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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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07HILLAH163NAJAF AND KUFA DISTRICTS LOCAL COUNCILS REQUESTED PRT
[...] SUMMARY: During a November meeting with the PRT, members of the local councils (LC) from Najaf and Kufa districts requested USG assistance to help build capacity - including the funding of an office and training of staff, particularly in the U.S. Najaf LC members, Adnan Hussein Mohammed and Ja [...]
2007-12-01 13:47:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IZ
07HILLAH167IMPROVED SECURITY IN QADISIYAH BODES WELL FOR POSSIBLE PRT
[...] (U) This is a joint DS-PRT Diwaniyah cable. 2. (C) Summary: Iraqi general offers upbeat assessment on the improved security climate in Diwaniyah. MND CS Commander concurs but is concerned that Diwaniyah's Governor remains an obstacle to progress. MND CS Commander and 8th IAD General [...]
2007-12-08 11:33:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PREL MARR IZ
07HILLAH29BABIL PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBER AIRS SOME DIRTY LAUNDRY
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Although the intended topic was the Babil governor's attempt to remove the mayor of Al-Hillah, a recent conversation with a Communist member of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) revealed much more, including allegations of bribes to [...]
2007-02-21 14:50:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM IZ
07HILLAH36GEO WARNS OF ELECTORAL WEAKNESS
[...] (U) This is a PRT Diwaniyah cable. 2. (C) Summary. In a 24 February meeting, Saad Madhloum Abdullah, the General Electoral Officer (GEO) for Diwaniyah Province under the (soon-to-be-abolished) Independent Electoral Commission in Iraq (IECI) warned that the Independent Higher Electoral Commi [...]
2007-03-01 12:20:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IZ
07HILLAH45BABIL ELECTION OFFICIAL VOTES FOR SWEEPING CHANGE AT THE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary. The Babil representative to the Independent Electoral Commission for Iraq (IECI),Assad Abd al-Rudah, recently shared his views with Babil IPAO about methods to reduce electoral fraud and manipulation, including adopting a "one-candidate, one- [...]
2007-03-24 12:17:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KDEM IZ
07HILLAH47BABIL REFORMERS CREATE PROTO-INVESTMENT COMMISSION
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the CoR's passage of the investment law, Babil business and political reformers recently formed a "preparatory" provincial investment commission awaiting the creation of the National Commission for Investment. Despite its uno [...]
2007-03-28 17:43:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IZ
07HILLAH48BABIL'S FAINT-HEARTED GOVERNOR
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (S) Summary and comment: The governor of Babil, reeling under the triple impact of a revolt in the provincial council (and the loss of his closest ally there),a public whispering campaign against him and an increasingly assertive Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM),sudd [...]
2007-03-28 17:53:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PINS PINR PTER IZ
07HILLAH55NAJAF AND DIWANIYAH PROVINICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf/Diwaniyah cable. Mark G. Davison, Leader. SUMMARY 2. (S) Local sources have provided some details regarding an April 11 raid on the main office of the Sadrist movement in Diwaniyah during the ongoing security operation. Local journalists are reportedly compl [...]
2007-04-13 09:26:00REO HillahSECRETPREL PGOV MARR IZ
07HILLAH6BABIL PROVINCIAL ELECTION SHAPSHOT: CHASING A SHADOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption, stagnation and not wanting to repeat the mistakes of two years ago figure among the reasons Babil citizens would like to see elections take place sooner rather than later. An extended delay in scheduling them could plunge more potential voters into cynical abstention [...]
2007-01-10 09:04:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV SOCI KDEM IZ
07HILLAH60PREACHER URGES SADRIST SELF-RESTRAINT
[...] (U) This is a Najaf PRT cable. Mark G. Davison, Leader. 2. (C) On April 13 at Friday prayers at the Kufa Mosque, Sheik Jawad Al-Rubaiee delivered the sermon. Speaking to some 600-800 congregants, he made the following points of political interest: -- We condemn the military raids and [...]
2007-04-17 15:33:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR SOCI
07HILLAH68MOSQUES ADDRESS PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL (PIC)
[...] (U) This is a Najaf PRT cable. Mark G. Davison, Leader. 2. (C) In our continuing efforts to monitor Friday prayer sermons through our sources on the ground in Najaf Province (see reftel),this past week's efforts provided contrasting views regarding, among other things, the process of P [...]
2007-04-26 14:32:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR SOCI IZ
07HILLAH69CLEVER TACTICS, FLAWED ETHICS IN HILLAH MAYOR ELECTION
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As anticipated in ref A, the Hillah District Council (DC) met on April 21 to choose a new mayor. The surprise winner by one vote - his own - was DC member Sabah Al-Fatlawi, after a campaign allegedly marred by bribery and other improprieties. [...]
2007-05-02 14:09:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL IZ IR
07HILLAH70HILLAH MAYOR KABUKI CONTINUES
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) PRT officers met on May 2 with the full membership of the Hillah District Council (DC) for a discussion of the chain of events described in reftel. Both Aqeel Al-Silawi, who introduced himself as the acting mayor until the Provincial Council (PC) confi [...]
2007-05-04 07:07:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ
07HILLAH77GOVERNOR OF NAJAF CALLS ON MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR
[...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf/Diwaniyah Cable. SUMMARY 2. (C) The Governor of Najaf traveled to Baghdad on 14 May accompanied by Coalition officers and PRT leader. During his call the Governor gave the Minister a detailed list of weapons and ammunition, as well as a proposed budget, for an [...]
2007-05-20 15:18:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PTER IZ
07HILLAH78PART 1 OF A SERIES: FINGER POINTING AND CONCERNS OVER
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable and is the first in a series on the status of budget execution within Babil. 2. (C) Summary: With the Government of Iraq's announcement that reconstruction funding may be rescinded from provinces that do not spend a certain percentage by the end of June, numerou [...]
2007-05-23 11:32:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PINS PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ
07HILLAH81INSIDE THE SAUSAGE FACTORY - A VISIT TO THE BABIL PROVINCIAL
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The Babil Provincial Council (PC) meeting on May 29 provided an object lesson on the status of representative governance in the province. While a handful of voices spoke out about things on citizens' minds, such as power shortages and long lines at gas stations, substa [...]
2007-05-29 15:00:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IZ
07HILLAH82GOVERNOR FEELS THE HEAT, AS DOES INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST
[...] (C) Summary: After a local newspaper printed a story claiming that virtually all Babil residents want Governor Salem Saleh Mehdi Al-Muslimawi to step down, the governor pushed back on the airwaves and the pages of his own paper to attempt to discredit his accusers. A few days thereafter he tra [...]
2007-06-01 13:55:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PINR SOCI KDEM IZ IR
07HILLAH84POOR LEADERSHIP, SCARCE CAPITAL AND POWER TOP BABIL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with the PRT, representatives of the Babil business and commercial sector highlighted the following as key to the province's near-term economic growth: -- Overcoming the ineffective and/or counterproductive role of governme [...]
2007-06-06 05:33:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR EAID EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV
07HILLAH86IRANIAN-SUPPORTED GROUP SAID TARGETING SISTANI AIDES, WOULD
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (S) Summary: A civil society activist with strong religious credentials recently warned PRT leader that an Iranian-controlled group called Asa'ib Al-Haq, based in Diwaniya, is serving as a tool in Iran's efforts to take control of the hawza, the Shi'a relig [...]
2007-06-07 04:37:00REO HillahSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PINR PTER KISL IZ IR
07HILLAH95KARBALA: GOVERNOR PUTS HIS HEART INTO THE TRANSFER OF THE
[...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala classified cable. 2. (U) On June 27, Karbala Governor Aqeel Mahmood al-Khazali met with 3ID Deputy Commanding General (DCG) and PRT representatives at the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in al-Hillah. This was the first meeting betwe [...]
2007-06-30 08:42:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PTER PINR IZ
07HILLAH96CORRECTED COPY: KARBALA: GOVERNOR PUTS HIS HEART INTO THE
[...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Hillah 00000095 (wrong classification) a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala classified cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 27, Karbala Governor Aqeel Mahmood al-Khazali met with 3ID Deputy Commanding General (DCG) and PRT representatives at the Regional [...]
2007-06-30 08:50:00REO HillahSECRETASEC PGOV PTER PINR IZ
07HILLAH99KARBALA: MODERN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VISION
[...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 29, PRT Karbala met with Provincial Council Chairman (PCC),Abdul-A'al Al-Yasiry, to discuss his vision for economic development and the conference in Lebanon. The PCC was returning from a two day Prov [...]
2007-07-02 14:56:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV
07HOCHIMINHCITY1015VIETNAM IN-COUNTRY PRIORITY ONE REFERRAL
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Mission's P-1 Referral Committee has completed consideration of five possible Priority One (P-1) applicants and is referring two to PRM for consideration. Truong Van Duc is a long-time Hoa Hao leader and has spent much of his life in detention. His outspoken, but non- violent, [...]
2007-10-02 08:44:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1021BAPTISTS, MENNONITES RECEIVE OFFICIAL GVN RECOGNITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately three weeks before the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is scheduled to arrive in Vietnam, the government of Vietnam has granted national recognition to two more Protestant denominations: the Mennonite Vietnam Church and the Vietnam Bapt [...]
2007-10-03 10:57:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY103ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH REMAINS INVOLUNTARILY IN MENTAL
[...] (SBU) On January 25, we met separately with two colleagues of Bui Kim Thanh, the HCMC land rights activist who was involuntarily committed to a mental institution in November 2006 (refs A and C). We questioned both intensively. Both appeared credible. They said that they had known and worke [...]
2007-01-30 11:30:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1085JESUITS BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE IN HCMC
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Just three years after the passage of Vietnam's law on religious freedom, Ho Chi Minh City's vibrant and growing Jesuit community are operating a newly-built training facility where 37 future priests and monks are currently studying with the GVN's full permission -- and with no int [...]
2007-10-23 07:48:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1105DUS PONTICELLI HCMC VISIT - PUBLIC SECTOR LAPSES AND
[...] (U) Summary: Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs Charlotte Ponticelli and Department of Labor Senior Advisor for EAP Affairs Zhao Li stopped in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on October 20 to observe and discuss HCMC labor issues en route to the 2007 U.S. - Vietnam Labor Dialogue [...]
2007-10-26 12:21:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PREL PGOV OTRA OVIP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1107PEPFAR SPENDING IN HCMC MONEY WELL-SPENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations staff members Shannon Smith and Jennifer Simon concluded their President's Emergency Plan for AIDs Relief (PEPFAR) assessment visit to Vietnam with a stop in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on October 11-12. HCMC officials, medical staff, and [...]
2007-10-29 12:46:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KHIV TBIO PREL PGOV SOCI OTRA OVIP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1136SHIFTING PRESS PARADIGM IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Vietnam remains far from achieving true freedom of the press, the paradigm is starting to shift across southern Vietnam. Already, the old "total control model" in which the Government of Vietnam (GVN) essentially dictated what papers should publish has given way to a "cens [...]
2007-11-09 08:37:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1145TIM SAKHORN SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON
[...] (SBU) On November 8, 2007, defrocked Khmer Krom monk Tim Sakhorn was sentenced to one year in prison by the An Giang Provincial People's Court for "sabotaging national unity," as defined by Article 87 of the GVN criminal code. The one-year sentence includes time already served in detention, wh [...]
2007-11-13 10:29:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PREF KIRF PREL PGOV PHUM CB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1192USCIRF MEETS HCMC GVN: CITY COUNCIL CHAIR MADAME THAO
[...] (SBU) During the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF) delegation's meeting with HCMC People's Council Chairwoman Pham Phuong Thao on October 25, Commissioners cited outstanding issues that marred the GVN's record of progress on religious freedom, including limitations with th [...]
2007-12-04 10:46:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1193USCIRF MEETS HCMC GVN: DEPUTY PARTY SECRETARY DUA
[...] (SBU) The USCIRF's meeting with Deputy Party Secretary Nguyen Van Dua on October 25 explored the reasons for implementing a legal framework on religion in Vietnam, with the CIRF questioning whether the law is a tool for freedom or control, and the Secretary justifying the need to protect Vietna [...]
2007-12-04 11:12:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1219AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S MEETING WITH CARDINAL MAN
[...] (SBU) In Ambassador Michalak's December 3 courtesy call on HCMC's Cardinal Pham Min Man, Man described religious freedom in Vietnam as a kind of "controlled freedom," acknowledging that the situation for the Catholic Church has improved in general. The Cardinal outlined ongoing issues the Chur [...]
2007-12-12 15:16:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1220LABOR ACTIVISTS CONVICTED
[...] (SBU) Four United Workers-Farmers Organization (UWFO) activists were convicted on December 10 for "abusing democracy and freedom rights to infringe upon the interests of the State and the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and citizens." The activists received sentences from one [...]
2007-12-12 15:17:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ELAB SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1221AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S MEETING WITH CARDINAL MAN
[...] (SBU) In Ambassador Michalak's December 3 courtesy call on HCMC's Cardinal Pham Min Man, Man described religious freedom in Vietnam as a kind of "controlled freedom," acknowledging that the situation for the Catholic Church has improved in general. The Cardinal outlined ongoing issues the Churc [...]
2007-12-12 15:17:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1229USCIRF IN HCMC: MEETING THE DISSIDENTS
[...] (SBU) The USCIRF delegation met with Do Nam Hai and Dr. Nguyen Dan Que to discuss the human rights situation in Vietnam. Both discussed the state of the democracy movement in Vietnam, the challenges facing democracy activists today (e.g., surveillance, harassment and arrest),and their belief [...]
2007-12-14 02:33:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1231USCIRF IN HCMC: MEETING THE CAO DAI
[...] (SBU) Commissioners Cromartie, Bansal, Argue, Gaer and Eid met with Cao Dai Bishop Thuong Minh Thanh, Bishop & Deputy Director Thuong Be Thanh and Archivist Le Quang Tan on October 25, 2007. Bishop Minh presented a positive view of Cao Dai-GVN relations, citing several examples of improving co [...]
2007-12-14 03:33:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1232USCIRF IN HCMC: MEETING THE SECV
[...] (SBU) USCIRF Commissioners Cromartie, Bansal, Argue, Gaer and Eid and staffers Dettoni and Flipse met with the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) leaders Pastor Ngo Van Buu (Vice President),Pastor Phan Quang Thieu (Senior Pastor) and Pastor Nguyen Vinh Cu (Treasurer General) on Octo [...]
2007-12-14 03:38:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1233USCIRF IN HCMC: PROTESTANT HOUSE CHURCH LEADERS
[...] (SBU) The USCIRF delegation kicked off their visit to Ho Chi Minh City on October 24 with a house church roundtable of Protestant leaders from the Assembly of God, United Baptist Church, United Gospel Outreach Church and Baptist Alliance Church congregations in Vietnam. The pastors were unifie [...]
2007-12-14 03:50:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1234GRAPPLING WITH CORRUPTION -- HCMC SIDEWALKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From mobile noodle stands surrounded by brightly-colored plastic chairs to expansive motorbike parking lots in front of pricey restaurants, the sidewalks in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) are clogged with commerce. HCMC's skyrocketing land prices make sidewalks a hot commodity, creatin [...]
2007-12-14 03:50:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EIND PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1236USCIRF URGES GVN TO EASE ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS TENSIONS IN
[...] (SBU) The USCIRF delegation, on the final leg of their 12-day long assessment of religious freedom in Vietnam, visited Soc Trang to examine issues pertaining to the Mekong Delta province's significant Khmer Buddhist population. The delegation, which included Commissioner Leonard Leo and two s [...]
2007-12-14 09:54:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1239USCIRF IN HCMC: MEETING THE HOA HAO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The meeting between members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and a group of Hoa Hao followers revealed the group's deep suspicions of the GVN and its policies on religion -- suspicions that have been fueled by the appointment of an official, GVN- [...]
2007-12-14 10:59:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1240HUE FLOOD AFTERMATH: LARGE AGRICULTURAL LOSSES BUT NO
[...] (U) Summary. In the aftermath of the November floods that ravaged central Vietnam, effective co-operation between provincial health agencies and financial and food aid from the central government were essential to stabilizing flood-traumatized Thua Thien Hue province. Local officials assess [...]
2007-12-14 11:40:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PGOV ECON EAGR SENV CASC VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1250SAME LATITUDE, DIFFERENT ATTITUDE: PROSPERITY TRUMPS PARTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ben Tre and Tra Vinh provinces share similar geographies and demographics, as well as outbreak histories for highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI). While both provinces still suffer scattered small-scale AI outbreaks, better economic governance in Ben Tre has led to a shift fr [...]
2007-12-17 10:36:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ECON EAGR ELAB PREL PGOV OTRA OVIP SENV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1266PATRIOTIC HCMC AND HANOI RALLIES NEVERTHELESS CHALLENGE GVN
[...] (SBU) Organizing themselves through blogs and instant messaging networks, students in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi gathered on December 9, and again on December 16 in Ho Chi Minh City, to protest China's decision to set up a government unit in Hainan to administer the Paracel and Spratly islands. [...]
2007-12-21 12:59:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1276HCMC PRIVATE SECTOR JOINS FORCES TO STEM TIDE OF LABOR
[...] (U) Summary. Vietnam's strict labor safety laws are poorly enforced, allowing a growing epidemic of deadly industrial accidents that is concentrated in the industrialized south. As part of their ongoing corporate social responsibility efforts in Vietnam, AmCham HCMC companies including Intel, [...]
2007-12-28 02:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV BEXP SOCI ELAB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1279CHANGES IN THE FORTUNES OF ONE CHURCH REFLECT CHANGES IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The story of the United World Mission Church (UWMC) is a microcosm the changes that have gripped Vietnam in the more than 32 years since the end of the war. The church went underground but survived as the direct persecution and police scare campaigns of the late 1970's progresse [...]
2007-12-28 05:31:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KIRF PHUM PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY134PRM A/S SAUERBREY MEETS ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai February 1-2, PRM Assistant Secretary Sauerbrey toured a village near the Cambodian border to meet with six ethnic Jarai returnees and their families. The interviews were conducted in the presence of ethnic village eld [...]
2007-02-07 10:28:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY143(C) VIETNAM CONSIDERS CAPITAL CONTROLS TO SLOW SOARING STOCK
[...] (C) Summary: The skyrocketing Saigon Stock Exchange has gone ballistic since President Bush visited the trading floor in November. The investment frenzy has boosted the Vietnam Stock Exchange Index by about 80 percent since the President's visit, with 44 percent appreciation since January 1. [...]
2007-02-09 10:10:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EINV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY157SAIGON INSIDERS ON COMMUNIST PARTY POLITICS
[...] (C/NF) : Media contacts report that the Politburo has not yet begun to focus on the planned visit of President Nguyen Minh Triet to the United States. Triet has recovered fully from his bout with prostate cancer, but politically is weak. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung is consolidating power; [...]
2007-02-14 10:22:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL CH VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY160(C) EXPLOSION REPORTED OUTSIDE HCMC HOME OF PM DZUNG
[...] (C/NF) Reliable media contacts in HCMC confirmed to us that a small improvised explosive device went off outside a home belonging to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung in HCMC's District 3 sometime on February 12. No injuries or damage was reported. Rumors of this incident circulated on February [...]
2007-02-15 06:47:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KCOR PTER PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY164SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TERRORISM CONCERNS
[...] (S/NF) GVN and Communist Party advisor Vo Viet Thanh told Poloff that the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is concerned about what it sees as new external efforts to radicalize Vietnam's Muslim community. (Numbering between 50 and 80 thousand, Vietnam's Muslims are centered in the coastal pr [...]
2007-02-15 09:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CitySECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PINR CH CB LA VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY168FORMER PM KIET: STILL PRESSING REFORM
[...] (SBU) Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, one of the fathers of Vietnam's economic reform and a doyen of the Communist Party, told the Consul General February 12 that improved U.S. ties was one of the biggest milestones for Vietnam in 2006. The "full normalization" of ties with the United Stat [...]
2007-02-15 11:37:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV KCOR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY205HUE ARCHBISHOP, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON FATHER LY
[...] (C) During a visit to Thua Thien Hue province on March 1 and 2, Hanoi and ConGen PolOffs discussed the case of dissident Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly with provincial government officials and religious leaders. Hue External Relations Office and Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) officials o [...]
2007-03-06 03:32:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALVM PGOV
07HOCHIMINHCITY221UPDATE ON HCMC LAND RIGHTS ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH
[...] (C) Summary: The sister-in-law of Bui Kim Thanh -- the HCMC land rights activists involuntarily committed to a mental institution -- was emphatic in a March 8 meeting that Thanh is not/not mentally ill. The sister-in-law's comments reinforce reporting from other ConGen contacts that Thanh has [...]
2007-03-08 11:08:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PINR PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY224DO NAM HAI: LAST OF THE 8406 BLOC DISSIDENTS?
[...] Summary: Do Nam Hai, co-founder of the dissident 8406 Bloc (which calls for peaceful political change in Vietnam),told us that he has been under de facto house arrest since about the time police intensified their actions against 8406 co-leader Father Nguyen Van Ly in Hue. Hai has no intentio [...]
2007-03-09 12:26:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY232AUTHORITIES DENY ACCESS TO ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH
[...] (SBU) On March 14, the HCMC External Relations Office (ERO) responded in the negative to a ConGen diplomatic note informing the GVN of our plan to visit Bui Kim Thanh, the HCMC land rights activist who was involuntarily committed to a mental institution in November 2006. In our dipnote to the [...]
2007-03-15 11:08:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY234THE AMBASSADOR IN THE CENTRAL MEKONG: FOCUS ON ETHNIC KHMER,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions on economic development, trafficking in persons, religious freedom and NGO activities headlined the agenda during the Ambassador's March 4-7 visit to the Mekong Delta provinces of Soc Trang, Vinh Long and Dong Thap. Vinh Long's more favorable geographic locale and [...]
2007-03-15 14:32:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY248FATHER LY INDICTED; DO NAM HAI QUITS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hue-based dissident Father Phan Van Loi confirmed as authentic Internet reports that Hue authorities have indicted Father Nguyen Van Ly and four others for "propagandizing against the government." In HCMC, political activist Do Nam Hai told us he has ended his pro-democracy ac [...]
2007-03-19 10:42:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY26UBCV PATRIARCH "PREVENTED" FROM TRAVELING TO HCMC
[...] (U) On January 4, the International Buddhist Information Bureau (IBIB),the Paris-based mouthpiece for the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) announced that UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang was prevented from returning to HCMC for a medical check up. Thich Huyen Quang returned to Binh [...]
2007-01-08 10:02:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY261THE "RECONCILER" RETURNS: THICH NHAT HANH VISITS VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh and his aides told us that he found the GVN tougher and more assertive in 2007 than in 2005 when he first returned from exile (reftel). However, by developing the trust of the CPV and GVN, he has been able to expand his activities [...]
2007-03-21 11:05:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY266CG VISITS DETAINED UBCV PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG
[...] (SBU) The Consul General paid a 30-minute courtesy call on UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang at his Monastery in Binh Dinh province on March 14. Thich Huyen Quang acknowledged that his health was failing, but, with a sense of humor noted that he was over 90 after all. He said that he has been [...]
2007-03-23 03:34:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY270RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CONDITIONS IN HUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Religious freedom conditions in Central Vietnam's Thua Thien Hue conditions continue to gradually improve for the Catholic archdiocese and the small Protestant community. The decision of a house church group in the province to apply for registration under Vietnam's legal frame [...]
2007-03-26 08:43:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY294FATHER LY TRIED, CONVICTED AND SENTENCED IN HUE: PRELIMINARY
[...] (U) Summary: Father Nguyen Van Ly, a prominent democracy activist and Catholic priest, was tried and found guilty on March 30 of progagandizing against the state. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. Two of his four co-defendents were sentenced to five to six years respectively to be [...]
2007-03-30 08:06:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY333ANOTHER HCMC ACTIVIST ARRESTED; BUI KIM THANH UPDATE
[...] (SBU) On April 3 we met with the sister of lawyer Tran Thi Thuy Trang to confirm ref A reports that Ms. Trang was arrested in HCMC on March 7. Trang is an associate of Le Quoc Quan, a National Endowment for Democracy fellow, who was arrested on March 8 in northern Vietnam shortly after his re [...]
2007-04-04 06:40:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY35TEST OF EACT PSEUDO-HEADER
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2007-01-10 09:41:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPINR PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY36TEST OF EACT PSEUDO-HEADER 2
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2007-01-10 09:42:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPINR PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY365HCMC DISSIDENT LEADER TRAN KHUE INDICTED
[...] (C) On April 2, we spoke with Tran Khue, Deputy General Secretary of the Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) to arrange a SIPDIS meeting for EAP DAS Eric John, implementing Ref A human rights roadmap. Khue welcomed the chance to meet and made no mention of any new harassment (unlike other HCM [...]
2007-04-05 08:39:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY402HAPPY EASTER: SOUTHERN VIETNAM RELIGIOUS FREEDOM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Religious leaders from the Protestant community in southern Vietnam told us that successful Easter celebrations were another sign of continuing progress on religious freedom. The President of the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) said that he has not received [...]
2007-04-10 02:54:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY407EAP DAS JOHN MEETS HCMC DISSIDENT LEADERS
[...] (SBU) GVN officials in Hanoi and HCMC protested but did not prevent EAP DAS Eric John from holding meetings on April 9 with dissident leaders Thich Quang Do and Tran Khue. Meeting in his pagoda where he has been under house arrest since October 2003, Thich Quang Do, General Secretary of the [...]
2007-04-11 02:03:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY438POLICE SCRUTINIZE THE IV PROGRAM
[...] (C) Following on the heels of the arrest of Hanoi- based lawyer Nguyen Van Dai (reftel),media controlled by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) linked Dai's dissident activities to "training" he received while in the U.S. as a beneficiary of the International Visitor and Leadership program [...]
2007-04-17 10:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PREL OEXC VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY461DISTORTIONS IN ABUSE CASE OF CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ETHNIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: A number of U.S. groups, including the Montagnard Foundation, published reports on the Internet claiming that an ethnic minority woman in the province of Dak Lak named H'Hlung Nie was badly beaten by police during interrogation, following the flight of a sister to Cambodia. Th [...]
2007-04-23 08:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY483NEW DISSIDENT SHOW TRIALS PLANNED IN HCMC
[...] (SBU) HCMC print and broadcast media prominently reported May 4 that the GVN plans to conduct two new trials of political activists in HCMC in May. Three members of the People's Democratic Party of Vietnam, Le Nguyen Sang, Huynh Nguyen Dao and Nguyen Bac Truyen, will be brought to trial in HCM [...]
2007-05-04 10:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ELAB PINR SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY489ARREST AND DEFROCKING OF ETHNIC KHMER BUDDHIST MONKS IN THE
[...] (C) Post has confirmed recent incidents of detention and/or defrocking of ethnic Khmer Buddhist monks in two Mekong Delta provinces, despite official denials (Ref B). Venerable Tang No, head monk of Kleang pagoda in Soc Trang (strictly protect),confirmed to us in early May that three monks -- [...]
2007-05-08 07:56:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY510FOUR MORE HOA HAO DISSIDENTS IMPRISONED
[...] (SBU) On May 4, a contact in the Hoa Hao community told us that the provincial court in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap sentenced four Hoa Hao dissidents to prison terms ranging from four to six years on charges of "creating public disorder," under Article 245 of the 1999 Criminal Code. [...]
2007-05-09 09:12:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY514NO SURPRISES: HCMC DISSIDENT SHOW TRIAL RESULTS IN TOUGH
[...] (SBU) A May 10 show trial for three members of the dissident People's Democratic Party and the United Workers Farmers Organization of Vietnam resulted in sentences of five, four and three years for the defendants Le Nguyen Sang, Nguyen Bac Truyen, and Huynh Nguyen Dao. All three were accused o [...]
2007-05-10 09:00:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR ELAB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY520FIVE ETHNIC KHMER MONKS IMPRISONED IN THE MEKONG DELTA
[...] (SBU) Five ethnic Khmer monks from the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang were sentenced by the local provincial court on May 10 to between two and four years imprisonment for "disturbing public order." The five allegedly were organizers of protests in Soc Trang on February 8. The incident r [...]
2007-05-11 10:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY523GVN STEPS UP DIVIDE AND CONQUER ATTACKS ON UBCV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security-affiliated newspaper covered prominently its Vice Minister's April 30 meeting with Thich Huyen Quang, the ailing 90-year old Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),as a gesture of GVN goodwill and reconciliation. The a [...]
2007-05-14 09:13:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY528ANOTHER DISSIDENT TRIAL, ANOTHER TOUGH SENTENCE
[...] (SBU) The May 15 show trial for another member of the dissident People's Democratic Party and the United Workers Farmers Organization (UWFO) of Vietnam resulted in a sentence of seven years imprisonment (two suspended) and two years of house arrest for UFWO spokesperson Tran Quoc Hien. The tri [...]
2007-05-15 08:37:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ELAB PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY542HCMC ERO OBJECTS TO WEB SITE POSTING OF CONGRESSMEN'S OP-ED
[...] (SBU) PolOff was called in by HCMC External Relations Office (ERO) May 16, to discuss ConGen's request to observe voting during the May 20 National Assembly elections. However, the Deputy Head of the ERO Consular Section also used the meeting to give an oral protest regarding posting on the Co [...]
2007-05-18 09:43:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY547CORRUPTION IN KHANH HOA PROVINCE: WILL THE BEACH BEAT BAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the central coast of Vietnam, Khanh Hoa province is well placed for growth with a strong base in tourism, aquaculture, and industry. Government and business leaders are concentrating on attracting foreign investment to large scale investment projects and economic zones. On [...]
2007-05-22 09:34:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EINV SOCI PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY548BIG BROTHER PACKS THE VOTE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN
[...] (SBU) HCMC went to the polls on May 20 to select among 52 candidates to fill its 26 National Assembly seats in a tightly controlled and scripted process. Despite the pre-election media push in HCMC for "independent" candidates, of the 137 self-nominees that registered as independent candidates [...]
2007-05-22 10:03:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY59LOST OPPORTUNITIES IN BINH PHUOC PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Binh Phuoc Province, located north of Ho Chi Minh City, is a backwater that could do more to take advantage of its proximity to HCMC. Provincial leaders used a recent investor conference to wine, dine and sing martial karaoke with their cronies. In many respects, a visit to th [...]
2007-01-18 07:18:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY609THE GVN, UBCV AND BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY
[...] (SBU) The GVN went to great lengths to highlight its support for the GVN-recognized Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) commemoration of the annual Buddha's Birthday ("Vesak") celebrations on May 31. The VBS events were well covered by HCMC media, which reported extensively on President Nguyen Minh [...]
2007-06-08 09:22:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF PINR VM SOCI
07HOCHIMINHCITY622ETHNIC CHINESE IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM: A PRIMER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The ethnic Chinese community is Vietnam's most influential and affluent minority group. Accounting for no more than two percent of Vietnam's population, the ethnic Chinese -- concentrated in HCMC and the Mekong Delta -- are responsible for generating roughly 10 percent of the n [...]
2007-06-13 06:51:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ECON CH VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY623ALLEGATION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATION IN ARREST OF
[...] (SBU) On March 4, the South Carolina-based Montagnard Foundation (MF) issued a press release asserting that on February 17, Vietnamese troops in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak arrested Y-Ja Nie and T-Tuc Buonya "because they are Christians who refused to join the government-recognize [...]
2007-06-13 10:45:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREF KIRF SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY625DISSIDENT BUI KIM THANH TO BE RELEASED SOON?
[...] (SBU) On June 13 and 14, we spoke separately by phone with two relatives of Bui Kim Thanh, the HCMC land rights activist who has been involuntarily confined to a mental institution since November 2006. Her relatives said that, during a visit to the hospital in early June, Thanh reported that t [...]
2007-06-14 04:55:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY643EXPERIENCES OF A HARDLINE HOUSE CHURCH IN VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Inter-Evangelical Church of Vietnam, a large Protestant house church organization based in HCMC, told us that, with the exception of a recent incident in Binh Phuoc province, their operations in Southern and Central Vietnam are stable. Conditions for the IEM in t [...]
2007-06-19 09:22:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SOCI KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY665HCMC CONTINUES TO DELAY LEGALIZING CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE
[...] (SBU) On June 16, Pol and CDC met with a representative of Father John Dinh Toai, Director of the HCMC Archdiocese "Pastoral Care" program for people living with HIV/AIDS . He said that the biggest obstacle facing the church continues to be the unwillingness of local authorities to grant legal [...]
2007-06-26 05:21:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KHIV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY681IPR CONCERNS CONTINUE TO WORRY HCMC BUSINESSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: HCMC-based business representatives and lawyers told visiting USTR Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation Rachel Bae and USPTO Regional IP Officer Jennie Ness that local authorities are not sufficiently proactive in investigating and prosecuting copyright and trademark [...]
2007-06-27 12:20:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON KIPR BEXP PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY684CG PUSHES PARTY FOR RELEASE OF DISSIDENT BUI KIM THANH
[...] (SBU) On June 26, we spoke with the Director of the Bien Hoa Mental Institution, Nguyen Van Tho, to continue to follow up on the case of land rights activist Bui Kim Thanh. (Thanh was involuntarily admitted to the mental institution in November 2006.) The Director confirmed reftel reporting t [...]
2007-06-27 12:34:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY689AMBASSADOR TACKLES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUES IN THE FOOTHILLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On a June 6-8 trip to Dak Nong, Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh provinces, leaders from the GVN-recognized and house church communities told the Ambassador that church members were free to worship and practice their faith. However, the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Viet [...]
2007-06-28 10:12:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF PREF PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY706POLICE, PROTESTORS CLASH IN NEW LAND PROTEST
[...] (SBU) Press and HCMC government contacts confirmed on July 3 Internet reporting of a clash between land rights protestors and police in HCMC on July 1. The bulk of the protestors were from the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang. They sought to overturn a GVN decision to expropriate their lan [...]
2007-07-03 10:02:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY732STATUS OF CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ETHINIC MINORITIES: DEBRIEFING
[...] (SBU) In late May and June, we interviewed five VISAS-93 (family reunification) ethnic minority beneficiaries and their families from the Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai and Dak Lak. The meetings were conducted in private, in the offices of post's Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) [...]
2007-07-09 08:22:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PREF KIRF SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY733EXPULSION OF ETHNIC KHMER MONK FROM CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Post has been seeking to confirm Ref A reporting that an ethnic Khmer monk, Tim Sakhorn, was allegedly forcibly deported from Cambodia to Vietnam. ConGen contacts in An Giang and Soc Trang provinces confirmed that Sakhorn is from Tinh Bien district in An Giang province. Chief Monk Chau [...]
2007-07-09 08:41:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL KIRF SOCI CB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY738LAND RIGHTS PROTEST IN FRONT OF CONGEN
[...] (SBU) On July 10 at 0845, 30 elderly men and women carrying placards protesting various land rights issues marched past the Consulate. Local police officials quickly but peacefully dispersed the group. In accordance with standard post security procedures, a Consulate local guard photographed [...]
2007-07-10 08:24:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PHUM ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY739AMBASSADOR VISITS PEPFAR SITES IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 6-8 visit to the Cambodian border provinces of Dak Nong, Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh, the Ambassador reviewed local efforts to combat HIV/AIDS and the impact of projects funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Officials at the Vietnam Youth Corps Dru [...]
2007-07-10 09:50:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PINR KREF KHIV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY746RELEASE OF ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Land rights activist Bui Kim Thanh was released from a Dong Nai mental hospital on July 11 after receiving a clean bill of mental health. Thanh had been held for ten months for her involvement in the land rights movement and for her links with the dissident Democratic Party of V [...]
2007-07-12 10:45:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY766POLICE BREAK UP LAND RIGHTS PROTESTS EVEN AS GVN PROMISES TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Twenty six days of continuous protests by land rights activists came to an end at 10 PM (Vietnam time) on July 18 when police forcibly removed remaining land rights protesters from their position in front of the HCMC Assembly building. Despite allegations of excessive police vi [...]
2007-07-19 11:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY80CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) HCMC looks forward to welcoming you and your team to southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands. Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) Chief Tim Swanson will present you with a comprehensive picture of HRS activities here, including the bilateral Humanitarian Resettlement process, VISA [...]
2007-01-24 02:38:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY801TRAFFICKERS POSING AS MARRIAGE BROKERS CONVICTED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 08:46:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KTIP SMIG KWMN PREL PHUM MY VN
07HOCHIMINHCITY805GVN PROMISES AND DETAINEE RELEASES IN WAKE OF LAND RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since land rights protests in Ho Chi Minh City were broken up by police on July 18, the GVN has continued publicizing the measures it is taking to address land rights protesters' concerns, including the establishment of fourteen interagency inspection teams to look into unresolve [...]
2007-07-30 11:09:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY81CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) HCMC looks forward to welcoming you and your team to southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands. Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) Chief Tim Swanson will present you with a comprehensive picture of HRS activities here, including the bilateral Humanitarian Resettlement process, VISA [...]
2007-01-24 02:59:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY811ONE YEAR AFTER NATIONAL REGISTRATION, UNITED WORLD MISSION
[...] Summary: On July 24, 2007, the Consul General met with Pastor Nguyen Toi, Chairman of the United World Mission Church of Vietnam (UWMC),one of Vietnam's larger Protestant denominations with approximately 22,000 adherents, largely from ethnic minority areas. Toi was generally upbeat about his [...]
2007-08-01 01:35:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY817AMBASSADOR AND USS PELELIU BID FAREWELL TO CENTRAL VIETNAM
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Marine traveled to Danang on July 24-25 to attend closing activities related to the USS Peleliu's ten-day Pacific Partnership humanitarian mission to Vietnam. On the same visit, the Ambassador paid farewell calls on Tran Van Minh, Chairman of the Danang City People's C [...]
2007-08-03 06:58:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY836KHMER KROM MONK TIM SAKHORN RESURFACES IN VIETNAM COURTS
[...] (SBU) On August 2, Vietnamese newspaper Thanh Nien reported that Tim Sakhorn, the Khmer Krom monk believed to have been defrocked and deported by Cambodian officials (Refs A and B),is now being held in the southern Vietnam province of An Giang for "sabotaging the solidarity policy." In the re [...]
2007-08-10 07:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PREF KIRF PREL PGOV PHUM CB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY841AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL VISIT TO HO CHI MINH CITY
[...] (U) Summary: On August 5-8, Ambassador Marine paid farewell calls on Ho Chi Minh City's political, economic and religious leaders, noting significant progress in the U.S.-Vietnam relationship and highlighting possible areas for improvement. During his visit, the Ambassador met with HCMC Peopl [...]
2007-08-14 21:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY844RELIGIOUS LEADERS NOTE POSITIVE TRENDS, ONGOING ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary. During his farewell trip to Ho Chi Minh City August 5-8, Ambassador Marine had a series of meetings with religious leaders, including Catholic Cardinal Pham Minh Man, the leaders of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV),and leaders of several house church groups, to [...]
2007-08-14 21:11:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY846AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH POLITICAL ACTIVIST NGUYEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 7, Ambassador Marine met with Dr. Nguyen Dan Que in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss the state of the democracy and human rights movement in Vietnam as well as to inquire after his health and treatment by the GVN since publication in mid-June 2007 of his critical op-ed in t [...]
2007-08-14 21:12:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY872FROM IDEOLOGY CZAR TO REFORM ADVOCATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 16, People's Council Chairwoman Pham Phuong Thao and CG discussed issues ranging from the city's plans for attracting private investment to meet much of the city's massive infrastructure requirements to the social and political challenges posed by the widening economic [...]
2007-08-21 09:48:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI ECON PREL PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY906SENTENCES REDUCED AT DISSIDENT LE NGUYEN SANG'S APPEALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 17, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court reduced jail sentences for three People's Democratic Party (PDP) dissidents, although it continued to find them guilty of violation of Article 88 of the GVN criminal code, "propagandizing against the State." The decision, which i [...]
2007-08-31 08:25:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY921EWEC CONFERENCE PROVIDES VENUE FOR PRESS TO QUESTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One of the most interesting developments at a recent Vietnamese-hosted conference to promote the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) linking Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Burma was not so much the keynote address from Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem to the 500 inter [...]
2007-09-05 08:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD ELNT VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY936PROFILES OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAMS IN SOUTHERN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women's Union officials in Ho Chi Minh City, An Giang, and Can Tho provinces report that GVN anti-TIP efforts under the GVN National Program of Action are generally uniformly implemented, but the resources made available to the different provinces are not. Meanwhile, NGOs AFESIP [...]
2007-09-11 08:52:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KTIP ELAB KWMN VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY951CONTRASTING PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CENTRAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite considerable progress in religious freedom in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai and genuinely supportive provincial-level authorities, implementation of Vietnam's legal framework on religion remains quite uneven at the community and village level. While the pro [...]
2007-09-14 06:10:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY965"A PERFECT SPY" PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO THE VIETNAMESE
[...] (SBU) The story behind the upcoming Vietnamese publication of U.S. author Larry Berman's biography of North Vietnam's highest-level intelligence agent, Pham Xuan An, provides an informative lesson on the contradictions and complexity inherent in Vietnam's evolving political scene. The original [...]
2007-09-19 02:06:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI PROP VM
07HONGKONG110VATICAN MEETING ON CHINA POLICY UNLIKELY TO LEAD
[...] (U) Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen told the press on January 9 that he would travel to Rome shortly to discuss the Vatican's China policy. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will chair the meeting, scheduled for the latter half of January. According to Zen, the Pope will be [...]
2007-01-12 09:52:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
07HONGKONG1203MACAU LABOR DAY PROTEST MARRED BY VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: An estimated 2,400 Macau residents participated in labor and anti-corruption demonstrations on May 1 that turned violent after demonstrators veered off the approved march route and clashed with police. Police fired five warning shots into the air and the violent clash resulted in [...]
2007-05-02 10:11:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ELAB SOCI CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1323NO "MASSACRE" AT TIANANMEN -- BEIJING LOYALIST'S
[...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong will not be ready for universal suffrage until "around 2022" -- or 25 years after the handover -- because many Hong Kongers lacked "national awareness," said Ma Lik, chairman of Hong Kong's largest pro-Beijing political party. Ma referred to the local characterization o [...]
2007-05-16 10:37:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
07HONGKONG1334FALUN GONG'S VIRTUAL SKELETON
[...] (C) Summary: As reported in reftel, the Falun Gong (FLG) movement has virtually no organizational structure, coordinated policy, or central financing; rather, it is a very loose association of practitioners who communicate through emails and regularly-held meetings. Given FLG's virtual struc [...]
2007-05-17 10:22:00Consulate Hong KongSECRETPHUM PINR PGOV CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1447HONG KONG DEMOCRATIC PARTY INVESTIGATES PRC
[...] (S) Summary: Democratic Party (DP) legislator James To (strictly protect),who is chair of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (Legco) Security Panel, warned us in early February 2007 that infiltrators from Beijing had successfully penetrated the DP and put it in a "dangerous position" (ref). [...]
2007-05-30 08:24:00Consulate Hong KongSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1510SUSTAINABLE GROWTH: MACAU'S PRESSING NEED FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: As Macau's economy booms, local authorities confront the dual challenges of modernizing the territory's infrastructure, while ameliorating the adverse effects of this rapid development. Macau,s air quality is worsening due to manufacturing in Guangdong province, emissions from [...]
2007-06-05 09:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDCH HK MK SENV PGOV ENRG
07HONGKONG1579HKSAR - AFTER THE FIRST DECADE: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At the ten-year anniversary of its reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong's economy is strong, led by a potent services sectors and robust consumer demand. Over the past decade, Hong Kong has solidified its position as a regional transportation hub, an international interface for the m [...]
2007-06-13 01:31:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI EWWT SENV
07HONGKONG1689U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG: MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary: On April 30, a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) discussed Hong Kong political developments with Hong Kong Chief Executive's Office Director John Tsang and Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Stephen Lam. Lam, while noting th [...]
2007-06-25 06:04:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR CH HK
07HONGKONG1691U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG:
[...] (C) Summary: During April 29-30 meetings in Hong Kong, Civic Party legislator and March 2007 candidate for Chief Executive Alan Leong told a visiting delegation of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) that his campaign had laid the groundwork for the Hong Kong people [...]
2007-06-25 06:48:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR CH HK
07HONGKONG1692U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG: AMCHAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) representatives discussed IPR issues in Hong Kong and mainland China with a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) on April 30. One AmCham representative observed that there was "very little le [...]
2007-06-25 07:13:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KIPR SENV CH HK
07HONGKONG1698HONG KONG'S NEXT CABINET APPROVED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Government, on the nomination of Hong Kong's Chief Executive (CE),Donald Tsang, approved the appointments of principal officials for the third term of the HKSAR Government, as well as five officials who will head HK's disciplined services. Biographies for each new [...]
2007-06-25 23:31:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
07HONGKONG1777HONG KONG COMMEMORATES TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Hong Kong celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Special Administration Region's (SAR) reversion to the PRC with a mixture of official celebrations and the annual pro-democracy demonstration. PRC President Hu Jintao helped mark the anniversary by personally swearing in [...]
2007-07-03 09:46:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
07HONGKONG1779SENIOR IPR ATTACHE MARK COHEN DISCUSSES PRC AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Legislative Councilor Sin Chung Kai told visiting Beijing Intellectual Property Senior Attache Mark Cohen and ConGen Hong Kong staff that Hong Kong's amended copyright law should generally please copyright owners, including U.S. companies, although he noted that a statutory "fa [...]
2007-07-05 03:44:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON ETRD HK KIPR KJUST PINR PGOV
07HONGKONG1832GOVERNMENT RELEASES GREEN PAPER ON CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (C) Hong Kong Government Chief Secretary Henry Tang unveiled the details of the much anticipated "green paper" on constitutional reform, in a presentation to the Legislative Council (Legco) at 3:00 PM today. CS Tang's presentation officially launched a three-month consultation period, lastin [...]
2007-07-11 11:16:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1853HONG KONG GOVERNMENT KICKS OFF PUBLIC DEBATE ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong Government released a "green paper" on July 11 to kick off a three-month public consultation period on the timeframe and roadmap for the implementation of universal suffrage for future Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council (Legco) elections. The HKG's propos [...]
2007-07-13 12:23:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL CH HK
07HONGKONG1854PRC MFA COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORM,
[...] (C) Summary: Beijing's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner to Hong Kong Lu Xinhua told the Consul General on July 11 that U.S.-China relations were "the best they've ever been" and that Beijing was "very satisfied" with the latest round of the Senior Dialogue meetings in Washington. Durin [...]
2007-07-13 12:39:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
07HONGKONG1866G/TIP DIRECTOR VISITS MACAU
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),and his Senior Coordinator for Reports, Mark Taylor, visited Macau on June 27 to discuss with Macau cabinet officials actions the Macau Special Administrative Region government (MSARG) s [...]
2007-07-16 08:29:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
07HONGKONG1889POPE'S LETTER CLARIFIES CATHOLIC DOCTRINE IN CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the papal representative in Hong Kong, told us that Pope Benedict's long-awaited letter to Chinese Catholics was intended to clarify the relationship between the underground Catholic and the PRC's "official" Catholic communities. After the ordinations of [...]
2007-07-18 10:17:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
07HONGKONG1951HONG KONG DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION: A TRIAL RUN
[...] (C) Summary: On November 18, Hong Kong will choose 529 District Councillors, 80 percent of them directly elected by universal suffrage. The District Councils are subordinate to the Legislative Council, but play an increasingly important advisory role to the government on grass-roots issues. W [...]
2007-07-25 10:15:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCH HK PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HONGKONG2022PRIORITIES OF HONG KONG'S NEW ENVIRONMENT BUREAU:
[...] (SBU) During a July 19 meeting with local legislators, Hong Kong's new Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau detailed the environmental agenda for Chief Executive Donald Tsang's second administration. Yau said that Hong Kong SIPDIS Government (HKG) will strive to better regulate emission [...]
2007-08-03 00:47:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ENRG HK SENV PGOV
07HONGKONG2055U.S. CASINO EXECUTIVES NOT PRESSURED TO HIRE LOCAL
[...] (SBU) On August 5, Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post" (SCMP) carried a story and an editorial citing rumors that "senior Macau government officials" have pressured executives in the U.S.-owned Venetian Macau hotel and casino, currently under construction and due to open on August 28, 2007, [...]
2007-08-07 23:22:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL CH HK MC
07HONGKONG2067DEATH OF HONG KONG DAB CHAIRMAN MA LIK
[...] (C) Summary: Ma Lik, Legislative Councilor and Chairman of the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB),died on August 8 in a Guangzhou hospital at age 55. His passing creates vacancies in both the Legislative Council (Legco) and the DAB leadership t [...]
2007-08-08 10:35:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR CH HK
07HONGKONG2128HONG KONG BAR-BENDER STRIKE TURNS POLITICAL
[...] (C) More than 1,000 Hong Kong "bar-benders" (metal workers) went on strike August 8, demanding higher pay and shorter work hours. Over the weekend they scuffled with police while conducting an unauthorized demonstration. Since then, the labor dispute has escalated into a conflict between Hon [...]
2007-08-15 11:00:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNELAB PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2143MACAU: CHARGES OF CORRUPTION LEVIED AGAINST CHIEF
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to the August 13 "South China Morning Post" newspaper, Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho and his brothers collectively own more than US$12 million worth of shares in Many Town Company Limited, which in turn is a shareholder in the gambling and property businesses of [...]
2007-08-16 09:17:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL PINR HK MC
07HONGKONG2158HKMA: HONG KONG'S SHARE MARKET SLIDE NOT
[...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong shares dropped for the third straight day on August 17, falling through the 20,000 barrier before recovering on strong buying pressure just before the market closed. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is monitoring the market closely, but sees no evidence of struc [...]
2007-08-17 11:04:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN HK PGOV
07HONGKONG2170HONG KONG'S GREEN PAPER: PATH TO DEMOCRACY OR
[...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong Government (HKG) released its "Green Paper" listing various options for electoral reform on July 11, hoping it would spark a three-month public debate and build consensus for implementation of universal suffrage for future Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council [...]
2007-08-20 10:06:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2202FUNERAL POLITICS IN HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: Most of Hong Kong's political elite, including central government representatives, will attend the August 24 funeral of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) Chairman and Legislative Councilor Ma Lik. After the funeral, the DAB Central Committee [...]
2007-08-23 08:26:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2244RULE OF LAW IN HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: Since its 1997 reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong has retained its common law system and strong rule of law under the "one country two systems" principle enshrined in the Basic Law. All ordinances, rules of equity, subordinate legislation, and customary law previously enforced by th [...]
2007-08-28 09:52:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI CH HK KJUS
07HONGKONG2250HONG KONG VIEWS ON PRC LEGAL REFORM (C-AL7-00894)
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts and cooperative arrangements between Hong Kong law schools, academics, and executive and judiciary branch officials and their mainland counterparts have accelerated in recent years. The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) has provided a similar boost for Hong K [...]
2007-08-29 09:38:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2251HONG KONG'S GREEN PAPER: NO SIGN OF PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's "Green Paper" process to develop a broad consensus on how to implement universal suffrage has stalled. The key players, including the Hong Kong Government (HKG),the pro-Beijing and pro-HKG political parties, the pro-democratization parties, and the central government i [...]
2007-08-29 10:05:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH
07HONGKONG2311MACAU ANTI-CORRUPTION BODY STRUGGLING TO KEEP PACE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Commission Against Corruption (known by its Portuguese acronym CCAC) in Macau reported at a press conference August 31 that the anti-graft body investigated 41 percent fewer cases in the first seven months of 2007 than during the same period last year. When asked the reaso [...]
2007-09-06 07:27:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL PINR HK MC
07HONGKONG2313HONG KONG AIR POLLUTION DETERRING EXPATS, SAYS
[...] (U) Air pollution increasingly is harming Hong Kong's attractiveness as a posting for expat executives, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong's second annual environment survey. Fifty-one percent of respondents claimed difficulty in recruiting professionals to work in the [...]
2007-09-06 07:56:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PGOV HK
07HONGKONG2333HONG KONG BY-ELECTION: DEARTH OF POLITICAL TALENT
[...] (C) Summary: Interest in the December 2 by-election to fill the Legislative Council (Legco) seat vacated by the death of DAB Chairman Ma Lik has intensified since his August 24 funeral. The various pan-democratic parties have agreed on a mechanism to select a single candidate, although the po [...]
2007-09-07 09:44:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH
07HONGKONG2359ANSON CHAN TO CONTEST LEGCO BY-ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: On September 11, former Hong Kong Government (HKG) Chief Secretary Anson Chan formally announced her candidacy for the December 2 by-election for the Legislative Council (Legco) seat vacated by the death of DAB Chairman Ma Lik. Chan apparently was convinced by several pan-democrat [...]
2007-09-11 10:00:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH
07HONGKONG2360MACAU GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES COMMITTEE TO COMBAT
[...] (C) The Macau government, clearly making good on some of the commitments expressed by Chief Executive (CE) Ho to G/TIP director Ambassador Lagon in June (reftel),gazetted a directive yesterday to set up a "concern committee" on deterring human trafficking. The committee will consist of up t [...]
2007-09-11 10:35:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALKCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
07HONGKONG2413PEARL RIVER DELTA AIR POLLUTION FEASIBILITY
[...] (C) The Hong Kong government will announce the commencement of two precedent-setting regional air pollution feasibility studies at the end of September. These studies, sponsored by the Hong Kong and Guangdong Provincial Governments, are focused on the Pearl River Delta of Southern China. The [...]
2007-09-17 01:29:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG SENV PGOV HK CH
07HONGKONG244U/S HUGHES 1/23 MEETING WITH HONG KONG HOME
[...] (SBU) During the otherwise informal and largely unscripted meeting between visiting U/S Karen P. Hughes and Hong Kong Home Affairs Secretary Patrick Ho on January 23 (report on visit septel),Ho pulled out a prepared text when Hughes alluded to China,s "one country, two systems" approach to Ho [...]
2007-01-25 07:36:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSCUL PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO CH HK
07HONGKONG2465BEIJING OFFICIAL VISITS HONG KONG FOR FUNERAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Director Liao Hui of the PRC Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) visited Hong Kong September 18 for the funeral of journalist and veteran Beijing loyalist Xu Simin. Following the funeral, attended by numerous high-level political and business figures, Liao moved to Shenzhe [...]
2007-09-21 09:31:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR CH HK SOCI
07HONGKONG2587HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S POLICY ADDRESS:
[...] (C) Summary: In his third annual Policy Address on October 10, Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang touched on all the major issues of concern to the people of Hong Kong. He described a concept of "progressive development" to achieve three major goals: economic development through inf [...]
2007-10-10 10:42:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN SENV SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2596MARTIN LEE TO VISIT WASHINGTON AS HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: Democratic Party founder and legislator Martin Lee will visit Washington October 18-19 for discussions at State and the NSC (requested) on the political state of play in Hong Kong. His visit comes during an unusually busy Hong Kong political season, which this year includes the C [...]
2007-10-11 10:40:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2597MACAU LABOR SQUEEZE EXACERBATES POLITICAL TENSIONS
[...] (C) Summary: A bill to overhaul Macau's outdated labor laws remains stalled in the legislative process. Exacerbated by a politically disengaged public and weak political party structure, labor woes are increasingly straining the livelihood of many Macau citizens. Several thousand Macau cit [...]
2007-10-11 10:40:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR CH HK MC
07HONGKONG2640MACAU WOMEN'S COMMISSION SEEKS TO ANSWER THE CALL
[...] (SBU) Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho chaired a meeting of the Consultative Commission on Women's Affairs (CCWA) on October 10, wherein the Commission briefed the Chief Executive on recent activities, including its meeting in August to study ways to improve efforts to combat trafficking in pe [...]
2007-10-18 07:58:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALKCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
07HONGKONG2696HONG KONG CATHOLIC DIOCESE ON SINO-VATICAN
[...] (C) Summary: According to Hong Kong papal representative Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the Holy See had been consulted on and approved the September selection of Father Joseph Li Shan to replace the late Michael Fu Tieshan as Bishop of the Beijing diocese. Because the issue was "sensitive," howeve [...]
2007-10-26 04:37:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PINR CH HK VT
07HONGKONG2751HONG KONG BY-ELECTION: ANSON CHAN TOUGHENS STANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Nine candidates have registered to contest the December 2 Legislative Council (Legco) by-election to fill the seat vacated by the death of Ma Lik. The clear front-runners remain former senior civil servants Anson Chan of the pan-democratic camp and her pro-Beijing opponent Regin [...]
2007-11-02 09:19:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2806ALLEGATIONS OF U.S. "INTERFERENCE" IN HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: With the approach of Hong Kong local elections on November 18 and December 2, public criticism of pro-democracy legislator Martin Lee has abated, possibly due to fear of a voter backlash against the harsh commentary. Even before the Lee controversy, however, anti-foreign and anti- [...]
2007-11-09 08:46:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2934HONG KONG DECEMBER 2 BY-ELECTION: VOTER TURNOUT IS
[...] (C) Summary: On December 2, Hong Kong will hold a by-election to fill the Legislative Council (Legco) seat vacated by the death of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) leader Ma Lik last August. Only two of the eight contestants - pro-democracy leader Anson [...]
2007-11-30 08:49:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2949HONG KONG VOTERS ELECT PRO-DEMOCRACY LEGISLATOR
[...] (C) Summary: Former Hong Kong Government Chief Secretary and pan-democratic leader Anson Chan won the December 2 Legislative Council (Legco) by-election, defeating her equally high-profile pro-government opponent Regina Ip by a 55 to 43 percent margin. After the election, Chan said the poll r [...]
2007-12-03 09:39:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH
07HONGKONG3103NPC STANDING COMMITTEE AUTHORIZES HONG KONG TO
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On December 29, Commissioner Lu Xinhua of the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong briefed the Consul General, the U.K. Consul General, and a representative from the Office of the European Commission on the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) [...]
2007-12-29 06:22:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR PHUM CH HK
07HONGKONG5832007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: MACAU
[...] (SBU) Per ref A, the following are post's contributions to the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those in par [...]
2007-03-01 10:00:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
07HONGKONG5842007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: HONG KONG
[...] (SBU) Per the ref, the following are post's contributions to the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those [...]
2007-03-01 10:07:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
07HONGKONG603HONG KONG'S FIRST TELEVISED CHIEF EXECUTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's first Chief Executive (CE) debate, televised live on March 1, included some unexpectedly lively exchanges over political reform, air pollution, education, and poverty alleviation. Incumbent CE Donald Tsang appeared restrained but also denigrated his opponent's SIPDI [...]
2007-03-02 09:49:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI CH HK
07IRANRPODUBAI1FORMER IRGC GENERAL DISMAYED WITH POLITICIZATION OF IRGC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 16:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI10CRITICISMS OF US NUCLEAR POLICY FROM AN IRANIAN SECULARIST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-06 09:35:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL IR KNNP PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI11PRIVITIZATION DEBATE SHARPENS FACTIONAL RIVALRY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 10:29:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI12IRGC, BASIJ, ANSAR-E HIZBALLAH: INSIDERS' VIEWS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-22 10:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR IZ MOPS
07IRANRPODUBAI14A PRO-VELAYATI CONSERVATIVE DISCUSSES IRANIAN POLITICS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 14:26:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI15GASOLINE SUBSIDIES: IS IRAN FEELING THE HEAT?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 14:27:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI16IRAN'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 14:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IS IZ PTER AE
07IRANRPODUBAI17IRANIAN WOMEN TAKE UP BANNER OF REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 15:08:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI18IRAN ESCALATING TENSIONS TO DISTRACT FROM DOMESTIC WOES?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 11:30:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV ECON MARR IR
07IRANRPODUBAI19IRAN: SOCIAL FACTORS INCREASING HIV RATES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 12:21:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PHUM SOCI PGOV TBIO
07IRANRPODUBAI2FORMER IRGC GENERAL ON US-IRAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 17:02:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI20RELIGIOSITY CONTINUES AMONG IRANIANS -- MODERN IRANIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-05 14:10:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL KIRF
07IRANRPODUBAI21IRANIAN REACTIONS TO BRITISH DETENTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-09 12:12:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR MOPS UK IZ
07IRANRPODUBAI22IRANIAN ECONOMIST SAYS BOTH AHMADI-NEJAD AND THE ECONOMY ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-12 14:19:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON PGOV PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI23REFORMIST MP ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 06:05:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI25IRANIAN MP COMMENTS ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-22 05:21:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PREL PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI26UNODC OFFICIAL VIEWS IRAN DRUG CHIEF REPLACEMENT A SIGN OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 16:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR KCRM PGOV PREL PINR SNAR
07IRANRPODUBAI27IRAN: HANDING DRUG CONTROL TO THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 16:05:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PINR SNAR PREL
07IRANRPODUBAI28IRAN CONVICTS ECONOMIST FOR ACCEPTING FOREIGN FUNDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 12:45:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL SCUL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI3FORMER POLICE GENERAL SAYS RAFSANJANI UP, AHMADINEJAD DOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-04 16:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ LE PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI30IRANIAN ECONOMIC POLICY: AN EASY TARGET FOR CRITICS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 13:42:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON IR
07IRANRPODUBAI31CONFLICTING CLAIMS WHETHER MOUSAVIAN WILL BE RELEASED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-09 13:06:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI32SUPREME LEADER'S SON: THE POWER BEHIND THE ROBES?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 07:16:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR PINR
07IRANRPODUBAI35AHMADI-NEJAD REACHES OUT TO IRANIAN DIASPORA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 16:18:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON IR
07IRANRPODUBAI36IRANIAN PERCEPTIONS OF TALKS WITH THE US (C-NE7-00968)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 15:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI37IRAN TAKES THE HEAT FOR RAISING GAS PRICES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 13:58:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV ECON EPET IR
07IRANRPODUBAI38SUPPORT DEEP IN IRAN FOR US TALKS, IN ONE VIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 15:41:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI39SENATOR LIEBERMAN TALKS TO IRANIANS IN DUBAI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 15:24:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV IR OREP
07IRANRPODUBAI43TIMING OF IRAN'S GASOLINE RATIONING TAKES ALL BY SURPRISE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-28 04:39:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON ENGR EPET PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI45PROFESSOR DISCUSSES DETAINED AMERICANS, NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-28 14:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PREL KNNP KPLS
07IRANRPODUBAI47RECENT PUBLIC OPINION POLL TRACKS WITH IRPO'S ANECDOTAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 13:16:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KPLS IR
07IRANRPODUBAI48AHMADI-NEJAD IS FORCED TO MAKE SOUND ECONOMIC DECISIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-16 12:45:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI49"WELL-CONNECTED" IRANIANS GIVE DIFFERING VIEWS OF POWER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 12:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PREL PGOV KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI5IRAN-UAE: TWO-WAY INVESTMENT (C-TN7-00045)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-14 06:08:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI50IRAN ANNOUNCES ESFANDIARI, TAJBAKHSH INVESTIGATION OVER, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 13:14:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR CASC
07IRANRPODUBAI51IRANIAN NGOS UNDER PRESSURE, BUT CONTINUE TO OPERATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-16 13:37:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI52USG-INVITED IRANIAN FILMMAKERS FACE REPRISALS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-16 14:26:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL
07IRANRPODUBAI53DISSIDENT CLERIC PREVENTED FROM LEAVING IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 09:23:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR PHUM SCUL
07IRANRPODUBAI54IRANIAN GOVERNMENT TRYING TO EXERT CONTROL OVER LEGAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 15:05:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV SOCI
07IRANRPODUBAI55EX-IRGC GENERAL CLAIMS IRGC IMPLEMENTS ORDERS, DOESN'T MAKE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 15:41:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ MCAP
07IRANRPODUBAI56PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD ATTEMPTS TO TONE DOWN TENSIONS BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 18:50:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PREL PGOV KNNP IZ
07IRANRPODUBAI58CATHOLIC NUNS IN IRAN REPORT DIFFICULTIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 14:36:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR KIRF SOCI PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI6BUSINESSMAN'S VIEW ON IRAN'S TIGHTER BANKING SECTOR AND IRGC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-15 13:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI60NEW IRGC HEAD JAFARI DESCRIBED AS A BETTER SOLDIER AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 16:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV MARR PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI63ABRUPT RESIGNATION OF IRAN'S TOP NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR MAY SIGNAL HARDENING REGIME POSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 12:53:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IR MASS
07IRANRPODUBAI64DUTCH AMBASSADOR SEEKS OUT IRPO TO PREP FOR DG VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 15:34:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PHUM KNNP PGOV PREL
07IRANRPODUBAI68FINANCIAL ANALYST SAID CAPITAL STILL FLOWING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 15:11:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL ECON IR EFIN
07IRANRPODUBAI69PRESS TV - IRAN'S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ENTERS GLOBAL STAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iran's 24-hour satellite English language news station, Press TV, began operations in July 2007. It has moved quickly to establish itself through widely dispersed correspondents, a large staff in Tehran and London, aggressive recruitment of guests, and generally high quality con [...]
2007-11-26 11:19:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PROP SCUL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI7IRANIAN REP'S VIEWS ON REGIONAL ASSYRIAN COMMUNITY
[...] (S//NF) Summary: IRPOffs met with the Assyrian Majles representative Yonathan Bet Kolia (strictly protect) February 22. Bet Kolia will lead a delegation of Iranian Assyrians to an Assyrian National Congress meeting March 24-25 in California. According to Bet Kolia, there have been no recent [...]
2007-02-27 15:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNSOCI IR PGOV PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI71COALITION-BUILDING FOR IRANIAN ELECTIONS: PART ONE-
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 14:39:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI72NOBEL LAUREATE EBADI DISCUSSES HER VIEWS WITH IRPO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 13:57:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PHUM PREL PGOV KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI9RAFSANJANI ISOLATING AHMADINEJAD?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 16:17:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR ECON
07ISLAMABAD1124PAKISTAN'S CHIEF JUSTICE SUSPENDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 9, President Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on various corruption charges. Chaudhry had developed a reputation for judicial activism during his short time on the bench and ruled against the Government of [...]
2007-03-11 11:58:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD113DOMESTIC TERROR KILLS MORE THAN 900 IN 2006
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A well-regarded local think tank calculates that more than 900 Pakistanis died from terrorist-related attacks in 2006. In addition, more than 1,500 were wounded. The numbers, broken down by province and nature of the incidents, highlight the difficult domestic environment the gov [...]
2007-01-08 13:42:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD1147OPERATIONAL PLAN REVIEW - PAKISTAN
[...] We look forward to the upcoming Operational Plan Review for Pakistan, scheduled to take place in Washington on March 13. 2. In advance of that review, let us quickly highlight two items that were noted in the transmittal memo for our Operational Plan in early February: First, the importanc [...]
2007-03-12 13:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD115NGO HOSTS POL PARTIES ON THE QT TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: On December 22, The Asia Foundation's Pakistan office convened a multiparty dialogue to discuss how political parties can assist democratic development with the goal of making some concrete recommendations ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections. The session was meant to be low [...]
2007-01-09 05:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD1176NATIONWIDE PROTESTS FOLLOW CHIEF JUSTICE'S
[...] (C) Summary. President Musharraf's March 9 suspension of Supreme Court Chief Justice Ifthikar Chaudhry has ignited the ire of Pakistan,s legal community and consumed the attention of the press and intelligentsia. Hundreds -- perhaps thousands -- of lawyers and other sympathizers protested na [...]
2007-03-13 14:51:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD1194AITZAZ AHSAN ON HIS LATEST CLIENT: THE CHIEF
[...] (C) On March 13, Aitzaz Ahsan, a lead attorney for now "suspended" Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, told Ambassador that the five-day-old saga of the Chief Justice was "maximum political theater." Seeming to relish his role in the drama (it is hard to turn on the television without [...]
2007-03-14 13:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1267AS PROTESTS OVER CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) Summary: Protests over the proceedings against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry continued over the weekend, drawing an estimated crowd of 10,000 - 12,000 in Lahore on Saturday. The protests continue to be minimally violent by Pakistani standards. The Chief Justice controversy conti [...]
2007-03-20 02:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1270FOREIGN SECRETARY CONVENES AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan convened Ambassador March 19 to discuss the controversy surrounding President Musharraf's decision to make the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court "non-functional." Khan stressed that Pakistan was not in a "crisis situation." He admitted that government offic [...]
2007-03-20 07:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1279PAKISTANI PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) President Musharraf, Foreign Minister Kasuri, and Foreign Secretary Khan have all recently emphasized to Ambassador that one purpose of Pakistan's "Moderate Muslim States" initiative is to pressure Iran to modify its behavior. Pakistan believes that by not inviting Iran to the February [...]
2007-03-20 13:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALIN MNUC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1280CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: JUSTICES RESIGN,
[...] (U) Pakistan's press and elite continue to focus on the controversy over Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's suspension. As of mid-afternoon March 20, the following occurred: - There were no reports of large-scale demonstrations in any of Pakistan's cities on March 20. - On March 20, Naseer [...]
2007-03-21 01:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1293LAWYERS, POLITICAL PARTIES PROTEST CHIEF JUSTICE'S
[...] (SBU) On March 21, lawyers and political party members took to the streets once again to protest the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Except for a report that police in Quetta injured several demonstrators, protests nationwide were peaceful. Islamabad: A group of 300-400 protes [...]
2007-03-21 12:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1329WHAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY IS. . .AND IS
[...] (C) Two weeks in -- and occasionally breathless commentary in the international press aside -- observers increasingly believe that President Musharraf's government has not been seriously wounded by the Chief Justice controversy. Barring the outbreak of widespread street violence leading to [...]
2007-03-23 09:15:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1334MUSHARAFF TO ATTEND ARAB SUMMIT
[...] (U) Most of Pakistan's March 25 papers highlighted Saudi King Abdullah's invitation to President Musharraf to attend the March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Riyadh. According to the press, this is the first time the Arab League has invited a Pakistani leader to attend a League summit as a part [...]
2007-03-26 06:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1354MUSHARRAF ON CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY, FATA, AND JIRGAS
[...] (U) Ambassador paid his farewell call on President Musharraf on March 24. The meeting was front-page news in most Pakistani papers, with many articles emphasizing Musharraf's promise to "fight the war on terror to the end." The press coverage highlighted the strength of the U.S.-Pakistan st [...]
2007-03-26 12:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1362CHIEF JUSTICE SUSPENSION PROTESTS SET ON "SIMMER"
[...] (C) The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy called for further demonstrations on March 26 to protest Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's suspension. Turnout was highest in Lahore (septel),where approximately 1,200 Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz, and Jamaat-e-Isla [...]
2007-03-26 13:02:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD1456CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Judicial Council deciding the fate of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is scheduled to meet again on April 3. Islamabad police are planning for a possibly large demonstration that day, but public interest in the Chief Justice controversy has declined markedly during [...]
2007-04-02 14:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1466CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: MINOR PROTESTS THROUGHOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 14:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1490CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: THE COURTROOM AND THE STREET
[...] (C) The bulk of the April 3 session of the Supreme Judicial Council proceedings against non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry involved a debate over the in camera nature of the Council. (The Chief Justice wants public proceedings; the government wants them closed.) In a conversatio [...]
2007-04-04 15:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1514PAKISTANI PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) President Musharraf, Foreign Minister Kasuri, and Foreign Secretary Khan have all recently emphasized to Ambassador that one purpose of Pakistan's "Moderate Muslim States" initiative is to pressure Iran to modify its behavior. Pakistan believes that by not inviting Iran to the February [...]
2007-04-05 14:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALIN MNUC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1515PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS WITH CODELS REYES AND
[...] (U) Codel Reyes -- Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX); Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ); and Congressman Darrel Issa (R-CA) -- and Codel Tierney -- Congressman John Tierney (D-MA); Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN); Congressman George Miller (D-CA); and Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) -- called [...]
2007-04-06 03:12:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1516OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR MANHANDLING CHIEF JUSTICE
[...] (U) On April 3, the Supreme Court indicted seven senior government and police officials on charges of contempt of court for their March 13 manhandling of non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. A three-member bench of Acting Chief Justice Bhagwandas, Justice Jillani, and Justice Mulk [...]
2007-04-06 03:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1517PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS WITH CODELS REYES AND
[...] (U) Codel Reyes -- Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX); Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ); and Congressman Darrel Issa (R-CA) -- and Codel Tierney -- Congressman John Tierney (D-MA); Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN); Congressman George Miller (D-CA); and Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) -- ca [...]
2007-04-06 03:14:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1570PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS WITH COMMANDER USCENTCOM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New U.S. Central Command Commander, Admiral William J. Fallon, met March 31 with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. They discussed Musharraf,s participation at the recent Arab League Summit (disappointing),Musharraf's interest in engaging on Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts [...]
2007-04-10 08:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1583MUSHARRAF TELLS MCCAIN: DON’T PULL OUT OF IRAQ
[...] (U) On April 3, President Musharraf met with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Representative Richard Renzi (R-AZ),Musharraf's third U.S. Congressional delegation of the day (reftel). The group,s discussion focused on Iraq, the broader Middle East, and the Pak-Afghan border region. ----------------- [...]
2007-04-10 12:27:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS PK AF IZ IR ID MY SA LE
07ISLAMABAD1631CODEL LOWEY MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-12 12:44:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD16473,000 WOMEN, A MOSQUE, AND GUNS: A STORY ANY
[...] (C) Fiery headlines in the Pakistani and international press about Islamabad's Red (Lal) Mosque and the adjacent women's madrassah (seminary) could lead readers to believe that talibanization has spread to Islamabad -- or that extremism has appeared suddenly at the Red Mosque. In reality, [...]
2007-04-13 06:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1659ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING, ANOTHER ROUND OF PROTESTS
[...] (SBU) The Supreme Judicial Council met again on April 13 to continue hearings on "non-functional" Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Initial media reports indicate the proceedings focused on the composition of the Supreme Judicial Council. Media outlets reported Chaudhry's head lawyer, Aitzaz [...]
2007-04-13 11:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1687AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI'S ISLAMABAD VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli met with a wide spectrum of government officials, civil society, and media -- and garnered significant media coverage -- during her March 14-19 visit to Islamabad. Her interlocutors p [...]
2007-04-16 12:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN PK
07ISLAMABAD1688RED MOSQUE UPDATE
[...] (C) Talks continued over the weekend between the leaders of the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) and the government. Maulana Abdul Aziz and Maulana Ghazi, the two leaders of the mosque, have softened their public tone toward the government. During Friday,s sermon, Aziz delivered a more tempered message [...]
2007-04-16 13:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD1737CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: ORDERLY PROTESTS, SUPREME
[...] (SBU) THE HEARING: The Supreme Judicial Council handling the reference against suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry met today (April 18) and, as expected, adjourned without major developments. The next hearings are scheduled for April 24, May 2 and May 3. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Chaudh [...]
2007-04-18 13:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1779DELEGATION ADVANCES NON-PRO DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNIN KNNP PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1780CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: THE SUPREME COURT SET
[...] (C) In an April 20 meeting, Aitzaz Ahsan, lead counsel for non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, updated poloffs on the legal proceedings against his client. On April 18, Aitzaz appeared before the Supreme Judicial Council hearing Chaudhry's case and demanded that three justices o [...]
2007-04-20 11:15:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1783CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: THE SUPREME COURT SET
[...] (C) In an April 20 meeting, Aitzaz Ahsan, lead counsel for non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, updated poloffs on the legal proceedings against his client. On April 18, Aitzaz appeared before the Supreme Judicial Council hearing Chaudhry's case and demanded that three justices o [...]
2007-04-20 11:58:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1786TENSIONS FLARE OVER FENCING: UPDATE FROM PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Pakistan Military contacts confirm that the April 19 Pakistan Military-Afghan National Army confrontation over the location of the Shkin-Angor Adda area fence transpired as reported reftel. Pakistan Military officials were unable to meet with Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan [...]
2007-04-20 12:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1813GENERAL PASHA ON FENCE CONFRONTATION
[...] (C) MG Helmly, Chief, Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan, met on April 21 with MG Ahmad Pasha, Pakistan Military Director General of Operations, to discuss the April 19 confrontation between Afghan Army and Pakistan Army troops near Angor Adda and Shkin. MG Helmly complimented Pasha [...]
2007-04-23 12:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF MARR PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1815MUSHARRAF OFFERS TO HELP ON ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) During an April 20 interview with the Al-Arabiya television network, President Musharraf offered to help ameliorate the Israel-Palestinian impasse any way he could. He volunteered to travel to Jerusalem if the parties involved thought it would be helpful. His offer followed months of hi [...]
2007-04-23 13:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1833CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: APRIL 24
[...] (C) Coinciding with the Supreme Judicial Council and Supreme Court hearings in Islamabad, demonstrations occurred around Pakistan on April 24. In a manner that has become routine since the Chief Justice controversy began in March, police established road blocks and barriers on all major avenue [...]
2007-04-24 13:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PGOV ASEC
07ISLAMABAD1834CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: THE HEARINGS
[...] (U) On April 24, both the Supreme Court and the Supreme Judicial Council considered petitions relating to the presidential reference against the Chief Justice. In the Supreme Court, Presiding Justice Muhammad Raza Khan excused himself from considering the Chief Justice's petition. Khan said h [...]
2007-04-24 13:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1842PAKISTAN'S UPCOMING ELECTIONS, PART 1: STABILITY
[...] (U) Pakistan's upcoming general elections -- expected to occur in late 2007 or early 2008 -- are a topic of frequent conversation and speculation among the country's elite, media, and international community (including recent U.S. Congressional delegations). When Pakistanis go to the polls the [...]
2007-04-25 11:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD1844CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT WORRIED ABOUT PML'S SITUATION
[...] (C) Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told us April 25 he was worried that the ongoing Chief Justice controversy was harming his party's political situation. He described the opposition's ability to generate excitement over the Chief Justice's plight as a gro [...]
2007-04-25 12:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1846RED MOSQUE (LAL MASJID) STAND-OFF OFFICIALLY OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The stand-off between the Government and the Jamia Hafsa women's madrassa officially ended the night of April 24. Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain toured the madrassa and confirmed the students there had met all the government's demands. The governmen [...]
2007-04-25 12:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD189RIFT IN PAKISTAN'S ISLAMIST PARTY ALLIANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The leader of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI),Qazi Hussain Ahmed, announced January 4 that he will quit as chairman of Pakistan's six-party Islamist political alliance, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA). JI and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) -- its main MMA partner -- are at odds over [...]
2007-01-11 11:51:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD1994MUSHARRAF AND KARZAI IN ANKARA: AN INTERIM
[...] (C) Summary: Working-level contacts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us May 3 that the April 30 meeting between Presidents Musharraf, Karzai, and Sezer reinforced Pakistan and Afghanistan's common commitment to fighting the Taliban. The meeting also presented opportunities to further [...]
2007-05-03 13:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL AF PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2017CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE-- MAY 4
[...] (C) The legal process to decide the fate of Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has split into two concurrent tracks -- one in the Supreme Court and the other in the Supreme Judicial Council. Both bodies resumed hearings May 2 and 3 on the reference against the Chief Justice. Acting C [...]
2007-05-04 12:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2033SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS SUPREME JUDICIAL COUNCIL
[...] (C) On May 7, Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the Supreme Judicial Council (the ad hoc body hearing evidence against Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry since March) to suspend proceedings against the Chief Justice. The suspension will stay in force while the Supreme Court considers several peti [...]
2007-05-07 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2067MUSHARRAF'S CHANGED POLITICAL SITUATION: LESS
[...] (S) Two months in, observers, including some of President Musharraf's main supporters and advisors, believe that the Chief Justice controversy has inflicted political harm on the President. Musharraf's political position is now more fragile. We continue to agree with the prevailing informe [...]
2007-05-08 19:24:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2107FOREIGN SECRETARY AND TURKISH AMBASSADOR REFLECT
[...] (S) Summary. Charge d'Affaires met with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan May 7 and Turkisk Ambassador Engin Soysal SIPDIS May 8 to hear their reflections on the April 29-30 Pakistan-Afghanistan-Turkey trilateral in Ankara. Both Khan and Soysal were in Ankara for the meetings -- Khan as [...]
2007-05-10 12:52:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2157VIOLENCE IN KARACHI: RUMOR MILL ACTIVE WHILE CITY WAITS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-14 11:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2175MAY 15 KARACHI UPDATE
[...] (C) According to Consulate Karachi, as of 1500 Tuesday, April 15 (three days after the outbreak of violence),most Karachi businesses are operating normally and the city, while somber, is returning to normal. Public transportation is operating. The airport and all usual transport routes in Kar [...]
2007-05-15 11:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2193ALL QUIET IN KARACHI; NO ONE YET HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 11:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2207GOVERNMENT, CHIEF JUSTICE'S ATTORNEY REFUSE TO
[...] (U) Since May 14, Pakistan's Supreme Court has held daily hearings to consider 23 petitions objecting to the filing of a reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. The Court has issued no opinions since the opening of arguments. Supreme Judicial Council proceedings against th [...]
2007-05-17 10:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2218MQM HOLDING EMERGENCY MEETING IN LONDON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 12:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2220PROTESTS AND CLASHES OVER BEGINNING OF CAMP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16, the Government of Pakistan began the process of physically closing two Afghan refugee camps by bulldozing several buildings. At Jungle Pir Alizai camp in Balochistan, the action sparked protests and gunfire between the Frontier Corps and locals, resulting in a number o [...]
2007-05-18 02:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL PTER PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2334RED MOSQUE RELEASES POLICE OFFICERS
[...] (C) On May 24, the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) brigade released the last two police officers kidnapped on May 18. The other two officers had been released on May 19. (Note. The Red Mosque "brigade" is a group of supporters and madrassa students who are often seen outside the mosque wielding large [...]
2007-05-25 09:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2344POLITICAL PARTIES WORRIED ABOUT MQM VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-26 07:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2348ISLAMABAD HOSTS ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC
[...] (U) On 15-17 May, the 34th Islamic Conference of Ministers convened in Islamabad. Ministers discussed the need for stability in Iraq and Somalia; assistance for Sudan and Afghanistan; concern over Iran; and independence for Kosovo. Other highlights were a brainstorming session on the causes o [...]
2007-05-26 08:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2401UPDATE ON MUSHARRAF'S POLITICAL SITUATION
[...] (SBU) Frequently Asked Questions about President Musharraf's current political problems. 2. (C) Q: Is Musharraf in as much trouble as some Western journalists indicate? A: No, but he is not as strong politically as he was four or five months ago. 2007 is an election year in Pakistan, and the P [...]
2007-05-31 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PK PREL PINS
07ISLAMABAD2435SHUJAAT'S HEALTH
[...] (C) During a June 1 meeting, Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told us that, because of the political problems facing Musharraf, the President had insisted Shujaat cancel a recent trip to Germany, where he was to receive his regularly scheduled Botox treatment for his [...]
2007-06-01 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PK
07ISLAMABAD2467MQM FEELING WOUNDED
[...] (C) On June 1, Charge met with Minister of Ports and Shipping (and MQM member) Babar Khan Ghauri to discuss the May 11-13 violence in Karachi. Ghauri said the Karachi violence had "killed" the MQM's chances of gaining voters in Punjab province. The party was focusing on repairing its reputation in [...]
2007-06-04 12:42:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2469CHIEF JUSTICE RALLY IN ABBOTTABAD DRAWS LARGE CROWD
[...] (SBU) Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry addressed a large crowd of lawyers and political activists on June 2 in Abbottabad, about 120 miles Northeast of Peshawar in the Northwest Frontier Province. Reports of crowd numbers ranged from 15,000 to 25,000, and media contacts stated it took the Chi [...]
2007-06-04 13:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM
07ISLAMABAD2493MOVING FORWARD ON NUCLEAR REGULATORY COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 12:48:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETKNNP PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2494GOVERNMENT PLACES RESTRICTIONS ON MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 13:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD250POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your January 27-28 visit to Islamabad. The Government of Pakistan is a key ally in the War on Terror and an essential partner in our efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. President Musharraf and Prime Minister Aziz, both western-oriented modern [...]
2007-01-17 03:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPK PREL PTER PGOV KDEM OVIP OTRA
07ISLAMABAD2525POINTS DELIVERED TO SENIOR OFFICIALS
[...] (S) On June 6, Charge delivered reftel points to President Musharraf's Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Akhtar Iqbal, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for the Americas Shahid Kamal. The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission delivered the [...]
2007-06-06 12:48:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2526WHAT HAPPENED TO PRESS FREEDOM IN PAKISTAN?
[...] (C) On March 24, President Musharraf told Ambassador Crocker that Musharraf intended to fire the head of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Agency (PEMRA),whose heavy handed interventions during the early stages of the Chief Justice controversy had been "unhelpful and wrong" (ref C). I [...]
2007-06-06 14:40:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2527PAKISTAN SUPPORTS A CREDIBLE JIRGA
[...] (C) On June 6, Charge met with Minister of Culture (and Jirga Commission member) GG Jamal to discuss recent meetings between the Afghan and Pakistani Jirga Commissions. Jamal emphasized the commissions made significant progress, finalizing an agenda for the planned August jirga and bridging [...]
2007-06-06 15:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK AF PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2544POLICE ARREST HUNDREDS THROUGHOUT PUNJAB PROVINCE
[...] (C) According to media reports, Pakistani police have arrested between 800 and 1,200 people -- mostly political party workers -- throughout Punjab over the last few days. Rahat Quddusi, special advisor to Punjab's Chief Minister, said that the arrests are an effort to maintain law and order, a [...]
2007-06-07 12:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD2545PAKISTAN JOINS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR
[...] (U) On June 7, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially communicated by Note Verbale the Government of Pakistan's endorsement of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Pakistan intends to participate in the June 11-12 Global Initiative meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan. One offici [...]
2007-06-07 13:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2546IMRAN KHAN TAKES ON THE MQM IN THE UK
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-07 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2547PAKISTAN MEDIA SITUATION: JUNE 7 UPDATE
[...] (SBU) MEDIA PROTESTS IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Evening of June 6, the Pakistani press corps that regularly covers the National Assembly began a "walk-out" from the Assembly to protest the new PEMRA ordinance regulating the electronic media (see para 2). According to a media contact, while Parlia [...]
2007-06-07 13:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD2572NEW POLL SHOWS WEAK SUPPORT FOR MUSHARRAF IN URBAN
[...] (C) On May 15-28, just days after political violence in Karachi left 40 people dead, the International Republican Institute (IRI) polled 1,500 Pakistanis in six cities throughout Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province. Polling questions, which had been developed weeks earlier with the help [...]
2007-06-08 11:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2617SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-12 12:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2647DEMARCHE - PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND
[...] (U) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 13 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Director United Nations (III) Syed Mustafa Rabbani, who said the Government of Pakistan "can,t comment now" on the reftel points but would consult the GOP,s Permanent Representative to the Uni [...]
2007-06-14 05:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN KUNR PGOV PK PREL UNDP
07ISLAMABAD2648SHANGHAI COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 12 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Director of the Americas Kamran Mansoor, who stated the Government of Pakistan would consult the appropriate offices and respond within approximately one week. BODDE [...]
2007-06-14 05:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2654SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S JUNE 15-17 VISIT
[...] (C) We look forward to your arrival in Pakistan. As always, your discussions with senior officials will strengthen joint U.S.-Pakistan efforts in the War on Terror. You may also have the opportunity to encourage your military counterparts to support democratization and the protection of huma [...]
2007-06-14 12:06:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV AF IN PK
07ISLAMABAD268GOVERNMENT HINDERS ACCESS TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN BALOCHISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: In spite of a mid-December intervention from Ambassador Crocker to senior Pakistani officials, UNICEF reports it is still unable to assist internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Balochistan. End summary. 2. (U) On December 21, the Christian Science Monitor reported that UNICEF had fa [...]
2007-01-17 11:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF SOCI PK
07ISLAMABAD2780BOUCHER'S FOREIGN MINISTRY DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON CURRENT EVENTS, STRATEGIC DIALOGUE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 11:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF ECON IN PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2782BOUCHER VISITS BALOCHISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: On June 14, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher made his first visit to Balochistan. Inspector General of Police Tariq Khosa discussed the need for more contacts with his counterparts in Afghanistan and Iran and expressed doubt that Afg [...]
2007-06-22 11:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2793MUSHARRAF ASSURES NEGROPONTE THAT FIGHT AGAINST
[...] (C) During a 90-minute cordial meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary for South and SIPDIS Central Asian Affairs Boucher, and the Charge d'Affaires, President Musharraf emphasized that Al Qaeda and extremism are Pakistan's greatest threat. The National Security Counc [...]
2007-06-22 13:10:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2794F-16 SECURITY NOTES: REQUEST FOR TWO SPECIFIC
[...] (C) Pakistan's September 2006 agreement to purchase 18 new F-16 aircraft marked an important milestone in our alliance. The agreement signaled Pakistan's and the United States' intent to continue strengthening our security relationship. We are grateful for both State's and DoD's enormous e [...]
2007-06-22 13:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2795NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPPOSITION SUBMITS REFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: On June 21, opposition National Assembly members submitted a disqualification reference (complaint) against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for financial misconduct. The reference comes on the heels of a similar reference against political leader (and former cricket star) Imran Khan, [...]
2007-06-23 05:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KCRM PK UK
07ISLAMABAD2796BOUCHER AND VICE CHIEF DISCUSS NEW STEPS IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: While he demurred from speaking about Pakistan's political situation, Vice Chief of the Army Staff General Ahsan Saleem Hyat was eager to discuss a variety of topics during his June 13 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher. Hyat reported tha [...]
2007-06-23 05:57:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNAF MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2797FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES STRATEGIC DIALOGUE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met Foreign SIPDIS Secretary Khan for a lunch meeting on June 16. Khan SIPDIS discussed details of the Strategic Dialogue between the U.S. and Pakistan, expressed concerns about a bilater [...]
2007-06-23 07:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG PGOV PK PREL SOCI
07ISLAMABAD2798DEPUTY SECRETARY AND FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with Foreign Minister Kasuri on June 15. Both sides expressed strong support for the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. Kasuri noted that negative comments from the U.S. media and [...]
2007-06-23 07:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2799PRIME MINISTER STRESSES NEED FOR STABLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with SIPDIS Prime Minister (PM) Aziz on June 16. The PM stressed the importance of a stable Afghanistan and expressed concern about Afghan drug production. He reiterated Pakistan,s com [...]
2007-06-23 07:25:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL PTER SNAR
07ISLAMABAD2829THE RED MOSQUE STRIKES AGAIN: MASSAGE PARLORS
[...] (C) Summary: On June 23, students from men's and women's madrassahs associated with the Red Mosque kidnapped nine individuals, including six Chinese nationals, from a local massage parlor. The hostages were released sixteen hours later. The incident has embarrassed the Interior Minister, who o [...]
2007-06-26 08:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2835PAKISTAN'S PARTICIPATION IN PEACE JIRGA
[...] (C) In response to reftel, PolOff spoke June 25 with Minister of Tourism and Culture GG Jamal, one of five members of the Pakistan jirga commission. Jamal reported that the two commissions had not discussed the duration of the upcoming jirga. Under jirga tradition, he said, such a conversat [...]
2007-06-26 14:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AF
07ISLAMABAD2853PAKISTAN TO PARTICIPATE IN JULY 2-3 AFGHAN RULE OF
[...] (C) On June 28, PolOff delivered reftel points to Amir Shaukat, Director for Afghanistan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shaukat told PolOff the Government of Pakistan would participate in the July 2-3 Afghan Rule of Law Conference in Rome. Shaukat said Interior Minister Sherpao would " [...]
2007-06-28 10:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK AF PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2870DISASTER DECLARATION -- CYCLONE YEMYIN
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This cable declares areas affected by Cyclone Yemyin in Sindh and Balochistan provinces as a disaster, and requests U.S. government emergency assistance for those in need. The powerful cyclone is traveling along southern Pakistani coastal areas, killing over 2 [...]
2007-07-01 10:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2873MONITORING PAKISTAN'S COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS
[...] (C) Summary: Post increasingly has engaged the GOP to ensure that Coalition Support Funds (CSF),used to reimburse Pakistan for costs related to the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban, are reasonable and credible. We have asked for additional information in order to verify pending Pakistani [...]
2007-07-02 07:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2905SITREP ISLAMABAD 20:00 LOCAL -- CONFRONTATION AT RED MOSQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 15:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2907RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...]
2007-07-04 11:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2908RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...]
2007-07-04 12:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2919SITUATION REPORT #1 - CYCLONE YEMYIN
[...] (U) On Monday, July 2, 2007 Major General Farooq Ahmad Khan, Chairman of the Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) held a meeting with the donor and diplomatic community to provide a briefing on the impact of the recent cyclone, what the Government of PakistanQs (GOP) respons [...]
2007-07-05 06:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2932RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...]
2007-07-05 11:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2934RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...]
2007-07-05 13:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2944PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS: SOLVING THE VOTER ROLL
[...] (C) Summary: Post is quietly engaged with senior Pakistani officials to press for a resolution to credible opposition complaints that perhaps 20 million voters have dropped off the latest Election Commission of Pakistan's voter list. A potential data merger of the Election Commission and Nat [...]
2007-07-06 07:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2954ATTACK ON MUSHARRAF / RED MOSQUE STANDOFF CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: Government sources confidentially confirmed that a rocket was fired at President Musharraf's airplane at Chaklala Air Base this morning; the Pakistan Army continues to publicly deny the attack took place. Security forces and militants at the Red Mosque continue to exchange spora [...]
2007-07-06 12:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2960RED MOSQUE -- SITREP JULY 7, NOON LOCAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The strict curfew in the area around the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) remains in effect as of noon on Saturday, July 7. Gunfire and explosions continued intermittently overnight. After a several-hour lull Saturday morning, sporadic exchange of fire resumed. The rest of Islamabad c [...]
2007-07-07 08:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2976RED MOSQUE - SITREP JULY 9, 1600 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: There has been no major change in the Red Mosque situation since Post's July 7 report (reftel),but the government appears to be preparing for a final siege. Security forces and militants exchanged sporadic gunfire on July 8 and 9, and mosque leader Ghazi continues to refuse to [...]
2007-07-09 11:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2990RED MOSQUE SITREP AND EAC -- JULY 10, 11:00 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Overnight on July 9, the Pakistani government escalated its operation against the Red Mosque. A high-level delegation tried to negotiate with militant leader Maulana Ghazi on July 9. The negotiations failed and the military operation resumed at 04:00 July 10. As of 11:00 local, [...]
2007-07-10 05:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3022RED MOSQUE SITREP -- JULY 11, 1630 LOCAL
[...] (U) Summary: The military operation launched against the Red Mosque at 0400 on July 10 continued for over 30 hours until 1030 on July 11. As of 1630, security forces continue to do a room-by-room search of the mosque compound but are no longer facing armed resistance. Militant cleric Abdul Rash [...]
2007-07-11 11:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3027POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE RED MOSQUE OPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. President Musharraf's decision to take military action against the Red Mosque removes a long-festering cell of extremism in Pakistan's capital. Although criticized for being "soft" on extremists, the government's delayed response reflected concern about keeping civilian casualtie [...]
2007-07-12 07:41:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD3028RED MOSQUE SITREP -- JULY 12, 1300 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Security forces continue to sweep the Red Mosque for any remaining weapons, but military operations are complete. The military has still not allowed journalists or other observers to the site of the Red Mosque as of 1300 July 12. The media is reporting 287 people killed in "Oper [...]
2007-07-12 09:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3030STRENGTHENING SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's general elections are expected to take place in late 2007 or early 2008, and Post has been working with stakeholders, donors and the Pakistan Election Commission since 2005 to strengthen the process. This cable outlines current US and international donor projects unde [...]
2007-07-12 10:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3084RED MOSQUE AFTERMATH; DEMISE OF NORTH WAZIRISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) operation was a catalyst for implementation of this weekend's attacks on Pakistani security forces in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and the FATA. However, the attacks were primarily a tribal response to the growing re-deployment of government [...]
2007-07-16 11:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD3111SUICIDE BOMBER TARGETS ISLAMABAD CHIEF JUSTICE
[...] (C) Summary: It is still too early to draw conclusions about the cause of the July 18 suicide bombing in Islamabad. The government's challenge will be to provide the increased security that opposition parties and the general public are demanding without imposing a state of emergency. End Summa [...]
2007-07-18 12:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3128MUSHARRAF TELLS EDITORS: IT IS MODERATES VS.
[...] (C) Summary: In a surprisingly wide ranging and confident interview with senior Pakistani editors July 18, President Musharraf flatly stated that Pakistan was in a direct confrontation with extremist forces and the biggest challenge was to stop the spread of Talibanization. To win that fight [...]
2007-07-19 14:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3154SUPREME COURT RULES THAT CHIEF JUSTICE MUST BE
[...] (C) Summary: On June 20, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled that President Musharraf's suspension of the Chief Justice had been unconstitutional. The court's decision was not unexpected, a fact that did not stop the media from turning the day leading up to the announcement into a live-fro [...]
2007-07-20 13:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3199PAKISTAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, PART 1: POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan's multi-party parliamentary system includes large personality-based secular parties, regional nationalist/ethnic parties with limited appeal and surprisingly democratic religious parties. Party/personal loyalty and a spoils system count for more with voters than ofte [...]
2007-07-24 12:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3200PAKISTAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, PART 2: FRACTURED OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Unable to unite at the All Parties Conference (APC) for en masse resignations or mass street protests, Pakistan's severely fractured opposition is unlikely to mount a credible challenge to President Musharraf's bid to seek re-election under the current assemblies. Unsurprisingly the Ju [...]
2007-07-24 12:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3201GREENING THE RED MOSQUE
[...] (C) Summary: The government plans to re-open the Red Mosque on July 27 under a newly repainted green dome. The work of bulldozers and painters is so far proving more straightforward than finding partners for President Musharraf's July 12 call to help bring Pakistan's madrassas into the mainstr [...]
2007-07-24 14:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PK
07ISLAMABAD3224PRIME MINISTER: GOP COMMITTED 200 PERCENT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and Economic Counselor (notetaker) met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at his request at his residence July 24. Aziz took Ambassador to task over recent statements by U.S. officials regarding terrorist threats emanating from Pakistan. Aziz stressed to Ambassador tha [...]
2007-07-25 14:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG PK
07ISLAMABAD3247SUPREME COURT TELLS ELECTION COMMISSION TO BEEF UP VOTER
[...] (U) On July 26, a full Supreme Court bench -- including recently restored Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry -- directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to develop by August 10 a plan to increase the number of names on the draft voter rolls. 2. (U) The Supreme Court's direction was in respo [...]
2007-07-27 02:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3269RED MOSQUE FLARES UP AGAIN, SUICIDE BLAST AT
[...] (U) Security forcces have re-taken the Red Mosque after July 27 demonstrations. Hundreds of unarmed religious students and local attendees of Friday prayers protested the re-opening of the Red Mosque. Refusing to pray behind the government-appointed prayer leader Maulana Ashfaq, protesters rem [...]
2007-07-27 13:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3291GROWING PERCEPTION THAT U.S. WILL ABANDON PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: News that the U.S. House and Senate had approved House Resolution 1 with language requiring the President report annually on Pakistan's efforts in the War on Terror predictably caused a stir in Islamabad. The media's interpretation of the bill narrowly focused on the perceived [...]
2007-07-30 14:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD3296SITUATION REPORT #2 - CYCLONE YEMYIN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Regional Advisor (RA) visited Pakistan from July 10 through 17 to assess additional needs following Cyclone Yemyin in Pakistan. To date 362 people have died in flooding and up to 2.5 million people have been affected. In add [...]
2007-07-31 06:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3374PAKISTAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES ENGAGE THE SUPREME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of the June 20 landmark Supreme Court decision reinstating the Chief Justice, Pakistan's opposition political parties and civil society have hailed what they see as an invigorated and independent judiciary. Both the Chief Justice and President Musharraf have lauded the ne [...]
2007-08-02 13:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3399WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR:
[...] (C) Summary: In a cordial, hour-long meeting on July 18, Women's Development Minister Sumaira Malik talked to the Ambassador about the after-effects of the Red Mosque operation, internal politics, new draft women's legislation, and her ideas for U.S. assistance programs to assist Pakistan's wo [...]
2007-08-06 03:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN PK
07ISLAMABAD3424PAKISTAN'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: By offering to resign, Pakistan's Attoreny General became the only cabinet member to take the blame for the Chief Justice debacle. But his replacement, Malik Qayyum, has a checkered history and is already proving controversial. Qayyum was the presiding judge in the 1999 convict [...]
2007-08-06 11:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3434NEW NATIONWIDE POLL SHOWS DIMINISHED SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The results of a new nationwide poll show a 20 percent drop in support for President Musharraf's job performance since February -- from 54 percent to 34 percent. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Benazir Bhutto's popularity continued to grow steadily, and she emerged as the c [...]
2007-08-07 09:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3476FATA STRATEGY UPDATE: AUGUST 8, 2007
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy is beginning biweekly snapshot reporting on implementation of the FATA Development Program. Embassy appreciates Washington's support for the FATA initiative, which will require coordination among a number of agencies and funding spigots. These cables will provide detai [...]
2007-08-08 12:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD3477MUSHARRAF REAFFIRMS INTENT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION IN
[...] (U) In public remarks August, 6, President Musharraf retierated his intention to run for re-election, in uniform, and before the current assembles. He indicated he did not believe the Connstitution would bar him from contesting the presidential election for a second term. He again asserted th [...]
2007-08-08 12:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3534MUSHARRAF AND SENATOR DURBIN DISCUSS WAR ON
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Durbin called on President Musharraf August 7 to discuss Pakistan's role in the war on terror, the state of Islamic extremism in Pakistan, relations with the U.S., and education in Pakistan, particularly in religious schools. Senator Durbin recognized Pakistan had been A [...]
2007-08-13 07:01:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD3706PAKISTAN: A DAY AFTER THE NAWAZ VERDICT
[...] (SBU) The Supreme Court's August 23 ruling in favor of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been lauded by Nawaz supporters and opposition parties as another sign of an independent judiciary standing up for democratic rights. People celebrated in the streets in Islamabad and in other Punjabi [...]
2007-08-24 11:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3714 IPR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING A SUCCESS
[...] SUMMARY: August 13-18, ECON presented the "Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Investigative Techniques & Resources" law enforcement training program in Islamabad for Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officers, provincial police, Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials, and academics on tool [...]
2007-08-25 05:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3744PAKISTAN'S UNCERTAIN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 02:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3761 USG SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN'S ELECTORAL PROCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post has been working with political parties, NGOs, donors and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to ensure Pakistan's upcoming elections are free, fair and credible. We are pleased that the Pakistan Supreme Court decided to act upon a petition filed by the Pakistan Pe [...]
2007-08-28 12:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3777PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT
[...] (C) Summary: On August 25, the Pakistan Christian National Party (PCNP) filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking to declare as unconstitutional the requirement that the President of Pakistan be a Muslim. Christian groups and other minorities remain divided on many issues; however, all ha [...]
2007-08-29 10:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD3779PAKISTAN SUPREME COURT: INCREASING CHALLENGES TO
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's troubles with the Supreme Court are multiplying even as his negotiations with Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto intensify. On August 28, the Court agreed to hear two cases challenging Musharraf's right to seek re-election in uniform. The newly e [...]
2007-08-29 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3796SOUTH WAZIRISTAN'S CONTINUING MILITANCY
[...] (C) Summary: Concurrent with the much-publicized breakdown of the North Waziristan Agreement, the GOP's agreement in South Waziristan has also been faltering. The result has been increasingly brazen militant attacks on security forces, including the recent kidnapping of 19 Frontier Corps (FC [...]
2007-08-30 13:08:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3811CONCERNS ABOUT JALOZAI REFUGEE CAMP CLOSING
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Ambassador and DCM raised with Interior Minister Sherpao our concern that the GOP's decision to close the Jalozai refugee camp by August 31 would create a political and humanitarian crisis. Sherpao confirmed receiving similar demarches from Afghanistan and U [...]
2007-08-31 12:58:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3857SUICIDE ATTACKS SHAKE RAWALPINDI
[...] (C) Summary: On September 4, 31 people were killed and 67 injured in two separate suicide bomb attacks on government targets in Islamabad's neighboring city of Rawalpindi. In the short-term these attacks and the kidnapping (reftel) of Frontier Corps soldiers in Waziristan will undermine public [...]
2007-09-05 14:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3873THE NAWAZ FACTOR CONTINUED: RETURN SCENARIOS
[...] (C) Summary. There are four scenarios regarding former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's return to Pakistan, which now seems likely September 10. (1) He could postpone his arrival because of Saudi persuasion or cold feet about his prospects. This seems the least likely option. (2) The government could [...]
2007-09-06 17:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3889PAKISTAN'S SUPREME COURT KEEPS THE PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's legal counsel told the Pakistan Supreme Court September 6 that Musharraf's term as President would end on November 15, but he will remain in office until a successor is chosen. The Chief Justice rejected efforts to immediately restrain Musharraf from seeking [...]
2007-09-07 15:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD389 ECONOMIC SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your January 27-28 visit to Islamabad. Your visit coincides with a period of expanding and deepening engagement between the U.S. and Pakistan on a range of key economic and trade issues. Reforms pioneered in 1999 by Prime Minister Shaukat Az [...]
2007-01-22 08:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3901PREPARING FOR NAWAZ SHARIF'S RETURN TO PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's government is planning to deport Nawaz Sharif upon his expected arrival September 10, although some of his advisors continue to try to dissaude him of this. Saudi emissary Saad Hariri will be here today (September 8) to talk to Musharraf and reportedly make a [...]
2007-09-08 13:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3923NAWAZ DEPORTED ON RETURN TO ISLAMABAD
[...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was deported from Islamabad to Saudi Arabia within hours of his return to Pakistan on September 10. Security forces kept the capital under tight security. Senior opposition leaders were placed under house arrest, and only small-scale demonstrat [...]
2007-09-10 11:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3952NAWAZ: THE DAY AFTER THE DEPORTATION
[...] (C) Summary: Twenty-four hours after former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's deportation from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan remains calm. While opposition parties called for nationwide demonstrations, turnout was weak, and many senior opposition leaders remained under house arrest. The gov [...]
2007-09-12 09:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3994PPP ANNOUNCES BENAZIR'S RETURN ON OCTOBER 18
[...] (U) At a press conference September 14, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) President Makhdoom Amin Fahim announced that Party Chairman Benazir Bhutto would return to Pakistan on October 18, three days after the window for presidential elections closes. Fahim announced that on October 18, Bhutto wi [...]
2007-09-15 09:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4008REASSURING PAKISTAN ON THE F-16 SALE
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Deputy Secretary last week, President Musharraf, Prime Minister Aziz and Foreign Secretary Khan told us the U.S. had violated the F-16 SIPDIS agreement with Pakistan. A series of misunderstandings and delays, including important ones on our part, has promp [...]
2007-09-17 12:09:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL MARR PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4024PAKISTAN -- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COUNTDOWN
[...] (C) Summary. The next few days likely will determine whether or how President Musharraf can secure his re-election, and last-minute maneuvering is in full swing. Musharraf unquestionably has the simple majority of votes he needs in the current National and Provincial Assemblies; however, the [...]
2007-09-18 14:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4064PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: A PRIMER
[...] (SBU) On September 20, Pakistan's Election Commission announced that the presidential election will be held on October 6. This cable outlines the process through which President Musharraf plans to be re-elected. WHEN WILL THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OCCUR? -- On October 6. WHO CAN N [...]
2007-09-20 11:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4084DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary Negroponte held bilateral meetings September 12 during the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Foreign Minister Kasuri. Khan raised concerns about the negative impact of the U.S. NIE, the 9/11 Commission legislation's Pakistan [...]
2007-09-21 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4085MUSHARRAF TELLS DEPUTY SECRETARY PAKISTAN IS
[...] (C) Summary. During a September 13 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, President Musharraf reiterated his intention, absent intervention by the Chief Justice, to be re-elected before October 15 by the current National and Provincial Assemblies. He explained the nature and required solutions to what [...]
2007-09-21 10:08:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4086PRIME MINISTER TELLS NEGROPONTE: NO MORE F-16
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 14 meeting with Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, Prime Minister Shaukat SIPDIS Aziz voiced his government's frustration with what Pakistan perceives as changes in the terms of sale of U.S. F-16s to Pakistan. Aziz said that unless the U.S. changes so [...]
2007-09-21 10:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4092BIN LADEN'S CALL TO ARMS FALLS FLAT
[...] (C) Summary: On September 20, al-Qaeda leaders released two new tapes calling for Pakistanis to wage holy war against President Musharraf in retaliation for the Red Mosque operation in July. The government has dismissed the threats and vowed to continue its counter-terrorism strategy. It is to [...]
2007-09-21 13:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4094PAKISTAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OCTOBER 6
[...] (C) Summary: On September 20, Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) set the presidential election for October 6. This confirms that Musharraf will seek re-election, in uniform, before the current assemblies. Opposition parties issued the predictable objections, but the move demonstrated Musha [...]
2007-09-23 05:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4106UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EMBASSY ISLAMABAD
[...] (U) Per reftel request, updated contact information provided below. 2. (SBU) Embassy Islamabad leadership: Ambassador Anne W. Patterson O: +92-51-208-2500 H: +92-51-208-2505 C: +92-300-856-2140 Deputy Chief of Mission Peter W. Bodde O: +92-51-208-2502 H: +92-51-208-2507 C: +92-300- [...]
2007-09-24 11:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4107DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: On September 13, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Minister of Interior Sherpao. Sherpao praised the recent jirgas with Afghanistan and said Pakistan would move quickly to appoint its follow up team. Sherpao briefed the participants on the ongoing efforts by both the Pakistani [...]
2007-09-24 14:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4148GOP PREPARES FOR A SUPREME COURT VERDICT ON
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's Supreme Court continues to hear arguments on the bundle of pending cases challenging President Musharraf's eligibility to run for re-election. We expect a verdict by the end of the week, and the government remains confident of a pro-Musharraf vote. Musharraf has sign [...]
2007-09-27 02:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4158MUSHARRAF PLACES LOYALISTS IN KEY ARMY SLOTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 09:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4167PAKISTAN ELECTION COMMISSION CLOSES NOMINATION LIST
[...] (U) Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) accepted nominations from forty-one presidential candidates, including President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in-country leader Amin Fahim, by the noon September 27 filing deadline. These 41 included candidates from Islamabad (13),[...]
2007-09-27 11:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4204SUPREME COURT FREES POLITICAL DETAINEES, OPENS
[...] (U) On September 27, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered the release of political party activists arrested over the September 22-23 weekend and the lifting of roadblocks throughout and surrounding the capital. 2. (U) At least 100 opposition political party leaders [...]
2007-09-28 12:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4206SUPREME COURT RULES FOR MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary: In a complex decision, Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled September 28 six to three to dismiss the petitions challenging Musharraf's right to run for re-election while concurrently holding the offices of President and Chief of Army Staff. However, the decision was based on procedural [...]
2007-09-28 13:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4209REACTION TO PRO-MUSHARRAF RULING
[...] (C) Summary: Musharraf's spokesman lauded the September 28 Supreme Court ruling allowing the President to run for re-election in uniform and called on all sides to respect the rule of law. Musharraf's coalition partner, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM),called on Musharraf to doff his unifor [...]
2007-09-29 13:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4235ISLAMABAD POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED ON SUPREME COURT
[...] (C) Responding to the violence used to quell lawyers' protests in Islamabad September 29, the Supreme Court ordered the arrest and suspension of the Islamabad Police Inspector and two of his deputies. GOP Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah responded by suspending Islamabad's Police Inspector [...]
2007-10-02 02:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4271ANOTHER LEGAL BATTLE FOR MUSHARRAF; MASS POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court agreed October 2 to begin immediate hearings on petitions filed by two opposition presidential candidates challenging Musharraf's right to seek re-election in uniform. Simultaneously, in an effort to embarrass Musharraf, 86 opposition politicians resigned [...]
2007-10-02 14:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4273AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FAZLUR REHMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 14:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4290PAKISTAN: UPDATE ON OPPOSITION RESIGNATIONS
[...] (U) Eighty-six members of the opposition alliance All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) resigned October 2 from the National Assembly, according to Speaker Chaudhary Amir Hussain. The speaker's office has not yet formally accepted the resignations, but Hussain announced that he would consult [...]
2007-10-03 14:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4291RED MOSQUE RE-OPENS FOLLOWING SUPREME COURT
[...] (U) A two-member Supreme Court bench ordered October 2 the re-opening of Islamabad's Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) and two thousand people gathered there today (October 3) for afternoon prayers. The mosque has remained closed since the July military operation against followers of Maulana Abdul Aziz [...]
2007-10-03 14:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4336COURT ORDERS VOTER ROLLS POSTED ON THE ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered October 4 the country's Election Commission (ECP) to finalize the voter list by October 25 and post it on the ECP's website. The list will be used in the parliamentary elections which are expected in early January 2008. 2. ( [...]
2007-10-05 13:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4337MUSHARRAF SIGNS DEAL WITH BHUTTO; COURT DELAYS RELEASE OF OFFICIAL ELECTION TALLY
[...] (C) Summary. President Musharraf October 5 signed the "reconciliation package" sealing his agreement with Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto. Meanwhile, Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled that the presidential election, scheduled for October 6, can proceed. However, the Court barred the Elec [...]
2007-10-05 13:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4340MUSHARRAF (UNOFFICIALLY) WINS ANOTHER 5-YEAR TERM
[...] (C) Summary: According to unofficial results, President Musharraf has been re-elected by Pakistan's electoral college to another five-year term. An October 5 Supreme Court decision barred Pakistan's Election Commission from announcing the official results until pending court cases against Mus [...]
2007-10-06 13:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4363FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: OCTOBER 8, 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: Implementation of the Mission's strategy in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is moving ahead despite challenges. We received our fiscal year 2007 (FY07) funding for the FATA by September 30. With our prodding, the donor community is taking ste [...]
2007-10-09 12:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4382BHUTTO SEEKS TO CLAIM NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SEAT
[...] (U) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto has renewed her suit for a National Assembly seat after the National Reconciliation Ordinance voided all corruption charges and convictions against her. The GOP, for its part, continues to fulfill its side of the Musharraf-Bhutto "deal [...]
2007-10-10 12:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV CVIS PK
07ISLAMABAD4426NATIONAL RECONCILIATION ORDINANCE FACES SUPREME COURT SCRUTINY
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court again weighed into the political fray, accepting six opposition petitions against Musharraf's October 5 National Reconciliation Ordinance. While the Court will not take up the unified case for weeks, its initial October 12 decision to hear the case halted all o [...]
2007-10-14 10:12:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4439AMCITS SHOULD AVOID KARACHI OCTOBER 18
[...] (SBU) Expecting up to a half million people to turn out for the October 18 arrival in Karachi of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, the U.S. Consulate in Karachi has issued the below Demonstration Notice (para 2). Bhutto's arrival party alone will be in the hundreds, includin [...]
2007-10-17 11:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4472BHUTTO'S HOMECOMING
[...] (C) Summary: After over eight years in self-imposed exile, Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto returned to Karachi October 18. Hundreds of thousands greeted her at the airport, while thousands of security personnel guarded her against terrorist assassination threats. Bhutto returns [...]
2007-10-18 13:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4494FORMER PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO KARACHI
[...] (C) Following is a description of the investigation to date provided by the Ministry of Interior to the RSO. 2. (C) RSO met with the Secretary of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Kamal Shah, the morning of October 19 to discuss the attack in Karachi on the motorcade of former Prime Ministe [...]
2007-10-19 13:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER CASC
07ISLAMABAD4495KARACHI BOMB BLASTS - THE DAY AFTER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-20 12:22:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER PINR PK ASEC CASC
07ISLAMABAD4531BHUTTO ASKS AMBASSADOR FOR SECURITY ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Consul General Karachi met with Benazir Bhutto and members of her staff October 23 regarding a range of issues, but most urgently about her security. Bhutto requested, in writing, that USG "undertake an evaluation of existing executive security procedures and recommenda [...]
2007-10-23 14:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD4573POLITICAL ROUNDUP: BHUTTO CAMPAIGNING; MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary: Despite ongoing security concerns, Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto announced October 25 that she would travel to Larkhana on October 27 where tens of thousands are expected to welcome her. Pakistan's Supreme Court continues to hear the case against Musharraf's re-el [...]
2007-10-25 13:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4574PAKISTAN'S RELIGIOUS PARTIES: AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Differences have surfaced again between Jamiat Ulema Islam's Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) and Jamaat Islami (JI) -- the two largest parties within the religious Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) coalition. The row this time is over MMA's failure to dissolve the Northwest Frontier Province [...]
2007-10-25 14:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4599DISCUSSION WITH BHUTTO DESIGNEES REGARDING SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: RSO met October 26 with two individuals empowered by Benazir Bhutto to discuss her security. As per reftel, RSO provided names of three security contractors who can provide security assessments and a full range of security services. There has been no reduction in police protection for [...]
2007-10-27 11:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV
07ISLAMABAD4601FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: OCTOBER 26 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: Per Ref A, Post requests urgent action on two pending requests: 1) Funding for a temporary FATA Coordinator; and, 2) Renewal of funding for a critical Pashto-language radio program. (See Paras 3 and 4 for action requests.) Post appreciates the swift respon [...]
2007-10-27 12:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT EAID PGOV KPAO PK PTER PREL
07ISLAMABAD4625MORE SIGNS THAT SUPREME COURT MAY RULE IN FAVOR OF
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's inner circle is still very concerned about a Supreme Court decision against Musharraf's eligibility to run for re-election, but, according to a senior attorney who initially argued the case against Musharraf, the Court will probably not rule against President [...]
2007-10-29 15:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4652UK AND US AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: UK and US ambassadors reiterated October 29 the offer of law enforcement assistance to Interior minister Sherpao and MOI secretary (and former Karachi police chief) Kamal Shah. Sherpao said the investigation into the October 18 Karachi bombing was proceeding well. A formal reque [...]
2007-10-31 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PTER PINR PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4692SECURITY STATUS UPDATE - FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY - According to the Sindh Inspector General (IGP) of Police, the suicide bombing attack of October 19 against former PM Bhutto (reftels) was carried out by two persons and was probably made possible due to the thorough advance public revelation of her plans and the snail-paced movement [...]
2007-11-03 16:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER PINR PK PGOV
07ISLAMABAD4694MGPK01: SITREP 02, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary. Musharraf defended his decision to suspend the Constitution in an emotional speech aired on Pakistan Television; notably, he did not mention a schedule for elections or his plan to resign as Chief of Army Staff. The government continues to block cable distribution of most intern [...]
2007-11-03 20:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR
07ISLAMABAD4701HEAVY-HANDED IMPLEMENTATION OF PAKISTAN STATE OF
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Post is concerned that the Pakistani government has used excessive force and no judgment in its implementation of the state of emergency and the Provision Constitutional Order (PCO). On Monday, November 5, we recommend a call from a seventh floor principal to P [...]
2007-11-04 13:42:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4727MGPK01: SITREP 06, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; ARRESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The arrest of lawyers has quelled protests for the moment and the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has dispelled rumors of a counter-coup against Musharraf, which fueled heavy losses on the Karachi Stock Exchange. The Punjab Home Secreta [...]
2007-11-05 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4728MUSHARRAF CONVOKES DIP CORPS
[...] (C) Summary: President Pervaiz Musharraf spoke November 5 to the full diplomatic corps. The hour-long monologue was rambling and personalized, focused more on his reasons for the March 12 sacking of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry than for his November 3 suspension of Pakistan's Constitution. [...]
2007-11-05 13:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK ASEC CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4729CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT PREDICTS ELECTIONS WILL PROCEED
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said that President Musharraf would resign as Chief of Army Staff as promised and would hold parliamentary elections on schedule in January. Shujaat was surprised that earlier in the day President Musharraf had declined [...]
2007-11-05 14:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4739MGPK01: SITREP 07, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MIXED
[...] (C) Summary: As of 1200 local time, mainly peaceful lawyers' protests occurring in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta. Following a conversation with Ambassador last night, Bhutto said that Musharraf would not commit to a timetable to have elections, doff his uniform, lift the state of em [...]
2007-11-06 08:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4751PAKISTANI BUSINESS COMMUNITY CAREFULLY WATCHING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Section spoke with a wide range of contacts to gauge local business reactions to the November 3 imposition of a state of emergency. While the overall consensus is that it is too early to determine any long-term effects of the current crisis on Pakistan's economy, mo [...]
2007-11-06 11:51:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4754MGPK01: SITREP 08, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: LAWYERS'
[...] (C) Summary: Overall, the country remains calm. Sporadic lawyers' demonstrations occurred through the country, some involving police beatings of journalists and activists. The government agreed in theory to release 50-60 human rights activists in Lahore, but a paperwork glitch postponed thei [...]
2007-11-06 14:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4761MGPK01: SITREP 09, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Following Mission and Department intervention, 54 members of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan were released November 7 morning from house arrest, and charges against them have been dropped. People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, upon arriving in Islamabad November 6, [...]
2007-11-07 09:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4766MGPK01: SITREP 10, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: Police used tear gas to break up a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) parliamentarians march to the National Assembly. Earlier, PPP leader Benazir Bhutto issued defiant statements at a press conference and PPP supporters clashed with police in front of PPP headquarters. DCM met with [...]
2007-11-07 13:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4767DCM MEETS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AZIZ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz for a 30-minute one-on-one meeting November 7. During the meeting the DCM conveyed reports that detained human rights lawyer Atizaz Ahsan has no access to family members and may have suffered physical abuse. The DCM reiterated [...]
2007-11-07 16:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4776MGPK01: SITREP 11, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ISOLATED
[...] (C) Summary: The National Security Council is meeting to discuss the current political/security situation. The National Assembly November 7 voted to approve the State of Emergency. In a meeting yesterday with Ambassador, PPP leader Bhutto said she is ready to work with Musharraf if he sched [...]
2007-11-08 09:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4785AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES ELECTION COMMISSIONER
[...] (C) Summary. On November 6, Pakistan's Election Commissioner assured Ambassador that he continued to prepare for parliamentary elections. Legally, only the President has the authority to determine the elections date, and the Commissioner believed the elections would take place in January, m [...]
2007-11-08 10:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4786ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEWS CURRENT EVENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Qayyum told Ambassador November 7 that Musharraf would announce parliamentary elections once his own re-election was confirmed by the newly reconstituted Supreme Court. (Note: In the course of the evening of November 7, we heard three entirely different versions [...]
2007-11-08 10:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4789BHUTTO SAYS SHE MUST PROTEST STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto told Ambassador Novmeber 7 that "I am ready to continue with the roadmap with Musharraf" but first he has to honor his commitments to schedule elections and announce his resignation from the Army. Without this, Musharraf had left h [...]
2007-11-08 11:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4791INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO DISCUSSES ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Sherpao defended the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) and told DCM November 7 that elections likely would be delayed until March or April. Sherpao gave his personal assurances over the well-being of detained opposition lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan and agreed to l [...]
2007-11-08 12:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4793NSA AZIZ ASKS USG TO CONVINCE BHUTTO TO CALL OFF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 12:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4795PAKISTAN: RECONSTITUTED SUPREME COURT AND
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf has reportedly decided that, before he can schedule parliamentary elections, the newly constituted Supreme Court must rule on the pending case challenging his own election. Under Musharraf's November 3 Provisional Constitution Order (PCO),he fired all Supreme [...]
2007-11-08 13:42:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4796NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES EMERGENCY
[...] (C) Summary: Post has confirmed that Pakistan's National Assembly approved November 7 Musharraf's imposition of emergency. However, contrary to some media reports, Musharraf did not/not commit to holding elections on time when he met with his coalition legislators earlier in the day. Instead [...]
2007-11-08 13:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4797MGPK01: SITREP 12, ELECTIONS TO BE HELD BY FEB 15;
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf announced today that national elections would take place before February 15 and that he would resign as Chief of Army Staff when the newly constituted Supreme Court rules on his election case. Bhutto exhorted supporters to join a PPP rally in Rawalpindi Novemb [...]
2007-11-08 14:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4805MGPK01: SITREP 13, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto is under virtual house arrest. Ambassador called Bhutto to urge her to consider the consequences of pushing for demonstrations and to express our concerns regarding further political polarization and her own personal safety. The [...]
2007-11-09 08:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL PINR KFLO CASC AMGT AEMR
07ISLAMABAD4809MGPK01: SITREP 14, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto attempted to leave her Islamabad home November 9, 1400 hours (local). She remains in her car, surrounded by 40-plus PPP supporters on foot. Bhutto talked her way through the first barricade but has been stopped at a second one. As of 15 [...]
2007-11-09 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4811PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF DUAL OFFICES BACKGROUNDER
[...] (U) President Pervez Musharraf currently serves as both President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff. This dual office role is permitted under the 17th amendment to the Pakistani Constitution, which specifically allowed Musharraf to hold both offices through Decembe [...]
2007-11-09 11:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD4813CONVERSATIONS WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador spoke to Benazir Bhutto November 8 and 9 to express concerns for Bhutto's safety and to urge her to consider the possible effect her rally and arrest might have on polarization and violence in the country. They spoke again mid-day as Bhutto was trying to leave her hous [...]
2007-11-09 12:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4814MGPK01: SITREP 15, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto retreated back into her house late November 9 after attempting to go to Rawalpindi to lead her party's demonstration. Her Islamabad home is now surrounded by police and barricades, a virtual if not yet official house arrest. Bhutto v [...]
2007-11-09 13:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4816MGPK01: SITREP 16, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP lifted the virtual house arrest on Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto. Ambassador raised Amcit and civil society detainees cases with Interior Minister. Lahore CG met separately with human rights activist Asma Jahangir and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Liaq [...]
2007-11-10 09:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4817PAKISTAN: RETHINKING ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Musharraf has now set a date for elections and indicated he will resign from the Army. This is an opportunity to re-examine our assistance relationship and consider changes that will enable USG funding to more directly promote a more robust counter-terrorism (CT) and c [...]
2007-11-10 10:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4818MGPK01: SITREP 17, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf was scheduled to give a press conference at 1400 local time; we will provide immediate follow-up information on his remarks for the Department. Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto moves to Lahore today in preparation for a planned "long march" Novem [...]
2007-11-11 10:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4819MUSHARRAF'S PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with local and international press November 11, President Musharraf announced elections would be held "by January 9" and said he would take the presidential oath of office as a civilian after the Supreme Court allows the Election Commission to confirm his re-election. He [...]
2007-11-12 10:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4821MGPK01: SITREP 18, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: REACTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Some opposition parties threatened to boycott elections if they are held under a state of emergency. All media covered the Secretary's Sunday talk shows comments on Pakistan. The Attorney General predicted the Supreme Court would begin hearing the case on Musharraf's re-electio [...]
2007-11-13 06:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4824MGPK01: SITREP 19, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP placed PPP leader Bhutto under house arrest and deployed several thousand police in Lahore, who are now (1330 local) clashing with PPP activists staging a "Long March" from Lahore to Islamabad. As Interior Minister promised Ambassador, the GOP last night released Amcit Ha [...]
2007-11-13 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4830PAKISTAN: NEXT POLITICAL STEPS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 14:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4832 PAKISTAN ELECTIONS OBSERVERS
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. President Musharraf announced November 11 that Pakistan's parliamentary elections will be held by January 9. With imposition of a state of emergency, post believes it is more important than ever to increase the number [...]
2007-11-14 01:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4837MGPK01: SITREP 20, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party "long march" continued November 14, but with much reduced numbers, resulting from hundreds of arrests. Bhutto remains under house arrest in Lahore but is busy contacting opposition party colleagues. Additional religious and nationalist party leaders h [...]
2007-11-14 10:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PREL PINR
07ISLAMABAD4864"LIKE MINDED" GROUP: REACTIONS TO ELECTIONS UNDER
[...] (C/NF) Summary: International donors for Pakistan's pro-democracy programs are growing increasingly skeptical that the government can reverse actions related to the state of emergency in time to stave off aid cuts or decisions to cancel election observation missions. Post continues to caution [...]
2007-11-15 12:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC
07ISLAMABAD4869MGPK01: SITREP 21, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: IMRAN KHAN
[...] (C) Summary: CNN, BBC and some local private TV news channels are back on the air. CG Lahore met with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, still under house arrest, in Lahore today. The PPP announced it would try again to launch the "long march" from Lahore to Islamabad; th [...]
2007-11-15 12:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4876MGPK01: SITREP 22, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary: The government this morning released PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and human rights activist Asma Jahangir. Senate Chairman Soomro today was sworn-in as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister. Musharraf amended the Provisional Constitutional Order to give the president and not the Chief [...]
2007-11-16 09:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4889FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post still awaits publication of the Central Command Planning Order that will formalize the security development plan (SDP). Post appreciates funding for Pashto radio programming and the temporary FATA Coordinator, and will continue to urge Pakistani leadership to appoint a FA [...]
2007-11-16 12:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS PK
07ISLAMABAD4890MUSHARRAF NAMES CARETAKER CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: As expected and provided for under the constitution, Musharraf named a caretaker cabinet when the National Assembly's term ended on November 15. Caretaker governments will be named for the provinces beginning November 20. These caretaker governments will serve until new assembli [...]
2007-11-16 12:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC
07ISLAMABAD4895MGPK01: SITREP 23, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: NEGROPONTE
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary met with National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz and telephoned Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto November 16; he met with President Musharraf and Vice Chief of Army Staff Kayani on November 17. The GOP officially shut down Geo TV overnight, which had s [...]
2007-11-17 10:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR PREL
07ISLAMABAD4925MGPK01: SITREP 24, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD:
[...] (C) Summary: The reconstituted Supreme Court dismissed most of the petitions against Musharraf's re-election when opposition attorneys refused to recognize the panel's authority. One petition remains for a November 22 hearing. Depending on the outcome of the case, Musharraf may be free to tak [...]
2007-11-19 13:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR PREL
07ISLAMABAD4947PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTIONS CALLED FOR JANUARY 8
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Qazi Muhammad Farooq announced November 20 that Pakistan will hold general elections for the National and Provincial Assemblies on January 8, 2008. Opposition parties were quick to question the credibility of elections under the current [...]
2007-11-20 13:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4962EXPANDED USAID PROGRAM IN PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable is a follow-up to reftel. In reftel, Post recommended that the $200 million cash transfer could be projectized. We believe funds currently used for the cash transfer could be more productively used for other USG programs that directly benefit the Pakistani people [...]
2007-11-21 11:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4965AMBASSADOR INVITES PAKISTAN TO ANNAPOLIS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) caretaker Foreign Minister (FM) Inamul Haq 21 November to invite him to attend the November 26-27 conference in Washington and Annapolis to advance Arab-Israeli peace. FM Haq pleasantly and courteously said he would need a few [...]
2007-11-21 13:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALCVIS PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4968MUSHARRAF'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S KING ABDALLAH
[...] (C) During a November 1 meeting between King Abdallah II of Jordan and President Musharraf in Islamabad, the two heads of state focused their brief discussion primarily on trade issues and the situation in the Middle East. The visit to Pakistan by King Abdallah was the third stop on a tour tha [...]
2007-11-21 15:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4990WEEKLY ROUNDUP: COURT CLEARS WAY FOR MUSHARRAF'S
[...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the final case challenging Musharraf's candidate eligibility, clearing the way for him to re-take the presidential oath of office as a civilian, possibly as early as this weekend. Musharraf issued new constitutional amendments to provide himself legal [...]
2007-11-23 12:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4992URGING THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO STAY ENGAGED ON
[...] (C) Summary and action request: Led by the European Commission, a growing number of European countries here are questioning their participation in election observer missions. Ambassador briefed her European counterparts November 22 (septel) to urge that they not take pre-emptive decisions th [...]
2007-11-23 12:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4993NWFP REQUESTS HELP TO SET UP IDP CAMPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) authorities have asked UNHCR and the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) for assistance in setting up IDP camps for residents fleeing the violence in Swat. The central government has yet to approve the request. Two potential sites have been [...]
2007-11-23 14:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK
07ISLAMABAD4994PAKISTAN: SLOW PROGRESS ON RESTORING POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: The government of Pakistan is making slow progress on restoring political rights under the still enforced state of emergency. The GOP's apparent "catch and release" policy and the bureaucratic lag between national release announcements and actual action at the local level make it [...]
2007-11-23 15:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4995MEETING WITH EU AMBASSADORS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with several EU ambassadors November 22 to brief them on the Deputy Secretary's recent visit and encourage their nations' continued support for election observer missions. See reftel requesting demarche in Brussels. The group agreed on goals of: (1) on-time electi [...]
2007-11-23 16:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4997AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML-N'S JAVED HASHMI
[...] (C) Summary: In-country president of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Javed Hashmi met with the Ambassador November 24, soon after his release from prison. He appreciated USG concern during his most recent ordeal but urged us to do more to lift the state of emergency and get the [...]
2007-11-25 12:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM
07ISLAMABAD4998IMPACT OF NAWAZ SHARIF'S RETURN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-25 15:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5017AMERICAN BUSINESSES EXPRESS VIEWS ON STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke November 20 at the Islamabad monthly American business breakfast meeting to share U.S. views the political and economic situation and to gauge business reaction to the state of emergency. Opinions diverged among the executives on the current state of affair [...]
2007-11-26 12:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5018PAKISTAN: UPDATE ON ATTORNEYS AHSAN AND MALIK
[...] (U) Summary. Both the current and former Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association Presidents have been released from jail. Aitzaz Ahsan has been transferred to house arrest in Lahore where he was allowed to file his election nomination papers. Munir Malik was transferred to the Pakistan Inst [...]
2007-11-26 13:08:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5019FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE (11/26/07)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Construction crews broke ground for the Border Coordination Center (BCC) at Torkham November 17. Design teams working on the Frontier Corps Training Center (FCTC) at Warsak will return within the week to refine construction timelines. The UK may proceed (ahead of the US) with ef [...]
2007-11-26 13:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
07ISLAMABAD5037AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH FAZLUR REHMAN
[...] (C) Summary. Responding to an invitation, Ambassador met for lunch with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Fazlur Rehman on November 20. Ambassador reiterated that the USG supporting lifting the state of emergency and steps to ensure the elections are free and fair. Rehman agreed, but he affirmed [...]
2007-11-27 08:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL PK
07ISLAMABAD505DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR PAKISTAN TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post is using several channels -- in coordination with Italian officials -- to invite and encourage Pakistan to participate in March classes at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The Pakistanis seem to want the COESPU training and are on board with the c [...]
2007-01-30 07:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV KPKO PK IT
07ISLAMABAD5054PAKISTAN: PLANNING FOR JANUARY 8 ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy is emailing to SCA, USAID, and DRL the first cut of the Mission Pakistan election monitoring plan. We will focus on constituencies which historically have been closely contested and/or stolen. We are planning, particularly if the Europeans do not participate in elec [...]
2007-11-28 07:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5060GOP DECLINES UNHCR HELP FOR IDPS FROM SWAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing concern about the optics, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority declined to approve the Northwest Frontier Province's request for UN assistance to help displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing the violence in Swat. NDMA claims it has sufficient tents and food, but pr [...]
2007-11-28 10:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK
07ISLAMABAD5085MUSHARRAF'S LEGACY AND THE RETURN OF THE TROIKA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 12:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5099PAKISTAN UPDATE: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26
[...] (C) Summary: Sporadic protests by lawyers, journalists and students continued around the country the week of November 26, and opposition political party leaders continued to debate whether to boycott the January 8 elections. In the wake of Pervez Musharraf's retirement as Chief of Army Staff, [...]
2007-11-30 14:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5100IMRAN KHAN STICKS TO HIS PRINCIPLES
[...] (C) Summary: With little to lose personally, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan is working to convince Pakistan's opposition parties to boycott the January general elections. Khan predicted any coalition government formed after the election would be short-lived and suggested tha [...]
2007-12-01 09:12:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5101AMBASSADOR MEETS CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with Ambassador, Caretaker Prime Minister Muhammedmian Soomro reiterated the government's commitment to facilitate election observers. He promised immediate action to resolve eviction notices and visa problems of the International Republican Institute and T [...]
2007-12-01 09:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PHUM
07ISLAMABAD5102CODEL BENNETT'S MEETING WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary. With Codel Bennett November 30, Benazir Bhutto indicated she will participate in the January 8 general elections but asked for USG assistance in ensuring those elections are free and fair. Codel members expressed support for ensuring the integrity of elections but noted the larger issu [...]
2007-12-01 10:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5138AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAWAZ SHARIF
[...] (C) Summary. During a one and a half hour meeting December 3 with Pakistan Muslim League-N party leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz, Ambassador outlined USG support for free and fair elections with the participation of all parties. Nawaz indicated that he would boycott the electio [...]
2007-12-04 15:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5140FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE (12/02/07)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We will be advising the Pakistanis on mechanisms to improve civil-military coordination in the FATA. Outcomes in Swat could be a case study for future FATA operations; effective civil affairs follow-up will be needed to consolidate short term security gains by Pak forces and rev [...]
2007-12-05 01:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
07ISLAMABAD5160USG SUPPORT FOR CREDIBLE PAKISTANI ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Pakistanis will go to the polls on January 8 to choose new National and Provincial Assemblies. It appears that none of the three major parties will receive enough votes to independently form a government, so political vote swapping and coalition building is in full swing. Pakista [...]
2007-12-05 14:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK PREL EAID PHUM
07ISLAMABAD5161BHUTTO CALLS ON THE AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto called on the Ambassador to thank her for the "critical" USG pressure that pushed Musharraf to resign from the Army and lift the state of emergency. Bhutto shared her concern about the government's ongoing and planned efforts to rig th [...]
2007-12-05 15:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL EAID
07ISLAMABAD5178PAKISTAN'S ELECTORAL CODE OF CONDUCT
[...] (C) Summary: The Election Commission of Pakistan has now issued its Electoral Code of Conduct for the January elections. With no enforcement mechanisms, it will have little impact except to generate political party complaints. On November 27, the Ministry of Interior released further "unoffic [...]
2007-12-06 13:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5192GOP STEPS TOWARD NORMALIZATION
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's Attorney General outlined to Polcouns several steps in the GOP plan to restore constitutional normalcy. The constitution will be fully restored and the state of emergency will be lifted on December 15; all judges will re-take an oath to uphold the constitution; poli [...]
2007-12-08 07:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5193PAKISTAN: GEO TV UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The Sindh High Court denied on technical grounds Geo TV's petitions on December 4 to resume full broadcasting. Geo TV remains the only channel unable to air domestically. Other news stations are allowed to broadcast because they have agreed to a Media Code of Conduct, which allow [...]
2007-12-08 08:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5235PAKISTAN: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 13:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL IS UNGA
07ISLAMABAD5237NSA AZIZ PROPOSES STEPS TO IMPROVE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM called on National Security Advisor (NSA) Tariq Aziz December 11 to discuss the on-going political situation and upcoming elections. NSA Aziz said the Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan recently met with Nawaz Sharif, implying the Saudis had tried to encourage a rappr [...]
2007-12-11 14:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5263PAKISTAN VOTES FOR ISRAELI-SPONSORED UN RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary. We welcome Pakistan's December 11 UNGA vote in favor of an Israeli-sponsored resolution; however, the MFA was quick to stress privately and publicly that the vote was a reflection of Pakistan's support for the content of the resolution and should in no way be interpreted as a polic [...]
2007-12-13 12:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK IS UNGA PREL
07ISLAMABAD5267GOP URGES U.S. TO BACK OFF PUBLIC CRITICISM
[...] (C) On December 5, MFA convoked Polcouns and the Ministry of Information convoked Press Attach to complain about public statements by in-country Mission officials. MFA's Acting Director of Americas Sohail Mahmood told Polcouns that our consuls general were making "inappropriate" "political" [...]
2007-12-14 05:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5283PAKISTAN: ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTS OF COALITION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. On D...SUBJECT: PAKISTAN: ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTS OF COALITION AIRCRAFT Classified By: Anne W. Patterson, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d) Â [...]
2007-12-14 10:14:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5289PAKISTAN: STATE OF EMERGENCY LIFTED
[...] (U) Summary: As promised, President Musharraf has lifted the State of Emergency (SOE) and restored the constitution; he addresses the nation at 2000 local tonight. The January 8 general elections can now proceed under an established legal framework. However, the effects of the SOE linger on [...]
2007-12-15 09:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5305PAKISTAN ELECTIONS: PREPARATION AND MONITORING
[...] (SBU) Summary. December 15 was the last day for candidates to withdraw or change political parties in the run-up to Pakistan's January 8 parliamentary elections. All the major parties will contest the election and are now heavily engaged in campaigning. USG- and international donor-sponso [...]
2007-12-18 10:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5358SITREP 1: BHUTTO KILLED BY RALLY BOMB BLAST
[...] (C) At about 1800 hours (local) December 27, Benazir Bhutto suffered fatal injuries while departing a campaign rally outside of Rawalpindi. Initial reports from the scene stated a suicide bomber, carrying four kilos of explosives, approached Bhutto's vehicle as she was getting in to depart. B [...]
2007-12-27 14:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5359SITREP 2: BHUTTO, FAMILY TO LARKHANA; MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary: Bhutto's December 27 assassination caused immediate reactions throughout Pakistan: Musharraf addressed the nation calling for calm, while PPP supporters spontaneously rallied, causing damage to cars and select buildings. Bhutto's body will likely be moved to Larkhana (Bhutto's an [...]
2007-12-27 17:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5361CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 27 meeting with Codel Specter, President Musharraf outlined ongoing Pakistani efforts to fight extremism, expressed support for increased IMET funding, and defended his decision to impose a state of emergency. Senator Specter pressed for Pakistan to capture Usama [...]
2007-12-27 19:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5362CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Specter had an impromptu meeting with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai December 27 in Islamabad. Karzai was extremely courteous and thanked Senator Specter and Representative Kennedy for continued USG assistance to Afghanistan. Karzai described his December 26 meetin [...]
2007-12-27 19:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL SNAR PTER
07ISLAMABAD5380MGPK02: SITREP 3: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL; PROTESTS
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP transported the body of slain Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto to Larkana, where funeral services are taking place as of 1430 hours December 28. Violent sporadic protests occurred throughout the country well into the night of December 27. Pakistan was r [...]
2007-12-28 11:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC CASC PINR KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5383BHUTTO'S ASSASSINATION: THE DAY AFTER
[...] (C) Summary. Benazir Bhutto's family and supporters are consumed with funeral and mourning ceremonies, but the struggle for party leadership between Benazir's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, and PPP Vice Chairman Amin Faheem has begun. The USG is perceived as being the power behind Bhutto's retur [...]
2007-12-28 13:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5384AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BHUTTO ASSASSINATION WITH NSA
[...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met NSA Tariq Aziz December 28 to discuss the GOP's reaction to the assassination of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto. Aziz made the following points: 2. (C) The GOP will defer to the PPP on whether to proceed on schedule with the election. Azi [...]
2007-12-28 13:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5388PAKISTAN’S NEXT PRIME MINISTER?
[...] (S/NF) The Pakistan Muslim League has unofficially selected former Punjab Chief Minister and current head of the party's Punjab chapter, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, as its candidate for the Prime Ministership following the January 2008 national elections. Elahi, who until the November 15 dissolution of [...]
2007-12-28 16:40:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PINR SHUM PK PINS
07ISLAMABAD5390MGPK02: SITREP 4: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL FOLLOWED BY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Countrywide protests, violence and widespread arson followed the December 28 afternoon interment of Benazir Bhutto. Today has brought greater calm in many areas with most businesses closed and light traffic on the streets, but unrest continues in some cities, especially Karachi. [...]
2007-12-29 11:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC AMGT CASC PINR MARR
07ISLAMABAD5392INITIAL BHUTTO INVESTIGATION BRIEFED TO DIP CORPS
[...] (C) Summary: At a special briefing for the diplomatic corps December 29, Interior Secretary Kamal Shah presented the GOP's "initial findings" from the investigation into the Bhutto assassination. Basing his conclusions primarily on medical reports, Shah stated that Bhutto was killed by the bl [...]
2007-12-29 12:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER MARR ASEC
07ISLAMABAD5393MGPK02: SITREP 5: PPP POST-BENAZIR STRATEGY;
[...] (C) Summary: Order was being restored in much of Pakistan on the last day of the 3-day mourning period in memory of Benazir Bhutto. In Sindh and its major city of Karachi, violence and casualties continued with widespread property loss. Shops remained closed, but airports and roads reopened [...]
2007-12-30 12:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5394OPEN COMPETITION LEADS TO VERY LOW MOBILE PHONE RATES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's telecommunication policy reforms earned the country USD 8.0 billion in investments over the past four years. Promotion of open competition in the telecom industry has led to some of the lowest mobile phone rates in the world and substantially increased the average Pa [...]
2007-12-30 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON ETRD EICN EINV PBTS PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5395BHUTTO'S SON (AND HUSBAND) NEW PPP LEADERS; PPP
[...] (C) The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has chosen Benazir's son, Bilawal Bhutto, to lead the party, with support from her husband, Asif Ali Zardari as a co-chair. Amin Faheem will continue as Vice Chairman and be the PPP's candidate for Prime Minister. While Bilawal finishes his degree at Oxf [...]
2007-12-30 15:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5410MGPK02: SITREP 6: CALM BEING RESTORED; ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan today slowly returned to life after three days of mourning for Benazir Bhutto. Major cities were largely quiet December 31, with most businesses open and public transportation running. Pakistan's Election Commission deferred to tomorrow a decision on whether elections c [...]
2007-12-31 12:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5411PAKISTAN: CODEL SPECTER MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 27 meeting with General Tariq Majid, Pakistan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Senator Arlen Specter and Representative Patrick Kennedy stressed the importance of U.S.-Pakistan military cooperation, support for Pakistan's counter-terrorism efforts, and the p [...]
2007-12-31 12:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD616LATEST STEPS ON CURRICULUM REFORM IN PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-06 12:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PTER SCUL SOCI
07ISLAMABAD625GOVERNMENT ORDERS ILLEGAL MOSQUES DEMOLISHED,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Pakistani government is pitted against Muslim hard-liners over the fate of illegally constructed mosques in Islamabad. The Capital Development Authority has demolished three mosques in the recent weeks and has its sights on dozens more. This is the centerpiece of a broader [...]
2007-02-07 11:31:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SCUL PK
07ISLAMABAD637SUPREME COURT'S DEMAND TO ACCOUNT FOR MISSING DRAWS LIMITED GOVERNMENT COOPERATION
[...] (C) On October 9, 2006, after agitation by human rights organizations and repeated public protests by family members, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the Government to locate 41 missing Pakistanis believed to have been arrested by government authorities and subsequently held incommunicado, of [...]
2007-02-08 08:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PTER PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD674G.G. ON JIRGAS
[...] (C) Summary. Minister of Culture Dr. Ghazi Gulab (G.G.) Jamal, a key member of Pakistan's jirga commission, told us February 7 that, when representatives of the two commissions meet later in February, key topics for discussion will include: to whom to issue jirga invitations; the scope of the [...]
2007-02-12 02:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD898JIRGA INVITATION UPDATE
[...] (C) On February 21, Mark Pont, the UNAMA representative in Islamabad, told us he had heard "rumors" that President Karzai had instructed Pir Gilani not to respond to an invitation to visit Islamabad to discuss cross-border or parallel jirgas. Pont, who is friends with some of Gilani's relativ [...]
2007-02-26 13:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD899INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO SAYS PROACTIVE STEPS NECESSARY IN TRIBAL AREAS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 13:41:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PK
07ISTANBUL1005TURKISH SECURITY CHALLENGES: DOMESTIC PRESSURES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-23 08:42:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER TU
07ISTANBUL1006EDIRNE FLOODS - AGAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-23 08:42:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL103CALIK ON ASHGABAT LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Ahmet Calik, Turkish oligarch and longtime Ashgabat insider, shared his views on Turkmen developments February 11 in Istanbul with visiting SCA PDAS Mann. We convey them as an additional window on Turkmen issues. 2. (C) Calik has known interim President Berdimukhammedov since 1997 wh [...]
2007-02-12 14:48:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDEPET PGOV TX
07ISTANBUL1036ISTANBUL DEPUTY GOVERNOR TOES PARTY LINE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. The Istanbul Deputy Governor responsible for minority issues told a small delegation of influential U.S.-based "Archons" of the Ecumenical Patriarchate that the vandalism recently conducted by Turkish Forestry Ministry employees on a Greek Orthodox church had been carried out in [...]
2007-12-04 15:55:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL1037AKP INSIDER COMMENTS ON MISSIONARIES, TRADE WITH
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Ibrahim Yildirim is a well-connected Justice and Development Party (AK) insider and frequent contact of the consulate, though he holds neither a titled party position nor political office. During an extended conversation, Yildirim said there should be no compulsion [...]
2007-12-05 08:06:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU IR SY
07ISTANBUL1045GENDER EQUALITY IN TURKISH POLITICS: IS PARITY
[...] (U) At a joint Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation-ARI Movement conference entitled 'Young Women Fit For Politics', Turkish and Swedish MP's discussed women's role in policy-making. The Hjalmarson Foundation -- a democracy-development foundation tied to the Moderate party of Sweden -- and the ARI Movem [...]
2007-12-11 08:49:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL1046CODEL SHAYS CONFRONTS SKEPTICAL BUSINESSMEN IN
[...] (C) Summary. Codel Shays' November 29 meetings in Istanbul underlined contrasts in Turkish thinking on Iraq, the PKK and the U.S. image in Turkey. President of Karadeniz Holding Orhan Karadeniz told Congressman Shays Iraq remains a mess, despite military accomplishments. Turkey is very sen [...]
2007-12-11 08:50:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ
07ISTANBUL1049THE AKP BRINGS WATER TO ISTANBUL
[...] (U) Prime Minister Erdogan presided over the official opening of the Melen Project, a massive endeavor to provide residents of Istanbul with sufficient water. This project diverts water from the Melen River and pipes it about 150 km westward to Istanbul. The ceremony celebrated the complet [...]
2007-12-11 10:45:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD SENV PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL1051GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA
[...] (SBU) The International Conference on Islamophobia accused "the West" of an irrational fear of Islam. Most speakers provided anecdotal evidence of hostile actions towards Muslims, including Turkey,s ban against headscarves in public institutions. A small minority of speakers raised the need [...]
2007-12-11 14:34:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV AORC TU
07ISTANBUL1052TURKISH BANK REPRESENTATIVES PLEDGE HEIGHTENED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of several Turkish banks told Istanbul Iran Watcher on November 29 that they are acting with "extreme vigilance" against the risks posed by the Iranian financial sector and scrutinizing all transactions with Iranian banks, including those designated by the USG on [...]
2007-12-11 14:55:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IR PGOV PREL PTER TU
07ISTANBUL106AHMET CALIK ON ASHGABAT LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Ahmet Calik, Turkish oligarch and longtime Ashgabat insider, shared his views on Turkmen developments February 11 in Istanbul with visiting SCA PDAS Mann. We convey them as an additional window on Turkmen issues. 2. (C) Calik has known interim President Berdimuhammedov since 1997 whe [...]
2007-02-13 07:40:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV TX
07ISTANBUL1073CONSUL GENERAL'S CALL ON TURKISH-ARMENIAN ORTHODOX
[...] (C) Summary. The leader of the Armenian Orthodox community in Turkey, His Beatitude Mesrob II, during the Consul General's introductory call, expressed optimism that the government will soon pass a proposed new Law on Foundations. He stressed progress for Armenia depended on reconciliation [...]
2007-12-18 16:06:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL1088TURKISH ALEVIS HOPEFUL FOLLOWING ECHR DECISION ON
[...] (C) Summary. Some 15 million Turkish Alevis have reason to be hopeful following an October 9 European Court of Human Rights ruling and press reports that the government may soon propose a plan to address their long-disputed grievances. Prominent Alevi advocate Izettin Dogan recently told us t [...]
2007-12-31 13:58:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL110NEW TUSIAD CHAIRMAN: US CAN HELP CURB RISING
[...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) Chairman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag and the head of TUSIAD's parliamentary commission Pekin Baran told Ambassador that the loss of EU and US credibility in Turkey has contributed to the recent rise of natio [...]
2007-02-14 09:48:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON TU AM
07ISTANBUL116AMCONSULATE ISTANBUL RECEIVES PURPORTED OCALAN
[...] (C/NF) Consulate has received a letter purporting to be from jailed PKK leader Abullah Ocalan. The envelope was postmarked January 11, 2007, from Beyoglu, Istanbul and addressed to ConGen Istanbul's former Beyoglu office building. The Asrin Law Firm, responsible for Abdullah Ocalan's lega [...]
2007-02-15 11:45:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
07ISTANBUL120HRANT DINK SUCCESSOR CONCERNED FOR FUTURE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Hrant Dink's widow and Armenian-Turkish weekly Agos' new editor-in-chief Etyen Mahcupyan to express condolences and discuss the state of affairs for the newspaper and the Armenian community in Turkey since Dink's January 19 assassination. Mahcupyan expressed [...]
2007-02-16 08:58:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR TU
07ISTANBUL136ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH DISCUSSES HALKI OPTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. While in Istanbul to attend a session of the U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met separately with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II (septel.) In his meeting with Bartholomew, the two touched on issues related t [...]
2007-02-23 05:17:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL137TURKEY'S ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ON THE GENOCIDE
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 8 meeting with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Armenian Patriarch for Istanbul and all of Turkey Mesrob II (please protect) and who asked not to be quoted on this point, said he feared that passage of the Armenian genocide resolution (H.R. 106) could lead to "violent backl [...]
2007-02-23 06:59:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL148ISTANBUL JANUARY PD ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: Istanbul PAS activities in January 2007 included organizing an official visit by the Consul General to Kocaeli, an industrial province east of Istanbul; a round-table discussion with a group of young journalists; and a radio interview with one of Turkey's leading intellectuals. In a [...]
2007-02-23 15:10:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO PREL TU
07ISTANBUL15DISPARATE ALEVI GROUPS AGREE TURKISH GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Alevi groups representing different religious ideologies shared with us views about their beliefs and disputes with the Government of Turkey. The Ehl-i-Beyt and Cem Foundations continue to seek legal recognition of their faith and proportional support from the Government, as w [...]
2007-01-12 11:08:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL150REP HARMAN DISCUSSES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary. Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) met February 21 with Turkish PM Erdogan, Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II, and reform-minded NGO leaders Can Paker and Etyen Mahcupyan to hear Turkish views on the Armenian genocide resolution pending in the House. PM Erdogan highlighted Turkey,s close work [...]
2007-02-26 12:47:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL162ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE STRESSES SECURITY CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarchate senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia summarized Patriarchate grievances against the GOT during SFRC Majority Staff member Tomicah Tillemann's February 22 visit. Meliton was particularly concerned about recent anonymous threats directed aga [...]
2007-02-28 08:28:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL AM TU
07ISTANBUL164SECURITY SURVEY: ISTANBUL BASED ECUMENICAL
[...] (SBU) Subsequent to reported threats (reftel) against the Ecumenical and Armenian Patriarchates in Istanbul, Ecumenical Patriarchate administrative staffer Paul Gikas contacted us on February 15 to accept Consulate's previous offers to provide security improvement recommendations. In response [...]
2007-03-01 15:34:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL187S/P KRASNER DISCUSSES IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST,
[...] (C) Summary. Following policy/planning consultations with the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara, S/P Director Stephen Krasner met with the secular, nationalist-leaning Marmara group as well as academics in Istanbul on February 23-24. Lecturer and writer Soli Ozel questioned how a revolutio [...]
2007-03-08 08:40:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU IZ IR
07ISTANBUL209SCA'S FEIGENBAUM AND DEUTSCH IN ISTANBUL:
[...] (SBU) Summary. SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch held meetings in Istanbul February 27 with business and NGO interlocutors regarding Central Asia (reftels),with a heavy focus on Turkmenistan. Businessman Ahmet Calik counseled a step-by-step approach to working with [...]
2007-03-15 12:51:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TX
07ISTANBUL212ISTANBUL DEPUTY GOVERNOR - EUR DAS BRYZA
[...] (C) Summary: Istanbul Deputy Governor for minority affairs Fikret Kasapoglu told EUR DAS Bryza during a March 9 meeting that the Minister of Education had expressed to him six months ago a favorable opinion of a proposal to re-open Halki Seminary as a two-year high school. Kasapoglu believed [...]
2007-03-15 16:20:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV AM GR TU
07ISTANBUL234AMBASSADOR'S FOLLOW-UP WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH
[...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I reiterated Patriarchate grievances against the GOT to Ambassador during a March 16 meeting intended to follow-up recent USG discussions with the Patriarchate and GOT officials. His All Holiness expressed hope that progress would be made after [...]
2007-03-22 07:00:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL252TURKISH OPINION MAKERS ON PM ERDOGAN AND THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In what was meant to be an hour and a half tour d'horizon with three of Turkey's most prominent opinion makers, Ambassador was only able to get one question in: Will PM Erdogan be a candidate for President? The heated debate that ensued was a sharp contrast to the backdrop of [...]
2007-03-26 13:38:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL258BANKERS' TAKE ON POSSIBLE ELECTION OUTCOMES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul bankers and key business leaders are evenly divided on Prime Minister Erdogan's presidential aspirations with some claiming he would be a fool to take the highly respected but largely ceremonial position while others claim Erdogan's ego will not allow him to forego the [...]
2007-03-28 10:34:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN TU
07ISTANBUL346FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DAVUTOGLU'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Iraq Coordinator David Satterfield met with Prime Minister Erdogan,s senior foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday, April 21, 2007, to discuss U.S. and Turkish policy toward Iraq and related issues. Ambassador Oguz Celikkol, special representative [...]
2007-04-24 15:54:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPGOV PREL TU IZ XF
07ISTANBUL347ISTANBUL FEBRUARY-APRIL PD ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: During the February-April period, PAS Istanbul's efforts concentrated on addressing press reports claiming U.S. "inactivity" on the PKK in northern Iraq and on speculations that Armenia "Genocide" resolutions in both the House and the Senate were expected to pass. We also organized [...]
2007-04-25 08:55:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO PREL TU
07ISTANBUL349CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES SECURITY, MINORITIES WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Consul General met Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler on April 20 to express condolences and address security concerns for American citizens and minority community members in Turkey following the April 18 murders of three Christian bookstore employees in Malatya (ref A). Guler conde [...]
2007-04-25 13:20:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ASEC TU
07ISTANBUL353A GATHERING OF GULENISTS, WITH A SPLASH OF SCOTCH
[...] (C) Summary. An April 17 gathering of journalists, academicians, religious and political leaders either merely familiar with, sympathetic to or loyal followers of Fethullah Gulen painted a picture of the self-exiled, U.S.-based Turkish religious leader as a compassionate and tolerant humanit [...]
2007-04-27 14:41:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL358HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN ISTANBUL MARCH FOR
[...] Summary: An unprecedented crowd of around 1 million rallied in Istanbul on April 29 in support of Turkey's secular democracy. The previously planned rally followed a strong statement by the Turkish military on April 27, warning of threats to the secular republic (refs B, C). Within the div [...]
2007-04-30 13:33:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL363ISTANBUL MAY DAY 2007
[...] (SBU) Following Sunday's "largest ever" demonstration in Turkey (reftel),a union-inspired crowd today took to the streets to hold traditional May Day demonstrations. Depending on where one started the day, the morning commute was either easier than normal or nearly impossible as police tried [...]
2007-05-01 12:51:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL38HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ASSASSINATED IN ISTANBUL
[...] Human rights activist and newspaper publisher Hrint Dink was assassinated at approximately 1500 local time outside the offices of the bilingual Turkish- and Armenian-language newspaper Agos. Television reporters on the scene less than one-half hour later report four spent bullet casings on the [...]
2007-01-19 14:00:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL387DINK TRIAL TO BE HELD ON JULY 2
[...] Istanbul's Heavy Penal Court No. 14 will hear the case against the 18 suspects in the Hrant Dink assassination on July 2. The hearing will be closed to observers because Ogun Samast, the primary suspect, is a minor. The court has invited Orhan Pamuk, who was threatened by one of the suspect [...]
2007-05-09 06:34:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL406ISTANBUL: A TALE OF THREE OUTLOOKS
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, an entrepreneur and founding member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP),a representative of Turkish tradesmen and craftsmen, and a Kemalist academic each commented on today's politics; the first resentful of secularist prejudice, the second aggrieved [...]
2007-05-15 12:36:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL417ISTANBUL BRINGS NGO EXPERT TO ADDRESS TRANSPARENCY,
[...] Summary: As part of mission's ongoing support of Turkish NGO development, PAS Istanbul designed an April 30 - May 7 program with U.S. Speaker Alan Kumamoto, Partner of Kumamoto Associates and board member of NCIV Los Angeles. Kumamoto reached a wide variety of grassroots organizations, civic [...]
2007-05-16 13:22:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SCUL KPAO KDEM TU
07ISTANBUL42SITREP 2. DINK ASSAILANT ARRESTED; HIGH LEVEL
[...] (U) In the aftermath of the January 19 murder in Istanbul of Agos weekly editor and founder Hrant Dink, his suspected assailant, 17-year old Ogun Samast, was arrested by Turkish National Police Saturday evening as he stepped off a bus in Samsun en route to his home in Trabzon after his father [...]
2007-01-22 12:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL427FORUM ISTANBUL: DP'S MEHMET AGAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Mehmet Agar, soon-to-be chairman of the new Democrat Party (DP) that will shortly be formed through unification of his own True Path Party (DYP) and the Motherland (ANAP) party, last week called democracy "the most important value in the world today" and the sine qua non for T [...]
2007-05-21 12:23:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL44SITREP 3. HRANT DINK MEMORIAL AND FUNERAL
[...] (U) Memorial activities for slain Turkish human rights activist Hrant Dink began promptly at 11 a.m. local time in front of the Agos newspaper editorial offices where Dink had been editor-in-chief. A sea of humanity packed the wide boulevard from side to side for a total of perhaps one-half [...]
2007-01-23 12:31:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL46TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES POLICY FOR AKP
[...] (C) Summary. Several thousand Istanbul Justice and Development Party (AKP) precinct captains and party faithful jammed an auditorium January 13 to hear Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul acclaim Turkey's foreign policy achievements and goals as the party continues its campaign to energize its coh [...]
2007-01-24 09:51:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL468ONE INSIDER'S AKP: MISTAKES, POSSIBILITIES,
[...] (C) Summary. Metin Kulunk, an Istanbul-based Justice and Development Party (AKP) founding member and rival to Mehmet Muezzinoglu for AK Party's Istanbul Chairmanship, met with us May 23 to review his recent trip to the U.S. and share views of the AKP heading into parliamentary elections. He [...]
2007-06-01 09:39:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL475ZEYNEL ERDEM DISCUSSES GULENIST SCHOOLS
[...] (C) Zeynel Erdem, a wealthy local businessman and self-described 'advocate for America' (please protect) used a May 31 appointment with CG to raise two cases of Fetullah Gulen (FG) adherents who'd recently been barred from entering the United States. (See reftel for more detail on Gulen and t [...]
2007-06-04 12:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV CVIS TU
07ISTANBUL498MEETING WITH GENC PARTY ISTANBUL CHAIRMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Soner Cokbilgin, the current Istanbul chairman of the Genc ("Young") Party, discussed Genc Party,s brief history, the July 22 parliamentary elections, and future goals with us on May 23 in Istanbul. Genc Party is a vehicle for the political aspirations of Cem Uzan, a controve [...]
2007-06-08 13:14:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL50TURKISH LEGAL SOURCES REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION
[...] (SBU) The following information is a summary of the relevant legal sources and points associated with the administration and closing of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Halki Seminary. Most of the information is taken from a Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) publication ent [...]
2007-01-24 16:09:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL509ANAVATAN WITHDRAWS FROM ELECTION, HOPES TO
[...] (C) Summary: Motherland Party (ANAVATAN) Istanbul Branch Chairman Sinan Gedik confided his party withdrew on June 8 from upcoming parliamentary elections because it anticipates the elections will result in a three-party parliament unable to elect a president and consequently forced to dissolv [...]
2007-06-13 08:01:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL517TURKISH DEMOCRACY: ISOLATION AND TRADITION
[...] (C) Summary. Sabanci University political science professor Ali Carkoglu argued in a recent meeting that traditional Kemalists - the military, the courts, Turkey's bureaucracy - are insulated from normal Turkish society and have no stake in its improvement. A siege mentality and sense of is [...]
2007-06-15 11:38:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL52BIBLE SOCIETY'S EXPERIENCE TRANSCENDS RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: The Bible Society in Turkey, established by Congregational Protestant missionaries in Istanbul in 1820, continues to enjoy freedom from government interference in its operations. Notably, its recent publication of a Kurdish language Bible received little GOT attention and was ev [...]
2007-01-25 11:07:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL531PRO-KURDISH PARTY: A FRESH APPROACH TO GAINING
[...] (C) Summary. The Kurdish nationalist Democratic Society Party (DTP) is running one "independent" candidate from each of Istanbul's three electoral districts; the party claims each is likely to attract enough support to gain seats in parliament. Nationwide, 40% of the party's candidates are [...]
2007-06-22 10:41:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL538ARTICLE 301 CONTINUES TO HAUNT DINK FAMILY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hrant Dink's son Arat, a managing editor at the Armenian-language weekly newspaper his father founded, and another "Agos" colleague were acquitted on June 14 of charges associated with "attempting to influence the judiciary." The same court postponed the hearing of a more cont [...]
2007-06-22 14:01:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL539AN EVENING WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW I
[...] (C) Summary: His All Holiness Bartholomew I used a farewell dinner he hosted in honor of the departing Consul General to express appreciation for the USG's continuing support and for the Consul General's personal interest in the issues affecting the Ecumenical Patriarchate. He lamented havi [...]
2007-06-25 12:09:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL TU GR
07ISTANBUL541DAS BRYZA, AMB DAVUTOGLU DISCUSS WAY FORWARD ON
[...] (C) Summary. During a June 15 meeting in Istanbul, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Prime Ministry senior advisor Ahmet Davutoglu discussed ways forward on Cyprus in the run up to the December 2008 EU Commission report on Turkey's accession process. Davutoglu argued that the current government was un [...]
2007-06-26 08:42:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU CY EUN
07ISTANBUL542TUSIAD LUNCHEON WITH COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Commerce David Sampson, joined by Ambassador Wilson and Consul General, met with leaders of the Turkish Industrialists, and Businessmen,s Association (TUSIAD) on June 7 at TUSIAD,s headquarters in Istanbul. The discussion focused on the organization's missi [...]
2007-06-26 09:13:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL554YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY'S "DON'T IGNORE, VOTE!"
[...] (SBU) Summary. Playing off an American rap star's "Vote or Die" campaign, a group of Turkish students and their professor at Istanbul's Yeditepe University have launched a popular get-out-the-vote initiative called &Koyverme, oy ver!8 (&Don,t ignore, vote!8) to promote voter turnout in the Ju [...]
2007-06-28 06:16:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL556AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SUES LOCAL GOVERNMENT OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Amnesty International's (AI) Turkey branch filed civil cases against two local government authorities, the Beyoglu District Governor's office and the Istanbul Governor's office, for failing to respond to queries related to the January seizure of 75,000 YTL (approx 57,000 dollar [...]
2007-06-28 15:22:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL577OPENING SESSION OF DINK MURDER TRIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The much anticipated trial of 18 suspects in the January 19 murder of Turkish Armenian human rights activist Hrant Dink (ref A) began on July 2 in a closed-court session because the murder suspect is a minor. Following accusations of police complicity in the murder and questio [...]
2007-07-03 10:45:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL60THE DISTAFF SIDE OF AK LEADERSHIP: ROOM FOR MORE
[...] (C) Summary: During a small dinner hosted by Justice and Development Party (AKP) "networker" Mutlu Alkan, State Minister for Women's and Children's issues Nimet Cubukcu expressed confidence in the ruling party's ability to succeed in this year's parliamentary elections, while lamenting the c [...]
2007-01-26 13:49:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL607CHALLENGE TO NON-TURKISH SYNOD MEMBERS OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Ultra-nationalist attorney Kemal Kerincsiz, citing the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals' (Yargitay) June 26 rejection of the ecumenical nature of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, requested the Governor of Istanbul intervene to block the Holy Synod's July 7-10 meetin [...]
2007-07-09 11:56:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL61HRANT DINK MEMORIAL SERVICES INSPIRE TURKISH
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Consulate staff joined tens of thousands of Turkish citizens of various ethnicities, along with a significant international audience at memorial and funeral services for Turkish-Armenian human rights advocate Hrant Dink, murdered January 19 in front of his Agos [...]
2007-01-26 18:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL TU AM
07ISTANBUL624STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY/GUREVICH DISCUSS ELECTIONS, VIEW
[...] (C) Summary. In separate July 7 meetings, House Committee on Foreign Affairs (HCFA) Senior Staff Members Alan Makovsky and Gene Gurevich discussed the July 22 parliamentary elections, the possibility of a cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq, and the effects of a possible U.S. Arm [...]
2007-07-13 06:24:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL631NORTHWEST TURKEY'S TEKIRDAG IN CAMPAIGN MOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary. We visited Tekirdag located just up the Marmara seacoast northwest of Istanbul a few days after the press splashed claims of U.S. support to the PKK by three masked persons said to be PKK defectors across newspapers and television sets. The pleasant town, known for excellent k [...]
2007-07-16 13:55:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL636ISTANBUL INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE SHOT DEAD
[...] Tuncay Seyranlioglu, an independent candidate for parliament in Istanbul's 2nd electoral district, was shot dead on July 16 in the suburban Kemerburgaz neighborhood of Istanbul. Seyranlioglu had just finished a television interview when assailants opened fire on his vehicle. His three passen [...]
2007-07-17 12:54:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL638YARGITAY'S RULING ON ECUMENICITY: WHAT DOES IT
[...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarchate attorney Kezban Hatemi and Ecumenical Patriarch senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton, separately, gave us very different assessments of the implications of the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals' (Yargitay) recent rejection of the ecumenicity of the Greek Ort [...]
2007-07-18 11:36:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL653BURSA: RESERVED FORMER OTTOMAN CAPITAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Consulate Istanbul's final pre-election campaign visit was to Bursa, traveling aboard a new 75-minute car ferry from Istanbul to a dock just 25 miles from the town center, cutting the four-hour car trip to under two hours. Businessmen in their Mercedes joined vacationers to fil [...]
2007-07-20 11:41:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL66HRANT DINK: DISCUSSION WITH USCIRF ON RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) The tragic murder of Armenian Turkish human rights advocate Hrant Dink on January 19 was a tremendous loss for Turkey (ref A). Embassy and Consulate staff had frequent contact with Dink over the years, most recently on November 14, 2006 when he met with the United States Commission on In [...]
2007-01-30 09:00:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL663ISTANBUL INDEPENDENT: FROM PRISON TO PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) Democratic Society Party'S (DTP)-affiliated independent candidate Sebahat Tuncel was elected with nearly 90,000 votes in Istanbul,s 3rd district. Tuncel was arrested during a police operation in the DTP office in Bagcilar district of Istanbul in November 2006. She has been kept in Geb [...]
2007-07-23 15:35:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER TU
07ISTANBUL664ISTANBUL GOVERNORSHIP: YARGITAY'S REJECTION OF
[...] (C) Summary. Istanbul Deputy Governor for minority affairs Fikret Kasapoglu described the Yargitay,s recent rejection of the Greek Orthodox patriarchate's ecumenicity as a commentary rather than a binding decision. He stressed GOT policy on this issue remained the same and that it was the g [...]
2007-07-24 06:10:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL TU GR
07ISTANBUL675TURKEY: SMALL PARTY ALLEGES RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The minuscule Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) intends to file a complaint of "gross violations" of rights against Turkey's Supreme Election Board (SEB) with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The SEB's decisions are final and may not be appealed to any body inside Turkey, [...]
2007-07-26 13:13:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL690AKP MP VAHIT ERDEM ON BILATERAL RELATIONS,
[...] (C) Summary. Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP Vahit Erdem argued that the U.S. offers the only viable strategic partnership for Turkey, but noted that U.S. Iraq policy is an enormous problem and cautioned that only concrete U.S. action against the PKK in Northern Iraq could ease the pr [...]
2007-07-31 06:19:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU
07ISTANBUL692TURKEY'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR IRAQ BRIEFS STAFFDEL
[...] (C) GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Ambassador Oguz Celikkol told staffers that Sunnis in Iraq tell Turkey they feel excluded from decision-making; absent consensus-based decisions in Iraq, the community or communities feeling left out will forcefully resist. He reported great Saudi discomfort wi [...]
2007-07-31 12:21:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF TU IZ JO SY
07ISTANBUL694$50 AND A FREE LUNCH: THE PERKS OF HELPING RUN A
[...] (U) Summary. Unlike most voters, who were in and out of their polling places in five minutes, the Consulate bank teller spent all day at his polling station, helping to administer the official voting. His experience gives a glimpse of civil society's contribution to Turkey's parliamentary e [...]
2007-08-01 06:21:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL70SAKARYA PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR: KIRKUK REFERENDUM
[...] (C) Summary. We met Sakarya Governor Nuri Okutan on a visit to the province's major city, Adapazari, on January 18. What we had anticipated as a 30-minute courtesy call turned into a one-and-a-half hour lecture on Iran's historical influence in Anatolia, Turkish-Iranian relations and current [...]
2007-01-31 07:24:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU IZ IR
07ISTANBUL773NOT NEW, JUST REHEATED: AN UPDATE ON CHARGES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following recent Greek and Turkish press reports that an Istanbul prosecutor subpoenaed Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholemeos, the Patriarch,s attorney Kezban Hatemi told us that new prosecutorial staff had mistakenly issued the subpoena when they overlooked the Patriarch,s prior [...]
2007-08-24 13:56:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL TU GR
07ISTANBUL779CONSUL GENERAL'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler stressed the importance of US cooperation in combating PKK terrorism during a cordial introductory meeting with the incoming Consul General. Guler offered his continued full support to the Consulate General, including and especially with respec [...]
2007-08-29 10:57:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL791CODEL COSTELLO: GOT URGES HOUSE NOT TO PASS AGR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish MFA Undersecretary (D Equivalent) Apakan and a group of parliamentarians, separately, urged Codel Costello to prevent passage of an Armenian Genocide Resolution, noting it would cause serious damage to US-Turkish relations. Turkish officials also pressed the delegatio [...]
2007-09-05 07:06:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU AM IZ
07ISTANBUL83ECHR RULING SETS PRECEDENT FOR DISPUTED MINORITY
[...] (C) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced on January 10 it had ruled in favor of the Fener Greek Boys' High School Foundation in the latter's application against the GOT regarding the expropriation of two properties. The court ordered Turkey to return the two propertie [...]
2007-02-07 07:47:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL855AN IRANIAN ACTIVIST'S ADVICE ON REACHING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 04:50:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM IR TU
07ISTANBUL868ISTANBUL OFFICE CALLS UNDERLINE IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (C) Summary and comment. EUR/SE desk officer Danielle Garbe met recently with TESEV President Can Paker, former Special Envoy General Edip Baser and academician Kemal Kirisci to hear views on Turkey's domestic politics, its foreign relations and the bureaucracy's view of the fight against t [...]
2007-09-25 14:24:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPGOV PREL TU IR IZ
07ISTANBUL869TURKISH JEWISH COMMUNITY ANXIOUS ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary. Turkish Jewish community secular leaders expressed their anxiety about the impact of potential constitutional reforms now capturing headlines during the Consul General's September 20 introductory call on Chief Rabbi Haleva. In separate meetings, community representatives had a [...]
2007-09-25 14:50:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL872ISTANBUL BUSINESS TO U/S BURNS: NOW IS THE TIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a broad-ranging dinner conversation with two recently-elected AKP members of parliament and four senior business leaders Undersecretary Burns discussed constitutional reform, prospects for resolving conflict with Armenia, the treatment of minorities in Turkey, Turkish press [...]
2007-09-26 12:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL873U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I conveyed his appreciation for continued USG support and reiterated the concerns of the Patriarchate in a meeting with U/S Burns on September 18 in Istanbul. The Patriarch shared his optimism concerning the results of recent Turkish parliamen [...]
2007-09-26 12:52:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL893AN IRANIAN OIL EXECUTIVE ON ISA'S "UNINTENDED
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On September 26, Consulate Istanbul &Iran watcher8 met with Assadollah Maleknejad, Vice President of Iran,s Pars Oil company, to discuss regional and Iranian hydrocarbon issues. Maleknejad politely criticized USG energy policy in the region, arguing that the Trans-Caspian pi [...]
2007-10-02 06:20:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON ENRG PGOV IR TU AZ
07ISTANBUL896TESEV TO U/S BURNS: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IS THE
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Leaders of Turkey's most progressive civil society think tank, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, stressed to U/S Burns that while reform of Article 301 was important, the government must c [...]
2007-10-02 13:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL TU IZ
07ISTANBUL897SECOND SESSION OF DINK MURDER TRIAL
[...] Summary. The second session of the Hrant Dink murder trial convened on October 1 behind closed doors and reportedly included, for the first time, the testimony and confession of primary murder suspect Ogun Samast. Meanwhile, during the run-up to the hearing, press focused on new information [...]
2007-10-02 14:23:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL922CORDIAL ISTANBUL GOVERNOR EXTENDS PROMISE OF ANY
[...] (C) Summary. Istanbul CG Sharon Wiener requested and received a meeting with the Governor of Istanbul to stress the need for appropriate security measures at the U.S. Consulate in the event the Armenian Genocide Resolution (AGR) passes the full House. The CG also expressed condolences for t [...]
2007-10-15 15:10:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU
07ISTANBUL928IFTAR SEASON IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Iftar dinners traditionally highlight family, tranquillity and solidarity. While U.S.-Turkey friendship and cooperation were themes at most iftars, guests often noted challenges in the relationship. The Consul General hosted our first Iftar on September 18, in honor [...]
2007-10-16 15:24:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL929REPORTS OF AGR-LINKED ILLEGAL MIGRANT DEPORTATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Turkish-Armenian contacts representing business, religious and intellectual communities dispelled reports on a pan-Armenian web site suggesting that the Turkish government had detained approximately 100 illegal Armenian migrants in retaliation for the U.S. House For [...]
2007-10-16 15:49:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU AM
07ISTANBUL942ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH'S CALL ON PRESIDENT GUL
[...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarch senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton recounted to us His All Holiness Bartholomew's recent calls in Ankara on President Gul and other GOT officials. Gul listened attentively but made no real response to the Patriarch's list of grievances. Government officia [...]
2007-10-23 06:12:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL TU GR
07ISTANBUL957DINK ATTORNEY ON HRANT MURDER TRIAL, ARAT ARTICLE
[...] (C) Summary. Attorney Fetiye Cetin updated us on the status of two prominent court cases, in which she is representing the Dink family: the Arat Dink Article 301 case and trial of the accused Hrant Dink murderer. Cetin admitted her skepticism concerning GOT resolve to fully investigate and [...]
2007-10-30 15:09:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL977CONSUL GENERAL'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ECUMENICAL
[...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I recounted his most recent round of meetings in Ankara with Turkish government officials during the Consul General's November 6 introductory call. Though he had been well received, he had yet to see results on key issues such as re-opening Halk [...]
2007-11-08 10:55:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL987A PROFESSOR OF GENERALS SPEAKS OF THE OBLIGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 08:41:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
07ISTANBUL996ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY ADDS TO ECUMENICAL
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Ecumenical Patriarchate staff confirmed November 15 press reports concerning Ministry of Forestry (MOF) attempts, earlier in the week, to intervene with the renovation of a church property on Heybeli Isla [...]
2007-11-15 12:39:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU
07JAKARTA1005CT TRAINING PROGRAM PROMOTES COOPERATION IN
[...] (C) On April 2-4, Post co-sponsored the latest in a series of CT training workshops, this time at the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) in Semarang, Central Java. Other sponsors included the Embassies of Canada and New Zealand, with the French Embassy providing a French CT [...]
2007-04-10 06:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1011GOVERNMENT CT EXPERT RECEIVES POSITIVE ATTENTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: National security hearings in late February and the ASEAN CT ministerial in early March temporarily renewed a public counterterrorism (CT) dialogue in Jakarta and reenergized the GOI's National CT Coordinator, (ret) Police Inspector General Ansya'ad Mbai. Mbai told us that his la [...]
2007-04-11 00:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA1038EAST JAVA: Lapindo Mud Volcano Floods Roads and Rail While
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A March 30 dam wall collapse at the source of the PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo) mud volcano flooded East Java's remaining north-south road and railways, causing major transportation disruptions. Local mudflow victims delayed damage control response by preventing heavy equipment [...]
2007-04-12 08:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA1050POSO CHRISTIANS CHARGED WITH TERRORISM
[...] (U) Trials opened in Jakarta the week of April 2 in the cases of 17 Christians from Poso, Central Sulawesi. The men are charged with terrorism and pre-meditated murder in the killings of two Muslims in September 2006. The killings were reportedly a reaction to the execution just days earlier [...]
2007-04-13 07:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1051CDA'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS ON WORLD'S LARGEST MUSLIM
[...] (SBU) As part of post's ongoing engagement with Indonesia's Muslim community, CDA made courtesy calls on the chairmen of the world's two largest mass Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)'s Hasyim Muzadi and Muhammadiyah's Din Syamsuddin. By way of introducing their organizations, the c [...]
2007-04-13 08:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KISL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1053INDONESIA - AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE SHARING UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Health Minister Fadilah Supari's March 28 pledge to immediately begin sharing avian influenza (AI) samples, and similar pledges following World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan's April 4 Jakarta visit, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has not yet [...]
2007-04-13 08:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1056REFORMER TAKES HELM OF MIGRANT WORKER PROTECTION
[...] Summary. (C) After just a month in office, the head of a newly-formed cabinet-level agency to protect migrant workers is beginning to win the confidence of migrant worker rights activists and to shake up a system notorious for exploiting workers. Jumhur Hidayat, Chairman of the National Agen [...]
2007-04-13 09:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1059PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL UP AND RUNNING
[...] (C) On April 11 President Yudhoyono formally swore in the nine members of the new Presidential Advisory Council, created in accordance with last year's Presidential Advisory Council Bill (Ref A). The Council consists of luminaries from the legal, political, military, academic and educational [...]
2007-04-15 23:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
07JAKARTA107INDONESIA - JANUARY 12 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission's Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) confirmed three new human AI cases, two of whom have died. These are the first new human AI cases in Indonesia since November 12 2006. USAID/Jakarta took delivery of 100,000 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) and 1000 [...]
2007-01-12 09:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1074ALWI SHIHAB DISCUSSES IRAQ, UNSC ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. In an April 13 meeting with the Charge, Indonesian Special Envoy to the Mideast Alwi Shihab outlined the GOI's efforts to promote reconciliation among Iraqi Sunnis and Shia. Following the Bogor reconciliation conference earlier this month (reftel A),Shihab said that GOI figures [...]
2007-04-16 09:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC YI IZ IR ID
07JAKARTA1076UNSC/KOSOVO: GETTING INDONESIA TO YES
[...] (C) Summary. In response to Under Secretary Burns' request (ref A),I recommend that the Secretary, and even the President if necessary, contact their Indonesian counterparts to urge support for the Kosovo resolution. I have pressed the case with a former Foreign Minister, the Speaker of the [...]
2007-04-16 10:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK KFLU TBIO YI ID
07JAKARTA1098CHARGE URGES SUPPORT FOR AHTISAARI KOSOVO PLAN
[...] (C) Summary. On April 18, a key Department of Foreign Affairs interlocutor articulated a more nuanced position on Kosovo, which we interpret as an indication that Jakarta might be looking for a way to support a UNSC Resolution based on the Ahtisaari plan. While reiterating that Indonesia opp [...]
2007-04-19 07:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK IR YI ID
07JAKARTA1101VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM
[...] (SBU) On the margins of a dinner late April 18 in honor of the participants of the Indonesia/United States Strategic Dialogue, we received the following letter from Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda to the Secretary: Begin Text: Dear Secretary Rice, I join a shocked world in grieving ove [...]
2007-04-19 08:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL MARR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1102INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS MARCH 2007
[...] Summary. On April 2, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced that consumer price inflation rose a modest 0.24% in March on a month-on-month (MoM) basis as rice price increases moderated. Three days later, Bank Indonesia (BI) announced it would keep its benchmark 30-day Bank Indonesia [...]
2007-04-19 08:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1107INDONESIA-MIXED PICTURE ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia,s Financial Transactions Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) is receiving more suspicious transaction reports (STRs) than ever before, but the number of prosecutions remains low, at under 10% of cases referred to law enforcement. The Foreign Ministry (DEPLU) admitted [...]
2007-04-20 03:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1128BANK INDONESIA CONSIDERS SWITCH TO OVERNIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bank Indonesia (BI) seems likely to move to targeting the overnight interest rate rather than its one-month Bank Indonesia Certificate (SBI) rate as its policy rate for targeting inflation. This duration shift will have the benefit of addressing anomalies (some self-induced) i [...]
2007-04-23 06:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1129 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP FY 2007 ESF
[...] U.S. Mission Jakarta submits to G/TIP the following five Indonesian Anti-Trafficking in Persons project proposals for consideration of funding from FY 2007 INCLE and ESF appropriation. Also listed are two regional proposals. These are listed in the rank order recommended by a Mission panel com [...]
2007-04-23 08:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1130PRESIDENT SIGNS ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW
[...] Summary. President Yudhoyono signed the comprehensive Anti-Trafficking Law on April 19. Passed by Parliament on March 20 (reftel),the law would have gone into effect automatically but the President's signature was a signal of his personal support of the law. NGOs which lobbied for over tw [...]
2007-04-24 00:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1150AHTISAARI MEETINGS IN INDONESIA ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Marti Ahtisaari told A/DCM April 24 that President Yudhoyono (SBY) said that Indonesia would try to decide on the future of Kosovo rationally. Citing domestic concerns and the need to consult the legislature, SBY did not state a position. The Indonesians seem [...]
2007-04-24 08:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK SR ZL ID
07JAKARTA1157PKS VERSUS THE WORLD IN JAKARTA GOVERNOR'S RACE
[...] (C) On August 8, Jakarta will host the first directly contested governor's election in the 500-year history of the city. The election represents arguably the most significant political event in the country between now and the 2009 Presidential elections, and the results will have implications [...]
2007-04-25 06:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA1187UNSC: DISCUSSION WITH INDONESIA ON MINURSO, KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary. On April 27, an Indonesian Department Foreign Affairs official indicated that the GOI was undecided about whether to support the Friends of the Western Sahara draft resolution on the MINURSO mandate (reftel),but said that as a matter of principle it was unlikely to do so in the [...]
2007-04-27 09:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK RU YI MO WI ID
07JAKARTA1191INDONESIA- APRIL 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the week of April 24, a World Health Organization (WHO) team assessed qualifications of the National Institute for Health Research Development (NIHRD) and the Eijkman Institute as potential WHO collaborating centers. During the NIHRD assessment, Dr. Triono Soendoro, NIHRD [...]
2007-04-29 22:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA12MUTED INDONESIAN REACTION TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION
[...] Reaction to Saddam Hussein's execution has been muted in Indonesia, largely overshadowed by media coverage of domestic air and maritime transport tragedies that claimed the lives of more than 500 people this holiday weekend. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) released a short statement o [...]
2007-01-03 09:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KJUS IZ ID
07JAKARTA1211INDONESIA'S NEW INVESTMENT LAW -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1212INDONESIA'S NEW INVESTMENT LAW - GOOD NEWS AND GREY AREAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. After a two year delay, Parliament passed a new Capital Investment Law on March 29 that provides a range of protections for investors including equal treatment for foreign and domestic investors, protection against nationalization, international arbitration for foreign investors [...]
2007-04-30 09:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1223PROGRESS IN THE MUNIR CASE
[...] (C) Summary. The Indonesian police have intensified their investigation into the murder of Indonesian human rights leader Munir, making new arrests and reopening the case against the Garuda airlines pilot already acquitted. It is headed by the recently appointed chief of the Internal Invest [...]
2007-05-01 07:18:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA1246EMBASSY POSTPONES JULY JCET WITH KOPASSUS
[...] (C) Embassy Country Team discussed possible responses to reports that Tommy Suharto was feted at the 55th anniversary celebration of the Indonesian Army Special Forces (KOPASSUS) on DATE. Unless otherwise directed, Embassy intends to postpone indefinitely the Joint Combined Exercise Training [...]
2007-05-02 08:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1266PAPUA GOVERNOR UPDATES CHARGE ON DEVELOPMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu told Charge on April 23 in Papua that he was making headway in his efforts to heal the rift between Papua and neighboring West Irian Jaya province and to implement his village-based development program. The two provinces' governors signed a miles [...]
2007-05-04 08:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA1276INDONESIA HOSTS IPU ASSEMBLY AND PUTS THE
[...] (C) Summary. On April 29, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono convened the 116th International Parliamentary Union Assembly in Bali, Indonesia. Parliamentarians from 126 of the 140 IPU member countries dispatched representatives to the Assembly, which ended May 4. The opening rema [...]
2007-05-07 04:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA1282YUDHOYONO'S RESHUFFLED CABINET STRONGER ON GOOD
[...] Summary. (U) On May 7, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made much-anticipated changes to his cabinet for the second time since assuming office in 2004. President Yudhoyono said the modifications would increase the cabinet's effectiveness and improve the ministers' ability to work cooperativ [...]
2007-05-07 08:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN ID
07JAKARTA1296DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON "ASIA DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) We met with Ms. Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs Office of North and Central American Affairs, to outline our ideas for creation of an Asia Democracy Partnership (reftel). We pointed out that Indonesia's experience in transitioning to democracy meant t [...]
2007-05-08 08:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM XB ID
07JAKARTA13East Java: Grim Mudflow Impact Forecast Prompts SBY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a special cabinet meeting held December 28, President Yudhoyono announced several decisions concerning the Lapindo mudflow including Lapindo will pay $422 million in damages, East Java gas supplies will be reallocated from electricity production to fertilizer production an [...]
2007-01-03 09:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1306THE GREENING OF SOCIETY: LOCAL SHARI'A LAWS SHOW
[...] (C) Summary. Recent growth in local bylaws based on Islamic law (perda syariah) has been exponential, totaling at least 46 by early 2007. While many refer directly to shari'a and Islamic praxis, most bylaws address issues of morality, allowing their proponents to argue )- however disingenuou [...]
2007-05-09 05:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL SOCI ID
07JAKARTA1339WEST IRIAN JAYA PROVINCE RENAMED "WEST PAPUA"
[...] (U) The Indonesian Department of Home Affairs issued a directive on April 18 officially changing the name of West Irian Jaya province to West Papua ("Papua Barat" in Bahasa Indonesia). Post reporting will henceforth reflect the new usage. 2. (U) The Home Affairs directive provides a trans [...]
2007-05-14 03:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ID
07JAKARTA1382002 BALI BOMBER ATTORNEYS BOYCOTT COURT SESSION
[...] (U) The defense attorney for three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali bombings - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas - walked out of the Denpasar court on January 11 without presenting any evidence during a hearing requested by the defense to overturn the conv [...]
2007-01-17 09:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA14INDONESIA - ILLEGAL LOGGING MOU PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Jakarta's Illegal Logging Task Force recommends Washington agencies divide the $1 million in proposed State Department ESF funds under the U.S.-Indonesia illegal logging MOU between the following three activities: --$550,000 for the enhancement of an existing DOJ-ICITA [...]
2007-01-03 09:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1405PARLIAMENT VOTES TO INTERPELLATE PRESIDENT OVER
[...] (U) Indonesia's controversial vote in favor of UNSCR 1747, which sanctioned Iran over its nuclear program, continues to dog President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, with the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) voting on May 14 to interpellate the president about Indonesia's position. Demonst [...]
2007-05-18 04:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC IR ID
07JAKARTA1424Indonesia/East Java: PRC Consulate Offers
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recently established PRC Consulate General in Surabaya (ConGen China) is actively promoting Chinese interest in infrastructure and natural resource investment projects in Eastern Indonesia. Chinese Consul General Fu Shuigen (CG Fu) has worked hard to connect Chinese investo [...]
2007-05-21 07:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PNAT PINR KISL EINV ID CH TW
07JAKARTA144TERRORIST FINANCE - VIEWS ON RIHS DESIGNATION, USG
[...] (S) Summary: Given our recent experience with the designation of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) Indonesia branch, and Indonesia's new status on the UNSC, it is difficult to predict how the GOI would react to a proposed Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) designat [...]
2007-01-18 03:14:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER EFIN ETTC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1460MIGRANT WORKERS ASSOCIATION PROTEST CASE OF
[...] Summary. Migrant worker rights activists demonstrated in front of the U.S. Embassy May 23 protesting Indonesian and U.S. protection of migrant workers' rights in light of the case of two Indonesian domestic workers recently rescued from alleged enslavement from an affluent Long Island home. [...]
2007-05-23 11:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1492INDONESIA-MAY 25 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Permanent and TDY staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) arrived the week of May 14 and met with numerous Ministry of Health officials. Indonesia media closely followed World Health Assembly (WHA) events and reported the outcomes as a resounding Indonesi [...]
2007-05-25 10:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA152Central Sulawesi: Police, Laskar Mujahiddin Clash After
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Sulawesi police and Detachment 88 raided two safe houses in Poso, Central Sulawesi on the morning of January 11, 2006 killing two and capturing 4 members of Laskar Mujahiddin (LM) on their "most wanted" list of 29 terrorists operating in the province. A Poso police offic [...]
2007-01-18 09:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PGOV PNAT PHUM KJUS KISL CACS ID
07JAKARTA154113 MARINES DETAINED AFTER EAST JAVA CLASH WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On June 1, 13 marines suspected of involvement in the May 30 killing of four civilians in East Java were taken into naval military police custody. Vice President Jusuf Kalla issued an apology on behalf of the Government of Indonesia (GOI) and said that "action must be taken ag [...]
2007-06-04 10:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1560TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ON THE INDONESIAN-MALAYSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to the Indonesian town of Entikong on the border with Malaysia, we observed both diligent police interdiction against trafficking in persons as well as possible complicity in corruption by immigration officials. Interviews with Indonesian police and immigra [...]
2007-06-06 07:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1561USG SUPPORTED EMBEDDED PERSONNEL IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In keeping with Secretary RiceQs Transformational Diplomacy objectives, US Embassy Jakarta really took stock of our successes in placing USG personnel directly into Indonesian government offices. We are pleased to report that we currently have 27 positions embedded within key G [...]
2007-06-06 09:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER EAID PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KIPR ID
07JAKARTA1576A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: EAP A/S Christopher Hill emphasized the need for continued attention to human rights and reform of Indonesia's military during his meeting with Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono in Jakarta on May 29. Sudarsono provided examples of officers who had been punished for hum [...]
2007-06-07 09:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1577FM WIRAJUDA STILL RELUCTANT ON KOSOVO FINAL STATUS
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with A/S Christopher Hill on May 29, FM Wirajuda expressed continued reluctance to move forward on a Kosovo final status resolution, suggesting instead that the issue be linked to a timetable for eventual Serbian accession to the EU. On Iran, Wirajuda welcomed the re [...]
2007-06-07 09:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UNSC LE IR KN ID
07JAKARTA1580A/S HILL DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA AND KOSOVO WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On May 29, A/S Hill and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Dino Djalal discussed North Korea, Kosovo, Lebanon, Iran, Thailand, the Indonesian mud flow problem, the Newmont case, military cooperation, the Yudhoyono administration, and economic growth. Djalal said if the U.S. is [...]
2007-06-07 10:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALBM ID KN LE PGOV PREL
07JAKARTA1583A/S HILL DISCUSSES ECONOMY, HUMAN RIGHTS, SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. A/S Hill met on May 29 with parliamentarian Theo L. Sambuaga, chair of the committee responsible for foreign affairs. A/S Hill urged continued progress in improving Indonesia's investment climate and increasing transparency, which he said is crucial to U.S.-Indonesian relations. [...]
2007-06-08 02:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UNSC LE BM IR KN ID
07JAKARTA1585CENTRAL SULAWESI ON THE ROAD TO NORMALCY
[...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. THIS CABLE IS A JOINT REPORT FROM EMBASSY JAKARTA AND CONSULATE GENERAL SURABAYA. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Central Sulawesi's former conflict areas, Mission officers clearly saw the beginning of a return to normalcy. [...]
2007-06-08 06:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER ECON PHUM PINR ID
07JAKARTA1593INDONESIA - JUNE 8 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari reportedly announced on June 6 that Indonesia and Australia plan to jointly develop an AI vaccine, but privately, the Australian Embassy and National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) both expressed surprise at th [...]
2007-06-08 10:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA162East Java NU Leader Mulling Q08 Governor Run
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ali Maschan Moesa, Chairman of the East Java Chapter of Nadhlatul Ulama (NU),recently shared his future political and national NU leadership plans. Moesa expressed his concern over the increasing conservatism and scriptural literalism of East Java NU clerics and its possible im [...]
2007-01-19 07:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL ID
07JAKARTA1620INDONESIAN POLICE TAKE DOWN KEY JI OPERATORS
[...] (S) Summary. On-going Indonesian National Police (INP) counterterrorism operations in Central Java since Saturday, June 9, have netted the senior-most Indonesian terrorists arrested in the last several years. Among those arrested were Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Emir Ustad Syahroni (aka Mbah aka N [...]
2007-06-11 12:15:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA1625A/S HILL MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT KALLA
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Hill focused on economic issues in his May meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla. Hill praised Indonesia for its new investment law, but urged Indonesia to do more to attract foreign investment, as Vietnam is doing. Hill also raised the Newmon [...]
2007-06-12 05:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KTFN PREL PTER EINV ID
07JAKARTA1629IRAN AND EAST JAVA MUDFLOW: DPR QUERIES YUDHOYONO)
[...] (C) Summary. On the heels of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's refusal to appear personally before the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) in a June 5 query over Indonesia's vote in favor of UNSCR 1747, sanctioning Iran over its nuclear program, the DPR is now threatening to "interp [...]
2007-06-12 08:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UNSC IR ID ENRG EINV KISL
07JAKARTA163NEW MUNIR CASE EVIDENCE GIVES WIDOW HOPE
[...] (S) Summary: Suciwati, widow of murdered human rights activist Munir, asked the Ambassador January 18 about press reports that the FBI was examining cell phones connected to the Munir case to extract information. Ambassador Pascoe confirmed the FBI had indeed extracted information from the [...]
2007-01-19 08:58:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA1647(UN HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATOR'S VISIT)
[...] (SBU) Summary. Hina Jilani, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Human Rights Defenders, was given open access to human rights activists from across the country during her June 5-12 stops in Jakarta, Papua and Aceh. Jilani noted at the end of her visit that while the situatio [...]
2007-06-13 12:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1655GOI AGREES WITH MAIN POINTS OF 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 12, we delivered the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report's narrative for Indonesia to Sumarni Dawam Raharjo, the specially appointed TIP law implementation task force leader from the Ministry of Women's Empowerment. We also relayed the talking points on Indonesia' [...]
2007-06-14 09:31:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1656A/S MULL UPDATES BILATERAL POLITICAL-MILITARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In meetings with Indonesian foreign-affairs and defense counterparts in Jakarta on June 4-5, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Stephen Mull pressed for Indonesian accession to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),proposed a reciprocal Article 98 ag [...]
2007-06-14 10:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA166INDONESIA - JANUARY 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Governor of Jakarta signed a regulation on January 17 prohibiting all backyard farming of poultry in residential areas in Jakarta by February 1. However, at a subsequent meeting organized by the National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) [...]
2007-01-19 10:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1693INDONESIA - AUDIT FIRM ROTATION RULE HURTS BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is one the few countries in the world requiring companies to appoint a new auditor every five years, a practice known as Audit Firm Rotation. The practice of rotating individuals, or Audit Partner Rotation, is widespread across the globe. Accounting firms and their c [...]
2007-06-19 10:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1718TRIALS UPDATE: THREE CONVICTED OF TERRORISM IN
[...] (U) Summary. Three men were recently found guilty of violating the Anti-terrorism Law by courts in Semarang, Central Java. Beny Irawan and Agung Setyadi were sentenced to 5 years and 6 years respectively for their roles in providing a laptop computer to imprisoned Bali bomber Imam Samudra in [...]
2007-06-21 09:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1726NEW LAW MINISTER TO PUSH CRIMINAL CODE REFORM
[...] SUMMARY (C) In a June 20 meeting with the Charge, newly- appointed Minister of Law and Human Rights Andi Mattalatta expressed his commitment to revising Indonesia's Criminal Procedure Code prior to the 2009 elections, and gave his support to continued engagement with the USG on this and other [...]
2007-06-22 07:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1729INDONESIA - JUNE 22 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 09:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1735THE AWARD OF THE PRIME CONTRACT FOR THE USG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 11:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1768East Java: Lapindo Mudflow Devastation Continues
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Surabaya and Embassy Jakarta officers accompanied EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill to the Lapindo mudflow disaster (reftel A) and surrounding areas on May 28, the day before the one year mark of the disaster. The mudflow continues at approximately 150,000 cubic me [...]
2007-06-27 06:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA1770INDONESIA: CT REWARDS PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (S) On June 11, Post received the counterterrorism rewards payments requested in Ref A from the Department of Defense (DOD) rewards program at U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) for four Indonesian civilian rewards candidates. On June 20, senior Indonesian National Police (INP) CT investigators in [...]
2007-06-27 11:28:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV MOPS KCRM KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1772East Java: Mud Managers Informally Request USG Assistance
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on A/S Christopher Hill's recent inspection of the mudflow disaster, ConGen Surabaya met with Sidoarjo Mud Disaster Management Board (BPLS) leadership, who described their inability to formulate and implement a work [...]
2007-06-28 00:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA1779KOSOVO - DEMARCHE ON SUPPORTING NEW U.S.-EUROPEAN
[...] On June 21, Charge pressed for Indonesia to support the new U.S.-European draft resolution on Kosovo in a meeting with Desra Percaya, Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. The discussion was reported in ref b. HEFFERN [...]
2007-06-28 04:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL UNMIK PGOV YI RI
07JAKARTA1816AMBASSADOR HUME'S COURTESY CALL ON FM WIRAJUDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 3 courtesy call on Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda as part of the process of presenting ambassadorial credentials, Ambassador Hume highlighted common interests of the two countries, pledged to strengthen the bilateral relationship and commended Indonesia for its pr [...]
2007-07-03 10:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA182INDONESIA - JANUARY 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Governor of Jakarta signed a regulation on January 17 prohibiting all backyard farming of poultry in residential areas in Jakarta by February 1. However, at a subsequent meeting organized by the National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) [...]
2007-01-23 01:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1835HAWAII GOVERNOR LINGLE VISITS INDONESIA: NATIONAL
[...] Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle (R) in Jakarta on June 10-12 explored potential partnerships related to disaster preparedness, investment and trade, women's leadership, health, education and regional development. Her interlocutors included Vice President Kalla, Defense Minister Sudarsono, Legisl [...]
2007-07-06 09:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PGOV EFIS ID
07JAKARTA1845CODEL PAYNE MEETS INDONESIAN PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] SUMMARY: In a cordial 45 minute meeting on July 5, Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ) and President Yudhoyono agreed on the need to build the capacity of the Indonesian Parliament. Congressmen Payne, David Dreier (R-CA) and James Moran (D-VA),who were in Jakarta for two days of meetings with [...]
2007-07-09 06:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM ID
07JAKARTA1859NEW HIGH SECURITY PRISON HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. A brand new "super-maximum security" prison on Nusa Kambangan Island in Central Java highlights the deficiencies of Indonesia's prison system. The new prison exhibits security and prisoner management systems that are sorely lacking in most Indonesian prisons where overcrowding [...]
2007-07-09 09:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1871GROWING IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's future increasingly depends on the provinces and regencies, whose recent constitutional changes are taking hold. Over the medium-to-long term, how will provincial and local governments handle their enhanced revenue flows? How much political power will direct electio [...]
2007-07-10 08:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN ID
07JAKARTA1874REP. FALEOMAVAEGA MEETS WITH PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] Summary. During a July 3-6 visit to Jakarta, Rep. Eni Faleomavaega met with the President, Vice President and the Foreign Minister, receiving promises from all three that he could go to Papua the next time he visits Indonesia, despite being refused permission on this trip. President Susilo [...]
2007-07-11 00:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ID PREL KDEM EAID
07JAKARTA1878INDONESIA - NEW PACKAGES ON INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) issued a new Presidential Instruction with four components: investment climate improvement; infrastructure development; empowerment of micro, small, and medium enterprises; and financial sector reform. These are updates to packages th [...]
2007-07-11 06:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EAIR EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1892CODEL PAYNE'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] SUMMARY: Meeting in Jakarta on July 6, Congressmen Donald Payne (D-NJ),David Dreier (R-CA) and James Moran (D-VA) complimented Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono for Indonesia's remarkable democratic progress. The Congressmen voiced concern about the slow pace of military reform, lack of ac [...]
2007-07-12 01:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1909East Java - Joint Police Anti-Human Trafficking Operations
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Surabaya launched a joint operation with local police May 29 targeting East Java human trafficking (TIP) rings. The primary goal is rescuing some of the thousands of child prostitutes in Surabaya and arresting traffickers, pimps and child sex tourists. Operation XXX init [...]
2007-07-13 00:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1911CODEL PAYNE AND HDAC FIND RECEPTIVE AUDIENCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-13 00:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM ID
07JAKARTA1919SPEAKER CALLS OFF THE DOGS IN UNSCR IRAN VOTE
[...] (S) In a hopeful sign for President Yudhoyono in his three-month pitched battle with the House of Representatives (DPR) over Indonesia's support for UNSCR 1747, DPR Speaker Laksono has reportedly decided to let the interpellation matter drop. The Speaker's party, Golkar, which controls the la [...]
2007-07-13 07:37:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV UNSC IR ID
07JAKARTA1920PROSECUTORS FILE CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Attorney General has reopened the legal battle to recover former Indonesian president Suharto's allegedly ill-gotten wealth with a civil lawsuit against the Suharto-linked Supersemar Foundation. The case, which seeks the recovery of $1.66 billion plus property, d [...]
2007-07-13 07:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1921REQUEST FOR BLANKET RETRANSFER END-USE SECURITY
[...] (SBU) We delivered Department's offer and rationale (ref a) to Harry Purwanto, Director for North and Central American Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Relations, on June 12. We noted we had encouraged the government of Indonesia to consider a blanket agreement when completing t [...]
2007-07-13 07:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1925REP. FALEOMAVAEGA BRINGS PAPUANS TOGETHER
[...] (C) Summary: Despite being denied access to Papua during his July 3-6 visit to Indonesia, Rep. Eni Faleomavaega nevertheless succeeded in bringing together senior Papuan officials and civil society leaders in Jakarta for a dialogue on finding common ground to address the region's long-term ne [...]
2007-07-13 09:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ID XB
07JAKARTA1926AMBASSADOR REVIEWS KEY HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN
[...] (U) Summary: On July 11, Ambassador Hume met with visiting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour. The meeting was wide-ranging and candid, focusing on key human rights issues facing Indonesia. Both the Ambassador and Arbour agreed that Indonesia generally has made strides in [...]
2007-07-13 09:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1930CODEL PAYNE AND HDAC FIND RECEPTIVE AUDIENCE IN
[...] (U) On July 4-7, CODEL Payne visited Jakarta as part of the House Democracy Assistance Commission's (HDAC) ongoing legislative strengthening program in Indonesia. In a whirlwind three-day visit, CODEL Payne met with President Yudhoyono (Ref B),Defense Minister Juwono (Ref A) and top legislat [...]
2007-07-16 03:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM ID
07JAKARTA1933SCENESETTER FOR EEB A/S SULLIVAN VISIT TO JAKARTA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We encourage you to make a strong pitch for OPIC to facilitate U.S. investment, for exploratory discussion of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT [...]
2007-07-16 11:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA194CENTRAL SULAWESI: POLICE ATTACK LASKAR MUJAHIDDIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over 500 members Qthe Central Sulawesi police and Detachment 88 raided the Laskar Mujahiddin (LM) stronghold area of Gebang Rejo Subdistrict, Poso City, Central Sulawesi on the morning of January 22, 2007, resulting at the latest count in 16 dead, 18 injured and 24 captured LM mem [...]
2007-01-23 10:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC ID KISL KJUS KPAO PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT
07JAKARTA1962REHABBING THE RADICALS? GOI OFFICIALS DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. During their June 27-29 visit to Jakarta, S/P Principal Deputy Director Matthew Waxman and S/P member James Green met with Government of Indonesia (GOI) counterterrorism officials to discuss their methods of combating radicalism, and notably Indonesia's deradicalization program. [...]
2007-07-19 08:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KISL ID
07JAKARTA1972ISLAMIC PARTY CANDIDATE MAKES STRIDES IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) In what is shaping up to be a closer race for Jakarta governor than initially anticipated, former Jakarta Deputy Police Chief and PKS (the fastest growing Islamist party in Indonesia) candidate Adang Daradjatun has reportedly narrowed the gap on Vice Governor Fauzi Bowo, the coalition party [...]
2007-07-20 08:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1986NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MEETS GOI ON ASIAN DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesian legislators and senior Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) officials commented favorably on the Asia Democracy Partnership (ADP) initiative during July 18 meetings with William Inboden, Senior Director for Strategic Planning, National Security Council (NSC). Legislat [...]
2007-07-24 00:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALID KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PREL
07JAKARTA1993:INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT SETS STAGE FOR NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently arrested Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders Zarkasih and Abu Dujana are now in Jakarta after being transferred from Yogjakarta. Contacts report that they will be tried jointly, with the trial beginning possibly as early as August. Contacts report that the prosecution plans [...]
2007-07-24 10:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC ID PGOV PINR PTER
07JAKARTA2005NOTICE OF FINAL DISPOSITION OF COMBATANT STATUS
[...] Post on July 25 informed Director for North American Affairs Harry Purwanto at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs of reftel decision and its context. Purwanto had no official comment. 2. Post has also informed the appropriate Indonesian security services of the determination. HU [...]
2007-07-25 09:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA201SBY FIRES BACK AT HIS OPPONENTS
[...] (C) Summary. On January 15, Indonesian agitator par excellence Hariman Siregar organized a rally of approximately 1000 people to simultaneously protest the SBY administration and commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Malari incident (Note: The term refers to a historic student protest that [...]
2007-01-24 09:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2021IN MESSAGE TO SBY, TWO KEY PARTIES CONTINUE TO
[...] (C) On July 25, senior figures from Indonesia's two largest political parties, Golkar and PDI-P, held their second public meeting in little more than a month. The gatherings generated intense speculation about the possibility of a joint Golkar/PDI- ticket in the 2009 presidential election. W [...]
2007-07-26 09:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2034Eastern Indonesia - Optical Disk Factory Closures Reducing
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ConGen Surabaya informally surveyed pirated optical disk vendors in Bali and Surabaya to assess the impact on supplies after two Jakarta pirated disk factories were raided July 2 (Ref A). Initially we noticed minimal changes in Bali pirated disk supplies. However, a Balinese pi [...]
2007-07-27 08:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR EFIN EINV ECON KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2051COURT FREES UP POLITICAL SPACE FOR INDEPENDENT
[...] (C) In a landmark ruling, the Constitutional Court decided July 23 to allow independent candidates to contest sub-national elections. The decision stemmed from a judicial review of the provision of the 2004 Regional Autonomy Law that stipulated that candidates must be endorsed by political pa [...]
2007-07-30 09:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2064INDONESIA'S 2007 SUBMISSION FOR 527 REPORT ON INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Below please find Post's 2007 submission pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA). 2. (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of United States citizens against the Government of Indonesia (GOI). This c [...]
2007-07-31 08:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE ECON OPIC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2065PAPUAN CIVIL SOCIETY DISCUSSES SPECIAL AUTONOMY
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent USAID-supported study of Papuan civil society demonstrates that opinion remains divided on the Special Autonomy Law. Papuan interlocutors agree that the GOI has not done an effective job [...]
2007-07-31 10:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA2069NIKE COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLVED
[...] (C) Summary: Nike and Central Cipta Murdaya (CCM) reached an agreement on July 31 to phase-out their business relationship over the next 24 months. The agreement includes concessions by Nike to increase the phase-out time for one of CCM,s factories to 24 months from 9 months, as well as inc [...]
2007-08-01 08:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC EINV ECON KCOR KPAO PGOV ID CASC
07JAKARTA2072EMBITTERED EX-OFFICIAL ATTACKS--AND PRESIDENT
[...] (C) On July 31, Zaenal Ma'arif was formally relieved of his duties as a parliamentarian and Deputy Speaker, ending a seven-month saga that began when his Reform Star Party (PBR) recalled him from parliament in January (Ref A). President Yudhoyono had sealed Zaenal's fate when he signed a decl [...]
2007-08-01 10:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2085JAKARTA ELECTION LOOMS: DO VOTERS CARE?
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. Summary ======= 2. (SBU) Political flags and banners have covered Jakarta in recent days as the capital prepares for its August 8 gubernatorial election. The activities of the two candidates--Deputy Governor F [...]
2007-08-03 02:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2101POSO CHRISTIANS CONVICTED IN 2006 KILLINGS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court has found 17 men from Poso in Central Sulawesi guilty of terrorism in the killings of two Muslims in September 2006. The 17 are the first Christians to be convicted under the GOI's Anti-Terrorism Law. The convictions should help the GOI defend itself against all [...]
2007-08-03 08:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2121JI CO-FOUNDER SUES INDONESIA'S KEY ANTI-TERROR UNIT
[...] (C) Abu Bakar Ba,asyir, co-founder of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamyah, has filed a lawsuit against the Indonesian National Police (INP) anti-terrorist strike-force, Special Detachment 88 (SD-88). The suit demands the disbanding of SD-88 on the grounds that the unit is anti-Muslim. The [...]
2007-08-06 09:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC ID PGOV PHUM PTER
07JAKARTA2122MUNIR CASE: ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES APPEAL BASED ON
[...] (S) Summary. The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has requested a case review of the December 2006 acquittal of Pollycarpus in the September 2004 murder of human rights leader Munir. While this appeal is unusual, the appeal cites case precedent as well as "the principal of justice," accordin [...]
2007-08-06 11:31:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2156IN QUICK COUNT, ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE BEATS
[...] (U) According to a survey of 8000 voters by the well regarded Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI),Vice-Governor Fauzi Bowo defeated former deputy police chief Adang Daradjatun, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) candidate, 56 percent to 44 percent in Jakarta's August 8 gubernatorial race. LSI [...]
2007-08-08 10:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2166ISLAMIC PARTY CANDIDATE LOSES, BUT HIS PARTY
[...] (C) As reported, Vice Governor Fauzi Bowo defeated Islamic party candidate Adang Daradjatun on August 8 in Jakarta's first directly contested Governor's election. Despite the loss, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) seized on Adang's strong showing as evidence of the party's ascendance. Even [...]
2007-08-09 08:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2167CENTRAL JAVA: CONTACTS FLAG TRAFFICKING, RELIGIOUS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff and Pol FSN recently traveled to Semarang, Central Java. Key contacts raised concerns about human trafficking, but also described positive inter-faith relations in the Semarang area. Po [...]
2007-08-09 08:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2168AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HEALTH AND RESEARCH ISSUES WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Health Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari told the Ambassador on August 9 that the Ministry of Health (MOH) is committed to cooperation with USG. Describing Indonesia's pressing health concerns including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and avian influenza (AI),she said the Gov [...]
2007-08-09 09:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR CASC KHIV PGOV KFLU ID
07JAKARTA2182INDONESIA - AUGUST 10 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. An Avian Influenza Action Group (AIAG) funded Avian Influenza (AI) documentary aired on Indonesian television on July 14. The CDC acquired draft quarterly reports from NIHRD covering the past three fiscal quarters. A new CDC senior medical epidemiologist arrived at post on Augus [...]
2007-08-10 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2187EXTREMIST GROUP PLANS HUGE RALLY IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizbut Tahrir, an extremist group, is planning a huge rally in Jakarta on August 12. Many Islamic leaders have been invited to speak as have two GOI ministers. The police have reportedly told Abu Bakar Bashir, the JI co-founder, that he cannot speak at the event. Mission has [...]
2007-08-10 09:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR KCSY PTER ID
07JAKARTA2188AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TRADE MINISTER PANGESTU
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hume paid a courtesy call to Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu on August 10. The Ambassador congratulated Pangestu on the success of recent Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) enforcement efforts and observed that improvements to Indonesia's [...]
2007-08-10 09:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBEXP ECIN EIND ETRD KIPR EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2189ENVIRONMENT MINISTER WITOELAR WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Health Rachmat Witoelar told the Ambassador on August 9 that he welcomed President Bush's climate change initiative and the upcoming conference on climate change in Washington, DC. He welcomed opportunities for dialogue, such as the upcoming visit of White House Cou [...]
2007-08-10 10:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2191VIETNAMESE PM'S TRIP FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's August 8 visit to Indonesia generated positive rhetoric about Indonesia-Vietnam relations. The visit also produced a number of economic cooperation agreements. Some Indonesians look to Vietnam as a potential strategic partner, especia [...]
2007-08-10 10:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ID VN CN
07JAKARTA2194SCENESETTER FOR CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. You are coming to Indonesia at a time when the country is under increasing criticism for its rapid rates of deforestation, something to which the Government of Indonesia (GOI) is increasingly sensitive with the approach of the 13th Uni [...]
2007-08-11 12:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2201MUNIR CASE: SENATE STAFFER GETS UPBEAT APPRAISAL
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Indonesian police expressed optimism that new evidence they have submitted to the Attorney General's Office (AGO) in the case of murdered human rights leader Munir will lead to successful prose [...]
2007-08-13 09:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2202EXTREMIST RALLY DRAWS HUGE CROWD, BUT MANY BIG
[...] (C) A rally sponsored by the extremist Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) party on August 12 drew a huge crowd to a Jakarta stadium. Many of the promised big name speakers failed to turn up, however. POL/C expressed concern to officials of Muhammadiyah (one of the largest Islamic organizations i [...]
2007-08-13 10:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KPAO PTER ID
07JAKARTA2211UN ENVOY GAMBARI DISCUSSES BURMA WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSYG) Ibrahim Gambari visited Indonesia SIPDIS August 10 on a round of regional consultations re the UN SYG's good offices' mandate on Burma. He assured Ambassador Hume that Chinese and Russian officials would push the Burmese [...]
2007-08-14 07:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA2217INDONESIA SEESS ASSISTANCE WITH FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finane (MOF) Sri Mulyani Indrawati and other MOF offiiials greatly appreciate current technical assistn*ce from the U.S. and welcomed more during a visitbby Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner. Mulyani expressed concern about rei(onal financia [...]
2007-08-14 09:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN IQNV ECON APEC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2229NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKING THE RIGHT MOVES ON
[...] (C) Summary: Since his appointment in May 2007, Attorney General Hendarman Supandji has made prosecuting anti- corruption cases his top priority. A career prosecutor with a well-deserved reputation for integrity and effectiveness, Supandji has added top-level staff to the Special Crimes Divi [...]
2007-08-15 09:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN KJUS PINR KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2230AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SAMPLE SHARING AND VACCINE WITH BAXTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. The President of Baxter Bioscience's Vaccine Business, Kim Bush, told the Ambassador on August 14 that he believes the Indonesians would welcome a solution to the AI virus sample sharing impasse. Negotiations among a smaller group of key stakeholders could best resolve the issue [...]
2007-08-15 09:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR CASC KHIV PGOV KFLU ID
07JAKARTA2234CAPITAL FLOW VOLATILITY EXPECTED TO INCREASE, FEW PREDICT
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a two-day seminar in Singapore sponsored by Standard and Poor's and the Malaysian Rating Agency, regional financial analysts and economists predicted that capital flows in to the region would continue to be large, but may become more volatile as investors' risk appetites shift [...]
2007-08-16 06:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID SN
07JAKARTA2241FACING ISLAMIST PROTESTERS, MISS UNIVERSE AND
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) The reigning Miss Universe, Japanese national Riyo Mori, recently visited Indonesia on a promotional tour. After visiting Jakarta and making several planned stops at venues in Bandung, West Java, she and her [...]
2007-08-16 08:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KISL ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2248PRESIDENT,S NATIONAL DAY SPEECH UPBEAT, BUT NO
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Yudhoyono's annual National Day speech offered a generally upbeat assessment mixed with a sober recognition of the challenges facing the country. The speech covered democracy, terrori [...]
2007-08-16 10:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PTER ID IR
07JAKARTA2263GOI ANNOUCES REMISSIONS FOR PRISONERS, INCLUDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As in previous years, the GOI granted sentence reductions of up to six months to tens of thousands of inmates on Indonesian Independence Day, August 17. As many as six convicted terrorists (none of them major figures) may be released in coming days as a result. For the second s [...]
2007-08-20 10:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2264INDONESIA AGREES TO ASSIST THAILAND REGARDING
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts have confirmed that the Thai government has sought GOI assistance regarding the conflict in southern Thailand. Thai military chief Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin raised the matter during his August 8 visit to Jakarta. Leveraging its experience in ending ethnic conflict, gai [...]
2007-08-20 10:14:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ID TH
07JAKARTA228DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR INDONESIA TO
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel invitation to Indonesia National Police (INP) Headquarters Director for Personnel Development BG Hendy and his Chief for International Cooperation, Bekti Suhartono, on January 25. Hendy is the INP's designated point of contact for international training assistance. [...]
2007-01-26 07:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PREL ID
07JAKARTA229POSO REMAINS CALM AFTER POLICE RAID
[...] (C) Summary. Poso, Central Sulawesi is currently calm several days following the raid by police and Detachment 88 of the Muslim militant stronghold of Gebang Rejo Subdistrict. Reaction from the local and national Muslim community has been muted although even moderate Muslim figures are gene [...]
2007-01-26 09:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT PTER KJUS KPAO KISL
07JAKARTA2296PDAS MCNERNEY'S IRAN CONSULTATIONS IN INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney visited Indonesia on August 14 for productive consultations regarding Iran's nuclear program. Senior diplomat and Middle East expert Alwi Shihab reiterated Indonesia's commitment to a peaceful settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue and said Indonesia w [...]
2007-08-22 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UNSC MNUC ID IR
07JAKARTA2298TORQUING UP PRESSURE ON GOI, LEGISLATURE EMBRACES
[...] (C) Summary: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has created an oversight body to monitor the reconstruction and rehabilitation of affected areas, as well as the disbursement of compensation to victims of the East Java mudflow. A move by the DPR to query formally the President ove [...]
2007-08-22 10:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM KISL EAID ID
07JAKARTA2299PAPUANS PROTEST AUTONOMY FAILURES
[...] (C) Summary: Papuan students have taken to the streets in peaceful protests, charging that the implementation of the province's Special Autonomy arrangement has failed. Student leaders have called for a referendum on Special Autonomy, a demand that is steadily gathering Papuan support, but wh [...]
2007-08-22 10:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL HUM ID
07JAKARTA2310COURT REJECTS LAWSUIT AGAINST KEY GOI ANTI-TERROR
[...] (C) Summary: A Jakarta Court dismissed on August 21 Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) co-founder Abu Bakar Ba'asyir's lawsuit seeking to disband the Indonesian National Police anti-terrorist strike-force, Special Detachment 88. Ba'asyir had claimed the unit acted in an anti-Muslim way and used torture. [...]
2007-08-23 08:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2311MUNIR CASE: STUNNING REVELATIONS AT HEARING
[...] (C) Summary: Witnesses and documentation presented in court August 22 implicated the Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) in a conspiracy to murder human rights activist Munir. Prosecutors still face an uphill battle in proving their case in the face of witnesses recanting previous statements [...]
2007-08-23 09:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2322PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ON INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE,
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On August 24, Ambassador Hume spoke with President Yudhoyono after SBY's address commemorating 50 years of American Field Service (AFS) activity in Indonesia. Yudhoyono stressed the need for cultu [...]
2007-08-24 07:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SENV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2329YOGYAKARTA IN A POST-SULTAN POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The Sultan recently announced that he would resign as Yogyakarta's governor in 2008. The decision has triggered a scramble to determine his successor, a process complicated by a law that recognizes the area's special status and the Sultan's preeminent role. Prospective laws on [...]
2007-08-24 09:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM SOCI ID
07JAKARTA2333AVIAN INFLUENZA - BALI OUTBREAKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The confirmation of two human AI infections and a group of suspected cases have drawn international attention to Bali. The Indonesian National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) determined H5N1 in two women from Bali and agreed to send the samples to the World [...]
2007-08-24 10:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2335SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S SEPTEMBER 9-12 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We have structured your visit to highlight the important themes of investment climate reform, anti-corruption efforts, energy security and climate change, [...]
2007-08-24 10:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2339FIGHTING CORRUPTION USING PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) Mission has established an interagency working group to identify major Indonesian corruptors for possible treatment under Presidential Proclamation 7750 (PP7750). PP7750 allows the USG to revoke the U.S. visas of highly corrupt public officials, their private sector enablers, and their [...]
2007-08-27 04:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL CVIS PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2346TRIALS KICK OFF FOR JI-LINKED MILITANTS FROM POSO
[...] (C) Summary: Trials of nine alleged JI-linked terrorists from Poso, Central Sulawesi, have begun. The accused have been indicted for several Poso-area attacks, including: the bombing of a market; the beheading of three schoolgirls; and the assassination of two pastors. All nine suspects face [...]
2007-08-27 09:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2348ISLAMIC LEADER DESIRES CLOSE TIES WITH U.S.;
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hume on August 24 paid a courtesy call on Din Syamsuddin, chairman of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's second-largest mass-Muslim organization. Syamsuddin emphasized his desire for continued dialogue with the USG and outlined his preferred "inclusive8 approach for dealing wi [...]
2007-08-27 09:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL ID TH RP
07JAKARTA2349POLICE CLASH WITH DEMONSTRATORS IN EASTERN
[...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Police in North Maluku August 21-22 clashed with thousands of protesters angered that a local hereditary ruler was excluded as a candidate in upcoming gubernatorial elections. Nine protesters were injured by rubber bullets in [...]
2007-08-27 09:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2350ASEAN MEETINGS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATION
[...] (U) Summary. During a series of recent meetings and events at the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN officials expressed cautious optimism about economic integration and the draft ASEAN Charter despite continued challenges. Senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials and business leaders called for fa [...]
2007-08-27 10:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV SENV KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2354PAPUA: NO CORROBORATION OF PURPORTED SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An Australian newspaper has reported the murder of two Papuans in central Papua, purportedly by Indonesian security forces. Our contacts have so far failed to provide any credible evidence of police or military involvement in the slayings. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) The Sunday Age [...]
2007-08-28 06:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ID
07JAKARTA2365ACEH GOVERNOR'S U.S. VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This is a joint Medan-Jakarta message. 2. (U) Summary: Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf will visit the United States September 9-26. The visit includes stops in multiple cities and meetings with a range of companies and government officials. In Washington, he will also meet with the World [...]
2007-08-28 09:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV EAID PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2374KEY GROUP OF MUSLIM CLERICS TRENDS CONSERVATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's Islamic Clerics' Council (MUI) continues to make highly-publicized and intolerant edicts about "moral" issues, including a recent announcement by a regional council condemning a popular form of traditional music. While rejecting violence, MUI nonetheless categoricall [...]
2007-08-29 08:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM PINR ID
07JAKARTA2375EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FULL ECONOMIC IMPACT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel's visit to the Sidoarjo muflow site, the site manager expressed confidence that current efforts were mitigating the risk to surrounding areas, but warned about possible seismic activity. Local economic experts were univerisally [...]
2007-08-29 08:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2376BALI BOMBER DEATH SENTENCES REPORTEDLY UPHELD
[...] (C) A reliable source at the Supreme Court has told us that the Court has denied the Judicial Review request submitted by Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas. The three men were sentenced to death in 2003 for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings. The Court has dec [...]
2007-08-29 08:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2377SBY REPLACES AILING HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER
[...] (C) On August 28, President Yudhoyono appointed Central Java Governor Mardiyanto to replace Mohamad Ma'ruf as the Minister for Home Affairs. Mardiyanto was sworn in on August 29. Outgoing Minister Ma'ruf suffered a debilitating heart attack in late March, and SBY surprised many observers by [...]
2007-08-29 08:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2392INDONESIA: DISCUSSIONS ON THE COMPLIMENTARY
[...] (C) In response to Reftel A, Mission offers the following list of current and former senior GOI officials who have spoken publicly in support of democracy and the complementary nature of Islam and democracy. (Note: Nearly all prominent Indonesian officials, including President Yudhoyono, fit t [...]
2007-08-30 10:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2393YOGYAKARTA EVENT HIGHLIGHTS U.S.-ASEAN TIES
[...] (U) Summary: The GOI's Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) and Gadjah Mada University hosted an August 29 seminar in Yogyakarta celebrating 30 years of U.S.-ASEAN ties. Pol/C and Econ/C outlined strong U.S. support for the continued development of close political and economic ties between A [...]
2007-08-30 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PGOV KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2394INDONESIA-MALAYSIA TIES GET THROWN IN KARATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The alleged beating of an Indonesian karate referee by Malaysian police has stoked demonstrations in Indonesia. The GOI has formally complained about the matter and Indonesian parliamentarians have lashed out at Malaysia. Coming on top of recent cases of alleged abuse of domesti [...]
2007-08-30 10:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID MY
07JAKARTA2396AVIAN INFLUENZA - DAS MARCIEL MEETS WITH KOMNAS SECRETARY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 02:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2405NATIONALIST PDI-P PARTY TRIES TO STRENGTHEN ITS
[...] (C) The Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) party's nascent Islamic wing, Baitul (House) Muslimin (HM),is just getting off the ground. PDI-P, led by former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, is putting a lot of effort into building up the group. The grouping, which is closely linked [...]
2007-08-31 06:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2408MUNIR: PROSECUTORS CONTINUE TO PRESSS HARD
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 29 hearing, prosecutors in the case of murdered human rights activist Munir presented testimony to refute a key witness who had recanted his statement to police. A forensic expert also confirmed the time that police say the alleged murderer, Pollycarpus, poisoned M [...]
2007-08-31 07:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2411CORRUPTION ERADICATION COMMISSION SELECTING NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Selection Committee is evaluating new commissioners for a four-year term beginning late December 2007. The new commissioners will lead the KPK at a critical time, determining the future direction of the KPK and the larger anti-corrup [...]
2007-08-31 09:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2417CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TELL DAS MARCIEL DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 28 discussion with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, civil society leaders portrayed Indonesia as a strong democracy where NGOs have a vibrant voice. Noting the lack of accountability for past human rights abuses, they pointed to the investigation [...]
2007-09-04 03:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC LE IR ID
07JAKARTA2422DAS MARCIEL'S MEETING WITH MINDEF ADVISOR ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Scot Marciel's meeting with MG Djoko Sutrisno at the Department of Defense highlighted progress in the bilateral defense relationship, challenges of managing it and means of moving it forward. Discussion touched on assistance, exchanges and training, human rights account [...]
2007-09-04 09:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2423 Disputed election sparks violence in Aceh
[...] (U) This is a joint Medan - Jakarta message. 2. (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 3. (SBU) Summary: Clashes broke out at the inauguration of the new regent for Southeast Aceh District on September 1. A dozen demonstrators were arrested, 16 peo [...]
2007-09-04 09:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PINR KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2431PAPUA: REPORTED INTIMIDATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in the Papuan human rights community report increasing threats and surveillance. While the threats are usually anonymous, Papuan activists believe they come from the Indonesian security services. Mission has no specific evidence that any individuals are in immediate da [...]
2007-09-04 10:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2432AI - PRESS CONFERENCE DISPUTING HUMAN-TO-HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 10:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2436ASEAN CHARTER ON TRACK, INCREASED DIALOGUE WITH U.S. URGED
[...] (SBU) Summary. DAS Marciel emphasized U.S. interest in engaging ASEAN during meetings August 27-28 with ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Nicholas Dammen and Indonesian Foreign Ministry Director General for ASEAN Mr. Dian Triansyah Djani. The officials underscored that ASEAN is entering a qualit [...]
2007-09-05 01:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2438INDONESIA - CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENT
[...] (U) Summary. The new limited liability company law has created great confusion in the business community by mandating that "natural resources" companies engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. The law is very vague and domestic business leaders have already raised objectio [...]
2007-09-05 02:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2442HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REVAMPS, AIMS FOR A FRESH
[...] (C) Human rights activists say they are hopeful that the new members and new chair of Indonesia's National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will pave the way for a more pro-active body. We understand that the new team will lobby for amendments to several of Indonesia's core human righ [...]
2007-09-05 06:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2446SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON STATE SECRETARY:
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 7. 2. (C) Summary: On September 4, Ambassador Hume paid a courtesy call on Minister of the State Secretary Hatta Rajasa, who serves as the gatekeeper for nearly every issue that goes before President Yudhoyono. The Minister emphasized his de [...]
2007-09-05 10:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV ENRG PINR ID
07JAKARTA2449GOI INVITES U.S. TO PRE-COP 13 MINISTERIAL, 24-25 OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) On September 5, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar addressed to Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky. The letter invites U/S Dobriansky to informal ministerial consulta [...]
2007-09-06 00:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EAID ECON ENRG PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2463TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATIONS
[...] (S) In response to demarche delivered on September 6, 2007, Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Terrorism at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said that Indonesia would probably not place a hold on the designations of five Saudi individuals named in reftel. But he said the final decision wo [...]
2007-09-06 09:39:00Embassy JakartaSECRETKTFN PTER PGOV EFIN UNSC ID
07JAKARTA2464MEASURED PROGRESS IN EFFORT TO REJUVENATE
[...] (C) Responding to a Constitutional Court ruling, a Ministry of Law drafting team has endorsed a proposal which would preserve key elements of the Anti-Corruption Court. The new draft competes with an earlier proposal which would basically pull down the pillars, eliminating aspects of the court [...]
2007-09-06 09:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID
07JAKARTA2468AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON CHAIRMAN OF INDONESIA'S
[...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Hume's September 5 courtesy call on Hasyim Muzadi, Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest mass-Muslim organization, Muzadi spoke candidly about his concern over U.S. foreign policy. He also emphasized NU's efforts to promote mainstream Islam. The Amb [...]
2007-09-06 10:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA247RECREATING THE CALIPHATE: HIZBUT TAHRIR INDONESIA
[...] (C) Summary. Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) spokesman Ismail Yusanto told us about his organization's ideology, structure and goals, most notably the re-establishment of an Islamic caliphate and imposition of Islamic law. HTI is a hard-line Islamist movement that, while ostensibly non-violen [...]
2007-01-30 07:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ID
07JAKARTA2470DAS MARCIEL MEETINGS ON INDONESIA'S ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, during his August 27-28 visit to Jakarta, heard complaints that Indonesia is not attracting as much investment as neighbor Vietnam. Reasons include the Indonesian government and Parliament's ambivalence towards foreign companies and [...]
2007-09-06 11:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ENRG PGOV KGHG ID
07JAKARTA2474EYES ON THE PRIZE? THE SULTAN AND HIS POLITICAL
[...] (C) When Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X announced earlier this year that he would resign as Yogyakarta's governor in 2008, he triggered a flurry of speculation about his political plans. Many observers interpreted the Sultan's announcement as a signal that he intended to pursue either the presi [...]
2007-09-07 08:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2476POLICE SHOW RESTRAINT IN HANDLING CASCADE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian police have repeatedly shown restraint in dealing with large and sometimes volatile crowds in recent months. This trend suggests that the police--including the Mobile Brigade--are developing a level of professionalism that is increasingly in line with internationa [...]
2007-09-07 10:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PINS ID
07JAKARTA248GOI GAINING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR POSO ACTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past several days the GOI has done better in publicly justifying its January 22 actions against armed militants in Poso and in gaining the support of some national Muslim leaders in bringing calm to the situation. In particular, Vice President Jusuf Kalla met with Musl [...]
2007-01-30 09:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PGOV PNAT PHUM KJUS KISL ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2497REJECTING APPEAL, SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court publicly confirmed September 7 that it has upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on Amrozi bin Nurhasyim for his role in the terrorist attack in Bali in October 2002. His lawyers say they will appeal the decision despite the fact that all legal remed [...]
2007-09-10 08:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA250INDONESIA SEEKING HIGHER PROFILE IN MIDDLE EAST?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-31 00:06:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL PTER ID
07JAKARTA2503 AMBASSADOR VISITS KEY PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE AND
[...] Summary: On August 28-29, Ambassador Hume visited Yogyakarta, touring schools and meeting local leaders. The Ambassador visited public and private schools that receive USAID assistance under President BushQs $157 million Education Initiative for Indonesia. The Ambassador met with Sri Sultan [...]
2007-09-10 10:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2509ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR FOR PRESIDENT? JI CO-FOUNDER
[...] (C) Summary: Radical Muslim cleric and convicted terrorist conspirator Abu Bakar Ba'asyir reportedly plans to run for president in 2009. Rumors about a possible Ba'syir candidacy have circulated periodically since he was first released from prison in June 2006. Regardless of the veracity o [...]
2007-09-11 03:13:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2518 USG-supported Counter-Narcotics Center gains official GOI
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has signed legislation officially recognizing the Joint Interagency Counter Drug Operations Center as part of the Indonesian National Narcotics Board. While USG assistance he [...]
2007-09-11 08:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
07JAKARTA2528MILITARY PROMOTIONS HOLD MIXED IMPLICATIONS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia recently publicized its military promotion list for 2007. As in past years, the promotions and reassignments represent a cross-section of the Indonesian military, and are a reflection primarily of seniority. Six key appointments have mixed implications for U.S. policy: [...]
2007-09-12 03:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA253INDONESIA SEEKING HIGHER PROFILE IN MIDDLE EAST?
[...] (S) Summary. The Foreign Ministry has announced that Hassan Wirajuda plans to meet with exiled Hamas leader Khalid Mish'al in Damascus in February, during his visit to Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. Wirajuda and President Yudhoyono (SBY) previously received Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmud Al-Zahar [...]
2007-01-31 07:15:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL PTER ID
07JAKARTA2539IRAQI OFFICIAL GETS CORDIAL WELCOME, BUT NO SOLID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a just concluded visit to Jakarta, Iraqi DFM Labeed Abbawi made the rounds of high-level GOI officials as he sought Indonesian assistance in law enforcement and counter-terrorism. Abbawi also urged that Indonesia reopen its Embassy in Baghdad. The GOI gave Abbawi a cordial w [...]
2007-09-12 08:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ID IZ
07JAKARTA2540"I AM READY" -- MEGAWATI SAYS SHE IS RUNNING FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On September 10, former president Megawati announced her intent to run for the office again in 2009. Though the fundamental dynamics that fueled her resounding defeat in 2004 remain unchanged, Mission contacts believe the current dearth of attractive presidential candidates makes [...]
2007-09-12 08:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2545 AMBASSADOR VISITS KEY PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE AND MEETS
[...] Summary: On August 28-29, Ambassador Hume visited Yogyakarta, touring schools and meeting local leaders. The Ambassador visited public and private schools that receive USAID assistance under President Bush's $157 million Education Initiative for Indonesia. The Ambassador met with Sri Sultan Ha [...]
2007-09-13 02:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV ECON ID
07JAKARTA255YUDHOYONO CANS THE CGI
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a surprise announcement, President Yudhoyono told the media on January 24 that Indonesia would end the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) donor forum. While many observers believed the CGI format had outlived its usefulness, the timing and abruptness of the announcement - [...]
2007-01-31 09:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EAID EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2550PROPOSED REGIONAL DIALOGUE ON ILLEGAL LOGGING WELCOME
[...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Mark Linscott held a series of meetings on September 6 and 7 related to illegal logging. Officials at the ASEAN Secretariat welcomed the proposal of an informal regional dialogue on illegal logging. Government of Indonesia (GOI) offic [...]
2007-09-13 06:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2556INDONESIA'S SHIAS: A SMALL COMMUNITY UNDER SOME
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's low-profile Shia community is believed to be growing, but it is a very small minority in this Sunni-dominated country. Leaders of the only national Shia organization say many Shias hide their faith to avoid discrimination. Violence targeting Shias is rare, but there [...]
2007-09-13 07:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PINS PINR PHUM ID IR
07JAKARTA2560INDONESIA - KEY DONORS MEETING ON AI CONTROL
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a key donors meeting in Bali on September 11-12, Chief Executive of the Indonesian National Committee for Avian Influenza and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) Bayu Krisnamurthi stated that Indonesia needs around $300 million per year to fight avian influenza (AI). Donors pl [...]
2007-09-13 10:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2562MISSION HOSTS TRILATERAL COUNTER-TERRORISM MEETING
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission hosted a trilateral counter-terrorism (CT) meeting September 13 with Australian and Japanese counterparts. Discussion focused mainly on current and future CT initiatives with the Indonesian government. [...]
2007-09-13 10:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS ASEC PTER PGOV ID AS JA
07JAKARTA2564Request for DOD Counter-Drug Support
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (U) THIS IS A REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 DOD COUNTER-DRUG SUPPORT IN INDONESIA, TO BE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 1004 OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1991 (AS AMENDED). 3. (SBU) INDONESIA IS VULNERAB [...]
2007-09-14 01:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
07JAKARTA2580BUSINESSMEN TRAVELING WITH ACEH GOVERNOR ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary. The deal was too good to be true. Two businessmen traveling with Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf's delegation to the U.S. were arrested September 11 in New York City after printing a $32 million check from a scam internet site and trying to cash it at Citibank in Manhattan. The two [...]
2007-09-14 08:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV EAID PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2584FACILITATING TRI-BORDER MARITIME SECURITY
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Delegations from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines and observers from Brunei, Australia and the United States participated in a multilateral maritime security conference August 27-29 in Ceb [...]
2007-09-14 09:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PREL PTER ID RP MY
07JAKARTA2585PAPUAN TRIBE DEMANDS "COMPENSATION" FROM FREEPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Papuan tribal activists recently demonstrated in support of their claim to land constituting part of Freeport's Grasberg mine. While the group is unlikely to secure a payoff from Freeport or disrupt the company's operations, the incident demonstrates the problems of poverty and u [...]
2007-09-14 09:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EMIN ID
07JAKARTA2597CENTRAL SULAWESI - POSO: "BACK TO NORMAL"
[...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) Summary: During Surabaya Principal Officer's recent trip to Central Sulawesi, interlocutors uniformly described the situation in Poso as "good" and "back to normal." Despite continuing concerns that hardliners from outside Poso could [...]
2007-09-17 07:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2598CENTRAL SULAWESI - POSO: ECONOMIC RECOVERY KEY TO
[...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) Summary: While interlocutors describe the current security situation in Poso, Central Sulawesi, as "good," all agree that economic development is critical to Poso's stability. Extremists continue to eye Central Sulawesi's young and po [...]
2007-09-17 07:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAID ID
07JAKARTA2607GPOI CLEARINGHOUSE: INVITATION DELIVERED TO GOI
[...] (U) Pol/C met September 17 with Hari Purwanto, Director of the North American Office at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to extend an invitation to Indonesia to send two participants to the U.S.-hosted Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) G8 Global Clearinghouse Conference Octobe [...]
2007-09-17 09:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2609BANK INDONESIA BRIEFS UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY ON ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two Bank Indonesia (BI) Deputy Governors briefed visiting Under Secretary Jeffery on Indonesia's macroeconomic success in recent years; BI's effort to improve the formal arrangement for managing economic and financial crises; and the central bank's work to prevent large-scale c [...]
2007-09-18 00:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2610U/S JEFFERY BRIEFED ON ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORM SUCCESSES,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders told visiting Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III September 10 that they have "caught some big fish" (e.g. former governors),but anti-corruption reform will take decades. [...]
2007-09-18 00:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2611U/S DISCUSSES INDONESIA'S ROLE IN COP 13, CLEAN ENERGY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Indonesia September 10-12, U/S Jeffery held a roundtable lunch on September 10 with GOI officials, donor representatives ad private sector representatives. The head of Indonesia's COP 13 steering committee said that the GOI would await the outcomes of the U.N [...]
2007-09-18 01:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EAID ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2616U/S Jeffery Meeting with Vice President Kalla
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery discussed U.S.-Indonesia cooperation in anti-corruption, energy security, and climate change during a forty-minute meeting on September 11. Kalla returned to his customary theme of the importance of stability and econ [...]
2007-09-18 06:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV SENV ID
07JAKARTA2617U/S Jeffery - Corporate Social Responsibility Discussions
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two prominent U.S.-headquartered companies briefed Under Secretary Jeffery on their integration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) into their overall business plans for Indonesia. GE and Citi both said CSR activities in Indonesia are tightly integrated with their corporate [...]
2007-09-18 06:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2623ACEH TRANSITION ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 17, the Ambassador and Chiefs of other donor missions assessed Aceh's transition from the reconstruction period to economic growth. The mandate of the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR) expires in April 2009. Donors work closely with [...]
2007-09-18 09:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EINV PGOV PREL ID
07JAKARTA2626PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: TO CONTINUE
[...] (U) Please see Action Request in Para 3. 2. (C) According to our Australian PSI contact, the Indonesian government plans to propose a one-day seminar to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and other non-proliferation matters. The seminar, which the GOI would host, would be [...]
2007-09-18 10:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PTER ID
07JAKARTA2627INDONESIANS DEMAND ACTION ON MIGRANT WORKER ABUSE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. 2. (C) Summary: Indonesian activists and officials have reacted furiously to a cascade of apparent cases of abuse of Indonesian migrant workers. They are frustrated over seemingly interminable Malaysian court proceedings against [...]
2007-09-18 10:13:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA264INDONESIA - JANUARY 30 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission is working to reverse a January 11 directive from the National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to CDC until NAMRU-2 signs a Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA). At a January 26 ceremony, the Amba [...]
2007-02-01 01:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2641INDONESIA RAMPS UP EFFORT TO PROTECT MIGRANT
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. Summary =-=-=-= 2. (C) Heightened concern over the trafficking of Indonesian workers abroad has sparked the GOI to play a newly aggressive role in the protection of victims. The media has spotlighted numerous cases of abuse of [...]
2007-09-19 08:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB KWMN PHUM ID MY
07JAKARTA2643ASEAN FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE INCREASING
[...] (SBU) ASEAN activity and programs on environmental issues, including climate change and illegal logging, is on the rise. ASEAN is focusing more on the environment during its 40-year anniversary and in the run-up to the 13th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 13) in Bali this December [...]
2007-09-19 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2644TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY IN INDONESIA
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation, is a crucial test for transformational diplomacy. Just ten years ago it was an authoritarian, military dominated state weakening under the pressures of [...]
2007-09-19 10:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SOCI TBIO ID
07JAKARTA2648CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION COUNTS, LEGISLATOR--WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After his conviction on corruption charges, Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) member Nurdin Halid was jailed in Jakarta, September 18. He is slated to serve a two-year jail term. Halid--who has resigned from the DPR--maintained close links with Vice President Kalla. Hi [...]
2007-09-19 10:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2649U/S JEFFERY MEETS WITH ECONOMISTS AND BUSINESS LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. U/S Jeffery discussed Indonesia's economy and investment climate with economists and business leaders September 10-11 in Jakarta. Outlying regions such as Aceh and Papua face infrastructure and development challenges. Large established western companies with good local partners [...]
2007-09-20 00:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV EINV ID
07JAKARTA265INDONESIA - JANUARY 30 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission is working to reverse a January 11 directive from the National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to CDC until NAMRU-2 signs a Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA). At a January 26 ceremony, the Ambas [...]
2007-02-01 01:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2658AFTER LOSING FINAL APPEAL, ANOTHER BALI BOMBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- A source has confirmed to Poloff that the Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of Imam Samudra, a co-conspirator in the October 2002 Bali bombings. Samudra joins Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, another Bali bomber, on death row. One other bomber's case is still und [...]
2007-09-20 06:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PINS ID
07JAKARTA2660HOPES DIM FOR RATIFICATION OF INDONESIA-SINGAPORE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Singapore. 2. (C) Summary: Indonesian officials see chances for ratification of the Indonesia-Singapore Defense Agreement as dimming, five months after its signature. Leading the charge, a key Indonesian legislator has urged the GOI to cancel [...]
2007-09-20 09:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ID SN
07JAKARTA2674IMPLICATED IN CORRUPTION CASE, PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A special unit within the Attorney General's office has reportedly implicated T.B. Silalahi--an influential adviser to President Yudhoyono--in an ongoing corruption investigation. According to media reports, Silalahi allegedly received a house from a contact. Silalahi has heat [...]
2007-09-21 06:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA268HINDUS LAMENT "ISLAMIZATION" OF INDONESIA
[...] (C) Summary: Several prominent Hindu leaders of the Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI) told us the Hindu community faced increasing discrimination at the hands of a rapidly Islamizing Indonesian Muslim community and government. In a January 24 discussion, they claimed that the "Islamizati [...]
2007-02-01 02:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF ID
07JAKARTA2680AMBASSADOR REASSURES MUNIR'S WIDOW SUCIWATI OF USG
[...] (C) Summary: Suciwati, wife of murdered human rights activist Munir, called on the Ambassador September 20, expressing appreciation for U.S. support. The Ambassador emphasized to Suciwati how solving this case is of paramount importance to the USG and how we have expressed these views to th [...]
2007-09-21 08:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2681PRESSING PARLIAMENT TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE
[...] (C) Summary: Pol/C met September 21 with a key parliamentarian and briefed him on the situation in Burma. Pol/C urged that the national legislature take a stand against the Burmese regime, pressing the GOI to be more pro-active. Poloff then spoke with another parliamentarian--the head of th [...]
2007-09-21 08:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2688"SLIPPERY SLOPE" FOR PRESS FREEDOM? -- COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Supreme Court decision awarding former president Suharto USD 106 million in damages from Time Asia has drawn intense criticism. Critics have attacked the legal basis of the decision and warned of its potential impact on press freedom in Indonesia -- one M.P. told Pol/C t [...]
2007-09-24 04:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KPAO PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2690EXPERTS APPLAUD BANKING REFORMS BUT WARN OF LONGER TERM
[...] Summary. Financial sector experts working in Asia gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on September 6-7 to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing Asian banks over the next decade. They lauded Asian policymakers for largely correcting the excesses that led to the 1997 [...]
2007-09-24 06:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2693LEGISLATORS PRESS GOI FOR ACTION ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: Responding to Mission outreach, key legislators have urged the Indonesian government to adopt a leadership role regarding the situation in Burma. Theo Sambuaga--Chair of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the DPR (national legislature)--issued a public statement in which he call [...]
2007-09-24 08:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC ID BM
07JAKARTA2694FINANCE MINISTER MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finance (MOF) Sri Mulyani Indrawati told the Ambassador on September 24 that Indonesia's growth is strong but more infrastructure development is needed. Indonesia needs to do more to get its good news story out, as the media paints a very negative picture. The count [...]
2007-09-24 08:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ABLD EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2697INDONESIA SUPPORTS USG CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-24 09:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC ID
07JAKARTA2698LABOR ACTIVIST CLAIMS POLICE PRESSURE
[...] (C) Summary: An Indonesian labor leader--who was jailed, beaten and allegedly coerced into signing a criminal confession for leading a peaceful May 1 labor rally--told Labatt that he is now being threatened by a prosecutor with additional jail time if he pursues an appeal. This case illustr [...]
2007-09-24 10:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ELAB ID
07JAKARTA2708INDONESIAN POLICEMEN MURDERED IN NORTH MALUKU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Unconfirmed media reports state two Indonesian National Police (INP) officers were stabbed to death in separate incidents in Tenate, North Maluku Province. One officer was killed on September 22, and the other on September 24 in a suspected dispute between police and military. [...]
2007-09-25 09:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC PTER PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2715INDONESIA PREPARES TO HOST UN CORRUPTION CONFERENCE - ASSET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Asset recovery will be the GOI's top priority as host of the second Conference of State Parties (COSP) for the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC),to be held in Bali on January 28-February 1 2008. A ministerial-level inter-agency national team led by the Ministry of Foreig [...]
2007-09-26 06:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2717 Indonesian National Police - An Historical Overview
[...] (U) This information is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Founded in 1945, the Indonesian National Police (INP) separated from the Armed Forces in 2000 and began a period of reform, reinventing itself as a modern, civic-minded force that responds to t [...]
2007-09-26 07:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER SNAR KJUS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2723SOROS' INTEREST IN ACEH SPARKS ANTI-SEMITIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. A September 21 statement by Aceh Vice Governor Muhammad Nazar on American financier George Soros' possible plans to invest in palm oil plantations in Aceh sparked an anti-Semitic backlash among national Islamic political party leaders in Jakarta. The alleged plan-reportedly d [...]
2007-09-26 08:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EINV EAID PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2725INDONESIA LOOKING AT TWO LARGE F-16 DEALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is actively pursuing two large orders for new U.S. F-16 planes and parts to refurbish its existing older models. The two deals, a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case and a commercial case, each involving several hundred million dollars, demonstrate that the Indonesian Ai [...]
2007-09-26 09:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETTC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2732WEST KALIMANTAN: UNDERSCORING THE VITALITY OF
[...] (C) Summary: Pol/C spoke September 26 at a university in West Kalimantan on Borneo island, emphasizing the need for Indonesia to play an enhanced role supporting democracy and human rights, especially in Burma. West Kalimantan--a vast area with a fractious, multi-ethnic population--was focus [...]
2007-09-27 08:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2737INDONESIA REACTS, SPURRED ON BY REGIME'S BLOODY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Wirajuda broke the government's silence on Burmese events, calling September 26 for the regime to exercise restraint and noting that the matter will be discussed in the ASEAN context. Mission continues to press the GOI to use all levers available to try to pressure the regime [...]
2007-09-27 10:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM KPAO
07JAKARTA2739U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES BURMA, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, AT ASEAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Nicholas Tandi Dammen provided Under Secretary Jeffery with a brief overview of ASEAN's draft blueprint for economic integration and expressed appreciation for the United States' robust cooperation with ASEAN on trade and economic issues, particula [...]
2007-09-28 00:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV SENV KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2740U/S Jeffery Visits Sumatra
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 12 visit to Sumatra, U/S Jeffery visited the Palm Oil Research Center and toured its model biofuel production facility. He also met with the Governor of North Sumatra Rudolf Pardede and his economic team. He took an aerial survey of plantations and the Leuse [...]
2007-09-28 00:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV SENV ID
07JAKARTA2743INDONESIA - TRILATERAL STRATEGIC ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The missions of Australia, the U.S. and Japan in Indonesia, at a September 20 meeting, agreed to pursue several issues in close coordination, including avian influenza sample sharing, encouraging better Government of Indonesia (GOI) compliance with UN 1267 Al-Qaeda-related asset [...]
2007-09-28 02:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTFN KFLU PREL PTER PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2745GENERALLY POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF INDONESIA'S ECONOMY
[...] Summary: Several key economic officials proviced a generally positive assessment overall of Indonesia's economy. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Boediono chaired a high-level briefing for donors and the private sector on September 25, noting that Indonesia's economy has grown more than [...]
2007-09-28 03:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV KMCA KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2748CALL HIM NOTORIOUS -- EX-GENERAL RELOADS FOR
[...] (C) Nearly three years after Indonesian voters delivered ex-General Wiranto a resounding electoral rebuke, the notorious human rights violator is trying to build the foundation for one more long-shot run at the presidency. Wiranto's political party has reportedly established some 400 branch o [...]
2007-09-28 07:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2753CAUGHT IN THE ACT -- MEMBER OF JUDICIAL ETHICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Agents of a key anti-corruption body this week arrested a member of the Judicial Commission on ethics who had apparently just accepted a sizable bribe. The dramatic arrest--which netted substantial media coverage--is an acute embarassment to the Commission, which already has com [...]
2007-09-28 08:13:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
07JAKARTA2755PRESSING INDONESIA TO DO MORE TO ISOLATE BURMESE
[...] (C) On September 28, CDA spoke to Imron Cotan, Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) SecGen (second-in-charge of the ministry). CDA expressed appreciation for FM Wirajuda's recent statement urging the regime to exercise restraint (reftel),as well as for the joint ASEAN statement issued on S [...]
2007-09-28 08:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2756INDONESIA SUPPORTS DRAFT UNGA RESOLUTION
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Diana Emilla, Deputy Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),underscoring that Indonesia--as East Asia's larges [...]
2007-09-28 09:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN UNGA ID
07JAKARTA2769PAPUA ON LOW BOIL, BUT LITTLE SIGN OF A BLOW UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited Jayapura, the capital of Papua, September 17-19. The province remains one of Indonesia's least developed regions and officials are frustrated at the slow pace of fund disbursement under the GOI's Special Autonomy plans. Worries about the role of the military pers [...]
2007-10-01 09:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ECON PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2770TWILIGHT OF THE MORAL VIGILANTES? -- ATTACKS BY
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulates Medan and Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY -- Despite a serious flare-up recently near Jakarta, incidents of hard-line Muslim vigilante groups "sweeping," e.g., closing down entertainment establishments during the fasting month of Ramadan, have dropp [...]
2007-10-01 09:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2772INDONESIA -- RAMPING UP THE PRESSURE ON THE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulates Medan and Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission continued a robust outreach campaign to press the Indonesian government and legislature for stronger action on Burma. Indonesian students and NGO activists continued to protest in front of the Bu [...]
2007-10-01 10:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2776COUNT HIM IN -- JAKARTA GOVERNOR TAKES THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso has formally entered the 2009 presidential hunt. Sutiyoso--who will step down after ten years as governor on October 7--removed what little doubt remained about his big-time ambitions with his long-anticipated announcement. According to Mission contact [...]
2007-10-02 06:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2777INDONESIA - 2008 DRAFT BUDGET, SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
[...] (U) Summary. On August 16, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) presented to the Parliament his FY 2008 draft budget, which focused heavily on boosting infrastructure spending. The draft budget targets 6.8% economic growth for 2008, up from 6.3% expected in 2007, with 6% inflation. In or [...]
2007-10-02 07:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KMCA ECON KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2780USG COULD LEVERAGE $100 MILLION AUSSIE FORESTRY INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In the run up to COP 13, Australia has announced an AUS$100 Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership. Post could increase the long-term impact of our current projects in forestry and wildlife conservation by leveraging this new initiative. Any additional fu [...]
2007-10-02 09:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2783PAPUA: CONTROVERSY CONTINUES TO SWIRL AROUND HUGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meetings with poloff, Freeport McMoran officials insist they are doing everything possible to address security and environmental concerns surrounding their massive mine in central Papua. The use of police instead of military for security around the mine has not yet res [...]
2007-10-02 10:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EMIN SENV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2784INDONESIA AND BURMA: GOI OFFERS TO PLAY A ROLE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues to press Indonesia for a stronger stance regarding the Burmese regime's crackdown. Charge was told that President Yudhoyono has extended an offer to the Burmese regime to help it establish a dialogue w [...]
2007-10-02 10:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2787 SPOTLIGHT ON ACCOUNTABILITY -- ACTIVISTS FLAG
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Human rights groups are concerned that a group of marines accused in the shooting deaths of four civilians in the so-called "Pasuruan incident" have been released from jail. They are calling for the cases to be hear [...]
2007-10-03 04:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2795INDONESIA - OCTOBER 3 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In its October 2007, GlobeAsia (a respected Indonesian business magazine) ranked Minister of Health Fadilah Supari as number 16 of the top 99 Most Powerful Women in Indonesia. On October 1, the National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) confirmed H5N1 in a dece [...]
2007-10-03 08:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2796INDONESIA - OCTOBER 3 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In its October 2007, GlobeAsia (a respected Indonesian business magazine) ranked Minister of Health Fadilah Supari as number 16 of the top 99 Most Powerful Women in Indonesia. On October 1, the National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) confirmed H5N1 in a dece [...]
2007-10-03 08:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2798DUE TO INCIDENT IN DARFUR, INDONESIAN POLICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has been moving forward with plans to deploy a police contingent to Darfur. In light of the recent attack on African Union troops, however, the Indonesian police are communicating with their advance team now in the region. The Indonesian government will make a decision [...]
2007-10-03 08:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SU UN ID
07JAKARTA2799INDONESIA AND BURMA: PRESSING THE CASE AGAINST
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Charge took our views on Burma directly to the Indonesian public in a television interview. Indonesian legislators, media and civil society continue to focus on Burma and to press the GOI for action. END SUMMARY [...]
2007-10-03 09:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2815BANKING SECTOR UPDATE 2007 - NEW REGULATION ON
[...] (U) Summary. Since announcing its 2005 Indonesian Banking Architecture plan, Bank Indonesia has launched several policy packages and regulations to promote banking consolidation via merger. On September 21, Bank Indonesia issued a new regulation setting out additional incentives for bank conso [...]
2007-10-04 07:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2816INDONESIA 2008 MINI COUNTRY OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR
[...] (SBU) On behalf of the Mission Team on HIV/AIDS, I am pleased to present the Indonesia 2008 Mini Country Operational Plan (COP) in support of the PresidentQs Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This submission represents the combined efforts of the United States Department of State, the [...]
2007-10-04 08:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID OGAC
07JAKARTA2817ASEAN FAVORS ENGAGEMENT WITH BURMA, MAY DELAY BURMA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. ASEAN Secretariat staff express hope that momentum for stronger ASEAN condemnation of Burmese repression will continue to build, but also maintain that an increase in economic engagement is the best way to affect political change in Burma. ASEAN may delay Burma's signing of the [...]
2007-10-04 09:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
07JAKARTA2819PAPUA -- ENCOURAGING INDONESIA TOWARD GREATER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Seeking GOI support for planned USG visits to Papua, poloff met October 4 with key Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Papua contact. Poloff--more generally--also pressed for greater access for diplomats and foreign media. Contact responded that DEPLU was committed to greater [...]
2007-10-04 09:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2825MIGRANT WORKER INCIDENT SPARKS ANOTHER DUST-UP
[...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The alleged gang rape of an Indonesian national working in Malaysia has outraged Indonesians. Police have detained 10 of the suspects--including a police officer--and the victim is now being sheltered by Indonesian [...]
2007-10-05 04:49:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ELAB SMIG PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2828EAST KALIMANTAN -- ENGAGING STUDENTS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 2-4 visit to the resource-rich Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on Borneo island, Mission team held a wide-ranging dialogue with 70 students at a local university. Emboffs used the occasion to underscore the strength and vitality of U.S.-Indonesian relati [...]
2007-10-05 07:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2833BALIKPAPAN - DECENTRALIZATION CHAMPION, MODEL FOR EAST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Balikpapan, the commercial hub of East Kalimantan, represents the opportunities - and challenges - of decentralization in Indonesia. A twelve-fold increase in central government budget transfers has led to new public service initiatives and economic opportunitie [...]
2007-10-05 10:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV KCOR ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2843INDONESIAN ELECTIONS -- NEW COMMISSIONERS FAIL TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian legislature (DPR) has unveiled the names of the new members of the Indonesian Elections Commission (KPU). The new commissioners are not highly thought of--one is entangled in a corruption case--and are widely believed to be the by-product of political horse-tradin [...]
2007-10-09 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR ID
07JAKARTA2846INDONESIA/BURMA: IN REBUFF TO GOI, LEGISLATORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Escalating their response to the Burmese crackdown, Indonesian legislators have blocked the appointment of a new Indonesian envoy to Burma and put on hold agrement for Burma's new ambassador-designate to Indonesia. The move to block the two appointments may be temporary, but is [...]
2007-10-09 09:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA2852TRIALS KICK OFF FOR FORMER JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Trials of seven defendants linked with the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network have begun in Jakarta. Six were operatives of an important Java-based terror cell and the other played a key role in a 2005 Sulawesi bombing. All seven face charges under the Anti-Terrorism Law. The [...]
2007-10-10 06:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ASEC PTER PINR ID
07JAKARTA2854BALI AIRPORT COMPLIANCE NOTICE DELIVERED TO
[...] (SBU) On October 10, 2007, A/DCM met with Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal and delivered Secretary Chertoff,s letter regarding the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) finding of compliance with international security standards for Bali,s Ngurah Rai International Airport. [...]
2007-10-10 08:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV PTER ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2855INDONESIA/BURMA -- ACTIVISTS CALL FOR REGION-WIDE
[...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY -- Indonesian civil society activists concerned about Burma met with Emboffs at the DCM's Residence, October 5. A/DCM and Pol/C reviewed USG Burma policy, underscoring our strong support for civil society efforts in favor [...]
2007-10-10 09:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID BM EAID PHUM
07JAKARTA2860ACEH -- ENGAGING CIVIL SOCIETY ON SECURITY, HUMAN
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Poloff held a dialogue on human rights with activists in a former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) stronghold in Aceh, October 3. Poloff emphasized the USG's full support for Aceh's peaceful development under terms of the Hels [...]
2007-10-10 10:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV PHUM PINS ID
07JAKARTA2864SUPREME AUDIT BOARD SETTING VISION, LACKING CAPACITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Supreme Audit Board (BPK) presented its semiannual audit report to Parliament on October 10, documenting 1,543 cases that caused $854 million in losses to the state. The BPK performs key government oversight functions, yet lacks the resources, capacity, and cooper [...]
2007-10-11 03:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2869MUNIR CASE -- NEW CHARGES FURTHER IMPLICATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- Prosecutors have filed charges against two former employees of Garuda Airlines in the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir. The charges--which received widespread media play--further implicate the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) in the 2004 killing. Human rights [...]
2007-10-11 06:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM PINS ID
07JAKARTA2870INDONESIA/BURMA -- PRESSING FOR ASEAN LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Pol/C reviewed ref A demarche with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),and also with Gudadi Bambang Sasongko, DEPLU's Deputy Director for East Asian-Pacific Affairs. Pol/C underscored that ASEAN members have a unique obligation [...]
2007-10-11 07:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2871INDONESIA - SAMPLE SHARING POSITION HARDENS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following participation in a Third World Network-organized meeting in Geneva, Indonesia's views on sample sharing seem to be hardening. Dr. Widjaja Lukito, Government of Indonesia lead on sample sharing, told us on October 11 that Indonesia intends to seek support within the Glo [...]
2007-10-11 07:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2874YOGYAKARTA: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR DECENTRALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Yogyakarta's decentralization framework is robust, yet its implementation and results incomplete. Following major earthquake damage and economic decline in 2006, the Special Province of Yogyakarta is working to attract investment and improve the investment climat [...]
2007-10-11 09:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV KJUS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2875YOGYAKARTA - PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Yogyakarta provincial leadership has instituted several initiatives to promote greater accountability and more responsive local government. The Governor established public and private ombudsman offices and a regional oversight body to promote better governance. Despite some [...]
2007-10-11 09:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2878RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- POLICE, MUSLIM GROUPS
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI)--an important national group of Muslim religious leaders--last week urged the government to ban a little-known Islamic sect. Past edicts against groups labeled deviant have prompted [...]
2007-10-11 10:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2885ACEH -- GOI REBUFFS MOVE TO REGISTER FREE ACEH
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a long-anticipated move, the GOI has refused to register the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) as a political party. The decision was based largely on the party's use of the Acehnese flag and GAM name. GAM officials blasted [...]
2007-10-12 03:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2892GOI--REACTING TO CONCERNS--ADJUSTS REMISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to international concerns, the GOI has quietly adjusted its sentence remission policy for those convicted of terrorism-related offenses. Instead of applying the annual holiday-timeframe remissions policy for all prisoners indiscriminately, the GOI will take time to [...]
2007-10-12 06:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2901INDONESIAN TIES WITH MALAYSIA FALL VICTIM TO
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The brief detention--on illegal immigration charges--of an Indonesian diplomat's wife based in Malaysia has sparked an uproar in Indonesia. Despite a formal apology, the Indonesian national legislature (DPR) has [...]
2007-10-15 08:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SMIG PHUM ID MY
07JAKARTA2903THE POLITICS OF RAMADAN IN INDONESIA -- THE GOOD,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: October 13 marked the Muslim holiday of Idul Fitri--the end of Ramadan--and the Indonesian political spectrum celebrated in its inimitable fashion. On the positive side, they held multiple ceremonies to give money to the poor. On the negative side, a number of politicos--includ [...]
2007-10-15 10:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KISL PTER ID
07JAKARTA2904INDONESIA/BURMA: GOI CONTINUES REVIEW OF ASEAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials continue to study the proposed appointment of an ASEAN special envoy to Burma. Indonesia also sent an influential former general and senior diplomat to Rangoon for the funeral of former Burmese PM Soe Win and for meetings with regime and opposition figures, if [...]
2007-10-15 10:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA291AMBASSADOR STRESSES AID, INVESTMENT IN PAPUA
[...] (U) Introduction and Summary. On a January 21 - 24 visit to Papua Province, Ambassador B. Lynn Pascoe stressed the importance to Papua's development of both foreign aid and foreign investment. He said that the U.S. was examining ways to increase assistance to Papua, especially in the form of [...]
2007-02-02 06:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EINV EAID EMIN SOCI CASC ID
07JAKARTA2916BOWING TO PRESSURE, GOI ANNOUNCES TOUGHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- The GOI's formal revision of its criminal sentence remission policy has taken effect. The new regulation makes it more difficult for certain groups of convicts--notably terrorists--to receive the annual sentence reductions traditionally given to most prisoners in Indonesia. Th [...]
2007-10-16 10:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS PREL ID
07JAKARTA2917BURMA -- URGING INDONESIA TO SUPPORT GAMBARI'S
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with GOI officials. They expressed full support for UN Special Envoy Gambari's efforts and said Indonesia is examining steps meant to facilitate his mission. As part of his SE Asia trip, [...]
2007-10-16 10:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA292REQUEST APPROVAL TO TRAIN MOBILE BRIGADE PERSONNEL
[...] (U) This cable contains an urgent action request (see Para 8). 2. (C) Summary: Recent counterterrorism operations by Indonesian National Police (INP) units in Central Sulawesi highlight a deficiency in our approach to police training in Indonesia. Specifically, the 2003 ban on using Inter [...]
2007-02-02 08:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KCRM KHLS KPAO PGOV PINS KJUS KISL
07JAKARTA2923COMING TO GRIPS WITH "THE YEAR OF LIVING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Events in the 1965-66 timeframe shook Indonesia to its core: faced with an attempted leftist takeover, the military launched a successful counter-coup. This was followed by widespread massacres as military and conservative Muslim elements killed an unknown number of alleged c [...]
2007-10-17 10:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM KISL PREL ID
07JAKARTA2924A CABINET OF ONE -- INDONESIA'S FIRST LADY EXPANDS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: According to contacts, Indonesia's First Lady has expanded her influence within the Palace and emerged as the President's undisputed top advisor. Kristiani Herawati's ascendance has apparently come at the expense of other key advisors. The First Lady has allegedly leveraged he [...]
2007-10-17 10:54:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2929BURMA -- FM WIRAJUDA MEETS GAMBARI; SBY RECEIVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- Visiting UN Special Envoy Gambari discussed the situation in Burma with Indonesian FM Wirajuda on October 18 and is slated to meet with President Yudhoyono later today. In a brief press conference, Gambari suggested incentives could help lead the Burmese leadership toward chang [...]
2007-10-18 10:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA293PARLIAMENT FLEXES ITS MUSCLES ON BURMA
[...] (C) In a relatively rare moment of constructive assertiveness, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) chastised the government of Indonesia for abstaining on the UNSC Burma resolution vote (Ref C). On January 25th, the DPR's Commission I - the Commission for foreign policy and defense [...]
2007-02-02 08:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA2930PAPUA -- TURBULENCE IN THE HIGHLANDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A tribal clash October 16 left eight people dead in the highlands of central Papua in eastern Indonesia. Police reinforcements have rushed to the area, which is near U.S. company Freeport McMoRan's operations. There are differing versions of what sparked the fighting--which invo [...]
2007-10-18 11:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EMIN ID
07JAKARTA2936IN VICTORY FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS, COURT UPHOLDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Constitutional Court recently upheld the right of a spouse to deny a husband's demand to take on additional wives. The court's ruling upheld a 1974 marriage law that allows polygamy, but restricts its practice. Efforts to tighten the restrictions further have so fa [...]
2007-10-19 06:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM KWMN ID
07JAKARTA2939GOI TO BALI BOMBERS -- MAKE CLEMENCY REQUEST OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- The Indonesian Attorney General has given the three convicted Bali Bombers one month to request clemency from the President. If they don't--and the three have repeatedly said they won't, they face execution. If they make the clemency request, the process could drag on for some [...]
2007-10-19 08:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ASEC CASC PTER ID
07JAKARTA2947LIAISON OFFICERS REACH ACROSS INDONESIA
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta launched a liaison officer (LO) program to key strategic areas in Indonesia: Yogyakarta, Kalimantan, Semarang and Papua. Two person teams of entry level officers and officers with content area expertise were designated as the Embassy's primary representatives to these [...]
2007-10-22 01:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO ECON CMGT APER ID
07JAKARTA2948VICE PRESIDENT KALLA'S UNCERTAIN POLITICAL FUTURE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: With the 2009 presidential race heating up, the most intriguing political wild card at this stage is VP Kalla. He enjoys a reputation for dynamism, chairs Indonesia's largest political party, and--given his sometimes tricky relationship with SBY--would seemingly have motivation [...]
2007-10-22 05:30:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2953INDONESIA'S SUPREME COURT -- LACK OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Supreme Court has made progress in implementing reforms designed to improve the efficiency and professionalism of the judiciary. The Court's potential remains unfulfilled, however, largely due its reluctance to tackle the issue of judicial accountability. While movin [...]
2007-10-22 09:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID
07JAKARTA2956BURMA -- INDONESIA LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 22, the Ambassador briefed Secretary General Cotan on the USG's expanded sanctions on SIPDIS Burma and urged the Indonesian government to maintain pressure on the Burmese regime. Indonesia remains frustrated with the lack of progress in Burma, but does not have a cl [...]
2007-10-22 10:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA296SEPARATIST CLASHES SPARK PANIC, HARDSHIP IN PAPUAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two months of clashes between separatist guerrillas and police in Papua's Central Highlands has panicked villagers, causing them to abandon their farms and villages and resulting in reports of food shortages. Church sources place the number of displaced persons at about 2,000. [...]
2007-02-02 09:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM
07JAKARTA2967MAINSTREAM MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS PRESS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's two largest mass Muslim organizations--Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah--have recently publicly criticized U.S. policy in the Middle East. In addition to the ritualistic criticism of the USG, the statements--made in advance of Palestinian leader Abbas, visit to J [...]
2007-10-23 11:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL ID XF
07JAKARTA2968ABBAS VISIT -- INDONESIA SUPPORTS PEACE
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas visited Jakarta October 21-23 for meetings with President Yudhoyono and other senior Indonesian officials. Abbas solicited Indonesian participation at the November peace conference in th [...]
2007-10-23 11:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ID XF
07JAKARTA2969TIME MAGAZINE FIGHTING TO OVERTURN DEFAMATION RULING IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TIME magazine will soon file for judicial review - its last available legal option - in the Suharto defamation case. The Supreme Court ruled on August 30 that TIME must pay $111 million to former President Suharto due to defamation of character caused by a May 1999 TIME cover sto [...]
2007-10-23 12:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2974CORRUPTION NEWS -- MAKING STRIDES IN GOI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest news related to corruption, the GOI continues to make strides in improving inter-agency coordination in anti-corruption cases. In a controversial case, the Supreme Court has overturned convictions against 10 local politicians. A civil case against a Suharto-linked [...]
2007-10-24 06:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID
07JAKARTA2980BURMA -- FORMER GENERAL REVIEWS RECENT VISIT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- On October 24, Lt. General (ret,d) Agus Widjojo reviewed with Pol/C his recent visit to Burma for an official funeral. Widjojo--serving as a special Indonesian envoy--said he had met several regime figures on the margins of the trip. Widjojo said he had urged the regime to wor [...]
2007-10-24 10:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2988BURMA/ASEAN -- RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT REGIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts. They said the GOI was under a great deal of pressure domestically not to treat upcoming ASEAN-related summits as "business as usual." That said, Indonesia and other member-states had not yet decide [...]
2007-10-25 09:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA2989UNGA -- PRESSING FOR A NO VOTE ON CUBAN EMBARGO
[...] (C) Pol/C reviewed Ref B points with Trini Gunarti Sualang, Deputy Director of the North America Desk at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),October 25. Pol/C stressed that Indonesia should vote against Cuba,s annual UNGA embargo-related resolution or--at the very least--abstain. Pol/ [...]
2007-10-25 09:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNGA ETRD UN CU ID
07JAKARTA2990DEFENSE COOPERATION -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military relationship has reached an important phase. Both sides need to discuss how they see this relationship developing. The October 29-November 3 CHODS conference in Hawaii provides Admiral Keating with an ideal opportunity to engage Panglima [...]
2007-10-25 10:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2992CENTRAL JAVA -- SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH AT AN ISLAMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff spoke at a pesantren (Islamic school) during an October 23-24 visit to the Central Javan region. Poloff underlined the importance of the U.S.-Indonesian relationship and the need for additional efforts to foster dialogue. Students asked questions about U,S, policy in the [...]
2007-10-25 11:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2996FORMER PRESIDENT HABIBIE ON THE POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met former president B.J. Habibie on October 24. Habibie characterized the current political situation in Indonesia as "confused," expressed a desire to collaborate with the Mission on democracy promotion projects, and shared the details of his last conversation [...]
2007-10-26 06:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2998INDONESIA FAULTS PILOT FOR GARUDA CRASH
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Commission said pilot error caused the March 7, 2007 Garuda plane crash in Yogyakarta that killed 21. The report, issued on October 22, 2007, also faulted the airline's training practices, the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) supervision o [...]
2007-10-26 07:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD PGOV ID
07JAKARTA300TSUNAMI RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION - ACEH AT TWO YEARS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Aceh is undergoing a remarkable transformation and recovery since the devastating December 2004 tsunami. All displaced persons are out of tents and in houses or temporary shelters. New or renovated houses are everywhere and the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC)' [...]
2007-02-05 08:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV KCOR EINV ID
07JAKARTA3001MUNIR UPDATE -- POLICE CONTINUE TO PRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The murder case of well-known human rights activist Munir Thalib is moving forward with ongoing police investigations and trials of new suspects. Human rights lawyer Usman Hamid continues to be upbeat about police efforts to pursue current and former Indonesian Intelligence Age [...]
2007-10-26 09:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3003PAPUA -- A GOOD WEEK FOR THE GOVERNOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu traveled to London this week to receive a TIME Magazine-sponsored environmental award and tout his conservation plans. Suebu will also visit Beijing where he will open the first Papua provincial government overseas office. Suebu has a solid reputat [...]
2007-10-26 09:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV PINR ID
07JAKARTA3008INDONESIA/TIMOR LESTE -- FINAL COMMISSION REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Commission on Truth and Friendship Timor-Leste (CTF) recently held its final workshop in Jakarta, prior to deliberating on its final report to be issued in early 2008. Indonesian human rights groups are generally skeptical about what will be in the final report. Some member [...]
2007-10-29 03:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PHUM ID TT
07JAKARTA3015PAPUA -- ACTIVIST DETAINED; MISSION EXPRESSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian National Police (INP) have arrested a well-known Papuan human rights activist. The INP claims the activist--who is now in detention in Jakarta after being transferred from Papua--sent "defamatory messages." Pol/C has expressed concern about the case to the GOI. EN [...]
2007-10-29 07:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ID
07JAKARTA302TSUNAMI RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION - ACEH AT TWO YEARS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency of Aceh and Nias (BRR) has made significant progress on the immense task of rebuilding Aceh and Nias in its 20 months of operation. However, in contrast to a year ago, BRR is receiving increased criticism for spending too slowly (or t [...]
2007-02-05 08:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3025AVIAN INFLUENZA - U/S DOBRIANSKY MEETS WITH KOMNAS CHIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 04:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3027PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S POLITICAL PROSPECTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: As President Yudhoyono (SBY) moves into the fourth year of his five-year term, his political prospects are strong. His poll numbers remain robust and he can take comfort in knowing that no compelling challengers have emerged yet to contest the 2009 election. Nonetheless, there [...]
2007-10-30 06:47:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA3030COUNTERNARCOTICS -- INTELLIGENCE CENTER PROVES ITS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 09:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
07JAKARTA3035USABC SEEKS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN JAKARTA
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and seven cabinet ministers told a U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation that Indonesia desires closer business and investment ties with U.S. companies. The five-day trade mission to Jakarta ran from October 22 - 26. Vice Presi [...]
2007-10-31 06:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3039CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 10:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS SNAR CASC PTER ID
07JAKARTA304SITREP ON FLOODING IN JAKARTA
[...] DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 5 to assess the flood situation in Jakarta and its implications for the Embassy. Rain in the greater Jakarta area continued over the weekend, exacerbating flooding caused by heavy rains the latter part of last week. Loc [...]
2007-02-05 09:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CASC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3040COUNTERNARCOTICS -- INTELLIGENCE CENTER PROVES ITS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified )- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM visited the GOI's counternarcotics intelligence center, October 25. The center is located in Jakarta and was created with USG funds to assist the Indonesian government track and roll up [...]
2007-10-31 10:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
07JAKARTA3041PAPUA -- ACTIVIST STILL IN CUSTODY, DETAILS EMERGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Detained Papuan human rights activist Iwanggin Sabar Olif remains in police custody in Jakarta. His lawyers have visited him in custody and report that is in good condition. It is unclear what the police plan to do with him next. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) FURTHER DETAILS RE ARREST [...]
2007-10-31 11:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ID
07JAKARTA3042INDONESIAN ISLAMIC SECT AL-QIYADAH FACING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of Al-Qiyadah--a small Islamic sect labeled "deviant" by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI)--turned himself in to Jakarta police earlier this week. Police have largely managed to prevent vigilante attacks on sect members, despite intense pressure from local MUI branch [...]
2007-10-31 11:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3043INDONESIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a highly anticipated October 30 ruling, the Indonesian Constitutional Court affirmed the constitutionality of capital punishment under Indonesian law. The ruling came in a case involving two [...]
2007-10-31 11:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS SNAR CASC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3044WAYS FORWARD ON THE BURMA ISSUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Michael Vatikiotis of the Henry Dumont Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue offered ideas on moving the Burma situation forward, after discussions with leaders in the region, including Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda. Vatikiotis said it was important that ASEAN unanimously ratif [...]
2007-10-31 11:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV XC BM ID
07JAKARTA3046GUS DUR ON INDONESIA'S CHALLENGING ROAD AHEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former President Abdurrachman Wahid (aka Gus Dur) underscored to Ambassador Hume that corruption was Indonesia's single biggest impediment to development. Looking and sounding more fragile than in recent memory, Gus Dur welcomed the Ambassador to Indonesia during the Ambassador's [...]
2007-11-01 09:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3049FREEPORT IN PAPUA: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
[...] (SBU) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified-please handle accordingly. Not for distribution outside of USG channels. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Freeport McMoRan is making efforts to address the economic impact of its operations in Papua, Indonesia. During the DCM's recent visit, the company s [...]
2007-11-01 10:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA3050DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Mission discussed reftel themes with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs, on November 1. We noted that Indonesia would appear to share U.S. objectives, given the participation of an Indonesian peacekeeping battalion in UNIFIL. 2. (C [...]
2007-11-01 10:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER EUN SY LE IN
07JAKARTA3058WEST JAVA -- OUTREACH IN INDONESIA'S MOST POPULACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Bandung, the capital of West Java, October 31 - November 1. Pol/C--in a public outreach event--underscored the close links shared by the U.S. and Indonesia to a large, lively group of university students, who had many questions about U.S. policy in the Middle East [...]
2007-11-02 08:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO KISL ID BM
07JAKARTA3062HUMAN RIGHTS -- PRESSING GOI ON DETAINED PAPUAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 2 conversations with Indonesian government contacts, Pol/C forcefully underscored U.S. concern over the continued detention of Iwanggin--a well-known Papuan human rights activist--and the persecution of Al-Qiyadah, a small Islamic sect. The head of the National Human [...]
2007-11-02 10:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3065POLITICAL ISLAM -- GAUGING HARD-LINE INFLUENCE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's two largest mass Muslim organizations--Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)--are reportedly having success in mitigating the influence of hard-line radicals in their ranks. Muhammadiyah is probably the more susceptible of the two organizations to radical infiltratio [...]
2007-11-02 11:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3069INDONESIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT -- FOCUS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Constitutional Court Chief Justice Jimly Asshiddiqie--in a meeting with DCM--styled himself a reformer, including in the area of civil liberties. He added, however, that--in his opinion--reform of Indonesia's court system would require at least another decade. Asshiddiqie expres [...]
2007-11-05 06:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL EAID ID
07JAKARTA3070POLITICAL ISLAM -- MAINSTREAM MUSLIMS CONDEMN
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: An influential chapter of the group Nahdlatul Ulema (NU) has issued a statement condemning the idea that Muslims must work to create an Islamic "Caliphate." A contact told Pol/C that NU as a whole was moving toward [...]
2007-11-05 09:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM SOCI ID
07JAKARTA3074INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST -
[...] Summary. Inflation was higher for September and October due to seasonal factors including the Islamic fasting month of Ramadhan and Eid holiday. Bank Indonesia (BI) kept its policy rate steady in view of volatile markets and inflationary pressure. On July 31, Government of Indonesia (GOI) an [...]
2007-11-05 10:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3075INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 5 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 10:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3076PAPUA -- MORE TRIBAL TURBULENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Timika--a major town in South-central Papua--was paralyzed November 3-4 as crowds barricaded and destroyed a police station. Police agreed to the crowd's demands and the situation is now tense but stable. The unrest forced alterations in the schedule of the Ambassador's Novembe [...]
2007-11-05 11:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3083WEST JAVA -- OUTREACH AT INDONESIA'S MOST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a November 5 visit to the University of Indonesia (UI),poloff and econoff held a wide-ranging dialogue with about 30 students and faculty. Emboffs engaged the energetic audience in a spirited discussion about U.S. foreign policy and the U.S. presidential race, and used t [...]
2007-11-06 07:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO SOCI ID
07JAKARTA3088Greenpeace "Forest Defender Camp"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Greenpeace has established a "Forest Defenders Camp" in Sumatra's Riau Province to protect the forest and climate ahead of the COP-13 climate change conference in Bali. The 60-odd camp members, including one American and 11 other foreigners, are ostensibly investigating forest [...]
2007-11-06 10:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID
07JAKARTA3089NORTH MALUKU -- GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION MIRED IN
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On November 3, North Maluku province in Eastern Indonesia conducted its first-ever direct gubernatorial election. According to poloff who was on the scene, voting took place in a peaceful and orderly fashion despi [...]
2007-11-06 10:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA309INDONESIA RIDES THE COMMODITIES BOOM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's exports soared for the first time to over $100 billion in 2006, underpinning respectable gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.5% for the year. A 19% rise in non-oil and gas exports, particularly commodities, over the first 11 months of 2006 drove the country's st [...]
2007-02-06 07:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3096GOLKAR -- INDONESIA'S LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's largest political party--Golkar--will soon hold its leadership conference. The annual meeting will take place against the backdrop of the looming 2009 national elections. The party will use the meeting to discuss the possibility of a Kalla presidential bid. Though [...]
2007-11-07 08:59:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA3099RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN PURCHASE OF BANK INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a modest retreat in the June-August period, gross capital inflows to Indonesia remain high and have accelerated in recent months. Concern about a sudden reversal of portfolio inflows prompted public comments from two Bank Indonesia (BI) officials as well as an internal [...]
2007-11-07 10:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA310AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) SAMPLE SHARING UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission continues working to reverse the January 11 verbal directive from the Indonesian National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) until NAMRU- [...]
2007-02-06 07:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3100PAPUA -- AMBASSADOR VISITS KEY SITES IN TURBULENT
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. Not for distribution outside of USG channels. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume discussed economic development, health, human rights and other concerns with key government and civil society interlocutors on a Novem [...]
2007-11-07 11:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS EMIN ENRG ID
07JAKARTA3101HUMAN RIGHTS -- PRESSING GOI RE DETAINED ACTIVIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues to monitor two key human rights cases. Based on Mission information, a Papuan human rights activist detained without formal charge since mid-October remains under detention. In the meantime, a Muslim sect remains under pressure, with the police placing more of [...]
2007-11-07 11:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3107EX-GOVERNOR'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOW TO GAIN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ex-Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso made a big splash when he announced he was running for president (the election is in 2009). The former general--who has been actively barnstorming--has thus far failed to make a dent in the polls. Even in the byzantine world of Indonesian politics, [...]
2007-11-08 08:53:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3109COUNTER-TERRORISM -- PROSECUTORS PRESS CASE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors have requested 20-year sentences for two alleged terrorists for a string of 2004-05 attacks in the Poso region of Sulawesi. Both men are being tried in Jakarta under the 2003 anti-terrorism law. Proc [...]
2007-11-08 10:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID
07JAKARTA311 February 6 Update On Flooding In Jakarta
[...] Extremely heavy rains overnight were mitigated somewhat by a dry and partly sunny day in Jakarta as of 15:00 Tuesday. Morning rush-hour was difficult with standing water sporadically throughout the city, but improved as the day wore on. Meteorologists continue to anticipate further rain over [...]
2007-02-06 08:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CASC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3117MUNIR MURDER -- POLICE CONTINUE INVESTIGATION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) for the first time has publicly acknowledged that it is being investigated by police for the 2004 murder of well-known human rights activist Munir Thalib. Meanwhile, trials for two suspects continue with witnesses revealing likely intelli [...]
2007-11-08 11:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA312Indonesian Police Capture Key Militants
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesian National Police (INP) units in Poso, Central Sulawesi nabbed three key militants on February 1 in on-going operations there. Shortly afterward, two other militants sought by the INP surrendered to authorities. The lead suspect, Basri, one of the most violent figures [...]
2007-02-06 09:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PGOV PNAT KJUS KISL ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3121NORTH MALUKU -- ELECTION SPARKS CONCERN ABOUT
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: North Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia continues to await final results from its first-ever direct gubernatorial election. The local electoral commission has announced that it will not release final results unt [...]
2007-11-09 08:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3127PAPUANS SEEING STARS OVER RUSSIA-INDONESIA SPACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Papuan politicians and civil society leaders have blasted the joint Russian-Indonesian space launch facility slated for construction on Biak Island off central Papua. While public protests against the project have yet to materialize, controversy over the issue is yet one more de [...]
2007-11-09 09:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EINV TSPA ECPS ID RS
07JAKARTA3128DEFENSE COOPERATION -- CHANGE IN NAVY CHIEF COULD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Admiral Sumardjono has replaced Admiral Slamet Soebijanto as Indonesia's Naval Chief of Staff. Sumardjono--who had been serving as Indonesian Defense Department Inspector General--was sworn in by President Yudhoyono on November 7; the actual change of command will occur Nove [...]
2007-11-09 09:49:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL ID
07JAKARTA313AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES STRATEGIES WITH ACEH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Aceh Governor-Elect and former leader of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) Irwandi Yusuf met with the Ambassador on February 5, three days before Irwandi's inauguration, to discuss strategies for the new administration. The discussion focused largely on economic development, with the [...]
2007-02-06 09:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EINV EAID ID
07JAKARTA3134ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION LEADING INDONESIAN REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leads the anti-corruption movement in Indonesia through its high-level investigations, vigorous prosecutions, and highly respected reform-minded leadership. Our legal, law enforcement, and NGO contacts broadly agree that the KPK's leade [...]
2007-11-13 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3137MCC - INDONESIA'S EDUCATION SPENDING
[...] Summary. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) requires GOI to report annually a set of indicators, and to provide explanation. This cable explains the challenging methodology in properly capturing education expenditures, as well as issues and progress concerning the sector. We believe t [...]
2007-11-13 07:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KMCA SCUL PGOV KPAO ID
07JAKARTA3138 INDONESIA'S CAPITAL MARKETS WEATHERING TURMOIL
[...] Summary. Dr. M. Chatib Basri, a well-respected macroeconomist, stated that Indonesia has weathered recent turmoil in global financial markets and is unlikely to face another significant financial crisis in the near term at a seminar on November 6. Bank Indonesia (BI) Senior Deputy Governor Mi [...]
2007-11-13 07:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3143CT UPDATE -- SBY TOUGH ON BALI BOMBERS; PATROL
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counter-terrorism news, President Yudhoyono has asserted that he will not grant the three terrorists convicted for the 2002 Bali bombings clemency (should they request it). The three terrorists remain [...]
2007-11-13 09:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID ID
07JAKARTA3145INDONESIA'S NATIONAL LEGISLATURE WORKS TO STRENGTHEN U.S. CAUCUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has moved quickly in recent months to invigorate its U.S. Caucus. Membership in the Caucus has swollen to over 50 representatives and contains some of the most influential members of the DPR, including the Speaker. Mission has supp [...]
2007-11-13 09:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3146TIP -- COOPERATION WITH THE FRENCH AGAINST
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) Indonesia collaborated recently with the French Embassy on a regional seminar entitled "Fi [...]
2007-11-13 10:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN ID FR XC
07JAKARTA3153POLITICAL ISLAM -- KEY PARTY EYES NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Islamist-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) emerged as a political force in Indonesia by capturing eight percent of parliamentary seats in 2004. PKS campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, but has thus far failed to deliver on its clean governance promise. A 55-per [...]
2007-11-14 08:49:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA3155DEFENSE COOPERATION -- INDONESIA INCREASINGLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There are signs that the GOI is increasingly interested in purchasing U.S. military equipment as it begins to rebuild its defense capabilities. Two prospective F-16 deals continue to move forward (ref a) and the Indonesian military is considering possible deals for other items. [...]
2007-11-14 09:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3159COUNTERNARCOTICS: INDONESIAN POLICE--AIDED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian National Police (INP) drug task force--with intelligence assistance from the USG--raided a methamphetamine laboratory located on an Indonesian island near Singapore, October 20-21. The INP arrested two chemists from Taiwan and four Indonesian nationals. The total s [...]
2007-11-14 10:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
07JAKARTA3160RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN INDONESIA
[...] (C) Summary. Indonesia has a long history of tension between economic nationalists and those who welcome foreign investment. However, our contacts report no upsurge in resource nationalism-inspired actions. Indeed, the increase in resource nationalism described in ref A has benefited Indone [...]
2007-11-14 10:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3166MIDDLE EAST -- SPECIAL ENVOY REVIEWS GOI'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13 Indonesian Special Envoy for Middle East issues Alwi Shihab told the DCM that Iran was increasingly confident that it could proceed with its nuclear program without serious international action. He also said Indonesia continued to look for ways to support Palestini [...]
2007-11-15 07:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC ID IR XF
07JAKARTA3173CORRUPTION UPDATE -- DIPLOMATS, FORMER MINISTERS,
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: November's corruption highlights include: a credible media report alleges corruption at the Foreign Ministry; a former minister has been named a suspect in a corruption case involving the sale of two crude oil tankers; [...]
2007-11-15 09:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
07JAKARTA3174RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- CONTINUED PRESSURE ON ISLAMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of a small Islamic sect--Al-Qiyadah--labeled deviant by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has announced that he has "repented" and returned to mainstream Islam. Police and the MUI continue to investigate Al-Qiyadah and other minority sects, and are actively pressuri [...]
2007-11-15 10:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM PREL ID
07JAKARTA3175INDONESIA - STOLEN ASSET RECOVERY INITIATIVE TO FOCUS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN-World Bank Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative will make recommendations for a technical assistance program in Indonesia. Indonesia has limited technical capacity and uneven political will to recover assets internationally. Managing expectations of StAR is critical a [...]
2007-11-15 10:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3180NATIONAL LEGISLATURE FLEXES MUSCLES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's national legislature (DPR) is pressing the GOI to explain several of its recent ambassadorial nominees. Legislators are--in particular--criticizing picks for Kuala Lumpur, London and New Delhi, asserting that they are either not competent or are corrupt. The Chair [...]
2007-11-16 07:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PREL ID
07JAKARTA3181COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) PART II:
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia--the fourth largest country in population in the world--has historically has not been considered a major drug producing, consuming or transit country. However, in recent years Indones [...]
2007-11-16 07:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM SNAR AFIN PREL ID
07JAKARTA3182RULE OF LAW -- PROSECUTORS GET CLOSE LOOK AT U.S.
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Accompanied by poloff and DOJ/OPDAT, 11 Indonesian prosecutors from a key task force participated in a November study visit to the U.S. The USG-funded program gave the participants both a broad [...]
2007-11-16 08:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KJUS PGOV PTER ID
07JAKARTA3198OUTREACH AT KEY PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 15 visit to the Habibie Institute--a public policy think-tank--POL, PAS and USAID officers held a lengthy dialogue with Institute officials about public opinion polling. Em [...]
2007-11-19 09:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA3199DEFENSE COOPERATION -- INDONESIAN MILITARY WANTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Indonesian defense officials have expressed broad support for moving forward on cooperation with the U.S. Their near-term objectives are practical and tied to Indonesia's immediate need to rebuild its military capabilities after more than a decade of sanctions. Primary a [...]
2007-11-19 10:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3201ASEAN SUMMIT/BURMA -- INDONESIA MUDDLING THROUGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials support allowing the Burmese regime to sign the ASEAN Charter during the upcoming Summit in Singapore. The GOI continues to support UN Envoy Gambari's mission and believes he could play a role in the East Asia Summit on November 21. The ASEAN Secretariat--w [...]
2007-11-19 10:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA3214SULAWESI -- RADICALISM ON THE WANE WITH POLICE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a recent trip to Sulawesi Island, poloff met with various GOI officials, including from the police. There was widespread agreement that radicalism in Sulawesi had been largely contained, while tensions betwee [...]
2007-11-20 10:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ASEC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3223INDONESIA REACTS TO REPORT ON JOURNALIST KILLINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An Australian coroner's report released November 16 accuses the Indonesian Military (TNI) of deliberately "executing" five foreign journalists in East Timor in 1975. An Australian Embassy contact in Jakarta told Pol/C that he has reviewed the conclusions of the report with the [...]
2007-11-21 09:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALAU ID PGOV PHUM PREL TT
07JAKARTA3224NORTH MALUKU -- JAKARTA INTERVENES TO RESOLVE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The National Electoral Commission (KPU) has overturned the result of the gubernatorial election in North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia and suspended three members of the local electoral body (KPUD). The loca [...]
2007-11-21 09:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3225IRAN -- FLURRY OF INDONESIAN TRAVEL TO TEHRAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono reportedly intends to travel to Tehran in December, apparently in lieu of Vice President Kalla's canceled Iran visit. Parliamentary Speaker Laksono is currently in Tehran under the auspices of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA). Parliamentarian Ade Nasut [...]
2007-11-21 10:24:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV MNUC ID IR XF
07JAKARTA3236NORTH MALUKU -- WINNER NAMED IN ELECTION; ETHNIC
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Three days after overturning the result of the gubernatorial election in North Maluku province in Eastern Indonesia, the National Electoral Commission (KPU) handed victory to opposition candidate Abdul Gafu [...]
2007-11-23 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3238TRAFFICKING -- MULTILATERAL STRATEGY MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission--at its initiative--recently hosted a trafficking-focused meeting of multilateral donors and NGOs. The meeting--chaired by Dep Pol/C--addressed several recommendations made in the 2007 GAO evaluation of USG international human trafficking projects. Meeting participants [...]
2007-11-23 10:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SMIG PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA3239ASEAN SUMMIT/INDONESIA -- A MIXED REACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian reaction to the recent ASEAN Summit meetings in Singapore was generally positive, particularly in regard to the Charter and the Economic Blueprint. Reaction--particularly from legislators and the press--regarding the GOI's handling of Burma has been largely critical, [...]
2007-11-23 11:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ASEAN XC BM ID
07JAKARTA3245INDONESIA WELCOMES NEW AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian reaction to the Australian election has been upbeat, almost effusive. The GOI has invited PM-elect Rudd to visit Jakarta in the near-term (Rudd reportedly will also travel to Bali soon for the UN Climate Change meeting). Pol/C spoke with top foreign policy analyst D [...]
2007-11-26 08:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO ID AS
07JAKARTA3247INDONESIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH ACCELERATES, BENEFITS SLOW TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's GDP expanded a stronger than expected 6.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) during the third quarter of 2007 on robust domestic demand and a higher investment rate. Growth in the agriculture and service sectors outperformed the expansion of manufacturing activity. Despite more [...]
2007-11-26 08:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3248U.N. EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT INDONESIA'S JAILS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture briefed diplomats--including Dep Pol/C--November 23 on his recent visit to Indonesia. He said he found evidence of torture of some detainees by police at a [...]
2007-11-26 09:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM ID UN
07JAKARTA3249INDONESIAN CIVIL AVIATION CHIEF TALKS REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on November 14, 2007, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief Budhi Suyitno emphasized the directorate's newest slogan, 3S plus 1C: safety, security, service and compliance. He told us DCGA's efforts will be comprehensive, focusing on improvements in [...]
2007-11-26 10:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PTER ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3250INDONESIA'S LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY DITCHES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's largest political party--Golkar--just held its annual conference in Jakarta. The party opted to scrap its presidential selection convention for 2009--a move that clearly benefits Vice President and Golkar Chair Jusuf Kalla--and pledged to support President Yudhoyono [...]
2007-11-26 10:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA3256INDONESIAN LABOR LEADERS TAKES CAMPAIGN TO IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 09:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ELAB ID IR
07JAKARTA3257INDONESIAN LABOR LEADER TAKES CAMPAIGN TO IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. "Captain Jack Sparrow" of the Indonesian labor movement, Hanafi Rustandi, head of the Seafarers Union, carried out a daring foray into Iran October 7-11, in an attempt to secure medical treatment and freedom for an imprisoned Iranian labor leader, Mansour Osanloo. Nearly detained [...]
2007-11-27 09:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ELAB ID IR
07JAKARTA3259WEST KALIMANTAN -- DAYAK UNSEATS INCUMBENT MALAY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: An indigenous Dayak candidate upset the favored incumbent governor, a Malay, in local elections on November 15 in West Kalimantan Province. Indonesian Democratic Struggle Party (PDI-P) candidate Cornelius Kimha trounced incumbent Usman Jafar by a margin of 12 percent in a come-fr [...]
2007-11-27 10:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ID
07JAKARTA3260U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL DECLARATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 11:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR IZ ID
07JAKARTA3263TERRORIST TRIALS -- NEW FUNDING NEEDED FOR COURT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Over the past two years, a locally contracted Court Monitor has provided valuable information on the trials of Indonesia's most dangerous terrorists. With current funding nearly exhausted, Mission seeks new Department funding to continue this productive relationship. Supported b [...]
2007-11-28 06:09:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3264ASEAN SECRETARIAT'S POST-SUMMIT READOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an ASEAN Summit debrief, Secretariat officials stated that the member countries were frustrated that the press focused too much on ASEAN's handling of Burma, taking attention away from the historic importance of the Charter signing. Dhannan Sunoto, Director of the Secretaria [...]
2007-11-28 06:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
07JAKARTA3267INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPING -- LEBANON, DARFUR AND THE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia is sending a fresh battalion of peacekeeping troops to the United Nations Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The 850-member battalion from the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) replaces the initial [...]
2007-11-28 09:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KPKO PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3273CENTRAL JAVA -- OUTREACH IN KEY REGION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Semarang, the capital of Central Java, November 27-28. Pol/C--in a public outreach event--underscored the close links shared by the U.S. and Indonesia to a large, friendly group of university students. Pol/C met Central Java's Governor, who discussed the province' [...]
2007-11-29 09:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PTER ID AS
07JAKARTA3275MIDDLE EAST -- UNDERSCORING THE USG'S COMMITMENT
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassifed -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM and the Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia participated in a public discussion on the Annapolis Conference on November 28. In a country where for many years such public discussions hav [...]
2007-11-29 10:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL ID IS XF
07JAKARTA3276INDONESIA RATIFIES SECURITY ACCORD WITH AUSTRALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has ratified a security accord with Australia commonly referred to as the "Lombok Treaty." The treaty enhances security cooperation and consultations between the two countries on a range of issues, including defense technology, law e [...]
2007-11-29 10:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR AS ID
07JAKARTA3278"Cooking the Climate" or Cooking the Books? Greenpeace's
[...] (U) Summary: In a recently released report, "How the Palm Oil Industry is Cooking the Climate," Greenpeace blames American and European companies for the destruction of Indonesia's forests and peat swamps. If this destruction continues unabated, Greenpeace writes, vast amounts of carbon will be [...]
2007-11-30 02:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID
07JAKARTA328PPP TURNS TO CABINET FOR NEW PARTY CHAIR
[...] (C) On February 3rd, the United Development Party (PPP) elected Suryadharma Ali as Party Chairman for the 2007-2012 term. Suryadharma, the Minister for Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises, escaped the first round of voting with a narrow victory after receiving 365 of the 1181 overall [...]
2007-02-08 00:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3286MAJOR PARTY CHALLENGED BY SPLINTER GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A new party formed by defectors from former president Megawati's PDI-P party is gaining some traction. The party--which goes by the acronym PDP--could damage PDI-P's chances in the 2009 national elections. Megawati and company--concerned about the future of their party, which ha [...]
2007-11-30 09:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3287MAJOR PARTY CHALLENGED BY SPLINTER GROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 09:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3289HOPPING MAD INDONESIANS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesians regularly complain about Malaysia, but emotions have swirled to a new level over claims of infringement of Indonesia's most cherished resource--its culture. Accusing Malaysia of brazenly stealing a traditional East Javan dance, more than a 1,000 demonstrators clamor [...]
2007-11-30 09:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SMIG SOCI ID MY
07JAKARTA3291ISRAEL'S QUIET OUTREACH TO INDONESIA
[...] (C) Summary. Israel's Ambassador to Singapore Ilan Ben-Dov met with Ambassador Hume on November 30 to discuss Israel's desire for more -- though quiet -- economic and political engagement with Indonesia. Ben-Dov was sponsored on a three-day trip to Jakarta by the Indonesian Chamber of Commer [...]
2007-11-30 10:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV ETRD ID IS
07JAKARTA3293NORTH MALUKU -- JAKARTA INTERVENES AS ELECTION
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has named an interim governor in the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku. The move is designed to prevent a vacancy in the province's top position while a heated dispute over the r [...]
2007-11-30 11:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3294INDONESIA - OIL PRICE CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati restored some credibility to Indonesia's budget estimates on November 28 by incorporating higher global petroleum prices and continued declining domestic production into Government of Indonesia (GOI) analyses. Although she downplayed the [...]
2007-12-03 03:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EPET ENRG PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3296INDONESIA - OBSTACLES AND PROGRESS IN CAPITAL MARKET
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tax, legal and accounting issues are impeding the development of securities markets and products in Indonesia. Market participants and some regulators argue that the lack of hedging instruments and financing techniques is the key obstacle to securities market development. On th [...]
2007-12-03 07:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3297BURMA -- LEGISLATORS ON ASEAN CHARTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian legislators told Pol/C that the GOI is urging speedy ratification of the ASEAN Charter. They predict that--despite concerns about Burma--the Charter will be ratified at some point next year. In the meantime, the national legislature (DPR) has approved the government' [...]
2007-12-03 09:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA3298PAPUA -- U.S. REPRESENTATIVE'S VISIT
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Faleomavaega--accompanied by the Ambassador--visited Papua, November 26-28. He met a wide range of government officials and civil society figures in Biak and Manokwari, and toured [...]
2007-12-03 10:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS EMIN ENRG ID
07JAKARTA33INDONESIA - DECEMBER 28 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia has reported no new human AI cases since November 12, leading to confident statements by Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials of success in containing AI in humans. Dr. Rodney Hoff of the Singapore-based Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention Center (REDI) paid his [...]
2007-01-05 08:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3312COUNTERTERRORISM -- SIX CONVICTED FOR ATTACKS
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors have won convictions against six terrorists for a series of attacks in 2005-06. Verdicts in three other terrorist-related trials are expected soon. The Supreme Court has also upheld the convict [...]
2007-12-04 10:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ASEC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3320ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMPS UP ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a highly positive development, the Attorney General has removed dozens of prosecutors from their positions during his first six months on the job, many for allegedly accepting bribes. These aggressive moves are part of a larger program--which Mission has strongly supported--to [...]
2007-12-05 07:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR EAID ID
07JAKARTA3325POLITICAL ISLAM -- THE RISE AND FALL OF SHARI'A?
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The number of new Islamically-inspired laws being put on the books by Indonesian municipalities has declined sharply over the past two years. During a visit to key sites in Sumatra, poloffs discussed the situation wit [...]
2007-12-05 10:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI KISL ID
07JAKARTA3326LEGISLATURE CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO TESTIFY RE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) has moved to summon President Yudhoyono to answer questions regarding a complex financial case. Abuse of Central Bank liquidity funds--issued to assist depositors at distressed banks--caused billions of dollars in losses to the state. The Attorney Ge [...]
2007-12-05 10:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3331ENGAGING A KEY POLICE UNIT
[...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The INL-funded DOJ ICITAP (police training) program is ready to begin to work with the Mobile Brigade in use of force, disaster relief, and critical-incident response. Mobile Brigade is a critical component of the police [...]
2007-12-06 07:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PTER PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3335NEW ARMED FORCES CHIEF: PROFESSIONAL, REFORMER,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Amid some political jousting, Indonesia's legislature confirmed Army Chief of Staff Gen. Djoko Santoso as the new Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces on December 5. Santoso--President Yudhoyono's nominee for the position--pledged to work to continue to professionalize the mili [...]
2007-12-06 10:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PINR ID
07JAKARTA3338INDONESIA - FINANCE MINISTER'S DRAMATIC TAX REFORMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Mulyani's reform efforts are achieving dramatic, substantive improvements at the Directorate General for Tax (DG Tax),formerly one of the most corrupt government agencies in Indonesia. Reforms of business process, codes of conduct, internal controls and data pr [...]
2007-12-07 03:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3339EAST TIMOR -- FINDINGS OF FINAL COMMISSION REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesia Timor-Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) is likely to cite gross human rights violations involving both pro-Indonesian and pro-independence forces in its final report to be issued in February 2008, an Indonesian Commissioner told us. The Commission is [...]
2007-12-07 04:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TT ID AU
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