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07TALLINN633	ESTONIA: PDAS VOLKER AT V-10 POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] (C) Summary. EUR PDAS Volker participated in the Vilnius Ten (V-10) political directors conference in Tallinn, Estonia on September 12-13. V-10 political directors generally supported eventual NATO enlargement for the Adriatic 3 (Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia) and the need for more EU unit [...]	2007-09-26 11:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE EN

07TALLINN693	ESTONIA: AFGHANISTAN, YES - IRAQ, YES FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary. On October 24, the Government of Estonia (GOE) submitted for Parliamentary approval four bills to extend Estonian participation in ongoing foreign military operations (Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia) and one to authorize deployment of troops (the EU Nordic Battle Group). While [...]	2007-10-26 09:00:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AF IZ EN
07TALLINN708	ESTONIAN DEFENSE MINISTER FORCE FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Summary. In the relatively short amount of time Minister of Defense Jaak Aaviksoo has been in office, he has taken significant steps to reform both the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Estonian Defense Forces (EDF). Aaviksoo?s priority for 2007 has been to create a military legal framework f [...]	2007-11-01 08:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS EN
07TALLINN728	ESTONIA: AGREEMENT REACHED ON HSPD-6 TEXT [...] SUMMARY: On October 30, a visiting Washington delegation representing the CA Bureau and the Terrorism Screening Center reached agreement with GOE interlocutors on the text of a Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6) Arrangement to share terrorist-screening information. Substantiv [...]	2007-11-07 14:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS PREL PTER EUN EN
07TALLINN732	ESTONIA ON RUSSIA'S OSCE COMMITMENTS [...] (C) On November 9, PolEcoff delivered reftel points to Lauri Kuusing, MFA Russia Desk Officer. Kuusing said the GOE is pleased to see that the U.S. position is in line with that of the EU. He also stated that the GOE, along with its EU partners, finds it 'unacceptable' that the Government of [...]	2007-11-09 15:05:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM RS EN
07TALLINN737	ESTONIA AND RESOURCE NATIONALISM [...] (U) Estonia does not exhibit resource nationalism as described in reftel. The government does not arbitrarily change regulations pertaining to investment in natural resources or any other sector to favor domestic companies over foreign-owned firms. Since joining the European Union in 2004, t [...]	2007-11-14 12:56:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ENRG EN
07TALLINN752	SCENESETTER FOR ESTONIAN PM ANSIP'S NOVEMBER 27-29 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Andrus Ansip's November 27- 29 visit to Washington, his first as PM, comes on the eve of the Estonian Parliament's vote to renew Estonia's participation in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Ansip supports Estonia's military engagements abroad, but relies on USG recognitio [...]	2007-11-21 14:36:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG NATO ECON CVIS EN
07TALLINN754	PUSHING THE ENVELOPE: ESTONIA TRIES TO SPUR INNOVATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Estonia's relatively lean and dynamic economy can still make progress in a number of areas towards spurring greater innovation and productivity gains. Both will be necessary to meet labor shortages and move the economy up the value chain to a position where it can move out of com [...]	2007-11-23 12:52:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP EN
07TALLINN79	REVISED: ESTONIA: FUROR OVER BRONZE SOLDIER [...] Summary: On January 10, the parliament approved a bill giving the government legal authority to relocate the graves of Soviet soldiers and the adjacent QBronze SoldierQ statue from their current location in central Tallinn. While Prime Minister Andrus Ansip has stated that excavation of the [...]	2007-02-02 15:05:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RS EN
07TALLINN92	ESTONIA'S ECONOMY: OUTLOOK FOR CONTINUED GROWTH [...] (U) Estonia's economic growth has exceeded 10% for two years running. This has led to the inevitable question: "How long can it last"? Regional banks, the Ministry of Finance, and financial media all forecast around 9% real GDP growth in 2007, down from 11.5% in 2006. While a few local obs [...]	2007-02-13 13:57:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EN
07TASHKENT1054	EU PUSHES ON AFTER SANCTIONS DECISION [...] (C) Summary: After the EU decision to extend sanctions to Uzbekistan, the EU Special Representative to Central Asia, Pierre Morel, visited Tashkent on May 28 to explain the sanctions decision and EU continue engagement with the Uzbeks. Although the Uzbek Foreign Minister expressed deep dissa [...]	2007-06-04 04:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PREL PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1058	UZBEKISTAN 2007 FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS (FLT) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-04 09:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1061	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH PERSEVERES DESPITE DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary: During a week-long visit to Uzbekistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Europe and Central Asia Division Executive Director Holly Cartner met with Charge and Acting DCM on June Â [...]	2007-06-05 03:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1069	THE ERA OF U.S. ASSISTANCE IS OVER [...] (C) U.S. Coordinator for Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Tom Adams urged Deputy Prime Minister Azimov and First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov to resolve ongoing issues involving an Embassy FSN and the seizure of U.S. assistance funding from two nongovernmental organizations. The U.S. is re [...]	2007-06-05 11:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UZ
07TASHKENT1095	CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST THREE DEUTSCHE WELLE [...] (C) Summary: German Poloff Uwe Berndt confirmed a June 5 Ferghana.ru report that the Tashkent City General Prosecutor's Office dropped charges against three Deutsche Welle correspondents: Yuri Chernogayev, Sayyora Rozikulova and Obid Shabanov. The three were charged with working without a lic [...]	2007-06-08 07:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV GM UZ
07TASHKENT1139	2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States Government is aware of fifteen (15) claims of United States persons against the Government of Uzbekistan, seven (7) of which have been resolved. 2. a. Claimant B b. 1998 c. Claimant B is a US trading company that exported alcohol to Uzbekistan. In 1998, customs au [...]	2007-06-15 10:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PGOV EINV KIDE UZ
07TASHKENT1140	COSCOM CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In the past month, the Uzbekistan Agency for Communications and Information Technology (the Telecom Agency) and other authorities have quietly dropped their legal and administrative complaints against U.S. majority-owned cellular provider COSCOM. The company has recovered most of [...]	2007-06-15 10:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECPS PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1167	DEUTSHCE WELLE REPORTERS AMNESTIED? [...] (C) Summary: Post reported on June 8 that the Tashkent General Prosecutor's Office dropped charges of working without a license against three Deutsche Welle correspondents. However, other sources announced that the three journalists were amnestied. A German Embassy representative insisted th [...]	2007-06-21 12:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV GM UZ
07TASHKENT1257	GOU SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON POLICE [...] (C) Senior Police Advisor to the OSCE Secretary General Kevin Carty told Poloff that the OSCE and Government of Uzbekistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on police training. The MOU was signed during Carty's July 4 meeting with First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) Kadiro [...]	2007-07-09 09:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT1258	ICRC RESTARTS, IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDS PRISON [...] (C) Summary: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Deputy Director told Charge d'Affaires on July 2 that the ICRC suspended its prison monitoring program again after a three hour visit to one of Tashkent's principal detention facilities on May 21. ICRC's prison monitoring program in [...]	2007-07-09 12:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ICRC UZ
07TASHKENT1264	TAX AUTHORITIES SEIZE REMAINING MERCY CORPS ASSETS [...] (C) Mercy Corps' remaining assets have been seized by Uzbek tax authorities to partially satisfy financial penalties imposed on the organization for alleged violations of Uzbek law (ref A). Igor Pakan, ABN-AMRO Bank Uzbekistan Country Representative, told Charge July 10 that the tax authoriti [...]	2007-07-10 11:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID UZ
07TASHKENT1292	GOU CRACKDOWN ON CASH "SMUGGLING" [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek law requires that cash brought in to, or taken out of Uzbekistan, be declared and establishes limits on the amount of cash that can be taken out of the country. Enforcement of these regulations, historically weak, appears to have been stepped up in recent months, particular [...]	2007-07-16 08:02:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV CASC UZ
07TASHKENT1299	AFGHANISTAN ELECTRICITY PROJECT: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Hong Wei told the Charge July 13 that the bank is ready to finance upgrades to approximately 80 miles of power lines between the Talimarjan Power Plan and the Uzbek-Afghanista [...]	2007-07-16 14:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL RF AF UZ
07TASHKENT1300	UZBEK OFFICIALS SHOW A HINT OF FLEXIBILITY IN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met with four key Uzbek Government interlocutors during his five-day visit to Tashkent. All fiercely defended Uzbekistan's record on religious freedom and suggested that the country's designation as a Country of [...]	2007-07-16 14:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1301	AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE HANFORD MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day visit to Uzbekistan from June 25 to June 30, Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met several of Uzbekistan's religious leaders, including the Mufti and the head Imam of Tashkent, the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church, th [...]	2007-07-16 14:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF UZ TX TI
07TASHKENT1386	HIGH POVERTY DESPITE STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (C) Summary: While Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials tout the country's strong economic growth, they fail to recognize problems associated with high inflation and poverty rates. Inflation in 2006 most likely was around 20 percent and the cost of living continues to rise, fueled recent [...]	2007-07-30 04:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1416	POWER OF THE PURSE: UZBEK GOVERNMENT UNVEILS PLAN [...] (U) Post received a circular diplomatic note, sent to all diplomatic missions and international organizations in Tashkent, announcing a plan to make Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) funds available to Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO). According to the note, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted th [...]	2007-08-03 08:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1433	UZBEKS ADOPT JUDICIAL REFORMS, BUT THE JURY'S [...] (U) The Government of Uzbekistan has adopted long-planned legislation abolishing the death penalty and transferring the power to issue detention warrants from the Prosecutor's Office to the judiciary. The new laws, adopted by both chambers of the Oliy Majlis in June, are generally the same as [...]	2007-08-07 09:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1448	ICRC PLANS TO DEMARCHE KARIMOV [...] (C) Summary: On August 8, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation for Central Asia Head told poloff that ICRC has received no response from the Government on restarting its prison monitoring program since their last abortive attempt in May and is now considering del [...]	2007-08-09 12:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ICRC UZ TI
07TASHKENT1514	INDIANS ASK ABOUT URANIUM [...] (C) Charge met with Indian Ambassador Skand Ranjan Tayal at the latter's request August 17 to discuss potential supplies of uranium to India. Tayal mentioned the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) in 2004 had discussed selling uranium yellow cake to India, but nothing had come of these discussion [...]	2007-08-20 04:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PARM IN UZ
07TASHKENT1520	TIP: PROPOSED PROJECTS TO ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT [...] This is an Action Request; see Para 6 2. (C) Post has experienced greater transparency, cooperation, and engagement with the Uzbeks on TIP matters during the last six weeks than in the past two years. We believe that imposing sanctions at this point will only serve to discourage further [...]	2007-08-21 05:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1546	LAST REGISTERED JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONGREGATION [...] (C) Summary: The Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) AmCit General Counsel told poloff on August 17 that authorities may be planning to deregister the congregation in Chirchik, the last remaining legal JW congregation in Uzbekistan. The Chirchik congregation recently received a second warning letter fro [...]	2007-08-28 10:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1576	PULATOV FOR PRESIDENT? [...] (C) Summary: A Birlik party member told poloff on August 17 that an initiative group would be formed in September to announce the candidacy of Birlik Chairman Abdurakhmon Pulatov for the expected presidential elections in December. The Birlik party member, who is also head of the Ezgulik huma [...]	2007-09-04 10:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1596	PROTESTS REPORTED IN FERGHANA VALLEY AND TASHKENT [...] (C) Summary: Independent websites and Embassy contacts have reported scattered demonstrations in the Ferghana Valley and in Tashkent this past week. The demonstrations reportedly have been caused by rising food prices and scarcities. Officials in the city of Margilan also reportedly have pa [...]	2007-09-07 09:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1607	UZBEKISTAN'S FOREIGN POLICY MAP OF THE WORLD [...] (C) Summary: In an Independence Day speech to the Tashkent Diplomatic Corps August 28, FM Norov outlined Uzbekistan's foreign policy, rank-ordering relations with five tiers of countries and international organizations. Not surprisingly, he extolled relations with Russia and Russian-supporte [...]	2007-09-13 10:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1652	NETWORKING HELPS SHELTER ASSIST TIP VICTIMS [...] (U) Summary: On September 10, Poloff visited the only shelter in Tashkent for victims of human trafficking. The "Reintegration Center" is funded by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),which operates in Uzbekistan through the organization "Istiqbolli Avlod" due to registration [...]	2007-09-18 06:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT1661	HIGH PRICES, RATIONING OF STAPLES IN THE FERGHANA [...] (C) Summary: On September 12-13, poloffs visited the Ferghana Valley provinces of Namangan and Ferghana. Whether meeting with human rights contacts or sellers at the bazaar, the main topic of conversation was invariably peoples' frustration at price hikes for basic staples, especially for fl [...]	2007-09-19 10:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1662	GM-DAT, UZDAEWOO IN JOINT VENTURE TALKS; CHEVROLET [...] (C) Summary: GM-DAT, a Korean-based GM subsidiary, is in talks on the establishment of a joint venture (JV) with UzDaewoo. GM-DAT intends to sign the formal contract with President Karimov in October and then publicly announce the JV. GM-DAT views the JV as a long-term investment in which it [...]	2007-09-19 10:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND ELTN RU UZ
07TASHKENT1663	BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to the Ferghana Valley on September 12-13, poloffs met with two former recipients of USAID grants, the Namangan Credit Union and the Ferghana-based Unicons consulting firm. These enterprises show that some of the Uzbek people's traditional entrepreneurial spirit p [...]	2007-09-19 10:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1665	GOU SETS ELECTION, CAMPAIGN DATES [...] (C) Summary: The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on September 18 that Uzbekistan will hold a presidential election on December 23 and the campaigning will begin on September 21. The GOU intends to invite observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Mos [...]	2007-09-19 11:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1681	SECURITY SERVICE DISRUPTS POLOFF BUKHARA VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited Bukhara from September 20 - 23, where he previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a high school. Local English teachers informed poloff that an NSS (National Security Service) agent was monitoring the hotel and questioned them about their association with an [...]	2007-09-24 10:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP PINS PHUM OEXC UZ
07TASHKENT1682	NUKEM'S URANIUM QUOTA UNMET BY UZBEKS [...] (C) Summary: As per ref C guidance, econoff informed Nukem Inc.'s Tashkent Head of Office, Yevgeny Onokhin, of the Indian Embassy's inquiry into Nukem's business in Uzbekistan. Onokhin said he is cautious yet open to meeting with the Indians. DCM informed the Indian Ambassador he should direc [...]	2007-09-25 02:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN KNNP ENRG ETRD ECON IN UZ
07TASHKENT1710	BUKHARA TIP SHELTER MAKES INROADS [...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited a shelter in Bukhara that has assisted 45 female TIP victims since its opening in 2006. Funding from International Organization for Migration (IOM) has supported the shelter's operation as well as enabled the Istiqbolli Avlod NGO to conduct awareness training among [...]	2007-09-28 11:02:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT1734	COTTON TRADE, PROFITS (AND REFORMS?) [...] (C) Summary: The 2007 Third International Cotton and Textile Conference attracted over 250 companies, the majority Asian. Embassy staff attended. Uzbekistan expects to export over one million tons of ginned cotton in 2007 for approximately USD 1.55 billion. Over 70 percent of this year's bu [...]	2007-10-05 04:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ICAC EINV ETRD ELAB ZK UZ
07TASHKENT1739	MFA ON CANCELLED DRL/IRF VISIT [...] (C) Summary: MFA U.S. Affairs Section Chief Ismat Faizullaev met October 4 with poloff to cover several matters. On religious freedom, Faizullaev explained that the decision to cancel the trip next week of DRL/IRF's Barbara Cates was influenced in part by the GOU's frustration with not having [...]	2007-10-05 10:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1753	ICRC'S GLOOMY OUTLOOK ON GOU COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: ICRC's Head of Regional Delegation for Central Asia, Yves Giovannoni, met Ambassador October 5 and expressed concern at continuing lack of cooperation from the GOU, including on prison access. Giovannoni said ICRC was no longer willing to be used for political advantage by the GOU [...]	2007-10-10 13:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1764	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES REPORT POSITIVE MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a conversation with the Ambassador on September 28, Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) AmCit General Counsel noted having a "constructive" meeting that week with Acting Religious Affairs Committee Chairman Ortiq Yusupov, who reportedly assured him that deregistration for the last re [...]	2007-10-12 08:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF UZ TI
07TASHKENT1765	KOKAND TV STATION CAREFULLY MAKES PROFIT [...] (C) Summary. On October 3 poloff and visiting SCA/CEN desk officer visited the headquarters of Kokand TV, an independent television station that reaches an audience of one million in the densely populated Ferghana Valley. The owner noted that the station must compete with subsidized state ch [...]	2007-10-12 10:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ECON OEXC CH UZ
07TASHKENT1806	UZBEKS PROMISE POST-ELECTION PROGRESS ON TIP ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. On October 17 poloffs and visiting G/TIP officer met with GOU officials from MFA, Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD),and the Office of the State Prosecutor to discuss TIP issues. MFA said the GOU was surprised and upset by the recent Tier 3 rating, which it considered "political [...]	2007-10-19 06:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN EAID GG KG UZ
07TASHKENT1811	UMIDA NIYAZOVA OFFERED HRW JOB IN BISHKEK [...] (C) During an Embassy function on October 18, former Human Rights Watch (HRW) local staffer and journalist Umida Niyazova told poloff that she supported post's nomination of her for the Secretary of State's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage (septel). Niyazova, who was sentenced to [...]	2007-10-19 11:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1817	GOU PROVIDES WRITTEN REBUTTAL TO EU ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: During an Embassy event on October 9, MFA U.S. Affairs Chief Ismat Fayzullaev provided, at Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov's request, the Ambassador with a written GOU rebuttal to recent public statements made by EU officials criticizing human rights abuses in Uzbekistan. The re [...]	2007-10-22 08:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1822	MUTABAR TOJIBOYEVA'S HEALTH WORSENS IN PRISON [...] (C) On October 18, poloff met with the brother and lawyer of imprisoned human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva. The brother reported visiting his sister in prison on October 3 and confirmed a recent report on an independent website that her health has been deteriorating and prison officials [...]	2007-10-22 09:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1823	OSCE FORMALLY INVITED TO OBSERVE UZBEK [...] (C) On October 22 OSCE Charge d'Affaires Bernard Rouault paid a courtesy call on Ambassador to introduce himself and elicit advice on OSCE activities during this "delicate" pre-election phase. Rouault noted that OSCE expects a renewed mandate from the GOU by December 20, and at a meeting last [...]	2007-10-22 10:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT1828	POLOFF RECEIVES ACCREDITATION AND WARNING [...] (C) On October 23 poloff was summoned to MFA for a rare personal appearance regarding his accreditation. MFA Protocol Head of Accreditations, Mr. Akhmedov, said the Ministry typically deals directly with LES on these issues "but, on occasion, it is necessary to personally explain the obligati [...]	2007-10-23 10:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AMGT ODIP UZ
07TASHKENT1843	NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES GROWS...BUT IS [...] (C) Summary: The field of presidential candidates for the December election continues to widen with reports that an independent initiative group has nominated National Human Rights Center Director Akmal Saidov. According to its leaders, the Birlik opposition party may also still nominate its [...]	2007-10-24 10:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM UZ
07TASHKENT1852	GANIEV ON UZBEK ECONOMY AND AFGHAN ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Ambassador made a courtesy call on the Uzbek Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Elyor Ganiev, on October 23. The GOU now is granting the Ambassador meetings with officials approximately once a week. Ganiev reiterated a number of points expressed at his meeting with Charg [...]	2007-10-25 08:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV AF UZ
07TASHKENT1865	LONG-AWAITED MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 16 October 2007, the Ambassador, the Defense Attache (DATT),Defense Attache Office (DAO) Operations Coordinator (OPSCO) and DAO FSN, met with the Minister of Defense Ruslan Mirzayev. This is the first time that Mirzayev himself has received U.S. representatives since January [...]	2007-10-26 10:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV PINR UZ
07TASHKENT1900	GOU WANTS TO REVIVE SENSITIVE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with Kamol Dusmetov, Director of the National Center of Drug Control and the Deputy Chairman of the State Commission of Drug Control (which is part of the Cabinet of Ministers). Dusmetov told poloff that the GOU would welcome the revival of collaborative efforts on the [...]	2007-11-02 04:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT1927	UZBEK OFFICIAL CALLS THE ELECTION, HOPES FOR [...] (C) Summary. On November 2, poloff spoke at length with Furqat Sidikov, an Uzbek Diplomat who recently completed a five-year tour as Press Attache at the Uzbek Embassy in Washington, DC, and now works at the state-run International Center for Strategic Studies and Inter-regional Cooperation i [...]	2007-11-06 09:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER EAID UZ
07TASHKENT1932	KARIMOV REPORTEDLY ACCEPTS NOMINATION FOR [...] (SBU) Two websites, Press-uz.info and Uzmetronom, on November 6 reported that President Karimov's Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (LDPU) had met that day and formalized its nomination of the president for re-election. The articles implied that Karimov has accepted his party's nomination [...]	2007-11-06 11:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1937	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: On November 5, Forum 18 News Service reported that Uzbekistan's Religion Law is currently being discussed in the Religious Affairs Committee (RAC) and speculated that restrictions on religious organizations could be made harsher. During an introductory courtesy call by the Ambas [...]	2007-11-07 10:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1938	JIZZAKH ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO DESCRIBES COMPLICATED [...] (C) Summary: During a trip to Jizzakh province on October 31, poloff met with local officials and a local NGO to discuss trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Local NGO leader Nazifa Kamilova, whose organization has received some government assistance, complained that more needed to be done to stren [...]	2007-11-07 10:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CVIS ECON KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1949	UZBEK HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN FOCUSES ON STRUCTURAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met November 1 with Sayora Rashidova, Parliamentary Ombudsman for Human Rights and daughter of former Uzbek Communist Party boss Sharof Rashidov. Although Rashidova operates under certain political limits, she is clearly aware of broader human rights issues in Uzbekist [...]	2007-11-08 09:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1975	LARGE-SCALE DEPORTATION OF AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. On November 13 poloff met with UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Kyoko Postill to discuss the situation of Afghan refguees remaining in Uzbekistan. Postill said there has been no international uproar over the GOU's October 4 statement at the UNHCR Executive Committee announcing [...]	2007-11-15 01:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV UNDP UNHCR AF UZ
07TASHKENT1988	MINI-DUBLIN GROUP ALARMED BY AFGHAN DRUG PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador and poloff attended a meeting of the Central Asian Mini-Dublin Group on November 13 to discuss regional narcotics trends and donor country projects. UNODC presented "an increasingly alarming trend" in Afghanistan drug production and described "a record harvest" [...]	2007-11-16 10:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM EAID AF UZ
07TASHKENT1997	WORLD BANK OFFICIAL ON UZBEKISTAN'S ECONOMIC BOOM, [...] (U) Summary: During Ambassador's meeting with World Bank Regional Director Loup Brefort on November 14, Brefort said Uzbekistan's economic growth stems mainly from rising prices of raw materials, exports of capital goods, and remittances from abroad. This has done little to reduce the 26 perce [...]	2007-11-19 11:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SOCI EMIN EPET UZ
07TASHKENT1998	DEPUTY HOKIM OF UZBEKISTAN'S KHOREZM PROVINCE: [...] (U) Summary: On November 5, Poloff met with Usmonboy Jumagaldiyev, the Deputy Hokim (Deputy Governor) for Economic and Public Development Issues in Uzbekistan's Khorezm province. He painted a very rosy picture of economic development and political stability in Khorezm. While some of his clai [...]	2007-11-20 07:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV ECON ECIN EAGR PTER SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT2022	NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICE CHAIRMAN WELCOMES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador met November 23 with National Security Service (NSS) Chairman Rustam Inoyatov, who welcomed renewed U.S.-Uzbek cooperation. Inoyatov stressed that we share mutual interests in a stable Afghanistan and in fighting terrorism, extremism and narcotics. He stressed his [...]	2007-11-23 13:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT2024	MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DISCUSSES PRIORITIES, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Internal Affairs Bakhodir Matlyubov on November 22. Matlyubov cited counterterrorism and counternarcotics as key priorities, and repeatedly noted Uzbekistan's cooperation with a variety of other countries on these issues. He was also [...]	2007-11-23 14:12:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PBTS PREL SNAR SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT2066	ICRC CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON RESUMING PRISON [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires met with ICRC Country Director Raffaello Muller and Head of the Regional Delegation in Central Asia Yves Giovannoni on December 3 to inquire about the status of negotiations with the GOU on resuming prison visits. ICRC remains "cautious" but noted that contact [...]	2007-12-03 13:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT2081	UPDATE ON WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN REF: A. STATE 163194 B. TASHKENT 2063 Classified By: DTRA Fred Carter and Poloff Steven Prohaska for reasons 1.4 (b, d). [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 11:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
07TASHKENT2083	THIRD INMATE DIES IN ANDIJON PRISON [...] (C) Summary: On December 3, BBC News reported that a third inmate at a prison in Andijon had died, which follows reports that two other inmates had died at the same prison earlier in November (reftel). Surat Ikramov, the source of the BBC report, told poloff that the third inmate's family wa [...]	2007-12-05 13:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT2090	MFA PLEDGES TO FOLLOW UP ON WMD PORTAL DETECTION [...] (S/NF) Charge met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov on December 6 to discuss the WMD portal detection incident of November 30 in Uzbekistan (reftels B and C). He delivered a diplomatic note and questionnaire requesting additional information about the detection. Nematov explained th [...]	2007-12-06 13:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
07TASHKENT2091	NIE ON IRAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Charge December 6 delivered reftel demarche to First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov, leaving the two non-papers with Embassy's informal Russian translations. Nematov sighed loudly upon hearing that Iran probably would be capable of producing enough HEU for a weapon sometime during the 20 [...]	2007-12-06 13:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP PARM IR UZ
07TASHKENT2115	OSCE/ODIHR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES PLANS FOR UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Walter Siegl, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission, met with foreign diplomats on December 12 to discuss Uzbekistan's upcoming Presidential Elections. The mission is here to evaluate how the elections are conducted and will make recommendations i [...]	2007-12-13 13:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ US
07TASHKENT2122	RUSSIA MAY NOT HELP UZBEKS ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: The World Bank and UNODC, with INL funding support, co-sponsored an anti-money laundering (AML) training session in Tashkent on November 29. A USG official from the Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) was the main presenter to an engaged audience [...]	2007-12-14 13:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM ECON UZ
07TASHKENT2150	RED CROSS INSISTS ON DIALOGUE BEFORE RESTARTING [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met on December 14 with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation in Central Asia Yves Giovannoni and Country Director Rafaello Muller. They noted the GOU seems eager for ICRC to restart prison visits immediately, but has made no move [...]	2007-12-21 11:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT2163	UZBEKS AIM TO DEMONSTRATE TANGIBLE PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov on December 21 to review the status of foreign operations legislation in Congress that includes language on Uzbekistan. Nematov appreciated the update and noted that Uzbek Ambassador Kamilov has kept MFA well-informed about pol [...]	2007-12-26 12:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT2180	AT LONG LAST, NGO FUNDS DISPUTE IS RESOLVED [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 24 Post USAID Country Director signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Deputy Minister of Finance S. Bekenov establishing the legal framework for reprogramming frozen funds from the Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA) and the Agricultural Coo [...]	2007-12-27 13:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID UZ
07TASHKENT2183	GOVERNMENT RELEASES 2007 AND 2006 AMNESTY DETAILS [...] (C) Summary: Independent and state-controlled media reported that President Karimov has approved plans for the implementation of the December 2007 amnesty, according to which approximately 3,500 prisoners who fall within specific categories will be released. On December 27, poloff met with N [...]	2007-12-29 06:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT235	RED CROSS STILL WAITING FOR PRISON ACCESS [...] (C) Summary: After over two years of negotiation, the Government of Uzbekistan has still not reached agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross to resume monitoring of prisons and other detention facilities. Red Cross officials state that while some elements of the government [...]	2007-02-12 12:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ICRC UZ
07TASHKENT237	SHINY RED GAS STATIONS -- ZEROMAX MAXES OUT THE \ [...] (C) Summary: Zeromax, a Swiss-registered company linked \ to President Karimov's daughter, Gulnora Karimova, has made a \ strong mark in the gasoline service sector through its \ opening of over ten modern, full-service stations under the \ name UzGazOil. UzGazOil appears to have a monopoly on \ [...]	2007-02-13 06:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT276	DOWN AND OUT IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: On a recent visit to all three Uzbek provinces of the Ferghana Valley, Poloff visited bazaars, schools, and hospitals, meeting a wide range of market traders and local government officials. Men were conspicuously absent from the bazaars, with most working abroad or fearing arres [...]	2007-02-16 12:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ECON ELAB KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM EAID UZ
07TASHKENT277	DOWN AND OUT IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: On a recent visit to all three Uzbek provinces of the Ferghana Valley, Poloff visited bazaars, schools, and hospitals, meeting a wide range of market traders and local government officials. Men were conspicuously absent from the bazaars, with most working abroad or fearing arres [...]	2007-02-17 03:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ECON ELAB KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM EAID UZ
07TASHKENT355	(C) UZBEK FM MISSES OPPORTUNITY IN MEETING WTIH [...] (C) Summary: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum's March 2 meeting with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov did not live up to expectations. Over three days of meetings with senior Uzbek officials, Feigenbaum had proposed that the Government take concrete steps to improve relations and offered specific sugge [...]	2007-03-05 06:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EU AF UZ
07TASHKENT376	NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council Secretary Murod Ataev and Defense Minister Ruslan Mirzaev told SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum that they value cooperation with the United States. However, Ataev said, Uzbekistan can now do without U.S. assistance in certain areas and neighborhood committees can [...]	2007-03-08 05:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS EAID PINR AF UZ
07TASHKENT428	COUNTING PENCILS AT TASHKENT'S INTERCONTINENTAL [...] (C) Tashkent's Intercontinental Hotel is experiencing very low occupancy rates as the result of fewer foreign visitors, a situation that has caused cash flow and other problems for the hotel. The hotel is restructuring its rates to attract additional business travelers and mid-level government [...]	2007-03-15 10:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON UZ
07TASHKENT438	RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's visit to Tashkent focused primarily on economic issues, including difficulties faced by Russian firms doing business here. The two sides also discussed the production of Russian aircraft in Uzbekistan. Russia and Uzbekistan did agree to establish [...]	2007-03-16 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON RS UZ
07TASHKENT511	UZBEK AUTOMAKER HOPING FOR A BAILOUT FROM GM [...] (SBU) Summary: UzDaewoo, Central Asia's largest auto manufacturer, could face a serious sales disruption in January 2008, when Russia introduces new emission standards. Exports to Russia account for well over half of UzDaewoo's total sales. According to optimistic company estimates, the autom [...]	2007-03-29 12:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ECON ETRD ELTN EINV KS UZ
07TASHKENT769	SCANDINAVIAN-TURKISH FIRM MAY BUY COSCOM AND [...] (C) Summary: Scandinavian-Turkish joint venture Fintur Holdings may win the Uzbek government's approval to purchase U.S.-based MCT Corporation, the parent of telecom provider COSCOM. COSCOM's General Manager believes that Fintur has made the right approach to the Uzbeks, including lobbying Pr [...]	2007-04-13 10:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECPS PGOV RU TU UZ
07TASHKENT792	ADDITIONAL DEUTSCHE WELLE REPORTERS FACING [...] (C) Summary: The Tashkent City Prosecutor's Office has charged a second Deutsche Welle reporter, Yuri Chernogayev, with working without a license. This follows the prosecution of Deutsche Welle stringer Natalya Bushuyeva on the same charge, and for concealing her income. According to a German [...]	2007-04-17 11:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV GM UZ
07TASHKENT804	UZBEKISTAN'S CASE AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH [...] (C) Summary: Human Rights Watch local staffer Umida Niyazova's trial was to begin on April 19, but at the scheduled start time, the judge abruptly postponed the case for "further study." Niyazova's indictment contains copious detail of alleged illegal border crossing and smuggling, but very l [...]	2007-04-19 12:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT842	FINCA ON THE RUN IN TAX CASE [...] (SBU) On April 24, Uzbekistan's Supreme Economic Court rejected what likely will be the Foundation for International Community Assistance's (FINCA) final appeal in its ongoing tax dispute with the Government of Uzbekistan (reftels). The court took less than an hour to uphold previous rulings t [...]	2007-04-25 11:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID UZ
07TASHKENT843	ANDIJON COURT CONVICTS RIGHTS ACTIVIST GULBAHOR [...] (C) Summary: An Andijon court has convicted human rights activist Gulbahor Turayeva of anticonstitutional activity, slander, and distributing subversive materials, and sentenced her to six years in prison. Turayeva had spoken out against alleged forced hysterectomies and gave eyewitness testim [...]	2007-04-25 11:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT878	THE VIEW FROM TASHKENT ON THE FUTURE OF EU [...] (C) Summary: European Union sanctions against Uzbekistan are due for review in Brussels on May 14. Several Tashkent-based European diplomats have told emboffs that recent provocative actions by the Uzbek government in the area of human rights have made it more certain that the sanctions will [...]	2007-05-04 01:12:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN UZ
07TASHKENT965	UNDP: REPORTS OF HARASSMENT OF AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: UN Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative told Charge on May 8 that the Government has ceased harassment of Afghan refugees. Several cases of harassment had been reported, particularly in the first part of this year. In March, the Foreign Ministry notified UNDP that [...]	2007-05-16 09:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL AF UZ
07TASHKENT971	YANUKOVYCH'S TASHKENT VISIT MARKS GRADUAL PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian Ambassador discussed with Charge and Poloff the recent visit to Tashkent of Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. He characterized the Ukraine-Uzbekistan relationship as complicated, particularly since the Orange Revolution, and said that Ukraine is approachin [...]	2007-05-17 00:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PRGOV ECON PINR UP UZ
07TASHKENT989	UZBEKS AGREE IN PRINCIPLE TO INCREASED COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: A NATO delegation told NATO missions May 18 that discussions with the Government of Uzbekistan went well. The Uzbeks have re-engaged in Brussels, agreed to work with NATO's Central Asia Liaison Officer for the first time, and appointed a military liaison of their own. Deputy Defe [...]	2007-05-21 11:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR NATO AF UZ
07TASHKENT990	UZBEKS AND AFGHANS SPAR OVER COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (C) The Italian Ambassador convened the semi-annual meeting of the Mini-Dublin Group for Uzbekistan and Tajikistan May 10 by providing an overview of the narcotics situation in Central Asia and Afghanistan, which he called "a disaster." Talk is nice, he said, but more action is needed. Addre [...]	2007-05-21 11:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL ZK

07TBILISI1039	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update May 4 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 21-May 4. Opposition Supports South Ossetia Initiative -------------------------------------------- 2. Georgian opposition parties have embraced President Saakashvili' [...]	2007-05-04 14:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1064	ZOURABICHVILI WORKING TO FORGE COMMON OPPOSITION [...] (C) On May 7, Ambassador met with Salome Zourabichvili, former Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs and current leader of the opposition party "Georgia's Way." Zourabichvili told the Ambassador that she was currently holding meetings with the leaders from all the opposition parties in Georgi [...]	2007-05-08 13:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1100	INTERIOR MINISTER MERABISHVILI'S VIEWS ON THE [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion of the separatist conflicts with the Ambassador May 9, Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Vano Merabishvili said Abkhaz de facto president Sergei Bagapsh has the mentality of a typical Soviet administrator, hopelessly afraid of making any decisions that enta [...]	2007-05-11 12:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1120	SOUTH OSSETIA WEEKEND SHOOTING INCIDENTS [...] (C) Summary: The situation in the South Ossetian zone of conflict (ZOC) appears relatively calm following a weekend of shooting activity described by an OSCE observer as the worst since 2004, when significant hostilities last broke out between Georgia and South Ossetia. Heavy small arms and [...]	2007-05-14 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1130	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE REPRESENTS FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT [...] Summary: In 2007, Georgia will enact a new Criminal Procedure Code ("CPC") that replaces the former Soviet-style of prosecution with a new approach that equalizes the government's obligation to prosecute cases with the responsibility to protect the public's rights. This philosophical shift to [...]	2007-05-15 07:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV OTRA KCRM KJUS GG
07TBILISI1140	GEORGIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: Roman Gotsiridze, the president of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG),Georgia's central bank, came under withering criticism in Parliament after he presented the Bank's annual report on May 10. Parliamentary criticism reflected a less than exact understanding of the interplay b [...]	2007-05-15 14:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN GG
07TBILISI1141	ARNAULT: ABKHAZ LEADERSHIP IN ANGRY MOOD [...] (C) Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Jean Arnault told the Group of Friends Ambassadors May 15 that Abkhaz de facto president Bagapsh is angry and politically weakened in the aftermath of his decision to release three Georgian students May 3 without any corresponding Georgian [...]	2007-05-15 14:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1247	EVIDENCE TAMPERING SCANDAL HITS GEORGIAN MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary: A top Ministry of Internal Affairs official (MOIA) was arrested May 2 on charges of evidence tampering, along with the deputy of the MOIA Forensics Lab and one other police officer. Deputy General Prosecutor and National Movement activist Nika Gvaramia downplayed the extent of evi [...]	2007-05-29 07:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR GG
07TBILISI1265	ABKHAZ DE FACTO PRIME MINISTER ANKVAB ON ECONOMY [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador May 23, Abkhaz de facto prime minister Alexander Ankvab acknowledged that neither economic growth nor Russian investment in Abkhazia were high, although he thought both would increase considerably with the prospect of the 2014 Winter Olympics in nearby Sochi. A [...]	2007-05-30 12:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON GG
07TBILISI1284	PM NOGHAIDELI ON ECONOMIC REFORMS, ENERGY [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with Joseph Wood, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President, Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli said the Georgian economy was performing well, and the government was pushing hard to get major new reforms underway this year so that they would be well-e [...]	2007-06-01 10:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GG
07TBILISI1298	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update June 1 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of May 19-June Â [...]	2007-06-01 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1299	GEORGIAN POLITICAL REFORM UPDATE, PART ONE [...] (U) This is part one of a two-part series by outgoing officers on Georgia's progress on key internal reforms as Georgia tries to obtain a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) in the next twelve months. 2. (C) Summary. The Saakashvili government, which came to power following the Rose Revoluti [...]	2007-06-01 13:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1320	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ARVELADZE ON [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting, Georgian Minister of Economic Development Giorgi Arveladze described to Joseph Wood, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President, Georgia's efforts and successes in attracting foreign investors in a broad range of sectors. Arveladze said the government's ph [...]	2007-06-05 07:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GG
07TBILISI1364	GEORGIA: JUNE 7 UPDATE ON AFRICAN SWINE FEVER [...] (C) The Georgian government has begun to mobilize its forces to deal with the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) reported reftel. Prime Minister Noghaideli discussed the situation with the Cabinet on June 6 and ordered that appropriate measures be taken. The same day the government notif [...]	2007-06-07 14:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR SENV PGOV TBIO GG
07TBILISI1418	DEMARCHE BY FRIENDS OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL TO [...] (C) Summary. The Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) delivered a demarche, as agreed in capitals, to the Georgian Government on June 4 and to the Abkhaz de facto authorities in Sukhumi on June 8. The demarche pressed both sides to calm tensions, re-engage in dialog, implement confidence b [...]	2007-06-13 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KPKO UNSC RU GG
07TBILISI1446	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update June 15 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of June 2-15. Meeting of Georgian and Russian Presidents ------------------------------------------ 2. Georgian President Saakashvili and Russian President Putin had a 50-minute [...]	2007-06-15 11:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI1479	JUDICIAL REFORM: MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Georgian officials admit privately that judicial reform was not high on the list of reform projects immediately following the Rose Revolution. It was deemed too hard to accomplish quickly, and as a result, was slow to get started. International pressure, however, has moved this [...]	2007-06-19 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI1504	UN DOWNBEAT ON INCREASING ASSISTANCE TO ABKHAZIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting with USAID representatives, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for Georgia Jean Arnault was downbeat on the prospect of increasing assistance to Abkhazia. He said that the current atmosphere is as bad as it has been since he arrived so [...]	2007-06-21 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM PREF EAID GG
07TBILISI1528	MCC DANILOVICH MEETS MINORITY LEADERS IN ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 14, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) President John Danilovich, accompanied by Ambassador Tefft and MCC Country Director Colin Buckley, traveled to the ethnic Armenian area of Samtskhe-Javakheti to meet members of the local government and civil society. This isolate [...]	2007-06-26 12:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EAID GG
07TBILISI1542	GEORGIA: JUNE 27 UPDATE ON AFRICAN SWINE FEVER [...] (C) Summary. As of June 26, over 42,000 pigs have died of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Georgia with an additional 4500 culled. First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Bakur Kvezereli confirmed to Econoff the GoG strategy of containment: quarantine affected areas, disinfect entrance points to AS [...]	2007-06-27 13:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR SENV PGOV TBIO GG
07TBILISI1563	SOUTH OSSETIA TENSIONS HIGH [...] (SBU) A number of dangerous eruptions in tension have recently occurred in South Ossetia, suggesting that we may be in for a long, hot summer in the conflict zone. Georgian villagers have squared off with Russian peacekeepers over Georgian efforts to improve a road connecting two Georgian vil [...]	2007-06-29 13:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GG
07TBILISI1604	ABKHAZIA: GENEVA-STYLE MEETING IN BONN: SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27 and 28, representatives of the Friends of the UN Secretary General (FSG),together with the UN, met the Georgian and Abkhaz sides for a Geneva-style meeting in Bonn. Most significantly, the sides agreed to resume Quadripartite meetings on law enforcement cooperation i [...]	2007-07-06 11:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KPKO UNSC GG RU
07TBILISI1621	DETAINEE TREATMENT BETTER--TRANSPARENCY STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Georgia's Ombudsman told DCM and Poloff in a meeting on 5 July that detainee treatment at pre-trial detention centers has improved due to monitoring of these venues. He recounted specific cases where independence of courts, instances of misuse of power by police, government's in [...]	2007-07-09 13:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1624	GEORGIA-CHINA: TRADE AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. On June 28, press reports announced that Chinese buyers purchased Tbilisi's central supermarket. The news sparked mild protests by some Georgians who feel threatened by increasing Chinese immigration and investment in Georgia, which is a natural outgrowth of Georgia's efforts to [...]	2007-07-10 07:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL GG
07TBILISI1675	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE JULY 13 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of June 30-July 13. Education Minister Disputes Corruption Charges --------------------------------------------- - 2. A corruption controversy surrounding Education Minister Ale [...]	2007-07-13 13:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG GG
07TBILISI1702	SOUTH OSSETIA: INCHING TOWARD DIALOGUE? [...] (C) Georgian and South Ossetian representatives are currently negotiating the details of a meeting of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) and a joint inspection of the contested drinking water pipe that runs through South Ossetia. While the sides have not reached final agreement on either issu [...]	2007-07-17 12:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI1781	CEC CHAIR GIVES AMBASSADOR ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: In a follow-up to the June 18 OSCE Ambassadors Group on Elections (reftel),Ambassador met with Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Guram Chalagashvili on July 18. Chalagashvili said the CEC is close to completing work on the voters' list and inaccuracies are now down to " [...]	2007-07-25 13:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI1933	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE AUGUST 3 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of July 14-August 3. Commission on Ossetian Status Starts Work ----------------------------------------- 2. The state commission defining the status of the temporary autonomous [...]	2007-08-03 13:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG GG
07TBILISI1946	THE REPUBLICANS' OKRUASHVILI PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary: During a July 19 meeting with Ambassador, opposition Republican Party Chairman, David Usupashvili, confirmed his party is in talks with Irakli Okruashvili on forming a joint bloc to run in the 2008 elections. Usupashvili, who appears to favor the idea, said the Republican Party's [...]	2007-08-06 13:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI1976	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with influential majority Members of Parliament. Saakashvili insider Giga Bokeria complained that the recent UN report on the situation in Abkhazia was unbalanced. Bryza argued that the UNOMIG Joint Fact Finding Group (JFFG) report made a stron [...]	2007-08-08 13:02:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
07TBILISI1979	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH OPPOSITION MP'S [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with leading opposition Members of Parliament. Their most urgent concern was elections, and they raised the issues of the fairness of the majoritarian system and composition of the Central Election Commission (CEC) (reftel A). Although they als [...]	2007-08-08 13:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
07TBILISI1992	SOUTH OSSETIA DONORS STEERING COMMITTEE ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) In a meeting August 2, the Steering Committee for the OSCE-led economic rehabilitation projects in South Ossetia conditionally approved three water-related projects for contracting, although the Georgian and South Ossetian sides made final approval contingent on resolving some remaining [...]	2007-08-09 12:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID OSCE GG
07TBILISI2000	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH SPEAKER BURJANADZE [...] (C) Summary: On 27 July, DAS Bryza met with Georgian Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze and discussed a wide range of issues. Burjanadze told us that Turkmenistan is interested in closer business and military ties with the West. She believed the ruling National Movement needed to find a [...]	2007-08-10 05:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2019	DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, DAS Bryza and GoG Prosecutor General Adeishvili discussed judicial reform, Abkhazia, property issues and crime. Adeishvili talked about the training of judges and implementation of the magistrate system, both of which are on track. He cited great strides in the last [...]	2007-08-13 08:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI2029	GEORGIA INTENDS TO CONTINUE WORKING IN JCC [...] (C) Georgian officials tell us they plan to continue working in the Joint Control Commission (JCC) on the South Ossetia conflict, even as they push for other mechanisms that they believe would be more effective. Although the South Ossetians torpedoed a planned JCC meeting in Tbilisi August 9- [...]	2007-08-13 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2043	GEORGIA: FRIENDS OF SYG DISCUSS FOLLOW-UP TO BONN [...] (C) Summary: On August 7, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (D/SRSG) Ivo Petrov briefed representatives of the Group of Friends of the UN Secretary General (U.S., Germany, France, Britain, and Russia) on progress by the sides in implementing steps agreed to during their [...]	2007-08-14 06:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2050	NINO BURJANADZE, THE CONSTANT GARDENER [...] (C) Summary: One of the few constants in the Georgian political landscape over the past decade has been Nino Burjanadze. Since her election to Parliament in 1995, Burjanadze has emerged as one of the most moderate voices in Georgia, a reformer with credibility at home and abroad. Both her as [...]	2007-08-14 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR GG
07TBILISI2062	GEORGIA MISSILE INVESTIGATION UPDATE -- AUGUST 15 [...] (C) International experts have completed a preliminary report on the August 6 missile incident. Key conclusions are: the aircraft entered Georgian airspace from Russia, and the Georgian Air Force does not possess aircraft capable of firing this type of missile or of flying the profile flown by [...]	2007-08-15 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2063	DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH STATE MINISTER FOR [...] (C) David Bakradze, Georgia's new State Minister for Conflict Resolution, told EUR DAS Bryza July 27 that the Georgian government was concerned UNOMIG and the Group of Friends had lost "strategic focus" over Abkhazia, as reflected in a recent UN report criticizing Georgia for minor issues, whi [...]	2007-08-16 06:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
07TBILISI2084	WHO'S RUNNING GEORGIA: IT'S THE EKA'S [...] (C) Summary: Amid the crowd of young, talented, Western-educated officials in Georgia, one feature often stands out: many of those in key power positions are women. In addition to the prominent role held by the Speaker of Parliament,Nino Burjanadze, one of the founders of the Rose Revolutio [...]	2007-08-21 07:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM GG
07TBILISI2090	ABKHAZIA: UN BASE ESTABLISHED IN UPPER KODORI [...] (C) Summary: On August 16, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault and the Chief of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) General Khattak provided the Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) an update on the situation in Abkhazia, following the Geneva-s [...]	2007-08-21 13:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
07TBILISI2091	REVENUE SERVICE HEAD POSITIVE ABOUT TAX AND [...] Summary. On August 8, Mindia Gadaevi, head of Georgia's Revenue Service, discussed with Econoffs the progress made to date in the reorganized service, which includes customs and tax departments and elements of the former Financial Police. Tax revenues are up by one third year on year in the fi [...]	2007-08-21 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV GG
07TBILISI2092	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN GALI--SAME PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: On 31 July-2 August, an Embassy team traveled to Abkhazia to review the human rights situation there. The team participated in a patrol with the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) in the ethnically Georgian Gali region, visited local NGOs in Gali and Sukhumi, and met with the [...]	2007-08-21 13:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL GG
07TBILISI2267	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 7 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of August 18-September 7. Government Adopts New Agenda ---------------------------- 2. Parliament is expected to adopt the government's new plan action, entitled For a United a [...]	2007-09-07 12:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2304	CONVERSATION WITH SALOME ZOURABICHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On September 6, former Foreign Minister and hopeful presidential candidate, Salome Zourabichvili, met Ambassador. Zourabichvili has been conducting research in the regions and meeting with other opposition members, but not campaigning. She said a strong, coherent opposition is c [...]	2007-09-12 12:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI2393	LOCAL GOVERNMENT SLOWLY AWAKENS IN WESTERN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: On August 7-9 an Embassy team traveled to Western Georgia to assess the development of local governance. Government of Autonomous Republic of Adjara Chairman Levan Varshalomidze reaffirmed his support for the USAID-funded Public Administration Reform program, which is working to [...]	2007-09-21 10:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI2398	LABOR TRENDS IN GEORGIA [...] Summary: Post submits the following voluntary report on labor trends in Georgia. Most Georgians work in agriculture and unemployment and underemployment are high, while wages in hired employment are relatively low. Creating new employment opportunities is a key challenge for the Georgian [...]	2007-09-21 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB BEXP SENV EAGR ENRG GG
07TBILISI2401	IMF REPRESENTATIVE WARNS OF INFLATION, GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: In a September 19 meeting with the Ambassador, the IMF's resident representative in Georgia, Robert Christiansen, told the Ambassador that he is concerned about a possible resurgence of inflation, which hit more than 14 percent in mid-2006 but has subsided to around 7-8 percent s [...]	2007-09-24 12:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV GG
07TBILISI2423	IRI NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY: ECONOMY SLOWS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Saakashvili's, and his government's, popularity have slipped since February (ref A). According to a USAID-funded poll conducted in early September by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the Gallup Organization, the highest percentage of respondents in 3 y [...]	2007-09-27 11:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2424	OKRUASHVILI ALLY ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: On September 11 and 12 four local government officials from Gori District were arrested on corruption charges. The same day, the presidentially-appointed Governor of the Shida Kartli region, Mikheil Kareli (ref A),led a public protest outside the government building, which was s [...]	2007-09-27 11:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2437	OKRUASHVILI DETAINED FOR CORRUPTION, OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: Former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili was arrested in his office on the evening of September 27 by the criminal police and detained in the Special Operations Department (SOD) detention facility. Charges leveled at Okruashvili by the Prosecutor General's office include: abuse [...]	2007-09-28 10:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2450	PROBLEMS REMAIN IN PRISON HEALTH CARE [...] (U) Summary: Health care in Georgian prisons continues to be problematic due to overcrowding, lack of professional medical staff, and unclear delineation between Ministries of Health and Justice over which ministry is responsible for medical care. Despite increased prison capital expenditures [...]	2007-10-01 09:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI2451	GEORGIA GETS IMPROVED RANKINGS ON BUSINESS [...] Summary: The annual report of the International Financial Corporation (World Bank Group) has moved Georgia up from thirty-seventh to eighteenth place out of 178 surveyed countries in terms of ease of doing business. Georgia is the fifth top reformer country on the list. An annual report by [...]	2007-10-01 10:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PROV GG
07TBILISI2483	BURJANADZE SPEAKS OUT, OPPOSITION CALLS FOR [...] (U) Summary: In her first comments regarding the Okruashvili arrest, Parliamentary Speaker Nino Burjanadze called Okruashvili's allegations against President Saakashvili "absurd" and criticized the Government's personnel policy which allowed people such as Okruashvili to enter government. She [...]	2007-10-04 13:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2499	PRIME MINISTER NOGHAIDELI ON OKRUASHVILI AFFAIR [...] (C) In an October 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Noghaideli admitted that the sequence of former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili's allegations against President Saakashvili and his subsequent arrest made the government look bad. He said it was a mistake for the government n [...]	2007-10-05 09:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI2532	SAAKASHVILI QUESTIONS INTERIOR MINISTER ON MOD [...] (U) Summary: During a televised government session with his cabinet, President Saakashvili criticized Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili for allowing the former Head of Procurements at the MOD, Iason Chikhladze, to escape to Russia. Merabishvili said Chikhladze traveled to Turkey with Okruas [...]	2007-10-05 12:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2559	OPPOSITION COALITION MEETS AMBASSADOR, WANTS EARLY [...] (C) Summary: On October 9, three opposition leaders representing the United National Council of opposition parties (ref A) called on Ambassador to discuss their activities during the current political crisis. The trio presented a letter on behalf of the opposition parties appealing for early [...]	2007-10-10 13:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2560	Georgia's Woman of Courage Nominee 2008 [...] Post's nominee for the International Woman of Courage Award is Marina Tabukushvili, artist, civil society activist, and chairman of the Georgian NGO TASO. Nominee is willing to be considered for the award and agrees if selected to travel to Washington DC. Biographical data requested in reftel [...]	2007-10-11 11:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KWMN GG
07TBILISI2574	OKRUASHVILI FADES FOR NOW, PATARKATSISHVILI [...] (U) Summary: Irakli Okruashvili has secluded himself in his Tbilisi apartment following two weeks of ups and downs in his political fortunes. In an October 11 press conference, Okruashvili's Movement for a United Georgia party secretary, MP Koka Guntsadze, announced that the former Defense Min [...]	2007-10-12 13:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2576	JURY TRIALS WILL RETURN TO GEORGIA AFTER NEARLY 100 YEARS [...] Summary: For the first time since the 1920's, jury trials will return to Georgia. On October 6, 2007, prosecutors from the Office of Public Prosecution (OPP) and ABA/ROLI-trained defense lawyers conducted mock jury trials before juries composed of Georgian law students. Attorneys questioned t [...]	2007-10-15 05:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV OTRA KCRM KJUS GG
07TBILISI2595	ISOLATED ABKHAZIA GROWS BUT DEVELOPMENT LAGS [...] (C) Summary: On a September 4-8 visit to Abkhazia, Embassy officers found that the region's economy and its tourism industry are growing and that investment in hotels and vacation homes, mostly from Russia, is increasing. The overall standard of living is comparable to that in Georgia, or per [...]	2007-10-17 12:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2645	SUPREME COURT CHAIRMAN ON JUDGES' TRAINING, ETHICS [...] (U) Summary: The Chairman of the Supreme Court of Georgia, Konstantin Kublashvili, recently updated Ambassador on two milestones of judicial reform expected by the end of October: enrolling students in the High School of Justice (HSOJ) and approval by the Conference of Judges of an Ethics Co [...]	2007-10-25 09:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2657	GEORGIA'S NEW ENERGY MINISTER OUTLINES 2007-08 [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Georgia's new Minister of Energy, Aleksandr Khetaguri, on October 18. Khetaguri outlined increasing hydroelectric production in Georgia that has enabled Georgia to export significant amounts of power to Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan in 2007, as well as supp [...]	2007-10-26 07:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL GG RU AJ
07TBILISI2659	USUPASHVILI ADDRESSES NOVEMBER 2 PROTEST, [...] (C) Summary: On October 24, Chairman of the opposition Republican Party David Usupashvili met with Ambassador regarding the united opposition's planned November 2 protest against the Saakashvili government (ref A). Usupashvili voiced two main concerns about the protests: First, that the gover [...]	2007-10-26 11:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2708	G/TIP VISITS GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In Tbilisi on October 22 and 23, G/TIP Officer Brittany Brown and EUR/PGI Officer Jody Buckneberg visited multiple NGOs and government agencies who comprise Georgia's joint effort to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Accompanied by Emboffs, Brown and Buckneberg discussed the [...]	2007-11-02 07:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2752	LIVE FROM MUNICH, OKRUASHVILI ENCOURAGES PROTESTERS [...] (U) Summary: Former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili appeared via live telecast on Imedi TV from Munich on November 5. Okruashvili claimed he "was forced to leave Georgia." He apologized for disappointing Georgians with the recantation of the charges he had leveled against the government [...]	2007-11-06 12:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2789	GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BEZHUASHVILI ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on November 8, Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili said that the government has decided not to go for parliamentary approval of the full 15 day state of emergency if there are no incidents during the next two days, thereby letting it lapse. It will also sta [...]	2007-11-08 14:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CFE GG
07TBILISI2791	SAAKASHVILI ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary. In a live address November 8 President Saakashvili announced his intention to hold a presidential election on January 5, 2008, effectively giving up a year of his term. According to the constitution, Speaker Nino Burjanadze will assume the presidency until the election date. Sa [...]	2007-11-08 15:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2797	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE NOVEMBER 9 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of October 27-November 9. Georgia Claims Violation of Airspace ------------------------------------ 2. Zaza Gogava, Head of Georgia's Joint Forces Command, was quoted November [...]	2007-11-09 12:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2798	AMBASSADOR TEFFT'S MEETING WITH EU CAUCASUS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, on November 9. Also present were Per Eklund, Head of the EU Commission Delegation in Georgia, Eric Fournier, the Ambassador of France, and members of the EU Commission's and Semneby's staff. [...]	2007-11-09 14:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2800	INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR GEORGIA [...] (U) Summary: This interim assessment (reftel) covers Georgia's continuing strides against trafficking-in-persons (A-TIP) since April, 2007. Georgia aggressively investigates and prosecutes human traffickers. The country's proactive identification of TIP victims is improving, thanks to more A [...]	2007-11-09 15:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN GG
07TBILISI2802	TBILISI PROTESTS: SITREP NO 6 [...] (U) The United National Council of Opposition (UNC) met with the government, represented by the Speaker of Parliament, Nino Burjanadze, on November 10 and again on November 12. Five opposition parties - Georgia's Way, the Conservatives, the Republicans, the New Rightists, and the Industriali [...]	2007-11-13 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2804	TBILISI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE DUE TO CIVIL [...] (SBU) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) was convened on November 7, 8, and 9, 2007 in response to the development of violence in the recent protests against the administration of Georgian President Saakashvili in Tbilisi. At around 1330 on November 7 Georgian police dispersed the peaceful, [...]	2007-11-13 15:13:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AEMR GG
07TBILISI2813	EUR DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 13 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting EUR DAS Matt Bryza conveyed to Georgian President Micheil Saakashvili the Secretary's firm message that the state of emergency in SIPDIS Georgia must be lifted and that all TV broadcasts, especially Imedi's, must be resumed if the GOG is to restore fait [...]	2007-11-14 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GG RU
07TBILISI2814	DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH GEORGIAN PM [...] (C) Summary: In a November 12 meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli, EUR DAS Matt Bryza urged that the government lift its state of emergency and return independent television station Imedi back to the air. Noghaideli admitted that the government's aggressive pursuit of econom [...]	2007-11-14 14:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG GG
07TBILISI2881	TBILISI UPDATE 11/19/2007 [...] (U) Following President Saakashvili's November 16 announcement of Lado Gurgenidze as the new Prime Minister (Ref A),two changes to the cabinet were announced on November 19. Minister of Education Kakha Lomaia was replaced by his deputy at the ministry, Bela Tsipuria. Lomaia was subsequently [...]	2007-11-19 12:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2882	TBILISI UPDATE 11/19/2007 [...] (C) Following President Saakashvili's November 16 announcement of Lado Gurgenidze as the new Prime Minister (Ref A),two changes to the cabinet were announced on November 19. Minister of Education Kakha Lomaia was replaced by his deputy at the ministry, Bela Tsipuria. Lomaia was subsequently [...]	2007-11-19 12:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2937	DAS BRYZA'S 13 NOVEMBER MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarch Ilya II told EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on November 13 that the government should quickly lift the state of emergency and permit the reopening of Imedi TV. The Patriarch traced the roots of the 2-7 November street protests to social and economic discontent. T [...]	2007-11-21 04:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2944	DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 11 AND 14 MEETINGS WITH IMEDI [...] (C) (Summary) During his visit to Tbilisi DAS Bryza held three meetings with the management and journalists of Imedi television. On November 11, Lewis Robertson, CEO Newscorp Caucasus and Imedi General Manager; Bidzina Baratashvili, Imedi General Director; and Irakli Rukhadze, Manager of Self [...]	2007-11-21 11:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO ASEC GG RU
07TBILISI2976	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/28/2007 [...] (U) Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Levan Tarkhnishvili said, as of the November 26 deadline, twenty-two people had registered for the January 5 presidential election. In addition to Mikheil Saakashvili, oligarch Badri Patarkatsishvili, United National Council of Opposition (UNC) c [...]	2007-11-28 13:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2977	GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES NEW SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AHEAD OF [...] Summary: Responding to social concerns voiced at the November 2-7 anti-government demonstrations in Tbilisi, the government of Georgia has announced a number of initiatives to provide relief to vulnerable groups. The timing of the announcements prompted government opponents to accuse the rul [...]	2007-11-28 14:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI ECON GG
07TBILISI2999	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/30/07 [...] (U) Opposition parties accused Mikheil Saakashvili of misusing administrative resources for political campaign purposes after he met with Abkhaz Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on November 28 at a Tbilisi Municipality building. Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava and Minister for Refugees and Acco [...]	2007-11-30 12:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI3010	TBILISI UPDATE: 12/3/07 [...] (U) On November 30, the Ambassador attended an OSCE Ambassadorial Working Group to discuss the upcoming Georgian Presidential Elections. OSCE members underscored the tense political climate and the low level of confidence the public has in the Central Election Commission (CEC). One of the l [...]	2007-12-03 12:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI303	OSCE PROVIDES SNAPSHOT OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) OSCE officials shared with us several interesting bits of news and analysis about South Ossetia during a recent visit to Tskhinvali. Head of Mission (HOM) Roy Reeve said Russian officials had told him in Moscow that the South Ossetian decision to declare Georgian Deputy State Minister for [...]	2007-02-14 13:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID OSCE GG
07TBILISI3051	DCM'S DECEMBER 5 MEETING WITH CENTRAL ELECTION [...] (U) In a December 5 meeting with DCM, Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Levan Tarkhnishvili refuted rumors that CEC short-term contract hires are going door to door to verify voter information and ask residents for whom they will vote. He stated emphatically that the CEC's door-to-d [...]	2007-12-07 13:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI3092	IMEDI BACK ON THE AIR, MICHNIK AND MONITORS IN PLACE [...] (SBU) Summary. After 34 days off the air due to a governmental shutdown, Imedi, Georgia's most popular television network, resumed full broadcasting on the evening of December 12, 2007. While some technical difficulties remain, Imedi is broadcasting nationally and by satellite to London and [...]	2007-12-13 12:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO GG PHUM
07TBILISI3098	GEORGIANS ADVANCE PROPOSAL TO SOLVE WTO BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, Econoff met with Tamar Kovziridze, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Georgia's lead negotiator on WTO issues. Kovziridze shared the text of a proposal by the Georgian government for solution of the impasse over border crossings that is the basis of a dis [...]	2007-12-14 12:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL WTO USTR GG RU
07TBILISI3099	GEORGIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGNS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, the Central Election Commission (CEC) released the final list of the seven registered candidates for the January 5 pre-term presidential elections. Several candidates, however, have been actively campaigning for as long as a week, meeting daily with Tbilisi res [...]	2007-12-14 12:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KBIO PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3112	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/17/07 [...] (C) In a meeting December 14, the Ambassador told NSC Chairman Alexander Lomaia that we had done a comprehensive feasibility evaluation and found that we could not sponsor and mount a proper exit poll (factoring in an adequate amount of time for voter education) in the short time before the Ja [...]	2007-12-17 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3146	GEORGIA: NOT QUITE THERE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Georgia should be able to meet at least 3.5 million of its total 7 million cubic meter per day natural gas needs from Azerbaijan, in the early part of 2008. The rest will have to be purchased from Gazprom. The 2008 Gazprom price is expected to be higher than 2006, but not to do [...]	2007-12-21 10:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL GG AJ RU TU
07TBILISI3147	GEORGIA MEDIA AND PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COVERAGE: THE CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. As the election campaign heats up, Embassy Tbilisi is reviewing the media coverage of the elections. Although the Autonomous Republic of Ajara remains an opposition stronghold according to polls, Ajara media is indirectly controlled by the National Movement, and seems to be la [...]	2007-12-21 10:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO GG
07TBILISI3148	GEORGIA: PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO AKHALKALAKI, [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the Armenian minority region of Akhalkalaki in Javakheti December 18-19 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, NGOs, press and general populace in the lead-up to the January 5 snap Presidential elections. This impoverished region traditionally [...]	2007-12-21 10:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3149	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/21/07 [...] (C) At the 21 December meeting of the OSCE Ambassadorial Working Group, the Chairman of the Election (CEC) Levan Tarkhnishvili addressed the group. He discussed the following points: - Cameras at the polling stations: The CEC distributed a press release explaining the purpose of video su [...]	2007-12-21 10:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3151	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: COMPETITION FOR THE FIRST TIME [...] (C) Summary: As the Georgian Presidential election campaign gears up for its final two weeks, a number of themes have emerged on the campaign trail. The most glaring is the brutal blood sport aspect of the Georgian campaign, with each political party battling to the death for dominance. The [...]	2007-12-21 12:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM GG
07TBILISI3152	PATARKATSISVILI COUP PLOT UNCOVERED [...] (SBU) On December 24, the Prime Minister called in the U.S., UK, French, German and Baltic Ambassadors to provide a briefing on a plot to undermine Georgia's presidential election on January 5 and thereby to overthrow the Georgian government. The Prime Minister showed videos of Patarkatsisvi [...]	2007-12-24 10:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI3166	SAAKASHVILI STRONG IN ZUGDIDI DISTRICT [...] (SBU) Summary: Mikheil Saakashvili is strong in Samegrelo and its capital, Zugdidi, the home of many displaced persons from the conflict in Abkhazia. His National Movement is well-organized, well-funded and has many campaign volunteers. As a result, he is likely to gather a majority of the d [...]	2007-12-27 13:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI3167	IMEDI STRUGGLES AND SUSPENDS OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Imedi TV voluntarily ceased operation shortly after 20:00 hrs on December 26, 2007. This was a decision of News Corp management after 16 key Imedi journalists announced their resignations in the aftermath of the release of a number of video and audio tapes in which Badri Patar [...]	2007-12-27 13:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO GG
07TBILISI3174	ALEX RONDELI: THE UNM SHIP MIGHT STILL FLOAT [...] (C) Alex Rondeli, Director of the Georgian Foundation for Security and International Studies (GFSIS) and widely respected political analyst, shared his views on recent political developments and media professionalism with the DCM on December 26. Rondeli wasn,t surprised by reports of Patarka [...]	2007-12-28 11:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI3177	OPPOSITION GEARING UP FOR THE DAY AFTER GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: As the election campaign enters its final week and following a series of events that have strengthened former president Saakashvili's bid to win the January 5 presidential elections, it is increasingly clear that most opposition parties are planning not for victory on election d [...]	2007-12-28 12:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3178	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGNS SPAR OVER PROCESS IN [...] (C) During a December 19-20 pre-election visit to Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city, we found opposition campaigns focused almost exclusively on alleged government plans to intimidate voters or to manipulate the results. Some of the charges contained credible-sounding details, especially [...]	2007-12-28 12:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GG

07TBILISI3179	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/28/2007 [...] (U) ODIHR's second report was released on December 28 and notes that the campaign environment has been soured by allegations of use by Saakashvili of budgetary funds, unequal campaign conditions, intimidation, and vote buying. OSCE ODIHR has received information and first hand accounts which [...]	2007-12-28 13:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI379	PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI SHARES HIS VIEWS ON CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Daniel SIPDIS Sullivan, Georgian President Saakashvili gave the Assistant Secretary a tour d'horizon of Caucasus and Caspian region SIPDIS politics. He spoke positively of Karim Mas [...]	2007-02-26 07:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON GG
07TBILISI436	OSCE SAYS THERE IS AGREEMENT TO INFORMAL JCC MARCH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Tefft called on OSCE Ambassador Roy Reeve February 28 to discuss South Ossetia. On the Joint Control Commission (JCC),Ambassador said that the U.S. is pressing the Georgians to agree to the JCC. Reeve said that there were some positive signals that a JCC meeting wou [...]	2007-03-05 14:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI489	ABKHAZIA: UN BRIEFS WESTERN FRIENDS ON KODORI [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault briefed the Western Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) on the alleged rocket and missile firing on Georgian villages in Upper Kodori on March 11 (reftel). Arnault said that the Georgians had [...]	2007-03-12 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI656	GEORGIAN PRIME MINISTER NOGHAIDELI REPORTS ON HIS [...] (C) Summary: Returning from a March 23 visit to Ashgabat, Georgian Prime Minister Noghaideli told the Ambassador on March 26 that he found Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov interested in learning more about the West and exploring sending more oil through the South Caucasus, in lieu of c [...]	2007-03-28 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL GG TX
07TBILISI711	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a March 29 meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli, EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed the recent attack on Georgian government buildings in Kodori and rising tensions in the Gali region, and their relationship to the debate over the next UNOMIG mandate renewal in the U [...]	2007-04-02 10:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG GG AR RU TX UN
07TBILISI725	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 11:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG GG AR RU TX UN
07TBILISI816	SOUTH OSSETIA ADMINISTRATIVE STATUS LAW MOVES [...] (SBU) Parliament Speaker Nino Burjanadze briefed the diplomatic corps April 11 on the draft law establishing a new autonomous status for South Ossetia, which had passed Parliament in second reading just hours earlier. Parliament passed the bill in third and final reading April 13. Burjanadze [...]	2007-04-13 12:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI826	SOUTH OSSETIA: LAW ON RESTITUTION [...] Summary: On January 1, 2007, a new Georgian restitution law entered into force, authorizing the GoG to provide compensation for the approximately 60,000 Ossetian refugees (90% of whom fled to North Ossetia) and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who lost their homes during the 1990-92 war. [...]	2007-04-16 13:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF GG
07TEGUCIGALPA1077	HONDURAS: TELECOM LAW PROGRESS STALLED WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting pressure to agree upon a draft law to liberalize the telecommunications sector, the GOH and private industry representatives failed June 13 to come to an agreement. The action now moves to Congress where congressional leaders have promised passage of a previously [...]	2007-06-15 16:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINV ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TEGUCIGALPA1154	A CAFTA-DR SUCCESS STORY: TIME TO START A BUSINESS [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 14:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON EIND PGOV DR GT CS HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1192	WHO WILL BREAK FIRST? HONDURAS MAY SOON FACE FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-10 21:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA1292	PRESIDENT ZELAYA AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to a request by the GOH, Ambassador Ford met with Honduran President "Mel" Zelaya, Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez and proposed Ambassador to the United Nations Jorge Arturo Reina. Zelaya used the first part of the meeting to offer another explanation for his trip to M [...]	2007-07-31 21:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1311	INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE VICE-MINISTER ROSA MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and EconOff met with Industry and Commerce Vice-Minister Jorge "Coque" Rosa and Official CAFTA-DR negotiator Melvin Redondo on August 2, 2007, regarding the potential imposition of safeguards on the sock industry. The GOH does not believe that the USG has a legitimate r [...]	2007-08-02 22:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA134	HONDURAN GOVERNMENT DIALOGUE WITH OIL INDUSTRY [...] (C/NF) Summary: The January 18 talks in Salvador between oil industry representatives and a GOH delegation led by Minister Counselor for Legal Affairs Enrique Flores Lanza reportedly made significant progress. The GOH put two alternatives on the table and the affected oil companies have unde [...]	2007-01-23 01:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA135	HONDURAN LEAD NEGOTIATOR ON FUEL IMPORTS SEES [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a January 22 meeting, Minister Enrique Flores Lanza seemed optimistic about the possibility of identifying changes to Honduras' fuel pricing formula that would avoid the pitfalls of nationalizing the sector or seizing assets, while still delivering politically necessary cos [...]	2007-01-23 01:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1484	HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR USDA SECRETARY JOHANNS [...] (SBU) Summary: As you prepare to visit Tegucigalpa, relations between the United States and Honduras are generally good. President Zelaya considers himself a friend of the United States, and Honduras generally supports U.S. positions on major international issues, including the War on Terrori [...]	2007-08-30 21:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EAGR EAID ECON EFIS ETRD OVIP PGOV PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA149	HONDURAS SUDDENLY LEANING TOWARDS MARKET [...] (C/NF) Following a tumultuous year in which the GOH announced it would take over all fuel imports, create a state-managed monopoly, and perhaps even seize privately-owned storage facilities, the GOH suddenly seems poised to scrap those plans and move aggressively towards market liberalization [...]	2007-01-23 23:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1614	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S TRIP TO CUBA OCTOBER 9 [...] (C) Summary: On October 9, Honduran President Zelaya will travel to Cuba to sign a maritime delimitation treaty with the GOC. FM Milton Jimenez told Polcouns on October 2 that the President chose to travel October 9 instead of October 8 because they did not want to be manipulated into partic [...]	2007-10-03 20:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CU NI HN
07TEGUCIGALPA1678	SOTO CANO DUAL USE DISCUSSIONS: WE ARE ALL IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 18, U.S. and Honduran delegations met to discuss possible future commercial use of the air strip at Soto Cano airbase at Palmerola. The discussions were cordial and productive. The USG recognized the sovereign right of the GOH to use the strip for commercial purposes [...]	2007-10-19 14:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT
07TEGUCIGALPA170	HONDURAN GOVERNMENT REVIEWING OIL COMPANY OFFERS; [...] (C/NF) As of mid-day January 26, the GOH and the international oil companies (IOCs) continue their quiet dialogue over reforms to the fuels pricing formula. If the proposed reforms can deliver cost savings to the consumer while moving the market towards liberalization, the GOH appears incline [...]	2007-01-26 23:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1785	CHIMIRRAZO: HONDUTEL DIRECTOR OUT; HOUSE AND [...] (C) On November 9, Honduran police simultaneously raided the state telecommunications (Hondutel) offices across the country and the residences of Hondutel Director Marcelo Chimirri and other officials. The search warrants were executed in response to a legal complaint of illegal taping of pho [...]	2007-11-13 21:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV SOCI KCOR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1794	TIP: 2007 INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR HONDURAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post submits the following 2007 interim Trafficking in Persons (TIP) assessment report for Honduras (ref. A). On September 26, 2007, Poloffs hosted a meeting with 15 members of the Inter-Institutional Committee, composed of Government of Honduras (GOH) officials, prosecutors, [...]	2007-11-14 21:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1798	FROM BAD TO WORSE: ENERGY FINANCES IN HONDURAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Due to rates that do not cover costs, Honduran state-run electric company ENEE is losing USD 300 million a year, equal to 3 percent of GDP. The Zelaya administration appears to be seriously considering a long overdue rate increase. Some businesses have said they would pay hi [...]	2007-11-16 19:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EFIN EAID HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1820	HONDURAS PASSES A NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary. On September 10, the GOH publicized a decree in the national Gazette announcing the adoption of a National Security Strategy. The strategy has six main objectives (listed below) which now include counterterrorism work as an objective, and stresses regional and international coope [...]	2007-11-26 21:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PNAT KCRM
07TEGUCIGALPA1909	UN MAY PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN NEXT HONDURAN [...] On December 13, 2007 The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative, Rebeca Arias, called a meeting of the G-16 plus the Organization of American States (OAS) to discuss the November 2009 general elections in Honduras. Since 2005, the OAS has been assisting the Supreme [...]	2007-12-14 16:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1915	SUPREME COURT VOTES TO ALLOW PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: On December 12 the Constitutional Court was unable to muster a unanimous decision in the President of Congress Roberto Micheletti case. President Manuel Zelaya was able to manipulate this outcome and saw this as a personal victory. This forced the case to go to the entire plenary [...]	2007-12-17 22:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1916	RECENT DRUG-RELATED ARRESTS AND SEIZURES IN [...] Summary: Over the past weeks, Honduran authorities conducted several important drug-related arrests and seizures of assets. During the same time period, an airplane suspected of transporting drugs made an emergency landing in Honduras, but the police arrived too late to make arrests or find [...]	2007-12-17 23:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1923	CABEI SEEKS U.S. PARTICIPATION TO COUNTER [...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) is concerned that certain member states may seek to invite Venezuela to join the bank or to form an association between CABEI and Hugo Chavez's Banco del Sur. He is urging the USG to join CABEI as a member or [...]	2007-12-19 16:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1945	HONDURAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PASSES MIXED BAG OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Honduran National Congress approved new electoral reforms on December 20, 2007, in late-night, closed-door discussions only a few days after the Supreme Court ruled that the President of Congress, Roberto Michelleti, could run for President (ref. A). With substantive changes [...]	2007-12-27 22:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA215	THE HONDURAN ECONOMY AFTER FIRST YEAR OF ZELAYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Following one year in office for the Zelaya administration, the Honduran economy continues to perform solidly. Some critics would say that this continued robust performance owes more to the Maduro administration's (2001-2005) fiscal austerity than to any new Zelaya policies. [...]	2007-02-02 01:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA225	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA SAYS HE BACKS FUEL [...] (C/NF) Summary: President Zelaya says he wants a market-based fuel sector reform, but the GOH must reach a deal with the international oil companies (IOCs) before domestic pressures force him to move back towards a national import scheme. A recent deal in principle with Honduran fuel storage [...]	2007-02-03 00:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA258	WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: UPDATE TO [...] SUMMARY: There has been a lack of political will and resources to address adequately the problem of child labor in Honduras. Honduras has not yet completed its list of the worst forms of child labor required by International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 182. The National Plan for the [...]	2007-02-08 17:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA302	HONDURAN DEBATE ON FUELS LIBERALIZATION VS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The GOH debate over fuels imports now appears to be on the brink of favorable resolution. Based on all our recent contacts with GOH officials, it is Post's assessment that the GOH no longer seeks nationalization of the fuels sector and is laboring mightily to find a mutually [...]	2007-02-15 19:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA336	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ATTACKS PRO-NATIONALIZATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: Recently President Zelaya has become openly critical of his former allies, the Patriotic Coalition (the group led by Juliette Handal that seeks lower fuel prices through nationalization of all imports). Zelaya has also criticized the pressure tactics employed by ConocoPhillip [...]	2007-02-20 21:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA368	OFFSTAGE, HONDURAN FUELS ISSUE NEARS RESOLUTION; [...] (C/NF) Summary: President Zelaya continues to shift his position on fuels to one increasingly aligned with the USG market-orientation. His public remarks have moderated significantly, triggering suspicion and even attacks from his former allies in the fight to nationalize fuel imports that h [...]	2007-02-26 23:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA415	CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONDURAS FINALLY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque filled his two-day visit to Honduras with the inauguration of a hospital specializing in ophthalmology, a visit with President Zelaya, the signing of three agreements to bring the two countries closer together, and a visit with local suppo [...]	2007-03-07 14:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR CU HO
07TEGUCIGALPA432	HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2006/2007 [...] (SBU) The following is the 2006/2007 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in the checklist. Post point of contact is Vice Consul Jason McInerney, phone: 011-504-238-5114 x 4152, IVG phone: 539-4152, fax 011-504-237-1792, and unclassified [...]	2007-03-09 21:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO
07TEGUCIGALPA462	HONDURAN NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTION REFORMS FALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Party (NP) held its annual convention in San Pedro Sula on March 10-11, 2007. Before the convention, there was speculation the NP Party President, Pepe Lobo, would be pressured to resign from the Presidency in order to run fairly in the next national elections in 20 [...]	2007-03-16 13:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA463	HONDURAN FUEL SOLICITATION: FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME [...] (C/NF) Summary: The GOH has decided to put the fuel solicitation process on a back burner. While this offers hope the planned state takeover of the fuel import sector might never take place, it leaves the plan with enough life in it for the Zelaya administration to play political games with i [...]	2007-03-16 13:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA469	HONDURAN NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTION REFORMS FALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Party (NP) held its annual convention in San Pedro Sula on March 10-11, 2007. Before the convention, there was speculation the NP Party President, Pepe Lobo, would be pressured to resign from the Presidency in order to run fairly in the next national elections in 20 [...]	2007-03-16 17:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA471	CHALLENGES FOR IMPROVING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: All leading dailies and a number of television and radio stations in Honduras covered the U.S. Human Rights Report on Honduras and the National Human Rights Commission's own Human Rights Report for 2006, both released on March 6. Major media also highlighted the signing, on the [...]	2007-03-16 21:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELAB KCRM KJUS KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
07TEGUCIGALPA493	HONDURAN FUEL IMPORTS: USG EFFORTS STAVE OFF [...] (C/NF) In a hemisphere disillusioned with market economics, the USG has successfully held the line in Honduras. Thanks to two face-to-face meetings between POTUS and Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales and numerous public and private interventions by the Ambassador and his sta [...]	2007-03-21 14:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA509	HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT [...] (SBU) Summary: After 14 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...]	2007-03-22 22:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA579	I AM THE STATE: HONDUTEL MANAGER REMAINS MAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: While a new telecommunications law to liberalize the market remains stalled in the Honduran Congress, the battle to control the lucrative margins in international calling continues. Hondutel, the state telecoms operator, has aggressively pursued companies charged with pirating c [...]	2007-04-03 21:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TEGUCIGALPA584	HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...]	2007-04-09 20:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA585	HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...]	2007-04-09 20:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA667	DEPUTY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JACKSON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Michael P. Jackson met separately with Minister of Internal Security Alvaro Romero, Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista, and Minister of Defense Aristides Mejia on April 12, 2007 at the end of his two-day visit to Puerto Cortes and Tegucig [...]	2007-04-24 12:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA76	HONDURAN PRESIDENT CALLS U.S. OIL COMPANIES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales returned "a changed man" from meetings with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on January 10. Zelaya was clearly frustrated at his continuing inability to resolve Honduras' energy proble [...]	2007-01-13 00:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA77	HONDURAS EXPROPRIATES U.S. OIL COMPANIES' STORAGE [...] (S/NF) Summary: On January 13, the GOH announced in a surprise decision that it would be compelling use of privately-owned oil import and storage facilities in Honduras. It remains unclear which facilities are affected, but at a minimum Honduran firm DIPPSA and U.S. firm Esso are subject to [...]	2007-01-14 20:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET EINV ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA86	HONDURAN PRIVATE SECTOR OPPOSES ANNOUNCED GOH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Lawyers for U.S. firm Esso admit that expropriations can be legal if carried out properly and effectively compensated, so they continue to monitor closely the GOH's implementation of its January 13 decree announcing its intention to take control of private sector oil storage f [...]	2007-01-16 23:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA892	HONDURAS: TWIN SHOCKS IN ENERGY MAY HIT THIS SUMMER [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 23:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA906	POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MICHELLETI'S BID FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post believes it is likely that Liberal Party member Roberto Michelleti Bain will succeed in his attempt to be allowed to run for President in the 2009 elections without resigning from his position as President of the National Congress. This means that a contest in the next elec [...]	2007-05-23 16:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA91	HONDURAN GOVERNMENT BLAMES OIL COMANIES; COMPLAINS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador, Charge, and EconChief met with Ministers Enrique Flores Lanza and Milton Jimenez on January 16 to discuss the announced GOH intent to seize control of U.S. owned oil storage facilities without the consent of the owners. Both Ministers blamed the companies for fail [...]	2007-01-17 19:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TELAVIV1019	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran-Britain Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that his government would release the 15 detained British sailors and marines as a gift t [...]	2007-04-05 08:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1048	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend the media reported on slight progress in negotiations toward the release of IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit. On Sunday leading media reported that Hamas demands the liberation of 1, [...]	2007-04-10 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1062	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 09:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1063	ISRAELI MOD CONTACTS SHARE VIEWS ON PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) In a March 29 meeting, Israeli officials from the MOD's POL-MIL Bureau briefed EUCOM Political Advisor (POLAD) Mary Carlin Yates on their assessment of the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) and its implications for Palestinian-Israel relations, Israeli thinking about the negative [...]	2007-04-11 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG NATO IZ IS
07TELAVIV1086	CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (C) SUMMARY. REPRESENTATIVE GARY ACKERMAN (D, NEW YORK),CHAIRMAN OF MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, CALLED ON PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT APRIL 11. THEY DISCUSSED OLMERT'S APPROACH TO HIS UPCOMING MEETING WI [...]	2007-04-13 10:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1088	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that, during their meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will discuss the "diplomatic horizon." Yediot reported that Olme [...]	2007-04-13 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1094	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1110	FM LIVNI: ARAB LEAGUE PEACE COMMITTEE CAN PROVIDE [...] (C) Summary and comment: The MFA reports that FM Livni has been actively lobbying both her Jordanian and Egyptian counterparts prior to the meeting of the Arab League's "Follow-Up Committee" scheduled for April 18 in Cairo (reftel). Senior GOI officials, including PM Olmert, have made public [...]	2007-04-17 15:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL ARABL JO IS
07TELAVIV1114	CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary. Representative Gary Ackerman (D, New York),Chairman of the Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu at the Knesset April 11. The discussion covered Netany [...]	2007-04-18 06:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP EFIN IR KPAL IS
07TELAVIV1119	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 09:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1147	DID MK AZMI BISHARA PASS SECRETS TO HIZBALLAH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Israeli-Arab MK and Balad party leader Azmi Bishara left Israel in early April amid rumors that the security services were preparing a case against him for unspecified security offenses. While a gag order prevents public discussion of the case by GOI officials, contacts have t [...]	2007-04-19 13:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS LE
07TELAVIV1201	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel's 59th Independence Day 2. Mideast 3. Sudan: Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media prominently and extensively covered, and commented on, events related to Israel's Memorial Day and Independence Da [...]	2007-04-23 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1211	POLITICAL DECISION LACKING IN HEBRON SETTLER [...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE'S (MOD) ASSERTION THAT THEY WILL EVACUATE THE NEWLY-ESTABLISHED HEBRON OUTPOST -- BET HASHALOM -- EMBASSY CONTACTS DOUBT THAT SUCH ACTION IS IMMINENT. BRIGADIER GENERAL (RES.) BARUCH SPIEGEL, FORMER ADVISOR TO DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ, TOLD ECONC [...]	2007-04-23 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1212	MK BISHARA RESIGNS FROM KNESSET; REPLACED BY DRUZE [...] (U) MK Azmi Bishara, leader of the Arab nationalist Balad Party, resigned his Knesset seat at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo on April 22. According to press reports, Bishara entered the Embassy unannounced and, accompanied by fellow Balad MK Wasil Taha, presented Israeli Ambassador Shalom Cohen [...]	2007-04-23 15:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS LE
07TELAVIV1213	MOD DECLARES IDF HAS "FREEDOM OF ACTION" IN GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Sneh publicly announced April 25 that the IDF now has "freedom of action" in the Gaza Strip as a result of Hamas taking responsibility for firing rockets and mortars from Gaza April 24. He added that Israel is not interested in seeing an escalati [...]	2007-04-25 09:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1223	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that, in a high-level defense consultation on Wednesday, PM Ehud Olmert decided that Israel will avoid a broad military response to the Hamas rocket bar [...]	2007-04-26 08:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1229	FISCHER SAYS ISRAELI ECONOMY BOOMING AS FINANCE [...] (C) In an April 25 meeting Stanley Fischer, the Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI),had no comment for the Ambassador on Finance Minister Hirschson's suspension/resignation, but commented that Olmert has been a good Finance Minister in the past. He said that the economy is in excellent sha [...]	2007-04-26 15:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS
07TELAVIV1246	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. PM Olmert's Performance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the US administration has presented Israel and the PA with benchmarks by which the sides will be required to abide, in accordance with [...]	2007-04-27 09:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1257	WINOGRAD IN APRIL: OLMERT'S CRUELEST MONTH? [...] (C) Summary: Israel is on tenterhooks, ready to dissect the long-awaited "interim report" of the Winograd Committee that PM Olmert's cabinet appointed to look into the events of the "Second Lebanon War." There have been no known leaks of the contents of this report, which is cloaked in secre [...]	2007-04-27 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PINR IS LE
07TELAVIV1262	WINOGRAD INTERIM REPORT SLAMS OLMERT, PERETZ, [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Channel 10 news reported extensive leaks from the Winograd interim report on the conduct of last summer's Lebanon War late on April 27. These apparently credible leaks have fed a blitz of early commentary (see septel for media reaction). The official text is scheduled [...]	2007-04-30 09:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS LE
07TELAVIV1263	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Winograd Probe Into 2nd Lebanon War 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend Channel 10-TV unofficially disclosed the basic points of the interim report of the Winograd Commission probing the Second Lebano [...]	2007-04-30 09:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1283	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 10:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1288	CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES TWO-STATE SOLUTION, SYRIA, AND IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY FM Livni met with CODEL Pelosi and emphasized that Israel and the U.S. share challenges and values. Speaker Pelosi and the Representatives reaffirmed their commitment to an Israel at peace with its neighbors. Livni stressed that the missing soldiers and the trafficking of arms to [...]	2007-05-01 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL IS SY LE IR IZ
07TELAVIV1293	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 09:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1299	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-03 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1305	WINOGRAD FALLOUT AND POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY/OVERVIEW: PM OLMERT SURMOUNTED TWO HURDLES IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE APRIL 30 RELEASE OF THE WINOGRAD COMMITTEE'S INTERIM REPORT ON THE SECOND LEBANON WAR: A MAY 2 COALITION MEETING AND A MAY 2 KADIMA FACTION MEETING THAT COULD HAVE SPELLED AN IMMEDIATE END TO HIS POLIT [...]	2007-05-03 13:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB IS LE
07TELAVIV1324	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 10:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1331	JORDANIAN DELEGATION PITCHES IDEA FOR A FEDERATION [...] (C) Abdul Salam Majali, a former Prime Minister of Jordan and member of the Jordanian Upper House of Parliament, led a small Jordanian delegation to Israel for private meetings with the Israeli political class -- both within and outside the GOI -- during which he advocated reviving a proposal [...]	2007-05-04 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PREF KPAL IS JO
07TELAVIV1335	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast 3. France: Presidential Election ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported on a Qassam rocket attack on Sunday afternoon that wounded two people at a gas station near Sderot. The media c [...]	2007-05-07 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1343	ISRAEL MFA AND MOD CONTACTS ON POSSIBLE SUMMER WAR [...] (S) An MOD working-level official suggests that Hizballah in southern Lebanon is not seeking a fight with Israel this summer, but is intent on quietly rebuilding its capabilities, and reasserting itself south of the Litani River. The official does not rule out that Syria might try to provoke a war [...]	2007-05-07 13:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR MCAP MARR SY LE IS
07TELAVIV1348	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. PM Olmert's Performance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot, Israel Radio, and other leading media quoted State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack as saying in his daily briefing on Monday that he would not ex [...]	2007-05-08 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1351	ISRAELI POCS FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Responding to ref A request for Global Initiative (GI) point-of-contact (POC) information, Israeli MFA Strategic Affairs Division Minister Counselor Eyal Propper informed polmiloff May 8 that Israel's points of contact for the GI will be the following persons: A. Overall GOI POC / Dip [...]	2007-05-08 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIT PARM PREL PINR PINS KNNP IS
07TELAVIV1358	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1365	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 09:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1376	COALITION SURVICES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTES; BARAK AND NETANYAHU [...] (U) PM Olmert kept the Kadima Party and the coalition together despite last week's resignation of the coalition chairman, Avigdor Yitzhaki, and shaky support from the Labor Party, defeating opposition attempts to pass no-confidence votes on May 7. Olmert's supporters bruited the possibility o [...]	2007-05-11 04:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM IS
07TELAVIV1384	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 12:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1401	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported on Sunday that Minister Amir Peretz has instructed the officialin charge of security for the ministry, Yehiel Horev, to begin an official investigation on whether an official [...]	2007-05-14 11:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1425	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1438	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the shelling of Sderot with Qassam rockets and the internecine fighting in the Gaza Strip. The media reported that more than 20 Qassam rockets fell on Sderot on Tuesda [...]	2007-05-16 11:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1476	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 12:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1492	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Muslims in US Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to highlight Qassam rocket attacks on the western Negev and related developments, mainly a limited Israeli military response to the rocket [...]	2007-05-18 10:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1514	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that last night the Israel Air Force bombed the house of Hamas parliamentarian Khalil al-Haya in Gaza. He was slightly injured in the attack, but eight others including [...]	2007-05-21 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1535	MOF DG WANTS TO REMOVE TRADE IRRITANTS [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with A/DCM Weinstein and A/EconCouns, Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Ariav expressed the strong desire to find a solution to U.S. trade concerns, and offered to spearhead a GOI inter-agency effort to deal with the problem areas. Regarding a visit of U/S Burns to Israel, [...]	2007-05-22 15:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS KWBG
07TELAVIV1536	SENIOR DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIAL BLASTS IDF [...] (C) Summary: Haggai Alon, Senior Political Advisor to Defense Minister (DM) Peretz, criticized the IDF in a Ha'aretz interview for serving as the "settlers' army," defying High Court of Justice (HCJ) rulings on the separation barrier and stonewalling AMA (Agreement on Movement and Access) i [...]	2007-05-22 15:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1540	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1549	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian Option ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited both Israeli and American officials as saying that neither Jerusalem nor Washington has changed its views on talks with Syria. This reaction came in response to recent [...]	2007-05-25 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS

07TELAVIV1572	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Nothing to Worry About" Senior diplomatic correspondent Shimon Shiffer wrote in the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot (05/30): "The combative sounds being made by the Labor Party candidates should not cause undue excitement.... Whether Barak is elected or Ayalon -- either of them [...]	2007-05-30 10:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1579	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "The Great Fiasco" Eytan Haber, veteran op-ed writer and assistant to the late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, opined in an editorial of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot (05/31): "Policy makers and decision takers in Washington are frightened ... They have no answer to what is h [...]	2007-05-31 10:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1587	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel is waiting for Hamas to forward it another list of Palestinian prisoners whom it proposes to exchange for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. The paper noted tha [...]	2007-06-01 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1604	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ----------- Summary: -------- Senior commentator Nahum Barnea wrote in the popular, pluralist Yediot: "The current government has three negotiation tracks that require discussion.... Each track involves great risks, but refraining from making a choice is no less dangerous. Whoe [...]	2007-06-04 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1624	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] 40th Anniversary of the Six-Day War 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Palestinian sources as saying that PM Ehud Olmert will meet on Thursday in Jericho with PA Chairman (President) Mahmoud Abbas. Israel Rad [...]	2007-06-05 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1644	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. G-8 Summit, June 6-8 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the possibility that a military confrontation with Syria might break out this summer. The media reported that this morning the security cabinet will hold [...]	2007-06-06 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1665	DOE/NNSA/LLNL TEAM'S VISIT TO ISRAEL SEES PROGRESS [...] (S) From March 13 through March 14, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Team comprised of officials from the DOE-affiliated National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) met with officials from the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC),Israel' [...]	2007-06-07 15:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC IR SY KN IS
07TELAVIV1671	PM OLMERT WELCOMES ACTION ON IRAN, INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fl) and Florida Governor Charlie Crist met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on May 31 as part of a broad mission to expand trade and political relations between Israel and the State of Florida. At the top of the agenda was the Florida legislature's recent dec [...]	2007-06-08 06:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SY LE KPAL IS
07TELAVIV1679	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- Yediot headlined that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert talked to US President George Bush six weeks ago and received from him the ok to go ahead and open negotiations with Syria. According to the [...]	2007-06-08 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1682	AMANA SETTLER MOVEMENT REPORTEDLY BUILDING 100 [...] (C) Lt. Col. (ret.) Oded Herman, advisor to MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, confirmed to econoff on June 7 that the Amana settlement organization will likely build 100 new housing units in the West Bank, as reported recently in Israeli and Palestinian press. He said that Amana had obtained [...]	2007-06-08 13:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1684	FM LIVNI DISCUSSES GAZA, A TWO-STATE SOLUTION, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CODEL Leahy May 29, FM Livni described the situation in Gaza and southern Israel as intolerable and emphasized the importance of stopping arms smuggling from Egypt. She told the CODEL that Egypt was cooperating, but needed to do more to prevent smuggling throug [...]	2007-06-11 05:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL KWBG IR LE EG JO
07TELAVIV1688	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 10:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1699	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel Labor Party Primaries 2. Mideast 2. Democracy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited the belief of unnamed officials that President Bush will make new suggestions for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement in a speech slate [...]	2007-06-12 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1727	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1729	IRAN: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ASSESSMENT [...] (S) In a June 12 meeting, Israel Atomic Energy Commission Nonproliferation Department Director Gil Reich (accompanied by new External Relations Director Joshua Zarka and Arms Control Department Director Merav Zafary) provided poloff with the IAEC's current assessment of Iran's uranium enrichme [...]	2007-06-13 15:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR KNNP MNUC IAEA IR IS
07TELAVIV1731	CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSSES THE ROAD FORWARD WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with FM Tzipi Livni and PM Ehud Olmert on June 3, Senator Lieberman (CT) discussed issues regarding the Palestinian Authority (PA),the war in Iraq, and strategies for confronting the nuclear ambitions of Iran. Lieberman reassured the GOI that the US would maintain an [...]	2007-06-13 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL IR IZ
07TELAVIV1732	ISA CHIEF DISKIN ON SITUATION IN THE GAZA STRIP [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting that entailed discussion of the benchmarks (reftel),Israeli Security Agency (ISA) Head Yuval Diskin shared his assessment of the current situation in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, painting a picture of a desperate, disorganized, and demoralized Fatah in the G [...]	2007-06-13 16:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM MARR MASS KPAL KWBG EG IS
07TELAVIV1733	MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR YADLIN COMMENTS ON [...] (S) Summary. During a June 12 meeting with the Ambassador, IDI Director MG Amos Yadlin said that Gaza was "number four" on his list of threats, preceded by Iran, Syria, and Hizballah in that order. Yadlin said the IDI has been predicting armed confrontation in Gaza between Hamas and Fatah since Ham [...]	2007-06-13 16:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS KWBG LE SY IS
07TELAVIV1741	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-14 09:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1757	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Hamas Takeover of Gaza Strip 2. Election of Shimon Peres as President of Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday Hamas completed its takeover of the Gaza Strip. Maariv bannered: "Three States for Two Na [...]	2007-06-15 10:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1783	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Among the main stories over the weekend were the formation by PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas of an emergency cabinet headed by Salam Fayyad, in defiance of Hamas; the [...]	2007-06-18 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1842	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Monday the US and EU lifted the embargo on the PA. The media quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying: "We intend to lift [...]	2007-06-19 12:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1857	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Visit to US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Tuesday's meeting at the White House between PM Ehud Olmert and President Bush. The media quoted the two leaders as saying publicly that they would [...]	2007-06-20 09:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1901	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 10:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1912	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Yediot) quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying at a fundraising event in Haifa on Thursday that his meeting with PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday will create a "new be [...]	2007-06-22 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV192	ISRAELIS APPRECIATE PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS ON [...] (C) Pol Couns drew on reftel background to brief MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East (A/S equivalent) Yacov Hadas-Handelsman January 16. Hadas-Handelsman said Israel shared the U.S. interest in a unified, stable Iraq, adding that this was what the Arabs wanted as well. Hadas-Hand [...]	2007-01-17 15:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV IS IZ
07TELAVIV1930	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1957	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a conciliatory address to the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh PM Ehud Olmert declared in a surprise gesture that he intends to ask the cabinet to approve the release of [...]	2007-06-26 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1972	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that on Tuesday two Qassam rockets were launched at Sderot. This morning leading electronic media reported on IDF operations in the southern Gaza StripQIs [...]	2007-06-27 10:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2022	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror: UK Terror Attempts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that difficulty in finding 250 Fatah prisoners, who have been in jail for a long time but do not have "blood on their hands," [...]	2007-07-02 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2050	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 10:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2063	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-05 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2081	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2090	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 10:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2109	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-10 10:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2112	CODEL ISRAEL'S MEETING WITH AMOS GILAD: REGIONAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. CODEL Israel on July 5 discussed with the MOD's political-military bureau chief MG (Ret) Amos Gilad the evolving relationship between Iran, Syria, and Hizballah, Egypt's role in working to broker the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, and curbing weapons smuggling [...]	2007-07-10 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER KNNP MNUC EG IS SY
07TELAVIV2124	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Pakistan 3. Iraq 4. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and The Jerusalem Post reported that the Arab League delegation composed of Egyptian FM Ahmed Ali Abu al-Gheit and Jordanian FM Abdelel [...]	2007-07-11 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2135	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 09:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2144	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that the visit of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, which was scheduled for next week, has been canceled. Media quoted President Bush as saying during a press co [...]	2007-07-13 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2150	ISRAELIS ACCEPT 750 EGYPTIAN BORDER GUARDS AT [...] (C) DATT followed up with IDF Planning Division Chief MG Udi Dekel July 12 regarding Embassy Cairo reftel report that Israel had refused the deployment of additional Egyptian border guards along the Egypt-Gaza border. Dekel told DATT that, as we have previously reported, Israel has no objecti [...]	2007-07-13 16:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EG IS
07TELAVIV2151	ISRAELIS ACCEPT 750 EGYPTIAN BORDER GUARDS AT [...] (C) DATT followed up with IDF Planning Division Chief MG Udi Dekel July 12 regarding Embassy Cairo reftel report that Israel had refused the deployment of additional Egyptian border guards along the Egypt-Gaza border. Dekel told DATT that, as we have previously reported, Israel has no objecti [...]	2007-07-13 16:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EG IS
07TELAVIV2163	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Swearing-In of Shimon Peres as President of Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that today President Bush will give a special address on the Middle East, which is expected to focus on the Israeli-Palestin [...]	2007-07-16 10:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2173	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 10:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2183	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed President Bush's announcement of a Middle East conference in the fall. Saying that the White House lowered expectations [...]	2007-07-18 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV219	REPORT ON BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) On November 15, 2006, Blue Lantern Officer and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) employee conducted a site visit to the former Israel Military Industries Aircraft System Division (IMIASD) facility and met with Danny Inbal, Corporate Security Director; Israel Zigerson, Purchasing [...]	2007-01-19 10:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
07TELAVIV2210	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2221	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to report on the release of 255 Palestinian prisoners this morning. The released prisoners signed a pledge not to return to terrorism and they will be welc [...]	2007-07-20 10:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2225	LINDENSTRAUSS ATTACKS OLMERT GOVERNMENT, BUT ONLY [...] (C) Summary: State Comptroller Lindenstrauss issued a scathing critique of Israel's lack of homefront preparedness during the Second Lebanon War (SLW). Lindenstrauss presented his report to the Knesset on July 18, and its assessment that little was done by government authorities to assist or [...]	2007-07-20 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS
07TELAVIV2233	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Turkish Elections: AKP Victory ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that former British PM Tony Blair, the Quartet's special envoy to the Middle East peace process, is scheduled to arrive in the country today for [...]	2007-07-23 12:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV224	WILL OLMERT AND PERETZ WEATHER THE STORM NOW THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RESIGNATION OF THE IDF CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF (COS) HAS PROMPTED INCREASED MEDIA SPECULATION THAT OLMERT MAY RESHUFFLE HIS CABINET BEFORE THE PUBLICATION NEXT MONTH OF THE INTERIM WINOGRAD COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE LEBANON WAR, A REPORT THAT IS LIKELY TO FURTHER WEAKEN HIS PUBL [...]	2007-01-19 16:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS
07TELAVIV2250	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Tony Blairs' Mission 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted the Quartet's Special Envoy, Tony Blair, as saying after his meeting with President Shimon Peres that: "I think there is a sense of possibility, but whethe [...]	2007-07-24 13:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2258	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Tony Blairs' Mission 2. Syria ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made a new offer to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: both parties would negotiate an "agreement of principles" fo [...]	2007-07-25 10:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2280	APHSCT TOWNSEND TAKES STOCK OF BMENA REGION WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (AFHSC),met Mossad Director Meir Dagan on July 12 for a general discussion of regional security threats. On the Iranian nuclear program, Dagan proved surprisingly optimistic about the [...]	2007-07-26 13:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER PREL KNNP KWBG EFIN IR IS
07TELAVIV2281	APHSCT TOWNSEND RECEIVES ACTION PLAN ON PALESTINIANS FROM ISRAELI NSC [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 13:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER PREL KNNP KWBG EFIN IR IS
07TELAVIV2287	NEW WEST BANK OUTPOSTS AND SETTLEMENT EXPANSION [...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Peace Now's Settlement Watch Coordinator Hagit Ofran -- who has a track record of accurate reporting -- briefed econoff on three newly discovered outposts in the West Bank, and highlighted recent expansion in existing outposts. As far as we know, Peace Now has not [...]	2007-07-26 15:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV2289	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 07:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2323	JUMP STARTING PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI COOPERATION ON [...] (U) This is a joint cable of the Embassy in Tel Aviv and the Consulate General in Jerusalem. 2. (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the formation of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad,s Palestinian Authority, the U.S.-Palestinian-Israeli Trilateral Water Working Group (TWWG) met on July 19 for the f [...]	2007-07-27 12:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SENV KBIO KWBG IS
07TELAVIV2326	IAA DIRECTOR DESCRIBES NEW PLAN FOR MUGHRABI GATE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) Director General Yehoshua (Shuka) Dorfman told Embassy and ConGen poloffs July 24 that the IAA was proposing a new design for an access ramp at the Mughrabi Gate that would follow the same path as the earlier, collapsed ramp, and that the ruins [...]	2007-07-27 13:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF KPAL IS
07TELAVIV2338	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US-Saudi Arms Deal 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- The media reported on Sunday that the U.S. is prepared to increase military aid to Israel to ease concerns over a proposed American weapons sale to Saudi Arabia. The media cite [...]	2007-07-30 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2345	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2357	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 08:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2425	UNTSO: GOLAN UNDER CONTROL, SOUTHERN LEBANON [...] (U) The commander of United Nations Treaty Supervision Organization (UNTSO),Major General Ian Gordon (Australia),called on the Ambassador on August 8 to discuss the situation on the ground in his areas of operation, particularly the Lebanese-Israeli border and the Golan Heights. UNTSO is an [...]	2007-08-10 06:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS UN SY LE IS
07TELAVIV2446	GOI CONSIDERS 2008 BUDGET, COALITION PARTNERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 5, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) formally presented the 2008 draft budget to the Government of Israel (GOI). Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and newly-appointed Finance Minister Roni Bar-On have made strong public statements on their commitment to maintaining fiscal discipl [...]	2007-08-10 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON MASS MCAP EAID PGOV PREL IS
07TELAVIV2448	YEDIOT ARTICLE CLAIMS BARAK TILTS RIGHT, [...] (U) Israel's largest circulation daily, Yediot Aharonot, ran a banner headline on August 10 "Barak: There is no chance for a settlement with the Palestinians." Although not a direct interview, the article by well-connected journalist Shimon Schiffer states that Barak has been telling associa [...]	2007-08-10 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPAL IS
07TELAVIV2454	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited official Israeli assessments according to which Syria does not believe PM Ehud Olmert's public statements of reassurance that Israel has no intention of attacking S [...]	2007-08-13 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV246	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported and all major media, except Maariv and The Jerusalem Post, bannered last night's joint statement by PM Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister announcing their decision to appoi [...]	2007-01-23 11:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2483	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Pakistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that Binyamin Netanyahu won the Likud primary with 73.2 percent of the vote. Far-Right activist Moshe Feiglin garnered 23.4 percent, and World Likud Chairman D [...]	2007-08-15 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2504	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Aid to Israel 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns as saying on Thursday that the new USD 30-billion defense package for Israel is not conditioned on [...]	2007-08-17 09:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2508	FOURTH NEW WEST BANK OUTPOST FOUND WITHIN THREE [...] (C) Peace Now's Settlement Watch Coordinator Hagit Ofran told econoff that on July 26 she had discovered another new West Bank outpost -- making this the fourth new outpost discovered by Peace Now within the last three months (reftel). According to Ofran, this new outpost, called "Givat Ha' [...]	2007-08-17 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV2513	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Columnist and former IDF Intelligence chief Shlomo Gazit wrote in the popular, pluralist Maariv: "Israel's steps [vis-a-vis Syria] are determined more than anything by domestic politics, and in particular by the Prime Minister's attempt to portray [...]	2007-08-20 10:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2539	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that a week ago President Shimon Peres met in his office with Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad and that he is willing to meet with PA Chairman [Presi [...]	2007-08-21 09:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2543	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 10:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2551	AMBASSADOR AND EDUCATION MINISTER YULI TAMIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador called on Minister of Education Yuli Tamir (Labor) August 21 to discuss ways the Education Ministry could support the peace process. Tamir agreed with the Ambassador that it was important to develop a "peace curriculum" to promote tolerance and mutual understandin [...]	2007-08-22 13:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL EAID SCUL IS
07TELAVIV2558	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2576	U/S BURNS' MEETING AT ISRAEL'S MFA ON LEBANON, [...] (S) After the August 16 signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. Security Assistance to Israel and the press conference that followed, Under Secretary Burns and his delegation participated in a roundtable discussion of issues with an Israeli MFA delegation led by MFA Director G [...]	2007-08-24 04:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MASS NATO PTER KNNP UNSC SY IR EG LE IS
07TELAVIV2578	ISRAELIS WAITING FOR EU WRITTEN REQUEST ON EU [...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel demarche requesting the GOI provide timely diplomatic accreditation for members of the EU Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories (EU COPPS) with MOD Director General Buchris, MFA Director General Abramovitch, MFA Senior Deputy Director General Gal, and [...]	2007-08-24 11:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS KWBG IS EU
07TELAVIV2579	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2592	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 09:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2601	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 10:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2630	SETTLEMENT SQUATTERS WILL NOT BE EVACUATED [...] (C) Summary: On August 1-2, hundreds of would-be-homeowners broke into unfinished apartments in West Bank settlements and the Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem following rumors that Heftsiba, one of Israel's largest construction companies, had gone bankrupt. Acting on instructions from [...]	2007-08-29 15:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07TELAVIV2635	U/S BURNS' AUGUST 15 MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEPUTY [...] (S) In an August 15 meeting, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz and Under Secretary Burns discussed the Memorandum of Understanding on security assistance to Israel that would be signed the following day, U.S. efforts to ensure that security assistance to Arab partners would not jeopard [...]	2007-08-30 07:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS MARR KNNP UNSC SY LE IS
07TELAVIV2636	ISRAELI NGO SUES TERRORISTS, TIES UP PA MONEY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Government of Israel (GOI) recently reached an agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA) to release portions of withheld Palestinian customs revenue (ref A),but a substantial portion of these funds remains frozen by court order. Israeli courts are in the process of deci [...]	2007-08-30 07:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	EFIN EAID PTER KWBG IS IR
07TELAVIV2640	DAS DANIN'S AUGUST 29 MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEFMIN [...] (S) In an August 29 meeting, Michael Herzog, the Chief of Staff to Israeli Defense Minister Barak, told visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin that Israel is not looking for a fight with either Hizballah or Syria, but needs to prepare for one just in case. Earlier concerns within government circles abo [...]	2007-08-30 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS KPAL KWBG UNSC SY EG LE IS
07TELAVIV2642	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that three Palestinian children from one family were killed in a strike against rocket launchers in the northern Gaza Strip. The media quoted the IDF [...]	2007-08-31 03:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2650	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2652	U/S BURNS' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOSSAD [...] (S) In an August 17 meeting, Israeli Mossad Chief Meir Dagan thanked Under Secretary Burns for America's support of Israel as evidenced by the previous day's signing of an MOU that provides Israel with USD 30 billion in security assistance from 2008-2018. Dagan provided his assessment of the [...]	2007-08-31 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR MASS KNNP UNSC PK IR IZ ZP
07TELAVIV2661	RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 POST SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Acting on instructions in ref A, Embassy Tel Aviv Blue Lantern Officer conducted a site visit to IAI Elta Systems, Limited's office in Ashdod on August 6 to determine the status of 20 cable assemblies delivered to Israel. Blue Lantern Officer determined that IAI Elta Systems received the [...]	2007-09-04 09:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IN IS
07TELAVIV2662	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 10:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV267	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel: Governance 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major electronic media cited the State of the Union Address that President Bush delivered on Tuesday. The media reported that the President dedicated roughly half of his speech [...]	2007-01-24 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2670	HCJ: IDF MUST REROUTE WEST BANK BARRIER SEGMENT [...] (U) On September 4, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) ruled that the IDF must reroute a section of the West Bank separation barrier near the Israeli settlement of Mattityahu East, located in the Modi'in Illit settlement bloc north-west of Jerusalem. The Court ruled that the current ro [...]	2007-09-04 14:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07TELAVIV2671	DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER VILNAI COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. During a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai described his close working and personal relationship with Defense Minister Barak. Vilnai described his key areas of responsibility at MOD as improving the defense of the homefront; serving a [...]	2007-09-04 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KWBG IS
07TELAVIV2672	AMBASSADOR AND DAS DANIN DISCUSS REGIONAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin met with MFA DG Aharon Abramovitch in Jerusalem August 28 to discuss ongoing regional and bilateral issues. Abramovitch reported significant progress in the negotiations over stationing Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambul [...]	2007-09-04 16:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG LE SY IS
07TELAVIV2678	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited the belief of GOI sources that most Security Cabinet members will support increasing financial pressure on the Gaza Strip during the cabinet's meeting in Jerus [...]	2007-09-05 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2688	DAS DANIN AND MFA DDG'S YAAR AND HADAS-HANDELSMAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Over breakfast August 30, NEA DAS Robert Danin discussed the peace process and other regional issues with MFA DDG for International Organizations Ronny Yaar, MFA DDG for the Middle East Yacov Hadas-Handelsman, and MFA UN Political Affairs Director Rony Adam. Yaar noted the GOI's [...]	2007-09-06 08:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KWBG PTER EG LE MO IS
07TELAVIV2692	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2715	HCJ UPHOLDS RETROACTIVE LEGALIZATION OF ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) upheld the GOI's retroactive approval of illegal settlement construction in the Mattityahu East settlement, located in the Modi'in Illit settlement bloc north-west of Jerusalem. The Court rejected petitions by Peace Now an [...]	2007-09-07 16:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07TELAVIV2722	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Military correspondent Amos Harel wrote on page one of the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "It is safe to assume that Assad will make some sort of move to keep Israel on the edge of its seat over the [upcoming Jewish] holidays." Senior colu [...]	2007-09-10 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2737	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2756	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited a report by Christiane Amanpour of CNN based on American and Middle Eastern sources that Israel's action in Syria last week was directed at an Iranian shipment [...]	2007-09-12 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2779	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. France-US Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying on Monday, in a briefing for Russian-language media outlets in Israel: "I have a lot of respect for the Syrian leader and for Sy [...]	2007-09-18 09:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS

07TELAVIV2815	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that on Thursday PM Ehud Olmert told a gathering of Kadima that "there is a partner for dialogue in the PA." Media quoted Olmert as saying that he wil [...]	2007-09-21 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2829	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying on Sunday that Syria, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia will be invited to the Washington meeting on the Middle East, which will ad [...]	2007-09-24 14:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV283	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] State of the Union Address 2. Mideast 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post highlighted a part of President Bush's State of the Union Address: "We could expect an epic battle between Shi'a extremis [...]	2007-01-25 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2842	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President Ahmadinejad at Columbia University 2. Mideast 3. Libya ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media quoted President Bush as saying on Monday at a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in N [...]	2007-09-25 10:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2870	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Tzipi Livni may meet PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas in New York. The radio reported that in her speech to the UN General Assembly, Livni is expected to [...]	2007-09-28 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2880	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 10:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2890	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 10:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2893	POST RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF [...] (SBU) In response to the Department's request to identify "credible voices" in the Muslim community who reject extremist interpretations of Islam (reftel),post submits the following three names for consideration: A) SHEIKH ABDELLAH NIMER DARWISH (born 1948): Sheikh Darwish is the founder [...]	2007-10-02 12:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER KISL IS
07TELAVIV2896	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Myanmar ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit the region in mid-October to work on the agenda for the Annapolis meeting. Maariv reported that during a meet [...]	2007-10-03 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2908	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "The changes in the region and the Palestinian leadership's weakness make it even more difficult to reach a viable agreement. It is clear that the Annapolis meeting will require much more crea [...]	2007-10-05 12:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2918	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 13:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2947	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-12 13:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2948	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will come to the region early next week. Israel Radio reported that a three-way meeting will be held between her, PM Ehud [...]	2007-10-12 13:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV297	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that during a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, FM Tzipi Livni warned PA Chairman [President] Mahmou [...]	2007-01-26 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2973	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-15 09:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2986	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 06:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2994	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 06:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2995	IDF BLOCKS SETTLERS RE-ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH OUTPOST [...] (C) In a conversation with econoff on October 15, Oded Herman, Senior Advisor to MOD Political-Military Director Amos Gilad clarified that the IDF did not evacuate an existing outpost, as Israeli press had reported earlier that day. According to Herman, the IDF stopped settlers from establish [...]	2007-10-17 06:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3014	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 07:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3030	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that President Bush is sending National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley to the Middle East next week and that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will return soo [...]	2007-10-19 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3045	REGULATORY HURDLES CONTINUE TO DELAY PLACEMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Regulatory roadblocks continue to delay implementation of the MOU between Magen David Adom (MDA) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS),specifically the placement of five PRCS ambulances in East Jerusalem. MFA Director of International Organizations and Human Rights Sim [...]	2007-10-22 07:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3051	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The top story over the weekend was the alleged assassination plot against PM Olmert in June. Reportedly, the plot which was broken up by Shin Bet and PA security services, involved five [...]	2007-10-22 10:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3073	GOI ADDRESSES CRITICAL GAZA SEWAGE ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy and USAID officers have engaged GOI authorities to press for entry of pipes, pumps and other equipment for an emergency World Bank project to address the high risk of an environmental and public health crisis from a Gaza sewage reservoir, but the Israeli response has bee [...]	2007-10-24 13:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID IS
07TELAVIV3077	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Rabin Assassination Anniversary 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that on Tuesday a Palestinian was killed in an air force attack on a vehicle in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The newspa [...]	2007-10-24 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3083	COGAT COMMENTS ON GAZA AND WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary. DCM and PolCouns called on the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Major General Mishlev, October 23 as part of the Embassy's efforts to improve the atmosphere in advance of the international meeting. Mishlev agreed that COGAT staff would work with the Emba [...]	2007-10-25 08:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS ECON KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3087	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted a State Department spokesperson as saying on Wednesday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will come to Israel and the PA in early November. Major media quoted Sec [...]	2007-10-25 10:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV309	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-29 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3109	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved economic sanctions on the Gaza Strip in response to continued Qassam rocket attacks. Thi [...]	2007-10-26 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3120	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 10:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3164	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3181	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted senior diplomatic officials as saying on Wednesday that it now seems unlikely that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will bring invitations to the Annapolis me [...]	2007-11-01 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3184	IDF REMOVAL OF 23 WEST BANK OBSTACLES HAS MINIMAL [...] (C) Summary: On October 30, Brig. Gen. Eitan Dangot, Military Advisor to the Minister of Defense provided the Ambassador with a map indicating the locations of 23 West Bank obstacles dismantled by the IDF earlier this month. Analysis by ECF (the Economic Cooperation Foundation) indicates th [...]	2007-11-02 07:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3187	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3207	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 06:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3222	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3227	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying on Tuesday that the Annapolis meeting will take place during the last week of November. (Ha'aretz quoted chief PA negotiator Qurei as saying that [...]	2007-11-07 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3232	STRIKE BY SECONDARY TEACHERS THREATENS TO TURN [...] (U) Summary. On November 5, the Israeli labor federation Histadrut threatened a general strike unless the Government enters into "sincere negotiations" with striking secondary teachers. The announcement came after a November 4 meeting between Histadrut chairman Ofer Eini, Education Minister Yu [...]	2007-11-07 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB IS SOCI
07TELAVIV324	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the suicide bombing that took place in a neighborhood bakery in Eilat on Monday morning -- the first such incident in the city. Media reported that one of the victims, [...]	2007-01-30 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3244	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Global Democracy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Wednesday Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, who is in charge of the strategic dialogue with the US, met with Secretary of State Con [...]	2007-11-08 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3257	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Israel expects the US to formally confirm the Annapolis meeting on Friday for the last week of November. Major media suggested that President Bush would ho [...]	2007-11-09 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3258	DAS DANIN AND DASD KIMMITT DISCUSS GAZA SMUGGLING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Rob Danin and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Mark Kimmitt met November 6 with Israel Security Agency (ISA) Director Yuval Diskin to discuss relations with Egypt regarding the Gaza border. Diskin said the ISA had provided detailed information on smugg [...]	2007-11-09 12:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL PINR IS EG
07TELAVIV3268	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Columnist Amos Gilboa, former head of Research Division at IDF Intelligence, wrote in the popular, pluralist Maariv: "The Annapolis conference should be a test, a litmus paper, for the Palestinians and the Arab states: Are they willing to support [...]	2007-11-13 12:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3271	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio mentioned that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke to the United Jewish Communities (UJC) General Assembly in Nashville and quoted her as saying that "Now the opportunity [...]	2007-11-14 11:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3281	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and The Jerusalem Post led with Israeli demands to the Palestinian Authority that Israel be recognized as a Jewish state. The Jerusalem Post reported that opposition from Palestini [...]	2007-11-15 11:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3285	IFRC ENVOY PAR STENBACK FAIRLY POSITIVE ON [...] (C) Summary. International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) Special Envoy Par Stenback suggested to the Ambassador on November 2 that his progress report on the implementation of the MOU between Magen David Adom and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society would be fairly positive. He expected the [...]	2007-11-16 09:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PGOV KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3295	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3303	OLMERT, BARAK AND LIVNI HEADING FOR ANNAPOLIS, [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli cabinet met the morning of November 19 to discuss the Annapolis Conference. In a reportedly contentious session, the cabinet agreed to the release of 441 Palestinian prisoners, although several key ministers, including Avigdor Lieberman and Shaul Mofaz, opposed the [...]	2007-11-19 15:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL IS EG SY
07TELAVIV3314	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 11:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3316	AMBASSADOR HOSTS ROUNDTABLE ON "TOWARDS ANNAPOLIS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 14th Ambassador Jones held a round-table discussion with leading Israeli academics and think tank representatives to discuss the upcoming Annapolis conference. Opinions varied as to the possible outcomes of the conference, but there was general agreement that plannin [...]	2007-11-20 17:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS SA IR SY
07TELAVIV3323	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 10:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3336	MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR HIGHER SPENDING [...] (C) Playing to public concern about the large gap between Israel's rich and poor, Avishai Braverman, a Labor Party Knesset member, submitted a bill to the Knesset to significantly raise Israel's year-to-year budget expenditure increase ceiling from the present 1.7 percent, starting with the 2 [...]	2007-11-21 16:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS
07TELAVIV3341	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 12:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3342	USSC DAYTON BRIEFS IDF CENTRAL COMMANDER ON STEPS [...] (S) U.S. Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton briefed IDF Central Command Commander Major General Gadi Shamni November 18 on efforts to date and future steps to strengthen the capabilities of Palestinian National Security Forces (NSF) and Presidential Guard (PG) units in the We [...]	2007-11-26 13:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	MOPS MASS KPAL KWBG PTER JO EG IS
07TELAVIV3367	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 12:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3376	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 11:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3377	ISRAEL FIRST REACTION: ANNAPOLIS GOOD START, BUT [...] The day after the international conference in Annapolis, most Israelis view the event as a success but still think the difficulties in achieving peace are too great to overcome, especially before the end of 2008. Newspapers have devoted most of their front page and large internal sections to [...]	2007-11-28 12:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3378	MOF SOLIDIFIES ITS NEW TEAM [...] (C) After a very difficult year that saw corruption allegations and high-level resignations due to scandal, the Israeli Ministry of Finance (MOF) is reorganizing itself, bringing in people with previous experience in the ministry to take over senior positions. This attempt to reassert itself a [...]	2007-11-28 12:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS
07TELAVIV3385	PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 MEETING AT THE ISRAELI [...] (S) In an October 24 meeting at the MFA, an Israeli government interagency team led by MFA Deputy Director General (Strategic Affairs) Miriam Ziv shared its assessment of the internal situation in Iran with a U.S. team led by ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney. The Israeli side made the following points: ( [...]	2007-11-29 07:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS
07TELAVIV3386	PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 MEETING AT THE ISRAELI [...] (S) In an October 24 meeting at the Israeli MFA, an Israeli government interagency team led by MFA Deputy Director General (Strategic Affairs) Miriam Ziv shared its assessment of the technical status of Iran's nuclear program with a U.S. team led by ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney. The Israeli sid [...]	2007-11-29 07:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS
07TELAVIV3398	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 12:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3411	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-30 11:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3429	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Russian Parliamentary Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banners in Ha'aretz and the Jerusalem Post) reported that on Sunday Labor Party Chairman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak proposed at the weekly cabin [...]	2007-12-03 13:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3441	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The release of the U.S. National Intelligence Assessment on Iran received top billing in major media. The Jerusalem Post headlined "US: Iran Stopped Its Nuclear Arms Program 4 Years Ago". [...]	2007-12-04 11:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3444	INITIAL ISRAELI REACTION TO RELEASE OF NIE [...] (S) As of the writing of this cable, the GOI has not yet released an official reaction to the publication of the judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate report on Iran's nuclear capabilities and intentions. Media citations of PM Olmert and DefMin Barak suggest that the GOI is unfazed [...]	2007-12-04 15:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR IS
07TELAVIV3454	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3455	ISRAELIS ANGRY ABOUT EGYPTIAN COOPERATION WITH [...] (S) Summary. MOD and IDF contacts tell us that Egypt cooperated with Hamas in allowing hundreds of Gazan Hajj pilgrims selected by Hamas to cross through the Rafah Crossing this week. MOD Arab Affairs adviser Hacham, who conducts the MOD's day to day contacts with Egyptian General Intellige [...]	2007-12-05 12:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS EG KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3459	RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 POST-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Acting on instructions in reftel, Embassy Blue Lantern officer and Senior Commercial specialist met with Spectronix Vice President for Marketing Amos Gonen to (a) ask him if his company has any connection to Spectronics in Dallas, Texas; and (b) to confirm the details in the transaction [...]	2007-12-05 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SP IS
07TELAVIV3461	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] NIE Report on Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) led with a comment made on Wednesday to the press by IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei that the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report "vindic [...]	2007-12-06 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3475	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Egypt ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: Only block quotes, December 7, 2007 -------- Â [...]	2007-12-07 09:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3487	GOI PREPARING FOR DECEMBER 12-13 TALKS WITH [...] (C) (Note comment para 4.) MFA Director for Inter- Religious Affairs Bahij Mansour told Poloff December 3 that the GOI hopes to make significant progress during the next round of talks (December 12-13) with the Vatican over outstanding issues related to the Fundamental Agreement. The talks ar [...]	2007-12-10 14:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF VT IS
07TELAVIV3491	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted senior diplomatic officials in Jerusalem as saying that the Israeli and Palestinian negotiators who will meet in Jerusalem on Wednesday to kick off final-status ne [...]	2007-12-11 11:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3493	UNION AND GOVERNMENT REPORTEDLY REACH TENTATIVE [...] Summary. On December 4, The National Labor Court ordered striking teachers back to work following the Hanukah festival. The court also ordered the teachers and government to continue negotiating. Education Minister Yuli Tamir was quoted as being satisfied with the decision, and calling for [...]	2007-12-11 15:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB IS SOCI
07TELAVIV3500	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 11:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3501	READOUT: INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON OUTPOSTS [...] (C) Summary: On December 11, Vice Premier Haim Ramon told the Ambassador that the basic principle of any legislation to standardize the rules of construction in the West Bank would ensure that any politically sensitive settlement construction would have to be approved by the government. Pri [...]	2007-12-12 12:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3502	AMBASSADOR JONES' DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH VICE [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Israeli Vice Prime Minister Haim Ramon on December 11, 2007 in Ramon,s Jerusalem office. In response to the Ambassador's questions regarding the meeting of Ramon,s inter-ministerial committee on illegal outposts earlier in the day, Ramon declared that a [...]	2007-12-12 12:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3507	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 11:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3515	PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 DISCUSSIONS ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION FINANCE AND IRAN WITH THE ISRAELI MFA (CABLE 4 OF 5) REF: A. TEL AVIV 03385 B. TEL AVIV 03386 C. TEL AVIV 03514 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 16:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER KNNP MNUC IR IS
07TELAVIV3517	ISRAEL PLEASED WITH PROGRESS IN RELATIONS WITH INDIA AND CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 4, PolCouns and PolOff met with newly-appointed Deputy Director General for Asia and the Pacific (A/S EAP and SCA equivalent) Ruth Kahanoff to discuss Israel's relations with India and China. . . . ---------------------------------- China Has Great Respect for Israel - [...]	2007-12-13 17:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PARM MASS CH IN ID MY PK IS
07TELAVIV3520	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that President Bush is expected to accept an invitation by Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik to visit Israel during the state's 60th anniversary celebrations. The newspaper repor [...]	2007-12-14 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3525	KETZIOT PRISON BECOMES HOME TO AFRICAN [...] Summary. Ketziot Prison, in the Negev desert near the Israel-Egypt border, is now home to roughly 1,080 African asylum-seekers. Warden Brigadier General Shlomo Cohen told RefCoord and EmbOffs during a December 5 visit that as many as 250 asylum-seekers enter Israel each week, but that Ketzio [...]	2007-12-14 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG SU
07TELAVIV3526	D/S KIMMITT AND PM OLMERT DISCUSS IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and the Ambassador discussed the recent release of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Political Advisor Shalom Tourgeman. Olmert was satisfied by Kimmitt,s statements that Treasu [...]	2007-12-14 16:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN KNNP KWBG IR IS PINR
07TELAVIV3536	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv quoted the Israeli defense establishment as saying that Mossad Director Meir Dagan is not capable of convincing the Americans about the seriousness of the Iranian nuclear threat. On [...]	2007-12-17 11:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3548	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Paris Donor's Conference 2. Gaza ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- All media reported that eleven Palestinians were killed since Monday night in four aerial strikes of IAF among them nine Islamic Jihad activists. One of the dead is a senior [...]	2007-12-18 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3566	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President Bush's Doctrine 2. Gaza ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that U.S. general (ret.) James Jones said in his meetings on Tuesday with Israeli ministers that he will not serve as a "judge" and arbitrator of road map [...]	2007-12-19 11:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV357	LABOR'S POTENTIAL LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings with the Ambassador, Labor MKs Ami Ayalon, Avishai Braverman and Ophir Pines-Paz all aspire to lead the party following the May 28 primaries, which they believe will end the era of Amir Peretz at the helm. Ayalon and Braverman were the first to team up [...]	2007-02-01 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY
07TELAVIV3582	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 10:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3585	ISRAEL AMENDS TERRORIST FINANCE LAW TO INCLUDE [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Israel (GOI) recently passed amendments to the Prohibition on Terrorist Financing Law allowing for the designation of foreign terrorist entities. Until this week, the GOI only designated "domestic" terrorist groups in the West Bank, Gaza, and surrounding countries. T [...]	2007-12-20 15:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN KTFN IS
07TELAVIV3586	GENERAL JAMES L. JONES' FIRST MEETINGS IN ISRAEL [...] (S) Summary. Special Envoy for Middle East Security, retired General James L. Jones, met with Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Barak, IDF Chief of General Staff Ashkenazi and members of the General Staff, Foreign Minister Livni, and Israel Security Agency head Diskin December 18. In all of h [...]	2007-12-20 16:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3587	MUGHRABI GATE CHIEF ARCHEOLOGIST ON EXCAVATIONS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Israel Antiquities Authority's (IAA) chief archeologist for the Mughrabi Gate excavation site, John Seligman, told Poloff December 19 that, contrary to December 17 press reports, he has received no instructions to resume excavations at the site. Seligman disputed claims tha [...]	2007-12-20 16:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAL IS
07TELAVIV359	ISRAELI MADRID PARTICIPANTS ON SAUDI INITIATIVE, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Israeli participants in the Madrid-plus-fifteen conference held January 10-12 (reftel) have told the Embassy and the press that they seek "the end of gradualism" and a focus on final status negotiations as the best way to reach peace with the Palestinians. To break w [...]	2007-02-01 12:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL POV KWBG KPAL SP IS
07TELAVIV3595	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN WATER ISSUES - PREPARING FOR BILATERAL WATER NEGOTIATIONS AND THE TRILATERAL WATER WORKING GROUP MEETS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 13:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL EAGR EINV EAID IS KWBG
07TELAVIV36	MAJOR CORRUPTION CASE INVOLVING STATE TAX COFFERS [...] Significant new scandals marked the new calendar year in Israel. Police detained some thirty individuals on allegations of involvement in influence-peddling and bribery within and around the Israel Tax Authority (ITA). Unlike other recent scandals that have focused on sexual harassment cases [...]	2007-01-08 08:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KJUS EFIN ECON KCRM IS
07TELAVIV3606	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------ Â [...]	2007-12-27 05:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3612	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the outcome of Defense Minister Ehud Barak's visit to Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday. Media reported that Barak and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak se [...]	2007-12-27 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3613	CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Specter met with Prime Minister Olmert December 25. Their discussion focused on the possibility of peace negotiations with Syria; the National Intelligence Estimate and Iran's nuclear program; Egypt and the problem of smuggling into Gaza; dealing with Hamas in Gaza; and the [...]	2007-12-27 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP KPAL SY IR EG IS
07TELAVIV3626	ISRAEL NUCLEAR COMMISSION LEADERS DISCUSS IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 19, Ambassador Jones met with the new Director General (DG) of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC),Shaul Shorev. Former DG and current Vice Chairman (VC) Gideon Frank (NOTE: PM Olmert is the IAEC Chairman.) and the recently appointed Deputy Direct General for [...]	2007-12-28 08:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS
07TELAVIV3629	AMBASSADOR JONES' DECEMBER 24 MEETING WITH ISA [...] (S) Summary: In a December 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Yuval Diskin, director of the Israel Security Agency (ISA, Shin Bet or Shabak),promised to share information with the U.S. on smuggling and tunnel networks between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. According to Diskin, the infestation of t [...]	2007-12-28 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG PINR IS EG
07TELAVIV3630	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Assassination of Benazir Bhutto ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader and former PM Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi on Thursday. Ha'aretz headlined: "Grave Crisis in [...]	2007-12-28 11:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3639	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-31 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV365	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Missile Defenses ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and Israel Radio reported that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier SIPDIS (representing the EU),Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, [...]	2007-02-02 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS

07TELAVIV372	RELIGIOUS ZIONIST LEADER'S ALTERNATIVE VISION OF [...] (C) Summary. Renewed Religious National Zionist Party leader, Reserve Brigadier General Effie Eitam, offered both a harsh critique and an alternative vision of Israel in a January 24 meeting with PolCouns and Deputy PolCouns. Eitam stated that the secular Zionist program had run its course, [...]	2007-02-02 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI IS KPAL
07TELAVIV378	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media reported that the Quartet decided on Friday to maintain the boycott of the Hamas government until it renounces terrorism and recognizes Israel and [...]	2007-02-05 11:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV387	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that PM Ehud Olmert, PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet on February 19. Maariv (Ben Caspit) reported [...]	2007-02-06 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV409	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV433	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that today Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter will meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to discuss the three-way Rice-Olmert-Abbas meeting later this mont [...]	2007-02-08 10:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV450	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV461	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night Israel TV confirmed that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will hold a three-way meeting with Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas on February 19 as planned. Over [...]	2007-02-12 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV466	CHIEF ARCHEOLOGIST CONFIRMS EXCAVATIONS TO [...] (C) The daily Ha'aretz reported February 12 that Jerusalem Mayor Lupoliansky, after consulting with the Islamic Waqf and the rabbi of the Western Wall, decided to suspend construction of the pedestrian ramp to the Mughrabi Gate, but that archeological excavations related to the project would c [...]	2007-02-12 16:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAL IS
07TELAVIV471	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV481	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations 2. North Korea ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz (English Ed.) quoted senior GOI sources as saying that Israel has decided to reassess its relations with the PA and its Chairman [President], Mah [...]	2007-02-14 10:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV496	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying in Ankara today that he is prepared to talk with the Palestinians if they agree to Israel's terms. Leading media reported that, during his curr [...]	2007-02-15 10:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV507	PEACE NOW'S SOON-TO-BE PUBLISHED 2006 SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, Peace Now's settlement watch co-coordinator Hagit Ofran told econoff that the organization plans to release its annual report on settlement and outpost growth on Monday, February 19. Ofran provided econoff with an advanced briefing on the organization's observa [...]	2007-02-16 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV509	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will arrive in Israel on Saturday and meet with FM Tzipi Livni. The station said that on Sunday Rice will hold separate meeti [...]	2007-02-16 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV542	OLMERT: DESPITE FRUSTRATION, GOI WILL MAINTAIN [...] (C) Summary: During a February 20 meeting, Prime Minister Olmert told CODEL Kyl that despite Israeli frustration with Mahmoud Abbas and the Mekka Agreement, the GOI would keep open a channel to him. Olmert asserted that there could be no distinction between a non-Hamas minister and others i [...]	2007-02-21 05:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS
07TELAVIV553	IRAN: U/S JOSEPH'S JANUARY 30 DINNER WITH ISRAEL [...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence, and the Mossad. Discussions focused on the thr [...]	2007-02-22 06:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR RU IS
07TELAVIV554	IRAN: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence (IDI),and the Mossad. Discussions focused on t [...]	2007-02-22 06:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR RU IS
07TELAVIV557	IRAN-UNSC: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS WITH ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 07:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	IR IS KNNP MNUC PREL PTER RU UNSC
07TELAVIV559	CODEL KYL MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Livni echoed Prime Minister Olmert February 19 by telling CODEL Kyl that despite Israeli "disappointment" with Abu Mazen in the wake of the Mecca Agreement, contacts would continue, although she also cautioned that Abu Mazen needed to understand that he had "los [...]	2007-02-22 08:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IR
07TELAVIV564	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 09:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV600	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations 3. Israel-Europe Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited the Saudi newspaper Okaz as saying that preparations for a trilateral meeting between President Bush, PM Ehud Olmert, and P [...]	2007-02-26 11:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV610	CW/BW AND EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation DAS Donald Mahley led a team of experts from State and Commerce to Israel on February 11-13 for consultations on chemical and biological weapons non-proliferation and export controls. In the discussions, Israeli MFA Director for Arms [...]	2007-02-27 07:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL BWC TBIO FR UK IS
07TELAVIV615	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted sources in Washington as saying that Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns is slated to SIPDIS head the American side negotiating Israel [...]	2007-02-27 09:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV636	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Taiwan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that tonight Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik will meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and later with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The radio reported that Itzik [...]	2007-02-28 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV64	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 13-15 [...] (S) Madam Secretary, internal tensions among GOI leaders have intensified since your last visit and have reached the point that there appears to be little coordination or even dialogue among the key decision makers. Therefore, we will need to be sensitive to perceptions that we are favoring o [...]	2007-01-08 16:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV IS KWBG
07TELAVIV660	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Proposed Baghdad Conference ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted a senior political source in Jerusalem as saying on Wednesday that Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will meet in two weeks, their third m [...]	2007-03-01 10:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV679	UNSCR 1701: GOI FOCUS ON SMUGGLING AND SOLDIERS; [...] (C) Summary: UNSYG Special Adviser on the Situation in the Middle East Michael Williams discussed UNSCR 1701 implementation with FM Tzipi Livni and Deputy DefMin Ephraim Sneh during his February 25-26 visit to Israel. Both sides characterized the talks as productive. (Note: In contrast to [...]	2007-03-02 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO LE IS
07TELAVIV697	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "It is the duty of the government of Israel not to reject the hand that is being offered by Saudi Arabia." Zalman Shoval, senior Likud member and former ambassador to the US, wrote in the ma [...]	2007-03-05 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV704	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. North Korea ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will meet next week, probably at Olmert's official residence in Jerusalem. The newspaper r [...]	2007-03-06 09:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV715	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV728	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Proposed Baghdad Conference ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that an agreement has been reached with Hamas over the number of prisoners Israel will release in return for Cpl. Gilad Shali [...]	2007-03-08 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV733	LEADING NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS DEBATE IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 1 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH VISITING S/P DEPUTY DIRECTOR MATT WAXMAN, POLCOUNS AND POLOFF, SENIOR RESEARCHERS AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY,S INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES (INSS) SURVEYED A VARIETY OF REGIONAL THREATS FACING ISRAEL AND OFFERED VARIOUS POLICY AL [...]	2007-03-08 12:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KPAL KWBG LE SY IR IZ IS
07TELAVIV740	CODEL KYL AND HARMAN'S LUNCH WITH KNESSET MEMBERS [...] (S) 1. (C) During the visit of CODELs Kyl and Harman to Israel, February 18-20, the two CODELs -- led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) -- held a series of meetings with GOI officials and Knesset members according to a program drawn up by Knesset Member Yuval Stei [...]	2007-03-08 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG MASS IR SY LE IS
07TELAVIV741	IRAN: CODEL KYL AND HARMAN'S DINNER WITH SHARANSKY [...] (C) During the visit of CODELs Kyl and Harman to Israel, February 18-20, the two CODELs -- led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) -- held a series of meetings with GOI officials and Knesset members according to a program drawn up by Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz, th [...]	2007-03-08 15:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC KNNP KPAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV757	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 05:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV764	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Saudi Initiative 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the Winograd Commission investigating last summer's Lebanon war announced on Tuesday that it will publish interim report in [...]	2007-03-14 09:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV767	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 09:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV803	WILL OLMERT WEATHER THE STORM? [...] (C) Summary: Israeli media March 13-14 were saturated with the announcement by the Winograd Commission charged with investigating the failures of last summer's Lebanon war that it would issue its interim report in mid-April, and that the report would include "personal conclusions" regarding t [...]	2007-03-14 13:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS
07TELAVIV808	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and the leading Internet news site Ynet quoted US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying Thursday before the SIPDIS A [...]	2007-03-15 09:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV824	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that on Wednesday FM Livni discussed with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ways to respond to the formation SIPDIS of a Palestinian unity government and that Arab pa [...]	2007-03-16 09:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV844	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 11:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV860	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV867	ISRAELI TRANSPORTATION MINISTER MOFAZ ON IRAN AND [...] (S) During a March 14 meeting devoted to a variety of issues, Israeli Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz praised the latest session of the U.S.-Israel Strategic Dialogue, and noted that he would soon begin preparing for the next session scheduled for May 7-8 in Washington. Mofaz, who has the GOI l [...]	2007-03-21 06:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR KPAL KWBG SY LE IR IS
07TELAVIV871	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Europe Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Israel's friends in the US Congress are applying heavy pressure on the US administration and the EU not to modify their stances regarding the P [...]	2007-03-21 10:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV885	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 09:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV899	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that on Thursday PM Ehud Olmert reiterated that elements of the Saudi peace initiative were acceptable to Israel. "I am the one who said the Saudi peace initiative was [...]	2007-03-23 08:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV917	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 06:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV932	GOI POISED TO ACT AGAINST SETTLERS REESTABLISHING [...] (C) BRIGADIER GENERAL (RES.) BARUCH SPIEGEL, FORMER ADVISOR TO DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ, TOLD ECONCOUNS ON MARCH 26 THAT THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) IS PREPARED TO ACT AGAINST SETTLERS THAT MAY TRY TO REOCCUPY HOMESH, ONE OF FOUR NORTHERN WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS EVACUATED BY THE GOI IN 2005. [...]	2007-03-26 15:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV935	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 06:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV957	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV975	NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL HEAD SAYS INCREASED [...] (C) PROFESSOR MANUEL TRAJTENBERG, THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL (NEC),TOLD ECONCOUNS AND DEPCOUNS THAT THE SECOND LEBANON WAR SHATTERED THE ILLUSION THAT ISRAEL COULD SURVIVE ON PRESENT LEVELS OF DEFENSE SPENDING IN THE FACE OF EVER-PROLIFERATING SECURITY THREATS. ADDITIONAL AID [...]	2007-03-29 16:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV MASS IS
07TELAVIV978	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 09:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV999	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran-Britain Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Ehud Olmert, at a press conference on Sunday evening in Jerusalem with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, proposed a "meeting of all the heads of the [...]	2007-04-04 12:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07THEHAGUE1002	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Kimmo Laukenen (Finland) launched his facilitation with an extremely informative May 22 session, focusing on implementation developments since February 2007 and upcoming Technical Secretariat outreach activities. The facilitator noted that his goal would be to create a structu [...]	2007-05-29 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1018	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ACHIEVING U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: It has become increasingly apparent that most formal consultations at the OPCW are of marginal value in meeting U.S. goals and objectives, and there are much more productive ways of achieving progress. On certain subjects (budget, Article VII),they are obviously unavoidable. [...]	2007-05-31 09:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1091	NEW DUTCH DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ON WORLD BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Ambassador Arnall, new Development Cooperation Minister Koenders said Robert Zoellick was a credible World Bank presidential candidate but that future nominations should be open to candidates worldwide. He said NATO should remain in Afghanistan, despite mixed [...]	2007-06-08 08:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PINR AF NL
07THEHAGUE1134	ISA (FORMERLY ILSA): DUTCH WITHDRAW SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Dutch Economic Ministry has withdrawn financial support for a June 22-27 trade mission to Iran, following interventions by the Foreign Minister and behind-the-scenes pressure from the Embassy. While the mission may go forward as a "private" initiative, some companies have [...]	2007-06-14 07:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR
07THEHAGUE1153	NETHERLANDS: JUNE GAERC PRE-BRIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch eagerly await details of the German proposal for a European treaty. Barring sufficient changes in size, form, and content, a new treaty is unlikely to win passage in the Netherlands. The Dutch hope for a robust Sudan sanctions package from the UN but are prepared to [...]	2007-06-15 12:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV SOCI
07THEHAGUE1186	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On June 11, Amb. Lyn Parker (UK) chaired a meeting of States Parties and chemical industry representatives for the preparation of the Second RevCon. In his opening remarks, the Director General made mention of: UNSC 1540, the chlorine gas attacks in Iraq, the importance of establishing nat [...]	2007-06-20 11:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1196	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESTRAINED RESPONSE TO LATEST CASUALTIES [...] (C/REL NATO and AUS) Summary: Chora district center came under Taliban attack Friday, June 15, the focal point of a province-wide surge in insurgent activity. When it looked as if Chora might fall, the Dutch took the politically difficult decision to go on the offensive. They mounted successfu [...]	2007-06-20 15:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE125	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH VIEWS LEADING UP TO [...] (C) Summary: The GONL for the most part agrees with our NATO foreign and defense ministerial goals for Afghanistan. Dutch officials expressed both support and concern regarding the USG-proposed "Comprehensive Approach," and hoped we will continue to balance kinetic and development operations. [...]	2007-01-24 14:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL
07THEHAGUE1274	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The June 26-29 Executive Council session was an exercise in punting. Only 13 of some 50 items for EC action were actually decided and everything else was deferred to EC-50. On the most important issue of all, the Council deferred consideration of the verification plan and facility agreem [...]	2007-07-05 07:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1295	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXTENSION REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The GONL sent a letter to the Dutch Parliament on June 30 noting it will decide this summer whether to extend its ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The decision will follow an exhaustive review of all options, including staying in the mission's current capacity, reducing its contribution or [...]	2007-07-05 16:17:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1305	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On July 3, Amb. Lyn Parker (UK),the RevCon Working Group Chair, convened a meeting to discuss: the list of potential NGOs to be invited to a meeting with States Parties on 19 November; the final CWC clauses (Articles XII to XXIV); the protection of confidential information; and the functi [...]	2007-07-09 10:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1329	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with the Charge D'Affaires, MFA Director of Security Affairs Robert de Groot commented on the recent suicide attack in Uruzgan province and briefed on the state of play on the ISAF mission extension question. He commended the Dutch public for responding in [...]	2007-07-11 14:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1347	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On July 10, the facilitator (Larry Denyer, U.S.) chaired a consultation on late declarations, which was well-attended. The discussion centered around the latest facilitator's draft decision text, as well as the Technical Secretariat's supporting paper, both of which were SIPDIS distrib [...]	2007-07-16 10:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1360	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LIBYAN [...] (SBU) Dr. Hesnawy of the Libyan National Committee provided a copy of the Detailed Facility Information (DFI) for the facility the Libyan government is contracting S.I.P.S.A., an Italian engineering firm, to construct. In discussions on Libya's decision to terminate its cooperation with the U [...]	2007-07-18 14:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1364	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DASD FATA'S JULY 13 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During his meetings with Dutch officials on July 13, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata discussed the Dutch decision on whether to extend in some capacity its ISAF mission in Afghanistan. Dutch officials were receptive to Fata's suggestion of [...]	2007-07-19 10:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1376	JULY GAERC PRE-BRIEF [...] Summary: The Dutch are concerned about the lack of progress and will press for a unified European approach on Kosovo. They anticipate the upcoming Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) will be a formal ceremony without any substantive changes to the mandate text. The Dutch may provide a limited [...]	2007-07-20 05:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AL ENRG ETRD ETTC EUN IR IS KPAL PGOV PREL
07THEHAGUE1383	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN/AFRICA: GAME PLAN FOR NATO [...] (C) Summary: The GONL is wrapping up review of several investigations into civilian casualties resulting from the Dutch participation in heavy fighting around Chora several weeks ago. According to MFA Deputy Director for Conflict Prevention Joop Nijssen, the GONL will soon send a letter to th [...]	2007-07-20 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1386	ROTTERDAM PORT RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEM IN PLACE [...] Summary: The port of Rotterdam recently completed the installation of 40 new radiation portal monitors (RPMs) at all container terminals. Dutch Customs, which operates the monitoring program, demonstrated the new system July 10 for officials from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Megaport [...]	2007-07-20 15:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KHLS KRAD PTER NL
07THEHAGUE1402	RESULTS OF CITES STANDING COMMITTEE 55 AND COP14 [...] The United States achieved key objectives at the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES COP14),which met June 3-15 in The Hague, Netherlands. The delegation of approximately 30 interage [...]	2007-07-25 06:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA ETRD EFIS NL
07THEHAGUE1418	NETHERLANDS EXPECT TO LOWER DEPLOYMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: While plans are not yet set, and Parliament must then approve, the Dutch indicated their deployment in Afghanistan will probably be extended but at a reduced level. End Summary 2. (C) Background: On July 12 the six Dutch ministers responsible for deciding on future deployment g [...]	2007-07-27 13:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PGOV PREL AF NL
07THEHAGUE1421	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On July 23, del rep met with Bill Kane (Head, Industry Verification, Technical Secretariat) and Jorge Bernal Ramirez (IVB),who works closely with the TS mission planners. 2. (U) The first topic was lessons learned from the recent sequential inspections that were held at a Schedule 3 and [...]	2007-07-30 10:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1526	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Del reps, along with UK rep Karen Wolstenholme, met on August 16 with a group of senior Verification staff to discuss planning/follow-up on Iraq's initial declaration. Verification chief Horst Reeps was well prepared with an agenda and copies of CW and industry declaration general status [...]	2007-08-21 11:33:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE160	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Maartin Lak (Netherlands) held a January 25 consultation to review 2006 accomplishments and taskings for 2007 work. Lak noted A/S Commerce Padilla's initiative and called for states to assist implementing states, focusing on those states with industries, but remain without leg [...]	2007-01-29 15:23:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1615	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR TWO [...] (U) On August 29, Diana Gosens (Netherlands) chaired the first consultation on the DG,s Draft Program and Budget for 2008. She was careful to point out that this meeting was only to cover Programme 1 (Verification),thus avoiding premature (and expected to be contentious) discussions on num [...]	2007-08-31 14:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE164	JUSTICE MINISTER RAISES ROMMY INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Justice Minister Hirsch Ballin raised concerns with the Ambassador on January 25 about whether U.S. law enforcement officials had violated Dutch rules on the use of criminal informants during the Henk Rommy Ecstasy trafficking investigation. The Minister passed the Ambassador [...]	2007-01-30 06:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM CJAN PREL NL
07THEHAGUE1662	NETHERLANDS: CODEL PASTOR FOCUSES ON ENERGY [...] SUMMARY. The August 23-26 visit of a delegation led by Arizona Representative Ed Pastor highlighted Dutch efforts to tackle issues related to increasing energy efficiency, utilizing alternative energy resources, and identifying new water management/climate adaptation strategies. Visits to t [...]	2007-09-11 13:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG ETRD EINV BEXP NL
07THEHAGUE1684	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 12:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1713	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) There has been a certain malaise since delegations returned from summer holidays, with widespread acceptance of the view that there will need to be a special session of the Executive Council during the Conference of States Parties to pass the budget and perhaps other agenda items. Alexan [...]	2007-09-18 14:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1729	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DESPERATELY SEEKING [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch Cabinet is prepared to approve an extension of the Dutch mission in Uruzgan for approximately 1,200 troops, but only if a third party (or parties) steps forward to replace the 400 or so Dutch troops who will need to be withdrawn. Dutch lobbying efforts -- bilaterally and thro [...]	2007-09-19 16:13:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1785	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: GOING PUBLIC ON CHORA [...] (S) Summary: In its monthly Afghanistan update letter sent to Parliament on September 24, the GONL described four separate reports regarding possible civilian casualties related to the June 16-20 heavy fighting in and around Chora. The GONL letter acknowledged COMISAF's opinion that the use o [...]	2007-09-26 15:06:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1786	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On September 17, Ambassador Romeo Arguelles (Philippines) chaired the preparatory meeting for EC-50 and review of the agenda. There was little discussion. Ambassador Javits urged delegations to address the issues for decision and avoid the deferrals of routine business that have characte [...]	2007-09-26 16:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1800	NETHERLANDS/CD: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Ruth Emmerink, Senior Policy Officer in the Department of Human Rights and Peacebuilding at the Dutch MFA. Emmerink indicated that Ambassador Piet de Klerk, formerly ambassador for human rights and now deputy permrep at the UN, would represent the Netherl [...]	2007-09-27 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07THEHAGUE1808	NETHERLANDS/EU TREATY: DUTCH DODGE A BULLET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch Labor Party's (PvdA) September 25 decision to drop its demand for a referendum on the EU Reform Treaty avoids a messy -- and potentially disastrous -- repeat of the Dutch 2005 popular rejection of the previous Constitutional Treaty. Parliament is now expected to ratif [...]	2007-09-28 10:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EU NL
07THEHAGUE184	DUTCH HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMS IN IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Dutch embassy in Tehran is responsible for administering approximately one million Euros annually in human rights program funding. Details are included below. This is in addition to 13 million Euros of Iran media [...]	2007-02-01 09:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EUN KDEM PREL IR NL
07THEHAGUE1856	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ZEROING IN ON THIRD [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Coalition, Peacekeeping, and Multinational Cooperation Debra Cagan visited The Hague October 2 to discuss potential GONL extension plans regarding its ISAF mission in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. In a series of productive meetings, Cag [...]	2007-10-05 14:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1899	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH OPEN TO EU SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the Dutch would prefer a "United Nations context" for any additional sanctions on Iran, they are also prepared to push for consideration of separate EU sanctions if necessary. Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen highlighted his support for "gradual, proportional, (and) target [...]	2007-10-16 14:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL IR
07THEHAGUE1905	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR TWO [...] (U) On October 2, Del Reps were invited to join the Executive Council Bureau meeting to answer questions on the upcoming visit to the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility. Gabrielle Coman-Enescu of the Technical Secretariat also attended for the same purpose. The SIPDIS Ambassadors h [...]	2007-10-17 14:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1909	PAKISTANI CANDIDATE FOR CRITICAL OPCW CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (U) This is an action message ) see para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will hold a five-year Review Conference in April 2008, only the second such conference in its ten-year history. Negotiations are in full swing to choose a chai [...]	2007-10-18 13:23:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PK PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1913	KOENDERS ON FUTURE DUTCH FOREIGN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch foreign assistance will now increase emphasis on women's rights, fragile and conflict states, climate change, and economic growth issues in a shift of development strategy recently unveiled by Bert Koenders, the Netherlands' new and energetic Development Minister. The st [...]	2007-10-18 16:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON NL
07THEHAGUE1918	NETHERLANDS: SCENESETTER FOR PARLIAMENT VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The upcoming visit of representatives of the Dutch parliament,s Foreign Affairs Committee to Washington October 22-26, 2007 provides a good opportunity to build the necessary public support for sustaining a significant Dutch military deployment in Uruzgan beyond 2008. Although vis [...]	2007-10-19 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NATO AF
07THEHAGUE1931	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (U) On October 15, Kimmo Laukkanen (Finland) chaired a consultation to draft decision text for the upcoming CSP on Article VII. The meeting was well-attended but not productive. Iran raised two significant points that seriously sidetracked discussions: (1) as the EC did not make recommendati [...]	2007-10-24 10:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1935	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (U) On October 15, Kimmo Laukkanen (Finland) chaired a consultation to draft decision text for the upcoming CSP on Article VII. The meeting was well-attended but not productive. Iran raised two significant points that seriously sidetracked discussions: (1) as the EC did not make recommendati [...]	2007-10-24 12:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1939	NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH SUPPORTIVE ON MOST THIRD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 24, 2007, POLOFF delivered reftel A points to Dutch MFA Director for Human Rights, Ms. Maryem van den Heuvel, and Reneko Elema, Senior Policy Officer. Van den Heuvel welcomed the consultation, noting Dutch agreement on all country resolutions. While inclined to support [...]	2007-10-25 05:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	UN KTIA PHUM PREL NL
07THEHAGUE194	DUTCH-FUNDED MEDIA PROGRAMS FACE IRANIAN HARASSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Three participants in a Dutch-sponsored media diversity program were arrested Janaury 27, on their way to a training session in India. They were released the next day. Iranian authorities have reportedly filed charges and accused the Dutch government of acting as a conduit for [...]	2007-02-01 16:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN KDEM KPAO PREL IR NL
07THEHAGUE1967	ABN AMRO TAKEOVER BATTLE OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A consortium of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Spain's Banco Santander and the Belgian-Dutch bank Fortis have gained control of the Dutch bank ABN Amro after a long takeover battle that pitted the group against a rival bidder, the British bank Barclays. A detailed plan for ABN A [...]	2007-11-05 15:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE1979	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: NORWEGIAN "NO" [...] (C) Summary: The GONL was disappointed -- but not surprised -- by the Norwegian Government's decision not to deploy to Uruzgan province as part of an extended Dutch mission. A French-Norwegian combination was viewed by many Dutch interlocutors as the only way to ensure quick Dutch Cabinet an [...]	2007-11-09 15:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1984	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: CONSULAR CASE PROMPTS DUTCH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7, Dutch MFA Director General Pieter de Gooijer told the Ambassador that he will firmly assert the EU Iran nuclear policy during his upcoming visit to Iran while he urges consular access in the Al Mansouri case. END SUMMARY. NUCLEAR FILE ------------ 2. (C) As [...]	2007-11-13 07:41:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	NL UN IR IAEA EU PHUM KNNP
07THEHAGUE1985	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: CONSULAR CASE PROMPTS DUTCH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7, Dutch MFA Director General Pieter de Gooijer told the Ambassador that he will firmly assert the EU Iran nuclear policy during his upcoming visit to Iran while he urges consular access in the Al Mansouri case. END SUMMARY. NUCLEAR FILE ------------ 2. (C) As [...]	2007-11-13 09:24:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	NL UN IR IAEA EU PHUM KNNP

07THEHAGUE1990	RFG -- NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, DCM Gallagher raised the lack of progress made on a long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba with MFA Head of the North America Directorate Jos Schellars on November 1. A [...]	2007-11-15 12:05:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL
07THEHAGUE1991	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: PM BALKENENDE HOPEFUL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is cautiously optimistic that the Cabinet can reach agreement before the end of the month to extend the Dutch troop deployment in Uruzgan for at least another 18 months. Serious questions remain, however, on the length, financing, and composition o [...]	2007-11-15 12:05:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IR RU NL
07THEHAGUE1994	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: MINISTER TIMMERMANS REGRETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, Ambassador met with Dutch MFA Minister for European Affairs Timmermans to discuss Russia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, French President Sarkozy, Timmermans, upcoming trips to the United States, and plans to commemorate 400 years of American-Dutch relations. Although Timmermans o [...]	2007-11-15 12:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EU RU KV YI
07THEHAGUE1998	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) The Twelfth Conference of States Parties (CSP -12) approved a series of decisions to intensify action on Article VII implementation, to continue consultations on specific measures to implement Article XI, and to continue work on the action plan on universality. The Iranian price for allo [...]	2007-11-16 14:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	LY PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE2001	NETHERLANDS/EU: VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 19-20 (GAERC) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 15, POLOFF delivered reftel points to the Dutch MFA's EU Correspondent, Desiree Kopmels. Also on November 15, Stefan van Wersch, Director for EU external policy, and Rochus Pronk, Deputy EU Correspondent, reviewed Dutch priorities ahead of the November 19-20 GAERC du [...]	2007-11-20 15:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NL EU EAID ETRD
07THEHAGUE2012	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: KEEPING RELATIONS GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 19, Charge delivered reftel A points to Laurent Stokvis, Director of the Department of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Anton Schellekens, Desk Officer for Kingdom (i.e, Aruba and Antilles) Affairs, and Wendy Engelberts, Desk Officer for Venezuela. Stovkis emphasized positi [...]	2007-11-23 07:51:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NL VE
07THEHAGUE2014	NETHERLANDS/BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION 610001190 [...] (SBU) Emboffs met November 20 with F.W. Wichhart, Managing Director of Reomie, to conduct reftel pre-license check and related site visit for the re-transfer of armored vehicle parts from the Netherlands to Columbia. The license application covered: -- 23 Cooling System Kit parts used on M1 [...]	2007-11-26 07:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC NL
07THEHAGUE2024	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR [...] (U) Despite being a much shorter session than normal (a day and a half as opposed to the usual four),Executive Council 51 did manage to clear several lingering issues from the Council agenda, including a decision on late declarations shepherded through by U.S. facilitator Larry Denyer and sev [...]	2007-11-30 16:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE2034	CWDEL IDEAS FOR THE SECOND REVIEW CONFERENCE - [...] (U) Now that the Conference of States Parties and the final Executive Council session have ended, OPCW delegations and the Technical Secretariat turn their attention more fully to the upcoming Review Conference. The Director General,s ¬e8 and lengthy TS annex have just been issued)a copy [...]	2007-12-05 15:03:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE2048	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH POSITIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are pleased to hear that aerial spraying is "off the table" for Afghanistan this year, but recognize that greater efforts are needed in southern Afghanistan to counter poppy cultivation. The Dutch continue to focus heavily on promoting alternative livelihood development [...]	2007-12-10 16:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SNAR MOPS AF NL
07THEHAGUE2053	NETHERLANDS: SUBPRIME CRISIS EFFECTS LIMITED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Netherlands' biggest banks have until now been largely unaffected by any spillover from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis. Any damage appears to be limited to two medium-sized financial institutions -- the NIBC and Hiax fund, with the NIBC ultimately falling prey to a tak [...]	2007-12-11 15:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE2060	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER SWAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2007, Legal Advisor John Bellinger and Ambassador Roland Arnall met with Dutch MFA Deputy Director General Wim Geerts. Geerts and Bellinger focused on Kosovo, with Geerts indicating that a statement by UNSYG Ban in favor of an international presence there could ad [...]	2007-12-14 07:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KV EU UN
07THEHAGUE2066	WTO/GAMBLING: DUTCH ON THE SIDELINES FOR NOW [...] (SBU) On December 11, Econoff delivered reftel points seeking support for the USG invocation of Article XXI in the case of Internet gambling and betting services to Wink Joosten, Policy Officer, Trade Policy Department, Directorate for Foreign Economic Relations, Dutch Ministry of Economic A [...]	2007-12-17 07:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO NL
07THEHAGUE2069	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met on December 12 to discuss preparations for the Review Conference (RevCon). The coordinator, Annie Mari (France),also proposed at the request of the Netherlands to hold an expanded WEOG meeting either January 22 or 20 to discuss voluntary [...]	2007-12-17 14:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL RS UK CWC
07THEHAGUE219	DUTCH FINANCE MINISTER APPROVES NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER [...] (SBU) Dutch Finance Minister Zalm signed on February 2 a declaration of no objection that will allow the NYSE and Euronext to merge. Legally based in the Netherlands, Euronext requires a license in the form of a "declaration of no objection" from the Dutch Finance Ministry (MOF) to operate. [...]	2007-02-05 17:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL
07THEHAGUE223	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) In response to inquiries over the past several weeks, del rep briefed WEOG on recent press articles concerning the U.S. chemical weapons destruction program. With respect to Dupont's recent decision not to treat the VX hydrolysate from Newport, del rep explained that the program impact wa [...]	2007-02-06 13:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE284	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Amb. Javits and del rep met with DG Pfirter, at the DG's request. Pfirter said he had been contacted by "concerned delegations" (read: Germany) regarding the latest information on the U.S. destruction program. The DG's priority is, of course, to view this in terms of what it will mean f [...]	2007-02-14 15:03:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE297	NETHERLANDS/NEW CABINET: INCOMING FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister-designate Maxime Verhagen told Ambassador Arnall on February 15 that becoming foreign minister was the fulfillment of a "boyhood dream." He stressed that maintaining and strengthening U.S.-Dutch relations will be among his highest priorities as foreign mini [...]	2007-02-16 12:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER EUN NL
07THEHAGUE305	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH DCM TO TEHRAN ON STATE OF [...] (C) Summary: According to the Dutch DCM to Tehran Roderick Wols, international pressure is hurting Iranian President Ahmadinejad's popularity. The wealthy remain wealthy, the middle class continues to suffer, but now the poor are beginning to feel the pinch as well. Wols painted a picture of [...]	2007-02-16 18:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR NL
07THEHAGUE313	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) On February 12, the P-5 Ambassadors met to discuss universality efforts. Following welcoming remarks by Amb. Javits, DG Pfirter provided an update on universality efforts. On the three Caribbean non-SPs, the DG said he had specifically mentioned the Bahamas, Barbados and the Dominican [...]	2007-02-20 14:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE325	NETHERLANDS: BALKENENDE IV CABINET SWORN IN [...] The cabinet of the new center-left Dutch coalition government of Christian Democrats (CDA),Social Democrats (PvdA),and Christian Union (CU) was sworn in by Queen Beatrix on February 22. CDA leader Jan Peter Balkenende remains Prime Minister; this is the fourth government led by Balkenende. [...]	2007-02-22 16:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR NL
07THEHAGUE340	PART-TIME WORK PROMOTES WOMEN'S LABOR PARTICIPATION; [...] (U) Summary. Participation of women in the workforce in the Netherlands has increased substantially in the last 15 years. During mid-February meetings with a visiting Government Accountability Office (GAO) delegation, government, academic, and labor union experts highlighted some of the complex [...]	2007-02-23 14:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KWMN SOCI PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE344	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ASIAN GROUP [...] (C) On February 22, Malaysian Ambassador Ariffin reaffirmed to Ambassador Javits that there is no/no expressed support in the Asian Group to select Iran as the group candidate to be the EC Chair. She added that her canvassing of the group indicated it had now moved toward Philippine Ambassad [...]	2007-02-23 15:34:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBM IR
07THEHAGUE357	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Ambassador Parker (UK) chaired a meeting of the open-ended working group for the Second Review Conference on February 20. The meeting covered the modalities for a possible meeting of States Parties and NGOs, as well as the implementation of the CWC relating to general obligations and dec [...]	2007-02-27 11:04:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE404	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On February 27, del rep met with Canadian delegation (Ian Mundell) regarding their Article VII outreach plans. Mundell said that Canada's efforts in the past have been reactive. Their biggest effort to date was to provide logistical support (i.e., security, transportation, meeting space) [...]	2007-03-06 14:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE418	NETHERLANDS/PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: NEW COALITION PASSES [...] (U) Summary: Dutch voters gave Prime Minster Balkenende's new center-left coalition government a conditional vote of confidence in the March 7 provincial elections. As a result of these elections, the three coalition parties will hold a slim majority (41 out of 75 seats) in the upper house of [...]	2007-03-08 13:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE421	DUTCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS DETAINEES, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Legal Adviser John Bellinger met March 1 and 2 with senior MFA officials. The Dutch conveyed a laundry list of concerns, including claims of abuse by an extradited terror suspect, negative publicity related to a U.S. failure in 2005 to meet our consular notification obligations, r [...]	2007-03-08 17:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN KPAO PHUM NL
07THEHAGUE448	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) presided over his final Article VII consultations. Delegations congratulated him for his work over the past year. Amb. Onate (Legal Adviser) then gave a brief summary of the Progress Report (EC-48/DG.10 27 Feb. 2007) noting that the cut-off for new i [...]	2007-03-14 11:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE496	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DAS GASTRIGHT'S MARCH 13 [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia John Gastright visited The Hague on March 13 for bilateral discussions on Afghanistan. Dutch interlocutors expressed satisfaction with their deployment in Uruzgan, but said increased insurgency activities have complic [...]	2007-03-20 14:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AF IN PK NL
07THEHAGUE504	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) What promised to be an uneventful EC-48 on March 13-16 turned into a lengthy session that previewed important, upcoming issues. Iran's tactics have focused the minds of delegations on how to keep Iran from delaying work at future EC sessions. The handling of the Albanian destruction is [...]	2007-03-21 15:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE566	UNSCR 1737/IRAN: DUTCH RECEPTIVE TO TREASURY UNDER [...] (S) SUMMARY. In meetings March 8 in The Hague, senior GONL officials told visiting Treasury Under Secretary Levey that a nuclear-armed Iran would be unacceptable. While supporting USG aims for a second UN resolution on Iran, these officials stressed the need for practical and non-discriminatory mea [...]	2007-03-27 15:21:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IR NL
07THEHAGUE63	NETHERLANDS: DEFENSE BUDGET WOES -- PRICE FOR [...] (C) Summary: The cost of the Dutch deployment in Afghanistan and probems related to the Dutch Ministry of Defense reoganization -- coupled with negotiations on defene issues during coalition formation talks of the nw Dutch government -- could jeopardize several key projects for the 2007 defense bud [...]	2007-01-12 17:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL NL
07THEHAGUE70	Netherlands/Liberia: Dutch Embassy will cover [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch Embassy in Washington will send an officer to the February Liberia Partners' Forum. The Dutch are phasing out their humanitarian assistance to Liberia, citing lack of resources. Dutch development assistance is expected to continue at a modest level, but could increase [...]	2007-01-16 17:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL EUN LI NL
07THEHAGUE714	NETHERLANDS/JSF/AFGHANISTAN: POSITIVE ON JSF; [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Ambassador Arnall since the formation of the new government, State Secretary for Defense Cees van der Knaap acknowledged the GONL will make a decision on extending in Afghanistan by the end of the summer -- but his instincts tell him the Dutch will remain in U [...]	2007-04-17 13:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF NL
07THEHAGUE762	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Luis Garcia (Spain) held an April 17 consultation to discuss the opinion of the Legal Advisor Santiago Onate regarding what information could be made available on an anonymous facility list. Onate carefully laid out his opinion, based on the Verification Annex part IX, Section [...]	2007-04-24 12:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE804	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Status of efforts toward Middle East Universality: UK Ambassador Parker opened the meeting with a briefing on the recent meetings in Cairo. DG Pfirter met with Egyptian MFA officials as well as members of the NGO Council on Foreign Relations, but found no sign of movement towards adherenc [...]	2007-05-01 11:45:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE916	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: ELEMENTS ARE THERE IN UNSC [...] (C) Summary: The GONL has seen the draft UN Security Council Resolution for Kosovo circulated on May 11, and believes it contains "all the elements" from UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's Settlement Plan. But the Dutch believe Moscow will continue to oppose the plan, and questioned whether [...]	2007-05-15 12:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI NL
07THEHAGUE935	ISA (FORMERLY ILSA): DUTCH AND SHELL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Shell official confirmed the company does not expect to make any final investment decisions before mid-2008 or early 2009 on the Persian LNG and Yadavaran gas and oil investment projects in Iran. Dutch Foreign Ministry officials noted surprise with the Iranian announcement of a [...]	2007-05-16 13:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR
07THEHAGUE937	NEW DUTCH FINANCE STATE SECRETARY - A FRIEND TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Ambassador Arnall, new Finance State Secretary de Jager credited recent reductions in corporate tax and withholding rates for strengthening the Dutch investment and business climate. He said the new coalition government was considering measures to address r [...]	2007-05-16 14:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB PGOV PINR NL
07THEHAGUE94	NETHERLANDS/EU: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: The GONL supports the European Neighborhood Policy but does not want to see it used as a back door to EU candidacy. The Dutch continue to push for Serbian ICTY cooperation and will view warily offers to compensate Serbia for any change in Kosovo's status. Secretary Rice's efforts [...]	2007-01-19 13:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ENRG EUN KPAL MARR PGOV BK IR IS
07THEHAGUE946	NETHERLANDS: A/S DE SUTTER'S MAY 8 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: During a tour d'horizon discussion at the MFA on May 8, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula A. DeSutter addressed Russian President Putin's April 26 remarks and attempts to link the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty to [...]	2007-05-18 13:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP KCFE CWC NL
07TIRANA1059	ALBANIA: 2007 UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: Post's 2007 report on Albania's worst forms of child labor will focus on changes and developments over the last year and will not repeat reporting in last year's cable (ref B). Albania continues to make progress in addressing the issue of child labor and child trafficking, but as rep [...]	2007-12-17 15:51:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID AL
07TIRANA1064	ALBANIA: GROWING DEMILITARIZATION EXPERTISE [...] (U) Albania in early December completed the destruction of over 2,700 metric tons of its largest munitions (over 3,000 sea mines, torpedoes and aerial bombs),some of which contained as much as 700 kg. of TNT. In July 2007, Albania became the first country to destroy its chemical weapons stock [...]	2007-12-18 15:52:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PARM PREL NATO AL
07TIRANA173	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKIG IN PERSONS [...] (U) Below are Embassy Tirana's responses to the Qepartment's questions about trafficking in persons in Albania. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Albania is a source country for trafficking in person1 but is deemed by various international observer groups to no longer be a significant country of [...]	2007-03-02 15:58:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KQM ELAB CMAE KQRDQ PPEF PREL KJUS
07TIRANA981	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 3-10, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) [...]	2007-11-13 09:25:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA999	ALBANIA COURTS THE NATO ALLIES WITH SUCCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Albanian officials voice confidence that their accelerated outreach to NATO capitals in recent months has rallied significant support to Albania's NATO candidacy. Although aware no formal decisions have been made and that they are likely to be invited in conjunction wit [...]	2007-11-20 11:07:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO AL
07TOKYO1	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/03/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-03 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO10	HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY AZAR'S MEETING WITH MOFA ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: On December 6, Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Alex M. Azar II met in Tokyo with Ambassador Kaoru Ishikawa, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Economic Affairs Bureau. They discussed a range of global and bilateral health issues, i [...]	2007-01-04 05:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI EAGR JA
07TOKYO1000	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1005	JAPAN TO HOST ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Taro Aso will preside March 14 in Tokyo over a meeting to inaugurate Japan's "Corridor of Peace and Prosperity" initiative involving Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians. Expected participants include Shimon Peres for Israel, Saed Erekat for the Palestinians, and [...]	2007-03-08 13:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR EAID ETRD EAIR KPAL KWBG IS JO JA
07TOKYO1026	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1029	TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON'S MARCH 5-6 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson,s discussions with Japanese government officials centered on the need for ongoing economic reforms in Japan, confirmed the importance of the U.S.-Japan bilateral relationship and touched on developments in the Chinese, U.S. and Japanese economies [...]	2007-03-09 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN OVIP JA
07TOKYO103	MOFA DISAVOWS PRESS REPORT THAT JAPAN TO ACCEPT [...] (C) A January 10 front page Yomiuri Shimbun article titled "Government to OK India as Nuclear State" is "unfounded," according to MOFA India Desk Officer Naoshige Aoshima. The article quotes "government sources" as saying Japan will recognize India as a nuclear power even though New Delhi has [...]	2007-01-10 22:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP IN JA
07TOKYO104	MOFA DISAVOWS PRESS REPORT THAT JAPAN TO ACCEPT [...] (C) A January 10 front page Yomiuri Shimbun article titled "Government to OK India as Nuclear State" is "unfounded," according to MOFA India Desk Officer Naoshige Aoshima. The article quotes "government sources" as saying Japan will recognize India as a nuclear power even though New Delhi has [...]	2007-01-10 22:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP IN JA
07TOKYO1051	UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION: JAPAN CAUTIOUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., Japanese and Australian delegates to the Trilateral Working Group (WG) on Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718 met in Tokyo January 24 to continue discussions on 1718 implementation including resolving outstanding legal and policy concerns over sanctions en [...]	2007-03-12 05:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR UNSC AS JA
07TOKYO1058	JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER'S "MIDDLE EAST POLICY AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Middle East is currently standing at a critical crossroads between stability and turmoil, and it is imperative that Japan do all it can to secure and reinforce maximum stability in the region, declared Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso February 28 in a policy address titled [...]	2007-03-12 07:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD EAID XF AF TU JA
07TOKYO1059	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1089	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1090	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1096	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1113	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1117	U.S. Telecommunications Policy Delegation [...] (SBU) A USG delegation visited Tokyo October 16- 18 for telecommunications policy consultations at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and for meetings with U.S. and Japanese Telecom/ICT industry representatives. U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and In [...]	2007-03-14 11:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO1122	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1133	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1158	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1172	MEDIA REACTION - US LIFTING OF FINANCIAL [...] "What Effect Will US End to Financial Sanctions Have on DPRK Denuclearization?" An editorial in the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (3/16): "...The US Treasury Department, which had been investigating the Macau-based Banco Delta Asia (BDA) on suspicion of helping launder money for [...]	2007-03-16 06:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1181	JAPAN FOREIGN MINISTRY STILL SQUEAMISH ABOUT WTO [...] (C) Summary: Japan remains hesitant to join U.S.- initiated dispute settlement cases against China in the World Trade Organization (WTO) largely over concerns about possible Chinese retaliation against Japanese companies that have invested in China, according to the director-general for eco [...]	2007-03-16 09:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD WTRO PGOV JA CH
07TOKYO1184	METI REMAINS CAUTIOUS TOWARD U.S. APPROACH ON CHINA [...] (C) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China Tim Stratford, in meetings with METI officials on March 9, stressed that the U.S. "two track" approach of intensified dialogue combined with a willingness to take China to dispute settlement in the WTO had shown substantial progress. The Japan [...]	2007-03-16 10:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD WTRO PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO1185	EAP DIRECTOR RAPSON'S MARCH 12 MEETING WITH MOFA [...] (C) Summary: Officials from MOFA's Southeast Asia Division told visiting EAP/MLS Director Robert Rapson March 12 that pressuring Burma to release political prisoners, promote dialogue on national reconciliation, improve access for international organizations, and end violence directed at eth [...]	2007-03-16 10:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH BM TH VM RO IN CB RP JA
07TOKYO1202	The Japan Economic Scope - March 16, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 2. (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from March 16, 2007. 3. EAP/MLS Director Meets MOFA Counterparts in Tokyo Beef and Agriculture 4. OIE Panel Judges U.S. Beef Safe, Japan Replies, Not So Fast 6. Japanese Must Confront "Egoistic" Agricult [...]	2007-03-19 06:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO1209	"CORRIDOR FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY" INITIATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Israel, Palestinians, Jordan, and Japan agreed to a Terms of Reference document for the Corridor for Peace and Prosperity (CPP) Initiative, announced Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso March 14. The parties formed a "Four Party Consultation Unit" and agreed that (1) the CPP init [...]	2007-03-19 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR EAID ETRD EAIR KWBG KPAL IS JO JA
07TOKYO1211	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR CROUCH'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ballistic missile defense and working toward early deployment of the missile defense agreement, DFM Yachi told DNSA Crouch that during February 26-27 meetings. Japan is troubled by the lack of transparency in China's military development and developmental as [...]	2007-03-19 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER PHUM ECON ETRD EAID MARR KWBG
07TOKYO1216	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 11:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1218	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1227	MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA/IRAQ - TOKYO [...] "Don't Play into North Korea's Hands" The business- oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (3/20): "Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Glaser, meeting the press Monday morning in Beijing, announced that the US would release the entire amount of frozen DPRK-linked accounts, estimated at ab [...]	2007-03-20 02:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1251	SENK ADVISOR DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: In March 4-5 Tokyo meetings, Christian Whiton, Senior Advisor to Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Jay Lefkowitz, discussed plans to promote North Korean human rights. While citing obstacles to regular U.S. medium-wave broadcasts from Japan to North Korea using Japanes [...]	2007-03-20 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	BBG PGOV PHUM PREF JA KN
07TOKYO1253	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 22:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1268	JAPAN HOPES TO "UPGRADE" RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan wishes to upgrade its relations with Iraq from one of a donor nation to a "long-term and strategic partnership," according to MOFA sources. To achieve this end, Japan will be hosting three high-level bilateral exchanges in the next few weeks. Iraqi Vice President Tariq al [...]	2007-03-22 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EAID IZ JA
07TOKYO1270	KDDI WINS IN JAPAN'S MOBILE MARKET IN 2006, BUT 3-WAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With music download services and handsets designed to appeal to the young, KDDI was the clear winner of the first round of competition since customers were allowed change mobile operators without having to change phone numbers starting in late October 2006. Nonetheless, the dow [...]	2007-03-22 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON JP
07TOKYO1271	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1276	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1314	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1322	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 02:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1324	The Japan Economic Scope - February 23, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from February 23, 2007. 2. (U) Table of Contents 3. Vice President Cheney's Visit to Japan 4. Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy Reflects on Regulatory Reform 5. Triangular Mergers: the Good, the Bad and the Possibly Ugly 6. Do [...]	2007-03-26 02:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO1330	IRANIAN STRATEGIC COUNCIL MEMBER SHARIAT-MADARI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mohammed Shariat-Madari, a member of Iran's five-person Strategic Council for Foreign Relations, visited Japan March 8-19 and was told by all interlocutors that Iran must comply with the will of the international community and adhere to the requirements of UNSCR 1737. According t [...]	2007-03-26 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IR JA
07TOKYO1338	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1344	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1345	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1349	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 04:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1360	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1378	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/29/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1379	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1383	INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER MUKHERJEE PAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a low-key March 22-23 visit, Indian External Affairs Minister Mukjerjee and his Japanese counterparts repeated familiar expressions regarding shared values and reiterated their commitment to strengthen bilateral relations. Among others other things, the two sides agreed t [...]	2007-03-29 10:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EAID IN JA
07TOKYO1384	IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI'S "EXCELLENT" VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi's March 21-24 visit to Tokyo was "excellent," according to Iraqi Ambassador Ghanim al-Jumaily. During the visit PM Abe assured Hashimi his government would push to renew the Iraq Special Measures Law for two years, permitting the continued d [...]	2007-03-29 10:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JA
07TOKYO1391	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1412	PM ABE, OTHERS HAVE NOW "GOT THE MESSAGE" ON [...] (C) Summary. PM Abe, DCCS Shimomura and other high-level Japanese officials will not speak out on the comfort women issue, at least until after the July Upper House election, according to MOFA Asian Regional Policy Division Director Aikawa. They will withhold comment for "tactical" domestic [...]	2007-03-30 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KS CH ID PH JA
07TOKYO1414	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 10:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1420	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/02/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 03:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1421	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/02/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 03:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1422	The Japan Economic Scope - March 30, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 2. (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from March 30, 2007. 3. Seiyu to Sell U.S. Beef, Larger Trade Issue Still Stalled 4. U.S. Beef Still on Slow Track? 5. Meat Export Federation President in Tokyo 6. EMIN Meets New CPRR Member Okina 7. [...]	2007-04-02 05:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR

07TOKYO1431	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1438	MEDIA REACTION Q FTA - TOKYO [...] "US-ROK FTA: Japan's Turn Now" The liberal Asahi editorialized (4/3): "South Korea and the US have concluded a free trade agreement (FTA). Although the sensitive issue of opening the South Korean rice market was shelved, the conclusion of these drawn-out and difficult negotiations will jolt Ja [...]	2007-04-03 02:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1456	METI SENIOR VICE MINISTER YAMAMOTO DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Senior METI Vice Minister and Diet Member Kozo Yamamoto told the Ambassador he understood the U.S. was not fully satisfied with the outcome of triangular mergers but METI had tried its best and would be open to changing the system in the future. He thought conclusion of a U.S.-Kor [...]	2007-04-04 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ENRG JA
07TOKYO1474	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) You take your command as Japan contemplates major changes in its approach to our alliance and Japan's role in the region and the world. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is focused on expanding Japan's ties, including security relations, with new partners like Australia and India. It [...]	2007-04-04 22:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JN
07TOKYO1482	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 00:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1489	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 00:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO15	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-04 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1507	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 02:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1518	CHINESE AMBASSDOR ON PREMIER'S VISIT, HISTORY [...] (C) Summary: China hopes the upcoming visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will help to stabilize its relations with Japan and to clarify Japanese thinking on the future nature of their bilateral relations, according to Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi. Wang stressed that joining the "con [...]	2007-04-06 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN JA CH
07TOKYO152	AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JANUARY 11 [...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the period from December 21 to January 11. --- Suspected AI Outbreak in Kyushu --- 2. On January 11, the Miyazaki Prefectural government in Kyushu announced that they are investigating the death of about 750 poultry on a farm i [...]	2007-01-12 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
07TOKYO1521	PREVIEW OF APRIL 8 UNIFIED LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. The results of Japan's April 8 nationwide local elections will be determined primarily by local issues. Nevertheless, some of the local races, where national issues are in play, will be early indicators for the outcome of the July Upper House elections and a measure of PM Abe' [...]	2007-04-06 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO1523	JAPAN PREPARES FOR VISIT OF IRAQI PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Following Vice President al-Hashimi,s successful visit to Japan (reftel),Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Tokyo April 8-11. The GOJ initially invited al-Maliki plus one Minister. However, according to Japanese Embassy Baghdad Deputy Chief of Mission Fumio Iwai, f [...]	2007-04-06 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ JA
07TOKYO1528	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-08 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO153	JAPAN'S VIEWS ON WAR CRIME ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During a series of meetings on December 21-22, 2006, Senior Advisor to the Office of War Crime Issues Milbert Shin met with academics, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) think tank scholars, and government officials to discuss progress in the establishment of the K [...]	2007-01-12 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KAWC KJUS KLIG PHUM PREL AS ID JA KCRM
07TOKYO1537	NO SURPRISES IN JAPAN'S ELECTIONS: GOOD NEWS FOR [...] (C) Summary. The first round of unified local elections, held on April 8, resulted in no surprises. The status quo was preserved and, overall, conservative and LDP strength was reaffirmed by the voters. This is good news for PM Abe, whose poll numbers and popularity had been flagging. Candi [...]	2007-04-09 22:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO1538	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 00:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1541	The Japan Economic Scope - April 6, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from April 6, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Japan Feels the Pressure from US-Korea FTA 4. Japan-Thailand Free Trade Agreement Signed 5. Hokkaido Gubernatorial Candidates Oppose EPA with Australia 6. Fukuoka Company Officials C [...]	2007-04-10 00:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO1545	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 01:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1564	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 23:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1577	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1592	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO16	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1605	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1609	MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO [...] "Six-Party Talks: Time for DPRK to Implement 'Initial Steps'" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (4/12): "On Tuesday, the US Treasury Department and Macau authorities announced that they would release all DPRK-linked funds frozen at Banco Delta Asia (BDA). Attention is now shifting to whether [...]	2007-04-12 07:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1615	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/12/07 [...] Enhancing efforts to protect drinking water resources. Preventing river pollution and cooperating in preventing water pollution, especially the basins of Bo Hai and Huang Hai. 2. Making every effort for recycling wastes. Cooperating in collecting wastes and implementing a corporate environme [...]	2007-04-12 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1631	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO164	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-15 22:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1643	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1657	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1665	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-17 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1679	PM ABE ASSURES PACOM OF FULL SUPPORT FOR SECURITY [...] (S) Summary. During an April 12 meeting, Prime Minister Abe assured Commander of the US Pacific Command, Admiral Timothy Keating, that he regards the US-Japan Alliance as critical to Japan's security. Abe stated that in view of China's rapid military build-up and the threat posed by North Ko [...]	2007-04-17 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL POL PGOV MARR CH JA
07TOKYO1689	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1701	JAPAN ECONOMIC SCOPE - APRIL 13, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for April 13, 2007. 2. (U) Table of Contents ------------------------- 3. GOJ for Joint Study for a U.S.-Japan Free Trade Agreement? 4. U.S. Chamber Chief Cites FTA and Autos as Key Issues 5. Has Reg Reform "Peaked Out?" 6. Gov [...]	2007-04-18 05:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR ZO JA
07TOKYO1708	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1710	IRAQ PRIME MINISTER MALIKI'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abe told Prime Minister Maliki that Japan fully supports his government and looks to him to continue to lead in Iraq, during Maliki's April 8-11 visit to Tokyo. Abe advised Maliki that he must take steps to shore up the security situation by this summer, do more to [...]	2007-04-18 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EAID IZ JA
07TOKYO1712	ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL MEETS MOD DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both the United States and Japan are looking forward to the Trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF) meeting to be held April 12 between Japan, Australia, and the United States, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Mull agreed with MOD Director [...]	2007-04-18 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR AS JA
07TOKYO172	MEDIA REACTION - ASEAN REGIONAL SUMMIT/PM ABE'S [...] "Will Envisioned Charter Change ASEAN?" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (1/16): "The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),which marks its 40th anniversary this summer, has entered an important phase of major change. ASEAN leaders agreed at their summit in Cebu, [...]	2007-01-16 03:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1725	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1740	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1744	ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL,S APRIL 11 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-Japan cooperation is critical to enhancing Japan's relationship with NATO and to preventing arms sales to China, DG Harada told A/S Mull April 11. Prime Minister Abe's speech to the North Atlantic Council earlier this year marked the beginning of a transformation of Japane [...]	2007-04-19 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MASS MCAP PGOV CH EU JA
07TOKYO1752	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 02:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1760	PREVIEW OF PRIME MINISTER ABE'S TRIP TO THE MIDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Immediately following his summit with President Bush, Japanese PM Abe will visit Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar, and Egypt between April 28 and May 2. A major goal of the trip will be to enhance economic relations and to raise Japan's profile in the region. Abe w [...]	2007-04-20 07:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KU QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO1764	SCENESETTER FOR MICHAEL MASON, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT [...] (C) You visit as Japan contemplates major changes in its approach to our alliance and Japan's role in the region and the world. We have highlighted specific law enforcement issues separately. This message will identify the broader political and economic framework within which we are advancin [...]	2007-04-20 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN CH JA
07TOKYO1767	(C) REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON NEW PANEL [...] (C/NF) The following is embassy Tokyo's response to Reftel request for insights into Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proposed Panel on Collective Security (Note: The embassy comments are keyed to reftel questions): A. (C/NF) WHO ELSE WILL SERVE ON THE PANEL ASIDE FROM THOSE LISTED IN PRESS? [...]	2007-04-20 10:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1768	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-21 23:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1780	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 02:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1781	ECONOMIC REFORMS STALL AS ELECTIONS NEAR [...] (C) Economic reform momentum has stalled in the run-up to Japan's Upper House elections in July, while policy talk shops have proliferated. Reform proposals that have made it through the bureaucratic gauntlet reflect a "tinkering" mentality, while PM Abe and the politicians on his economic t [...]	2007-04-23 02:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO1800	The Japan Economic Scope - April 20, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from April 20, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Japan joins China/IPR WTO case as third party 4. ANRE's Mochizuki Discusses East China Sea, G8 Summit, IEA 5. Japan Issues Annual Report on Trade Compliance, U.S. Remains Top of List [...]	2007-04-24 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO1802	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-24 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1817	TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER BREAKS NEW GROUND IN HEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Tokyo Midtown Medical Center (TMMC),located in the newly opened Tokyo Midtown complex in the Roppongi area of central Tokyo, boasts Japan's first hospital with a foreign affiliation. TMMC has contracted with Johns Hopkins International (JHI),part of the Johns Hopkins med [...]	2007-04-24 05:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD SOCI TBIO JA
07TOKYO1843	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 01:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1852	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1854	SPECIAL MEASURES AGREEMENT BACKGROUNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current Special Measures Agreement (SMA) expires March 31, 2008. For the next SMA, the Japanese government will likely seek significant reductions in utilities reimbursements, and perhaps, labor costs. In the last round of negotiations, the Japanese government agreed to a tw [...]	2007-04-25 09:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1856	RESPONSE TO SHOKO ASAHARA,S PENDING EXECUTION [...] (C) Summary: Aum Shinrikyo head Chizuo Matsumoto (AKA Shoko Asahara) and his followers involved in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system are unlikely to be executed within the next five years, according to multiple Japanese government officials. As of late April 2007, the Pub [...]	2007-04-25 10:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR
07TOKYO1865	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 06:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO19	VISIT TO JAPAN'S SHIMANE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 04:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PARM PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1923	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1926	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1934	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-3 [...] Bills sponsored by government and ruling parties 2. Minshuto-sponsored bill National referendum bill Â [...]	2007-05-01 04:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1945	U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP APRIL 2007 SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The second session of the U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG) for FY-2007 took place on April 13 via digital videoconference (DVC). The IWG reviewed progress on all agenda items in advance of the annual report to leaders in June. Both sides expressed satisfaction with t [...]	2007-05-01 07:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ELAB ETRD CVIS JA
07TOKYO1946	METI OUTLINES ABE-WEN SUMMIT OUTCOMES [...] (C) Summary: The recent meeting between the Japanese Prime Minister and the Chinese Premier produced few tangible economic results, according to an official of Japan's Ministry of Economic, Trade, and Industry (METI). Nevertheless, the summit meeting did signal political commitment for fur [...]	2007-05-01 07:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV JA CH
07TOKYO1949	ABE GETS BOOST FROM SUMMIT; PRESS COVERAGE POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. Polls taken shortly after Prime Minister Abe met April 27 with President Bush show Abe's support rate has risen close to 10 percent since March, with an equivalent decline in those saying they oppose Abe. While the shift is not only because of Abe's successful visit to the U.S., [...]	2007-05-01 09:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1951	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1957	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1976	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1980	GOJ BACKSLIDING ON BEEF DEAL? [...] (C) Japan's Health Ministry (MHLW) is balking at a deal to ease restrictions on U.S. beef exports that was apparently worked out between Agriculture Minister Matsuoka and Agriculture Secretary Johanns on the eve of the Bush-Abe Summit. The Charge underscored U.S. concern about the apparent b [...]	2007-05-02 09:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR JA
07TOKYO1989	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-07 01:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2025	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-07 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2030	TRILATERAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE COOPERATION FORUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the first meeting of the trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF),U.S., Japanese and Australian diplomatic and defense officials agreed on a range of trilateral initiatives, including: -- a U.S.-Japan-Australia P-3C exercise in October 2007; -- seminars to [...]	2007-05-07 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO2033	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-08 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2053	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-08 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2077	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2102	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2113	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 01:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2158	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2168	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2177	The Japan Economic Scope - May 11, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 11, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren DG on Mideast Trip, FTAs and Upper House Elections 4. Advisory Committee's Recommends Joint Studies for a U.S. -- Japan FTA 5. Tokyo Uneasy on New WTO Paper on Agriculture 6. [...]	2007-05-15 04:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2187	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2194	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 23:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2219	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 01:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2233	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2239	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2251	The Japan Economic Scope - May 18, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 18, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP and DPJ Staff Members Discuss Upper House election 4. Keidanren Joins G-8 Business Declaration (SBU) 5. KORUS Creates Some Pressure for Japan-U.S. FTA (SBU) 6. FTA/EPA Debate Cont [...]	2007-05-18 06:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2255	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 07:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO226	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2269	ECON CONTACTS CONFIRM SUCCESS OF ABE'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Separate talks with METI and Keidanren officials largely confirmed MOFA and Kantei reports (reftel) that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,s April 28-May 2 visit to the Middle East was a success. One official emphasized the improved relationship with Saudi Arabia but explained that the [...]	2007-05-21 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO2272	EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTE DRAGS ON [...] (C) Summary. The dispute over oil and gas exploration in an area in the East China Sea claimed by both Japan and China is no closer to resolution following a technical experts meeting in April, according to an Embassy contact at METI's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE). China's [...]	2007-05-22 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO2276	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 02:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2289	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2290	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2306	METI MINISTER'S VISIT TO CENTRAL ASIA, MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI),the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MOFA) confirmed the success of METI Minister Akira Amari's April 27 - May 5 visit to Central Asia and the Middle East. In [...]	2007-05-23 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AEMR JA
07TOKYO2307	MACHIMURA DISCUSSES U.S. TRIP, ELECTIONS, AND PM [...] (C) Summary. Lower House Diet member and former Foreign Minister Machimura, in a May 23 conversation with the DCM, predicted that the ruling coalition would maintain its majority in the Upper House in the July elections, but only by a slim margin. He attributed PM Abe's rise in the polls to [...]	2007-05-23 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO2312	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO232	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 01:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2323	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 02:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2336	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2342	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-25 01:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2352	The Japan Economic Scope - May 25, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 25, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Ministry of Agriculture Concerned About U.S. - Japan FTA 4. 4. Australian Ambassador Promotes EPA during Hokkaido Visit 5. Does METI Want to Launch FTA Talks with the United States? 6. [...]	2007-05-25 06:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2357	KOMEITO: "YES" TO EXPANDED ROLES FOR JAPAN'S [...] (C) Summary. Komeito, the LDP's indispensable partner in Japan's ruling coalition, has changed it's policy on Japan's right to use military force. Responding to four scenarios currently under consideration by a panel of experts appointed by Prime Minister Abe, the Komeito holds that the use [...]	2007-05-25 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2359	THE U.S. BASE REALIGNMENT BILL: WHAT IT IS AND [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, the Upper House of the Diet passed legislation to support U.S. base realignment under the Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI). The legislation designates certain local governments as "special municipalities connected with U.S. force realignment," and will provide s [...]	2007-05-28 22:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR JA PARM PGOV

07TOKYO2361	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 00:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2363	Japanese Shipbuilding Still Going Strong [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite being a high-wage country, Japan's shipbuilders are still going strong, capturing 17.7 percent of new ship orders by tonnage world-wide in 2005, according to a new report by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association. Japanese shipping companies are expanding their fleets t [...]	2007-05-29 00:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND JA
07TOKYO2370	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 02:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2371	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 02:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2395	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2400	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 01:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2411	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 09:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2412	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2430	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-31 08:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2459	The Japan Economic Scope - May 31, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 31, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. CPRR Issues Interim Report 4. Upper House Member Shares Views on Reform 5. METI to Sell Share of Japex 6. Japan and India to Cooperate on IPR 7. Decentralization Minister Pledges S [...]	2007-06-01 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2464	"LABOR BIG BANG" PROPOSALS ON HOLD [...] (C) New Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) proposals to reform the labor market are on hold until after July's Upper House elections, and the six labor bills that the cabinet forwarded to the Diet are "so compromised" they will have little effect, CEFP private sector member Naohiro [...]	2007-06-01 10:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV ETRD EAGR JA
07TOKYO2480	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-04 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2493	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 02:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2517	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2529	ANRE'S HOSAKA "BORED" WITH EAST CHINA SEA [...] (C) Summary. The eighth round of director- general level talks between Japan and China on May 25 over the disputed oil and natural gas deposits in the East China Sea broke no new ground. Japan expected a new proposal from China but none was proffered. The two sides will step up the frequency [...]	2007-06-06 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENFR PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO2533	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2556	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-07 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2558	PENSION CRISIS LEADS TO CHANGES IN LDP PLATFORM [...] (C) Summary. Alarmed by plunging approval ratings, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has reordered the party's platform for the upcoming Upper House elections. Pension reform has replaced Prime Minister Abe's core issue of constitutional revision as the top item in the LDP's list of [...]	2007-06-07 09:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO2559	KOIZUMI AIDE PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SLAMS ABE [...] (C) Summary. Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi's senior aide, Isao Iijima, shared his analysis of the LDP's and Komeito's chances in the upcoming election with Embassy Tokyo on June 6. Iijima, who said he had spent the morning meeting senior LDP Diet members, predicts a stunning loss for the ruling [...]	2007-06-07 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2560	KOIZUMI AIDE PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SLAMS ABE [...] (C) Summary. Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi's senior aide, Isao Iijima, shared his analysis of the LDP's and Komeito's chances in the upcoming election with Embassy Tokyo on June 6. Iijima, who said he had spent the morning meeting senior LDP Diet members, predicts a stunning loss for the ruling [...]	2007-06-07 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2561	KOIZUMI AIDE PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SLAMS ABE [...] (C) Summary. Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi's senior aide, Isao Iijima, shared his analysis of the LDP's and Komeito's chances in the upcoming election with Embassy Tokyo on June 6. Iijima, who said he had spent the morning meeting senior LDP Diet members, predicts a stunning loss for the ruling [...]	2007-06-07 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO259	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2599	The Japan Economic Scope - June 7, 2007 - Part 1 [...] (U) This cable contains part one of Japan Economic Scope from June 7, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. VFM Yachi on FTA, WTO, Agriculture 4. Bilateral Investment Working Group Business Outreach; FTA, Transparency, DHS 5. Asia Pacific Business Leaders Discussed Regional Economic [...]	2007-06-08 07:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2601	The Japan Economic Scope - June 7, 2007 - Part 2 [...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from June 7, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Northern Japan's Biotech Crops Regulatory Regime: an In- depth Look 4. KIAC Chairman Welcomes Asian Open Skies Policy of GOJ 5. KIX Criticizes JAL for Cancelling LA Routes [...]	2007-06-08 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2611	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 04:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2618	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2627	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 02:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2650	REQUEST FOR JAPAN'S HELP ON POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghanistan's Ambassador in Tokyo, Haron Amin, expressed skepticism on June 11 that Japan would be willing to invest large sums in upgrading Afghanistan's electrical power distribution sector, given Japan's focus to date on funding rural development and the Disbandment of Illega [...]	2007-06-12 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF JA
07TOKYO2652	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 23:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2655	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 05:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2664	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2668	DASD CLAD TALKS INDIA WITH JAPANESE OFFICALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 7, 2007 DASD for South and Southeast Asia James Clad met Ministry of Defense and MOFA officials to discuss Japan's emerging defense and security cooperation with India. Following the recent Japan-India Defense Ministerial as well as U.S./Japan/India naval training exercis [...]	2007-06-13 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA MARR PINR
07TOKYO2690	ABE-PUTIN G-8 SUMMIT: RUSSIA AGREES TO [...] (C) Summary. During their June 7 summit, PM Abe and President Putin agreed not to shelve the Northern Territories issue, and Putin promised to instruct his deputies to ""accelerate"" the negotiations, according to MOFA Russian Division Director Muto. On North Korea, Putin expressed frustrati [...]	2007-06-14 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET JA RU
07TOKYO2691	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-14 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2692	PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BLAMES U.S., ISRAEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Palestinian Foreign Minister Ziad Abu-Amr, speaking June 13 at a press conference in Tokyo, blamed U.S. and Israeli policy for the violence now taking place in Gaza, asserting that the failure to deal with the Palestinian government has inevitably led to the current situation. [...]	2007-06-14 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL JA
07TOKYO2696	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-15 02:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2715	JAPAN RECONSIDERS U.S. ROLE IN REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to a year ago, Japanese officials see the United States as a much more active and influential player in the discussion on regional economic integration. A senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) indicated that Japan's participation in various regi [...]	2007-06-15 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN ETRD PREL APECO JA
07TOKYO2716	SALE OF THE CENTURY STARTS OCTOBER 1: A JAPAN POST [...] (SBU) Japan Post -- a public corporation with assets the size of China's GDP -- begins a ten-year privatization process October 1. The institution, which encompasses a bank and an insurance company and is collectively the world's largest financial institution, has played a central role in Ja [...]	2007-06-15 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO2721	The Japan Economic Scope - June 14, 2007 Part 2 [...] (U) This cable contains part two the Japan Economic Scope from June 14, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Citigroup Assumes Full Control of Nikko Cordial Brokerage 4. New Earthquake Insurance Policy Process Raises Concern among U.S. 5. MLIT Postpones Downgrade of Itami Airport 6. [...]	2007-06-15 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2725	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2739	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2761	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-19 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2772	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-20 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2784	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-20 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2786	FORMER JAPANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: NEW DIRECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazuhiro Sugita, former Director of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO),believes Japan must support United States policy toward the Middle East but, at the same time, be more willing to pursue its own strategies and engagements in the region. He fears that follo [...]	2007-06-20 09:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JA
07TOKYO2789	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/07-2 [...] Differences in interest rates between Japan and foreign countries Masaki Fukui of Mizuho Corporate Bank: "There is a speculation that differences in interest rates of Japan, the US and European countries will not narrow. For the time being, the market will move toward a 125 against the dolla [...]	2007-06-20 20:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2799	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2813	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2823	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 03:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2826	The Japan Economic Scope Part 2 - June 21, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from June 21, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Political Agenda for Coral Transplants Around Disputed Pacific Islets Denied (SBU) 4. Expansion of Social Insurance Coverage (U) 5. Electric Power Market System Under Review [...]	2007-06-22 04:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2831	The Japan Economic Scope Part 1 - June 21, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains part one of the Japan Economic Scope from June 21, 2007. See septel for part two. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Ambassador Schieffer on U.S.-Japan Economic Relations 4. JUSBC Chair Called for Enhanced Cooperation for US-Japan FTA 5. Japan and Doha Talks 6. [...]	2007-06-22 05:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2841	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2847	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2848	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2856	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] "Will DPRK Take Concrete Action?" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (6/23): "...Assistant Secretary of State Hill, the US representative to the six-party talks, visited Pyongyang for talks with Foreign Minister Pak and other North Korean officials.... Last week, t [...]	2007-06-25 04:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2878	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-26 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2893	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-26 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2895	INFORMATION SECURITY: AN ALLIANCE PRIORITY [...] (S) Summary: In tandem with the deepening of our bilateral alliance, the amount of information -- diplomatic, technical, intelligence, and operational -- provided to Japan has necessarily expanded exponentially over the past decade. Our ability to maintain momentum on information sharing, howe [...]	2007-06-26 09:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO2897	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2898	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 02:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2929	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2944	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2947	LDP-KOMEITO COALITION LIKELY TO LOSE UPPER HOUSE [...] (C) Summary: The outlook for Japan's ruling LDP-Komeito coalition in upcoming House of Councillors elections is grim, as the support rate for Prime Minister Abe and his ruling LDP continues to fall over the botched handling of pension accounts. Abe's premiership, and the ruling coalition's [...]	2007-06-28 10:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2948	CNO MULLEN SPEAKS WITH FM ASO AND DEFMIN KYUMA [...] (S) SUMMARY. On June 18, 2007 Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Mike Mullen met with Foreign Minister Aso, Defense Minister Kyuma, and Ministry of Defense (MOD) Administrative Vice Minister Moriya. Admiral Mullen expressed appreciation for the close working relationship between the Japanese [...]	2007-06-28 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV JA MARR PINR SENV
07TOKYO2949	STILL SLIM CHANCE FOR DOHA PROGRESS [...] (C) "A pity," was how Vice Trade Minister Toshiaki Kitamura termed the collapse of last week's G-4 Doha Round meeting when outgoing EMIN met him in a farewell call on June 25. Kitamura and other officials from the Trade and Foreign Ministries have told us that the Japanese government is tryi [...]	2007-06-29 00:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR JA
07TOKYO2958	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 03:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO296	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 00:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2967	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2979	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2994	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] "US-Proposed Four-Party Talks: Don't Destroy Six-Party Framework" The conservative Sankei editorialized (7/2): "Concerns are growing among GOJ officials over the proposal by Assistant Secretary of State Hill that four nations - the US, North Korea, China, and South Korea - should meet to discu [...]	2007-07-02 05:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO30	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3006	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3013	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3031	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3038	LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER KONO ON DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 09:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	JA PGOV PREL
07TOKYO3073	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-05 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3076	PDASD SHINN ENGAGES JAPANESE COUNTERPARTS ON INFO [...] (C) Summary: PDASD Jim Shinn engaged Japanese counterparts June 29 on the need to enhance the protection of sensitive information in the wake of the recent unauthorized Aegis data disclosure, extend the current Special Measures Agreement (SMA),and consider a role in Afghan operations. Senior [...]	2007-07-05 22:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3077	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3087	NEW DEFENSE MINISTER FACES TOUGH ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Japan's new Defense Minister, Yuriko Koike, will face an uphill battle to establish her policy and managerial credentials. Koike acknowledges that she was chosen primarily to help boost the ruling party's prospects in the July 29 Upper House election and, as such, will be subject [...]	2007-07-06 03:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
07TOKYO3099	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/06/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3100	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/06/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3104	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3123	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3125	The Japan Economic Scope--July 5, 2007 Part 1 [...] (U) This cable contains part one of the Japan Economic Scope from July 5, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. G-10 Agriculture Ministers Issue Another Statement on Doha 4. An Early Glimpse at G-8 Planning 5. Advisory Councils-- Recommendations - Few Details for Concrete Action 6. [...]	2007-07-09 08:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3127	The Japan Economic Scope--July 5, 2007 Part 2 [...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from July 5, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. JBIC Will Finance Pipe Manufacturing in Russia Autos, Energy 4. International Auto Standards and ACCJ Japan American Auto Industries Subcommittee 5. Nissan on Exchange Rates, O [...]	2007-07-09 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3129	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 23:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3137	JAPANESE ABDUCTION GROUPS UNEASY ON U.S. STANCE [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of AFVKN and NARKN, two NGOs dedicated to the return of Japanese nationals abducted by the DPRK, expressed growing concern about the U.S. commitment to resolving the abduction issue in a meeting with political officers on June 27. Motivated by a strong desire to aff [...]	2007-07-10 05:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	BBG PGOV PHUM PREF JA KN
07TOKYO3151	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3163	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3164	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3171	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3179	JAPAN POST PRIVATIZATION - COMMITTEE COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Japan Post begins a ten-year privatization process on October 1 releasing nearly $3 trillion in banking and insurance assets from government control. In preparation, the Japan Post Company on May 1 issued an implementation plan, rumored to be over 400 thousand pages in length, [...]	2007-07-12 03:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JA PGOV
07TOKYO3192	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/12/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3198	DCM'S JULY 11 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF CABINET [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 23:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR ETRD KNNP PGOV KN JA
07TOKYO3205	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-13 04:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO321	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3232	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-13 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3236	The Japan Economic Scope--July 12, 2007 Part 1 [...] (U) This cable contains the part one of the Japan Economic Scope from July 12, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Informal Civ Air Talks in Tokyo (SBU) 4. Star Flyer to Open KIX -- HND Flight (U) 5. Centrair Strongly Supports USG Cargo Position (SBU) 6. Nuclear Fusion Research Cen [...]	2007-07-17 00:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3237	The Japan Economic Scope--July 12, 2007 Part 2 [...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from July 12, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. 18. Disappointing Report by DC Pension Study Group Calls for Minimal Changes 4. Number of Foreign Business Headquarters in Kobe Hits Triple Digits 5. Nara Mayor and Governo [...]	2007-07-17 00:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3243	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 01:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

07TOKYO3244	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 01:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3265	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 21:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3276	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3301	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3311	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3318	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-20 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3321	The Japan Economic Scope--July 19, 2007 Part 1 [...] (U) This cable contains the part one of the Japan Economic Scope from July 19, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Reaction to Doha Draft Texts 4. Japan Agriculture: Doha Draft Text Triggers Customary Hyperbolic Response 5. Battered Agriculture Minister Faces Press 6. FSA Creates [...]	2007-07-20 04:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3336	AEGIS UPDATE: JAPANESE DEFENSE MINISTER AND VICE [...] (S) In a July 19 update for the Ambassador on the Aegis leak investigations, Vice Chief of Staff of the MSDF Vice Admiral Kato stated that Kanagawa Prefecture Police and the MSDF planned to indict the MSDF seaman who had copied AEGIS information onto his personal computer by mid-August before [...]	2007-07-20 07:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3346	DCM'S MEETING WITH ACCS YANAGISAWA ON BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Per ref A instructions, on July 20 the DCM delivered the draft Bilateral Information Security Task Force Terms of Reference (BISTF TOR) to Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Yanagisawa and urged the Japanese government to SIPDIS agree to the draft text and be ready to discuss the [...]	2007-07-20 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3347	JAPAN DISPUTES DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT OF CHOSEN [...] (S) Summary: The DPRK is making Japan's actions in regard to the General Association of (North) Korean Residents in Japan into a major bilateral issue, MOFA Director General Sasae told visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Hill on July 13. Sasae insisted that the actions of the Japanese government [...]	2007-07-20 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	EFIN JA KN PGOV PREL
07TOKYO3362	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3375	LDP PROSPECTS FOR JULY 29 ELECTIONS WORSEN [...] (C) Summary. The ruling LDP-Komeito coalition looks almost certain to lose its majority in the July 29 Upper House elections. Voters continue to fault Prime Minister Abe for his perceived failure to deal adequately with the pension mess and a host of administration scandals. Continued verba [...]	2007-07-24 10:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3380	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 02:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO339	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3397	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO343	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3437	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3439	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN HOSTAGE [...] "Taliban's Indiscriminate Brutality" The business- oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/27): "The Taliban have executed one of the 23 South Korean hostages that the group has been holding. The Koreans had entered the country on a relief mission. This is yet another example of the Taliban's i [...]	2007-07-27 04:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO345	The Japan Economic Scope - January 12, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. CPRR Insider Disappointed with Reform Report 4. Japanese Stock Markets Merging? 5. Electricity Deregulation: METI Backing Away; Commercial Customers Face Continued Price Discrimination 6. MHLW: Number of Drug Reviewers to Be Increased 7. Agriculture Prot [...]	2007-01-25 02:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3450	The Japan Economic Scope--July 26, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from July 26, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Deputy Secretary Set to Arrive in Tokyo 4. Niigata Earthquake: Damage Toll Mounts 5. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Shutdown Squeezes Tokyo's Electricity Supply 6. Earthquake Dents Japan's Auto [...]	2007-07-27 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3453	RULING PARTIES TO TAKE A BEATING IN JULY 29 [...] (C) Summary. A sense of resignation appears to have taken hold in the ruling LDP, as the latest polls and predictions point to the strong possibility that the ruling coalition might win fewer than 50 of the 121 seats up for election in the Upper House on July 29. The ruling parties need 64 [...]	2007-07-27 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3455	WHALING: FIRST NATIONAL WHALE FORUM PRESSURES GOJ TO RESUME [...] (SBU) Mayors from coastal-whaling municipalities have officially pressured the GOJ to voluntarily resume commercial small-type coastal whaling (STCW). At a July 7-8 public whale forum in Ishinomaki City, north-eastern Japan, four mayors from whaling sites -- Abashiri, Ayukawa, Wada and Taiji - [...]	2007-07-29 00:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS KSCA IWC JA ETRD
07TOKYO3458	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/30/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3459	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/30/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO346	The Japan Economic Scope - January 19, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. New Regional Economic Initiatives 4. Keidanren Board Plays Same Old Tune on Triangular Mergers 5. Ambassador Attends American Airlines Ceremony at Narita 6. Central Japan Outlook for 2007 -- Optimistic but Wary 7. Regional Economic Integration: Kyushu Bu [...]	2007-01-25 02:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3475	PM ABE'S LDP TAKES A BATH IN UPPER HOUSE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered a crushing defeat in the July 29 Upper House elections, returning only 37 of 64 incumbent seats and, in the process, losing control of the chamber. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was the big winn [...]	2007-07-30 09:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3490	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3491	ABE ANNOUNCES EXTRAORDINARY DIET SESSION, [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Abe told the press that his near term agenda includes a short session of the Diet, a reshuffle of senior party positions, and a cabinet change. End summary. 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Abe appeared before the press on July 30, minutes after receiving an endors [...]	2007-07-31 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3495	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/07-1 [...] Meantime, the opposition camp, which obtained a majority in the House of Councillors in Sunday's poll, is poised to oppose that legislation. A termination of the SDF mission against the background of the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan might rock the foundation of the Japan-US alliance a [...]	2007-08-01 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3496	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3507	Earthquake Dents Japan's Auto Industry [...] (SBU) Summary. The July 16 earthquake off Niigata affected the Japanese auto industry nationwide. Production recovered relatively rapidly, however, and industry sources tell us that lost production will be made up by year end. Companies' all- important bottom lines will only be minimally a [...]	2007-08-01 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECOM JA
07TOKYO3511	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3512	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3517	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ASSISTANT CABINET [...] (S) Summary: Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Kyoji Yanagisawa reported to Ambassador Schieffer July 31 that the Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) Terms of Reference (TOR) had been coordinated inter-agency and approved by the Japanese Government. Referring to the Aegis cas [...]	2007-08-01 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR PGOV PINR PREL
07TOKYO3523	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - A.R.F. MINISTERIAL [...] "Rice's Absence from ARF Ministerial Criticized" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun's Manila correspondent Tomoyoshi Aoyagi reported (8/2): "Representatives from some countries attending the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) ministerial are critizing Secretary of State Rice's absence from the meeting, saying [...]	2007-08-02 04:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3538	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3539	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3547	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/07-1 [...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's daily schedule 4. Abe Cabinet reaches new support low of 22% in Fuji-Sankei poll, with non-support rate at 64.8% ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) meeting: 5. ASEAN ARF closes after having given consideration to North Korean abduction and comf [...]	2007-08-03 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3548	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO355	JAPAN RENEWS PUSH TO IMPROVE TIES WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: MOFA Vice Foreign Minister Yachi's January 26-27 trip to China is intended to maintain the momentum in improving bilateral relations, according to MOFA China Division Principle Deputy Director Nomura. Yachi and his counterpart, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, will sta [...]	2007-01-25 11:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG CH JA
07TOKYO3568	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3569	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3587	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a working lunch hosted for the Deputy Secretary by Vice Foreign Minister Yachi, MOFA officials made SIPDIS the following points: -- Japan is hopeful the September report on progress in Iraq will be positive, but is realistic and expects it may not meet expections and will [...]	2007-08-06 07:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG XF IZ IR IS IN AF BM PK JA
07TOKYO359	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3598	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-06 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO36	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3600	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measure law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance w [...]	2007-08-06 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO3601	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measures law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance [...]	2007-08-06 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO3606	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 01:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3612	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 07:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3614	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 22:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3624	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-08 01:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3625	DIET OPENS; DPJ READY TO RUMBLE [...] (C) Summary: The Diet convened August 7 for a 4-day session, moving into uncharted waters where the ruling coalition controls the Lower House while the Upper House is the hands of the opposition. Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Ichiro Ozawa has begun to flex his post-Upper House ele [...]	2007-08-08 01:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO3639	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 02:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3640	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 02:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3643	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTER-KOREAN SUMMIT [...] "Can Roh-Kim Summit Help Denuclearization?" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/9): "The main focus of the just-announced inter-Korean summit will be whether the talks can give momentum to the six- party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program. South Kor [...]	2007-08-09 03:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3658	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3679	DEFENSE MINISTER KOIKE COMMENTS ON ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Yuriko Koike, meeting with former U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert on August 6, said that opposition control of the Diet's Upper House would generate some "turmoil," particularly true with respect to the renewal of the antiterrorism legislation autho [...]	2007-08-10 06:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR ENRG JA CH
07TOKYO3680	LDP DIET MEMBERS VOICE FRUSTRATION, CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings August 6 with former U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert, senior Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet members stressed that the victory of the opposition parties in the recent Upper House election would substantially complicate and slow t [...]	2007-08-10 06:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
07TOKYO3681	The Japan Economic Scope--August 9, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 9, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP's Political Foundation Has "Crumbled," Says One Pundit 4. Postal Privatization, Other LDP Legislative Initiatives, Up for Review? 5. Beef Talks Grind Down, No Consensus Yet 6. [...]	2007-08-10 07:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3682	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and Ambassador Schieffer, in a meeting on August 9, discussed extension of the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law for the JMSDF Indian Ocean mission, strengthening information security, and Japan's next generation fighter aircraft. End summ [...]	2007-08-10 07:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA KS KN PGOV MOPS MARR
07TOKYO3688	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/10/07 [...] The government's failure to extend the law would result in the withdrawal of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, which has been on the refueling mission in the Indian Ocean for naval vessels of the United States, Britain, and other countries that are engaged in mop-up operations against terrorists [...]	2007-08-10 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3696	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-1 [...] Views in the party are being unified after President Ichiro Ozawa expressed opposition to the said law, but many members are worried that if the party remains opposed to the said law, questions might be raised about its ability to grab political power. The party's move reflects its desire to do [...]	2007-08-13 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3716	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-2 [...] Officials from the Defense Ministry and the Foreign Ministry explained the current state of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling operations based on the said law. But many DPJ members voiced dissatisfaction calling the ministries to disclose more detailed information. House of Councillor [...]	2007-08-13 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3717	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-3 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3725	DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN ON POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo officers spoke to a Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) staff member and a DPJ House of Councilors member about a range of issues following the July 29 Upper House election. The staff member discussed the post-election timeline, economic reforms, the upcoming Diet session and wh [...]	2007-08-14 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3727	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 06:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO373	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES ASIAN REGIONAL [...] (SBU) S/P Director Krasner January 12 met with MOFA Senior Official Deputy Director General Masashi Mizukami to discuss East Asian "architecture." Mizukami said the GOJ was only now starting to coordinate its positions on the multiple proposals for different forms of East Asian integration. [...]	2007-01-26 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD APECO ASEAN JA
07TOKYO3736	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3739	CLIMATE CHANGE: EMISSION IMPOSSIBLE: NPP SHUTDOWN [...] Summary: According to a joint Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and Ministry of Environment (MOE) interim report issued on August 10, Japan will miss its Kyoto Protocol emissions reduction target by 20-34 million tons per year (1.5-2.7 percent of total emissions) if it maintains [...]	2007-08-14 09:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG KGHG JA
07TOKYO374	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER MEETS DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 12 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Director General for North American Affairs Chikao Kawai (since elevated to Deputy Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Foreign Policy) explained that Japan cannot, for domestic reasons, provide humanitarian assistance to the D [...]	2007-01-26 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ZK IN KN KS AS CH RS JA
07TOKYO3749	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 02:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO375	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3768	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3769	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3777	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 04:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3783	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/16/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3794	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-17 03:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3798	The Japan Economic Scope--August 16, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 16, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Tokyo Markets Respond to Global Turmoil 4. Limited Subprime Impact on Japanese Financial Institutions 5. Carry-Trade Unwind: More Bark than Bite (U) 6. Japan: Second Quarter Real GDP [...]	2007-08-17 04:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3812	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/07 [...] Ozawa has expressed his opposition to the extension of the law, but Maehara, who is regarded as an active leader of the anti-Ozawa force, has advocated that the law should be extended. There was a rumor in the largest opposition party that Maehara might break away from Ozawa since the two ha [...]	2007-08-17 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3820	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3830	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3837	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO385	The Japan Economic Scope - January 25, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren Tells Ambassador Position on M&A "Misunderstood" 4. Kansai Association of Corporate Executives: Support for Agriculture Reforms, Abe's Survivability 5. Keidanren Hasn't Given Up on Doha 6. U.S.-Japan Reg Reform Talks Commence 7. Financial Servi [...]	2007-01-29 06:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3865	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3870	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3877	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3884	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3914	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3919	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/07 [...] In Tokyo, members of the Tokyo Action Committee stood outside the West Entrance of Shinjuku Station and campaigned. Many people stopped to talk with them. A woman (36) from Saitama Prefecture stated: "I am absolutely against Japan cooperating with the war. It only makes terrorism worse. They [...]	2007-08-24 07:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3922	The Japan Economic Scope--August 23, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 23, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents Political Moves 3. Official Discusses Japan's "Confused" Political Situation, East China Sea and More 4. WTO Talks Set to Resume as Japanese Negotiators Face Cabinet Reshuffle 5. Abe V [...]	2007-08-24 07:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3929	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3948	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3962	FOREIGN MINISTER ASO VISITS JORDAN, ISRAEL, WEST [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso was clearly pleased with his August 13-15 visit to Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, calling it the most constructive diplomatic mission he has undertaken as Foreign Minister. The centerpiece of the visit was the "Ministerial Level Meeting of the Four Pa [...]	2007-08-27 06:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG SENV EAID ETRD IR IS JO JA
07TOKYO3966	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3969	ABE CABINET, LDP EXECUTIVE LINE-UP [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable outlines the backgrounds of Japan's new cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership line-up announced on August 27, 2007. New appointees and posts are: LDP Secretary-General -- Taro ASO LDP General Affairs Council Chairman -- Toshihiro NIKAI LDP Policy [...]	2007-08-27 14:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3970	ABE CABINET, LDP EXECUTIVE LINE-UP [...] (SBU) Summary. (This is a corrected copy amending paragraph 16.) This cable outlines the backgrounds of Japan's new cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership line-up announced on August 27, 2007. New appointees and posts are: LDP Secretary-General -- Taro ASO LDP General Affa [...]	2007-08-27 14:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3974	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 01:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3987	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3995	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

07TOKYO4000	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 8/22 SPEECH OF [...] "Bush's Controversial Reading of War History" Washington correspondent Arimoto of the conservative Sankei wrote (8/29): "President Bush's speech on August 22 rejecting calls for a pullout of US forces from Iraq has generated controversy for his reference to the US victory over Japan in WWII an [...]	2007-08-29 04:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA

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