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07BEIJING1	TAO VICE MINISTER RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHEN [...] (C) China is concerned about Chen Shui-bian's "dangerous" plans to pursue de jure independence for Taiwan through constitutional reform and expects Chen to emphasize this theme in his New Year speech, Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Administrative Vice Minister Zheng Lizhong told the Charge Decem [...]	2007-01-01 01:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW

07BEIJING1065	REINCARNATE LAMA DISCUSSES GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR [...] (C) Summary: According to a well-respected reincarnate lama from Gansu Province, the Chinese government has a secret plan to select the next reincarnation of the Dalai SIPDIS Lama, but cautioned that people would not respect a Government choice. The Rinpoche said the Chinese Government a [...]	2007-02-14 23:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF CH
07BEIJING1081	Rural Policy Remains Government's Top Priority in 2007, [...] (SBU) On January 29, the State Council issued its Number One Document, naming rural policy as the leadership's top priority for the fourth year in a row. As expected, the Number One Document supported the outcome of the December 2006 Rural Work Conference and emphasized the importance of moder [...]	2007-02-15 06:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING1103	REFORMERS SHRUG OFF SHRILL LEADERSHIP SPEECH ON [...] (C) Several academic and media contacts assessed that the recent rule of law speech given by Politburo Standing Committee member Luo Gan and reprinted in a Party journal (reftel) does not represent new trends in the thinking of the Central Government. The speech generally reflects concerns ab [...]	2007-02-15 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING1116	URBAN-RURAL INCOME GAP NARROWING IN JIANGXI THANKS TO [...] (SBU) Remittances from rural-to-urban migrants have boosted rural incomes in Jiangxi Province, lowering the urban-rural income gap to below the national average. Provincial and municipal level government officials believe agricultural sector modernization, including renewed emphasis on agro-pr [...]	2007-02-16 03:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING113	DOUBLING LAND USE FEES: RURAL WATCHERS HOPE [...] (SBU) China's Central Government, seeking to slow development in urban areas and protect farmland, implemented a new regulation on January 1 to double land use fees. The regulation, announced by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Land Resources, and People's Bank of China in November 2006, [...]	2007-01-05 09:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING1145	(C/NF) AFM HE YAFEI POSITIVE ON DR. GAO CASE [...] (C) Following a meeting requested by Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei on a separate topic (septel),the Charge in a one-on-one pull aside expressed serious concern about the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie, currently prevented by local authorities from traveling to the United States to participate [...]	2007-02-16 07:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING1154	AFM HE URGES UNITED STATES TO INTERCEDE WITH COURT [...] (C) China is dissatisfied with the United States Government's inaction in preventing the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York from entering a default judgment in the Falun Gong case against China Central Television, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge F [...]	2007-02-16 08:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING1156	LUNAR NEW YEAR: CHINA'S MAD DASH HOME FOR THE [...] (C) China's annual rush home for the Lunar New Year, a holiday that stresses family unity, hit its peak February 15-16, with throngs of travelers flooding bus and train stations in big cities around the country. More than 100 million migrant workers are set to return to their hometowns. Des [...]	2007-02-16 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB SOCI CH
07BEIJING116	AFM HE URGES UNITED STATES TO "PREVENT" CHEN [...] (C) China urges the United States to take steps to prevent Chen Shui-bian from transiting the United States en route to Nicaragua next week, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge d'Affaires January 5. Claiming that the transit stops violate the United States' one-China policy a [...]	2007-01-05 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING1210	CENTRAL CHINA'S JIANGXI PROVINCE SEEKING TO REPLICATE [...] (SBU) Jiangxi Province aims to replicate Coastal China's model of attracting investment in export-oriented manufacturing and processing industries as the basis for rapid economic development. Receiving renewed attention from the Central Government under the Central China Rising strategy, Jiangx [...]	2007-02-23 08:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING1238	CHINA'S BLOGS: NATIONALISM, SEX AND ONLINE [...] (C) The blossoming world of blogs, ranging from patriotic to religious to racy, is captivating China's surging population of Internet users, with some unexpected results. -- A blog petition launched by a popular television anchor calling for the Forbidden City Palace Museum to boot Starbuc [...]	2007-02-26 11:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1320	LITERARY THRILLER: CHINESE AUTHOR PLANS TO SUE [...] (C) A controversial author's preparations to sue China's General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP) for banning her book about early 20th Century Beijing opera stars has created a stir in Beijing's literary world. The book, by Zhang Yihe, is one of eight that were blacklisted at [...]	2007-02-28 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1322	TWO FORMER PRISONERS DESCRIBE PRISON LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Two former prison inmates recently discussed their prison labor experiences with Laboff. Although at completely different prisons, their accounts were similar. Both reported that labor was involuntary, and consisted of light industrial work for private companies that made outso [...]	2007-03-01 02:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS ELAB PGOV ETRD CH
07BEIJING1403	LEGISLATING HARMONY? CHINA'S ANNUAL POLITICAL [...] (C) China's annual legislative confab will soon get under way, with the national legislature convening on March 5 and the top advisory body opening on March 3. Although few surprises are expected at this highly scripted event, the public and media scrutiny of delegates and discussions will re [...]	2007-03-02 16:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1404	NPC PRESS BRIEFING REPORTS DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (SBU) National People's Congress (NPC) press spokesman Jiang Enzhu touched on all the hot-button issues in his opening NPC press conference, convened on March 4, the day prior to the NPC's official opening. Jiang said: -- China's military budget will increase by 17.8 percent in 2007, -- [...]	2007-03-04 12:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON CH TW
07BEIJING1438	NDRC VICE CHAIRMAN ZHANG GUOBAO: CHAMPION OF [...] (C) Summary. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Zhang Guobao outlined China's growth in energy consumption and plans for expansion of production of a variety of energy sources at a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador on February 8. Zhang expressed his bureaucratic [...]	2007-03-05 08:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ETTC PGOV CH IR
07BEIJING1482	PREMIER STAYS THE COURSE ON REFORM, DOLES OUT PORK [...] (C) In China's version of the State of the Union address, Premier Wen Jiabao emphasized continued economic reform, balanced growth and social justice in remarks to open the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 5. Wen promised to open state coffers to fund a number of social programs to a [...]	2007-03-06 14:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1508	PRC/NEPAL: MFA THINKING ON FUTURE DEALINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary. China considers the Maoists to have joined the political mainstream in Nepal, despite the ongoing struggle between the Maoists and the Seven Party Alliance to strike a power sharing arrangement, MFA Asian Department India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Division officer Zhi Luying st [...]	2007-03-07 23:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP CH
07BEIJING152	CHINA URGES UNITED STATES TO BAR MEDIA, PUBLIC [...] (C) China urges the United States to prevent Chen Shui-bian from conducting public or media events during his upcoming transit stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge January 8. Expressing China's strong dissatisfaction over and continued o [...]	2007-01-08 07:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING1528	NDRC CHAIRMAN: SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE ON [...] (C) National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Ma Kai said at a press conference on March 7 that the Central Government's macroeconomic control measures aim to send a clear message to the provinces to develop in a responsible way. Emphasizing the quality of development over th [...]	2007-03-08 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV CH
07BEIJING1590	PREMIER'S WORK REPORT: SICHUAN AND SHANGHAI [...] (C) Provincial leaders alternatively stressed parochial interests and fealty to the center's objectives when discussing Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report on the margins of the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 7. Zhou Yongkang, former Sichuan Party Secretary and current Mini [...]	2007-03-09 09:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING1591	NPC PREPARES TO ENDORSE PROPERTY RIGHTS LAW, [...] (C) The revised version of China's oft-delayed and highly controversial "Property Rights Law," currently under discussion at the annual National People's Congress (NPC),contains new language designed to defuse criticism that the party is abandoning socialist principles. However, it also tak [...]	2007-03-09 10:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING1596	BEIJING LEADERSHIP AND REFORMERS BOTH KEEP CLOSE [...] (C) Summary. Despite another round of warnings from National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on "ensuring a smooth election" for Hong Kong Chief Executive on March 25, Beijing-based reformers continue to watch the Hong Kong process with an eye toward implications for China's own p [...]	2007-03-09 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH HK
07BEIJING1615	RURAL POLICY GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION AT NPC, [...] (C) Government leaders have once again made rural policy a focus of the "Two Meetings," as they attempt to address concerns about the growing urban-rural income gap and the lack of social services in the countryside. Premier Wen Jiabao, in his March 5 speech, devoted considerable attention to [...]	2007-03-12 08:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV CH
07BEIJING1668	WU YI INTERVENES AS DR. GAO CASE LAYS BARE [...] (C) Vice Premier Wu Yi personally intervened in the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie in order to break an impasse between the Central Government and Henan Province authorities, xxxxx unusually candid comments, along with other observations from MFA staffers, reveal a glimpse into central-local dissonance and [...]	2007-03-13 09:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING1672	LI YUANCHAO DISCUSSES REFORM, PROPERTY LAW AT [...] (C) Pressing ahead with political and economic reform poses the biggest challenge for Jiangsu, provincial Party Secretary Li Yuanchao said at a dinner hosted by the Ambassador March 8. Interest groups that are unwilling to compromise, especially on issues such as health care, are slowing pos [...]	2007-03-13 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1690	KEY CHINESE ACADEMIC SEES CROSS-STRAIT TIES [...] (C) A leading Chinese commentator on foreign affairs disagreed with China's standard line on Taiwan and told visiting EAP/CM Director John Norris that from his perspective Chen Shui-bian is a diminishing threat to Beijing. After other scholars offered familiar points about the danger of Chen [...]	2007-03-14 07:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW JA
07BEIJING1698	FARE HIKES SPARK HUNAN RIOTS, CROWDS TURN ON POLICE [...] (C) A Hunan security officia confirmed a Xinhua News Service report that the March 9-10 violent protests over bus fare hikes in Yongzhou have tapered off. He denied foreign and Hong Kong news reports that a sudent was killed in the tumult. Security officials are now engaged in two investiga [...]	2007-03-14 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING1753	ADB's NGO PROJECT GETTING HIGH MARKS IN JIANGXI [...] (SBU) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its Chinese Government partners launched the second phase of the NGO-Government Partnerships in Village-Level Poverty Alleviation project on January 19. The pilot project, based in Jiangxi Province, was inaugurated in December 2005 (see reftel). Gov [...]	2007-03-15 07:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING1760	FIFTH GENERATION STAR LI KEQIANG DISCUSSES [...] (C) Liaoning Party Secretary Li Keqiang, a front runner for elevation to the Politburo this fall and potential successor to President Hu Jintao in 2012, described the challenges he faces as a provincial leader to the Ambassador over dinner on March 12. Engaging and well-informed, Li related that de [...]	2007-03-15 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1776	TWO CPPCC DEPUTIES SAY DEMOCRACY IS ON THE WAY [...] (C) Two Delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) predicted to Econoff that China will be more democratic within a generation with or without the support of the Communist Party. Businessman Wang Chaobin said his positive experience in the CPPCC with offering [...]	2007-03-16 07:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI PREL CH
07BEIJING1790	ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION CONCLUDES WITH PASSAGE [...] (C) China's controversial Property Law passed with 97 percent of the vote at the March 16 closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC). As is the case every year, all 11 items on the docket at the final session were approved handily, though NPC deputies seemed genuinely surprised by [...]	2007-03-16 11:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1792	QINGHAI GOVERNOR EMPHASIZES BALANCED DEVELOPMENT, [...] (C) China's only female governor, Song Xiuyan of Qinghai Province, emphasized the need for balanced development that promotes rapid economic growth and raises living standards while also protecting the environment during a March 11 lunch with the Ambassador. Protecting Qinghai's environment b [...]	2007-03-16 12:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1795	MARCH 16 PREMIER WEN JIABAO NPC PRESS CONFERENCE: [...] At his March 16 press conference immediately following conclusion of the National People's Congress (NPC),Premier Wen Jiabao made the following key points: -- China's anti-satellite (ASAT) test was neither aimed at nor threatened any country and did not violate any international treaties. [...]	2007-03-16 15:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR CH JA TW KN
07BEIJING1840	ZHEJIANG PARTY SECRETARY TOUTS ECONOMIC SUCCESSES [...] (C) Summary. Zhejiang Province Communist Party Secretary Xi Jinping, a contender to succeed President Hu Jintao in 2012/2013, describes Zhejiang as a driving force behind national economic growth. Zhejiang ranks high for income, low for income disparities, and makes substantial contributions to mig [...]	2007-03-19 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SCUL ELAB SOCI CH
07BEIJING1884	INTERNET ADDICTION SCARE IN CHINA REVEALS DEEPER [...] (C) The perils of "Internet addiction" have been a hot human interest story in Mainland media in recent weeks, as newspapers and (of course) Internet news sites run a steady diet of cautionary tales about youths losing their way thanks to too much time online. The Ministry of Culture has ann [...]	2007-03-20 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING189	JANUARY 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ANTI-TERROR RAID, [...] Key Points at the January 9 MFA Press Conference were: -- Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region public security forces "responded to resistance" at a terrorist training camp of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM),killing 18 terrorists and arresting 17. -- China firmly opposes the Unite [...]	2007-01-09 12:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER KN KS JA TW CH
07BEIJING1936	HUMAN RIGHTS: PETITIONERS AND ACTIVISTS FACE [...] (C) Following the close of China's annual legislative confab, the National People's Congress (NPC),on March 16, many activists who had been detained or under police scrutiny have been released. Several contacts indicated that security during the "two meetings" was heightened this year, in par [...]	2007-03-21 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING1963	HUMAN RIGHTS: CHINA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL LEADER GAO [...] (C) Exchanges with United States religious institutions are extremely valuable for Chinese Protestants, Nanjing Union Theological Seminary Vice President and China Christian Council (CCC) Standing Committee member Gao Ying told Poloff during a March 15 meeting. Now is an especially opportune [...]	2007-03-22 08:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING2016	CHONGQING LEADER WANG YANG SAYS "THE WORLD IS [...] (C) Chongqing Party Secretary Wang Yang, one of China's youngest regional leaders, told the Ambassador that continued good United States-China relations will depend on continued growth in bilateral economic ties. Wang frankly discussed the challenges he faces in Chongqing, but insisted that [...]	2007-03-26 03:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING2060	"NAIL HOUSE" ROCK: PROPERTY PROTEST STIRS [...] (C) A Chongqing family's refusal to abandon a building in the face of developers' bulldozers has captured the attention of Chinese media, scholars and netizens over the past week. The media have dubbed the building "the Nail House," referring to a Chinese term describing a person who refuses [...]	2007-03-27 11:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING2187	QINGHAI NGOS DISCUSS PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Qinghai Province told Chengdu- based Poloff that local NGOs have grown rapidly in the last several years. NGOs in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai have invested 40 million RMB (USD 5.2 million) in so [...]	2007-04-03 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
07BEIJING2188	17TH PARTY CONGRESS TO BOOST HU JINTAO'S [...] (C) Embassy contacts uniformly predict that the 17th Party Congress scheduled for this fall will boost Party chief Hu Jintao's ideological authority by listing his doctrinal slogans together with those of his predecessors. The relative weight that will be given to Hu's various ideological sl [...]	2007-04-03 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING2190	17TH PARTY CONGRESS: PERSONNEL RUMORS HINT AT [...] (C) This fall's 17th Party Congress provides Hu Jintao with the opportunity to consolidate his power and leave a long-lasting imprint on the Party, both in terms of policy and in the selection of China's next generation of leaders. In terms of personnel, nothing is guaranteed, beyond Hu Jintao [...]	2007-04-03 23:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING2338	COOKED STATS, RAW NERVES: UPBEAT PROTEST NUMBERS [...] (C) China's Ministry of Public Security has made a point in the early part of 2007 of publicizing statistics showing that "mass incidents" across China are on the wane, particularly in rural areas. MPS Vice Minister Liu Jinguo announced in January that the number of "mass incidents," which h [...]	2007-04-10 02:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING2455	USPTO U/S DUDAS AND SUPREMEPEOPLE'S COURT DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Jon Dudas met with Supreme People's Court (SPC) Deputy President Zhang Jun on March 28 to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and innovation in China. The two discussed China's crimi [...]	2007-04-13 03:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07BEIJING2459	RESIDENCE PERMIT REFORM: "OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLE" [...] (C) An official announcement that residence permits in 12 provinces and regions will no longer classify citizens as rural or non-rural has pushed debate over China's household registration system back to the fore in media and academic circles. But as with previous declarations of reform, the [...]	2007-04-13 07:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING2471	AMBASSADOR RAISES VOA BROADCASTS, INTERNET [...] (C) China's blocking of Voice of America radio and television broadcasts and censorship of United States Government Internet sites undermines the kinds of exchanges China itself wants to foster, the Ambassador told State Council Information Office Director Cai Wu on April 9. The programs and [...]	2007-04-13 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING2481	PREMIER WEN'S VISIT TO JAPAN DOMINATES NEWS CYCLE [...] (C) Mainland media has presented saturation coverage of Premier Wen Jiabao's trip to Japan this week as print, online and broadcast media have given the visit top billing. With few exceptions, the treatment has been straightforward and upbeat. The official and popular press has emphasized P [...]	2007-04-13 12:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCUL SOCI CH JA
07BEIJING2482	PROMOTING TIBETAN EDUCATION HELPS QUELL SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Tibetan monks from Qinghai and Gansu Provinces recently described efforts to reintegrate traditional cultural and religious elements into the curricula of two privately funded schools for underprivileged nomadic Tibetans in Qinghai's Golok Prefecture. Resettled Tibetan nomads a [...]	2007-04-13 13:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
07BEIJING2535	ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting on March 28, 2007, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) informed Mark Ginsberg, Member of the Board of Directors, DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Ginsberg),that the Ministry of Construction (MOC) has the lead in negotiating the Ene [...]	2007-04-17 06:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV SENV CH
07BEIJING2536	U.S. -CHINA ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. On the margins of the Third International Conference on Intelligent Green and Energy Efficient Building Technologies and Products Expo (Intelligent Building Technology Conference),Vice Minister of the Ministry of Construction (MOC) Qiu Baoxing shared his vision for expanding t [...]	2007-04-17 06:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV SENV CH
07BEIJING258	JANUARY 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the January 11 MFA press conference: -- The United States and China exchanged positions during the ongoing Natsios talks regarding Sudan. -- China has no position on the planned troop increase in Iraq. -- PM Wen met with Israeli PM Olmert and called for resuming dia [...]	2007-01-11 12:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER IS CA SU CH
07BEIJING2599	BEIJING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHERS DISCUSS DIALOGUES, [...] (C) Beijing-based human rights watchers reported that: -- Chinese officials referred to the Nangpa La Pass shooting incident on the Nepal border as "an accident" during the recent UK-China human rights dialogue. -- Germany will host the 23rd round of the China-EU human rights dialogue in mid-May in [...]	2007-04-18 11:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH
07BEIJING2631	PRC/INDIA: 10TH ROUND OF BORDER TALKS TO TAKE [...] (C) Executive Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo will arrive in New Delhi April 20 to conduct the tenth round of China-India border negotiations, stated MFA Asia Department officer Xu Liyi. On April 19, Xu told poloff that EVFM Dai, who also holds the title of China's Special Representative to [...]	2007-04-19 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN CH
07BEIJING2711	PARTY SCHOOL CONTACTS ON COMING LEADERSHIP CHANGES [...] (C) Two Central Party School (CPS) scholars predicted that there will be only a few changes in the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) at this fall's 17th Party Congress, but that the Politburo is in for substantial changes and maybe even an expansion. In discussing the impetus for and limits [...]	2007-04-23 13:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING2748	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS' VISIT TO CIVIL [...] (U) Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters visited the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China (CAMIC) in Beijing on April 13 to deliver a speech on United States- China aviation cooperation. Tian Baohua, President of CAMIC, hosted the Secretary, and Minister Yang Yuanyuan of the Gen [...]	2007-04-24 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2786	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS? MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters discussed a broad range of bilateral aviation issues during her meeting with General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) Minister Yang Yuanyuan on April 13, 2007. The meeting included a signing ceremony for a record of [...]	2007-04-26 00:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2793	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS' MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters highlighted opportunities for cooperation in railway expansion and economic development and advocated on behalf of United States railroad equipment suppliers in her April 14 meeting with Chinese Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun. Minist [...]	2007-04-26 05:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2798	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERSQ MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters on April 14, Minister of Construction Wang Guangtao stressed that public transportation is a priority in China. He announced his attention to visit the United States in June or July to discuss implementing the soon to be sign [...]	2007-04-26 05:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN BEXP PGOV KOLY OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2909	U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Chair Carolyn Bartholomew and a United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission delegation used a meeting with MFA North America Deputy Director General Xie Feng to urge China to do more to produce concrete results on key economic issues, to allow American FDA inspectors to [...]	2007-04-30 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING2949	MANDARIN DROWNING OUT UIGHUR LANGUAGE AMONG YOUTH [...] (C) Young people, teachers and parents are optimistic about Xinjiang's economic future but are also concerned about the loss of Uighur cultural roots, Poloff learned during a recent trip to the region. Official Xinjiang media and Government policy confirm that speaking Chinese is the key to [...]	2007-05-04 08:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING3078	KEY ECONOMIC ADVISORS ON FINANCIAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) The NDRC Director General for Fiscal and Financial Affairs said that Chinese monetary officials are &doing the best they can8 managing the increasingly difficult policy challenge of maintaining price and financial stability while facing a flood of liquidity in the financial system due to a [...]	2007-05-09 08:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH
07BEIJING3085	CENTRAL CHINA EXPO 2007: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY [...] (C) Government officials and businessmen descended on Zhengzhou April 26-28 for the second Central China Expo. The Expo, a featured part of the Central Government's six-province "Central China Rising" strategy, was well attended despite the poor organization of volunteers who were ill-prepare [...]	2007-05-09 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ENRG CH HK
07BEIJING3169	VFM ZHANG YESUI TAKES U.S. AFFAIRS ROLE, WILL [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui has been made the VFM-level supervisor of the North American and Oceanian Affairs Department, though MFA contacts say that Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei will continue to supervise the Department on a day-to-day basis. Zhang, not Foreign Minister Yan [...]	2007-05-11 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH
07BEIJING3171	PRC/NEPAL: BEIJING SEES EARLY ELECTION DATE AS [...] (C) The Government of Nepal needs to set a date for the constituent assembly elections as soon as possible, according to MFA Asia Department Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Huang Xilian. The postponement of the elections could reignite political differences between the "eight parties." [...]	2007-05-11 12:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH NP
07BEIJING3172	SHANGRI LA CONFERENCE: EVFM DAI BINGGUO WILL NOT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 12:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING3173	PRC: BORDER TALKS WITH INDIA MAKING STEADY [...] (C) The last round of border talks between China and India was the most in depth to date, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Huang Xilian. The two countries' differences on the Eastern section of the border remain quite large. Beijing and New De [...]	2007-05-11 12:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN CH
07BEIJING318	FOREIGN JOURNALISTS TEST CHINA'S RELAXED MEDIA [...] (C) Foreign journalists have had mixed results in testing China's newly relaxed travel and interview rules (reftel). Several dissidents and controversial figures have given interviews to foreign media outlets with no official interference or repercussions, our contacts told us. Nonetheless, [...]	2007-01-12 11:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING3232	NEW PROPAGANDA BLITZ ON MODEL TEACHER AIMED AT [...] (C) According to Embassy contacts, a major propaganda campaign launched in April to celebrate the character and achievements of a PLA Navy political theory professor is the Party's latest effort to narrow the ideological chasm between official Party doctrines and the personal beliefs of cadres [...]	2007-05-14 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING3234	PRC/AFRICA: CHINA'S NEW SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFRICAN [...] (C) Newly appointed PRC Special Envoy for African Affairs Liu Guijin will travel to Sudan shortly, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Deputy Division Director Weng Meihui said, adding that his division is working on the logistics of the trip. Weng echoed the MFA's public line that Liu wi [...]	2007-05-14 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN CH SU
07BEIJING3259	CHINESE POP PHILOSOPHER SPARKS CONFUCIAN SENSATION [...] (C) The sudden spectacular popularity of Yu Dan, a media professor whose televised lectures on Confucianism have broken ratings records, has set Beijing's chattering classes buzzing about ideology, Yu's integrity and China's spiritual needs. Telegenic and plainspoken, Yu has inspired compari [...]	2007-05-15 09:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING3260	PRC/AFRICA: PRC NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) Newly appointed PRC Special Representative for Sudan/Africa Liu Guijin will travel to Sudan from May 18-24 to meet with Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and other senior leaders, Liu told Polmincouns. A stop in Darfur is not currently scheduled. Liu looks forward to working [...]	2007-05-15 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH SU UN
07BEIJING3292	PRC/ETHIOPIA: MFA DETAILS PRC RESPONSE TO APRIL 24 [...] (C) China was shocked "top to bottom" by the April 24 dawn attack by some 200 Ogden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels o a Chinese oil facility near the Somali border in the Ogaden region, MFA Deputy Division Director Zhou Haihong told us on May 16. Describing the incident as "totally un [...]	2007-05-16 11:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC PREF CH ET
07BEIJING3322	COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE LEADER HU CHUNHUA [...] (C) Communist Youth League First Secretary Hu Chunhua told the Ambassador that 70-80 percent of China's rural youth seek work in urban areas and this sort of social change, plus the unprecedented number of university graduates seeking jobs, presents serious challenges. Scrutiny of new appli [...]	2007-05-17 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI CH
07BEIJING3503	CORRUPTION TALES: WHEN THE DOG BARKS, BUT DOESN'T [...] (C) Former head of China's General Administration for Press and Publications (GAPP) Long Xinmin, recently replaced by Liu Binjie, was sidelined over corruption charges, according to an American academic who knows Long well. Beijing real estate developer Liu Jun, charged with bribery and implic [...]	2007-05-23 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI CH
07BEIJING3717	UNIVERSITY STUDENTS VIEWS ON ECONOMIC REFORM: ENJOYING THE [...] (SBU) Students at two of China's most prestigious universities said they are optimistic about China's economic growth prospects and feel fortunate to be graduating from college during this period in China's development. While they remain concerned about finding a good job after graduation, the [...]	2007-06-04 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING3718	MIGRANTS FUEL SHAANXI PROVINCE'S RURAL ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Rural-to-urban migration is the primary driver of Shaanxi Province's rural economy -- even in one village that receives strong financial support from the local government and an American NGO. Rural residents in Shaanxi are increasingly looking for opportunities in urban areas for both wag [...]	2007-06-04 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING3719	WESTERN CHINA'S ECONOMY CONTINUES TO LAG BEHIND COAST [...] (SBU) During a May 19-23 visit, officials in Shaanxi Province lamented the relatively slower pace of economic development in Western China. Shaanxi, considered to be China's gateway to the West, has enjoyed rapid growth during the past 10 years, but the province's economy remains far weaker th [...]	2007-06-04 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI INRB CH
07BEIJING3724	DISSIDENTS HOLD VIRTUAL RALLY AS TIGHT SECURITY [...] (C) The eighteenth anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square passed without incident in Beijing. Security presence in the Square was more visible and aggressive than last year, but in a break from past precedent, only a handful of activists were detained in advance of the [...]	2007-06-04 11:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING3725	DEATH OF VICE PREMIER HUANG JU TO HAVE LITTLE [...] (C) The death of Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju on June 2 is unlikely to have an impact on Chinese policymaking, given that he had long been suffering from cancer and already had ceased playing an active role in Chinese politics. Nor should his death greatly upset personnel arrangements for th [...]	2007-06-04 23:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CH
07BEIJING3870	ZHENGZHOU CHINA-AFRICA SYMPOSIUM EXPOSES CENTRAL CHINA'S [...] (SBU) A recent China-Africa Trade and Investment Symposium in Zhenzhou, held in conjunction with the Central Chin Expo, attracted a large number of local Chinse businesseople but failed to provide many pportunities for dialogue with African counterparts. Although it might have been the Expo's [...]	2007-06-08 03:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ELAB CH AX
07BEIJING3884	CHINA'S DRAFT CHARITY LAW [...] (C) Summary: Embassy has obtained a copy of China's draft "Charity Law" (para. 5). The Law would create a legal means to register non-profit organizations in China for the first time, but whether it will serve as a stimulus to the development of Chinese civil society, or as a means for the [...]	2007-06-08 07:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KOLY ELAB CH
07BEIJING3895	CONTACTS CITE LEADERSHIP CONCERNS OVER FUTURE [...] (C) While Chinese across the country continue to obsess over the latest moves of the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses (reftel),Beijing contacts caution that frenzied stock market investment (over 100 million Chinese hold shares as of early June) is an increasing concern for Beijing's leaders. [...]	2007-06-08 12:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON CH
07BEIJING3896	STUDENTS RIOT IN ZHENGZHOU OVER BEATING OF [...] (U) More than 1,000 students rioted in Zhengzhou, Henan Province on the evening of June 6 over the beating by city inspectors of a female vendor who was a student at a local university, according to international and Chinese media reports on June 8 (see Ref A). The situation spiraled out of c [...]	2007-06-08 12:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM CH
07BEIJING390	LABOR CONTRACT LAW: NATIONAL PEOPLE's [...] (U) On December 25, 2006, the National People's Congress (NPC) debated a new, second draft of the Labor Contract Law (LCL). The LCL is intended to complement existing labor legislation and specifically address prevalent abuses of workers? rights. The second draft is substantially different [...]	2007-01-17 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV PGOV CH
07BEIJING398	EAP PDAS STEPHENS DISCUSSES KOREA WITH CCID [...] (C) Resumption of the Six-Party Talks in December 2006 was highly significant and no easy task, Miao Weicheng, Acting Director General for Asia at the International Department of the Communist Party Central Committee (CCID),told visiting EAP PDAS Kathy Stephens on January 16. Financial issues [...]	2007-01-17 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN KS
07BEIJING4075	SMALL PROTEST AT JAPANESE EMBASSY OVER LEE [...] (SBU) Chinese authorities allowed a small group of approximately 20 protestors to stage a demonstration at the Japanese Embassy on the morning of June 18 over the recently completed visit of former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to Japan. Emboff observed the demonstrators, who claimed to be pa [...]	2007-06-18 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH JA
07BEIJING4107	TAIWAN SCHOLARS CITE DANGERS OF DETERRENT [...] (C) In a series of recent meetings, Beijing-based Taiwan experts acknowledged that the Chinese Government believes the next year is a "period of high danger" in cross-Strait relations and warned that Chen Shui-bian may resort to extreme measures to assure a DPP electoral victory. They express [...]	2007-06-19 05:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI CH TW
07BEIJING411	CHINESE OFFICIAL POLLING: SURVEY SAYS, YOU'RE [...] (C) The Chinese Government at various levels is increasingly turning to opinion polling to measure public satisfaction with officials' performances and with provision of social services. The Ministry of Supervision (the Government analog to the Party's Central Discipline Inspection Commissio [...]	2007-01-18 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING4133	BEIJING SCHOLAR DESCRIBES SHIFT IN CHINA'S FOREIGN [...] (C) A number of "exceptional" events over the past year demonstrate a subtle shift underway in Chinese foreign policy, according to well-known Beijing academic Jin Canrong (strictly protect). Last year's "unprecedented" Foreign Affairs Work Conference, chaired by President Hu Jintao, highligh [...]	2007-06-19 12:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING4237	AMERICANS EXPELLED FROM XINJIANG FOR RELIGIOUS [...] (C) A number of American citizens either resident in or visiting Xinjiang were expelled from China between February and June 2007, apparently because of their involvement in Christian religious activities. Xinjiang security officials reportedly questioned these persons about their religious a [...]	2007-06-22 12:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CASC PREL KIRF OLY CH
07BEIJING429	Embassy Visit to Mine Safety Program Site [...] (SBU) Summary. The United States Department of Labor's (USDOL) program on Mine Safety and Health in China is proceeding well. Both the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) and the Yangquan Coal Group (YCG),the project's industrial partner, report that the project has opened their ey [...]	2007-01-19 04:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID EMIN PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING4401	JUNE 12-13 DISCUSSIONS OF CHINA'S PROPOSED CHARITY [...] (C) Summary: Reftel provided the text of a draft of China's proposed Charity Law, which would, for the first time, create a legal means to register non-profit organizations in China. A participant in a June 12-13 conference on the Charity Law, sponsored by China's Ministry of Civil Affairs [...]	2007-07-02 02:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB CH
07BEIJING4420	HU JINTAO SPEECH SETS TONE FOR FALL PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) In a June 25 speech at the Central Party School, President Hu Jintao provided a preview of the key themes likely to set the tone for the 17th Party Congress this fall. While the speech breaks little new ground and lacks sufficient detail to know how it might translate into concrete actio [...]	2007-07-02 17:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING4460	CHINA CELEBRATES HONG KONG REVERSION ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) China celebrated the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's reversion on July 1 amid an all-out media blitz, with official press providing round-the-clock coverage of President Hu Jintao's travel to Hong Kong for the official commemoration ceremonies. PRC media lauded the success of the one coun [...]	2007-07-03 17:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING450	Rural Work Conference Promotes Modernization As [...] (SBU) The annual Rural Work Conference, held in Beijing December 22-23 2006, emphasized that modernization, including agricultural technology, rural finance reform, and energy efficiency, will be one of the Central Government's top priorities in the coming year. The conference also aimed to a [...]	2007-01-19 07:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING4508	PRC TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR TELLS EAP DAS [...] (C) Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's planned referendum on joining the UN under the name of Taiwan is a poorly disguised means of achieving Taiwan independence, may threaten the peace and security of the entire Asia-Pacific region, and must be stopped, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office Dire [...]	2007-07-06 07:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW

07BEIJING4517	PLA-AFFILIATED SCHOLARS WARN THAT TAIWAN'S UN [...] (C) The mere process of holding a referendum on participation in the UN under the name "Taiwan," even if it does not pass, could trigger a response from China under the Anti-Secession Law, three scholars from a PLA-affiliated think tank told EAP DAS Christensen on July 4. A raging debate on t [...]	2007-07-06 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING4521	EAP DAS TOM CHRISTENSEN WITH MFA NORTH AMERICA DG [...] (C) China will press Sudan to accept a peacekeeping force in Darfur under UN command and control and welcomes bilateral talks between the United States and North Korea, MFA North America and Oceania Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi told visiting EAP DAS Thomas Christensen on July 5 [...]	2007-07-06 09:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IZ IR KN TC
07BEIJING460	EAP PDAS STEPHENS DISCUSSES KOREAN PENINSULA AND [...] (C) The United States and China share the key goal on the DPRK nuclear issue of implementation of the 2005 Joint Statement, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kathleen Stephens told Chinese scholars January 17. Resolving the DPRK nuclear issue is an urgent priority for Beijing, the scho [...]	2007-01-19 11:55:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV CH KN KS
07BEIJING4718	MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL LIU JIEYI PROTESTS POTENTIAL [...] (C) China is "gravely concerned" about U.S. planned arms sales to Taiwan during this "very sensitive and dangerous time," MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi told the DCM July 17. Liu warned that such sales "could seriously harm overall U.S.- China bi [...]	2007-07-17 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TW CH
07BEIJING4780	SCLAO DISCUSSES ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials raised United States concerns about China's draft Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) and proposed amendments to its 1993 Anti-Unfair Competition Law (UCL) in a March 30 meeting with State Council legislative Affairs [...]	2007-07-19 08:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV PGOV WTRO CH
07BEIJING4799	CLOSURE OF NGO "CHINA DEVELOPMENT BRIEF" CAUSE FOR [...] (C) The recent decision by Beijing City authorities to shut down the China Development Brief (CDB) newsletter has caused concern, but not alarm, among local NGOs and foreign foundation representatives. Embassy contacts were unsure precisely why the organization, which served as an information [...]	2007-07-20 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING4801	EAP A/S HILL WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI ON IRAN, DARFUR, [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui told EAP A/S Hill July 20 that the Iran nuclear issue should be solved through dialogue, but China does not oppose "a certain level of pressure" on Tehran. China believes the UN Security Council members should first assess progress in Iran-IAEA negotiatio [...]	2007-07-20 11:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PHUM IR IZ SU CH
07BEIJING4827	AFM HE YAFEI SAYS CHINA WANTS NON-NUCLEAR IRAN, [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador July 23 that China does not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, but dialogue and negotiations, not sanctions, are the best way to solve the issue. Responding to the Ambassador's points, AFM He acknowledged that China continues to s [...]	2007-07-23 23:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV IR IZ CH
07BEIJING4844	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 23 MEETING WITH AFM HE YAFEI: [...] (C) The United States must make "firmer and clearer warnings" to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian not to hold the "dangerous" UN referendum, and giving Chen a visa to transit the United States would counter U.S. statements against the referendum, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Amb [...]	2007-07-24 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNUC MARR IR IZ SU CH
07BEIJING4899	PDAS STEPHENS' CHINA EXCHANGES ON NEAPSM [...] (C) Summary: China views the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM) as a positive future outgrowth of the Six-Party Talks to resolve problems and promote cooperation within the region, senior MFA officials told EAP PDAS Stephens July 25. Responding to PDAS Stephens' presentatio [...]	2007-07-26 08:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KN KS RS JA CH
07BEIJING4901	VIOLENCE AGAINST REPORTERS, SIDE EFFECT OF GROWING [...] (C) Since the January death of a reporter at an illegal coal mine in Shanxi, China's media is becoming more aggressive in publicizing attacks against journalists, according to Embassy contacts. The July 4 beating of a reporter by county-level officials in Xiji, Ningxia has generated interest [...]	2007-07-26 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING4925	POSSIBLE DETENTION OF AIDS ACTIVIST LI DAN, [...] (C) American citizen Meg Davis (protect),of the NGO Asia Catalyst, told Poloff on July 27 that Beijing-based AIDS activist Li Dan has been missing since 9:30 p.m., July 26, and Li's family believes he may have been detained by Chinese security authorities. Davis said Li disappeared on July 2 [...]	2007-07-27 10:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING4926	PDAS STEPHENS' DISCUSSIONS ON NEAPSM WITH [...] (C) Summary: China sees a Northeast Asia peace and security mechanism (NEAPSM) as the "logical outcome" of Six-Party Talks, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai told EAP PDAS Stephens July 26. AFM Cui finds U.S. thinking on core principles for the regional peace mechanism to be "useful" bu [...]	2007-07-28 07:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA KN KS RU
07BEIJING4959	AIDS ACTIVIST LI DAN RELEASED, WARNED AGAINST [...] (C) AIDS activist Li Dan was released late Friday, July 27, after spending 24 hours in detention, according to Meg Davis (protect),the American citizen founder of the NGO Asia Catalyst. Per reftel, Davis had reported on July 27 that Li Dan had gone missing on July 26. Davis told Poloff she [...]	2007-07-30 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING501	HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA OFFICIAL DEFENDS JUDICIAL [...] (C) MFA Human Rights official Xu Jing defended the Chinese Government's handling of Gao Zhisheng's case (reftel) during a January 22 meeting, claiming that Gao Zhisheng's legal rights were protected and that he received a "light sentence." Xu Jing said she will inquire about the Chinese Gover [...]	2007-01-23 12:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING5064	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Canberra wants to be "in the loop" regarding discussions of a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM),given that Australia is likely to be drawn into any conflict in the region, Australian Ambassador to China Geoff Raby told Ambassador Randt and Japanese Ambassador Yuji Miyam [...]	2007-08-03 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV PHUM CH JP AS KS KN
07BEIJING5069	PRC GOVERNMENT POUNCES ON RARE "GOOD NEWS" MEDIA [...] (C) Relieved to have good news to report, China's media gave heavy coverage to the successful rescue of 69 miners from a flooded mine in Henan Province August 1-2. China Central Television (CCTV) pushed back coverage of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army to b [...]	2007-08-03 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING5139	HU JINTAO ATTENDING BEIDAIHE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS [...] (C) President Hu Jintao will attend, or may have already attended, meetings at the resort town of Beidaihe to discuss leadership personnel arrangements in advance of the 17th Party Congress, according to two Embassy contacts. President Hu previously had "quietly" attended Beidaihe meetings at [...]	2007-08-07 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5140	AFTER THE JAPAN ELECTIONS, PRC CONTACTS FORESEE [...] (C) Following the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) upper house election defeat on July 29, most PRC officials and analysts we spoke with predicted stability in the Sino-Japanese relationship. The election results themselves will not have much impact on the current positive trend in bilateral [...]	2007-08-07 10:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON SENV CH JA
07BEIJING5142	U.S.-BASED COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS CHIDES [...] (SBU) The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) held a press conference in Beijing on August 7 to announce the release of a report highly critical of China's record on press freedom in advance of the Olympic Games. The press conference proceeded smoothly without incident, in contr [...]	2007-08-07 11:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI KCUL KOLY CH
07BEIJING5187	CHINESE ACTIVISTS, SCHOLARS CALL FOR "HUMANE" [...] (C) In an indication of the domestic public relations and policy challenges China will increasingly have to grapple with in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, 39 mainland Chinese activists, lawyers, scholars, writers and journalists have signed an "open letter" calling on PRC leader [...]	2007-08-08 10:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KOLY PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING523	A/S HILL MEETS WITH HE YAFEI, RAISES BILATERAL, [...] (C) Relations between the United States and China advanced significantly in 2006 and both sides should work together to take advantage of more challenges and opportunities in 2007, Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told EAP Assistant Secretary (A/S) Christopher Hill January 21. On th [...]	2007-01-24 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAGR CH BM HA IR KS KN
07BEIJING5233	CHINA KICKS OFF ONE-YEAR COUNTDOWN TO OLYMPICS [...] (C) China kicked off the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games with an impressive ceremony in front of Chairman Mao's portrait in Tiananmen Square August 8. Politburo Standing Committee Member Wu Bangguo gave the keynote address, reiterating Beijing's commitment to conduct a "humane" [...]	2007-08-09 11:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KOLY PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING5234	MFA DG LIU PROTESTS NEWS REPORT OF HARPOON MISSILE [...] (C) Citing an Agence France Press news report that the United States planned to sell sixty Harpoon missiles to Taiwan, Director General Liu Jie Yi of the Chinese MFA,s Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs reiterated China,s opposition to U.S. military weapons sales to Taiwan duri [...]	2007-08-09 11:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH MARR PGOV PREL TW
07BEIJING5266	AUSTRALIA-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: HEATED [...] (C) Australian Embassy Human Rights Officer Aviva Gulley described the July 30 Australia-China Human Rights dialogue as a mostly cordial exchange during which the Chinese side gave little ground and stuck to boilerplate responses. The Chinese delegation leader, Assistant Foreign Minister He Y [...]	2007-08-10 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CN AS
07BEIJING5295	REP. HASTERT ENCOURAGES U.S.-PRC ENERGY COOPERATION [...] (C) Visiting House of Representatives members Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and John Shadegg (R-AZ),accompanied by the Ambassador, encouraged greater U.S.-China cooperation in developing clean coal and nuclear technology in an August 13 meeting with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. FM Yang said the UN [...]	2007-08-13 13:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP ENRG CH
07BEIJING5307	SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI ON [...] (C) Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) urged Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui to "do everything possible" to stop the Iranian supply of weapons, particularly Chinese-made weapons, to insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. Senator Lieberman advised Zhang to take Congressional bills on trade with C [...]	2007-08-14 03:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IN IR TW CH
07BEIJING5323	SENATOR LIEBERMAN ON FOOD SAFETY, DARFUR, IRAN, [...] (C) China has been unfairly vilified over recent product safety scandals in U.S. media, National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Jiang Enzhu told visiting Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) August 6. China is taking action to identify and shut down unlicensed, non-compliant [...]	2007-08-14 09:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IZ IR KN TC TW CH
07BEIJING5325	NO RESPONSE YET FROM CHINESE ON OVERCOMING DARFUR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Chen Zhishan of the MFA's Department of International Organizations on August 13. Chen said he would convey our message but noted that the UN Security Council had passed resolution 1769 [...]	2007-08-14 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING5326	TAIWAN: CHINESE CONTINUE TO EXPRESS CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Beijing continues to hope that Washington can block Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's plan to hold a referendum on membership in the UN under the name "Taiwan." In an August 7 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressman, the Chairman f the National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Com [...]	2007-08-14 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING533	ANTI-CORRUPTION ENFORCER DISCUSSES PARTY'S FIGHT [...] (C) China's leaders continue to trumpet the Party's crackdown on corruption, with its Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) supplying the shock troops for the fight. CDIC staff recently told poloffs that the past year has been an exceptionally busy one because of the large number of [...]	2007-01-24 12:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5387	EAP A/S HILL'S AUGUST 14 MEETING WITH AFM HE [...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Hill raised U.S. concerns on Iran and Darfur with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei on August 14. AFM He stated that although our approaches often differ, China wants to cooperate with the United States on both issues. AFM He conveyed China's concern ove [...]	2007-08-16 03:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ETRD CH IR SU TW
07BEIJING550	HONG KONG: CG CUNNINGHAM'S MEETINGS IN BEIJING [...] (C) The Mainland's chief objective for Hong Kong is maintaining long-term political and economic stability, Government officials and scholars told Consul General James Cunningham during discussions in Beijing January 18-19. Hong Kong has seen significant positive development since the end of [...]	2007-01-25 05:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV CH
07BEIJING5560	A/S HILL DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, SIX-PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Liaoning Province Party Secretary Li Keqiang, a front runner for elevation to the Politburo this fall and potential successor to PRC leader Hu Jintao in 2012, told EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill on August 16 that he has personally followed the Six-Party Talks because o [...]	2007-08-22 08:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW CH KN
07BEIJING5578	INFLATION SPIKE GETTING ATTENTION FROM LEADERSHIP, MEDIA, [...] (SBU) With CPI inflation hitting a ten-year high of 5.6 percent in July, there is now widespread concern among the public, extensive coverage in the media, and evident attention from China's senior leadership to rising prices. The spike over recent months is generally viewed as resulting from [...]	2007-08-23 07:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING5584	PARTY ENACTS "SAFE" POLITICAL REFORM BY [...] (C) The Chinese media has trumpeted nationwide, local-level reorganization of Communist Party committees over the past year as an example of political reform desiged to increase efficiency and "inner-Party deocracy." The most visible change has been reduction of the number of local Deputy Par [...]	2007-08-23 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5599	NINGXIA BENEFITING FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE BUT [...] (SBU) Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, one of China's poorest provinces, has benefited from Central Government funding under both the Great Western Development Program and New Socialist Countryside policy. As a result, Ningxia has improved its infrastructure and expanded its energy sector as wel [...]	2007-08-24 05:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING5601	NINGXIA: FARMERS GETTING INCOME BOOST FROM CASH CROPS AND [...] (SBU) Farmers in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region's Zhongning County have enjoyed a significant income boost in recent years as a result of both expanding opportunities for non-farm work and Zhongning's production of wolfberries, a cash crop which is earning historically high prices in the interna [...]	2007-08-24 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING5640	CODEL SKELTON DISCUSSES TAIWAN, MIL-MIL [...] (C) Taiwan is the most important and sensitive issue in the U.S.-China bilateral relationship, Chairman of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Jiang Enzhu told the visiting Congressional delegation led by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) in an Aug [...]	2007-08-28 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM ETRD KIPR TW CH
07BEIJING5652	CODEL SKELTON-FORBES MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI [...] (C) CODEL Skelton cited strong constituent concern in urging Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on August 27 to cooperate with efforts to solve the Iran nuclear issue, take steps to alleviate the American public's worries over the safety of Chinese exports and the U.S.-China trade deficit and d [...]	2007-08-29 02:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV PMUC PTER IR SU KN CH
07BEIJING5655	CODEL SKELTON ADDRESSES MILITARY TRANSPARENCY, [...] (SBU) The United States and China share a long history and have many common interests that will only grow deeper and more plentiful, National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo told CODEL Skelton August 27. The delegation raised tough questions concerning military exchan [...]	2007-08-29 04:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF ETRD PARM CH
07BEIJING569	PRC/AFRICA: MFA PRESS BRIEFING ON HU JINTAO'S [...] Key points made by Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun at the January 24 MFA press briefing on President Hu's upcoming visit to Africa were: -- Hu will visit Africa from January 30 to February 10, including stops in Cameroon (Jan. 30-Feb. 1),Liberia (Feb. 1),Sudan (Feb. 2-3),Zambia (Feb. [...]	2007-01-25 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV XA SU CH
07BEIJING5705	BEIJING MAYOR WANG QISHAN DISCUSSES OLYMPICS, CITY [...] (C) As Beijing prepares to host the Olympic Games in August 2008, the city is taking a number of measures to lessen air pollution, Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan told the Ambassador over dinner on August 29, calling this month's four-day experiment in which half the city's cars were taken off the road " [...]	2007-08-30 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KOLY ECON SENV ABLD ELTN PINR CH
07BEIJING5706	PARTY CONGRESS TO OPEN OCTOBER 15; PERSONNEL [...] (C) The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC),which will determine China's new Party leadership lineup and policy direction for the next five years, will open October 15 in Beijing, official media announced August 28. No ed date for the Congress was given, though the e [...]	2007-08-30 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5757	PRC DEFENSE MINISTER STRESSES CHINA'S PEACEFUL RISE [...] (SBU) In a public address in Tokyo August 30, PRC Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan countered arguments that China poses a threat to the region and underscored China's increasing defense transparency. The Minister stated that the PRC has no military allies and its defense policy will not change, [...]	2007-08-31 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN
07BEIJING5793	PRC URGES USG TO CONVINCE U.S. CONGRESS, MEDIA AND [...] (SBU) The U.S. Government should engage the American people, Congress and media and urge them to stop politicizing the Darfur issue and linking it to the Olympics, Assistant Foreign Minister Affairs Zhai Jun says in an August 31 letter to AF Assistant Secretary Frazer. The letter, delivered to [...]	2007-09-04 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING5801	CENTRAL CHINA RISING: HENAN PLEASED WITH PROGRESS [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with EconMinCouns, Henan Provincial Government officials painted a picture of a province whose strategy of economic opening has resulted in three years of GDP growth above 14 percent as well as growing participation of foreign companies in local industry. The Cent [...]	2007-09-05 02:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI KPAO KIIP CH
07BEIJING5818	NPC CHAIR WU BANGGUO DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY, [...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL),accompanied by the Ambassador, emphasized the importance of food and product safety issues to American consumers during a meeting with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 28. Wu Bangguo said we need to set [...]	2007-09-05 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR KOLY MCAP PTER ECON CH
07BEIJING5820	HUMAN RIGHTS: DISSIDENT LU GENGSONG'S ARREST [...] (C) On August 27 more than 1,000 Chinese intellectuals and activists issued an open letter addressed to President Hu Jintao and delegates to the 17th Party Congress calling for the release of Zhejiang dissident writer Lu Gengsong and other jailed activists nationwide. According to lawyer Li J [...]	2007-09-05 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KOLY CH
07BEIJING5836	CODEL LARSEN-KIRK DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY, TRADE, [...] (SBU) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) strongly urged China to address U.S. concerns about the safety of Chinese products and the RMB exchange rate in an August 27 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei. Representative Kirk encouraged China's cooperation [...]	2007-09-06 05:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PGOV PTER ETRD IR TW AF CH
07BEIJING5888	TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM REMAINS SERIOUS CONCERN, [...] (C) Current tensions over Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's UN referendum, while serious, have not yet become a crisis, in part because of careful management by Washington and Beijing, in part because Chen has yet to cross China's "red line" of de jure independence, Embassy contacts commented [...]	2007-09-07 06:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW
07BEIJING594	LABOR CONTRACT LAW: SECOND DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The National People's Congress (NPC) has invited the American Chamber of Commerce in China (Amcham) and the US-China Business Council to submit comments on the second draft Labor Contract Law (LCL) which the NPC published on December 25. Amcham hosted a breakfast for members [...]	2007-01-26 08:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV PGOV CH
07BEIJING5941	INVITATION TO THE GPOI GLOBAL CLEARINGHOUSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 07:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MASS PGOV CH
07BEIJING5976	EX-SOLDIERS RIOT OVER FEES AT RAILWAY VOCATIONAL [...] (C) Around 2,000 ex-soldiers rioted at three separate railway vocational schools in Baotou in Inner Mongolia, Baoji in Shaanxi Province, and Wuhan in Hubei Province on September 3, wire services reported September 11, citing the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy [...]	2007-09-12 11:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MARR CH
07BEIJING5977	DESPITE POTENTIAL HICCUPS, PRC PUSHES FOR IMPROVED [...] (C) In the wake of Japanese PM Abe's September 12 resignation, his earlier cabinet reshuffle, landmark August visit to India and multilateral naval exercises, Embassy contacts underscored China's continued desire to improve China-Japan relations. Neither Abe's resignation nor his recent cabin [...]	2007-09-12 12:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN IN
07BEIJING6004	SEPTEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PM ABE'S [...] Key points at the September 13 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Abe's resignation is an internal affair of Japan and China attaches great importance to the development of Sino-Japanese ties. -- The choice of a new Russian prime minister is an internal affair of that country. China and Russia h [...]	2007-09-13 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JA CH RS ID IR
07BEIJING6006	CONCERNS ABOUT U.S. INVESTMENT CLIMATE FROM SOVEREIGN [...] (SBU) In meetings held September 10 and 11, top officials involved in the formation and investment decisions of the Chinese Investment Corporation (CIC, the new sovereign wealth fund) warned of a growing perception in China that the U.S. is decreasingly open to trade and investment. One of the [...]	2007-09-13 22:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING6045	CHINESE MFA PROTESTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SALES OF [...] (C) Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui both protested to the Ambassador the recent announcement of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, saying that such actions "send the wrong signal" to Taiwan and embolden Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's independence efforts. VFM Zha [...]	2007-09-14 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV MARR CH TW
07BEIJING6070	CHINA/CFIUS: TREASURY DAS DALY, CHINESE OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Nova Daly held discussions with Chinese Government officials and business leaders relating to bilateral investment issues on September 10, 2007. During the meetings DAS Daly provided an introduction to the new Committee for Financial [...]	2007-09-17 06:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV ETRD EFIN CH
07BEIJING6121	SEPTEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 10:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SENV UNSC CH JA KN FR SF IN SU
07BEIJING614	FIRST THE PRD, THEN THE YRD... NOW THE BOHAI RIM? [...] (SBU) China's Central Government has backed the Bohai Rim Economic Circle (BREC) in Northern China as a key region for economic development in a manner often compared to the Pearl River Delta (PRD),emanating from Shenzhen-Guangzhou, and the Yangtze River Delta (YRD),anchored by Shanghai. The [...]	2007-01-26 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6157	REVISION OF PARTY CONSTITUTION: "BEGINNING OF HU [...] (C) This week's announcement that the Chinese Communist Party Constitution will be revised at the October Party Congress, apparently to incorporate key concepts associated with General Secretary Hu Jintao, signals a clear advance in Hu's consolidation of power and marks the "beginning of the H [...]	2007-09-19 11:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING6158	LIU GUIJIN: U.S. VISIT A SUCCESS; DISCUSSES SUDAN, [...] (U) Summary: PRC Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin described his recent trip to the United States as a success that resulted in increased understanding of China's Darfur policies at a September 18 press briefing. In response to questions, he said that the security situation in Darfur is im [...]	2007-09-19 11:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH ZI ET
07BEIJING6159	SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: CHINESE AID TO [...] (C) Summary: China's aid policy toward Zimbabwe has not changed, and the current spate of reports regarding Chinese aid to Zimbabwe are all the result of a misunderstanding, MFA Zimbabwe Desk Officer Wang Xiao told PolOff September 19. The rumors re-ignited following a September 18 press conf [...]	2007-09-19 11:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH ZI XA
07BEIJING6197	CORRECTED COPY: SEPTEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points at the September 18 MFA Press Briefing were: -- No new date has been set for the Six-Party Talks. -- The Chinese government opposes the Dalai Lama's meeting with German Chancellor Merkel. -- China and Japan will hold consultations on the East China Sea in late October. -- T [...]	2007-09-20 09:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SENV UNSC CH JA KN FR SF IN SU
07BEIJING6198	SEPTEMBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the September 20 MFA Press Briefing were: -- No new date has been set for the Six-Party Talks and Chinese heavy fuel assistance to the DPRK is under "active preparation and implementation." -- DPRK VFM Kim Yong-il met with VFM Wu Dawei in Beijing on September 18 and is curren [...]	2007-09-20 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SENV CH JA KN KS RS TW IS GZ GM
07BEIJING620	"DEMOCRACY IS A GOOD THING" ARTICLE IGNITES DEBATE [...] (C) An article in the influential weekly Study Times strongly endorsing democracy as "the best" political system has stimulated sharp discussion in Chinese media and intellectual circles. Our contacts speculated that "Democracy Is a Good Thing," by progressive scholar and author Yu Keping, i [...]	2007-01-26 11:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING621	HUMAN RIGHTS: AMCIT NASDAQ REP DETAINED THEN [...] (C) Chinese security officials detained and questioned AmCit Lawrence Pan, NASDAQ's chief representative in China, on the morning of January 26 in connection with NASDAQ's alleged "support" for Falun Gong activities in the United States. He was released the same afternoon, Hong Kong-based NA [...]	2007-01-26 11:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CASC CH
07BEIJING6233	CHINESE TERRORISM EXPERT CALLS HIZB UT-TAHRIR A [...] (C) Ma Pinyan, a terrorism expert at the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, told Poloff September 1 that while violent terrorism is on the decline, Xinjiang authorities are concerned by the growth of non-violent fundamentalist movements like Hizb ut- Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Party of Libera [...]	2007-09-21 08:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TI PK KG AF KZ CH
07BEIJING6256	THE HALAL NETWORK - NINGXIA REACHES OUT TO THE MUSLIM [...] Emerging economic ties between Ningxia Province and Islamic countries suggest a broader potential for expanded commercial interaction between China's Muslims -- which likely exceed 20 million and may number as many as 100 million according to unofficial estimates -- and their brethren in the M [...]	2007-09-24 03:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6286	PARTY CONGRESS ECONOMIC POLICY IMPACT SEEN AS [...] (SBU) Several ECON contacts have told us that next month's Party Congress is unlikely to affect China's macroeconomic policies. One economic analyst opined that personnel changes at the Ministry of Finance could play a role in China's fiscal policy, but said the overall direction of reform wou [...]	2007-09-25 07:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING6294	SEPTEMBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA [...] Key points at the September 25 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Stabiity in Burma serves the interests of Burma and the international community; China sticks toa policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries. -- No information on upcoming high-level visits between Japan [...]	2007-09-25 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SENV UNSC CH JA KN KS RS TW BM GM
07BEIJING6339	SEPTEMBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA, SIX PARTY [...] Key points at the September 27 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China hopes all parties in Burma can "exercise restraint" so as to avoid escalation of the situation. China also urged the press to report truthfully and avoid "exaggerated hype." -- The Six-Party Talks are set to begin this evenin [...]	2007-09-27 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH KN KS RS BM
07BEIJING6365	MIGRANTS, MICROFINANCE, AND MEAT -- SHANXI'S RURAL [...] (SBU) Professors and students at Shanxi Agricultural University in Central China said on September 25 that rural development in the province is based on non-farm income, local microfinance models have been disappointing, and the province's residents are paying close attention to inflation. Loc [...]	2007-09-28 07:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI CVIS CH
07BEIJING6374	CHINA: FIVE REASONS FOR NO TELECOM [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 13, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) for Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce Policy Jonathan McHale, accompanied by Econoffs, met with Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General of WTO Affairs Wang Zhen to discuss JCCT [...]	2007-09-28 08:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
07BEIJING6376	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON EURO-RMB [...] (C) At the September 28 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis said that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told Chinese economic ministers to "work on" the current Euro-RMB currency imbalance after French Finance Minister Lagarde invited China's attention to it. German [...]	2007-09-28 08:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV ECON CH FR GM JA UK
07BEIJING6394	DEMARCHE ON REDUCTION OF IRAQI DEBT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN IZ CH
07BEIJING6396	ALL BUBBLES, NO BATH: HUNAN'S APPAREL FESTIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff's attendance at a recent apparel festival as part of a larger trip to Hunan province highlighted the provincial Party leadership's desire to attract foreign interest and investment, but exposed their limited understanding of how to actually do so. Despite flying in parti [...]	2007-09-28 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BTIO EINV ECON CH
07BEIJING6498	DISH DIFFUSION: PIRATE SATELLITE TV THRIVES IN [...] (C) China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) has been cracking down on illegal satellite television since July 2007, according to news reports. While police in several cities are confiscating illicit receivers, enforcement of China's long-standing ban on private sat [...]	2007-10-05 08:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PROP PHUM SOCI KCUL KIPR CH TW HK JA RP
07BEIJING6501	LEADERSHIP RUMORS IN ADVANCE OF THE PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Contacts continue to speculate on impending high-level personnel changes as Beijing prepares for the opening of the 17th Communist Party Congress on October 15. Decisions have reportedly "largely" been made but remain "top sec ret," with last-minute changes still a possibility. A "core" o [...]	2007-10-05 12:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING6503	LEADERSHIP RUMORS IN ADVANCE OF THE PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Contacts continue to speculate on impending high-level personnel changes as Beijing prepares for the opening of the 17th Communist Party Congress on October 15. Decisions have reportedly "largely" been made but remain "top secret," with last-minute changes still a possibility. A "core" of [...]	2007-10-08 22:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING6535	CHINESE MFA ON MINUSTAH RENEWAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 07:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV UNSC HA CH
07BEIJING6539	PARTY SEVENTH PLENUM OPENS; FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR [...] (SBU) Final, formal preparations for the October 15 Party Congress began today with the announcement that the Seventh plenary session (plenum) of the 16th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee opened the morning of October 9 in Beijing, as expected (Ref D). According to the Xinhua Ne [...]	2007-10-09 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING6540	OCTOBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA UNREST, [...] Key points at the October 9 MFA Press Briefing: -- Burma has "become calmer" through the efforts of both the Burmese government and the international community. Any action by the UN Security Council should be "cautious and prudent" and calculated to promote "stability" within Burma. The "pr [...]	2007-10-09 14:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH IN KN BM
07BEIJING6606	CHINA TIGHTENS MEDIA CONTROLS AS PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) As the 17th Party Congress rapidly approaches, propaganda officials are telling Chinese news outlets to avoid "negative" reporting, according to numerous media contacts. News of accidents and disasters, especially mining accidents, will be tightly controlled. Media speculation about Part [...]	2007-10-11 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING6607	OCTOBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA, ARREST OF [...] Key points at the October 11 MFA Press Briefing: -- The situation in Burma is "relaxing" and is "turning in a good direction." The international community should offer "constructive" help to allow Burma to realize stability, reconciliation, democracy and development. -- ROK consulate off [...]	2007-10-11 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH BM KN KS JA VE CO
07BEIJING6609	CHINA INFLATION: ASSET AND CONSUMER PRICE PRESSURE IN [...] (SBU) Rising asset and consumer prices, and Central Government reactions to the increases, continued to draw attention during the recently concluded "Golden Week" period. With the 17th Party Congress set to open on Monday, October 15, inflation remains a predominant domestic economic concern. [...]	2007-10-12 01:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING6637	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON BURMA, THE [...] (C) At the October 12 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, UK Ambassador William Ehrman said that China's concerns in Burma are driven by the long common border, the 2.5 million ethnic Chinese in Burma, the 150,000 PRC citizens living there and the 3,000 Chinese companies active in the c [...]	2007-10-12 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH FR GM JA UK BM
07BEIJING6641	ROUNDUP OF DISSIDENTS, UNDESIRABLES AS BEIJING [...] (C) Security authorities appear to be rounding up a large number of petitioners, dissidents and other "undesirables" in advance of the 17th Communist Party Congress, which opens October 15. Police are detaining petitioners in Beijing and forcibly returning them to their home towns, contacts r [...]	2007-10-12 10:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6654	UNDERLYING CHALLENGES HINDER RURAL FINANCE [...] (SBU) Promoting rural finance has been a Central Government priority during the past year, as government leaders recognize that the significant financial services gap in rural areas adversely impacts efforts to balance the economy. Rural finance reform was a primary focus of the National Finan [...]	2007-10-15 03:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6655	UNDERLYING CHALLENGES HINDER RURAL FINANCE [...] (SBU) Promoting rural finance has been a Central Government priority during the past year, as government leaders recognize that the significant financial services gap in rural areas adversely impacts efforts to balance the economy. Rural finance reform was a primary focus of the National Finan [...]	2007-10-15 03:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6690	OCTOBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA VISIT [...] Key points at the October 16 MFA Press Briefing: -- The U.S. presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor to the Dalai Lama will "seriously hurt" U.S.-China relations. -- Chinese participation in this week's scheduled P5-Plus-1 Political Directors' meeting was cancelled for "techn [...]	2007-10-16 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH BM IR JA GM SU
07BEIJING6720	PARTY BUOYED BY GOOD SOCIAL STABILITY, BUT [...] (C) China's leadership is holding its 17th Party Congress amid a backdrop of high economic growth and rising living standards that is keeping societal unrest in check, according to sociologists and mid- level government officials with whom we recently spoke. Most contacts say that the current [...]	2007-10-17 11:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6732	OCTOBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA VISIT [...] Key points at the October 18 MFA Press Briefing: -- China regards the Dalai Lama's visit to the United States as blatant interference in China's internal affairs that has greatly undermined the relationship between the United States and China. FM Yang strongly protested the visit in an Octo [...]	2007-10-18 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH BM TU VM VT IN RS KN
07BEIJING6733	FM YANG "STRONGLY PROTESTS" DALAI LAMA'S U.S. [...] (C) Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi expressed China's "strong opposition and indignation" to October 17 activities in connection with awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Dalai Lama. FM Yang said that the United States' actions will have "severe adverse consequences for bilateral relatio [...]	2007-10-18 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH IN
07BEIJING6760	PRESS BRIEFING ON OLYMPICS HELD OCTOBER 19 ON [...] A briefing on next year's Olympic Games was held October 19 as part of the series of press conferences staged in conjunction with China's ongoing 17th Communist Party Congrss. Liu Jingmin, who serves both as Beijing Vce Mayor and Executive Vice President of the Beijing Organizing Committee f [...]	2007-10-19 12:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY CH
07BEIJING6777	HU JINTAO EMERGES FROM PARTY CONGRESS STRONGER, [...] (C) Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao has emerged from the 17th Party Congress stronger than before, but China's new leadership lineup revealed today indicates that he must continue to accommodate other interests within the Party. Hu Jintao was "reelected" to the top positions of Pa [...]	2007-10-22 10:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING6810	OCTOBER 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, DALAI LAMA, [...] Key points at the October 23 MFA Press Briefing: -- China's new leadership committed to peaceful development and DPRK denuclearization process -- Regarding the Dalai Lama, the United States and China will hold "effective communication" -- EU-China dialogue on human rights "helpful" -- V [...]	2007-10-23 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING6822	DARFUR HEAVY SUPPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Drawing upon reftel, Poloff urged China to boost its assistance to the UNAMID peacekeeping operation in Darfur in an October 24 conversation with MFA International Organizations Department UN Division official Diao Junshu. Diao responded that she would pass the U.S. request on to her superiors [...]	2007-10-24 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING6844	OCTOBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GAMBARI VISIT, J-10 [...] Key points at the October 25 MFA Press Briefing: -- UN Special Envoy Gambari met with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi and State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan on October 24-25. -- China has taken note of the "untrue and groundless" reports in the Russian media th [...]	2007-10-25 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH BM IR RS JA SU TU IZ PK

07BEIJING6849	AFM HE YAFEI ON DAUB, RUSSELL AND SHAO CASES, U.S. [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei, accompanied by two MFA lawyers, raised the Daub lawsuit against the PRC Consulate General in New York with the Ambassador on October 25 and asked the USG to intercede and stop enforcement of the recent court order. He said the Chinese would have n [...]	2007-10-25 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OFDP CASC CJAN EAGR ECON ETRD WTRO
07BEIJING6850	AFM HE: PRC STUDYING UNAMID HELICOPTER REQUEST, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told the Ambassador October 25 that the PRC was studying the request for helicopters in support of UNAMID deployment (reftels),but opined that Chinese helicopters "may not be up to the task." He alleged that the United States has influe [...]	2007-10-25 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING6857	ECONOMIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE 17TH PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) The outcomes of the 17th Party Congress indicate agreement among China's top leaders that economic policy should continue to promote rapid growth but at the same time shift the forces behind that growth away from investment and towards domestic consumption. As such, future policies will l [...]	2007-10-26 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV PREL CH
07BEIJING6859	RISING PRICES, RAPID GROWTH REMAIN ECONOMIC FOCUS [...] (C) China's most recent macroeconomic indicators showed inflation falling slightly, economic growth continuing to surge and asset prices spiraling upwards as the 17th Party Congress closed this week. Macroeconomic experts uniformly stated that recent food price pressure on the Consumer Price [...]	2007-10-26 06:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING6864	PRC LIMITS COVERAGE OF BURMA "DISTURBANCE," [...] (C) Despite having taken a largely hands off approach to managing coverage of Burma by relying on editors to engage in "self-censorship," Chinese authorities nevertheless have required reporters to restrict their description of events in Burma to words like "disturbance," so as not to legitimi [...]	2007-10-26 10:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP CH BM
07BEIJING6872	S/CRS WORKS WITH CHINA ON A RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting officials from S/CRS participated in a successful Reconstruction and Stabilization Workshop in Beijing on October 24-25. The MFA organized the workshop, with attendance by representatives of several Chinese ministries. Each side briefed on its international emergency [...]	2007-10-29 05:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CH KCRS
07BEIJING6899	OCTOBER 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the October 30 MFA Press Briefing: -- China has expressed its "strong dissatisfaction" and opposition to Canada's hosting of the Dalai Lama. Canada should correct its actions to avoid further damage to bilateral ties. -- Japan's actions against Chinese activists near the Dia [...]	2007-10-30 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH LA KN KS KZ JA VE CA IR
07BEIJING6932	MORE BLEAK CONDITIONS IN NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) Summary: The agricultural situation in North Korea continues to deteriorate according to UN FAO experts briefing Beijing-based diplomats. Although the spring harvest was better than usual, food shortages are still expected. Three major agricultural disasters hit the DPRK in 2007, includi [...]	2007-11-01 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV CH KN
07BEIJING6936	CHINA/ENERGY: TENSION AMID SHORTAGES AND PRICE HIKES [...] (SBU) Amidst fuel shortages and even the death of a line-jumper at a gas station in Henan Province, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has raised refined oil prices by USD 9/barrel and gasoline/diesel prices at the pump by 20 US cents per gallon. The goal is to encourage [...]	2007-11-01 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV EPET EFIN CH
07BEIJING6937	NOVEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA, BURMA, [...] Key points at the November 1 MFA Press Briefing: -- Countries that meet with the Dalai Lama have been deceived or wish to meddle in the internal affairs of China. Seeking to undermine China's policy of peaceful development in Tibet is doomed to failure. -- China hopes the relevant parties [...]	2007-11-01 09:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS CA IR
07BEIJING6971	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON FRENCH FM [...] (C) At the November 2 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that French FM Bernard Kouchner's visit to China was "extremely successful," with discussions on Burma, North Korea, foreign aid, the environment, human rights and Taiwan. Chief Iranian N [...]	2007-11-05 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH FR GM JA UK BM IR
07BEIJING6974	A/S SILVERBERG MEETING WITH MFA IO DG WU HAILONG [...] (C) In an October 31 meeting, A/S Silverberg disagreed with her MFA counterpart's positive assessment of the situation in Burma; when MFA International Organizations Director General Wu Hailong called for the international community's patience, A/S Silverberg laid out specific steps the Burmes [...]	2007-11-05 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SY LE BM YI IR IZ KN
07BEIJING6975	CHINA WISHES TO WORK WITH USG TO PROMOTE STABILITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: China is deeply concerned about the current state of emergency in Pakistan and hopes Pakistan President Musharraf will maintain stability there, according to MFA Asian Affairs Director General Hu Zhengyue. Hu told Pol [...]	2007-11-05 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM MNUC PGOV CH PK
07BEIJING7004	CONTACTS ASSESS HU JINTAOÂ´S STRENGTH AFTER THE [...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao succeeded in further elevating his authority at the recently completed 17th Communist Party Congress, most Embassy contacts believe, though they differ to what extent. A minority of observers, however, argue he fell short of his goals. Despite HuÂ´s apparent gains, [...]	2007-11-07 05:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING7005	MFA: CHINA AND U.S. BOTH "GOOD INFLUENCES" FOR [...] (C) In the wake of Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar's October visit to the United States and signing of the USD 285 million Millennium Challenge Account aid package, Chinese and Mongolian officials underscored the "special" nature of Sino-Mongolian relations, but differed on China's view [...]	2007-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH MG
07BEIJING7035	OPEN BUT NOT TRANSPARENT: LOCAL REPORTERS [...] (C) Although the Communist Party employed a more sophisticated media strategy during the 17th Communist Party Congress October 15-21, local contacts tell us they were disappointed with the Party's tight regulation of domestic coverage while the Congress was in session. Press controls inside China [...]	2007-11-08 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING7036	NOVEMBER 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, BIBLE BAN, [...] Key points at the November 8 MFA Press Briefing: -- China requested that Iran "respond positively" and "attach importance to" the concern of the international community. (Note: some news organizations stated that China "demanded" Iran respond positively. The word in Chinese was "yaoqiu" whi [...]	2007-11-08 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS PK IR AF ID VE SN
07BEIJING7037	COUNTERTERRORISM: PRC ADOPTING PRAGMATIC APPROACH [...] (C) PRC citizens have increasingly been victims of violence overseas in recent years, including murders and kidnappings in Africa and attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Despite evidence that some of these incidents specifically targeted Chinese and clear signs that the PRC is experimenting [...]	2007-11-08 23:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL CASC PGOV CH PK XA IZ AF UN
07BEIJING7052	CHINA/ENERGY: FUEL SHORTAGES TIED TO INDEPENDENT COMPANIES' SWING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) China's ongoing struggle with fuel shortages underscores the role of both independent refiners, which control approximately 15 percent of capacity, and independent retailers, which run half of the country's filling stations. Experts we spoke with believe that last week's gasoline and die [...]	2007-11-09 08:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH PGOV
07BEIJING7064	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON PRC [...] (C) Discussion at the November 9 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering covered possible personnel changes resulting from the mid-October 17th Communist Party Congress and included speculation that Politburo members Zhang Dejiang, Li Keqiang and Wang Qishan would become Vice Premiers. The [...]	2007-11-09 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SENV CH FR GM JA UK BM
07BEIJING7084	NOVEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRESS FREEDOM, [...] Key points at the November 13 MFA Press Briefing: -- Reports that China is building a database with information on foreign journalists are "completely false." No such database is being constructed. -- The recent visit of UN Special Envoy Gambari to Burma resulted in progress. China will [...]	2007-11-13 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA IR BM
07BEIJING7098	CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ON CHINA-JAPAN TIES DESPITE LACK [...] (C) Chinese and Japanese contacts were cautiously optimistic about Japanese PM Fukuda's impact on China- Japan relations, highlighting his "balanced" approach, but they were hesitant to predict any significant developments in the near term. The October round of talks on joint energy explorati [...]	2007-11-14 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN IN
07BEIJING7107	CONTACTS ON NEW POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE [...] (C) Many Embassy contacts have told Poloffs that the elevation of "fifth generation" leaders Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) at the recently completed 17th Communist Party Congress (Ref A) may be the CongressÂ´s most significant outcome. Anointing Xi and Li as [...]	2007-11-14 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING7126	CHINESE PARTICIPATION IN ASEAN MEETINGS: TWO [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei and MFA Asian Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General Yang Yanli separately previewed Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Singapore for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus 3 meeting and other ASEAN-related events November 18-22. AFM He said [...]	2007-11-15 09:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH BM
07BEIJING7127	NOVEMBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, U.S.-CHINA [...] Key points at the November 15 MFA Press Briefing: -- Foreign Minister Yang in Teheran urged Iran to "show flexibility and keep positive contact" with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Union (EU). -- China has seen the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review and [...]	2007-11-15 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH IR AF JA FR UK MX
07BEIJING7137	DG LIU JIEYI WARNS CDA ON SERIOUSNESS OF ANN DAUB [...] (C) MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi presented the same points to CDA as in DCM Zheng Zeguang's November 15 demarche to DAS Christensen (see ref) regarding the escalation of the Ann C. Daub Case. DG Liu emphasized that it is the responsibility of the United S [...]	2007-11-16 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CJAN CH
07BEIJING7173	XINJIANG: CONTACT SAYS DEMONSTRATION, ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary: A three-day protest in Xinjiang in September highlighted the presence in China of Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (the Islamic Party of Liberation),according to a well-connected Muslim contact. The protest was especially significant because it occurred in the more ethnically Han northe [...]	2007-11-20 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER OREP CASC PGOV KIRF PK KG AF KZ CH TI
07BEIJING7175	MFA: CHINESE ENGINEERS DELAYED BY LOGISTICS, UN [...] (C) Poloff on November 20 urged the MFA to speed deployment of the Chinese engineering force to Sudan and inquired about the reasons for the delay. Poloff noted that the delay in deploying the Chinese engineers is affecting follow-on deployments. MFA International Organizations and Conferenc [...]	2007-11-20 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING7192	CHINA/IPR: AMBASSADOR'S SIXTH IPR ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) On October 23-24, the China Mission held Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr.'s Sixth Annual Roundtable Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in China, with the theme "IPR Protection on the Ground - What the United States Embassy is Doing to Support Rights Holders in China, and What [...]	2007-11-21 06:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07BEIJING721	THE TROUBLE WITH KIDS: 20-40 GENERATION GAP [...] (C) It is fashionable among Chinese elites who were born in the 1960s or before to criticize current Chinese college students and recent graduates as self- absorbed and materialistic. Scholars and journalists have told us that in their view, a "20-40" generation gap is emerging between youn [...]	2007-01-30 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING7210	CHINA'S TAIWAN CONNECTION IN OPPOSING KOSOVO [...] (C) While denying that Kosovo independence would set any precedent for Taiwan, Chinese experts acknowledge that China's concerns over its own "sovereignty" and "territorial integrity" mean that China will be reluctant to support Kosovo's independence over the objections of Serbia. Views vary [...]	2007-11-23 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC CH TW YI
07BEIJING7226	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SARKOZY [...] (C) At the November 23 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that French President Nicholas Sarkozy will discuss with Chinese leaders the sale of two third-generation European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) nuclear reactors, an investment protection agr [...]	2007-11-27 00:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH FR GM JA UK
07BEIJING7229	DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 03:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ CH
07BEIJING723	CPA'S LIU BAINIAN SAYS CHINA HAS TRIED TO EASE [...] (C) Vice-Chairman of the Catholic Patriotic Association (CPA) Liu Bainian said China sought to ease tensions with the Vatican in the lead-up to Gan Junqiu's ordination as bishop of Guangzhou Diocese. Liu says China informed the Vatican of the pending nomination and has postponed appointment of [...]	2007-01-30 12:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CH VT
07BEIJING7233	OCTOBER PRICE SURGE ATTRACTS ATTENTION IN BEIJING AND [...] (SBU) Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rose to 6.5 percent year-on-year in October, tying with August's 11-year high, further exacerbating a major leadership concern (reftels). Food prices remain the primary contributor to price increases, as core inflation was low at 1.1 percent. Officia [...]	2007-11-27 07:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING7239	NOVEMBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SIX-PARTY [...] Key points at the regular November 27 MFA Press Briefing: -- FM Yang told Secretary Rice in a November 26 meeting that China would play a constructive role on the Iran issue. -- China is still consulting with other parties on the date of the next Six-Party Heads of Delegation meeting. -- Chi [...]	2007-11-27 23:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON MARR EFIN ETRD TBIO IR JA KN
07BEIJING7251	OLYMPIC DISAPPOINTMENT IN CENTRAL CHINA AS HENAN ON OUTSIDE [...] (SBU) Contacts in Henan Province said they are disappointed that Central China has been largely excluded from the events surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympics even as they look forward to the Games as a "national event" and a "showcase." One official went so far as to say that because all of t [...]	2007-11-28 08:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KOLY ETRD EINV PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING7270	DARFUR: THREATS TO CHINESE ENGINEERS WILL NOT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING7272	SARKOZYING UP TO THE CHINESE: FRENCH PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) French President Sarkozy stressed China's and France's "shared vision" during a successful November 25-27 visit to China, French DCM Chapuis briefed Beijing-based diplomats November 28. The visit reaped over 20 billion euros of contracts for French firms, but focused on political issues. [...]	2007-11-29 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM SENV EFIN PGOV FR CH TW IR
07BEIJING7273	PRC DENIAL OF USS KITTY HAWK PORT VISIT [...] (S) Summary: In response to our queries as to the reason for the recent PRC denial of port visit permission to the USS Kitty Hawk, officially the Chinese have been unwilling to say anything more than the United States "already understands" the reason. A Taiwan Affairs Office official, while c [...]	2007-11-29 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING7274	(CORRECTED COPY) SARKOZYING UP TO THE CHINESE: [...] (C) French President Sarkozy stressed China's and France's "shared vision" during a successful November 25-27 visit to China, French DCM Chapuis briefed Beijing-based diplomats November 28. The visit reaped over 20 billion euros of contracts for French firms, but focused on political issues. [...]	2007-11-29 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM SENV EFIN PGOV FR CH TW IR
07BEIJING7284	(C) WHITHER NDRC? POST-PARTY CONGRESS RUMORS [...] (C) Post-Party Congress rumors and speculation by Embassy contacts indicate that the National Development Reform Commission (NDRC),China's top economic policymaking body, may soon undergo significant structural changes in the run-up to the March 2008 session of the National People's Congress [...]	2007-11-30 02:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING7295	CHINA-INDIA DEFENSE TALKS BUILD CONFIDENCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The first Chinese-Indian "Annual Defense Dialogue," held in November, and mid-December's planned joint military exercises will bolster confidence in bilateral relations, according to Chinese MFA officials and academics and Indian Embassy officials. However, academics believe the [...]	2007-11-30 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH IN PK
07BEIJING7299	PRC PREMIER WEN JIABAO AT ASEAN SUMMIT MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao's participation in the recent ASEAN Summit meetings in Singapore provided an opportunity for China to promote its vision of East Asia regional integration, according to MFA Asia Department ASEAN Division Deputy Director He Wei. Deputy Director He and Chinese s [...]	2007-11-30 11:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH ASEAN
07BEIJING7329	QINGHAI MUSLIMS, PART 1: GOVERNMENT CONTROLS, [...] (C) Government controls on Islam such as Hajj restrictions, training of imams and guidelines on mosque operations, persist in northwest China's Qinghai Province. During a September 14-19 visit, PolOff read a sign in one mosque in rural Haidong Prefecture that warns worshippers that religion m [...]	2007-12-04 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER CH PK SA
07BEIJING7330	QINGHAI MUSLIMS, PART 2: FOREIGN LINKS GROW [...] (C) Ties between Muslims in northwest China's Qinghai Province and those in the Middle East are on the rise because of widespread satellite TV use and an increasingly mobile populace. Qinghai contacts told PolOff September 14-19 (ref A) that many Muslim communities are trying to embrace more [...]	2007-12-04 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER PK CH SA
07BEIJING7331	XI JINPING SLATED FOR PARTY SCHOOL PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts have told PolOffs that newly-promoted Politburo Standing Committee Member Xi Jinping will soon be appointed president of the Central Party School (CPS),replacing former Politburo Standing Committee Member Zeng Qinghong, who retired at the mid-October 17th Party [...]	2007-12-04 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING7333	December 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, KITTY HAWK, NEW [...] Key points at the December 4 MFA Press Briefing: -- Iran's nuclear issues: China opposes international proliferation of nuclear weapons -- China informed and allowed the USS Kitty Hawk to enter Hong Kong. -- New Catholic bishop in Guangzhou: Promote friendship between Vatican and China [...]	2007-12-05 00:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING7334	December 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, KITTY HAWK, NEW [...] Key points at the December 4 MFA Press Briefing: -- Iran's nuclear issues: China opposes international proliferation of nuclear weapons -- China informed and allowed the USS Kitty Hawk to enter Hong Kong. -- New Catholic bishop in Guangzhou: Promote friendship between Vatican and China [...]	2007-12-05 00:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING7383	DECEMBER 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY [...] Key points at the December 6 MFA Press Briefing: -- China believes the date for the next round of Six- Party Talks must be reached by consensus. -- China will "earnestly study" the NIE on Iran with relevant parties so as to push forward the proper settlement of the issue. -- On climate [...]	2007-12-06 11:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING7389	NOT-SO-SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT: LOOKING FOR FAST GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) Third-tier cities in Central China are aiming for more investment and faster growth even as the Central Government promotes "Scientific Development" following the 17th Party Congress. Hu Jintao's Scientific Outlook on Development calls for more balanced and sustainable development, but a [...]	2007-12-07 00:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING7409	CHINA'S "INDEPENDENT" PRESS: ECONOMIC OBSERVER [...] (C) Managers and journalists from the Economic Observer, China's only "private" (non-Party- affiliated) newspaper, which was launched as a nation- wide, weekly paper in 2001 and is owned by a commercial provincial holding company, told PolOffs recently that the Observer is alive and well and [...]	2007-12-07 10:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING7446	TIP: PRC RESPONSE TO USG CONCERNS PRIOR TO BEIJING COMMIT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Treaty and Law Division Deputy Director Xu Yu on December 3. 2. (SBU) Noting that he shared our points with the Ministry of Public Security and o [...]	2007-12-12 02:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL CH BU
07BEIJING7449	DECEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SINOPEC IRAN DEAL, [...] Key points at the regular December 11 MFA Press Briefing: --Sinopec's Iran deal is a "business action" conducted on bases of equality and mutual benefit. The Chinese government does not need to comment on such a commercial deal. --Chen Shui-bian's UN referendum "seriously threatens peac [...]	2007-12-12 04:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD IR JA RU KN KS VM
07BEIJING7457	CHINA HOPES KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION [...] (C) PolOff on December 12 queried Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun on China's reaction to the Troika's December 10 report on Kosovo. Yao said China appreciates the Troika's efforts to reach a solution acceptable to a [...]	2007-12-12 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC TW YI CH
07BEIJING7462	MIGRANT MOTHER'S DEATH PROVOKES DEBATE ON [...] (C) The death of a desperately poor migrant worker and her unborn child at a Beijing hospital has generated public uproar and a wave of social criticism by intellectuals. The migrant, 22-year-old Li Liyun, died November 21 when her common-law husband refused to sign a permission form to allow [...]	2007-12-12 11:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH
07BEIJING7473	DECEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the regular December 13 MFA press briefing: -- VFM Wu Dawei and ROK Ambassador Chun Yung-woo met this morning to discuss the Six-Party Talks and the "next stage of work." -- China hopes the Sudan Government can take measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens in Sudan. [...]	2007-12-13 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JA KN KS SA IT FM SG FR LE IS
07BEIJING7476	XI JINPING APPOINTED PARTY SCHOOL PRESIDENT [...] (C) Xi Jinping, promoted to the Politburo Standing Committee at the mid-October Party Congress, has been appointed president of the Central Party School (CPS),according to University of Denver China scholar Zhao Suisheng (please protect). In a meeting with PolOff on December 11, Zhao (who is [...]	2007-12-13 11:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING7486	U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES NEXT ROUND OF STATE-NDRC DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery and the Vice Chairman of China's National Development Reform Commission (NDRC),Zhang Xiaoqiang, met on the margins of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) on December 12 to discuss the upcoming 7th Ro [...]	2007-12-14 07:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING7487	MFA: CHINESE ENGINEERS TO DEPLOY BY JANUARY, NOT [...] (C) China anticipates that the remaining engineers being provided to Darfur as China's contribution to the Heavy Support Package will deploy by the end of January, Diao Junshu, the MFA International Organizations Department UN Division officer responsible for Sudan, told PolOff December 14. [...]	2007-12-14 07:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING749	PRC ACADEMICS ON NORTH KOREA [...] (S) In three recent conversations on North Korea, Chinese counterparts were consistent in their frustration with the DPRK and their contempt for Kim Jong-Il. One scholar dismissed recent rumors that Kim had been detained by the North Korean military but hinted that the DPRK leader may be suff [...]	2007-01-31 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV KNNP CH KN
07BEIJING7513	JADE IN OLYMPIC MEDALS: CHINESE, NOT BURMESE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 08:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KOLY CH BM
07BEIJING7518	XINJIANG: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZES, EXPORTS UIGHUR [...] (C) Officials in the cities of Kashgar and Urumqi in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) told Poloffs that XUAR authorities created programs to move Uighur laborers from rural Xinjiang to China's booming coastal cities to boost incomes for young workers from southern Xinjiang and "change [...]	2007-12-17 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KWMN CH
07BEIJING752	CHINESE SCHOLARS COMMENT ON ANTI-SATELLITE TEST [...] (S) Conversations with several Beijing scholars revealed that none were aware of China's January 11 anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons test beforehand and were only able to speculate after the fact about its significance. President Hu Jintao would have known about the test in advance, though the [...]	2007-01-31 12:32:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR PGOV CH
07BEIJING753	CHINA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Post is pleased to provide the names and thumbnail backgrounds of five women we consider the most influential in China (Ref A). Although women in China enjoy equal rights under law, in reality they often face considerable obstacles to advancement. The women we mention below have overcome th [...]	2007-01-31 12:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN CH
07BEIJING7537	DECEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the regular December 18 MFA press briefing: -- VFM Wu Dawei is currently in Pyongyang to discuss the next phase of the Six Party Talks. -- Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda has expressed his willingness to visit China, but the two sides have not yet decided a date for the visit. [...]	2007-12-18 09:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JA KN KS RS BL VM
07BEIJING7538	CORRECTED COPY: DECEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: [...] Key points at the regular December 18 MFA press briefing: -- VFM Wu Dawei is currently in Pyongyang to discuss the next phase of the Six Party Talks. -- Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda has expressed his willingness to visit China, but the two sides have not yet decided a date for the visit. [...]	2007-12-18 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JA KN KS RS BL VM
07BEIJING7545	TIP: COORDINATED MEKONG MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) At the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking (COMMIT) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and Inter Ministerial Meeting (IMM) in Beijing December 12-14, delegates from Burma, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam discussed regional cooperation and coordination o [...]	2007-12-19 06:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING7550	XINJIANG AUTHORITIES BLOCK UNSANCTIONED HAJJ [...] (C) Summary: A well-placed contact told Poloff December 3 that Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) officials seek to eliminate all Hajj pilgrimages other than those arranged by the Islamic Association of China (IAC). The contact said that Saudi Arabia requested China to prohibit Chinese M [...]	2007-12-19 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ CH
07BEIJING7554	CHINA: MODERATE INFLATION HERE TO STAY, EXPERTS SAY [...] (SBU) Beijing-based economists said this week that moderate inflation likely will continue in 2008, and they expect further administrative tightening measures by the Central Government in order to control prices. Their comments followed the government's announcement earlier this month that Chi [...]	2007-12-20 01:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING7573	CHINA'S CASTE SYSTEM: GOVERNMENT MOVES SLOWLY TO [...] (C) China's leaders, several contacts tell us, are increasingly concerned by the social inequalities created by China's household registration system ("hukou"),a legacy of the Mao era that prevents migrants from enjoying many of the social services available to native urban dwellers. China's [...]	2007-12-20 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING7575	PM FUKUDA,S VISIT TO CHINA STILL IN THE PLANNING [...] (C) Preparations for Japan Prime Minister Fukuda's upcoming official visit to Japan are underway even though the dates of the visit and the agenda have yet to be agreed, MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told Poloff on December 19. Lu said the notional agen [...]	2007-12-20 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN
07BEIJING7576	LANZHOU: ISLAMIC LINKS, UNDERDEVELOPMENT KEEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province in western China, told EmbOffs that Gansu sees things differently from Beijing on a range of issues. They stressed that western provinces now believe it is their turn to enjoy the fruits of China's rapid economic development and exp [...]	2007-12-20 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EINV CH TW
07BEIJING7577	DECEMBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRODUCT [...] Key points at the December 20 MFA Press Briefing: -- On U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama's reported call for a ban on U.S. imports of Chinese toys, China believes that a few defective products should not be the grounds for an overall ban. -- China believes all sides will continue w [...]	2007-12-20 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR EIND CH BM IN KS KN
07BEIJING7591	SURPRISINGLY SMALL INCREASE IN CHINESE HAJJ [...] (C) Summary: Saudi Arabian Consul Majed Alshammary (protect) told Poloff December 13 that Saudi Arabia would admit 20,000 Chinese Hajj pilgrims annually if China permitted it, although China has stated it will allow 10,700 Hajj pilgrims in 2007. Alshammary said he is surprised that China did [...]	2007-12-21 06:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK MY SA CH
07BEIJING7634	DECEMBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PM FUKUDA VISIT, EAST CHINA [...] Key points at the December 27 MFA Press Briefing: -- China extends a warm welcome to FM Fukuda, scheduled to arrive in China December 27. -- The spokesman said that the majority of DPRK nuclear disablement will be completed by the end of the year and that China hopes all sides will follow [...]	2007-12-27 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN RS JA IN
07BEIJING7654	PRC/PAKISTAN: CHINA CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION [...] (C) Beijing condemns the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as a terrorist act, MFA Asia Department Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Zhang Yiming told PolOff December 28. China has sent condolences to Bhutto's family as well as the families of the [...]	2007-12-28 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CH PK
07BEIJING769	ROK FOREIGN MINISTER SONG VISIT TO EIJING [...] (C) Foreign Minister Song Min-soon discussed bilateral relations with high-level Chinese officials and raised growing concerns about the treatment of North Koreans in China in a day-long series of meetings with ROK consular officers in the PRC on his recent visit to Beijing. Our PRC and ROK E [...]	2007-02-01 08:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CMGT CH KS KN
07BEIJING792	CHINA/IPR: AMBASSADOR'S SIXTH IPR ROUNDTABLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 06:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07BEIJING800	CHINA'S LABOR MARKET: SURPLUS OR SHORTAGE? [...] (SBU) Summary. China simultaneously faces both a large labor surplus and shortages of labor in certain segments of its labor market. Workers with skills have ample employment opportunities, and some industrialized regions are experiencing shortages of even marginally skilled workers, whose [...]	2007-02-02 02:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING804	COMMUNIST PARTY SCHOOL PROFESSOR SAYS IVP CHANGED HIS [...] (SBU) Niu Xianfeng, an Associate Professor at China's Central Communist Party School, said that participation in an International Visitor's Program (IVP) in the United States in September 2006 changed the way he teaches his students, many of whom are high-level Communist Party officials from pr [...]	2007-02-02 05:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SCUL KPAO OEXC SOCI CH
07BEIJING830	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST RAISES CASE OF CANADIAN CITIZEN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message concerning detained Canadian citizen Huseyincan Celil to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Human Rights officer Xu Jing February 1, underlining that Chinese authorities should inform Celil's family of his whereabouts and all [...]	2007-02-02 08:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH CA
07BEIJING837	HUMAN RIGHTS: ZHAO YAN RELEASE BEFORE FEBRUARY 18? [...] (C) Zhao Yan will "definitely" be released before Chinese New Year (which starts February 18),an unnamed Chinese government official told a Reporters Without Borders delegation visiting Beijing, according to New York Times Bureau Chief Joe Kahn. Kahn told Poloff on February 2 that Reporters [...]	2007-02-02 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING860	HUMAN RIGHTS: GAO YAOJIE BLOCKED FROM TRAVELING TO [...] (C) Local authorities have blocked Dr. Gao Yaojie, a well-know AIDS advocate from Henan province, from traveling to Beijing February 5 to complete visa processing for an upcoming trip to the United States, post has confirmed. Police continue toprevent Gao from leaing her home, Guo Tufei prot [...]	2007-02-05 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING886	HUMAN RIGHTS: DAS CHRISTENSEN RAISES GAO YAOJIE [...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen expressed deep concern about the detention of AIDS activist Dr. Gao Yaojie to MFA Director General for North American Affairs Liu Jieyi on February 6. Local authorities have prevented Dr. Gao, who exposed the widespread AIDS infections ca [...]	2007-02-06 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING921	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST RAISES EXECUTION CASE OF UIGHUR [...] (C) Post contacted Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Human Rights officer Xu Jing February 8 to urge that China stay the execution of Uighur rights activist Ismail Semed, citing problems of due process and the requirement under Chinese law for a Supreme Court [...]	2007-02-08 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING925	DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETING WITH BEIJING [...] (C) EAP DAS Thomas Christensen expressed concern to leading Beijing University scholars about the implications of China's anti-satellite (ASAT) test. Dean of Beijing University's School of International Studies Wang Jisi (strictly protect) blamed "communication failure" within the Chinese Gov [...]	2007-02-08 08:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MNUC TSPA PGOV CH SU BM IR
07BEIJING935	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST AGAIN RAISES CASE OF DR. GAO [...] (C) The MFA is continuing to look into the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie, MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Chen Xu stated in response to Polmincouns' delivery February 8 of a demarche (ref A) urging that China let Dr. Gao travel to Washington to be honored at the Vi [...]	2007-02-08 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING972	DID HU JINTAO ASSESS VIETNAM'S POLITICAL REFORMS [...] (C) An officer at the Vietnamese Embassy said he finds credible reports circulating among ASEAN diplomats in Beijing that President Hu Jintao wrote the phrase "this is not Socialism" on a document Hu was given describing political reforms at Vietnam's April 2006 10th Party Congress. The ques [...]	2007-02-09 12:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH VN
07BEIJING976	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST DELIVERS SENATOR CLINTON LETTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-10 07:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIRUT1000	LEBANON: BERRI ADMITS SCUTTLING THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) In a 7/5 meeting, Speaker Berri gave his version of the demise of the Arab league initiative that collapsed in late June. While he tried to lay the blame on March 14th, it was clear that Berri had received instructions from Damascus to focus strictly on the "national unity government" -- [...]	2007-07-06 07:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT1006	LEBANON: GEAGEA SEES SECOND GOVERNMENT AVERTED, [...] (C) Samir Geagea received the Ambassador on July 6 in his recently completed home and Lebanese Forces office in Maarab. Other than the French initiative, the political situation is on hold, Geagea observed. The opposition is not currently working toward a second government, but President Laho [...]	2007-07-06 13:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1018	LEBANON: BERRI OFFERS GUARANTEE NOT TO TOPPLE [...] (C) According to a new proposal presented by a close aide of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, the opposition finally will provide March 14 with the long sought-after guarantee not to resign from a national unity government. In return, the opposition wants its say in who will be Lebanon's next [...]	2007-07-09 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT102	LEBANON: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (C) Embassy Beirut has completed a coordinated review of its Fiscal Year 2007 Section 1206 funding request for military assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). All elements of the Embassy support this funding request. 2. (C) The Section 1206 request for Lebanon reflects a carefu [...]	2007-01-19 11:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY LE IS
07BEIRUT1047	LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR PARIS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Lebanese political representatives have low expectations for the July 14-17 conference in St. Cloud, outside Paris, though many tell us they note a change in tone and rhetoric from some of Lebanon's more militant parties, such as Hizballah. The French also harbor no illusions about the co [...]	2007-07-13 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1056	LEBANON: NAHR AL-BARID: BIG STEP FOR LEBANESE [...] (C) As the Lebanese Armed Forces' eight week old confrontation with Fatah al-Islam nears its end, one thing is certain: after years of Syrian domination and internal passivity, the LAF has surprised most observers by showing that it can stand on its own two feet. Despite suffering what for L [...]	2007-07-16 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1074	LEBANON: PM SINIORA LAMENTS BETRAYAL OF MARONITE [...] (C) A visibly upset PM Siniora told the Ambassador July 17 he was flabbergasted by what he saw as Maronite Patriarch Sfeir's ongoing attacks against GOL alleged efforts to marginalize Lebanon's Christian population. Stressing the GOL's policy of accommodating Christians was one of "conviction [...]	2007-07-19 14:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT108	LEBANON: PM SINIORA EXPECTS STRIKE ACTIVITY; [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora interpreted Friday night's televised interview by Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah as a clear indication that the anti-government March 8th coalition is not yet ready to negotiate a resolution to the current impasse. Siniora believes the disappointing turnouts of the [...]	2007-01-22 06:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID SY LE IS
07BEIRUT1081	LEBANON: KARAMEH WILL NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN SECOND [...] (C) A supporter of former PM Omar Karameh and Karameh's son Faisal told Poloff that Karameh, notwithstanding his rejection of the Siniora government, would not participate in a second government, discounting rumors that he would head such a government. The two stressed the elder Karameh's des [...]	2007-07-20 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1082	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANESE DIALOGUE AT LA [...] (C) In a 7/19 meeting with the Ambassador, French Ambassador Bernard Emie noted that France's "extremely modest expectations" for the La Celle-St. Cloud talks "were not exceeded." But, in Emie's calculation, the "chemistry worked," breaking the ice between Lebanese participants who in some [...]	2007-07-20 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY FR

07BEIRUT1083	AOUN SURVEYS POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, HIS ROLE AFTER [...] (C) In a July 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun was mildly positive about the recent Paris talks, noting that his "team" had played a constructive role. He expressed his willingness to be a facilitator in any future efforts to solve Lebanon's po [...]	2007-07-20 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1087	DISMAYED BY THE MARONITE PATRIACH, MARCH 14 [...] (C) Christians supporting the GOL are dismayed by what they see as a drift, if not shift, in the attitude of 87-year-old Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, away from March 14 values toward "neutral" positions that in practice benefit pro-Syrian forces. When the Patriarch came out recently in favor o [...]	2007-07-23 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY VT
07BEIRUT1088	LEBANON: MIXED REACTIONS TO LA CELLE-ST. CLOUD [...] (C) Lebanese participants in the July 14-15 La Celle-St. Cloud talks told Embassy that the talks succeeded in breaking the ice among Lebanon's feuding political parties, who had not sat down together as a group since the spring 2006 national dialogue. Herded together in a two-star, unaircondi [...]	2007-07-23 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT109	LEBANON: AOUN CORNERED, CORRUPTED, OLD FRIENDS SAY [...] (S) Two longtime Michel Aoun supporters, one also a close friend of Walid Jumblatt, described Aoun as "cornered" in his standoff against the government of Prime Minister Siniora. While a reconciliation with Jumblatt could help resolve the political crisis, Aoun's son-in-law Gebran Bassil has s [...]	2007-01-22 08:40:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1090	HAMADEH ON FRENCH CONSULTATIONS WITH IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (S) Minister of Communications Marwan Hamadeh, just back from an extended stay in France, told the Ambassador in a 7/23 coffee that he was "unsettled" by a meeting he had last week with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, whom Hamadeh describes as a "friend of 30 years." Before talking [...]	2007-07-24 05:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR
07BEIRUT1094	COUSSERON ON LEBANON DIALOGUE INITIATIVE, REGIONAL [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on 7/24, French Special Envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran discussed follow-on to the dialogue in La Celle-St. Cloud and his regional visits. He said that, although he heard "nothing new" after a day in Beirut, he favored trying to keep a French-sponsored process al [...]	2007-07-24 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1095	LEBANON: HARIRI WARNS OF LONG-TERM IRANIAN [...] (C) March 14 and Sunni leader Saad Hariri, back from an extended stay abroad, expressed his concerns about the new French government's Lebanon policy, Iran's long-term intentions in Lebanon (with General Michel Aoun's active participation),and the need for a tougher US policy on Syria. Hari [...]	2007-07-24 16:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1096	GEMAYEL UPBEAT ABOUT BY-ELECTION, ANXIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) In a July 23 meeting with the Ambassador, former President Amine Gemayel was confident he would win his murdered son Pierre's parliamentary seat in the Metn district by-election scheduled for August 5. Noting the polls gave him the advantage, he said his opponent, Free Patriotic Movement [...]	2007-07-24 16:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT110	SCENESETTER FOR PARIS III [...] (S) On the surface (and this is what we recommend emphasizing in our public messages),the January 25 Paris III conference is about Lebanon's proposed reform program and the financial assistance Lebanon needs to get through 2007 and move toward more sustainable debt levels. Lebanese from ac [...]	2007-01-22 10:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	EFIN PREL EAID PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1100	DESPITE MARCH 14 CONCESSIONS, HIZBALLAH REFUSES TO [...] (C) Despite what sound to be far-reaching concessions on the part of March 14 and GOL leaders, Hizballah rejected French Special Envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran's pitch to focus feuding Lebanese politicians on a package of initiatives. Hizballah also rejected renewal of the high-level National D [...]	2007-07-25 07:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT1122	LEBANON: CHRISTIAN LEADERS VIEWS LAF COMMANDER [...] (C) National Liberal Party leader Dory Chamoun sees a two-year presidency under Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Sleiman as the only realistic option for resolving Lebanon's political crisis, and believes establishing the Special Tribunal before voting day will have a significan [...]	2007-07-26 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1123	LEBANON'S ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON VATICAN TRIP [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on 7/25, Acting Foreign Minister Tariq Mitri, just back from Rome, said that he found Vatican officials generally willing to push Christian MPs to participate in the Parliament session to elect Lebanon's next president. But while on board philosophically, the [...]	2007-07-26 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY VT
07BEIRUT1132	LEBANON: BEIRUT ARCHBISHOP'S ASSESSMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador and Special Assistant on July 27, Archbishop Boulos Matar, the Maronite archbishop of Beirut, shared his evaluation of the upcoming parliamentary by-elections in the predominantly Christian Metn district. Matar believes General Aoun's candidate wi [...]	2007-07-27 15:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1134	LEBANON: ARCHBISHOP DEPLORES SYRIAN INTERFERENCE [...] (C) In a July 26 meeting with the Ambassador and PolOff, Bishop Elias Audi, Metropolitan for the Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut, asserted that Syria wanted to reestablish its presence in Lebanon, or barring that, control the country through proxies. According to Audi, the discord among Christ [...]	2007-07-27 16:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1135	LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS: HARBINGER OF [...] (C) Lebanon's upcoming parliamentary by-elections are a critical precursor to the upcoming battle over the presidency. Not only do they represent an opportunity to boost March 14's dwindling (whether due to political assassinations or other intimidation) numbers, but the Metn race may well ma [...]	2007-07-27 16:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1136	LEBANON: GOL OUTLINES PLAN FOR REBUILDING NAHR [...] (C) The government official responsible for the issue of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, outlined the GOL's plan to deal with the Nahr al-Barid refugee camp once the Lebanese Armed Forces' battle against Fatah al-Islam militants is over. Makkawi is aware of the po [...]	2007-07-27 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KPAO LE
07BEIRUT1138	DISGRUNTLED SWISS ENVOY TRASHES FRENCH DIALOGUE [...] (C) In a 7/26 meeting with the Ambassador, Swiss envoy Didier Pfirter projected both sour grapes and some reasonable-sounding analysis in trashing the French dialogue initiative. While smarting from being upstaged by the French diplomacy (with French envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran refusing to [...]	2007-07-29 08:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1139	LAF COMMANDER SLEIMAN ON THE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) In a 7/27 meeting with the Ambassador and DATT that concentrated mostly on the fighting in Nahr al-Barid (septel),Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman also spoke briefly of Lebanon's upcoming presidential elections. The Ambassador raised concerns that remarks attributed to Sle [...]	2007-07-30 04:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1142	LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER NOW UPBEAT ON TELECOM [...] (C) Following a recent internal review of telecommunications privatization, Economy Minister Haddad was pleased with progress and hopeful that the sale of the two mobile licenses could be concluded by year-end. To complete the fixed-line sale, the GOL must sell 33 percent of the shares publi [...]	2007-07-30 04:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1143	LEBANON: POWER PRIVATIZATION MEETING MILESTONES, [...] (SBU) Acting Minister of Energy and Water Safadi says the GOL is committed to and is moving as scheduled on power sector reform. He is focused on quickly fixing Electricite du Liban's management and making the company viable for privatization. The GOL has started building financial accounts, [...]	2007-07-30 04:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT1144	MARCH 14 CONCENTRATES ON NASSIB LAHOUD AND BOUTROS [...] (C) While presidential politics are in suspended animation pending the outcome of the Metn elections on August 5, three options look increasingly likely as the 11/24 end of President Emile Lahoud's extended term approaches: 1) Parliament fails to achieve a two-thirds quorum, leaving either [...]	2007-07-30 05:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1145	KOUCHNER'S TRIP: LITTLE TO SHOW, BUT KOUCHNER TO [...] (C) Although MP Boutros Harb perhaps best summed up current French diplomacy as "wishful thinking politics," French Ambassador Bernard Emie provided the Ambassador a relatively upbeat description of Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's July 27-29 Lebanon visit. Emie said that getting togethe [...]	2007-07-30 06:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1149	LEBANON: FORMER PM MIKATI'S POLITICAL ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Summary: On July 30, the Ambassador and Special Assistant met with former Prime Minister Najib Mikati to discuss upcoming parliamentary by elections and the prospects of various presidential candidates. Mikati, who has traditionally been linked to President al-Assad of Syria, made commen [...]	2007-07-30 14:52:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1153	BERRI READY TO START DEALING ON PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Yanking the Ambassador into a private room on the margins of a larger 7/30 meeting (septel),Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, his voice lowered to a whisper, urged that the USG help to select acceptable candidates for Lebanon's presidential elections. On/about August 20, Berri will start [...]	2007-07-31 09:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1156	LEBANON: BERRI SAYS MARCH 14 SCUTTLED FRENCH [...] (C) French efforts produced nothing, Speaker Berri told the Ambassador, thanks to March 14's refusal to discuss Berri's latest initiative. To avoid a divided Lebanon the country needs a consensus president, Berri argued, and the opposition won't agree on a compromise candidate until it is par [...]	2007-08-01 06:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1163	SURPRISING MESSAGE FROM THE PRO-SYRIAN CAMP: [...] (C) In a 8/1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister Wadih al-Khazen -- close to both Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and Maronite Patriarch Sfeir -- insisted that Emile Lahoud will leave the presidency on schedule on November 24. Khazen also made a surprising proposition: if the USG [...]	2007-08-02 11:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1165	LEBANON: RELIEF FOLLOWED BY DISMAY OVER MORATINOS' [...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador on 7/31, PM Siniora expressed relief that, in his view, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who had visited Lebanon earlier in the week, was finally waking up to the mischief and havoc Syria was foisting onto Lebanon. He expressed satisf [...]	2007-08-02 12:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SP
07BEIRUT1168	LEBANON: HARIRI PREOCCUPIED BY ELECTIONS, SYRIA, [...] (C) A somewhat subdued Saad Hariri told the Ambassador the polls looked good for March 14's Beirut by-election candidate Mohamed Itani in the Beirut by-election. His assessment of former president and March 14 ally Amine Gemayel chances in the Metn by-election was restrained. Hariri eagerly [...]	2007-08-02 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1175	OUTGOING FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S) Outgoing French Ambassador Bernard Emie, meeting with Ambassador Feltman on 8/4, insisted that his 60-minute farewell call on President Emile Lahoud was done for protocol purposes only. Lahoud took the occasion to praise what he claimed was a return to French even-handedness and hinted [...]	2007-08-06 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1176	LEBANON: MP BOULOS SEES AOUN STRATEGY AT ST. CLOUD [...] (C) Maronite MP Jawad Boulos outlined for the Ambassador what he saw as three different positions shared at La Celle-St. Cloud, talks in which he represented the Christian majority. March 14 will consider a package, of national unity government with a president. Rejecting the package approa [...]	2007-08-06 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1177	LEBANON: GEAGEA OUTLINES MARCH 14 PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-06 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1178	LEBANON: GEAGEA OUTLINES MARCH 14 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea outlined to Ambassador on August 2 the presidential election strategy he claims he and his March 14 allies have agreed on. He urged that USG treat all declared candidates, including Michel Aoun of March 8, equally in public so as to be seen as supportin [...]	2007-08-06 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT118	LEBANON: BERRI BACKS AWAY FROM RESPONSIBILITY; [...] (C) In a 1/22 meeting, Speaker Nabih Berri confirmed estimates heard in other quarters that Hassan Nasrallah and Michel Aoun are out to prove a point in the 1/23 demonstrations and intend to use every means available to portray the general strike as effective and broadly supported. Declarin [...]	2007-01-23 06:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1186	LEBANON'S METN BY-ELECTIONS: DID EVERYONE LOSE [...] (C) While the pro-independence March 14 majority and the Hizballah-Aoun opposition each picked up one seat in the parliamentary by-elections held 8/5 (reftel),the Hizballah-Aoun forces claim the bigger victory: before the two assassinations (of Pierre Gemayel and Walid Eido) that created t [...]	2007-08-06 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1199	LEBANON: CODEL SHAYS MEETS ACTING FM - OR DID THEY? [...] (C) Summary: During CODEL Shays's brief meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri, the group discussed the August 6 re-appearance of Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh in his official office and his decision to resume "management" of foreign relations for the first time since submitting hi [...]	2007-08-08 05:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1208	LEBANON: CBL GOVERNOR SALAMEH PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Salameh says the GOL barely met its Emergency Post Conflict Assistance program targets, is not making satisfactory progress on reform, will have a hard time meeting further benchmarks, and could not meet the higher standards required for a formal IMF program. Salameh [...]	2007-08-09 06:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT1209	IRAN AND AOUN: THINKING ALIKE, ACCORDING TO [...] (S) Minister of Justice Charles Rizk, his presidential aspirant's heart beating faster than ever, told the Ambassador over an 8/8 lunch that he was delighted to receive Iranian Ambassador Mohammed Rida Chibani two days earlier. Chibani, who boycotts the Siniora cabinet in solidarity with Hiz [...]	2007-08-09 07:46:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IR
07BEIRUT121	LEBANON: MARONITE PATRIARCH SEES CHRISTIANS [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and econoff met January 23 with Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, who expressed his concern that Lebanese Christians are fighting each other and did not appear engaged in trying to de-escalate the nationwide strike. The Patriarch agreed with the Ambassador's assessment that ex [...]	2007-01-23 17:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT1217	LEBANON: SINIORA SEES GOVERNMENT AS VICTOR IN [...] (C) A proud and upbeat Prime Minister Siniora told CODEL Shays that the GOL is the real winner in the parliamentary by-elections: the government held free and safe elections; opposition participation signaled government legitimacy; and Michel Aoun lost his mandate to speak for the majority of t [...]	2007-08-09 13:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF LE
07BEIRUT1218	AOUNIST MP STRUGGLING TO PULL HIS BOSS BACK FROM [...] (C) On 8/8, Aoun bloc MP Ibrahim Kanaan pleaded with the Ambassador for the USG to lighten up on Michel Aoun and also to help forge a genuine partnership between Aoun and the Hariri bloc. Aoun, who should be the best friend of America and the leader who can save Lebanon, risks being exploite [...]	2007-08-09 14:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT122	LEBANON: FORMER PRESIDENT GEMAYEL RECEIVES [...] (S/NF) On January 23, former President Amine Gemayel, father of slain Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel, informed the Ambassador that the Iranian Embassy in Beirut contacted him last week to invite him to Tehran, with the hint that Iran would support him as president in order to resolve Le [...]	2007-01-23 18:07:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT1220	LEBANON: BRIEFING PM AND DEFMIN ON USG BILATERAL [...] (C) Ambassador and EmbOffs gave a comprehensive briefing of USG bilateral military assistance for Lebanon to PM Siniora and DPM and Defense Minister Murr. This briefing highlighted the dramatic growth of grant assistance from FY 05 to FY 07 in response to Lebanon's recent emergency requests. [...]	2007-08-09 14:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1221	LEBANON: PM SINIORA COMMENTS ON EU BORDER [...] (C) On the margins of a briefing on USG bilateral military aid (reftel),Prime Minister Siniora shared his concern that EU initiatives to protect the border with Syria could produce more harm than good. He is concerned that the Syrians will get credit for participating in an international i [...]	2007-08-10 05:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1222	LEBANON: CONGRESSMAN SHAYS HEARS VIEWS ON THE [...] (SBU) Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT) made his third visit to Beirut August 6-7, where he held meetings with PM Siniora, Acting FM Tarek Mitri (septels) and political figures Minister Mohamed Safadi, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, and March 14 MP Robert Ghannem. The visit occurred in the [...]	2007-08-10 05:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1249	MARONITE PATRIARCH FOR COMPROMISE PRESIDENT; [...] (S) In a 8/14 meeting with the Ambassador focused on Lebanon's upcoming presidential elections, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir said that he opposes amending Lebanon's constitution -- a position that, if heeded by the MPs, would rule out LAF Commander Michel Sleiman's front-running presidential bid. [...]	2007-08-15 14:36:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1250	BERRI ON PRESIDENCY, NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT, [...] (S) In a 8/15 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, quoting diplomatic traffic from the Lebanese Embassy in Washington, lashed out against the USG for opposing amendments to Lebanon's constitution. If for example the Lebanese want LAF Commander Sleiman as their next p [...]	2007-08-15 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY IR
07BEIRUT1252	LEBANON'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: BUILDING [...] (C) A clear pattern exists in Lebanon of Syria's allies trying to prevent free and fair elections. In summer 2004, efforts by the Lebanese and the international community failed to prevent the Syrian-directed, three-year term extension of Lebanon's president, Emile Lahoud. Lahoud's shamele [...]	2007-08-16 13:42:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IR FR
07BEIRUT1253	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER APOLOGIZES FOR INOPPORTUNE [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Sleiman denied that his recent marks were an accusation against the US of providing insufficient military assistance, reaffirming instead Lebanon's deep appreciation for the USG's essential role in helping the army battle Fatah al-Islam extremi [...]	2007-08-16 13:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1254	LEBANON'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: BUILDING [...] (C) A clear pattern exists in Lebanon of Syria's allies trying to prevent free and fair elections. In summer 2004, efforts by the Lebanese and the international community failed to prevent the Syrian-directed, three-year term extension of Lebanon's president, Emile Lahoud. Lahoud's shamele [...]	2007-08-16 14:44:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IR FR
07BEIRUT1255	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL FALLON [...] (C) Admiral Fallon: as the first CENTCOM Commander to visit Lebanon, your visit provides us an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. support for Lebanon. Your visit comes during a critical period leading up to presidential elections this autumn, when the Lebanese are [...]	2007-08-16 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1258	LEBANON: TELEPHONE PRIVATIZATION SET TO GO [...] (C) Key players in the GOL program to privatize the telecommunications sector, including Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh, met with the DCM and EconOff to review the status of the program. All are in agreement that the plan can proceed on time if PM Siniora and the Higher Counc [...]	2007-08-17 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT126	MURR CLAIMS LAF COMMANDER'S COWARDICE WORKED TO [...] (S) In a meeting with the Ambassador on 1/24, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr acknowledged that Saudi-Iranian ties and a generalized fear of sustained violence helped persuade the March 8-Aounist opposition to suspend its road-blocking demonstrations after only one day. [...]	2007-01-24 17:10:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PARM LE SY
07BEIRUT1272	LEBANON: MOVING TOWARDS THE LAUNCH OF THE GERMAN [...] (C) The German Border Security Pilot Program (BSPP) has made some strides and will "technically" be able to launch as scheduled on September 1. However, most of the equipment and capabilities will not be functional until approximately October 15. There are still unmet equipment needs and Ger [...]	2007-08-21 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1284	LEBANON: PLO REPRESENTATIVE IN LEBANON [...] (C) Abbas Zaki, the PLO Representative in Lebanon, told the Charge on 8/21 that he has faith in the GOL's promise to rebuild the Nahr al-Barid refugee camp on its original site. Lebanese politicians, though divided on domestic issues, are united in their desire to help the Palestinian refugees [...]	2007-08-22 14:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL PTER KPAO LE
07BEIRUT1299	LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) Post deliverd reftel demarche to both Minister of Transportation Mohammed Safadi and Director General of Civil Aviation Dr. Hamdi Chouk. Dr. Chouk said Lebanon is always supportive of the USG in ICAO. 2. (SBU) Dr. Chouk will lead the GOL delegation to the ICAO meetings in Montreal [...]	2007-08-24 14:21:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1301	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH TELEPHONE NETWORK 'DISCOVERED' [...] (C) The Ministry of Telecommunications announced it had found an illegal telecom network established and operated by Hizballah in the parts of Lebanon Hizballah controls. Minister of Telecom Marwan Hamadeh initially said the GOL would react "fiercely" to what he portrayed as a surprising disc [...]	2007-08-24 14:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECONEGE EFIN LE
07BEIRUT1320	LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HEADED FOR A [...] (C) With less than one month to go before the beginning of the two-month presidential election period, the gulf between the majority March 14 and opposition March 8 appears to be widening. The battle currently is being fought in the Christian arena, split into two opposing camps: one, represe [...]	2007-08-28 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT133	SAUDI AMBASSADOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAN-SAUDI TALKS ON [...] (S) While acknowledging that he did not yet have a full read-out of Saudi-Iranian contacts, Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaziz Khoja told Ambassador Feltman in a 1/25 meeting that he was "very pessimistic" about developments in Lebanon. He noted that he was leaving an hour later to fly t [...]	2007-01-25 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY IR SA
07BEIRUT1332	LAF COMMANDER WON'T BE PRESIDENT, SAY MURR AND [...] (C) In separate 8/28 meetings with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Elias Murr and March 14 presidential candidate Nassib Lahoud offered -- despite their deep political and personal differences -- surprisingly similar advice: the USG should not oppose the presidential ambitions of LAF [...]	2007-08-30 15:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1333	LEBANON: ACTING FM ON VATICAN RELATIONS AND THE [...] (C) On August 30, Culture and Acting Foreign Minister Tariq Mitri told the Ambassador that Vatican officials were pleased to have recently spoken with the Secretary about the upcoming elections in Lebanon. The Vatican finds itself in agreement with the U.S. on the need for Lebanon to elect a [...]	2007-08-30 15:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY VT
07BEIRUT1334	LEBANON: BERRI: FUTURE OF LEBANON DEPENDS ON [...] (C) Speaker Berri continues to insist on a two-thirds parliamentary quorum to hold a vote on the presidency, though he acknowledged that the constitution permits the vote to take place during the last ten days prior to the expiration of the current president's mandate with only a simple majori [...]	2007-08-30 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1335	LEBANON: CENTCOM COMMANDER VISITS WITH LEBANESE [...] (S) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander United States Central Command met with Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Lieutenant General Michel Sleiman and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr on 8/29 in Beirut, Lebanon at the Ministry of Defense. During these introductory meet [...]	2007-08-31 04:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1336	LEBANON: CENTCOM COMMANDER VISITS WITH PRIME [...] (S) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander United States Central Command met with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora on 8/29 in Beirut, Lebanon. During this introductory meeting, ADM Fallon and PM Siniora discussed recent fighting against terrorists in the Nahr Al Bared refugee camp, Palestinian i [...]	2007-08-31 04:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1342	LEBANON: GEAGEA CHARTS MARCH 14 ELECTION COURSE, [...] (C) A thoughtful and deliberate Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea outlined March 14's presidential election strategy and the opposition's efforts to scuttle or otherwise disrupt the election. Geagea stressed that the U.S. could best serve itself and Lebanon in the period before the el [...]	2007-08-31 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1343	LEBANON: MARCH 14 PLANS FOR COUNTERING BERRI'S [...] (C) During a productive Saturday at the Serail, the Ambassador met on 9/1 with the Prime Minister, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh, and Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad. The March 14 members were all discussing Speaker Berri's proposal announced to great fanfare the prev [...]	2007-09-02 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1345	LEBANON: GEMAYEL: OPPOSITION ARMING, MARCH 14 TO [...] (C) On August 31, former President Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador that Hizballah and Michel Aoun are arming their followers, constituting a growing military and security threat. He believes the opposition is intimidating March 14, and Hizballah-Aoun forces will act before the country can [...]	2007-09-02 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1346	WITH NAHR AL-BARID IN LAF HANDS, DEFMIN MURR [...] (S) On 9/3, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr called the Ambassador to report that the wife of Fatah al-Islam (FAI) leader Shakr al-Absi had positively identified the body of her husband, apparently killed on the last day of fighting on 9/2 in the Nahr al-Barid camp. Whil [...]	2007-09-03 09:19:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PARM LE SY QA
07BEIRUT1355	LEBANON: FORMER PM MIKATI: PRESIDENTAL ELECTION [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati believes it is now possible, although difficult, for Lebanon to hold a presidential election on time. Popular sentiment demands an election, and any party seen as preventing an election will pay. To that end, Speaker Nabih Berri is working with whom Mi [...]	2007-09-05 09:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1360	LEBANON: ITALIAN AMBASSADOR URGES URGENT US [...] (C) Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Gabriele Checchia, accompanied by Second Secretary Carlo Jacobucci, met with the Ambassador September 5 to provide a readout of EU High Representative Javier Solana's September 6 visit to Beirut (Italy was acting on behalf of the EU presidency in the absence o [...]	2007-09-05 15:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1361	LEBANON: NAZEM KHOURY PLUGS FOR A SLEIMAN [...] (C) Former MP Nazem Khoury spoke glowingly of the Lebanese Armed Forces's (LAF) achievement at Nahr al-Barid and of LAF commander General Michel Sleiman's heroic role in the victory. Khoury discounted doubts about Sleiman's political allegiance; he was a man one could judge by his actions. [...]	2007-09-05 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1366	LEBANON: VATICAN SENDING RIGHT MESSAGE, BUT IS [...] (C) Vatican officials will send visiting Lebanese Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir all the right messages concerning Lebanon's sovereignty and the upcoming presidential election, according to a March 14 contact who just returned from his own trip to the Holy See. It remains to be seen, however, whet [...]	2007-09-06 15:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1377	LAHOUD'S LEGAL ADVISOR: MILITARY "SOLUTION" IF NO [...] (C) In a 9/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Selim Jeressaiti, Lebanese President Emile Lahoud's legal advisor, stated that Lahoud's thinking regarding the presidential transition has evolved. Even if there is no consensus presidential successor, Lahoud will leave Baabda Palace at the end of h [...]	2007-09-10 05:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1379	LEBANESE ANALYZE SAAD HARIRI'S INTENTIONS [...] (S) In a one-on-one conversation on the margins of a larger session (reftel),former Prime Minister Najib Mikati told the Ambassador that, in two recent meetings, MP Saad Hariri complained that USG backing of Fouad Siniora was coming at Saad's expense. Hariri and his stepmother Nazek were t [...]	2007-09-10 05:53:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1383	LEBANON: FRENCH POSITION IS WORRYING [...] (S) The analysis in Embassy Paris' excellent reporting (reftel being the most recent) on what appears to be a dismaying shift in France's Lebanon policy corresponds with the Lebanese impression of French views. (As we will report separately, the Egyptians may also be moving in this directio [...]	2007-09-10 15:57:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV LE FR SY IR
07BEIRUT1384	LEBANON: USG RESPONDS TO PM'S APPEAL TO REBUILD [...] (SBU) At a widely attended international donors conference on September 10, Prime Minister Siniora formally launched the appeal to rebuild the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp and to assist Lebanese citizens in the surrounding area who had been impacted by the 105-day armed conflict. UNRWA Commissi [...]	2007-09-10 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL PTER KPAO LE
07BEIRUT1406	LEBANON: MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS PRESS FOR [...] (C) Sheikh Salim Soussan, the Sunni Mufti of Sidon, and Sayyed Ali al-Amin, the independent minded Shi'a Mufti of Tyre, both conveyed messages of goodwill toward the US in September 10 meetings with Embassy staff. However, while Soussan focused on the volatile national and regional political s [...]	2007-09-13 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1407	JUMBLATT WORRIED SAAD HARIRI IS DRIFTING TO [...] (C) Asking to see the Ambassador urgently on 9/13, Druse leader and MP Walid Jumblatt expressed concern about Saad Hariri's thinking. The March 14 meeting the previous evening was difficult, Jumblatt said, because Hariri, Boutros Harb, and Mohammed Safadi were too ready to give in to Parliam [...]	2007-09-13 16:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY SA
07BEIRUT1408	LEBANON: SINIORA: ELECTIONS PARAMOUNT, WITHOUT [...] (C) PM Siniora seemed surprisingly optimistic about the prospects for selecting a credible compromise presidential candidate in a September 12 meeting with visiting EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble. He reiterated his opposition to amending the constitution and stressed the election must be held wit [...]	2007-09-13 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT141	LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER INSISTS AOUN MARCHES [...] (C) On January 25, just as serious unrest at Beirut Arab University was beginning, Minister of Interior Hassan Saba told the Ambassador that the LAF would exercise more decisive control of the situation if further violence occurs. Minister Saba, whose ministry controls the ISF which has been [...]	2007-01-26 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT142	LEBANON: NEW FOREIGN MINISTRY SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) In a 1/26 meeting, Ambassador Hicham Dimachkieh, the new Secretary General in the Foreign Ministry, discussed the factors which complicate Lebanon's relationship with its powerful and often obtuse neighbor. Exhibiting the caution of a diplomat who worked for many years in Syrian-dominate [...]	2007-01-26 18:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT1420	LEBANON: PM WILL RECONSIDER INTERNATIONAL BORDER [...] (S/NF) During a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora said that he had not been given a copy of the Spanish proposal for an EU border mission. Worried about Syria's ability to manipulate the negotiations in its own favor, the PM agreed that the GOL should be given an [...]	2007-09-16 08:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL IS LE SY
07BEIRUT1421	LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE BRIEFS ON KOUCHNER VISIT, [...] (S) In a 9/14 meeting with the Ambassador, French Charge d'Affaires Andre Parant was at pains and obviously under instructions to play up the French-U.S. shared vision on Lebanon and to downplay any differences. He said that, while France hopes for a consensus president, France, like the U. [...]	2007-09-16 08:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1422	SAAD HARIRI ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on 9/15, MP Saad Hariri portrayed none of the proclivity to compromise on Lebanon's presidency that Walid Jumblatt darkly suspected only a few days earlier (ref a). Calling Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri "a liar," Hariri said that he was prepared to "go all th [...]	2007-09-16 10:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1423	LEBANON: AMAL AND AOUN IN GAME OF BRINKSMANSHIP [...] (C) Both Amal and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) continue to dig in their heels in their efforts to determine Lebanon's next president. While Amal's strategy focuses on the constitution (which it interprets to require a two-thirds quorum to elect president) to ensure a candidate of its lik [...]	2007-09-16 11:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1424	LEBANON: CONSIDERING THE SO-CALLED CONSENSUS [...] (S) As we have reported, March 14 leaders say that Nassib Lahoud is their first choice for president, with Boutros Harb the fall-back; March 8 leaders at least tactically suggest Michel Aoun is their only candidate. At the same time there is considerable talk by both sides about finding a c [...]	2007-09-16 12:37:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT143	LEBANON: FORMER MINISTER EDDE SEES CHRISTIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador and Poloff met over lunch on January 24 with former Minister of Culture and the current President of the Maronite League, Michel Edde. He expressed his deep concerns for the future of Lebanon after the previous day's general strike and was especially troubled by scenes of L [...]	2007-01-26 18:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1435	SAMIR GEAGEA ON AOUN'S ARMS, PRESIDENCY [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting on 9/17, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea complained to the Ambassador that the LAF is looking the other way as Michel Aoun, Hizballah, Suleiman Franjieh, and other pro-Syrians establish plans for an armed takeover of Lebanon. He claimed credible information ab [...]	2007-09-18 12:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1436	LEBANON: READY TO MAKE FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Finance Minister Azour told the Ambassador on September 12 that, in addition to the $5 million the GOL plans to commit later this month to the account for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, taken from GOL contingency accounts, he [...]	2007-09-18 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1439	UN ENVOY ON HIZBALLAH'S 'OPENNESS' REGARDING [...] (S) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen, meeting with the Ambassador on 9/18, claimed to have detected a new openness by Hizballah regarding Lebanon's presidential elections when he met with his "usual contact" (known to be Wafiq Safa, Hizballah's security chief) earlier that day [...]	2007-09-19 07:12:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT144	LEBANON: INFORMATION MINISTER ON SYRIAN, IRANIAN, [...] (C) In a 1/26 meeting, Minister of Information Ghazi Aridi (Druse, allied with Walid Jumblatt) provided details on Syrian, Iranian, and Saudi diplomacy in recent days. Based on what he claims to know, Aridi was pessimistic that the 1/25 riots marked the end to the violence. Syria, he insis [...]	2007-01-26 18:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY IR SA
07BEIRUT1441	LEBANON: FINNISH DIPLOMAT OFFERS VIEWS ON SYRIAN [...] (C) A visiting Finnish diplomat from Damascus sees Syria as pursuing a policy of "constructive chaos" in Lebanon, and views its motives for supporting an EU-proposed border mission as suspect. He perceives cracks in the Syrian regime that suggest its lifespan is limited, and advocated targeted [...]	2007-09-19 14:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1442	LEBANON: ANOTHER MP ASSASSINATED, ANOTHER BLOW TO [...] (C) March 14 MP Antoine Ghanem was killed September 19 in what appears to have been a targeted attack in Beirut's eastern suburb. Ghanem, a close ally of Druse leader Walid Jumblatt and Phalange leader Amine Gemayel, was a fervent critic of Syria. Ghanem's assassination comes at an especiall [...]	2007-09-19 17:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1446	LEBANON: PDAS DIBBLE'S VISIT REVEALS A FULL AGENDA [...] (C) During a September 12-14 visit, EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble met with GOL officials, bankers, and World Bank economists, who agreed on just two issues: continued U.S. support for Lebanon is essential during the upcoming presidential election period, and Lebanon has a lot to discuss at the upc [...]	2007-09-20 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT145	CHATAH GRATEFUL TO USG FOR PARIS III SUCCESS [...] (C) Mohamed Chatah, Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Siniora, gushed exuberantly about U.S. leadership in achieving a successful Paris III conference. He expressed delight as well with the CEO Partnership event, saying that the GOL would now hire someone to serve as permanent liaison with t [...]	2007-01-29 06:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID LE SY
07BEIRUT1451	LEBANON: PATRIARCH URGES CONSENSUS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir told the Ambassador on 9/20 that he continues to believe in the need for a consensus presidential candidate as the only way to avoid a divided Lebanon. He agrees, however, with the need to stick to the principles outlined in the annual Bishops' statement, [...]	2007-09-21 12:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1454	LEBANON: PHALANGE LEADER SAYS MARCH 14 WILL FIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 13:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1456	LEBANON: PHALANGE LEADER SAYS MARCH 14 WILL FIGHT [...] (C) In a September 20 condolence call on Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel following the September 19 assassination of March 14 Phalange MP Antoine Ghanem, the former President said March 14 will continue to fight back politically, despite the "apocalypse of Sin el-Fil". Gemayel stressed the [...]	2007-09-21 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1457	LEBANON: MURR REBUFFS REQUEST THAT LAF ACT [...] (S) In a 9/20 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Murr agreed that March 8 forces and their allies were better armed, equipped, and trained than the March 14 bloc, should street violence break out. He concurred that Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh and, to [...]	2007-09-23 07:50:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PARM PTER KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1458	LEBANON: HARB, MURR ACCUSE ROBERT GHANEM OF BEING [...] (S) As Lebanese muse about possible compromise presidential candidates, the name of West Biqa' MP Robert Ghanem -- an on-again/off-again affiliate (but not founding) member of March 14 -- comes up with increasing frequency. UN envoy Geir Pedersen was encouraged that Hizballah seemed open to [...]	2007-09-23 07:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT146	LEBANON: AOUN ADVISOR ADMITS ERRORS; CLAIMS THE [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, a senior Aounist advisor, admitted to emboff that Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) made serious errors of judgment on January 23, the date of a violent general strike in Beirut that resulted in three deaths and numerous casualties. K [...]	2007-01-29 06:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY

07BEIRUT1461	LEBANON: BERRI'S LATEST TWIST: A DISGUISED [...] (C) Following a lengthy discussion between Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's senior advisor and Pol/Econ Chief, Berri, in the latest twist in the opposition's tireless efforts to gain control of the presidency, is proposing a one-month trial period for his initiative to seek a consensus candida [...]	2007-09-24 07:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1465	DUELING WITH LEBANON'S ARMY COMMANDER ON SECURITY [...] (S) In a 9/24 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman downplayed the risk of street violence. While Christian leaders allied with Hizballah like Suleiman Franjieh and Michel Aoun were actively arming their followers, Samir Geagea's Lebanese Forces r [...]	2007-09-24 13:29:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1469	LEBANON: IS SLEIMAN THE ACE UP BERRI'S SLEEVE? [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has again gone on the offensive, this time postponing parliament's presidential election for one month to allow time for March 14 and March 8 to reach a consensus candidate. In a move in which Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel appears to be the unwitting a [...]	2007-09-25 08:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT147	BERRI OFFERS TO REMOVE TENTS, RESTART DIALOGUE -- [...] (C) Since Friday, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has sent, successively, his brother Mahmoud, his foreign policy advisor Ali Hamdan, and (resigned) Amal-aligned Minister of Health Mohammed Khalifeh to see the Ambassador. Their message: that the Speaker is ready to use his influence to calm [...]	2007-01-29 06:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1482	LEBANON: PM SINIORA: CABINET REAFFIRMS SUPPORT [...] (C) Although details of the meeting make the LAF-GOL discussions sound tense, Prime Minister Siniora described as "very good" the seven-hour cabinet meeting on 9/24. The meeting focused, the PM reported, on stopping groups from across the political spectrum from rearming and tightening cabin [...]	2007-09-26 11:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCRM PTER LE
07BEIRUT1483	LEBANON: BERRI INITIATIVE MOVING AHEAD [...] (C) As he promised he would, Speaker Berri called MPs to parliament on September 25 to begin the process of electing Lebanon's next president. Because only 74 MPs showed up, 12 short of the two-thirds majority needed to elect a president on the first round, the session was adjourned without a [...]	2007-09-26 13:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1485	LEBANON: FORMER PM MIKATI CLAIMS LAF COMMANDER [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on 9/25, former Prime Minister Najib Mikati -- once and perhaps still close to Syria's Asad family -- stated his belief that LAF Commander General Michel Sleiman remains Syria's top choice for the presidency. Because of Hizballah's need to codd [...]	2007-09-26 13:54:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1492	LEBANON: CESAREAN SECTION FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) A key Phalange party member sees the election of a March 14 candidate as Lebanon's next president as the only way to put a definitive end to Syrian influence, which extends throughout Lebanon's security apparatus. Assassinations of March 14 MPs will continue, he predicted, but the Septembe [...]	2007-09-27 12:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1504	LEBANON: LAUNCH OF GERMAN BORDER PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: At the weekly donors meeting for the German Northern Border Pilot Program (NBPP) on September 26, Detlef Karioth, Coordinator of the NBPP, announced that the operational launch date had been delayed for another four weeks until November 15. There are a number of reasons for this [...]	2007-09-28 11:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1510	LEBANON: IRANIAN GOLD FOR SALE? [...] (C) Iraqi businessman Dr. Sabah Hashem Allawi, brother of former Iraqi Prime Minister and current Iraqi MP Iyad Allawi, told DCM and Econoff on 9/11 that he had been asked to broker a sale of gold that he later learned was registered to Iran. Emboffs met Allawi at a lunch in Beirut arranged by [...]	2007-09-28 13:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ENIV ETRD PGOV PREL PTER IR LE
07BEIRUT1511	LEBANON: TACTICAL FLIRTATION (BUT NO STRATEGIC [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri appears, inadvertently, to be a miraculous match-maker: after years of political warfare, March 14 leaders and Michel Aoun's bloc are now gingerly exchanging tender glances, tentatively discovering beauties in each other that neither perceived before. Mar [...]	2007-09-28 16:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1512	LEBANON: GEAGEA: WHAT IS HARIRI COOKING UP? [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea believes accepting Free Patriotic Movement leader General Michel Aoun's offers of detente is the best way to coopt Aoun's presidential ambitions. He dismissed concerns that March 14's support could boomerang by increasing prospects for Aoun's candidacy, [...]	2007-09-30 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1513	LEBANON: ON EVE OF U.S. TRIP, HARIRI LOOKS AT [...] (C) On 9/28, MP Saad Hariri said he would have four requests for USG officials during his upcoming Washington consultations: first, accelerated support for the Lebanese army and police, including highly visible equipment to put Hizballah off balance; second, immediate embrace of Lebanon's n [...]	2007-09-30 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1514	LEBANON: MARONITE BISHOPS CALL FOR SOVEREIGN, [...] (C) In what many view as their clearest and most political statement ever, Lebanon's Maronite bishops issued their eighth annual "call" on September 19, a beacon of light on a day of tragic juxtaposition; just hours later a massive car bomb killed March 14 MP Antoine Ghanem, bringing to six the [...]	2007-09-30 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1534	LEBANON: A KINDER, GENTLER AOUN DISTANCES HIMSELF [...] (C) In a surprise change of heart, General Michel Aoun told the Ambassador he would not support a second government and hinted at a willingness to dissolve his 2006 MOU with Hizballah if he receives a better offer. Aoun, who has been reaching out to March 14 leaders in the past ten days, appe [...]	2007-10-02 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1535	LEBANON: WORRIES ABOUT RED LINES ON UNSCR 1559 [...] (S) Four well-informed Embassy contacts -- Walid Jumblatt, Nassib Lahoud, Boutros Harb, and journalist Sarkis Naom -- all argued in separate meetings with the Ambassador that pro-Syrian forces in Lebanon are using upcoming presidential elections to bury UNSCR 1559. They (and we) see this as [...]	2007-10-02 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR
07BEIRUT1539	LEBANON: "SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM" TO SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 08:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC UNGA LE
07BEIRUT1540	LEBANON: ACTING FM MITRI BELIEVES UNSCR 1559 [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Tariq Mitri does not believe the election of a new Lebanese president would necessarily fulfill the requirements of UNSCR 1559, as Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is now claiming so as to be able to assert that 1559 will no longer be needed after elections. On the [...]	2007-10-03 08:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
07BEIRUT1544	LEBANON: LEBANESE BANKS IN PLAY? [...] (C) Recent Rumors of the sale of BLOM Bank, to either Arab Bank or Audi Bank, were persistent enough to cause BLOM to issue a disclaimer. However, both BLOM and Audi tacitly admit unconsummated deals. Some regional player, almost certainly the Arab Bank, also tried to make a deal with one of [...]	2007-10-03 14:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1545	LEBANON: TELECOM SECTOR -- AS CONFUSING AS EVER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 14:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1546	LEBANON: TELECOM SECTOR -- AS CONFUSING AS EVER [...] (C) Both Telecom Minister Hamadeh and Transportation Regulatory Authority (TRA) Chairman Shehadi are optimistic about the launch of the mobile telecom sale, but Shehadi appears to be struggling to get the TRA up and running. In earlier meetings with USG officials, Hamadeh appeared to support [...]	2007-10-04 08:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1547	LEBANON: MURR BACKS GHANEM AS PRESIDENT, URGES [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on 10/3, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr urged that the USG, in meetings with MP Saad Hariri in Washington, encourage a consensus president. The costs of a March 14-elected president are too high for Lebanon to bear, Murr [...]	2007-10-04 08:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1554	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR ON PRESIDENTIAL NAMES [...] (S) In a brief one-on-one conversation with the Ambassador about upcoming presidential elections, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir ventured into the "name game." Nassib Lahoud is the best candidate, and Boutros Harb is "very good." But, as March 8 will not accept them, they, like Michel Aoun (unac [...]	2007-10-04 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT156	LEBANON: PM SINIORA DOESN'T SEE A NEAR TERM [...] (C) While warmly praising the U.S. and international support for Lebanon expressed at Paris III, Prime Minister Siniora was less hopeful regarding a near-term solution to his country's current political crisis. Siniora said that upon his return, he had reached out to Amal leader Nabih Berri [...]	2007-01-30 07:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1563	LEBANON: RETICENT PATRIARCH HINTS AT STRONG [...] (C) Maronite Patriarch Sfeir continues to receive a flurry of key visitors attempting to plead their interests, get his blessing, and squeeze out information from the tight-lipped yet influential cleric. While he offered little of his own thinking, he did inquire about MP Hariri's visit to W [...]	2007-10-05 15:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1565	LEBANON: DELAYS WITH GERMAN BORDER PILOT ENHANCE [...] (C) Summary: At the October 4 weekly meeting for the German Northern Border Pilot Program (NBPP),donors listened to the long list of continuing delays affecting the launch date of the NBPP. During the meeting the proposed ESDP mission to the eastern border was raised, but the EU representati [...]	2007-10-05 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1572	LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON "CONDEMNING THE USE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khachab responded that the GOL believes condemning the use of rape as an instrument of state policy is a worthwhile subject to address and likely would not oppose the U.S.'s [...]	2007-10-09 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1574	LEBANON: PAPAL NUNCIO GLOOMY ABOUT CHRISTIAN [...] (C) The Papal Nuncio in Lebanon exhibited a general disdain for Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, the Maronite Christians, and the greater Lebanese Christian community regarding their disorganized, ineffective role in Lebanese politics today, calling the Maronite church a "grande folie." He stressed [...]	2007-10-09 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1575	LEBANON: NASRALLAH DWELLS ON ELECTION; [...] (C) Hizballah General Secretary Hassan Nasrallah in his annual al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day speech proposed three scenarios for solving Lebanon's political crisis, including a plan to hold a direct presidential election. PM Siniora and others interpreted Nasrallah's remarks as an effort to distor [...]	2007-10-09 16:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1582	LEBANON: CABINET APPROVES TELECOM SALE [...] (C) Summary: The GOL cabinet approved the sale of two mobile telephone licenses, with a call for bids this year and a final sale in early 2008. The cabinet also approved hiring of staff by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) with temporary exemption from GOL administrative proces [...]	2007-10-10 14:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1584	LEBANON: PM SINIORA SUPPORTS CONINUED NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) During an October 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora expressed his desire to continue discussions on the EU proposal for enhanced security on the eastern border with Syria. During Siniora's recent visits to regional capitals, he found, to his surprise, that the Emir of [...]	2007-10-11 06:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1585	LEBANON: SUNNI MUFTI DEFENDS CHRISTIAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Sunni Grand Mufti Qabbani, stressing the Christian contribution to Lebanon's unique identity, asserts that the Sunnis are committed to the 1989 Ta'if Accord's 50-50 power-sharing arrangement between Christians and Muslims. Even if the Christian population dwindles, he said, this relationsh [...]	2007-10-11 06:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1597	LEBANON: ALTERNATIVE SHI'A ADVOCATES NOT UNITED [...] (C) Over the past few months a number of prominent Shi'a, including academics, journalists, and businessmen, have launched initiatives aiming to break what they believe is an Iran-funded Hizballah/Amal monopoly on Lebanese Shi'a political support. While these different Shi'a groups have held [...]	2007-10-11 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1598	LEBANON: FRENCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN FMS TO MAKE [...] (C) The French, Spanish, and Italian Foreign Ministers are planning a joint visit to Lebanon October 19-20 to meet with UNIFIL commanders and their national troop contingents in UNIFIL and aleo meet with key political leaders in Beirut. French Embassy DCM and poloffs told us that the French hop [...]	2007-10-11 15:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1599	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S DEFENSE EDELMAN [...] (C) Under Secretary Edelman: Welcome back to Lebanon. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Lebanon. You come during a critical period of the presidential election season. Parliament elects the president and is supposed to [...]	2007-10-11 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1600	LEBANON: PM SINIORA COMMENTS ON THE ELECTIONS, [...] (C) During a October 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora expressed his dismay at some March 14 allies' willingness to give in so quickly to demands from the March 8 opposition that a consensus candidate for president be chosen. Siniora also stated his firm objection to a co [...]	2007-10-12 07:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS LE PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT1602	LEBANON: SHIA MUFTI URGES U.S. DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) On October 11, Acting Chairman of the Higher Islamic Council Sayyed Abed al-Amir Qabalan was jovial as usual, but adopted a more aggressive tone than in previous meetings with the Ambassador. He urged the US to engage with Hizballah, and stressed Hizballah's allegedly peaceful intentions [...]	2007-10-12 13:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1603	LEBANON: PRO-SYRIANS SEE ADVANTAGES TO [...] (S) Selim Jeressaiti, Lebanese President Emile Lahoud's legal advisor, reported that LAF Commander Michel Sleiman remains the presidential candidate of choice for Hizballah and Syria. While expressing his own hope that a genuine consensus candidate would emerge instead, Jeressaiti argued th [...]	2007-10-12 13:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1604	LEBANON: LEBANESE RESIDENTS NEAR NAHR-AL BARID [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Emboffs met with mayors of municipalities located near the Nahr-Al Barid Palestinian refugee camp (NAB) during a trip to Tripoli October 9. The mayors praised the USG for its assistance to the local areas that were negatively affected by the 15-week battle at the camp, ad [...]	2007-10-14 10:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREF PREL PTER
07BEIRUT1610	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS SAY WITHOUT A MARCH [...] (C) March 14 Christian leaders Nassib Lahoud, Boutros Harb, and Nayla Mouawad are focused on obtaining a March 14 presidency, without which they say the coalition's ideals and accomplishments will be lost. All three leaders -- all of whom consider themselves presidential candidates -- noted [...]	2007-10-15 15:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1612	LEBANON: A PRESIDENTIAL VACUUM BENEFITS SYRIAN [...] (C) Former President Amine Gemayel expressed grave concern over the possibility of a vacuum in Lebanon's president. In his view, a vacuum would lead to a weakening of the March 14 majority and would enable Syria to manipulate the constitutional system in its favor. Gemayel is worried about a [...]	2007-10-15 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1616	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER ADVOCATES "HALF PLUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1617	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER ADVOCATES "HALF PLUS [...] (C) DPM Elias Murr agreed that a status quo scenario, i.e., a continuation of President Lahoud's and PM Siniora's mandates, was the opposition's current strategy on the presidential election. The best way to avoid this scenario, he argued, was a "half plus plus" candidate -- one who might not [...]	2007-10-17 06:10:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1623	LEBANON: "CHANGE AOUN" URGES GREEK ORTHODOX [...] (C) Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elias Audi is worried about March 8 and March 14's inability to date to find a solution to the presidential election impasse. He believes the key to a solution lies in a shift in General Michel Aoun's thinking, which begs the question, who is most suitable to infl [...]	2007-10-17 14:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1625	LEBANON: SINIORA TO USDP EDELMAN: ARMY IS KEY TO [...] (C) In an October 16 meeting with visiting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric S. Edelman and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Mark T. Kimmitt, PM Siniora stressed the need to strengthen the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) as the best way to empower the Lebanese state and [...]	2007-10-18 07:40:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS IR IZ LE
07BEIRUT1626	LEBANON: SLEIMAN DISAPPOINTS IN MEETING WITH USDP [...] (C) In an October 16 meeting with visiting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric S. Edelman and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Mark T. Kimmitt, a defensive Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Sleiman bristled at USG offers to participate in after action reviews wit [...]	2007-10-18 07:40:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1633	LEBANON: ON BORDER PROJECT, GERMANS LOOKING AHEAD [...] (C) A businessman whose firm is the logistical consultant for the German Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) told Poloff in an October 17 meeting that the NBPP continued to face serious delays and would not be fully operational by mid-February, rather than the target December 1 final deadline [...]	2007-10-18 14:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PG PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT1639	LEBANON: MARONITE BISHOP ON PATRIARCHS' SEPARATE [...] (C) A hopeful yet concerned Boulos Matar -- the Maronite Bishop of Beirut -- reported on Patriarch Sfeir's efforts to prevent a presidential vacuum. Matar said the Patriarch is working with General Michel Aoun to move him from "king to kingmaker," and communicating with Hizballah to deliver th [...]	2007-10-19 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1640	LEBANON: IS AOUN'S ATTITUDE CHANGING? [...] (SBU) Some members of General Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement suggested to embassy contacts that Aoun is accepting that he cannot be elected president and is willing to support a consensus candidate elected by a two-thirds quorum. These members also report he opposes oppose a two-governm [...]	2007-10-21 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1642	LEBANON: INCREASINGLY HOSTILE RHETORIC WORRIES [...] (S) Some Lebanese contacts -- including relatively neutral figures like LAF Commander Michel Sleiman -- have connected a number of recent statements by Syrian and pro-Syrian figures to arrive at alarming conclusions. Believing that Lebanon is entering a particularly dangerous period, they wo [...]	2007-10-22 04:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY IR
07BEIRUT1644	LEBANON: SWISS ENVOY SEES INITIATIVE STALLED DUE [...] (C) During an October 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Swiss Special Envoy to Lebanon Didier Pfirter said it was "unlikely" that a November meeting to further the Swiss initiative to resolve Lebanon's political crisis would take place. The main reason for the lack of optimism was the uncertain [...]	2007-10-22 05:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1647	LEBANON: SCENARIOS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 12:52:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1648	LEBANON: OPPOSING THE "STATUS QUO" DELAY OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 13:12:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1650	LEBANON: SCENARIOS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) With one month remaining before the end of President Lahoud's mandate on November 23, the opposing parties are no closer to reaching consensus on his successor or on the correct procedure for choosing one. Speaker Berri has again postponed the parliamentary voting session, this time until [...]	2007-10-22 14:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1652	LEBANON: OPPOSING THE "STATUS QUO" DELAY OF [...] (C) Reftel discusses possible scenarios for Lebanon's upcoming presidential elections. But increasing evidence suggests that -- if the pro-Syrians can't impose their own candidate through pressure for "consensus" -- the "second government" option is no longer the pro-Syrians' weapon of choic [...]	2007-10-22 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1656	LEBANON: GEAGEA SUSPECTS A EUROPEAN PUSH FOR [...] (C) Following the French, Spanish, and Italian Foreign Ministers' visit to Lebanon, head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea believes the three FMs, possibly along with the Canadians, Australians, and Germans, are quietly pushing for General Michel Sleiman to be the next president, and he is c [...]	2007-10-23 07:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1659	LEBANON: A QUICK GUIDE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) The list of candidates to be Lebanon's president, by tradition a Maronite Christian, is growing longer as the end of current President Emile Lahoud's term on November 23 grows nearer. With its October 23 session now cancelled, parliament is scheduled to convene on November 12 in a second [...]	2007-10-23 14:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT166	LEBANON: RIAD SALAMEH: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OR [...] (C) Ministers Haddad and Azour shared with Ambassador some insight into the Central Bank (CBL) and its governor Riad Salameh, but stopped short of accusing him outright of malfeasance. However, they referred to the GOL/banking relationship as a "mess" and indicated that there are people who [...]	2007-01-31 16:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1660	LEBANON: MINDEF MURR OUTLINES STRATEGIC VISION FOR [...] (C) In an October 16 meeting with visiting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Edelman and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Kimmitt, a confident MinDef Murr SIPDIS outlined his views on Nahr al-Barid, border security operations, and his strategic vision for transformati [...]	2007-10-23 14:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1661	LEBANON: HARIRI RETURNS TO LEBANON, PURPORTS TO [...] (C) An alarmist Saad Hariri accused the U.S. of not doing enough to prevent Syrian interference in Lebanon, claiming the Europeans and Saudis are willing to follow a more aggressive U.S. lead. Now is the time to exert the utmost pressure to get Emile Lahoud out, Hariri argued, and March 14 ne [...]	2007-10-23 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1664	LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: VIEWS ON KEY [...] (SBU) What are the views of the candidates for president on issues such as Hizballah, Syria, UN resolutions, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and revising Lebanon's election law? To answer that, embassy prepared the following summary of key candidates' views based on a review of source materia [...]	2007-10-24 13:35:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1665	LEBANON: MARCH 14 PLEASED WITH EUROPEAN VISIT, [...] (C) Telecom Minister Marwan Hamadeh described the October 20 Lebanese political leaders' meeting with visiting French, Italian and Spanish foreign ministers as positive, especially on UNIFIL, and denied reports the Europeans are pushing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as a [...]	2007-10-24 13:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1670	LEBANON: NEW CAMOUFLAGE FOR SLEIMAN [...] (C) Amal (and by extension, Syria) continues to appear to be seeking a presidential nomination for Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman. Amal claims not to be pushing its own candidate, insisting the ball is now in the hands of the Christian leaders and the Patriarch. Once th [...]	2007-10-26 08:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1677	LEBANON: UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STATEGY [...] (C) Lebanon's democratic traditions go back at least to its initial elections, first held during the Ottoman rule Empire in 1854. The landmarks in Lebanon's democratic history are the 1924 Constitution, the National Pact of 1940, and the 1989 Ta,if Accord. Throughout Lebanon,s history democr [...]	2007-10-26 13:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1678	LEBANON: AOUN, CLAIMING THE ABILITY TO BOSS [...] (C) If Michel Aoun is thinking of realistic fall-back options to his presidential options as some of his advisors insist, he draws a line at discussing them. Yet his unusually passionless presentation differed from his sharp words, making us wonder -- especially when he threatened (or, some [...]	2007-10-26 14:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1679	LEBANON: EU, UN DIPLOMATS AGREE SLEIMAN IS [...] (C/NF) Over a 10/25 dinner hosted by the British Ambassador in honor of visiting UK Middle East envoy Michael Williams, the French Charge, UN Special Coordinator, UK Ambassador, Williams, and Ambassador Feltman all agreed: LAF Commander Michael Sleiman is the top choice of Syria and Hizball [...]	2007-10-26 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1680	LEBANON: EUROPEANS SEE PROGRESS ON PRESIDENCY [...] (C) The Italian Ambassador to Lebanon, reporting on the October 19-20 visit of the French, Italian, and Spanish foreign ministers to Lebanon, noted progress in Speaker Berri's efforts to reach a consensus candidate and more conciliatory tones on the part of both Berri and PM Siniora. Despite r [...]	2007-10-26 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1699	LEBANON: SINIORA ADVOCATES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) In a 10/29 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora recommended simultaneous pursuit of two options regarding presidential elections. First, he urged continued push for an absolute majority ("half plus one") election, despite the fact that March 14 might not be able to p [...]	2007-10-30 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1703	LEBANON: TELECOM PRIVATIZATON LABOR WOES MAY [...] (C) Two well-placed telecom officials say the progress of the sale of the two initial mobile licenses is going well. Both view privatization of the fixed line company, Ogero, with dissatisfaction, due in large part to their negative feelings regarding the Ministry of Telecommunications's Direc [...]	2007-10-31 13:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1712	ON LEBANON'S PRESIDENCY, NAJIB MIKATI SAYS SAUDIS [...] (S) In a 10/31 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Najib Mikati (once and perhaps still close to the Syrian regime) mused that Damascus has two preferred options for Lebanon's presidential elections: first, extending the status quo (with Emile Lahoud remaining in Baabda Palace [...]	2007-11-01 13:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY SA
07BEIRUT1713	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS USD FOUR [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh is preparing for possible financial chaos, if the political situation deteriorates. He is prepared to run a "legitimate" bank from anywhere, and can support the Lebanese pound for the short term. In the event of political instability, he believes it is [...]	2007-11-01 13:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1714	LEBANON: HARIRI BLOC WOULD ACCEPT PATRIARCH'S [...] (C) Parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri's cousin and Chief of Staff Nader recently delivered assurances on behalf of Saad to the Patriarch that his bloc would vote for any candidate selected by the Patriarch in order to avoid a presidential vacuum. Nader was skeptical, however, whether [...]	2007-11-01 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1717	LEBANON: A SHIA CRITIC OF TELECOM PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) Yassin Jabir, a Shia MP close to Speaker Berri, raised concerns about privatization of Lebanon's mobile telecom businesses, saying he is not opposed to privatization, only the GOL methodology. He advocates for a slower process, with more government control, to promote three objectives: le [...]	2007-11-02 09:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1723	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER, HIS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on 10/30, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman said that the LAF would try to "freeze" the situation on the ground, taking action against whichever side of Lebanon's cavernous political divide -- March 8-Aoun or March 14 -- woul [...]	2007-11-05 04:52:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1724	LEBANON: SAUDI AMBASSADOR OPPOSED TO "HALF PLUS [...] (C) Describing Hizballah as "evil," Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja said that Syria and Hizballah want to postpone presidential elections indefinitely. But a March 14-provoked absolute majority ("half plus one") election would also be destructive for Lebanon, he argued, and Saudi Arabia op [...]	2007-11-05 04:52:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY SA
07BEIRUT1728	LEBANON: PREVIEWING U.S. RESPONSE TO AN ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the opposition, predictably, protested what they view as U.S. interference in internal Lebanese affairs in response to Ref A demarche regarding economic and travel ramifications for those who participate in an unconstitutional government in Lebanon. Many view [...]	2007-11-05 08:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1729	LEBANON: MESSAGE TO USG: BERRI WANTS A PRESIDENT [...] (C) Resigned Minister of Health Mohammed Khalifeh, close to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, delivered a surprising message to the Ambassador in a November 2 meeting: Berri really wants a president to be elected by the midnight November 23 deadline. This goes against speculation that Berri, b [...]	2007-11-05 08:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1734	LEBANON: ADMIN ISSUES PLAGUE UNIIIC STAFF [...] (C) Senior officials of UNIIIC report that the 40-plus staff of investigators are unhappy with the uncertainty they face regarding employment with the Special Tribunal, which has yet to open, and that this dissatisfaction is affecting productivity and willingness to staying on to work for the [...]	2007-11-06 12:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1736	LEBANON: BERRI URGES U.S. TO WORK ON AOUN [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri lamented the absence of parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri from Lebanon, which he said prevented efforts to reach a consensus presidential candidate on time. If no consensus candidate is named before November 12, Berri said he would set a new date for [...]	2007-11-06 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1737	LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE ADVOCATES TOUGH MESSAGE TO [...] (C) French Charge Andre Parant reported that French officials delivered tough messages to their Syrian counterparts during their November 3-4 meetings in Istanbul, warning that France would hold Syria responsible if Lebanon is unable to elect a president by November 24. Locally, a stronger Ch [...]	2007-11-06 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1747	LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE SAYS FRANCE WILL PUSH [...] (C) French Charge Andre Parant believes it may be possible to convince the Patriarch to provide a short-list of presidential candidates, although he agrees that letting him decide on the names could result in less than ideal candidates. France is determined to find a solution before the midni [...]	2007-11-07 14:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1749	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI UNHAPPY WITH THE FRENCH AND [...] (S) Saad Hariri -- billionaire, Parliamentary majority leader, and prime minister-in-waiting -- is annoyed. In a 11/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Hariri claimed to have been betrayed by the French. Whereas he had carefully worked out an option for selecting presidential candidates that wou [...]	2007-11-08 07:35:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1750	LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER: STILL MUM ON NEXT [...] (S) UNIIIC Commissioner Brammertz's next report to the UN Security Council is unlikely to provide any anxiously-awaited conclusions. However, recent results from forensic studies, combined with a promising new line of investigation involving telecommunications, could help make the connection b [...]	2007-11-08 11:44:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1752	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR OPPOSED TO GIVING NAMES [...] (C) Maronite Patriarch Sfeir told the Ambassador on 11/08 that he is opposed to the French request that he provide a list of five acceptable presidential candidates for Saad Hariri and Nabih Berri to consider. First, he explained, he would offend all other Maronites if he would pick only fi [...]	2007-11-08 14:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT176	RIZK CLAIMS FRENCH, HARIRI BACKING FOR PRESIDENCY [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-02 07:53:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	FR KDEM KINL LE PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT1760	LEBANON: GEAGEA WARNS OF DANGEROUS GAMES, AND IS [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea does not support France's efforts to convince the Patriarch to provide names of presidential candidates, fearing that, without an adequate safety net, this would lead to a weak president susceptible to Syrian and Hizballah influence. Citing Nassib Lahoud [...]	2007-11-09 14:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1762	LEBANON: PM SINIORA DOWNPLAYS SECURITY CONCERNS, [...] (C) PM Siniora confirmed that, in the event parliament fails to elect a president and his cabinet temporarily takes on presidential powers, he would move immediately to appoint new Shia ministers to replace the six opposition members who submitted their resignations one year ago. He claimed to [...]	2007-11-09 14:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1764	LEBANON: AOUN CLAIMS TO DROP OUT OF PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) With the petulance of a sullen teenager who didn't get his way and whose unique genius is underappreciated, Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun says he is bowing out of the presidential race, although he has yet (as of 11/9) to make an official announcement. He reportedly told his M [...]	2007-11-10 10:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1769	LEBANON: FM MITRI BELIEVES PATRIARCH COMMITTED TO [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri reported that the Patriarch is committed to carrying out the French initiative and elucidated on how it would work. Mitri said the Patriarch intends to solicit names from four Maronite leaders (two March 14 and two from March 8-Aoun) and will then come [...]	2007-11-13 14:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1777	LEBANON: AOUN DOWN ON THE FRENCH INITIATIVE [...] (C) General Michel Aoun remains as gloomy and dejected as he was during the last meeting with the Ambassador (reftel). While the French initiative seems to have picked up momentum elsewhere in Beirut in the last few days, Aoun shot down hope for the initiative, saying that he would not particip [...]	2007-11-14 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1778	LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADVANCING THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 16:26:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1781	LEBANON: MARCH 14 ANXIOUS, CONFUSED AFTER STRATEGY [...] (C) An anxious Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad on November 13 described a divided March 14 coalition strategy meeting the night before. While Christian leaders urged a half-plus-one presidential election (should no presidential solution be found before the expiration of Emile Lahoud [...]	2007-11-15 08:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNSC LE FR SY
07BEIRUT1786	LEBANON: BERRI STILL OPTIMISTIC ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Berri, suggesting he had not yet seen the Patriarch's list of presidential candidates, nevertheless was optimistic that he and majority leader Saad Hariri would be able to reach a consensus. If, however, they are not able to agree on a candidate, Berri rejected the fall [...]	2007-11-15 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1787	LEBANON: FORMER PM SAYS IT'S A CRIME NOT TO ELECT [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati, claiming, like many others, to have insider information on the Patriarch's list of presidential candidates, lamented the fact that the best candidate, Nassib Lahoud, would not be elected. He believed President Emile Lahoud would defy Hizballah's demand [...]	2007-11-15 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1788	LEBANON: PM SAYS FRENCH INITIATIVE KEY TO SUCCESS [...] (C) During a November 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora expressed his thoughts on how March 14 could out-maneuver the opposition and ultimately choose a strong consensus candidate by supporting the French initiative. Siniora said that Patriarch Sfeir,s list is the key to [...]	2007-11-15 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL FR LE SY
07BEIRUT1792	LEBANON: AOUN REPRISING SPOILER ROLE, FRENCH [...] (S) If successful, the French initiative to solve Lebanon's presidential crisis will lead to a compromise president not wholly satisfactory to either the March 8 or March 14 political blocs. While far from ideal, that is probably the best solution possible, given domestic, regional, and int [...]	2007-11-16 13:27:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1799	LEBANON: AOUN PLAYING FOR HIGH STAKES [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun continues to believe that he and only he deserves the presidency, and will not participate in any efforts, including the French initiative, to find a consensus, according to his advisor and son-in-law, Gebran Bassil. Bassil envisioned two scenario [...]	2007-11-16 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1800	PRESIDENT'S LAWYER INSISTS LAHOUD WILL LEAVE [...] Summary: (S) President Emile Lahoud's legal advisor Selim Jerissaiti insisted that Lahoud plans to leave the presidential palace at the end of his mandate on November 24 and will do so without taking what Jerrissaiti admitted would be the unconstitutional step of appointing a second governmen [...]	2007-11-19 08:02:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1807	LEBANON: GOL ATTENDING ANNAPOLIS; WILL DECIDE ON [...] (S) On November 19, the Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and PolOff, alerted Acting Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri to the imminent issuance of Annapolis invitations. Mitri responded that Lebanon will be sending a delegation, but that the current political situation in Lebanon makes the GOL unable [...]	2007-11-19 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	AMGT CVIS IS KPAL KWBG PREL PGOV LE
07BEIRUT1808	LEBANON: GOL TO SUPPORT U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI UNGA LE

07BEIRUT181	LEBANON: PARIS III RESULTS PHENOMENAL, BUT LOTS [...] (C) Ministers Jihad Azour and Sami Haddad, clearly excited by the successful outcome of the Paris III Donor's Conference, want to make sure that the money pledged will be tied to reforms and spent with discipline. Chatting about the event, they are ready to tackle banking reform and to take [...]	2007-02-02 16:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
07BEIRUT1810	LEBANON: SHIA POLITICIAN ON ELECTION, MARCH 14 [...] (C) Mohamed Beydoun, a Shia and former Amal MP, was pessimistic about the likelhood of the presidential election actually taking place by the midnight November 23 deadline. Beydoun said Syria is betting on an impasse following the failure of majority leader Saad Hariri and Parliament Speaker N [...]	2007-11-19 16:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1818	LEBANON: AOUN PREDICTS VIOLENCE IF NO PRESIDENT IS [...] (C) Despite persistent rumors that he has made a deal over an abbreviated presidential term for Michel Edde, Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun continues to reject any candidate on the Patriarch's list of seven other than himself. His only fall-back is an interim cabinet (which we pre [...]	2007-11-20 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1819	LEBANON: MICHEL EDDE ON HIS POSSIBLE ELECTION FOR [...] (C ) Former Maronite League president Michel Edde claimed to DCM and poloff over dinner on November 19 that in a meeting earlier in the day, Michel Aoun had given approval for an Edde "transitional" presidency, on a vague understanding that Edde will not serve a full six year term but resign a [...]	2007-11-20 16:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER FR SY LE
07BEIRUT1820	LEBANON'S PRESIDENCY: GHANEM, EDDE, SALAMEH STILL [...] (S) Despite French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and Special Envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran shuttling among the major political players, the French initiative to solve Lebanon's presidential election crisis is faltering. Only three names from the Patriarch's original list of seven potential [...]	2007-11-20 16:50:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1824	LEBANON: SHIA LAWYER ON ELECTION; SHIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) Prominent Shia lawyer Mohamed Matar believes Lebanon's real problem is not election of a president, but rather formation of a viable, effective government. Matar does not think the majority and opposition will resolve the deadlock by the November 23 deadline, a situation Syria would welco [...]	2007-11-21 15:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1826	LEBANON: ANNAPOLIS INVITATION DELIVERED; [...] (S) The DCM and PolOff presented reftel A invitation and talking points to Acting Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri on November 21. Since we first raised the issue with Mitri on November 19 (reftel B),Prime Minister Fouad Siniora had sought the agreement of resigned yet in-office Foreign Minister [...]	2007-11-21 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	AMGT PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS LE
07BEIRUT1827	LEBANON: ANNAPOLIS INVITATION DELIVERED TO ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 16:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AMGT KWBG KPAL IS LE
07BEIRUT1828	LEBANON: RECONSTRUCTION LAGS IN THE SOUTH [...] (SBU) Alaa Abu Hommeen of the Lebanon Transparency Association (LTA) said in a November 13 meeting with PolOff that while reconstruction efforts in the south are visible, they are continuing to move at a slow rate due to corruption and a lack of transparency. Hommeen said that the primary obs [...]	2007-11-21 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL UNDP LE
07BEIRUT1829	LEBANON: GOL UPDATE ON NAHR AL-BARID RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, head of the GOL's Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Commission, expressed concern about the pace of reconstruction efforts in the Nahr al-Barid (NAB) Palestinian refugee camp. With the arrival of winter weather, many families are suffering in their less than [...]	2007-11-21 16:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS LE
07BEIRUT1830	LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE SYG PREDICTS EDDE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Visiting Arab League SYG Amr Moussa does not support the theory that chaos will result if no president is elected by the midnight November 23 expiration of President Lahoud's mandate. He believes either Michel Edde will be selected as the consensus candidate, or discussions will continue, [...]	2007-11-21 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1831	LEBANON'S PRESIDENCY: MICHEL EDDE'S VICTORY [...] (S) As of 11/21, Syria's allies continue to push hard for Michel Edde to be Lebanon's next president. Hizballah's Wafiq Safa predicted confidently to UN envoy Geir Pedersen that Saad Hariri, the strongest hold out against Edde, would eventually succumb to the pressure. Suleiman Franjieh tol [...]	2007-11-21 17:03:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PTER PREL LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1832	LEBANON: HARIRI HOLDING FIRM, KEEPING "PLAN B" IN [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri remains firm in his opposition to Michel Edde as president. Acknowledging that March 14 risked being blamed for blocking consensus, Hariri refuses to let the minority (with Syrian support) dictate Lebanon's next president to the majority. Having already conced [...]	2007-11-23 04:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1833	LEBANON: GOL UNLIKELY TO OPPOSE ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-23 12:42:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNGA IS LE
07BEIRUT1834	LEBANON: ANNAPOLIS DELEGATION CONFIRMED [...] (C) MFA protocol chief Georges Siam told DCM on November 23 that Lebanon's Annapolis delegation will be the Charge D'Affaires to the U.S., Antoine Chedid, and Charge d'Affairs to the UN, Nawaf Salam. This proposal, initially made by Acting FM Tareq Mitri, was recently confirmed by resigned yet [...]	2007-11-23 12:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CVIS AMGT IS KPAL KWBG LE
07BEIRUT184	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI SURPRISINGLY FOCUSES ON [...] (C) In a 2/2 meeting, Speaker Berri told the Ambassador that despite recent unproductive discussions between Saudi Arabia and Iran regarding Lebanon, he believes options now exist to escape from the current impasse. Specifically, he listed three ways to establish the "critical" Special Trib [...]	2007-02-02 17:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1845	LEBANON: SESSION TO ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT ADJOURNED TO [...] (SBU) On November 23, the Lebanese Parliament failed to elect a new president, even with the looming expiration of President Lahoud's extended mandate, which expires on midnight of November 23. Some 109 parliamentarians of 127 showed up in Parliament, but only 66 parliamentarians were present [...]	2007-11-23 13:16:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LE
07BEIRUT1849	LEBANON: EMILE LAHOUD STILL INTENDING TO STEP [...] (C) Selim Jeressaiti, Emile Lahoud's legal advisor, told the Ambassador mid-morning today (11/23) that Lahoud will end his extended term as Lebanon's president as scheduled at midnight tonight. Jeressaiti said that Lahoud, despite tremendous pressure from Hizballah and Syria, will not appoi [...]	2007-11-23 14:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1850	LEBANON: BERRI ACCUSES HARIRI OF BLOCKING [...] (C) Speaker Berri continues his assertions that he is doing his best to reach a consensus president. All of Lebanon favored Michel Edde, he claimed, with the exception of majority leader Saad Hariri, who was blocking consensus. If no agreement is reached, Berri would postpone the November 23 [...]	2007-11-23 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1852	LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER SLEIMAN WANTS NEW [...] (C) In a 11/24 one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman said all the right things: he and the army would respect and recognize the Siniora cabinet until Lebanon's next president is chosen, the army would strive to maintain security and stability, [...]	2007-11-24 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1854	LEBANON: HARIRI UNVEILS "PLAN B": SLEIMAN FOR [...] (S) Majority leader Saad Hariri, disgusted with the failed French initiative, resigned to the fact that March 14 is unable to elect one of its own candidates, and convinced the Syrians' real objective was a political void, now concludes that Syria has won. He does not believe PM Siniora's gov [...]	2007-11-24 18:40:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1855	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S STRONG CRITICISM OF ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) During a round of meetings the Ambassador had on November 23 and 24 focused on the presidency crisis, a number of Lebanese interlocutors expressed surprise about Hizballah's November 23 statement which carried particularly pointed criticism of the Annapolis Conference and Lebanese partici [...]	2007-11-24 18:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1856	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS CONTEMPLATING HALF [...] (C) March 14 Christians, following what the view as the failure of the French initiative and worried that the Siniora government will come under mounting attack if a president is not elected soon, are engaging the Maronite church in an attempt to revive support for a half plus one vote. Convin [...]	2007-11-26 04:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1857	LEBANON: MARADA FAVORS EDDE OR SLEIMAN [...] (C) Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh supports Michel Edde as president, but stresses the need to get Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun on board and to find a candidate who can safeguard Hizballah's interests. He suggests that, if a consensus is not reached, Lebanese Armed Forces Comma [...]	2007-11-26 04:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1860	LEBANON: OPTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENCY [...] (S) Summary: March 14's Muslim leaders, convinced that international support (i.e., pressure on Syria) is not sufficient to guarantee the election and survival of a March 14 president, are now bent on pursuing an option that, until a few weeks ago, was an anathema to them: LAF Commander Mi [...]	2007-11-26 13:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1863	LEBANON: PM SINIORA NOT WILD ABOUT SLEIMAN, BUT [...] (C) PM Siniora blasted the French for mismanaging its failed initiative to find a consensus president and humiliating the Patriarch in the process, during a November 26 meeting with the Ambassador. An otherwise relaxed Siniora bristled at each mention of Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel [...]	2007-11-26 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1864	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER SUPPORTS ARMY COMMANDER [...] (C) Deputy PM and Defense Minister Elias Murr reported on November 24 that the army's deployment in downtown Beirut was proceeding smoothly, and he expected the situation to remain calm for the next few days (which it did). He fully supports Saad Hariri's "Plan B" to elect Lebanese Armed Force [...]	2007-11-26 16:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1865	LEBANON: GEAGEA AGAINST LAF COMMANDER SLEIMAN FOR [...] (C) March 14 leaders are back at the drawing board brainstorming how to break the political impasse over the presidency. In an 11/25 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea rejected Saad Hariri's plan to elect Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman (reft [...]	2007-11-26 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY FR PTER LE
07BEIRUT1875	LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTER OPPOSES CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Telecom Minister Marwan Hamadeh fears electing Lebanese Armed Force Commander Michel Sleiman president would repeat mistakes of the past, mistakes that led to the assassination of former PM Rafiq Hariri. Hamadeh proposed instead that March 14 build on the positive momentum generated by Pr [...]	2007-11-27 13:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1876	LEBANON: AMINE GEMAYEL OPEN TO ARMY COMMANDER [...] (C) In a November 27 meeting with the Ambassador, March 14 member and former president Amine Gemayel did not altogether rule out the possibility of electing a strong March 14 president by a half plus one majority, but gave the impression he is gradually (if sullenly) accepting the candidacy o [...]	2007-11-27 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SY PTER LE
07BEIRUT1877	LEBANON: WHY IS MARCH 14 READY TO CRY 'UNCLE' ON [...] (S) After we have been preaching unity to our March 14 and GOL contacts over the past few days, the message is taking hold: there is a March 14 leadership meeting tonight, and we detect a convergence of views among the major March 14 players. Yet, perversely, the unity points in the directi [...]	2007-11-27 15:54:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1879	LEBANON: BERRI PUTS BALL IN MARCH 14'S COURT [...] (C) Speaker Berri, still blaming others for failed efforts to reach a consensus president, now insists it is up to March 14 to make the next move, according to an advisor. Refusing to convene parliament absent a consensus, the Speaker continues to reject the possibility of a half plus one or [...]	2007-11-27 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1884	LEBANON: EVALUATING MICHEL SLEIMAN [...] (S) Reftel notes the reasons why March 14 leaders, after having courageously stood up against compromise with Hizballah and Syria for more than a year and despite three assassinations, are now moving forward with a plan to elect Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman as Lebanon's nex [...]	2007-11-28 08:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1890	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: WEIGHING PROS AND CONS OF [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri, for lack of a better solution, is still intent on electing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president just two days from now. He claims to have received assurances from Sleiman on issues of key importance to the U.S. and believes he will [...]	2007-11-28 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1894	LEBANON: PM SINIORA WAITING FOR GREEN LIGHT TO [...] (C) PM Siniora, downplaying threats of violence, is ready to take the first steps toward amending the constitution to allow Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman to be elected president, once all of the March 14 leaders are on board. Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, calling [...]	2007-11-29 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1897	LEBANON: GEAGEA PUTTING THE BRAKES ON SLEIMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea, critical of majority leader Saad Hariri's attempts to force the presidency of Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman on his March 14 allies, is not "adamantly against" the idea. However, he conditions his support on an LF say in the [...]	2007-11-30 07:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1898	LEBANON: MARONITE LEAGUE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SLEIMAN [...] (C) The president of the Maronite League, Joseph Torbey, and fellow prominent Maronite leaders enthusiastically expressed their support for Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president. Citing the problems the next president will face as "Lebanese problems, not Maronite p [...]	2007-11-30 11:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SY LE
07BEIRUT1899	LEBANON: TRYING TO MAKE A SLEIMAN PRESIDENCY WORK [...] (S) Despite the backing of Saad Hariri, Fouad Siniora, Walid Jumblatt, and -- less enthusiastically -- Samir Geagea, Michel Sleiman does not yet have his six-year lease on the Baabda Presidential Palace locked in. Just as Hariri et al. had hoped, March 14's backing of Sleiman caught Hizballa [...]	2007-11-30 12:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1904	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR ANNOYED AT AOUN, PREFERS [...] (C) In a 11/29 meeting with the Ambassador, a glum Maronite Patriarch Sfeir groused about Michel Aoun and complained that the French, in forcing him to give a list of presidential candidates, had promised him that one of those named on the list would be elected by the parliament. Why, Sfeir [...]	2007-11-30 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1908	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADER DECRIES PARTY'S [...] (C) National Bloc leader Carlos Edde expressed strong opposition and concerns regarding his March 14 allies' decision to back Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman for president. Edde's "gut feeling" was that Sleiman was Syria's choice for president, and that, by electing him, [...]	2007-12-03 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1916	LEBANON: INCREASING THE HEAT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (S) The pro-Syrian March 8-Aoun forces have much to gain, and March 14 forces much to lose, from the ongoing delay in filling Lebanon's presidential vacuum. Tactically, March 14 has more bargaining power on selecting the prime minister and cabinet if the normal constitutional processes are [...]	2007-12-04 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1917	POLITICAL CONSENSUS KEY TO OVERCOMING LEGAL [...] (SBU) With momentum for Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman's presidential candidacy growing, attention is focused on the procedures for amending the constitution to allow a sitting high-level government official to run. March 14 announced on December 2 that Sleiman was its c [...]	2007-12-04 15:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1919	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER REVEALS "PLAN C" IF [...] (C) Deputy PM and Defense Minister Elias Murr believes the opposition's efforts to reach a "package" deal on Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman's presidency will delay the election until next week. Murr agrees that such a package weakened the role of the president and, by imp [...]	2007-12-05 10:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT192	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR AGGRESSIVELY [...] (C) The Ambassador and Econoff met with Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad Salameh on February 1. Salameh was quick to emphasize his essential role in planning Paris III and in taking action to decrease the national debt now that Paris III is over. He expressed dismay at the smaller-than-e [...]	2007-02-05 16:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1925	LEBANON: ACTING FM MITRI CREDITS SECRETARY RICE [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Tariq Mitri, who represented Lebanon in Annapolis, expressed satisfaction with the conference and hope for future steps, attributing his hope to the sincere dedication he sees in Secretary Rice. He explained to the Ambassador on December 6 that his own speech at t [...]	2007-12-07 11:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS PHUM FR SY PREF KPAL KDEM LE
07BEIRUT1928	LEBANON: MICHEL SLEIMAN ANNOYED AT AOUN [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on 12/6, LAF Commander Michel Sleiman expressed considerable annoyance with MP Michel Aoun, seeing Aoun as the primary obstacle preventing his election as Lebanon's next president. In a "who-does-he-think-he-is" sense of exasperation, Sleiman [...]	2007-12-07 17:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT193	LEBANON: MINISTER DECRIES OPPOSITION COUP [...] (S) According to Minister Nayla Mouawad, March 14 leaders feared an opposition coup d'etat, possibly with military connivance, during the week of the January 25 Paris III donor conference. Opposition leaders' statements and actions during the January 23 demonstrations appeared to bear out the [...]	2007-02-05 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1931	LEBANON: BERRI DEMANDING CONSENSUS ON HOW TO [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri insists on amending the constitution to elect Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president via methods that bypass the Siniora government. Blaming, as usual, everyone but himself for the ongoing impasse, Berri cites Free Patriotic Movemen [...]	2007-12-10 05:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1936	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: OPPOSITION DOESN'T WANT [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri believes that the opposition's continuing efforts to block the election of Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman reflect Syria's desire to maintain a presidential vacuum. Still disillusioned with the French and expressing frustration with US poli [...]	2007-12-11 08:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1942	LEBANON: HARIRI DETERMINED TO BE PM [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting at the end of a larger session (reftel),MP Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that he was determined to be Prime Minister in the cabinet to be formed after presidential elections. He said that, while in Saudi Arabia a few days earlier, he had a "heart-to-heart" tal [...]	2007-12-11 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SA JO
07BEIRUT1943	LEBANON: DELEGATION FOR PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL AMGT KWBG LE
07BEIRUT1944	LEBANON: NGO HEAD SAYS HIZBALLAH FAVORS SHIA IN [...] (SBU) Dr. Abbas Yaghi, a Shia local community leader from the north Bekaa region and Shia rival of Hizballah, described to Emboffs what he sees as Hizballah's favoritism towards the Shia in south Lebanon, to the detriment to those Shia living in the north Bekaa. Yaghi noted the vast difference [...]	2007-12-11 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON LE PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT1945	LEBANON: PM SINIORA BLAMES REGIONAL ISSUES FOR [...] (C) PM Siniora believes Syria's attempt to use Lebanon as a pawn in its efforts to secure regional recognition is the primary reason for the opposition's obstacles to electing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president. Urging strong international support for Lebanon, h [...]	2007-12-11 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1950	LEBANON: MILITARY TARGETTED IN LATEST [...] (C) A car bomb killed Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Operations Director General Francois al-Hajj at approximately 7 a.m. on December 12, the second anniversary of March 14 MP Gebran Tueni,s assassination. The explosion occurred near LAF headquarters and the General's home in Baabda. The motive [...]	2007-12-12 15:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1958	LEBANON: CHRISTIAN LEADERS DISCUSS BG HAJJ [...] (C) The Charge met separately on December 13 with three Christian leaders, former president and Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk, and head of National Liberal party Dory Chamoun, to discuss Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj's assassination (Ref A) and the [...]	2007-12-14 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PARM SY PTER LE
07BEIRUT1959	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER ASKS A/S WELCH TO DELAY [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman told visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch December 16 that the investigation into the December 12 assassination of General Francois al-Hajj was focusing on Islamic extremists suspected of trying to undermine the army. Palestinian [...]	2007-12-16 13:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1960	LEBANON: A/S WELCH TELLS BERRI NO MORE DELAYS FOR [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch told Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on December 15 the time had come for Lebanon to elect a president. Now that the difficult work of finding a consensus candidate had been done, there were no more excuses for holding the election. In a clear warning t [...]	2007-12-16 18:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1968	LEBANON: NEA A/S WELCH'S DECEMBER 15 MEETING WITH [...] (C) In a December 15 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr alluded to his strong belief that Hizballah and Syria had the most reason to assassinate General Francois Hajj. Murr also said he had positive leads to identify Hajj's [...]	2007-12-17 17:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	OVIP MASS MOPS PARM PGOV PREL SY LE
07BEIRUT1969	LEBANON: ELECTION POSTPONED FOR THE NINTH TIME [...] (C) Despite an apparent agreement between majority leader Saad Hariri and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on how to circumvent the constitutional obstacle to Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman's election as president, Berri once again postponed the parliamentary vote on Decemb [...]	2007-12-17 17:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE
07BEIRUT197	IS SAAD HARIRI SURRENDERING TO HIZBALLAH'S DEMANDS? [...] (S) In 2/6 meetings with the Ambassador, March 14 and GOL figures expressed deep foreboding about a rumored offer that Saudi Arabia and Saad Hariri were on the verge of accepting from Iran, Syria, and Hizballah to solve Lebanon's political crisis. According to rumors, March 14 -- by accepti [...]	2007-02-06 15:35:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER LE SY SA IR
07BEIRUT1971	LEBANON: WITH A/S WELCH, GEAGEA PRESSES HALF PLUS [...] (C) Visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch delivered three messages to Lebanese Forces head and March 14 leader Samir Geagea on December 15: one, the time has come to elect a new president; two, those in charge should take responsibility for solving the impasse, and if they don't, the U [...]	2007-12-17 18:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT1973	LEBANON: A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) During his December 15 meeting with Prime Minister Siniora at the Grand Serail, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch pledged continued U.S. support for the March 14 majority and democracy in Lebanon. He assured the PM that the USG would make no deal with Syria or others at the expense of L [...]	2007-12-17 18:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1974	LEBANON: JUMBLATT TELL A/S WELCH MARCH 14 MORE [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch assured Druse leader Walid Jumblatt and other senior Druse officials of unwavering U.S. support for March 14 during his December 15-16 visit to Lebanon. Stressing the need for March 14 to remain united, he said the U.S. would support whichever course th [...]	2007-12-18 08:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1978	LEBANON: NEA A/S WELCH AND DAPNSA ABRAMS URGE [...] (C) Former President and Phalange leader Amine Gemayel hosted a December 19 luncheon for visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Assistant to the President SIPDIS and Deputy National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) Elliott Abrams, attended by a strong showing of March 14 Christian [...]	2007-12-20 14:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SY LE
07BEIRUT1979	LEBANON: WELCH AND ABRAMS MEET LEBANESE ARMY [...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Assistant to the President SIPDIS and Deputy National Security Advisor Elliot Abrams, a confident Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman discussed the ongoing investigation of General Francois Al-Hajj's [...]	2007-12-20 15:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1981	LEBANON: WITH A/S WELCH, HARIRI STEADFAST; WANTS [...] (C) During December 15, 18, and 19 meetings with majority leader Saad Hariri, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams (at the 18th and 19th meetings) reiterated U.S. support for March 14's resistance to the opposition's attempts to force concessions from the majority bef [...]	2007-12-21 14:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1982	LEBANON: A/S WELCH AND DAPNSA ABRAMS WITH PM [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Advisor to the President and National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) Elliott Abrams updated PM Siniora on December 18 on the December 17 Paris meetings regarding the Palestinians and on Lebanon. A/S Welch informed Siniora about a potential Arab L [...]	2007-12-21 14:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PARM PGOV PREL PTER FR LE SY
07BEIRUT1984	LEBANON: PM SINIORA TELLS A/S WELCH "I CANNOT DO [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora was grateful to receive a debrief on NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch's return visit to Lebanon. Speaking during the evening of December 19, A/S Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams reiterated U.S. support for March 14 and the democratic processes in Lebanon. They ad [...]	2007-12-21 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1985	LEBANON: A/S WELCH WARNS BERRI TO HOLD ELECTION [...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Advisor to the President and National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) for Global Democracy Strategy Elliot Abrams discussed the continuing impasse on the presidential election. 2. [...]	2007-12-21 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PARM PGOV PREL PTER FR LE SY
07BEIRUT1986	LEBANON: A/S WELCH AND FRENCH CHARGE EXCHANGE [...] (C) During a visit to Beirut following the December 17 Lebanon Ministerial in Paris, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Advisor to the President and National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) Elliot Abrams discussed Lebanon's continuing political crisis with French Charge d'Affaires Andre [...]	2007-12-21 16:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1987	LEBANON: FORMER AMAL PARTY INSIDER SAYS SYRIA [...] (C) Former Amal member Mohamed Obeid believes the pro-government March 14 bloc has thus far mishandled the presidential election crisis. He claims the matter is now hinging on secret talks between Druse leader Walid Jumblatt and Parliament Speaker Berri, who would have to get Hizballah appro [...]	2007-12-21 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT199	LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE TO SEEK LEBANESE DIALOGUE, [...] (S) Hisham Youssef, Deputy to Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, is visiting Lebanon to test the SIPDIS waters before Moussa resumes his mediation of Lebanon's political crisis. Moussa, in his continuing engagement with Lebanon, hopes to build confidence with the Lebanese opposition [...]	2007-02-06 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1994	LEBANON: UNIIIC REQUESTS U.S. SATELLITE IMAGERY [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) Post received letters from UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Commissioner Serge Brammertz with requests for possible satellite imagery related to several assassinations and assassination attempts in Lebanon over the past sev [...]	2007-12-27 09:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07BEIRUT1997	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) Embassy contacts argue that Hizballah has no economic program because its goals are predominantly military and political. The group has, however, over the past fifteen years been forced to respond to domestic policy issues; since it joined goverment two years ago it has been forced to co [...]	2007-12-27 15:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KISL ECON EFIN PGOV LE
07BEIRUT200	LEBANON: SINIORA RECOMMENDS DUAL TRACK: [...] (C) In a 2/5 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora interpreted Nabih Berri's support for a cross-confessional "tribunal document study committee" (reftel) as a Syrian ploy to avoid the fait accompli of a Chapter VII decision. Siniora maintained that Berri is clearly carrying out Syrian ord [...]	2007-02-06 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT2007	LEBANON: MARCH 14 TURNS DOWN LATEST FRENCH EFFORT [...] (C) Parliament Majority Leader Saad Hariri's advisor Ghattas Khoury, explained to CDA and Poloff that the latest French proposal on solving the political crisis in Lebanon -- based on a 15-13-2 cabinet -- would be rejected by the majority. Khoury referred to the initiative as a Syrian proposa [...]	2007-12-28 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER FR LE QA SY UNSC
07BEIRUT2008	LEBANON: HOW TO HELP LEBANON FINANCIALLY NOW [...] (C) According to Finance Minister Jihad Azour, Lebanon's deficit situation is under control because tax revenues are up, but that the GOL faces problems paying its foreign currency debt in the first quarter of 2008. Contriubuting to Lebanon's first quarter debt crunch are the problems of red [...]	2007-12-31 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV LE PGOV PREL PTER
07BEIRUT2009	LEBANON: NEW YEAR'S EVE "YEAR IN REVIEW" WITH PM [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora conducted an informal "Year in Review" session with the Ambassador during a meeting on December 31, repeating some previously reported points about the threat to Lebanon's sovereignty in recent months. The Prime Minister also expressed surprising optimism about the [...]	2007-12-31 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE
07BEIRUT204	SAUDI AMBASSADOR CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC REGARDING [...] (S) In a 2/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja expressed cautious optimism that a solution to Lebanon's political crisis was starting to come together and could even be achieved quickly. While the proposed deal is similar to what we discussed yesterday in reftel [...]	2007-02-07 16:13:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SA IR
07BEIRUT207	LEBANON: LAWYER FOR JAILED GENERAL JAMIL AS-SAYED [...] (C) Akram Azoury, attorney for the jailed former head of Lebanon's Surete Generale, Jamil as-Sayed, met with DCM February 5 to present the case for as-Sayed's release from prison. Azoury, a respected human rights lawyer, said that the only basis for the Lebanese government's incarceration of [...]	2007-02-08 09:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PTER SHUM LE SY
07BEIRUT213	HARIRI CALLS BERRI; EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE TO BE [...] (C) As a follow up to what Saudi Ambassador Khoja described as a "Berri initiative" earlier in the day (reftel),MP Saad Hariri, still in Riyadh, called Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday evening (2/7),in the first direct communication between Hariri and Berri since November. The [...]	2007-02-08 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT214	LEBANON: BORDER CLASH OVER IED REMOVAL [...] (C) According to the Embassy's contacts in Lebanon, there is a tense quiet across the shared border after last night's exchange of fire between Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Israeli Defense Force (IDF) units. The United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) preliminary report of the inc [...]	2007-02-08 16:52:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	LE MARR PGOV PREL
07BEIRUT219	LEBANON: MODERATE SHIA LEADER DISCUSSES STATUS OF [...] (C) In a 2/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Dureid Yaghi, a moderate, secular Shia who is Deputy Secretary of Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in the Hizballah-stronghold of Baalbek, confirmed other reporting sources that Hizballah has re-established itself as the de facto go [...]	2007-02-09 14:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CASC LE SY IR
07BEIRUT220	LEBANON: AOUNIST MP EXPLAINS THE GENERAL [...] (S) FPM MP Ibrahim Kanaan shared with us his views on party leader Michel Aoun, attempting to explain (while analyzing for himself) Aoun's motivations in collaborating with pro-Syrian political leaders and movements. Kanaan shared with us that the OrangeTV venture was flagging as a reflection [...]	2007-02-09 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT221	HARIRI'S ADVISOR CLAIMS BERRI NOT YET SERIOUS [...] (C) In a 2/10 meeting and lunch with the Ambassador, ex-MP Ghattas Khoury (accompanied by Nadar Hariri, cousin of Saad) expressed pessimism about the committee on which he serves that was set up as a result of a phone call between Saad Hariri and Nabih Berri (reftel). The March 8 representa [...]	2007-02-12 06:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY IR SA
07BEIRUT227	MIKATI SAYS SINIORA NOW AS MUCH SYRIA'S PROBLEM AS [...] (S) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati (please protect) told the Ambassador in a 2/12 meeting that his brother Taha had recently visited Damascus. Acknowledging how peculiar it is for the GOL to negotiate the Special Tribunal with those likely to be tried, Taha told Najib that the Syrians ar [...]	2007-02-12 16:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT229	LEBANON: LEBANESE FORCES' GEAGEA BELIEVES CIVIL [...] (C) In a 2/9 meeting with the Ambassador and emboff, leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF),Dr. Samir Geagea, stated that civil war is inevitable and there is no choice but to make appropriate preparations. He said U.S. help to the LF is the same as help to the Lebanese state, given that the [...]	2007-02-12 17:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT231	LEBANON: HARIRI BELIEVES ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL [...] (C) In a 2/12 meeting, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri said that despite premature reports of its demise, the Saudi initiative remains alive, even though the Iranian regime may be trying to back out of its previous commitments. In essence, the resolution is comprised of three parts: expe [...]	2007-02-13 08:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT237	LEBANON: MARCH 14 RESPONDS TO BOMBINGS AND WEAPONS [...] (S) In response to the morning's bus bombings, Communications Minister Hamadeh told us on February 13 that the March 14 group planned to stiffen its line on the tribunal and forge ahead with plans for a robust turnout on the two-year commemoration of Rafiq Hariri's assassination. The bombings [...]	2007-02-13 17:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT238	LEBANON: ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ACCEPTS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on 2/13, Acting FM Mitri accepted three U.S. demarches: a request that Arab League members take a measured approach to the newly-formed Palestinian National Unity Government; a request to order partly GOL-owned Arabsat television to cease broadcasting an [...]	2007-02-14 11:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT24	LEBANON: EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR BELIEVES NASRALLAH [...] (S) The Ambassador and Polchief called on Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Hussein Derar January 3 to request a readout of Derar's December 29 meeting with Hassan Nasrallah, the first meeting of any Egyptian Ambassador with the Hizballah leader, and the latest on the Amr Moussa initiative. Der [...]	2007-01-04 17:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT250	MINDEF MURR ON BUS BOMBING, HIZBALLAH WEAPONS, [...] (S) In a 2/14 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting NEA/ELA office director Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr stated that the 2/13 double commuter bus bombing was a sinister message aimed at him. The buses originated in his home village, an [...]	2007-02-15 14:38:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT251	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER READY TO WORK ON [...] (C) Lebanon has reached a crossroads, Justice Minister Rizk told Ambassador Feltman, NEA/ELA Office Director Abercrombie-Winstanley, and Econoff on February 15. The March 14 coalition can now block political progress and let Hizballah take the blame, or restore national unity through the leg [...]	2007-02-15 15:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT252	LEBANON: BANKS COMMISSIONER WORRIED ABOUT BANKS, [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with the DCM and visiting NEA/ELA Office Director, the head of Lebanon's Banking Control Commission, Walid Alameddine, expressed concern about the effect of the summer war on banking sector stability. Alameddine believes the GOL should not expect a large contribut [...]	2007-02-15 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PTER ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT253	LEBANON: CITIBANK LEBANON DIRECTOR ANXIOUS FOR [...] (U) This message may contain proprietary information. Please protect accordingly. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In a February 13 meeting with the DCM and NEA/ELA Office Director, Citibank Lebanon's Director Walter Siouffi appeared shaken by the morning's bus bombings in Bikfaya, and viewe [...]	2007-02-15 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KCRM PTER LE
07BEIRUT260	LEBANON: PM SINIORA SEES PAUSE WHILE PARTIES [...] (C) In a 2/15 meeting, PM Siniora indicated only slight progress toward resolution of the country's political impasse. On the negative side, the Saudis "have stepped back," the Iranians are being opaque, Amre Moussa does not plan to return to Beirut anytime soon, and Speaker Berri will prob [...]	2007-02-16 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT265	LEBANON: ARMENIAN PATRIARCH SEES URGENT NEED FOR [...] (C) The Patriarch of the Armenian Orthodox Church in Lebanon, Catholicos Aram I, believes that Lebanon's political situation is so polarized between pro-government and opposition forces that unless some "bold initiative" is taken to change the current course of events, the outcome will be civi [...]	2007-02-19 08:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF LE
07BEIRUT269	LEBANON: INDEPENENT SHIA ORGANIZING SLOWLY, [...] (C) Several Shia leaders in late January and early February described to Econoff their desire to organize larger groups to express their frustration with the current Shia parties as well as the March 14 and March 8 coalitions. Kafaat Movement leader Ahmed Al-Assad is increasingly visible in th [...]	2007-02-20 10:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT280	LEBANON: SHIA POLITICIAN REPORTS ON HIZBALLAH [...] (C) In a follow-up communication to a meeting held on 2/7, a moderate, non-Hizballah Shia political leader from Baalbek informed the Embassy that Hizballah has transferred "most" of its missile inventory from south Lebanon to the Baalbek district, where they exercise near complete control. D [...]	2007-02-21 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT281	LEBANON: UNIIIC ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETE WORK BY [...] (C) In a 2/20 meeting, Peter Nicholson, chief investigator for UNIIIC, informed emboff that Commissioner Brammertz has instructed his staff to accelerate their pace in an effort to complete the investigation by the June 15 mandate expiration. Although Brammertz believes it is now likely tha [...]	2007-02-21 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY

07BEIRUT284	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND [...] (C) One month after Lebanon held a successful Paris III donor conference, Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad heads to Washington from February 25-28. Haddad is a pro-reform, nationalist technocrat seeking change and a broader leadership role, but he has no independent political [...]	2007-02-22 17:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT288	LEBANON: COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 12:44:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT289	LEBANON: GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 12:50:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT291	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR WALID JUMBLATT'S [...] (S) In his upcoming visit to Washington, Walid Jumblatt will focus on obtaining USG support for the establishment of the international tribunal and for confronting Syrian and Lebanese opposition pressure on the government. He will be interested in discussing with Washington leaders possible o [...]	2007-02-23 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT31	LEBANON: ZAHLE MP DISSATISFIED WITH AOUN AND [...] (C) Zahle Member of Parliament Illy Skaff (allied with Michel Aoun) in early January shared with Ambassador Feltman and emboff his disatisfaction from Aoun amidst continued frustration with the Hariris. Yet, asked about Hizballah, Skaff stated that Christian fears of Sunni fundamentalism and [...]	2007-01-05 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM LE SY
07BEIRUT314	LEBANON: GERMAN INITIATIVE FOR NORTHERN BORDER [...] (C) Despite considerable planning and effort by German Federal Police officials who have been assigned to Beirut, it appears the German Pilot Border Project will not actually be implemented until sometime this summer. According to German representatives in Beirut, PM Siniora has given them v [...]	2007-02-28 16:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT32	LEBANON: MARCH 8-AOUN FORCES SUSPICIOUS OF ARAB [...] (SBU) Polchief called on Lebanese Ambassador to the Arab League Abdel Rahman Solh at his home in Ras Beirut January 4. Well into his 70's, Solh had a number of diplomatic postings when active in the Lebanese diplomatic service and also served as Assistant Secretary-General of the League before [...]	2007-01-08 06:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT326	LEBANON: POSITIONS FOR ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] (C) Polchief delivered ref (A) demarche to Oussama Khacchab, Americas Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khacchab pointed out that Lebanon did not receive the agenda for the Foreign Ministers Meeting until late on March 1, and that its positions on several key positions remain u [...]	2007-03-02 16:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IR SU IN PA
07BEIRUT337	LEBANON: INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR BORDER [...] (C) In a 3/2 meeting, the Border Security sub-group, a working-level unit of the larger International Security Assistance Donors Group that meets monthly in Beirut, discussed the current status of Lebanon's border security effort. Although the Siniora government wants the German-led Norther [...]	2007-03-05 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ARRMZY SY LE IS
07BEIRUT348	LEBANON: MINISTER HAMADEH DISCUSSES HIS UN [...] (C) In a 3/5 meeting with the Ambassador, March 14 leaders Marwan Hamadeh and Ghattas Khoury described their recent meeting with UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon in New York during which they argued that Chapter VII action may be the only realistic way to establish the Special Tribunal. They promised the [...]	2007-03-06 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY SA
07BEIRUT349	LEBANON: BERRI DESCRIBES NEW PLAN TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Nabih Berri described a "new" plan as the last opportunity for Lebanon to avoid serious civil disobedience. He said that all sides (except possibly Michel Aoun) would emerge with their non-negotiable objectives intact. Under the Berri plan, the pro-government March 14 and opposition Mar [...]	2007-03-06 17:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY SA
07BEIRUT352	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CAMPAIGNS FOR THE [...] (C) Lebanon's Central Bank Governor, Riad Salameh, in late February for the first time publicly expressed his interest in the Presidency. Salameh has issued veiled criticism of the GOL economic reform program, demonstrating his differing policy priorities and personal views from the current l [...]	2007-03-07 16:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT357	LEBANON: NO PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 10:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT371	LEBANON: MP CLAIMS AOUN READY FOR RAPPROCHEMENT [...] (C) Michel Aoun is embarked on a program to distance himself from the Hizballah-led opposition, according Aoun Bloc MP Ibrahim Kenaan. Aoun's public statements at variance with Hizballah positions, his courting of the international community, his support for the international tribunal, his de [...]	2007-03-09 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT382	IN ROUND THREE, HARIRI PITCHES BERRI ON 24-MEMBER [...] (S) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and MP Saad Hariri met for the third time late on 3/12 in an attempt to forge a political compromise between the March 8 and March 14 movements. Hariri advisor Ghattas Khoury, who attended the talks, told us that, with no breakthrough on either the Special [...]	2007-03-13 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT383	LEBANON: GENERAL AOUN HOSTS AMBASSADOR IN [...] (C) Michel Aoun is seeking to portray himself to the USG (and possibly to Lebanon) in a new light -- not so close to Hizballah after all, skeptical of Syrian intentions and of President Lahoud, dismissive of Amal, and supportive of the international tribunal. He puts forth a vision of a nonco [...]	2007-03-13 16:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT384	LEBANON: SAMIR GEAGEA HOLDS SCANT HOPE FOR [...] (C) In a 3/12 meeting, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea supported the current Berri-Hariri talks aimed at solving Lebanon's political crisis as a "useful" endeavor, but was also certain they would ultimately fail. No matter how reasonable or constructive Berri appears, he cannot compromi [...]	2007-03-13 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT387	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DESCRIBES [...] (C) Negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for an Emergency Post Conflict Agreement (EPCA) are proceeding, but some of the IMF's conditions are unacceptable, Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Salameh told the Ambassador and Econoff in mid-March. Several of the IMF's conditions [...]	2007-03-14 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SY LE
07BEIRUT395	LEBANON: SENIOR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT CAUTIONS [...] (C) Senior MP Robert Ghanem, a moderate Maronite member of the March 14 movement and chairman of parliament's influential Judiciary Committee, told emboff on 3/14 that for the first time in months, he sees tentativeness in the actions of March 8th opposition forces. He said that Hizballah m [...]	2007-03-15 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT397	UN ENVOY PEDERSEN DEFENDS 1701 REPORT [...] (C) On March 15, the Ambassador met with UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen to review the Secretary General's report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701. The Ambassador noted changes made in the report subsequent to the widely circulated March 8 draft. Objecting to areas where [...]	2007-03-16 09:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT402	LEBANON: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT403	LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT GOL [...] (C) Finance Minister Jihad Azour reported to us that none of the money pledged at Paris III has yet arrived, and Lebanon's short term financial situation is difficult but still manageable. The real problem is that continued political uncertainty is derailing Lebanon's anticipated cycle of ec [...]	2007-03-16 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT407	LEBANON: HADDAD UPBEAT ON WTO ACCESSION, [...] (C) Following his recent Washington trip, Economy Minister Haddad expressed regret that he had not seen more members of Congress, but he was optimistic about the aid promised at the Paris III donor conference. He understands USG wishes about debt reduction, and expects to discuss this again [...]	2007-03-19 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD LE
07BEIRUT408	LEBANON: BANKS COMMISSIONER FRUSTRATED WITH GOL [...] (C) Banking Control Commissioner Walid Alameddine in early March expressed his concern that the GOL is not doing enough to promote financial stability. He argued that Lebanon urgently needs a more proactive government, and argued that that if the present stalemate is allowed to continue, fin [...]	2007-03-19 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT414	LEBANON: UNIIIC SENIOR INVESTIGATOR SAYS STEADY [...] (C) In a 3/19 meeting, UNIIIC chief investigator Peter Nicholson and senior investigator Rosemary Nidiry informed emboff that the Commission is now proceeding on the assumption that their mandate will be extended by the Security Council. Nicholson stated that the investigation has considera [...]	2007-03-21 09:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM LE SY IS
07BEIRUT416	LEBANON: TOP SHIA CLERIC URGES USG INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) In the course of a friendly 3/20 meeting, Lebanon's top official Shia religious cleric urged the USG to take an active and direct role in Lebanon's political crisis, as the Lebanese parties have reached an impasse they cannot overcome. This role could consist of pressuring the Lebanese pa [...]	2007-03-21 11:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT423	SAUDI AMBASSADOR BLAMES JUMBLATT FOR IMPASSE, AS [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja used a 3/21 meeting with Ambassador Feltman to blast Walid Jumblatt. Had it not been for Jumblatt's objections, Khoja said, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and MP Saad Hariri would be able to conclude a "declaration of intent" of how to end Lebanon's poli [...]	2007-03-22 13:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT426	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) In a 3/22 meeting with the Ambassador, French Ambassador Bernard Emie expressed concern that, with the departure of French President Jacques Chirac, France will lose its only strong advocate for Chapter VII approval of the Special Tribunal. The "entire French bureaucracy" is against pro [...]	2007-03-22 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY SA FR
07BEIRUT427	LEBANON: AOUN SKEPTICS ON HIZBALLAH, POLITICAL [...] (C) Some of Michel Aoun's closest friends and MPs are unsure about the soundness of his arrangement with Hizballah and his fitness for the office of President. At a 3/21 dinner, they also observed that Hizballah's influence from abroad is incontestable, and that Iran has more control over it [...]	2007-03-22 16:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT43	LEBANON: MICHEL "THE COOK" MURR HAS RECIPES FOR [...] (C) Veteran politician, MP and Michel Aoun ally Michel Murr is working on a solution to the Metn by-election controversy that would bypass President Lahoud and install Amine Gemayel in the parliamentary seat left vacant by the assassination of his son. Murr also has a formula for the resoluti [...]	2007-01-08 17:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT430	LEBANON: SINIORA DETAILS TRIBUNAL STRATEGY [...] (C) In a 3/23 meeting, PM Siniora explained that he intends to take advantage of a flurry of diplomatic activity -- the upcoming visits to Beirut of Chancellor Angela Merkel, UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon, and U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as well as next week's Arab Summit -- to try to force the opposition [...]	2007-03-23 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM LE SY IS
07BEIRUT44	LEBANON: TASHNAQ MPS DISTANCE SELVES FROM [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and Emboff met with Tashnaq Secretary General Hovig Mukhtarian and Members of Parliament SIPDIS Hagop Pakradunian and George Kassarji in early January. Tashnaq politicians distanced their party from the rest of the opposition, emphasizing their relative neutrality, ma [...]	2007-01-08 18:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SY LE
07BEIRUT440	LEBANON: SUNNI MUFTI SEES CRISIS OF IRANIAN, [...] (C) Lebanon's highest Sunni spiritual leader sees the country passing through its worst crisis ever, and lays the blame on a regional Shia resurgence powered by Syria and Iran. The Lebanese issues of the tribunal and cabinet expansion are mere pretexts for Hizballah and Amal to cripple Lebano [...]	2007-03-26 15:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT450	LEBANON: MARONITE PATRIARCH ADOPTS SOME [...] (C) In a 3/26 meeting with the Ambassador, the Maronite Patriarch conveyed some surprisingly unhelpful positions regarding Lebanon's political impasse. Patriarch Sfeir, perhaps in an effort to appear strictly neutral to Lebanon's warring political factions, has apparently adopted some convi [...]	2007-03-27 13:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT465	LEBANON: FRANJIEH ADMITS OPPOSITION HOLDING [...] (C) On March 23, Suleiman Franjieh treated the Ambassador to a full menu of the opposition leader's controversial positions on Lebanon's political crisis. Franjieh expressed general support for the international tribunal, but warned that the opposition would use it as a bargaining chip to obt [...]	2007-03-29 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT471	LEBANON: HARIRI ENCOURAGED BY SUMMIT; SEEKS HELP [...] (C) Mustaqbal Party leader Saad Hariri believes statements made at the Arab Summit on the opening day of March 28 were helpful to the March 14 cause, as were private discussions between the Saudis and Syrian President Asad. Hariri was unaware of the applicability of UNSCR 1747 on Lebanon, but [...]	2007-03-30 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT472	LEBANON: BERRI SAYS OFFER IS STILL ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT473	LEBANON: BERRI SAYS OFFER IS STILL ON THE [...] (C) In a 3/30 meeting, Speaker Berri conveyed to the Ambassador his conviction that time is running out for a solution to Lebanon's crisis. If the current stalemate persists into the autumn, the Speaker predicts the emergence of competing national governments and serious instability. He urg [...]	2007-03-30 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT477	LEBANON: SPEAKER PELOSI MEETS WITH MP SAAD HARIRI [...] (SBU) Saad Hariri told CODEL Pelosi that progress in the region, and particularly in Lebanon, requires that the international community take a firm and united stand on Syria and Iran. The Syrian regime only understands force, and is becoming emboldened by the increased number of visitors to S [...]	2007-04-02 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT482	LEBANON: CODEL PEOSI MEETS SPEAKER NABIH BERRI [...] (C) Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri tld CODEL Pelosi on April 2 that it is the lack o Shia representation in the cabinet, and not theinternational tribunal, that is the real crux ofthe Lebanese political crisis. Berri refuses toconvene a formal session of Parliament or work wih the [...]	2007-04-03 14:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT483	LEBANON: CODEL PELOSI MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (U) April 2, 2007 meeting in Beirut between CODEL Pelosi and Prime Minister Siniora. Lebanese Attendees: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr Ambassador Mohamed Chatah, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Ambassador Antoine Chedid, Lebano [...]	2007-04-03 15:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT524	LEBANON: MODERATE REFORM MP BELIEVES CHAPTER VII [...] (C) In a 4/12 meeting with emboff, pro-reform MP Robert Ghanem suggested that Hizballah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, acting under Syrian/Iranian orders, has altered his strategy following the collapse of the erratic Berri-Hariri talks. Ghanem maintained that once it became clear th [...]	2007-04-16 12:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT528	LEBANON: NORTHERN BORDER PILOT PROJECT [...] (C) On April 11, German Federal Police (GFP) representatives in Beirut released the draft concept paper for Lebanon's Northern Border Pilot Project, which is being developed and implemented by the GFP in coordination with senior leadership of the LAF, ISF, and Lebanon's Customs Police. The [...]	2007-04-16 14:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT529	LEBANON: STOPPING PKK TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT533	LEBANON: PROPOSED CHARITY DESIGNATION [...] (S) A proposed designation of the al-Mabarrat charity organization, founded by Lebanon's top Shia spiritual leader Sayyed Fadlallah, would risk material damage to USG relations with Lebanon's Shia community, while promising little if any impact on Hizballah. The Embassy maintains good relation [...]	2007-04-17 12:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT535	LEBANON: FORMER AOUNIST OPTIMISTIC FOR NOVEMBER [...] (C) Christian leader Michel Aoun,s former son-law, Sami Nader, is optimistic that Lebanon's political impasse can be resolved in November. He is developing an NGO and think tank to help educate Lebanese voters and the press to support presidential elections on time. He believes the oppositi [...]	2007-04-17 12:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT536	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI INSISTS THAT A CHAPTER VII [...] (C) In a 4/17 meeting notable for Nabih Berri's casual attitude toward the Special Tribunal, Berri contended that even if the Security Council establishes the court under Chapter VII, the crisis in Lebanon would persist. Berri gave the impression that the tribunal was almost a side issue in [...]	2007-04-18 10:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT540	LEBANON: MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TO ICI MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 13:34:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER EAID EFIN UN GCC IZ LE
07BEIRUT552	LEBANON: UN LEGAL ADVISOR URGES EARLY TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Near the conclusion of his Beirut visit, the UN Legal Advisor reported to us on 4/20 that Hizballah has still not revealed its reservations to the special tribunal for Lebanon but denies having issues with Article 3 (assigning responsibility to superiors) and has repeated its pledge to sup [...]	2007-04-20 15:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT558	PEDERSEN ON UN/OLA NICOLAS MICHEL VISIT: [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch with the Ambassador on 4/23, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen reported that, in his final meetings in Lebanon before departing 4/21, UN/OLA chief Nicolas Michel failed in his last attempts to get the Lebanese to agree to approve the Special Tribunal t [...]	2007-04-23 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KCRM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT569	ELIAS MURR CLAIMS LAHOUD PREPARED TO APPOINT ISSAM [...] (S) In a 4/23 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr added his voice to the rumors that Lebanese President Emile Lahoud plans to appoint a competing cabinet to reinforce the position that the Siniora cabinet is null and void. In Murr's version (wh [...]	2007-04-24 13:26:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT57	FORMER PM KARAMI SEEMINGLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH [...] (C) Responding to messages passed by the Karami family, the Ambassador called on former Prime Minister Omar Karami in his Beirut home on 1/9. The Sunni politician (and former MP) from Tripoli stated that the situation in Lebanon was deteriorating rapidly, and he questioned the tactics of the [...]	2007-01-10 16:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT576	LEBANON: SINIORA IN GO-SLOW MODE ON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) PM Siniora's recent trip to Egypt garnered an energy deal that could reduce Lebanon's dependence on Syria, but President Mubarak and Amr Moussa advised steadfastness, not confrontation, in the GOL's political conflict with Syria and its allies in Lebanon. Rumors of a Swiss track to solve t [...]	2007-04-25 06:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM ENRG PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT585	LEBANON: NPT PREPCOM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 14:22:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT587	PEDERSEN BRIEFS ON UNSYG BAN'S TRIP TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) In a 4/25 meeting with the Ambassador, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen said that, in terms of the Lebanon agenda, the Syrians -- as could have been predicted, he acknowledged -- offered "nothing" in UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon's meetings in Damascus the previous day. While adopti [...]	2007-04-25 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT590	LEBANON: MOHAMMAD SAMMAK WORRIED ABOUT EXTREMISM [...] (C) Lebanon is proud of its tradition as the only Arab democracy in the Middle East; however democracy is not the priority for the country - national unity is, according to interfaith dialogue leader Mohammad Sammak. Sunni extremism, especially in northern Lebanon, is growing and is being fi [...]	2007-04-25 15:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT591	LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ SEES FEW COMPLICATIONS FROM A [...] (C) In a 4/25 meeting, UNIIIC Commissioner Brammertz informed the Ambassador that his sizable investigative team is moving steadily forward in all areas of inquiry: forensics, interviews, evidence prioritization and archiving, correlation of findings, and laying the groundwork for prosecutio [...]	2007-04-26 05:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT592	G-8 LUNCHEON REVEALS EU, RUSSIAN HESITATIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: A 4/25 luncheon for G-8 ambassadors revealed a three-way split regarding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Whereas all envoys agreed that Lebanese domestic approval is all but impossible, only the French and American ambassadors thought the UN Security Council should consider [...]	2007-04-26 07:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV UNSC LE
07BEIRUT60	LEBANON: JUMBLATT SEES HIZBALLAH AS THREAT TO [...] (S) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt described arms smuggling from Syria to Hizballah as an elusive problem, and deemed the LAF incapable of taking on an anti-smuggling role while also protecting the GOL against demonstrators in the capital. Talk of divisions among March 8 coalition partners, or of [...]	2007-01-11 08:53:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT602	LEBANON:SAMIR GEAGEA ON THE TRIBUNAL, BOLSTERING [...] (C) In a 4/26 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said the Special Tribunal is in the UN's hands and no longer achievable through Lebanese internal dynamics. He thought it important to launch the tribunal process and obtain UNSC approval before French Presi [...]	2007-04-27 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT603	LEBANON: MODERATE LEADERS ON CHAPTER VII: ONLY [...] (C) Influential Maronite leaders Nassib Lahoud and Sheikh Michel Khoury acknowledged that Chapter VII is now the only realistic means to establish the Special Tribunal, and has to be introduced soon. But both moderate leaders strongly cautioned that only one chance exists: if the Security [...]	2007-04-30 06:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT607	LEBANON: ARCHBISHOP AUDI FEARS TRIBUNAL WILL [...] (C) In a 4/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Archbishop Elias Audi, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, had no additional information on the attacks of the two murdered youths found last evening south of Beirut, but hoped it was not politically motivated because this could further escala [...]	2007-04-30 12:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT610	LEBANON: SPECIAL 301 DESIGNATION NOTIFICATION [...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel, emboff delivered talking points regarding Lebanon's continued designation as a Priority Watch List country to appropriate officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economy and Trade. Lama Oueijan, Senior Advisor to Minister of Economy [...]	2007-04-30 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD LE PGOV PREL
07BEIRUT618	LEBANON: MINISTRY OF FINANCE STAFF REVIEWS [...] (SBU) In separate meetings with Ministry of Finance staff, the common view of their recent meetings in Washington was positive. While MOF Director General Alain Bifani gave a sharp, insightful readout of the meetings, his working level finance team were already focused on the next event, a E [...]	2007-05-02 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN LE PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT622	LEBANON: THROUGH AOUN'S LOOKING GLASS: ARGUES FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador and Poloff visited General Michel Aoun and his chief advisor Gebran Bassil on May 2. Aoun's perceptions continue to be radically different from U.S. views despite similar stated goals of a free and democratic Lebanon. Aoun argued that appeasing and building trust with Syr [...]	2007-05-03 08:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT623	LEBANON: MARCH 14 ATTEMPTS TO COUNTER AOUN'S NEW [...] (C) Two founding members of the pro-reform March 14th movement expressed genuine concern that FPM leader Michel Aoun's shewd proposal to select Lebanon's next president by direct elections has to be effectively countered -- and soon. MP Samir Franjieh and former MP Fares Souaid argued that t [...]	2007-05-03 09:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT624	LEBANON: HIGHER COUNCIL FOR PRIVATIZATION SYG [...] (SBU) SYG Ziad Hayek does not believe early progress will be made in the privatization of Lebanon's mobile sector. There are "technical" solutions, but according to Hayek, PM Siniora has said he would prefer a new law. Privatization of the telecommunications fixed sector is also delayed, pri [...]	2007-05-03 09:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON ECPS ENIV LE PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT633	LEBANON: PRO-REFORM LEADERS URGE CHAPTER VII [...] (C) In a 5/3 meeting at the Embassy, a broad range of leaders from the March 14th movement, including Walid Jumblatt, Marwan Hamadeh, Ghattas Khoury and Nassib Lahoud, discussed the chances for a successful vote on a Chapter VII resolution, likely Syrian and opposition reaction to such a dev [...]	2007-05-04 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT634	KHOURY PITCHES JUMBLATT ON CABINET RESIGNATION [...] (C) Over a wine-lubricated dinner in Mukhtara on 4/28, Ghattas Khoury (former MP and now close advisor to Saad Hariri) worked to persuade Druse leader (and generous dinner host) Walid Jumblatt to back a radical, counterintuitive proposal: that the best way for the March 14 bloc to regain th [...]	2007-05-04 15:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE
07BEIRUT635	LEBANON: FORMER AMBASSADOR FEARS IRANIAN [...] (C) Former Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Simon Karam expressed concerned that an allegedly Iranian-funded and Jihad al-Bina-managed highway linking Shia populations in the south and the Biqa' Valley could raise sectarian tensions and increase Hizballah's area of control. Meanwhile, the coun [...]	2007-05-04 16:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT650	LEBANON: INDEPENDENT SHIA POLITICIAN SUGGESTS [...] (SBU) Independent Shia political leader Mohammad Baydoun in early May expressed frustration that the March 14 movement continues to approach the Shia community exclusively through Nabih Berri, whom Baydoun considers an unreliable partner. The main impediment to progress in Lebanon is Hizballah [...]	2007-05-08 16:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IS LE
07BEIRUT651	LEBANON: HARIRI PROMISES SINIORA WILL SEND SECOND [...] (C) Indicative of increasing momentum toward Chapter VII, March 14 parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador in a 5/8 meeting that PM Siniora is about to send a second, more emphatic letter to UNSYG Ban Ki-moon. Although Chapter VII was not explicitly referred to in the d [...]	2007-05-08 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT655	NABIH BERRI SEEKS USG HELP TO DERAIL LAHOUD-SYRIAN [...] (S) Describing President Emile Lahoud as a "bastard," Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri used a 5/9 meeting with the Ambassador to seek USG help in derailing what Berri suspects is a diabolical Syrian-inspired plot Lahoud plans to implement to destroy Lebanon's parliament. (Yes, gentle reader, [...]	2007-05-09 17:27:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT66	WHERE ARE THE DEMONSTRATORS? [...] (S) Curiously, the much ballyhooed "anti-Paris III" labor protests that the March 8-Aoun opposition promised -- from Michel Aoun's front yard -- would shake the foundations of the Siniora government this week have fizzled. After two days of lackluster turn-out, the General Labor Confederatio [...]	2007-01-12 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT665	PATRIARCH SFEIR UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT VATICAN [...] (C) In a 5/10 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir downplayed the possibility of a special Vatican envoy helping to solve Lebanon's political crisis. A Vatican envoy, Sfeir said, would be perceived as coming to unite the Christians in advance of presidential elections. As t [...]	2007-05-11 17:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT666	LEBANON: AOUN ADVISOR'S RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE [...] (C) General Aoun's son-in-law and senior advisor Gebran Bassil provided details about Michel Aoun's anticipated initiative, which has yet to be publicly released. Bassil has been preparing the initiative for some time, but Aoun decided to wait until all of Lebanon's political players appeare [...]	2007-05-11 17:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM LE
07BEIRUT673	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S 5/15-17/07 VISIT TO [...] (S) David: You last visited Lebanon in August 2006. Then, as now, Lebanon was in deep crisis. Yet the impact of today's crisis -- when Syria's allies seek to paralyze and make irrelevant the cabinet of Fouad Siniora and then install a pro-Syrian president in autumn -- stands in sharp contras [...]	2007-05-15 08:25:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT68	LEBANON: EAC TO ADDRESS THREATS TO EMBASSY [...] (S) On January 12 the DCM convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review current threats in the wake of the early morning attack against Embassy Athens. EAC members discussed press reports of the Atnens attack, reftel description of an alleged missile threat against Embassy Beirut, [...]	2007-01-12 17:07:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER CASC PGOV LE
07BEIRUT690	LEBANON: AOUN SAME GOALS, BUT DIFFERENT MEANS TO [...] (SBU) Former General Michel Aoun displayed to visiting NEA A/S Welch a friendly, near collegial demeanor as he outlined his plan for disarming Hizballah and assuring Hizballah supporters in southern Lebanon that a legitimate government can keep them safe from Israel. Welch said the U.S. woul [...]	2007-05-17 11:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
07BEIRUT691	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR DISMISSES POPULAR [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with visiting NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir -- commemorating his 87th birthday on the same day -- reported that his rare visit to President Emile Lahoud the previous week was to warn against Lahoud's appointment of a second cabinet. Lahoud d [...]	2007-05-17 12:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT692	LEBANON: A/S WELCH AND PM SINIORA COORDINATE [...] (C) In a 5/16 meeting, PM Siniora informed the visiting NEA A/S Welch that he is ready to initiate an all-out final diplomatic push to garner support for Chapter VII to establish the Special Tribunal. Once the P-3 draft resolution text has been agreed upon, Siniora will concentrate on winni [...]	2007-05-17 13:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT696	LEBANON: A/S WELCH DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS WITH [...] (C) In a 5/15 meeting with Walid Jumblatt, Marwan Hamadeh, Ghazi Aridi and other March 14th figures, NEA A/S Welch assured them that U.S. support is non-negotiable and the pro-reform movement in Lebanon enjoys strong bi-partisan support in Congress. The state of play in the UN Security Coun [...]	2007-05-17 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT697	LEBANON: BERRI PRESENTS HIS ROADMAP: [...] (C) In a 5/16 meeting with A/S Welch, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri argued that the U.S. should welcome and support his announcement of, and commitment to, a 9/25 parliamentary session to initiate Lebanon's parliamentary elections. That date can be used as the action-forcing event to resolve [...]	2007-05-17 16:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT698	LEBANON: GEAGEA FOCUSES ON ELECTIONS WITH A/S [...] (C) In a 16 May meeting with visiting NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea expressed confidence that the 14 March coalition could unite behind one presidential candidate. He insisted that March 14 would elect a president with a simple majority, but urged the [...]	2007-05-17 16:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT699	LEBANON: A/S WELCH VISITS FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a May 16 meeting with visiting NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador, former President Amine Gemayel stressed the need for a successful UN Security Council vote to establish the tribunal to try suspects in the death of former Prime Minister Hariri. Gemayel also hopes for a strongly-worded r [...]	2007-05-17 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL LE SY
07BEIRUT701	LAF COMMANDER FRETS ABOUT UNIFIL UNDER "TWO [...] (C) On May 16, NEA A/S David Welch met with Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman. General Sleiman was confident that the LAF would maintain unity and remain neutral politically. However, he admitted that if President Emile Lahoud appoints a second government -- a scen [...]	2007-05-18 09:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT704	LEBANON: HARIRI FEELS GOOD ABOUT FRENCH AND BAD [...] (C) In a 5/15 meeting with A/S Welch, MP Saad Hariri reported with satisfaction about the start of his relationship with French President Sarkozy, which Hariri interpreted as a promising sign of continued French support. The Syrians, however, continue to worry Hariri. Having blocked the gover [...]	2007-05-18 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT706	LEBANON: A/S WELCH ASSURES CHRISTIAN LEADERS [...] (C) Christian leaders of the pro-reform March 14 Movement met on May 15 at the Ambassador's residence with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch. In what was the A/S's first official meeting in Lebanon, the they expressed their hopes for the quick establishment of the Special Tribunal and noted [...]	2007-05-18 16:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
07BEIRUT707	THE SEDUCTION OF THE WIDOW HARIRI: HOPES FOR [...] (C) Further to something we first mentioned in the 4/23/07 daily sitrep, beach resort owner and political gadfly Roger Edde has pursued a far-fetched plan to achieve his long-shot goal of becoming Lebanon's next president: he has dangled before the eyes of Rafiq Hariri's Paris-based widow N [...]	2007-05-21 07:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT709	LEBANON: ATTACKS ON SINIORA ESCALATE, BECOME [...] (C) Summary: Attacks against Prime Minister Siniora, both in the press and in local conversations, have escalated and taken on a more personal tenor. These attacks, largely led by Hizballah, but with contributions from both Sunni and Shia individuals, have resurrected stories about Siniora a [...]	2007-05-21 09:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT712	HAMADEH, MURR ON TRIPOLI FIGHTS; SEEKING [...] (C) In a 5/21 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Communications Marwan Hamadeh and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr (who joined the conversation by speaker phone from Switzerland) previewed what they predicted wouuld be the conclusions of the cabinet meeting being h [...]	2007-05-21 15:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT726	LEBANON: AOUN'S MESSAGE: FORGET ABOUT HIZBALLAH [...] (C) On May 22, an agitated Gebran Bassil insisted on calling on the Ambassador on behalf of General Aoun, but, even after an hour conversation, the reasons he requested the meeting remained obscure. Bassil stressed Aoun's support for the LAF, but said that the GOL had not heeded Aoun's warnin [...]	2007-05-23 09:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT727	LEBANON: SINIORA STRESSES TRIBUNAL, AMMUNITION [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora urged a quick UN Security Council resolution establishing the Special Tribunal and expressed confidence that Indonesia, as a UNSC member, supports the tribunal. Siniora was convinced of Syrian involvement in the recent violenc [...]	2007-05-23 09:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM MOPS LE SY
07BEIRUT732	ELIAS MURR, APPRECIATIVE OF USG HELP, PUSHES FOR [...] (C) Back in Beirut after another medical procedure in Switzerland, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr called the Ambassador today (5/23) with two messages. First, Murr noted that he had been fully briefed by LAF Commander Michel Sleiman and other officers on the planned US [...]	2007-05-23 14:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PARM MOPS PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT733	LEBANON: ISF'S GENERAL RIFI SEES SYRIA BEHIND [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 23, Director General of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) General Ashraf Rifi added his voice to the chorus of those who assume a Syrian role in the recent violence in Lebanon. Rifi supports immediate action to eliminate Fatah al-Islam from [...]	2007-05-23 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT740	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S 5/28-29/07 [...] (SBU) The House Democracy Assistance Commission last hosted Lebanese members of parliament (MPs) for a legislative strengthening visit to Washington in April. Then, as now, Lebanon was in deep crisis. Your visit comes amidst heightened tensions and renewed security concerns that will likely [...]	2007-05-24 14:35:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT744	LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER SEES CRUCIAL MOMENT FOR LAF [...] (C) On May 25, the Ambassador met with Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman. Sleiman indicated that it was important for the LAF to succeed in its fight with Fatah al-Islam at the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, not only for its own credibility, but for Lebanon [...]	2007-05-25 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT745	LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER POSITIVE ON MANDATE, [...] (C) UNIFIL Commander Major-General Claudio Graziano feels confident that UNIFIL's mandate would be renewed by the UNSC in August and, if given the opportunity for a wish list, he would like to expanded UNIFIL,s area of operations beyond the Litani River and have a clearer interpretation of the [...]	2007-05-25 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT756	LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARIANS STRESS COOPERATION, AID [...] (U) On May 28, the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) Legislative Strengthening Program brought together members of the U.S. House of Representativs and leading members of the Lebanese Parliament. The U.S. delegation held three sessions with the following groups of Lebanese MPs: M [...]	2007-05-29 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID LE
07BEIRUT757	LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS THE HDAC THAT "DEMOCRACY IS [...] (SBU) Saad Hariri told members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission that the establishment of the International Tribunal investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and others would send a strong message throughout the Arab world. He warned that Syria is oppo [...]	2007-05-29 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE

07BEIRUT767	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI DEFENDS CLOSURE OF [...] (C) In a 5/29 meeting with CODEL Price, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri thanked the delegation for its legislative strengthening assistance. Chairman Price expressed surprise and concern that Berri has not used the institution of the parliament to resolve the political impasse. Berri once aga [...]	2007-05-31 13:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT769	BERRI CLAIMS ONLY SINIORA'S RESIGNATION CAN SAVE [...] (C) Conveying a message to the Ambassador on 5/30 via an aide, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri warned that President Emile Lahoud plans to announce the dissolution of parliament in the coming weeks, using a dubious constitutional interpretation (described reftel). Hinting at fears of Syrian [...]	2007-05-31 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT771	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI LASHES OUT AFTER TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri lashed out at CODEL Leahy and the Ambassador during a meeting on 5/31, the day after Chapter VII adoption of UNSCR 1757 to create an international tribunal. Berri's advisor, before the meeting, highlighted to Emboffs the communique Berri had just issued, wh [...]	2007-05-31 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT772	LEBANON: SINIORA CALLS FOR "CONVIVENCIA" [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC),Prime Minister Siniora shared his own understanding of the Lebanese will to live with one another. He insisted that Lebanon must exert sovereignty over its own lands, which in his definition include Sheb'a Farms. Recover [...]	2007-05-31 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT773	LEBANON: CODEL LEAHY MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) On 5/31, PM Siniora conveyed to CODEL Leahy his sincere gratitude for U.S. leadership in yesterday's UN Security Council vote for resolution 1757, which will establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He said the June 10 sunset clause was almost irrelevant because Speaker Berri will co [...]	2007-05-31 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT777	LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER REVIEWS WTO MEETINGS [...] (C) Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad expressed frustration that, in his view, U.S. trade negotiators asked more of Lebanon than they have asked of other recent WTO members. He argued that any message of strong American political support to the besieged GOL is not trickling dow [...]	2007-06-01 11:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT783	LEBANON: AOUN BLOC TELLS HDAC THEY ARE THE [...] (SBU) On May 28, Aoun bloc member Ibrahim Kenaan told visiting members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission that the Aoun bloc was the original opposition; this status derives from the bloc having always opposed any government formed via elections that took place under the old Syrian- [...]	2007-06-02 12:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
07BEIRUT784	POST-TRIBUNAL POLITICAL INITIATIVES: WHICH IS THE [...] (S) With the passage of UNSCR 1757 on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the international community handed a significant victory to the March 14 and GOL leaders. While figures such as Saad Hariri have strained to project a spirit of magnanimity toward Hizballah and its allies in the afterma [...]	2007-06-02 13:39:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT789	LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTERS UPBEAT ON FINANCES, [...] (C) Ministers Azour and Haddad met the Ambassador on June 1 ahead of a ministerial meeting scheduled to give political affirmation to the LAF's military operations in Nahr al-Barid. Haddad described his determination to use economic policy to address extremism. Azour reassured us that the GO [...]	2007-06-04 08:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT794	HADDAD, AZOUR CONVINCED SYRIA WANTS RIAD SALAMEH [...] (S) After shooing out their staff members and Embassy notetaker after a lengthy meeting on economic and financial matters (reftel),Minister of Finance Jihad Azour and Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad told the Ambassador on 6/1 that they were deeply concerned about the "charm offens [...]	2007-06-04 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT805	LEBANON: A/S SILVERBERG MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) On 6/5, PM Siniora informed A/S Silverberg that LAF operations against Fatah al-Islam terrorists cornered in the Nahr al-Barid refugee camp were proceeding according to plan and that only two outcomes were acceptable: surrender to Lebanese justice, or elimination. Siniora agreed with the [...]	2007-06-06 09:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT812	LEBANON: PROMINENT BEIRUT CHRISTIAN TALKS [...] (C) Massaoud Ashqar, widely regarded as one of the best known Christian figures in Beirut, discussed with poloff political trends and concerns of the Lebanese Christian population. He described Michel Aoun as the most popular Christian leader in Lebanon despite Aoun's unpalatable alliance wit [...]	2007-06-06 13:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT813	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER RIZK LOOKS AHEAD ON [...] (C) Visiting Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg and the Ambassador on June 5 discussed upcoming issues regarding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with Minister of Justice Charles Rizk. Fully supportive of A/S Silverberg's argument to make progress on making [...]	2007-06-06 15:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY
07BEIRUT814	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI REVIEWS NEXT STEPS ON THE [...] (C) Saad Hariri thanked the Ambassador and IO A/S Silverberg in a 6/5 meeting for U.S. support in adoption of the tribunal, and he pledged to move quickly on selecting Lebanese judges. He suggested that locating the tribunal in Cyprus could handicap the ability of Turkish pressure on Syria t [...]	2007-06-07 06:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT817	LEBANON: MITRI MOVING AHEAD ON TRIBUNAL, NEW [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Mitri in a 6/4 meeting with IO A/S Silverberg and the Ambassador thanked the U.S. for its efforts to pass the tribunal and pledged quick Lebanese action to establish it. Mitri did not advocate expanding UNIFIL's mandate, but saw no obstacle to renewing the current [...]	2007-06-07 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT818	LEBANON: UN ENVOY PEDERSEN ON UNIFIL RENEWAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN SYG's Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pederseon shared his thoughts about UNIFIL renewal, the upcoming UNSCR 1701 report, and Hizballah thinking on dialogue with March 14, at a dinner hosted by the Ambassador for IO A/S Kristin Silverberg on June 4. Pedersen noted t [...]	2007-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT820	LEBANON: PM SINIORA ON NARH AL-BARID, CABINET [...] (C) In a June 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora said the destination of the weapons intercepted by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on June 6 had not yet been determined, but the GOL would not return them to Hizballah under any circumstances. He said the LAF will keep them [...]	2007-06-07 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT824	LEBANON: MARADA ALLY BLAMES HARIRI FOR SECURITY [...] (C) Richard Haykel, AmCham Vice President, general manager of a Tripoli hospital, and close friend of Marada Forces leader Suleiman Franjieh, on May 31 theorized about the recent security incidents in the north. He blamed Hariri and the Future Movement for the existence of Fatah al-Islam and [...]	2007-06-08 10:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT831	LEBANON: FRENCH AMBASSADOR TRIES TO DOWNPLAY [...] (C/NF) In a 6/9 meeting with French Ambassador Bernard Emie, Ambassador Feltman registered strong concern about the proposal by French Foreign Minister Kouchner to host Lebanese political and civil society figures to a national dialogue in France in late June. Emie (please protect throughout [...]	2007-06-10 10:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT837	LEBANON: GEAGEA URGES DEAL ON PRESIDENCY, PRESSURE [...] (C) In a June 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Dr. Samir Geagea said the key to resolving Lebanon's political crisis is the presidency, suggesting that a deal over President Lahoud's replacement is possible if the Saudis exert their influence with Parliament Speaker Nabih [...]	2007-06-11 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT851	LEBANON: BERRI RAISING THE BAR ON NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) In a June 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker and Amal leader Nabih Berri hardened his positions on three issues. First, he rejected the 19-11 cabinet formula he had previous advocated, demanding instead a 17-13 division (with two seats more for the opposition). Second, Be [...]	2007-06-13 13:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT858	LEBANON: EXPLOSION KILLS MARCH 14 PARLIAMENTARIAN [...] (C) March 14 MP Walid Eido was killed June 14 in what sources tell us was a targeted bombing on Beirut's waterfront corniche. Eido, an outspoken opponent of Syrian interference in Lebanon, was a member of Saad Hariri's Future Movement and a close personal friend of Social Progressive Party le [...]	2007-06-14 09:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT859	LEBANON: FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF LBCI TELEVISION [...] (C) Twice in recent weeks, most recently during a meeting with the Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief on political matters (reftel),Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has sounded alarm bells about control of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International television network (LBCI) passing i [...]	2007-06-14 13:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL PGOV LE SA
07BEIRUT860	LEBANON: GOL MOVING QUICKLY ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. C) SUMMARY: The Lebanese government is moving quickly on steps it must take to start the UN Tribunal. Minister of Justice Charles Rizk told the Ambassador June 14 that the GOL will submit to the UN Legal Adviser a list of twelve [...]	2007-06-14 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC AA
07BEIRUT866	LEBANON: UN ASSESSMENT TEAM IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE [...] (C) At a 6/14 meeting requested by the International Donors Border Security Sub-group, members of the UN border assessment team spoke in worrying tones of what their team had found in its two-week examination of the Lebanese-Syrian border. In contrast to his aloof address to the same group [...]	2007-06-15 09:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT870	LEBANON: SAFADI SEES SYRIAN HAND BEHIND EIDO [...] (C) In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Public Works and Transportation Mohammad Safadi blamed Syria for the June 13 assassination of March 14 MP Walid Eido. Eido and March 14 Youth and Sports Minister Ahmed Fatfat have both been targets for some time, he claimed, due to thei [...]	2007-06-15 14:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT872	LEBANON: COUSSERAN READOUT: FRANCE REVISED ITS [...] (C) The reactions to the French initiative that Lebanese interlocutors gave envoy Jean-Claude Cousseron during his visit to Lebanon caused the French to modify their original plan for participation, French Embassy charge Joseph Silva told DCM on June 14. Interlocutors from both political camps [...]	2007-06-15 14:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT874	LEBANON: PREVENTING IRAN-SYRIA ARMS SHIPMENTS [...] (S) The Ambassador on June 13 and 14 delivered Ref B demarche to Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Tariq Mitri, Minister of Defense Elias Murr, and Minister of Transportation Mohammed Safadi. In addition, the DATT demarched Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman on June [...]	2007-06-15 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MOPS ETTC PGOV SY IR LE
07BEIRUT875	LEBANON: DO BY-ELECTIONS INCREASE THE CHANCES OF [...] (C) In a June 16 session, the Lebanese cabinet rushed through a decree to hold by-elections for the two March 14 parliamentary seats made vacant through assassination; by-elections will be scheduled for August 5. Former President Amine Gemayel told us that he hesitates to run for his son's [...]	2007-06-18 06:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT876	UN ENVOY PEDERSEN, MOHAMAD CHATAH ON 1701 REPORT [...] (C) In a July 16 meeting with the Ambassador that focused largely on Lebanon's internal politics, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen also talked of the next UNSCR 1701 report. On Sheba' Farms, Pedersen, showing a map, said that the cartographer's work revealed that the area of [...]	2007-06-18 06:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC LE SY
07BEIRUT89	LEBANON: ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS SEES LEBANON'S [...] (C) The Patriarch of the Armenian Church in Lebanon, Catholicos Aram I, believes that Lebanon's political situation has reached a "crossroads" at which conflict between government and opposition cannot continue. The priority of all Lebanese must be the well-being of Lebanon, not the promotion [...]	2007-01-17 16:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT896	LEBANON: AOUN RECEPTIVE TO RAPPROCHMENT WITH MARCH [...] (C) In a June 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader General Michel Aoun agreed that a second government would be catastrophic for Lebanon. The FPM is exploring cooperation with the March 14 majority to form a national unity government, but claims the ball is in M [...]	2007-06-19 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC AA
07BEIRUT898	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) As you visit Lebanon, the much-buffeted democratic government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is fully engaged on a number of critical issues. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) are now locked in close combat with Sunni extremists who profess affiliation with Al Qaida, but who many believ [...]	2007-06-20 12:30:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT90	LEBANON: UNIIIC BRAMMERTZ APPLIES SCISSORS TO [...] (S/NF) UNIIIC Commissioner Brammertz told the Ambassador that neither any of the P-5 counties, nor Israel, were among the ten countries cited for non-compliance in last month's interim report to the UN Security Council. Indicating some surprise that this has developed into such an issue, Br [...]	2007-01-17 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT913	LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER WARNS ISRAEL WILL [...] (C) UNIFIL Force Commander Graziano, calling the June 17 rocket attack against Israel a "severe violation" of UNSCR 1701, credited excellent UNIFIL communication with the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and Israeli restraint for Israel's decision not to retaliate. However, he warned that Israel [...]	2007-06-21 14:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT917	LEBANON: SINIORA INTENDS TO USE NAHR AL-BARID TO [...] (C) In a 6/21 meeting, PM Siniora conveyed to the Ambassador his conviction that the fight at Nahr al-Barid was a watershed event -- one which will enable his government to take the offensive against the numerous concentrations of militants located in the 12 Palestinian refugee camps and in [...]	2007-06-22 14:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT922	LEBANON: JUMBLATT: SECOND GOVERNMENT WOULD [...] (C) In a June 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) and Druse leader Walid Jumblatt expressed his support for the Arab League's initiative to hold a national dialogue at the deputy level the following week (an initiative that crumbled shortly thereafter). Jumblatt [...]	2007-06-25 04:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IS LE
07BEIRUT933	LEBANON: SINIORA REQUESTS INCREASED MILITARY [...] (C) In a 6/25 meeting with CODEL Issa, PM Siniora requested continued U.S. security assistance so that Lebanon's army could carry on its fight against Palestinian militants and other extremists. Siniora said that once the Nahr al-Barid operation is completed, he wants to "turn his attention [...]	2007-06-25 14:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT94	WAITING FOR HIZBALLAH: SAUDI AMBASSADOR CLAIMS [...] (S) Summary: In a 1/18 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja said that he has received approvals from Parliament Speaker Berri and MP Saad Hariri for the broad outlines of a political deal to resolve Lebanon's political crisis. Hizballah has not yet responded to his [...]	2007-01-18 14:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT944	LEBANON: CONGRESSMAN ISSA VISITS BEIRUT [...] (C) Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) visited Beirut June 24-25, where he held meetings with PM Siniora (reftel),Free Patriotic Movement General Michel Aoun, Parliament Speaker Nabil Berri, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri, and March 14 MP Samir Franjieh. The visit occurred in the wake of A [...]	2007-06-26 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT945	LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PREVIEWS NEXT REPORT ON HARIRI [...] (C) In a June 20 meeting with the Ambassador, UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz said he was in the process of finalizing his next report to the UN Security Council (which he expects to present on July 19). While the report will not include the names of those believed responsible for the 200 [...]	2007-06-26 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IS LE
07BEIRUT952	LAHOUD'S SECOND CABINET SCENARIO: EVEN IF HE'S [...] (C) Rumors about if and when President Emile Lahoud will unilaterally form a second cabinet continue to dominate political talk in Lebanon. There are some indications that Lahoud might move far more quickly than expected to take this step to undermine Siniora's cabinet. Elias Murr, citing h [...]	2007-06-27 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT963	LEBANON: GOL CLOSE TO SUBMITTING TRIBUNAL JUDGE [...] (C) Justice Minister Charles Rizk provided Ambassador on June 28, 2007 with a list of names of twelve Lebanese judges the GOL intends to nominate to the UN for selection for the four seats on Special Tribunal. He said all twelve have agreed to have their names put forward. The GOL has its p [...]	2007-06-28 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IS LE
07BEIRUT967	LEBANON: FBI DIRECTOR EXPLORES COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (S) FBI Director Mueller on June 26 met with Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr, Minister of Interior Hassan Sabaa, Head of the Internal Security Forces Ashraf Rifi, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk, and Chief Prosecutor Jean Fahd to offer FBI assistance to Lebanon's securit [...]	2007-06-29 09:01:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM LE SY
07BEIRUT97	LEBANON: JA'JA' BRINGS IDEAS DOWN FROM THE [...] (C) Samir Geagea, newly installed in the hills north of Beirut (vice the distant Cedars region),advocated to the Ambassador early parliamentary elections, prior to the presidential election, as a "master stroke" for March 14. He acknowledged, however, that March 14 forces are divided over w [...]	2007-01-18 16:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
07BEIRUT972	LEBANON: UNIFIL DISCUSSES TRIPARTITE TALKS, VBIED [...] (C) On June 27, UNIFIL's Chief of Planning and Coordination described the June 24 attack on the UNIFIL patrol near the village of El Khaim as a "specific terrorist attack" directed against UNIFIL, but he refrained from saying it had deliberately targeted the forward-leaning Spanish contingen [...]	2007-06-29 14:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT974	LAHOUD'S LEGAL ADVISOR: SECOND CABINET (OR [...] (C) Lebanese President Emile Lahoud's amiable legal advisor, Selim Jeressaiti, told the Ambassador on 6/29 that -- based on Jeressaiti's advice -- Lahoud has begrudgingly delayed the appointment of a second cabinet from July until September. If no consensus presidential candidate emerges by [...]	2007-07-02 05:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT977	LEBANON: ARE MODERATE SHIA THE ANSWER TO MARCH [...] (C) Recent discussions with two political figures from opposite sides of the confessional spectrum revealed a common thread in terms of broadening March 14's political alliances -- the need to secure the support of moderate Shia. While one advocated an alliance with Amal as a means for March [...]	2007-07-02 06:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IS LE
07BEIRUT984	LEBANON: SINIORA CONFIDENT DESPITE CONCERTED [...] (C) Coming off a pivotal trip to Paris, Rome, Madrid, Cairo and Jeddah, PM Siniora spoke confidently of the pro-democracy movement's successful facing down of Syria's focused campaign to destabilize the country. Siniora believes the pro-Syrian opposition just might be becoming frustrated. [...]	2007-07-03 10:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE FR
07BEIRUT993	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER SUGGESTS NEW TWIST ON [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr believes Syria ultimately will scuttle the most recent compromise idea (promoted by his father Michel) for solving Lebanon's political impasse -- appointing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman for a two-year term to replace President Emil [...]	2007-07-05 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IS LE
07BELGRADE100	SERBIAN ELECTIONS - ALBANIANS MAKE IT [...] SUMMARY: The Presevo Valley Albanian coalition received enough votes to get one seat in parliament, according to Serbia's Republican Election Commission (RIK). Local contacts report that USG efforts in particular were "difference makers" in helping get the Albanians into parliament for the f [...]	2007-01-23 16:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM SR MW YI
07BELGRADE1029	Serbian Kosovo Position Continues to Harden: Kosovo Weekly [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of July 16. 2. (sbu) Summary: Kosovo was not as much in the public eye as last week, as there were no visits comparable to A/S Fried and FM Kouchner to report on. The GoS showed private signs of increasing rigidity on rel [...]	2007-07-20 13:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV SR
07BELGRADE1050	SERBIA ADOPTS NEW KOSOVO RESOLUTION, PM DECLARES VICTORY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Serbia's parliament approved a resolution on July 24 which empowers the GOS to negotiate on Kosovo status as long as Kosovo remains within Serbia. The document requires the GOS to "react vigorously" to any foreign government's recognition of Kosovo but does not prescribe any spec [...]	2007-07-26 06:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE1065	VISAS DONKEY CORRUPTION 212 (F) SRM (MISKOVIC, Miroslav) [...] (s) Summary: Miroslav Miskovic, dpob: 5 July 1945, Serbia, is the richest man in Serbia and, according to the most recent Forbes ranking, one of the richest in the world, with over $1 billion in wealth. He dominates banking, insurance, and consumer goods in Serbia after obtaining massive we [...]	2007-07-27 15:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	CVIS KCOR KCRM ASEC PGOV PREL ECON KFRD SR
07BELGRADE1066	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: BELGRADE READIES ITSELF FOR NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the last week before the typical August lull, Serbian leaders made sure to line up all possible political unity on Kosovo through a parliamentary resolution in order to be ready for the international community's next steps on Kosovo status resolution. The Serbian Foreign Min [...]	2007-07-27 16:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV SR
07BELGRADE1078	SERBIAN PLANS FOR HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 62ND UN GENERAL [...] (U) On July 31, 2007, poloff met with representative of the Serbian MFA to request information on Serbia's planned high-level attendance at the UNGA in fall 2007, per reftel. MFA said that President Boris Tadic and FonMin Vuk Jeremic will attend, but they have no additional travel details at [...]	2007-07-31 11:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL PGOV ITRA KSEP OVIP
07BELGRADE1085	CODEL BEAN'S VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] Summary: CODEL Bean visited Serbia July 20-22, seeking to learn more about the challenges facing the country's future and the prospects for investment and economic cooperation moving forward. The CODEL's meetings with GOS officials on July 20 focused largely on Kosovo status and the impact of [...]	2007-07-31 16:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PBTS OREP BEAN SR YI
07BELGRADE1086	NATIONWIDE MEDIA APPEARANCES IN SERBIA BY [...] Summary: From July 17-26 outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael C. Polt conducted a series of interviews with a broad spectrum of Serbian media in which he forcefully conveyed messages on U.S. ambitions for Kosovo, Serbia and the region. The Ambassador reiterated that the U.S. supports [...]	2007-08-01 07:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PGOV KPAO SCUL SR MW YI
07BELGRADE1098	Kosovo Weekly Report (July 30 - Aug. 3, 2007) [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of July 30. 2. (sbu) Summary: This week was marked by an anticipatory pause - most of the GoS was on vacation, with only Foreign Minister Jeremic making waves in the media. GoS reactions to the UNSYG announcement of a new n [...]	2007-08-03 10:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV SR KV
07BELGRADE1100	GOS' "RULES" FOR KOSOVO TALKS [...] The Government of Serbia passed the following letter (translated from Serbian) from Kosovo Minister Samardzic to the Chiefs of Mission of Contact Group countries in Belgrade. 2. Begin text of letter: Your Excellency, As Ambassador of a Contact Group country, we submit to you the propos [...]	2007-08-03 13:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV
07BELGRADE111	K+1: ROLLING OUT THE SERBIAN BENEFITS PACKAGE [...] (C) As we approach the endgame in the Kosovo status process, this Mission is preparing to activate the third phase of our K 1 strategy, the rollout of the Serbian benefits package, to demonstrate the continued U.S. commitment to Serbia's future beyond Kosovo. This rollout would involve the in [...]	2007-01-24 16:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07BELGRADE1113	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR WISNER'S VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Wisner, Serbia's leaders, led by Prime Minister Kostunica, have prepared for the new round of Kosovo talks and the first visit of the negotiating troika by affirming their unity on Kosovo policy and by submitting their "rules" for the format and substance of the talks. In sh [...]	2007-08-07 07:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV
07BELGRADE1122	HIGHWAYMEN CLASH WITH POLICE IN SOUTHERN SERBIA, ONE DEAD [...] (sbu) Summary: A spate of recent shootings in the Presevo valley have led to knee-jerk conspiracy theories among local analysts and media. While the incidents themselves are clearly not political, they do tend to highlight the fragility of the security situation in the valley as the Kosovo [...]	2007-08-08 15:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV
07BELGRADE1130	Kosovo Weekly Report (August 6 - 10, 2007) [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of August 6. 2. (sbu) Summary: This week was dominated by the Serbian government's preparation for the visit of the mediating Troika to Belgrade - the GoS's adoption of proposed rules for the talks, the forming of a new ne [...]	2007-08-10 10:01:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV SR KV
07BELGRADE1145	GOS RECEIVES TROIKA'S MESSAGE [...] On August 14, the Charge, along with the Russian and Portuguese (EU President) Ambassadors and German Charge, orally delivered the Troika's points in ref to the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With the Foreign Minister on vacation, the delegation was received by State Secretary Radojko Bog [...]	2007-08-14 17:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV
07BELGRADE1160	KOSOVO WEEKLY: KOSTUNICA TARGETS NATO [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian leaders generally termed the Kosovo Troika's first visit to Belgrade as positive and a new start -- leaving behind the Ahtisaari's proposal. The DSS quickly dismissed partition of Kosovo as unacceptable and instead made pronouncements alleging that NATO is trying to for [...]	2007-08-17 17:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1181	KOSOVO MINISTRY PREVIEWS BELGRADE'S TROIKA APPROACH [...] (SBU) Summary: Dusan Prorokovic, State Secretary of Serbia's Kosovo Ministry, told us that Kosovo Minister Slobodan Samardzic and Foreign Minister Jeremic will participate in August 30 discussions with the Kosovo Troika in Vienna and that the GOS will announce the names of the others in the del [...]	2007-08-24 08:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV
07BELGRADE1223	KOSOVO WEEKLY: RHETORIC OUTSHINES TROIKA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-NATO rhetoric and talk of inflicting "injury" in response to a Kosovo unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),in Serbia, eclipsed the first week of talks in Vienna. Tadic and his Democratic Party (DS) remain silent, while Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia ( [...]	2007-08-31 16:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1252	KOSOVO WEEKLY: DS HITS BACK AT DSS RHETORIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Party (DS) responded to the Democratic Party of Serbia's (DSS) NATO-bashing and inflammatory comments about Serbian "use of force" or "severe measures" in Kosovo. Serbian media covered the U.S. and EU's reactions to the latest DSS rhetoric, which included a Kosovo [...]	2007-09-07 18:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1276	KOSOVO WEEKLY: GOS COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. THREAT; ADVISES [...] (SBU) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) protested throughout the week, through the media and to the UNSC, the perceived USG "threat" to Serbia's territorial integrity. Kostunica traveled to Brussels, in an attempt to organize EU opposition to an [...]	2007-09-14 19:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1277	KOSOVO WEEKLY: GOS COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. THREAT; ADVISES [...] (SBU) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) protested throughout the week, through the media and to the UNSC, the perceived USG "threat" to Serbia's territorial integrity. Kostunica traveled to Brussels, in an attempt to organize EU opposition to an [...]	2007-09-14 19:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1302	KOSOVO WEEKLY: MORE OF THE SAME FROM BELGRADE [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and Kosovo Minister Slobodan Samardzic attended Troika-led discussions in London, bringing little new to the table or to the discussion back at home. The President and Prime Minister announced their participation in the next round of discussions to take place [...]	2007-09-24 07:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE132	SERBIA: TADIC LAUNCHES COALITION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Official consultations on the formation of a new Serbian government began on January 29. Ironically, the election returns proved most disappointing for the three most likely partners in Serbia's next government--the DS, DSS, and G17--while the Radicals, Socialists, and LDP are generally [...]	2007-01-29 14:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELGRADE1329	Serb Rhetoric on Kosovo Status Stronger than Resolve [...] (SBU) Serbia's leaders, in New York for the UNGA and Troika-led Kosovo talks, continue to call on the international community to play by UN rules on Kosovo. At home, government officials echo that Serbia will do everything short of sending in the troops to hold on to Kosovo, while quietly sugg [...]	2007-09-28 17:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV
07BELGRADE133	UPDATE ON ENERGY ISSUES FROM SERBIA [...] (SBU)Several major energy issues are still on the front burner as Serbia's democratic parties work to assemble a new government. Srbijagas's general director recently announced that Gazprom is likely to be Srbijagas's strategic partner in providing natural gas for the underground storage facil [...]	2007-01-29 15:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR
07BELGRADE1348	Just Say When: Scheduling Serbia's Presidential Elections [...] (SBU) Exploiting ambiguities in the law, Serbia's political parties are wrangling over the election schedule, with the presidency, government of Vojvodina province, and key mayoral races potentially at stake. The key consideration scheduling elections is not the law, however, but rather specu [...]	2007-10-03 15:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
07BELGRADE1359	SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS CRITICIZE BELGRADE [...] (SBU) All ethnic Albanian parties from southern Serbia's Presevo Valley signed a declaration, September 29, criticizing the Government of Serbia for "delaying" political progress in the region. The parties alleged that the GOS was militarizing the region, failing to follow through on promised [...]	2007-10-05 17:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1360	Reservists Protest Back Wages in South Serbia [...] (U) Military reservists in south Serbia continue protests, seeking additional payments for their prior military service during the Kosovo conflict. The protests grab headlines and inconvenience regional travel, but pose no significant threat to order or stability, and protesters will likely ha [...]	2007-10-05 18:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV
07BELGRADE1362	NAZIS AND VOJVODINA [...] (SBU) Leaders from Serbia's Vojvodina told the Ambassador that the appearance of a Nazi Movement in the province was a reflection of the changes in the delicate balance of the multi-ethnic, autonomous province as a result of the population migrations in the 1990's. Demographic changes enabled [...]	2007-10-05 22:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV
07BELGRADE1363	BELGRADE FEIGNS OPTIMISIM AFTER DIRECT TALKS [...] (SBU) Serbian leaders returned from the September 28 Kosovo talks in New York boasting confidence in Serbia's Kosovo strategy and hopeful that the talks could produce an agreement. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador privately on October 1 that he believed the Troika was receptive to Pres [...]	2007-10-05 22:40:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV
07BELGRADE1364	NAZIS AND VOJVODINA [...] (SBU) Leaders from Serbia's Vojvodina told the Ambassador that the appearance Of a Nazi Movement in the province was a reflection of the changes in the delicate balance of the multi-ethnic, autonomous province as a result of the population migrations in the 1990s. Demographic changes enabled [...]	2007-10-05 22:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV
07BELGRADE1380	SERBIA TO SEND DELEGATION TO BRUSSELS EMPTY-HANDED [...] (SBU) Serbia will bring no new ideas or proposals to the next round of Kosovo talks, Slobodan Samardzic, Serbia's Kosovo Minister and lead negotiator, told Ambassador. Resident European diplomats and a Government advisor echoed this message in conversations with the DCM and, further, conveyed [...]	2007-10-10 17:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS KV SR
07BELGRADE1392	Violence within Serbia's Muslim Community in Sandzak [...] (SBU) Serbia's non-Albanian Islamic community in the Sandzak, split along political and party lines, dramatically and repeatedly clashed in Novi Pazar, the week of October 1. The series of disturbances began with Belgrade's attempt to oust Serbia's chief Islamic religious leader, followed with [...]	2007-10-11 17:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV BK
07BELGRADE1394	SERBIA - DUELING MUFTIS OVERSHADOW IFTAR [...] (SBU) In the midst of a bitter contest between Islamic leaders that reaches deep into the politics, economics, and financial aspirations of Serbia's Sandzak region (septel),the Ambassador went to Novi Pazar to host an Iftar and to deliver a message about reconciliation. Building on this theme [...]	2007-10-11 18:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR
07BELGRADE1400	SERBIA: ANTI-FASCISTS CLASH WITH NEO-NAZIS [...] (U) An unauthorized neo-Nazi rally on October 7 in Novi Sad, Serbia, ended with police arrests, after fighting broke out with counter-demonstrators. Parliament took up the battle in overheated debate. The rally was relatively well-contained and not likely indicative of rising Serbian extremis [...]	2007-10-12 19:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV
07BELGRADE1411	SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA AND PRESIDENT TADIC - CO-DEPENDENCY [...] (C) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and President Boris Tadic dislike each other. This has the fortunate benefit of keeping the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and Democratic Party (DS) coalition together. Both men's political bases are equally based on exploiting differences bet [...]	2007-10-16 11:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE1435	Serbs Defend Kosovo Status Proposal to EUR/SCE Director [...] (SBU) Government of Serbia officials told visiting Director for South Central Europe (EUR/SCE) Chris Hoh on October 16 that Serbia's proposal for Kosovo autonomy was extensive and fair, and that the dynamics of the Kosovo status discussions were not. The government officials outlined their vi [...]	2007-10-22 10:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV
07BELGRADE1445	SERBIA'S FOURTEEN POINTS [...] (U) Serbia's delegation to the October 22 Troika talks held in Vienna submitted 14 principles on resolving Kosovo status. These points were an amended version of the Troika's fourteen points and did not differ substantively from Belgrade's previously announced "broad autonomy" plan for Kosovo. [...]	2007-10-23 18:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR KV
07BELGRADE1450	DSS REELECTS KOSTUNICA PARTY PRESIDENT (AND OTHER [...] (U) Members of the Democratic Party of Serbia reelected Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica as party president and made slight changes to their platform at the 9th Party Congress, on October 13-14, in Belgrade. In a speech to party members, Kostunica reiterated the party's opposition to both Ko [...]	2007-10-24 18:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV
07BELGRADE1463	SERBIA: ELECTION DAY SPRINT OR HURDLES [...] (SBU) Serbian citizens may head to the polls on December 9 -- or maybe they won't. The election date remains up in the air, as ruling coalition partners jockey for control of the process and results. President Boris Tadic, with the most to gain from elections prior to the end of the Kosovo St [...]	2007-10-26 14:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KV SR
07BELGRADE1472	SERBIA'S DSS DECLARES MILITARY NEUTRALITY [...] (U) The Democratic Party of Serbia of Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica on October 28 adopted a declaration supporting military neutrality for Serbia. The declaration, while dramatic, in fact, allows for the possibility of Serbia entering a military alliance by public referendum. For the mome [...]	2007-10-30 12:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KV SR
07BELGRADE1475	SERBIAN LEADERS RALLY SUPPORT FOR REPUBLIKA SRBSKA KIN [...] (U) With the dissolution of the Serbian-Montenegrin Union in the recent past and the independence of Kosovo around the corner, Serbia has seized on political events in Bosnia's Republika Srpska as an opportunity to proclaim support for the interests of Serbs region-wide. Serbia's political le [...]	2007-10-30 17:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KV SR BH
07BELGRADE1480	Serbia: President and Foreign Minister Defend Dayton [...] Both President Tadic and Prime Minister Jeremic, in separate meetings on October 30 reaffirmed Serbia's support for the Dayton Accords as one of the "guarantors," and criticized High Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajcak for taking measures in Bosnia contrary to the accords. [...]	2007-10-31 12:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BH SR
07BELGRADE1482	SOUTHERN SERBIA: AVOIDING CARGO CULT [...] The United States' objective in Southern Serbia is to integrate the Albanian-majority Presevo Valley with the rest of the country. While the region is currently stable, its relationship with Belgrade is dysfunctional and local Albanian leaders have failed to commit to a future with Serbia. Lo [...]	2007-10-31 17:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1498	SERBIA: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR UNDERCUTS TROIKA ROLE [...] (SBU) The Russian ambassador to Serbia told a Belgrade daily November 2 that the Troika's 14 Points did not "100% reflect the stand of Russia," and reiterated that December 10 was not a deadline for a decision on Kosovo status. The local UN office (protect) confirmed that the Russian ambassad [...]	2007-11-02 16:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1504	Serbia: Election Announcement to Follow Troika Report on [...] (SBU) The leaders of Serbia's governing coalition agreed on November 3 to call presidential elections, only after December 10. The timing defers the call for elections until after delivery of the Troika's report to the UNSYG on the conclusion of Kosovo status negotiations and sets the first ro [...]	2007-11-05 19:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE1529	ANTI-CUBAN EMBARGO RESOLUTION PASSES SERBIA'S PARLIAMENT [...] (U) The Serbian Parliament overwhelmingly approved a declaration condemning sanctions against Cuba, in principle. The text of the declaration reflects the vigorous debate between the democratic and radical MPs that resulted in only one explicit mention of the United States. While Serbia has v [...]	2007-11-08 20:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN CU SR
07BELGRADE1532	Serbia: Vojislav Seselj Goes on Trial in The Hague while [...] (U) Notorious Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Seselj's November 7 war crimes trial in The Hague attracted only moderate media attention in Belgrade and no public pronouncements or protests. With the concomitant press of Serbia's initialing of a Stability and Association Agreement [...]	2007-11-09 16:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KV SR
07BELGRADE1551	(S) SERBIA: SANDZAK SIMMERS WHILE FIGHTING MUFTIS VIE FOR [...] (C) Serbia's Islamic community in the Sandzak region continues to feud over financial and political control of the local community while the opposing religious leaders try to enlist U.S. support. What started as a power grab by one faction of imams supported by Belgrade apparently has spun out [...]	2007-11-15 16:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV BK
07BELGRADE1552	SERBIA: PRESIDENT TADIC AND PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA ON THE ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica November 7 and President Tadic November 9. Kostunica was guarded but cordial, Tadic open and realistic. Tadic agreed to continue public statements condemning violence in days to come; Kostunica demurred, saying such statements wou [...]	2007-11-15 16:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KV BH SR

07BELGRADE1553	SERBIA: RADICAL PARTY MAYOR MAJA GOJKOVIC READY TO JUMP [...] (C) Novi Sad Mayor Maja Gojkovic of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) confided to the DCM that she planned to break from the party and run for president in 2012. She said she differed from the party leadership in her orientation to the west, where Serbia's destiny lay. She outlined her efforts [...]	2007-11-15 17:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SR
07BELGRADE1560	SERBIAN PATRIARCH DYING; BISHOPS MANEUVERING [...] (C) Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle is 93 years old and in declining health. The Church already is preparing to select a new patriarch. The process of choosing a successor will involve a complex process of election and divine selection. Metropolitan Amfilohije and Bishop Irinej are t [...]	2007-11-19 06:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SR
07BELGRADE1576	SERBIA'S SOCIAL AFFAIRS MINISTER TACKLES THE MENTAL HEALTH [...] (SBU) Labor and Social Affairs Minister Rasim Ljajic told the Ambassador on November 19 that he was disappointed that the recent Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) report was so political, and he questioned the timing of the report's release. Nevertheless, Ljajic was open and willing [...]	2007-11-21 08:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SR
07BELGRADE1585	SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH BISHOP IRINEJ ON PATRIARCH'S [...] (SBU) Novi Sad Bishop Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church spoke to the DCM on November 21 about successors to Patriarch Pavle, who is ill, naming Metropolitan Amfilohije as a likely candidate. Irinej said SOC would need a dynamic new patriarch who could both command the same authority as his [...]	2007-11-26 12:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SV
07BELGRADE160	SERBIA'S PFP PRESENTATION DOCUMENT BETTER, BUT ON [...] (c) Emboffs met February 2 with Milan Milanovic, chief of the MFA NATO Directorate, to discuss the latest draft of the PfP Presentation Document. Milanovic handed over a copy of the latest Serbian language draft, and said the English language version will be ready by February 6. The documen [...]	2007-02-02 16:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PGOV SR
07BELGRADE1604	SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS RAISE FLAG BUT EVENT PASSES WITH [...] (SBU) Local Albanians in Southern Serbia publicly celebrated Albanian Flag Day, more calmly than in past years. In the Presevo Valley, Albanians temporarily flew the Albanian flag alongside the Serbian flag, but caused little reaction. USG calls to local leaders from Belgrade and Pristina in [...]	2007-11-29 17:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1617	SUSPECT EMBASSY MEMO BECOMES PART OF [...] This is an Urgent Action Request - See Paragraphs 12 and 13 Summary --------- 2. (SBU) Serbian Liberal Party leader Cedomir Jovanovic has dragged the United States into the middle of a political and legal battle with Serbian tycoon Miroslav Miskovic. Jovanovic has accused Miskovic of [...]	2007-12-05 06:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CVIS SR
07BELGRADE1623	SERBIAN PARTIES REJECT PM ADVISOR'S BELLIGERENT COMMENTS [...] Serbian political parties, including the Radicals, have rejected comments by a Prime Minister advisor that war over Kosovo would be "legal" defense of Serbia's interests. The reactions demonstrate that the full spectrum of Serbian political parties do not consider armed conflict as a reasonab [...]	2007-12-06 12:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1627	The Sandzak: Ugljanin's Fiefdom [...] (SBU) Sandzak is one of the last vestiges of Milosevic-era rule in Serbia where a local politician holds on to his power base through manipulation, coercion, and intimidation. However, this Muslim-populated area appears primed for a political opening, as Novi Pazar Mayor Ugljanin's tactics ar [...]	2007-12-10 06:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV BK
07BELGRADE1630	SERBIA TO WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR A STABLE IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 07:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MAR MOPS PGOV SR IZ
07BELGRADE1632	SERBIA PREPARES FOR PEACEFUL RETALIATION TO KOSOVO [...] (C) In the event of a declaration of independence, the Government of Serbia will retaliate against Kosovo and against countries that recognize an independent Kosovo. But Serbia will not wage war. The Prime Minister's cabinet has prepared contingency plans, for now under wraps, detailing the [...]	2007-12-10 07:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KV SR
07BELGRADE1635	SERBIA TO WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR A STABLE IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 08:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MAR MOPS PGOV SR IZ
07BELGRADE1641	South Serbia Fears "Neglect" by Belgrade and the [...] (SBU) According to Serb and Albanian leaders in Southern Serbia, the central government is neglecting the region's economic and political needs, and is only focused on the immediate security issues stemming from a decision on Kosovo. In meetings with international representatives, at an OSCE [...]	2007-12-10 17:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV BK
07BELGRADE1652	NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE FIELD STUDIES VISIT TO SERBIA [...] (U) Embassy Belgrade warmly welcomes the National War College Field Studies Program visit to Serbia, and looks forward to welcoming a delegation in spring 2008. Post believes that the May 9-22 schedule for the visit is reasonable. As we get closer to the date of the visit, we will develop an [...]	2007-12-12 10:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS SR
07BELGRADE1657	SERBIA: SPEAKER CALLS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS BEGINNING [...] (SBU) Serbia's Parliament Speaker Oliver Dulic on December 12 formally called for presidential elections, setting the first round of voting for January 20, 2008 and runoff for February 3. In announcing elections, Dulic, a member of the President's Democratic Party (DS),fulfilled a legal mand [...]	2007-12-12 21:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE1666	SERBIA: DSS CHALLENGES CALL FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The Democratic Party of Serbia publicly challenged the December 12 call for presidential elections by Serbia's Parliament Speaker Oliver Dulic. Other parties, however, including those in the opposition, support the election timeframe. Dulic defended his actions and said that any challe [...]	2007-12-13 16:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE1674	Serbian Government Warns EUR/SCE Deputy Director about [...] (SBU) Officials of Serbia's ruling parties warned visiting EUR/SCE Deputy Director Robert Silberstein on November 28 that U.S. recognition of Kosovo independence would destabilize Serbia and the region. Kostunica's key lieutenants went further, saying the GOS was planning a tough response (NFI [...]	2007-12-17 07:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1675	SOUTHERN SERBIA: DEFENSE MINISTER MAKES LANDMARK VISIT [...] The Serbian Defense Minister made a landmark visit to Southern Serbia (Presevo Valley),December 13-14, and had positive meetings with the ethnic Albanian mayors of Presevo and Bujanovac. The Minister and the mayors agreed that, although serious tensions remained, the situation in Southern Se [...]	2007-12-17 07:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE170	ICITAP RESPONSE TO RESULTS OF VETTING PROCEDURES [...] (sbu) ICITAP Program Manager has conducted further inquiries with MUP in relation to the individuals identified ref (a). On the basis of those inquiries, post is satisfied that the applicants are not the same people as those identified ref (a). Post recommends maintaining the individuals on [...]	2007-02-05 16:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PGOV PHUM PNAT PREL SR
07BELGRADE171	REACTION TO AHTISAARI'S BELGRADE VISIT [...] (U) Summary: Serbian political leaders have reacted almost universally negatively to Special Envoy Ahtisaari's 2/2 status plan. President Tadic has convened the representatives of all the parties to a meeting on 2/5 to chart the course ahead. End Summary 2. (U) Ahtisaari's time in Belgr [...]	2007-02-05 16:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM SR MW YI
07BELGRADE1718	KOSTUNICA'S OPTIONS: ELECTIONS AND KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Kostunica has two key decisions to make: whether to endorse President Tadic's reelection bid and how to proceed with a parliamentary resolution on Kosovo. On Friday, December 21, Kostunica's party unexpectedly withdrew from the parliamentary session, effectively suspending [...]	2007-12-21 16:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1719	DATE FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS STILL LINGERS [...] (SBU) Although first and second round Presidential elections are scheduled for January 20, and February 3, 2008, Serbia's Parliament Speaker has yet to call for local elections. Parliament first must pass a series of laws before the Speaker can call local elections. Although some analysts bel [...]	2007-12-21 16:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV SR
07BELGRADE172	DEFMIN PLEDGES WARM MIL/MIL TIES DESPITE POLITICAL [...] (c) In an unexpected tour d'horizon with the Ambassador February 2, DEFMIN Zoran Stankovic pledged that the MoD and the Serbian military would continue to work on broadening and deepening Euro-Atlantic ties despite PM Kostunica's recent harsh political rhetoric (ref a). He said the military [...]	2007-02-05 17:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MASS SR
07BELGRADE1727	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON KOSOVO AND ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) President Tadic is working to maintain calm in Kosovo and to prevent any misunderstanding with the international community regarding any potential redlines, President Tadic's foreign policy advisor, Jovan Ratkovic, told the Ambassador on December 26. Ratkovic said that the draft Kosovo r [...]	2007-12-26 16:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KV SR
07BELGRADE1733	PARLIAMENT ADOPTS UPDATED KOSOVO RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Serbia's parliament overwhelmingly adopted on December 26 a resolution against Kosovo independence. A product of negotiations between ruling coalition parties, the text reiterated Serbia's Kosovo policy without prescribing specific steps Serbia must take if Kosovo declares independence, [...]	2007-12-27 16:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1742	FORMER SERBIAN RELIGION MINISTER DEFENDS DISCRIMINATORY [...] (U) NGOs and small Protestant churches have criticized Serbia's 2006 Religion law, citing its multiple obstacles to becoming a legally recognized church. The 2007 International Religious Freedom Report (IRFR) identified these obstacles as well, prompting criticism from the Religion Ministry ab [...]	2007-12-31 16:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE1743	LOCAL ELECTIONS SET FOR MAY 2008 [...] (U) On December 29, after parliament passed supporting legislation, Serbia's Parliamentary Speaker called for local and provincial elections to be held in May 2008. Both the Democratic Party (DS) and the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) supported the legislation and election date. Setting a [...]	2007-12-31 16:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE1744	WIDENING THE DEMOCRATIC SPACE IN SERBIA [...] (SBU) Civil society representatives report a growing sense that right-wing groups and conservative political elements within Serbia are stifling public speech. Threats against human rights activists, journalists, and media outlets who provide alternative views of the political situation contin [...]	2007-12-31 16:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR
07BELGRADE188	WAR CRIMES ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS CROSS- [...] (SBU) Summary: A war crimes conference held in Belgrade to commemorate the second anniversary of the 2005 signing of the Croatia-Serbia MOU on war crimes cooperation highlighted the significant achievements that have been made since the MOU in establishing cooperation and cross-border collab [...]	2007-02-08 14:40:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM ICTY PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE19	DS-DSS COALITION MOST LIKELY AFTER SERBIAN [...] (SBU) Although both DS and DSS officials deny that they have a pre-cooked deal to share power after elections, a coalition centered around the DS and DSS is the most likely outcome of 21 January elections. Prime Minister Kostunica has made clear his intention to retain his position in the nex [...]	2007-01-09 06:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELGRADE203	MORE REALISM OVER KOSOVO OUTSIDE SERBIA'S GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: At a working breakfast with Serbia's analytical community, the Ambassador, together with the French Ambassador, took stock of the Ahtisaari plan and the way forward on Kosovo. Ambassador Polt stressed that active participation in the next stage of negotiations is the only way t [...]	2007-02-12 10:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV UNSC SR
07BELGRADE207	AMBASSADOR WISNER'S FEB 6 VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (C) Summary: In his 2/6 meetings in Belgrade, Ambassador Wisner affirmed full USG support for Ahtisaari and his proposal and urged Serbian leaders to commit fully to the UNOSEK negotiations as the Kosovo status process moves into its final stage. President Tadic offered assurances that he wou [...]	2007-02-13 14:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM KPAO YI MW SR
07BELGRADE208	AMBASSADOR WISNER'S FEB 6 VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (C) Summary: In his 2/6 meetings in Belgrade, Ambassador Wisner affirmed full USG support for Ahtisaari and his proposal and urged Serbian leaders to commit fully to the UNOSEK negotiations as the Kosovo status process moves into its final stage. President Tadic offered assurances that he wou [...]	2007-02-13 14:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM KPAO YI MW SR
07BELGRADE210	NEW PARLIAMENT PREPARES FOR KOSOVO TALKS, [...] (SBU) Kosovo will lead the agenda at the constitutive session of Serbia's new parliament on Wednesday (2/14). The parliament has been tasked with emplacing a Kosovo negotiating team and debating a platform, which floated around the parties in draft on Tuesday, to take to the next round of talk [...]	2007-02-13 16:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELGRADE215	SERBIAN PARLIAMENT REJECTS AHTISAARI PLAN [...] (SBU) As expected, Belgrade's new parliament overwhelmingly rejected the Ahtisaari plan as ?illegal? during its first session on 2/14. The reappointed Kosovo negotiating team is now equipped with a largely rejectionist platform -- mostly reflective of the last government's position on Kosovo [...]	2007-02-15 16:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KO SR
07BELGRADE218	SERBIAN PARLIAMENT REJECTS AHTISAARI PLAN [...] (SBU) As expected, Belgrade's new parliament overwhelmingly rejected the Ahtisaari plan as ?illegal? during its first session on 2/14. The reappointed Kosovo negotiating team is now equipped with a largely rejectionist platform -- mostly reflective of the last government's position on Kosovo [...]	2007-02-16 10:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KO SR
07BELGRADE234	NGO RELEASES PRELIMINARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Transparency Serbia's (TS) preliminary findings on political parties' campaign finance reports have raised concerns about the effectiveness of oversight by government bodies. Parties almost certainly spent more money on campaigns than they reported to oversight bodies, suggest [...]	2007-02-21 16:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL SR
07BELGRADE249	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. UNOSEK: the view from Belgrade ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) For the week of 2/19, almost all Kosovo focus was on the UNOSEK talks in Vienna. The media reports from Vienna have been mostly straightforward. [...]	2007-02-23 17:01:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE260	BELGRADE TOUTS ICJ RULING AS A "NOT GUILTY" VERDICT FOR [...] (SBU) In early reactions, Serbian political parties, media and the government are touting the ICJ ruling today that Serbia failed to prevent genocide in Srebrenica and to punish those responsible as a "not guilty" verdict for the people and for the State, and a victory for international justice [...]	2007-02-26 16:49:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI
07BELGRADE268	MORE SERBIAN REACTIONS TO ICJ RULING [...] (SBU) Serbia's major parties (DSS, DS, SRS, SPS) all heralded the findings issued yesterday by the International Court of Justice as a generally "not guilty" verdict for Serbia. While welcoming the exoneration for complicity in genocide, both President Tadic and PM Kostunica did acknowledge [...]	2007-02-27 13:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI
07BELGRADE27	PM KOSTUNICA'S OUTRAGE OVER BABIN MOST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Kostunica expressed to Contact Group (CG) Ambassadors 1/9/07 his deep concern over the alleged mistreatment of K-Serbs in Babin Most by ethnic Albanian KPS officers earlier this month. Displaying strong emotion, the PM stood by his earlier public assertion that the Babin Mos [...]	2007-01-10 16:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KBTS SR YI
07BELGRADE275	KOSOVO SERB PROTEST AT EMBASSY BELGRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo-based Serbian National Council (SNV) staged a peaceful demonstration of approximately 10,000 - 20,000 people in front of the U.S. Embassy on February 27 to protest against the Ahtisaari proposal for Kosovo status and alleged USG support for "dividing up" Serbia. The s [...]	2007-03-01 09:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS SR YI
07BELGRADE284	K+1 ? FOCUS ON SERBIA?S FUTURE - A/S FRIED IN [...] (C) Dan, you are returning to a Serbia much like the one you found less than a year ago: uncertainty over government vision and direction and denial of the Kosovo reality. The country?s leadership offers very little perspective for the future to its citizens. The penultimate phase of Vienna [...]	2007-03-02 12:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL SR YI
07BELGRADE288	POWER STRUGGLE DEEPENS BETWEEN SERBIAN MUSLIMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Serbia's new Law on Religion has brought to the fore long-simmering tensions within Serbia's Islamic community (IC). Serbian Islamic leaders are deep into negotiations over unification, but with separate ideas about where the centralized administrative authority should be based, [...]	2007-03-02 15:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO KIRF PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE291	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (2/26 - 3/2) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (U) Summary: For the week of February 26, the second week of UNOSEK talks, the SNV rally and Russian DFM Titov's visit were the most notable events related to Kosovo in Serbia. End Summary. UNOSEK: the view from B [...]	2007-03-02 16:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE301	GlACIAL COALITION TALKS SHOWING SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) President Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) and Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) began formal talks on assembling a working coalition government March 2, but so far they remain deadlocked over which party should hold the PM position. DS and DSS officials mostly to [...]	2007-03-06 10:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELGRADE310	A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO SERBIA YIELDS FEW SURPRISES [...] (C) Ambassador Fried used his March 5-6 visit to Belgrade to focus Serbia's leadership and youth on the country's long-term future as a Euro-Atlantic partner. The A/S encouraged both Tadic and Kostunica to take strong measures to give Serbia a European future regardless of the Kosovo outcome. [...]	2007-03-08 08:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELGRADE323	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/5 - 3/9) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (U) Summary: For the week of March 5, Serbia's preparation for the final, top-level round of UNOSEK talks, as well as the visits of A/S Fried and NATO SYG Scheffer were the most notable events related to Kosovo and S [...]	2007-03-09 13:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE332	LDP - PUNCHING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT [...] (SBU) One of the least discussed, but arguably most significant outcomes of Serbia's recent parliamentary elections, is the successful effort of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to gain representation in parliament. The party -- which will almost certainly stake out an opposition role in par [...]	2007-03-12 15:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELGRADE352	DS, DSS Inch Toward Coalition Agreement [...] (c) SUMMARY: Talks between a de facto DSS/G-17 bloc on the one hand and DS on the other continued in earnest the week of March 12. DSS remains confident a deal will be struck before the end of March that will keep Kostunica as PM; some DS senior officials are now admitting as much privately [...]	2007-03-15 14:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE364	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/12 - 3/16) [...] This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. Summary: For the week of March 12, the conclusion of UNOSEK talks and the presentation of the Ahtisaari plan to the UN Secretary General were the most notable events related to Kosovo and Serbia. Speculation about whethe [...]	2007-03-16 17:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE383	KOSOVO: SERBIA APPLAUDS RUSSIAN CALL FOR NEW TALKS [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Kostunica and other Serbian leaders rushed to lend their strong support to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Ivanov's statements over the weekend in favor of continued talks on Kosovo status under a new mediator. The statements, along wi [...]	2007-03-21 09:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE392	MAKING THE MOST OF USG ASSISTANCE TO MUSLIM [...] Dan: During your recent visit you rightly pointed out that the USG could do a lot to get value, on a global level, from our outreach and assistance to the Muslim communities in this part of the world. I took note of the enthusiasm with which you greeted news of our planned project to rebuild [...]	2007-03-22 08:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07BELGRADE408	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/19 - [...] (SBU) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (SBU) Summary: For the week of March 19, reports that Ahtisaari has recommended independence for Kosovo, followed by Russia's strong objections to any settlement other than a "compromise solution" through new talk [...]	2007-03-23 16:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE426	MINORITY PARTIES FIND THEIR VOICE [...] (SBU) Due to legislative changes enabling smaller ethnic minority parties to enter parliament more easily, several such parties find themselves for the first time in the Serbian parliament. Each has established itself as a potential ally of the democratic bloc of parties and has promulgated an [...]	2007-03-28 13:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELGRADE435	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/26 - 3/30) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (C) Summary: For the week of March 26, the announcement and international reactions to Ahtisaari's recommendation for the supervised independence of Kosovo were the dominant events of the week related to Kosovo and S [...]	2007-03-30 16:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE459	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/2 - 4/5) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 2, the UNSC meeting attended by Prime Minister Kostunica was the dominant event related to Kosovo and Serbia. Both before and after the April 3 session, Belgrade media speculated [...]	2007-04-05 16:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE477	SERBIAN COURT CONVICTS FOUR FOR SREBRENICA-RELATED WAR [...] (sbu) Summary: On April 10, the Belgrade Special War Crimes Court handed down convictions to four former members of the "Scorpions" paramilitary unit for their roles in the execution of Muslim civilians in Trnovo, Bosnia, on July 17, 1995. Chief war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said [...]	2007-04-12 14:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE483	GETTING REAL ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the Embassy's ongoing effort to reach out to Serbs and explain our support for Kosovo's supervised independence, the Ambassador and his French counterpart co-hosted a lunch for Serbian journalists and other opinion makers for a frank, off-the-record, discussion on Koso [...]	2007-04-12 14:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE489	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/9 - 4/13) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 9, Serbia's self-titled "diplomatic offensive" to block passage of a UNSC resolution on Kosovo was the dominant event related to Kosovo and Serbia. The Ambassador and his French [...]	2007-04-13 16:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE498	CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S MEETING WITH TADIC [...] (c) Congressman Rohrabacher's (R-CA) April 13-14 visit to Belgrade was dominated by a candid meeting with President Tadic on April 13. Tadic used the meeting to urge the Congressman not to move forward with a resolution supporting the Ahtisaari plan and supervised independence for Kosovo. T [...]	2007-04-16 14:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS UNSC PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE530	ICITAP RESPONSE TO RESULT OF VETTING PROCEDURES [...] (sbu) ICITAP Program Manager has conducted further inquiries with Montenegrin MUP in relation to the individual identified as a candidate for SECI training in Ohrid, Macedonia (reftel). On the basis of those inquiries, post is satisfied that the applicant is not the same person as one identif [...]	2007-04-20 15:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PGOV PHUM PNAT PREL SR
07BELGRADE533	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/16-4/20) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS -------------------- 2. (SBU) Summary: The first half of the week was dominated by GoS reactions to a mischaracterization of remarks by U/S Burns in testimony before Congress, while the second ha [...]	2007-04-20 16:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR
07BELGRADE569	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/23-4/27) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The focus for the week was three-fold: the dominant story was the run-up to and the aftermath of the Security Council Mission (SCM) to Belgrade April 26 (with follow-on travel to Kosovo). The [...]	2007-04-27 15:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS UNSC PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR
07BELGRADE597	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/30-5/4) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. SUMMARY ------- 2. (sbu) This was an abbreviated week for Kosovo-related news owing to a 2-day May Day holiday. Media focus at the beginning of the week was on the SCM visit that concluded in Kosovo over the prece [...]	2007-05-04 16:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS UNSC PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR
07BELGRADE599	UPDATE ON ENERGY ISSUES FROM SERBIA [...] (U) Summary. State-owned gas monopoly Srbijagas has managed to improve its financial outlook via an intergovernmental agreement that uses old Yugoslavia clearing debt to pay gas arrears to Gazprom of USD 188.2 million, debt accumulated from 1994 to 2000. However, the company still has a debt [...]	2007-05-07 06:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR
07BELGRADE617	KOSTUNICA'S PARTY GIVES RADICALS CONTROL OF PARLIAMENT [...] (u) At 0300 on May 8, after a 17-hour marathon session, the Serbian parliament elected Radical Party (SRS) deputy president Tomislav Nikolic speaker with 142 votes in favor (99 opposed, 9 did not vote - absence). The vote went on strict party lines - SRS, the Socialists (SPS) and Kostunica's [...]	2007-05-08 16:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE620	DINKIC, DEMO BLOC MP'S ON NIKOLIC APPOINTMENT [...] (c) Following conversations with President Tadic and PM Kostunica (reftel) regarding the appointment of Radical Party (SRS) deputy president Tomislav Nikolic as speaker of the Serbian parliament, the Ambassador spoke with G-17 Plus president Mladjan Dinkic to gauge next steps. Dinkic vowed t [...]	2007-05-08 17:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE643	COALITION DEAL STRUCK; NO FORMAL WORD YET [...] (sbu) Summary: Though there is still no official word, a deal has been struck that will keep Kostunica at the helm of a weak democratic coalition government. The deal and the politics surrounding it have left a pall of fear in political circles and in the population at large, as many saw th [...]	2007-05-11 17:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE644	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (5/7 - 5/11) [...] (U) This cable summarizes the week's notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (SBU) Summary: For the week of May 7, Kosovo news was muted by the dominant story of last-minute government formation. Nevertheless, Belgrade media still reported on speculation about the draft UNSC resolu [...]	2007-05-14 06:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE651	ENGAGING WITH SERBIA'S "NEW" GOVERNMENT [...] (c) The new government in Serbia does not look appreciably different from the previous one, save Tadic's DS party's participation. Tadic's party now plays a large role and holds competencies in defense and foreign affairs that could have an impact on moving forward the Euro-Atlantic agenda, [...]	2007-05-14 11:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS EINV ICTY SR
07BELGRADE662	Party Reactions to Coalition Agreement [...] (U) The announcement of the formation of a new Serbian government including the Democratic Party of Serbia/New Serbia (DSS/NS),the Democratic Party (DS) and the G-17 Plus was received with mixed feelings. Democratically oriented citizens welcomed the agreement with relief since it included th [...]	2007-05-14 15:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE668	SERBIA'S NEW KOSOVO MINISTRY [...] (U) Summary: Serbian lawmakers have created a new Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija which will administer the GOS' functional institutions within Kosovo. Many of the Ministry's competencies assume the continuation of international negotiations to resolve Kosovo's status. Under the terms of the [...]	2007-05-15 13:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR MW YI
07BELGRADE676	Serbia's "Spring Coalition" Government [...] The following is the new cabinet sworn in on May 15, 2007 in Serbia. It consists of 22 ministries in addition to a Prime Minister from the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS),a Deputy Prime Minister from the Democratic Party (DS) and a minister without portfolio. 2. Prime Minister: Vojislav Ko [...]	2007-05-16 13:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE682	SERBIA'S SPRING COALITION GOVERNMENT - PARTY PROSPECTS [...] (c) The conditions under which the last-minute coalition deal was struck between DS and DSS to form a new government has left a sour taste in the mouths of many of the players and the body politic more broadly. The election of SRS deputy leader Tomislav Nikolic to head the parliament - howev [...]	2007-05-17 13:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE683	CERTIFICATION AND SERBIA'S "NEW" GOVERNMENT [...] (c) The new government in Serbia does not look appreciably different from the previous one. Tadic's DS now has the potential to play a large role in defense and foreign affairs that could have an impact on moving forward the Euro-Atlantic agenda, but Kostunica still holds many of the reins. [...]	2007-05-17 16:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ICTY PREL EAID SR
07BELGRADE694	Kosovo Weekly Report (May 14- 18, 2007) [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of May 14. 2. (sbu) Summary: Kosovo news took a back seat again this week to the announcement of the formation of a coalition government just before the deadline. Kostunica's policy speech during the government formation [...]	2007-05-18 15:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL PGOV SR
07BELGRADE709	AMBASSADOR, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SHARE COMMON [...] (U) Summary: On the eve of the new government's formation, the Ambassador sat down with human rights groups to hear their concerns, discuss mutual interests, and express support for their role in civic society. The lively exchange, which took place at the Embassy, reinforced the need to work [...]	2007-05-21 16:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR
07BELGRADE711	AMBASSADOR'S 5/21 MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT TADIC [...] (C) I met with President Tadic on May 21, our first meeting since Serbia's parties agreed on a new government. Tadic, joined by new Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, said he was weary after "so many problems" involved in the last minute government negotiations and claimed victory for avoiding the [...]	2007-05-21 17:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS YI SR
07BELGRADE716	IS THE EU TIRING OF SERBIA? [...] (c) Summary: Despite a constant stream of pro-Serbian rhetoric from both European capitals and the EU itself, from the Belgrade perspective some in the machinery of the EU seem to feel Europe is getting tired of handholding its perennial "problem child." The view from the EU bureaucracy in [...]	2007-05-22 10:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EU SR
07BELGRADE737	AMBASSADOR'S 5/24 MEETING WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (c)SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MET WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DJELIC ON MAY 24 TO REVIEW HIS PLANS FOR CARRYING OUT THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM. UPBEAT AND ENERGETIC - TO THE POINT OF BEING COCKY - DJELIC EMPHASIZED THAT HE WOULD INVEST HEAVILY IN BUILDING GOOD RELATIONS WITH DIFFERENT PA [...]	2007-05-25 16:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV SR
07BELGRADE738	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (5/21 - 5/25) [...] This cable summarizes the week's notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. Summary: With a government formed, media and public attention in Serbia has returned to Kosovo and speculation on the likelihood of a UNSC resolution based on the Ahtisaari plan. In a late-breaking developmen [...]	2007-05-25 16:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE747	CZECHS PREVIEW 2009 PRESIDENCY AGENDA FOR BALKANS [...] (U) The Czech Embassy hosted on May 17, 2007 in Belgrade a discussion panel on the program priorities of the Czech Republic when it assumes the EU presidency in 2009. The panel was composed of Jan Kahout, Czech Ambassador to the EU, and Dr. Tanja Miscevic, Director of the Serbian government' [...]	2007-05-30 10:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EU SR
07BELGRADE75	POLLING: DEMOCRATIC BLOC PARTIES STILL LEADING [...] (SBU) Most observers and pollsters give the Radical Party an edge over the Democratic Party in the contest for the top vote-getter in Sunday's elections, although two respected Serbian polling agencies for the first time since 2003 have give the DS higher political ratings than the SRS. Prime [...]	2007-01-19 16:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELGRADE750	SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER ON KOSOVO AND NEW [...] (C) On 5/29, in our first meeting since the formation of the new Serbian government, I told Prime Minister Kostunica that we are in full agreement with four of the "five principles" of the new governing coalition, but remain concerned that the fifth -- Serbia's Kosovo policy --- will undermine [...]	2007-05-30 11:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS YI SR
07BELGRADE77	SOUTHERN SERBIA: AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS USG INVESTMENT AND [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador's 1/17 visit to southern Serbia emphasized USG commitment to the region and support for Albanians to participate in Serbian elections. National and local media covered the Ambassador's opening of a USG and GOS funded commercial road and meeting with Albanian leaders run [...]	2007-01-19 16:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM SR MW YI
07BELGRADE773	SERBIA STEPS UP WAR CRIMES COOPERATION [...] (c) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: The formal constitution of Serbia's new "National Security Council (NSC)" on May 31 -- led by President Tadic and designed to conduct full ICTY cooperation -- combined with the arrest of a top former aide to PIFWC Ratko Mladic, steps up significantly the new go [...]	2007-06-01 13:32:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	ICTY PHUM PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE775	SERBIA BROADBAND OPERATING IN HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) Only five years after the Southeastern Europe Equity Fund invested USD 10 million in this cable television and broadband start-up, Serbia Broadband (SBB) has become a significant market player in Serbia. Its successful growth places it squarely as a threat to state-owned Telekom Srbija. O [...]	2007-06-01 16:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN BTIO PGOV KPRV SR
07BELGRADE776	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: GOS EXPECTS RUSSIAN VETO BUT [...] (U) With Serbia's government back online, President Tadic and Prime Minister Kostunica are devoting their attention to the UN Security Council's next steps regarding Kosovo. This cable summarizes the week's notable events regarding Serbia and Kosovo and (in paragraph 8) provides post's analysis [...]	2007-06-01 16:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KBTS KPAO YI SR
07BELGRADE785	Verdict in the Djindjic Case [...] (SBU) Summary: The Special Court in Belgrade rendered its verdict in the case of the March 12, 2003 assassination of former Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, convicting all twelve defendants and sentencing them to harsh penalties by Serbian standards. Even though the verdict is subject to appea [...]	2007-06-04 16:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KJUS SR
07BELGRADE797	DETAILS, IMPACT OF TOLIMIR ARREST [...] (s) Summary: A recent meeting with Serbia's Action Plan coordinator revealed that Tolimir was in fact arrested in Belgrade. The circumstances of the arrest point mostly to internal political motivations vice a sea change in ICTY policy. Nevertheless, the result was positive, and proved the [...]	2007-06-06 13:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	ICTY PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE813	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: BELGRADE DELIGHTED WITH PART [...] (SBU) Summary: In a week dominated by speculation on the G8 Summit's impact on the Kosovo status process, the first substantive offer -- French President Sarkozy's proposal to delay a status decision for six months -- is seen by officials here as a triumph for Serbia's Kosovo policy. Serbia al [...]	2007-06-08 15:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR YI
07BELGRADE814	DEL PONTE OVERLY BULLISH ON SERBIA'S ICTY COOPERATION [...] (c) Carla del Ponte's decidedly upbeat briefing to Belgrade's diplomatic corps June 6 highlighted the recent arrest of Zdravko Tolimir as evidence that Serbia is cooperating with the ICTY. Del Ponte told the group her June 18 report to the Security Council would "most likely" be positive, an [...]	2007-06-08 15:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	ICTY PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE84	SERBIAN ELECTIONS: SRS, DS TAKE TOP SPOTS [...] (u) SUMMARY: Initial results from the Republic Election Commission (RIK) indicate that the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) again took the top spot in parliamentary elections, with Boris Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) coming in second. ODIHR will likely announce the elections to have been general [...]	2007-01-22 13:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE85	SERBIAN ELECTIONS: A MIXED PICTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian elections were free and fair with high turnout and no significant problems. The results suggest difficult negotiations for forming a government between the three strongest democratic parties: the DS, the DSS and the G-17+ -- the DS just did not do well enough to shake up [...]	2007-01-22 13:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE858	THE PRESIDENT ON KOSOVO STATUS: KOSOVO WEEKLY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the President's visit to the region and direct statements on the need to move towards independence for Kosovo, post sustained an aggressive public campaign to reinforce the President's comments. The Ambassador's public comments this week countered Serbian offici [...]	2007-06-15 13:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE876	SOUTHERN SERBIA: SEPERATIST RALLY FIZZLES [...] SUMMARY: A June 15 rally in southern Serbia calling for the separation of three municipalities from Serbia (and joining with Kosovo) drew much lower numbers of participants than expected. Political leaders in the area were divided, and in the end none of the political leaders addressed the cr [...]	2007-06-21 06:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE879	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW DEFMIN [...] (c) Summary: The Ambassador's June 1 courtesy call on new DEFMIN Dragan Sutanovac focused on ICTY cooperation (improving),Kosovo (the military remains committed to staying out),and developing Serbia's security relationship with the U.S. and NATO. Sutanovac has already experienced the frust [...]	2007-06-21 09:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR SR
07BELGRADE881	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER [...] (sbu) The Ambassador's June 4 courtesy call on new (and quite impressive and articulate) parliament speaker Oliver Dulic focused primarily on parliamentary institutional reform. The Ambassador congratulated Dulic on his appointment, and pledged support for his efforts to make the parliament [...]	2007-06-21 09:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELGRADE883	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER [...] (sbu) The Ambassador's June 4 courtesy call on new (and quite impressive and articulate) parliament speaker Oliver Dulic focused primarily on parliamentary institutional reform. The Ambassador congratulated Dulic on his appointment, and pledged support for his efforts to make the parliament [...]	2007-06-21 09:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR

07BELGRADE884	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW DEFMIN [...] (c) Summary: The Ambassador's June 1 courtesy call on new DEFMIN Dragan Sutanovac focused on ICTY cooperation (improving),Kosovo (the military remains committed to staying out),and developing Serbia's security relationship with the U.S. and NATO. Sutanovac has already experienced the frust [...]	2007-06-21 09:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR SR
07BELGRADE896	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: STATUS DELAY GAMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian officials, confident that a Kosovo status decision will be delayed considerably, augmented diplomatic overtures to Russia and European countries with the aim of isolating the USG in the push for independence. The GOS reacted quickly to the new draft UNSC resolution by [...]	2007-06-25 06:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE897	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: STATUS DELAY GAMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian officials, confident that a Kosovo status decision will be delayed considerably, augmented diplomatic overtures to Russia and European countries with the aim of isolating the USG in the push for independence. The GOS reacted quickly to the new draft UNSC resolution by e [...]	2007-06-25 06:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE915	MINISTRY OF KOSOVO: KOSTUNICA'S FULCRUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serbia's Ministry of Kosovo and Metohija (MOK) emerged as a new ministry during the government coalition negotiations following Serbia's January 2007 parliamentary elections. The Ministry aims to coordinate Serbia's Kosovo policy by combining the operational elements of the exi [...]	2007-06-26 16:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE920	SOUTHERN SERBIA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a trip to Presevo and Bujanovac on June 19-20, poloff and polspec met with political leaders and various contacts from NGOs, the media and the Orthodox Church. In general, the region is currently acceptably calm and secure. Our contacts confirmed that the protest on June [...]	2007-06-27 12:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE925	DS FAILS FIRST TEST OF COALITION LEADERSHIP [...] (c) SUMMARY: The recent tabling of the proposed PfP Presentation Document in a sub-Cabinet committee of the GoS may be an early indicator of the power relationships that will guide the new coalition government. Key DS ministers were either unwilling or unable to push the document (which had [...]	2007-06-28 09:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO SR
07BELGRADE933	KOSOVO DOMINATES BELGRADE COE MEETING [...] (U) Summary: Serbian President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic used their speeches at the opening of the 1000th meeting of the CoE Ministers' Deputies to reiterate the GOS' position on Kosovo, advertise recent cooperation with The Hague, emphasize Serbia's sincere commitment to co [...]	2007-06-29 15:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE934	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: KOSTUNICA'S "BATTLE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: With news of another rejection by Russia on a UNSC draft resolution, Prime Minister Kostunica used his strongest anti-U.S. rhetoric to date in reaction to the Ambassador's direct speech about Serbia's path to Europe. Kostunica cast bilateral differences over Kosovo as a "battle [...]	2007-06-29 16:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE952	YOUR JULY 10-11 VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (c) Dan - Your visit comes amidst a surprising, if brief, lull in heated Kosovo rhetoric from Serbia's leadership. The lack of a decisive statement out of Kennebunkport has left Kostunica and other Kosovo hardliners without a clear hook on which to hang additional Kosovo vitriol, and the ap [...]	2007-07-05 13:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE958	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: BELGRADE PREPARES FOR NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Without hard news on Kosovo out of Kennebunkport, Serbian media filled the vacuum with speculation about new status negotiations. Serbian officials doggedly continued their diplomatic offensive abroad and political entrenchment at home. Partition of Kosovo crept back into the ne [...]	2007-07-06 15:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE988	A/S FRIED OUTLINES NEXT STEPS FOR KOSOVO: SERBIA ON [...] (C) Summary. Visiting A/S Fried urged Serbia's political leaders and the public to lead their country to a future in Europe following Kosovo's future independence. In separate meetings, July 10, the A/S outlined for President Tadic, PM Kostunica, and FM Jeremic the likely scenario of a minima [...]	2007-07-12 11:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
07BELGRADE989	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BEAN'S VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] Representative Bean, Your delegation is visiting Serbia at a time when local leaders are confident about the success so far of Serbia's policies on Kosovo and progress in integration with the European Union. In reality, the current Kosovo status delay is no more sustainable than the status [...]	2007-07-12 14:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE991	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: RHETORIC HARDENS AS A/S FRIED AND FM [...] SUMMARY: A/S Fried and the French Foreign Minister both came to Belgrade this week to offer an additional 120 days of engagement on Kosovo, but also to confirm to Belgrade that without an agreement of the parties, Kosovo will be independent. Both men expressed U.S. and French eagerness to help [...]	2007-07-13 16:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE997	DJINDJIC ASSASSINATION STILL POLITICAL FOOTBALL [...] (SBU) Special prosecutor for organized crime Slobodan Radovinovic has opened an investigation into the political background of late Serbian PM Djindjic's assassination in response to competing accusations between the LDP and the DSS over who bore ultimate responsibility for creating the condit [...]	2007-07-16 06:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM SR
07BELMOPAN121	BELIZE: SUCCESS OF SUPERBOND EXCHANGE OFFER DAMPENS RUMOR [...] Summary: On January 31, the Government of Belize announced a USD 565 million bond exchange offer (ref A) that has given the government relief from sovereign debt default and has dampened rumors of early general elections. The new 2007/2008 budget is expected on March 2 and will be the first t [...]	2007-02-21 18:08:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL SOCI BH
07BELMOPAN179	BELMOPAN: PLANNED PROTESTS AND STRIKE SCHDULED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Belize's national unions have planned a protest at the Belize National Assembly this morning, March 16, 2007, during scheduled budget debates. Radio announcements last night stated the nationwide strikes that had been discussed would also commence. While the size of the protest [...]	2007-03-16 14:36:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV ELAB BH
07BELMOPAN184	BELIZE LABOR UNION PROTEST FIZZLES [...] Labor unionists staged a protest on March 16 in front of the National Assembly building while parliament was in session debating the government's FY 2007/2008 budget. 2. The National Trade Union Congress (NTUC) organized the demonstration in opposition to the budget and to protest the Min [...]	2007-03-16 22:38:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PGOV ECON ASEC BH
07BELMOPAN185	BELMOPAN - UPDATE ON BELMOPAN PROTEST; SO FAR VERY [...] (U) SUMMARY: As of 1530 local (1730 EDT),Te planned protest at Belize National Assembly in Belmopan (REF A) is still in process, and has been peaceful. The protest will likely continue until the National Assembly completes debate this evening. Utilities so far have not been interrupted. The [...]	2007-03-16 22:38:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB PGOV BH
07BELMOPAN225	HIV/AIDS IN BELIZE [...] Summary: A forum on HIV/AIDS funding addressed an overview of the epidemic in Belize, a critique of the government's response, and an assessment of current challenges. Donor groups agreed to work together to prod the government towards a more effective delivery of HIV/AIDS services. End Sum [...]	2007-03-29 16:02:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID PGOV PREL BH
07BELMOPAN287	BELIZE: OPPOSITION LEADER DISCUSSES THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Dean Barrow told us that he expects victory in the upcoming election but is taking nothing for granted. Government corruption and a "reform agenda" will be his main issues in the campaign. He foresees good relations with the U.S., believes momentum is buildin [...]	2007-04-30 22:43:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON BH
07BELMOPAN330	BELIZE: GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE OF PRIVATE DEBT [...] Summary: Belizean Prime MinisterQs signing of an unlimited guarantee for a multi-million dollar loan to a privately-run hospital has led several cabinet ministers to question his judgment and the Leader of the Opposition to call for his resignation. Four cabinet ministers have publicly stated [...]	2007-05-11 12:38:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ECON SOCI BH
07BELMOPAN342	BELIZE: POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED [...] A special session of the Belizean House of Representatives has been called for Friday, May 18. The Prime Minister was forced to convene the meeting to address dissent over his decision to provide a government guarantee of a 33 million dollar private debt (reftel). He will presumably reque [...]	2007-05-17 21:33:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC BH
07BELMOPAN358	BELIZE: GOVERNMENT FACES ANOTHER TOUGH [...] Prime Minister Musa struggled to hold his cabinet in line following a large demonstration held on May 18 against his decision to provide a government guarantee of a BZ$ 33 million (US $16.5 million) private debt (Reftel). He put off a House of Representatives vote to authorize his commitment [...]	2007-05-24 21:17:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC BH
07BELMOPAN43	Appointment of Director of Public Prosecution [...] Summary: Ambassador and Consul called on Belize's newly-appointed Director of Public Prosecutions to review his plans for prosecution of several high-profile cases of interest to the USG. During the meeting the DPP expressed interest in training opportunities for his staff to improve skills [...]	2007-01-19 20:31:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM CASC PREL PINR KCRM BH
07BELMOPAN495	CHAVEZ HAS FRIENDS IN BELIZE [...] (SBU) Summary. Since November 2006 Venezuela has given the Belizean government a US$5 million grant, US$50 million in loans, and US$1.6 million for road construction. Several sources have confirmed that recently an additional US$10 million grant has been promised. The government appears to b [...]	2007-08-06 22:17:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID BH VE
07BELMOPAN5	BELIZE: PM MUSA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 2007 [...] (U) In his New Year's Message, published in the December 31 edition of The Reporter (one of Belize's weekly newspapers),Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Said Musa was optimistic about the country's future - particularly in the areas of the economy and the border dispute with Guatemala. [...]	2007-01-04 19:49:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN BH
07BELMOPAN541	BELMOPAN: HURRICANE DEAN WRAP-UP [...] SUMMARY: Hurricane Dean provided an opportunity to exercise our new hurricane plan, revised since we moved from Belize City to Belmopan. Things generally went very well though there are some lessons learned that we will work into the upcoming Crisis Management Exercise. Although the genera [...]	2007-09-06 15:35:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AEMR PGOV BH
07BELMOPAN614	BELIZE: PREPARING FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Belize will call national elections between January and March 2008. Belize's two major political parties have swapped power peacefully since acquiring independence in 1981. In the upcoming elections, the House of Representatives will expand from 29 to 31 seats. Despite efforts in recent [...]	2007-10-17 22:14:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
07BELMOPAN624	(C) CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS IN THE BELIZE OIL SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Several U.S. firms have complained to the Embassy that bribes are determining which companies are being awarded oil exploration contracts in Belize. One company claims to have recorded several government ministers soliciting bribes. The opposition party has taken the informat [...]	2007-10-23 20:53:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG KCOR BH
07BELMOPAN650	BELIZE INPUT TO CARIBBEAN BASIN RECOVERY ACT REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 20:42:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON BH
07BELMOPAN657	BELIZE: CORRUPTION SPAWNS NEW POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Frustration with repeated corruption scandals has generated several new third party movements in Belize. A noteworthy development is a recent alliance designed to give third parties a stronger voice acting together. However, this alliance is not likely to make an impact on the two-party [...]	2007-11-08 16:17:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
07BELMOPAN687	BELIZE REPLY TO G/TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT SURVEY [...] Summary. The Government of Belize (GoB) continues to take significant steps to address human trafficking issues, primarily on the public awareness and investigative fronts. The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Committee (the Committee),continues to meet monthly and provides additional resources [...]	2007-11-29 21:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SOCI BH
07BELMOPAN700	BELIZE: INTEGRITY COMMISSION INEFFECTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Belize's Integrity Commission has not prosecuted a public official for corruption since the body was formed in 1994. The current head of the commission privately told poloff that he would resign if reforms were not instituted prior to the upcoming election. The commission's inac [...]	2007-12-06 15:45:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
07BELMOPAN713	(C) BELIZE OIL: CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS REACH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Two U.S. energy firms have complained to the Embassy that bribes determine who receives oil exploration contracts in Belize. One company official who claims to have actually paid a bribe and has electronically recorded numerous conversations, alleges that the Prime Minister's d [...]	2007-12-13 20:42:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG EPET SOCI BH
07BELMOPAN72	BELIZE BATTLES OVER SHARE OF TOURIST FEES [...] A dispute between the Belize City Council (CitCo),the Belize Tourism Board (BTB),and the Government of Belize (GoB) continues to dominate the news. At issue is the division of the USD 7.00 head tax every cruise ship passenger must pay to the GoB. While the GoB is amenable to giving the Cit [...]	2007-02-01 17:45:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EIND BH
07BELMOPAN73	ONE OF BELIZE'S THIRD POLITICAL PARTIES FIRST TO LAUNCH [...] Summary: On January 17, the Vision Inspired by the People (VIP) political party officially launched its 2008 general elections campaign. Party Chairman Paul Morgan laid out five areas that would form the basis of the party's political manifesto: National Unity, Culture of Productivity, Family [...]	2007-02-01 17:46:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI BH
07BELMOPAN91	BELIZE: ANTI-TIP PROGRAM GETS MORE CASH [...] Summary. On January 30, poloff met with Anita Zetina (Chair of the Belize Anti-Trafficking Committee and Chief Executive Officer at the Ministry of Human Development) and Ayesha Borland (Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to discuss the government's latest efforts in combating T [...]	2007-02-09 16:49:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM KWMN BH
07BELMOPAN94	BELIZE: FINANCING SCANDAL HEARINGS RESUME [...] Summary. On January 25, the long-awaited hearings into the financial dealings of the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) finally resumed - minus Commission Chairman David Price, who died in December. Testimony from a DFC secretary, the finance manager, and the current Governor of the Beliz [...]	2007-02-12 18:48:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BH
07BELMOPAN96	BELIZE: IIP SPEAKER KELLNER JUMPSTARTS EMBASSY'S GOOD [...] See action request in para 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. During his two-day (January 24-25) visit to Belize, IIP Speaker Ken Kellner met with university students, civic leaders, and government officials to share his experiences as Senior Counsel for the House of Representatives Commit [...]	2007-02-12 19:10:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP EAID PGOV KPAO BH
07BELMOPAN97	BELIZE: FORENSIC AUDIT UNCOVERS "POSSIBLE ILLEGALITIES" IN [...] (SBU) The draft report of a forensic auditor's review of the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) - released on February 1 - revealed conflicts of interest, procedural irregularities, and possible illegalities. Mark Hulse, a chartered accountant, appeared before the DFC Commission of Inquiry [...]	2007-02-12 20:14:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BH
07BERLIN1067	TURKEY AND TURKISH-GERMANS [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish state has long considered Turks resident in Germany as potential allies and maintains official and unofficial means of influencing the community. For many years, Turkey had at best been ambivalent and sometimes directly hostile to integration. Turkey's stance has cha [...]	2007-05-25 12:00:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV PREL TU GM
07BERLIN1071	CHANCELLOR MERKEL PREVIEWS G-8 SUMMIT [...] Summary: German Chancellor Merkel emphasized climate change, hedge funds, Africa, and closer cooperation with emerging economies as core themes for the June 6-8 G-8 Summit in her remarks before the Bundestag May 24. Merkel acknowledged the debate on climate change is contentious, but argued d [...]	2007-05-25 15:25:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SENV ENRG PREL PGOV PL EU GM
07BERLIN1093	GERMANY'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATS ON THE EDGE OF ... [...] (C) Summary. Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) is showing early signs of a recovery after six months of declining fortunes. Though polls do not yet indicate a shift in the public mood, party leaders are taking steps to reassert discipline and unify the party; some party themes seem to [...]	2007-05-31 15:20:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN113	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE JANUARY FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarch to Thomas Schieb, Deputy EU Correspondent at the MFA, and relayed the points to the Chancellery, the Economics Ministry and the MFA's policy planning staff. Schieb reported that Germany is encountering difficulties with its desire for the EU to approve a [...]	2007-01-19 17:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM
07BERLIN1136	SPECIAL ENVOY OPPOSES GERMAN CHANGES TO SLAVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, J. Christian Kennedy, met May 21 with the leader of a Jewish group in Berlin and parliamentary leaders of the CDU/CSU and SPD parties to exchange views about the proposed German government changes to the Board of Trustees of the German slave [...]	2007-06-06 14:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN114	SCENESETTER: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, your visit to Berlin will enable you to seek solutions to our bilateral and U.S.-EU challenges with a government and with a Minister who see things a lot like we do and who have the will and the authority to improve the status quo. Our key suggestions for your January 26 d [...]	2007-01-19 17:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KHLS KJUS PTER PGOV PREL GM EU
07BERLIN1190	GERMANY - MFA RESPONSE TO 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) CONTAINS REQUEST FOR ACTION -- PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) Emboffs delivered demarche contained in ref and passed an advance copy of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report country narrative for Germany to Axel Kuechle, MFA Deputy Director for International Cooperation against Orga [...]	2007-06-13 15:36:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC
07BERLIN121	GERMAN REACTION TO EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 10, the European Commission unveiled its proposals for the EU's first common energy strategy, to be released in March. The German government's reaction was mixed. The Ministry of Economics criticized plans for "unbundling," i.e., the separation of energy generatio [...]	2007-01-22 11:47:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR SENV PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN1251	WESTERWELLE CASTS FDP AS COALITION ALTERNATIVE [...] (U) Summary: Seeking to return to federal government after a 9-year absence, the Free Democratic Party (FDP) has placed all bets on Guido Westerwelle, whom party delegates resoundingly re-elected as national party chairman at its national convention in Stuttgart on June 15. Westerwelle -- w [...]	2007-06-22 15:02:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1253	OFFICIAL DEBUT OF GERMANY'S LEFT PARTY [...] (U) Summary. At a Berlin convention on June 16, the long-awaited and painfully negotiated merger of Germany's eastern-based Left Party.PDS and western-based Electoral Alternative for Social Justice (WASG) into a single national "Left Party" was officially consummated. Delegates to the conven [...]	2007-06-22 15:58:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GM
07BERLIN126	EXTREME RIGHT ACTIVITY SURGES DESPITE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Germans are growing increasingly concerned about right-extremism. Although fears that neo-Nazis might try to grab media attention during the World Cup last year did not materialize, subsequent electoral gains by the right-extremist National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) in [...]	2007-01-22 15:39:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM PGOV PHUM SOCI
07BERLIN1268	IRANIAN RESPONSE TO EU DEMARCHE ON DETAINED AMCITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA has provided details on the EU demarche carried out by the German Embassy in Tehran, in its role as EU President, to the Iranian MFA on June 19. The German CDA informed the Iranian MFA's Office Director for Human Rights Emadi of worldwide concern about the detenti [...]	2007-06-26 14:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC PGOV PREL GM IR
07BERLIN1270	GERMAN MFA OUTLINES IRAN PROGRAMMING WITH VISITING [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 15 meeting with NEA Senior Advisor David Denehy, MFA Office Director for Middle East Affairs Sabine Sparwasser discussed the MFA's assessment of the Iranian government's paranoia about efforts to support civil society. Denehy explained IDP's goals and approach to w [...]	2007-06-26 14:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GM IR
07BERLIN1294	MERKEL AFTER THE SUMMITS: THE WIND AT HER BACK [...] (C) Summary: After the successful conclusion of two high-profile summit meetings in June, Angela Merkel is at a high point of her Chancellorship. Her public support is rising after having negotiated a climate change "breakthrough" at the G-8 Summit and an agreement at the EU Summit to advan [...]	2007-07-02 10:20:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1457	SPD DEBATES WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE LEFT PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The flow of some support from the SPD to The Left party -- highlighted by the recent defections of five officials of the Lower Saxony SPD to The Left -- has increased self-examination within the SPD about its future direction. Although the top party leadership has vowed to cont [...]	2007-07-26 10:56:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1497	GERMANY SEEKS CONSULTATIONS ON U.S.-INDIA CIVIL [...] (C) Global Affairs officer passed ref A nonpaper to MFA officials July 27. In a follow-on discussion July 31, MFA Deputy Office Director for Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Dietrich Becker and NSG Desk Officer Joerg Polster stated Germany has yet to take a position on the U.S.-India Civil [...]	2007-08-01 15:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP KTIA IN GM
07BERLIN1503	GERMANY - PRELIMINARY VIEWS ON U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Office Director for Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Dietrich Becker told Global Affairs officer July 31 Germany is interested in learning more about U.S. and Russian plans to follow up on the July 3 Declaration on Nucl [...]	2007-08-02 15:27:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM ENRG ECON PGOV GM
07BERLIN1561	LABOR SHOWDOWN AT DEUTSCHE BAHN: MORE [...] SUMMARY. The anticipated train strike in Germany may have a long-lasting impact on labor relations in this country, as it pits longstanding constitutional rights to strike against the judiciaryQs authority to defend the national economic interest, and could ultimately delay the governmentQs [...]	2007-08-15 15:27:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1574	U.S. SUBPRIME MARKET FALLOUT REVERBERATES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fall out from the U.S. subprime mortgage market continues to reverberate in Germany. IKB, a Dusseldorf based bank, has chalked up losses of approximately 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion),staving off insolvency due to a bailout of 3.5 billion euros ($4.79 billion) led by state-o [...]	2007-08-20 05:41:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1575	U.S. SUBPRIME MARKET FALLOUT REVERBERATES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fall out from the U.S. subprime mortgage market continues to reverberate in Germany. IKB, a Dusseldorf based bank, has chalked up losses of approximately 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion),staving off insolvency due to a bailout of 3.5 billion euros ($4.79 billion) led by state-ow [...]	2007-08-20 05:41:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1596	GNEP - INITIAL GERMAN REACTION TO INVITATION TO [...] (U) Econoffs delivered ref A letters of invitation and ref B talking points August 20 to German Environment Ministry Deputy Director General for International Cooperation Karsten Sach and German Economics Ministry Director General for Energy Andreas Schuseil. Econoff also briefed MFA Deputy O [...]	2007-08-23 14:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY KNNP PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN1604	SPD CHANCELLOR CANDIDATE SELECTION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: SPD Chairman Kurt Beck's low popularity rating, compared to those of other senior party figures, raises questions about who will likely be the SPD's chancellor candidate in 2009. The most likely outcome is that the SPD party chairman -- currently Kurt Beck -- will eventually be [...]	2007-08-24 10:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN161	U.S.-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS TROIKA AND LUNCH ON [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Assistant Secretary Dan Fried in Dresden January 12, EU Political Directors agreed on the importance of continued U.S.-EU coordination on Kosovo, specifically on the need to support UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan and to resist Russian pressure that might del [...]	2007-01-25 15:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN GM
07BERLIN1612	GERMANY LOOKS EASTWARD: CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S TRIP [...] (C) Chancellor Merkel will visit China and Japan August 26 ) September 1, in her longest trip abroad since taking office. The trip will be largely devoted to G8 issues raised at the summit in June, the so-called 'Heiligendamm process,' and climate change. Her visit to China will highlight th [...]	2007-08-24 15:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH JA GM
07BERLIN1621	GERMAN CABINET RETREAT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel emerged from the August 23-24 Federal Cabinet retreat with consensus among the parties in her Grand Coalition Government on a 50-point program designed to sustain Germany's economic upturn. No signs of coalition cracks appeared. The program inc [...]	2007-08-27 15:13:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN PREL ELAB GM
07BERLIN1699	DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY: CHANCELLERYQS [...] Summary: Germany, like many industrialized nations, faces the enormous twin challenge of remaining competitive in a global economy while coping with the social and economic impact of demographic change. German policy makers confront a sobering demographic trend: the population of Germany i [...]	2007-09-10 05:46:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1703	GERMANY MAKES PROGRESS ON GHETTO PENSIONS [...] (C) Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, met August 30 with Michael Sell and Ludger Schlief of the Federal Chancellery to discuss ghetto pensions. Germany has made substantial progress in recent weeks on this issue. Sell and Schlief reported that the governme [...]	2007-09-10 12:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1704	RENAISSANCE OF JEWISH LIFE CONTINUES IN BERLIN [...] Summary: Two new synagogues opened in Berlin, marking the revitalization of Jewish life in the former center of the Nazi Third Reich. The Lubavitch (Hassidic) Jewish Educational Center was inaugurated on September 2, two days after the opening of the newly renovated and historic Rykestrasse [...]	2007-09-10 12:40:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	GM PGOV PHUM PREL
07BERLIN1706	DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY: CHANCELLERY'S [...] Summary: Germany, like many industrialized nations, faces the enormous twin challenge of remaining competitive in a global economy while coping with the social and economic impact of demographic change. German policy makers confront a sobering demographic trend: the population of Germany i [...]	2007-09-10 13:21:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1716	BOSNIA: GERMANY ON LAJCAK'S SEPT. 11 PSC ADDRESS [...] (C) Post raised reftel points with the MFA Western Balkans office September 10. The MFA shares the U.S. assessment that the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina is deteriorating, as evidenced by the actions of Presidency Member Silajdzic and RS Prime Minister Dodik. The reputation of the interna [...]	2007-09-10 16:18:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK EU GM
07BERLIN1740	BUNDESTAG INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE [...] (C) On September 13 the Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry will meet again following the summer recess and continue the process of questioning individuals concerning the activities of German intelligence and security agencies relating to the Iraq war, the alleged abduction and transport of terror [...]	2007-09-14 11:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV GM
07BERLIN1746	THE GERMAN SUBPRIME BANKING CRISIS: [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. subprime crisis continues to produce anxiety in Germany?s banking sector, but the exposure of German banks remains unclear. After the bailout of a second state-run bank, SachsenLB, in mid-August, pressure for a consolidation of Germany?s fragmented financial landscape [...]	2007-09-14 15:52:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN ELAB PREL
07BERLIN1751	U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: INITIAL [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche September 17 to MFA Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Desk Officer Joerg Polster. Polster expressed appreciation for the opportunity to offer German views on the U.S. draft text but expressed doubt that Germany's interagency working group wou [...]	2007-09-18 08:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP KTIA PGOV PARM PREL IN GM
07BERLIN1767	TERRORISM ARRESTS DEMONSTRATE THREAT OF HOMEGROWN [...] (C) The September 4 arrests of three terrorist suspects, two of whom are German citizens who converted to Islam, has given Germany its first high-profile case of homegrown Islamic terrorism and focused attention on the southern German area of Ulm/Neu-Ulm, which authorities have long identified [...]	2007-09-19 10:47:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KHLS KJUS GM
07BERLIN1772	CHANCELLERY REACTS SKEPTICALLY TO JUSTICE [...] (C) New draft anti-terrorism legislation proposed by Justice Minister Zypries (SPD) has come under fire from the other side of the governing grand coalition. Chancellery Director General for Interior and Legal Affairs Michael Wettengel told EMIN September 18 that the new draft counterterroris [...]	2007-09-19 13:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KHLS KJUS GM
07BERLIN1785	ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS OF COATED FREE SHEET PAPER [...] Summary: This is in response to Reftel on subject of the USITC antidumping investigation of coated free sheet paper from China, Indonesia and Korea. 2. Industry-wide data, as available for coated free sheet paper: Production quantity, metric tons (value million USD*) 2004 1,838,615 [...]	2007-09-21 05:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN PREL GM
07BERLIN1802	RENEWAL OF MINUSTAH MISSION ON HAITI - [...] SUMMARY. In response to SecState 127801, post emphasized to German Government the importance of the UN Security Council renewal of a strong MINUSTAH mission on Haiti and urged the German Government to support the recommendations for the MINUSTAH made by UN Secretary General. German official [...]	2007-09-25 15:47:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO EFIN EIAD PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1823	GERMANS DOWNPLAY SUGGESTIONS OF SPLIT ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: German opinion on Kosovo is moving in the right direction. Recognizing the unlikeliness of a positive outcome to the Troika process, officials at the Chancellery and Foreign Office have underscored to us that they are working toward the broadest possible support within the EU f [...]	2007-09-28 15:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GM KV UNMIK
07BERLIN1841	IFTAR DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Summary: For the third year, Ambassador and Mrs. Timken led senior Mission Germany staff in hosting Iftar dinners and events, a major element in the Mission's Muslim Engagement activities. This year, the venues were Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, and Munich. Muslim guests uniformly praise [...]	2007-10-04 15:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM KIRF KISL PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1853	SPD CHAIRMAN BECK THROWS RED MEAT TO THE PARTY'S [...] (C) Summary: In the weeks before the SPD's October 26-28 national convention, and with an eye toward the 2009 election campaign, SPD Chairman Kurt Beck is attempting to calm the SPD's unruly left wing with gestures that symbolize a partial repudiation of the centrist economic policy of former [...]	2007-10-05 15:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
07BERLIN1878	IRAN DEMARCHE: GERMAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to Foreign Office State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg October 12. (Charge also discussed Iran with Political Director Volker Stanzel October 10, raising points similar to those in reftel.) Silberberg said the text of the EU Council conclusions had been agre [...]	2007-10-12 11:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR XF EUN GM
07BERLIN1883	GERMAN MFA RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff and Econ Counselor met with German MFA and Economic Ministry officials respectively to discuss ref A. Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb, who is responsible for overseeing the drafting of position papers for the MFA's use at the October 15-16 EU General Affairs and Exter [...]	2007-10-12 15:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL RS LY IS IZ IR
07BERLIN1913	(C) GERMANY AGREES TO JOINT DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Post raised reftel request with the German Foreign Office October 19. The Western Balkans office agreed with U.S. points on the importance of avoiding any parallel election effort in Serb portions of Kosovo. Germany supports a coordinated approach by Contact Group embassies in Belgrade [...]	2007-10-19 13:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR YI KO GM
07BERLIN1919	GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO WEIGH IN AGAINST HOLOCAUST [...] (C) German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Director George Witschel told Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, J. Christian Kennedy October 18 that the German Government is "quite concerned" about the Holocaust Insurance Bill (HR 1746) scheduled for mark-up on October 23 as it would upset the [...]	2007-10-22 14:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN1977	THE SPD RALLIES AROUND BECK AND LOOKS TOWARD 2009 [...] (C) Summary: The Social Democratic Party's (SPD) October 26-28 convention gave a much-needed boost to party chairman Kurt Beck, who emerged as the SPD's undisputed candidate for chancellor in 2009. The SPD focused squarely on a domestic agenda that should not directly affect our ability to wo [...]	2007-10-30 11:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AF IR GM
07BERLIN1980	SCENESETTER FOR ANGELA MERKEL'S CRAWFORD VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Angela Merkel will arrive at Crawford riding a wave of public approval surpassing 70 percent. Her popularity is credited to her effective leadership style, Germany's economic growth, and her skill in turning centrist appeals on climate change and social issues to her advantage. [...]	2007-10-30 17:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECUN EU GM
07BERLIN200	EL MASRI: MUNICH PROSECUTOR ANNOUNCES ARREST [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Office of the Munich Prosecutor announced January 31 the issuance of 13 arrest warrants for the alleged kidnappers of Khaled El-Masri, a Lebanese-German national who claims he was abducted from Macedonia and taken to Afghanistan in 2004. The thirteen individuals named are th [...]	2007-01-31 18:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PGOV GM
07BERLIN2004	THE WRONG SIGNAL AT THE WRONG TIME: [...] (SBU) Summary. No tectonic shift in German economic policy came out of the SPD convention, perhaps, but the SPD's labor reforms could mark the beginning of a rollback in Schroeder's "Agenda 2010" reforms, a source at the Labor Ministry told the Embassy. The resolution to block privatization [...]	2007-11-02 06:58:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2014	LABOR REFORMS IN GERMANY: A THREAT TO [...] In the last few weeks, much has been written about the SPD's new program to roll back labor reforms in Germany, with the "Financial Times" characterizing them as a German retreat from economic reform. Whether the Beck proposals or a government counter-proposal can be contained as a piece-me [...]	2007-11-02 16:43:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2015	TIP - UPDATE ON GERMAN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] In 2007, Germany's counter-TIP campaigns and awareness raising programs brought together high-level decision makers and NGOs. As a result of strengthened legislation penalizing labor exploitation, NGOs and government officials are starting to focus on improving awareness and counseling in thi [...]	2007-11-05 09:30:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV GM
07BERLIN2027	IRAN/FATF - GERMAN FINANCIAL REGULATORS URGE BANKS [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche November 5 to German Finance Ministry Financial Crimes Desk Officer Kristina Wogatzki and MFA International Financial Policy Desk Officer Claudia Schuett. According to Wogatzki, the German Financial Monitoring Association (BaFin) distribu [...]	2007-11-06 17:00:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PTER PGOV ECON IR GM
07BERLIN2028	IRAN/FATF - GERMAN FINANCIAL REGULATORS URGE BANKS [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche November 5 to German Finance Ministry Financial Crimes Desk Officer Kristina Wogatzki and MFA International Financial Policy Desk Officer Claudia Schuett. According to Wogatzki, the German Financial Monitoring Association (BaFin) distribu [...]	2007-11-06 17:00:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PTER PGOV ECON IR GM
07BERLIN2029	GERMAN EXPECTATIONS FOR MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT [...] (C) Emboffs delivered ref A demarche November 5 to MFA Nonproliferation Divison Desk Officer Hellmut Hoffmann, IAEA Desk Officer Martin Langer, and Nuclear Nonproliferation Desk Officer Joerg Polster. Hoffmann expressed appreciation for the information and noted that Germany had received a si [...]	2007-11-06 17:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN2034	GRAND COALITION OPPOSES EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. The German reaction to the European Commission's unbundling directives for the European energy market has been overwhelmingly negative. The Grand Coalition is displaying rare unanimity on this issue and is backed by Germany's major energy companies. The Economic Ministry, resp [...]	2007-11-07 13:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ETRD PGOV EU RU GM
07BERLIN2037	GERMANY'S IRAN POLICYMAKING PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both privately and publicly, German officials continue to insist multilateral measures, coupled with quiet economic pressure on Iran, are the most effective way to change Iran's behavior. While Chancellor Merkel has been clear on the need to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapons [...]	2007-11-07 16:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR GM
07BERLIN2060	MUENTEFERING RESIGNS; STEINMEIER BECOMES [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise move, one of the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) top politicians and ministers, Franz Muentefering, announced his resignation as Vice-Chancellor and Labor Minister November 13, citing personal reasons. Later in the day, SPD Chairman Kurt Beck announced that Foreign [...]	2007-11-13 18:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN2064	GERMANY?S DRAFT INVESTMENT SECURITY LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The German Ministry of Economics has published a first draft of a law establishing a review mechanism for foreign investments that seeks to address national security considerations without deterring legitimate business. Ministry officials say the draft, significantly narrower i [...]	2007-11-14 16:32:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
07BERLIN2071	GERMAN GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO BLOCK RUSSIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On the basis of information presented to the German Government by the Portuguese Embassy in Berlin, the German Government has taken initial steps to block a shipment of Russian rockets and related materials bound for Venezuela's Defense Ministry. The shipment was scheduled to [...]	2007-11-15 13:54:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM ETTC TSPA MARR MASS PGOV RU VE GM
07BERLIN208	EB/ESC DAS PAUL SIMONS MEETINGS WITH GERMAN [...] SUMMARY. On January 25, EB DAS Paul Simons met with Foreign Office Policy Planning Staff Head Markus Ederer and Economic Ministry Director General for Energy Issues Andreas Schusseil to discuss energy issues during Germany's EU and G-8 presidencies. Both German officials were positive about [...]	2007-02-01 17:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL SENV EU GM
07BERLIN2080	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 19 [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Thomas Schieb, Deputy EU Correspondent at the MFA, and relayed the points to the Chancellery. 2. (C) Schieb provided substantive comments on the following topics: --Upcoming EU Summits with China, Africa, and India: The November 19 GAERC agenda [...]	2007-11-16 16:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK

07BERLIN2081	"STURM UND DRANG" FOLLOWED BY "STAY THE COURSE" - [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite deeply-rooted German desires for a UN-mandated Kosovo/Serbia settlement, the German government has indicated it will recognize Kosovo if, as expected, Pristina unilaterally declares independence following the completion of the Troika process. The German government has als [...]	2007-11-16 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR YI KO GM

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