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07DHAKA333	DEBATE OVER DETENTION OF ALLEGED CRIME LORDS [...] (SBU) Summary. The appellate panel of the Supreme Court has stayed a lower court order to release four of the dozens of people detained on corruption suspicions. The government's appeal against the original order is scheduled for March 5. End Summary 2. (SBU): On February 28, a Supreme Cou [...]	2007-02-28 09:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BG

07DHAKA335	BANGLADESH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report covers efforts by the Bangladeshi government (GOB) from March 2006 to March 2007, and address the questions submitted to Post by G/TIP (reftel). Paragraph two begins text. Embassy point of contact is Luke Zahner, Political Officer, telephone: 880- [...]	2007-03-01 02:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG
07DHAKA34	NATIONWIDE BLOCKADE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The AL-led alliance's nationwide blockade continued for a second day as police and protesters clashed in Dhaka and roads in and out of Dhaka remain blocked. Police reported protesters used small bombs equivalent to large firecrackers and, in one instance, police received small wea [...]	2007-01-08 23:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CASC BG
07DHAKA381	TERRORIST FINANCE: BANGLADESH ADDRESSES ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered points reftel to Mr. Swapan Bishwas, Deputy General Manager, Anti-money Laundering Department of the Bangladesh Bank (the country's central bank). Mr. Biswaw affirmed Bangladesh's commitment to preventing the illegal movement of currency. He cited the following as ev [...]	2007-03-07 05:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER LE BG
07DHAKA39	AMBASSADOR AND BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER MEET [...] (C) Summary: In a January 7 meeting the Ambassador and the BHC advised Khaleda Zia of approaches by some within the political parties advocating scenarios, backed by the military, to force Zia and Hasina into political exile. Although acknowledging some dissent within the party, Zia bristl [...]	2007-01-09 11:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
07DHAKA396	TARIQUE RAHMAN AND OTHERS ARRESTED; [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-11 09:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM BG
07DHAKA41	RAB MAKES SEVERAL JMB ARRESTS - INVESTIGATIONS [...] (C) On January 7, members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) raided at least four separate locations in Narayanganj, which is an area approximately 15-20 miles southeast of Dhaka and arrested six members of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The raids were based on information derived from [...]	2007-01-09 11:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL KISL BG
07DHAKA410	GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF [...] (U) The Caretaker Government on March 8 announced it would strictly enforce the ban on political activities until further notice, effective immediately. The announcement effectively shuttered party offices and ended the government's informal tolerance of limited political meetings and "ind [...]	2007-03-12 08:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA411	MILITARY-LED BODY TO COMBAT CRIMES AND CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 09:05:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BG
07DHAKA412	BANGLADESH REPORTS ON UN DEMOCRACY FUND [...] SUMMARY. One project in Bangladesh was awarded under the United Nations Democracy Fund, the "Clean Candidate, Clean Election Campaign, 2006" proposed by Brotee Samaj Kallyan Sangstha. The project is on hold, however, because the elections scheduled for January 22, 2007 in Bangladesh were can [...]	2007-03-12 09:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL UN NGO OIIP BG
07DHAKA422	BANGLADESH: SANCTIONS FOR PURCHASING CONTROLLED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 09:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR BG
07DHAKA43	BANGABHABAN BLOCKADE [...] (SBU) The Awami League (AL) led alliance's nationwide blockade entered its third and final day on January 9 with the focus shifting to an attempted blockade of the Presidential compound, Bangabhaban, located in southwest Dhaka. In the early morning, scores of police and soldiers surrounded Ban [...]	2007-01-09 12:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA44	RAB ARRESTS 2 MORE JMB MEMBERS, SEIZES EXPLOSIVES [...] (U) Television news carried reports today (January 10) of a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) raid at 0400 local time that two men were arrested and explosives seized near the diplomatic area. This follows other recent arrests of JMB members on December 29 and January 7. (reftel) 2. (S) The t [...]	2007-01-10 09:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL KISL BG
07DHAKA445	RIHS REGISTRATION RENEWED [...] (SBU) On March 13, local media reported that the the NGO Affairs Bureau of the GOB has renewed for five years the registration of the local chapter of the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). 2. (SBU) We are attempting to confirm this report with GOB officials. Meanwhil [...]	2007-03-15 09:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PREL BG
07DHAKA446	RIHS REGISTRATION RENEWED [...] (SBU) On March 13, local media reported that the the NGO Affairs Bureau of the GOB has renewed for five years the registration of the local chapter of the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). 2. (SBU) We are attempting to confirm this report with GOB officials. Meanwhil [...]	2007-03-16 06:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PREL BG
07DHAKA447	RIHS REGISTRATION RENEWED [...] (SBU) On March 13, local media reported that the the NGO Affairs Bureau of the GOB has renewed for five years the registration of the local chapter of the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). 2. (SBU) We are attempting to confirm this report with GOB officials. Meanwhil [...]	2007-03-16 06:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PREL BG
07DHAKA457	BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICIANS REACTION TO SECOND [...] (C) Summary. Businessmen are starting to express concern about the lack of transparency with the government's anti-corruption lists, particularly as they pertain to several well-regarded businessmen. Meanwhile, an Awami League politician says his inclusion on the lists is being used by senior [...]	2007-03-19 09:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PREL PGOV BD
07DHAKA458	BNP SECRETARY GENERAL OUT TO REPLACE ZIA [...] (C) Summary: BNP Secretary General Bhuiyan confirmed to us he aspires to take over the leadership of his party once the military persuades Chairperson Khaleda Zia to leave Bangladesh. He is also considering leading a new national government, replacing the current caretaker regime, to carry ou [...]	2007-03-19 10:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BG
07DHAKA459	BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICIANS REACTION TO SECOND [...] (C) Summary. Businessmen are starting to express concern about the lack of transparency with the government's anti-corruption lists, particularly as they pertain to several well-regarded businessmen. Meanwhile, an Awami League politician says his inclusion on the lists is being used by senior [...]	2007-03-19 23:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PREL PGOV BD
07DHAKA460	BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT RENEWS RIHS REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) On March 20, NGO Affairs Bureau Assistant Director A.K.M. Humanyun Kabir confirmed to us that his agency had renewed the registration of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) gave its concurrence (reftel). Kabir said that the GOB never [...]	2007-03-20 10:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PGOV PREL BG
07DHAKA476	ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN DEFENDS [...] (C) Summary: Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Hosain Mashhud Chowdhury unequivocally maintained that the ACC has a solid basis for investigating each of the 100 individuals identified in two lists of individuals suspected of corruption. During a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador and [...]	2007-03-22 07:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM BG
07DHAKA480	BANGLADESH'S FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF AVIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 22, Bangladesh announced its first confirmed case of Avian Influenza (H5N1). The GOB has taken preliminary steps to address the avian influenza infection discovered at a commercial poultry farm north of Dhaka. With NO/NO human infection in Bangladesh and NO/NO additi [...]	2007-03-23 10:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU BG
07DHAKA484	MINORITY ACTIVIST KILLED BY ARMY SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) Another allegation of torture and extra-judicial killing made its way into the local press this week. According to newspapers and witness reports, army and police personnel removed four members of the Christian Garo minority in the Madhupur Forest area from a micro-bus in the early after [...]	2007-03-25 08:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA489	RUMORS SWIRL ON ZIA'S DEPARTURE [...] (C) Summary. Senior party leaders say that Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairwoman Khaleda Zia is ready to leave Bangladesh, provided her two sons are allowed to go with her and her exile, probably in Jeddah, is guaranteed to be comfortable. If Zia does go and Awami League President Hasina s [...]	2007-03-25 10:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
07DHAKA505	ARMY CHIEF SPEAKS OUT [...] (C) Summary. The army chief's populist, politician-bashing speech yesterday has boosted rumors he intends to become president once the incumbent's term expires in September. End Summary. The General Speaks Out ---------------------- 2. (SBU) On March 27, Chief of Army Staff General Moeen [...]	2007-03-28 09:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM BG
07DHAKA524	HEAD OF LAND-RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IMPRISONED, BEATEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Shahidul Islam, director of the non-governmental organization Uttaran, was detained at his organization's training center in Tala in southwestern Bangladesh by army personnel on January 27. At a meeting with POLOFF on March 22, Uttaran officials provided first-hand details of Is [...]	2007-04-01 06:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA529	AMBASSADOR RAISES DEMOCRACY CONCERNS TO FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Affairs Adviser Chowdhury and the Ambassador discussed USG concerns about Bangladesh's democracy, custodial deaths, Shoaib Choudhury's sedition trial, and continuing registration problems for American visitors to Bangladesh. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On March 28, the Ambas [...]	2007-04-01 08:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM CVIS PTER BG
07DHAKA538	BANGLADESH: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 07:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP PARM BG
07DHAKA542	UNHCR REPORTS FURTHER PROGRESS ON ROHINGYAS [...] SUMMARY (C) The government continues to take steps to improve conditions in the official Rohingya refugee camps, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Bangladesh. A government adviser made the first-ever minister-level visit to the camps in March. Mea [...]	2007-04-03 04:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF BG
07DHAKA546	JMB EXECUTED; GOB TARGETS POLITICAL PROTECTORS [...] (C) Terrorists Executed: Bangladesh (GOB) hanged six top leaders of the militant group Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) on March 30, keeping execution details (time and place) secret. Sentenced to death in September 2006 for killing two SIPDIS judges in 2005, the six exhausted their appe [...]	2007-04-04 04:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA55	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRESENCE OF REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC [...] (S/NF) Per Ref A request, Post assessed whether the GOB would object to US designation of the Kuwaiti-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society branch in Bangladesh (RIHS-B) under E.O. 13224 and/or UNSCR 1267. Post does not believe the GOB would object to designation under either authority. I [...]	2007-01-11 09:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN BG
07DHAKA56	MILITARY SAYS NO TO POLITICAL ROLE, [...] (C) Summary: Political factions, leading business organizations and civil society are seeking international support for military solutions to the present political crisis, creating intense pressure on the military to act. Our embassy, the British High Commission and other missions in Dhaka [...]	2007-01-11 09:25:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA569	BANGLADESH MOVES ON BIRD FLU, BUT NOT AS QUICKLY AS DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. GOB actions do not have a sense of urgency, and the FAO/WHO approved National Response Plan is not being closely followed. The donor community is trying to develop a means to urge GOB action; key to that is the current FAO technical assessment reported septel. END SUMMARY. [...]	2007-04-09 04:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA57	MILITARY SAYS NO TO POLITICAL ROLE, [...] (C) Summary: Political factions, leading business organizations and civil society are seeking international support for military solutions to the present political crisis, creating intense pressure on the military to act. Our embassy, the British High Commission and other missions in Dhaka [...]	2007-01-11 09:25:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA576	THREE MONTHS LATER: DEMOCRACY IN BANGLADESH [...] (C) As the Fakhruddin Ahmed government hits its 90-day mark, the future of Bangladesh's democracy remains uncertain. Elections, the government now admits, are at least 18 months away, both big political parties are reeling from government pressure, the army chief has called for radical const [...]	2007-04-10 04:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM MARR BG
07DHAKA587	HOME SECRETARY ON JMB EXECUTIONS, KIBRIA AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary. On April 5, Deputy Chief of Mission and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Secretary Abdul Karim met to discuss issues, including the recent Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) executions, GOB changes to its visa regime, trafficking in persons, the restarting of the Kibria investigati [...]	2007-04-11 09:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EAID CASC PHUM BG
07DHAKA588	HOME SECRETARY ON JMB EXECUTIONS, KIBRIA AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary. On April 5, Deputy Chief of Mission and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Secretary Abdul Karim met to discuss issues, including the recent Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) executions, GOB changes to its visa regime, trafficking in persons, the restarting of the Kibria investigati [...]	2007-04-11 09:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EAID CASC PHUM BG
07DHAKA59	STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN BANGLADEH - SITREP [...] (SBU) At 1920 local, media reported that the caretaker government under President Iajuddin Ahmed had authorized a state of emergency. Embassy has confirmation from multiple sources. Media reported that a night time curfew, 2300 to 0500 will be imposed beginning tonight, January 11, and remain [...]	2007-01-11 13:22:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA608	BIRD FLU: BANGLADESH PERMITS INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOB agreed April 9 to allow foreign technical advisors to assist with the Avian Influenza response. This breakthrough opens the door for multilateral and bilateral assistance to implement the recommendations reported in ref (A). END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Early Assessment: [...]	2007-04-15 08:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAID PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA612	DEA ADVANCE VISIT TO DHAKA PREPARES FOR SUMMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DEA Special Agents Tom Brown from the New Delhi regional office and Dan Perez from Quantico met various Bangladeshi law enforcement agencies in preparation for a two week Basic Drug Course to be offered to counter-narcotics officers. Bangladesh's status as a regional transship [...]	2007-04-16 01:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA626	FAO TRANSBOUNDARY ANIMAL DISEASE EXPERT ASSESSES [...] (SBU) FAO Technical Assistance: Dr. Laurence Gleeson, Regional Manager of the Food and Agriculture Organization's Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases, visited Dhaka April 4 to assess the avian influenza outbreak that began in February (ref B) and to make recommendations. He pr [...]	2007-04-16 06:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA629	BANGLADESH ANNOUNCES ELECTIONS BY END OF 2008 [...] (U) Election timeline: Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed announced April 12 that elections will be held by the end of 2008. The announcement was part of his nationwide address reviewing the Caretaker Government's accomplishments in its first 90 days and reaffirming the CG's commitment "not (t [...]	2007-04-16 08:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA63	STATE OF EMERGENCY - SITREP 02 01/12/07 [...] As of 1240 local the situation remains calm. Embassy personnel are safe and accounted for. No AmCits have contacted Embassy for assistance. A countrywide 2300-0500 hrs daily curfew remains in effect until further notice. 2. Former Bangladesh Bank (the country's central bank) Governor F [...]	2007-01-12 06:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM BG
07DHAKA646	FORMER PM ZIA REPORTEDLY AGREES TO QUIT BANGLADESH [...] (C) Zia Agrees to Leave: Former Prime Minister and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Khaleda Zia has agreed to leave Bangladesh and not return, according to press reports and sources close to Zia. Her decision comes less than 48 hours after the arrest of her youngest son, Arafat " [...]	2007-04-17 10:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA656	HOME SECRETARY ON SHEIKH HASINA, KHALEDA ZIA, AND [...] (C) On the heels of a brief April 18 introductory call by the New Delhi based Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Legal Attache, the Home Secretary touched on Sheikh Hasina,s imminent return, rumors about Khaleda Zia,s imminent departure and continuing allegations of death and abuse attribut [...]	2007-04-19 11:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL KCRM PGOV BG
07DHAKA66	SENIOR MILITARY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES STATE OF [...] (S) Summary: A senior military official told the Ambassador the military approached President/Chief Advisor Iajuddin Ahmed to press him to declare a state of emergency and resign as Chief Advisor. The military moves were motivated both by UN statements that military participation in a one [...]	2007-01-12 10:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
07DHAKA663	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS WITH COAS MOEEN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 16 meeting with Ambassador Butenis and DATT (note taker),Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Moeen Uddin Ahmed described the military's successes in support of the civilian government, cited the need for political party reform, provided assurances the military would remai [...]	2007-04-22 09:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KDEM PMIL BG
07DHAKA684	AMBASSADOR VISITS MADHUPUR, DISCUSSES CUSTODIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. No charges have been filed and no action taken in the case of Choilesh Ritchil, the Christian Garo activist from Madhupur who was killed by the army on March 18. This was the situation as described to the Ambassador by Garo activists when she visited the Pirgachha Catholic Missio [...]	2007-04-26 04:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA685	BANGLADESH - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY [...] (C) Summary: The interim government formed following the January 11 declaration of the State of Emergency has pursued an aggressive agenda of political and economic reform coupled with an anti-corruption campaign and institutional change all designed to create conditions conducive to free, [...]	2007-04-26 04:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA690	HASINA, ZIA MAY RETURN OR STAY AS THEY CHOOSE [...] (U) Government Relents: On April 25, the government issued two press notes announcing that Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is free to return to Bangladesh and that Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairwoman Khaleda Zia is under no pressure to leave. The April 25 note on Hasina referred to th [...]	2007-04-26 07:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM PREL BG
07DHAKA713	BANGLADESH: SHIP RECYCLING - INTERNATIONAL TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 07:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND PHSA SENV ETRD BG
07DHAKA716	BOMBLETS EXPLODE IN THREE BANGLADESH CITIES [...] (SBU) On the morning of May 1, three small devices exploded within minutes of each other near railroad stations in the cities of Sylhet, Chittagong, and Dhaka. Police told us that one rickshaw driver was seriously injured in Chittagong and a small boy sustained minor injuries in Sylhet. 2 [...]	2007-05-02 08:55:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KDEM PHUM ASEC PGOV BG
07DHAKA717	BANGLADESHI JOURNALIST'S SEDITION TRIAL POSTPONED [...] (C) SUMMARY. The start of the sedition trial of Bangladeshi journalist Salahuddin Shoaib Choudhury was postponed again, this time until June 23. Choudhury also received two phone calls on April 30, one from Police Special Branch and one from an officer with military intelligence. END SUMMARY. [...]	2007-05-02 09:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA729	DEMARCHE ON U.S. WTO TAFT PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-03 09:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON WTRO BG
07DHAKA730	LABORATORY CAPACITY IN BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. H5N1 continues to spread in Bangladesh, with confirmed poultry infections reported in nine of 64 districts but still no confirmed human cases. Numerous meetings between donors, experts, and the relevant GOB ministries have raised the question of Bangladesh,s laboratory capaci [...]	2007-05-04 07:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAID PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA733	BANGLADESH: CITES COP 14 PREPARATION: GAUGING [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-06 06:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV ETRD BG
07DHAKA734	BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE ON WTO ARTICLE XXI PROCEDURE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-06 06:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO BG
07DHAKA738	DEPT OF ENERGY TEAM CONDUCT ASSURANCE VISITS AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A three person team from the U.S. Dept of Energy visited Bangladesh to inspect USG funded security upgrades and to determine if further upgrades are necessary to ensure adequate protection of radiological materials. Overall, the team concluded that progress had been made since [...]	2007-05-06 23:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA743	TRIP REPORT OF VISIT TO POULTRY FARMS IN SAVAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 2, Econoff visited two poultry farms in the Ashulia area of Savar district north of Dhaka. Both farms had their entire stocks of egg-laying chickens culled due to H5N1 in late March or early April. The two farms demonstrated widely different levels of preparation and so [...]	2007-05-07 01:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA744	DEPT OF ENERGY TEAM CONDUCT ASSURANCE VISITS AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A three person team from the U.S. Dept of Energy visited Bangladesh to inspect USG funded security upgrades and to determine if further upgrades are necessary to ensure adequate protection of radiological materials. Overall, the team concluded that progress had been made since [...]	2007-05-07 01:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA750	RETURN OF SHEIKHA HASINA TO BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) On May 7, Awami League (AL) leader Shiekh Hasina returned to Bangladesh. AL Secretary General Abdul Jalil told us that the government gave permission for 16 Awami League representatives, up from ten reported in the media, to receive her at the airport. Jalil vehemently rejected any sug [...]	2007-05-07 09:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA758	BANGLADESH: REQUEST FOR DETAILS AND [...] (SBU) On May 6, Econoff delivered demarche (reftel) to Ms. Abida Islam, Director, America and Pacific Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (S) On May 9, Ms. Islam reported to Econoff that Bangladesh Bank (the central bank),through its Deputy Secretary Ruhi Rahman, (8802) 955-4940, issued [...]	2007-05-09 06:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	KNNP EFIN PARM BG
07DHAKA759	BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE ON KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 06:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO AORC PREL BG
07DHAKA776	BANGLADESH CROSSES 100,000 BIRDS CULLED, INFECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Publicly, the GOB is claiming the H5N1 outbreak "has remained under control of the government except in a few places of the country," but as Bangladesh crosses the 100,000 birds culled mark, with ten districts reporting H5N1 infections in poultry and new infections reported week [...]	2007-05-10 08:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA778	HASINA'S RETURN SETBACK FOR GOVERNMENT REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Hasina's triumphant return to Bangladesh marks a dramatic setback to government efforts to force the two ladies into exile and create a new political landscape. Taking Hasina, and by necessity Zia, to trial may be Plan B but is fraught with risks for an increasingly risk-averse g [...]	2007-05-12 04:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BG
07DHAKA779	HASINA'S RETURN SETBACK FOR GOVERNMENT REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Hasina's triumphant return to Bangladesh marks a dramatic setback to government efforts to force the two ladies into exile and create a new political landscape. Taking Hasina, and by necessity Zia, to trial may be Plan B but is fraught with risks for an increasingly risk-averse g [...]	2007-05-12 04:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BG
07DHAKA787	BANGLADESH: US PROTOCOLS IN THE ASEAN REGIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-13 08:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ARF KNNP PTER BG
07DHAKA795	KIBRIA'S SON DISCOUNTS NEW INVESTIGATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 09:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KCRM PGOV BG
07DHAKA80	MORE JMB ARRESTS AND SEIZURES [...] (SBU) Local media report that the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) used confessions from Hasan Ali (alias Hridoy) and Shoeb (alias Jahir Nuruzzaman or Zahir Nuruzzaman),who were arrested January 10 (ref B),to raid another Jamaatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB) house on January 12 in Karatia Bazar [...]	2007-01-16 09:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL KISL BG
07DHAKA803	AMBASSADOR URGES GOVERNMENT TO RETURN JOURNALIST'S [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador is pressing senior government officials to allow journalist Tasneem Khalil and family to travel to mitigate the negative international reaction to his case. End Summary. 2. (C) Early May 11, security officials (apparently from the military intelligence organizat [...]	2007-05-17 06:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BG
07DHAKA816	RIHS LICENSE CANCELED IN BANGLADESH [...] (U) On May 18, local media reported that the Government of Bangladesh canceled the recently renewed registration of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) because of the Kuwait-based NGO's alleged support for Islamist militancy in Bangladesh. 2. (SBU) On May 20, an authoritative of [...]	2007-05-20 07:25:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KISL PGOV BG
07DHAKA819	TERRORISM UPDATE IN BANGLADESH [...] (S) Summary: Although there has been no major terrorist incident in Bangladesh since December 2005, the steady stream of alleged militant arrests since December 2006, the seizure of bomb-making material across the country, and the May 1 "cracker" bombs at three city railroad stations indicate [...]	2007-05-20 09:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER KISL PGOV PREL BG
07DHAKA848	USARPAC COMMANDER BROWN'S MEETING WITH BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary. In his meetings with COAS General Moeen and other senior Bangladeshi military officers, USARPAC Commander LTG Brown stressed the importance of returning Bangladesh to democratic, elected governance as soon as possible and noted the difficulties the Thai generals have encountered by [...]	2007-05-24 07:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM PGOV BG
07DHAKA87	NEW SLATE OF CARETAKER ADVISORS NAMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ten advisors for the new Caretaker Government have been selected and are in the process of taking office. With a few exceptions, the advisors are viewed as non-partisan and distinguished members of society. END SUMMARY A New Team of Advisors ====================== 2. (S [...]	2007-01-17 10:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
07DHAKA872	BANGLADESH: NOMINATION OF NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 07:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IBRD BG
07DHAKA875	ZIA PLEADS FOR SONS [...] (C) Summary. Khaleda Zia urged the Ambassador to support her embattled sons Tarique and Koko, asserted she was ready to leave Bangladesh but the government failed to get her a Saudi visa, said she has no contact with the military, and is mystified by the military's actions and objectives. Loc [...]	2007-05-30 09:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BG
07DHAKA906	CONTINUED INFLATION LEAVES PUBLIC SIMMERING [...] (C) Summary: The military-backed caretaker government continues to face popular discontent over price rises, especially for basic food commodities. Recent press reports highlight public concerns as did the Centre for Policy Dialogue in a June 2 public presentation on the state of the Bangl [...]	2007-06-04 08:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BG
07DHAKA907	"KING'S" PARTY COULD UNDERMINE FREE AND TIMELY [...] (C) Summary. The military continues to court primarily BNP politicians for a new "king's" party, but its failure to displace the "two ladies," the absence of credible leadership for the party, and mixed signals about General Moeen's political ambitions have confused and frustrated potential r [...]	2007-06-04 09:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PHUM BG
07DHAKA951	GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF INDIGENOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The retired judge appointed by the government to investigate the death of Garo activist Choilesh Ritchil in Madhupur on March 18 has had Ritchil's body exhumed for autopsy. Meanwhile, the recent wave of anti-corruption arrests in Dhaka has netted the Chief Conservator of Forests, [...]	2007-06-12 08:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA952	FOUR MONTHS INTO STATE OF EMERGENCY, BANGLADESH'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Bangladesh passes the four-month anniversary of its state of emergency, the human rights record is mixed. According to local NGOs, deaths caused by law enforcement officials, including "crossfire" killings and deaths in custody, have gone down. While there have been many alleg [...]	2007-06-12 08:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PHUM BG
07DHAKA976	STEPS AND STUMBLES FORWARD IN BANGLADESH'S BIRD FLU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In early June, Dinajpur became Bangladesh's twelfth district to report H5 infection, but the first where local officials initially identified the infection in local backyard birds instead of in commercial poultry farms, showing that Bangladesh continues to refine its Avian Influ [...]	2007-06-17 05:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA984	CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER LAYS OUT PLAN FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Election Commission is preparing to announce a roadmap for elections in mid-July. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Huda clarified the role of the army in the voter registration process, discussed how planning for the registration process was proceeding, and assured the Ambass [...]	2007-06-17 08:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA989	BANGLADESH: PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 03:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	UNDP KUNR PREL EFIN EAID BG
07DHAKA990	BANGLADESH: ICAO ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 04:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD BG
07DILI101	AUSSIES BRIEF ON REINADO OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: International Stabilization Forces (ISF) commander Brigadier Malcolm Rerden and Australian Ambassador to East Timor Margaret Twomey briefed Emboffs March 9, reviewing the current status of ISF operations to apprehend Major Alfredo Reinado and summarizing a meeting Rerden has just [...]	2007-03-12 08:57:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS PGOV PREL TT AU NZ
07DILI106	CONTINUED SYMPATHY FOR REINADO IN WESTERN DISTRICTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a March 11-13 visit to East Timor's western districts Emboffs and US Defense Representative found that dissident military leader Major Alfredo Reinado retains strong backing across the region, though it remains unclear if his supporters would be willing to go beyond their cur [...]	2007-03-14 12:54:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO AU TT
07DILI11	NEW ELECTORAL LAWS GO INTO EFFECT, BUT MANY ISSUES [...] Summary: The three main laws that will govern East Timor's presidential and parliamentary elections this year were finally promulgated last month. While the final versions do contain a few compromises of note, the overall process resulted in laws that fall significantly short of reflecting a n [...]	2007-01-15 09:48:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI115	RAMOS-HORTA CONCERNED BUT ANA PESSOA DISMISSIVE OF ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta complained to a gathering of diplomats March 21 that the elections law amendment passed by Parliament that same day includes a provision allowing political party symbols on presidential election ballots. The decision, which Ramos-Horta said viola [...]	2007-03-20 11:12:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI119	SECURITY SECTOR CONCERNS INTENSIFY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Recent decisions made by both the Government of East Timor (GOET) and the United Nations Integrated Mission to Timor-Leste (UNMIT) have possibly made the security environment in Dili more problematic in advance of national elections next month. Dili is now a city where armed [...]	2007-03-22 10:43:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO AU UN TT
07DILI121	ELECTION POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Our overarching policy continues to be focused on supporting a credible elections process that expresses the will of the Timorese people. The UN Elections Certification Team (UNECT) continues to provide detailed analysis of the many metrics that can be measured in making this de [...]	2007-03-23 10:45:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI131	PRIMER ON APRIL 9 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN EAST TIMOR [...] (U) Summary: On April 9 Timorese citizens are scheduled to go to the polls to select from eight candidates who they want to serve as their next president, replacing the iconic Xanana Gusmao. Most observers believe that the election will go to a run off, as the winner must win by a margin of ov [...]	2007-03-30 10:55:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI132	SECURITY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Post remains concerned by developments in the security sector following a United Nations Police (UNPOL) request to the GOET to deploy elements from the East Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) into the capital city of Dili. While the Commander of the F-FDTL, Brigadier General Taur Ma [...]	2007-03-31 08:41:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT
07DILI136	ELECTORAL CERTIFICATION PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: The United Nation's Electoral Certification Team (ECT) has published its Fifth report dated 16 March 2007 regarding the 2007 parliamentary and presidential elections in East Timor. While the comprehensive report by the independent body concluded that major corrective steps in the [...]	2007-04-03 11:45:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL UN TT
07DILI14	SUSPECTED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKERS DETAINED [...] (C) Summary: UNPOL has arrested a Nigerian and a Lebanese national in Dili suspected of involvement in an apparent attempt to traffic young Timorese women to Syria, possibly for prostitution. The Nigerian detainee, found in possession of a large number of fraudulent documents, is confirmed to [...]	2007-01-16 11:23:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KPKO KCRM ASEC UN SY NI LE TT
07DILI141	THREE FRONTRUNNERS FOR EAST TIMOR'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: As the East Timorese presidential campaign wraps up, opposition candidate Fernando "Lasama" de Araujo has emerged alongside establishment candidates Jose Ramos-Horta and Francisco "Lu'Olo" Gutterres as a serious contender in the 9 April presidential election. While current Prime M [...]	2007-04-05 09:30:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI143	ALKATIRI CONFIDENT HIS MAN WILL WIN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, ruling Fretilin party Secretary General and former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri strongly asserted Fretilin would not be involved in any violence surrounding the presidential campaign, and expressed confidence that Fretilin candidate Fra [...]	2007-04-06 07:58:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MARR TT
07DILI15	PRELIMINARY HEARING OF F-FDTL SUSPECTS IN APRIL-MAY [...] (U) Summary: On January 12, a preliminary hearing was held for 12 suspects in the April-May, 2006 violence, 11 of whom aQ members of the armed forces (F-FDTL). This marked the first judicial step that has been taken to date vis-`-vis any member of the F-FDTL. As a result of the hearing, three [...]	2007-01-16 11:26:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ID UN TT
07DILI150	ELECTION COUNT INCOMPLETE, BUT PREPARATIONS FOR RUNOFF [...] (C) Summary: The National Election Commission (CNE) yesterday, April 12, began the national tabulation of votes for Monday's presidential election poll. According to IFES representatives working closely with the CNE on this process, there are a number of problems with the district tabulation, [...]	2007-04-13 11:14:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI151	COUNTING PROBLEMS DELAY OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Electoral Commission (CNE) has delayed the originally scheduled announcement of the provisional national results for the April 9 presidential elections due to multiple problems with the tabulation and documentation of votes. According to its interpretation of the la [...]	2007-04-16 13:11:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM UN TT

07DILI154	EAST TIMOR STABLE THROUGHOUT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The government of East Timor conducted its first round of presidential elections April 9 largely without a significant security incident. In fact East Timor has been remarkably calm over the past two months, aside from the occasional martial arts group fight and minor clashes b [...]	2007-04-17 10:08:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT
07DILI156	CNE CONFIRMS LUOLO VERSUS RAMOS-HORTA RUNOFF [...] Summary: Defying worries that the national tabulation might stretch on for days, the National Election Commission today, April 18, announced at a late afternoon press conference that it had completed the tabulation and announced the provisional national results, reaffirming that Francisco "Lu'o [...]	2007-04-18 13:14:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI158	GUSMAO DISCUSSES ELECTION RESULTS AND CNRT STRATEGY WITH [...] (C) Summary: In an April 18 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, President Xanana Gusmao described the results of the April 9 first round of the presidential elections as essentially a loss for the ruling Fretilin party with its candidates' performance reflecting a broad based desire for change. He [...]	2007-04-20 14:32:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MAAR KDEM AU TT
07DILI164	SECURITY OUTLOOK IN ADVANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF [...] (C/NF) Summary. With the start of the campaign period for the second round of the presidential election, East Timor for the most part remains calm. Within this context, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) met with International Stabilization Force (ISF) commander Brigadier Mal Rerden April 23 to discu [...]	2007-04-25 08:31:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR ASEC KPKO UN TT
07DILI166	NATIONAL BUDGET PLAGUED BY EXECUTION CHALLENGES AND [...] Summary: During an informal briefing for donors last week, the International Monetary Fund's Resident Representative in East Timor painted a bleak picture of budget execution to date for the fiscal year (FY) 2006-2007. Of a $329 million budget, while $211 of it has been committed, only $84 mil [...]	2007-04-27 17:06:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EFIN TT
07DILI182	FRETILIN UNDER FIRE FOR CAMPAIGN IRREGULARITIES [...] (C) Summary: East Timor's ruling Fretilin party has come under increasing scrutiny in relation to allegations of illegal campaign activities in advance of the May 9 presidential runoff. While some are likely exaggerated for the purpose of campaign rhetoric, others appear to be much more solidl [...]	2007-05-08 04:35:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI185	LOWER TURNOUT BUT TECHNICALLY IMPROVED ROUND TWO VOTING [...] Summary: The second round of East Timor's presidential election concluded May 9 without incident. There were visible improvements compared to the first round with regard to logistical preparations. The Embassy will urge all parties to use established legal mechanisms for filing complaints, t [...]	2007-05-09 10:16:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV ASEC UN TT
07DILI189	LANDSLIDE RAMOS-HORTA VICTORY GIVES OPPOSITION MOMENTUM [...] (SBU) Summary: It is now a virtual certainty that Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta has won the May 9 runoff in a landslide, having picked up the vast majority of votes previously cast for the losing candidates of round one, while ruling Fretilin party candidate Francisco "Lu'olo" Guterres gaine [...]	2007-05-11 11:49:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI197	ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT TRANSITION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the victory of Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta in the presidential race now officially confirmed by the Court of Appeals, plans are in place for his inauguration on May 20. Deputy Prime Minister Estanislau da Silva will assume the Prime Ministership until June 30, while the [...]	2007-05-18 12:49:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC TT
07DILI218	EAST TIMOR'S PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN OFF TO VIOLENT START [...] (SBU) Summary. Campaign-related violence in the district of Viqueque left three dead over the weekend of June 2 - 3. Viqueque is a Fretilin stronghold and tensions erupted as former President Xanana Gusmao led his new party in campaign rallies there. With help from the International Stabiliza [...]	2007-06-05 06:20:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM AS UN TT
07DILI219	POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...]	2007-06-05 07:59:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT
07DILI220	POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...]	2007-06-05 08:00:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT
07DILI223	CNRT LEADER XANANA GUSMAO ON ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: In a June 5 meeting with Charge and Poloff, a relaxed and confident Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, former President and currently leader of the National Council of Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT),which hopes to oust the ruling Fretilin Party in East Timor's parliamentary elections on June [...]	2007-06-06 10:42:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM TT
07DILI230	FRETILIN REASSESSES, PREPARES FOR POSSIBLE OPPOSITION ROLE [...] (C) Summary: The results of East Timor's April-May 2007 presidential elections clearly demonstrated ruling party Fretilin's weakness heading into the June 30 parliamentary elections. Fretilin, which has dominated East Timor's politics since independence, was caught by surprise by the extent to [...]	2007-06-14 13:44:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI232	PROMULGATION OF PROBLEMATIC AMNESTY LAW UNLIKELY FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The National Parliament on June 4 approved a Law on Truth and Measures for Clemency for Various Infractions, stipulating that amnesty be provided for a wide array of offenses so long as they were committed between April 20, 2006 and April 30, 2007. If promulgated, the law would ha [...]	2007-06-20 10:38:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS TT
07DILI234	EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA LOOKS AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. In a June 20 meeting with Charge and Poloff, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta expressed satisfaction with the ongoing parliamentary election campaign and confidence in connection with various post-election political scenarios. He confirmed that he had requested that the Inter [...]	2007-06-21 10:04:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AS PO ID TT
07DILI241	EAST TIMOR'S OPPOSITION PARTIES PREPARE TO GOVERN [...] (SBU) Summary: With East Timor's ruling FRETILIN likely to lose its parliamentary majority following the June 30 elections, the four main opposition parties are looking at the very real possibility of being in a position to form the next government. These include: former president Xanana Gusmao [...]	2007-06-27 11:31:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI243	EMBASSY DILI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING, JUNE 28 [...] (SBU) Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by Ambassador, convened at 1030 June 28 to assess the security environment in preparation for post's participation in observing national elections throughout East Timor on June 30. Regional Security Officer (RSO) noted that in meeti [...]	2007-06-28 08:01:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AEMR CASC KDEM TT
07DILI247	FRETILIN, CNRT LEAD AS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION COUNT [...] (SBU) Summary: East Timor's parliamentary elections went remarkably smoothly despite last minute logistical challenges brought on by an unseasonable period of heavy rains in the days leading up the June 30 poll. International observers, including US mission teams present in almost all district [...]	2007-07-02 10:46:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI252	GOVERNING COALITION AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED TOMORROW, GUSMAO [...] (SBU) The last ballot from the June 30 election was counted at the Dili district counting center at mid-day day July 5; results of the completed count are reported in paragraph 2. At approximately 8:00pm local time the same day, we learned that former President Xanana Gusmao's party, the Natio [...]	2007-07-05 12:32:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI255	ELECTION RESULTS GIVE WAY TO RENEWED POWER STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the announcement of the validated election results are still pending, East Timor's electorate and parties have virtually without exception already accepted the results announced at the end of the counting process on July 5. The question that all are now grappling with is [...]	2007-07-09 12:52:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI258	EAST TIMOR'S GOVERNMENT FORMATION DEBATE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The mutually exclusive positions of FRETILIN and the Alliance of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT),the Social Democratic Association of Timor and the Social Democratic Party (ASDT/PSD) coalition, and the Democratic Party (PD) described in reftel appear to r [...]	2007-07-13 10:41:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI264	USG ENGAGEMENT WITH TAUR MATAN RUAK [...] (C) In October 2006, a UN commission of inquiry recommended that the Timor Leste judicial authorities prosecute Brigadier General Ruak, chief of the local defense force, as a result of his actions during the spring 2006 crisis. The Timor Leste prosecutors reportedly began an investigation, but [...]	2007-07-23 07:31:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN TT
07DILI281	BITTER POLITICAL DIVISION WILL LIKELY HAMPER NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Jose Ramos-Horta on Wednesday, August 8 formally swore in the new government formed by the Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP),with former President Xanana Gusmao stepping into the role of Prime Minister. With a new government in place, the country may be able [...]	2007-08-08 12:30:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC TT
07DILI285	TIMOR-LESTE'S NEW CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly appointed PM Xanana Gusmao laid out an ambitious program for the government formed by the Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) in his August 8 inaugural speech. Effective implementation will be challenged by difficult relations with the outgoing ruling party FRETIL [...]	2007-08-13 09:39:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI3	LOBATO TRIAL TO RESUME AMID RUMORS OF DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The trial of former Minister of Interior Rogerio Lobato on charges of illegal arms distribution is due to resume on January 9. It had originally opened on November 30, but was adjourned the same day and delayed until this month, apparently because key witnesses / co-defendants had [...]	2007-01-05 09:34:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS ASEC TT
07DILI306	THE STATE OF FRETILIN [...] (C) Summary: In the days immediately following the August 5 announcement of the new government, led by the four-party Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP),supporters of the previous ruling party FRETILIN launched a campaign of violence and intimidation primarily concentrated in the thr [...]	2007-08-31 09:53:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC TT
07DILI338	COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HOLDS HEARINGS IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 06:51:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID
07DILI348	DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON IAAC CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 08:09:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA UN TT
07DILI370	REBEL REINADO HANGS TOUGH IN TIMOR-LESTE [...] (C/NF) Summary. During November, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao suffered setbacks in his efforts to rein in fugitive rebel Major Alfredo Reinado and his supporters - a group consisting primarily of several hundred "petitioners" dismissed from the Armed Forces of Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) in 2006. Gus [...]	2007-11-26 11:42:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC TT
07DILI379	TIMOR-LESTE: FRETILIN SETTLES INTO OPPOSITION ROLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FRETILIN's leaders remain optimistic that Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's government will be short-lived. FRETILIN is confident that it can undermine Gusmao's coalition by frustrating the realization of the government's policy objectives and highlighting its lack of governing exp [...]	2007-12-12 15:17:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TT
07DILI385	TIMOR-LESTE: REINADO ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 09:38:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC TT
07DILI61	RICE SHORTAGE: POLITICAL AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS IN TIMOR [...] (U) Summary: A severe rice shortage in East Timor has caused both a dramatic increase in the price of rice and in many cases a total lack of availability at any cost. Although the UN has emphasized that the rice shortage does not translate into an overall food shortage, the immediate political [...]	2007-02-22 09:57:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EAID ASEC CASC KPKO TT
07DILI66	RAMOS-HORTA'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY IN CONTEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta, a political independent, officially announced his candidacy for president on February 25 in the eastern town of Laga. Ramos-Horta is widely known to be the candidate supported by President Xanana Gusmao and his newly established political party, [...]	2007-02-26 13:57:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI7	MOUNTING CONCERN ABOUT F-FDTL BEHAVIOR [...] (C) Summary. UNMIT is seriously concerned about arrogant and undisciplined behavior by increasingly visible armed F-FDTL elements in Dili. According to the Deputy SRSG, UNMIT is submitting a formal complaint to Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta and plans to raise the issue with the UN Security [...]	2007-01-08 08:30:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MARR ASEC UN TT
07DILI70	REINADO'S LAST STAND: REBEL LEADER SURROUNDED [...] (C) Summary: As of 9 p.m. local time February 27, a large contingent of the mainly Australian International Security Forces (ISF) in a western East Timor town had cordoned off escape routes for dissident F-FDTL Major Alfredo Reinado and his group, who on February 25 seized 15-25 assault rifles [...]	2007-02-27 13:28:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MAAR KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI8	EAST TIMOR: OBSTACLES TO ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (C) Summary. While there are indications that East Timor's Prosecutor-General genuinely desires to pursue justice for crimes related to the April-May 2006 events, he is said to be under strong pressure from the political elite not to do so, and to fear for his personal safety. He is therefore [...]	2007-01-12 12:12:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ID UN TT
07DILI83	UPDATE ON REINADO STANDOFF AND SECURITY SITUATION [...] (S/NF) Summary: At day's end March 2, there had been no significant change to the situation on the ground in Same, where dissident military leader Alfredo Reinado remains surrounded by Australian Defense Force (ADF) soldiers. ADF reinforcements have arrived in East Timor, but there are indica [...]	2007-03-02 12:00:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC CASC KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI89	TURMOIL IN DILI AS REINADO HUNT CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Dili remained calm but very tense March 6 as the unresolved Reinado operation and the expected March 7 Roserio Lobato court verdict kept the population on edge. No serious injuries or deaths were reported although there were widespread disturbances the night of March 5, continu [...]	2007-03-06 14:16:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI92	EX INTERIOR MINISTER LOBATO FOUND GUILTY, FOR NOW [...] (U) Summary: A Dili District Court on March 7 sentenced former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato to seven and a half years in prison on murder and weapons charges. His co-defendants, Francisco Salsinha, Francisco Xavier Viegas, and Marcos Piedade, each received a four month suspended sentence. [...]	2007-03-07 10:36:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KPAO ASEC TT
07DILI93	EAST TIMOR ELECTION HICCUPS PERSIST - CORRECTED COPY, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent briefing for the Embassy, USAID contractors and grantees working with East Timor's electoral process expressed an array of concerns about the election process, especially over the ineffective role of UN advisors to the National Electoral Commission (CNE) and the State [...]	2007-03-07 11:55:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI94	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MARCH 8, 2007 [...] Summary: -- Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue; -- Reinado relays new "peaceful resolution" conditions; -- Lobato verdict clarification; -- Security update. End summary. Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Embassy Dili has been reaching out t [...]	2007-03-08 10:38:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI95	GUSMAO EXPOUNDS ON REINADO, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, President Xanana Gusmao told Charge d'Affaires (CDA) he will no longer talk directly with Major Alfredo Reinado because of Reinado's history of stubbornness and duplicity in the President's direct negotiations with the rebel soldier. The strategy remains for [...]	2007-03-08 10:52:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MAAR KDEM KJUS KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI96	DILI BISHOP SYMPATHIZES WITH REINADO [...] (C) Summary: Bishop of Dili Alberto Ricardo da Silva told us in a March 9 meeting that he was reluctant to get involved in convincing dissident military leader Major Alfredo Reinado to surrender because he feared for the safety of Reinado if he surrenders to GOET authorities, and that the Cath [...]	2007-03-09 10:24:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS UN AU VT TT
07DJIBOUTI1147	DJIBOUTI MAKES TIP PROGRESS, CABINET APPROVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Council of Ministers approved a comprehensive anti-trafficking draft law on October 2, and have presented it to the National Assembly for adoption. A foreign national convicted of pedophilia was recaptured by police, after fleeing the country on bail, and subsequently [...]	2007-10-10 13:34:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR DJ
07DJIBOUTI1150	U.S. DEVELOPMENT AID IN DJIBOUTI SCORES SUCCESSES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID assistance to Djibouti over the past four years has increased food security and raised agricultural incomes in Djibouti and its neighbors. It has helped to stave off famine and is reducing the risk of fatalities due to flooding. USAID re-established its presence and prog [...]	2007-10-10 15:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID DJ
07DJIBOUTI1230	DJIBOUTI STRIKES (FRANCE) BACK; TENSIONS COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djiboutians made an unprecedented show of support for their president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, during a government-organized rally on October 20 with over 20,000 people thronging the streets to express an anti-French sentiment over the celebrated Borrel Affair. Anti-French songs in t [...]	2007-10-29 07:32:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL DJ
07DJIBOUTI425	EAST AFRICA REGIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE (RSI), [...] (S) Summary: East African regional ambassadors and interagency representatives agreed to institutionalize the East African RSI by requesting dedicated, line-item FY09 regional funding for East Africa, along the lines of the Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorist Partnership. In this second RSI (th [...]	2007-04-10 13:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR KPAO PGOV EAID XW YM
07DJIBOUTI465	DJIBOUTI BACKS SOMALI RECONCILIATION, OPPOSES [...] (S) Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Djibouti's Foreign Minister, called in Ambassador on Saturday to voice concern over violence in Mogadishu. He reiterated that the Government of Djibouti (GODJ) opposes attacks on the Transitional Federal Government (TFG),supports the reconciliation process, and ba [...]	2007-04-23 12:41:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL IGAD SO DJ
07DOHA1021	QATAR AIRWAYS SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) Econoff visited Doha International Airport October 29 to observe security screening procedures for the direct Doha to Washington/Dulles flight (see reftel for background). The flight had 90 passengers flying out of the economy terminal and another 20 from the separate first and business c [...]	2007-10-29 13:32:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ASEC KSAC QA
07DOHA1042	PRIME MINISTER OFFERS "SINCERE ADVICE" ON IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Crocker briefed Qatar's Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) October 31 on the progress in Iraq and asked his assessment of building on this progress with the help of Arab states. HBJ said Qatar was a friend of the U.S. and wanted us to succe [...]	2007-11-05 10:03:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS IZ QA
07DOHA1043	INFLATION, HOUSING COSTS TAKING TOLL ON QATARI [...] SUMMARY: Double-digit inflation in Qatar has become the norm, with increases in the housing sector felt most acutely. The high cost of living dominates public and private discourse. The government has begun to take steps to address inflation, though they have been ineffective thus far, and the [...]	2007-11-05 12:35:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AFSN ALOW AMGT APER ECON ELAB QA
07DOHA1047	QATAR-ISRAEL COMMERCE CONTINUES QUIETLY [...] (C) The Israeli Trade Representation Office in Qatar opened in 1996 but, despite its name, focuses less on promoting trade than on facilitating political engagement, such as Shimon Peres' January 2007 visit to Qatar and various civil society interactions. (Note: See reftel for more backgroun [...]	2007-11-06 10:09:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KBCT USTR QA IS
07DOHA1071	QATARI MFA AND CENTRAL BANK VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmad Al-Mahmoud told Charge November 14 that Iran's acquisition of weapons of mass destruction would be a "disaster" for Qatar, the U.S. and the region. Qatar agreed that a peaceful and diplomatic resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue was [...]	2007-11-15 09:52:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP PARM EFIN IR QA
07DOHA1073	GCC FOREIGN MINISTERS PREPARE FOR UPCOMING SUMMIT [...] (C) The Foreign Ministers of the GCC member states met in Doha November 11 to discuss the agenda for the heads of state summit, scheduled to take place in Doha December 3-4. Omani DCM Salim Abdulla Al-Alawi told Charge and P/E Chief November 14 that it appeared certain King Abdullah of Saudi [...]	2007-11-15 15:03:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GCC QA
07DOHA1127	GCC SUMMIT OPENS IN DOHA WITH LOW PUBLIC [...] (SBU) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit opened December 3 in Doha with all six heads of state, plus Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in attendance. Though not on the written agenda, Ahmedinejad delivered a largely non-inflammatory speech that included a twelve-point proposal to a [...]	2007-12-03 13:46:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN GCC QA
07DOHA1133	GCC SUMMIT WRAPS UP IN DOHA WITHOUT NOTABLE [...] (C) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit officially closed December 4 with a brief and low-key ceremony and with no notable achievements. Neither the Iranian president nor the UAE president attended the closing. (According to press reports, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad departed [...]	2007-12-04 13:30:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN GCC IR QA
07DOHA1195	QATARI MFA OFFICIAL OFFERS ADVICE ON POST-NIE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Representative to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte briefed MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Al-Rumaihi December 11 on the recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iran and U.S. policy toward Tehran in the wake of it. As Qatar prepares to leave the UN Securit [...]	2007-12-17 12:25:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PNUC ETTC IAEA IR QA
07DOHA1214	EMPOWERING QATARI WOMEN TO TACKLE FAMILY VIOLENCE [...] The Qatar Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA) organized November 25-26 a workshop on combating violence against women, a subject once considered taboo in Qatar. Even today, the Qatari Criminal Code does not define punishments or penalize offenders in this regard. Likewise, Qatar has not [...]	2007-12-30 06:31:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN QA
07DOHA135	QATAR FINANCIAL CENTRE: SOLID REGULATIONS, [...] Summary. On 28 January Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) regulatory officials told EmbOffs that the Authority has licensed 17 financial services firms and focuses on corporate governance as the primary risk in evaluating applications. The Authority, which regulates the QFC as a sort of financial fr [...]	2007-02-07 12:18:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN QA KTFN
07DOHA137	C-NE6-02072 SHIA IN QATAR QUIET ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Shia amount to 5% of Qatari citizenry. They are well-represented in the business sector and also hold some important government positions, though not the most senior. Their mosques are un-regulated, and Sunni and Shia frequently pray together. Shia would like more official oversig [...]	2007-02-07 13:51:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ IR QA
07DOHA163	SECURITY GAPS IN QATAR'S ONSHORE OIL FACILITY [...] (U) Summary. On January 30 Ambassador and Emboffs visited Qatar Petroleum's Dukhan compound and oil field. Qatar Petroleum is undertaking a major infrastructure upgrade at Dukhan to improve the administrative and living spaces. No armed guards were present at the compound and the area was prot [...]	2007-02-14 13:39:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET QA ASEC PTER
07DOHA168	PUTIN VISITS DOHA BUT NO TANGIBLE RESULTS [...] (C) Summary. Russian president Vladimir Putin met with the Qatari Amir in Doha February 12. The two agreed on the need for a Middle East peace conference, the date and locale of which was undefined. The two also agreed on holding discussions on an OPEC-like organization for gas producers at th [...]	2007-02-14 14:45:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EPET UNSC RU IR QA
07DOHA202	RISING COSTS END EXXONMOBIL GTL PROJECT [...] (U) On February 21 Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum (QP) terminated plans to build a gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant because of increasing costs to build the facility. The plant was supposed to be become the world's largest GTL plant, producing 154,000 barrels per day of base oils and synthetic fuel [...]	2007-02-22 14:31:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET QA
07DOHA260	QATAR: INPUT FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) The following is post's input for the seventh annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (SBU) Paragraph 27. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or des [...]	2007-03-08 09:25:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB QA
07DOHA311	POST ACTION PLAN FOR ENGAGING QATAR ON ENERGY [...] (C) Qatar's intention to become the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) leader by 2012 necessitates a robust energy infrastructure security program that it currently lacks. While the Qataris have adequately prepared a production and shipping infrastructure for the boom [...]	2007-03-25 13:35:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ASEC ECON PREL QA
07DOHA330	QATAR AIRWAYS CHAIRMAN SEES MORE BOEINGS AND [...] (C) Summary: At a recent meeting with Ambassador, Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways (QA),discussed QA expansion plans for the near future, which he said now include the purchase of 60 Boeing 777 aircraft, up from an original buy of 20. According to Al Baker, QA will fly to Los Angeles and [...]	2007-03-28 13:05:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CVIS EAIR PREL QA KHLS IR
07DOHA339	RARE PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION IN QATAR: SOLIDARITY [...] (U) The Qatari Central Municipal Council organized a "rally" the afternoon of March 28 to show solidarity with Iraq. It lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. The event took place at a central location along the city's corniche. Participants numbered a maximum of 400 and mostly included high-school and [...]	2007-03-29 14:50:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PREL IZ QA
07DOHA351	FOREIGN MINISTER ASSUMES PRIME MINISTERSHIP [...] (U) Qatar News Agency announced today that the Qatari Prime Minister, Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, who is the Amir's brother, has resigned. The First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),has replaced him while retaining the foreign affairs portfolio. T [...]	2007-04-03 14:29:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL QA
07DOHA495	WADAH KHANFAR LOSES POSITION AS MEMBER OF AL [...] (C) Summary: In a long-awaited move, the Amir has appointed a new board of governors for the Al Jazeera Network (AJN). Highlights include: the retention of Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer as chairman; the replacement of Wadah Khanfar as a board member and possibly as manager of the entire AJ Network; [...]	2007-05-16 08:55:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
07DOHA511	SCENESETTER FOR MAY 24 GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE IN [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome the Gulf Security Dialogue delegation to Qatar. This second GSD meeting and the first in Doha will mean a lot to the Qatari leadership. It will strengthen our mil-to-mil relationship and help in our efforts to moderate the Qataris' more objectionable fore [...]	2007-05-18 12:52:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM IR IZ QA
07DOHA577	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR GREGORY SCHULTE'S VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. This visit - your second - will mean a lot to the Qatari leadership. It will strengthen our cooperation on UN Security Council issues and help in our efforts to move Doha to take stronger positions on Iran and its nuclear activities, about w [...]	2007-06-01 10:05:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL KNNP UN IR QA
07DOHA594	QATAR LIKELY TO SUPPORT FURTHER IRAN SANCTIONS IF [...] (C) Summary. The GOQ's Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mohamed al-Rumaihi, who holds the UN portfolio, told Ambassador Greg Schulte June 4 that Qatar would likely support additional Iran sanctions in the UN Security Council if the sanctions did not exceed unspecified red lines. Rumaihi [...]	2007-06-06 11:27:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KNNP IR QA
07DOHA606	NEW INDICATIONS THAT ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN [...] (U) The Qatari Amir, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, issued a decree June 6 which extended the term of the current Advisory Council to June 30, 2008. The term had been set to end June 30 of this year. The Advisory Council consists of 30 members appointed by the Amir; it had been extended, with some [...]	2007-06-07 14:00:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM QA
07DOHA641	BEGINNING OF THE END? KHANFAR STILL AT THE HELM OF [...] (C) Summary: Wadah Khanfar remains Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network (AJN),but no longer has responsibility for financial and administrative issues. Although Khanfar placed a positive spin on the recent AJN board reshuffle in a meeting with Emboffs, our assessment is that his position [...]	2007-06-18 12:29:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
07DOHA709	SOMALIS MEET IN QATAR, REJECT RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. A local NGO affiliated with Islamic hard-liners hosted Somali activists in Doha for a conference June 7-8 2007. Sheikh Sharif of the Islamic Courts movement and Sharif Hassan, former parliamentary speaker, participated. The event was paid for through a hard-line Sunni organization [...]	2007-07-05 14:39:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS XF AL QA
07DOHA710	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT TO THE [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. This is your third visit here, and the most senior USG visit since Secretary Gates met the Amir in January 2007. Your meetings SIPDIS can help define the tone of bilateral engagement on a range of issues over the coming 18 months, help s [...]	2007-07-05 16:25:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL PINR IZ LE QA
07DOHA771	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ATTENDANCE - QATAR [...] GOQ contacts have told us that the Qatari Amir will lead his country's delegation to the UNGA. The GOQ has not yet formed the full delegation, and specific travel plans have not been made. Post will report as information becomes available. 2. Currently available information: A. Attendan [...]	2007-08-02 09:13:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP UNGA QA
07DOHA871	(C) SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes you on this brief stop in Qatar. You last met with Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) in Washington in December 2006 in your capacity as DNI. In April 2007, HBJ also became Prime Minister, long an inconsequential portfolio held by the Amir's brother. D [...]	2007-08-31 10:23:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL QA
07DOHA922	NEW QATAR LABOR MINISTER PLEDGES COOPERATION ON [...] (SBU) Summary. State Department Special Representative for Social Issues Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees used his visit to Qatar September 4-8 to engage GOQ officials on the issue of forced labor and trafficking-in-persons (TIP) among the large migrant worker population. During a meeting with [...]	2007-09-20 14:24:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB QA
07DOHA964	QATAR WILLING TO CONSIDER SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND [...] (C) Summary: In September 18 meetings at the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by DAS Saeed told the Qatari Finance Minister and Central Bank Governor that the USG remains committed to an open investment climate in the United States and invited Qatar's part [...]	2007-10-03 06:55:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV QA
07DOHA983	UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR QATAR [...] (U) Embassy Doha continues to use a combination of programmatic and diplomatic means to assist the GOQ in its efforts to build and sustain democratic institutions. In line with the Mission Strategic Plan, Post has expanded its areas of emphasis to include: promoting democratic elections, pro [...]	2007-10-10 13:23:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KMPI AMGT KDEM ECON KPAO QA
07DOHA999	NEW QATARI MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS [...] (U) Summary. As of October 1, the Qatari ministry formerly known as the Ministry of Civil Service Affairs and Housing officially became the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Dr. Sultan bin Hassan Al-Dhabit Al-Dousari remained Minister during the transition. Most of the functions of the [...]	2007-10-21 10:51:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ELAB QA
07DUBAI179	DUBAI TO DEPORT 200 WORKERS FOR ENGAGING IN VIOLENCE DURING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UAE Ministry of Labor announced that more than 200 workers would be deported for having participated in violence and instigating other workers to protest. Nearly 8000 workers, principally South Asian construction workers, had been involved in a two-day protest in which they de [...]	2007-03-14 13:21:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV PINS SOCI AE
07DUBAI211	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES THE UAE'S DRAFT LABOR LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Human Rights Watch (HRW) representatives criticized the United Arab Emirates' draft labor law in a press conference held in Dubai on March 25. HRW's primary complaints were that the draft labor law does not permit laborers to organize and strike, and the draft law does not cover do [...]	2007-03-27 09:51:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM ECON SOCI AE
07DUBAI281	MINA SAQR - RAS AL-KHAIMAH'S MAIN PORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 08:24:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EWWT PINS KU AE
07DUBAI394	FORMER DUBAI DIAMOND EXCHANGE CEO ALLEGES SLACK CONTROLS ON [...] This is an action request for EB/ESC, see paragraph 14. 2. (S) SUMMARY: The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE),Noora Jamsheer, expressed concern to ConGenoff about the integrity of the UAE's adherence to the Kimberly Process (KP) to stem the trade in co [...]	2007-06-20 10:08:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN EMIN PTER ETTC KCRM VE IR AE
07DUBAI411	ANWAR GARGASH OUTLINES ROLE OF NEW UAE HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Anwar Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs (FNCA) discussed the role of UAE's new Human Trafficking Committee (HTC),which he chairs, with the Ambassador and Consul General on June 21 in Dubai. While Gargash said the UAEG was disappointed by the c [...]	2007-06-25 09:40:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI AE
07DUBAI423	MOHAMMED GERGAWI DISCUSSES MBR FOUNDATION [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Gergawi discussed potential areas of cooperation between the USG, U.S. educational institutions, non-governmental organizations and the Mohammad Bin Rashid Foundation (MbRF) in a 90 minute meeting with the Ambassador and Consul Gen [...]	2007-06-28 11:37:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SOCI SCUL AE
07DUBAI425	GERGAWI DISCUSSES MBR FOUNDATION FUND, [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Gergawi discussed potential areas of cooperation between the USG, U.S. educational institutions, non-governmental organizations and the Mohammad Bin Rashid Foundation (MbRF) in a 90 minute meeting with the Ambassador and Consul Gen [...]	2007-06-28 13:05:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL AE EAID PTER
07DUBAI570	PHILIPPINES TRAFFICKING CONCERNS IN DUBAI -- ABUSED VISITOR [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Philippine Labor Attache Virginia Calvez (September 11),Acting Consul General Maria Louella Duarte and Consular Officer Rafael Palencia, Jr. (September 18),Pol/EconOff discussed trafficking in persons concerns. While they claim that trafficking with l [...]	2007-09-30 19:08:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB UN RP AE
07DUBAI581	ACTING PHILIPPINE CG BRIEFS AMBASSADOR LAGON ON TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Summary: On September 25, Ambassador for Trafficking in Persons Mark Lagon met with Philippine Acting Consul General Vicente Bandillo and his staff at the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai to discuss trafficking concerns. CG Bandillo noted that easy access to UAE visitor visas compou [...]	2007-10-10 13:27:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB UN RP AE
07DUBAI629	ACRIMONIOUS BEGINNING FOR NEW DUBAI GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) Summary. The much-anticipated opening of the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWC) shelter (the first official government-sponsored shelter for abused women and children in the UAE) and its merger with the unofficial City of Hope (CoH) shelter has been marred by acrimonious accu [...]	2007-11-15 13:08:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB CASC AE
07DUBAI88	U/S BURNS SPEAKS ON GULF SECURITY AT DUBAI THINK TANK [...] Summary. Under Secretary Nicholas Burns spoke to an audience of roughly 100 local officials, academics, and journalists at the independent Dubai-based think tank, the Gulf Research Center (GRC) January 23, after which he took questions from the audience. Burns discussed how the US views the c [...]	2007-02-06 13:12:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OPRC MARR AE IR IS LE
07DUBAI92	RULER OF DUBAI UNVEILS NINE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 06:51:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI AE
07DUBLIN102	IRELAND'S VIEWS ON KOSOVO (IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government strongly supports Special Envoy Martii Ahtisaari's efforts in Kosovo and his recommendations for a status solution, which it sees as bringing peace and stability to the whole of the Balkans, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). While the Ir [...]	2007-02-09 12:57:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN KPAL IE
07DUBLIN103	IRELAND'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY 12-13 [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered demarches (Refs C through F) on February 8 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),and Jim Kelly, Director, Europe Office, Political Division, DFA. Ireland is generally in agreement with U.S. positions on the Balkans, Israel/Palestine [...]	2007-02-09 13:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN KPAL IE
07DUBLIN171	IRELAND - SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ireland's awareness of and positive performance on trafficking in persons (TIP) issues increased significantly in 2006, while the overall estimated number of suspected trafficking victims remained small. Numerous public awareness campaigns, sponsored by the Government and NGOs [...]	2007-03-02 08:39:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAP EI
07DUBLIN175	IRISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 5-6 EU GAERC [...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche (Ref A) on March 2 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. The Irish Government values U.S.-EU cooperation on energy and climate issues, in the Western Balkans, and in Darfur. The Government also welcomes the formation of a Palestinia [...]	2007-03-02 13:42:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PGOV ENRG IR IE
07DUBLIN191	SCENE-SETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER BERTIE AHERN'S ST. [...] (SBU) An imminent, potentially historic opportunity to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly sets the political backdrop for this year's St. Patrick's Day visit to Washington by Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach, "TEE-shuck") Bertie Ahern. Building on the 2006 UK/Irish-brokered talks among the [...]	2007-03-08 17:04:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR IE

07DUBLIN286	SCENE-SETTER FOR THE APRIL 19-20 VISIT OF EUR PDAS [...] (SBU) Embassy Dublin eagerly anticipates your visit and the opportunity to join your discussions with ranking Irish Government officials and others on the full range of bilateral and U.S.-EU issues. Your visit comes at an historic moment in U.S.-Irish relations, with the scheduled restoratio [...]	2007-04-13 16:37:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MOPPS MARR ECON SENV EI
07DUBLIN374	NO INDICATION OF BANK SEPAH OR BANK SEPAH [...] (C) To date, there has been no indication that Irish banks or financial institutions have found assets belonging to Bank Sepah, Bank Sepah International, or other entities designated in the Annex to UNSCR 1747, according to Ray Farina, Chief of the Financial Sanctions Unit in the Irish Centra [...]	2007-05-11 16:10:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP IR PARM EI
07DUBLIN737	IRISH RESPONSE TO THE 2007 IRFR AND OTHER [...] (SBU) POLOFFS delivered the 2007 International Religious Freedom Report (IRFR) to John Kennedy, Principal Officer, Office of the Secretary General, Department of the Taoiseach on September 18. Kennedy expressed concern regarding the focus on anti-Semitism in the 2007 IRFR. He said that many of [...]	2007-09-20 16:16:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF KPAO OPRC PGOV PHUM EI
07DUBLIN748	SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER DERMOT AHERN'S [...] (SBU) The twin political successes of restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly (May 8, 2007) and the re-election of the Fianna Fail party into power (May 24, 2007) will be the backdrop to Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern's meeting with the Secretary on October 3. The Government of Ireland has [...]	2007-09-27 12:36:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV MOPPS MARR EI
07DUBLIN757	IRISH WANT TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE REGIME [...] (SBU) POLOFF presented reftel points on October 1, 2007 to Ms. Islolde Moylan, Director, Asia and Oceania Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Moylan reported that Irish Ambassadors have been intensively demarching China, India, and ASEAN countries to encourage them to take action against [...]	2007-10-01 15:04:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EI
07DUBLIN851	IRISH VIEWS ON THE NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN [...] (C) POLOFFs delivered demarches (Refs A and B) on November 16, 2007 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland is disappointed in the continued intransigence of Iran and is steadily moving toward endorsement of sanctions within an EU or UN framework. [...]	2007-11-16 16:48:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PREL PGOV KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC EI
07DUBLIN854	IRISH VIEW OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports additional financial sanctions on Burma, provided they do not adversely affect the welfare of the Burmese people, but does not believe that the EU has the stomach for significantly more forceful measures at this time. End summary. 2. (C) ECONOFF presented r [...]	2007-11-20 16:57:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL ECON EI
07DUBLIN871	IRELAND PROACTIVELY ADDRESSING HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] Summary: Ireland is demonstrating firm commitment to meeting its international obligations on human trafficking, moving forward with key legislation and the creation of a new Government unit dedicated to combating trafficking in persons (TIP). End summary. 2. On November 27 poloffs met [...]	2007-11-28 12:50:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EI
07DUBLIN876	IRELAND FACING NEW IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION [...] (U) The surge in immigration to Ireland during the past decade has presented the Republic with economic opportunities as well as social challenges. Foreign nationals now constitute upwards of 15 percent of Ireland's inhabitants, compared to 10 percent in the U.S. Ireland has used the immigra [...]	2007-11-30 12:24:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PGOV PREL KHLS EI
07DUBLIN883	IRELAND: NIE HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR CONTINUED [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on December 4, 2007 to Michael Gaffey, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Gaffey welcomed the NIE acknowledgment that Iran is not an immediate nuclear threat. The report's finding, he said, that pressure from [...]	2007-12-05 13:39:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM EI
07DUBLIN898	IRISH GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO REPORT ON [...] (U) On December 11, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern issued a statement responding to a report by the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) on alleged "extraordinary rendition" flights through Ireland. (Note: the IHRC was set up under the "Good Friday" Agreement by the Irish [...]	2007-12-12 15:43:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
07DUBLIN899	PRIME MINISTER DISMISSES IHRC CALL FOR INSPECTION [...] On December 12 in the National Parliament (Dail),Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern categorically rejected Opposition and Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) calls for the random inspection of U.S. aircraft when they are alleged to be transiting Ireland on "extraordinary rendition" fli [...]	2007-12-13 13:33:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL EI
07DUBLIN907	SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (U) Summary: Ireland is moving quickly to increase its use of renewable energy and position its business sector to take advantage of the boom in green technology. Rising dependence on foreign sources of energy, EU environmental obligations, and growing energy costs that threaten to diminish Ir [...]	2007-12-14 16:04:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EI
07DUBLIN916	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador Foley met with Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern on December 19 to discuss a wide range of issues. In recent days, Ahern has tamped down the public reaction to a report of the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) on extraordinary renditions. Ahern indicated that the 3500-stron [...]	2007-12-20 15:46:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECIN PBTS EAIR ECON PKFK EUN
07DUBLIN919	DELIVERY OF DRAFT U.S.-IRELAND PRECLEARANCE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, on December 18, 2007, Post delivered a hard copy of the draft U.S.-Ireland Agreement on Air Transport Preclearance to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs under cover of a diplomatic note. The texts of the diplomatic note and draft agreement follow. 2. (SBU) Departmen [...]	2007-12-27 16:35:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV PREL EI
07DURBAN59	BUTHELEZI PREACHES MORE OF THE SAME AT IFP ANNUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) held its 32nd Annual General Conference from October 12-14 in KwaZulu-Natal. IFP President Mangosuthu Buthelezi presided over the conference, which was attended by over 3,000 delegates. Buthelezi criticized the ANC-led government, and detailed his o [...]	2007-10-17 13:11:00	Consulate Durban	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF
07DURBAN61	DURBAN POLITICAL UPDATE - ISSUE 1 [...] (U) IN THIS ISSUE: - Situation Remains Tense in Ezinqoleni Municipality - President Mbeki Visits Inkatha Freedom Party Stronghold - KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health's Head of Department Suspended 2. (U) RECENT CABLE TRAFFIC: - DURBAN 54: ANC Secures Simply Majority in KwaZulu-Natal - DU [...]	2007-10-19 15:13:00	Consulate Durban	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF
07DURBAN62	DURBAN ECONOMIC UPDATE - ISSUE 1 [...] (C) IN THIS ISSUE: - Plans for New Durban Airport Approved - Plans for Current Durban Airport Still Under Debate - Succession Debate Hindering Public Service Delivery in Durban - Construction of New Durban Stadium on Target - Environmentalists Accuse eThekwini Health Department of Cover-up [...]	2007-10-23 15:48:00	Consulate Durban	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EWWT PGOV SENV SF
07DUSHANBE1046	FY07 BFIF REPORTING FROM DUSHANBE [...] Embassy Dushanbe submits the following report per Ref A regarding participation in the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) program. Post thanks the Economic Bureau for its support for these two successful programs. 2. Dushanbe - Regional Transportation Infrastructure Conference [...]	2007-07-09 09:40:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN BEXP BTIO ECON TI EINV ETRD ADPM
07DUSHANBE1051	NEW TV STATION AIRS AS MEDIA ENVIRONMENT CONTINUES TO [...] (U) Tajikistan's new "Simoi Mustaqili Tojikiston" or "Independent Television of Tajikistan" is a mysterious private television company which started broadcasting in June 2007. The station reportedly broadcasts to Dushanbe and surrounding areas daily for two hours in the morning and for six h [...]	2007-07-10 07:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1056	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES FIGHTING TO IMPORT LITERATURE UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Jehovah's Witness Associate Counsel Gregory Olds expressed concern that that Customs officials' recent seizure of a shipment of his organization's religious literature represents a worrying shift in the Tajik government's attitude towards religious freedom and censorship. Durin [...]	2007-07-11 10:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1057	TAJIKISTAN PROMISES CONTINUED ANTI-TIP REFORMS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered the Russian translation of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Abdurahmon Azimov, head of the Interagency Commission Against Trafficking in Persons, July 5. (Note: PolOff had previously delivered the Trafficking in Persons report to the Ministry of Foreign Affai [...]	2007-07-11 13:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1077	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES FIGHTING TO IMPORT LITERATURE UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Jehovah's Witness Associate Counsel Gregory Olds expressed concern that that Customs officials' recent seizure of a shipment of his organization's religious literature represents a worrying shift in the Tajik government's attitude towards religious freedom and censorship. Durin [...]	2007-07-17 13:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1078	TAJIK OFFICIALS ATTEMPT TO ARREST AND DEPORT AMERICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The government of Tajikistan continues to squeeze nongovernmental organizations and religious groups, its latest target being the Jehovah's Witnesses. On July 13, two men identifying themselves as officers of the State Committee on National Security detained an Am [...]	2007-07-17 13:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1086	RED CROSS REDUCES MISSION; TAJIK GOVT PROHIBITS FULL PRISON [...] (U) SUMMARY: International Committee of the Red Cross will recall its international director and reduce the organization's status from mission to office in fall 2007. The decision is a result of the Tajik government's failure to cooperate with International Committee of the Red Cross and al [...]	2007-07-20 05:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ICRC TI
07DUSHANBE1091	TAJIKISTAN'S WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS: SUSTAINABLE [...] Summary: Winrock International's water users' associations provide an example of the kind of "bottom-up" assistance that delivers substantial and sustainable benefits to Tajikistan's poorest. During a July 20 site visit in Rudaki District, 30 miles outside Dushanbe, PolOff saw first hand how [...]	2007-07-24 13:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID EAGR TI
07DUSHANBE1093	TAJIK REGION STILL GRAPPLES WITH POST-WAR DECAY [...] (SBU) Summary: A July 18 trip to the southern Tajik city of Vakhsh revealed a range of economic problems, including unpaid teachers and impoverished cotton farmers. While thousands fled Vakhsh during the 1992-1997 Tajik civil war, the government has attempted to lure refugees back to the are [...]	2007-07-24 13:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR TI
07DUSHANBE1117	TAJIKISTAN'S SALAFI MUSLIMS GROWING IN NUMBERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Tajikistan, despite the government's fear of religious extremism which has led it to close down mosques, forbid girls from wearing hijabs in schools, and propose a new law on religion that could curtail practice of all faiths, the Salafi school of Islam is growing in size. I [...]	2007-08-01 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1128	TAJIK GOVERNMENT TRYING TO STRONG ARM U.S. FIRM [...] (C) Summary: Although the antimony mining venture Anzob LLC privatized in 2006, the Tajik government is trying to dictate the firm's selling price and select its buyer. The First Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry admitted that a letter ordering Anzob to sell its product to a Tajik compa [...]	2007-08-06 06:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1155	TAJIKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes Assistant Secretary Boucher and Senior Advisor Caitlin Hayden to Dushanbe for the Assistant Secretary's third visit to Tajikistan. SIPDIS 2. (U) By now, you have received two reftels describing the current environment in Tajikistan. Ref B contains some ge [...]	2007-08-14 12:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON TI
07DUSHANBE1163	TAJIKISTAN'S SUGHD REGION HAS HIGH POTENTIAL, BUT LIMITED BY [...] SUMMARY: The great potential of northern Tajikistan's Sughd Region -- as well as the enormous challenges it faces -- were on full display during PolOff's August 12-13 visit to Khujand, Istaravshan and Konibodom. The region's reputation for economic dynamism and entrepreneurship appeared just [...]	2007-08-16 10:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON TI
07DUSHANBE124	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Following is our submission per the referenced telegram for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Tajikistan. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put in si [...]	2007-01-19 12:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE125	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Following is our submission per the referenced telegram for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Tajikistan. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put in si [...]	2007-01-19 13:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE1253	BRIDGE OPENING SPURS DISCUSSION OF FURTHER COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: "This new bridge is as important for us as oxygen," Tajik President Emomali Rahmon told Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who led the U.S. presidential delegation to the opening of the new U.S.-funded bridge linking Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Pyanj River. Rahmon [...]	2007-09-04 03:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID ECIN ELTN TI AF
07DUSHANBE1270	TAJIKISTAN RESPONSE ON 2008 NTE CHAPTER ON THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 14:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT USTR ETRD ECON EFIN
07DUSHANBE1285	TAJIK COMPLACENCY WORRIES INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND [...] Summary. The Tajik government's relaxation of monetary and fiscal policy worried International Monetary Fund Mission Chief Carlos Pinerua at a quarterly briefing for donors on the Tajik economy Sept 4. Locally, the real estate, construction, and consumer markets continue to expand rapidly. [...]	2007-09-07 15:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1289	TAJIKISTAN: RECENT ACTIVITIES AGAINST NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) A September 6 cyber attack and brief encounter on September 7 with State Committee for National Security officials indicate that change is in store for the National Democratic Institute. PolOff met with National Democratic Institute Harry Bader on September 7 to discuss the recent events. [...]	2007-09-11 13:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TI
07DUSHANBE1334	TAJIKISTAN: IMPRISONED DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN TO BE [...] (C) Rahmatullo Valiev, Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan, met with the Deputy Chief of Mission September 18. Valiev has been leading the party while its Chairman, Mahmadruzzi Iskandarov, remains in jail in Dushanbe, and met with us to discuss Iskandarov's possible release [...]	2007-09-20 04:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1345	DUSHANBE IFTAR: A FRANK DISCUSSION ABOUT RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants at a September 18 Iftar hosted by Ambassador discussed the Draft Law on Religious Organizations, the mosque registration process, and the recent mosque closures in Dushanbe. Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan leader Muhiddin Kabiri and Center for Strategic [...]	2007-09-21 14:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KISL TI
07DUSHANBE1412	SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT FIGHTS FOR CONTROL OF OPEN WORLD [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Mission and Cultural Affairs Officer met with Speaker of Parliament Sadullo Hairuloyev October 2 to ask him to consent to the participation of four members of the Tajik Parliament in the Open World program. Hairuloyev initially provided several reasons why the participa [...]	2007-10-03 05:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE1420	TAJIK PRESIDENT FIRES SENIOR ANTI-NARCOTICS OFFICER TO [...] (S) Summary: President Rahmon has fired a senior anti-narcotics officer who pressed for prosecution of a distant relative and Major from the State Committee for National Security (i.e. the KGB) who were arrested while transporting heroin in a government vehicle. XXXXXXXXXXXX End Summary. 2. (S) [...]	2007-10-04 15:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR TI
07DUSHANBE1422	SEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE ISLAMIC RENAISSANCE PARTY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan's Seventh Congress on 25 September 2007, the party's delegates elected Chairman Muhiddin Kabiri to another four-year term. Kabiri outlined his plans to continue modernizing the party and to attract additional support from young [...]	2007-10-05 06:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1432	TAJIKISTAN INL DUSHANBE 2007 SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT [...] In the absence of INL regular quarterly reports, the Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section in Dushanbe herein reports on activities for the period of January - September 2007: ---------------------------------- Narcotics and Law Enforcement Activities --------------------------------- Jan [...]	2007-10-10 07:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM TI
07DUSHANBE1437	RAHMON SHOWS OFF DUSHANBE FOR THE CIS SUMMIT; DUSHANBE [...] (U) Summary: The Summits of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Cooperation Organization, and Collective Security Treaty Organization, held October 5-7, brought Dushanbe to a standstill, disrupting communications and commerce, and costing a fortune. The Government of Taji [...]	2007-10-10 13:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1456	PRICE OF FLOUR IN TAJIKISTAN DOUBLES [...] (U) Summary: The price of flour has risen 100 percent in Tajikistan in the last few weeks. Flour is a staple of the Tajik diet, and the price rise follows a regional trend of sharp inflation in foodstuffs. The government has sought to deflect responsibility for the price increases, but disco [...]	2007-10-12 12:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON TI
07DUSHANBE1467	CONTINUING TROUBLES FOR NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE IN [...] (C) Summary: The National Democratic Institute Director in Tajikistan, Harry Bader, has received another one-month, two-entry visa, further blocking his efforts to obtain registration for his organization. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had previously promised Bader a three-month visa, which [...]	2007-10-17 13:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1481	RENEWED PROMISE TO BEGIN OPERATIONS ON TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE [...] (C) Summary: Since the August 26 ceremonial opening of the U.S.-built Tajik-Afghan bridge, Tajik security authorities have blocked opening the bridge for operations. Recent interventions by the Embassy appear to have led to a new compromise among Tajik government agencies which will allow a [...]	2007-10-18 14:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ELTN PGOV MASS TI
07DUSHANBE1516	SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S 1 [...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to your upcoming visit to Tajikistan. Besides the opening of the bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in August, little has changed since your introductory meeting with President Rahmon in June. As this is your second visit, you will [...]	2007-10-19 13:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
07DUSHANBE1523	FM ZARIFI ON OPENING THE BRIDGE AND DUSHANBE SUMMITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At an hour-long meeting October 22 requested by Ambassador, Foreign Minister Zarifi: --admitted that the government had not decided which agency would be in charge of the facilities including the U.S.-funded bridge at the Nizhniy Pyanzh border, but said they were working tow [...]	2007-10-24 05:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ELTN MASS TI
07DUSHANBE1582	UNSEAMLY TAJIK TEXTILES MARKET [...] (U) Comment: Tajikistan's junior-size textile and apparel industry struggles to gain investment that would better utilize in-country cotton production. Despite the government's continued pleas for more processing capacity, private companies must weave through a maze of customs, taxation, and r [...]	2007-11-02 16:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1589	WEEKEND UPDATE ON TAJIK LIQUIDITY CRISIS [...] (U) This report provides an update to reftel concerning the cotton sector finance crisis in Tajikistan. President Rahmon Reacts to Donor Demands --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) According to Annette Dixon of the World Bank and Juan Miranda of the Asian [...]	2007-11-05 13:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1595	THE ROAD TO KHOROG: THE TAJIK/AFGHAN BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. The 1,344-kilometer Tajik-Afghan border is known for narcotics trafficking, unrelenting mountains, and as a boundary between the former Soviet Union and South Asia. EmbOffs traveled two-thirds of the remote Tajik-Afghan border in the eastern part of the country, finding poverty- [...]	2007-11-07 16:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI ELTN TI
07DUSHANBE1598	MINISTER OF EDUCATION DECLARES UNPOPULAR PUBLIC SERVICE [...] Summary: PAO and CAO met with Minister of Education Abdujabbor Rahmonov November 5 to coordinate cooperation between the Embassy and the Ministry. Rahmonov was extremely defensive regarding the headscarf ban in schools and demanded at length that the United States open a university in Tajiki [...]	2007-11-08 11:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE1650	IED KILLS ONE AT CONFERENCE CENTER IN DUSHANBE [...] (SBU) Per REF A, at approximately 0800 local time on November 14, an improvised explosive device detonated outside Kokhi Vahdat, a prominent conference hall in the center of Dushanbe along the main street (Rudaki Avenue). The Regional Security Officer observed more than 100 Ministry of Inter [...]	2007-11-15 13:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PINR TI
07DUSHANBE1651	TAJIKISTAN'S 3,600 MEGAWATT MIRAGE - ROGUN DAM PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Tajikistan is still actively seeking a partner with the estimated $2 billion needed to complete the 3,600 megawatt Rogun dam. During a November 10 visit to the site, project engineers gave EmbOffs a tour and their perspectives of the thirty-year-old project. [...]	2007-11-15 18:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1665	NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TAJIKISTAN DIRECTOR GRANTED [...] (C) Summary: The Tajikistan Director of the National Democratic Institute has been issued a six-month, multiple entry visa, after having received short-term visas for several months. The six-month visa was a prerequisite for obtaining registration for the National Democratic Institute. Embass [...]	2007-11-21 03:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1680	ALL THE KING'S MEN [...] (C) Summary: One year after President Rahmon's re-election, Tajiks from the Kulyob region hold approximately two-thirds of the top positions in government. While this consolidation of power has been ongoing for several years, some in President Rahmon's party have started to question whether hi [...]	2007-11-23 12:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1686	CENTCOM COMMANDER VISIT BUILDS RELATIONS, FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral WiIliam J. Fallon's 6 November 2007 visit to Dushanbe yielded a second meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and first-time discussions with Defense Minister General-Colonel (U.S. 3-star equivalent) Sherali Khairulloyev and [...]	2007-11-23 14:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS PGOV TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE1687	NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TAJIKISTAN DIRECTOR GRANTED [...] (C) Summary: The Tajikistan Director of the National Democratic Institute has been issued a six-month, multiple entry visa, after having received short-term visas for several months. The six-month visa was a prerequisite for obtaining registration for the National Democratic Institute. Embass [...]	2007-11-23 14:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1689	PRESS 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 08:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL IR
07DUSHANBE1717	DRYING OUT IN DUSHANBE [...] (SBU) Summary: An October decree by Uzbek President Karimov governing the transit of alcohol and tobacco products has created a beer shortage in Tajikistan. Tajikistan is highly reliant on Uzbek roads and rail lines to import products from Russia, and Uzbekistan has generally allowed goods to [...]	2007-11-30 03:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV ECON ELTN TI
07DUSHANBE1724	NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan, while concerned about Iran's nuclear programs, is unlikely to publicly support calls for Iran to stop Uranium enrichment. Iranian investment and business ties are more important to Tajikistan, and the Government of Tajikistan will not jeopardize them [...]	2007-12-04 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR TI
07DUSHANBE1734	TAJIK COTTON DEBT CRISIS UPDATE [...] (C) On December 6 Pol/Econ Chief spoke with Katherine Kelm of the Asian Development Bank (protect),about the status of efforts by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund, to resolve the problems of Tajikistan's $400 million cotton debt (reftel),and the prospec [...]	2007-12-07 07:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1772	5000 Tajiks Made the Hajj; It Wasn't Cheap [...] (SBU) Summary: This year, approximately 5000 Tajiks made the Hajj, accompanied by 100 interpreters, doctors, and expediters. Countries must apply to the Saudi authorities for spaces at the Hajj, and Tajik authorities initially underestimated the number of applicants they would have, creating bu [...]	2007-12-26 11:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE199	FLOOD SHUTS DOWN TAJIKISTAN'S PAMIR I POWER STATION [...] (SBU) Pamir Energy, the Aga Khan-supported energy company that serves Tajikistan's remote Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, suffered a major disruption February 5 when the powerhouse at Pamir I hydro power station flooded, causing local employees to shut down the 28 MW station (and run for t [...]	2007-02-06 11:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID ENRG TI
07DUSHANBE225	CORRUPTION ON THE FOREFRONT OF TAJIKS' MINDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: "Anti-Corruption" has become the Tajik government's new buzzword, as President Rahmonov and his cabinet publicly tout new initiatives to combat a problem that pervades every sector, ranging from health and education, to traffic police, to privatization and licensing. Despite the [...]	2007-02-09 12:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON KCRM TI
07DUSHANBE239	DONORS TRY TO SPELL RELIEF IN TAJIKISTAN'S COTTON SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: World Bank-contracted agricultural economist Garry Christensen outlined a new World Bank approach to resolving Tajikistan's $300 million cotton debt crisis -- an approach which could anger many farmers, but could garner the support of the Tajik government and investors. Infig [...]	2007-02-13 11:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE252	VISIT TO DUSHANBE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SHELTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 14, 2007, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Officer visited the INL-funded and International Organization for Migration (IOM)-administered Trafficking in Persons Shelter located in Dushanbe. This was an unannounced visit following up a previous visit on 18 Ja [...]	2007-02-15 13:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN SNAR IOM TI
07DUSHANBE256	TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE OPENING COULD HELP HIGHLIGHT SUCCESS IN [...] (C) The U.S.-funded bridge between Tajikistan and Afghanistan serves as the most visible symbol of our efforts to link South and Central Asia and establish lasting trade and transportation ties between the two regions. In Tajikistan, where the Chinese, Russians and Iranians have all donated [...]	2007-02-16 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID TI AF
07DUSHANBE299	NEW SUGHD GOVERNOR PRIORITIZES TRANSPARENCY [...] The Sughd region's new governor is instituting transparent practices and other democratic principles in the local government. In his first speech as Governor, Abdukhir Nazirov told the Sughd public that his priority was to make the government's actions transparent. Tajikistan's three regions [...]	2007-02-27 13:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE313	TAJIKISTAN'S 2006-2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Please note that Post's paragraph designation corresponds with reftel. OVERVIEW A. Tajikistan is an origin country for trafficking. International trafficking for the purposes of sexual and labor exploitation is a problem. The most common destination countries include the United Arab E [...]	2007-03-02 13:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE314	FEBRUARY 2007 BORDER WRAP-UP REPORT [...] (SBU) An interagency Department of State and Defense team conducted a demining policy assessment visit February 5-7. The purpose of the trip was to obtain an initial assessment of the landmine problem, and make recommendations to the PCC sub-group regarding the viability of allocating resourc [...]	2007-03-05 04:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR SNAR TI AF
07DUSHANBE34	ENERGETIC FOREIGN MINISTER FULL OF IDEAS -- PUSHING [...] (C) Summary: Tajik Foreign Minister Zaripov visited the Embassy January 4 to sign the condolence book for President Ford and ended up canceling his follow-on appointments to discuss a number of issues with the Ambassador. Zaripov asked the Embassy's assistance to accelerate and expand U.S. [...]	2007-01-05 12:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV ENRG PGOV OVIP TI
07DUSHANBE355	TAJIKISTAN'S INDEPENDENT MEDIA PROCEEDS WITH CAUTION AFTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's independent media is breathing slightly easier after the presidential election. In a lunch hosted by EmbOffs March 1, eight independent journalists opened up about the media environment. Most admitted that although the government has relaxed pressure on independen [...]	2007-03-13 11:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE368	POISON PEN LETTERS LEAD TO CHURCH HARASSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A disgruntled employee dismissed from the nongovernmental organization Operation Mercy published two poison pen letters in local media under a false pseudonym. The writer made allegations that Operation Mercy sold humanitarian aid for profit and imported religious literature a [...]	2007-03-15 12:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE376	TAJIK GOVERNMENT RETAINS STRONG CONTROL OVER ISLAMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mufti Domulloh Khudoyberdi of Tajikistan's Council of Ulamo called PolOff to his office March 16 to retract his statements during a meeting with the Ambassador and visiting U.S. OSCE Ambassador Julie Finley March 7. The Mufti explained that he would like to convey additional in [...]	2007-03-20 07:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
07DUSHANBE381	TAJIKISTAN: LIGHTS OUT AND EVERYONE HOME-AND COLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Even as Tajikistan seeks to become a regional energy exporter, most of Dushanbe has had only four to six hours of power each day for the last month. Many parts of rural Tajikistan have remained without any electricity throughout the winter, but the fact that the capital is exper [...]	2007-03-20 12:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENGR EAID TI AF
07DUSHANBE43	TAJIK BANKING DINNER TURNS INTO SERIOUS TALK TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary: In Tajikistan, singing and dancing alongside the President's brother-in-law while discussing business earns the United States diplomatic goodwill. At a private dinner January 8 to talk about banking supervision and economic reform, President Rahmonov's brother-in-law Hasan Sadu [...]	2007-01-09 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE430	TELECOM IN TAJIKISTAN: SCENE-SETTER FOR USTDA CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While Tajikistan's presence at the upcoming US Trade and Development Agency Telecommmunications Conference in Almaty will be thin, the vibrant and competitive Tajik telecom sector continues to attract both consumers and foreign investment. Nine major companies serve approximat [...]	2007-03-28 11:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE44	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER PITCHES HIGH PROFILE BRIDGE OPENING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with the Ambassador (reftel),Tajik Foreign Minister Zaripov proposed a high profile opening for the United States Government funded bridge linking Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Pyanj river. The Embassy fully supports a strong public diplomacy pa [...]	2007-01-09 12:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS KPAO TI AF
07DUSHANBE443	TAJIKISTAN KICKS OUT FAITH-BASED NGO'S EXPAT STAFF [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consular Department Chief Bahrom Kholnazarov summoned Paul Linge, Country Director of Operation Mercy, March 29 to inform him that Operation Mercy's foreign, non-Tajik, staff would have to leave Tajikistan within ten days. Kholnazarov instructed Linge to [...]	2007-03-30 12:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE500	TAJIKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER REPORTS ON PRISON [...] (C) Fayzinisso Vohidova, a lawyer with the Center for Economic and Legal Support in Khujand, described to PolOff March 29 the horrendous prison conditions, corruption and human rights abuses she saw when she secretly snuck into prison #23 in Khujand, Tajikistan's second largest city. 2. [...]	2007-04-03 11:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ICRC TI
07DUSHANBE502	TAJIKISTAN: FREE AND FAIR LOCAL ELECTIONS? APRIL FOOLS! [...] SUMMARY: Three districts in Tajikistan's southern Khatlon region held local by-elections April 1 for seats in the national parliament vacated by parliamentarians appointed to Ministries and other positions. Despite the lower profile of the April 1 elections as compared to the November 2006 [...]	2007-04-03 13:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE517	TAJIK ISLAMIC LEADER POINTS OUT WEAKNESSES IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (U) Summary: At an April 5 conference on "Kazakhstan's Role and Place in Central Asia" participants took a few gentle stabs at the United States, particularly over the security situation in Afghanistan but otherwise remained neutral. Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) leader Muhi [...]	2007-04-06 11:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI KZ
07DUSHANBE525	TAJIKISTAN AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) Five months after the presidential election secured President Rahmonov a third seven-year term, Tajikistan seems to have stalled on the road of reform. Throughout 2006, Rahmonov assured international visitors and his public alike that "after the election," new blood and new ideas would [...]	2007-04-09 07:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE555	EMBASSY DUSHANBE REQUESTS FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW [...] Embassy Dushanbe requests one Embassy Science Fellow for either of the two proposed projects listed below. Tajikistan is a country with a predominantly Muslim population and is a member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Post appreciates OES' initiative to give special considerat [...]	2007-04-12 10:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TSPL SENV AMGT OTRA APER TI
07DUSHANBE590	DAS FEIGENBAUM VISITS NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the top of the agenda for many Tajik officials is attracting private business to Tajikistan. However, Tajikistan's current legal and regulatory environment, infested with corruption, deters American businesses. In a meeting with Sherkhon Salimov, Director of the new State A [...]	2007-04-19 03:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE622	TAJIKISTAN GOVERNMENT TO STUDENTS: NO MINISKIRTS OR HIJABS [...] SUMMARY: First it was gold teeth, then it was graduation parties and students driving to school, now girls in Tajikistan are fraught over the fact they will no longer be allowed to wear jewelry or miniskirts to school. In remarks to the press, President Rahmon said that students at public sc [...]	2007-04-24 09:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE623	TAJIKISTAN CRACKS DOWN ON RELIGION, CANCELS JEHOVAH'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: A deputy mayor of Dushanbe city along with officers from the State Committee on National Security shut down a Jehovah's Witnesses meeting of members and supporters on April 2. On April 3 and 4, the State Committee on National Security summoned one of the group's leaders for qu [...]	2007-04-24 12:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE629	TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CALLS IN AMBASSADOR OVER REUTERS [...] (SBU) Senior Presidential Advisor for Foreign Affairs Rahmatulloyev called in Ambassador April 24 to discuss an April 23 Reuters article, in which she said corruption is the major impediment to Western investment in Tajikistan. Rahmatulloyev said President Rahmon personally pays attention to [...]	2007-04-25 13:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG TI
07DUSHANBE637	TAJIKS, WORLD BANK AND CONSULTANTS ON DIFFERENT PAGES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's April 24 energy roundtable underscored the fundamentally different perspectives of the World Bank and its consultants, and the Tajik government in approaching a project aimed at bringing 1000 megawatts of Tajik and Kyrgyz electricity to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The [...]	2007-04-26 11:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ENRG TI AF
07DUSHANBE640	TAJIKISTAN: POLITICAL PARTY NARROWLY ESCAPES CLOSURE [...] (SBU) Rahmatullo Zoyirov, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan, breathed a sigh of relief when on April 24 the Supreme Court acquitted him of charges of not properly reporting on his party's activities and providing the necessary documents to the Ministry of Justice. 2. [...]	2007-04-30 07:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE643	TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OFFICIALS EVICT RESIDENTS, TAKE [...] On April 26 Ministry of Interior officials forcefully evicted residents who illegally occupied a rundown 52-unit building in Dushanbe. When PolOff arrived on the scene, at least 30 police officers had surrounded the area, and one fire truck and an ambulance were poised and ready for emergenci [...]	2007-04-30 17:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE646	WE'RE STILL SPECIAL - 301 WATCH LIST POINTS DELIVERED TO [...] Post delivered talking points in Reftel A to Tajik government officials April 30 regarding Tajikistan's maintaining its "Watch List" status on the Special 301 Report for 2007. EconOffs personally delivered points to Alisher Karimov, Deputy Head of Customs Control in the Customs Service and Gen [...]	2007-04-30 17:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR TI
07DUSHANBE723	COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TO TAJIKISTAN: KEEP WORKING ON IT [...] Summary: In a series of high-level government meetings in Dushanbe May 6-9, Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia Paul Dyck drilled home the SIPDIS message about providing a stable and open business environment in order to attract foreign investment. In [...]	2007-05-16 16:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE743	TAJIK WOMEN IN POLITICS? AS LONG AS DINNER'S STILL ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik women active in political dialogue and the public sphere have had mixed success in establishing a meaningful discussion group or changing the profoundly discriminatory culture. In a meeting with visiting Central Asian Affairs Director Pamela Spratlen, members of the loc [...]	2007-05-18 07:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM KWMN TI
07DUSHANBE786	PERSIAN POWER: TAJIKISTAN'S DEVELOPING TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajikistan has characterized its ties with Iran as purely economic, but growing political, military and diplomatic relations indicate that more than investment and trade is bringing the two countries closer together. In the last eighteen months, Tajik President Rahmon and Irania [...]	2007-06-01 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE790	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' LITERATURE SEIZED, MEMBER INTERROGATED [...] (C) Tajikistan's Jehovah's Witnesses face increased pressure from the Tajik government and fear their recent problems may signal the government's move to shut down the religious group entirely (reftel). On April 26, State Committee on National Security officials prohibited customs authorities [...]	2007-06-04 10:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE796	TAJIKISTAN: FEMALE STUDENT CHALLENGES BAN ON HIJAB IN [...] SUMMARY: In an unprecedented case, a young female university student, Davlatmoh Ismailova, is suing the Tajik Institute of Languages and the Ministry of Education for expelling her for wearing a hijab to school. This is the first time a student has brought a case against a university and the [...]	2007-06-05 10:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE801	TAJIKISTAN'S LAKE SAREZ- IS HYDROPOWER THE ANSWER? [...] Ten years after the First International Conference on Lake Sarez Problems in 1997, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (Central Asia Office) and the Government of Tajikistan's Committee on Emergencies and Civil Defense conducted the Second International Conference [...]	2007-06-05 11:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ENRG SENV TI

07DUSHANBE855	TAJIKISTAN SUPPORTS PRESIDENT BUSH'S CLIMATE INITIATIVE [...] Rustam Latipov, Tajikistan's Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Environmental Protection and the leading government official responsible for environmental issues, expressed support for President Bush's new international framework initiative on climate change. PolOff delivered points per reft [...]	2007-06-08 12:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ENRG SENV TI
07DUSHANBE860	AFGHANS IN TAJIKISTAN -- READY FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: While a common perception amongst Tajik officials and academics is that the Afghans are all poor, coming from a war-torn country with little education and healthcare, Afghan businessmen are surprisingly successful and growing wealthy in Tajikistan, and they have an equally dim vi [...]	2007-06-10 07:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV EAID TI AF
07DUSHANBE877	TAJIKISTAN TO AFGHAN REFUGEES: YOU CAN STAY, JUST NOT HERE~ [...] SUMMARY: On May 31, Tajik security officials rounded up over 150 Afghan refugees and asylum seekers in the capital of Dushanbe. Reports from those detained suggest that authorities held the refugees for most of the day without food, water or access to sanitation facilities. The authorities [...]	2007-06-12 12:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM UNHCR TI AF
07DUSHANBE882	TAJIK WOMEN LEADERS FRUSTRATED BY CULTURAL ATTITUDES AMONG [...] SUMMARY: Leaders of Tajikistan's political parties discussed how women are marginalized in politics and the frustrations they share trying to empower women, at a roundtable with PolOff June 4. All pointed out that Tajik cultural norms are oppressive to women, but sometimes it's the women the [...]	2007-06-13 06:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN TI
07DUSHANBE883	TAJIKISTAN'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY INFIGHTING CONTINUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Democratic Party of Tajikistan's power struggles and legal battles over the past year have been confusing enough to rival a daytime soap opera's complicated plot. Rahmatullo Valiev, Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party met with PolOff June 7 to discuss the latest round of [...]	2007-06-13 06:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE924	U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL ASSAULTED AND MEDEVACED [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On June 17 at 0115 hours, three temporary duty military personnel and one private American citizen were severely beaten outside a local night club. Members of the team estimated the assault lasted for twenty minutes and around thirty attackers participated. They subsequentl [...]	2007-06-18 13:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMED CASC PREL TI
07DUSHANBE926	TAJIKISTAN REPORT ON SECTION 527 [...] Post is pleased to report on the satisfactory resolution of the single outstanding U.S. company dispute in Tajikistan. There are no new investment disputes between the United States and the Republic of Tajikistan. Details of the resolved case follow. 2. Claimant designation: Claimant [...]	2007-06-19 12:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE ECON PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE928	AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE - EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee to discuss Independence Day security planning (ref A),an explosion at the Supreme Court building in downtown Dushanbe on June 16, and an assault against members of a U.S. Central Command planning team on June 17 (ref [...]	2007-06-19 13:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PINR PTER TI
07DUSHANBE933	AMBASSADOR' S MEETING WITH HYDRO-POWERED FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Foreign Minister Zarifi June 20 to discuss a laundry list of outstanding issues, including the upcoming completion of the Nizhniy Pyanzh bridge, our demarches on Afghan refugees (Ref A) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's upcoming summit (Ref B),and the [...]	2007-06-21 11:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV EAID KDEM TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE967	PENJIKENT, TAJIKISTAN: ISOLATED BY REGIONAL BUREAUCRACY AND [...] Summary: A June 20-22 trip to Penjikent and Aini districts in western Tajikistan illuminated how bilateral problems with Uzbekistan strangle the economy and trade for Tajik districts in the Zarafshan valley. In Penjikent city, officials and citizens expressed support for President Rahmon, but [...]	2007-06-26 11:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAGR ENRG TI UZ
07DUSHANBE969	EXTENDED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON DOMINATES CENTCOM [...] (C) Summary. In an unexpectedly long meeting with the Tajik President, which dominated Admiral Fallon's visit June 19, Emomali Rahmon hailed U.S.-Tajik relations as one of the first priorities in Tajik foreign policy and stated that Tajikistan is interested in further development of these rela [...]	2007-06-28 11:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS PGOV TI AF IR
07DUSSELDORF10	MUSLIM COORDINATION COUNCIL EMERGING [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2006 initiative by Federal Interior Minister Schaeuble to set up a "German Islam Conference" as an official forum for exploring ways to achieve a better integration of Muslims in German society (reftel) has spurred efforts among major Muslim groups to form a single, overarc [...]	2007-03-29 07:57:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL GM
07DUSSELDORF13	A VISION AND A WAY FORWARD FOR CG DUESSELDORF [...] Summary: After a thorough review of CG Duesseldorf operations, we have developed a roadmap for the long run that differs radically from the past and implements the Secretary's transformational diplomacy directives. Our vision is to continue advancing vital US interests in Germany and Europe [...]	2007-04-20 15:30:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON CMGT PGOV BEXP GM
07DUSSELDORF16	REQUEST FOR A NEW CONSULAR AGENCY -- COLOGNE [...] Summary: Mission requests the establishment of a new consular agency to be located in Cologne, North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW),the most populous and politically and economically important state in Germany. The American Citizen Services (ACS) unit of the U.S. Consulate General Duesseldorf will c [...]	2007-05-09 13:13:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CASC AFIN GM
07DUSSELDORF22	A TALE OF TWO MOSQUES: A SNAPSHOT OF MUSLIM INTEGRATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The ongoing dispute surrounding the construction of a new mosque in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW),the "capital of Islam" in Germany, has become a symbol for the challenges that continue to exist between Muslims and mainstream German society. While all the main poli [...]	2007-06-25 15:53:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL GM
07DUSSELDORF24	COLOGNE "TRAIN BOMBER" INDICTMENT REACHES D\SSELDORF HIGHER [...] (U) Almost eleven months after two Lebanese nationals unsuccessfully tried to blow up two regional trains originating in Cologne, the Federal Public Prosecutor on June 11 brought criminal charges against one of the men, Youssef Mohammad El-Hajdib. German police arrested the 22-year old El-Haj [...]	2007-06-29 13:55:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KCRM MASS KOMC IR GM
07DUSSELDORF32	USING COMIC BOOKS TO COMBAT EXTREMISM [...] (U) As part of its expanding efforts to combat Islamic extremism and to educate German Muslim youth about western style democracy, the North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC) recently released its second manga style comic book "Andi 2" (http://www.andi [...]	2007-11-20 12:44:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL PTER KPAO GM
07DUSSELDORF38	HIGH PROFILE ISLAMIC TERRORIST TRIAL OPENS IN DUESSELDORF [...] (U) Summary: A high profile Islamic terrorist trial opened before the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court on December 18. With the help of an accomplice, Lebanese national Youssef Mohamad El-Hajdib, known as the "suitcase bomber," has been charged with attempted murder in an undetermined number [...]	2007-12-18 15:13:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL PTER KPAO KVPR GM
07DUSSELDORF6	CDU NRW MINISTER PRESIDENT RUETTGERS PLEASED WITH US VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers told the CG his recent visit was "very successful." His second trip in 12 months, he signed an agreement on energy and environmental cooperation with Pennsylvania. He was pleased with his meetings with Senators [...]	2007-03-01 11:06:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ECON PGOV GM
07EFTOATHENS174	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES AIR SAFETY AND SECURITY WITH [...] (U) Summary: On January 18th, Ambassador called on Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) Governor Ioannis Andrianopoulos to discuss air safety and security, as well as the recent announcements by Continental Airlines and USAirways that they would be beginning direct service from the U.S. t [...]	2007-01-26 10:44:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR GR
07EFTOATHENS373	YEAR 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: GREECE [...] Summary. 2006 was a year of strong effort by the GoG on IPR. Responding to the IPR action plan delivered in March as a result of the 2006 Special 301 process, the GoG stepped up cooperation with local IPR representatives, created special working groups to discuss IPR problems and coordinate [...]	2007-02-22 05:30:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR GR
07EFTOBAGHDAD1116	REFERRAL OF INTERPRETER ESSAM HAMMOUDI AHMED [...] Embassy Baghdad would like to refer Essam Hammoudi Ahmed to the US Refugee Admissions Program. 2. (SBU) Biographical information: Principal applicant NAME: Essam Hammoudi Ahmed DOB: July 1, 1980 POB: Iraq Passport Number: S 1647887 Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Dependents [...]	2007-03-31 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM IZ
07EFTOBAGHDAD867	US REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM REFERRAL OF LOCALLY [...] Embassy Baghdad would like to refer the following locally-employed staff to the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) 2. (SBU) Principal applicant (PA): NAME: Nabil Al-Bassam (a.k.a. Nabil Sh. Ibrahem) DOB: July 22, 1970 POB: Diyala Passport Number: S 487540 Gender: Male Marita [...]	2007-03-12 08:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM IZ
07EFTOBUENOSAIRES1049	NEW AGREEMENT PUTS BEEF BACK IN MARKETS - FOR NOW [...] (SBU/NF) To counter increasing shortages of beef products in Argentina, Economy Minister Felisa Miceli and Argentine beef producers agreed May 9 to raise wholesale beef prices by approximately 12% on average. The agreement affects prices for cattle sold at the main beef wholesale market in Arg [...]	2007-05-24 22:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR AR
07EFTOLAPAZ1740	UNCERTAINTY IN BOLIVIA'S MINING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Proposed changes to the mining code and tax regime worry international and U.S. mining companies in Bolivia. Although the GOB's stated aim is a 50-50 split in profits between the GOB and private companies, the head of the mining association and U.S. company representatives have informed [...]	2007-06-25 21:12:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN SENV BL
07EFTORABAT171	SCHOOL TAX AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Following completion of consultations with Department offices and the five officially supported American schools in Morocco, Mission has moved to engage senior GOM officials on the issue of concluding a bilateral agreement to give the schools legal status and shield them from [...]	2007-01-31 11:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT ASCH KREC MO
07FRANKFURT1245	MEETING WITH DRESDNER BANK ON SUSPECTED DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post called the attention of Dresdner Bank to information that it may have facilitated (intentionally or not) a transaction for OFAC-designated Tanchon Commercial Bank. Dresdner representatives promised to look into the report and asked for more information (ACTION REQUEST IN PAR [...]	2007-03-14 16:01:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN ETTC GM
07FRANKFURT1315	Neo-Nazi Influence In Elite Frankfurt Police Unit [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Media revealed this week that at least three members of an elite Frankfurt-based police unit that provides close personal protection to public figures (among them Jewish leaders and CG Frankfurt) had neo-Nazi affiliations. ConGen Frankfurt was told the allegations first emerged [...]	2007-03-19 14:23:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC SCUL GM
07FRANKFURT220	FURTHER STEPS AGAINST PKK: RAIDS, ARREST, PRISON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German efforts against the PKK were again apparent this past week in southwest Germany with targeted raids, an arrest of one suspected PKK leader, and the sentencing of another to two years in prison. END SUMMARY. Anti-PKK Raids and an Arrest ---------------------------- [...]	2007-01-17 08:46:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KTFN KCRM GM TU
07FRANKFURT320	Opel/GM Europe Upswing, Return to the U.S. Market [...] SUMMARY: Led by German subsidiary Opel, General Motors (GM) Europe posted a profit of $186 million in 2006 (through September) en route to its projected first full-year profit in Europe since 1999. Opel in particular has reason to celebrate since it will soon produce more Saab/Vauxhall model [...]	2007-01-24 06:33:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ECON GM
07FRANKFURT3223	Kurt Beck: Profile of a Pragmatic Social Democrat [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Social Democratic/SPD national chairman and Rheinland-Pfalz Minister-President Kurt Beck rose to power as a centrist leader combining political bridge-building with charm appeal to a working-class and often rural base. Having achieved prominence via hard work and charisma rathe [...]	2007-07-09 10:42:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR GM
07FRANKFURT445	Stuttgart Ansar al-Islam Trial Continues [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ongoing trial in Stuttgart of three suspected members of Ansar al-Islam is now expected to last at least until April - and perhaps even until the fall. The Federal Prosecutor has charged the three with plotting to assassinate then-Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi during a visit t [...]	2007-01-31 10:27:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KISL IZ GM
07FRANKFURT4624	THE ECB STEPS IN AS GERMANY'S LARGEST BANK FEELS SUBPRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 3 Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest commercial bank, announced it would write off 2.2 billion euros ($3.12 billion) in losses based in investments in U.S. mortgage-backed securities, ending several weeks of speculation about the bank's exposure to subprime debt. The f [...]	2007-10-17 08:57:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON GM
07FRANKFURT4944	Commerzbank Announces Third Quarter Write-Offs [...] Summary. The release of third quarter earnings reports has shed further light on the extent of the damage caused by subprime investments in the German banking industry, with Commerzbank, Germany's second largest private bank, reporting larger write-offs than originally anticipated. While Com [...]	2007-11-15 13:20:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON GM
07FRANKFURT501	Islamic Religious Classes in Baden-Wuerttemberg: Positive [...] (U) SUMMARY: In September 2006, Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) became the latest German state to offer Islamic religious instruction in public schools. On January 17, the Consul General and state officials observed a class at the Rosensteinschule in Stuttgart, one of twelve elementary schools taking [...]	2007-02-02 13:55:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL KISL GM
07FRANKFURT531	Naturalized Islamic Fundamentalists: Hesse Court Reverses [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 18, the Hesse Administrative Court in Kassel ruled in favor of four naturalized Germans of Turkish origin after the state stripped their citizenship for not having reported being members in the fundamentalist Islamic group Milli Goerus (IGMG). Striking down an earlier f [...]	2007-02-05 15:31:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL KISL GM
07FRANKFURT594	RAF Parole/Clemency Bids Divide Body Politic, Legal System; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the controversial parole bid of German "Red Army Faction" left-wing terrorist Brigitte Mohnhaupt -- a case with implications for other incarcerated RAF members -- the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe has recommended that the Stuttgart Regional Court grant Mohnhaupt pa [...]	2007-02-08 11:40:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KCRM ASEC GM
07FRANKFURT694	Muslim Extremists Deported from Baden-Wuerttemberg [...] (U) SUMMARY: State authorities deported two Islamic extremists from Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) in late January according to reports from the state interior ministry. B-W Interior Minister Rech cites the deportations as evidence of his state's strong anti-extremism efforts. The deportees hail fr [...]	2007-02-13 14:07:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SMIG ASEC KISL GM
07FREETOWN12	SIERRA LEONE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following update to its 2005 Worst Forms of Child Labor report. 2. Background: Child labor is prevalent in Sierra Leone. Many children are employed in family businesses, subsistence farming, street trading, and domestic work. Within the country, [...]	2007-01-05 12:43:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID SL
07FREETOWN122	TFG01: SIERRA LEONE ISSUES STATEMENT ON GUINEA [...] (C) Summary: Presentation of Ref A demarche requesting a Sierra Leonean statement on Guinea to President Kabbah's private secretary on February 20 and to the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the following day was overtaken by the Sierra Leonean and Liberian Presidents' visi [...]	2007-02-21 20:32:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	GV PREL SL LI
07FREETOWN143	SCSL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REVIEWS COURTS OPERATIONS [...] (C) The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Management Committee (MC) traveled to Freetown February 18-22 to meet with SCSL staff to discuss the Court's Completion Strategy and budget, ongoing concerns about identifying adequate sources of voluntary contributions to sustain the Court, the s [...]	2007-03-02 12:59:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KJUS PGOV PREL UNSC SL
07FREETOWN152	Sierra Leone: Exercising Avian Influenza Response Plans [...] Summary: Sierra Leone launched a National Avian Influenza Emergency Preparedness and Response Action Plan in June 2006, but resource constraints have prevented effective implementation or testing. An Avian Flu Action Committee meets every few weeks, under the authority of the Avian Influenz [...]	2007-03-05 19:21:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO KSTH SL
07FREETOWN153	CHINA INFLUENCE INCREASING IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) China continues to expand its presence and influence in Sierra Leone as it looks to exploit the country's vast mineral wealth and fishing resources. Sierra Leone and China have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1971. GOSL officials traveled to China last year for the China-Africa Summit [...]	2007-03-05 19:23:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN ENRG CH ECON SL
07FREETOWN165	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sierra Leone continues to make progress as it recovers from a devastating decade-long civil war that destroyed much of the country's infrastructure. In a little over a year, the level of awareness of trafficking in persons has risen considerably. However, trafficking remains a s [...]	2007-03-08 17:41:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SL
07FREETOWN202	ESTIMATED TWO MILLION SIERRA LEONEANS REGISTER TO [...] (U) On March 18 Sierra Leone concluded a three-week voter registration period for the national elections to be held July 28, 2007. Deemed a success by the United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL),preliminary results estimate that between February 26 - March 18 nearly 2 milli [...]	2007-03-23 16:50:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
07FREETOWN258	FREETOWN DELIVERED U.S. DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM [...] Embassy Freetown delivered points concerning the Non-Proliferationn of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Prepcom and presented a non-paper to the Sierra Leone Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 24, 2007. Post will report any response septel. HULL [...]	2007-04-25 18:19:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP ENRG MNUC SL
07FREETOWN265	DEMARCHE FREETOWN DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR WMO [...] Embassy Freetown delivered points concerning preparation and USG priorities for the World Meteorological Organization Congress to the Sierra Leone Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 26, 2007. Post will report any response septel. HULL [...]	2007-04-30 16:44:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY SL
07FREETOWN281	ELECTION DATE SLIPS AS PARLIAMENTARY PENSIONS [...] (SBU) While there has yet to be an official announcement, Embassy Freetown has learned that the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) intends to delay the upcoming Parliamentary and Presidential elections from July 28 until on or shortly after August 11. National Electoral Commission (NEC) Chair D [...]	2007-05-04 20:03:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
07FREETOWN288	PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DEPARTMENT'S [...] (SBU) On April 18, the Ambassador opened a one-day seminar organized by Sierra Leone's Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights. The seminar's agenda was based on the 2006 State Department's Country Report on Human Rights in Sierra Leone. Convened for the third consecutive year, most speakers [...]	2007-05-09 15:45:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SL
07FREETOWN340	SIERRA LEONE: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 18:20:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PGOV KIDE SASC OPIC SL
07FREETOWN355	PARAMOUNT HELICOPTER CRASHES KILLING TOGOLESE MINISTER [...] On the evening of June 3, a helicopter operated by Paramount Airlines crashed while attempting to land at Lungi International Airport killing a reported 21 people, including Togo's Minister of Sport. News reports state most victims were members of a Togolese delegation attending a soccer match [...]	2007-06-04 13:26:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ATRN EAIR CASC SL
07FREETOWN376	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TIP REPORT [...] On June 12, the Ambassador delivered reftel points and a copy of the 2007 report to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Ambassador Umaru Wurie. The Ambassador explained why Sierra Leone received a Tier Two ranking and encouraged the GOSL to continue its efforts against trafficking. Wu [...]	2007-06-13 15:33:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG ELAB SL
07FREETOWN379	PARLIAMENT PASSES CHILD RIGHTS ACT BEFORE DISSOLVING [...] (SBU) On June 6, Parliament passed the Child Rights Act. The legislation had languished in Parliament for months reportedly due to members' inability to reach a consensus on language to address guarded traditional initiation rituals, including female genital mutilation (FGM) and male circumcisi [...]	2007-06-14 15:30:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SL
07FREETOWN391	MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR MAY 2007 [...] Post and Mission Activities/Press Releases: A. On May 4, PEN Sierra Leone, a literary club, in collaboration with the United States Embassy in Freetown, celebrated the 37th anniversary of Earth day with an essay competition. In a prize ceremony at the Embassy, the Ambassador said the cele [...]	2007-06-21 14:12:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO SL
07FREETOWN404	PRESIDENT KABBAH WELCOMES LIBYA'S QADHAFI TO SIERRA LEONE [...] SUMMARY: Libyan leader Qadhafi visited Sierra Leone June 25-27. On his first visit to Sierra Leone, Qadhafi was warmly welcomed by President Kabbah and other top level GoSL officials. Qadhafi addressed a large gathering at the National Stadium where he formally donated 19 passenger buses to th [...]	2007-06-29 13:56:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SL
07FREETOWN412	SIERRA LEONEAN EDITOR ARRESTED IN CONTROVERY OVER [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 13:06:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SL
07FREETOWN42	SIERRA LEONE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Sierra Leone is not a state sponsor of terrorism. During the reporting year, there were no judicial cases involving terror suspects. There were no developments that would impact U.S. counterterrorism efforts. 2. There was no significant support for international terrorism or for specifi [...]	2007-01-17 14:45:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS SL
07FREETOWN421	SIERRA LEONE ELECTIONS ON TRACK AS CAMPAIGNING [...] (SBU) The official campaign period for Sierra Leone's August 11 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections began on July 10. With the elections under a month away, no party has emerged as the clear favorite to win. Indications are there could be a runoff in the presidential election between the [...]	2007-07-12 17:25:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR SL
07FREETOWN422	SIERRA LEONE: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] PolOff spoke with representatives from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),UNHCR, UNICEF, and the United Nations Integrated Office for Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) concerning UN efforts to combat Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and Trafficking in Persons (TIP) by UN peacekeepers and civili [...]	2007-07-16 10:17:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UN KPKO SL
07FREETOWN443	SIERRA LEONE: ENSURING ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 17:23:00	Embassy Freetown	SECRET	PARM KNNP SL
07FREETOWN444	SIERRA LEONE: PRESSING FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 17:39:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SL
07FREETOWN447	DEMARCHE REQUEST: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 18:13:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO SL
07FREETOWN476	SIERRA LEONE: CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-10 12:14:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA SL
07FREETOWN477	SIERRA LEONE: PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-10 12:18:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC SL
07FREETOWN478	SIERRA LEONE: TERRORISM FINANCE - DOMESTIC USG [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-10 12:20:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PTER KTFN SL
07FREETOWN479	SIERRA LEONE CALM BUT ANXIOUS ON THE EVE OF [...] (SBU) Sierra Leone will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on August 11. These are the second national elections since the end of the decade-long civil war in 2002, and the first since peacekeepers departed in December 2005. Seven political parties are running for the presidency [...]	2007-08-10 16:31:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SL
07FREETOWN481	SIERRA LEONEANS ENTHUSIASTICALLY VOTE IN PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) On August 11, Sierra Leone conducted successful presidential and parliamentary elections. As of late evening on August 12, preliminary partial unofficial results showed the All People's Congress (APC) leading with nearly 45 percent of the presidential vote followed by the ruling Sierra L [...]	2007-08-13 17:44:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SL
07FREETOWN484	SLOW ELECTION RESULTS CERTIFICATION RAISES CONCERN [...] (SBU) The slow process of certifying the results from the August 11 Sierra Leone presidential and parliamentary election results has election stakeholders concerned about escalating tensions threatening stability while Sierra Leoneans wait for the official announcement of the final results, wh [...]	2007-08-15 17:09:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SL
07FREETOWN493	OPPOSITION PARTY VOICES CONCERN ABOUT RUNOFF [...] (C) During an August 17 meeting with the Ambassador, All People's Congress (APC) presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma voiced concern about the 2007 national elections turning into a replay of the 1967 elections, when the national elections, which the APC had won over the ruling party, were [...]	2007-08-17 19:12:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SL
07FREETOWN501	PMDC CANDIDATE MARGAI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) During an August 23 meeting with the Ambassador, People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) presidential candidate Charles Margai appealed to the international community to implement additional mechanisms to ensure that the anticipated presidential runoff election scheduled for Septemb [...]	2007-08-23 18:39:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SL
07FREETOWN503	NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION FINISHES NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) On the evening of August 23, the National Electoral Commission released the official preliminary results of the August 11 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. NEC Chairperson Dr. Christiana Thorpe announced the certified results will be published on August 25. 2. (U) In the parliam [...]	2007-08-24 13:10:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR SL
07FREETOWN508	NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION ANNOUNCES CERTIFIED [...] (U) On August 25, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) released the official certified results of the August 11 Presidential and Parliamentary elections (Ref A). Presiding at a news conference at the NEC Media Center located at the British Council, NEC Chairperson Dr. Christiana Thorpe anno [...]	2007-08-27 15:33:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SL
07FREETOWN542	POLITICAL PARTIES COMMIT TO PEACEFUL SIERRA LEONE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 11:39:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SL
07FREETOWN547	SIERRA LEONEANS CAUTIOUSLY PREPARED TO CAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The official campaign period for the Sierra Leone run-off presidential election ended at 6 p.m., September 6, amid relative calm. Civil society successfully conducted an impromptu peace march without disruption and with only minor traffic congestion in Freetown. Both candidate [...]	2007-09-07 20:14:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SL
07FREETOWN552	SIERRA LEONE HOLDS SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sierra Leone successfully held the second-round Presidential run-off election on September 8, thanks in large part to the professional and impartial conduct of the Sierra Leone security services and National Election Commission (NEC). Though observers reported isolated inciden [...]	2007-09-10 17:25:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SL
07FREETOWN566	NEC PROCLAIMS APC CANDIDATE ERNEST KOROMA SIERRA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 17, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) announced that opposition APC Candidate Ernest Bai Koroma had won the September 8 Presidential run-off election. He will be sworn in the same day at 1700 GMT at the State House. Jubilant APC supporters thronged the streets, [...]	2007-09-17 16:36:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SL
07FREETOWN58	SIERRA LEONE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) Ministry of Trade and Industry is actively working to increase trade and investment. 2. Investment Laws: A new Investment Code went into effect in 2005. It is designed to put Sierra Leone at par with western countries concerning the protection of compa [...]	2007-01-24 17:46:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC EFIN USTR ETRD SL
07FREETOWN591	POST ELECTION SIERRA LEONE: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The week following the announcement of Ernest Koroma as the new President of Sierra Leone had its bumps but was positive overall. Incidents of violence broke out in the immediate aftermath but soon decreased significantly as people returned to their everyday lives. The media w [...]	2007-09-28 18:31:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SL
07FREETOWN616	NEW PARLIAMENT OPENS WITH POMP AND CEREMONY [...] (U) Summary: Amid impressive fanfare, and on schedule, the third parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone was officially opened on Friday, October 5 with an opening address by President Ernest Bai Koroma. Ambassador, DCM and AF/W Director Tom Dougherty attended the ceremony. The new [...]	2007-10-11 18:14:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KDEM PGOV PREL SL
07FREETOWN676	SCENE SETTER FOR A/S FRAZER TRAVEL TO SIERRA LEONE [...] (U) The inauguration of President Ernest Bai Koroma is an important milestone in the recovery of Sierra Leone from years of conflict and upheaval. Your visit to this country at the time of peaceful transition from one elected administration to another is an opportunity to underscore U.S. comm [...]	2007-11-09 17:07:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SL
07FREETOWN685	SIERRA LEONE 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 14:11:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN SNAR SL
07FREETOWN689	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW SIERRA LEONEAN [...] The initial group of cabinet Ministers in the new government has been announced by President Koroma. The process of confirmation by parliament has been completed for most nominees. Three Ministers were confirmed on October 19, and 12 more confirmed on October 24. Biographic information for 15 [...]	2007-11-19 17:17:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SL
07FREETOWN709	WORLD AIDS DAY: WHERE IS SIERRA LEONE? [...] SUMMARY: As World AIDS Day approaches (Dec. 1),it appears that Sierra Leone's HIV/AIDS prevalence rate is reportedly low, officially at 1.53%, although some sources believe it to be higher. Th military's prevalence is higher. Efforts to combat HIV/AIDS are coordinated by the National HIV/A [...]	2007-11-28 16:44:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV SOCI TBIO PREL EAID SL
07FREETOWN71	POLICE AND YOUTH CLASH AFTER GASOLINE INCIDENT [...] (SBU) Early on the morning of January 27, Sierra Leone Police (SLP) clashed with a group of youths in the Cole Farm area of Freetown near many Embassy residences after officers attempted to arrest a taxi driver whom they thought was in possession of illegal fuel. There are conflicting accounts [...]	2007-01-31 18:07:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PGOV SL
07FREETOWN746	EXPLOSIONS IN DOWNTOWN FREETOWN [...] On December 20, 2007, the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened to discuss a series of deadly blasts that rocked downtown Freetown earlier the same afternoon. Present were the Ambassador, DCM, RSO, CON, CLO, DAO, LEGATT, USAID, POL, and PAO. The blasts occurred in the bottom floor [...]	2007-12-20 18:28:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER SL
07FREETOWN749	SIERRA LEONE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] This cable responds to reftel request for information for the Worst Forms of Child Labor Report. Most new information since the previous year's report is a result of the passage of the 2007 Child Rights Act. --------------------------------------------- ----- A) Laws and regulations ----- [...]	2007-12-20 18:33:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI SL
07FREETOWN754	FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 2007 [...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's outreach in November 2007 included articles surrounding A/S Frazer's attendance at the inauguration of President Koroma, newly-arrived Ambassador Perry's courtesy calls on Ministers, the opening of two new American Shelves in Freetown, and the Embassy's commemoratio [...]	2007-12-21 13:43:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO SL
07FREETOWN79	SIERRA LEONE 2007 NATIONAL ELECTIONS: SETTING THE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables intended to set the context for the July 28, 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, only the fifth multiparty elections in Sierra Leone since its independence in 1961. Post welcomes any comments or suggestions. ---------------------------- [...]	2007-02-02 15:45:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ELECTIONS SL
07FREETOWN91	MANU RIVER UNION SECRETARY GENERAL FEARS RETURN TO [...] (C) Meeting in his downtown Freetown office on February 8, Manu River Union (MRU) Secretary General Aliou Diallo briefed the Ambassador and DCM on efforts to resuscitate the MRU, which will be reported septel. When the conversation turned to the crisis in Guinea, Diallo, who returned February [...]	2007-02-08 18:48:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL GV SL
07GENEVA115	ITALY CANDIDATURE - HRC [...] (U) U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Italy requesting U.S. Government support for the Italian candidature to the Human Rights Council at elections to be held in the United Nations General Assembly in May 2007. 2. (U) Mission has responded that th [...]	2007-01-18 06:43:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC AORC UN IT
07GENEVA116	ITALY CANDIDATURE - HRC [...] (U) U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Italy requesting U.S. Government support for the Italian candidature to the Human Rights Council at elections to be held in the United Nations General Assembly in May 2007. 2. (U) Mission has responded that th [...]	2007-01-18 06:44:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC AORC UN IT
07GENEVA1163	WHO: TAIWAN ISSUES AT THE 60TH WORLD HEALTH [...] Summary. Ambassador Tichenor and Japanese Ambassador Fujisaki met April 24 with Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO),as requested reftels, to urge Chan to improve the participation of Taiwan's experts in the technical work of the WHO. Chan promised to f [...]	2007-05-10 15:07:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM
07GENEVA1170	UN EXPERT GROUP ON DARFUR [...] (U) Summary: MissionOffs met May 3 with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to discuss follow-up to A/HRC/4/L.7, the March Human Rights Council consensus Darfur resolution. The group created by that resolution, the UN Expert Group on Darfur, met in Geneva April 24-27 [...]	2007-05-11 10:40:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC SU
07GENEVA1371	Five manslaughter incidents - Geneva 2007 Communications [...] (U) Mission has received a communication from Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions regarding five incidents of manslaughter. It is number 12 on the Geneva 2007 Communications Log. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: Excellency, I have the honour to address you [...]	2007-05-30 15:05:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1418	Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, detainee - #40 in Geneva 2006 [...] Mission has received a communication from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur for the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding the case of Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, a Yemeni citizen, detained at the US Air Force Base of Baghram, Afghanistan. Letter dated 11 December 2006 referenced in [...]	2007-06-04 14:31:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1478	ILO - BURMA: CONFERENCE SEES MINIMAL STEPS BUT LITTLE REAL [...] SUMMARY. The ILO Committee on the Application of Standards considered the situation of forced labor in Burma in its special sitting during the 96th International Labor Conference, June 4, 2007. The Burmese ambassador said nothing about real steps in ending forced labor. He focused solely o [...]	2007-06-07 11:03:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PREL ILO
07GENEVA1713	SRI LANKAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE LOBBIES [...] (C) Recently arrived Sri Lanka Permanent Representative, Dayan Jayatilleka, used an introductory courtesy call with Ambassador Tichenor June 27 to lobby hard against any kind of resolution on Sri Lanka in the Human Rights Council. Jayatilleka stressed that Sri Lanka saw all country resolutio [...]	2007-07-03 09:47:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PINR CE
07GENEVA1754	Air strike in Afghanistan - #18 in Geneva 2007 [...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, regarding the U.S. led Coalition air strike in Zarghun Sha, Afghanistan. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO-RHS and is number 18 on the Geneva 2007 [...]	2007-07-10 09:58:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1755	Death in Custody of Ahmed Ali Abdullah - #19 in Geneva 2007 [...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, regarding the death in custody of Ahmed Ali Abdullah. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO-RHS and is #19 on the Geneva 2007 Communications Log. [...]	2007-07-10 09:59:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1803	ECOSOC LAUNCHES ANNUAL MINISTERIAL REVIEW, [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivered strongly-worded remarks at the July 2 opening of the UN Economic and Social Council's (ECOSOC) High Level Segment, stating that "existing trade barriers, agricultural subsidies and restrictive rules on intellectual property rights...make [...]	2007-07-18 11:50:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR ETRD SENV ECOSOC UN

07GENEVA1948	Ahmed Belbacha - #22 in Geneva 2007 Communications Log [...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, Manfred Nowak, regarding Ahmed Belbacha who is detained at Guantanamo without charge or trial. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO-RHS. It is #22 on the Geneva 2007 Communications Log. [...]	2007-08-13 15:05:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1992	DAS SINGH AND AMBASSADOR REES' GENEVA MEETINGS - [...] (C) Summary: On an August 6-8 visit to Geneva, IO Deputy Assistant Secretary Singh and Special Representative for Social Issues Rees highlighted deep U.S. disappointment with the UN Human Rights Council and explored increasing the use of alternative fora, such as the UNGA Third Committee and t [...]	2007-08-22 15:12:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC KUNR PREF UNHCR
07GENEVA2048	DAS SINGH AND AMBASSADOR REES' GENEVA TALKS - [...] (SBU) Summary: IO Deputy Assistant Secretary Singh and Special Representative for Social Issues Rees used a human rights-focused August 6-8 visit to Geneva to also address a range of humanitarian, refugee, and health issues, as well as UN reform. DAS Singh also underscored the importance the [...]	2007-08-29 08:31:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM PREF UNHRC
07GENEVA2110	EU CONSIDERS CONDEMNING SRI LANKA IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action cable. Action request in para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The EU is considering whether to table a resolution in the Human Rights Council condemning Sri Lanka's recent human rights record. To avert a resolution, the Sri Lankan Government sent its Human Rights Minister and two [...]	2007-09-10 05:54:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER UNHRC CE
07GENEVA2184	HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER ARBOUR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with the Ambassador, High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said she had felt obliged to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) conference in Tehran even though she would have preferred another venue, given Iran's poor human rights record. She [...]	2007-09-19 05:33:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC IR CE
07GENEVA2373	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SIXTH SESSION: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council held the first part of its sixth regular session on September 10-28. It largely completed the institution-building process that had occupied much of its first year of existence, laying the groundwork for mechanisms such as universal periodic review (UPR) [...]	2007-10-11 15:39:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA2375	UN REFORM: US BLOCKS WIPO BUDGET OVER ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (U) At the WIPO 43rd General Assemblies, the US succeeded in its goal of forcing discussion of a confidential internal audit report alleging misconduct on the part the Sudanese Director General Kamil Idris. However, on the last day of the 10-day meeting, the African countries rejected a propo [...]	2007-10-11 20:31:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AORC WIPO
07GENEVA2492	A/S FRIED MEETS WITH ANTONOV ON CFE IN GENEVA [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, A/S Dan Fried, accompanied by A/S Paula DeSutter and an interagency team, met in Geneva with Russian MFA Director for Security and Disarmament Anatoly Antonov, accompanied by Mikhail Ulyanov and Sergey Federyakov to resume discussion of the U.S. paper on elements [...]	2007-11-15 10:24:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG MD NATO
07GENEVA2541	UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: A NEW MECHANISM IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new human rights mechanism is scheduled to get underway in April 2008, with the human rights behavior of a first tranche of 16 countries to be reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Over the next four years, all UN member states are to undergo such review in [...]	2007-11-30 16:28:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA2626	Human Rights Council Session Highlights Troubling [...] Summary: The Human Rights Council's resumed Sixth Session of December 10-14 highlighted the pernicious dynamic of previous sessions in which important resolutions were held hostage to negotiations between the European Union and Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). That dynamic was e [...]	2007-12-17 16:51:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA551	RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP [...] The inter-governmental Right to Development (RTD) Working Group completed its Feb. 26-March 2 session with an unusual compromise "consensus" agreement on the chair's conclusions and recommendations that left it up to various states to decide whether or not the report opened the door for a new [...]	2007-03-07 14:57:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA617	WORKING GROUP ON FOLLOW-UP TO DURBAN DECLARATION [...] (U) Summary: The intergovernmental working group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action met for the first part of its fifth session March 5-9 chaired by Chilean Permanent Representative Juan Martabit. Main areas of contention remain the inclusion [...]	2007-03-14 06:59:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNHRC
07GEORGETOWN1042	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT, PART I [...] (U) Post presents its 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control Guyana: I. Summary Guyana is a transit point for cocaine destined for North America, Europe, and the Caribbean, but not in quantities sufficient to impact the U.S. market. In [...]	2007-11-26 18:31:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR GY
07GEORGETOWN1075	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT, PART II [...] (U) Post presents its 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Begin text: Guyana is neither an important regional nor an offshore financial center, nor does it have any free trade zones. Money laundering is perceived as a serio [...]	2007-12-11 11:19:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR GY
07GEORGETOWN109	RIO GROUP SUMMIT SET FOR MARCH 3 IN [...] (U) Summary: The 2007 Rio Group Summit of Heads of State will be held in Georgetown, Guyana on March 3, preceded by a Foreign Ministers meeting on March 1, and a National Coordinators meeting on February 28. GoG insiders characterize the Summit as unlikely to attract a large turnout and larg [...]	2007-01-26 18:17:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN PINR XM VE GY
07GEORGETOWN110	GOVERNMENT PULLS ADS FROM INDEPENDENT DAILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing the paper's supposedly falling circulation figures, GOG recently stopped placing state advertisements in the independent Stabroek News. During the 2006 election campaign, President Jagdeo and ruling party officials repeatedly accused Stabroek News of criticizing the gover [...]	2007-01-26 20:15:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM GY
07GEORGETOWN141	GUYANA PREPARES FOR FIRST PETROCARIBE OIL DELIVERY [...] (U) Petrocaribe is making its formal debut in Guyana in May amid unrealistic expectations. Optimistic Guyanese government leaders are prepared to reap its promised benefits but unprepared for the logistics and ramifications of doing business under the untested program. GoG officials also exp [...]	2007-02-07 20:16:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ENRG PBTS XL VE GY
07GEORGETOWN147	Guyana Finally Moves Towards Machine Readable Passports [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After more than ten years of delays, Guyana will finally begin issuing machine-readable passports (MRPs) this summer. After having bid on the project eleven years ago, Canadian Bank Note (CBN) was awarded the contract in December 2006. The company says that they will be ready to [...]	2007-02-08 17:29:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS SNAR SMIG ASEC KFRD KCRM GY
07GEORGETOWN152	JAGDEO HITTING CRITICS WHERE IT HURTS [...] (C) Summary: An escalating conflict between the GOG and the independent Stabroek News over a recent withdrawal of government advertisements (reported reftel) illustrates President Jagdeo's mounting willingness to lash out at critics with more than verbal attacks. As more groups condemn the ad [...]	2007-02-08 18:32:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
07GEORGETOWN153	ER Medical Team Cancels CWC Support Trip to Guyana [...] The serious lack of adequate medical facilities, equipment and trained medical staff in Guyana, especially for emergency care, is one of Post's greatest concerns as crisis management preparations are made for the upcoming Cricket World Cup (CWC) matches. A severe nursing shortage across Guyana [...]	2007-02-08 19:26:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC CMGT
07GEORGETOWN211	MAKE HASTE SLOWLY - CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Rudy Insanally told the Ambassdor that the Heads of Government participating in the 18th CARICOM Inter-Sessional in St. Vincent on February 12-14 were determined to "make haste slowly" on a range of issues including governance, trade, economic development and re [...]	2007-02-22 16:36:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN EAID EAGR ENGR EAIR SMIG CARICOM XL
07GEORGETOWN267	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy Georgetown's submission of information requested in reftel for the 2007 Annual Trafficking in Persons Report. --------------------------------------------- -- Begin Report: Overview of country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: ----------------- [...]	2007-03-12 20:47:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD GY
07GEORGETOWN283	JAGDEO ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DRUGS AND VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President Bharrat Jagdeo in his office and at his request on March 15 to discuss the INCSR and Human Rights Report. Jagdeo objected to the methodology and tone of both documents, describing them as on-going irritants, and said he hoped to discuss their o [...]	2007-03-16 20:35:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON PBTS KCRM VE GY
07GEORGETOWN295	EAB REPORT ON 2006 ELECTIONS: FREE AND FAIR, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: More than six months after election day, the local Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) released its Final Report on Guyana's 2006 National and Regional Elections. The EAB declared the elections "free and fair" and found the Final Declaration of Results was "largely representative o [...]	2007-03-23 12:27:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM OAS GY
07GEORGETOWN324	Cuban Doctors Fearful in Guyana [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has interviewed six applicants for significant public benefit parole (SPBP) under the Cuban Medical Personnel program. Five came to Guyana as conscripted members of the Cuban medical brigade. As they await a decision on their applications, some of these doctors fear that [...]	2007-03-30 20:56:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM CVIS PREL SMIG CU GY
07GEORGETOWN388	GUYANA GOVERNANCE REFORMS: SLOW AND NOT TOO STEADY [...] (C) Summary: The President's Advisor on Governance recently reported some limited progress on constitutional and judicial reform, local government elections, and the appointment of parliamentary committees, but she was skeptical about the GOG's ability to follow through in a timely manner. Gi [...]	2007-04-19 16:59:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
07GEORGETOWN445	LOCAL ELECTIONS IN 2007: MAYBE YES, MAYBE NO [...] (U) Summary: Rhetoric about local elections, more than ten years overdue, is heating up. The ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP) wants them before the end of 2007; the opposition People's National Congress (PNC) wants a new voters list first. In the end, it may come down to what Presi [...]	2007-05-09 16:49:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GY
07GEORGETOWN455	MAKING THE USNS COMFORT A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Guyana's capital and populated coastal areas benefit from one of the more impressive primary health care delivery systems in the low-income world. On the other hand, Guyana's hinterland areas are in great need of the primary health care services the USNS Comfort's ashore team co [...]	2007-05-11 13:12:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MASS MOPS PREL TBIO XK XL GY
07GEORGETOWN506	Commercial Land Lines to Guyana Back In Service [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 19:50:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ACOA CMGT ASEC AMGT KRIM GY
07GEORGETOWN511	Foreign Medical Assistance in Guyana [...] Embassy Georgetown is committed to working with the Department, the Pentagon, and Southcom to carry through successfully the President's mandate that the USNS Comfort's visit will aid "people who might not otherwise get the basic health care they need to realize a better tomorrow." The Guyanes [...]	2007-05-22 17:40:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MASS MOPS PREL SOCI TBIO KPAO GY
07GEORGETOWN514	VAT TAX BRINGS IN THE MONEY FOR GUYANA [...] Summary: The returns are in from Guyana's newly instituted Value-Added Tax (VAT),and the government of Guyana is in the enviable position of adding more dollars to its reserves than initially projected. Leaked news of the positive returns re-ignited issues debated when the tax made its debut i [...]	2007-05-23 19:08:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD GY
07GEORGETOWN556	GOVERNMENT REACTION: GUYANA AND THE JFK TERROR PLOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With emotions ranging from defensiveness, to apprehension, to contrition, President Bharrat Jagdeo initiated multiple conversations with the Ambassador through the weekend regarding the JFK terror plot, distancing his government from the Guyanese involved and reiterating that Guya [...]	2007-06-04 20:42:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL CVIS GY
07GEORGETOWN59	VAT AND CASINO GAMBLING CAUSE PUBLIC DISCORD AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The PPP/C government,s sloppy implementation of VAT and heavy-handed efforts to legalize casino gambling are giving rise to public discontent and fueling internal dissent within the party. End Summary. 2. (U) The difficult introduction of VAT in Guyana was reported reftel. [...]	2007-01-16 19:39:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR SNAR PGOV GY
07GEORGETOWN713	PNCR'S RETURN TO POLITICS AS USUAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Robert Corbin was returned unopposed as Leader of the People's National Congress Reform (PNCR) after Vincent Alexander and his team of supporters formally withdrew from the elections for party leader and members of the Central Executive Committee (CEC). Alexander's withdrawal, [...]	2007-07-23 20:12:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM GY
07GEORGETOWN812	PRESIDENT PARDONS TREASON ACCUSED MARK BENSCHOP [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Jagdeo paradoned Mark Benschop, the treason accused detainee who has been imprisoned since 2002 for alleged involvement in storming the Office of the President. Benschop, whose first trial resulted in a hung jury in 2004, reluctantly accepted the pardon, but vowed to co [...]	2007-08-29 19:41:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM GY
07GEORGETOWN818	MCC SIGNING CEREMONY'S REVEALING INSIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 23rd, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Deputy Chairman Rodney Bent participated in a signing ceremony for the US$6.7 million two-year Guyana Threshold Program contract. The event was covered by all television and radio news programs and reported in each of the thr [...]	2007-08-31 19:19:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL GY
07GRENADA150	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: OCTOBER 7 - 13, 2007 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: NO PRISONERS IN COURT FOR OPENING OF OCTOBER ASSIZES The October assizes, opened on October 9 without any of the [...]	2007-10-24 12:55:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO ASEC GJ
07GRENADA151	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: OCTOBER 14 - 20, 2007 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Grenada's Private Sector Warms to VAT Private sector entities are expressing confidence in the eventual imple [...]	2007-10-24 17:53:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAGR PGOV GJ
07GRENADA156	SCENESETTER CABLE FOR WHA/CAR DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO GRENADA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Grenada warmly welcomes November 12-13, 2007 visit to St. George's of WHA/CAR Director Velia de Pirro. Director De Pirro is visiting Grenada at a time when the United States is seen by Grenadians as losing its dominance in the Caribbean and China is filling the voi [...]	2007-11-06 21:21:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ASEC EAID GJ
07GRENADA157	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 03, [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR Text: A. Cuba's Ambassador In Grenada Attacks Embargo Unchallenged The Cuban ambassador to Grenada, Margarita Delgado [...]	2007-11-07 15:58:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EPET EINV PGOV GJ CU VE
07GRENADA160	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 4-10 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR Text: A. PM calls for speed from World Bank During a recent World Bank team's visit to Grenada, Prime Minister Mitchel [...]	2007-11-15 16:30:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN SOCI EPET ECON GJ
07GRENADA164	WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE PIRRO VISITS TO GRENADA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA/CAR Director Velia De Pirro met with a range of local government officials and community leaders during her November 12-13 visit to Grenada. In her meetings, De Pirro reiterated continued U.S. engagement in the region and stressed the importance of demonstrating support for [...]	2007-11-21 13:07:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV CASC CVIS KCRM EFIN ASEC GJ
07GRENADA167	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 18-24, 2007 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin Text: A. Grenada Teachers Up the Ante The President of the Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT) announced that if there is no pa [...]	2007-11-28 20:56:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ELAB EAIR GJ
07GRENADA168	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 1, [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin Text: A. Potential "Gay Cruises" Continue to Roil the Airwaves The question of whether so-called "gay cruises" will be allow [...]	2007-12-06 20:20:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI
07GRENADA173	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT DECEMBER 2 - 8, 2007 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin Text: A. New Chinese Ambassador Sworn In China's second envoy to Grenada, Ambassador Zhang Wanhai, presented his credential [...]	2007-12-11 21:03:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID GJ CH PE
07GRENADA181	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: DECEMBER 9 - 15, 2007 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Urias Peters Wins Again Under the Shadow of Darkness, Peters' radio drama about the impact of HIV/AIDS on fam [...]	2007-12-18 23:35:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL ELAB GJ
07GRENADA84	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1747 [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of diplomatic note on June 12. The original diplomatic note was delivered by hand on June 12. 2. Post will report any response. MCISAAC [...]	2007-06-14 00:08:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP GJ
07GRENADA85	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD [...] Embassy Grenada grants country clearance for Mr. Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer, to travel to Grenada June 20 - 21, 2007. 2. Post understands that the purpose of Mr. Blackwood's visit to Grenada is to inspect sites for final certification under the Hurricane Ivan Progra [...]	2007-06-14 14:27:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR
07GRENADA87	COUNTRY CLEAREANCE GRANTED TO MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD FOR [...] Embassy Grenada grants country clearance for Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer for the new dates: arriving in Grenada June 22 and departing June 23, 2007, as stated in ref C. 2. Post understands that the purpose of Mr. Blackwood's visit to Grenada is to inspect sites for f [...]	2007-06-14 22:07:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR
07GUADALAJARA329	CHILD LABOR IN JALISCO: CRISIS BUT VERY LITTLE ACTION [...] SUMMARY: Jalisco suffers from high rates of child labor including the sexual exploitation of children. A recent symposium and UN visit has highlighted the problem, but has so far not resulted in any policy changes or new government initiatives. A local union is working to promote action o [...]	2007-07-03 17:39:00	Consulate Guadalajara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PHUM MX
07GUADALAJARA347	ANOTHER BORDER PROBLEM: JALISCO AND COLIMA SPAR OVER [...] Summary: Boundary issues are not solely confined to Mexico's international frontiers. A long-running land dispute between Colima and Jalisco has heated up in recent months, with both sides making sharp declarations and dispatching extra police forces to their common border. The Mexican Army [...]	2007-07-12 16:31:00	Consulate Guadalajara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV SOCI MX
07GUADALAJARA365	GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO HARNESS REMITTANCESS HAVING MIXED [...] In the last seven years the GOM has attempted to harness the power of the billions of dollars remitted from migrants in the U.S. via socioeconomic development programs. Two specific programs are Tres Por Uno (Three for One) and Proyectos Productivos (Productive Projects),formed by migrant clu [...]	2007-07-18 18:10:00	Consulate Guadalajara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN MX
07GUADALAJARA379	INCREASINGLY URBAN AND FEMALE CENTRAL WESTERN MEXICO [...] Summary: According to recent studies, the profile of immigrants to the United States from Central Western Mexico has changed in recent years. Immigrants from urban locales have been on the rise and the female percentage among this population has increased as well. Academics cited the more e [...]	2007-07-31 20:31:00	Consulate Guadalajara	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PGOV PREL ECON MX XM
07GUANGZHOU1048	Avian Influenza Update: Guangdong Health Authorities on [...] (SBU) Director of the Guangdong Veterinary Center of Epidemic Prevention and Control Yu Yedong confirmed media reports that the Ministry of Agriculture on September 15 had reported a suspected case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Guangzhou's Panyu District. Yu told us that test results [...]	2007-09-17 09:03:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH
07GUANGZHOU1049	South China Drug Makers Differ on Impact of Product Safety [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several pharmaceutical companies in South China appear to have taken steps to improve their quality assurance (QA) procedures and put them more in line with international standards. Product safety and integrity problems interestingly are reinforcing for Chinese companies the need [...]	2007-09-17 23:41:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1050	Wai Jia Nu: Gender Inequality in the Urban Village [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last several months, equal rights for a group of women in South China who have married outside their home village has become an increasingly sensitive issue. After marriage, these women must tra [...]	2007-09-18 03:36:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI ECON PGOV
07GUANGZHOU1052	Wai Jia Nu: Women's Residency Rights an [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Post has recently noted increasing sensitivity about the issue of land rights for married women. Though affecting only a small percentage of the local population, the "wai jia nu" issue (Reftel) has become [...]	2007-09-18 05:37:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI ECON PGOV
07GUANGZHOU1056	Hotels in Guangzhou Face Food Safety Challenge [...] (U) SUMMARY: In order to meet international food safety standards, foreign luxury hotels in Guangzhou import many of their ingredients and supplies, and even perform their own testing. They work diligently to raise the practices of vendors, employees, and contractors to the quality levels that [...]	2007-09-18 09:02:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1070	Avian Influenza Update: 180,000 Birds Destroyed; No [...] (SBU) Director of the Guangdong Veterinary Center of Epidemic Prevention and Control Yu Yedong told us September 20 that the Guangzhou government had culled 180,000 fowl from farms within three kilometers of Sixian village (Ref A). NOTE: This is an increase from the 134,384 ducks, 18,786 chicke [...]	2007-09-20 06:04:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC KFLU TBIO AMED AMGT EAGR PINR CH
07GUANGZHOU108	U/S Hughes and PD Envoy Kwan Engage Guangzhou [...] SUMMARY: The January 21-23 visit to Guangzhou of Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes, American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan, and Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. was an unprecedented opportunity to showcase American public diplomacy programs reaching out to previously untap [...]	2007-01-24 09:02:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL OVIP CH
07GUANGZHOU109	South China Civil Aviation: Views on Subsidies, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Major airlines in South China admit subsidies are available from local governments to offset losses from flying less traveled domestic routes. One airline mentioned they received subsidies for international flights. The airlines have limited expansion plans for the overseas ma [...]	2007-01-24 09:03:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU1100	HOW CHINA'S PRODUCT QUALITY SYSTEM WORKS IN THE PEARL RIVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese officials hosted a tour of inspection facilities and export production sites (reported septel) that helped shed light on China's product quality control system for imports and exports. This telegram provides details on the system's bureaucracy and procedures as described [...]	2007-10-05 08:27:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1101	CHINA HOSTS FOOD AND SAFETY TOUR FOR FOREIGN DIPLOMATS [...] (SBU) Summary: A tour of inspection facilities and export production sites hosted by the Chinese government offered an opportunity for dialogue with inspection officials that improved understanding of China's food safety and product quality system. Despite obvious staging, it also revealed some [...]	2007-10-05 08:27:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1108	Avian Influenza Quarantine Lifted; Black Market Birds; [...] (U) Summary: Guangzhou's Panyu District Government lifted a 21-day quarantine of the area recently affected by an outbreak of avian influenza (AI). Before it was lifted, Consulate staff saw a few farmers illegally selling birds in the quarantine area. Media reports indicate that the Guangzhou M [...]	2007-10-11 05:05:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH
07GUANGZHOU1183	Canton Fair: Seizing the Opportunity to Promote U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first ever U.S. Consulate-hosted forum at the Canton Trade Fair, U.S. government and business representatives discussed - with an appreciative Chinese audience - American goods and services available for import and the impact of export controls on PRC companies doing busin [...]	2007-10-31 05:53:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1186	CHINA DECLARES SUCCESS AT THE 102ND CANTON FAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Another record-breaking Canton Fair closed yesterday with increases in contract orders; attendance was lower. Attention to toy safety, export tariff policy changes, intellectual property rights and foreign imports all affected the final numbers, with a ten percent decline in toy [...]	2007-10-31 09:01:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV CH HK TW
07GUANGZHOU1190	China Rolls Out the Red Carpet at ASEAN Expo [...] (U) Summary: High-level Chinese and ASEAN officials agreed the text of a maritime agreement and a statement on food safety during meetings at the Fourth China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning. The trade fair-like Expo and related events in Nanning reinforce China's commitment to further develop relations [...]	2007-11-01 08:39:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN CH
07GUANGZHOU1192	Fuel Shortage in Southern China Leads to Fuel Hording and [...] (SBU) Summary. China's fuel shortage is hitting the Pearl River Delta hard. High international oil prices have driven wholesale prices above government-mandated retail price caps. The November 1 increase in diesel and gasoline prices (9 percent) may not be enough to restore margins for retail [...]	2007-11-02 07:09:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH
07GUANGZHOU1213	MATTEL - MENDING FENCES AND FIXING PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mattel's relations with Beijing are on the mend and there are no indications that provincial government authorities are planning to sue the company for alleged damage to the "Made in China" brand, according to Mattel executives based in South China. More frequent product testing [...]	2007-11-14 04:58:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1214	(C) Visit of Comoran President Draws PLA Officers [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reasons 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (C) At least one People's Liberation Army (PLA) general from the Lanzhou Military Region attended the meeting between Union of Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi and Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua i [...]	2007-11-14 06:25:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH CN
07GUANGZHOU1226	SAFETY ISSUES SHAKING UP TOY INDUSTRY IN SOUTH CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: The toy industry in Guangdong Province is undergoing a major "shake-out" cruise as manufacturers seek to protect the integrity of their product, buyers express concerns, and government officials enforce regulations in the interests of maintaining the China "brand" name. In Shant [...]	2007-11-16 08:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1229	Human Rights: Guo Feixiong Receives Fine and Jail [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) The trial of democracy activist Guo Feixiong ended November 14 with a conviction for "illegal business practices," resulting in a sentence of five years in prison and a fine of CNY 40,000 (approximately USD 5,387). [...]	2007-11-20 08:31:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1231	Pearl River Delta Flotsam and Jetsam, November 19, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. Highlights of this installment include: advanced television flat-panel manufacturing; a HIV/AIDS treatment facility; enforcement of air pollution laws; and PRD labor tre [...]	2007-11-20 08:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ELAB ECON ETRD KHIV CH
07GUANGZHOU1241	CONSUL GENERAL'S IPR ROUNDTABLE - COMMUNICATION AND ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Internet-based intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement continues to remain a pressing concern in south China, according to U.S. business people who participated in the Consul General's Annual IPR Roundtable on November 20, 2007. The participants also complained of incons [...]	2007-11-26 02:39:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1249	CPSC RICH O'BRIEN VISITS FACTORY THAT PRODUCED TOXIC AQUA [...] (SBU) Summary: How does a potential toy nightmare and company branding problem get underway? In the case of Aqua Dots, it was partially caused by having just one manufacturing option. The toxic adhesive formula used in the Aqua Dots was developed locally by the Chinese manufacturer after the [...]	2007-11-29 06:53:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1260	New Guangdong, Guangxi Party Secretaries [...] (U) Summary: Key announcements affecting south China leadership were made over the weekend: former Chongqing Party Secretary Wang Yang has been appointed Guangdong Party Secretary while Guangxi Deputy Party Secretary Guo Shengkun will move up to become Party Secretary, replacing Liu Qibao, who [...]	2007-12-03 07:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR CH
07GUANGZHOU1265	KMT Stumps for Votes at Dongguan TBA Celebration [...] (SBU) Summary: Clearly Dongguan in Guangdong Province - China's furniture capital, a city of 7-8 million people with over 6,000 Taiwan businesses - is rooting for Ma Ying-jeou and the Kuomintang in the 2008 Presidential elections in Taiwan. The 14th anniversary of the Dongguan Taiwan Business [...]	2007-12-04 08:00:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EINV CH TW
07GUANGZHOU1266	Guangzhou Institute to Play Key Role in China's Stem Cell [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health - in association with institutions in Shanghai and Beijing - will play a key role in China's national stem cell research strategy. Once limited by virtue of resources that could be expended, GIBH and others in China could now be i [...]	2007-12-04 08:25:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO CH
07GUANGZHOU1270	Vice Premier Wu Yi's Product Safety Parade Hits South [...] (SBU) Summary: With teams of inspectors scouring the path ahead, Vice Premier Wu Yi and a cast of hundreds (320 national and provincial officials to be exact) visited 11 Guangdong cities last week as part of the four-month national campaign on food safety and product quality. The Guangdong sit [...]	2007-12-06 08:18:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1275	The World's Factory Floor: Unions and Government [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Widespread reports of a labor shortage in the Pearl River Delta are exaggerated, according to representatives from the Guangdong Federation of Trade Unions (GDFTU) and local and provincial government labor officials. Union officials boasted both of portable pension schemes allo [...]	2007-12-11 08:21:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1279	Guangdong's Season for Sickness: Possibilities for [...] (U) Summary: Findings from the December 8 Guangdong Department of Health conference on infectious disease outbreaks during the winter and spring seasons suggest that the risk of SARS is low, but there is the possibility for "sporadic" human avian influenza infection and/or reemergence of an ani [...]	2007-12-14 06:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU128	Efforts on Sanshui Port Closure Stymied, but Re-opening [...] (U) Summary: Members of an American Pyrotechnic Association (APA) delegation, the firework industry's main lobby group, told Congenoffs January 26 that the November 1 closure of Guangdong's Sanshui port, which handles approximately 60 percent of all fireworks shipments to the United States, c [...]	2007-01-30 03:44:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1287	The World's Factory Floor: A Tough Place to Work [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Migrant workers in Guangdong Province, especially in the Pearl River Delta, continue to confront a variety of work-related issues -- long work hours, low wages combined with inflation, and few opportunit [...]	2007-12-17 07:54:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1288	Xiamen Shuts Down Online Poll amidst Public Opposition to [...] (U) Summary: In the realm of make sure the response you get is the response you're looking for, the Xiamen city government-sponsored website - Xiamen Web - was shut down after an overwhelming number of online voters expressed opposition to the construction of a chemical plant near the center o [...]	2007-12-17 08:11:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SENV ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1301	Making Themselves Heard: South China Christians in [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a few exceptions to the general rule of silence, especially in instances where Christian government and media officials help facilitate access, Christians in south China have recently enjoyed opportunities to talk (openly or obliquely) about their faith, according to Guangdong s [...]	2007-12-27 05:48:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU1303	Religious Freedom Varies for South China Expats [...] (C) SUMMARY: Control over expatriate churches in south China -- ranging from heavy-handed to laissez-faire -- suggests that local governments have considerable latitude in how to interpret regulations on the practice of religion. Expatriate church members in Guangzhou report strict Religious A [...]	2007-12-28 08:20:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU174	Rights Protection Conferences are Useful, but [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: South China participants at the December Amnesty International-organized conference for rights activists (held in Hong Kong) called the event useful, but too brief and disorganized. None of the activists t [...]	2007-02-07 07:32:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU176	Civil Society in South China, Part II: "NGO for [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: The three-year old NGO Institute for Civil Society (housed under Zhongshan University) was created to research, train, support, and network NGOs in Guangdong province. Started by Hong Kong academics and r [...]	2007-02-07 07:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU197	Making Guangxi a Harmonious Society [...] (U) Summary: Guangxi leaders vow to create a harmonious society in 5 to 10 years through careful implementation of the 11th, and possibly the 12th, Five Year Plans. Leaders emphasized the need to increase urbanization and industrialization, improve rural conditions, and raise the standard of l [...]	2007-02-13 08:34:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH NOTAG
07GUANGZHOU208	Tough to Talk About: TIP in South China [...] (SBU) Summary: Talking TIP is not a popular topic in South China. Many recent requests by the Consulate have been turned down in Guangxi and Guangdong. However, trafficking in persons, particularly of women, continues to occur from within China's inland provinces to South China, as well as f [...]	2007-02-14 09:05:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU301	The Labor Shortage in the Pearl River Delta [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the wake of the week-long lunar new year holiday, Guangdong's Pearl River Delta (PRD) businesses and governments are fretting about a labor shortage that has become more pronounced during the past few years. Migrant workers who left for the holiday are switching jobs, staying h [...]	2007-03-05 09:10:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU310	Avian Influenza: Guangdong Officials Quick to [...] (SBU) Guangdong Province officials denied the University of California- Irvine (UCI) report released on March 5 that the original and some subsequent strains of the H5N1 virus originated in Guangdong. The rapidity of the denial suggests the sensitivity of the issue, especially for a province w [...]	2007-03-08 03:34:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU PREL CH
07GUANGZHOU317	The Tiger Sprints Ahead: ExxonMobil First Western Oil Major [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil became the first U.S. oil major to launch a fully integrated refining, petrochemicals, and fuels marketing joint venture in China with the signing of the contract on February, 25. Although Chinese partner Sinopec stated in the media that the company's ability to refin [...]	2007-03-09 08:52:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EMIN SENV PREF CH TW
07GUANGZHOU322	Guangdong Governor announces closure of Dongzhou incident [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly ten months after Dongzhou villagers were sentenced for their role in a December 2005 violent riot in which protestors were killed by police, Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua announced at a press conference on the sidelines of the Chinese national Congress meeting that poli [...]	2007-03-09 09:37:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU353	Dongzhou Protests Flare Up Again [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just days after Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua announced the closure of the December 2005 Dongzhou incident, Western media reported renewed protests by Dongzhou area villagers. Local government-hired thugs, backed by local police, fought with villagers who continued to protest [...]	2007-03-19 09:16:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU376	USTR's Second IPR Provincial Review to South China [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A USTR-led delegation traveled to four cities in Fujian and Guangdong provinces March 12-15 to engage local leaders on IPR issues and raise specific areas of concern. Provincial and municipal-level officials seemed engaged in IPR issues and often said the right things, but their [...]	2007-03-23 08:44:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD WTRO CH
07GUANGZHOU377	Let's Make a Deal: Slow Start for Cross Border Emissions [...] (SBU) Summary: The long-planned Guangdong-Hong Kong cross-border emissions trading pilot program was implemented on January 31, 2007. Despite years of cooperative planning between both regions' environmental protection bureaus, no deals have yet been struck. Furthermore, the plan has been met [...]	2007-03-23 09:04:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU398	Villagers Clash with Construction Workers at Site of [...] (U) SUMMARY: One villager died and others were injured when a fight broke out between construction workers and villagers on Guanzhou island, the site of a planned biomedical industry park on the outskirts of Guangzhou. This incident comes one year after police arrested three villagers on the is [...]	2007-03-28 09:54:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU418	Natural Gas in South China (Part 1 of 2): Delayed LNG Plans [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent progress in negotiations with Indonesia and other LNG suppliers suggest that the Chinese government has adjusted its expectations and renewed its interest in putting LNG projects back into the energy mix in South China. The government's unwillingness earlier to adjust nego [...]	2007-04-02 10:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EMIN SENV CH
07GUANGZHOU421	McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut Under Fire for Wage [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut deny that they are violating any Chinese regulations with regard to payment to their employees, however they are consulting with local authorities to assure they are in compliance. The allegations of under payment, made in a recent article by a Gua [...]	2007-04-03 08:55:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CH

07GUANGZHOU460	Seminary Lecturer Discusses Protestantism in Guangdong, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A lecturer at the Guangdong Union Theological Seminary provided an overview of the small but active provincial Protestant community. It has ties with U.S. and Hong Kong religious institutions and seeks to maintain good relations with the government. Local governments have encou [...]	2007-04-13 08:49:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU462	McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut Cleared by Labor Bureau, but [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: McDonald's and Yum! Brands are pleased that the Guangdong Labor and Social Security Bureau (LSS) investigation has cleared them of charges that they underpaid student part-time workers. The companies acted in accordance with regulations that exempt certain part-time student work [...]	2007-04-13 10:16:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU475	Draft Labor Contract Law: Companies are Concerned but [...] (U) SUMMARY: Most foreign companies with offices in South China have negative impressions of China's draft labor contract law, but few companies believe the law will significantly impact their growth plans in China, according to a survey jointly released on April 11 by Hewitt and Baker & McKenz [...]	2007-04-17 09:14:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU484	Canton Fair Adds Imports, Strengthens IPR Protection [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a move that China's leaders say will help reduce the country's trade surplus, the Canton Fair - which in its first one hundred sessions dating back to the 1950s has focused solely on Chinese exports - showcased, for the first time, products that could be imported fro [...]	2007-04-23 07:51:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON BEXP CH
07GUANGZHOU485	Fuzhou - Fraud Capital of China - (1 of 2) A Detailed Look [...] (SBU) Summary: An analysis of the past year's immigrant visa statistics, discussions with other units and consulates, and a deluge of unsolicited tips still point to the Fuzhou area of Fujian province (Fuzhou, Changle, Mawei, Lianjiang, Fuqing, and Putian) as the capital of visa fraud and illeg [...]	2007-04-23 10:03:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU486	Fuzhou Alien Smuggler's advice - study in the U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Through an aggressive outreach program, Post actively encourages Chinese students to attend colleges and universities in the United States. However, Post continues to encounter well-organized attempts by visa brokers and snakeheads to send applicants, primarily from Fujian, to t [...]	2007-04-24 01:39:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU487	Fuzhou - Fraud Capital of China (2 of 2): 3 Days in Fuzhou [...] (SBU) Summary: A Conoff from Guangzhou's Fraud Prevention Unit and a LES Investigator visited Fuzhou from January 29-31, performing 14 immigrant-visa field investigations. Of the 14, 12 were confirmed to involve fraud and one applicant could not be located. In many cases, neighbors and village [...]	2007-04-24 01:39:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU494	Guangdong IPR White Paper: Criminal Cases, Case Transfers, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong's 2006 intellectual property rights (IPR) white paper cites specific efforts against infringement in the audio-visual industry, improved coordination between Customs and PSB, and four new IPR complaint centers for the public. Guangdong courts concluded 113 IPR-related cr [...]	2007-04-26 08:54:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD WTRO CH
07GUANGZHOU498	Copyright Infringement at the Canton and Jinhan Fairs [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from U.S. and Canadian art publishing companies noticed a slight decline in the number of infringing vendors at the Canton Fair on April 25, but spotted numerous repeat offenders. The overall reduction likely owes more to current market trends than IPR enforcemen [...]	2007-04-27 07:42:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD CH
07GUANGZHOU499	South China Leadership Changes; Political Highlights [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangdong Party Secretary Zhang Dejiang is poised to move to Beijing to become a Vice Premier and current Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan may become the next Guangdong Party Secretary. Beijing, which has long had reservations about whether Guangdong's leaders serve central government i [...]	2007-04-27 07:43:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU505	Guangzhou Police Raid Underground Church, Seek [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a leader of the local Li Jiang Fellowship church, the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau (PSB) raided her underground church on April 22. PSB officials disrupted the gathering of 100 churchgoers gathering in a local restaurant and warned church leaders to cease holding [...]	2007-04-27 09:31:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV SOCI PHUM CH
07GUANGZHOU52	Human Rights: Guo Feixiong Finally Allowed Legal [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 8, legal activist Guo Feixiong (arrested on September 28) was allowed to retain legal counsel according to fellow rights protection activist Tang Jingling. Tang believes Guo's case, [...]	2007-01-09 09:01:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU527	Dell China: Expanding Amid Concerns of Growing [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the Ambassador, executives from Dell-China took note of the critical importance of China to Dell?s future operations in the Asia-Pacific region, expressed confidence in their ability to continue building market share and discussed Dell?s expansion plans, especiall [...]	2007-05-09 06:51:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU543	South China Pig Deaths Raise Safety Concerns [...] (SBU) Summary: An epidemic outbreak in pigs in rural Guangdong, caused by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV),has killed several hundred pigs in Guangdong's Yunfu Prefecture and the county-level-city of Gaoyao since late April. The Prefectural Government excluded the po [...]	2007-05-10 08:56:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU544	Land and Corruption Blamed for Gurao Riots [...] (SBU) Summary: Riots over land sales and disputes over ownership in Gurao Town, in east Guangdong in early May underline again the fragile state of the social compact in the rapidly changing, oft-times corrupt south China environment. Local angry farmers in more than a dozen villages reportedl [...]	2007-05-10 08:57:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU556	Guangdong's Pharmaceutical Professional Association Strives [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Guangdong Pharmaceutical Professional Association (GPPA) disclosed that in 2006 it issued a self-regulatory code of standards for the local pharmaceutical sector in the province. GPPA's code appears to be an attempt to preempt Provincial Government investigation and sanction [...]	2007-05-15 00:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON ETRD SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU559	Transportation Infrastructure in the Pearl River Delta [...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong planners hope to spur development in the western Pearl River Delta (PRD) and create a more sustainable development model by expanding and integrating the PRD transportation network. They aim to create an A-shaped network that links both sides of the delta and integrate t [...]	2007-05-15 07:38:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELTN KTDB CH
07GUANGZHOU564	Transportation Infrastructure in the Pearl River Delta [...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong will initiate 62 major transportation infrastructure projects by 2010, requiring an estimated investment of RMB 550 billion (USD 71.5 billion). Projects planned for Guangdong's Pearl River Delta (PRD) include 17 expressways, a fourth and fifth rail line linking Guangzhou [...]	2007-05-15 09:00:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELTN KTDB CH
07GUANGZHOU589	Townspeople Riot Over Family Planning Abuses in [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of people in Bobai County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, set fire to government buildings and vehicles and attacked family planning officials in response to alleged abuses, according to Hong Kong and foreign media. Some reports state that five people died in the cla [...]	2007-05-22 09:00:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU608	Guangxi Officials Downplay Family Planning Riots [...] (C) Guangxi officials and Mainland media acknowledged the violence in Bobai County almost a week after the incidents occurred, playing down the severity and extent of the riots. On May 24, Yulin Municipal Government spokesman Guo Chengqiu denied reports of fatalities, estimated that the large [...]	2007-05-25 08:50:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU61	Going Mobile in Heyuan [...] (U) Summary: The northeastern Guangdong city of Heyuan was recently named by provincial authorities as a "Mobile Phone Manufacturing Base" - the first in the province. Discussion at December 2006 conference held at the Heyuan Hi-Tech Development Zone centered on the city's plans to become a c [...]	2007-01-12 05:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU620	Xiamen Government Suspends Chemical Project After Public [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Xiamen government suspended, but did not cancel, plans for the construction of a large chemical plant near the city center after residents planned a large protest and the story was covered by the mainland and Hong Kong media. The Taiwan-invested paraxylene plant, which the Xi [...]	2007-05-31 08:25:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PHUM ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU624	Fuzhou Hospital Struggles With Drug-Resistant TB and [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fuzhou Lung Diseases Hospital emphasizes increased training and public education to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. The growing drug-resistance of infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis, and the large number of migrant patients continue to challenge prevention a [...]	2007-06-01 05:59:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU627	South China's Economy in 2006: The World's Factory Floor in [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Despite Chinese central government efforts to rein in economic growth rates and tighten macroeconomic controls, South China's economy surged ahead in 2006. Guangdong Province (paragraphs 5-23) led the pack in almost all areas - gross domestic product (GDP),growth rate [...]	2007-06-01 06:01:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
07GUANGZHOU631	A CLEANER GUANGDONG FACES MORE SEVERE POWER SHORTAGES THIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Guangdong continues to be confronted by severe power shortages this summer. The provincial government's plan to lower local air pollution discharges and shut down small power stations has been affected by the shortages; rolling blackouts have been applied in different areas, ma [...]	2007-06-03 23:34:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV ECON KTDB CH
07GUANGZHOU655	South China Analysts Criticize Government's Handling of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the plunge in stock prices on the mainland, South China commentators and academics complain that central authorities showed a disappointing, but all too common, lack of transparency before unexpectedly tripling the stamp duty on share trades on May 30. Analys [...]	2007-06-08 06:25:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU670	South China Airports: Capacity Shortage, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To meet the rapidly mounting demands of passengers and cargo transportation, major civil airports in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region are gearing up to upgrade their infrastructure and service. Fierce competition is expected as both airports and airlines compete for a bigger [...]	2007-06-12 07:28:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON CH HK
07GUANGZHOU681	Airline Expansion in South China [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rich and populous South China has become an air traffic hotspot. To win market share, airlines in the region are sharpening their competitive edge by opening new routes, buying more aircraft, and expanding cooperation with other airlines. As the Chinese Government deregulates [...]	2007-06-13 08:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON CH HK
07GUANGZHOU695	Guangdong Discusses Anti-Corruption Efforts with Visiting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Guangdong government is targeting its anti-corruption efforts in the areas of land transaction and commercial development, according to Guangdong officials who met with a U.S. delegation from the bilateral Anti-Corruption Working Group. China's largest construction bidding c [...]	2007-06-15 06:11:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU699	Alleged Labor Violations at Mainland Headwear [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the release of the PlayFair 2008 report, "No Medal For the Olympics on Labour Rights," and media reports of alleged labor violations at four Pearl River Delta (PRD) factories, Congenoff visited one Shenzhen factory cited in the report - Mainland Headwear Holdings Limit [...]	2007-06-15 08:43:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU701	South China EPB Structural Deficiencies Hurt Enforcement [...] (U) Environmental accidents and major polluting discharges occur with all too frequent regularity in south China, the result of a failure to enforce existing regulations and to punish those who profit by ignoring public health and welfare. Even with increased media attention and campaigns by a [...]	2007-06-17 23:58:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU717	Alleged Labor Violations at Yue Wing Cheong [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congenoff's visit to a second mainland Chinese company (Yue Wing Cheong Manufacturing) cited in PlayFair 2008's report ("No Medal For the Olympics on Labour Rights") led to conclusions similar to those from his visit to Mainland Headwear (reftel). Yue Wing Cheong clearly has pr [...]	2007-06-22 02:26:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU720	Environmental Training Helps Local Officials [...] (U) Embassy Science Fellow (ESF) provided environmental permit training on May 14 to Shenzhen Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) experts in response to Pearl River Delta environmental authorities' concerns over deficiencies in their enforcement program. ESF explained how the U.S. EPA uses [...]	2007-06-25 00:01:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU722	Gurao Protest Follow-up: Protests Against Illegal Land [...] (U) SUMMARY: Factories in Gurao, Guangdong - China's largest underwear manufacturing base - continue to operate without incident despite May protests by hundreds of nearby villagers who claimed village officials profited from illegal land sales. Villagers continue to engage in low-level prote [...]	2007-06-26 09:04:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ELAB EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU742	Anatomy of a Demonstration: Xiamen Middle Class Organizes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Among the thousands of people who demonstrated against a planned petrochemical project in Xiamen on June 1-2, most were young and middle-class and organized themselves through cell phone text messages, according to Xiamen residents. A disgruntled anti-corruption official reporte [...]	2007-06-28 08:50:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU753	IPR Roundtables on Apparel and Sporting Goods: Legal [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's IPR regulations are vague and its enforcement agencies are weak, according to apparel and sporting-goods companies as well as U.S. and Chinese lawyers. The IPR enforcement efforts of most companies are primarily focused on shutting down domestic IPR violators and prevent [...]	2007-07-02 08:00:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD CH
07GUANGZHOU766	Gender, Age, Beauty and "Unlucky Name" Discrimination [...] SUMMARY: Students, officials and professors at several South Chinese universities lamented the failure of China's new Labor Contract Law (ref) to eliminate discrimination based on gender, age, and, of all things, beauty, the latter a requirement that usually includes a minimum height. The fema [...]	2007-07-05 08:50:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM SOCI SCUL PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU785	Devouring Dragon, Disappearing Tigers: A Look at South [...] (U) SUMMARY: China has launched a number of conservation efforts to save the remaining tigers in China, including the nearly extinct South China tiger. However, the demand for tiger products persists, much of it related to the vaunted health, medicinal and preservative qualities of the tiger; [...]	2007-07-12 01:34:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EINV KIPR CH
07GUANGZHOU786	Slow Progress in a Tough Neighborhood: Economic and [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: This cable by Guangzhou's departing Economic/Political Section Chief is a brief look at south China after four years, how it has developed economically, the pluses and minuses, challenges and potential, where it's going in the future. The Pluses: South China and part [...]	2007-07-12 05:22:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU787	Devouring Dragon, Disappearing Tigers: A Look at South [...] (U) SUMMARY: China has launched a number of conservation efforts to save the remaining tigers in China, including the nearly extinct South China tiger. However, the demand for tiger products persists, much of it related to the vaunted health, medicinal and preservative qualities of the tiger; [...]	2007-07-12 05:22:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EINV KIPR CH
07GUANGZHOU790	Regulatory Climate in South China: Not All Investment Is [...] (SBU) Summary: Regulatory issues, particularly those relating to administrative discretion, are the biggest impediments to foreign direct investment (FDI) in South China, according to legal professionals and businesspeople. Foreign investors encounter more obstacles when establishing local op [...]	2007-07-12 10:01:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD WTRO CH
07GUANGZHOU832	Pearl River Flotsam and Jetsam, July 24, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. We expect to cover items that are timely for Washington consideration but at this point, do not merit fuller treatment. We are, of course, willing to take a second lo [...]	2007-07-24 05:37:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PINR SENV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU836	Consumer Product Safety in South China [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a time when the safety and quality of goods being exported from China -- not just to the U.S. but elsewhere in the world, from the Philippines to Europe -- has been called into question, foreign companies in this consular district, especially in the Pearl River Delta, are lookin [...]	2007-07-25 07:45:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU849	Wal-Mart Discusses Product Safety on a Global Scale [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As part of our series on consumer product safety, we paid a visit to Wal-Mart's Global Procurement team to discuss the company's Quality Assurance program and ways in which its work should assure an increasingly skeptical foreign market about the firm's ability to mon [...]	2007-07-27 05:13:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU850	Foreign Banks: Optimistic About Profits, but Face Hurdles [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fierce competition from Chinese banks, a constantly changing regulatory environment, and difficulties in working with Chinese shareholders are the key challenges confronted by local government and foreign bankers in south China. Despite their concerns, the foreign banking communit [...]	2007-07-27 05:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	WTRO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU851	Guangdong Overseas Chinese Businessmen's Association Stands [...] (SBU) Summary: In a conversation with the Consul General on July 26, the new head of the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Businessmen's Association, Zhou Zerong, said that the provincial government, with central government backing, had decided that the new organization was necessary to link together [...]	2007-07-27 07:00:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU86	Hainan Province Q3 Economic Report [...] (U) SUMMARY: Hainan continued its strong growth in the first three quarters of 2006 with GDP growth of 12.1% - particularly in the manufacturing sector - exceeding the national growth rate of 10.7%. The completion of the Yangpu refinery boosted the island province's oil refining capability by [...]	2007-01-19 08:42:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
07GUANGZHOU87	Fujian Province Q3 Economic Report [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fujian continued its robust economic growth in the third quarter (Q3) of 2006 despite the negative effects of natural disasters. Fujian's 12.5% gross domestic product (GDP) growth was fueled by the manufacturing and service sectors, exceeding the national Q3 GDP growth rate of 10 [...]	2007-01-19 08:42:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
07GUANGZHOU889	Microfinance Poised to Fill Gaps Ignored By Banking Sector [...] (U) SUMMARY: Extending financial services to China's rural poor continues to be an uphill battle with seemingly distant rewards. While foreign banks hope that WTO-driven reforms will allow greater access to China's "nouveau riche," there is no great clamor to extend services to the countryside [...]	2007-08-07 07:29:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU891	HHS Delegation Views Aquaculture Industry in China's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese officials emphasized to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) delegation touring the shrimp-processing industry in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province on August 3 their hope that the visit would help to ease or remove the current import alert on shrimp and other [...]	2007-08-08 06:02:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIS TBIO PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU897	Mentoring: The Guangzhou Way [...] (U) Summary: Nearly all 25 Entry Level Professionals at Congen Guangzhou serve in the consular section but the intent of management - and the desire of the ELPs - is to provide a varied experience, with mentoring integrated into every aspect of work. The Congen, mostly through a dynamic ELP w [...]	2007-08-09 08:46:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	APER CMGT CH
07GUANGZHOU946	Guangzhou -- A Hub for the Illegal Drug Trade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unusually candid late July meeting, senior provincial and municipal anti-drug officers briefed Poloff on the rising tide of drug trafficking in Guangdong Province. Centered on Guangzhou, growing numbers of foreign drug dealers and traffickers -- many from Africa and the Mid [...]	2007-08-23 08:04:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU952	Export Processing in the PRD Hit with New Deposit [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 23, China started requiring export processing firms to pay large deposits, which could have a substantial negative impact on businesses in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). Hong Kong and Taiwan industry associations in southern China have expressed serious concerns about th [...]	2007-08-24 08:09:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV CH HK TW
07GUANGZHOU962	Human Rights: Guo Feixiong May Stand Trial Again; [...] (U) Classified by Acting Principal Officer Mike Jacobsen. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: The trial of Guo Feixiong, previously thought to have ended, has been placed on hold to allow investigators additional time to turn up new evidence. A new trial date, if granted, would likely be in lat [...]	2007-08-29 08:09:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU997	Pearl River Flotsam and Jetsam, September 5, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. Highlights of this installment include: official anger and apathy over food and product safety; an ambitious labor lawyer; an anniversary for China Southern Airlines; P [...]	2007-09-05 02:56:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAIR ECON PINR EFIN PGOV CH
07GUATEMALA1145	DEMARCHE ON 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Altolaguirre, informing her of the June 12 release of the 2007 TIP Report and G/TIP's decision to place Guatemala on the Tier 2 Watch List this year based on criteria outlined in reftel. Altolaguirre acknowledged that [...]	2007-06-12 22:40:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO GT
07GUATEMALA115	GUATEMALAN UNION LEADER MURDERED [...] (U) Summary: On January 15 unidentified gunmen assassinated Pedro Zamora, General Secretary of the Guatemalan Dock Workers Union of Puerto Quetzal (STEPQ),as he was driving home with his children. Zamora was shot 20 times and killed at point-blank range. At the time of his death, Zamora wa [...]	2007-01-19 18:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM SNAR ASEC EAID GT
07GUATEMALA1164	DEMARCHE ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1747 (IRAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on June 1. Carranza said that the MFA already sent Guatemala's 60-day report on implementation of UNSCR 1747 to New York after coordinating drafting of [...]	2007-06-14 16:29:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD ETTC TRGY GT
07GUATEMALA1177	2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - GUATEMALA [...] Claimant A: Embassy has not been contacted by claimant A during 2006 and first semester of 2007 on the status of evicting illegal settlers from her farm. This case appears to be resolved or inactive. 2. Claimant B: Claimant B's disputes with the railroad regulator continue, with no sho [...]	2007-06-15 16:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE PGOV ECON CASC OPIC GT
07GUATEMALA1328	THREATS AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN GUATEMALA [...] (U) Summary: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) called for investigation of threats and other acts of intimidation against human rights defenders and protective measures during a presentation on the current situation of human rights defenders in Guatemala. Civil society repre [...]	2007-07-05 17:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS EAID KCRM KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA1518	INTERNATIONAL LABOR DELEGATION CALLS FOR ACTION ON ZAMORA [...] Summary: In a follow-up visit to Guatemala, an international labor delegation met with government officials and port authorities to press for resolution of the Pedro Zamora murder case (reftel) and greater security for union leaders and protection of labor rights at Puerto Quetzal. During a [...]	2007-07-31 13:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM KDEM KCRM SOCI PGOV GT
07GUATEMALA1530	COURT ORDERS DECLASSIFICATION OF MILITARY PLANS USED DURING [...] (U) Summary: An appeals court affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of a local civil society group and ordered the declassification of four military plans carried out during the 1980s. Human rights activists hailed the decision as historic but voiced concerns over the physical integrity of t [...]	2007-08-01 14:12:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM KCRM PGOV GT
07GUATEMALA1601	WOMEN'S RIGHTS GROUPS HOST PRESIDENTIAL FORUM ON [...] Summary: Three women's rights groups hosted a political forum on reproductive health on August 2. Politicians and NGO leaders discussed contraceptive rights, women's social status, maternal mortality, health care, sex education, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections, specifically [...]	2007-08-08 21:12:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA1619	LOGISTICS REMAIN A CHALLENGE AS ELECTION DAY APPROACHES [...] Summary: With election day only a month away, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has yet to launch an information campaign to tell citizens how and where to vote and implementation of the bold voting place decentralization plan does not appear to have advanced. Compliance with new campaign [...]	2007-08-10 16:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID KDEM PHUM SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA1802	LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: During a six-day pre-election trip, poloffs visited 14 municipalities in seven departments throughout western and southwestern Guatemala, including nine municipalities identified as "conflictive areas." TSE delegates expressed confidence in election preparations despite weather [...]	2007-09-07 17:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SNAR KDEM SMIG PHUM ECON SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA1806	COLOM LEADS PEREZ MOLINA IN FIRST-ROUND ELECTION [...] (U) With 92.3% of polling stations reporting, center-left candidate Alvaro Colom of the UNE leads center-right candidate Otto Perez Molina of the Patriot Party. The two now advance to a runoff, to be held Nov. 4. At 0654 on September 10, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) reported the fol [...]	2007-09-10 13:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC GT
07GUATEMALA184	GUATEMALAN LABOR UNION AND HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS [...] (U) Summary: During a recent outreach visit by embassy officials to Quetzaltenango in western Guatemala, representatives of the local Chamber of Commerce, a Catholic bishop, labor union leaders, and human rights activists described the current situation of human rights and labor conditions. [...]	2007-01-30 22:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM EAID GT
07GUATEMALA185	LOBBYING FOR APPROVAL OF UN-LED INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Vice President Stein is leading highly visible efforts to obtain Congressional approval of the agreement establishing the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) (reftel). Timing will be critical -- if CICIG is not approved by May at the latest, it [...]	2007-01-31 00:05:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS EAID SNAR KCRM KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA1911	RELEASE OF 2007 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] Poloff hand-delivered a copy of the 2007 Guatemala Report on International Religious Freedom (IRF) to Ambassador Julio Martini, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, per reftel. Amb. Martini expressed his appreciation and announced that it was "good news" that there were no rep [...]	2007-09-20 21:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO KDEM SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA1941	PEREZ MOLINA OUTLINES SECOND-ROUND STRATEGY [...] (C) During a September 18 meeting with the Ambassador, center-right presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina of the Partido Patriota outlined his strategy for winning the November 4 run-off election with the support of voters of the center-right GANA. Perez Molina said he was "certain" that non [...]	2007-09-25 19:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KCRM SNAR PHUM GT
07GUATEMALA1967	LEGISLATIVE REFORMS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST [...] Summary: Civil society representatives presented a proposal of legislative reforms to combat violence against women to the Guatemalan congressional Human Rights Committee. The result of coordination among public institutions, civil society groups, and international organizations, the proposal [...]	2007-09-30 22:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA2013	PEREZ MOLINA TAKES THE LEAD IN GUATEMALA'S [...] (C) The latest major poll gives center-right Patriota candidate Perez Molina a nearly nine-point lead over center-left UNE candidate Colom, but the poll likely overstates Perez Molina's support somewhat. Nonetheless, Perez Molina, who finished second in the September 9 first-round election, [...]	2007-10-05 17:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA2015	LABOR MINISTRY HOSTS SEMINAR ON MIGRANT WORKERS [...] Summary: The Ministry of Labor hosted a seminar September 26 and presented the results of a nationwide study on migrant workers and the informal sector. The seminar, attended by over 150 representatives from government, academia, private sector, civil society, and the labor movement, aimed to [...]	2007-10-05 22:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SMIG EIND PHUM ECON PGOV SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA2016	CICIG: NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER VISITS [...] (U) Summary: The newly appointed head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) visited Guatemala September 17-23 to discuss initial steps for establishing CICIG. Commissioner Carlos Castresana met with President Berger, Vice President Stein, and other senior gove [...]	2007-10-09 13:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR KCRM UN OECD KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA2017	CICIG: NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER VISITS [...] (U) Summary: The newly appointed head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) visited Guatemala September 17-23 to discuss initial steps for establishing CICIG. Commissioner Carlos Castresana met with President Berger, Vice President Stein, and other senior gove [...]	2007-10-09 13:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR KCRM UN OECD KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA2040	GUATEMALA HOSTS USG-FUNDED SEMINAR ON TRAFFICKING [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a regional seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) October 3-4. The two-day seminar was organized by the OAS as part of its USG-funded project to combat TIP in the Western Hemisphere. Focused on "Legislation Against Trafficking in Persons in Central Ame [...]	2007-10-10 18:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG GT
07GUATEMALA2121	PARLACEN MURDER UPDATE: 16 PRISON GUARDS RELEASED [...] Sixteen prison guards, accused of facilitating the February 25 murder of four National Civil Police (PNC) officers in El Boqueron prison, were released for insufficient evidence. The four murdered PNC officers had been incarcerated in the maximum security prison in Santa Rosa as suspects in t [...]	2007-10-24 13:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC ES GT
07GUATEMALA2164	CICIG ON TRACK FOR JANUARY INAUGURATION [...] (U) Summary: During a second visit to Guatemala that concluded October 19, Commissioner of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) Castresana met with local authorities and the international community to advance preparations for installing CICIG. Castresana reviewed [...]	2007-10-30 18:28:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR KCRM UN KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA2172	BANANA WORKERS UNION LEADER MURDERED [...] (SBU) Summary: Banana workers union leader Marco Tulio Ramirez Portela was murdered on September 23 by unidentified assailants on a farm in Los Amates, Izabal owned by Bandegua, a subsidiary of Del Monte. Embassy Labor Officer met with SITRABI leaders and Bandegua management October 1-2 to di [...]	2007-10-31 17:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT
07GUATEMALA2184	CENTER-LEFT COLOM WINS GUATEMALAN PRESIDENCY [...] With 99.13% of polling stations reporting, center-left UNE's Alvaro Colom won the Nov. 4 Guatemalan presidential runoff election with 52.83% of the vote. Center-right Partido Patriota's Otto Perez Molina received 47.17%. Colom declared victory, and Perez Molina acknowledged defeat in a conc [...]	2007-11-05 13:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA2186	GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT PROMISES ADDITIONAL SECURITY [...] (U) Embassy Labor Officer met October 29 with the Secretary General of the Guatemalan food workers federation SIPDIS (FESTRAS),Secretary General of the Banana Workers Union of Izabal (SITRABI),Regional Secretary of the Geneva-based International Union of Food Workers (UITA),and AFL-CIO S [...]	2007-11-05 22:08:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT
07GUATEMALA2194	SPECIAL PROSECUTORIAL UNIT TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING [...] The Public Ministry announced November 1 that it will create a special unit in the Prosecutor's Office Against Organized Crime to investigate and prosecute trafficking in persons (TIP),including illegal adoptions. The new anti-TIP unit will investigate organized crime groups allegedly involv [...]	2007-11-06 21:56:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CASC CVIS KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG SNAR GT
07GUATEMALA2221	COLOM'S VICTORY GIVES RURAL VOTERS A NEW VOICE [...] (C) Alvaro Colom won the November 4 election as rural voters came out in large numbers, and for the first time prevailed over the candidate favored by voters in Guatemala City. The decentralization of voting tables favored Colom's rural voters, and his emphasis on social issues appears to ha [...]	2007-11-09 18:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA2238	VIGILANTE GROUPS FILL PUBLIC SECURITY VOID IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Vigilante groups reportedly operate in the Santiago Atitlan area, targeting criminals and those suspected of engaging in witchcraft. According to UN representatives, these vigilante groups are not unique to Santiago, but operate in many areas of the country in response to inef [...]	2007-11-14 23:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC PGOV SOCI KJUS GT
07GUATEMALA2244	FOREIGN MINISTER-DESIGNATE MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, [...] (C) Guatemalan Foreign Minister-Designate Haroldo Rodas met November 13 with Ambassador, visiting WHA/CEN Director Feeley, and Pol/Econ Couns. We discussed with Rodas the USG's request to Congress for $50 million to buttress Central American regional security. Rodas conveyed his appreciation [...]	2007-11-16 16:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GT
07GUATEMALA2271	JOURNALISTS LEVEL DUBIOUS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. One the eve of the November 4 presidential elections, journalists investigating alleged ties between Partido Patriota Presidential candidate Perez Molina and the Mendoza drug trafficking organization claimed to have received death threats and said the editors of their paper "El [...]	2007-11-21 20:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SNAR PINR SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA2388	GUATEMALA SPECIAL 301 INITIATIVE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2007, Guatemala conducted a record number of raids against IPR violators and obtained 23 convictions in IPR cases. However, implementation of IPR laws remained weak due in large part to a lack of coordinated action by Guatemalan law enforcement authorities. Guatemala met on [...]	2007-12-21 16:28:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV
07GUATEMALA305	GUATEMALAN FM ROSENTHAL WRITES THE AMBASSADOR [...] Summary: Guatemalan Foreign Minister Rosenthal wrote the Ambassador urging the prompt investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the February 8 armed attack on a group of undocumented immigrants in a desert area near Tucson, Arizona. One Guatemalan was killed, while another Guatema [...]	2007-02-14 15:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM PHUM SMIG GT
07GUATEMALA403	GUATEMALA: MURDER OF FOUR POLICEMEN ARRESTED FOR [...] (SBU) Four members of the Civilian National Police (PNC) in detention for alleged involvement in the February 19 assassination of three Salvadoran parliamentarians (reftels) were brutally murdered in a Guatemalan prison on February 25. According to media reports, at least two of the PNC suspe [...]	2007-02-27 00:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM KJUS ASEC PTER SNAR GT ES
07GUATEMALA487	CICIG AGREEMENT SENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT [...] (U) On March 6, the Guatemalan Congress sent the CICIG agreement (refs) to the Constitutional Court for an opinion on its legality, which will further delay ratification. At the request of the Foreign Relations Committee and with majority support of Congress, including representatives of ruli [...]	2007-03-07 22:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SNAR EAID PTER ASEC KCRM KJUS GT
07GUATEMALA488	GUATEMALAQS 2007 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Embassy GuatemalaQs point of contact for trafficking in persons (TIP) is PolOff Lucy Chang, telephone [502] 2326-4635, fax [502] 2334-8474. Ms. Chang (FS-2) spent 25 hours on the preparation of this report. FSN Political Specialist Ronald Flores (FSN-9) spent 15 hours, and USAID FSN Pro [...]	2007-03-08 14:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
07GUATEMALA528	GUATEMALA'S 2007 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Embassy Guatemala's point of contact for trafficking in persons (TIP) is PolOff Lucy Chang, telephone [502] 2326-4635, fax [502] 2334-8474. Ms. Chang (FS-2) spent 25 hours on the preparation of this report. FSN Political Specialist Ronald Flores (FSN-9) spent 15 hours, and USAID FSN Pro [...]	2007-03-14 15:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
07GUATEMALA612	GUATEMALA: BERGER REPLACES MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) President Berger annnounced on March 26 that he had accepted the resignation of Minister of Government (Interior) Carlos Vielmann as well as those of Civilian National Police (PNC) Director General Erwin Sperissen and Prison System Director Victor Rosales. On March 27, Berger named Adel [...]	2007-03-27 21:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KCRM PHUM KJUS ASEC PTER SNAR GT
07GUATEMALA650	MORALES AND MENCHU ABSENT FROM INDIGENOUS SUMMIT IN [...] (U) An estimated 1,800 delegates from various ethnic groups of the Americas gathered for the Third Continental Summit of Indigenous People in Iximch, Guatemala, March 26 to 30. Two prominent indigenous leaders, Bolivian President Evo Morales and Guatemalan Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu, were [...]	2007-04-02 22:49:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KDEM PHUM GT
07GUATEMALA653	MORALES AND MENCHU ABSENT FROM INDIGENOUS SUMMIT IN [...] (U) An estimated 1,800 delegates from various ethnic groups of the Americas gathered for the Third Continental Summit of Indigenous People in Iximch, Guatemala, March 26 to 30. Two prominent indigenous leaders, Bolivian President Evo Morales and Guatemalan Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu, were [...]	2007-04-03 15:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KDEM PHUM GT
07GUATEMALA823	GUATEMALA?S INPUT ON FY07 LABOR AND [...] Summary: Per reftel request, post submits the following proposals for trade-related labor and environment projects for FY07 CAFTA-DR trade capacity- building funds. Post input is keyed to reftel para 7. End summary. 2. As requested reftel, this cable outlines post priorities for CAFTA-DR [...]	2007-04-30 18:00:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB ETRD SENV GT
07GUATEMALA832	PROGRESS ON COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS OF CHIXOY [...] Summary: The Guatemalan government released the outline of a process to reach agreement on compensation for indigenous communities affected by the 1976-82 construction of Chixoy hydroelectric dam. Both the GOG and leader of the organization of affected communities expressed satisfaction with [...]	2007-05-02 16:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM ENRG EAID SENV SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA834	GUATEMALA'S INPUT ON FY07 LABOR AND [...] Summary: Per reftel request, post submits the following proposals for trade-related labor and environment projects for FY07 CAFTA-DR trade capacity- building funds. Post input is keyed to reftel para 7. End summary. 2. As requested reftel, this cable outlines post priorities for CAFTA-DR [...]	2007-05-02 17:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB ETRD SENV GT
07GUATEMALA858	GUATEMALA LAUNCHES 2007 ELECTORAL SEASON [...] Summary: Guatemala's 2007 electoral season officially opened on May 2, leaving four months of campaigning until general elections on September 9. A second round, if necessary, to elect the president is scheduled for November 4. Approximately 5.7 million citizens are registered to vote for [...]	2007-05-04 19:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KDEM PHUM EAID SNAR GT
07HALIFAX12	MAPPING THE BORDER: MAINE-NEW BRUNSWICK CROSSINGS FROM FORT [...] Uncertainty over the exact requirements and precise entry-into-force date of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) land and sea rule are the main concerns of nearly everyone we met during a recent visit to border communities and border crossing points in northwestern New Brunswick. [...]	2007-03-14 20:55:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	CPAS PTER PGOV PREL PHUM ELTN WHTI CA

07HALIFAX45	LIBERALS SWEEP TO POWER IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND PROVINCIAL [...] SUMMARY: In a surprisingly easy win, PEI Liberals ended 11 years of Tory rule in the May 28 provincial election. Robert Ghiz and the Liberals took 23 of the province's 27 districts, leaving the once mighty Tories with the remaining four. The New Democratic Party and the Green party again fai [...]	2007-05-29 14:45:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR CA
07HALIFAX48	BIO DATA REPORT: GHIZ, ROBERT PEI PREMIER-ELECT [...] As reported reftel, Robert Ghiz and his Liberal party toppled the incumbent Tory government in a decisive win in the Prince Edward Island provincial election on May 28, 2007. Ghiz and his new cabinet will assume power on June 13, 2007. 2. NAME: Robert Watson Joseph GHIZ 3. DATE OF BI [...]	2007-06-08 18:25:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR CA
07HALIFAX61	NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR PREMIER ANNOUNCES MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR [...] SUMMARY: Newfoundland-Labrador will see a much-welcome new offshore oil development project now that Premier Danny Williams has worked out a deal on the Hebron project. With an anticipated 400-700 million barrels of oil, Hebron promises to be a massive boost for the province, both for the loc [...]	2007-08-24 11:49:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV CA
07HALIFAX85	BLUE LANTERN CHECK, APPLICATION NO. 05-999949 [...] (U) In accordance with ref A, Consul paid a site visit to the headquarters of Provincial Aerospace Ltd. in St John's, Newfoundland on October 3. Provincial Aerospace is the parent company of Provincial Aviation Maintenance Services Inc., the foreign consignee named in subject application to p [...]	2007-10-10 15:57:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EAIR KOMC CA NL
07HAMBURG52	AL QAEDA ACCOMPLICE AWAITING TRIAL IN SCHLESWIG, GERMANY [...] (U) SUMMARY: After German Police arrested Redouane El-Habhab July 6, 2006 at the Hamburg Dammtor train station, the Federal Prosecutor charged him April 25, 2007 with nine counts of supporting the foreign terrorist organizations Al-Qaeda and Al-Qaeda in Iraq as well as four counts of acting aga [...]	2007-07-09 09:33:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KJUS PREL ASEC KVPR GM
07HAMBURG53	GERMANY'S FIRST "CYBER JIHADIST" INDICTED IN LOWER SAXONY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German police arrested Ibrahim Rashid on October 10, 2006 near Osnabrueck, Lower Saxony under a warrant issued by the German Federal High Court on September 28, 2006. On June 28, 2007 the Federal Prosecutor charged him with 28 separate counts of recruiting members and supporters [...]	2007-07-20 10:44:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KJUS PREL ASEC KVPR GM
07HAMBURG58	HAMBURG, GERMANY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO [...] (U) Consulate General Hamburg warmly welcomes Congressman Jerry Costello and his delegation to Hamburg, Germany August 24-27. The U.S. has had a strong relationship with the Free and Hanseatic State of Hamburg for almost 220 years. Commissioned in 1790, ConGen Hamburg has been working to fost [...]	2007-08-16 20:34:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PRGOV ECON GM
07HAMBURG62	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT SPEAKS WITH GERMAN FINANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The main focus of Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt's and German Finance Minister Peter Steinbrueck's October 16 meeting in Hamburg was the creation of "guidelines" or "best practices" for Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs). Both Steinbrueck and Kimmitt agreed that the discussio [...]	2007-10-23 16:52:00	Consulate Hamburg	SECRET	EFIN ECON ETRD GR
07HAMBURG72	AIRBUS GROUNDED BY POWER8 AND THE DOLLAR? [...] (U) SUMMARY: Airbus, the renowned producer of the new A380 super jumbo jet, is one of the largest and most publicized firms in Europe. The civilian and military aircraft manufacturer has struggled to stay ahead of its competitor Boeing amid a corporate restructuring program, an executive scand [...]	2007-12-18 18:10:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD EIND GM
07HAMBURG73	HAMBURG VS. SCIENTOLOGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the creation of the Working Group on Scientology (AGS) in 1992 within its interior ministry with its firebrand leader, Hamburg has been at sharp odds with the Church of Scientology and more recently has taken a leading role in an attempt to ban the organization. On August 7, Hamb [...]	2007-12-21 16:46:00	Consulate Hamburg	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI GM
07HANOI100	VIETNAM'S CHRISTIANS REPORT MERRY CHRISTMAS, OTHER POSITIVE [...] (SBU) We are encouraged by initial enthusiastic reports from northern Protestants and Catholics that Christmas 2006 was celebrated with incident. There have been no reports of official harassment of registered or unregistered Protestants anywhere in the north, and most house churches were allo [...]	2007-01-18 06:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1009	"ONE UN" PILOT PROGRAM INCHING FORWARD IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The "One UN" pilot program in Vietnam has taken its important first steps, but much work remains before the program becomes operational. According to Hanoi-based UN diplomats, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) strongly supports the "One UN" pilot, which Vietnam began last Februar [...]	2007-05-30 00:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PREL UN EAID SOCI PHUM AL CV MZ PK RW TZ UY
07HANOI1012	"ONE UN" PILOT PROGRAM INCHING FORWARD IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The "One UN" pilot program in Vietnam has taken its important first steps, but much work remains before the program becomes operational. According to Hanoi-based UN diplomats, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) strongly supports the "One UN" pilot, which Vietnam began last Februar [...]	2007-05-30 09:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PREL UN EAID SOCI PHUM AL CV MZ PK RW TZ UY
07HANOI1016	LIMP ENDING FOR WORLD BANK REVIEW OF VIETNAM'S PMU-18 [...] (SBU) Summary: The World Bank's review of corruption allegations and the Ministry of Transport's management of two Bank-funded projects is complete: the infamous Project Management Unit (PMU) 18 escaped any serious findings of corruption, but the Bank concluded that pervasive mismanagement abo [...]	2007-05-30 10:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ECPS PREL VM
07HANOI1026	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE POULTRY OUTBREAKS [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam is experiencing a new wave of H5N1 AI outbreaks in poultry. In May 2007, poultry outbreaks have been reported in 12 provinces and municipalities throughout the country. The Government of Vietnam's (GVN) public health response to the reported first human case since November [...]	2007-06-01 08:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI1034	ELECTION SHOCKER: COMMUNIST PARTY COMES OUT ON TOP [...] (SBU) On May 29, the National Assembly released the results of its May 20 election, and the make-up of the legislature will not differ markedly from the previous assembly: of the 497 seats in the body, non-Communist Party candidates won 43 seats, women 127 seats and ethnic minorities 87 seats. [...]	2007-06-01 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PREL CH VM
07HANOI1050	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE HUMAN CASES UNDER [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) reports a second confirmed human case of highly pathologic H5N1 avian influenza (AI) since May 1 (reftel A and B). The media reports that two additional patients with severe respiratory illness are under investigation for AI at Hanoi's Bach Mai Hosp [...]	2007-06-04 10:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI1055	TRIET'S PRC VISIT: ACCENTUATING THE POSITIVE [...] (C) MFA and Chinese Embassy sources are billing President Triet's May 14-18 trip to China a success, both in maintaining the momentum of improved political relations between the two countries and in generating concrete results, particularly in the areas of trade and investment (Ref A). At the [...]	2007-06-05 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VM CH
07HANOI107	VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported H5N1 avian influenza (AI) human cases in Vietnam this year and none reported in 2006. H5N1 AI poultry outbreaks have occurred within the past 21 days in 19 districts in seven southernmost Mekong Delta provinces, namely: Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Hau Giang, Vi [...]	2007-01-18 10:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI1070	ALL THE NEWS FIT TO BE PRESENTED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION'S [...] (SBU) The GVN recently issued a decree prohibiting all government and Party employees, except ministers, provincial governors or appointed spokespeople, from speaking to the media. The GVN's reported intent in passing the decree is to decrease "controversy" and prevent "conflicting information [...]	2007-06-08 07:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCOR KPAO VM
07HANOI1071	VIETNAM BUSINESS FORUM: ENTERPRISES DIALOGUE WITH GVN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the May 30 Mid-Term Vietnam Business Forum, timed in connection with the June 1 Mid-Term Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting, foreign and domestic trade associations held a dialogue with the Government of Vietnam (GVN) on ways that Vietnam can capitalize on recent economic [...]	2007-06-08 08:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON EFIN KTEX VM
07HANOI1085	HANOI-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On June 5, the Australian Ambassador hosted the fourth Hanoi-based Chiefs of Mission human rights discussion. Participants included Chiefs of Mission (COM) or their designates from the United States, European Commission, United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, France, Germany and Australia. [...]	2007-06-11 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF HUMANR PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI1101	2007 TIP REPORT HANDED OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff delivered the Vietnam TIP report country narrative and Ref A talking points to the MFA on June 13. Our interlocutor was pleased that the USG acknowledged the GVN's progress on combating TIP during the reporting period, but disappointed that more details on the GVN's stron [...]	2007-06-13 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO VM
07HANOI1109	HANOI ARCHBISHOP PAINTS MIXED PICTURE ON GVN-CATHOLIC [...] (SBU) On June 13, Poloff met Hanoi Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet to discuss GVN-Church relations. Unprompted, the Archbishop began by noting the GVN's arrests and trials of scores of political activists. He told Poloff it is hard to describe how his followers feel about this matter. On a positiv [...]	2007-06-14 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HANOI1110	LE DUAN: THE MOSTLY VARNISHED TRUTH [...] (SBU) The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) recently sponsored several events to commemorate the life of former CPV General Secretary (GS) Le Duan. State-press has characterized Duan as a SIPDIS "bright example of revolutionary virtues," but topics such as his sidelining of CPV luminaries Ho [...]	2007-06-14 08:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL VM
07HANOI1117	VIETNAM: HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES CENTER STAGE AT MID-TERM [...] (SBU) The World Bank and the Government of Vietnam (GVN) hosted an informal mid-term Consultative Group (CG) meeting on June 1 in Ha Long City. Senior GVN and donor representatives engaged on a variety of economic development issues. The agenda featured an overview of the economic situation a [...]	2007-06-15 08:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI1128	CRA EXPLAINS DELAYS IN IMPLEMENTING RELIGION LAW IN THE [...] (SBU) On June 14, Poloff met with the GVN Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) and discussed delays in the registration of religious congregations in the North and Northwest Highlands and aspects of the spread of Protestantism among ethnic minority communities. CRA, which has operational respo [...]	2007-06-18 08:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1133	INL-FUNDED COUNTERNARCOTICS TASK FORCE UNIT DELIVERS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Counternarcotics Task Force Unit (TFU) in Son La Province, set up as part of an INL-funded UNODC project, plays a key role in coordinating interagency efforts in the province's fight against drug trafficking. Although the project concluded in December 2006 (Ref A),the coord [...]	2007-06-20 02:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PINS VM
07HANOI1144	LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM WIFE OF JAILED DISSIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary and Background. On June 20, Post received a letter addressed to President Bush from Vu Minh Khanh, wife of jailed dissident Nguyen Van Dai. In the letter, Khanh asks the President to intervene on her husband's behalf during his June 22 meeting with Vietnamese President Nguyen Mi [...]	2007-06-22 03:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF HUMANR PGOV PREL VM
07HANOI1147	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE HUMAN CASES AND FIRST DEATHS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) now reports a total of five confirmed human cases of highly pathologic H5N1 avian influenza A (AI) since May 1, including two deaths, the first since November 2005. There have been no associated cases among contacts and no common sources of infectio [...]	2007-06-22 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1149	Visit to Vietnam of Regional Financial Attache Baker: [...] (U) This is one of five cables reporting on the May 29-June 1 visit to Vietnam of the U.S. Treasury Department's Susan Baker, the Regional Financial Attache (FinAtt) based in Singapore. This cable provides a general summary of the visit, some notes on institutional reform and tax policy, and [...]	2007-06-22 10:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1150	Macroeconomic Developments in Vietnam [...] (SBU) Summary. With capital inflows, inflation and credit growth reaccelerating, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is under increasing pressure to reign in liquidity. Because of official policies calling for stable interest rates and exchange rates, however, SBV has been forced to resort to bl [...]	2007-06-22 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1151	Update on Banking Sector Reform in Vietnam [...] (SBU) Summary: State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) officials believe their efforts to reform the banking sector have put it on a firm path toward international standard supervision. However, they tried to distance themselves from the equitization process (over which they should have at least supervis [...]	2007-06-22 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1152	Vietnam's Securities and Capital Markets [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's securities authorities are still struggling with implementation of the new law. Vietnam's new Securities Law (SL) -- in effect since January 2007 -- is not being fully implemented, according to both GVN officials and market participants. Investors, including foreign i [...]	2007-06-22 10:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1153	Vietnam's State Capital Investment Corporation [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 10:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1189	POOR TEST SCORES PROMPT CALLS FOR REFORM OF VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) released data showing that 320,000 students failed this year's high school graduation examinations. This year's pass rate was 25 percent lower than last year's. Some GVN officials have claimed that the lower pass rate this year i [...]	2007-06-29 08:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL SOCI PGOV EAID VM
07HANOI1197	NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMAN CORRUPTION CASE: BAD TIMING AND FEW [...] (SBU) On June 26, the Supreme People's Court of Appeals (SPCA) upheld the guilty verdict of Mac Kim Ton, a former National Assembly (NA) member and Director of the Thai Binh Provincial Education Department (TBED),for "abusing power in the conduct of his official duties." Ton had been found gu [...]	2007-07-02 09:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ECPS PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1202	EU CHARACTERIZES GVN HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE AS A "MAJOR [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Embassy PolOffs, Hanoi-based EU diplomats lamented that its semi-annual human rights dialogue with the GVN, held on June 28 in Hanoi, was "extremely disappointing" and "superficial." Only Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officers composed the GVN delegation, which the [...]	2007-07-03 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1212	IPR IN VIETNAM - STRONG GVN WILL BUT WEAK ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 19-20 visit, USTR Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation Rachel Bae met with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to discuss IPR issues relating to Vietnam's commitments under the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) and Vietnam's accession to t [...]	2007-07-05 07:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BEXP PGOV VM
07HANOI1215	THE EVOLVING NATURE OF VIETNAM'S CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) A Vietnam Institute of Development Studies (VIDS) study concluded that the structure of civil society in Vietnam is broad-based, with many different types of organizations, associations and groups operating in the country. Most of these organizations work at providing services to the poo [...]	2007-07-06 08:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON VM
07HANOI1218	PROPOSED CEREMONY ON CONVERSION OF DALAT REACTOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 08:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KTIA VM
07HANOI1224	PERSONNEL CHANGES AFOOT AT MINISTRY OF TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Prime Minister promoted two Ministry of Trade (MOT) officials to replace two of the four recently retired Vice Ministers on June 6. Vice Minister Nguyen Cam Tu, the former Director General of MOT's Americas Department, will be responsible for trade policy with the Americas. [...]	2007-07-09 07:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON VM
07HANOI1251	LE QUOC QUAN MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, PolOffs met with attorney, former detainee and recent NED Fellow Le Quoc Quan at his law office in Hanoi. Quan was extremely happy to receive officials from the Embassy and appeared very healthy. Quan's daily, lengthy interrogations in prison focused on his relationsh [...]	2007-07-13 09:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI1261	NO SECURITY - NO BUSINESS: READOUT FROM JUNE 2007 APEC [...] (U) Summary: On June 14-15 in Hanoi, Vietnam, the United States and the Government of Vietnam hosted the follow-on Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bioterrorism workshop to protect the food supply from deliberate contamination, in support of the APEC Food Defense initiative "Mitigating [...]	2007-07-17 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PTER APECO EAGR ETRD CA JA RS AS TH VM ID MY
07HANOI1265	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - WAVE DYING OUT BUT SAMPLE SHARING [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) reports no human cases infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathologic avian influenza A (HPAI) beyond the total of five confirmed cases since May 1. There have been no cases among contacts and no common sources of infection. Outbreaks of AI in [...]	2007-07-18 17:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1271	MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF VIETNAM FOUNDER HOANG MINH [...] (SBU) On July 11, 2007, PolOffs met with long-time political activist and founder of the outlawed Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV),Hoang Minh Chinh, at his home in Hanoi where he remains under house arrest. Chinh is suffering from prostate cancer, and appeared seriously ill. Nevertheless, h [...]	2007-07-19 16:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1276	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENS SESSION AS PEACEFUL LAND PROTESTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 17:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1283	VIETNAM MFA DISPUTES DETAILS OF ARTICLE ON CLASH [...] (U) A July 19 Straits Times article reported that a group of Vietnamese boats fishing in waters near the Spratlys came "under fire" from Chinese naval vessels on July 9. According to the article Vietnamese "military sources" reported that one fishermen was killed and several others were injure [...]	2007-07-20 17:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR PREL VM CN
07HANOI129	NORTHWEST DAM PROJECT "ON TRACK," WITH SOME FINE TUNING OF [...] (SBU) According to local media reports and Post contacts, the Son La Province hydropower dam project is on schedule, together with the resettlement of the 100,000 ethnic minorities whose villages are located behind the dam. The GVN denies that some resettled villagers have returned home, asser [...]	2007-01-23 07:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF ENRG ECON VM
07HANOI1300	DISSIDENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Since May 2007, the GVN has released four high-profile political prisoners on our lists; nevertheless, many more remain sentenced to prison, detained without charges, missing, in exile in Cambodia, or under house arrest. Family members of some released or detained activists often live wit [...]	2007-07-24 17:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI1311	CORRECTED COPY: HFAC STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This cable is a corrected copy of Hanoi 1301 of July 24, 2007. 2. (SBU) Summary: Visiting Professional Staff Member Jonathan Cobb Mixter told GVN officials in Hanoi the recent wave of arrests and crackdown on political dissidents was causing serious concern on Capitol Hill and could ma [...]	2007-07-25 16:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON BM VM
07HANOI1313	MEETING WITH ACTIVIST NGUYEN KHAC TOAN, FOUNDER OF THE [...] (SBU) In a July 16, 2007 meeting with Embassy PolOffs, Nguyen Khac Toan, former journalist and the founder of the International Labor Union of Vietnam (ILUV),discussed human rights abuses in Vietnam. ILUV is an outlawed labor union formed by Toan in October 2006 to protect the rights of Vietn [...]	2007-07-25 17:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD VM
07HANOI1322	LETTER FROM MOST VM THANG TO NNSA BIENIAWSKI [...] (U) This is an action request for DOE - please see para 5. 2. (U) On July 25, ESTHOff met with Mr. Le Doan Phac, Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission (VAEC). In the meeting, Phac presented an official letter from Vice Minister of Scien [...]	2007-07-27 09:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGIT KNNP PARM OTRA VM
07HANOI1330	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC-IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 14:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL VM
07HANOI1340	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's point person on religion underscored progress in improving religious freedom, but also admitted that there is still work to be done. Vietnam plans to recognize a number of additional religious groups, including the Baha'i Faith while Protestant congregations in the Cen [...]	2007-07-30 15:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON VM
07HANOI1352	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRIET FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 31 farewell call on Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Ambassador noted the significant progress in bilateral economic and commercial ties as well as increased USG support for the GVN's reform efforts, while cautioning that important human rights concerns rema [...]	2007-08-01 14:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM
07HANOI1357	MEDIA REPORTS OF HUMAN STREPTOCOCUS CASES LINKED TO [...] (U) Vietnamese media recently reported 42 human cases of disease caused by infection with Streptococcus suis, a bacterial infection that can be contracted after coming into direct contact with an infected pig or eating pork or blood from an infected pig. The bacteria can cause internal hemorrh [...]	2007-08-01 16:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAGR KFLU VM
07HANOI1360	PRESS REVEALS VIETNAM'S NEW CABINET [...] (SBU) On August 2, Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) will officially announce the make-up of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's Cabinet, approve the PM's plan to increase the number of Deputy Vice Ministers from three to five, and reduce the number of government ministries from 26 to 22, a move t [...]	2007-08-01 18:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PREL CH VM
07HANOI1365	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - HUMAN FATALITY DESPITE DECREASE IN [...] (U) Summary: On July 31, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) reported a fatal case of a pregnant 22 year-old woman from rural Ha Tay province infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathologic avian influenza. The case appears to be isolated and not related to an active poultry outbreak or human c [...]	2007-08-02 17:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1366	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON STATE BANK GOVERNOR THUY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with State Bank Governor Le Duc Thuy as part of his farewell calls. The meeting covered a wide range of issues, including money laundering, anti-proliferation efforts, the stock market, equitization, inflation, the exchange rate, and areas for further coopera [...]	2007-08-03 07:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID VM
07HANOI1367	JAILED HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS DENIED ACCESS TO [...] (C) On July 18, Embassy PolOffs met together with relatives of jailed human rights lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan. Dai and Nhan were tried and sentenced to prison on May 11 for "propaganda against the State." Each has filed a formal appeal, and an appeal trial date is pending. [...]	2007-08-03 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI1374	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN [...] (SBU) The National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam (NCFAW) is taking on domestic violence issues, gender equality, and implementation of a national strategy on the advancement of women for Vietnam by the end of 2010. A key part of that strategy is to place more Vietnamese wom [...]	2007-08-03 17:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1380	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN [...] (SBU) The National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam (NCFAW) is taking on domestic violence issues, gender equality, and implementation of a national strategy on the advancement of women for Vietnam by the end of 2010. A key part of that strategy is to place more Vietnamese wom [...]	2007-08-04 09:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1381	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER DZUNG [...] (SBU) Summary. In a cordial August 3 farewell call on Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung, the Ambassador and the Prime Minister reflected positively on the progress in bilateral relations over the past three years, including growing trade ties and increased cooperation in areas such as [...]	2007-08-04 12:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF EAID EAIR KHIV VM
07HANOI1382	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER/FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the August 2 farewell lunch he hosted for Ambassador and Mrs. Marine, Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem noted the many achievements in U.S.-Vietnam relations during the Ambassador's tenure. The Ambassador agreed that improvements had been [...]	2007-08-06 07:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF ETRD ECON VM
07HANOI1390	TOP SECURITY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES DISSIDENTS, CHINA [...] (C) In a long, wide-ranging discussion August 2, Vice Minister of Public Security (MPS) Nguyen Van Huong, Vietnam's head of "general security" and intelligence gave his frank views on a broad range of key bilateral issues including political dissidents, prisoners and detainees, religious freed [...]	2007-08-06 15:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BM CM KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1415	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES DEPART VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Four North Koreans who had taken refuge in the Danish Embassy in Hanoi left Vietnam for the ROK on July 27 via commercial air via Singapore without incident. UNHCR's Chief of Mission Vu Anh Son had met with the North Koreans, three women and one man, soon after they took refuge in the Da [...]	2007-08-08 15:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB KN VM
07HANOI1419	AMBASSADOR'S OUTCALL WITH VIETNAM'S MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) On 30 July, Ambassador Marine conducted a final call on Senior General Phung Quang Thanh, the Minister of Defense. In their discussion, the Ambassador raised a wide range of issues including high level visits, ship visits, fullest possible accounting (MIA),International Military educatio [...]	2007-08-09 11:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER MARR VM
07HANOI1438	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON NEWLY-ELECTED OOG CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. At his August 9 farewell call with Ambassador Marine, newly-elected Office of the Government (OOG) Minister Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that PM Dzung has decided that he will retain responsibility for oversight of foreign affairs within the OOG. In that role, he looks forwar [...]	2007-08-10 17:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PHUM KIPR EAID VM
07HANOI1444	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - NEW HUMAN FATALITY [...] (U) Summary: On August 7, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) reported the death of a 15 year-old boy from Thanh Hoa province infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathologic avian influenza. The case appears isolated and not related to larger poultry outbreaks or human clusters. Outbreaks of AI [...]	2007-08-13 14:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1454	ARRIVAL OF PETROVIETNAM LETTER ADVISING TRANSOCEAN TO CEASE [...] (SBU) On August 8, Dr. Tran Ngoc Canh, President and CEO of Petrovietnam, sent a letter to executives of the U.S. oil company, Transocean, advising Transocean to cease exploration drilling activities in block 2/4 in the South China Sea (reftel). Petrovietnam addressed the letter to Mr. J. Micha [...]	2007-08-14 08:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV EPET MARR PREL CN VM
07HANOI1461	HANOI ARCHBISHOP DISCUSSES CHURCH ISSUES WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) In an August 13 farewell call by the Ambassador, Hanoi Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet praised the Ambassador's contribution to international religious freedom, noting in particular recent progress in northern Ha Giang Province. The Archbishop agreed with the Ambassador's assessment that much [...]	2007-08-14 16:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VM
07HANOI1462	"VIETNAMESE PEOPLE MORE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Marine met with prominent cyber-dissident and former political prisoner Dr. Pham Hong Son, who is under house arrest, and his wife, Vu Thuy Ha, at their Hanoi home on August 9. Son, best known for his 2002 arrest and imprisonment for his translation and dissemination of a democ [...]	2007-08-14 17:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ELAB VM
07HANOI1463	UNHCR ON CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, STATELESS KHMERS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 17:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB VM
07HANOI1464	AMBASSADOR'S ENGAGES VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP ON HEALTH ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of his series of farewell calls on Vietnamese leaders, Ambassador Marine met separately with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Truong Vinh Trong and former Minister of Health (MOH) Tran Thi Trung Chien to discuss health issues, particularly HIV/AIDS. Ambassador Marine pushed [...]	2007-08-14 17:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV KFLU TBIO PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1475	GVN'S PETROL PRICE LIBERALIZATION - A SHORT-LIVED [...] (SBU) Summary: A May 1 Government of Vietnam (GVN) regulation on oil and petrol management allows enterprises greater autonomy in setting retail petrol prices. The GVN made it clear, however, that this autonomy only extended so far - with Hanoi reserving the right to step in if petrol price in [...]	2007-08-17 17:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET ETRD ENRG VM
07HANOI1550	NEW CZARS IN THE MAKING? THE NEW DPM PORTFOLIOS [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung signed a Decision this week assigning duties and portfolios to himself and his five Deputy Prime Ministers (DPMs),two of which are newly-created positions. Broadly defined, the Prime Minister will oversee all Government of Vietnam (GVN) operatio [...]	2007-08-29 17:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN VM
07HANOI156	HANI RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON PRESS [...] (SBU) Politburo member Truong Tan Sang recently called on the Communist Partyof Vietnam to strengthen "management of the press" by amending legal documents on press activities nd improving media workers' "political stances, kills and ethics." Sang's speech followed several high-profile GVN mea [...]	2007-01-26 08:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCOR VM KPAO
07HANOI1563	DISSIDENT ATTORNEY LE QUOC QUAN HIGHLIGHTS [...] (S) In an August 24 meeting with PolOffs, dissident Attorney Le Quoc Quan discussed the current dominance of conservatives in the Vietnamese government and the struggles for pro-reformists. Among those in the pro-reform camp, according to Quan, are Vietnam's two new Deputy Prime Ministers. Q [...]	2007-08-31 15:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1579	AMBASSADOR LAYS OUT PRIORITIES WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) On August 31 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem welcomed Ambassador Michalak to Vietnam and stressed the importance of continued progress in bilateral relations. During the cordial 40-minute meeting, the Ambassador emphasized areas of common interest and prioritize [...]	2007-09-04 16:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1583	SOME COMMITMENTS ARE HARDER THAN OTHERS -- PRODDING VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vietnam, widely praised for its progressive and aggressive approach toward opening its markets, is finding that fulfilling some of its WTO commitments may be harder than it thought. Entrenched local interests, poor coordination, and an overly-complex bureaucratic process can al [...]	2007-09-05 13:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR VM
07HANOI161	HANOI RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON PRESS [...] (SBU) Politburo member Truong Tan Sang recently called on the Communist Party of Vietnam to strengthen "management of the press" by amending legal documents on press activities and improving media workers' "political stances, skills and ethics." Sang's speech followed several high-profile GVN [...]	2007-01-26 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCOR VM KPAO
07HANOI1616	CORRECTED COPY: SOME COMMITMENTS ARE HARDER THAN OTHERS -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vietnam, widely praised for its progressive and aggressive approach toward opening its markets, is finding that fulfilling some of its WTO commitments may be harder than it thought. Recently published regulations impose new restrictions on foreign importers, potentially forcing [...]	2007-09-11 13:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR VM
07HANOI1617	CITIBANK SAVES LANDMARK DEAL DESPITE HEAVY-HITTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Citibank appears poised to rescue a landmark $100 million loan in Vietnam, after a rival financial company working with what Citibank believes are powerful government partners nearly sank the deal. The bank has had to sweeten the terms of the offer and may have to scale down plans [...]	2007-09-11 14:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV VM
07HANOI1623	FOREIGN MINISTRY SUMMONS AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vu Dzung, called in the Ambassador on September 10 to discuss the ongoing Sino-Vietnamese territorial dispute in the South China Sea. The Vice Foreign Minister urged the Ambassador to press Chevron to resume operations in Block 122; spe [...]	2007-09-11 17:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
07HANOI1636	SMALL BAHA'I AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES GROW IN HANOI [...] (SBU) Leaders of Hanoi's small Muslim and Baha'i communities say the religious freedom they enjoy is leading to a growth in their communities. They, like other faiths in Vietnam, in turn face greater pressure to find adequate facilities for their worshipers, leading to questions over land righ [...]	2007-09-12 17:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1637	MEETING WITH DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST - TRUTH BEHIND INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to an internet report posted on a Vietnamese-American human rights website alleging that the police broke up an August 30 meeting between Poloff and eight pro-democracy activists in Hanoi, the meeting with only one dissident - Mr. Nguyen Phuong Anh - was held at Mr. A [...]	2007-09-12 17:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HANOI1642	FOLLOW UP ON USCIRF VISIT DATES [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 17:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM VM
07HANOI1651	UNHCR CLAIMS "BIG STEP FORWARD;" PLAN OF ACTION WITH GVN ON [...] (SBU) In a new development, the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) has claimed a "big step forward" toward resolution of the 30-year old cases of more than 9,000 stateless Khmer persons in Southern Vietnam. According to UNHCR, in August, the Cambodian Government (GOC) informed [...]	2007-09-14 16:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB VM
07HANOI1653	CODEL CHAMBLISS ENGAGES VIETNAM'S LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) A bipartisan United States Senate delegation led by Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia held meetings in Hanoi August 29 with senior GVN leaders, including SRV President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Vice-Chairman of Vietnam's parliament, and Vice-Ministers of Defense and Public Security. The me [...]	2007-09-14 17:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	CN OREP OVIP PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1664	CIVAIR VIETNAM WILL GET BACK TO US ON OPEN SKIES DEMARCHE [...] (U) On September 17 we met with Vo Huy Cuong, Director of Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV)'s Air Transport Department to gauge the government of Vietnam's (GVN) interest in negotiating an Open Skies Treaty with the United States, per reftel instructions. We underscored in our de [...]	2007-09-18 17:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA VM
07HANOI1675	ARRIVAL OF CHINA LETTER ADVISING POGO OIL TO CEASE [...] (SBU) On September 8, the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Houston sent a letter to the U.S. oil firm, Pogo Producing Company advising Pogo to cease exploration drilling activities in Block 124 in the South China Sea. The Block 124 lies along Vietnam's south central coast [...]	2007-09-19 17:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CN ECON EINV ENRG EPET MARR PREL VM
07HANOI1683	UNDERGROUND DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SAY PARTY FEELING [...] (C) High-profile political dissidents Dr. Pham Hong Son and Nguyen Vu Binh, both recently released from prison and under house arrest, remain active with the moderate Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) underground pro-democracy group. On September 10, Embassy PolOffs visited separately and wit [...]	2007-09-20 14:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1693	VIETNAM REACTION TO IRF REPORT: INACCURATE BUT POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Vietnamese media coverage on the release of the 2007 International Religious Freedom (IRF) report was widespread, accurate and uniformly more positive than in previous years. Following a Mission press release alerting journalists to the report's release, initial stories were straightforwa [...]	2007-09-24 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OPRC KPAO VM
07HANOI1729	VIETNAM'S INFLATIONARY CONUNDRUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam is not sure how to tackle growing inflation, which reached a 20-month high of 8.8% in September. Government efforts to maintain simultaneously a stable exchange rate, low interest rates and open capital markets run smack into the "impossible trinity" of economic theory. [...]	2007-10-01 17:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
07HANOI1731	VIETNAM FRETS OVER ANTI-DUMPING POLITICS DESPITE CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnamese government (GVN) and apparel industry are confident that the data gathered by the Department of Commerce's import monitoring program will vindicate their claims that the country is not dumping apparel exports to the United States. In his meetings with concerned G [...]	2007-10-02 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ECON EIND ETRD ETTC VM
07HANOI1746	AMBASSADOR PITCHES PRISONER AMNESTY, GOOD [...] (C) Meeting with the GVN's leading security official, the Ambassador raised a range of human rights issues, flagged the upcoming United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visit, and discussed a number of key security and property issues involving the Mission. In the [...]	2007-10-04 11:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT ASEC KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1749	BUILDING TIES AND URGING REFORM IN VIETNAM'S ICT SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy traveled to Vietnam to participate in the first-ever U.S.-Vietnam Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Commercial Dialogue on September 17-18. The Dialogue, an interagency [...]	2007-10-04 16:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON ETRD KIPR VM
07HANOI1756	NEW MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE SHARES HIS PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) This cable contains biographical information for INR/B in para 14. 2. (SBU) Summary: New Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and the Ambassador discussed ways to enhance bilateral trade and investment, such as through a Bilateral Investment Treaty, GVN approval for pending U.S [...]	2007-10-05 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECPS KTEX ECON WTRO KIPR VM
07HANOI1759	VIETNAM: SUPPORT LIKELY FOR UNGA RESOLUTION CONDEMNING [...] (SBU) On October 4, Poloff met with MFA IO Department Human Rights Section Chief Dang Tran Nam Trung to deliver reftel points and a copy of the draft resolution "Condemning the Use of Rape as an Instrument of State Policy." Trung expressed appreciation to the U.S. Government for raising the is [...]	2007-10-05 14:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM UN KWMN SOCI VM

07HANOI1763	"WE EAT EVERYTHING ON FOUR LEGS EXCEPT THE TABLE": [...] (U) Summary: Domestic consumption and regional exports of wild animal products threaten Vietnam's once-abundant wildlife. Vietnamese craving for wild meat and animal-based traditional medicines seemingly trump conservation concerns. Lack of high-level political will hamstring Government of Vi [...]	2007-10-09 08:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV SOCI EAGR VM
07HANOI1793	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - FIVE DUCKS DEAD: POSSIBLE ANIMAL [...] (SBU) After 21 days free of avian influenza, Government of Vietnam (GVN) sources in Hanoi and an official website report confirmed an October 10 outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza A among ducks in Nhue Tu B village, Ham Giang commune, Tra Cu district, Tra Vinh Province. However, whi [...]	2007-10-12 17:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1794	VIETNAM STRUGGLES TO MANAGE MEDICAL WASTE [...] (SBU) Summary. A recent scandal involving the improper disposal of medical waste from Hanoi area hospitals highlights Vietnam's weak waste control infrastructure. While prominent press attention led to a quick GVN response, small penalties, limited enforcement capabilities and lack of funding [...]	2007-10-15 05:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO ECON SOCI VM
07HANOI1813	INFLATION A CONCERN BUT NOT OUT OF CONTROL [...] (SBU) Summary: While people are not happy about higher prices, including double-digit percentage increases of some food staples, there has been little commotion in Vietnam in response to rising inflation. The strength of economic growth has mitigated the impact of inflation, while incomes con [...]	2007-10-19 09:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV VM
07HANOI1817	VIETNAM'S REGIONAL OVERVIEW: THE CENTER PLAYS CATCH-UP [...] (U) Summary: Central Vietnam understands that it needs to improve its competitiveness or risk falling further behind the booming urban clusters of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. A visit to three central provinces showed the difficulties in assembling the necessary components of a successful inve [...]	2007-10-19 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EIND EINV ETRD OTRA PGOV VM
07HANOI1835	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE DEAD DUCKS IN NEW ANIMAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 10:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1836	USG AND GVN CONDUCT 2007 LABOR DIALOGUE IN HANOI [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) conducted their fifth labor dialogue on October 22 in Hanoi. Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs (DUS) Charlotte M. Ponticelli led the U.S. delegation a [...]	2007-10-26 05:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD EINV WTRO VM
07HANOI1838	VIETNAM'S REGIONAL OVERVIEW: THE TALE OF TWO NORTHWEST [...] (U) Summary: Northwest Vietnam has traditionally been Vietnam's poorest region. Natural topography, a widely-disbursed population, poor infrastructure, and, in part, provincial governance practices have prevented provinces in this region from keeping apace of economic development occurring el [...]	2007-10-26 07:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID EINV ETRD OTRA EIND KIPR PGOV VM
07HANOI1849	USCIRF MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 08:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HANOI1850	USCIRF MEETINGS WITH HANOI ARCHBISHOP AND ECVN PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 08:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HANOI1858	VIETNAM SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY CARLOS [...] (U) Your visit, coming almost one year after President Bush's, is well timed to press Vietnam to continue its rapid pace of opening to the world. The national leadership remains eager to learn from the United States on economic matters, and will be attentive to what you have to say. Your visi [...]	2007-10-30 08:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV KCOR PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1862	CHANGING VIETNAMESE ATTITUDES ON AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Changes in Vietnam and U.S.-Vietnam relations, combined with a maturing Vietnamese approach to public health, are leading to positive shifts in Vietnamese attitudes on the issue of Agent Orange (AO) and its contaminent dioxin. While long-standing Government of Vietnam (GVN) pro [...]	2007-10-31 03:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI1876	MARITIME: GVN WILL GET BACK TO US ON IMO DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 30, Econoff met with Dr. Bui Thien Thu, Deputy Director General of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Transport, to ask for the government of Vietnam's (GVN) support for re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Categ [...]	2007-11-02 00:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK VM
07HANOI1891	CHOLERA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 10:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI1892	2007-2008 INCSR PART I -- VIETNAM [...] The following is Embassy Hanoi's submission for the narcotics section of the 2007-2008 INCSR. 2. Begin INCSR text: Vietnam I. Summary The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2007. Specific actions included: sustained effor [...]	2007-11-06 00:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR VM
07HANOI1919	A/S SILVERBERG CONSULTATIONS WITH GVN ON UNSC [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Kristen Silverberg met with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi November 2 to discuss Vietnam's upcoming role as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Silverberg reiterated our invitation for Vietnam to send offic [...]	2007-11-09 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM UNGA UN
07HANOI1920	VIETNAM AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - SCATTERED OUTBREAKS [...] (SBU) Summary. Avian influenza outbreaks continue to flare up in various locations across Vietnam, with six provinces now reporting infected birds over the past month. All have been quickly and easily controlled. Officials have not yet linked the outbreaks, though they may represent the early [...]	2007-11-09 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1921	CHOLERA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI1924	UPDATE OF SERIOUS ACUTE DIARRHEA OUTBREAK IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnam's acute diarrhea outbreak expanded from 11 to 14 provinces and municipalities throughout northern Vietnam over the past week, with many victims testing positive for cholera. However, informal information from one of Hanoi's major referral centers indicates the epidemic m [...]	2007-11-13 04:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI1932	GVN LEADERS URGE BURMA'S PM TO PURSUE RECONCILIATION; [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 9, Burma's Prime Minister Thein Sein arrived in Hanoi for introductory meetings with GVN leaders. According to Vietnamese officials, PM Sein's message focused on the Burma regime's cooperation with the UN, its progress on restoring order and its plans to transition t [...]	2007-11-14 07:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BM VM
07HANOI1935	HANOI REACTION TO USCIRF VISIT [...] (C) The recent visit to Vietnam by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has generated strong negative reactions within certain circles of the GVN. GVN criticism has centered primarily on what was widely considered inappropriate behavior by USCIRF members in [...]	2007-11-14 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1950	VIETNAM "OPEN FOR BUSINESS": GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez led a large-scale Department of Commerce Vietnam Business Development Mission to Hanoi on November 5 and 6. This first Cabinet level business development mission to Vietnam carried the theme of U.S. business support for Vietnam's economic [...]	2007-11-16 09:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP KIPR VM
07HANOI1957	MOIT EXPRESSES CONTINUED CONCERNS OVER APPAREL MONITORING [...] (U) The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) sent Post an October 31 Diplomatic Note addressed to the U.S. Department of Commerce, urging the United States not to self-initiate an antidumping investigation against Vietnam and to revoke its Textile and Apparel Import Monitoring Program. Full t [...]	2007-11-19 06:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ECON EIND ETRD ETTC VM
07HANOI1966	SCENESETTER FOR ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR [...] (SBU) Acting Assistant Secretary Mull: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. Your visit comes on the heels of Novem [...]	2007-11-20 07:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
07HANOI1969	AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER ARREST OF AMCIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 11:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM
07HANOI1975	AMBASSADOR VISITS HAIPHONG ON THE OCCASION OF HISTORIC U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador made his first visit to Haiphong City, in part to participate in activities related to an historic port call by two U.S. Navy warships. The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Vice Chairman of the Haiphong City People's Committee and expressed concern over an i [...]	2007-11-21 09:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KIRF TBIO KHIV PINS OEXC CVIS PGOV PHUM
07HANOI1978	AMBASSADOR AGAIN RAISES VIET TAN AMCIT ARREST CASE WITH [...] (SBU) On November 21, the Ambassador spoke again with VFM Phan Binh Minh to renew his protest concerning the arrest of U.S. citizen Leon Truong. VFM Minh confirmed that Mr. Truong has been arrested for violating Article 84 of the Criminal Code concerning terrorist activity, literally "to oppos [...]	2007-11-21 11:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CASC CMGT VM
07HANOI1994	AMBASSADOR RAISES AMCIT ARREST CASES WITH VICE MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 27, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister for Public Security Nguyen Van Huong to reiterate requests for consular access to arrested U.S. citizens Mr. Leon Truong, Ms. Le Helen, and Mr. Le Van Phan, and to inquire about the whereabouts of U.S. citizen Nguyen Quoc Qua [...]	2007-11-27 10:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CASC CMGT VM
07HANOI2005	BURMA ENVOY GAMBARI AND GVN LEADERS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 26-27 visit to Hanoi, UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari urged senior GVN officials to take an active role in resolving the political situation in Burma. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung presented a "somewhat strong" GVN position, including calling for th [...]	2007-11-28 09:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BM VM
07HANOI2009	U.S. ENGAGEMENT STIMULATES OTHER DONORS TO INCREASE AGENT [...] (SBU) Koos Neefjes, Senior Sustainable Development Advisor for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),recently informed ESTHOff and HHS Attache that U.S. engagement on Agent Orange/dioxin issues in Vietnam had spurred other donors to increase funding and involvement in this area. In [...]	2007-11-29 02:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI2012	VIETNAM STRUGGLES TO ENSURE FOOD SAFETY IN ITS DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent media reports of contaminated foods in the marketplace have drawn public attention to Vietnam's struggle to improve its domestic food safety controls. Vegetables, fruits, and animal products contaminated with toxins are common in Vietnam and the number of food poisoning [...]	2007-11-29 06:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO EFIN VM
07HANOI2013	INFLATION IN VIETNAM HITS 10 PERCENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Consumer Price Index (CPI) has hit a record high of 10% year-on-year for the month of November, continuing an eleven-month trend of accelerating inflation. High inflation will likely continue because of the recent increase in fuel prices and retail price hikes for the [...]	2007-11-29 07:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV VM
07HANOI2019	FOREIGN MINISTER ENGAGES DONOR AMBASSADORS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 28 meeting, ambassadors from key donor countries engaged Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem in an exchange on human rights issues. Discussion at the event, hosted by DPM Khiem, focused largely on the recent appellate hearing of two human rights l [...]	2007-11-30 07:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM BM CONS VM
07HANOI2031	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECOND WORKING SESSION SETS [...] (SBU) Vietnam's 12TH National Assembly (2007 - 2011) passed several laws -- including a long-awaited law on domestic violence prevention (reftel) and laws on judicial assistance and special amnesty -- during its 25-day working session which ended November 21. It also set an ambitious legislat [...]	2007-12-04 00:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV ECON ENRG VM
07HANOI2033	USCIRF MEETS WITH GVN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On October 22, a delegation of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Nguyen Van Son and deputies of the National Assembly (NA - Vietnam's parliament) to discuss the NA's oversight and legislative role in prot [...]	2007-12-04 05:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM
07HANOI2038	USCIRF VISITS HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS NGUYEN VAN DAI AND LE [...] (SBU) On October 22, 2007 a visiting United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) delegation met with the wife of imprisoned political dissident Nguyen Van Dai, Vu Minh Khanh and the mother of imprisoned political dissident Le Thi Cong Nhan, Tran Thi Le, at a Hanoi resta [...]	2007-12-04 09:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM
07HANOI2040	USCIRF MEETING WITH VIETNAM'S COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 01:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HANOI2041	A REVIEW OF VIETNAM'S AVIAN INFLUENZA POULTRY VACCINATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Four years into its efforts to counter pandemic influenza, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has placed ongoing emphasis on a vaccination program to limit the possible spread of avian influenza (AI) caused by the highly pathogenic influenza A H5N1 virus. The nationwide program fo [...]	2007-12-05 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI2043	GVN SEEKS WAY FORWARD ON IPR CRIMINAL CIRCULAR [...] (U) In a December 5 meeting, National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) officials told visiting State Department DeskOff and Embassy EconOff that the Prime Minister has directed the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) to broker an inter-ministerial solution to the impasse over an out [...]	2007-12-05 10:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD VM
07HANOI2045	OOG'S CHAIRMAN LAYS OUT HIS AGENDA IN THE U.S. IN MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with the Ambassador, the head of the Vietnamese delegation to the TIFA talks in Washington, Office of the Government Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc, said that the GVN's top priority would be to overturn the apparel exports monitoring mechanism run by the Comme [...]	2007-12-05 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KTEX PHUM VM
07HANOI2051	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY COMMANDER, UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) Admiral, your visit to Vietnam is well timed to complement the successes of recent trips by other senior civilian and military leaders and will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. [...]	2007-12-07 04:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MOPS PHSA VM
07HANOI2053	MONRE MINISTER DETAILS VIETNAMESE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY [...] (SBU) On December 7, Ambassador Michalak met with Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) Nguyen Khoi Pham to highlight U.S. efforts to combat climate change and our desire to play a productive role in the ongoing UN Climate Conference in Bali (ref A). Pham noted the li [...]	2007-12-07 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM
07HANOI2064	VIETNAM'S FIRST OIL REFINERY TAKES SHAPE IN QUANG NGAI [...] (U) Summary: On November 29, members of the Embassy's Economic Section traveled to Central Vietnam's Quang Ngai Province to meet with government officials and tour the site of what will be Vietnam's first petroleum refinery, located in the nearby Dung Quat Economic Zone. Quang Ngai Province i [...]	2007-12-11 04:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EAID EIND EWWT SOCI TRGY EINV EPET ETRD
07HANOI2071	VIETNAM MARKS SUCCESSFUL CONTROL OF CHOLERA OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnamese officials recently announced the successful control of the outbreak of cholera (or, as the Government of Vietnam more generally referred to it, "severe acute diarrhea") that began in late October. International public health experts agree with the GVN that Vietnam's [...]	2007-12-14 04:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI209	HANOI ARCHBISHOP NOTES PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS FOR VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) On January 29, Hanoi Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet told the Ambassador that conditions for Catholics in northern Vietnam are steadily improving. Christmas 2006 was festive, and the Church was able to send priests to celebrate Christmas in one previously problematic northern province. That s [...]	2007-01-31 09:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
07HANOI2094	VIETNAM: 2007 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 07:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM VM
07HANOI2099	DESPITE EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE, DENGUE CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Annual numbers of dengue cases continue to rise in Vietnam, particularly in the Mekong Delta region. Though the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive national program to control dengue, it cannot eliminate the disease. Instead, ecological factors, including the growt [...]	2007-12-20 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED AMGT CASC KPAO VM
07HANOI2113	MORE POTENTIAL PARTNERS FOR AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN REMEDIATION [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. engagement continues to catalyze other donors to participate in dioxin remediation and related health projects. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) also continues to move forward on its clean up projects. At the same time, donors and the GVN are waiting for the United States [...]	2007-12-28 08:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI2116	SHAKY RESPONSE TO NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA FATALITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnamese officials confirmed the death of a four year old boy from Avian Influenza (AI). However, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) response showed three significant communication failures; between animal and human health experts, between local and central officials, and betwee [...]	2007-12-28 11:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI221	PARTY PLENUM: WILL POLITICAL REFORMS ENHANCE GVN [...] (C) Summary: The Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Committee recently met for the fourth time since last April's Party Congress to discuss policy and personnel directives. Central Committee members reached consensus on reducing from eleven to six the number of Party commissions that review [...]	2007-02-02 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI233	AUSTR BARBARA WEISEL DISCUSSES MOVING TRADE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Barbara Weisel expressed the United States' strong interest in building upon the current momentum in our bilateral trade relations. VM Tu reacted positively to AUSTR Wei [...]	2007-02-05 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX USTR VM
07HANOI239	HCMC CONSULAR DISTRICT: GVN ASSERTS RIGHT TO CONTROL CONGEN [...] This is an action cable for EAP and L/EAP. Mission Vietnam requests Department approval of a draft diplomatic note in para 10. 2. Summary: In recent interactions, GVN officials -- citing the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs -- are challenging the right of Consulate General Ho C [...]	2007-02-06 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AMGT PREL CMGT KFRD VM
07HANOI240	VIETNAM CONSIDERING EXPORT WORKER PROGRAM FOR UNITED [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and ConsChief met with officials at the Ministry of Labor Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) to discuss recent news reports that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) was beginning a new program to export laborers to the United States. The reports quoted MOLISA officials as [...]	2007-02-06 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON CVIS PGOV ETRD EIND EINV VM
07HANOI256	HANOI CHIEFS OF MISSION DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (SBU) On January 31, EC Ambassador Markus Cornaro hosted the third in a series of Hanoi Ambassadors' human rights discussions. Among the issues discussed were: -- The overall human rights situation in Vietnam: Most COMs noted progress, but expressed some concerns regarding Protestants in the [...]	2007-02-09 07:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF HUMANR PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI260	VIETNAM CONSIDERING CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. Rumors have surfaced that the Prime Minister is considering the imposition of capital controls as a measure to cooling off the overheated stock market. A contact in the State Securities Commission explained why that agency is opposed to the idea. The Citibank Country Officer fo [...]	2007-02-09 11:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI261	ABN-AMRO TRIES TO SETTLE CASE, CITIBANK COULD BE NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials of the Dutch Bank ABN-AMR provided an update on the bank's ordeal in trying to settle criminal and civil charges regarding allegedly unauthorized foreign exchange deals with the state-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank (Incombank) of Vietnam (Ref B). The ABN-AMRO repr [...]	2007-02-09 11:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI266	FULL YEAR STATISTICS FOR 2006-2007 INCSR - VIETNAM [...] The following is an updated "Law Enforcement Efforts" paragraph with full year statistics for the Vietnam section of the 2006-2007 INCSR. 2. Law Enforcement Efforts. According to GVN statistics, during 2006, there were 10,783 drug cases involving 16,686 suspected traffickers. Total seizu [...]	2007-02-12 08:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KCRM VM
07HANOI271	VISIT TO VIETNAM BY SENIOR AG BIOTECH ADVISOR SHARON [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Sharon Wiener visited Vietnam from January 23 to 26 during an important moment in the country's agbiotech development. The advance of agbiotech is an official national priority in Vietnam. In August 2005, the Prime Minister issued a [...]	2007-02-12 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO OTRA EAGR ETRD EAID KPAO VM
07HANOI273	THE GVN REPORTS ON TWO YEARS OF THE NEW FRAMEWORK ON [...] (SBU) On February 1, the GVN issued its second report on the implementation of its new framework on religion. Comments at the official unveiling were largely desultory, though the GVN did make an unusual acknowledgement that it has faced difficulties implementing its policies at the local leve [...]	2007-02-13 03:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM VM
07HANOI280	VIETNAM'S NOMINATION FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ACTIVITIES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam submits this activity proposal for consideration under the Avian Influenza Action Group's (AIAG) program to promote public diplomacy and communicate U.S. foreign policy objectives (reftel). The proposal, "Capacity Strengthening for Public Health Journalism to Co [...]	2007-02-14 04:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO KFLU KPAO KSCA EAGR AID AMGT VM
07HANOI286	PRM A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES REFUGEES, RESETTLEMENT WITH MFA [...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey met with MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and MFA Consular Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Minh Vu in separate meetings. During the meeting with AFM Minh, A/S Sauerbr [...]	2007-02-14 09:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM
07HANOI287	A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES POPULATION, SOCIAL ISSUES AND TIP [...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Ellen Sauerbrey met separately with the GVN's Commission for Population, Family and Children and the National Assembly's Committee for Social Affairs. Commission Vice-Chairman Nguyen Ba Thuy discussed Vietnam [...]	2007-02-14 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KWMN PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI288	PRM A/S SAUERBREY MEETS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN [...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey met separately with representatives of UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Hanoi. In her UNHCR meeting, UNHCR officials discussed in familiar terms the organizat [...]	2007-02-14 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF KWMN SOCI VM CB
07HANOI290	TREASURY LETTER DELIVERED ON CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. While no senior Vietnamese officials were willing to talk on the phone with Treasury about capital controls, a cooperative Office of Government official was amenable to receiving written comments. Embassy delivered a letter from Treasury DAS Dohner to Mr. Hung that discussed t [...]	2007-02-14 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI291	PM DZUNG'S ONLINE CHAT: POWER TO THE PEOPLE? [...] (C) Summary: On February 9, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung went online for over two hours to answer questions on a variety of topics, including corruption, the economy, the media and even his personal life. The GVN says the Internet chats are geared toward increasing its "transparency of ope [...]	2007-02-14 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCOR KPAO PHUM VM
07HANOI301	UNHCR ADDRESSES STATELESSNESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) In a February 12 meeting with the Charge, UNHCR Regional Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Hasim Utkan and UNHCR colleagues described their ongoing efforts to work with the GVN to resolve the situation facing several thousand stateless ethnic Cambodians, resident in [...]	2007-02-15 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF CB VM
07HANOI303	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - POULTRY OUTBREAKS QUELLED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has announced the successful containment of H5N1 outbreaks in poultry after experiencing 21 outbreak-free days. During January 29-31, Senior Advisor for East and Southeast Asia Charles Patterson traveled with ESTHOff, CONGEN ECONOff and CDC Influ [...]	2007-02-15 10:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI308	MISSION RECOMMENDS THAT VIETNAM REMAIN ON THE 2007 SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mission recommends continued placement of Vietnam on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) Special 301 Watch List for 2007 because intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement is still weak, and piracy and counterfeiting in many product categories remain per [...]	2007-02-22 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR VM
07HANOI309	MISSION RECOMMENDS THAT VIETNAM REMAIN ON THE 2007 SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR VM
07HANOI310	USG OFFICIALS DISCUSS TIFA, IPR AND TRADE IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from USTR and the Department of Commerce discussed a range of current trade issues with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials during a Febrary 6-9 visit to Hanoi, including: a potential Tade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); itellectual property rights (IPR) e [...]	2007-02-22 06:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECPS KIPR EAGR USTR VM
07HANOI312	SUBJECT: MFA DEMARCHE ON STATUS OF THREE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA briefed Embassy Hanoi on February 19 regarding the cases of three prominent political activists. The MFA reported that Father Nguyen Van Ly, an activist resident in Hue, is under investigation and is under administrative restrictions. Separately, Vietnamese officials s [...]	2007-02-22 08:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI325	VIETNAM OFFICIALS EAGER TO ENTER GSP PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with USTR visitors, Government of Vietnam officials expressed a strong interest in applying for the GSP program as soon as possible. USTR GSP Executive Director Marideth Sandler explained the GSP program and eligibility criteria to a 25-person forum of government of [...]	2007-02-23 07:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAID ELAB KIPR VM
07HANOI337	ADDITIONAL EXCHANGES ON CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. Following Embassy's delivery of initial letter from Treasury DAS Robert Dohner to Mr. Hung in the Prime Minister's office, there was an additional exchange between them on the issue of capital controls. Hung appreciated Treasury's comments, informed his superiors, and expected [...]	2007-02-23 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI367	VFM LE VAN BANG ON UPCOMING HIGH-LEVEL VISITS, OUTSTANDING [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN is placing great stock in the upcoming visit of DPM/FM Khiem to the United States as "preparing the atmosphere" for President Triet's own travel to the United States later this year, VFM Le Van Bang told the Ambassador February 26. The DPM's visit will also provide the o [...]	2007-02-27 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON VM
07HANOI370	VIETNAM TOURISM BOOMS, BUT "HIDDEN CHARM" UNDER THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's tourism industry is set to boom in the coming years, with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials expecting the number of foreign tourists to rise roughly 15 percent annually from 3.6 million in 2006 to 6 million by 2010. Despite the positive trend, tourist industry exec [...]	2007-02-28 04:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ECON EINV ETRD VM
07HANOI373	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - FIRST POULTRY OUTBREAK IN NORTH [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced the containment of an H5N1 outbreak in poultry in northern Hai Duong Province that occurred on February 16, the first day of the Tet Lunar New Year. A smaller poultry die-off that occurred in early February in northern Ninh Binh Province [...]	2007-02-28 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI374	VIETNAM GVN COMMENTS PUBLICLY ON CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: Both privately and via public statements, Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials have reiterated assertions that Vietnam has no current plan to impose capital controls on foreign investors to cool down the country's stock market. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung provided th [...]	2007-02-28 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI411	MOST VICE MINISTER TO MEET WITH DOE/NNSA ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Vice Minister of Science and Technology (VM) Tran Quoc Thang, who is traveling to Washington as part of the delegation of Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem, is seeking meetings with USG officials to discuss a range of issues. VM Thang will arrive in Washington in advance of DPM Khiem' [...]	2007-03-02 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KIPR KNNP KGIT VM
07HANOI418	VIETNAM MFA PREPARING REPORT ON IRAN'S COMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 04:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY
07HANOI43	Violence Against Women a Serious Problem [...] (SBU) Violence against women is a serious problem in Vietnam, but to date the GVN has done little to study or combat it. In spite of Vietnam's economic growth and increasing economic independence for women, traditional attitudes about women's roles persist, and domestic violence does not recei [...]	2007-01-10 06:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN SOCI PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI436	JOINT DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On March 7, Poloff met with MFA International Law and Treaty Department specialist Nguyen Dang Thang to discuss reftels' points and urge GVN participation in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (the "Initiative"). Per Ref A's instructions, Russian Embassy First Secretary S [...]	2007-03-07 07:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL VM
07HANOI440	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PHAM GIA KHIEM'S AMCHAM LUNCHEON [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem delivered a less-than-spectacular performance at an off-the-record American Chamber of Commerce-hosted luncheon on March 7, 2007. Though the self-interested questions of luncheon participants were partly responsible for the q [...]	2007-03-07 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ETRD OVIP VM
07HANOI449	EAP/MLS OFFICE DIRECTOR RAPSON'S MEETINGS WITH GVN [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP/MLS Office Director Rob Rapson and the DCM met with GVN officials March 8 on the eve of the departure of Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and his delegation to the United States. His exchanges covered recent arrests of dissidents in Vietnam and details [...]	2007-03-08 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP PREL ECON ETRD OEXC VM
07HANOI452	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - POULTRY OUTBREAK IN HANOI [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam has experienced four poultry outbreaks since February 13. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has now confirmed that H5N1 was the cause of two poultry outbreaks on farms in one of Hanoi's rural communes. Earlier this week, a poultry outbreak occurred at a farm in Ha Tay Prov [...]	2007-03-08 11:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI504	STREET CHILDREN: VIETNAM'S NOT SO HIDDEN [...] (SBU) Unreliable data, allegations of periodic government round-ups and employment in the black market and other illegal sectors are prominent features of Vietnam's street children problem. Although the GVN is quick to defend its record, many observers note that the government's slow developme [...]	2007-03-15 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN SOCI PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI535	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES SPRING SESSION [...] (SBU) The 11th and final session of the 11th National Assembly (2002-2007) convened on March 20. With its elections in the offing (May 20),the National Assembly's (NA) shortened spring session will continue the legislature's focus on corruption, waste and mismanagement, and will include a rev [...]	2007-03-21 09:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV ECON ENRG VM
07HANOI547	HEAT WAVE, DROUGHT HITS VIETNAM POWER AND AG PRODUCTION [...] (U) Summary: Record high-temperatures and Vietnam's worst drought in 20 years may lead to power outages and damage agriculture production, Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials say. Northern Vietnam's Red River and the rivers feeding northern Vietnam's hydropower and agriculture systems are fl [...]	2007-03-22 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ECON EIND EINV EPET ETRD VM
07HANOI550	GVN RESPONSE TO U.S. ARF INITIATIVES AND ITS ASSESSMENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 22, Poloff presented reftel points and proposals on ARF initiatives at the MFA ASEAN Department. While the reaction to the nonproliferation Inter-Sessional Meeting ("ISM") and cooperation statement initiatives was positive, the proposal to create ISM working groups rep [...]	2007-03-22 08:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF MARR PARM VM
07HANOI575	UNSCR 1747 IRAN SANCTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 03:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM MNUC IAEA UNSC VM
07HANOI58	VIETNAM HEEDS SECTION 1377 REVIEW COMMENTS; STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 2, Post provided the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) with the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) and Voice on the Net (VON) Coalition's comments submitted as part of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) 2007 1377 Telecom Trade Agreement Review [...]	2007-01-11 06:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD USTR WTRO VM
07HANOI595	STOCK MARKET PREDICTIONS [...] (U) Summary: At the second annual Euromoney Institutional Investor Investment Forum held March 19-20 in Hanoi, a panel of investment experts in Vietnam offered their opinions on and predictions for VietnamQ volatile stock market. While all panelists agreed a market correction will occur with [...]	2007-03-28 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID EINV ETRD ECON VM
07HANOI599	GVN READY TO MOVE ON PHAM VAN BAN [...] (SBU) This is an action cable. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) On March 29, MFA Consular Department Director General Bui Dinh Dzinh called in the CDA to confirm that Vietnam will facilitate the USG request that Phan Van Ban be released and is ready to move forward. In order to facilitate the "co [...]	2007-03-28 11:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS VM CVIS
07HANOI622	CONSULAR DISTRICTS AND CONSULATES: ANOTHER PROTEST; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During a March 29 meeting with the CDA, MFA Consular Department Director General Bui Dinh Dzinh presented another protest complaining of the "out of district" activities of Congen HCMC officials. After rece [...]	2007-04-02 04:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AMGT VM
07HANOI641	AMBASSADOR PROMOTES COMMERCIAL DELIVERABLES, TIFA, NEC, HR, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Office of the Government (OOG) Vice Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 4 to promote positive Vietnamese government action on commercial projects by U.S. firms and to address a number of prominent bilateral issues, including: Trade and Investment Fram [...]	2007-04-05 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETRD EFIN KOCI CVIS CASC AMGT
07HANOI652	GVN MAKES EXCUSES FOR APRIL 5 INCIDENT, DISSIDENT FAMILY [...] (SBU) On April 6, a local security official told Poloff that the altercation at the Ambassador's residence on April 5 (reftel) was the result of "local officials acting without orders, to protect the Ambassador." As for the five invitees to the Ambassador's residence, over the weekend we were [...]	2007-04-08 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC VM
07HANOI675	CODEL ORTIZ DISCUSSES GROWING U.S.-VIETNAM TIES, EMR [...] (SBU) On April 6, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Yeu separately told Codel Ortiz that U.S.-Vietnam relations are growing across the board and are bound to expand more in the coming years. Both leaders cited recent landmar [...]	2007-04-11 07:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON VM
07HANOI684	LIKELY MFA RESHUFFLE WOULD SEND NEW AMBASSADOR TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts are suggesting that the MFA's leadership will soon undergo a reshuffle, probably in May. If these reports bear out, three current vice foreign ministers will become ambassadors in Washington, Beijing and Tokyo, and high-level responsibility for the U.S. portfol [...]	2007-04-11 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI686	EVALUATION OF OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 00:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU KPAO SENV VM
07HANOI687	UPDATE ON OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AVIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive prevention and control approach for avian and pandemic influenza (AI) based on a national surveillance system in the developing world context. The approach integrates both animal and human health sectors. The GVN leader [...]	2007-04-12 00:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU KPAO SENV OCII AJ CB CA CH EG IN ID LA MX
07HANOI69	POLITBURO COMMISSIONS STUDIES ON POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Vietnam's 14-member Politburo has tasked a little-known group of intellectuals and former and current Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) leaders to examine Vietnam's (and other countries') political systems and recommend possible political reforms in accordance with Vietnam's "polit [...]	2007-01-11 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VM

07HANOI720	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES PRISONER AMNESTY, REORGANIZES [...] (SBU) The National Assembly (NA) convened March 20 for its 11th and final session prior to its May 20 elections. Prior to wrapping up its abridged spring session on April 2, the legislature debated a new draft Amnesty Law and, in discussions with the Office of the Government and the Ministry o [...]	2007-04-18 06:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI725	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - SPORADIC ANIMAL OUTBREAKS [...] (U) Summary: Since mid-February, sporadic outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) have occurred in isolated poultry flocks. The outbreaks have been readily controlled by the Government of Vietnam (GVN). No human cases were found. Local media reports that the 2007 poultry vaccination program i [...]	2007-04-18 11:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI73	VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported H5N1 human avian influenza (AI) cases in Vietnam this year and none reported in 2006. According to the Government of Vietnam (GVN),Kien Giang province in the Mekong Delta has become the fourth province to experience to an AI poultry outbreak. Two f [...]	2007-01-12 03:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI733	VIETNAM ANTI-TIP PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP FY 2007 [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam recommends the para 3's five anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposals for G/TIP FY 2007 funding. 2. (SBU) Post will forward to G/TIP the proposal and budgetary materials related to the five proposals. Mission recommends full funding of all five of these str [...]	2007-04-20 07:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN VM
07HANOI752	POLICE INTERFERENCE AGAIN MARS AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) The Government of Vietnam's (GVN) crackdown on political dissent continues. On April 23, the Ambassador's second attempt at hosting an event at his residence with family members of political dissidents was blocked by the police. Four of the five invitees were either prevented from leavin [...]	2007-04-24 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI763	PSI: VIETNAM PARTICIPATES IN OUTREACH FORUM [...] (SBU) On April 25, Poloff met with MFA International Organizations Department officer Nguyen Thi Van Anh to obtain a readout on her attendance at the PSI Outreach Forum held in Auckland on March 29. (Note: Anh had been traveling until only recently. End Note.) The focus of the forum was to p [...]	2007-04-25 07:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP VM
07HANOI772	COMMERCE A/S DAVID SPOONER ADDRESSES CONCERNS OVER APPAREL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a much anticipated April 19 visit, Department of Commerce (DOC) Assistant Secretary for Import Administration David Spooner addressed concerns over the U.S. Textile and Apparel Products from Vietnam Monitoring Program with Vietnamese garment and apparel manufacturers, U.S. im [...]	2007-04-25 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
07HANOI816	HOW ECONOMIC DECISIONS GET MADE IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In place since June of 2006, Vietnam's Prime Minister and his deputy have taken greater control of economic policy and its implementation, increasingly dominating the traditional consensus decision-making process of the Politburo. While Hanoi-based economists state that the Commu [...]	2007-05-04 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTRO PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI828	"DISSIDENT WRITERS" RECEIVE STATE AWARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Hoang Cam, Le Dat, Phung Quan and Tran Dan, four writers who belonged to an anti-government intellectual circle in the 1950's, and who were long censored and even jailed by the GVN, recently received one of Vietnam's top artistic prizes for their work. However, GVN officials hav [...]	2007-05-07 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HUMANR PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI83	MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS RANGE OF CURRENT BILATERAL TOPICS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 9 meeting with the DCM, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department Director General Pham Van Que said that Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem has not yet decided on dates for travel to the United States. Que proposed several potentia [...]	2007-01-12 10:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL AMGT ABLD ECON ETRD VM
07HANOI830	VIETNAM 2007 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche points by a phone call to Ministry of Trade (MOT) Multilateral Trade Policy Department Director General Tran Quoc Khanh on April 30 and in person to MOT Americas Trade Policy Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Hong Dzuong on May 2. Due [...]	2007-05-07 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR VM
07HANOI839	HUMAN RIGHTS: GVN PROPAGANDA AGAINST JAILED DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) Over the weekend, Vietnam aired two television reports on jailed dissident lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, respectively. The Dai expose was unusual for its inclusion of a long "interview" with Dai himself in prison in which he tearfully admitted to taking money from foreign- [...]	2007-05-08 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HUMANR PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI866	ANOTHER DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST DETAINED IN ONGOING GVN [...] (SBU) On May 10, Poloff met with Do Ba Tan, husband of detained writer and activist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy, in order to discuss Thuy's case. Thuy was arrested on April 21 on charges of anti-state propaganda. Her husband vehemently denies such charges. While her husband has not been allowed to [...]	2007-05-11 07:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ECON VM
07HANOI872	HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS NGUYEN VAN DAI AND LE THI [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, the Hanoi People's Court sentenced democracy activists Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan to five and four year prison terms, respectively, for "distributing propaganda against the State." The trial, which lasted four hours, was orderly. Journalists and the diploma [...]	2007-05-11 10:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM
07HANOI888	GVN WANTS TO NEGOTIATE ON PEACE CORPS; STICKING POINTS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: EconCouns met with officials of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 14, 2006, to obtain an update on the Government of Vietnam's (GVN's) intentions on the esta [...]	2007-05-15 08:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID VM
07HANOI897	SCENESETTER FOR EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER HILL [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you back to Hanoi May 23-24. Your visit will be a key event in the lead-up to the June visit to Washington by President Nguyen Minh Triet. Indeed, I expect your visit to prove instrumental in determining the success of that visit by underscoring [...]	2007-05-16 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OTRA VM
07HANOI898	AMBASSADOR AND VFM BANG DISCUSS TRIET VISIT, HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: At a May 15 dinner with Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Le Van Bang and other MFA officials, the Ambassador stressed that time is short for the two sides to reach agreements on potential deliverables to ensure a successful visit by President Nguyen Minh Triet. The two sides discusse [...]	2007-05-16 11:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIRF OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI90	GVN REPORTEDLY DOES NOT WANT U.S. RESETTLEMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary: According to UNHCR, the GVN does not object to the third-country resettlement of the 42 Vietnamese Hmong in Thailand. However, the GVN has caveated its position by requesting that UNHCR not resettle the Hmong in the United States for fear of creating a draw for more Hmong to leav [...]	2007-01-16 08:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF TH LA VM
07HANOI912	HIV/AIDS: AMBASSADOR HANDS OVER FY 2007 VIETNAM OPERATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 9, the Ambassador formally presented to Minister of Health Tran Thi Trung Chien the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Vietnam Operational Plan for fiscal year 2007. The Ambassador urged greater GVN coordination to ensure that HIV-positive individuals res [...]	2007-05-17 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV TBIO PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI917	IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 07:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC VM
07HANOI919	IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 08:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC VM
07HANOI920	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPORTANCE OF UNSCR 1267 CT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN EFIN VM
07HANOI921	VIETNAMESE GO TO THE POLLS ON MAY 20 [...] (SBU) After an extensive vetting process, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) approved 880 candidates to contest 500 seats in the May 20 National Assembly (NA) elections. In spite of the Party touting early on that "many more" independent (non-Communist Party) candidates would run this time a [...]	2007-05-18 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PREL CH VM
07HANOI923	APEC Workshop, Implementation Action Plan on Influenza [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from APEC member economies, the U.N. Systems Influenza Coordinator, the World Health Organization, the UNDP-supported Partnership for Avian and Human Influenza (Vietnam),and the Asian Development Bank met May 7 and 8 in Hanoi to discuss progress and future directio [...]	2007-05-18 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECIN KFLU APECO PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI932	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE, STATE BANK: OVERVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: This message provides overview and general comment on Ambassador Marine's May 17 and 18 meetings with Vietnam's Minister of Finance and State Bank Governor. A series of five septels will report on individual agenda items. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Marine met Minister [...]	2007-05-21 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EAID KIPR PGOV CASC VM
07HANOI935	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH STATE BANK, FINANCE ON CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary: When asked about GVN thinking on ways to address overheating in securities markets by the Ambassador during separate meetings on May 17 and 18, the State Bank Governor and the Finance Minister showed no hesitation in embracing the market approach (but did not explicitly rule ou [...]	2007-05-21 10:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID VM
07HANOI936	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH STATE BANK, FINANCE ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador reviewed ongoing U.S. financial sector technical assistance programs in separate meetings May 17 and 18 with State Bank Governor Le Duc Thuy and the Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh. Both officials expressed appreciation for and asked for more assistance. Governor [...]	2007-05-21 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
07HANOI937	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER: ADOPTION FEES [...] (U) This message reports the content of the Ambassador's meeting with Vietnam's Minister of Finance regarding the lack of a published fee schedule for inter-country adoptions. The discussion was held May 17 and was part of a lengthier agenda (ref a). 2. (SBU) Background: The adoption fee [...]	2007-05-21 10:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CIVS KOCI PREL ECON VM
07HANOI940	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER: PEACE CORPS [...] (SBU) This message reports the content of the Ambassador's meeting with Vietnam's Minister of Finance regarding the taxation element of a draft Peace Corps country agreement. The discussion was held May 17 and was part of a lengthier agenda (reftel A). 2. (SBU) Background: Post has held d [...]	2007-05-22 07:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID VM
07HANOI944	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH STATE BANK, FINANCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: This message reports the content of the Ambassador's separate meetings with Vietnam's Minister of Finance Vu Van Ninh and State Bank Governor Le Duc Thuy on May 17 and May 18, respectively. The Ambassador's two interlocutors reaffirmed the GVN's commitment to combating financi [...]	2007-05-22 10:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON VM
07HANOI945	MICROSOFT SIGNS LANDMARK SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 21, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung witnessed the signing of a multi-faceted agreement committing all GVN agencies to use licensed software. For its part, Microsoft will increase its investment to develop Vietnam's information a [...]	2007-05-22 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD ECPS VM
07HANOI973	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - PERSISTENT SPORADIC ANIMAL [...] (U) Summary: After a month-long period of no highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) outbreaks in animals, limited outbreaks in poultry have been reported in five provinces, including Hanoi. One suspected human case, a 30-year old man from Vinh Phuoc Province, is recovering but still in critica [...]	2007-05-24 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI998	GVN SEEKS COMMENTS ON PROPOSED TEXT AND EARLIER DATES FOR [...] Action Request - Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary/Comment/Action Request: EconCouns met with Ministry of Education and Training and MFA officials on May 24 to notify them of planned travel of Peace Corps (PC) officials to negotiate a Country Agreement. The Vietnamese welcome the team, [...]	2007-05-25 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID VM
07HARARE1003	ZIMBABWE INFLATION REQHES 60,000 PERCENT [...] (C) PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) put the annual (monthly) rate of increase in the cost of living for low, middle and high-income earners in October at 73,221 percent (181 percent),62,414 percent (123 percent),and 68,609 percent (174 percent) respectively. TM Supermarkets shared its October [...]	2007-11-07 14:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE1004	MUGABE STRONG DESPITE DISSENSION WITHIN ZANU-PF; [...] (C) Summary: While much can happen between today and the 2008 elections, the current situation appears to favor continued rule by President Robert Mugabe. Mugabe, despite significant sentiment within ZANU-PF that he step down, maintains firm control of ZANU-PF and observers expect him to eme [...]	2007-11-08 12:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE1011	Zim Notes November 9, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2007-11-09 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE102	MUGABE RESHUFFLES HIS CABINET--GONO TRIUMPHANT, [...] (U) Summary. In what the MDC spokesperson termed as "rearranging the deck of a sinking Titanic," President Mugabe yesterday carried out a long-expected cabinet reshuffle. With the exception of the sacking of Minister of Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa and the replacement of Minister of Agri [...]	2007-02-07 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE1042	CASH SHORTAGE HITS ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Zimbabwe is in the throes of a cash shortage crisis that could threaten the stability of the financial sector. With the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) providing commercial banks with less than half their cash requirement, bank account holders are able to withdraw only a fraction of their [...]	2007-11-23 09:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE1073	Zim Notes November 30, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2007-11-30 09:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE1091	WORLD BANK MISSION DEPARTS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) A World Bank mission which visited Harare November 22-30 reported skyrocketing hyperinflation, a shrinking tax revenue base, and out-of-control public spending that only comprehensive, mutually reinforcing policy reforms could begin to reverse. The GOZ, however, is about to announce a o [...]	2007-12-06 13:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE1093	Zim Notes December 7, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2007-12-07 10:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE1118	ZIMBABWE,S MULTIPLE EXCHANGE RATES, [...] (SBU) Players in Zimbabwe's formal and informal economy primarily use three different exchange rates: a grossly overvalued official rate that is forced on exporters but a source of patronage for the ruling party in selling forex; a parallel rate for cash, which has become extremely scarce rec [...]	2007-12-14 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV AMGT ZI
07HARARE1119	Zim Notes December 14, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2007-12-14 10:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE1130	ZIMBABWE HUNTING SUPPORTS REGIME INSIDERS AND [...] (C) Summary. Despite a 50 percent decline in receipts since 2004, the $17.5 million a year safari hunting business remains an important source of foreign currency in Zimbabwe. At least 12 regime insiders on the U.S. financial sanctions list reportedly have interests in the industry. Hunting [...]	2007-12-19 12:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SENV ZI
07HARARE116	MUGABE'S GRIP LIMITS ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Muyaradzi Kereke, Senior Advisor to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, told econoff on February 9 that Gono would seek permission from President Mugabe to allow a devaluation of the currency for the donor community. To make the policy shift palatable to Mugabe, Gono woul [...]	2007-02-13 17:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV ZI
07HARARE123	POLICE ARREST SCORES OF WOMEN AND STUDENTS TO [...] (U) Summary. Police in Harare and Bulawayo on February 13 arrested more than 250 participants in peaceful demonstrations staged by Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) to protest the country's worsening political and economic crisis. An estimated 2,000 WOZA supporters participated in the group's an [...]	2007-02-15 09:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE130	POLICE ZEALOUSLY CRACK DOWN ON OPPOSITION RALLIES [...] (C) Police and ZANU-PF youth paramilitaries in Harare and Bulawayo violently broke up rallies over the weekend by the two opposition MDC factions. On February 18 in Harare, riot police acting in defiance of a High Court order used water cannons, teargas and batons to prevent an anti-Senate MDC [...]	2007-02-20 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI ASEC
07HARARE133	ZANU-PF WINS BY-ELECTION AMID LOW TURNOUT [...] (SBU) ZANU-PF retained the Chiredzi South parliamentary seat in the by-election held February 17 with 66.7 percent of the vote. The anti-Senate MDC candidate garnered 21.1 percent of the tally, while the pro-Senate flag bearer came in fourth behind the UPP candidate. Voting day was peaceful, [...]	2007-02-21 11:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE14	ZIMBABWE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe's corruption and mismanagement have severely crippled the local economy making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2007. GDP has declined by 40 percent in the past 6 years, the largest peacetime drop ever recorded. Inflatio [...]	2007-01-05 10:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
07HARARE157	IOM RECEPTION CENTER PROVIDES MUCH NEEDED RELIEF [...] (U) Poloffs from Embassies Harare and Pretoria met on January 30 in the town of Beitbridge, Zimbabwe to tour the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Reception Center for Zimbabweans deported from South Africa. Since opening its doors, the IOM Center has provided much needed relief [...]	2007-03-01 10:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV ZI SF
07HARARE170	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT - ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) This is Embassy Harare's response to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of SECSTATE 202745. -------- Overview -------- -- A. (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin, transit and destination for internationally and domestically trafficked persons. Women and young girls are the most at ris [...]	2007-03-07 13:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB KFRD PREF SMIG
07HARARE183	ZANU-PF GOVERNOR MSIPA ON SUCCESSION, FARM [...] (C) Cephas Msipa, ZANU-PF governor of Midlands Province, despairingly told polecon chief in a March 7 meeting in his Gweru office he believed the present government was betraying the liberation ideals of freedom and an end to poverty. He described President Robert Mugabe as a close friend, b [...]	2007-03-09 10:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM ZI
07HARARE195	POLICE BRUTALLY DISRUPT PRAYER RALLY AND ARREST [...] (C) Security forces on March 11 brutally suppressed a prayer rally planned by the Save Zimbabwe Campaign and arrested more than 100, including MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and other key opposition leaders. Observers SIPDIS report that more than 1,000 police officers were deployed to th [...]	2007-03-12 15:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE198	TSVANGRIRAI AND MISTREATED OPPOSITION DETAINEES [...] (C) A badly beaten MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and fifty members of his party, including senior leaders from both factions, finally appeared in court March 13. No charges were filed with the court appearance turning on access to medical treatment. The Ambassador and other diplomats obse [...]	2007-03-13 16:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE205	SIGNS OF INDEPENDENCE IN ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Ruling party and opposition legislators in Parliament's 14 portfolio committees have demonstrated a growing willingness to challenge executive authority. The MPs have worked to conduct bipartisan public hearings, question ministers, and produce reports critical of the GOZ. This new-found [...]	2007-03-14 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE213	FUNERAL MARCH DELAYED TO LET LEADERS RECOVER, [...] (C) MDC leaders have been forced to postpone the wake and funerary march for the MDC activist killed by police to allow Morgan Tsvangirai to participate and resolve logistical issues. They hope to finalize plans tomorrow. Tsvangirai remains at Avenues Hospital, where the Ambassador visited h [...]	2007-03-15 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE217	ZIMBABWE - INPUT FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...] Zimbabwe continues to fall far short of AGOA's qualifying criteria. Post's input for the 2007 President's Report on AGOA (reftel) follows: ------------------------------ Market Economy/Economic Reform ------------------------------ 2. The Zimbabwean Government (GOZ) pays lip service to [...]	2007-03-16 09:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELAB PHUM PGOV ZI
07HARARE227	GOZ PREEMPTS ACTIVIST'S BURIAL, PROMISES MORE [...] (C) President Mugabe on March 16 promised ZANU-PF's youth wing more violence against opposition supporters. GOZ security forces over the weekend severely attacked the MDC spokesman, prevented two opposition leaders from seeking treatment in Johannesburg of their injuries sustained on March 1 [...]	2007-03-19 17:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE239	ZIMBABWE'S CENTRAL BANK DESPERATELY TRYING TO [...] (C) According to a senior official at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ),Zimbabwe will likely produce less than half the country's maize requirements. South African banks were reluctant to lend to the GOZ the forex needed to finance imports so the RBZ has turned to the street, fuelling rapid [...]	2007-03-22 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EFIN PHUM PGOV ZI
07HARARE241	ZIMBABWE'S INCREASED VIOLENCE A GOZ CREATION [...] (U) While the GOZ has tried to portray the MDC as a purveyor of violence, largely by trumpeting two alleged petrol bomb attacks, there is scant evidence to support their claims. In fact, we hear every day of more and more evidence of government-sponsored violence. On March 22, Save Zimbabwe [...]	2007-03-22 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE246	ACTIVIST'S MEMORIAL SERVICE PROVIDES CALL FOR [...] (U) The Christian Alliance under the auspices of Save Zimbabwe Campaign held a spirited memorial service in Harare on March 27 for the opposition activist, Gift Tandare, killed by police on March 11. A crowd of over 600 attended the service at which MDC leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mu [...]	2007-03-27 16:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE254	POLICE RAID MDC HQ, BRIEFLY DETAIN TSVANGIRAI [...] (SBU) Scores of riot police cordoned off several blocks around MDC headquarters in downtown Harare on March 28 and invaded MDC offices. The police actions came just before MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai was to hold a press conference to address the abductions of several MDC leaders in the pr [...]	2007-03-28 16:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI
07HARARE269	MDC UNDER SIEGE: ABDUCTIONS, ARRESTS, GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Assailants believed to be government agents have abducted and beaten at least nine opposition supporters since March 3. Additionally, the police reported 35 opposition activists were in custody following a series of raids, including on MDC headquarters March 28. Human rights lawyers said [...]	2007-03-30 11:47:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE275	VIOLENCE ANTICIPATED AS LABOR UNION CALLS FOR [...] (C) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) nationwide stay-away is set for April 3 and 4. The stay-away is ostensibly a protest against dismal wages and worsening economic conditions. However, it comes in the charged atmosphere caused by the government crack down on dissent and is seen [...]	2007-04-02 15:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB ASEC ZI
07HARARE301	LABOR STAYAWAY PRODUCES MIXED RESULTS [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) two-day nationwide stay-away attracted a mixed response. Many businesses in Harare and other major cities closed or had limited operations at the start of the first day with a greater percentage of workers in the country's depressed industria [...]	2007-04-05 16:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB ZI
07HARARE319	SUBJECT: DIAMONDS: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE,S [...] (C) Zimbabwe is at risk of losing its Kimberley Process Certification as a result of the how the GOZ has handled the discovery of diamond deposits in Eastern Zimbabwe. The state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) seized the deposits from African Consolidated Resources (ACR) [...]	2007-04-13 07:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EMIN ETRD ZI
07HARARE326	FORMER ZANU-PF INSIDER OUTLINES A "THIRD" WAY [...] (C/NF) Former Information Minister and Presidential Spokesman Jonathan Moyo requested a meeting with the Ambassador April 17. Moyo told the Ambassador that Nelson Mandela, on behalf of the ANC, had attempted to send a message to President Mugabe in advance of the March 30 Central Committee m [...]	2007-04-17 16:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE331	GOZ'S NEGATIVE REACTION TO CATHOLIC CHURCH'S [...] (SBU) The hard-hitting pastoral letter (Ref) of the Catholic Bishops Conference was made public on April 12 and read by priests in churches throughout the country on Sunday, April 15. We understand that many priests gave copies of the letter to their parishioners to take home and discuss with [...]	2007-04-19 15:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE336	GOZ SETS SIGHTS ON NGOS, CUTS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) The GOZ has turned its attention to NGOs perceived as unfriendly and to be working with the political opposition and Western governments. The USG-funded State University of New York (SUNY) parliamentary support project became the first victim on April 13 when Clerk of Parliament announc [...]	2007-04-23 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE343	WOZA POWER OUTAGE PROTESTS DRAW HARSH POLICE [...] (C) Over 500 Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) supporters on April 19 held simultaneous demonstrations at several government offices in Bulawayo to protest frequent power outages; police arrested more than 80. Approximately 450 WOZA supporters staged a second series of simultaneous protests at [...]	2007-04-24 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE350	ZIMBABWE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy Harare forwards the following five summary excerpts from anti-trafficking proposals submitted by International Organization for Migration (IOM),Save the Children Norway, Musasa Project, Girl Child Network and Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa (SAHRIT). T [...]	2007-04-26 06:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE383	INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN CONTINUES WITH ARREST OF [...] (C) The government on May 4 arrested Alec Muchadehama and Andrew Makoni, two prominent human rights lawyers who have been representing 31 opposition officials arrested over the last six weeks. The two lawyers were charged with obstruction of justice. Police subsequently ignored a series of c [...]	2007-05-07 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE385	DUTY PAYABLE IN FOREX CRASHES BOOMING USED CAR [...] (SBU) As of April 6, the GOZ is requiring that duty and other taxes be paid in foreign exchange on a range of items recently declared luxury goods, from most passenger vehicles to suitcases and mirrors. The policy shift closed a loophole that had made the used car market the hottest new busi [...]	2007-05-07 15:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE413	GONO TINKERS AS ECONOMIC CRISIS DEEPENS [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono failed to address the structural problems underlying Zimbabwe,s hyperinflation and contracting production in his April 26 interim Monetary Policy Statement (MPS). Gono announced an implicit devaluation of the currency, but it fell far short of [...]	2007-05-11 08:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ETRD EMIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE425	AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES FY 2007 - ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Per reftel, post submits the following request for Ambassador's Fund for Refugees funding for a project to improve the educational facilities at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Zimbabwe. ----------------------------------- Description of the Service Required ---------------------------------- [...]	2007-05-15 14:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF
07HARARE463	JONATHAN MOYO ON ZANU-PF TURMOIL [...] (C) Former Information Minister and Presidential Spokesman Jonathan Moyo told poleconchief May 24 that President Robert Mugabe continues to face internal ZANU-PF opposition, primarily from the Mujuru faction, both in the GOZ cabinet and in the provinces. There is also a split within Mugabe' [...]	2007-05-24 15:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE485	MUJURU LIEUTENANT PITCHES FOR USG SUPPORT [...] (C) David Butau, ZANU-PF MP and member of the faction allied to ex-military commander Solomon Mujuru, told poloff on May 31 that Mujuru had determined that the time to unseat President Robert Mugabe was now. Mujuru had flexed his muscle and wrested control of the party structures in Masvingo [...]	2007-06-01 08:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE503	WOZA'S SILENT MARCH ATTRACTS HARSH RESPONSE FROM [...] (SBU) Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) supporters staged a "silent march" on June 6 in Bulawayo to demand inclusion in mediation talks between the government and the main opposition party; police used violence to disperse the crowd of 200 and arrested five women. WOZA leaders Jenni Williams and [...]	2007-06-07 13:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE504	"MAKE A PLAN" MENTALITY CUSHIONS POPULATION, [...] (SBU) As their country's economic decline continues to gather speed, Zimbabweans of all walks of life have increasingly adopted creative coping mechanisms, captured succinctly in the phrase "make a plan" that is now on everybody's lips. These plans are innumerable, but they can be grouped in [...]	2007-06-07 14:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE513	ZANU-PF WINS PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION AMID LITTLE [...] (SBU) As expected (Ref A),the ruling party won the Zaka East Parliamentary by-election on June 9, after both factions of the MDC boycotted the race. ZANU-PF candidate retired Brigadier General Livingstone Chineka polled 11,162 votes against only 2,376 combined for two smaller parties. Chinek [...]	2007-06-11 15:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE518	WOZA LEADERS RELEASED THEN CLAIM VICTORY AT SECOND [...] (U) All seven Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) activists arrested in Bulawayo on June 6 (Ref A) have been released. On June 8 police released without charge the five WOZA members initially arrested at the demonstration, and released WOZA leaders Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu on June 10 [...]	2007-06-13 14:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV WMN ASEC ZI
07HARARE534	DHRF FY2006 ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT -- ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) This message contains the annual summary report for Zimbabwe's FY2006 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) II activities. Post has in process/advanced $32,421 of the $60,000 in obligated FY2006 funds (none of the payments has been registered yet as liquidated by the USAID Financial Con [...]	2007-06-15 11:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE543	2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] The US Government is aware of eight (8) claims of US persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). All eight claims arise out of the GOZ's Land Resettlement Program, which commenced in 2000. The general pace of land seizure has slowed, as very few non-indigenous c [...]	2007-06-19 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
07HARARE605	GOZ IN DOOMED BID TO END HYPERINFLATION BY FIAT [...] (SBU) On the heels of a sharp spike in inflation, the GOZ on June 25 began a populist campaign to roll retail prices back to their June 18 level. Using thuggery and intimidation, "crack teams" under a newly established Cabinet Task Force descended first on supermarkets then across the retail [...]	2007-07-10 05:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM ASEC ZI
07HARARE638	The End is Nigh [...] (C) Having said my piece repeatedly over the last three years, I won't offer a lengthy prescription for our Zimbabwe policy. My views can be stated very simply as stay the course and prepare for change. Our policy is working and it's helping to drive change here. What is required is simply [...]	2007-07-13 10:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE657	GOZ CHARTS NEW PATH TO ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION [...] (U) The GOZ's edict to roll back prices continues to wreak havoc as panic buying and supply chain disruptions have led to widespread shortages of basic commodities. Many Zimbabweans, already struggling to make ends meet, spend hours each day standing in line to buy scarce products or executin [...]	2007-07-19 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI ASEC ECON
07HARARE671	POLICE DETAIN AND BEAT HUNDREDS OF PROTESTORS [...] (U) Police severely beat hundreds of demonstrators detained on July 25 after protests calling for a new constitution were held in five major cities throughout the country. The protests, organized by National Constitutional Assembly (NCA),followed the opening of Parliament. In Harare, more t [...]	2007-07-26 14:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI ASEC
07HARARE680	MANDAZA AND MOYO ON SADC TALKS, MUGABE [...] (C) SADC talks between the GOZ and MDC are unlikely to bear fruit according to Ibbo Mandaza and Jonathan Moyo. Although the MDC has made discussions on a new constitution the cornerstone of the talks, and although the first agenda item agreed to in South Africa in June was constitutional disc [...]	2007-07-31 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE685	WELSHMAN NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS, MDC SPLIT [...] (C) Welshman Ncube, MDC pro-Senate faction secretary-general and one of the MDC negotiators in the SIPDIS SADC-sponsored Zimbabwe talks, told us he was "cautiously optimistic" about the talks. Contrary to news reports, ZANU-PF was still engaged and discussions had taken place on a new con [...]	2007-08-02 09:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE689	ZIMBABWE: DHRF FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT AS OF JUNE [...] (SBU) This message contains the Financial Status Report as of June 30, 2007 for the Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) grants currently open in Zimbabwe. Part A ) Prior Fiscal Year Funds A.1 FY 2004 DHRF Number/ Amt. Oblig./ Unliq. Bal. DHRF-04-613-01/ $21,000.00/ $0 DHRF-04-613-02 [...]	2007-08-02 13:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ZI
07HARARE692	MUGABE'S PRIEST, FATHER FIDELIS MUKONORI [...] (C) This message responds to a request for information regarding Father Fidelis Mukonori. The Embassy meets with Fidelis from time to time. We last saw him in July. 2. (C) Father Fidelis has ties with President Mugabe and other senior ZANU-PF figures going back to the liberation struggl [...]	2007-08-03 09:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ZI
07HARARE693	FOLLOW-UP ON GRACE MUGABE [...] (C) This message responds to INR/I questions on Grace Mugabe. 2. (C) Grace Mugabe is not active or well-liked within ZANU-PF circles and she has no close relationships with cabinet members. 3. (C) Grace's relationship with President Mugabe appears stable at this time. In the past sh [...]	2007-08-03 09:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ZI
07HARARE712	NGO COMMUNITY TARGET OF GOZ HARASSMENT [...] (C) The GOZ's recent push to strictly enforce price controls and immigration regulations has sent shock waves through the international NGO community. In recent weeks, government officials have inspected NGO warehouses, temporarily impounded relief supplies, scrutinized the use of foreign cur [...]	2007-08-08 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ZI ASEC
07HARARE714	WORSENING HUNGER, DWINDLING HARVESTS [...] Recent international NGO estimates indicate 4.1 million Zimbabweans will need food aid between November 2007 and April 2008, out of a total population estimated at 9-10 million. The UN World Food Program (WFP) plans to assist 3.3 million Zimbabweans, and C-SAFE, a consortium of US-sponsored N [...]	2007-08-09 13:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PHUM WFP ZI
07HARARE737	PRIVATE SECTOR PUTS INFLATION AT MID-20,000 PERCENT [...] (SBU) The respected PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) monthly report on the cst of living put Zimbabwe's inflation rate in th mid 20,000 percent in July, down several thousandpercent from its June figures. The monthly rate of increase collapsed from the triple to the single digits in July as a res [...]	2007-08-17 11:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE76	GIDEON GONO REINVENTS GIDEON GONO [...] (C) In a January 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono said that January 31's Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) would be "totally different" from previous statements. Gono said he would confront the governance problems that were the root cause of [...]	2007-01-30 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE771	ZANU-PF INSIDER EDDIE ZVOGBO, JR. ON CURRENT [...] (C) ZANU-PF politician and businessman Eddison Zvogbo, Jr. believes President Robert Mugabe is on track to stand for reelection next year. While many in ZANU-PF would like to see Mugabe go sooner rather than later, internal ZANU-PF opponents are afraid to directly challenge him and are focus [...]	2007-08-29 13:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE82	POLICE SEEK TO ARREST UNION LADER AS TEACHERS [...] (C) Summary. On February 1police conducted an early morning raid on the hoe of Raymond Majongwe, Secretary General of the rogressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ),toarrest the outspoken labor leader. According toZimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR),Majongwewas not home at the time [...]	2007-02-02 10:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ZI
07HARARE821	"CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM" ON SADC TALKS [...] (C) MDC pro-Senate secretary-general Welshman Ncube, one of the MDC's lead negotiators in the SADC mediation, told polecon chief on September 10 he is "cautiously optimistic" that an agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC on constitutional and electoral reforms will be reached. ZANU-PF is moti [...]	2007-09-10 15:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE822	CABINET PANEL CONCEDES PRICE BLITZ DISASTER, GONO [...] (C) A Cabinet panel reviewing the operation of the Taskforce on Price Monitoring and Stabilization learned on September 5 that the crackdown had had a disastrous effect on the supply of food and goods and was also fomenting unrest across the country, according to Munyaradzi Kereke, Senior Adv [...]	2007-09-10 16:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ASEC ZI

07HARARE857	LABOR ACTION LOOMS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU),the country's largest labor group, is calling for a two-day stay-away on September 19-20 to protest a recent ban on wage increases and worsening socio-economic conditions. During the past week, ZCTU has placed announcements for the stay-away i [...]	2007-09-18 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ZI
07HARARE858	AMENDMENT 18 [...] (U) In a choreographed parliamentary session on September 18, ZANU-PF and the MDC agreed to the adoption of Amendment 18 to the Constitution which will harmonize presidential and parliamentary elections, expand the size of Parliament, and mandate Parliament to elect the president in the event [...]	2007-09-19 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE869	LABOR STAYAWAY A DAMP SQUIB [...] (U) Massive unemployment, fear of job loss, government intimidation, and arrests combined to produce a meager response from workers to a two-day countrywide "stay-away" called by ZCTU for September 19 - 20. In the past week, security agents hauled in labor leaders for interrogations, arrested [...]	2007-09-21 10:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB ZI
07HARARE870	PRO-DEMOCRCAY GROUPS STILL UNDER ATTACK [...] (C) Zimbabwe security forces have intensified repression against labor and pro-democracy groups despite recent reports that the government has agreed to positive concessions in ongoing SADC mediation talks. Within the last week, security forces arrested labor leaders and intimidated workers, [...]	2007-09-21 10:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB ZI
07HARARE903	AA/DCHA HESS IMPRESSED BY PROGRAMS, BUT ALARMED BY [...] Summary: USAID Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) Michael Hess, accompanied by Special Assistant Amber Brooks, visited Harare, Bulawayo, and rural areas September 16-20 to assess humanitarian needs and programs and to consult with civil society [...]	2007-10-04 10:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM ZI
07HARARE906	TEACHERS' PAY INCREASE FALLS SHORT OF DEMANDS [...] (U) On October 4, Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) called off a three-day strike that had brought the country's public school system to a halt. The Civil Service Association Apex Council, which represents all civil servants, including teachers, accepted on October 3 the government's off [...]	2007-10-05 07:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV ZI
07HARARE934	BITI AND NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube expect SADC-sponsored negotiations to end in November with an agreement that includes a new constitution. Elections will likely take place in September or October 2008. The MDC remains skeptical that ZANU-PF will permit an environment condu [...]	2007-10-16 15:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE935	BITI AND NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube expect SADC-sponsored negotiations to end in November with an agreement that includes a new constitution. Elections will likely take place in September or October 2008. The MDC remains skeptical that ZANU-PF will permit an environment condu [...]	2007-10-17 05:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE938	INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This cable responds to Reftel. 2. (S) Questions and Responses. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "watchlist," how many records does the watchlist contain, and how many are terrorist-related? The GOZ does not have a master watchlist or any central repository of [...]	2007-10-17 13:49:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS ZI
07HARARE940	POLICE BEAT PEACEFUL MARCHERS CALLING FOR NEW [...] (U) Riot police used baton sticks to disperse more than 50 NCA activists peacefully marching in Harare on October 16 for a new constitution. Several NCA activists were arrested and released without charge and more than 30 were injured. The assault comes on the heels of the arrest of 75 WOZA m [...]	2007-10-17 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE951	WILDLY INFLATIONARY NEW MONETARY POLICY [...] (SBU) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono issued a wildly inflationary Mid-Term Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) on October 1. With concessional loans at 25 percent interest across industry and agriculture and the promise of hard currency payments to productive grain farmers, Gono is [...]	2007-10-19 10:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE952	TONGOGARA REFUGEE CAMP TRIP REPORT [...] Representatives from the Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (PRM) Mary Lange and Nancy Jackson, accompanied by EmbOff, visited Tongogara refugee camp on September 29. Despite harsh economic conditions in Zimbabwe, the nearly 2,700 refugees in Tongogara camp are receiving adequate she [...]	2007-10-19 10:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE964	FY07 BFIF DETAILED ACTUAL EXPENDITURES - ZIMBABWE [...] The following is a detailed accounting of actual expenditures for the "Just Business 2 Forum" and mini trade fair sponsored by the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ)and co-funded by BFIF. As instructed in reftel, receipts and supporting documents will be faxed to Gale Gray. B [...]	2007-10-24 11:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN BEXP BTIO ENIV ETRD ZI
07HARARE998	NO END IN SIGHT TO ZIMBABWE'S ELECTRIC POWER WOES [...] (SBU) Electric power demand in Zimbabwe far outweighs Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority's (ZESA) capacity to supply, and low and erratic coal supplies from Hwange Colliery exacerbate the problem. The GOZ will not allow ZESA to raise its tariffs, among the lowest in the world, to a level [...]	2007-11-02 10:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ZI
07HAVANA1001	FIRST ROUND OF CUBAN ELECTIONS: "IT'S THE PROCESS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first round of elections in Cuba covering only municipalities proceeded uneventfully as expected on October 21. A leading dissident, Guillermo Farinas, was detained in Villa Clara when he attempted to vote (to vote NO in his case). Two election observers, one Czech and [...]	2007-10-22 17:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07HAVANA1011	TSA DELEGATION VISIT TO CUBA: 7-22 OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) visited Cuba from 7 to 22 October to assess the security of Cuban airports where U.S. (OFAC-licensed) charter flights operate: i.e., Havana, Cienfuegos, Camaguey, Santiago de Cuba, and Holguin. Interchanges with [...]	2007-10-26 07:59:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAIR ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1018	CUBAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS STAGE MASSIVE PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several hundred students at the University de Oriente in Santiago de Cuba participated in a protest the past several weeks. Initially a small group of students had surrounded the car of the dean to express their outrage in the wake of the rape of a female student about the lac [...]	2007-10-26 16:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1037	CRACKDOWN ON YOUTH IN CENTRAL HAVANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent journalist Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leyva informed several news outlets that between 60 to 70 youths were detained in Central Havana for wearing bracelets with the word "Cambio" ("Change") on them. Leyva has given staff at USINT several contradictory versions of how man [...]	2007-11-02 18:18:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1044	DAMAS DE BLANCO MEMBER DETAINED FOR CHANGE BRACELET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 4 November a policeman took Bertha Soler, a leading activist in Damas de Blanco, an organization of the wives of Cuban political prisoners, to a police station in Central Havana after she refused to remove a bracelet with the word Cambio (Change) on it. After Bertha asserted [...]	2007-11-05 21:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1070	25TH HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 25th Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV-07) was held November 5-10 in Havana. This cable contrasts changes and new developments since last year. U.S. sales to Cuba have stagnated since last year and have dim prospects of improving. The Spanish government's policy of e [...]	2007-11-16 13:44:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1081	DISSIDENT LEADER RECOMMENDS GRAVELY ILL ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading opposition leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") fell seriously ill on 17 November. He is currently hospitalized. Noted dissident Martha Beatriz Roque stated that she fears that Antunez may die in a Cuban hospital and recommends that the US make an offer of treatme [...]	2007-11-19 22:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1089	BRAZIL'S NEW ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several recent developments point to Brazil's interest in building stronger bilateral ties with Cuba. The Brazilian government will increase export credits for its companies and will push for an audience with Fidel Castro during President Lula's upcoming visit. Petrobras has a [...]	2007-11-23 16:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1094	CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ RECEIVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") on 22 November entered the intensive care unit of Hospital Nacional in Havana. Opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR) believes that he is receiving quality care and a thorough battery of medical tests [...]	2007-11-23 23:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1096	CUBA: COM MEETING WITH POLISH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) USINT COM and POL officer met with Polish Ambassador Marzenna Adamczyk on 23 November to discuss the recent visit of a Polish delegation to inspect a new embassy facility and the efforts of Poland to engage Cuba,s civil society. Adamczyk reported that the delegation, which was led by the [...]	2007-11-27 13:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
07HAVANA1098	SPAIN/CUBA: DISTINCTIVE POLICY CAN LEAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO HAVANA ALONSO ZALDIVAR TOLD US 21 NOVEMBER THE NEXT ROUND OF THE BILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH CUBA WOULD PROBABLY NOT OCCUR UNTIL EARLY 2008, WHICH HE ATTRIBUTED TO "SCHEDULING PROBLEMS." ALONSO EXPRESSED PLEASURE AT THE DROP IN POLITICAL PRISONERS O [...]	2007-11-27 20:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SP CU
07HAVANA1113	PASTORS FOR PEACE SERVE AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENTS THREATS FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER [...] (C) On November 23, 2007 at the first ever meeting of USINT's American citizen wardens (SEPTEL to follow),a fifth year medical student at Havana's Latin American Medical School reported that he and the other students receiving scholarships from Pastors for Peace were warned against contact with US [...]	2007-11-30 17:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	CASC CU KDEM PHUM SCUL
07HAVANA1134	POLICE BEAT DISSIDENTS IN CHURCH IN SANTIAGO DE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban police on 4 December entered the church of St. Teresita in Santiago de Cuba and beat with clubs and used pepper spray on about 25 dissidents who along with other parishioners were awaiting the beginning of mass. The dissidents had held a peaceful march to the church to pr [...]	2007-12-06 21:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1145	CUBA TO SIGN UN ACCORDS AS DEMONSTRATIONS MARK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Human Rights Day in Cuba saw a wide variety of activity. The Damas de Blanco held two well attended marches on Sunday and Monday to mark the Day. Although state security forces monitored these activities closely, the authorities avoided any significant confrontation. In contr [...]	2007-12-12 13:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1153	PROPOSED GOC TAX ON HARD CURRENCY EARNINGS: [...] (U) Beginning in early January, 2008, the GOC will tax previously undeclared salaries paid to Cubans employed by foreign companies. These employees officially work for the GOC entity CUBALSE, which receives payment for them from the foreign companies and passes a minimal amount on to the empl [...]	2007-12-13 22:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON EFIN PGOV PINR
07HAVANA1157	SWISS PRESS CUBANS ON USINT TREATMENT, AND DRAW A [...] (C) SWISS AMBASSADOR LOUIS BRIEFED USINT LATE MORNING 14 DECEMBER, JUST AFTER HIS MEETING WITH CUBAN MINREX DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA JOSEFINA VIDAL. DRAWING ON INSTRUCTIONS HE HAD RECEIVED LAST WEEK FROM BERN, AT HIS 12/14 MEETING AT MINREX, LOUIS PRESENTED VIDAL A SHORT DIP NOTE ASKING MINR [...]	2007-12-14 23:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU US
07HAVANA1170	IS FIDEL DONE? [...] (C) International press reports have zeroed in on the last two sentences of a letter from Fidel Castro to the evening talk show Mesa Redonda (Round Table) that dealt mostly with the Bali conference on global warming as an indication that he has announced his intention to "give up power" in C [...]	2007-12-18 22:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PINR PINS PREL
07HAVANA1171	DAUGHTER OF INDEPENDENT LIBRARIAN HELD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 12 December, independent librarian Nereyda Rodriguez Rivero reported that she had not heard from her 19 year old daughter Yuricel Perez Rodriguez since 7 December. She said that a state security agent who had infiltrated her organization revealed that Yuricel had been picke [...]	2007-12-18 22:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1190	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP DEC. 14-28 [...] (C) ACTIVISTS DISTRIBUTE HUNDREDS OF COPIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION: On 21 December on a major thoroughfare in central Havana noted dissidents Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") and Felix Antonio Bonne Carcasses distributed over 400 copies of the UN Universa [...]	2007-12-28 22:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA136	CUBAN GOVT RELEASES DETAINEE RENE GOMEZ MANZANO [...] (C) In a surprise move, the Cuban Government released prominent dissident Rene Gomez Manzano on February 8, after holding him without charge (reftel) following a 2005 protest. Gomez left Nieves Morejon prison in Sancti Spiritus province at 11 am and was driven to his Havana home, arriving arou [...]	2007-02-08 20:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA198	CASTRO CALLS IN TO CHAVEZ' RADIO SHOW [...] (U) Summary: Media Tuesday evening February 27 aired a tape of Fidel Castro's call to Hugo Chavez during the latter's on-air radio show called "Alo Presidente." We believe the half-hour conversation was genuine, and did not appear edited. Castro and Chavez commented on Tuesday's stock-marke [...]	2007-03-01 19:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON VE CU
07HAVANA22	POLITICAL PRISONERS DESCRIBE ANGUISH IN CAMAGUEY [...] (C) Summary: In a letter smuggled out of Cuba's infamous Kilo 7 prison in Camaguey, 16 political prisoners have denounced "barbaric" conditions, including violent and humiliating repression, a shortage of food, medical neglect and a visitation system "designed to destroy family ties." The lett [...]	2007-01-08 20:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA248	FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF CUBAN CRACKDOWN DRAWS NEAR [...] (C) Summary: Cuban opposition groups are planning relatively few events to mark the March 18-20 anniversary of the 2003 "Black Spring" crackdown, in which the GOC arrested, quickly tried and sentenced 75 peaceful pro-democracy activists to lengthy prison terms. (Fifty-nine of the 75 remain in [...]	2007-03-14 18:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA258	CUBA: HOW BELIEVABLE IS A FIDEL CASTRO COMEBACK? [...] (C) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX passed us a document March 14 that describes Fidel Castro's declining health, as analyzed by a respected, XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX. The document concludes by saying that Castro has a terminal condition, and will suffer an inevitable deterioration of his faculties until [...]	2007-03-16 18:28:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CU
07HAVANA271	EMOTIONAL MARCH 18 FOR DAMAS DE BLANCO [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White),spouses/relatives of political prisoners, commemorated the fourth anniversary of the 2003 crackdown with their trademark appearance at Santa Rita Church and march down Havana's 5th Avenue, followed by an emotional video-conference with form [...]	2007-03-19 19:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM KPAO CU
07HAVANA272	CUBAN REGIME BLOCKS "LADIES" FROM APPROACHING KEY [...] (C) Summary: Deploying 16 vehicles and dozens of officials, Cuban State Security prevented 20 "Ladies in White" from approaching Revolution Plaza at around 8:30 pm on March 18, the fourth anniversary of the start of the 2003 crackdown. The incident marked the first time in recent memory that [...]	2007-03-19 19:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA285	CUBAN THUGS CONFRONT "LADIES IN WHITE" [...] (C) Summary: A Cuban Government-directed mob of at least 100 communist militants and State Security agents confronted the "Ladies in White" as they marched through Havana on March 20, the last of four days of activities to commemorate the 2003 "Black Spring" crackdown. At least three Ladies we [...]	2007-03-21 18:19:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA298	CUBA/ITALY: WE WANT TO BUT WE CAN'T [...] (C) Summary: Italian Ambassador to Havana Vecchione said Cuban Foreign Minister Perez Roque's March 15 visit to Rome reached a predictable impasse: Roque wanting to improve relations with Italy, but with conditions unacceptable to the Italians. The Italians, in turn, told Roque to accept the [...]	2007-03-23 18:12:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU IT EUN
07HAVANA311	WITH NGO BACKING, "LADIES IN WHITE" TO APPEAL TO [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's "Ladies in White" will send a note to the UN's Human Rights Council on March 28, calling on the body to demand that the Cuban Government immediately release its prisoners of conscience. The note, translated unofficially in Paragraph 3, is supported by ten of the country's [...]	2007-03-28 17:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA315	CUBA: SWEDES GET TASTE OF OUR WORLD [...] (C) Swedish Ambassador Christer Elm on March 29 gave COM and Pol-Econ Counselor an update on the recent diplomatic flap between Sweden and Cuba, beginning with Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's March 12 mention of Cuba at the UNHRC as a country of Human Rights concern. The rough sequence of event [...]	2007-03-30 12:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SW CU
07HAVANA317	CUBAN REGIME REMOVES JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (U) Cuban official media announced March 24 that Justice Minister Roberto Diaz Sotolongo would be replaced by Vice Minister Maria Esther Reus. Additionally, Water Resources Institute Director Jorge Luis Aspiolea would be replaced by his deputy, Rene Mesa. 2. (U) Although the regime's public ann [...]	2007-03-30 16:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CU
07HAVANA318	ANOTHER CUBAN GROUP, ANC, SEEKS PRISONERS' RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Seventeen Cuban pro-democracy activists affiliated with the National Constitutionalist Alliance (ANC) gathered in Havana on March 29 and called for the release of political prisoners. State Security did not interfere with the meeting. ANC leader Angel Pablo Polanco told reporter [...]	2007-03-30 17:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA332	CUBA/SPAIN: MORATINOS VISIT CAUSES HARM [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos' high-profile visit to Cuba, which ended April 3, gave a boost to the Cuban regime, at the expense of Cuba's democratic opposition. To the extent that Cuba and Spain have created a Human Rights "mechanism," it does not appear to obligate the Cu [...]	2007-04-04 19:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CU SP
07HAVANA355	GERMANY ON CUBA/EU AFTER MORATINOS VISIT [...] (C) German Charge Michael Klepsch told Pol-Econ Counselor April 11 that EU embassies in Havana this week would be sending in their on-the-ground observations to the EU's COLAT, at which Spain was expected to report on Foreign Minister Moratinos' visit and try to sell a new approach to Cuba. K [...]	2007-04-12 11:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU EUN
07HAVANA360	CUBA: INNOVATIVE PUBLICATION SHUTTING DOWN, AT [...] (U) As has been reported widely in the media, the Church-sponsored independent magazine called "Vitral" (stained glass),launched in 1999, is now shutting down. Its editor, Dagoberto Valdes, who had obtained permission and material support from the Bishop of Pinar del Rio to run the magazine, [...]	2007-04-12 19:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM CU
07HAVANA362	REPRESSION IN CUBA DECLINING? DON'T BELIEVE IT. [...] (C) Summary: In the eight months since Fidel Castro "delegated" power to Raul, the Cuban Government has managed to maintain and even broaden the level of repression against dissidents, while reducing the number of political prisoners. The GOC has succeeded in convincing some observers that r [...]	2007-04-13 16:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA367	CUBAN OPPOSITION AGREES ON UNITY STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TOP CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADERS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A UNITY TEXT, WHICH THEY REPORT WILL BE RELEASED THE EVENING OF APRIL 15. THE TEXT IS THE HANDIWORK OF OSWALDO PAYA, BUT HAS THE SIGNATURES OF MARTHA BEAITRIZ ROQUE, LAURA POLLAN, VLADIMIRO ROCA, ELIZARDO SANCHEZ, OSCAR E [...]	2007-04-14 16:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PREL PHUM SOCI CU
07HAVANA372	CUBAN OPPOSITION AGREES ON UNITY STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TOP CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADERS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A UNITY TEXT, WHICH THEY REPORT WILL BE RELEASED THE EVENING OF APRIL 15. THE TEXT IS THE HANDIWORK OF OSWALDO PAYA, BUT HAS THE SIGNATURES OF MARTHA BEAITRIZ ROQUE, LAURA POLLAN, VLADIMIRO ROCA, ELIZARDO SANCHEZ, OSCAR E [...]	2007-04-16 17:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PHUM SOCI CU
07HAVANA386	BISCET, PULIDO SUFFER IN PRISON, AND OTHER ABUSES [...] (SBU) Political Prisoners Wither Away: High-profile political prisoner Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet's wife, Elsa Morejon, visited USINT April 17 and described Biscet's deteriorated physical condition at Combinado del Este prison: Severe bucal sepsis; arterial hypertension; hypercolesterolemia; gas [...]	2007-04-19 13:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU
07HAVANA402	CUBAN DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY SPELLS A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T [...] (C) The Cuban regime trotted Fidel Castro out for a meeting with visiting Chinese Politburo member Wu Guanzheng, following soon after Foreign Minister Perez Roque's visit to China. Perez Roque also visited India and used Cuba's presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to obtain a NAM stat [...]	2007-04-25 10:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU
07HAVANA5	CASTRO ALIVE FOR 48TH ANNIVERSARY OF REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Cuban media carried a New Years message from Fidel Castro noting the passing of 48 years since he assumed power, and also announcing that he is still on a slow path to recovery from his medical crisis. XXXXXXXXXXXX still believes Castro is terminally ill, even if the report from [...]	2007-01-03 18:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR CU
07HAVANA503	CUBANS, SPANISH PREPARE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. The Spanish Embassy in Havana says that next week's Spain-Cuba Human Rights consultations will be a step in the right direction, and that all issues are in play. Spanish MFA representative Dezcallar will see GOC officials, but not any dissidents. Spanish Embassy is reaching out t [...]	2007-05-23 18:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CU SP
07HAVANA526	CUBA: KEY DISSIDENTS' EXTERNAL NETWORKING [...] (C) Dissident leaders Vladimiro Roca, Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),and Oswaldo Paya spoke at length this week to Pol-Econ Counselor about their off-island networking, with most emphasis on Europeans and the exile Cuban community in the USA. Highlights follow: -- Unity for Liberty document: [...]	2007-05-25 19:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM CU EUN
07HAVANA53	YOUNG CUBAN ACTIVISTS CONSIDER HOLDING ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of three influential Cuban opposition youth groups met on January 17 and warmed to the idea of holding an ambitious youth forum, possibly in March. The prospective gathering would bring together perhaps 300 youth activists from across the island. The three leaders -- Nes [...]	2007-01-18 21:08:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA538	CUBA: BIG BROTHER THREATENS LADY IN WHITE [...] (C) Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco) representative Laura Pollan travelled last week from Havana to Manzanillo, on the eastern end of the island, to attend to some family business. While there she also visited a religious shrine in nearby Santiago and was given permission by a priest to make [...]	2007-05-31 18:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU
07HAVANA543	CUBA/SPAIN/EU: EMPTY GLASS APPEARS HALF FULL [...] (C) Czech Charge d'Affaires Vitor Korselt told COM June 1st that Spain made some headway with the rest of the Europeans, based on Ambassador Carlos Alonzo Zaldivar's May 31 briefing to EU Chiefs of Mission regarding the May 29-30 Spain/Cuba Human Rights consultations. According to Korselt, th [...]	2007-06-01 18:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SP EUN CU
07HAVANA548	CUBA: FREE LABOR SURVEY SHOWS DISILLUSIONMENT [...] (SBU) Independent labor leaders Carmelo Diaz and Aurelio Bachiller carried out a survey during April and May to measure the acceptance and impact of Labor Resolutions 187 and 188, which went into effect on April 2. These were originally announced by the Council of Ministers last Fall, aimed a [...]	2007-06-05 13:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ECON CU
07HAVANA591	RAUL CASTRO'S WIFE VILMA ESPIN DIES [...] (U) The Cuban regime has announced that Vilma Espin, wife of acting Cuban dictator Raul Castro, died on Monday, June 18. The regime has declared Tuesday, June 18, a day of mourning. Espin is one of the matriarchs and charter members of the Cuban revolution, and without there ever being any public [...]	2007-06-19 09:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CU
07HAVANA617	HOW TO SHATTER A CASTRO-PHILE'S ARGUMENTS [...] USINT is pleased to send in this distillation of the best of our briefings and responses to questions about Cuba, usually from audiences that are opposed to U.S. policy towards Cuba. These include foreign diplomats, U.S. university students and professors, U.S. congressmen and staff, U.S. jou [...]	2007-06-28 08:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PROP PREL ECON KDEM PHUM CU
07HAVANA646	CUBA: PROBLEMZ IN SKOOL [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of independent teachers discussed with USINT COM and staff the many problems facing Cuba's educational system, making it clear that the Cuban regime's self-promoted reputation as an education success story is propaganda based on only some elements of truth. Main proble [...]	2007-07-05 17:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL KDEM PHUM CU
07HAVANA657	CUBAN POLITICAL PRISONERS: NOT A NUMBERS GAME [...] (SBU) Summary: The dissident "Cuban Commission on Human Rights," run by Elizardo Sanchez, published a periodic listing of political prisoners July 6, which all international media headlined as "Number of Political Prisoners in Cuba Decreases." The number cited was 246, down from 283 when the r [...]	2007-07-09 13:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU
07HAVANA677	LATAM BISHOPS OPEN AND CLOSE EYES IN CUBA [...] (C) Summary: The Latin American Bishops Conference (CELAM) met in Havana during the week of July 9-13, addressing matters mostly internal to the Church. They took part in a reception hosted by the Cuban regime, which produced bland statements about Church-State dialog, and also took note of [...]	2007-07-16 16:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PREL CU
07HAVANA685	CUBA: DISSIDENT DAGOBERTO VALDES REAPPEARS [...] (C) Dissident Church lay leader Dagoberto Valdes appeared out of the blue in Havana July 18, and met with Charge at a Polish Embassy reception. Valdes said he and the staff that worked with him in the Pinar del Rio "Center for Civic and Religious Training" are all no longer involved in any ca [...]	2007-07-19 12:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM CU
07HAVANA8	FOR CUBANS, A NOT-SO-MERRY CHRISTMAS [...] (C) Summary: At year's end, USINT delivered a letter from U.S. Congress members to Cuban human rights activists, and in the process learned about the subdued holiday season in Havana. The letter, a reply from December CODEL leaders Reps. Jeff Flake and William Delahunt to a message from activ [...]	2007-01-04 18:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI OREP CU
07HAVANA81	CUBAN DISSIDENTS LIVE UNDER THREAT OF DETENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Government continues to use political detentions, and to a lesser extent violence, to punish, intimidate and silence opponents of the regime. On January 22, a youth activist was taken into custody and two other dissidents recovered from street attacks. Meanwhile, the r [...]	2007-01-26 20:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA894	POLICE ORGANIZE MOB TO THREATEN HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading human rights activist Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello told Poloff that on Wednesday a group of ten dissidents participated in a march in the town of Santa Clara. The police organized a group of civilians who threatened the marchers with sticks. However; no one was actual [...]	2007-09-11 11:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA897	THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CUBAN SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM's attendance at the September 7 procession of Our Lady of Regla, along with his visit the following day to the Church of Our Lady of la Caridad del Cobre, offered opportunity to observe the dynamics of the Catholic Church,s place in Cuban society. Both events enjoyed large [...]	2007-09-11 16:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA913	CUBAN DELEGATION AT LASA: GOC APPROACHES ACADEMIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2007 International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) was held in Montreal, Canada, September 5-8. The Cuban delegation was the largest ever to a LASA conference and they portrayed the successful change of venue from the U.S. to Canada as a "victory" [...]	2007-09-13 15:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA993	PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR ON EU-TROIKA METING WITH GOC [...] (C) Portuguese Ambassador to Cuba Mario Godinho de Matos provided COM with a readout of the September 24 meeting between a GOC team headed by FM Perez Roque and representatives of the EU troika. In general, Godinho de Matos, readout tracked with that obtained by Embassy Lisbon (reftel) with [...]	2007-10-15 16:28:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EU PGOV PREL
07HELSINKI122	FINLAND: 2007 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to the checklist in ref A. Post's point-of-contact on TIP is Political Officer David Allen Schlaefer; SchlaeferDA2@state.gov; 358-9-6162-5482 or 358-050-322-7923. Overview of Trafficking in Finland ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) [...]	2007-02-23 06:14:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FI
07HELSINKI130	FINNISH RESPONSE - IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-27 13:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IR FI
07HELSINKI140	FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE: U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (SBU) PolChief shared the substance of subject demarche Feb. 27 with Laura Kansikas-Debraise, Office Director of the Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non- Proliferation. Kansikas-Debraise expressed appreciation for the US position and re-emphasized 1) that Finland considers cluster muni [...]	2007-03-01 05:41:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS NATO NO FI
07HELSINKI162	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER TUOMIOJA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Tuomioja to thank him for his helpful comments regarding the US missile defense initiative with Eastern Europe, but also to note her disappointment with other public comments he had made suggesting that the US made grave mistakes in Iraq and [...]	2007-03-08 09:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR FI
07HELSINKI173	FINLAND RAMPS UP METHANE USE [...] (U) On February 9, econoff accompanied Sirkka Vilkamo, Deputy Directory General of Renewables and Energy Efficiency Division from the Ministry of Trade and Industry, to the Ammassuo landfill (about 30 km west of Helsinki) to learn more about methane collection and utilization in Finland's dist [...]	2007-03-09 13:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY SENV EAGR FI
07HELSINKI243	FINNISH RESPONSE - INFORMATION REGARDING THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 12:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN PARM MNUC AORC IAEA TRGY UNSC IR FI
07HELSINKI286	FINNISH RESPONSE - APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish CFSP Director and European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala April 20. Syrjala offered the following comments: 2. (SBU) CENTRAL ASIA: Both Finland and the EU are fully committed to supporting political and security reform in Central Asia, Syrjal [...]	2007-04-20 10:33:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KPAL PREL EUN FI
07HELSINKI290	FINLAND: POSITION ON WORLD METEOROLOGICAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Congress to Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials. (For a complete list see paragraph 5.) While the Finnish delegation generally agreed with the U.S. positi [...]	2007-04-20 13:51:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TPHY WMO FI
07HELSINKI333	FINNS VERY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT EU-RUSSIA PCA MANDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF is very pessimistic that the EU will be able to reach consensus on establishing a negotiating mandate for a new EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA). Immediately after Poland blocked consensus near the end of the Finnish EU Presidency, the Finns expressed [...]	2007-05-10 09:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EUN RS FI
07HELSINKI381	FINNS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO UNSCR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finland firmly supports UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposals for Kosovo's final status and welcomes the draft UNSCR that the US circulated May 11. However, the Finns continue to pick up signals that leave them pessimistic about how Russia will respond. The GOF is engaged in its [...]	2007-05-23 13:41:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI FI
07HELSINKI393	FINNISH RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747: [...] PolChief delivered subject demarche to Tarja Pesamaa, Deputy Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Pesamaa said that the GOF agrees with the US that broad interpretation and consistent standards of implementation are crucial for UNSCR 1747 to b [...]	2007-05-25 11:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR FI
07HELSINKI427	VANHANEN-FRADKOV: A SHARP EXCHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finnish PM Vanhanen and Russian PM Fradkov met May 29 in Helsinki but were unable to resolve a rapidly emerging dispute over Russian tariffs on wood exports. Vanhanen also raised human rights and sharply criticized Moscow's handling of the Bronze Soldier incident in Estonia. In [...]	2007-06-06 08:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV ECON RS FI
07HELSINKI44	FINNISH RESPONSE - SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR [...] (U) PolChief discussed subject demarche Jan. 23 with MFA Office Director for the Middle East Eija Rotinen. Rotinen welcomed the information regarding the extensive democracy and civil society outreach the US is engaging in to promote civil rights, democracy and unbiased information in Iran. S [...]	2007-01-23 14:08:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN FI
07HELSINKI530	GOF PREPARING REPORT AIMED AT INCREASED ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF is preparing a wide-ranging proposal for increased participation in NATO/ISAF and for increased assistance to Afghanistan. Details are currently sketchy, but MFA officials expect the proposal to include an increase in Finnish troops; increased weapons and other materiel t [...]	2007-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PREL EAID FI AF
07HELSINKI555	FINNS ON THE JULY GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-20 13:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI FI
07HELSINKI601	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH STATE SECRETARY TIILIKAINEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ware and PolChief met with Teija Tiilikainen, State Secretary at the Finnish MFA, for a tour d'horizon of multilateral and bilateral issues. Topics included potential increases to Finland's NATO/ISAF commitments in Afghanistan; Kosovo; Russia; and Finland's 2008 OSCE [...]	2007-08-06 08:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN NATO FI
07HELSINKI606	FINLAND SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL SPECTER, AUG. 19-20 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The visit of Senators Arlen Specter and John Thune to Finland offers the United States important opportunities: (1) to encourage Finland to take a greater role in NATO-led crisis management and reconstruction operations, especially in Afganistan; (2) to urge Finland to join othe [...]	2007-08-07 12:39:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI EUN FI
07HELSINKI61	FINNAIR CEO CONSIDERS IN-FLIGHT REFUELING FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ware called on Finnair CEO and President Jukka Hienonen on January 16. Hienonen raised the possibility of Finnair providing in-flight refueling for Finland,s F-18 Hornet aircraft and mentioned Finnair,s focus on routes to Asia while its North America traffic decrease [...]	2007-01-31 09:31:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP EIND MCAP FI
07HELSINKI627	FINNISH RESPONSE: KOSOVO: DEMARCHE ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) On Aug. 13, Ambassador Ware raised reftel points regarding next steps on Kosovo with Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva. Kanerva said that he himself is in frequent contact with President Ahtisaari and that, on the EU level, there is agreement that Ahtisaari's plan "is still the roadmap" to b [...]	2007-08-15 09:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN FI
07HELSINKI631	FINNISH RESPONSE: ENSURING ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 12:37:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM IR FI
07HELSINKI634	FINLAND: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] In response to reftel Post has no reports of U.S. citizen expropriation claims or other investment disputes. 2. Post points of contact on related issues are the following: Primary Jane Messenger, Economic Section Chief Tel: 358-9-6162-5468 messengerjs@state.gov Alternate Riikka Aho, [...]	2007-08-16 13:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV FI
07HELSINKI639	FINLAND'S LIKELY NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Budgetary realities and political discomfort amongst a few at the highest levels have currently put the brakes on the GOF's plan to increase its military commitments to NATO/ISAF in 2008. Meaningful increases in Finnish development and counternarcotics assistance to Afghanistan ar [...]	2007-08-20 11:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR SNAR EAID PGOV NATO AF FI
07HELSINKI675	RESPECTED FINNISH NGO HOLDS IRAQ PEACE CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Crisis Management Initiative (CMI),a respected NGO headed by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, hosted a seminar at an undisclosed location in Finland Sept. 1-4 aimed at reducing the violence in Iraq. Participants included leading Iraqi Sunni and Shiite civil society leaders, [...]	2007-09-05 12:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ FI PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR
07HELSINKI682	FINNISH RESPONSE: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish CFSP Director and European Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola Sept. 5. Mikkola offered the following: FINNISH GYMNICH PRIORITIES: IRAQ AND RUSSIA PCA --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (SBU) From the Finnish national perspe [...]	2007-09-06 12:56:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN
07HELSINKI689	SCENESETTER: PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13-15 VISIT TO [...] (SBU): The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Helsinki and views your visit as a key opportunity to advance the most important issues on the US-Finland agenda. Afghanistan and NATO top the list, as both are the subject of intense domestic political discussion right now. Many in the new governmen [...]	2007-09-07 13:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FI PREL PGOV MARR
07HELSINKI710	FINNLAND SUPPORTS EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Mika-Markus Leinonen, Office Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Civilian Crisis Management, Sept. 17. Leinonen welcomed the fact that the US supports a joint EU-Arab border mission for Lebanon and noted that the Finnish Government is very support [...]	2007-09-17 13:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE EUN FI
07HELSINKI715	FINLAND LOOKS TO AFGHAN PRT LEADERSHIP IN 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva and other senior GOF officials told PDAS Volker and Ambassador Ware that Finland's Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (UTVA) gave a green light to PRT leadership in Afghanistan in 2009. The move will likely involve "alternating" leader [...]	2007-09-18 13:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI

07HELSINKI725	PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13 - 14 VISIT TO FINLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDAS Volker visited Helsinki Sept. 13-14 for wide-ranging discussions with FM Kanerva, with MFA and MOD officials, and with senior advisors to the President and Prime Minister. Bilateral discussions focused on Finland's intention to increase its contributions in Afghanistan (sept [...]	2007-09-25 09:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI

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