside. The Ambassador indicated U.S. support was likely [...]	2006-12-13 07:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR PREF JA NP
06KATHMANDU3210	NEPAL: UN SECY GENERAL'S REP. DISCUSSES NEED FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador December 11, the UN Secretary General's personal representative Ian Martin SIPDIS welcomed the U.S. plan to provide assistance to Nepal's peace process in two principal areas: electoral support and local security and governance. He agreed it would be cru [...]	2006-12-13 07:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN IN UK NP
06KATHMANDU3216	NEPAL: NEXT STEPS ON INTERIM CONSTITUTION, [...] (C) Speaker of the Parliament Subash Nemwang informed the Ambassador December 12 that the current parliament should have five to six days to consider the interim constitution before the Parliament promulgated it. Nemwang also suggested that the current parliament could enact some of the requir [...]	2006-12-14 05:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU3237	CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF COMMENTS ON THE KING [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 13, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Katawal dismissed the recent coup rumors sparked by the King's issuing commands to prepare his palace at Hetauda (reftel). The COAS said he had reassured Koirala of his and the Nepal Army's trustworthiness and had [...]	2006-12-18 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL IN NP
06KATHMANDU3238	CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF COMMENTS ON ARMS MANAGEMENT, [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Katawal told the Ambassador December 13 that he had emphasized to Prime Minister Koirala earlier that day that the Maoists had to be completely separated from their weapons before they were included in the interim parliament and the interim government. K [...]	2006-12-18 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU3252	AMBASSADOR HEARS ABOUT MADHESIS AND MAOISTS IN [...] (C) Political leaders, business representatives, student leaders and government officials in Janakpur, southeast of Kathmandu, near the Indian border, expressed concern to the Ambassador over the lack of Madhesi representation in the Government of Nepal (GON) and their disadvantaged economic s [...]	2006-12-20 08:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PTER MARR PREF NP
06KATHMANDU3253	PRIME MINISTER TAKES FIRM STAND ON ARMS [...] (C) Prime Minister GP Koirala, who was recovering from a cold, stressed to the Ambassador December 20 that he would not permit the Maoists to enter the interim government until arms management was complete. He confirmed, however, that he had agreed to promulgate the interim constitution and st [...]	2006-12-20 08:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR PREF CASC UN BT NP
06KATHMANDU3256	NEPAL'S INTERIM CONSTITUTION INITIALED [...] (SBU) On December 16, the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists signed the much-anticipated interim constitution. While the 77-page document places the fate of the monarchy in the hands of the constituent assembly, it strips the King of all powers vested in the head of state and transfers [...]	2006-12-20 09:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR UN IN NP
06KATHMANDU3324	NEPAL: PEACE PROCESS MOVES FORWARD IN FITS AND [...] (C) PM Koirala's foreign policy advisor told Charge December 28 that the Government of Nepal would not promulgate the interim constitution until UN arms management had begun in earnest. Chalise noted that Koirala had charged Maoist Supremo Prachanda with undermining the planned June 2007 Cons [...]	2006-12-29 10:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
06KATHMANDU566	INDIAN AMBASSADOR: SUMMIT AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (S/NF) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee believes it important that we show the King and the people of Nepal that we remain closely lashed up with respect to handling the situation here. In a February 27 conversation, Mukherjee suggested that it would be particularly useful if the President and Pr [...]	2006-02-27 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PINS IN NP
06KATHMANDU689	PDAS CAMP VISIT: INDIAN, UK ENVOYS ON STATE OF [...] (S) Visiting SCA PDAS Camp and the Ambassador alerted the Indian and British ambassadors in a March 9 meeting that the Chief of Army Staff had acknowledged that the Royal Nepalese Army's stocks of ammunition were so low as to have reached a "crisis" point. Indian Ambassador Mukherjee maintain [...]	2006-03-15 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR NP
06KATHMANDU838	UPBEAT CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF SEES POSSIBILITY FOR [...] (C) In a March 28 meeting, Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa told the Ambassador that he thought Nepal could successfully address the Maoist insurgency if enough military, diplomatic, political and economic pressure could be brought to bear on the Maoists. He cited a number of recen [...]	2006-03-29 11:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MASS MOPS MARR NP
06KATHMANDU962	POKHARA: STUNNED NEPALI TOURIST TOWN COPES WITH [...] (C) Summary: During an April 8-10 visit to the tourist city of Pokhara, A/DCM witnessed an almost total lockdown of the city in the wake of occasionally violent demonstrations, the fatal shooting of one protestor, vandalism of government property and widespread road blockages during a genera [...]	2006-04-13 11:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PINS PREL NP
06KHARTOUM1285	SUDAN/DARFUR: MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 14:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU MOPS KPKO NATO MARR AU
06KHARTOUM1389	AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS ON AMIS TO [...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 briefing of the diplomatic community, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Djinnit and UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno said their joint mission seeks to strengthen AMIS and prepare for a possible transition to a UN peacekeeping operati [...]	2006-06-12 11:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1391	AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS ON AMIS TO [...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 briefing of the diplomatic community, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Djinnit and UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno said their joint mission seeks to strengthen AMIS and prepare for a possible transition to a UN peacekeeping operati [...]	2006-06-12 12:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1403	MEETING WITH YASSIR ARMAN ON EASTERN SUDAN, [...] (C) Charge Hume met with SPLM parliamentary leader Yassir Arman on June 13. Arman was hurrying to the airport to fly to Asmara for the opening of the Eritrean-sponsored talks on eastern Sudan. He expected the opening round to last for perhaps a week. The Sudanese delegation included former F [...]	2006-06-13 17:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR US ER SU
06KHARTOUM1475	SUDAN/DARFUR: SUDAN REJECTS UN PKO; UN DEVISES [...] (C) Summary: In separate readouts, joint AU-UN Technical Assessment Mission officials stated that Sudan had decided not to permit a transition from the African Union Mission to Sudan to a UN peacekeeping operation, and a UN military planner provided details about its plans for a transition to [...]	2006-06-22 18:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1534	SLM DENIES MEDIA REPORT OF SUSPENSION OF DPA [...] (SBU) On June 28, online news service Sudan Tribune posted an article dated June 27 stating that the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) headed by Mini Minawi had suspended implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Alluding to a press release, which was neither re-printed nor made other [...]	2006-06-28 14:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV SOCI MARR AU SU
06KHARTOUM1550	SUDAN: AUSTRALIAN SHADOW FM DISCUSSES DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: Australian Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd discussed security and humanitarian access issues with the Charge on June 29. The discussion included the possibility of China's assuming a constructive role in Darfur in addition to its current economic partnership with [...]	2006-07-02 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV SOCI MARR AU AS SU
06KHARTOUM1699	UNSR PRONK CONSULTS WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: During a July 15 consultation with the diplomatic community, UN Special Representative Jan Pronk characterized AMIS as weak and unable to address the realities in Darfur, which now featured fighting among SLM factions. He faulted the Ceasefire Commission and said that Darfur Pea [...]	2006-07-18 07:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1756	MFA DDR UPDATE: UNREPENTANT ARAB TRIBAL REPS DENY [...] (C) Summary: On July 18, Embassy officers and DLO attended a briefing at the MFA for the international community by representatives of the Arab Shura Council of North Darfur organized by the Commission for Northern Darfur Disarmament. Instead of an informative presentation on the status of t [...]	2006-07-23 10:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1852	GNU ADVISOR DETAILS HISTORY OF TROUBLED BILATERAL [...] (C) On August 3, Charge Hume briefed Yahya Hussein Babiker on the Washington visits of First Vice President Kiir and Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minawi. He also noted USG efforts to convince Chad to end support to rebels operating along the Chad-Sudan border (reftel),as well as [...]	2006-08-03 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1938	DynCorp Article Resonates, Perhaps Badly [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 5. 2. (SBU) On August 12, the online news service Sudan Tribune carried an article titled, "US Firm to Turn South Sudan Rebels into Soldiers." The article states that Reuters interviewed DynCorp Vice President for International Business Development A [...]	2006-08-14 16:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR EAID PGOV KPKO US SU
06KHARTOUM2380	DESIGNATION OF DEFENSE ATTACHE FOR SUDANESE [...] (SBU) On September 27, CDA met with MFA on a number of issues, including the fact that post's new Defense Liaison Officer has been waiting approval of his entry visa for Sudan for more than four months. During the discussion, the MFA expressed interest in assigning a Defense Attache to the Su [...]	2006-09-27 15:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OFDP MARR SU
06KHARTOUM2464	DARFUR: SOUTHERN SUDAN VP WARNS THAT DARFUR [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion September 29, Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar warned flatly that "Darfur can destroy the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)." Machar spoke to Sudan Programs Group (AF/SPG) Director Lauren Landis, who was visiting Juba. Sudan Pre [...]	2006-10-06 09:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SU UG CG
06KHARTOUM2468	SUDAN/UGANDA: MONITORS SAY LRA HAS DISPERSED FROM [...] (C) Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) combatants who had assembled at Owiny-Kibul just north of the Sudan-Uganda border have now dispersed, according to Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) chief Gen. Oyai Deng. Deng said at least one LRA group, under senior commander "Dominic" was reported near [...]	2006-10-09 14:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SU UG CG
06KHARTOUM2599	SUDAN/UGANDA: RENEWAL OF CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Government of Uganda (GoU),the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),and the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) renewed their Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CHA) in Juba on November 1 after a night of intensive negotiations. The full text of the new agreeme [...]	2006-11-01 15:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO SU CG UG
06KHARTOUM2650	SUDAN/UGANDA/CONGO: LRA PEACE TALKS RECESS, [...] (C) Summary: Peace talks between the Government of Uganda (GOU) and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) recessed November 8 after the parties failed to reach agreement on a lengthy protocol addressing "root causes" of the 20-year LRA insurgency. LRA combatants missed a November 8 deadline [...]	2006-11-09 16:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CG UG SU
06KHARTOUM2682	SOUTHERN SUDAN: SOLDIER KILLED IN ATTACK ON SPLA [...] (C) A Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) soldier died November 12 in an attack on SPLA barracks at a village just east of Juba, according to the head of SPLA military intelligence. Brig. Gen. Malual Majok told PolOff another soldier and three civilians were injured in the incident. Malual [...]	2006-11-15 15:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR SU
06KHARTOUM2689	CONTINUED GOVERNMENT OBSTRUCTION OF VISAS FOR DOD [...] (C) In the last year, Department of Defense Military Attaches assigned to Sudan have been subjected to a concerted effort by the Sudanese government to refuse or delay issuance of visas for travel to Sudan. This effort prevents military personnel from filling critical advisory roles for the Ch [...]	2006-11-16 15:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ODIP CASC OTRA CVIS MARR SU US
06KHARTOUM2700	SOUTHERN SUDAN: CLASH BETWEEN SPLA AND ARMED [...] (U) A November 16 shooting on the edge of Juba resulted in two persons dying and approximately five being wounded in the latest incident of violence in Southern Sudan. The incident involved a Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) unit and another unidentified military or para-military unit. S [...]	2006-11-19 16:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR SU
06KHARTOUM2701	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LAWYER BRIEFS LRA,S KONY ON ICC [...] (C) Ugandan human rights lawyer Barney Afako held a detailed one-hour discussion with LRA leader Joseph Kony November 14 about the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the legal consequences of ICC indictments. Afako is a consultant to the UN mediation team assisting peace talks [...]	2006-11-19 16:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR SU CG UG
06KHARTOUM2804	Malakal Update: Fragile Calm Returning [...] (SBU) Summary: Malakal is returning to a fragile calm, with the possibility of violence still looming. The ceasefire is holding as of December 5, civilians are returning to the town, and humanitarian organizations are being encouraged to resume operations. The Sudan People's Liberation Army [...]	2006-12-06 11:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MARR EAID SU
06KHARTOUM2816	DARFUR: STAFFING CFC AND JC MEETINGS [...] (C) Following the May 5 signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement and the arrival of new African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander Major General Aprezi, Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings take place twice each week in El Fasher, Darfur. In the past, the U.S. Observer to these import [...]	2006-12-07 16:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO APER MARR SU AU US
06KHARTOUM394	FOUR TIMES A CHARM: PRESIDENT BASHIR VISITS [...] (U) Summary: On February 14, Government of National Unity President al Bashir paid a brief visit to Juba as part of a one-day swing through the South, including Bahr el Ghazal and Rumbek. Bashir addressed the population of Juba, promising to deal with the Lord's Resistance Army and provide v [...]	2006-02-15 09:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MARR SU
06KHARTOUM396	FOUR TIMES A CHARM: PRESIDENT BASHIR VISITS [...] (U) Summary: On February 14, Government of National Unity President Omer Hassan Ahmed al Bashir paid a brief visit to Juba as part of a one-day swing through the South, including Bahr el Ghazal and Rumbek. Bashir addressed the population of Juba, promising to deal with the Lord's Resistance [...]	2006-02-15 11:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MARR SU
06KHARTOUM528	SOUTHERN SUDAN: MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 28, CG Juba met with GoSS Presidential Security Advisor Samuel Abu John to discuss SPLA reform, military force structure, and CPA implementation modalities. Abu John said that the GOSS realizes the importance of paying the SPLA, but is still trying to get good rol [...]	2006-03-01 10:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS PINR SU
06KHARTOUM711	IMAT UPDATE [...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 11. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Troika Plus representatives met in Khartoum on March 19 to discuss the current status of the International Military Advisory Team (IMAT). The UK Ministry of Defense is considering bilateral military advising to [...]	2006-03-20 13:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR MOPS SU
06KHARTOUM713	SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS GOSS OFFICIALS KNOW WHERE [...] (S) Summary: During a meeting between Consul General (CG) Juba and SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng on March 18, Deng said that the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) is in direct contact with Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief Joseph Kony. He said that GoSS Vice President Riek Machar is nego [...]	2006-03-20 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR MOPS PINS PGOV PINR SU UN
06KHARTOUM719	AN RX FOR AMIS [...] (C) Improving African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) performance in the transition period with the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) will require physical support from the donor community and structural evolution at AMIS. There are dozens of options for the international community and for AMIS, [...]	2006-03-22 10:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM745	SUDAN: National Demining Authority Opens [...] (U) Sudan's Mine Action Authority opened with some fanfare in Khartoum on March 7. President Bashir, First VP Kiir, Defense Minister Hussein, and Humanitarian Affairs Minister Manibe all spoke to the crowd of 250 invited guests. The MNAA will oversee demining and ordnance disposal operations [...]	2006-03-24 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MARR KHDP UN SU
06KHARTOUM819	UNMIS CONFIRMS HANDS-ON VERIFICATION OF SAF [...] (SBU) In the wake of declarations by senior GoSS officials that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have violated the CPA timetable for withdrawal of its forces from the South, CG met with a UNMIS officials to discuss how UNMIS is tracking SAF withdrawal. They shared the following. 2. (SBU) [...]	2006-04-03 13:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KPKO SU
06KHARTOUM881	A RETURN TO YEI, ONE YEAR LATER [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Juba traveled to Yei on April 1 for a brief visit, almost exactly one year after his three-day visit to Yei as part of a Joint Assessment Mission team. The report from the prior trip described in detail the dilapidated condition of the town, located just north of the Ugand [...]	2006-04-11 15:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM MARR PINS ASEC SU
06KIEV1036	UKRAINE: EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION BEFORE AND [...] (C) Summary: Various interlocutors assessed the prospects for Ukraine's drive toward NATO membership after the March 26 parliamentary elections during visits to Kiev by EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 and by Project for Transitional Democracies head Bruce Jackson March 4-8. Deputy Foreign Mi [...]	2006-03-16 15:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO UP
06KIEV1062	UKRAINE/BELARUS/RUSSIA: GOU VIEWS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: During EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 meetings in Kiev, Deputy Defense Minister Polyakov said that while security issues in the Ukraine-Russia relationship were secondary to political and military aspects, his Ministry (MoD) tried to play a "good cop" role by reinforcing a produ [...]	2006-03-17 15:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM PHUM PINR RS BO UP
06KIEV1123	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON NATO, JOB SECURITY [...] (C) During a March 22 meeting with Ambassador, Defense Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko said that he was in the process of reorganizing his general staff to meet the NATO "J-System" requirement. He added that he hoped a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Ukraine could be approved at the next NATO defe [...]	2006-03-23 14:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR NATO
06KIEV1185	UKRAINE: POTENTIAL JOINT MANPADS EVENT: GOU [...] (S) PolOff and Army Attache provided ref A information on a potential joint MANPADS event March 28 to Oleksiy Melnyk, First Assistant to Defense Minister Hrytsenko. Melnyk noted the weeks of May 1 and May 8 could be problematic due to the number of holidays. (Note: May 1 and 2 are official [...]	2006-03-28 12:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM
06KIEV1354	UKRAINE: MFA DIRECTOR BELASHOV ON BLACK SEA [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary: During an April 5 meeting called at his request, MFA Military-Technical Cooperation and Arms Control Department Director Volodymyr Belashov asked us for the USG position regarding the Turkish-sponsored Operation Black Sea Harmony, [...]	2006-04-05 14:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MOPS PREL NATO UP
06KIEV1772	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK, NSAU CHIEF ALEXEYEV PRESS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk and National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU) Director Yuri Alekseyev urged greater U.S.-Ukraine cooperation on ballistic missile defense during an April 26 meeting at MFA with U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director Lt Gen (USAF) Trey Obering III [...]	2006-05-05 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL PINR US UP
06KIEV1912	UKRAINE/RUSSIA: NO PROGRESS ON BLACK SEA FLEET [...] (C) Summary: First Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko told Kiev-based diplomats May 12 that the May 4 second meeting of the Ukraine-Russia sub-commission on the Russian Black Sea Fleet made no progress. The Ukrainians have asked to conduct a joint inventory of real property occupied a [...]	2006-05-17 15:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR RS UP
06KIEV1937	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON COALITION TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko opined to Ambassador May 18 that Orange coalition prospects were growing as President Yushchenko was resigning himself to ex-Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko's return to the prime ministership. He agreed with Ambassador's listing of honest government o [...]	2006-05-19 12:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM MARR NATO BO UP
06KIEV2039	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER GETS AHEAD OF FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said a meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and Belarus might be possible if Belarus were to make favorable decisions on issues of importance to Ukraine. Tarasyuk added that the Ukrainian government was preparing t [...]	2006-05-26 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM EAID NATO MARR PINR BO UP
06KIEV2190	UKRAINE: OPPOSITION CREATES TEMPEST OVER "SEA [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-Orange Revolution forces are using the occasion of a joint U.S.-Ukraine mil-mil cooperative exercise in Crimea to stir up anti-NATO sentiment in the majority ethnic Russian peninsula and smear the Ukrainian government. Demonstrators outside GOU-administered compounds in t [...]	2006-06-06 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO PINR RS UP
06KIEV2207	UKRAINE: QUICK GOU FIX TO "SEA BREEZE" LIMBO [...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian parliament (Rada) resumed June 7 and, without addressing the issue of foreign military participation in joint exercises in Ukraine, ended its session almost immediately, adjourning until June 14. A possible special session of the Rada could come before June 14, but [...]	2006-06-07 17:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL NATO PINR UP
06KIEV2208	UKRAINE: RADA CONVENES, COALITION FORMATION GETS [...] (C) Nearly 11 weeks after national parliamentary and local elections, Ukraine remains without a Rada majority coalition. A June 7 Rada session opened and closed quickly, with 227 Orange MPs voting to adjourn until June 14. Deputies from the Party of Regions and the Communist Party stayed on t [...]	2006-06-07 17:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL MARR UP
06KIEV2246	UKRAINE: EXTRAORDINARY RADA SESSION UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) The Rada's five-member Provisional Presidium on June 8 voted down a motion by 176 opposition MPs to hold a special Rada session that would likely have focused on the situation in Crimea (reftels). The three "Orange" presidium members, who voted "no," dismissed the opposition's appeal as [...]	2006-06-08 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2247	UKRAINE: SEA BREEZE JUNE 8 UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko defended his ministry's preparations for the U.S.-Ukraine bilateral military exercise Sea Breeze and determined, with the UK Embassy Defense Attache, that the joint Ukraine-UK Lone Knot exercise would need to be cancelled. Parliament's provisional pres [...]	2006-06-08 16:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL NATO PINR UP
06KIEV2297	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK ON COALITION NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's June 13 presentation of a copy of his credentials, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc could not accept Socialist Party of Ukraine leader Moroz as parliamentary speaker, despite Moroz' insistence that this was his condition f [...]	2006-06-13 16:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AMGT PGOV PINR UP

06KIEV2316	UKRAINE: AT THE RADA, SIGNS OF AN ORANGE-BLUE [...] (C) At the June 14 parliament (Rada) session, Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz attempted to revive talks to form an Orange coalition by dropping his demand to become Rada Speaker. In return, he asked Our Ukraine (OU) to divide all government posts, down to district chiefs, among the Ora [...]	2006-06-14 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2329	UKRAINE: AT THE RADA, PARTY OF REGIONS UPBEAT [...] (C) The action at the June 15 Rada session was not at the rostrum, but on the floor and in the hallways, where Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych shook hands, slapped backs and assured reporters that Regions would sign a coalition agreement on June 20 -- when the Rada reconvenes. Our U [...]	2006-06-15 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2331	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE INSIDER ZVARYCH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Our Ukraine (OU) negotiator Roman Zvarych updated DCM June 14 regarding ongoing OU-Party of Regions talks on forming a Rada (parliament) majority coalition, trying to put a positive spin on OU's possible about-face. An Orange-Blue coalition could be in place by June 20, since dif [...]	2006-06-15 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI MARR ETRD UP
06KIEV2359	UKRAINE: ORANGE-BLUE COALITION TALKS ALLEGEDLY [...] (C) A coalition agreement between the Party of Regions and Our Ukraine (OU) could be reached tonight (June 16),according to Regions MP and de facto shadow foreign minister Leonid Kozhara. In a conversation with DCM, Kozhara dismissed OU's public distinction between "consultations" and "negot [...]	2006-06-16 16:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2403	UKRAINE: ANOTHER RADA SESSION ENDS WITHOUT A [...] (C) The Rada (parliament) held two short sessions June 20 but adjourned until June 21 without forming a majority coalition. Before the morning session, Our Ukraine (OU) MP Roman Zvayrch claimed to us that talks with OU's Orange partners were deadlocked over Yuliya Tymoshenko's refusal to acce [...]	2006-06-20 15:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2477	UKRAINE: LAUNCH OF NATO PFP TRUST FUND PROJECT FOR [...] (U) Summary: The NATO PfP Trust Fund project to eliminate MANPADS, small arms/light weapons, and excess munitions began June 20 with the ceremonial destruction of two MANPADS before an audience of government officials and media. Actual operations are expected to begin at the Shostka site in [...]	2006-06-23 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR NATO PGOV UP
06KIEV2530	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR TAYLOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH [...] (C) In his first meeting with Ambassador Taylor, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych criticized President Yushchenko for caving in to USG pressure to spurn Regions and bless the formation of an Orange coalition. The Orange team was deeply divided and may not even be able to get its cand [...]	2006-06-29 17:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR ECON PREL RS UP
06KIEV2590	UKRAINE: ACTING NSDC SECRETARY ON ENERGY, RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: In a free-wheeling conversation during Ambassador's July 3 introductory call, Acting National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Volodomyr Horbulin focused on Russia and Russia's manifold impact on Ukraine. In contrast to its obvious behavior during the 2004 president [...]	2006-07-05 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET ETRD MARR PGOV NATO RS UP
06KIEV3021	UKRAINE: FOLLOW UP ON MANPADS COUNTERMEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6 2. (S) We met August 1 with Defense Minister First Assistant Oleksiy Melnyk regarding next steps on MANPADS countermeasures development, as agreed during our July 14 meeting with Melnyk and other Ukrainian officials (ref A). Melnyk said he had repo [...]	2006-08-03 13:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KIEV3185	UKRAINE: POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIFIL FACE [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Ukraine (GOU) is actively considering what contribution Ukraine might offer to the expanded UNIFIL mission and has conducted consultations in New York with UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Annabi but faces an August 17 deadline from UN [...]	2006-08-16 14:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE UP
06KIEV333	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO DISCUSSES ENERGY, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 23 meeting with EUR Assistant Secretary Fried, EB Assistant Secretary Wayne, Assistant SIPDIS Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Flory, SIPDIS NSC Director Wilson, and Ambassador, President Yushchenko Yushchenko said energy issues were at the [...]	2006-01-25 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD MARR MCAP RS UP
06KIEV3332	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. During subdued Independence Day celebrations August 24, President Yushchenko stressed that the western-focussed policies adopted after the Orange Revolution (i.e., pursuing EU and NATO membership) would be continued by Ukraine's new government led by Viktor Yanukovych that he des [...]	2006-08-29 10:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM MARR UP
06KIEV3751	UKRAINE: POTENTIAL SALE OF CIVIL AIRCRAFT TO [...] (C) On September 28, we met with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov and Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oles Belakoles at Belashov's request. Belashov thanked us for the briefing on USG policy on arms transfers to Venezuela (ref A). H [...]	2006-09-28 13:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MASS ETTC VE UP
06KIEV3905	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH PROMISES CONTINUITY ON WTO, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych assured EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that he would continue to make progress on WTO membership and European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Funding for a NATO information campaign was part of the 2007 draft budget. With the support of t [...]	2006-10-10 16:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR ETRD ENRG EPET OVIP PREL PINR PL
06KIEV3923	UKRAINE: WHAT IF FOREIGN MINISTER TARASYUK GOES? [...] (C) Summary: With rumors rife that Foreign Minister Tarasyuk will leave the Cabinet -- either by resigning with his Our Ukraine colleagues or being voted out of his job by the Rada, pundits tout current Presidential Secretariat Deputy Chief of Staff for foreign policy Oleksandr Chaliy as the l [...]	2006-10-12 14:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO PINR UP
06KIGALI1219	LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements (reftel),please screen the following Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) officer and report any derogatory information to post. Major Gatete Karuranga, Rwandan citizen, DOB 19650616, is scheduled to attend trainin [...]	2006-12-22 09:20:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI410	GOR DEMARCHED ON UN HRC AND AU MISSION IN SUDAN [...] (U) On 28 April, DCM delivered the talking points from refs to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Secretary General Amandin Rugira. 2. (SBU) Rugira said he was aware of the reported lack of response by African Union forces in close proximity to attacks on civilians in Darfur. He s [...]	2006-05-02 10:34:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR NATO PARM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SOCI EUN
06KIGALI428	UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts [...] (SBU) Summary: During its visit to Kigali April 20-29, the UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts briefed Embassy on the focus of its current mandate and its challenges in the region. The experts highlighted the need for tighter immigration control at the DRC border, a GDRC mechanism fo [...]	2006-05-08 11:42:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KPKO ETTC RW
06KIGALI579	TRIPARTITE PLUS SUB-COMMISSION STRENGTHENS FUSION [...] Summary: The U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus Sub- Commission on Security and Defense met in Kigali May 26-27 to discuss ways to enhance the operational effectiveness of the Tripartite Fusion Cell (TFC) and to develop a consolidated "most wanted" list to submit to the Tripartite Plus Council [...]	2006-06-19 16:28:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR ETTC PTER PINR RW
06KIGALI607	ACOTA PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD IN RWANDA [...] SUMMARY. During 21-23 July 2006, representatives of the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) collaborated on plans for near-term pre-deployment peace support operations (PSO) training for RDF battalions preparing to deploy t [...]	2006-06-26 12:24:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MASS PGOV PREL RW SU ACOTA ET
06KIGALI614	PRESSING GOR ON AMIS TRANSITION TO UN [...] On 27 June poloff delivered demarche (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs desk officer Daniel Mutezintare in order to reiterate Ambassador's earlier discussions with Foreign Minister Murigande on the USG position on the re-hatting of AMIS to a UN peacekeeping operation. Poloff emphasized t [...]	2006-06-28 09:14:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR PINS PREL SOCI SU RW
06KIGALI945	RWANDA DECIDES NOT TO ROTATE TROOPS TO DARFUR [...] (SBU) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminali called Ambassador the afternoon of September 28 to convey the Rwandan cabinet's decision that its troops currently in Darfur will remain for three months (until December 31); they will not/not rotate before then. There may be a [...]	2006-10-02 05:48:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS RW
06KINGSTON1687	JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: DEAL CLARIFIED AND IRRITATION [...] (C) Summary: Clear numbers that clarify the extent of Jamaica's deals with Venezuela (outlined ref. A.) have emerged. The Venezuelan government has purchased a 49 percent stake in the GOJ-owned PetroJam refinery for USD 64 million, according to Dr. Jean Dixon, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry [...]	2006-08-25 18:37:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EPET KMCA PGOV PREL MOPS MARR UNSC
06KINGSTON2151	JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador Johnson and Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, met October 30 to discuss a range of common concerns. Minister Phillips noted that the October 26 meeting with DHS Secretary Chertoff in Port of Spain, Trinidad, had been a positive one, if somewhat shorter than CARIC [...]	2006-10-31 20:29:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM MARR XL JM
06KINGSTON2328	JAMAICA: CDA'S MEETING WITH PERMANENT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a regular bimonthly meeting with GOJ Permanent Secretary Douglas Saunders, he and CDA discussed a range of areas of mutual interest. CDA, accompanied by econoff, delivered reftel talking points on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI),the Millennium Challenge Corp [...]	2006-12-01 19:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ETRD EFIN KMCA OAS MARR MOPS JM XL
06KINGSTON558	DEMARCHE FORWARDED: OAS COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 20:43:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS VE JM
06KINGSTON614	JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO STATUS OF FORCES [...] Late on March 20, Embassy Kingston received Diplomatic Note 358/803/3 from the Government of Jamaica accepting the amended Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Tradewinds exercise in response to our Diplomatic Note 085/06 dated March 17, accepting the Government of Jamaica's proposed amen [...]	2006-03-27 21:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA JM
06KINSHASA100	GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED IN FIRE FIGHT WITH [...] (U) MONUC Director of Information Kemal Saiki confirmed to PAO that eight Guatemalan peacekeepers were killed on January 23 in an operation against Lord's Resistance Army forces in Garamba National Park near the Sudanese border. An additional fourteen peacekeepers were injured, and have been [...]	2006-01-23 14:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS KPKO PREL CG UG GT
06KINSHASA1077	FARDC COMMANDER DIES SUDDENLY OF UNKNOWN CAUSES [...] (C) General Sylvain Buki, the deputy chief of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC),died suddenly the evening of July 4 of unknown causes. According to military sources, Buki had reportedly been sick for the past two weeks with what was believed to be malaria and had been self-medicating for the [...]	2006-07-06 10:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1149	INAPPROPRIATE HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE CAUSE OF BUKI [...] (C) Given the many rumors circulating concerning the sudden death of General Sylvain Buki, second-in-command of the FARDC, the GDRC took the relatively unusual step of ordering an autopsy. Autopsy results were shared with Minister of Defense Adolphe Onusumba (from the RCD, Buki's party) and Ai [...]	2006-07-18 14:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA134	OFDA VISIT TO NEW IDPS IN DUBIE, CENTRAL KATANGA [...] In early December 2005, a new wave of internally displaced persons (IDPs) began arriving in the small town of Dubie in Pweto Territory in eastern Katanga as a result of a FARDC military offensive against the forces of Mai Mai leader Gedeon. By December 17, Dubie had received 10,000 new IDPs i [...]	2006-01-26 16:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA1427	CIAT ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT AGAINST WEAPONS, [...] (U) With the approach of presidential (second round) and provincial elections, the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) issued a strong statement of concern September 11 about the presence of weapons and armed men in Kinshasa. According to the statement, the CIAT and the [...]	2006-09-12 15:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS MARR PREL CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1523	KABILA AND BEMBA AGREE ON MOVES TO REDUCE ARMS ON [...] (U) Negotiators for President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba signed an agreement September 23 aimed at reducing arms on the streets of Kinshasa and the risk of further confrontations between their armed forces. The agreement aims to calm tensions in the wake of the August 2 [...]	2006-09-29 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF KDEM MARR CG
06KINSHASA1543	EUFOR: MANDATE TO END NOVEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary. Senior EU Force (EUFOR) commanders in Kinshasa say that EUFOR intends to leave the DRC as scheduled November 30. They think they are doing the job they were sent to do, and doing it well. End summary. 2. (C) EUFOR Commander and Major General Christian Damay and chief of staf [...]	2006-10-05 15:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL EUN CG
06KINSHASA164	NORTH KIVU: SERUFULI VERSUS NKUNDA? [...] (C) PolCouns spoke January 29 with North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli, immediately following a second and highly provocative attack against Serufuli's stronghold, Rutshuru, by disgruntled FARDC forces. Serufuli and MONUC sources agreed that the insurgent elements were taking advantage of a ta [...]	2006-01-31 17:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA168	FIRST MEETING OF SECURITY EXPERTS HELD IN KINSHASA [...] (U) The first meeting of the Security Experts subcommission of the Tripartite Plus was held in Kinshasa January 30. Chaired by Congolese National Security Advisor Samba Kaputu and OSD Colonel Kelly Langdorf, the meeting was attended by delegations from Uganda, Burundi, MONUC (the UN Mission t [...]	2006-02-01 14:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PINR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA169	FIRST MEETING OF SECURITY EXPERTS HELD IN KINSHASA [...] (U) The first meeting of the Security Experts subcommission of the Tripartite Plus was held in Kinshasa January 30. Chaired by Congolese National Security Advisor Samba Kaputu and OSD Colonel Kelly Langdorf, the meeting was attended by delegations from Uganda, Burundi, MONUC (the UN Mission t [...]	2006-02-01 14:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PINR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA215	NORTH KIVU: SITUATION FLUID [...] (C) Summary: Kinshasa has responded both politically and militarily to the crisis in North Kivu, and the relatively rapid response has helped temporarily reduce, but not eliminate, tensions. Both MONUC Head of Office M'hand Lajouzi and Defense Minister Adolphe Onusumba believe that North Kivu [...]	2006-02-08 15:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL CG
06KINSHASA217	ANTI-TUTSI INCIDENT AT KITONA TRAINING BASE [...] (C) An apparent anti-Tutsi incident at the Kitona military base, where graduation of the Seventh Integrated Brigade was planned this weekend, could further exacerbate tensions in North Kivu. Initial reports suggest that following a dispute between a Tutsi soldier and a Bantu soldier from the [...]	2006-02-08 16:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA260	GENERAL NUMBI APPARENTLY SEEKING LARGER ROLE IN [...] (C) Air Force Commander General John Numbi and Minister of Defense Adolphe Onusumba (representing the PPRD and RCD, respectively) were dispatched to North Kivu by President Kabila following attacks on Rutshuru (ref a) by military insurgents. Ref b reported Onusumba's readout of his meetings in [...]	2006-02-16 14:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA346	TRIPARTITE-PLUS FUSION CELL HOLDS GRADUATION [...] (U) Summary. The Tripartite-Plus Fusion Cell held a "graduation" in Kisangani for its initial trainees on 25 February. The brief ceremony was attended by MONUC officials, several Congolese political representatives including Governor of Province Orientale Jean-Pierre Lola Kisanga, and Nation [...]	2006-03-02 08:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO CG MONUC
06KINSHASA490	TROUBLING DEVELOPMENTS IN ITURI [...] (C) Both MONUC Head of Office Sharu Sharif and Ituri District Commissioner Petronelle Vaweka told PolCouns March 22 that the militia group MRC, under the leadership of Peter Karim, is planning to attack Bunia. The MRC has augmented its numbers by recruiting disgruntled ex-combatants who have no [...]	2006-03-24 15:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV CG
06KINSHASA528	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH DRC VICE PRESIDENT RUBERWA [...] (C) Summary: During an April 2 meeting, DRC Vice President Azarias Ruberwa provided an overview of current Congolese developments remarkably similar to that given earlier in the day by President Kabila (ref). He emphasized that despite last-minute complications, the electoral process is ir [...]	2006-04-04 07:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MARR EFIN CG
06KINSHASA592	A/S FRAZER VISITS TRIPARTITE PLUS FUSION CELL [...] (U) A/S for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer on April 4 during a brief stopover in Kisangani visited the Tripartite Plus Fusion Cell (TFC),where she received a general briefing on the work of TFC participants. Along with Ambassador Meece and SRSG William Swing, the A/S visited the USG-funded fu [...]	2006-04-17 08:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PINR CG
06KINSHASA612	NORTH KIVU: MAI MAI AND RENEGADE SOLDIERS [...] (C) During an April 12-17 trip to Rutshuru and Masisi territories in North Kivu PolCouns had a chance to meet with some Mai Mai elements near Walikale, including a new figure, Colonel Morph, and also to talk with the troublesome Colonel Smith. Four Mai Mai leaders, having evidently heard that [...]	2006-04-18 16:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL CG
06KINSHASA619	NORTH KIVU: CONGOLESE TUTSIS SAY NKUNDA, RUBERWA [...] (C) Summary: During an April 12-18 trip to North Kivu, PolCouns had the chance to speak at length with several Congolese Tutsis (businessmen, soldiers, bureaucrats, farmers) on a variety of subjects of interest to them. Particularly important to this group were the presence in North Kivu of [...]	2006-04-19 15:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA629	NORTH KIVU: STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IN RUTSHURU [...] (C) Summary: During an April 12-13 trip through remote areas in North Kivu, Emboff witnessed firsthand the difficult reality of integrated FARDC troops in their pursuit of FDLR elements. While this particular FARDC brigade seemed well-supplied and in good spirits, the obstacles faced by the [...]	2006-04-20 12:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL CG
06KINSHASA658	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO ASSISTANCE TO AMIS [...] (C) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC would welcome any assistance NATO could provide the AU, particularly in the form of logistical support. Djoli added that the AU does not have the mea [...]	2006-04-27 11:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	AU EUN MARR NATO PREL CG SU
06KINSHASA698	ANGRY CITIZENS WANT ACTION AGAINST FDLR [...] (C) The airport in Bukavu was temporarily closed May 3 when about 500 residents of the town staged a demonstration on the road leading to the airport to protest perceived lack of action by either the Congolese military (FARDC) or the U.N. peacekeeping force (MONUC) against the FDLR, whose cont [...]	2006-05-04 13:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CG
06KINSHASA702	CONFRONTATION BETWEEN BEMBA MILITIA AND [...] (C) There were some tense moments in Kinshasa April 29-May 1 as what began as a minor confrontation between elements of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC militia and President Kabila's "Presidential Guard," the GSSP, threatened to escalate. 2. (C) For the last several months Bemba has [...]	2006-05-05 09:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA722	SUPREME DEFENSE COUNCIL MAKES KEY DECISIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a series of marathon meetings beginning May 6 and running through late evening May 8, the Supreme Defense Council, chaired by President Kabila and attended by senior GDRC officials, addressed serious shortcomings plaguing the FARDC, including human rights violations, and failur [...]	2006-05-09 11:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA780	BLUNTING BEMBA'S BITE [...] (C) PolCouns met May 14 with Air Force General John Numbi, who had just returned from heading a mission to seize arms and ammunition illegally stockpiled by VP Jean-Pierre Bemba in Bandaka. (Note: Per reftel, during the Supreme Defense Council meetings the weekend of May 6, Bemba was ordered t [...]	2006-05-16 14:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA859	FARDC IN EASTERN DRC OFTEN UNDERMINING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) constitute one of the more problematic elements of the overall security situation in eastern DRC. Underpaid, underequipped, poorly disciplined, and poorly led, elements of the FARDC continue to harass, extort and menace local populations, thereb [...]	2006-05-31 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPKO KDEM MARR CG UG
06KIRKUK9	(C) KRG-E INTERIOR MINISTER OFFERS POLICE HELP [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In a January 19 meeting with Regional Coordinator (RC),Karim Sinjari, Minister of Interior for the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil (KRG-E),said he agreed with the USG decision to make 2006 "the year of the police." He said Iraq's police force suffered f [...]	2006-01-23 12:28:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL MARR IZ
06KUALALUMPUR1092	SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS: MALAYSIAN RESPONSE ON [...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us June 14 that the governments of Sri Lanka and India had recently made approaches to the MFA to discuss cooperation in cutting off the Tigers from their funding and weapons sources. During the May [...]	2006-06-14 07:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1227	SRI LANKA: MALAYSIA CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF [...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us July 3 that Malaysia was still considering whether to join contact groups on Tiger financing and weapons procurement. Nik Mustafa frankly admitted that the decision would be politically difficult [...]	2006-07-03 07:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1259	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; we are currently conducting negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Our robust and growing military-military cooperation is r [...]	2006-07-07 08:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR1559	MALAYSIA: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS UNIFIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 10:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1752	MALAYSIA'S AGREEMENT TO 505 TEXT [...] Post provided reftel text regarding an agreement on end-use, security and retransfer assurances for defense articles to Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on March 3, 2006, via diplomatic note no. 252. Following internal Malaysian government consultations involving the Defense Ministry and the Atto [...]	2006-09-19 03:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL KTIA MY
06KUALALUMPUR1834	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ANWAR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Admiral Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor, Chief of Malaysian Defense Forces, will visit the U.S. from September 30 - October 12. Admiral Anwar's visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to strengthen our efforts for mil-mil cooperation, influence Malaysia's military equipment acquisitions and [...]	2006-09-30 00:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR1862	Border Control Assessment Initiative (BCAI) Initial Team [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. team held initial consultations on September 21 with nine Malaysian government maritime security agencies as a first step in the Border Control Assessment Initiative (BCAI) in Malaysia. The GOM representatives provided broad overviews of their activities, including in t [...]	2006-10-04 07:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MARR MY
06KUALALUMPUR1874	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION KUALA LUMPUR MEETING ON [...] Malaysia hosted the second International Maritime Organization (IMO)-sponsored meeting on "The Straits of Malacca and Singapore: Enhancing Safety, Security and Environmental Protection," held September 18-20, 2006, in Kuala Lumpur. Delegations from the three littoral States (Indonesia, Malays [...]	2006-10-06 06:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MARR MASS EWWT IMO MY
06KUALALUMPUR1898	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION KUALA LUMPUR MEETING ON [...] Summary: This cable conveys the full texts of four U.S. statements presented during the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Meeting on the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, September 18-20, 2006, in Kuala Lumpur. Reftel contains a summary report on the conference and the text of the fo [...]	2006-10-12 06:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MARR MASS EWWT IMO MY
06KUALALUMPUR2041	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Malaysian-American relations rest on an impressive range of economic exchanges and have improved significantly in other areas as well over the three years of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's tenure. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Althou [...]	2006-11-01 08:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR2089	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia for the Ninth Chiefs of Defense Conference, November 13-15. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's took the helm. This moderate Muslim-m [...]	2006-11-08 08:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR2119	PM A/S HILLEN URGES GREATER SECURITY COOPERATION, [...] (C) PM Assistant Secretary Dr. John Hillen encouraged greater bilateral and regional security during November 8 meetings with senior Malaysian officials in the Foreign Affairs and Defense ministries. He acknowledged Malaysia's strong support for UNSCR 1718 and discussed non-proliferation conc [...]	2006-11-16 02:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PGOV MY
06KUALALUMPUR705	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE DR. RONALD SEGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military cooper [...]	2006-04-18 08:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PTER ECON MY
06KUALALUMPUR832	SCENESETTER FOR PACFLEET COMMANDER ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military coope [...]	2006-05-08 09:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PTER ECON MY
06KUALALUMPUR864	ASEAN DEFENSE MINISTERIAL MEETING HELD IN KUALA [...] (C) The first-ever ASEAN Defense Ministerial Meeting (ADMM),held in Kuala Lumpur on May 9, represented a step toward bolstering ASEAN's long-neglected security pillar, the ASEAN Security Community (ASC). Although little of real substance appears to have been discussed, the Malaysian governme [...]	2006-05-11 07:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEAN MY
06KUALALUMPUR963	MALAYSIAN DEPLOYMENT TO EAST TIMOR, CLOSE [...] (C) A Malaysian Ministry of Defense policy official informed us on May 26 that a flight transporting 25 Malaysian troops and two police officers had been diverted to Bali, Indonesia late on May 25, while Australian forces were securing the airfield in East Timor. The official expected that th [...]	2006-05-26 05:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AS TT PO NZ MY
06KUWAIT363	CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAIT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, at para 3. 2. (S) In a January 21, 2006 meeting with General Abizaid, Kuwait's Army Chief of Staff General Fahad Al-Amir asked that USG provide Kuwait a wide range of training and technical capabilities to deal with emerging nuclear issues posed b [...]	2006-02-01 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR ETTC MCAP ENRG SENV KU IR
06KUWAIT3640	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 51ST [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 51st session of the Tripartitite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on September 5, 2006 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, Britain, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassy Kuwait in attendance. The session [...]	2006-09-10 14:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3837	CORRECTED COPY. INVITATION TO 2006 USNATO/USEU [...] Embassy Kuwait will send Political Military Affairs Officer DeWitt Conklin to attend the Pol-Mil Conference in Brussels on October 4-6, 2006. Post requests assistance with accomodation and ground transportation. Requested participant information is: Name: DeWitt C. Conklin Title: Politic [...]	2006-09-26 05:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGE MARR NATO KU
06KUWAIT3874	INVITATION DELIVERED: CIVILIAN CENTCOM CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL KU IZ DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT4390	MFA U/S AFFIRMS KUWAIT'S COMMITTMENT TO THE GULF [...] (C/NF) In a November 6 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA U/S Khalid Jarallah reaffirmed Kuwait's commitment to the GSD, and said Kuwait will continue to be an "active participant" in the process. Jarallah thanked the Ambassador for the GSD initiatives paper, saying it represents a "practical [...]	2006-11-06 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM IR KU GCC
06KUWAIT4425	NSB PRESIDENT SHAYKH AHMED AL-FAHD WELCOMES GSD [...] (C/NF) Summary: NSB President Shaykh Ahmed welcomed the GSD initiatives paper and said his staff is studying the specific proposals. He noted that on some items, such as critical infrastructure protection, we can and should begin moving quickly. He looks forward to discussing some of these [...]	2006-11-09 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM KU IR GCC
06KUWAIT4536	29TH MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMISSION AND THE [...] Summary. The 29th Meeting of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing met in Geneva on November 15, 2006. The Commission announced the closure of 12 cases. The Commission agreed on a plan of action to address the inability of the Commission's Technical Subcommittee to conduct any field [...]	2006-11-29 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM AORC MARR IZ SA KU
06KUWAIT4557	NATO ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 04:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PTER KU
06KUWAIT4638	EVOLVING IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER CROSSING PROCEDURES [...] (C/NF) Summary. On December 5, Kuwait Ministry of Interior (MOI) and United States Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) officials accompanied by Emboff met and discussed Kuwait-Iraq border crossing issues arising from recently altered MOI procedures. The MOI began using new procedu [...]	2006-12-12 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS KU IZ
06KUWAIT4652	NATO ICI MEETING: KUWAIT SEEKS "STRATEGIC [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a briefing for NATO resident ambassadors, NATO Secretary General Scheffer praised the atmosphere surrounding NATO-GOK meetings, and noted Kuwait's interest in expanding NATO's relationship with Kuwait and the GCC as a "political-military alliance." Scheffer believes Kuwait [...]	2006-12-13 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT616	CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAIT [...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (S) Ambassador convened a meeting on February 21 among OMC-K, ECON, POL and RSO to consider further follow-up on GOK request (reftel) for USG assistance in dealing with nuclear issues posed by Iran. Our understanding is that the GOK request could run the [...]	2006-02-21 15:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR ETTC MCAP ENRG SENV KU IR
06KUWAIT881	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE'S [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 50th session of the Tripartitite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on March 14, 2006 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, Britain, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassies Kuwait and Baghdad in attendance. [...]	2006-03-15 10:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT998	NATO'S ICI VISIT BRINGS MISUNDERSTANDINGS TO A HEAD [...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) delegation to Kuwait briefed over a dozen NATO member country mission chiefs on its March 19 meetings with GOK officials. According to the head of the six-person delegation, Rear Admiral Dr. Deniz Kutluk of Turkey, the Kuw [...]	2006-03-21 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PTER IR IZ KU
06KYIV4196	UKRAINE: POTENTIAL SALE OF CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) We provided ref A talking points November 6 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Igor Kyzym, who said the information was timely since he would be able to relay the USG position to the interagency Pres [...]	2006-11-06 16:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC EAIR ETRD PARM MARR MASS VE UP
06KYIV4229	UKRAINE: GO SLOW APPROACH POSSIBLY COMPLICATING [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is increasingly willing to use the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM as a policy coordination vehicle, covering everything from joint declarations by GUAM members on regional issues to economic, military and scientific cooperation. However, Ukrain [...]	2006-11-09 14:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4425	UKRAINE/RUSSIA: DEFENDING NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary/comment: PM Yanukovych came to office on a campaign promise to improve relations with Russia, but, although he has toned down the rhetoric towards Russia, like his predecessors, he must find the right balance between close ties to Moscow and protecting Ukrainian sovereignty. While [...]	2006-12-01 14:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS PINR RS UP
06KYIV4432	UKRAINE: ADDITIONAL MANPADS AND SCUDS INVENTORY: [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Tereshchenko told us November 22 that Ukraine would be willing to provide an additional 1,713 MANPADS, a mix of SA-7s and SA-14s, for destruction in the NATO PfP Trust Fund project. An official notification of this offer was under preparation and [...]	2006-12-01 16:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06LAPAZ2246	MANPADS: EX-PRESIDENT RODRIGUEZ ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Congress will soon decide whether to approve criminal charges against ex-President Rodriguez for the transfer of MANPADS to the United States for destruction in October 2005. Given the upcoming vote, Rodriguez is ramping up his rhetoric, again denying that he approved the tran [...]	2006-08-21 18:48:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PARM MASS MARR BL
06LAPAZ2756	FIRST MEETING ON NEW SOFA AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials met with Bolivian Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel October 10 regarding the Embassy's pending request for return of the F-10 counterterrorism equipment and the need for an updated SOFA agreement (reftels). San Miguel expressed concern about the continuing M [...]	2006-10-13 21:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV MARR MASS MCAP PREL KTIA MOPS BL
06LAPAZ2946	AMBASSADOR, MOD DISCUSS WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel October 30, discussing a wide range of military issues. San Miguel told the Ambassador that the F-10 weapons have been moved to the army depository in La Paz, and that his ministry would coordinate with [...]	2006-10-30 22:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV PREL SNAR
06LAPAZ3222	SENATE APPROVES VENEZUELAN MILITARY COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 19:26:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PGOV PREL KTIA BL
06LAPAZ3325	UPDATE ON SOFA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) DCM met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Vice Minister Mauricio Dorfler November 27 to seek GOB input on the draft Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) we provided various GOB officials in late October. The Foreign Minister thanked the DCM for U.S. military assistance and appeare [...]	2006-12-08 15:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR MOPS PGOV PREL BL
06LIBREVILLE257	EU FORCE FOR CONGO ELECTIONS TO STANDBY IN GABON [...] (SBU) The standby component of the EU force to bolster security during the DRC's June elections will be based in Franceville, Gabon, according to German Ambassador Ilsa Lindemann. Less than 250 miles from Kinshasa, Franceville features a former French military base now used by the Gabonese ai [...]	2006-04-21 11:23:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV GB CG
06LIBREVILLE489	EUROPEAN FORCE FOR DRC ELECTIONS DEPLOYING, BUT [...] (C) Colonel (retired) Ernst Elbers, military advisor at the German Embassy in Libreville, provided a July 19 briefing on EUFOR deployment to EUCOM Deputy Commander General Ward. He explained that the force's political direction will be set by the EU Political and Security Committee in Brussels, [...]	2006-07-25 15:40:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GB CG
06LILONGWE100	Country Clearance granted ACOTA- Malawi [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of the following ACOTA representatives, to Malawi for the purpose of conducting ACOTA training on February 3-26, 2006. Control Officer for the visit will be the Political/Military Officer Tyler Sparks, Office telephone n [...]	2006-02-02 12:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR ASEC OTRA MI
06LILONGWE1076	IMET Students: Human Rights Certification and vetting [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 07:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM MI
06LILONGWE120	Country Clearance granted [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Major Andrew Overfield to Malawi for the purpose of facilitating EUCOM Acquisition Cross Servicing Agreement negotiations and to observe ACOTA PSO field training from February 12-18, 2006. Control Officer for the visi [...]	2006-02-08 11:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
06LILONGWE121	Country Clearance granted [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of LTC. Leon Mitchell Grube and Mr. Gunter Dieter Filippucci to Malawi for the purpose of conducting EUCOM Acquisition Cross Servicing Agreement briefings, discussions and negotiations from February 13-17, 2006. Control [...]	2006-02-08 12:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
06LILONGWE142	IMET Students: Human Rights Certification and vetting [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 16:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM MI
06LILONGWE177	Country Clearance granted - Wyatt [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Major William M. Wyatt, from February 24- March 6, 2006 to Malawi for a DIA Hart trip. Control Officer for the visit will be the Political Officer Tyler Sparks, office telephone number 265-1-773-166, ext. 3463; cell ph [...]	2006-02-22 16:57:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI

06LILONGWE355	Blanket Over flight clearance granted: RCH 1818 [...] This acknowledges receipt of reftel. 2. The Government of Malawi (GOM) Department of Civil Aviation, granted a one year blanket over-flight operation and landing clearance authorization for U.S military and civilian aircraft under permit number 844/05 valid from 15 September 2005 - 15 Septe [...]	2006-04-21 10:00:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MI
06LILONGWE558	Blanket Over flight clearance granted: RCH 1818 [...] This acknowledges receipt of reftel. 2. The Government of Malawi (GOM) Department of Civil Aviation, granted a one year blanket over-flight operation and landing clearance authorization for U.S military and civilian aircraft under permit number 844/05 valid from 15 September 2005 - 15 Septe [...]	2006-06-26 13:02:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MI
06LILONGWE731	Country Clearance Request - Malawi [...] Countries visited: Botswana 2. Personnel traveling: Tyler Sparks, Pol/Mil Officer, and Kalezi Zimba, Military Program Assistant. 3. Dates of Travel and itinerary: Arrive Aug 22, Depart Aug 25, 2006 A. Flight information: Arrive SA1767 182022 Aug 06 Depart SA1762 072025 Aug 06 B. [...]	2006-08-18 10:38:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
06LILONGWE890	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECTION 505 ASSURANCES FOR [...] Reftel Diplomatic Note was delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with carbon copy sent to Ministry of Defense and the Malawi Defense Force. Scanned copies have been sent to the department, as well as a certified copy to L/T, as requested. GILMOUR [...]	2006-10-10 13:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MASS PREL
06LILONGWE915	Country Clearance granted [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of LTC Pak Hon S, from October 28 November 2, 2006 to Malawi to attend a conference at Baylor ChildrenQs Foundation to speak and show how telemedicine could be used to better manage patients with HIV disease in Malawi. C [...]	2006-10-19 09:52:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
06LIMA2226	UPDATE ON OUTSTANDING AIRPORT FEES [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. (SBU) After almost two years, Post and the GOP have partially resolved the issue of outstanding landing, parking and other fees at the Lima Airport. Per Reftel, Post delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Ma [...]	2006-06-05 21:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KREC MARR MOPS PGOV PE
06LIMA3259	NEW PERU DEFENSE MINISTER ON ARTICLE 98, SOFA, [...] (C) Ambassador discussed Peruvian border and internal control issues, Article 98, a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),the U.S.-donated C-26 counternarcotics (CN) aircraft, the U.S. Customs P-3 CN flights from Piura, the Cooperating Nations Information Exchange System (CNIES),and a possible [...]	2006-08-17 22:22:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KICC PHUM PREL KTIA MARR MOPS PINR PE
06LIMA3689	PROPOSED TEXT OF DRAFT LETTER TO PERUVIAN MOD [...] This message contains an action request in para 2. 2. The Ambassador received on August 22 a letter from Minister of Defense Allan Wagner Tizon requesting a waiver of restrictions placed on Peru under the American Servicemen,s Protection Act (ASPA) so that the country can participate in th [...]	2006-09-15 20:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PBOV KICC PHUM PREL KTIA MARR MOPS PINR PE
06LIMA4149	PERU DEFENSE MINISTER: PROBLEMS CREATE U.S. [...] (C) Minister of Defense Alan Wagner told Ambassador on 10/16 that he sees severe problems in the Army, including politicized promotions, a legacy of narco-corruption from the Montesinos era, and downright incompetence in weapons and munitions storage. He requested U.S. technical assistance in [...]	2006-10-23 13:53:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MARR PE
06LISBON1089	PORTUGAL: NATO RESPONSE FORCE: WITH THE U.S. IN [...] (C) P/E officer delivered reftel demarche June 6 to MFA's Director of Security and Disarmament Joao Corte-Real. Corte-Real thought that the MOD had the lead on this issue and said he would forward it immediately. When pressed for his opinion, he said that Portugal was already participating in [...]	2006-06-08 14:49:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR PO
06LISBON1743	PORTUGAL READY TO CONTRIBUTE TO UNIFIL MISSION, [...] (C) UNIFIL's mandate, still under discussion, will determine the type and size of Portugal's contribution to the force. Portugal has the political will to participate, with Prime Minister Socrates and his cabinet awaiting clarification of the mandate before deciding on its force's composition [...]	2006-08-17 16:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE PO
06LISBON1803	PORTUGAL: URGING IRAN/SYRIA TO RESPECT ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-24 15:14:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	IR LE SY MARR MOPS PREL PARM
06LISBON1861	PORTUGUESE CONTRIBUTION TO UNIFIL [...] (U) The Portuguese Superior Council on National Defense (CSDN) held an extraordinary session on August 29 and unanimously voted to send an Army Engineering and Construction Company with up to 140 personnel in mid-October to support UNIFIL. During the same meeting, the CSDN also announced the [...]	2006-08-31 14:17:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL LE PO
06LISBON2134	PORTUGUESE POLITICAL DIRECTOR EXPOUNDS ON RUSSIA, [...] (U) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Director General for Foreign Policy expounded on several issues to us recently, including Russia, Iran, Latin America, Iraq, Afghanistan, the NATO Summit, and the EU Presidency. The consonance between his views and ours speaks clearly to Portugal's reliabilit [...]	2006-09-26 15:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER AF
06LISBON2265	PORTUGAL REJECTS EDA FRIGATES [...] In a letter from Vice Admiral Viegas Filipe, Director General for Weapons and Defense Procurement, to Embassy Lisbon's Office for Defense Cooperation, the Government of Portugal formally renounced any claim to the two Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates offered through the Excess Defense Arti [...]	2006-10-12 13:41:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PREL MASS PO
06LISBON2266	US-PORTUGAL BILATERAL COMMISSION HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: Portugal hosted the semi-annual meeting of the U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission on October 3 to discuss ongoing bilateral cooperation items as well as coordination on international military engagements. The U.S. delegation noted Portugal's military contributions worldwide, incl [...]	2006-10-12 14:21:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR ETRD PO
06LISBON2361	VENUE FOR 2008 NATO SUMMIT [...] (SBU) DCM Adrienne O'Neal contacted the Foreign Minister's Chief of Cabinet Francisco Ribeiro de Menezes per reftel to inform him that, although the U.S. appreciates Portugal's interest in hosting the NATO summit and that Lisbon is an attractive option for a NATO summit overall, that the U.S. [...]	2006-10-20 11:17:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PO PREL MARR
06LISBON964	PORTUGAL: MANAS AIRFIELD AND IRAQI CABINET SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: On May 24, Pol/Econ Officer delivered reftels to MFA Director of Defense and Security Coordination Joao Corte-Real. He concurred with the U.S. concerns about Manas Airfield (ref A) and agreed to refer the matter to the Portuguese embassy in Moscow. With regard to Iraq (ref B),[...]	2006-05-26 15:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PO IZ KG AF
06LJUBLJANA108	SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DONATIONS TO IRAQI [...] (U) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on February 16 to MFA Security Policy Counselor Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek. Cimpersek did not have any immediate reaction to the demarche, other than to say that the MFA would consider our request. ROBERTSON [...]	2006-02-17 05:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL
06LJUBLJANA14	SLOVENIA: POL-MIL OUTLOOK FOR 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. In 2006, a new leadership team will consolidate its power within the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) will continue the process of transformation to meet NATO's standards and prepare for the challenges of the future. Slovenia's defense and security [...]	2006-01-06 07:51:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR SI NATO
06LJUBLJANA202	SLOVENIA DEMARCHED ON ALLIED SUPPORT TO ENGAGE [...] (C) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on April 3 to MFA Security Policy staffer Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek. Cimpersek responded that Slovenia had no opposition to the beginning of an Intensified Dialogue (ID) with Georgia, but cautioned that Georgia should not be lumped in the same category as [...]	2006-04-03 04:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA272	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR ROBERT LOFTIS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Loftis: We welcome your visit to Slovenia to hold bilateral Pol-Mil talks. These talks will provide an excellent opportunity to: - Thank Slovenia for its robust contributions to ongoing NATO operations such as NTM-I, ISAF, and KFOR, as well as the completed Hurricane Katrin [...]	2006-05-05 05:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA32	ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, [...] SUMMARY: - THE IFF (S3-B-UAK) AND TALON RADIO (S3-B-UAJ) FMS CASES ARE NEARING COMPLETION. - PLANNING CONTINUES FOR THE 8-WEEK DEPLOYMENT LOGISTICS MTT SCHEDULED FOR THIS SPRING. - ODC CHIEF WILL VISIT OUR STATE-SIDE SECURITY COOPERATION PROGRAM POINTS OF CONTACT FROM 30 JANUARY TO 3 [...]	2006-01-19 05:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
06LJUBLJANA323	SLOVENIA DEMARCHED ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] (C) On May 24, PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA's NATO Department Head, Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek. Cimpersek thanked us for the demarche and said MFA would consider delivering a demarche to the Government of Kyrgyzstan regarding use of the Manas airfield. Post will follow up to deter [...]	2006-05-24 22:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA329	SUCCESSFUL U.S.-SLOVENIA POL-MIL TALKS HELD MAY [...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with Slovenia took place at the Slovenian MFA May 12. Highlights included: -- SLOVENE CONTRIBUTIONS TO GWOT (paras 3-5): The Slovenes said they are increasingly willing to share the collective burden and that they intend to maintain their particip [...]	2006-05-25 06:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	MARR NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA346	SLOVENIA: LTG ALBIN GUTMAN NAMED NEW CHOD [...] (U) On June 1, Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec named Lieutenant General Albin Gutman as the new Chief of Defense, to replace Major General Ladislav Lipic. The appointment officially became effective on June 2. 2. (U) Gutman,s military career began in Slovenia,s Territorial Defense Force, [...]	2006-06-02 05:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA388	SLOVENIA: FINNISH PATRIA WINS 300 MILLION USD [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On June 12, the Slovenian Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that Finnish defense contractor Patria Vehicles had won the GOS's 330 million USD (63 billion tolar) defense contract to supply 136 8x8 armored wheeled vehicles by 2012. The only other bidder on the tender was Slov [...]	2006-06-22 05:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EIND MARR MCAP PGOV SI
06LJUBLJANA414	SLOVENIA: COM AND PM JANSA MEET PRIOR TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-04 23:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR ENRG SI
06LJUBLJANA501	SLOVENIA TO CONTRIBUTE TO LEBANON STABILIZATION [...] (C) Following up on the August 1 GAERC, Pol/Econ Chief met with Matej Marn, MFA Director of European Affairs on August 3. Marn said the GAERC went on for nearly 4 hours and he felt that the outcome was generally positive. He said FM Dimitrij Rupel made four key points on the need to achieve [...]	2006-08-04 02:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SI
06LJUBLJANA530	SLOVENIA: FINDING PRACTICAL WAYS TO MATCH [...] (U) A/DCM and PolMilOff delivered Reftel demarche to Mirko Cigler, Director of the Department for North America, and Damijan Bergant, Deputy Director of the Department for International Organizations and Human Security, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 16. 2. (C) Cigler echoed t [...]	2006-08-16 14:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA54	SLOVENIA: GOS AND ITF CONSIDER CIVILIAN ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOS is currently exploring the idea of sending civilian reconstruction personnel to Herat, Afghanistan, where 29 members of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) are currently stationed as part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) within the ISAF mission. The reconstruction o [...]	2006-01-25 07:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREF PHSA SI
06LJUBLJANA552	SLOVENIA'S PROSPECTIVE OFFERING TO UNIFIL: 2 TO 6 [...] (U) The desires of Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel to contribute to UNIFIL (reftels A and B) have now been backed up with a MoD recommendation to send between two and six personnel to support the stabilization of Lebanon. FM Rupel announced August 24 that a fina [...]	2006-08-24 14:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS SI
06LJUBLJANA611	SCENESETTER: SECDEF'S SEPTEMBER 27-29 TRIP TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mr. Secretary, we welcome your visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006. Since your November 2002 visit, Slovenia has assumed greater responsibility for the projection of security and promotion of democracy abroad and has emerged as [...]	2006-09-21 12:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA612	SLOVENIA: SLOVENIAN ARMED FORCES BACKGROUNDER [...] (U) In preparation for the Secretary of Defense's visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006, and his bilateral discussions with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec, please find below a current summary of Slovenia [...]	2006-09-21 12:02:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA63	SLOVENIA'S DIVERGENT VIEWS ON NATO/EU COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The public debate in Slovenia over the government's January 12 decision to send four trainers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has led to the crystallization of two distinct views on the relationship between NATO and EU security policy. The first sees NATO as a criti [...]	2006-01-31 03:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA710	SLOVENES: KEEP THE DOOR TO NATO OPEN [...] (C) COM spoke with MFA State Secretary (and soon to be Slovenian Ambassador to NATO) Bozo Cerar on October 26 and delivered reftel points regarding NATO enlargement and the Riga Summit. To COM's comment that the US would be supportive of Croatia's bid in 2008, Cerar reaffirmed Slovenia's supp [...]	2006-11-03 05:17:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA745	SLOVENIA: SATISFIED THAT IT IS PULLING ITS WEIGHT [...] (SBU) On November 15 PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche to Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek, a staffer in the NATO Office of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolMilOff also acknowledged Slovenia's long-standing commitment to Afghanistan, praising the 54 troops Sloveni [...]	2006-11-17 05:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS SI
06LJUBLJANA786	SLOVENIAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE TACKLES HOST OF HOT [...] (C) Summary. Slovenian Defense Chief Gutman told COM the MoD is working to lift caveats, eager to take on troop deployment in Kosovo, enthusiastic about USG military education programs, and committed to realizing its spending target of 2% of GDP soon. Gutman shied away from discussing defense [...]	2006-12-07 12:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SI
06LONDON2212	(U) SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Your visit to Blackburn and Liverpool represents an opportunity to allow Foreign Secretary Straw to reciprocate your hospitality during his visit to Birmingham last October. My wife and I look forward to your visit and to accompanying you and the Foreign Secretary during what promises to [...]	2006-03-24 17:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL MARR ECON UK
06LONDON3980	HMG SET TO APPEAL HIGH COURT RULING PERMITTING [...] (C) Summary: The UK High Court May 11 overturned the 2004 Orders in Council which barred the Chagossian Islanders from resettling the islands around Diego Garcia from which they were forcibly removed in the 1960s when the U.S. sought to establish the Naval Support Facility there. HMG has conf [...]	2006-06-06 09:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MP UK IO
06LONDON5057	(C) SRI LANKA: UK REVIEWING POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) FCO Sri Lanka Section Head Simon Lever told Poloff July 11 that HMG is reviewing its policy on Sri Lanka. This policy review is what is holding up its reply to the USG proposal that the UK consider chairing a contact group to a [...]	2006-07-12 07:53:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR CE UK
06LONDON5198	(C) TFLE01: SEEKING INFORMAL APPROVAL TO USE UK [...] (C) Embassy London discussed with FCO Cyprus Desk Officer Simon Wood on July 14 the possibility of the U.S. using British Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) on Cyprus as staging areas for fixed and rotary aircraft to help evacuate AmCits from Lebanon. Wood told us that ultimately the decision rested [...]	2006-07-15 13:23:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC KHLS LE UK
06LONDON6133	(C) UK NOT SENDING DELEGATIONS TO SYRIA AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 15:23:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IR SY LE UK
06LONDON6261	(U) CENTRAL ASIAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 15:50:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR KNNP PARM PREL UN
06LONDON6559	(C) SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP MEETING 9/27 [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The UK still supports the Sri Lanka Contact Group in principle but would like more detail about it - i.e., what are the expected inputs and the anticipated outputs/results? FCO Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Section Head Simon Lever told Polof [...]	2006-09-11 15:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE UK
06LONDON7036	(C) SUDAN: FCO THOUGHTS ON INCENTIVES AND [...] (C) In keeping with the Secretary's speech of September 27, the UK is thinking about possible incentives if the Government of Sudan does the right thing on Darfur, and possible disincentives if it does not. FCO-DFID Sudan Unit Deputy Head James Thornton shared UK thoughts with Poloff Septemb [...]	2006-09-29 16:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID ETTC SU UK
06LONDON7107	MAURITIAN HICOM PRESSES AGAIN FOR CHAGOS TREATY [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (C) The Mauritian High Commissioner in London has approached the Ambassador again asking the U.S. to press the UK to negotiate a treaty with Mauritius that would give sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago's outer islands (i.e. not Diego Garcia) [...]	2006-10-03 15:43:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MP UK IO
06LONDON7672	(C) SOMALIA: FCO DOUBTS UGANDA CAN DEPLOY [...] (C) Uganda is "unclear" about its willingness to deploy an "IGASOM" force to Somalia under the aegis of IGAD, and the UK doubts whether it has the capability even if it wanted to, according to FCO East Africa and Horn Section Head Ben Lyon. He told Poloff October 30 that the UK wants to seek [...]	2006-10-30 17:00:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SO UK
06LONDON8039	(C) AFGHANISTAN: DAS GASTRIGHT'S MEETING WITH FCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS John Gastright discussed Afghanistan November 14 with FCO, MOD and Cabinet Office officials. On the upcoming NATO summit in Riga, the UK argued that pressing for use of the term "counter-insurgency" in the summit communiqu would invite unhelpful perceptions of a split i [...]	2006-11-21 17:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EAID MARR PREL SNAR UK
06LONDON8066	(C) SOMALIA: MUSEVENI TELLS A/S FRAZER UGANDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uganda's President Museveni told AF A/S Frazer November 21 that he is ready to send a battalion to Baidoa to protect the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions, provided there is a clear UNSCR, adequate funding and a tacit agreement with Ethiopia. He was expecting Ethiopia to [...]	2006-11-22 15:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER UNSC SO UG ET
06LONDON8097	(C) OSCE MINISTERIAL: UK EXPECTS RUSSIAN [...] (C) Charge met November 24 with Stephen Pattison, International Security Director in the FCO, to discuss prospects for taking a unified approach to the Georgia/Moldova conflicts at the December 4-5 OSCE ministerial meetings in Brussels (reftel). Mr. Pattison did not expect the OSCE to reach [...]	2006-11-24 18:21:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RU UK GG MD UP
06LONDON8106	(C) A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with FCO Minister for Africa Lord Triesman November 21 and Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn the next day, AF A/S Frazer stressed the need to adopt a UNSCR on Somalia flexible enough that frontline states could play a positive role. She al [...]	2006-11-27 15:29:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR UNSC SU SO ER ET KE UK
06LUANDA1233	GENERAL WARD PROPOSES BILATERAL WORK PLAN TO [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Commander EUCOM, General William (Kip) Ward, proposed the drafting of a work plan to increase the pace and scope of bilateral military cooperation between the U.S. and Angola during his October 22-23, 2006, visit to Luanda. The work plan will likely combine current coop [...]	2006-11-24 11:37:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR AO
06LUXEMBOURG448	LUXEMBOURG WANTS TO SUPPORT UNIFIL; HOPES TO [...] (C) Charge' delivered ref A demarche August 16 to MFA Deputy Political Director Stephan Muller. Muller emphasized Luxembourg's support for UNSC 1701 and FM Asselborn's strong intervention in the EU to help develop acceptable language for the EU statement on Lebanon. Muller mentioned that both [...]	2006-08-17 07:16:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPPS PREL UN LE LU
06LUXEMBOURG461	NO LUXEMBOURG DECISION ON HOW TO SUPPORT UNIFIL [...] (C) A/DCM discussed the issue of contributions to UNIFIL with MFA Deputy Defense Director Serge Alzin on August 22. An uncharacteristically tight-lipped Alzin mentioned that the Defense Directorate was working on the issue; he expects a GOL decision on the composition of a contribution within o [...]	2006-08-22 13:36:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL UN LE LU
06LUXEMBOURG471	UNIFIL: LUXEMBOURG TO CONTRIBUTE 3 TROOPS [...] (C) MFA Deputy Defense Director Serge Alzin informed charge of Luxembourg's decision to participate in UNIFIL-plus, by contributing a senior army officer and two non-commissioned officers (NCOs),on August 25. A formal announcement is planned at a press conference scheduled late in the day. Th [...]	2006-08-25 14:57:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL UN LE LU
06MADRID1037	SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON NATO ISSUES [...] (U) Poloff discussed reftels with MFA Deputy Director General for International Security Affairs Manuel Acerete and his deputy on April 24. Acerete had previously accepted some of the information, but lacked instructions on how to respond. Following are his responses. 2. (C) On Georgia's [...]	2006-04-25 15:07:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR SP
06MADRID1459	SPAIN PRESSES KYRGYZSTAN ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 16:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL SP AF KG
06MADRID1577	SPAIN ON NATO SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVE IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 12:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL
06MADRID1656	SPAIN TAKES POSITIVE VIEW OF US CANDIDATE FOR NATO [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO MARR PREL SP
06MADRID1748	SPANISH MOD DEMONSTRATES INTENT TO CONTINUE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The day after standing beside the Ambassador during the Ambassador's July 4th speech, Defense Minister Alonso sat down with the Ambassador to talk at length about Asian security policy, Alonso's planned fall visit to Washington, NATO, Spanish politics, and bilateral defense is [...]	2006-07-07 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO SP
06MADRID1897	SPAIN CONCERNED ABOUT GIBRALTAR SHIP VISIT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On July 26, a top Foreign Ministry official called the Ambassador on orders from his minister to register Spain's concern with the upcoming visit of a US nuclear-powered submarine to Gibraltar. The GOS did not specifically request cancellation of the visit, but suggested that [...]	2006-07-27 11:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR SP GI
06MADRID1962	SPAIN ON SYRIA/HIZBALLAH AND POSSIBLE TROOP [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The MOD Director General for Defense Policy told poloff on August 3 that, although Spanish FM Moratinos has said that it is "very premature" to talk about troop contributions before there is a UNSC resolution, Spain is likely to contribute 800 or more troops to an internationa [...]	2006-08-03 13:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR LE SY SP
06MADRID2066	SPAIN REAFFIRMS CONTRIBUTION TO UNIFIL [...] (C/NF) As described in ref A, Spain intends to deploy approximately a battalion of troops to UNIFIL. Acting DG for Defense Policy Brigadier General Jose Munoz Castresana told Poloff on August 17 that Spain shares the US's sense of urgency and generally agrees with ref B's points. He said tha [...]	2006-08-17 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL SP LE
06MADRID2152	SPAIN WANTS TO LEAD BRIGADE IN LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 13:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR SP LE
06MADRID2242	SPAIN ON NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 11:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO SP
06MADRID2261	SPANISH MILITARY ON CURRENT DEPLOYMENTS, NATO/RIGA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dan Fata discussed the NATO Riga Summit, Defense Minister Alonso's upcoming meeting with Secretary Rumsfeld, current Spanish deployments, and the NCIS/OSI issue with top Spanish military and defense leaders on Sept 5-6. Fata praised Spain' [...]	2006-09-11 13:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR SP
06MADRID2335	SPAIN: MOD POLICY DIRECTOR ON NCIS/OSI, [...] (C/NF) Charge paid an introductory call on MOD Secretary General for Policy Admiral Francisco Torrente on September 15. Charge told Torrente that the US deeply appreciates the hospitality and use of Spanish bases, as well as the strong foundation that the military-military relationship provides to [...]	2006-09-15 16:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR SP LE AF
06MADRID2641	SCENESETTER FOR SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER ALONSO [...] (C/NF) When you meet with Spanish Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso on October 23, you are meeting a man who is vastly different from his predecessor. Whereas ex-Minister Bono is a lifelong politician and rival of President Zapatero, Alonso is a judge and lifelong friend of Zapatero. Bono [...]	2006-10-18 15:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR SP
06MADRID2910	SPAIN ON NATO/AFGHANISTAN ISSUES FOR RIGA [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points on the need for increased commitment to the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan to MOD Policy Director ADM Francisco Torrente on November 17. DCM emphasized that while the US appreciates Spain's solid contribution in the west, NATO faces a strong challenge in the [...]	2006-11-17 18:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO SP
06MADRID3059	SPANISH MOD POLICY DIRECTOR ON NATO RIGA SUMMIT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. MOD Policy Director Torrente told DCM on December 12 that President Bush's remarks had helped make the NATO Riga Summit more successful than he'd expected. He said that the Summit had achieved important political ends related to future expansion and the Alliance's commitment to [...]	2006-12-19 11:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO SP
06MANAGUA1023	EX-NICARAGUAN MOD BIDDING ON REGIONAL UNDP ARMS [...] (C) Poloff met with local UNDP official Felipe Molina on May 5 to discuss the UNDP's five-year, $5 million project to reduce small arms in Central America. Molina explained that the plan will cover "all types of weapons transportable by one person" -- including MANPADS. "Arms in poor countrie [...]	2006-05-09 22:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR PREL NU
06MANAGUA1209	UPBEAT PRESIDENT BOLANOS HOPES SUCCESSOR BUILDS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bolanos recently confided to Ambassador his desire for his successor, ideally Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre, to build on his legacy. He justified his firing of a number of government employees for corruption, downplaying the fact that they had recently abandone [...]	2006-06-05 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MARR MOPS NU
06MANAGUA1383	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary/Introduction: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the Sandinista (FSLN)-Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) pact and assure the Nicaraguan people that we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your presence will also co [...]	2006-06-23 17:16:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR MOPS KDEM ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA1434	NICARAGUA: COMMENTS ON NIC WATCH LIST OF INTERNAL [...] (S/NF) Post concurs with the bulk of the NIC Watch list's assessment of internal instability in Nicaragua. However, we recommend that the following clarifications and recent political developments be considered: CALL FOR A PUBLIC REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS - - - - - - - - - - - - [...]	2006-07-03 17:52:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM MARR MOPS NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1695	NICARAGUA: PROVISIONAL RESPONSE TO DRAFT LIMITED [...] Embassy received the following diplomatic note in response to reftel. As stated in the note, the GON has not yet completed internal consultations, but Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacts do not predict any major difficulties. Post has faxed a copy of the note to WHA/CEN will report final GON [...]	2006-08-04 15:29:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM MARR NU
06MANAGUA188	NICARAGUA WILL PRESS PANAMA AND COSTA RICA ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-26 16:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MARR MCAP NU
06MANAGUA2093	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, to Nicaragua for attendance at the Seventh Defense Ministerial of the Americas. In conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Minister of Defense of Nicaragua and the United States Defense A [...]	2006-09-22 16:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2161	NICARAGUAN POLITICAL PARTIES PLEDGE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of four political parties contesting Nicaragua's November 5 national elections pledged to support (more or less) the Nicaraguan Defense White Paper should their party come to power. Enthusiasm for White Paper policy goals varied, however, between officials of the [...]	2006-09-29 22:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS MARR NU
06MANAGUA2741	DISCUSSIONS ON NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN INTERMEDIARY [...] (C) Summary: During Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos' recent meeting with DCM and polcouns, he confirmed his appointment as Foreign Minister and requested to meet with State Department officials in Washington before President-elect Daniel Or [...]	2006-12-21 16:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON ENGR MARR PTER NU
06MANAGUA432	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the PLC-FSLN pact and assure the Nicaraguan people we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your engagement will also facilitate progress on CAFTA-DR implementation and MANPADS des [...]	2006-02-24 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON ETRD MARR
06MANAGUA590	MANAGUA'S LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCEDURES [...] Embassy Managua's Political Section has developed a system to coordinate Leahy Amendment vetting. All candidates for USG-funded travel, training (military or civilian),or material assistance -- in-country or in the United States -- must be vetted on human rights, corruption, narcotics, or c [...]	2006-03-15 19:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP MARR MASS SNAR PINS PREL PHUM PINR NU
06MANAGUA624	NICARAGUA: FOLLOW UP CICTE DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, poloff met with Myriam Vasquez, the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Vice Director for Sovereignty, Territory and International Legal Issues. (Note: Vasquez is the Ministry's terrorism guru. The Ministry recently decided that she will head Nicaragua's CICTE [...]	2006-03-20 23:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS OAS NU
06MANAGUA95	AMENDING THE 505 AGREEMENT FOR GPOI AND OTHER [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 17:07:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PGOV KTIA NU
06MANAMA116	DISCUSSIONS WITH BAHRAIN REGARDING CONCLUSION OF A [...] (C) On December 11, 2005, a U.S. delegation led by OSD Director for Nonproliferation Policy Dr. David Cooper met with Bahraini officials to work towards conclusion of a Host Country Agreement. Due to the Bahraini officials' apparent lack of familiarity with CWC challenge inspection procedures [...]	2006-01-25 15:09:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR BA BILAT
06MANAMA1253	BAHRAIN: NATO-MIDDLE EAST SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (C) Acting Pol/Econ Chief met with MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho at Shaikho's request July 9 to discuss the NATO-Middle East Security Cooperation Center (SCC). Shaikho explained that, following recent internal GCC discussion on the topic, he had been task [...]	2006-07-10 13:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BA REGION ROW
06MANAMA138	BAHRAIN: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) SUMMARY: In contrast with its size, Bahrain makes an invaluable contribution to U.S. security objectives in the Gulf region by hosting and providing support to the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Fifth Fleet and the Naval Support Activity. In 2004 Bahrain was an important coalition partn [...]	2006-01-30 14:37:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP PREL BA ECTRD BILAT
06MANAMA1458	TFLE01: DEPUTY PM PLEADS FOR U.S. TO PLAY ROLE OF [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak told the Charge August 7 that the United States had to play the role of honest broker to help settle the Lebanon crisis. While recognizing that Palestinians, Lebanese and Israelis are all suffering, he complained that the U.S. was paying c [...]	2006-08-07 15:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV ETRD BA REGION ECTRD POL
06MANAMA1596	CROWN PRINCE STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF IDEAS IN WAR [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told the Ambassador August 29 that he was pleased with the August 1 implementation of the U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement (FTA). He proposed that the Bahrain Navy join one of the coalition task forces coordinated out of Bahrain, in particular CTF-150, which o [...]	2006-08-30 13:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS ETRD BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1634	SCENESETTER FOR CROWN PRINCE'S SEPTEMBER 12 VISIT [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa will visit Washington September 12, his first official trip to the U.S. since March 2006. His visit comes six weeks after the implementation of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, and soon after a concerted effort by the senior-most members [...]	2006-09-07 12:33:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA165	BAHRAIN: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION HOST COUNTRY [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief February 6 delivered reftel demarche and non-paper concerning finalizing a host country agreement (HCA) on Chemical Weapons Convention challenge inspections to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho recognized that there had been no pro [...]	2006-02-06 10:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS KTIA PREL BA BILAT
06MANAMA1717	BAHRAIN: CIVILIAN INVITATION TO CENTCOM [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 11:14:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL BA IZ
06MANAMA1753	SCENESETTER FOR U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND COMMANDER [...] (S) General Abizaid, we warmly welcome your October 11-12 visit to Bahrain. Your Bahraini interlocutors remain concerned about heightened tensions with Iran and will want to hear your views on U.S. plans to contain Iran, with specific reference to Iran's nuclear ambitions. The GOB is suspic [...]	2006-10-05 13:27:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PTER ASEC BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1782	SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 18-19 VISIT OF THE GULF [...] (C) We warmly welcome the October 18-19 visit to Bahrain of the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue delegation led by PM Assistant Secretary Hillen and DOD Assistant Secretary for International Security Rodman. Your trip follows on the heels of the October 11 visit of CENTCOM Commander General [...]	2006-10-12 14:24:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS MASS BA IR REGION BILAT
06MANAMA180	FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAN: WE'RE WORRIED AND NEED [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador February 7 that Bahrain supported the IAEA referral of Iran to the UN and suggested involving India more directly in the issue to apply greater pressure to Iran. Shaikh Khalid, who had visited Tehran January 28-29, stated that Foreign Mi [...]	2006-02-08 09:32:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MARR PARM BA IR REGION OFFICIALS BILAT
06MANAMA1806	DEFENSE MINISTER AND GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSS [...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid October 11 met with Defense Minister GEN Shaikh Khalifa and discussed Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, bilateral military cooperation, and counter-terrorism. Shaikh Khalifa said that Iran's behavior in the region is growing worse and Iran's nuclear program must [...]	2006-10-19 10:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS MASS BA IR IZ REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1828	CROWN PRINCE OUTLINES REGIONAL CHALLENGES WITH [...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid October 11 met with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman and discussed Iraq, Iran, the war of ideas in the Middle East, and Bahrain's upcoming elections. On Iraq, the CP said that the United States should adopt a "less forward-leaning position" and allow Iraqi for [...]	2006-10-24 11:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS MASS BA IR IZ REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1844	DEPUTY PM TELLS GSD DELEGATION THE BEST DEFENSE IS [...] (S) Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak told the visiting interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation October 18 that Iran is a diplomatic, military, and political threat to the countries of the region and that the best defense is to show you are prepared for possible fu [...]	2006-10-31 07:27:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1849	KING HAMAD SUPPORTS GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (S) King Hamad October 18 told the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation that he wants to work with the U.S. on creating a new comprehensive defense strategy for the region in light of recent developments. He commended the U.S.'s bilateral approach to each of the GCC states and [...]	2006-11-01 07:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1850	CROWN PRINCE TELLS GSD DELEGATION THAT U.S., GCC [...] (S) Crown Prince Salman told the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation that the U.S. and its GCC allies need to send a strong message to Iran, and suggested holding a major military exercise in the region. He thought it would be "a great motivator" for the other GCC countries f [...]	2006-11-01 07:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS

06MANAMA1851	MFA PLEASED WITH SUBSTANCE OF GSD INITIATIVE [...] (S) MFA Assistant Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak told the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation October 18 that the Dialogue is a serious effort with "substance, not just ideas" to deal with regional security. He sees U.S. proposals to improve bilateral military [...]	2006-11-01 07:52:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1888	FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESSES SADDAM CONVICTION [...] (C) During a November 6 meeting covering several subjects (septels),Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador that he had intentionally made a cautious public statement about Saddam Hussein's conviction because Saddam is a divisive figure who continues to have a [...]	2006-11-06 14:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA1903	BAHRAINI ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? [...] (S) As the only Arab country other than Iraq that has a Shia majority population, Bahrain is very worried about the situation in Iraq and watches closely for signs that increased sectarian tensions and violence in Iraq could spill over into Bahrain. To become more actively engaged with Iraq, [...]	2006-11-08 09:20:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA1915	FOREIGN MINISTER CITES MILITARY COOPERATION AS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador November 6 that Bahrain's participation in the late October Proliferation Security Initiative Leading Edge was a sign of the strength of the U.S.-Bahrain relationship. He noted that Iranian Foreign Minister Motakki h [...]	2006-11-13 12:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PHUM KDEM ETRD BEXP BA REGION
06MANAMA1972	KING, NAVY SECRETARY DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (S) King Hamad told Secretary of the Navy Winter November 26 that Bahrain's relationship with the U.S. Navy was fundamental to the stability and prosperity of the country and region. The Navy has been an ambassador and liaison between the two countries and Bahrain has benefited from joint ex [...]	2006-11-28 10:47:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1988	SECRETARY OF THE NAVY DISCUSSES MILITARY [...] (S) Minister of Defense General Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told Secretary of the Navy Winter November 26 that the long standing presence of the US Navy in Bahrain and the warm relationship between Bahrain and the US is a stabilizing force given Bahrain's "unpredictable neighbors." He [...]	2006-12-03 11:59:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1989	FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS NAVY SECRETARY U.S. IS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid November 26 welcomed Secretary of the Navy Winter to Bahrain and thanked him for SIPDIS all the United States does to promote stability and security in the region, saying the U.S. is Bahrain's "number one ally and friend." Referring to the U.S.-Bahrain fr [...]	2006-12-03 12:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA2022	BAHRAIN: IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT [...] (C) In the course of a December 7 meeting with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa covering several subjects, Pol/Econ Chief raised the release of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report a day earlier and asked for his reaction. Shai [...]	2006-12-11 09:41:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA2024	CROWN PRINCE AND A/S HILLEN DISCUSS SECURITY [...] (C) In their December 8 meeting on the eve of the opening of the IISS Manama Dialogue conference, Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa told a U.S. delegation led by State A/S Hillen, CENTCOM Vice Admiral Nichols, and NSC Senior Director Doran that the stronger the U.S. message is o [...]	2006-12-11 12:45:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR BA BILAT REGION
06MANAMA2049	BAHRAINI FM, A/S HILLEN, AND A/S RODMAN EXPLORE [...] (C) Meeting with the U.S. delegation to the IISS Manama Dialogue conference December 8, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid said that Iranian FM Mottaki had told him earlier in the day that Iran did not want nuclear weapons, saying they would be of no benefit to Iran. Shaikh Khalid said he was pe [...]	2006-12-19 07:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BA BILAT REGION
06MANAMA22	INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Begin Summary: Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid praised the strong historic relationship between the governments of Bahrain and the United States during his December 20 meeting with NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Walsh. Senior MOI officials provided a comprehensive brief discussing t [...]	2006-01-04 14:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BA MARR PREL BILAT CTR OFFICIALS
06MANAMA301	BAHRAIN APPROVES CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT, SEEKS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. (C) The MFA informed the Embassy by dip note (text in para 5) that the GOB agrees to sign a Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement with the United States, with the text as delivered by the DOD team during its December [...]	2006-02-28 13:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR OPDC BA BILAT
06MANAMA434	SUGGESTED BAHRAINI EDITS AND REVISIONS TO CWC HOST [...] (C) MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho told Pol/Econ Chief March 15 that in preparing the final text of the Chemical Weapons Convention Host Country Agreement Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),the Bahraini side had uncovered several areas that it would like t [...]	2006-03-19 10:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR BA BILAT
06MANAMA442	DEPUTY PM, FOREIGN MINISTER AGREE TO COUNSELOR [...] (S) State Department Counselor Zelikow met separately with Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa and Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa March 12 to initiate a strategic dialogue on regional security, including concerns about Iran. They agreed with the [...]	2006-03-20 05:45:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PARM PTER MARR EFIN KISL KNNP BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA443	COUNSELOR ZELIKOW DISCUSSES IRAN AND IRAQ WITH [...] (C) Summary: State Department Counselor Zelikow met March 12 with Shura Council members Dr. Khalid Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and Ibrahim Mohamed Bashmi, both of whom are on the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and National Security Committee, to discuss Iraq, Iran and domestic issues in Bahrain. Dr. [...]	2006-03-20 05:52:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MARR EFIN KISL KNNP BA IR IZ BILAT OFFICIALS REGION
06MANAMA692	CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT WITH BAHRAIN [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief April 22 delivered Ref A talking points, non-paper, and revised Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a Chemical Weapons Convention Host Country Agreement (HCA) to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho was pleased that the United Stat [...]	2006-04-23 08:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MASS BA BILAT
06MANAMA755	BAHRAIN: NATO-MIDDLE EAST SECURITY COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-01 11:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BA ROW OFFICIALS
06MANAMA758	SCENESETTER FOR U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND COMMANDER [...] (C) General Abizaid, we warmly welcome your May 8 visit to Bahrain. Your Bahraini interlocutors are most concerned about heightened tensions with Iran and will want to hear your views on U.S. plans to deal with Iran. The Bahraini government is deeply suspicious of Iran's nuclear program and [...]	2006-05-01 13:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV ASEC BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA818	CENTRAL COMMAND GENERAL ABIZAID'S MAY 8 MEETING [...] (C) Centcom Commander General Abizaid met with Crown Prince Salman May 8 and discussed the May 6 GCC Consultative Meeting in Riyadh, the Iranian threat, building up defenses in the Gulf, and the situation in Iraq. The CP said the GCC leaders were far more cooperative towards each other than i [...]	2006-05-09 11:40:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BA IR IZ REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA824	CENTRAL COMMAND GENERAL ABIZAID'S MAY 8 MEETING [...] (S) Centcom Commander General Abizaid met with King Hamad May 8 and discussed the May 6 GCC Consultative Meeting in Riyadh, the Iranian threat, placement of a regional counter-terrorism center in Bahrain, Iraq, and the upcoming parliamentary elections. The King said the GCC Secretary General [...]	2006-05-09 14:52:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS ASEC PTER BA IR IZ REGION
06MANAMA873	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-BAHRAIN MILITARY CONSULTATIVE [...] (SBU) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Long, we warmly welcome you and the U.S. Delegation to the 13th Annual U.S.-Bahrain Military Consultative Committee (MCC) 23-24 May. We have requested meetings with the Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, the Bahrain [...]	2006-05-18 14:08:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS ASEC BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA898	INTERAGENCY DELEGATION DISCUSSES GULF SECURITY [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Henry and Assistant Secretary of State Hillen met with MFA Assistant Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz May 14 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue, Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the Iranian challen [...]	2006-05-23 09:09:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR MASS KDEM KMPI BA IR REGION
06MANAMA899	INTERAGENCY DELEGATION DISCUSSES GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH CROWN PRINCE SALMAN [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Henry and Assistant Secretary of State Hillen met with Crown Prince Salman May 14 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue, the threat posed by Iran, direct contacts between the U.S. and Iran, a declaratory secur [...]	2006-05-23 09:09:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MASS KDEM KMPI BA REGION IR
06MANILA1	MOVING FORWARD ON USG PRIORITIES IN THE [...] (C) Summary: While still facing serious political obstacles, President Arroyo has recovered some of her equilibrium after surviving impeachment charges and severe domestic turbulence in 2005. The relative pause in the political wars provides an opening for the USG to move forward with key b [...]	2006-01-03 01:55:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS PHUM RP
06MANILA1219	LIKELY POSTPONEMENT OF ARRAIGNMENT OF MARINES IN [...] (U) On March 17, the alleged victim in the case of four U.S. Marines charged with rape filed an omnibus motion with the Olongapo City Regional Trial Court. The motion requests four actions: -- that the Court declare unconstitutional Article V, paragraph 6 of the Visiting Forces Agreement ( [...]	2006-03-17 09:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA1366	JUDGE IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE RECUSES HIMSELF ON EVE [...] (U) Summary. The judge in the case of four Marines accused of raping a Filipina has recused himself in reaction to a motion from the complainant's lawyers. The arraignment of the Marines, scheduled for March 24, has been postponed. A new judge may be assigned to the case on March 28; the co [...]	2006-03-24 07:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA1519	NEW VENUE, JUDGE ANNOUNCED IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE [...] (U) On March 28, the Philippine Supreme Court transferred the case of four Marines accused of raping a Filipina from Olongapo City to Makati City in metro Manila. The Department of Justice (DOJ) had requested the change of venue after the original judge, Renato Dilag, recused himself due to a [...]	2006-04-04 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA1714	LIKELY REDUCTION OF CHARGES FOR 3 MARINES IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippine Secretary of Justice announced that he would recommend to the court a reduction in the charges against three of the Marines in the ongoing alleged rape case. Lawyers for the complainant and for the Marines have both characterized the proposed reduced charges of [...]	2006-04-19 09:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA1816	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR EXERCISE BAKER PISTON 06-3 [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 6. 2. (U) JIATF West has requested that the Mission conduct human rights vetting for units participating in exercise Baker Piston 06-3, slated to take place 17 July - 11 August, 2006. 3. (U) Post POC is Rachel Wolfe, who can be reached at wolf [...]	2006-04-26 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PHUM PREL PINR SNAR RP
06MANILA1841	HANDLING THE MARINE "RAPE" CASE -- NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) With the imminent arraignment (likely on April 28) of four Marines accused in a case of rape of a Filipina in Subic Bay on November 1, 2005, this case and the utility of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) will re-emerge in the spotlight after a relatively quiet four months. An outsta [...]	2006-04-27 10:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RP
06MANILA1866	COURT REJECTS DOJ MOTION TO DOWNGRADE CHARGES, [...] (U) Summary: On April 28, a Manila court rejected a motion to reduce the charges against three of four US Marines accused of raping a Filipina. The judge hearing the case entered "not guilty" pleas on behalf of the accused Marines after their lawyers declined to enter pleas. The judge also [...]	2006-04-28 09:44:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR RP
06MANILA1903	GMA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MILF PEACE PROSPECTS; [...] (U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 28 event with the Ambassador, President Arroyo reiterated optimism about prospects for peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in 2006. Senior GRP officials commente [...]	2006-05-04 01:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PARM RP
06MANILA1968	MARINE CASE UPDATE 5/5/06 [...] (C) Summary. On May 3, the Ambassador raised concerns over the alleged rape case with Philippine Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz, a strong supporter of the Visiting Forces Agreement. Cruz was sympathetic to U.S. concerns over the potential politization of the case, but believed that the case [...]	2006-05-08 08:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2085	MARINE CASE UPDATE 5/16/06 [...] (U) Pre-trial hearings continue in the case of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina. At a pre-trial hearing on May 11, Judge Pozon received a Motion for Clarification of the one-year time-limit for judicial proceedings specified in the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). ----------- [...]	2006-05-16 09:11:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA218	SUBIC CASE UPDATE: JANUARY 17 [...] (C) Summary. Local media have begun reporting on the US Embassy's decision to retain custody of the four Marines charged with rape in the Philippines. The Marines' defense attorneys have submitted Motions for Reconsideration of the issuance of any arrest warrants; three Marines have also ap [...]	2006-01-17 09:43:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2228	MARINE CASE UPDATE 05/29/06 [...] (U) Summary. Pre-trial hearings have concluded in the case of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina, and the trial is scheduled to begin on June 2. DCM conveyed to DFA officials the USG's position that the one-year period in the Marine case began on December 27, 2005, when the Marin [...]	2006-05-30 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2308	MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE: LEGAL REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in response to reftel's proposed amendment to the 1974 Exchange of Notes governing the 505 Agreement between the United States and Republic of the Philippines. While agreeing to the U.S. proposal, the [...]	2006-06-02 08:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PGOV KTIA RP
06MANILA2334	MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/05/06 [...] (U) On June 2, the trial of four Marines charged with raping a Filipina began in Makati City, Manila. Two Diplomatic Security (DS) Special Agents and a DS investigator from Mission's Regional Security Office accompanied the Marines, who remain quartered on Embassy grounds, to the trial. Mis [...]	2006-06-05 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA241	RESPONSES TO USG RETENTION OF CUSTODY IN SUBIC CASE [...] (U) Summary. Philippine media on January 18 covered extensively the Embassy's public announcement that the U.S. would invoke the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and retain custody of four Marines accused of rape. Several politicians voiced anti-VFA and/or anti-U.S. sentiments. Court officia [...]	2006-01-18 08:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2426	MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/09/06 [...] (U) On June 9, the first full week of trial concluded in the case of four U.S. Marines accused in the alleged rape of a Filipina. Officials from Embassy's American Citizens' Services Unit, JUSMAG, Defense Attache's Office (DAO),and Regional Security Office, as well as from the Third Marine [...]	2006-06-09 08:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2548	MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/19/06 [...] (U) After a three-day holiday weekend and the court's regular Tuesday off, the trial of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina resumed June 14 with the testimony of NCIS special agents and NCIS locally employed staff. Post greatly appreciates the support of the Department and all oth [...]	2006-06-19 03:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2554	AMBASSADOR AND ADMIRAL FALLON MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. On June 5, the Ambassador and Admiral Fallon met for breakfast with President Arroyo. In a wide-ranging conversation, President Arroyo offered her views on GRP counterterrorism efforts; the peace process in Mindanao; and her upcoming trip to Jolo to visit the USNS Mercy. End S [...]	2006-06-19 08:16:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MARR PINS RP
06MANILA2634	MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/23/06 [...] (U) Summary. The trial of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina is proceeding slightly more slowly than anticipated, and may move to a five-day-a-week schedule in July. Developments during the week of June 19 included a concession by prosecutors that physical evidence in the case w [...]	2006-06-23 09:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2663	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR EXERCISE BALANCE PISTON [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) JUSMAG has requested that the Mission conduct human rights vetting for units participating in exercise Balance Piston 06-05, slated to take place August 5 - 31, 2006. 3. (U) Information on participating commanders and units follows: [...]	2006-06-26 07:00:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PHUM PREL PINR SNAR RP
06MANILA283	CONGRESS CALLS FOR TERMINATION/RENEGOTIATION OF [...] (C) Summary: The Philippine Congress' Legislative Oversight Committee on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) unanimously passed a non-binding resolution on January 19 calling for the termination of the VFA within six months and its renegotiation into a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Appa [...]	2006-01-19 10:03:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2831	POSSIBLE COURTS MARTIAL FOR FEBRUARY 24 "COUP [...] (SBU) Summary: A committee investigating an alleged failed February 24 coup d'etat may soon recommend that at least three senior military officers and perhaps dozens of junior officers face military courts on charges ranging from conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman to mutiny and sedi [...]	2006-07-06 08:21:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV MARR RP
06MANILA2852	MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/07/06 [...] The trial of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued during the week of July 3 with the cross examination of Analisa Franco, stepsister of the complainant, and direct examination of the complainant herself on July 6. There was no hearing on July 7 due to the "distraught [...]	2006-07-07 09:44:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2962	MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/14/06 [...] The trial of four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued during the week of July 14 with direct and cross examination of the complainant as well as of the prosecution's chief medical witness, Dr. Raquel del Rosario-Fortun. Prosecutors established how much the complainant drank [...]	2006-07-14 10:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2969	MARINE CASE: ANOTHER DEFENDANT SPEAKS TO MEDIA [...] LCpl Daniel Smith, one of the four marines currently on trial for alleged rape, gave an interview to the Associated Press on Saturday July 15. Local media featured his remarks extensively. He talked about how his "life has come to a screeching halt" due to the alleged incident and trial, and [...]	2006-07-17 09:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3064	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chris, the entire US Mission welcomes you back to the Philippines! We have been busy emphasizing our partnership in this historic year; upcoming Codels will be a next stage as will President Arroyo's September trip to Hawaii. Your visit focuses on outreach in two key areas -- [...]	2006-07-21 09:44:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ECON PGOV ETRD ECIN EAID RP
06MANILA3065	MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/21/06 [...] The trial of four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued the week of July 17. The lawyer for Timoteo Soriano, the driver of the Starex van the Marines rented the night of November 1, objected to the subpoena requesting Mr. Soriano testify for the prosecution on July 17, invoking [...]	2006-07-21 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3066	DEFENSE SECRETARY SEES KAPIT BISIG AS "BIG PLUS" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Cruz views the Kapit Bisig framework as a "big plus" for US-RP counterterrorism cooperation, is focused on neutralizing High Value Targets, and believes the Kapit Bisig implementing guidelines are flexible enough to accommodate a variety of circumstances. He tak [...]	2006-07-21 10:05:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS MCAP MARR PTER PREL RP
06MANILA3068	PHILIPPINE DEFENSE REFORM HELPING TO COUNTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) has produced concrete results and is becoming institutionalized within the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). PDR is also helping counteract restiveness among some mid- and junior officers, which contributed to the coup attempt of February 24 [...]	2006-07-24 00:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL PINS RP
06MANILA3176	MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/31/06 [...] The trial of four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued the week of July 24 with medical testimony from toxicologist Dr. Kenneth Go, who testified that the complainant was intoxicated on the night of the alleged incident such that she would not have been able to consent to sexu [...]	2006-07-31 00:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3234	EAP A/S HILL VISITS MILITARY ACADEMY AND U.S. [...] SUMMARY: EAP A/S Hill stressed themes of military transformation and cooperation -- especially on natural disasters -- among the U.S., the Philippines, and other ASEAN countries in speech to the cadets at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in Baguio City on July 30. He participated in a r [...]	2006-08-02 05:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM CASC KPAO RP
06MANILA3285	MARINE CASE UPDATE 08/04/06 [...] The trial of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman was suspended August 1 due to the illness of a prosecution witness, and will probably not resume for two more weeks. Judge Benjamin Pozon said he was unhappy with this delay, but believed it to be unavoidable. He ordered the P [...]	2006-08-04 07:21:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3474	MARINE CASE UPDATE 08/18/06 [...] The trial of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman resumed briefly the week of August 14 with confirmation from the Prosecution's expert DNA witness that the DNA sample taken from LCpl Daniel Smith matches that of the DNA sample found on the complainant's underwear. The Prosecu [...]	2006-08-18 08:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3475	(CABLE CANCELLATION) SENATOR INOUYE'S VISIT: OVERVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 08:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP ECON EINV ETRD PTER MARR PGOV RP
06MANILA3479	SENATOR INOUYE SUPPORTS PHILIPPINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Inouye stressed publicly and privately his admiration and support for the Philippine-US approach to counterterrorism and defense reform during his August 11-15 visit to the Philippines. Inouye enthused at the "Philippine model," which extends a "hand of friendship" to [...]	2006-08-18 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP PTER MCAP MOPS MARR RP
06MANILA3491	SENATOR INOUYE'S VISIT: OVERVIEW [...] Summary. During Senator Daniel K. Inouye's August 11 - 15 visit to the Philippines, he traveled to Zamboanga and dined with President Arroyo (see Reftel); met U.S. business leaders; and, called on the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and Defense Secretary Cruz. Given the Se [...]	2006-08-22 04:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP ECON EINV ETRD PTER MARR PGOV RP
06MANILA3770	MARINE CASE UPDATE 09/08/06 [...] Testimony in the trial of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman is expected to resume Monday, September 11 when the Defense commences its case. They have indicated that they will call approximately six witnesses including the four Marines themselves, and another Marine, LCpl Ju [...]	2006-09-08 07:46:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3852	SMALL ARMS/LIGHT WEAPONS DESTRUCTION PROJECT IN [...] (U) In response to reftel, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group-Philippines (JUSMAG) representatives have reached agreement with their Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) counterparts that only captured/surrendered weapons will be destroyed under the Small Arms/Light Weapons Destruction Pr [...]	2006-09-12 08:06:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PARM PREL PTER RP
06MANILA3875	MARINE CASE: EMBASSY RECEIVES SUBPOENA [...] (U) On September 13, Embassy received a Diplomatic Note from the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officially conveying the subpoena directing NCIS to "appear and present" the clothes worn by LCpl Smith on November 1, 2005. The subpoena requests NCIS appear on September 11, tho [...]	2006-09-13 10:11:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3913	MARINE CASE UPDATE 09/15/06 [...] SUMMARY. The Defense case in the trial of four Marines accused of raping a Philippine woman commenced the week of September 11 with testimony from the accused LCpl Daniel Smith, and another Marine LCpl Justin Bamberger. The subpoena served to the Embassy requesting presentation by NCIS of t [...]	2006-09-15 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3959	PHILIPPINES WATCHING CLOSELY THE SITUATION IN [...] (C) We are monitoring closely the reaction of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to the coup in Thailand. The Philippines has experienced numerous cases of military unrest, the most recent being the failed coup attempt of February 2006 (ref A). The government is currently preparing courts [...]	2006-09-20 09:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR MOPS TH RP
06MANILA3999	MARTIAL LAW IN THAILAND REVERBERATES IN THE [...] (SBU) The declaration of martial law in Thailand has captured public attention in the Philippines, dominating the radio and television and making headlines in all the major dailies. It was the topic of the evening at a reception hosted by the Ambassador last night, with journalists and gover [...]	2006-09-21 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MOPS TH RP
06MANILA4000	MARTIAL LAW IN THAILAND REVERBERATES IN THE [...] (SBU) The declaration of martial law in Thailand has captured public attention in the Philippines, dominating the radio and television and making headlines in all the major dailies. It was the topic of the evening at a reception hosted by the Ambassador last night, with journalists and gover [...]	2006-09-21 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MOPS TH RP
06MANILA4001	MARTIAL LAW IN THAILAND REVERBERATES IN THE [...] (SBU) The declaration of martial law in Thailand has captured public attention in the Philippines, dominating the radio and television and making headlines in all the major dailies. It was the topic of the evening at a reception hosted by the Ambassador last night, with journalists and gover [...]	2006-09-21 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MOPS TH RP
06MANILA4067	MARINE CASE UPDATE 9/22/06 [...] The trial of four Marines continued the week of September 18 with testimony from forensic obstetrical and gynecologist expert Dr. Teresita Sanchez, who testified that the injuries sustained by the complainant do not suggest rape. SSgt Chad Carpentier followed and testified that his first impr [...]	2006-09-25 08:07:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4150	REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...]	2006-10-01 23:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP
06MANILA4151	REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...]	2006-10-01 23:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP
06MANILA4176	MARINE CASE: PROSECUTION TO CALL NCIS WITNESSES [...] This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. The lead prosecutor in the Marine case, Emilie Delos Santos, informed Embassy that she intends to call NCIS agent Guy Papageorge and investigator Tony Ramos to testify on October 5 as part of the Prosecution's rebuttal case. A subpoena is expec [...]	2006-10-03 03:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4203	AMBASSADOR VISITS MEDCAP/GETS FIRST-HAND LOOK AT [...] (C/REL AUS) Summary. Ambassador had a first-hand update from ground force commanders on the Armed Forces of the Philippines' on-going effort to capture or kill Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah leaders during her September 25 day-long visit to Jolo Island. The Armed Forces of the Philip [...]	2006-10-03 08:52:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR MOPS EAID RP
06MANILA4257	MARINE CASE: VERDICT PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER 27 [...] The Prosecution announced in a brief hearing on October 5 that it will not after all present rebuttal evidence before the court in the case of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman. At the hearing, Judge Benjamin Pozon gave the Prosecution and Defense 30 days to file Memoranda o [...]	2006-10-06 06:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4396	BOLSTERING THE CT FIGHT IN THE PHILIPPINES: [...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippines is the easternmost front line of the Global War on Terrorism. It faces multiple threats, ranging from the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah to the local terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group and Rajah Solaiman Movement. Quick-disbursing 1206, 1207, and 1208 funds that pr [...]	2006-10-18 03:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA4436	MARINE CASE UPDATE 10/20/06 [...] Makati Regional Trial Court Judge Benjamin Pozon publicly promised to take a two week period exclusively to review the evidence in the case in order to render a verdict November 27. 2. In a television interview aired by ABS-CBN October 17, two of the Marines again professed their innocen [...]	2006-10-20 08:10:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4500	MARINE CASE UPDATE 10/27/06 [...] (C) A verdict in the case of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman is expected November 27. While we cannot predict what the verdict might be, the Embassy's Marine Case Working Group (with input from visiting III MEF officers) is finalizing post-verdict plans that take into acc [...]	2006-10-27 08:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4522	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) John, a warm welcome to the Philippines! I am looking forward to seeing you. We have a packed program ready for you, including meetings with Foreign Secretary Romulo, Secretary of National Defense Cruz, and Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Esperon and a trip to Jolo to see first-ha [...]	2006-10-30 06:58:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL OVIP HILLEN RP
06MANILA4600	DEFENSE REFORM AND C-T OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE [...] (C) In a private meeting with Ambassador on November 6, Presidential Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita made clear that the Philippines remained fully committed to comprehensive implementation of the Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) program despite the November 5 resignation of Defense Secret [...]	2006-11-06 09:18:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL RP
06MANILA4638	DEFENSE SECRETARY CRUZ' "WAY FORWARD" ON PDR AS [...] (C) Summary. Defense Secretary Cruz admitted to Ambassador that long-standing disagreements with President Arroyo over the pace of Philippine Defense Reform and the campaign against the New People's Army, as well as over constitutional change, had led to his regrettably public resignation. [...]	2006-11-08 08:58:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV RP
06MANILA4660	NOVEMBER 9 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C/REL AUS) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operation to capture or kill the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leadership on the island of Jolo is ending its 15th week. Khadaffy Janjalani, Abu Solaiman, Dulmatin, and Umar Patek are believed to have split up into smal [...]	2006-11-09 09:02:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL
06MANILA4677	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO [...] (C) In a private meeting with the Ambassador on November 10, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo reaffirmed the high importance President Arroyo and he place on their upcoming bilateral meetings in Hanoi with President Bush and Secretary Rice. Key topics they plan to raise are: -- counterterr [...]	2006-11-14 02:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KN BM RP
06MANILA4681	AMBASSADOR VISITS PUERTO PRINCESA, PALAWAN [...] SUMMARY: During a November 3-4 trip to the island of Palawan, the Ambassador visited Western Command (WESCOM) Headquarters; spoke to local tricycle drivers about the success of a USAID pollution reduction and traffic control project; met with local Peace Corps Volunteers and environmental NGO l [...]	2006-11-14 05:52:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID SENV MARR RP
06MANILA4712	BACKGROUND ON THE MARINE CASE IN ADVANCE OF [...] SUMMARY (C) A verdict is expected on November 27 in the legal case in a Philippine court against four U.S. Marines charged with raping a Filipino woman on the evening of November 1, 2005 in Subic. This message re-caps evens that occurred as well as efforts by the USG to assure a positive at [...]	2006-11-16 02:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4718	SSGT CARPENTIER AND LCPL SMITH REQUEST PERMISSION TO BE [...] This is an action request - see para 6. 2. Summary. Two of the four U.S. Marines currently awaiting the November 27 verdict on charges of raping a Filipina in Subic in November 2005, SSGT Carpentier and LCPL Smith, have requested Embassy's permission to grant a television interview to Ass [...]	2006-11-16 07:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC KPAO RP
06MANILA472	AFP SEPARATELY ENGAGES MILF, NPA IN WEEK OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) On January 29, sporadic fighting broke out between elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and local Civilian Army Geographical Armed F [...]	2006-02-02 09:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS MOPS MARR MCAP RP
06MANILA4734	NOVEMBER 17 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C/REL AUS) The ongoing Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operation to capture or kill the Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leadership on the southern Mindanao island of Jolo is ending its 16th week. Khadaffy Janjalani, Dulmatin, and Umar Patek are now believed in the northeast [...]	2006-11-17 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA4749	ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN MEETS WITH FOREIGN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Affairs Secretary Romulo reiterated to Assistant Secretary Hillen and Ambassador the Philippine offer to host a round of Six Party talks on the margins of the mid-December ASEAN/East Asian Summits in Cebu, if that would be helpful to the United States. Romulo is optimist [...]	2006-11-20 00:44:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP MOPS PHUM PGOV EAID KN RP
06MANILA4760	STATEMENT AND PRESS GUIDANCE ON VERDICT IN SUBIC CASE [...] Embassy believes that it is likely a verdict in the Subic case will be announced on November 27, 2006. In anticipation of that announcement, Embassy would like the Department, the Department of Defense and III MEF to have the following statement and contingency press guidance, which we would p [...]	2006-11-20 08:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC KPAO RP
06MANILA4805	ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN SEES FIRST-HAND HOW THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On a November 11 trip to Jolo Island in the Sulu Archipelago, Political-Military Affairs Assistant Secretary Hillen witnessed the transformational programs SIPDIS underway with collaboration among the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the U.S. Joint Special Operations Task Fo [...]	2006-11-22 10:10:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA4808	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PHILIPPINE ARMED FORCES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Esperon is pleased with the success thus far of ongoing counterterrorism operations on the island of Jolo. He intends to enforce military discipline by court-martialing officers accused of involvement in the aborted February [...]	2006-11-24 04:34:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV RP
06MANILA4810	MARINE CASE: VERDICT POSTPONED TO DECEMBER 4 [...] (C) The verdict in the Marine case has been postponed one week and is now expected Monday, December 4. The Embassy's Working Group, with input from representatives of the III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) in Okinawa, is finalizing post-verdict plans. Immediately following the judge's ver [...]	2006-11-24 07:29:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4814	SENATE PRESIDENT VILLAR SEEKS QUANTIFIABLE RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the Ambassador November 22, new Senate President Manuel Villar predicted that the Senate will pass a budget before the end of the calendar year and characterized the chances of passage of the anti-terrorism bill as excellent. Senator Villar suspects that the A [...]	2006-11-27 04:02:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM SOCI MARR RP
06MANILA4856	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fox, I am looking forward to seeing you! General Esperon and I will meet you in Zamboanga and accompany you on your trip to Jolo, where you will have a chance to see for yourself some of the successes in the ongoing Armed Forces of the Philippines operation to eliminate terror [...]	2006-11-30 07:46:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR MOPS MCAP RP
06MANILA4861	NOVEMBER 30 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C/REL AUS) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is now ending its 18th week of operations against the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah leadership on the southern Mindanao island of Jolo. It has suffered 22 killed and 103 wounded since the August 1 onset of "Operation Ultimatum," and show [...]	2006-11-30 09:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA4864	MARINE CASE: FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE VERDICT [...] (C) The verdict in the case of four U.S. Marines accused of involvement in the alleged rape of a Filipina is expected on the afternoon of Monday, December 4. The DCM will call State Operations Center as soon as a verdict is rendered, and again after the Embassy Working Group, together with mil [...]	2006-11-30 09:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4880	VERDICTS IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE; AMBASSADOR PROTESTS [...] Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Pozon on December 4 found U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith guilty in a November 1, 2006 alleged rape of a Filipina at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority compound. He proclaimed a sentence of "reclusion perpetua," statutorily no less than 20 and [...]	2006-12-04 10:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR CASC KCRM RP
06MANILA4896	MAKATI COURT DEFERS RECONSIDERATION OF CUSTODY OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: Despite promises from the seniormost Philippine Government officials that they could work with the judge in the alleged rape case to rescind his custody order and return Lance Corporal Smith to U.S. custody, Smith will spend at least one more night at the Makati Cit [...]	2006-12-05 11:00:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC KCRM RP
06MANILA4913	FOREIGN SECRETARY PREDICTS QUICK RESOLUTION OF [...] (C) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador urged Foreign Secretary Romulo to ensure that the Philippine Government take quick and more effective steps to return Lance Corporal Daniel Smith immediately to U.S. custody pending his appeal. Romulo promised that [...]	2006-12-06 09:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC KCRM RP
06MANILA4933	UNDERSTANDING THE SEIZURE OF LANCE CORPORAL SMITH [...] (C) The decision by Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Pozon on December 4 to order the temporary confinement of convicted Lance Corporal Daniel Smith in the Makati City Jail, rather than release him back to the custody of U.S. authorities, took us and the defense attorneys by surprise ( [...]	2006-12-08 10:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP

06MANILA4953	FURTHER DELAY IN MARINE CASE CUSTODY HEARING [...] (U) At a hearing on December 11, Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Pozon heard oral arguments from the Department of Justice about why the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) authorizes that the U.S. should retain custody of Lance Corporal Smith during the ongoing judicial proceedings. When [...]	2006-12-11 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA4985	NEXT STEPS IN REGAINING CUSTODY OF LANCE CORPORAL [...] (C) Lance Corporal Smith remains in Philippine jail following Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Pozon's December 13 ruling against a defense petition to return him to U.S. custody under the provisions of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) (septel). Although the Philippine Executive Bra [...]	2006-12-13 09:49:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC MARR RP
06MANILA4986	JUDGE DENIES CUSTODY MOTION ON LCPL. SMITH [...] (U) Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Benjamin Pozon on December 13 denied a motion by the attorneys of Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, supported by representatives of the Departments of Foreign Affairs and Justice, to return him to U.S. custody in accordance with the Visiting Forces Agree [...]	2006-12-13 09:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC MARR RP
06MANILA5000	MARINE CASE: REGAINING CUSTODY OF LCPL SMITH [...] (C) Ambassador shared ref a concerns and possible options with Executive Secretary Ermita and Foreign Secretary Romulo on December 14, while other country team members flagged to counterparts at the Departments of Foreign Affairs and National Defense as well as at the Armed Forces of the Phi [...]	2006-12-14 08:05:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC MARR RP
06MANILA5014	MARINE CASE: PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FILES PETITION [...] (C) On December 15, the Philippine Solicitor General, on behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs as a "real party-in-interest," filed a petition-in-intervention with the Court of Appeals in support of the motion already filed by Lance Corporal Daniel Smith's defense attorneys to return c [...]	2006-12-15 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA5017	DECEMBER 15 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C/REL AUS) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) continues its pursuit of senior Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists on the island of Jolo. Fresh troops from the Lanao del Sur-based 2nd Marine Brigade have arrived in order to sustain the operational tempo, which includes an [...]	2006-12-15 10:40:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA5031	MARINE CASE; NO IMMINENT COURT DECISION ON CUSTODY [...] (U) The Court of Appeals on December 19 denied a motion by the defense lawyers for Lance Corporal Daniel Smith calling for an immediate decision to reverse Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Pozon's December 4 order to detain LCpl. Smith temporarily in the Makati City Jail. The private [...]	2006-12-19 10:48:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA5039	MARINE CASE: LIKELY CANCELLATION OF BALIKATAN [...] (C) In a private meeting with Executive Secretary Ermita on December 20, Ambassador reviewed the near-certainty that the USG would imminently decide to cancel much or perhaps all of Balikatan 07 to reflect our concern about the Philippines' lack of compliance with the terms of the Visiting Fo [...]	2006-12-20 07:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA5071	MARINE CASE: JUDICIAL PROCESSES TO DECIDE CUSTODY [...] (C) Ambassador on December 21 discussed with President Arroyo latest developments in the judicial deliberations on the custody issue involving Lance Corporal Smith, underscoring the importance of living up to the obligations under the Visiting Forces Agreement. President Arroyo assured the [...]	2006-12-21 09:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA5072	Prison Visit to DANIEL JOHN SMITH [...] NAME: Smith, Daniel John 3. DPOB: June 08, 1985, St. Louis, MO USA 4. PASSPORT: 802002219, issued July 11, 2005 9. CHARGES: Rape 10. PLACE OF DETENTION: Makati City Jail, Makati, Philippines 11. JUDICIAL STATUS: Appeal Pending; Defendant's petition for transfer of custody to the U.S. Emb [...]	2006-12-21 09:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC PREL MARR RP
06MANILA5083	MARINE CASE: NEW MOTION TO APPEALS COURT [...] (U) On December 22, the Philippine Solicitor General filed a new "Very Urgent Supplemental Manifestation and Motion," on behalf of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, to the Court of Appeals. The motion noted that the U.S. Ambassador and the Foreign Secretary had formally agreed o [...]	2006-12-22 09:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA5098	MARINE CASE: APPEALS ACTION NOT LIKELY UNTIL NEW [...] (C) In a meeting with A/DCM on December 28, Presidential Legal Counsel Sergio Apostol confirmed that the Solicitor General planned that day to file another motion to the Court of Appeals, calling for an immediate decision on the custody of Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, in response to the Solic [...]	2006-12-28 08:49:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA5109	EMBASSY REGAINS CUSTODY OF LCPL. SMITH [...] (U) Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith returned to the custody of the U.S. Embassy at approximately 11:30 p.m. local time on December 29, escorted by a team from the Regional Security Office as well as the Philippine National Police. He will remain confined in the same quarters in the Rowe Build [...]	2006-12-30 03:51:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA641	HOUSE SPEAKER AND SENATE PRESIDENT ON "CHA-CHA," [...] (S) Summary: In a January 30 meeting with Charge, House Speaker De Venecia expressed confidence that the GRP would amend the Constitution and switch to a parliamentary form of government by July 2006 by means of a referendum. De Venecia was optimistic that the House would pass an anti-terror [...]	2006-02-13 06:00:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MARR PINR RP
06MANILA685	INDIAN PRESIDENT SIGNS AGREEMENTS ON DEFENSE AND [...] (C) Summary: During a February 3-6 State visit to the Philippines by Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam, the GRP and GOI signed several defense and trade agreements. The defense agreement covers training and information exchanges, while the trade agreements deal with tourism, agriculture, and [...]	2006-02-14 08:51:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ECIN PINR RP IN
06MAPUTO187	MOZAMBIQUE: FEBRUARY 9 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with President Guebuza February 9, at his invitation. This request was prompted by a meeting Ambassador and DCM had the week before with Presidency Secretary-General Ambassador Antonio Sumbana on U.S. programs and priorities in Mozambique. The President had been [...]	2006-02-13 14:29:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER MARR MZ
06MAPUTO450	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ACOTA PROGRAM [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for John M. Sevold, ACOTA Program Representative, to travel to Mozambique on April 27-29, 2006. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinerary changes; refer to para 8 regarding visa requirements. 2. Control O [...]	2006-04-17 15:11:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL OTRA ASEC MZ
06MAPUTO786	MOZAMBIQUE: PRESSING AU MEMBERS TO STAND FIRM ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 13:04:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL MARR PINS SOCI MZ
06MASERU242	MEETING WITH FOMIN AND FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Moleleki May 16 upon the Minister's return to reiterate that we need a firm deadline on Lesotho's Article 98 position. During the FOMIN's absence, post had checked with the Acting Attorney General (A/AG) following telephone communications with Departme [...]	2006-05-19 09:59:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KICC KJUS MARR LT
06MASERU307	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AU MEMBERS AND UN TRANSITION [...] (C) Per reftel, AMB met with Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Ntsinyi (Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment/Deputy Secretary of the Ruling LCD Party) concerning the moment of truth for the African Union (AU). Ambassador reinforced the point that the African countries cannot let Bash [...]	2006-06-29 15:02:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO PINS SOCI SU LT
06MEXICO1462	MEXICO: SRE DOES NOT SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Marta Vasquez, Assistant Director for International Cooperation Against Narcotics-trafficking and Corruption, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Vasquez and Director General for Global Themes, Ernesto Cespedes, are the SRE's lead officials [...]	2006-03-17 20:50:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MARR MASS CVIS OAS MX
06MEXICO1889	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RUMSFELD'S [...] (C) Summary: Mexico is the essential partner in U.S. homeland defense, and while the Mexican Navy (Marina) has been an enthusiastic player, the Mexican military (SEDENA) has only recently begun to acknowledge the benefits of cooperation. This visit marks the opportunity to realign our ow [...]	2006-04-10 19:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL MX
06MINSK443	BELARUS, RUSSIA, S-300S AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: A prominent British journal recently wrote that Moscow might be selling S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran, using Belarus as a middleman to hide the sale. Although all three governments have denied such a sale, on April 21 Minsk received its first delivery of Russian S-3 [...]	2006-04-24 13:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETRD ETTC MARR IR BO
06MINSK924	Nomination for 006 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL Conference, [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 07:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	AMT MARR NATO PREL BO
06MONTEVIDEO1012	VAZQUEZ' HONEYMOON IS OVER [...] (C) Summary: President Vazquez' approval rating dipped below fifty percent for the first time according to an October poll. When he was sworn in eighteen months ago, his approval rating stood at sixty-nine percent. The anti-climax surrounding a possible Free Trade Agreement (reftel),a worsen [...]	2006-10-25 18:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI ELAB MARR UY
06MONTEVIDEO1122	URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON GPOI/CFAC PARTICIPATION [...] On November 17, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director for Mulilateral Affairs Beatriz Nunez. The Charge also raised the issue with the MFA's Director General Jose Luis Cancela on November 21. Both officials responded favorably to the proposals for sending at least one Uruguay [...]	2006-11-27 20:01:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL GT CI AR UY
06MONTEVIDEO196	URUGUAY ON DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY [...] (S/NF) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director General for Political Affairs Ambassador Bruno Faraone on February 24. After discussing some of the items on the list, Faraone said weapons donations were not possible, but that he would look into the ""feasibility"" of donating [...]	2006-03-01 12:55:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ UY
06MONTEVIDEO755	SOLICITING URUGUAY ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIFIL [...] (C) On August 16, Charge delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Deputy Foreign Minister Maria "Belela" Herrera in order to solicit an immediate Uruguayan troop contribution to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Herrera implied that the GOU was inclined to support UNIFIL's r [...]	2006-08-16 20:14:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE UY
06MONTREAL1205	CANADA'S LIBERAL LEADERSHIP RACE: DION EMERGES AS [...] (C/NF) Former Environment Minister Stephane Dion emerged the surprise winner of the Liberal Leadership convention, held in Montreal from November 30-December 2, coming from fourth place to beat frontrunner Michael Ignatieff, 2521 to 2084 delegate votes. Ignatieff, though an eloquent and passi [...]	2006-12-04 21:38:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR EINV CA
06MOSCOW10230	RUSSIAN REACTION TO TORGAU '06 POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to U.S. insistence on extending Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) protection to personnel participating in this year's Torgau '06 bilateral military exercise, the GOR seized the initiative to postpone, but not cancel, the event and left the door open for continued bi [...]	2006-09-14 07:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL RS
06MOSCOW10324	RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS PROTEST MILITARY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Russia's Communist Party (KPRF) followed through September 14 on its promise to demonstrate against military cooperation with NATO and the U.S., including the now-postponed Torgau '06 exercise (reftel). According to media reports, demonstrations took place in Moscow, Saratov, Omsk, Yar [...]	2006-09-15 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV RS
06MOSCOW10986	"NOT WAR, BUT CLOSE:" RUSSIAN REACTION TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: DFM Karasin told Ambassador September 28 the arrest of Russian officers in Georgia "could have been a casus belli." Russian reaction "will be more reasonable." Russia "has the impression that it cannot rely on its American partners." Karasin asked for U.S. help in freeing the o [...]	2006-09-28 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW10990	NATO SOFA RATIFICATION: VERDICT STILL OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Foreign Ministry, the Russian Government is completing its review of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) -- which was signed last year -- and expects to send it to the Duma "within weeks." The MFA assured us that all GOR entities, including the Ministry o [...]	2006-09-29 07:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11029	RUSSIAN REACTS TO ARRESTS OF SOLDIERS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador strongly encouraged restraint in a September 29 telephone conversation with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin. Karasin responded that he appreciated U.S. responsiveness and welcomed Tbilisi's decision to permit joint patrolling of the Kodori Gorge. The MFA confir [...]	2006-09-29 15:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW11315	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: NO LET-UP [...] (S) Russian officials continue to reject relaxation of economic sanctions. About 150 Georgians have been deported. Police document checks have intensified. Georgians here on work permits are seeking other citizenship. However, official actions in Moscow hit ethnic Georgian Russian citizens [...]	2006-10-09 10:54:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL MARR ETRD UNSC GG RS
06MOSCOW11372	RUSSIA-ABKHAZIA: SEEKING A DEAL AT THE UNSC [...] (C) DFM Karasin convoked Ambassador October 10. He hoped for "a more constructive and flexible" U.S. approach to the Russian draft UNSCR on UNOMIG mandate renewal and said the Europeans are willing to be flexible. If the resolution included a "blunt message" to Tbilisi on its Kodori operatio [...]	2006-10-10 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR UNSC GG RS
06MOSCOW11582	GEORGIA UPDATE: OCTOBER 16 [...] (C) Deportations of undocumented Georgian nationals continue. Round-ups have slowed in Moscow, but picked up in St. Petersburg. Russian and Georgian officials continue to trade insults and veiled threats. Harassment of ethnic Georgians may have peaked thanks to a backlash from Russians of m [...]	2006-10-16 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL MARR ETRD PREF GG RS
06MOSCOW11629	GEORGIA UPDATE, OCTOBER 17 [...] (C) A Georgian detainee from St. Petersburg died of an asthma attack as he waited at a Moscow airport to board the plane deporting him to Georgia. This was the third plane to deport Georgians, bringing the number of deported to over 400. Some 300 more Georgians have received deportation or [...]	2006-10-17 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PREF GG RS
06MOSCOW11690	GEORGIA UPDATE: OCTOBER 18 [...] (C) Deportation orders against Georgian continue; the Georgian Embassy claims about 1000 Georgians have been told to leave without being detained. Georgians are expected to take Russian citizenship in greater numbers as a protective move. Georgian restaurants are reopening. The official mood [...]	2006-10-18 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PREF GG RS
06MOSCOW11729	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA CONVERSATION WITH [...] (C) DAS Matt Bryza and Ambassador called on Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin October 6. Karasin said Russian patience with Georgia was at an end, and catalogued Russian views of the worsening relations, culminating with the arrest of Russian soldiers immediately after NATO offered Georgia Intensi [...]	2006-10-19 09:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PREF GG RS
06MOSCOW11771	GEORGIA UPDATE, OCTOBER 19 [...] (C) News of detention of Georgians continues to appear, with the Volga Federal District the latest site. The Georgian Embassy claims that educational institutions are still being used in some areas to locate undocumented Georgians, though a Moscow official denies this ever happened inside th [...]	2006-10-19 14:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PREF GG RS
06MOSCOW12036	TRANSNISTRIA: WHY IS VALERIY NESTERUSHKIN SMILING? [...] (C) Russian diplomacy has become more active with Moldova since Putin and Voronin met August 8. The rise of Yanukovich in Ukraine has helped Russia exert leverage over Moldova, helping to roll back the agreement between Moldova and Ukraine on customs that so irritated the Transnistrians. Russ [...]	2006-10-27 11:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD MD RS
06MOSCOW12159	CHECHEN PRESIDENCY: KADYROV SAYS HE HAS PUTIN'S [...] (C) Ramzan Kadyrov said privately that Putin has told him he will name Kadyrov President of Chechnya before the end of the year. Dagestani Duma Member Gadzhi Makhachev (protect) told us November 1 that Kadyrov revealed this to him in a conversation at Kadyrov's Bayram ('Id al-Fitr) party in G [...]	2006-11-01 11:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR RS
06MOSCOW12257	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: FM BEZHUASHVILI GETS RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Georgian FM Bezhuashvili told Ambassador November 2 that he "got the message" passed to him bluntly November 1 by FM Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov: that the Russians believe Georgia will begin military action in Abkhazia or South Ossetia; that Russia will confront Georg [...]	2006-11-02 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW12347	RUSSIAN MFA ON TALKS WITH GEORGIA [...] (C) The Russian MFA was disappointed that Georgian FM Bezhuashvili brought no deliverables with him to his November 1-2 talks in Moscow. The Russians are hearing rumors of a major cabinet reshuffle in Tbilisi. Proposed talks between President Saakashvili and South Ossetian leader Kokoity are [...]	2006-11-07 15:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GG RS
06MOSCOW12441	RUSSIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin told us November 13 that Georgia shows no willingness to meet Russia's "simple" demands for normalizing relations. He downplayed the effects of the sacking of former DefMin Okruashvili. He fretted that an "alternative election" in South Osseti [...]	2006-11-14 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS UNSC OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW12457	RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER RAISES PUBLIC PROFILE [...] (C) SUMMARY; Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov has made himself more available to the media and the general public in recent weeks. Although he is careful to limit his remarks to issues within his core portfolio, an "interactive interview" in a prominent newspaper las [...]	2006-11-15 15:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MCAP PREL RS
06MOSCOW12473	RUSSIA WELCOMES CONSULTATIONS ON U.S. MISSILE [...] (S) Oleg Burmistrov, Chief of the Political-Military Section of the Foreign Ministry's North America Department, told us 13 November that Moscow appreciated the 3 November visit of Undersecretary of Defense Stephen Cambone, who briefed Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov [...]	2006-11-16 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MARR MCAP PARM PREL RS
06MOSCOW12528	A/S FRIED CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN, [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in a two hour discussion November 15. Karasin dismissed Georgian conciliatory steps as cosmetic; Fried said they are real and Russia should respond by ending sanct [...]	2006-11-20 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS ETRD GG MD UP RS
06MOSCOW12752	RUSSIAN POSITION ON CFE, ISTANBUL COMMITMENTS [...] (C) The Chief of the Conventional Arms Control Division in the Foreign Ministry's Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament, Anton Mazur, told us 28 November that we could expect "little or no change" in the GOR's approach to Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) issues at next week's OSCE [...]	2006-12-01 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PREL RS
06MOSCOW12942	RUSSIAN DUMA DEFENSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Viktor Zavarzin, Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, gave his annual briefing to Moscow's military attache corps December 12. During the 90-minute presentation, Zavarzin summarized his committee's legislative activities -- weapons modernization and improvements in s [...]	2006-12-15 13:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL SOCI PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12966	RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: DEAL IN THE WORKS? [...] (C) Summary: The Romanian Embassy in Moscow alleged to us that Moldova and Russia are close to a package bilateral deal that would normalize bilateral political and economic relations, guarantee Moldovan "neutrality" for 50 years, resolve Transnistria along the lines of the Kozak Memorandum, [...]	2006-12-18 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR MD RS
06MOSCOW12999	SOUTH OSSETIA: TALKS AND OBSERVERS [...] (C) We met with Russian MFA Ambassador-at-Large for South Ossetia Yuri Popov on December 19 and 20, delivering reftel demarche on the latter date. Popov said he had not been following the budget issue -- he has just returned from leave -- and said he was unwilling to repeat previous Russian s [...]	2006-12-20 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW13074	BLACK SEA FLEET RELOCATION: A PORT TOO FAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly ten years after the 1997 bilateral agreement with Ukraine to use Sevastopol as a base for its Black Sea Fleet, Russia is doing little to plan for the Fleet's possible relocation after the agreement expires in 2017. While the Black Sea Fleet will be on the agenda for the [...]	2006-12-22 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP RS UP
06MOSCOW1536	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: HARD RUSSIAN LINE ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Russians (4th CIS Department Director Kelin) and Georgians (State Minister for Conflict Resolution Khaindrava) gave us separate readouts of their February 16 talks in Moscow. The talks focused on South Ossetia in the wake of the Georgian Parliamentary resolution callin [...]	2006-02-16 18:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS RS GG
06MOSCOW1635	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES DFM KARASIN FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador on February 17 outlined to DFM Karasin ongoing U.S. efforts to encourage Georgian restraint on South Ossetia, and urged Russia to act constructively. Ambassador expressed appreciation for FM Lavrov's recent message to the Secretary, and said he expected a formal reply [...]	2006-02-18 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW19	2006 DEFENSE BUDGET AND PROPOSED DEFENSE REFORMS - [...] (C) Summary. On December 27 President Putin signed a defense budget of 666 billion rubles (23 billion dollars) for 2006, a nominal increase of nearly 26 percent. It is not clear, however, what if any impact on Russian military capability that allocation towards defense will have. The highe [...]	2006-01-09 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM EFIN ECON RS XB
06MOSCOW2070	SOUTH OSSETIA: DEALING WITH A DYSFUNCTIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Moscow's approach to Georgia is driven by frustration with Tbilisi's defiant attitude to Russian interests, reflected in its pursuit of NATO membership, its championing of anti-Russian alliances in the neighborhood, its strategy of trying to compensate for Georgia's weakness in [...]	2006-03-02 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS GG
06MOSCOW2260	TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIA OPPOSES UKRAINIAN CUSTOMS [...] (C) Russian Special Envoy Valeriy Nesterushkin told us March 6 that the Ukrainian customs implementation threatened the future of peace negotiations between Moldova and Transnistria, including the current 5 2 format in which the U.S. participates as an observer, and its prospective April sess [...]	2006-03-07 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETRD UP MD RS
06MOSCOW2593	TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO HOLD MOLDOVA [...] (C) In the absence of Russian Envoy Valeriy Nesterushkin, we delivered reftel demarche on the situation in Transnistria on March 15 to MFA Second CIS Department Deputy Director (Moldova Office Director) Nikolay Fomin. Fomin rejected Transnistrian responsibility for blockading itself, claimin [...]	2006-03-15 15:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD MARR PBTS PREL ML RS
06MOSCOW2594	TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO HOLD MOLDOVA [...] (C) In the absence of Russian Envoy Valeriy Nesterushkin, we delivered reftel demarche on the situation in Transnistria on March 15 to MFA Second CIS Department Deputy Director (Moldova Office Director) Nikolay Fomin. Fomin rejected Transnistrian responsibility for blockading itself, claimin [...]	2006-03-15 15:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD MARR PBTS PREL ML RS
06MOSCOW2974	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: LOOKING AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Emotions seem to be cooling (at least temporarily) between Russia and Georgia, and we are seeing a return to low-level business. Statements that would have caused an uproar just a few weeks ago are being dismissed with good humor. But that is a long way from making real progre [...]	2006-03-24 06:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD PBTS NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW3345	THE RUSSIAN ARMS DEAL WITH ALGERIA: A MODEL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Putin's March 10 visit to Algeria demonstrated that Russia is actively working to expand into new arms markets to sustain the Russian military-industrial complex. Russia reportedly will sell Algeria 70 combat and trainer jet aircraft, 300 T-90S tanks, air defense syste [...]	2006-03-31 10:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR MOPS RS AG
06MOSCOW3507	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: SOME POSITIVE STEPS -- AND SOME [...] (C) Summary. Russian MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin told A/DCM April 4 that he was pleased with the "good cooperative spirit" he had met in Tbilisi when finalizing the agreement on withdrawing Russian bases by 2008 that was signed in Sochi March 31. The March 27 South Osset [...]	2006-04-04 10:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS ETRD OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW5375	LETTER FROM U/S BURNS TO DFM KARASIN ON SOUTH [...] (C) PolMinCouns delivered reftel letter May 19 to MFA IV CIS Director Andrey Kelin. Kelin said he would immediately pass the letter to DFM Karasin and DFM Kislyak. The latter needed to see it because, Kelin said, the letter makes an "overstatement" in asserting that "the G8 has decided to in [...]	2006-05-19 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW5532	RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN'S REPLY TO LETTER FROM U/S [...] (C) The Russian MFA on May 25 passed to us without comment a written reply from DFM Grigoriy Karasin to the May 19 letter U/S Burns sent him on South Ossetia (Ref A). The letter echoes the principal arguments Karasin made during his May 23 conversation with the Ambassador (Ref B). We underst [...]	2006-05-25 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW5645	CHECHNYA: THE ONCE AND FUTURE WAR [...] (C) Introduction: Chechnya has been less in the glare of constant international attention in recent years. However, the Chechnya conflict remains unresolved, and the suffering of the Chechen people and the threat of instability throughout the region remain. This message reinterprets the history of [...]	2006-05-30 09:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS
06MOSCOW5742	RUSSIA WANTS TO SEND OBSERVER TO BLACK SEA FORUM [...] (C) We discussed reftel May 25 with MFA Romanian Section Chief Igor Inyushkin. He agreed that the U.S. and Russia shared common interests in the Black Sea region and appreciated Washington's endorsement of existing regional institutions, underlining Russia's hope that Moscow would be able t [...]	2006-05-31 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS RO RS
06MOSCOW5933	SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN MFA ON HEIGHTENED TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA negotiator on South Ossetia assured us June 2 that Russia supports Georgia's territorial integrity and borders, despite a June 1 public statement implying otherwise. He denied that Russia intends a "creeping annexation" of South Ossetia. In a separate June 2 di [...]	2006-06-02 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW6341	PUTIN-SAAKASHVILI TALKS: PRELIMINARY READOUTS [...] (C) Georgian DCM Shugarov and Russian MFA Caucasus conflicts division chief Dvinyanin gave us preliminary readouts of the June 13 discussion between Russian President Putin and Georgian President Saakashvili in St. Petersburg. They had received brief telephone readouts from their respective su [...]	2006-06-14 12:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR GG RS
06MOSCOW6358	U.S.-RUSSIA TALKS ON THE CAUCASUS [...] (C) DAS Kramer accompanied by the DCM called on Russian MFA Fourth CIS Department Director (DAS equivalent) Andrey Kelin June 13 to discuss Caucasus issues. (Kramer met subsequently one-on-one with DFM Karasin on other regional agenda items.) Kramer pushed Kelin hard on Russia's support for s [...]	2006-06-15 05:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE GG AM AJ RS
06MOSCOW6390	RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS IN NORTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: On March 21 the Russian Government issued a decree that puts most of the Republic of North Ossetia off-limits to foreigners. Local authorities began enforcing the decree this month, with immediate effects on international assistance organizations. Most local observers relate th [...]	2006-06-16 07:06:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF PBTS MARR MOPS EAID OSCE RS GG
06MOSCOW6515	CHECHNYA: DEATH OF SADULLAYEV [...] (C) Summary: Accounts of the June 17 killing of Chechen rebel "President" Sadullayev vary, but it was probably a chance firefight. Reaction has been low-key. Sadullayev's relevance was more political than military, and his death will probably have little effect on the rebels' military or te [...]	2006-06-20 09:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR RS
06MOSCOW6535	RUSSIAN MFA ON PUTIN-SAAKASHVILI TALKS [...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA notetaker at the June 13 meeting between Presidents Putin and Saakashvili said the discussion was a constructive start to dialogue. He stressed several times that Russia was not a party to any of the frozen conflicts, and that it was the South Ossetians and Abkha [...]	2006-06-20 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS GG RS
06MOSCOW6843	RUSLAN KHASBULATOV ON CHECHEN DYNAMICS [...] (C) Ruslan Khasbulatov, Yeltsin's opponent in the 1993 White House standoff and now professor of economics at the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics, gave us his perspective June 27 on dynamics in his native Chechnya. Khasbulatov was upfront about his dislikes in the current political alig [...]	2006-06-28 09:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR RS
06MOSCOW7118	RUSSIAN DFM ON DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche July 6 to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Alekseyev. Alekseyev said he was in absolute agreement that it was very important to send the North Koreans a strong and clear signal of the unacceptability of their missile launches. He had deli [...]	2006-07-06 07:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM UNSC KN RS
06MOSCOW7293	FSB CONFIRMS DEATH OF SHAMIL BASAYEV [...] (C) The Federal Security Service (FSB) confirmed to LEGATT at 1715 local that Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev was killed in an operation in the early hours of July 10. LEGATT's FSB contacts, who had minutes earlier been unaware of the reports, refused to give further details. 2. (C) Acc [...]	2006-07-10 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW7340	RUSSIA CLOSES BORDER WITH GEORGIA [...] (C) Russia closed its one border crossing with Georgia on July 8. In response, on July 9 Georgia closed its "border" crossing into South Ossetia. The South Ossetians have hyped the Georgian move, making the false charge that Georgia has cut the road between South Ossetia and Russia's North O [...]	2006-07-11 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PBTS ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW7385	RUSSIA'S GEORGIA POLICY: "THE CAUCASUS BENEATH ME" [...] (C) Russia's policies towards Georgia are the product of three factors: anger unleashed by perceptions of betrayal and disrespect, fear of encirclement by a West intent on dismembering Russia's conception of the "Post-Soviet space," and solidarity with the separatist Abkhaz and South Ossetian [...]	2006-07-12 11:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW7769	TRANSNISTRIA: INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
06MOSCOW7863	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: PUTIN-SAAKASHVILI MEETING OFF, LEAVING LITTLE CLARITY AND MUCH SUSPICION [...] (C) Georgian President Saakashvili will not meet President Putin in Moscow at the July 21-22 informal CIS Summit. Both sides agreed to announce they would set up a special meeting in the near future. In a bid to improve the atmosphere Georgian DFM Antadze, meeting with Russian DFM Denisov July 19, [...]	2006-07-21 14:40:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW8047	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: MFA ON KODORI GORGE [...] (C) We discussed the Kodori Gorge situation July 27 with Dmitriy Tarabrin, Acting Director of the MFA Fourth CIS Department. Tarabrin said the operation had a "military character" that made it a violation of the May 11 1994 ceasefire agreement on Abkhazia. Russia did not, however, want to "d [...]	2006-07-27 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW8427	AFTER BASAYEV [...] (C) Shamil Basayev leaves behind questions about the future direction of Chechnya, the future direction of the North Caucasus, and future prospects for terrorism, extremism, and militant Jihadism in the region. With no unifying enemy, the leadership of Chechnya is beginning to show rifts. M [...]	2006-08-08 07:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR PTER RS
06MOSCOW9015	SOUTH OSSETIA: AN "AMUSING" MEETING GETS NOWHERE [...] (C) The Joint Control Commission to negotiate a settlement in the South Ossetia conflict met in Moscow August 17-18 and produced no results. The meeting's main accomplishment was to continue over the full two days without breaking up in acrimony. Georgian DCM Shugarov told us August 18, while [...]	2006-08-18 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW9346	LEBANON/UNIFIL: RUSSIA MAY SEND LIMITED CONTINGENT [...] (C) The MFA told us August 25 that Russia is actively considering sending a limited contingent of military personnel to serve in UNIFIL. Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department, said that President Putin had requested [...]	2006-08-25 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR KPKO LE RS
06MOSCOW9414	ABKHAZIA: DFM KARASIN SPELLS OUT TOUGH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: At his initiative, DFM Karasin on August 28 briefed Western Friends Chiefs of Mission on developments in Abkhazia, which he had recently visited. He said Georgia's July operation in the Kodori Gorge was a violation of the 1994 ceasefire agreement and had created a "disbalance" in [...]	2006-08-28 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS UNSC GG RS
06MOSUL10	NINEWA IECI DIRECTOR CLAIMS EVIDENCE OF MISSING VOTERS COULD [...] (C) REO Poloff met with Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) Ninewa Governate Electoral Office (GEO) director Oday Abed at his headquarters office at the PJCC on February 6. Abed claims an internal study he is conducting has revealed that over 4,000 families (potentially 15,000 to 1 [...]	2006-02-07 15:59:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL14	IRAQ NATIONAL DIALOGUE COUNCIL CONCERNED ABOUT SHAPE OF [...] (C) The Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC) in Ninewa is concerned about the shape of the new national government in Iraq. National assembly delegate Mahmood Al-Azzawi seems afraid Sunni Arabs might be "left out" from playing a larger role in the formation of the government. He said he wo [...]	2006-02-14 14:38:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL17	NINEWA POLICE CHIEF CLAIMS REPORTS OF A RISE IN KIDNAPPINGS [...] (C) Provincial Chief of Police Wathiq Al Qudir told PRT Poloff that reports of an increase in the number of kidnappings and extortions in Mosul are exaggerated. He said rumors that the crimes are targeted specifically against Kurds and Chaldo/Assyrians are false, and denied that incidents are [...]	2006-02-18 12:46:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL20	NINEWA ISLAMIC PARTY REPS CALL FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS NOW [...] (C). Ninewa Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) representative Younis Hashim called for provincial elections immediately. He accused the Kurds (which control the provincial government) of not doing enough to address the lack of basic social services and improve security in Mosul. Hashim said before t [...]	2006-02-22 17:51:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL21	NINEWA SHIAS CLAIM ALL IS CALM AFTER SAMARRA INCIDENT, BUT [...] (C) Shiite political party members, especially among the predominantly Shia Shabek community in Ninewa, have called for calm. They expressed great sadness about the attack on February 22 on the Al-Askariya Shrine in Samarra and said they hoped the incident would not increase tensions between [...]	2006-02-23 17:08:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL22	NINEWA: ALL QUIET ON THE NORTHERN FRONT [...] (C) Two days after the Al-Askariya Shrine was damaged in Samarra, the situation in Ninewa has remained calm. Yousef Muharam of the predominantly Shiite, Shabek Democratic Assembly, and Aref Younis of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI) reported there were peaceful demon [...]	2006-02-24 16:37:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL23	NINEWA: TAL AFAR SHEIKHS WANT MORE ASSISTANCE FROM USG ON [...] (C) Recent U.S. press coverage has painted a positive picture of Tal Afar's security situation. But some locals see it otherwise. Sunni Arab tribal leaders are upset by what they claim are poor security conditions in Tal Afar. Local sheikhs threatened that Sunnis would leave the city if the [...]	2006-02-24 16:58:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL24	KURDISH VIEWS FROM NINEWA [...] (C) PRT Mosul had lengthy discussions with three Kurdish leaders in late February: two top Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) officials and one from the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). All were united in their support for continued American presence in Iraq, the difficulties Ja'afari [...]	2006-03-01 08:54:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL25	NINEWA'S KURDS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS: ENCROACHMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Anxieties are building between the Kurds and their neighbors in Ninewa. Since taking control of the provincial government in January 2005, Kurdish political parties have spread their influence through many symbolic gestures in several strategic areas of the province. From Sinjar in the w [...]	2006-03-04 17:24:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL26	NINEWA: A PROVINCIAL COUNCILMEMBER'S VIEWS ON LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Ninewa Provincial Council and Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) member, Gevara Zia, said he believed Sunni Arab political parties would control the Ninewa provincial government after elections were held later this year. Zia claimed a "more representative" provincial government would bett [...]	2006-03-05 08:35:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL28	NINEWA: SINJAR YEZIDIS UNHAPPY WITH RULING KURDS [...] (C) Spokesmen for the Yezidi Movement for Progress and Reform (YMPR) demand that influence by the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Sinjar must end or "civil war" would begin. Waad Matto of YMPR claims the KDP has too much control over the police and lo [...]	2006-03-12 15:12:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL30	NINEWA: THE HERO OF TAL AFAR [...] (C) Mayor of Tal Afar Najim Al Jubouri -- the hero of President Bush's March 20 speech in Cleveland -- is a rare leader in a country fraught with fear and uncertainty. His strong leadership, both as chief of police and mayor, helped clean up this city of a quarter-million people in northwest [...]	2006-03-22 14:52:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL31	KURDISH POWER PLAY IN MOSUL: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT REQUESTS [...] (C) Ninewa Provincial Government leaders called for the immediate transfer of security operations from Coalition Forces (CF) to Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). During a meeting with the PRT and MNF-N, Governor Duraid Kashmoula, Vice Governor Khasro Goran, and Provincial Council Chair Salem Haj I [...]	2006-03-23 09:09:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL32	NINEWA: SHABEK SHIA ON ASHURA ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND [...] (C) Minority Shabek Shia in Ninewa reported no major security incidents during the 40-day Anniversary of Ashura. Representatives of the Shabek Democratic Assembly (SDA) and Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI) said the only regret they had was when Al Sadr supporters were hec [...]	2006-03-23 17:36:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR

06MOSUL33	NINEWA: TAL AFAR AND RABIYA CITY COUNCILS SEARCHING FOR [...] (C) The city councils of the west Ninewa towns of Tal Afar and Rabiya seek to improve security and basic services to their communities. While both councils are pleased with improved security, they realized more work would need to be done to shore up Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in number and t [...]	2006-03-24 14:27:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL35	NINEWA: "CIVIL WAR IS NOT ON THE AGENDA" [...] (C) Since the bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra on February 22, we have asked contacts if they believe civil war is imminent. Several point to areas with high populations of Shia, such as Tal Afar, as ripe for civil war once Coalition Forces are drawn down. Actual incidents range from [...]	2006-03-26 16:38:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL36	KURDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK REP CLAIMS NINEWA "HANGS IN THE [...] (C) According to the Western Ninewa director of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Mustafa Khokhe, Ninewa province "hangs in the balance." Ethnic tensions and the flow of terrorism from Iraq's neighbors are all contributing to a potentially combustible situation, he claims. He says Tal Afar, [...]	2006-03-30 14:04:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL37	NINEWA RULE OF LAW ISSUES PART I: NINEWA CRIMINAL JUSTICE [...] (C) In recent months we have heard criticism of the Iraqi criminal justice system in Ninewa. Even officers at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center (PJCC) say they are "tired" of seeing terrorists released by "cowardly judges" or "corrupt" military and police officials. Corruption and cow [...]	2006-03-30 14:31:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL38	NINEWA RULE OF LAW ISSUES PART II: BASIC PRINCIPLES IN [...] (C) Rule of law in Ninewa, or the lack thereof as many speculate, has negatively affected the public's trust in government institutions and the criminal justice system to protect them. At the root of the problem in Ninewa is poor communication and coordination by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) [...]	2006-03-31 11:25:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL39	NINEWA RULE OF LAW ISSUES PART I: NINEWA CRIMINAL JUSTICE [...] (C) In recent months we have heard criticism of the Iraqi criminal justice system in Ninewa. Even officers at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center (PJCC) say they are "tired" of seeing terrorists released by "cowardly judges" or "corrupt" military and police officials. Corruption and cow [...]	2006-04-01 12:22:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL40	HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTHERN IRAQ: MAYOR FEARS KURDISH DESIGNS IN [...] (C) Mayor Bassem Jejo is frustrated by what he sees as blatant efforts by the Kurds to usurp his and the Ninewa provincial government's authority over Telkaif District. He accuses the Kurds of loading the district council with KDP members, allowing Peshmerga to operate checkpoints on major t [...]	2006-04-01 12:37:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL41	NINEWA: TAWAFOQ IRAQI FRONT PARLIAMENTARIAN VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) Tawafoq Iraqi Front coalition national assemblymembers, who are predominantly from the Iraqi Islamic Party, told us that U.S. pressure on Iran over nuclear issues is causing Iraq's Shia politicians to resist any formation for the new government. They said the end of U.S. pressure on Iran m [...]	2006-04-07 16:31:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL42	NINEWA: IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY ON SECURITY [...] (C) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leaders in Ninewa want a more representative Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and a reduced role of Coalition Forces (CF). They claim the Kurds are meddling with security and politics in the province. IIP reps believe they should play a larger role with helping CF an [...]	2006-04-08 16:05:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL43	NINEWA: PROMINENT - AND SHADY - SUNNI SHEIKH ON SECURITY AND [...] (C) With the advent of democracy in Iraq, Ninewa's tribal leaders in the Sunni Arab community fear losing their traditional influence. However, there are tribal leaders working behind the scenes who still hold sway over politics and business affairs, especially such persons with strong ties t [...]	2006-04-08 16:13:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL44	NINEWA: SCIRI REP BLAMES SUNNIS, USG FOR PROBLEMS WITH [...] (C) SCIRI provincial spokesman Aref Yousef believes delays in the formation of a new central government are the fault of Sunni Arab political parties and the USG. Yousef says Sunni coalitions Tawafoq Iraqi Front (Iraqi Accord Front) and Iraqi Front for National Dialogue (Al Hewar Iraqi Front) [...]	2006-04-11 11:19:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL45	NINEWA: SHAMMAR TRIBAL LEADER ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION, [...] (C) Western Ninewa Sunni Arab tribal leader Sheikh Abdullah Al Yawar believes all ethnic and political groups in Baghdad are responsible for failings with the new government formation. He believes the last government's problems were not only the fault of Prime Minister Al Ja'afari, but also t [...]	2006-04-14 12:00:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL46	NINEWA: PUK NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMEMBER CONFIDENT IMPASSE OVER [...] (C) PUK national assemblymember from Ninewa Abdelbari Al Zebari is an optimist. On a recent visit to Turkey with PUK colleagues for talks with members of the Turkish parliament, the delegation was told -- repeatedly -- that the Iraqis should "get accustomed" to the idea of working with the Tu [...]	2006-04-14 12:39:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL47	NINEWA: TURKOMAN TRIBAL LEADER ON TURKEY, RELATIONS WITH THE [...] (C) Sheikh Seyh Beyatli, leader of the Turkoman Beyatli tribe, believes Turkey is meddling in Turkoman affairs in Iraq. He claims Turkey's main goal is to remove any sort of historical allegiances between the Kurds and Turkoman people to keep federalism from taking hold in Iraq. Beyatli claim [...]	2006-04-20 11:51:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL5	NINEWA CHALDO/ASSYRIANS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE IN [...] (C). REO Poloff met with members of the Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union (BNPU),a Chaldo/Assyrian political party, on January 31, to discuss national election results, security issues, and the future of the community in Ninewa. BNPU member Yacoub Ibrahim said kidnappings and extortions against [...]	2006-01-31 16:57:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL50	NINEWA VIEWS ON CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FORMATION AND SECURITY [...] (C) Reaction by Ninewa's political representatives and government officials towards the formation of a new central government in Baghdad is best described as cautiously optimistic. While there is some finger pointing as to why the process has taken so long (over six months) with no agreement, [...]	2006-05-19 16:30:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL51	NINEWA: PROVINCIAL CHIEF OF POLICE CONFIRMS SECTARIAN STRIFE [...] (S) Provincial Chief of Police Wathiq al-Qudir confirms recent violence in the western Ninewa city of Tal Afar is due to sectarian strife. President Bush mentioned Tal Afar in a speech this year as a beacon of hope after successful counterinsurgency efforts last September helped bring stabili [...]	2006-05-20 16:17:00	REO Mosul	SECRET	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL52	NINEWA PRT: MOSUL UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN WORKING [...] (C) Dean of the University of Mosul Medical School, Dr. Nazar Qibi, says he is interested in working with PRT Ninewa on projects to benefit the people of the province, but is terrified that any association with the USG or Coalition Forces (CF) might lead to injury or death for himself and his [...]	2006-05-22 16:12:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL53	NINEWA PRT RULE OF LAW: NINEWA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE [...] (C) Rule of law is the foundation of an effective criminal justice system that empowers governments to provide security and stability. Using this concept, the PRT Rule of Law Team is working with local officials on the establishment of the Ninewa Criminal Justice Committee (NCJC). The NCJC a [...]	2006-05-25 12:20:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL54	NORTHERN IRAQ: NINEWA REACTION TO NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Views from Ninewa political, tribal, and government officials on the new -- and permanent -- Government of Iraq vary according to ethnicity. The Shiite community is overwhelmingly upbeat, the Kurds more pragmatic, with Sunnis feeling a bit disaffected and minorities somewhat despondent. [...]	2006-05-27 13:27:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL55	NINEWA: SOURCES CITE SECTARIAN STRIFE IN TAL AFAR [...] (C) Tal Afar is frequently cited in the western media and by USG officials as a good news story in Iraq. Recently, however, we have also heard reports of increased sectarian strife. Some sources say Sunni and Shia conflict in southern Iraq and Baghdad has influenced relations between the two [...]	2006-05-31 06:14:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL56	NINEWA: LOCAL CHRISTIAN OFFICIALS CLAIM INTERNALLY DISPLACED [...] (C) Local religious and political officials report that the number of internally displaced Christians fleeing Baghdad and Mosul to eastern Ninewa is growing. Father Aimen of St. George's Catholic Church in Bartallah claims around 3,000 displaced persons are already residing in Al Hamdiniya Di [...]	2006-05-31 07:15:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL57	CHRISTIAN MILITIAS IN NINEWA PLAINS [...] (C) Christian religious and provincial government officials report Christian militias are operating in minority areas east of Mosul ("Ninewa Plains"). According to Dr. Lalo, assistant governor for the province, Christian forces in Ninewa Plains number approximately 1,250 and are personally be [...]	2006-05-31 07:33:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL58	NINEWA PRT: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT REACHES OUT TO ITS [...] In an effort to bring the provincial government into closer contact with district constituents, PRT Ninewa and MNF-N have provided logistical support for the Ninewa provincial council to conduct a series of outreach events throughout Ninewa province. The provincial leadership held town meetings [...]	2006-05-31 08:20:00	REO Mosul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL6	AL MOSUL FREE LIST DISAPPOINTED BY ELECTION LOSS [...] (C). REO Poloff met with Shammar Sheikh Nayif Al Faysal of the Al Jerba tribe in Mosul on February 1, to discuss election results, compensatory seat awards, and the upcoming provincial election. Al Faysal is disappointed that his brother Sheikh Khlaid Al Faysal's Al Mosul Free List (#639) co [...]	2006-02-01 14:58:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL7	NINEWA VICE GOVERNOR REQUESTS MORE AUTHORITY FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (C) PRT TL and REO Poloff met with Vice Governor Khessro Goran and KDP headquarters in Mosul in February 1. Goran believes the new federal government should "give more authority" to provincial governments to help address the needs of the people. Goran spoke at some length about an increase i [...]	2006-02-03 16:58:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL8	TAWAFOQ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATES HOPE TO "REFORM" THE [...] (C) REO Poloff met with Tawafoq Iraqi Front (#618) national assembly delegates at the Provincial Joint Command Center (PJCC) on February 2. Tawafoq members said they have many plans to help Ninewa from their positions in the federal government. Izzi Adola said Tawafoq would like to push for a [...]	2006-02-04 06:49:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MUSCAT122	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (SBU) ECONOMIC/POLITICAL FACTORS: There have been no major policy changes since the 2004 report (ref B). Oman remains a stalwart ally in the global war on terrorism and key Arab proponent of regional stability, including USG stabilization efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Long-standing milita [...]	2006-01-31 06:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MASS MARR MU
06MUSCAT1588	OMANI ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: Oman has not pursued proactive engagement with the Iraqi government due to a lack of strong tribal, economic or religious ties with Iraq, geographic distance, and a cautious foreign policy that seeks to avoid playing a highly visible role on contentious issues. Omani concerns a [...]	2006-11-14 13:15:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR IZ MU
06MUSCAT1600	SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN P. [...] (S) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism, but prefers to maintain a low profile and is reluctant to deploy its forces in support of OIF or OEF. Our continued engagement with the Omani security forces cont [...]	2006-11-15 14:11:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
06MUSCAT229	SMALL STEP IN NATO-OMAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting, MFA Chief of International Organizations Ambassador Talib bin Miran al-Raisi shared an update on Oman-NATO relations with Pol/Econ Chief. (Note: Oman and Saudi Arabia are the only two GCC states not to have joined the NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). E [...]	2006-02-19 12:44:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR XF MU
06MUSCAT455	OMAN ASSURES DUTCH ON NATO RELATIONS [...] (SBU) In a March 21 confidential memo, acting "Allied Contact Point Ambassador" to Oman, Dutch Ambassador Annelies Boogaerdt, shared with Charge her readout of a March 15 meeting she conducted with the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department Chief Ambassador Talib bin Miran a [...]	2006-03-25 03:51:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER MU
06MUSCAT503	SCENESETTER FOR U/S ROBERT JOSEPHÂ¥S VISIT TO MUSCAT [...] (C) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes you to Oman. We are seeking high-level meetings with senior Omani foreign policy and security personnel with key roles on Iran policy, the Proliferation Security Initiative, and nonproliferation concerns. Your visit comes at a key moment in Oman's efforts to win C [...]	2006-04-02 09:39:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MARR KNNP OTRA IR MU
06MUSCAT916	OMANIS GRUMBLE OVER ALLEGED USG REMARK ON STRAIT [...] (SBU) In recent days, popular Omani on-line message board al-Sablah has featured animated and overwhelmingly negative reactions to a USG official's alleged remark about the Strait of Hormuz on the al-Jazeera television network. Allegedly responding to statements from Iran that it could close o [...]	2006-06-07 13:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KBCT EWWT OPRC IR MU
06MUSCAT953	OMAN WELCOMES GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE, WARSAW PSI [...] (S) Charge delivered ref A non-paper and talking points June 12 in a meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. Sayyid Badr welcomed the initiative to establish the Gulf Security Dialogue, and said he would review the points presented in the non-paper. 2. (SBU) Recalling [...]	2006-06-12 12:21:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS MARR MU
06NAHA103	OKINAWAN EXCEPTIONALISM: THE CHINA THREAT OR LACK THEREOF [...] (C) Summary: Despite China's rapidly expanding economic and military activities, including in waters near Okinawa, Okinawans claim they do not share America's or Japan's sense of threat from China. While many mainland Japanese officials and influentials say they recognize China as a potent [...]	2006-04-26 01:20:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS JA CH TW
06NAHA199	OKINAWA MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS BODE WELL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 12:16:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PINS JA
06NAHA204	ONE SMALL STEP FOR THE FUTENMA REPLACEMENT FACILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first tangible step towards building the Marine Corps Airs Station Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF),late the afternoon of September 15 the Okinawa Defense Facilities Administration Bureau (DFAB) and Nago City Board of Education officials entered Camp Schwab to begin a [...]	2006-09-19 09:39:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV JA
06NAHA209	GOVERNOR'S RACE: REFORMISTS UNITE BEHIND ANTI-BASE CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of polarizing debate and a brief split, Okinawa's six reformist parties agreed to back a single candidate for the Okinawa prefectural governor's race, upper house national Diet member Keiko ITOKAZU. If all six parties remain united, Itokazu's chances for election ar [...]	2006-09-22 11:02:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA PREL MARR
06NAHA213	LDP SEEKING SILVER LINING IN PENDING GUBERNATORIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: Conservative, pro-US/Japan alliance Okinawans selected the capable but not particularly popular Hirokazu NAKAIMA as their candidate for the November prefectural governor's election, then hoped the anti-alliance reformists would run two or more candidates and split the opposition [...]	2006-09-25 09:01:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS JA
06NAHA214	LDP SEEKING SILVER LINING IN PENDING GUBERNATORIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: Conservative, pro-US/Japan alliance Okinawans selected the capable but not particularly popular Hirokazu NAKAIMA as their candidate for the November prefectural governor's election, then hoped the anti-alliance reformists would run two or more candidates and split the opposition [...]	2006-09-25 09:01:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS JA
06NAHA225	SURVEY OF PAST OKINAWAN POLLS SHOWS INCREASING ACCEPTANCE OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 10:55:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA PREL MARR
06NAHA227	SURVEY OF PAST OKINAWAN POLLS SHOWS INCREASING ACCEPTANCE [...] (C) Summary. In the upcoming November 19 gubernatorial election, the reformist camp, led by candidate Keiko ITOKAZU,has made opposing the relocation of Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Futenma within Okinawa and pushing for withdrawal of US bases from the prefecture its primary focus for the elec [...]	2006-10-16 08:40:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	JA PREL MARR
06NAHA228	PAC3 SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED TO OKINAWA [...] (C) Summary: The introduction of the Patriot PAC-3 Air Defense Battalion into Okinawa is a success, with the locally (in Okinawa) most difficult part, the ground movement of sensitive equipment from port and pier to its destination within Kadena AFB, completed October 13. Despite some miscalc [...]	2006-10-16 10:19:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS JA
06NAHA229	OKINAWA GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES ANNOUNCE PLATFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: Recently both Okinawa gubernatorial candidates have announced their policy platforms, which are long on aspirations and short on details. Reformist candidate Keiko ITOKAZU declared her top issue to be opposing the relocation within Okinawa of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futen [...]	2006-10-18 08:41:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	JA PREL MARR
06NAHA238	OKINAWA GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN: POSTER SPOT REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Okinawa Prefecture gubernatorial race remains too close to call, and the two major candidates are engaged in a technically illegal unofficial poster campaign. The reformist parties backing the woman running as their unified candidate seem torn between self-promotion and gett [...]	2006-11-08 03:11:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR JA KN
06NAHA241	OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S RACE VERY CLOSE, BUT WINDS SHIFTING TO [...] (C) With just three days left until the November 19 Okinawa gubernatorial election, all the media in Okinawa and both campaign camps still say they see the race as too close to call. Nevertheless, we are willing to go out on a limb and predict a narrow victory by the conservative candidate Hir [...]	2006-11-16 12:04:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	JA PREL MARR
06NAHA243	CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE NAKAIMA WIN OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S RACE [...] (C) Summary. On November 19, Okinawan voters elected conservative candidate Hirokazu NAKAIMA over reformist, anti-base candidate Keiko ITOKAZU as their new governor by a margin of 5.6 points. Nakaima's victory showed the Okinawan electorate rejected Itokazu's focus on the elimination of Marine [...]	2006-11-20 07:55:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	JA PREL MARR
06NAHA253	HOW THE LDP MACHINE USED PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING TO WIN THE [...] (C) Summary. In the November 19 Okinawan Gubernatorial election, conservative Governor Hirokazu NAKAIMA beat his rival candidate reformist Keiko ITOKAZU by over 37,000 votes (347,303 votes to 309,985),in an election that the press was reporting as too close to call right up to election day. E [...]	2006-12-20 08:49:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	JA MARR PREL
06NAHA56	GOJ TAKING HARD LINE WITH OKINAWAN OFFICIALS ON FUTENMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly-elected Nago City Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro said he had a disappointing dinner March 6 with Japan Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga. Shimabukuro said Nukaga refused to discuss agreed plan to relocate a Marine air station to Nago City, deflecting conversa [...]	2006-03-07 08:33:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PINS JA
06NAHA66	OKINAWA'S ECONOMY: A SLOW TRANSITION [...] Summary: Okinawa's economy has several contradictions. Since 1972, this island economy has been growing two times faster than the rest of Japan, yet wages remain 70% of the mainland average. Jobs are being created, yet unemployment remains stubbornly high. The classic Japanese export-based [...]	2006-03-17 01:15:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED	JA MARR PREL
06NAHA79	FUTENMA RELOCATION: NAGO MAYOR'S HIGH-WIRE ACT GETS SHAKEN [...] (SBU) Summary: As events appear to be building toward a "final decision" by the GOJ on the specific location and configuration of the Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Futenma relocation facility (FRF),the personal negotiation track between Defense Minister Fukushiro Nukaga and Nago Mayor Yoshik [...]	2006-03-31 00:14:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06NAHA85	GOJ-NAGO AGREEMENT ON FUTENMA PLEASES CONSERVATIVES, ANGERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, 2006 Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Director General Fukushiro Nukaga and Nago Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro reached an agreement on a two runway, V-shaped configuration for the Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Futenma relocation facility (FRF) to be constructed on the co [...]	2006-04-11 08:51:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06NAHA96	OKINAWA'S NEXT GOVERNOR: POSSIBLE CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Introduction: In the following discussion of possible candidates for governor in this November's gubernatorial election, it is worth noting that Okinawa, unlike Japan as a whole, has had a functioning two-party system since reversion in 1972. Since that time, Okinawa has seen the fortun [...]	2006-04-20 10:16:00	Consulate Naha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06NAIROBI106	KENYA: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT (CORRECTED) [...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. The first section updates the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism section on Kenya. The second section provides supplemental information. Proposed Text for Patterns of Global Terrorism Report ------------------------------- [...]	2006-01-10 05:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC MARR EFIN KE
06NAIROBI1237	MISERY LOVES COMPANY: DROUGHT AND CONFLICT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Harsh drought conditions in Mandera district are having a devastating effect on livestock and their owners. While the deprivations of the drought have alleviated some of the causes of inter-clan conflicts in the area, the loss of livestock (and the income generated thereby) is r [...]	2006-03-17 10:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SENV PINS ECON MARR KE
06NAIROBI1601	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOMALI PRIME MINISTER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bellamy met Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on April 6 at the Residence. Gedi offered an up-beat account of developments within the TFIs, especially the work of parliamentary committees in Baidoa. He also worried about the recent fighting in Mogadishu. The A [...]	2006-04-12 03:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHSA MARR SO KE
06NAIROBI1661	ICRC AGREES TO REPATRIATE SOMALI PIRATE SUSPECT'S [...] (C) The Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Somalia (based in Nairobi) agreed to the Embassy's formal request (dated April 13) to facilitate the repatriation of the remains of the deceased Somali national to Somalia. The ICRC's April 18 communication states " [...]	2006-04-18 15:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHSA ICRC SO KE
06NAIROBI1701	(C) CHALLENGES IN OUR CT RELATIONSHIP WITH KENYA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Post faces an increasingly difficult operating environment in which to pursue counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation with the Kenyan Government (GOK). In the absence of a focused, functional government that views CT as part of its political and national interest, Post is pursuing a [...]	2006-04-20 06:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	ASEC PTER PGOV PINR PINS PREL MARR KDEM KE
06NAIROBI2166	SOMALIA: UPDATE ON DISPOSITION OF DECEASED [...] (C) Pursuant to ref A, Post requested the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convey the message to the deceased Somali's next of kin their two options: that they can either accept the remains without any form of compensation from the USG or that the body will be properly disposed [...]	2006-05-17 13:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PHSA ICRC ASEC MARR PREL KE SO
06NAIROBI2618	JOWHAR FALLS [...] (U) Action request - para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The town of Jowhar came under Islamic Court Union (ICU) control the afternoon of June 14. The UN received direct assistance from known extremist Aden Hashi Ayrow to protect the UN compound in Jowhar, an incident that makes it appear that Ayrow [...]	2006-06-14 14:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL MARR SO
06NAIROBI2758	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S MEETING WITH SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Somali Parliamentary Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, Assistant Secretary Frazer highlighted U.S. priorities for Somalia and SIPDIS expressed concerns about territorial expansion by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). Sharif Hassan had similar concern [...]	2006-06-25 12:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID KISL SO
06NAIROBI3173	COURTS ADVANCING ON BAIDOA? POSSIBLY NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of an imminent Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) attack on Baidoa appear exaggerated. Two reports, although differing in details, link the militia movement to Rahanweyn clan disgruntlement with the Transitional Federal Government. The UN advises that the Court militia has re [...]	2006-07-20 14:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PTER KISL SO
06NAIROBI799	KIUNGA: A BORDER TOWN WITHOUT A BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The impoverished hamlet of Kiunga is where Kenya ends -- and Somalia and the Indian Ocean begin. Security, especially cross-border banditry by Somalis, is the prime concern of local officials. USG-provided assistance is designed to enhance security, border controls and maritime [...]	2006-02-23 09:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PINS KISL KE
06NASSAU862	FM MITCHELL AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell asked to meet with the Ambassador May 24 to coordinate management of mounting public concerns about sonar testing at the Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center (AUTEC). During the meeting Mitchell also sought to defend The Bahamas' vote for [...]	2006-06-01 19:59:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KUNR CU BF
06NEWDELHI1169	NEW INDIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BACKS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on February 14 to review plans for the President's visit, push for an Indian reply on our proposal for a democracy initiative (Ref B) and present the US appeal for further Indian assistance equ [...]	2006-02-15 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM UNSC PHUM PTER MARR MASS MOPS KNNP
06NEWDELHI1171	AFGHAN MILITARY DONATIONS: GOI READY BUT NEEDS A [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Ambassador presented reftel appeal for assistance to the ANA to Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on February 14 (septel),noting India's generous contribution of vehicles for the ANA and suggesting that New Delhi [...]	2006-02-15 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL MARR MOPS PINS IN AF
06NEWDELHI1230	INDIA BUILDING UP ITS SECURITY CONTIGENT IN [...] (C) Media reports that India was deploying "commandos" or "sec ret police" to Afghanistan were "rubbish," Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloff on February 16. However, the growing security threats to India's Border Roads Organization (BR [...]	2006-02-16 12:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MARR IN AF
06NEWDELHI2058	SENATOR BOND DISCUSSES FIGHTER PLANES WITH DEFMIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Senator Kit Bond of Missouri discussed the growing US-India defense relationship with Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee on March 23. Senator Bond encouraged the GOI to select F/A-18 fighter aircraft to help replace its aging MiG fleet, and Mukherjee sounded out the Se [...]	2006-03-24 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MARR ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI2060	CODEL BOND, NSA NARAYANAN FOCUS ON AREAS OF [...] (C) Summary: In his March 22 meeting with Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri),National Security Advisor MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's commitment to the transformed US-India relationship, and stressed the common ground India shares with the US. Narayanan responded positively to Senator Bond's c [...]	2006-03-24 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER ECIN ENRG MARR MASS OREP EAGR US IN
06NEWDELHI2324	GOI CAUTIOUS ABOUT IRAQ POLICE TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/I. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh conveyed the GOI's cautious willingness to increase its involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. Singh was very interested in [...]	2006-04-05 14:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PTER
06NEWDELHI3583	CONGRESS FARES BADLY IN SPECIAL SESSION OF [...] (C) Summary. Congress ineptitude and a predilection for scoring "own goals" on domestic policy turned what should have been a routine wrap-up session of Parliament into an embarrassment for the UPA that has left the Prime Minister's political stock in the doldrums. Congress convened the May [...]	2006-05-23 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PARM MNUC ENRG PINR MARR IN
06NEWDELHI6086	PROGRESS ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH GOI; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 30 meeting the GOI revealed that it currently has no Missile Defense capabilities - at least none it is willing to share - yet wants to pursue further R&D cooperation with the U.S. India will participate in the September 18-19 multinational BMD conference in London, [...]	2006-08-31 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PINS MARR MASS MCAP KSTC IN
06NEWDELHI6320	MEA STILL CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON NEPAL [...] (C) Summary. MEA North Division Joint Secretary Pankaj Saran told PolCouns: -- in his analysis, the desire for success in Nepal's peace process "is overwhelming;" -- India continues to see eye-to-eye with the U.S. on key issues regarding Nepal; -- the Seven-Party Alliance must appear s [...]	2006-09-11 10:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR NP IN
06NEWDELHI6582	INDIA KEEPING AN EYE OPEN FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati argued that India's role as an observer in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a useful opportunity to help the organization set reasonable priorities. Bhagwati expressed interest in cooperating with the U.S. on techni [...]	2006-09-21 12:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KISL MARR AF UZ TI TX KZ KG
06NEWDELHI6913	THE COMMUNISTS AND CONGRESS SPAR OVER THE INDO/US [...] (C) In its September 12-13 Central Committee meeting the CPI(M) leadership assailed the UPA government's relationship with the US, accusing it of sacrificing Indian autonomy and taking dictation from Washington on foreign policy and economic issues. The CPI(M) pledged to continue agitating [...]	2006-10-05 12:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ENRG EPET MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN PK
06NEWDELHI7126	INDIA OPEN TO GPOI IN GENERAL; NOT READY FOR FULL [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel demarche conveying U.S. interest in a partnership with India on the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI),on October 12 the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for United Nations-Political (UNP),Sanjiv Arora, told Poloff and visiting PAC [...]	2006-10-16 13:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI7274	INDIA'S LATEST DEFENSE SCANDAL: FEW LONG-TERM [...] (C) Summary. Former NDA Defense Minister George Fernandes was accused on October 10 of receiving bribes in a 2000 defense procurement contract for Barak missiles from Israel. The scandal revived memories of last year's Denel affair, where a South African company was blacklisted and all outsta [...]	2006-10-20 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS KCRM ECON IN
06NEWDELHI7306	MOD STRESSES NO IMMEDIATE CHANGE IN DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. Department of Defense Production Joint Secretary (Exports) Kiran Chadha told A/USTR Ambassador SIPDIS Hartwick in an October 20 meeting: -- the GOI is firm that there will be no changes in the immediate future to defense procurement procedures, despite the August 30 release [...]	2006-10-23 13:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI7408	MOD BRIEFS ON 2006 DEFENSE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES [...] (U) Summary. In an October 24 briefing for the diplomatic corps and business community, officials from the Ministry of Defense, including then-Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt, Director General Shilabhadra Bannerjee, and Major General H. S. Sehgal explained the [...]	2006-10-27 12:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI7514	INDIA STRONGLY DENIES HOWITZER SALES TO BURMA, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy contacts have confirmed press reports that India has supplied Burma 105 mm Howitzers and associated equipment. However, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) denied that any such deals had transpired. India's rationale for supplying weapons to the junta is ostensibly [...]	2006-11-02 07:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR BM IN
06NEWDELHI7661	NEW DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONY ASSURES AMBASSADOR OF [...] (C) Summary. In a courtesy call by the Ambassador, new Defense Minister A.K. Antony: -- emphasized the importance of concluding the civil nuclear cooperation agreement; -- said India is consciously seeking to expand its defense relationship with America; -- confirmed he will follow the [...]	2006-11-08 07:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR IN
06NEWDELHI7884	U/S EDELMAN INFORMS DEFENSE SECRETARY DUTT AESA [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 12:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI7885	U/S EDELMAN AND DEFMIN ANTONY AGREE ON POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony told Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that his ministry assessed that the Defense Policy Group meeting had been a success, and that he anticipated further U.S.-India cooperation in the future, adding that on the whole the milit [...]	2006-11-21 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI7886	BOTH SIDES BULLISH ON U.S.-INDIA MIL-MIL TIES [...] (C) Summary. U.S.-India military-to-military ties - already growing rapidly - were given a fresh boost in back-to-back Defense Procurement and Production Group (DPPG) and Defense Policy Group (DPG) meetings in New Delhi during the week of November 12. In addition to the high-level networking [...]	2006-11-21 12:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS ETTC KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI8017	U/S EDELMAN INFORMS DEFENSE SECRETARY DUTT AESA [...] (U) This cable replaces New Delhi 7884, to reflect changes made in the clearance process not included in the original. 2. (C) Summary. Undersecretary Eric Edelman told Indian Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt that the Department of Defense has concluded that the U.S. would be prepared to make [...]	2006-11-29 03:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI8100	INDIAN INTELLIGENTSIA IN A SEASON OF CRITICIZING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indian intelligentsia has been harshly critical of late of the efficacy of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO),the organization responsible for designing and developing India's weapons systems. Government officials have chimed in, blaming the agency for [...]	2006-12-01 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PARM IN
06NEWDELHI8137	PM SINGH VISIT TO JAPAN: TIME FOR THE U.S. TO SEIZE THE DAY ON CLOSER TRILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Singh will visit Tokyo December 13-16 as a follow-on to the ASEAN summit. He and PM Abe are expected to have a feel-good series of meetings, including talks on deepening the bilateral relationship, economic and cultural "deliverables," recognition of the expansion of I [...]	2006-12-05 08:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM JA IN
06NEWDELHI8268	U/S BURNS AND INDIAN DEFENSE SECRETARY DUTT [...] (C) Summary. In a December 8 meeting, Undersecretary Burns and Indian Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt discussed: -- the civil-nuclear cooperation initiative: U/S Burns briefed DS Dutt on the current status and assured Dutt that the final bill is fully consistent with the July 18 and March 2 [...]	2006-12-11 10:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI8277	JAISHANKAR'S POST GAME ANALYSIS OF U/S EDELMAN [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the DCM, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Jaishankar provided his analysis of SIPDIS Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman's November visit. Agreeing that substantive developments occurred and the ability of both sides to work collaborati [...]	2006-12-11 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS ETTC KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI8280	U.S.-INDIA BILATERAL DIALOGUE: BURNS AND MENON [...] (C) Summary. During the December 7 U.S.-India Bilateral Dialogue, chaired by Undersecretary Burns and Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, the two sides followed up on SIPDIS the list of Presidential initiatives agreed upon in July 2005 and March 2006 by President Bush and PM Singh, as wel [...]	2006-12-11 13:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ETRD EFIN ECON EINV KIPR MARR
06NEWDELHI8469	NEW DELHI DECLARES PM SINGH'S TOKYO "VERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan watchers in New Delhi regard PM Singh's Tokyo visit a success, one that achieved India's main goal of taking the relationship one level higher. Economic cooperation agreements highlighted the summit for the Indians, while political principles which had been established in [...]	2006-12-22 01:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EQRD KNNP MARR JA IN
06NIAMEY1008	NIGER: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA [...] Post requests human rights certification for the following Nigerien military personnel to participate in the ACOTA ECOWAS Stand by Force (ESF) Headquarters Staff Training Exercise to be held from September 2 - 25 in Accra, Ghana: Major Chaibou Idrissa, Chief of Communications, Army Staff [...]	2006-09-08 12:33:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PHUM NG
06NIAMEY1009	NIGER: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CCMR [...] Post requests human rights certification for the following Nigerien military personnel to participate in the CCMR Resident Training Course to be held from September 11--22 in Monterey, California: Lieutenant Colonel Morou Seydou, Chief of Operations, Army Staff 2. Post's files contain [...]	2006-09-08 12:34:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PHUM NG
06NIAMEY1074	NIGER: REQUESTS FROM ALL CORNERS FOR MORE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-22 16:01:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI MARR EAID ASEC NG
06NIAMEY1101	NIGER: REQUESTS FROM ALL CORNERS FOR MORE U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Dialogue with Government of Niger (GON) officials (President, Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers),magistrates/judges, high commissioners, military commanders/police, both First Ladies (Pres. Tandja has two wives),regional leaders, parliamentarians, journalists, educators, women [...]	2006-09-28 16:11:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI MARR EAID ASEC KPAO NG
06NIAMEY864	GOVERNMENT OF NIGER (GON) CANCELS MILITARY [...] (S/NF). Summary. Without any prior warning or earlier indications of concern from GON military or civilian officials, GON President Mamadou Tandja cancelled a planned August 15-30, 2006, military exercise on the eve preceding the anticipated arrival of a JCET. To obtain clarity on the reaso [...]	2006-08-16 17:32:00	Embassy Niamey	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL NG
06NIAMEY898	MIST SPORTS CARAVAN SCORES HIGH MARKS IN NIGER [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 12:09:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR KPAO PREL ASEC EAID SCUL KCOR NG
06NICOSIA1208	TFLE01: THE EVACUATION CRISIS IS NOT YET OVER: [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. With civilian outflow from Lebanon slowing, Post is facing a looming crisis involving the approximately 250 or so people who remain in the Cyprus International Fairgrounds because one or more members of their families cannot [...]	2006-07-27 09:39:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC LE CY
06NICOSIA1253	TFLE01: GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS ON U.S.-ASSISTED [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM met with Homer Mavrommatis, MFA's Consular Affairs Director, the Cyprus Police, and Civil Defense on August 1 to discuss the status of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus from Lebanon and post's plans to vacate the Cyprus International Fairgrounds facility. Mavrommatis reminde [...]	2006-08-01 15:07:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR CASC MARR PINS PREL CY LE

06OSAKAKOBE366	WELCOME FOR USS JOHN S. MCCAIN, JULY 18-JULY [...] (U) CONSULATE GENERAL OSAKA-KOBE WELCOMES THE VISIT OF THE USS JOHN S. MCCAIN SCHEDULED FOR JULY 18 TO JULY 21. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ASSISTING YOU IN ANY WAY WE CAN TO MAKE THIS VISIT SUCCESSFUL AND ENJOYABLE FOR ALL INVOLVED. --------------------------------------------- ---------- SECURI [...]	2006-07-20 07:18:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06OSAKAKOBE470	WELCOME FOR USS JOHN S. MCCAIN, AUGUST 24th-AUGUST 28th [...] (U) Consulate General Osaka-Kobe welcomes the visit of the USS John S. McCain, scheduled for August 24 to August 28. We look forward to assisting the McCain again in any way we can to make this visit successful and enjoyable for all involved. ------------------------------- Security Backgro [...]	2006-08-23 07:33:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06OSAKAKOBE496	POLITICS SHAPE SHIP VISITS TO HIMEJI AND [...] (SBU) Recent visits to Sakaiminato and Himeji by the USS John S. McCain (JSM) in July and August demonstrate the impact of the local political climate on the success and ease of planning of U.S. Navy ship visits in our district. The July 5th launches of ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japa [...]	2006-09-07 05:42:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL JA
06OSLO1054	NORWAY: THE SYRIA/IRAN ARMS EMBARGO, POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel A on August 22 to the head of Norway's Middle East Section, Kaare Eltervaag. Eltervaag assured us that Norway was in full support the embargo and that no new 'political' delegations were scheduled to travel to Damascus or Tehran. Eltervaag also explained the [...]	2006-08-23 14:20:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MARR MOPS NO PGOV PREL
06OSLO1060	CFE ENTITLEMENT ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 10:28:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PARM PREL NO KCFE
06OSLO132	NORWAY DETERMINED - NO CHANGE OF COURSE IN [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties in Parliament rallied behind Prime Minister Stoltenberg on February 8 when he announced "we will not give way to pressure," reinforcing the message that Norway remains committed in Afghanistan, despite calls from some left-wing Parliamentarians for Norway to w [...]	2006-02-08 16:10:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM NO NATO
06OSLO348	AMBASSADOR PRESSES CONCERNS ON IPR, JOINT STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his initial call on Norwegian Trade and Industry Minister Odd Eriksen on March 17, the Ambassador raised concerns about weak "process" patent protections for pharmaceuticals and urged that Norwegian industry aggressively seek Joint Strike Fighter program contracts. Eriksen [...]	2006-03-22 09:01:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR MARR MASS EFIS PREL NO
06OSLO401	NORWAY CONSIDERS JORDAN POLICE TRAINING [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Global Security Section advisor Torn Dramdal. Dramdal was pleased to receive our request and promised that Norway would carefully consider providing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). 2. Comment: In its Octo [...]	2006-03-31 12:48:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS IZ JO NO KJUS KCRM
06OSLO426	NORWAY READY TO SEND BOOTS TO DARFUR UNPKO [...] (C) We delivered reftel to MOD Operations Planning Chief Brigadier General Roar Sundseth and MFA DAS for Global Security Policy Siren Eriksen on April 3-4. Sundseth told us that Norway is prepared, when asked by the UN, to send one company (150 to 200 personnel) to support a blue helmet oper [...]	2006-04-04 14:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MCAP MOPS UN SU NO KPKO
06OSLO497	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ROLLING OUT NATO'S GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 21:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR NO
06OSLO498	RESPONSES TO CFE ENTITLEMENT QUESTIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 21:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE MARR NATO PARM PREL NO
06OSLO512	NORWEGIANS ON BOARD WITH MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 15:12:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR NO
06OSLO627	NORWAY WILL LOOK AGAIN AT ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) On May 11, we delivered reftel points to Leif Larsen, MFA Security Policy Section DAS, and to MOD USA Desk Officer Erling Alvestad. Larsen and Alvestad agreed to coordinate between their ministries and consider our request. The MOD noted that Norway's caveat was out of step with its pr [...]	2006-05-15 12:58:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PGOV AF NO
06OSLO665	NORWAY WILL HELP URGE KYRGYZ ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 12:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL AF NO
06OSLO756	(S/NOFORN) NORWAY MAY CONSIDER ISAF SOF DEPLOYMENT [...] (S/NOFORN) We met on June 9 with MOD DAS for Security Policy Henning Vaglum (protect throughout) and MOD Policy Afghan Desk Officer Keith Eikenes (protect throughout). Vaglum told us that Norway had been approached in March by DSACEUR on whether it could provide SOF to an expanded ISAF missio [...]	2006-06-09 14:24:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS NATO PREL PGOV AF NO
06OSLO759	SRI LANKA TALKS DISINTEGRATE IN OSLO [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 13:57:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS CE NO
06OSLO807	NORWEGIANS TIP OFF RESPONSES TO SRI LANKA LETTERS [...] (C) Summary. On June 20 we spoke with Tomas Stangeland, Adviser on Sri Lanka matters in the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section. As noted in reftel, the Norwegian government submitted letters to both the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GSL) on Ju [...]	2006-06-20 14:44:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINS PTER CE NO
06OSLO820	NORWEGIANS RECEIVE ANSWERS FROM SRI LANKA, TIGERS [...] (U) On June 22, the Norwegian government issued a press release on Minster of International Development Eric Solheim's June 8 letters to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GSL). (Post will fax a copy of the press release to the SCA/INS). The press re [...]	2006-06-23 15:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINS PTER CE NO
06OSLO847	NORWAY POSITIVE ABOUT NATO'S MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 15:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR NO
06OTTAWA137	CANADA/AFGHANISTAN: GOVERNMENT SHOWS RESOLVE IN [...] (C) Summary: Canada lost its first diplomat in fifty years in Kandahar on Sunday when a suicide bomber killed its PRT chief and seriously wounded three soldiers. Canadian officials are resolute in the face of the casualties about continuing with the mission, but the Canadian public (despite b [...]	2006-01-17 22:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF CA NATO
06OTTAWA1904	Northwest Passage Conference in Ottawa Offers Bold [...] Sensitive But Unclassified, not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Panelists at an Ottawa conference on Canada's arctic waters called for Canada and the U.S. to open talks on the Arctic route because the increasing melt rate of Arctic sea ice could allow significant su [...]	2006-06-19 21:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PBTS MARR CA
06OTTAWA3121	CANADA REACTION TO NOTIFICATION OF U.S. ARMS [...] (C) At an October 13 follow up meeting to our September 27 demarche (reftels),Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Export Controls Division (ECD) Deputy Director Steven Goodinson told us that arms transfers from Canada to Venezuela were infrequent, that his office was [...]	2006-10-13 20:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS PARM PREL OTRA VE CA
06OTTAWA3229	218TH MEETING OF THE CANUS PERMANENT JOINT BOARD [...] (SBU) On September 20-21, 2006, Canada and the U.S. convened the 218th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Ottawa. U.S. co-Chair George Nethercutt and Canadian co-Chair Rick Casson led the meeting. Overview/Opening Remark [...]	2006-10-25 20:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MX CA
06OTTAWA3264	CANADA SEEKS AFGHANISTAN SUCCESS AT RIGA, GOC WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canadian thinking on NATO enlargement tracks with U.S. policy. The GOC will seek consultations in Washington in early-to-mid November to discuss the broad range of topics on the Riga Summit agenda, including enlargement. Canada will continue to press its NATO allies to burd [...]	2006-10-30 15:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL CA
06OTTAWA3439	DAS SUCHAN DISCUSSES ITAR WITH CANADIAN AUTHORITIES [...] (C) Summary: Canadian officials and defense industry claim that U.S. refusal to authorize (under the ITAR) access to U.S. defense items by Canadian dual nationals of "proscribed countries" violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is jeopardizing Canada's multi-billion dollar p [...]	2006-11-20 21:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MARR CA
06OTTAWA3564	AFGHANISTAN: A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 14-15 VISIT TO [...] (C) Welcome to Ottawa. Your visit provides a great opportunity to reinforce the improved relationship we have developed with Canada since you were here earlier this year. It will be an excellent chance to take stock of what we are doing together in Afghanistan and elsewhere in South Asia, to [...]	2006-12-08 18:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR AF CA
06PANAMA1289	PANAMA REQUESTS NOTE EXCHANGE FOR PANAMAX [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Panama has requested a diplomatic note exchange for the August PANAMAX exercise. The note does not suggest any change to our existing policy; it essentially puts on paper what has always taken place in practice. The GOP wants thi [...]	2006-07-03 20:09:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS PM
06PANAMA1868	PANAMA'S LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCEDURES [...] Embassy Panama's Political Section has developed a system to coordinate Leahy Amendment vetting. All candidates for USG-funded travel, training (military or civilian),or material assistance -- in-country or in the United States -- must be vetted on human rights, corruption, narcotics, or cr [...]	2006-09-22 16:06:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP MARR MASS SNAR PINS PREL PHUM PINR PM
06PANAMA473	OAS CICTE VI DELEGATION PREPARATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 18:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS VE
06PARAMARIBO100	SURINAME RATIFIES COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN [...] (U) Suriname ratified the United Nations Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) on February 7. The country signed the Treaty, which bans all nuclear explosions in all environments, for military or civilian purposes, on January 14, 1997. Suriname is the 129th country to ratify the CTBT. [...]	2006-02-16 19:17:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MNUC PARM NS
06PARAMARIBO151	INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY TO PRESSURE [...] (U) Summary. The debate over President Ronald Venetiaan's stated intention for Suriname to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) and sign an Article 98 agreement has again made headlines, when the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) launched a campaign to encourage Sur [...]	2006-03-10 18:41:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR EAID NS
06PARAMARIBO223	DOZENS ARRESTED IN MILITARY DEPOT WEAPONS THEFT [...] (SBU) Summary. Surinamese law enforcement officials have made 29 arrests thus far in connection with a February military depot weapons theft and recovered the majority of weapons stolen. The theft was an inside job that turned out to be one in a string of robberies. Twenty-two civilians, six s [...]	2006-04-20 20:37:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR MARR PARM PREL PGOV
06PARAMARIBO343	INCREASED VENEZUELAN ACTIVISM IN SURINAME HAS [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's profile in Suriname is on the rise thanks to economic initiatives such as PetroCaribe, a joint Cuban-Venezuelan health care assistance program, and a steady public relations campaign by its Embassy over the past year. Despite this heightened engagement, Venezuela's act [...]	2006-06-09 18:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG KCRM MARR SOCI SCUL VE
06PARAMARIBO758	CONFUSION REIGNS ON SURINAME'S NATIONAL DAY PARADE [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. participation in Suriname's National Day parade was cancelled at the last minute, reportedly on orders from President Venetiaan. Post sees no snub intended, but rather a lack of coordination and clearance within the GOS as the primary reason. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Despit [...]	2006-11-30 14:44:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO MARR NS
06PARAMARIBO96	COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW SURINAME'S [...] (U) On February 9, Minister of Justice and Police Chandrikapersad Santokhi established the 'International Criminal Court Commission.' The commission's main tasks are to advise the Government of Suriname (GOS) on the country's accession to the Statute of Rome; to advise the government on signin [...]	2006-02-16 14:26:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EAID NS
06PARIS1118	TOGO/FRANCE: EX-MINISTER BOKO UPSET AND AFRAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said on February 17 that he was very upset by apparent press leaks concerning his testimony about the November 6, 2004, bombing incident in Cote d'Ivoire. Boko had told a French judge investigating the incident that French authorities h [...]	2006-02-23 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PINR TO IV FR
06PARIS1289	FRENCH DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to various MFA and MOD officials responsible for Iraq, Afghanistan and NATO. On Iraq, the regional bureau described itself as "not opposed" to providing assistance but adduced a number of preconditions to be fulfilled that make assistance unlikely. [...]	2006-03-01 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL
06PARIS131	MFA OFFICIAL DOWNPLAYS U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (C) In a January 5 meeting with Deputy Political Counselor and PolOff (discussion of Bolivia and Colombia ref B),DAS-equivalent for Latin America Michel Pinard downplayed U.S. concerns about rumored discussions regarding the sale of Scorpene submarines to Venezuela. While acknowledging that [...]	2006-01-09 18:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM FR VE
06PARIS1388	FRENCH DOWNPLAY SUMATE CONCERNS, OFFER NOTHING NEW [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard told us March 4 it would be improper for France to try to interfere in the Venezuelan government's case against Sumate, although it would maintain "vigilance," and encourage similar EU vigilance, in following the court proceeding [...]	2006-03-06 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL FR VE MARR
06PARIS1510	SOME MOD THINKING ON NATO, DARFUR, AND ARM SALES [...] (S) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, senior MOD officials affirmed that the French Government has embargoed arms sales to Venezuela, although the decision may still not be final. On Darfur, France is not opposed to a NATO assistance role, but officials cautioned that the West, whether NATO or EU, [...]	2006-03-09 13:12:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR FR EUN NATO
06PARIS1720	FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER RICHARD: INSIGHTS ON EU [...] (C) In a meeting March 9, Ambassador Stapleton and former defense minister Alain Richard exchanged views on the roles of NATO and the ESDP, on the steady continuity in France's defense policies under Richard's successor (current Defense Minister Michele Aliot-Marie),and on French domestic pol [...]	2006-03-17 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON MARR
06PARIS1776	FRENCH AF DAS DISCUSSES SUDAN (AMIS/UN),DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Helen Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East and Central Africa, on March 20 said that France would take a low-key approach to lobbying Africans on the AMIS/UN issue, to avoid exacerbating anti-Western phobias. She stressed the importance of progress in the Abuja talks. An offici [...]	2006-03-20 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID SU DJ CG FR
06PARIS2067	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick on March 10 discussed Sudan, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, and the possible transfer of Charles Taylor from Nigeria to the Netherlands via Sierra Leone, with the French Presidency's Africa advisor, Michel de Bonnecorse. On Sudan, the two sides expressed [...]	2006-03-30 13:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SU CD IV BN LI NI FR
06PARIS2195	THE FRENCH ARE STILL DELIBERATING ON ENGAGING [...] (C) Using reftel points, pol/mil officer sought on April 3 MFA support for NATO to begin Intensified Dialogue on Membership Questions with Georgia. MFA DAS-equivalent director for NATO/ESDP issues, Nicolas Niemtchinow, received our points, but declined any substantive comment, indicating that [...]	2006-04-04 13:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR GG FR NATO
06PARIS2318	SEEKING FRENCH CONTRIBUTION FOR POLICE TRAINERS AT [...] (C) Summary and comment: We received mixed initial responses to our appeals to GoF officials to consider contributing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). GoF Inter-ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Jean-Pierre Guinhut, in a preliminary [...]	2006-04-07 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS EAID EFIN IZ FR
06PARIS2592	FRANCE ON NATO 'GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS' [...] (C) Ref A points were delivered to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs, Nicolas Niemtchinow, on April 10. On April 17, Niemtchinow responded that France appreciated receiving the points, especially the detailed explanation of what global partnerships are and what they are not. H [...]	2006-04-19 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR NATO
06PARIS2684	FRANCE SUPPORTS WITH RESERVATIONS NATO'S MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, French MFA officials stated that France supported the establishment of NATO's Middle East Security Cooperation Center (SCC) in principle, although they have serious concerns that it not draw resources away from existing NATO operations/programs, and believe that the p [...]	2006-04-24 17:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR NATO
06PARIS2721	FRANCE HAS A NARROWER PERSPECTIVE FOR GLOBAL [...] (C) On April 24, in advance of the Informal Ministerial in Sofia, polmiloff followed up on reftel discussion on Global Partnerships with Nicolas Niemtchinow, MFA DAS-equivalent Director for NATO issues. Niemtchinow said France thought it timely to re-examine NATO's Partnerships, in discussion [...]	2006-04-25 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS3487	FRANCE SYMPATHETIC TO DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] (C) On May 22, we delivered reftel demarche to Xavier Chatel, MFA official working on NATO, noting that U.S. negotiations with the Kyrgyzs were ongoing. Chatel observed that our request that France make a demarche to Kyrgyzstan likely would be considered favorably by the GoF and promised to g [...]	2006-05-23 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO KG FR
06PARIS3501	FRANCE PLANS LIMITED REACTION TO AHMADI-NEJAD'S [...] (C) On May 23, poloffs delivered to MFA officials reftel demarche on the implications of Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's attendance at the June SCO summit in Shanghai. Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, told poloff that France did not plan on de [...]	2006-05-24 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR
06PARIS4046	NATO RESPONSE FORCE: NO FURTHER FRENCH [...] (C) Using ref A talking points, we spoke June 8 and 14, with MFA expert on the NRF, Florian Escudie, to suggest France consider increasing its contributions or that it lobby its Eurocorps partners to make up existing gaps in the NRF-7 rotation. USNATO Ambassador Nuland and EUR/RPM Director Gar [...]	2006-06-14 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS4094	U.S. CANDIDATE FOR NATO SCR IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS4174	FRANCE AND WORKING GROUPS SUPPORTING THE SRI [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor and poloff discussed reftel points June 13 with French MFA A/S equivalent for Asia, Herve Ladsous. Ladsous said that the GoF had no objections in principle to forming the two working groups, though, he added, France would probably not insert itself into a leade [...]	2006-06-16 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS FR
06PARIS4214	FRANCE AND NATO ID FOR GEORGIA - IT'S ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) 1. Summary: A French decision on Georgia's candidacy for NATO Intensified Dialogue is under review, according to Presidency and MFA officials, and President Chirac will have the final say. Based on conversations with an Elysee contact, France continues to view Georgia's future through the [...]	2006-06-19 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR NATO RU
06PARIS4525	FRANCE TO ATTEND THE AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 11:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MARR PREL NATO AF FR
06PARIS4745	DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES: FRANCE LOOKING TO AVOID PRC [...] (C) Acting DCM spoke on July 11 with MFA Director for IO and UN Sylvie Bermann, briefing her on U.S. views per ref A. Bermann underlined that France shares the U.S. viewpoint on the gravity of the North Korean missile launches. Bermann, however, underscored the GoF concern about the importance [...]	2006-07-11 16:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM KNNP KN FR UNSC
06PARIS4850	FRENCH REACTIONS TO ESCALATING SITUATION IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac, speaking from St. Petersburg on Sunday, supported a G8 call for an end to Hezbollah and Israeli military actions and the immediate disarmament of Hezbollah. Chirac and French public officials at all levels continue to call Israel's reactions disproportionate, b [...]	2006-07-17 15:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4889	TFLE01: FRENCH PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy traveled to Lebanon on July 17 to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and the local French community. In the absence of the PM's Diplomatic Counselor, Political Minister Counselor called on the PM' [...]	2006-07-18 18:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4939	TFLE01 CHIRAC ANNOUNCES EMERGENCY AID TO LEBANON; [...] SUMMARY: After meeting with the Cabinet on July 19, President Chirac announced France would be sending emergency aid to Lebanon and calls for "humanitarian corridors" to be opened. Chirac said that the GoF was cooperating closely with Lebanese officials on their needs. He also took the opport [...]	2006-07-19 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4970	EMBASSY PARIS PARTICIPANTS TO THE 2006 USNATO/USEU [...] Amembassy Paris designates the following officers to participate in the USNATO/USEU POl-MIL Conference to be held October 3-6, 2006 in Brussels. -- Gus Recinos -- Pol/Mil Officer -- 10/29/52: -- TSI -- Tel: (33) 1 4312 2198; fax: (33) 1 4312 2663, email: recinosg@state.gov -- Arr [...]	2006-07-21 12:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR NATO PREL
06PARIS4982	TFLE01: DOUSTE-BLAZY TESTS "MODERATE ARAB" STATES' [...] (S) SUMMARY: Poloff met on July 21 with Douste-Blazy's acting Cabinet Advisor for the Middle East, Francois Thoizy, in order to get additional details on the FM's travel to Lebanon and other countries in the region. He said the FM would be visiting Cyprus, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel, [...]	2006-07-24 07:29:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS5014	TFLE01: FRENCH FM RETURNS FROM MIDDLE EAST: LOOKS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Political Minister Counselor met on July 24 with FM Douste-Blazy's Middle East Cabinet Advisor, Christophe Guilhou. Guilhou had returned earlier in the morning with the FM after visiting Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel. Discussions with leaders in the region, Guilhou said, had focus [...]	2006-07-24 18:20:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS5305	TFLE01: FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEW: ABSOLUTE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche offered a measured and candid take on where we are on Lebanon late August 4. Stressing that Franco-American cooperation on the UNSCR was excellent, Boche said he nevertheless feared that some key differences -- deriving from the op [...]	2006-08-05 12:55:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR IS SY IR
06PARIS5414	PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S AUGUST 9 REMARKS ON LEBANON [...] President Chirac chaired an extraordinary meeting of concerned Ministers on Lebanon August 9 in Toulon, France (near which Chirac is vacationing). Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Philippe Douste-Blazy, and Minister of Defense Michle Alliot-Marie were all pres [...]	2006-08-10 13:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS5608	UNIFIL: HELPING FRANCE MEET ITS RESPONSIBILITIES [...] (C) Summary: French-U.S. cooperation has been significant to the restoration of sovereignty and the progress of democracy in Lebanon over the past two years. We have an interest in preserving that partnership, even in the face of disappointment over France's modest contribution thus far to [...]	2006-08-21 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR LE KPKO UNSC
06PARIS563	TAORMINA INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL -- MOD [...] (C) On January 26, during the course of a previously scheduled meeting to discuss NATO issues, pol/miloff raised the recent unsuccessful debate at NATO on securing a NAC-PSC meeting on CT. In response, Camille Grand, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor in the MOD Cabinet, said that the minister was also [...]	2006-01-27 18:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR NATO
06PARIS5667	FRENCH UPDATE ON CENTRAL ASIAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE [...] (C) On August 24, we delivered reftel demarche to Arnaud Mentre, MFA nonproliferation officer responsible for the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (CANWFZ) issue. Mentre responded that France was involved in three demarches, either underway or planned, on CANWFZ: -- Today, on August 24 [...]	2006-08-24 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MARR PREL UN FR
06PARIS5668	LEBANON/UNFIL: CHIRAC TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON [...] (U) President Chirac will go on national television at 8:00 p.m. tonight, August 24, to announce the decision taken earlier today, in his meeting with concerned cabinet ministers (PM, MFA, MOD),regarding France's participation in UNIFIL-plus. 2. (C) In an August 24 meeting of CDA with in [...]	2006-08-24 12:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS5698	LEBANON/UNIFIL: CHIRAC ANNOUNCES 1600 ADDITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Speaking on national television late August 24 reftel President Chirac pledged to contribute two more battalions at 800 soldiers each to UNIFIL, bringing the total French participation to 2,000 total. France will retain command on the ground and review the situation in six month [...]	2006-08-24 18:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS5737	FM LIVNI'S AUGUST 22-23 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate read-outs of FM Livni's August 22-23 visit to France, French Middle East A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon and Israeli CDA Rafael Barak both emphasized that Livni was adamant on the need for full implementation of UNSCR 1701, given the explosive regional context. She [...]	2006-08-28 12:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS5763	LEBANON/UNIFIL UPDATE: FRANCE SORTING OUT DETAILS [...] (C) Summary: French planners at the MOD and the MFA are meeting to assess how best to proceed with the deployment of French troops to Lebanon, as announced by President Chirac on August 24. With no specifics yet available on the composition of the deployment, as announced, the plan is to send [...]	2006-08-28 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR KPKO UNSC LE FR
06PARIS5824	CHIRAC/MERKEL FOCUS ON LEBANON, MIDDLE EAST; [...] (C) Summary: The August 25 informal Blaesheim meeting between President Chirac and German chancellor Merkel and their foreign ministers focused on Lebanon and the situation in the Middle East. Merkel publicly supported France's position on lifting the Israeli air/sea blockade of Lebanon, wi [...]	2006-08-30 12:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GE MARR MOPS PHUM XF
06PARIS5865	FRENCH DISAFFECTION WITH THE EU [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: France's President, Foreign Minister and Minister-Delegate for European Affairs used their late-August remarks to France's conclave of ambassadors, each in his/her own way, to express their continuing concerns about the EU's perceived weaknesses. Chirac complained a [...]	2006-08-31 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EU MARR PGOV
06PARIS6177	FRANCE/DJIBOUTI: AMBASSADOR SYMINGTON'S PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials at the MFA, President's office, and MOD were uniformly supportive of close and cooperative U.S.-France policies on Djibouti during their September 7-8 meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti W. Stuart Symington. They welcomed U.S. engagement in Djibouti, despit [...]	2006-09-14 13:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR PINS ER ET SO DJ FR
06PARIS6246	FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: NO EASY SOLUTION TO IMPASSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel on September 15 expressed frustration with the stalled peace process and said there was no easy solution. Concerned countries had to continue efforts to move the process forward, however, in order to maintain some semblance of mo [...]	2006-09-18 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR IV FR
06PARIS6274	TURKISH FM GUL IN FRANCE: GOOD ATMOSPHERICS, NO [...] (C) Summary: According to the Turkish Embassy, Turkish FM Gul's September 13-14 meetings with President Chirac, FM Douste-Blazy and Minister-delegate Colonna produced nothing new in substance from the French side. The Turks nonetheless profess to have discerned some softening in French attit [...]	2006-09-19 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN TU CY MARR
06PARIS6340	FRANCE SETS CONDITION ON PARTICIPATION IN SRI [...] (C) Summary: The GoF will send a three-person interagency delegation to the Sri Lanka contact group meeting on September 27. The MFA is asking that all discussions in the contact group remain strictly confidential, that the Sri Lankan government receive only the most general briefing on the g [...]	2006-09-21 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE
06PARIS6498	FRANCE OPPOSES VENEZUELA UNSC SEAT BUT RELUCTANT [...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with poloff on other issues (prior to reception of ref A),MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini commented that Venezuela would do great harm to Security Council credibility, if elected. That said, Giacomini thought it significant that Venezuela had come up shor [...]	2006-09-28 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE UNSC FR MARR MASS
06PARIS6787	FRENCH CONCERNS OVER ISRAELI OVERFLIGHTS [...] (C) French military and civilian contacts have recently expressed serious concern to us over Israeli overflights over French UNIFIL forces, most notably the "buzzing" of French navy vessels off the coast of Lebanon on or about 25 September and on a few occasions since. According to DATT and M [...]	2006-10-13 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS UN LE FR
06PARIS6896	FRENCH DEFENSE BUDGET STABLE AMID WIDESPREAD [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Defense's 2007 budget would increase defense spending a modest 2.2 percent to 47.7 billion euros, according to the draft budget presented by Finance Minister Thierry Breton on September 27. The draft budget dispels earlier rumors that defense spending could diminis [...]	2006-10-19 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP EFIN PINS KCFE FR
06PARIS7057	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR DAS Bryza and EUR/CARC Conflicts Advisor Crosby met with newly arrived MFA Deputy Political Director and A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe October 24 to exchange views -- in advance of Georgian FM Bezhuashvili's November 7 visit to Paris -- on next steps on Russia-Ge [...]	2006-10-27 08:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG RS NATO EU KDEM MARR
06PARIS7101	FRANCE CONFIRMS TO S/CRS HERBST THAT IT HAS NO [...] (C) Summary: October 19, visiting S/CRS Ambassador John Herbst met with both working and senior-level French counterparts to share the USG experience in establishing a central coordinating office for reconstruction and stabilization activities and to encourage creation of a similar structure [...]	2006-10-30 09:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS FR
06PARIS7104	AFGHANISTAN, FRANCE AND NATO: EVOLVING FRENCH [...] (C) In a follow up to the widely-rumored, but not yet publicly announced, French decision to withdraw its Special Forces (SOF) contribution to OEF in Afghanistan, we inquired of MOD and MFA contacts as to France's commitment to ISAF and OEF. MFA Strategic Affairs Advisor in the Cabinet Francoi [...]	2006-10-30 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO AF FR
06PARIS715	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 07:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR MARR MCAP PREL
06PARIS718	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This telegram constitutes Embassy Paris's country submission for the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense (requested Ref A). We report on developments that took place during calendar years 2004 and 2005 and offer cost sharing information fo [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS719	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS720	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS7202	TOGO/FRENCH MOD: AMBASSADOR DUNN'S OCTOBER 24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn met with French Ministry of Defense officials on August 24. The discussion focused on Togo's military and how to decrease its involvement in internal security affairs, which should be handled by the police and gendarmerie. However, defining a [...]	2006-11-03 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR TO FR
06PARIS741	TOGO: EX-MINISTER BOKO DISCUSSES RECENT EVENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's former Interior Minister Francois Boko on January 31 discussed Togo-Cote d'Ivoire arms trafficking (planes piloted by Belarusian mercenaries were involved in the November 2004 bombings in Cote d'Ivoire and had transited Togo, but France did not pursue information Boko says [...]	2006-02-03 15:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PINR TO FR
06PARIS7436	FRENCH MOD COORDINATOR FOR MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: Vice-Admiral Jean-Marie Van Huffel, France's Coordinator for Military Assistance to Lebanon, told Emboffs November 17 that he looks forward to cooperating with the USG on meeting the equipment needs of the Lebanese Armed Forces. He spoke highly of his Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) c [...]	2006-11-17 16:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM LE MARR PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7666	U/S OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decision to do more in Afghanistan by ensuring that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and [...]	2006-12-05 08:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR ECPS NATO AF FR
06PARIS7699	DOD U/S FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS: [...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made on Afghanistan at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decisions to ensure that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and OEF through [...]	2006-12-07 11:54:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR ECPS NATO MNUC AF FR
06PARIS7873	UPDATE ON DEPLOYMENT OF FRENCH UAVS TO LEBANON [...] (C) On December 20, we met with Alexandra Novosseloff, desk officer in the MOD's Crisis Management bureau, to clarify the status of France's deployment of reconnaissance drones (SDTI) to Lebanon (reftels). She noted that, contrary to press reports, the drones have not yet been deployed in Leb [...]	2006-12-20 15:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE FR
06PARIS862	MOD BACKGROUND COMMENTS ON FRANCE'S EVOLVING [...] (C) Summary: MOD Diplomatic advisor Camille Grand reiterated Feb 8 that President Chirac had not sought to break significant new ground on France's nuclear deterrence strategy in his January 19 speech, but rather was adapting French deterrence policy to the evolving "strategic environment." F [...]	2006-02-10 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC MARR PREL PTER FR
06PARIS955	EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEBRUARY 3 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: French MOD Diplomatic Adviser Besancenot and deputy Grand gave EUR PDAS Volker February 3 a preview of the points that MOD Alliot-Marie planned to make at the Annual Security Conference in Germany the following day and at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerial at Taormina February [...]	2006-02-14 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO EUN AF FR
06PESHAWAR255	NEW FRONTIER GOVERNOR ON THE WAY [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Khalil ur-Rehman recently confided that Lt. General (retired) Ali Mohammed Jan Orakzai will soon replace him. Embittered by his premature removal, Rehman castigated his replacement, claiming Orakzai was not aggressive enough in 2003-04 tribal op [...]	2006-05-23 07:35:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PTER PK
06PESHAWAR360	CORPS COMMANDER AND NWFP GOVERNOR ON FATA ISSUES [...] (C) On July 10, 11th Corps Commander Lt. General Hamid Khan told the Ambassador the Pakistan Army will maintain its involvement in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) development, chiefly due to the Governor's lack of civilian capacity. The Army is the only entity with a comprehensive [...]	2006-07-13 03:57:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR EAID PK AF
06PESHAWAR82	GOP/ARMY RELATIONS IN WAZIRISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-17 13:08:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL MARR PK PTER EAID SNAR
06PESHAWAR99	NEW FRONTIER GOVERNOR TO BE NAMED [...] (C) In the shadow of President Bush's imminent arrival, GOP sources have leaked President Musharraf's decision to replace Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Khalil ur-Rehman in the next few days, according to local press reports. Rumors regarding Rehman's departure have been rampant [...]	2006-03-01 12:14:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER PK
06PORTAUPRINCE1070	VETTING REQUEST: PSU USG EQUIPMENT HANDLING [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Palace Security Unit for credible information of gross human rights violations. T [...]	2006-06-16 18:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA

06PORTAUPRINCE1464	VETTING REQUEST: HNP MOTORCYCLE TRAINING [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police (HNP) for credible information of gross human rights violations. These ind [...]	2006-08-09 13:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA

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