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06KHARTOUM822	Press Summary March 27 - April 3 [...] SUMMARY: This cable covers miscellaneous items that have appeared in the press over the past week but are not covered elsewhere. This includes renewed violence at the University of Juba over the student union issue (reftel),the forming of a new political party by southern NCP member-- and f [...]	2006-04-04 09:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP PGOV PINR PHUM ECON MOPS

06KHARTOUM859	South Sudan: Early Rains Affect Development [...] The rainy season in Central Equatoria began in early March, six weeks earlier than expected, altering a variety of development and humanitarian assistance plans. It has also raised fears that the acute watery diarrhea outbreak, largely contained in Juba and the rest of Equatoria, may again sp [...]	2006-04-09 12:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREF SOCI PINR SU
06KHARTOUM887	SOUTHERN SUDAN: POLITICAL FACTIONALISM WITHIN THE [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan People,s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has become the dominant single political movement in Southern Sudan, and the potential genesis of a one-party state. The July 2005 death of John Garang and the formation of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) have given the SPLM opp [...]	2006-04-12 15:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL SU
06KHARTOUM888	Sudan: Anti-American Rhetoric Continues from [...] SUMMARY: Over the past month, high-ranking government officials have been giving interviews to the state press organ (SUNA) and major Arabic news sources to reiterate and amplify their claim that the crisis in Darfur is a Western creation, and that the U.nited S.tates is only interested in d [...]	2006-04-12 18:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SU
06KHARTOUM925	CHAD-SUDAN BORDER QUIET, TENSE [...] (C) The situation along the Chad-Sudan border was reported quiet on April 16 and 17. Chadian opposition forces are reported on both sides of the border, with those inside Sudan reportedly receiving ammunition and vehicle re-supply from the Government of Sudan. From all appearances, Government [...]	2006-04-17 10:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MASS PHUM PINR CD AU SU
06KHARTOUM934	SUDAN: DEPUTY SPEAKER ON SPLM NORTHERN SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly Deputy Speaker believes the greatest chance for national unity is for the SPLM to win a plurality in the 2008-09 national elections; the SPLM is shoring up its northern elements in preparation. The SPLM is studying the National Congress Party closely, and be [...]	2006-04-18 15:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SU
06KHARTOUM942	Southern Sudan: Unidentified Militia Menaces [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLA force commander in Pochalla told a WFP security officer that an unknown militia group attacked a small village between Akobo and Pochalla on the Ethiopian border on April 12. According to the commander, the group looted and occupied the village for three days and then [...]	2006-04-19 09:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PREF SU
06KHARTOUM978	Name Game: Southern Sudan Asserts Itself [...] As the people of Southern Sudan work to recover from the occupation by the North, many areas see changing the name of their village, county, or even state as a way to show the land is now theirs. The most significant of these changes is the recent decision of Bahr al-Jabal State to rename it [...]	2006-04-25 10:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SOCI EAID SU
06KIEV1020	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: GOU BLAMES TIRASPOL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 briefing of OSCE member state reps, GOU officials accused Transnistrian authorities of purposefully engineering the ongoing border standoff and refusing GOU attempts to discuss the situation. GOU officials appealed to EU states to advise their shippers to avoid tra [...]	2006-03-15 15:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR OSCE
06KIEV1062	UKRAINE/BELARUS/RUSSIA: GOU VIEWS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: During EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 meetings in Kiev, Deputy Defense Minister Polyakov said that while security issues in the Ukraine-Russia relationship were secondary to political and military aspects, his Ministry (MoD) tried to play a "good cop" role by reinforcing a produ [...]	2006-03-17 15:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM PHUM PINR RS BO UP
06KIEV1107	UKRAINE: DELIVERABLES FOR GUAM SUMMIT, NSDC AND [...] (C) Summary: According to a National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) staff official, the May GUAM summit aims to feature agreements to enhance regional energy security and cooperation in solving "frozen conflicts." The official opined that NSDC Secretary Kinakh's visit to Moscow might ha [...]	2006-03-22 15:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EUN ENRG PGOV PINR RS AZ GG MD UP
06KIEV1108	UKRAINE: POSSIBLE ELECTION DAY AND POST-ELECTION [...] (C) With Ukraine's pivotal March 26 parliamentary (and local) election day drawing closer, claims by all sides continue that their opponents are abusing or plan to abuse administrative resources to influence election results at various levels. NGOs and international election observation missi [...]	2006-03-22 15:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI
06KIEV1123	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON NATO, JOB SECURITY [...] (C) During a March 22 meeting with Ambassador, Defense Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko said that he was in the process of reorganizing his general staff to meet the NATO "J-System" requirement. He added that he hoped a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Ukraine could be approved at the next NATO defe [...]	2006-03-23 14:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR NATO
06KIEV1135	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: YUSHCHENKO ON [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting, President Yushchenko told Ambassador that the Ukrainian government had learned March 21 that Russia planned to ship humanitarian assistance to the Transnistrians. He had spoken to Russian Ambassador Chernomyrdin and said the Russian shipment was an unfriendly act be [...]	2006-03-24 07:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PINR OSCE
06KIEV1136	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO ON ELECTIONS, COALITIONS [...] (S) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with Ambassador, President Yushchenko expressed confidence that problems in staffing polling stations would be fixed in time for the March 26 elections, but said that he would not sign a Rada-passed bill allowing citizens to be added to the voter list on ele [...]	2006-03-24 07:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM RU
06KIEV1157	MANAFORT ON ELECTION PROBLEMS [...] (SBU)Summary: Party of Regions (PoR) political consultant Paul Manafort (AmCit, please protect) called on the Ambassador March 21 to express his continuing concern about the possible disenfranchisement of "hundreds of thousands" of Ukrainian voters unless President Yushchenko signed into law [...]	2006-03-24 15:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PHUM
06KIEV1158	UKRAINE: TARASYUK AND TYMOSHENKO REP REPORT NO [...] (C) Tymoshenko adviser Hryhoriy Nemyrya denied to Ambassador and DCM March 24 that any agreement had been reached among Our Ukraine, Tymoshenko,s eponymous bloc BYuT, and Socialists, although he acknowledged that talks were taking place between Tymoshenko,s Deputy Oleksandr Turchynov and Our U [...]	2006-03-24 15:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM
06KIEV1160	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIAN AID CONVOY, [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. Maintaining the new customs regime ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points on Ukraine's Transnistria-related customs proposal to Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk March 24. Tarasyuk asked whether we wan [...]	2006-03-24 15:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS OSCE
06KIEV1162	UKRAINE/BELARUS: GOU STATEMENTS ON BELARUSAN [...] (SBU) On March 24 DCM relayed concerns (ref A) regarding a March 21 MFA statement calling the international isolation of Belarus ineffective (ref B) to MFA Second Territorial Department Deputy Director Ihor Prokopchuk. DCM characterized the March 21 statement by GOU spokesman Filipchuk as unh [...]	2006-03-24 16:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM
06KIEV1163	UKRAINE: ELECTION DAY REPORT -- ORANGE MAJORITY [...] (C) Summary: Election day has proceeded without problems on a national scale that should affect the outcome of the vote, despite a variety of adminstrative deficiencies in many polling stations and allegations by all sides of wrongdoing by their opponents. Main concerns going in to election d [...]	2006-03-26 20:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM
06KIEV1177	UKRAINE: POST-ELECTION DAY DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ballot counting for the March 26 national parliamentary vote (ref B) proceeded without significant incident throughout the night and into the morning of 27 March, with official results slowly coming in through the day and approaching the exit polling results by the national con [...]	2006-03-27 14:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RU
06KIEV1192	UKRAINE: IN ORANGE RIVNE OBLAST, TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) The March 26 elections in western Ukraine's Rivne Oblast were the cleanest in the region's post-independence history, according to NGO representatives, OSCE election monitors and local media reports. There were administrative glitches that lengthened both the voting and counting. The OSC [...]	2006-03-28 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI
06KIEV1194	UKRAINE: RADA ELECTION TALLY AT 83 PERCENT; KIEV [...] (C) Summary: Official results continued to come in slowly but steadily through the day March 28, with relative percentages holding steady at Yanukovych 30, Tymoshenko 22 and Our Ukraine 15. Most parties have not voiced any significant complaints about the election, but Tymoshenko's bloc cont [...]	2006-03-28 16:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RU
06KIEV1243	UKRAINE: ELECTION RESULTS OVER 97 PERCENT; PARTIES [...] (C) Summary: With over 97 percent of the national parliamentary vote tallied by 6 pm March 29, opposition Party of Regions continued to lead with 31.8 percent of the vote, followed by Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT) at 22.4 percent, and President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine at 14.1 percent. Five [...]	2006-03-29 15:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM RU
06KIEV1282	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: APPLYING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Romania and Moldova Division Counselor Cornelia Luskalova told us March 30 that the Ukrainian government (GOU) was planned to combine political and economic levers to return cross-border trade between Ukraine and Moldova/Transnistria to normal. The GOU would urge the Moldova [...]	2006-03-31 16:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR PGOV ETRD PREF OSCE MD UP RS
06KIEV1353	UKRAINE: REGIONS PARTY RADA DEPUTY SAYS REGIONS [...] (C) Summary: During an April 4 meeting, Party of Regions parliamentary (Rada) deputy and former Deputy PM Andriy Klyuyev told Ambassador that Regions was ready to join a coalition with the pro-presidential Our Ukraine bloc. He dismissed the possibility that Regions was looking to force a new [...]	2006-04-05 14:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UP
06KIEV1444	UKRAINE: NSDC SECRETARY ON TRANSNISTRIA, BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting, National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Kinakh told Ambassador the Ukrainian government was concerned that Transnistrian authorities might provoke an armed confrontation at one of Transnistria's "border crossings" with Moldova. The Russians [...]	2006-04-11 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ENRG ETRD PINR OSCE MD BO RS UP
06KIEV1480	UKRAINE: CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH YULIYA TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) In an April 13 meeting with CODEL Frist, former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko averred that Ukraine's March 26 elections showed the desire of the Ukrainian people for a renewed Orange coalition government. Thanking Senator Frist for encouraging Team Orange reconciliation, Tymoshenko str [...]	2006-04-13 17:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL ECON ETRD ENRG OREP
06KIEV1530	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH TO CODEL FRIST: ORANGE [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych told CODEL Frist and Ambassador April 13 that the pro-presidential Our Ukraine (OU) bloc needed to form a coalition with his Party of Regions in order to overcome the east-west split within the country. A union of the previous ruling coalit [...]	2006-04-14 14:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD NATO OREP PINR US UP
06KIEV1531	UKRAINE: INTERIOR MINISTER ORDERED TO ARREST [...] (C) Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko told Ambassador on April 14 that he had been ordered by the Prosecutor General (PG) to arrest senior Tymoshenko Bloc politicians Oleksandr Turchynov and Andriy Kozhemyakin for illegally destroying Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) files on the January gas deal w [...]	2006-04-14 14:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV1663	UKRAINE: BAPTISTS CAUGHT IN MIDDLE OF RADA [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with Ambassador, the longtime head of the All-Ukraine Baptist Union, Gregoriy Komendant, asked for help in stopping the Prosecutor General's Office from seizing the Union's downtown Kiev headquarters building. Beginning in November 2005, the PGO has accused the Union [...]	2006-04-27 16:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
06KIEV1693	UKRAINE: PARTY OF REGIONS LEADER YANUKOVYCH'S [...] (C) Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych told Ambassador April 27 that working-level negotiations with President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc continued. While many issues had been worked out, Yanukovych would need to meet with Yushchenko to resolve key issues. Yanukovych implied that R [...]	2006-04-28 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG NATO EPET PINR ZK ZJ AJ BO
06KIEV1698	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE'S ZVARYCH ON AGREEMENTS, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 28 meeting with Ambassador, Our Ukraine legal department chief Roman Zvarych confirmed that, in ongoing Rada majority coalition negotiations between Our Ukraine (OU),Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT) and the Socialists, two documents had been signed April 25, one on co [...]	2006-04-28 13:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM UP
06KIEV1706	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE INSIDER POROSHENKO ON RADA [...] (C) During an April 28 meeting with Ambassador, Our Ukraine (OU) insider Petro Poroshenko emphatically denied he was using his influence with the Prosecutor General to put pressure on Tymoshenko lieutenant Oleksandr Turchynov (refs A and B). Coalition talks with the Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) were [...]	2006-04-28 14:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV1772	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK, NSAU CHIEF ALEXEYEV PRESS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk and National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU) Director Yuri Alekseyev urged greater U.S.-Ukraine cooperation on ballistic missile defense during an April 26 meeting at MFA with U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director Lt Gen (USAF) Trey Obering III [...]	2006-05-05 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL PINR US UP
06KIEV1912	UKRAINE/RUSSIA: NO PROGRESS ON BLACK SEA FLEET [...] (C) Summary: First Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko told Kiev-based diplomats May 12 that the May 4 second meeting of the Ukraine-Russia sub-commission on the Russian Black Sea Fleet made no progress. The Ukrainians have asked to conduct a joint inventory of real property occupied a [...]	2006-05-17 15:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR RS UP
06KIEV1994	UKRAINE: KRAMER-WOOD 5/22 MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with visiting EUR DAS David Kramer, OVP Deputy NSA Joseph Wood, and Ambassador, former State Secretary Oleksandr Zinchenko stressed that Ukraine's next prime minister should be a politically independent technocrat -- not a politician. Zinchenko had advised President Yu [...]	2006-05-24 15:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI ECON PREL UP RS
06KIEV1996	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON EX-PM [...] (C) During Ambassador's May 23 farewell call, Party of Regions chief Viktor Yanukovych said he bore Ambassador "no ill will" over the events of the Orange Revolution, commenting that the two had "worked well together." Yanukovych spoke in great detail about his "problems with the law," explain [...]	2006-05-24 15:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2038	UKRAINE: EUR DAS KRAMER AND OVP DNSA WOOD'S 5/23 [...] (C) In a lengthy May 23 discussion with Ambassador, EUR DAS David Kramer, and OVP Deputy NSA Joseph Wood, Our Ukraine's (OU) lead negotiator in the coalition formation talks predicted that an "Orange variant" would soon prevail and that a new government would be in place by mid-July. The new [...]	2006-05-26 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2039	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER GETS AHEAD OF FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said a meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and Belarus might be possible if Belarus were to make favorable decisions on issues of importance to Ukraine. Tarasyuk added that the Ukrainian government was preparing t [...]	2006-05-26 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM EAID NATO MARR PINR BO UP
06KIEV2065	UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: FM TARASYUK'S FRUSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Russia was reinforcing Transnistrian leader Smirnov's resistance to procedures required under the Ukraine-Moldova customs agreement. Furthermore, the Russians were refusing to agree to join a five-plus-two me [...]	2006-05-26 16:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE PINR RS MD UP
06KIEV2068	UKRAINE/GUAM: U.S.-GUAM BILATERAL MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. delegation of EUR DAS Kramer and Vice-Presidential Deputy National Security Adviser Wood met with GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) representatives May 22. GUAM representatives favorably noted strong U.S.-GUAM past and present cooperation. Kramer congratulat [...]	2006-05-30 07:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ETRD EAID AORC UNMIK PINR YI AZ GG
06KIEV2123	UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT'S POINT MAN ON RELIGION OFFERS [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian government's point man on religious issues, the State Department for Religious Issues (SDRI) chief Ihor Bondarchuk, told us June 1 that, for a variety of reasons, he had tendered his resignation. Bondarchuk criticized the Yushchenko administration's "unprofessional" handli [...]	2006-06-01 14:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KIRF UP
06KIEV2166	UKRAINE: CODEL BLUNT'S 5/29 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) During a May 29 meeting with CODEL Blunt, President Yushchenko characterized Ukraine's economic growth as "strong" and predicted that a new Orange coalition government would be formed "in a couple of days." Negotiations over top leadership positions had begun May 29 and should be complet [...]	2006-06-05 09:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL ECON CASC KOCI
06KIEV2190	UKRAINE: OPPOSITION CREATES TEMPEST OVER "SEA [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-Orange Revolution forces are using the occasion of a joint U.S.-Ukraine mil-mil cooperative exercise in Crimea to stir up anti-NATO sentiment in the majority ethnic Russian peninsula and smear the Ukrainian government. Demonstrators outside GOU-administered compounds in t [...]	2006-06-06 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO PINR RS UP
06KIEV2207	UKRAINE: QUICK GOU FIX TO "SEA BREEZE" LIMBO [...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian parliament (Rada) resumed June 7 and, without addressing the issue of foreign military participation in joint exercises in Ukraine, ended its session almost immediately, adjourning until June 14. A possible special session of the Rada could come before June 14, but [...]	2006-06-07 17:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL NATO PINR UP
06KIEV2208	UKRAINE: RADA CONVENES, COALITION FORMATION GETS [...] (C) Nearly 11 weeks after national parliamentary and local elections, Ukraine remains without a Rada majority coalition. A June 7 Rada session opened and closed quickly, with 227 Orange MPs voting to adjourn until June 14. Deputies from the Party of Regions and the Communist Party stayed on t [...]	2006-06-07 17:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL MARR UP
06KIEV2246	UKRAINE: EXTRAORDINARY RADA SESSION UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) The Rada's five-member Provisional Presidium on June 8 voted down a motion by 176 opposition MPs to hold a special Rada session that would likely have focused on the situation in Crimea (reftels). The three "Orange" presidium members, who voted "no," dismissed the opposition's appeal as [...]	2006-06-08 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2247	UKRAINE: SEA BREEZE JUNE 8 UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko defended his ministry's preparations for the U.S.-Ukraine bilateral military exercise Sea Breeze and determined, with the UK Embassy Defense Attache, that the joint Ukraine-UK Lone Knot exercise would need to be cancelled. Parliament's provisional pres [...]	2006-06-08 16:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL NATO PINR UP
06KIEV2278	UKRAINE: ENCOURAGING GREATER SUPPORT TO BELARUSAN [...] (C) Summary: During a June 8 meeting with DFM Khandohiy, U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Krol encouraged Ukraine to develop contacts with Belarus at a level below cabinet minister and suggested that Ukraine could use such contacts to promote more responsible Belarusan government behavior. He also [...]	2006-06-09 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BO UP
06KIEV2281	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO SAYS COALITION TALKS ARE [...] (C) Yuliya Tymoshenko told DCM on June 12 that talks on forming an Orange coalition were deadlocked over Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz' insistence on being made Rada Speaker. Tymoshenko had tried to reason with Moroz, but he was dug in, knowing that this would be his "political swan [...]	2006-06-12 20:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREL RS UP
06KIEV2296	UKRAINE: WHAT MAY HAPPEN AT WEDNESDAY'S (JUNE 14) [...] (C) With no Orange coalition formed as of 1800 local time, two aides to senior Orange politicians have told us that the Party of Regions may essentially take charge of the coalition formation process at the June 14 Rada session. According to our interlocutors, Communist MP Martynyuk, who is sl [...]	2006-06-13 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2297	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK ON COALITION NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's June 13 presentation of a copy of his credentials, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc could not accept Socialist Party of Ukraine leader Moroz as parliamentary speaker, despite Moroz' insistence that this was his condition f [...]	2006-06-13 16:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AMGT PGOV PINR UP
06KIEV2316	UKRAINE: AT THE RADA, SIGNS OF AN ORANGE-BLUE [...] (C) At the June 14 parliament (Rada) session, Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz attempted to revive talks to form an Orange coalition by dropping his demand to become Rada Speaker. In return, he asked Our Ukraine (OU) to divide all government posts, down to district chiefs, among the Ora [...]	2006-06-14 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2329	UKRAINE: AT THE RADA, PARTY OF REGIONS UPBEAT [...] (C) The action at the June 15 Rada session was not at the rostrum, but on the floor and in the hallways, where Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych shook hands, slapped backs and assured reporters that Regions would sign a coalition agreement on June 20 -- when the Rada reconvenes. Our U [...]	2006-06-15 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2331	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE INSIDER ZVARYCH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Our Ukraine (OU) negotiator Roman Zvarych updated DCM June 14 regarding ongoing OU-Party of Regions talks on forming a Rada (parliament) majority coalition, trying to put a positive spin on OU's possible about-face. An Orange-Blue coalition could be in place by June 20, since dif [...]	2006-06-15 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI MARR ETRD UP
06KIEV2359	UKRAINE: ORANGE-BLUE COALITION TALKS ALLEGEDLY [...] (C) A coalition agreement between the Party of Regions and Our Ukraine (OU) could be reached tonight (June 16),according to Regions MP and de facto shadow foreign minister Leonid Kozhara. In a conversation with DCM, Kozhara dismissed OU's public distinction between "consultations" and "negot [...]	2006-06-16 16:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2403	UKRAINE: ANOTHER RADA SESSION ENDS WITHOUT A [...] (C) The Rada (parliament) held two short sessions June 20 but adjourned until June 21 without forming a majority coalition. Before the morning session, Our Ukraine (OU) MP Roman Zvayrch claimed to us that talks with OU's Orange partners were deadlocked over Yuliya Tymoshenko's refusal to acce [...]	2006-06-20 15:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2436	UKRAINE: ORANGE COALITION DEAL "UNDER THREAT" - OR [...] (C) Ukraine's coalition drama continued June 21, inching closer to an Orange Coalition, but also featuring a potential obstacle -- Petro Poroshenko as Our Ukraine's Rada Speaker nominee -- that could possibly cause the deal to unravel or create discord in the months to come. The Rada met brief [...]	2006-06-21 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2451	UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP: [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (U) In a letter dated June 19, received by the Embassy June 22, MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov transmitted the Government of Ukraine (GOU)'s proposed agenda for the July 11-12 U.S.-Ukr [...]	2006-06-22 12:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UP
06KIEV2461	UKRAINE: COALITION OF DEMOCRATIC FORCES FINALLY [...] (C) Nearly three months after the March 26 elections, Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT),Our Ukraine (OU),and the Socialist Party (SPU) finally created a parliamentary majority of the "Coalition of Democratic Forces" mid-day June 22 by presenting a coalition agreement with the signatures of 239 [...]	2006-06-22 17:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2462	UKRAINE: SPURNED REGIONS VOWS TO "PAINT FENCES" [...] (C) Following the June 22 formation of parliamentary majority of the Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT),Our Ukraine (OU),and the Socialists, the direction of the spurned Party of Regions was being taken over by party "radicals," according to moderate Regions deputy leader Volodymyr Makeyenko. Bombastic [...]	2006-06-22 17:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2500	UKRAINE: REGIONS LEADER YANUKOVYCH ON NEW [...] (SBU) In a lengthy June 23 meeting with an American Jewish Committee (AJC) delegation, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych claimed that anti-Semitic violence was infrequent in Ukraine and repeated the Soviet-era canard that such violence primarily occurred in "radical" western oblasts. Y [...]	2006-06-26 14:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KIRF UP
06KIEV2526	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK ON COALITION AGREEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 23 meeting with the American Jewish Committee (AJC),Acting Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Ukraine would not join moves against Israel in the new UN Council for Human Rights and undertook to examine the possibility of withdrawing Ukrainian membership in the UN Committ [...]	2006-06-29 13:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AORC KCRM PINR IZ UP
06KIEV2530	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR TAYLOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH [...] (C) In his first meeting with Ambassador Taylor, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych criticized President Yushchenko for caving in to USG pressure to spurn Regions and bless the formation of an Orange coalition. The Orange team was deeply divided and may not even be able to get its cand [...]	2006-06-29 17:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR ECON PREL RS UP
06KIEV2589	UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP [...] (S) We delivered USG response (ref A) July 5 to the Ukrainian government's (GOU) proposed agenda for the July 11-12 nonproliferation working group (NPWG) meetings to MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko nodded understanding when we highli [...]	2006-07-05 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UK PL UP
06KIEV2964	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: EUR DAS KRAMER URGES [...] (C) Summary: In July 28 meetings with Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych, Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz, and Deputy Foreign Minister (and special negotiator on Transnistria Issues) Andriy Veselovsky, EUR DAS David Kramer praised Ukraine's leadership in resolving problems arisin [...]	2006-07-31 14:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP
06KIEV3021	UKRAINE: FOLLOW UP ON MANPADS COUNTERMEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6 2. (S) We met August 1 with Defense Minister First Assistant Oleksiy Melnyk regarding next steps on MANPADS countermeasures development, as agreed during our July 14 meeting with Melnyk and other Ukrainian officials (ref A). Melnyk said he had repo [...]	2006-08-03 13:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KIEV3041	UKRAINE: FOREIGN POLICY OF A REGIONS-LED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: In an August 3 meeting, parliamentary deputy and Party of Regions foreign-policy expert Kozhara was sketchy on the details of how a Regions-led government might modify Ukraine's foreign policy approaches. He affirmed that Regions would work to pass WTO-related legislation, but al [...]	2006-08-04 14:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD WTO NATO OREP PINR RS UP
06KIEV3332	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. During subdued Independence Day celebrations August 24, President Yushchenko stressed that the western-focussed policies adopted after the Orange Revolution (i.e., pursuing EU and NATO membership) would be continued by Ukraine's new government led by Viktor Yanukovych that he des [...]	2006-08-29 10:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM MARR UP
06KIEV335	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH DISCUSSES GAS DEAL, RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 24 meeting with opposition Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych and Rada Deputy Taras Chornovil, EUR A/S Fried told Yanukovych the U.S. supported Ukraine and would work with whatever democratically-elected government the people of Ukraine chose. The U.S. would [...]	2006-01-26 08:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ETRD ENRG EPET UP WTO
06KIEV336	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: NATO, [...] (C) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, ASD/ISP Flory and EUR A/S Fried noted U.S. support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, but emphasized the importance of Ukraine demonstrating that it shared the political, economic, and social values required to meet the performance-b [...]	2006-01-26 08:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR YI IZ MD BO UP OSCE NATO
06KIEV365	UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: MFA DEFENDS DELAY IN CUSTOMS [...] (C) Summary: Briefing EU/G7 representatives January 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky claimed the Ukrainian government had delayed implementation of the May 15, 2003, customs protocol with Moldova because the GOM's implementation of simplified registration procedures for Transnistrian bu [...]	2006-01-27 15:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PARM PINR MD UP OSCE
06KIEV3710	UKRAINE: OFFICIALS DENY THAT KOLCHUGAS SOLD TO IRAN [...] (U) The Jane's Defense Weekly, dated September 27, 2006, carried a story, strangely datelined Bangkok, reporting that Ukraine had recently delivered or was imminently preparing to deliver an unknown number of Kolchuga systems to Iran for an estimated price of USD25 million per system. As accur [...]	2006-09-26 14:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PINR IR UP
06KIEV3750	UKRAINE: GOU SAYS NO EVIDENCE OF KOLCHUGA SALES TO [...] (C) We followed up September 28 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov regarding the Jane's Defense Weekly report that Ukraine had recently delivered or was imminently preparing to deliver an unknown number of Kolchuga systems to [...]	2006-09-28 13:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PINR IR UP
06KIEV382	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK WARNS KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk said, during a January 30 meeting with visiting Project for Transitional Democracies Head Bruce Jackson and Ambassador, that the Ukrainian government did not favor Kosovo independence. Such an outcome would destabilize the political situation in S [...]	2006-01-30 15:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM PINR YI UP UNMIK OSCE
06KIEV3862	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH -- DEFENDER OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych stressed with EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that constitutional reform had created a new governing framework in which Parliament (Rada) established government policy, and President Yushchenko together with Yanukovych and the cabinet of mi [...]	2006-10-05 07:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06KIEV3905	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH PROMISES CONTINUITY ON WTO, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych assured EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that he would continue to make progress on WTO membership and European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Funding for a NATO information campaign was part of the 2007 draft budget. With the support of t [...]	2006-10-10 16:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR ETRD ENRG EPET OVIP PREL PINR PL
06KIEV3923	UKRAINE: WHAT IF FOREIGN MINISTER TARASYUK GOES? [...] (C) Summary: With rumors rife that Foreign Minister Tarasyuk will leave the Cabinet -- either by resigning with his Our Ukraine colleagues or being voted out of his job by the Rada, pundits tout current Presidential Secretariat Deputy Chief of Staff for foreign policy Oleksandr Chaliy as the l [...]	2006-10-12 14:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO PINR UP
06KIEV641	UKRAINE: REGIONS' BOSS YANUKOVYCH ON WTO, ELECTION [...] (C) Party of Regions' leader Viktor Yanukovych told Ambassador on February 15 that Ukraine had to coordinate its WTO entry with Russia and said that President Yushchenko would be making a "huge mistake" if he formed an "Orange Coalition" with ex-PM Yuliya Tymoshenko before or after the March p [...]	2006-02-16 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON
06KIEV743	UKRAINE: MFA DEFENDS DEPORTATION OF UZBEKS, LABELS [...] (S) In a written response to our February 17 non-paper about Ukraine's refoulement of a group of Uzbek asylum seekers (refs A and B),MFA asserted that the Uzbeks had been deported in accordance with domestic and international law, dismissed the Uzbeks' asylum claims as "manifestly unfounded," [...]	2006-02-23 17:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREF PREL PTER UP UZ
06KIEV986	UKRAINE: MFA ON MAUP-RELATED VISA CASE [...] (C) MFA Director General Borys Bazylevsky told Consul General March 14 that the Ukrainian Government was considering banning the entry into Ukraine of AMCIT David Duke. The move would be part of a broader GOU effort to rein in the activities of the anti-Semitic Inter-Regional Academy of Perso [...]	2006-03-14 15:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI
06KIGALI228	HOTEL RWANDA MANAGER NO HERO TO GOR [...] (C) Summary. There has been an ongoing public campaign to discredit Paul Rusesabagina, the former manager of Hotel des Mille Collines during the 1994 genocide and current hero in the US and Europe due to the film 'Hotel Rwanda', in Rwanda. The efforts to damage the reputation of Mr. Rusesabagin [...]	2006-03-08 06:45:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR RW BG
06KIGALI281	PRESIDENT KAGAME RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] Summary: On March 11 President Kagame announced a cabinet reshuffle, replacing the Finance Minister, dropping three ministers, and creating a new ministerial post in the Office of the President for scientific research and technology. Despite rumors for several weeks of an impending shake-up [...]	2006-03-23 16:26:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RW
06KIGALI579	TRIPARTITE PLUS SUB-COMMISSION STRENGTHENS FUSION [...] Summary: The U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus Sub- Commission on Security and Defense met in Kigali May 26-27 to discuss ways to enhance the operational effectiveness of the Tripartite Fusion Cell (TFC) and to develop a consolidated "most wanted" list to submit to the Tripartite Plus Council [...]	2006-06-19 16:28:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR ETTC PTER PINR RW
06KINGSTON1007	CARICOM MINISTERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY MEET TO [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting of CARICOM Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement addressing security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 held in Kingston on May 19 and 21, ministers were very receptive to proposals for USG assistance, through the OAS Inter-American Committee Aga [...]	2006-05-22 19:07:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CPAS OAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM
06KINGSTON1097	DEMARCHE TO "RECONFIRM" SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and six aides May 30 to ascertain GOJ voting intentions vis-a-vis Guatemala's bid for a non-permanent UNSC seat. The PM was unable to answer the question but said she would consult with Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton [...]	2006-06-05 12:05:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNSC PINR JM
06KINGSTON1118	GOJ REQUEST FOR DELEGATION TO MEET STAKEHOLDERS IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In response to a request from Permanent Secretary Gilbert Scott of the Ministry of National Security (MNS),Econoff met on June 5 with Scott and with O'Neal Hamilton, Special Advisor to the Chairman, CARICOM Subcommittee on Re [...]	2006-06-07 19:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER UNSC XL JM
06KINGSTON1269	STATE/DHS DELEGATION DISCUSSES CRICKET WORLD CUP [...] (C) Summary: DHS A/S Randy Beardsworth led a joint State/DHS delegation meeting with Jamaican Minister of National Security Peter Phillips in Kingston on June 22 to discuss security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 (CWC). Phillips proposed an international advisory group established [...]	2006-06-27 12:38:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM
06KINGSTON1342	JAMAICAN ELECTIONS: OPPOSITION CONFIDENT BUT ALSO [...] (C) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with Audley Shaw, opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) Spokesman for Finance and Public Service, Shaw predicted that national elections would be called for late August or early September. He said that a series of scandals could open the door for the first JLP [...]	2006-07-07 20:23:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EPET KCOR JM
06KINGSTON1423	JAMAICAN FINANCE MINISTER NOT READY TO QUIT (YET) [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance and Planning Omar Davies will not/not resign just yet, despite widespread media reports last week indicating that Davies was preparing to leave the cabinet, his Parliamentary seat, and representational politics. Embassy contacts had confirmed that his rumored [...]	2006-07-21 15:52:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL JM
06KINGSTON1805	JAMAICA: DEBT AND ANEMIC GROWTH ENCUMBER [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 20:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR SOCI IDB IMF JM XL
06KINGSTON1842	JAMAICA: PARTICIPATION IN 2006 CARIBBEAN ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 20:50:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV OTRA JM
06KINGSTON1851	(C) UNGA RELATED QUESTIONS [...] (C) Post provides answers to reftel A questions below: (C) Q. 2.A. General professional and personal background information on Permanent Rep to the UN Wolfe, including previous positions (include dates),foreign travel, relevant job experience, education, marital status, and English capabili [...]	2006-09-18 19:39:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR UN JM
06KINGSTON2021	JAMAICA: A TRAFIGURA SCANDAL PRIMER [...] (SBU) The six-month old administration of People's National Party (PNP) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller faces embarrassing and intense scrutiny over its acceptance of JMD 31 million (approximately USD 475,000) from a Dutch-based oil trading firm. The firm, Trafigura Beheer BV, holds the [...]	2006-10-12 12:30:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KCOR JM
06KINGSTON2022	JAMAICA: A TRAFIGURA SCANDAL PRIMER [...] (SBU) The six-month old administration of People's National Party (PNP) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller faces embarrassing and intense scrutiny over its acceptance of JMD 31 million (approximately USD 475,000) from a Dutch-based oil trading firm. The firm, Trafigura Beheer BV, holds the [...]	2006-10-12 12:30:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KCOR JM
06KINGSTON2150	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION PARTY'S ORIENTATION ON KEY [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 20:29:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PTER SOCI CPAS
06KINGSTON2189	JAMAICA: NEW POLL SHOWS RULING PNP AND OPPOSITION [...] (U) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) and opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are tied for public support at 32 percent each, according to the latest Bill Johnson poll commissioned by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper. Since Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) became head of the PNP and Prime Min [...]	2006-11-07 19:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL XK
06KINGSTON2251	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION JAMAICAN LABOUR PARTY STAGES [...] (C) With music blaring and clouds of ganga floating in the air, the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) staged its 63rd Annual Conference November 18-19 at the National Arena in Kingston. Local media estimated the crowd of green-clad supporters in the "tens of thousands," with the vast majority watchin [...]	2006-11-20 16:27:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EDU PINR SOCI XL XK JM

06KINGSTON230	"A TWO-HORSE RACE": PHILLIPS AIDE HANDICAPS [...] (C) On January 30, a close confidant of National Security Minister Peter Phillips discussed the campaigns of Phillips, Local Government, Community and Sport Minister Portia Simpson Miller, Finance Minister Omar Davies, and former Water and Housing Minister Karl Blythe to succeed P.J. Patterson [...]	2006-02-03 19:04:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PINR JM
06KINGSTON2313	PNP CAGEY OVER LOCAL ELECTION DATE [...] (C) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) continues its evasiveness on when elections will finally be called. During two recent private meetings with Emboffs, however, PNP officials strongly suggested that local elections would be held in January. General elections would be held, contacts [...]	2006-11-29 19:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JM XL
06KINGSTON402	PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER WINS PNP RACE TO SUCCEED [...] (C) On February 25 Peoples National Party (PNP) delegates elected Portia Simpson Miller to succeed P.J. Patterson as party president and Prime Minister (the latter subject to the expected confirmation by the PNP parliamentary majority, followed by ratification by the Governor General). Patters [...]	2006-02-27 20:57:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI JM
06KINGSTON542	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 15 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) On March 15, the Ambassador called on a visibly weary Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),at Jamaica House. Minister of Commerce, Science, Technology, and Energy Phillip Paulwell and former Foreign Trade Minister Tony Hylton were also present. In their first formal meeting since the latter's tr [...]	2006-03-17 20:22:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PINR JM
06KINGSTON645	MARCH 30 INAUGURATION OF PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER AS [...] On March 30, Portia Lucretia Simpson Miller became Jamaica's seventh Prime Minister (and the first woman to hold the office) when she was sworn in by Governor-General Kenneth Hall at King's House, in front of an estimated crowd of 6,000-10,000 guests. Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson submit [...]	2006-04-03 16:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV JM
06KINGSTON682	CODEL ISSA'S MARCH 30 MEETING WITH NEWLY INSTALLED [...] Codel Issa met with newly installed Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on March 30, shortly after the PM was sworn in at King's House. The cordial meeting lasted nearly one-and-a-quarter hours. Simpson-Miller expressed determination to move quickly to address Jamaica's joblessness and high [...]	2006-04-06 16:20:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KCRM SOCI JM
06KINGSTON758	THE NEW PRIME MINISTER'S CABINET [...] (C) Summary. This message provides biographic sketches on members of new Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and her Cabinet, which she announced at midnight on March 31. Apparently, in order to build party unity before the next general elections believed to be forthcoming by Fall 2006, the [...]	2006-04-19 18:19:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JM
06KINSHASA1102	FORMER UDPS OFFICIAL GEARING UP FOR LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Former UDPS member Eve Bazaiba -- the only publicly-declared member of the opposition party running in the DRC's elections -- has officially begun her campaign for a seat in the National Assembly, despite threats being made against her. Bazaiba, running as an independent, said she [...]	2006-07-10 11:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1310	DRC ELECTIONS: GIZENGA AN EMERGING FORCE [...] (C) Summary: Antoine Gizenga, secretary general of the Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU),met with the Ambassador August 17. The long-time opposition figure, who almost certainly will likely place third in the first round of presidential voting and is the potential kingmaker in a second round, sa [...]	2006-08-18 15:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1617	BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: PASTOR NTUMI JOINS THE PARTY [...] (C) Papal Nuncio Msgr. Andres Carrascoso-Coso contacted Charge d'affaires on October 15 with an urgent request to meet for an update on developments in the Pool region. Msgr. Carrascoso has been a key contact point with former Ninja rebel leader Pastor Ntumi for western group members of the [...]	2006-10-19 15:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC AU CF PHUM
06KINSHASA1658	LEADERSHIP GAP IN ECONOMIC MINISTRIES [...] (SBU) In its final months, the transitional government is facing a large economic leadership void. On October 14 a presidential decree announced several new ministers and vice ministers, as well as the resignation of numerous parastatal managers. All positions affected are held by factions of [...]	2006-10-26 15:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PINR PGOV PDEM KCOR CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA168	FIRST MEETING OF SECURITY EXPERTS HELD IN KINSHASA [...] (U) The first meeting of the Security Experts subcommission of the Tripartite Plus was held in Kinshasa January 30. Chaired by Congolese National Security Advisor Samba Kaputu and OSD Colonel Kelly Langdorf, the meeting was attended by delegations from Uganda, Burundi, MONUC (the UN Mission t [...]	2006-02-01 14:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PINR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA169	FIRST MEETING OF SECURITY EXPERTS HELD IN KINSHASA [...] (U) The first meeting of the Security Experts subcommission of the Tripartite Plus was held in Kinshasa January 30. Chaired by Congolese National Security Advisor Samba Kaputu and OSD Colonel Kelly Langdorf, the meeting was attended by delegations from Uganda, Burundi, MONUC (the UN Mission t [...]	2006-02-01 14:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PINR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA350	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: FEBRUARY EDITION, [...] (C) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso continued his shuttle diplomacy in February with visits to Tripoli, Libreville, Kinshasa and Paris to solidify his well-publicized image as the man of "peace and reconciliation" following election as Chairman of the African Union in late January. In turn, h [...]	2006-03-02 12:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON EAID AMGT ASEC CF
06KINSHASA398	DRC'S NEW LEADING LABOR UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. The successor to the Mobutu-era's single trade union has lost its place as the nation's leading labor organization to a better-organized, savvier competitor, the Confederation Syndicale du Congo (CSC). During a meeting with EconOff March 6, the CSC's president, Symphorien Dunia, [...]	2006-03-09 13:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PINR CG
06KINSHASA586	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]	2006-04-15 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA587	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAY [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]	2006-04-15 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA589	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: MOUNZEO-MACKOSSO (PWYP) [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of PWYP (Publish What You Pay) Coalition charges of political intimidation and procedural irregularities in the arrest of transparency campaigners Christian Mounzeo and Brice Mackosso, embassy officers contacted key host-government authorities, NGO liaison officers [...]	2006-04-16 12:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR AU CF
06KINSHASA592	A/S FRAZER VISITS TRIPARTITE PLUS FUSION CELL [...] (U) A/S for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer on April 4 during a brief stopover in Kisangani visited the Tripartite Plus Fusion Cell (TFC),where she received a general briefing on the work of TFC participants. Along with Ambassador Meece and SRSG William Swing, the A/S visited the USG-funded fu [...]	2006-04-17 08:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PINR CG
06KINSHASA620	KABILA INTERVIEW MARKS BEGINNING OF PUBLIC IMAGE [...] (U) Summary: In a rare print interview published in the April 9 edition of "Jeune Afrique Intelligent," President Kabila presented himself as the "candidate of the people" and claimed he will win the presidency in the DRC's forthcoming elections. Kabila held forth on a variety of topics, inclu [...]	2006-04-19 15:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA699	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: SENATOR ANATOLE [...] (C) PolCouns met May 2 with presidential aspirant, and current Senator, Anatole Matusila. Matusila is one of about a dozen serious candidates (among the 33 on the list) for the presidential post. A well-liked man, Matusila usually is characterized as "moral" and "honest," and bills himself as [...]	2006-05-04 15:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA703	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI [...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...]	2006-05-05 09:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA704	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI [...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...]	2006-05-05 09:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA705	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI [...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...]	2006-05-05 09:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA790	KABILA TO WED ON JUNE 4 [...] (U) Cardinal Frederic Etsou, the Archbishop of Kinshasa, announced during his May 14 sermon that President Joseph Kabila will marry his long-time partner, Marie-Olive Lembe, on June 4 (which will also mark Kabila's 35th birthday). Etsou said the ceremony will take place in the Sanctuary of Not [...]	2006-05-19 09:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA918	PRESIDENT KABILA'S MOTHER SPEAKS OUT [...] (U) Summary: In a rare public interview, President Kabila's mother, Mama Sifa Maanya, sought to dispel rumors regarding the President's origins, saying unequivocally that Kabila is her son by birth. Speaking to the Belgian newspaper "Le Soir," Sifa described the struggles and sacrifices she an [...]	2006-06-09 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KPKO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA932	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: JUNE EDITION, [...] (U) SUMMARY: ROC President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is expected to return to Brazzaville on June 13 following widely-publicized visits to New York for his June 2 address to the United Nations on HIV/AIDs, June 5 meeting in Washington with President Bush and Secretary Rice, and a brief visit with [...]	2006-06-13 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU PINR UNSC ASEC CF
06KINSHASA965	PRESIDENT KABILA WEDS [...] (U) President Kabila June 16 wed his long-time partner Olive Lembe in a civil ceremony at his official residence in Kinshasa. The civil ceremony was followed June 17 by a religious marriage, presided over by Catholic Cardinal Frederic Etsou and Protestant Monsignor Pierre Marini (who is also P [...]	2006-06-19 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KIRKUK100	SADRISTS SEEK TO BLOCK KURDISH DESIGNS FOR KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Sadr group is searching for ways to impede progress on the Kurdification of Kirkuk. A Sadr representative in Kirkuk said the Sadrists, who represented about 75 percent of the Shia Arab population in Kirkuk, were at odds ideologically with the Badr Organization on Kirkuk iss [...]	2006-04-25 13:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK101	IRANIAN KURDS ORGANIZING AGAINST TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an Iranian journalist in hiding in Northern Iraq, Iranian President Ahmadinejad has been cracking down on the Kurds in Iran and has caused souring relations between the Iranian Government and minorities. The Iranian Government under Ahmadinejad has become more reli [...]	2006-04-28 15:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR
06KIRKUK104	KDP ASAYISH CHIEF ON SECURITY ISSUES IN KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The chief of Asayish in Kirkuk said the Iraqi Army and police in Kirkuk were neither effective nor serious in their duties because their loyalties were based on ethnic bonds. He said Hawijah was a terrorist safe haven and that its poor security situation had a negative effect o [...]	2006-04-29 16:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK105	PUK ASAYISH CLAIMS SECURITY DOMINANCE IN KIRKUK [...] SUMMARY. The PUK chief of Asayish (internal security) in Kirkuk complained that the MNF-I and Iraqi Army did not recognize the Asayish as a formal security force below the greenline and expressed frustration that the Asayish had to obtain MNF-I permission prior to making an arrest. He claime [...]	2006-04-29 16:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK106	KIRKUK NGO PROMOTES WOMEN'S RIGHTS, CITY PROJECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 18, Fathal Uthman Rasul, founder and director of the Rozh Foundation for Women's Rights, discussed the organization's work with IPAO. The Rozh Foundation is an NGO in Kirkuk that promotes women's liberties, civil society projects and educational opportunities. The Dir [...]	2006-04-30 18:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK107	(C) KRG-ERBIL INTERIOR MINISTER ON BORDER TENSIONS WITH [...] (C) On the margins of the Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce conference in Erbil on April 27 Kurdish Regional Government Interior Minister Karim Sinjari briefly discussed recent border tensions with Turkey. Sinjari described the shelling of an Iraqi (Kurdish KDP) border post at Zaha-Sidarkan [...]	2006-05-02 07:14:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PNAT PGOV PINR IZ TU IR
06KIRKUK113	KRG SWEARS IN UNIFIED CABINET [...] (SBU) The Kurdistan Regional Government swore in its new unified cabinet May 7, the major step in its path towards full unification. Until now, the KRG had rival cabinets in Erbil (dominated by the Kurdistan Democratic Party) and in Sulaymaniyah (dominated by the Patriotic Union of Kurdista [...]	2006-05-14 14:47:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM EPET KWMN IZ
06KIRKUK119	OVERVIEW OF NORTHERN IRAQ FROM DEPARTING A/RC [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Kurds have long made clear they want the territories Saddam stripped from Kurdish control. Kirkuk province is main prize. We believe the Kurds would let Hawijah go in exchange for the other territories they seek. The Commission for the Resolution of Real Property Disputes [...]	2006-06-20 14:41:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK12	(C) KRG UNIFICATION: TWO YEARS TO FORM NEW SECURITY SERVICE [...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) PM Omar Fattah told RC and DRC January 26 he expected the two main Kurdish parties to name a PM and a Deputy PM for a unified KRG in the next few days so the Kurds could present a unified face in Baghdad. PUK De [...]	2006-01-28 20:03:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV EAID PINR PINS KDEM IZ IS BAGHDAD FOR POL
06KIRKUK123	(U) NEW KIRKUK KURDISH POLITICAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ARTICLE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on June 26 met with leaders representing local Kurdish parties who recently set aside differences to push implementation of Article 140. Kurdish representatives universally agreed that Baghdad must implement Article 140 immediately or risk discredit amo [...]	2006-07-15 14:22:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM ECON EINV IZ
06KIRKUK124	(U) KURDISTAN REFERENDUM MOVEMENT LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on July 3 met with leaders of the Kurdistan Referendum Movement (KRM) to discuss the structure of the organization, its current political goals, and future plans for a referendum on Kurdistan independence. (Note: the KRM was responsible for an unofficia [...]	2006-07-15 14:28:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL PBTS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK125	(C) PUK CHANGES; KIRKUK MUST JOIN KDP; IRAN NO ALLY [...] (C) Summary. PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO on July 1 in Sulaymaniyah that the PUK had undertaken major reforms, including the re-election of all PUK leaders, beginning with the villages, districts, and sub-districts. Also, he said the Article 140 referendum was necessary [...]	2006-07-15 14:33:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK126	(C) KDP-PUK UNITED FRONT AFTER DOKAN MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani and PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO in separate meetings on July 2 and 1 respectively that the KDP and PUK politburos had agreed to end direct party interference in government affairs; delay appointment of deputy ministers; [...]	2006-07-15 14:38:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK127	(C) PM BARZANI: INVESTMENT LAW PASSES; KRG EDUCATION IN [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani said in July 2 meetings with IPAO that the new Investment Promotion Law had been held up in Parliament over the provision for 100% foreign ownership of property. He said the KRG had a window of opportunity for attracting foreign investment t [...]	2006-07-15 14:42:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK128	(U) KRG VP KOSRAT RASUL: KRG CHALLENGES, REFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: KRG Vice President Kosrat Rasul told IPAO in a July 1 meeting in Sulaymaniyah that the biggest challenge facing the newly unified KRG was public dissatisfaction over government services and the subsequent appeal of the Islamic movement. In his first address to the KNA as KRG V [...]	2006-07-15 14:45:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK129	(U) KIRKUK IECI HEAD ON NORMALIZATION, UPCOMING CENSUS AND [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk head of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI),Ferhad Talabani, is threatening to close the office due to poor security, government corruption, and lack of funding. Talabani detailed the ethnic breakdown of the office personnel and perceiv [...]	2006-07-19 16:12:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK131	(C) ASSYRIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT LEADER ON CHRISTIANS' [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) General Secretary, Salim Kako, stated on July 9 that poor security and ethnic discrimination were causing Christians and Kurds to resettle to northern areas of Iraq, which was straining the relations between Kurdish and Assy [...]	2006-07-25 09:11:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PINS ECON KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK133	(SBU) NEW KURDISH BLOC ON POLITICAL GOALS, OPPOSITION TO [...] (C/NF) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Leaders of the recently formed 5-party Kurdish political opposition bloc said they would focus on local issues and push to reduce the domination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). They asserted that their bloc [...]	2006-07-25 11:36:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM PTER IZ
06KIRKUK134	(C/NF) KDSP LEADERS ON KRG'S CLOSURE OF KDSP OFFICES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 12:16:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PTER PNAT PREF KDEM IZ TU
06KIRKUK135	(C) PUK ASAYISH HEAD - KIRKUK SECURITY WORSENING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Asayish head, Hallkawt Abdullah Aziz, said on July 24 that the security situation in Kirkuk was getting worse. He said terrorists had sympathizers among the Iraqi Police (IP) officers and checkpoint guards who facilitated t [...]	2006-07-31 10:23:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK136	(C) KDP KIRKUK ASAYISH HEAD ON SECURITY, MERGER WITH PUK, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: KDP Kirkuk Asayish head, Hallo Najat Hamza, told IPAOs on July 25 that the terrorists were getting stronger and were targeting security forces in Kirkuk. Hamza said the open borders of Kirkuk and guards cooperating with the terrorists at checkpoints were pri [...]	2006-08-02 17:27:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK137	(C) KIRKUK TURKOMAN DIVIDED ON ARTICLE 140, FUTURE STATUS OF [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Turkoman political leaders from different blocs said on July 26 they do not agree on the issues of implementation of Article 140 and the future status of Kirkuk. In separate meetings bloc leaders from the Iraqi Turkoman Front (ITF) and the Iraqi Turkoman Nat [...]	2006-08-02 17:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ TU
06KIRKUK138	(C) KIRKUK ROAD CONSTRUCTION HEADING NORTH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) member and Director of Roads and Bridges, Qasim Hamza, said on August 1 that poor security in southern Kirkuk was diverting road reconstruction projects to safer areas north of the city. He said that badly needed road and brid [...]	2006-08-15 11:17:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF ECON EIND ELTN
06KIRKUK139	KIRKUK POLICE SAY SECURITY SITUATION DETERIORATING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: According to police, the security situation in Kirkuk province has reached new lows. IP forces were taking major casualties and the Sadr group was encouraging movement from the south to areas in southern Kirkuk in an attempt to ignite tensions between Sunni and [...]	2006-08-15 11:31:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM
06KIRKUK140	KIKRUK POLICE CHIEF ON KIRKUK SECURITY AND HIS IMPENDING [...] (C) Kirkuk police chief General Sherko Shirku told IPAO on July 25, 2006, that security is better in Kirkuk than most other places in Iraq. When informed that most sources thought security was deteriorating in recent months, he said he believed that was because two months ago Sadr said that th [...]	2006-08-15 11:35:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM
06KIRKUK141	READOUT OF RECENT PROTESTS IN KURDISTAN SULAYMANIYAH REGION [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Several participants and organizers of the recent protests in the Chamchamal sub-districts of Sulaymaniyah Province said on August 17 poor services in the water, electricity, and fuel sectors had prompted growing calls for government reform in the Kurdistan [...]	2006-08-20 17:08:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT IZ KDEM
06KIRKUK142	(C) KRG PROVIDING WATER TO 450-PLUS VILLAGES IN KIRKUK; POOR [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) Minister of Water, Abdul Qadir, told IPAO on July 31 the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has been supplying well water to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),mostly Kurds, in more than 450 villages on the periphery of Kirk [...]	2006-08-22 06:47:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ IR
06KIRKUK143	(C) KRG MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON MONITORING MOSQUES, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs (MARA) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Mohammad Ahamd Saeed Shakaly, said on August 8 that his ministry monitored more than 3000 mosques in the Kurdistan region and that checking sermons was a matter of "pu [...]	2006-08-22 07:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK144	(C) KRG MINISTER OF EDUCATION ON CHALLENGES, RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Education (MOE) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Dilshad Abdul Rahman Osman Younis, said on August 8 that his ministry had limited relations with the MOE in Baghdad, which was divided into separate Sunni and Shia departments, and that t [...]	2006-08-22 07:19:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK145	(C) KRG MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON REGIONAL AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 07:50:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK146	(C) KRG CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE CHAIR DISCUSSES KURDISH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Chair of the Constitution Committee for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Farset Ahmad Abdallah, said on August 10 that resource control, Article 140, and regional defense were the key redlines defining federalism for the Kurdistan region. He said that [...]	2006-08-22 08:04:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK147	(C) KRG MINISTER FOR PESHMERGA AFFAIRS ON MERGER, SECURITY, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister for Peshmerga Affairs, Omar Osman Ibrahim, said on August 7 the KDP and PUK were ready to merge their Peshmerga forces within six months (Septel.). Ibrahim said Peshmerga were located below the 'Green Line' anywhe [...]	2006-08-22 09:00:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER IZ TU KDEM
06KIRKUK148	(C) KRG INTERIOR MINISTER ON SECURITY CONCERNS, RELATIONS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Interior (MOI) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Karim Sinjari, said on August 10 that nearly non-existent liaison relations with the MOI in Baghdad would have an impact on security in the Kurdistan region and throughout Iraq. He said [...]	2006-08-22 09:09:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER IZ TU
06KIRKUK17	(SBU) PUK FACILITATES ARAB DEPARTURE FROM KIRKUK [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Dr. Farhad Omar works in a new PUK-funded group assisting Arabization Arabs who want to return voluntarily to southern Iraq. He and a Kurdish member of the Kirkuk provincial council told DRC and IPAO on January 25 that "Kurdistan Unity and Brotherhood (KUB)" a [...]	2006-01-29 19:11:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PINR IZ
06KIRKUK173	KIRKUK GOVERNOR SURVIVES ATTACK, LAYS OUT PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kirkuk Governor Mustafa survived a human bomb attack on his car November 28. This was the first time this tactic had been used in Kirkuk. Mustafa was pessimistic that the provisions of Constitutional Article 140 on the final status of Kirkuk would be completed on schedule. Strong [...]	2006-11-29 14:13:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PINR PINS MOPS PBTS IZ
06KIRKUK174	KIRKUK RULING COALITION AGAINST BAKER-HAMILTON REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 10 key representatives of the ruling PUK/KDP-dominated local government demarched the REO, and on October 11 affiliated NGO's held a demonstration in front of our gate, about the Iraq Study Group (ISG) Report. In the PUK/KDP's view, the ISG report was biased in favor [...]	2006-12-14 09:55:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS PINR IZ
06KIRKUK179	ANOTHER ANTI-ISG DEMONSTRATION AT REO - KIRKUK [...] (U) On December 19, a group of about 100-150 demonstrators from the Turcoman People's Women Union assembled in front of the REO to express discontent with provisions of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report. The Women Union is an affiliate of the Turcoman Brotherhood Party (led by Walid Sharika, a [...]	2006-12-21 14:20:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PGOV PBTS IZ
06KIRKUK39	KRG-E JUSTICE MINISTRY FACES POLITICAL PRESSURE AND LEGAL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The RC(A) met February 16 with Hadi Ali, the Justice Minister in the Erbil Kurdistan Regional Government, and the ministry's Director General, Judge 'Abdulbassit 'Abdullah Farhad. Ali is from the Kurdistan Islamic Union and has been the KRG-E Justice Minister f [...]	2006-02-19 18:43:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL PINR KWMN IZ
06KIRKUK42	(U) PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN KIRKUK AND KURDISH REGION IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 11:03:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV KISL IZ PINR
06KIRKUK43	(U) PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN KIRKUK AND KURDISH REGION IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 07:06:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV KISL IZ PINR
06KIRKUK44	(S) SAMARRA BOMBINGS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN PLANNED IN ADVANCE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) Intelligence reporting about people and tribes in the Samarra area suggests plans to destroy the Golden Mosque were made as early as a year ago. HUMINT reporting in April 2005 points to plans by Samarra AQIZ members to destroy the mosque. Those AQIZ m [...]	2006-02-24 10:21:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PINS PGOV PTER KISL PINR IZ
06KIRKUK52	NDI SUPPORTS IRAQI WOMEN'S POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A National Democratic Institute (NDI) Program Manager for women's issues told IPAO's in late February that Iraqi women had not yet obtained an independent voice in political parties. NDI works with women from all Iraqi political parties to implement constitutional provisions adv [...]	2006-03-02 20:16:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KDEM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK55	KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION MAINTAINS A MODERATE, INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Islamic Party (KIU) hopes to be a viable option for Kurdish voters that are not satisfied with what they perceive to be the corrupt, self-serving policies of the KDP and PUK. KIU officials reputedly reject violence in the name of Islam and argued that the Iraqi Go [...]	2006-03-07 19:12:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK58	KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT PUK PRIME MINISTER PUSHES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, leaders of the Patriotic United Kurdistan (PUK) demanded that the next Baghdad government tackle TAL 58 issues: "Kirkuk is a part of Kurdistan." The leaders reaffirmed the PUK's support for the U.S. presence in Iraq and their desire for continuing long-term [...]	2006-03-09 17:02:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK59	SUNNI POLITICIANS SAY HAWIJAH PRIME FOR COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two members of the Iraqi Republican Gathering separately stressed the need to expand Coalition outreach to Sunni Arabs in Hawijah - a Sunni Arab city southwest of Kirkuk. They admitted the city was a Ba'athist stronghold, but claimed it had few foreign fighters, and recommended [...]	2006-03-10 14:02:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINS PINR PTER IZ
06KIRKUK62	(U) DIYALA REPRESENTATIVES' BIOS [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SET has collected background information on nine of the ten representatives elected from Diyala province in the December 2005 elections. These representatives-elect share virtually no common characteristics, but their backgrounds reveal a l [...]	2006-03-15 11:58:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK63	PROVINCIAL GOVT STRUGGLES FOR POWER, BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. Sulaymaniyah provincial leaders stressed the need for the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) to grant them legal authority and practical power to carry out projects. Provincial Governor Dana Ahmad Majid requested U.S. technical assistance for urban planning and taking a census of [...]	2006-03-17 14:19:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PINR IZ
06KIRKUK65	KURDISH TRIBAL OPINION OF COALITION WORSENING OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the influential Baradusti tribe in the Kurdish region of Iraq described the Iraqi security situation as worse today than during Saddam Hussayn's era. The continued violence throughout Iraq is denting Kurdish popular opinion of the Coalition. The U.S. presence, how [...]	2006-03-18 19:08:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR PTER KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK67	TURCOMAN FRUSTRATION MOUNTS IN KIRKUK [...] (C) Summary. The Turcoman are frustrated with the Kurds' domination of Kirkuk politics. An Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) leader warned that the Turcoman and Arabs might unite against Kurdish injustices. The Turcoman reject the national Normalization Committee on Kirkuk and believe that the IP [...]	2006-03-20 18:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK70	(C) KAMAL QADR KARIM: CONVICTED FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL, PARDON [...] (SBU) Media reports say a Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil court convicted Austrian citizen and Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim on March 26 of criminal defamation and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. As reported reftels, on December 19 a court had sentenced him to 30 years [...]	2006-03-27 18:43:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK71	TURCOMAN - UNIFIED IN KIRKUK, DIVIDED IN BAGHDAD -REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Islamic Turcoman Union represents most Shia Turcoman in Kirkuk. The party works with other Turcoman parties on issues locally but is aligned with the Unified Iraqi Alliance in Baghdad. The Shia Turcoman remain frustrated with the perceived bias and indecision in the land [...]	2006-03-29 04:37:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK72	IRAQI ARMY RAID ON TURCOMAN VILLAGE - TWO DEAD, SEVERAL [...] (C) Summary. A mid-march Iraqi Army (IA) raid in predominately Turcoman village near the At Tamim - Salah ad Din provincial border results in two deaths, several injuries, and alleged widespread destruction of property. Turcoman frustration increases to what they perceive as an excessive mil [...]	2006-03-29 04:39:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK74	(C) PM BARZANI TO PARDON KAMAL QADR KARIM IN NEXT FEW DAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that he would pardon Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim "in the next three to four days." We suspect they will deport him. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) While discussing human rights with RC(A) March 29 in relation to the riot in Halabja [...]	2006-03-31 10:42:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK75	KURDISH TRIBAL LEADER DOWNS KDP AND PUK, URGES U.S. TO STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leader from the influential Kurdish tribe of Surchi said tribes were forced to work with the KDP and PUK because the parties controlled all the region's revenue. He thought the two Kurdish parties were incapable of working together. Shaykh Surchi urged the U.S. to remain in [...]	2006-03-31 15:29:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK76	HALABJAH: PM BARZANI BLAMES THE PUK [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. With RC(A) March 29, KRG-Erbil PM Barzani blamed the PUK for the heavy-handed response by the KRG-Sulaymaniyah to the Halabjah riot. Barzani said the PUK had known about the growing tension, but had done nothing to stem it. The PUK had undertaken many projects [...]	2006-03-31 15:30:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL PINR IZ
06KIRKUK80	MORE PROTESTS AHEAD IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. A freelance press interpreter says some who participated in the violent Halabjah protests could now be inclined to become KRG insurgents because the PUK is giving them few other options. Our contact said he had heard reports that some protestors had fled to the mountains or Ira [...]	2006-04-07 14:07:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PINR IZ IR
06KIRKUK81	SUNNIS IN HAWIJAH MAY PREFER POLITICIANS TO TRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Sunni community in the Kirkuk province wanted to benefit from U.S. outreach efforts, but the U.S. needed to work with the right Sunni leaders. A Sunni Arab politician from Kirkuk argued that the people of Hawijah were fed up with the tribes' inability to deliver security to [...]	2006-04-10 05:42:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINS PINR PTER IZ
06KIRKUK82	GAS/OIL REFINERY TO BE BUILT IN KURDISH REGION [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi KAR Group CEO Baz Karim discussed bids for two new oil refineries, including the first in the Kurdistan region, slated for Koia, Sulaymaniyah Province. Karim also requested advocacy from the United States for KAR's bid on the proposed $1.3 billion Al- Nahrian Refinery, in c [...]	2006-04-10 05:47:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PGOV PINR IZ
06KIRKUK83	ZEBARI SHAYKH SAYS TRIBES CONTROL SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Zebari tribe said he supported the Coalition presence in Iraq, but requested that the U.S. pay more attention to the tribes. He explained that while the Sunni Arabs of Iraq are demanding a U.S. withdrawal, the Kurds fear it. Zebari said Kurds blamed the U.S. fo [...]	2006-04-10 13:50:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK87	IRAQI OIL CO. TALKS CONSTITUTION, CORRUPTION, COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi businessman and CEO of KAR Group Baz Karim said that the Iraqi national government and the Kurdistan Regional Government were handling new oil contracts in accordance with the new constitution, even though it was not yet in effect. Karim also said the two sides had recently [...]	2006-04-12 10:48:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET ENRG ECON KCOR PREL PINR IZ NO CA
06KIRKUK97	IRANIAN FORCES ATTACK IRAQI KURDISH VILLAGES [...] (C) On April 21, Iranian military forces bombed Iraqi villages near the tri-border area of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. Deputy speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly, Kamal Kirkuki, confirmed that the attacks occurred around 5:00 A.M. in the northern Iraqi villages of Haji Umran and Kherena. [...]	2006-04-22 17:22:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PINR PINS PREF PNAT PREL PTER PHUM IZ
06KIRKUK98	BADR ORGANIZATION IN KIRKUK COOPERATING ON SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Badr Organization claims to be a multiethnic group in northern Iraq. Badr representatives claim most Shia Arabs in Kirkuk are Ba'ath loyalists. The Badr representatives claimed to defer security responsibilities to the Iraqi Army and police. The Badr Organization is postp [...]	2006-04-25 13:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK99	KURDISH REFUGEE SPEAKS ABOUT IRANIAN TORTURE; REQUESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. An Iranian Kurd contacted Kirkuk Regional Embassy Office requesting asylum. He maintained that Iranian authorities detained him in June 2005 for writing negatively about the government. He claimed that he was tortured by Iranian intelligence and sent to Mariwan prison for thre [...]	2006-04-25 13:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR
06KUALALUMPUR1516	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DEBATE LEADS TO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Pressure from non-Muslims to examine religious freedom in Malaysia has generated passionate debate here in recent months, leading to PM Abdullah's July 25 warning, repeated on August 11, for the media and public to refrain from openly debating contentious religious and racial issues. For t [...]	2006-08-11 08:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KISL KIRF KDEM KPAO MY
06KUALALUMPUR1636	PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER FACES DEATH THREAT [...] (C) Prominent Muslim lawyer and human rights activist Malik Imtiaz has become the target of a death threat printed on a leaflet and distributed via email beginning in mid-August. On August 24 Imtiaz privately told us he believes the death threat was orchestrated by several newly established Muslim [...]	2006-08-30 10:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1908	MALAYSIAN YOUTH POLL REVEALS RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 08:00:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1913	MALAYSIAN YOUTH POLL REVEALS SHARP ETHNIC DIVIDE [...] (SBU) A recent opinion poll, funded by The Asia Foundation, of over 1,500 young Malaysian adults aged 18-32 showed sharp differences of views on religion and national identity and the relation between state and religion among the country's three largest ethnic groups - the Malays, Chinese and [...]	2006-10-13 02:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1948	SABAH: POROUS BORDERS; PROBLEMS WITH FOREIGNERS; UNHAPPY UMNO COALITION PARTNER [...] (C) The police, political leaders, a human rights official in the East Malaysia state of Sabah recently expressed their concerns to us about rising crime and the security impact from the high number of foreigners - both legal and illegal - residing in the state. Sabah's Acting Police Commissio [...]	2006-10-17 05:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SMIG ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR1977	MALAYSIA RELEASES 11 DETAINEES WITH PAST TERRORIST [...] (S/NF) Malaysia unexpectedly released 11 people, originally held for terrorist links, from ISA (Internal Security Act) detention on October 18. The eleven represent Malaysian citizens previously tied to the Malaysia Militant Group (KMM) or the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group. Local med [...]	2006-10-19 10:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINR ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR1996	MALAYSIA RELEASES SIX MORE ISA DETAINEES LINKED TO [...] (SBU) Following the unexpected October 18 release of 11 prisoners from Internal Security Act (ISA) detention (reftel),late on October 19 Malaysia freed an additional six detainees who had been held for suspected links to terrorism. The six men are all Malaysian citizens originally arrested [...]	2006-10-20 08:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINR ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR2108	MALAYSIA ADOPTS NEW ANTI-TERROR LAWS [...] (C) Strong anti-terrorism provisions in Malaysia's Penal Code and Criminal Procedures Code will take effect January 1, 2007, following the early October finalization of amendments to these laws. Counterterrorism finance-related amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the Subordinate Cour [...]	2006-11-14 09:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR KHLS ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR2159	MALAYSIA MFA ON MILF TALKS, THAI UNREST [...] (C) A senior Malaysian Foreign Ministry official charged with Southeast Asia told us November 21 that the next round of GRP-MILF talks would take place in December with Malaysia's Othman Abdul Razak remaining the facilitator. The GRP reportedly had readied a partial compromise on territorial [...]	2006-11-22 09:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP TH MY

06KUALALUMPUR2271	MALAYSIA'S OIC ROLE FOCUSES ON PRACTICAL MEASURES [...] (C) Malaysia's senior diplomat supporting Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's role as Chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah, told us December 1 that Malaysia would continue to focus on "concrete and practical measures" by the OIC to help its po [...]	2006-12-12 10:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EAID KISL MY
06KUWAIT1637	UNDERSTANDING THE KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: The Islamic Constitutional Movement (Al-Haraka Al-Dusturi Al-Islamiyya),the political arm of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood, is one of, if not the, largest and most influential political associations in Kuwait. (Note: The Government does not officially recognize [...]	2006-05-09 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT1638	UNDERSTANDING THE KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 10:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT185	AFGHAN AMBASSADOR TO KUWAIT ON LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 21 meeting with the Ambassador on GOK assistance and labor issues, Afghan Ambassador to Kuwait Yussuf Samad praised the USG for its ongoing support to Afghanistan; pointed to GOK unwillingness to re-start assistance absent a solution to old GOA arrears; acknowl [...]	2006-01-21 16:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELAB PGOV PREL PINR AF XD KU
06KUWAIT1856	OIL OFFICIALS DISCUSS KUWAIT PROJECT, [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 15, 17, and 20, Ambassador met in separate meetings with Kuwaiti officials in the petroleum sector to discuss privatization, Kuwait Project, the planned fourth refinery, investments abroad, and the recent gas discovery. Interlocutors expected that the Kuwait Project wo [...]	2006-05-23 08:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PINR BEXP KU
06KUWAIT201	NEW IRAQI CHARGE TO KUWAIT ON RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi Charge d'Affaires to Kuwait, Hamid Al-Sharifi, spoke about Iran and its growing influence on the Iraqi Shi'a population. He stated that Iranian agents have been able to infiltrate Iraqi schools, hospitals, social centers, an [...]	2006-01-22 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KISL IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2020	MFA OFFICIAL REQUESTS MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON [...] (S/NF) On May 29 PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Coordination and Follow-Up, Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, ref A information on two Kuwaiti detainees currently being held in Iraq: Abdelrahman Mobarak Meshakhas Al-Bathali and Ali Awad Faraj Al-Harbi. Al-Maqamis re [...]	2006-05-31 16:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PHUM KAWC PINR KU IQ
06KUWAIT2150	FREEDOM AGENDA: GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM BLOSSOMS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Kuwait's recent "orange revolution" is the role played by the ad hoc coalition of pro-reform youth organizations known as the "orange movement." These youth organizations, which include both liberals and Islamists and were not [...]	2006-06-07 17:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2193	NEW KUWAITI INFORMATION MINISTER AIMS TO CUT PUBLIC MEDIA [...] Summary: Charg d'Affaires paid a courtesy call on Kuwait's new Minister of Information Mohammed Nasser Al-Sanousi on June 7, 2006. The Minister, who was sworn in by the Amir on May 16, is a U.S.-educated businessman with extensive prior media experience in both the public and private sectors. [...]	2006-06-10 14:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KU PINR FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT224	UP CLOSE WITH MUQTADA AL-SADR ON THE KUWAITI [...] (C) On January 21, PolOffs attended the diwaniya of a liberal Shia professor who is a close Embassy contact. The professor recounted an interchange he had with radical Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr at the diwaniya of a prominent Kuwaiti Shia real estate and hotel magnate. Al-Sadr had been [...]	2006-01-24 08:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2271	THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY FRIEND: SUPPORT FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: An emerging consensus between ideologically opposite political blocs on the need for political reform in Kuwait has led to the formation of a number of unprecedented alliances in advance of the June 29 parliamentary elections. Some Islamist groups, like the Islamic Constituti [...]	2006-06-13 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2395	INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS SAY TIP PROGRESS TO [...] (SBU/NF) The Charge met June 19 with Brigadier General Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah, Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship, Passports and Bidoon Affairs at the Ministry of Interior, to present the findings of the TIP report and to encourage the GOK to follow through on the promises it has made to [...]	2006-06-19 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB PINR KU TIP
06KUWAIT260	FAILAKA ATTACK SENTENCES INCREASED ON APPEAL: [...] (U) On January 24 Kuwait's Court of Appeals overturned most of the original sentences of the twelve defendants charged in the October 8, 2002 Failaka Island shooting which resulted in the death of USMC Lance Cpl. Antonio Sledd and the injury of USMC Lance Cpl. George Simpson. The court sente [...]	2006-01-25 13:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PGOV PINR KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2602	FREEDOM AGENDA: PRO-REFORM CANDIDATES WIN [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: Pro-reform candidates won a resounding victory in the June 29 parliamentary elections as voters sent a clear message to the Government on the need for political reform to combat corruption. Pro-reform MPs now have a clear majority (34) in the 65-member Parliament. [...]	2006-06-30 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN PINR KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2637	GOK INDUSTRY HEAD SAYS IMPORT INSPECTION CONTRACT [...] On June 28, CDA met with Public Authority for Industry (PAI) Director General Dr. Mirza Hasan to discuss potential investments by U.S. firms in Kuwait. Hasan described plans for an industrial park of "a couple of million square meters" that would focus on research and development in fuel cell [...]	2006-07-02 05:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV PINR KU
06KUWAIT284	COMBATING MONEY LAUNDERING A TOP PRIORITY FOR [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: During a January 24 meeting with Econoff, Ahmed Al-Ansari, the head of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry's relatively new Combating Money Laundering Operations office (est. 2003),underscored his office's commitment to raising private sector awareness and ensuring co [...]	2006-01-28 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KU KTFN
06KUWAIT3432	GOVERNMENT TO INTRODUCE NEW 4-YEAR AGENDA NEXT [...] (C/NF) The new Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs, Dr. Ismail Al-Shatti, told the Ambassador August 22 that the Government would present a new four-year agenda during the next legislative term. (Note: Parliament i [...]	2006-08-23 07:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON PINR KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT3561	SOCIAL REFORM SOCIETY CHAIRMAN ABDULLAH AL-MUTAWA [...] (SBU) Abdullah Al-Mutawa, one of the founding members of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood (KMB) and the Chairman of the Social Reform Society (SRS),the KMB's charity branch, passed away September 3. Al-Mutawa also served as Editor-in-Chief of the SRS's weekly publication, Al-Mujtima, and Chair [...]	2006-09-04 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KTFN KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT3692	AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE PLANS TRIP TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Kuwait's Ambassador-designate to Iraq Ali Al-Mumin cited reciprocity issues as the most important stumbling block to upgraded diplomatic representation in Baghdad. He noted that issues involving security, site location and transportation between Iraq and Kuwait needed to be reso [...]	2006-09-14 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR SOCI IZ KU
06KUWAIT3826	AFFILIATIONS OF THE 2006-2010 PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Campaigning on a pro-reform, anti-corruption platform, opposition candidates won a two-seat majority in the June 2006 parliamentary elections. Parliamentarians (MPs) have since organized themselves into blocs, which serve as a means for coordinating on a common legislative agen [...]	2006-09-24 12:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4076	SENIOR SCIRI LEADER AMMAR AL-HAKIM VISITS KUWAIT, [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Ammar Al-Hakim, the son of SCIRI leader Abdulaziz Al-Hakim and a top SCIRI leader himself, arrived in Kuwait October 8 for meetings with the Amir, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and other Kuwaiti government officials. Al-Hakim likely tried to assuage Kuwaiti fe [...]	2006-10-11 14:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT430	DR. HAMAD AL-ALI CONDONES JIHAD IN IRAQ; [...] (C) In a February 5 interview with the Arabic-daily Al-Seyassah, translated and reprinted in the English-daily Arab Times on February 6, Kuwait University Professor of Shari'a and Islamic Studies Hamad bin Hamad Al-Ali argued that it is "legal for Muslims to kill the Danish caricaturist who a [...]	2006-02-07 11:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KISL KU
06KUWAIT437	KUWAIT PUBLIC INSTITUTION FOR SOCIAL SECURITY: AN [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: During a February 7 meeting with the Ambassador, the head of Kuwait's Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS),the country's government pension agency, outlined the organization's progressive work ethic, organizational structure and global investments, including $ [...]	2006-02-07 14:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EINV EFIN XF KU
06KUWAIT4498	INFLUENTIAL AL-SABAH EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with Poloff, Shaykh Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, an influential ruling family member with close ties to the Amir, expressed frustration with the Prime Minister's "weakness" and his inability to control an increasingly assertive Parliament. He complai [...]	2006-11-21 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT4579	(C) C-NE6-01698: KUWAITI ISLAMISTS' INITIATIVES ON [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The women's issues legislation recently drafted by Islamist parliamentarians aims to increase state benefits provided to Kuwaiti women, not change their social and political status. It is likely the result of women's suffrage and recent electoral reforms resulting [...]	2006-12-06 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KISL KWMN KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT4580	KUWAITI "AHWAZ ACTIVIST" MEETS WITH EUROPEAN [...] (S/NF) Over the past several months, a Kuwaiti in his mid-fifties named Faisal Al-Khazal has met with several European embassies in Kuwait to enlist their support for his alleged Ahwazi opposition group. (Note: Ahwaz is the Arabized name of the capital of Khuzestan, a predominantly Arab prov [...]	2006-12-06 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4598	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON HEAD OF KUWAIT STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the new Director General of the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) Saleh Al-Falah. Ambassador and the DG discussed the pending creation of a capital markets authority and Kuwait's overall economic health. The meeting was also attende [...]	2006-12-09 10:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KU PINR PREL KTFN
06KUWAIT4612	SPEAKER AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: During separate meetings December 6 with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi and the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Mohammed Al-Sager, shared their views on regional and domestic political issues. Al-Khorafi welcomed the President's recent meetings wit [...]	2006-12-10 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM LE IZ IR KU
06KUWAIT467	AMIR APPROVES NEW CABINET: SHI'A AND ICM GAIN; [...] (C) Summary: Amir Shaykh Sabah approved on February 9 a new Cabinet, which was particularly notable for the appointment of a second Shi'a minister and one of the leaders of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. The appointments like [...]	2006-02-09 17:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU PINR SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT4688	GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION EXCHANGE: [...] (U) Post's response to Department inquiries in State 190832 follows. 2. (C/NF) Immigration Databases ------------------------------- - The Government of Kuwait (GOK) Ministry of the Interior has a computerized immigration database. Information for all entries and exits are entered into [...]	2006-12-20 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KVPR KHLS KU
06KUWAIT560	SHI'A MP DISILLUSIONED BY RAMPANT GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Saleh Khorshid, a moderate Shi'a member of Parliament, told Poloff in a February 15 meeting that he was pessimistic about the prospects for political and economic reform in Kuwait given what he characterized as wide-spread, institutionalized government corruption. He [...]	2006-02-15 15:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV EINV PINR KU
06KUWAIT631	NEW COMMERCE MINISTER CALLS FOR GOK ACTION ON [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a February 22 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, new GOK Commerce and Industry Minister Dr. Youssef Al-Zalzalah (one of two Shia cabinet members),appearing energized, underscored his commitment to implementing pending economic reforms on taxation, IPR, teleco [...]	2006-02-22 15:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD KU KIPR
06KUWAIT657	NEW COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER ADMITS HIS APPOINTMENT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a February 22 meeting with the Ambassador, new Minister of Communications Dr. Ismail Al-Shatti said that the main reason for his appointment to the Cabinet is his twenty-five year friendship with the new Prime Minister. He also cited his leadership within the [...]	2006-02-27 12:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS BEXP PGOV PINR KU
06KUWAIT760	FREEDOM AGENDA: FEMALE MUNICIPALITY CANDIDATE SAYS WIN OR [...] (U) On March 5, PolChief and PolAsst met with Engineer Jenan Ramadan Bushihri, a candidate for the upcoming special Municipal Council election and the first Kuwaiti woman to actually run for public office (ref A). Bushihri, a married 32-year-old mother of two, is currently the Director of t [...]	2006-03-06 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN PINR KU
06KUWAIT837	FREEDOM AGENDA: CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY BY [...] (U) Attorney and women's activist Najla Al-Naki hosted on March 6 the Kuwaiti Women's Forum in celebration of International Women's Day. PolAsst attended the event designed to strengthen the political power and influence of Kuwaiti women. Approximately 50 women from different fields gathere [...]	2006-03-11 13:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN PINR KU
06KUWAIT85	FREEDOM AGENDA: MOST SAY WOMEN WON'T WIN, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Automatic registration of female voters began in late December and the Ministry of Interior announced January 7 that almost 195,000 names have been added to the electoral rolls, doubling the number of eligible voters. Verification of voter information is underway and the regist [...]	2006-01-09 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT86	SOMETIME STRATEGIC ADVISOR TO GOK SAYS IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Sami Al-Faraj, the director of the Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies (KCSS) and a regularly contracted advisor to various government ministries in Kuwait on national security issues, told Poloff January 8 that the GOK views Iran as a threat. According to Al-Faraj, the Gov [...]	2006-01-09 14:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT96	IMMEDIATE REACTION TO DEATH OF THE AMIR: KUWAITI [...] (U) Summary. Following the return of the Prime Minister from an official trip to Oman, the Council of Ministers announced the accession to Amir of Crown Prince Shaykh Saad. Kuwaiti officials and political analysts have been giving interviews on the subject of the January 15 death of the Amir o [...]	2006-01-15 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KU
06KYIV4301	UKRAINE: HIGH-PROFILE RUSSIANS BANNED ENTRY INTO [...] (SBU) Chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) Ihor Drizhchany told journalists November 6 that the SBU had blacklisted 131 foreigners thus far in 2006 for "activities damaging national security interests." When we inquired, an SBU official advised that the SBU does not release names of [...]	2006-11-17 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PINR RS UP
06KYIV4425	UKRAINE/RUSSIA: DEFENDING NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary/comment: PM Yanukovych came to office on a campaign promise to improve relations with Russia, but, although he has toned down the rhetoric towards Russia, like his predecessors, he must find the right balance between close ties to Moscow and protecting Ukrainian sovereignty. While [...]	2006-12-01 14:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS PINR RS UP
06KYIV4432	UKRAINE: ADDITIONAL MANPADS AND SCUDS INVENTORY: [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Tereshchenko told us November 22 that Ukraine would be willing to provide an additional 1,713 MANPADS, a mix of SA-7s and SA-14s, for destruction in the NATO PfP Trust Fund project. An official notification of this offer was under preparation and [...]	2006-12-01 16:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KYIV4484	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS DEBT TO ROSUKRENERGO; STILL OWES [...] (U) On December 4, Ukraine's state oil and gas monopolist NaftoHaz paid off its $306 million debt to RosUkrEnergo (RUE) for 1Q2006 natural gas supplies, according to NaftoHaz Deputy Chairman Aleksandr Kovalko. In a December 7 press interview, Kovalko said NaftoHaz paid the debt with part of a [...]	2006-12-07 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN PINR RS TX UP
06KYIV4647	UKRAINE/BELARUS: PLANNING A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary/comment: According to the MFA, Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Chief of Staff Baloha's December 14 visit to Minsk was intended to maintain momentum toward a possible meeting between the Ukrainian and Belarusan presidents in the February-March 2007 timeframe. The meeting, if it [...]	2006-12-22 10:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
06KYIV4679	UKRAINE: FIGHT OVER NATO/SINGLE ECONOMIC SPACE [...] (C) Summary. The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on December 29 that more than four million valid signatures had been collected in support of a proposed nationwide referendum on NATO membership and the Single Economic Space (SES),as a result of aggressive pushing from referendum [...]	2006-12-29 13:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06KYIV4681	UKRAINE: CONFRONTATION AND COMPROMISE--A TALE OF [...] (C) Summary. Two years after the Orange Revolution and Yushchenko's election victory and almost five months into the prime ministership that has marked Yanukovych's triumphant return to the political center stage, the relationship between the two Viktors is rocky and full of mistrust. Althoug [...]	2006-12-29 13:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06LAGOS101	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #16 [...] (C) Press reports of additional hostages are false. Bayelsa state officials' assurances of the hostages' release were proven wrong, and the negotiators are delaying further talks regarding the crisis. Delta State officials have not been any more in touch or informed about the situation than [...]	2006-01-26 19:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS102	COMMUNICATIONS PATCHED BETWEEN SHELL AND OIL [...] (C) USG and HMG interests, views, and actions have remained tightly aligned during the Shell contractor hostage crisis. However, we have noted a growing gap between Shell and the contractor companies Tidex and Ecodrill. Shell is concerned the contractors are engaging in a line of communica [...]	2006-01-26 19:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1020	POST-MORTEM OF A DELTA KIDNAPPING: SHELL AND [...] (C) This cable recounts Mission conversations with key Shell and Bayelsa State interlocutors regarding the July 6-10 kidnapping of Dutch national and Shell contractor Michael Llos (reftels A and B). Shell and Bayelsa State officials concurred the original kidnappers appeared to be a poorly [...]	2006-07-24 09:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1025	A DIFFERENT PICTURE OF GOVERNOR DUKE [...] (C) Cross River State Governor Donald Duke is intelligent, young and charismatic. The Nigerian media is overwhelmingly favorable, portraying him as one of Nigeria's ablest governors, a bona-fide economic and political reformer capable of higher office in 2007. However, opposition figures in [...]	2006-07-25 11:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PGOV NI
06LAGOS1030	SHELL AIMS FOR A YEAR-END PRODUCTION START FOR [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Consul General, Shell Exploration and Production Executive Vice-President Ann Pickard, Shell's ranking executive in Nigeria, said Shell was negotiating re-entry and new global Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with communities in the Forcados area, which wa [...]	2006-07-26 17:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1043	YOUTHS CONTINUE TO HOLD AGIP WORKERS; SHELL MOVES [...] (SBU) ConocoPhillips management, joint venture partner for AGIP, confirmed that local youths continued to hold approximately forty AGIP employees at an AGIP flow station in Bayelsa State (reftel). The AGIP employees have now been confined to the flow station for three days. ConocoPhillips [...]	2006-07-28 16:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1050	AGIP EMPLOYEES RELEASED SAFELY [...] (SBU) ConocoPhillips, a joint venture partner of AGIP, said approximately forty AGIP employees and Nigerian military held by local youths at the AGIP flow station in Bayelsa State since 25 July had been released on July 30. Nigerian press quoted a government aide saying that no ransom was p [...]	2006-07-31 16:20:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1057	CROSS RIVER'S TINAPA: IF YOU BUILD IT, WILL THEY [...] (SBU) Cross River State's $350-400 million Tinapa Business Resort, scheduled to open in March 2007, is perhaps the most ambitious commercial project in Nigeria. If successful it would transform the economy of the state. However, significant questions remain about who will provide the needed [...]	2006-08-01 17:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PGOV NI
06LAGOS1078	ONE GERMAN, THREE FILIPINOS, KIDNAPPED IN RIVERS [...] (SBU) A German and three Filipinos kidnapped in Rivers State on August 3 and 4, respectively, are still being held hostage. Guido Schiffaiph, a German national working for German construction firm Julius Berger, was taken hostage in the city of Port Harcourt when reportedly a man dressed in [...]	2006-08-07 21:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1093	SIX ADDITIONAL EXPATRIATE HOSTAGES SEIZED IN [...] (C) Kidnappings of both oil and non-oil workers continued in the Niger Delta. Since 8 August, six more expatriates have been kidnapped in two separate incidents. Three of the four kidnappings during the last week may have been committed by the same perpetrators, a new group calling itself t [...]	2006-08-10 18:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1135	KIDNAPPINGS & OIL PRODUCTION: BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (C) Recent militant activity in the Niger Delta has constricted oil company and service contractors' activities in the region. Fortunately, however, production has not significantly declined because of the recent kidnappings. However, both oil companies and service contractors have, to varyi [...]	2006-08-25 15:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS12	ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING LIBERIAN DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: Over the past several months, DEA CA Sam Gaye received information from reliable sources regarding diplomatic personnel assigned to the Liberian Embassy in Nigeria. According to sources, Liberian diplomats are involved in a wide range of improper activities, including the use of [...]	2006-01-05 14:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SNAR NI
06LAGOS122	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #17 [...] (C) The Bayelsa State Secretary of Government (SSG),Dr. Igali, informed us that the kidnappers have agreed to release the hostages to him at a location he would not disclose. Both the Bayelsa SSG and Ecodrill Country Manager Peter Quiatkowski's intermediaries said the hostages are in good he [...]	2006-01-27 19:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS123	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #18 - NO RELEASE [...] (C) The four oil service company hostages were not released. Bayelsa Secretary of the State Government Dr. Igali told Conoff he received a call after midnight that the three associates of the kidnappers had left Warri, Delta State, to pick-up the hostages. However, by three a.m., Dr. Igali [...]	2006-01-28 11:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS124	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #19 [...] (C) We have received several explanations for the breakdown of last night's hostage release. In addition to the presence of military patrol boats that allegedly frightened the kidnappers from leaving their hide-out (reftel A),Bayelsa Secretary of the State Government (SSG) Dr. Igali said a [...]	2006-01-28 16:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1249	MILITANT ATTACK ON CONVOY [...] (C) Summary: Three Joint Task Force (JTF) soldiers and a boatman were killed, one JTF soldier critically wounded, and seven JTF soldiers and a boatman are missing after an attack by Niger Delta militants on a Shell barge convoy on October 2. Twenty-five Nigerian employees of the Shell cont [...]	2006-10-04 06:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS125	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #20 [...] (C) The hoped-for release of the four oil service company employees did not take place last night. Commenting on this latest in a series of miscues, Bayelsa Secretary of the State Government (SSG) Dr. Igali said the release was postponed because the kidnappers disagreed over to whom to releas [...]	2006-01-29 13:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS126	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #21 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The four oil service company hostages held for almost three weeks have been released. Post was informed at five a.m. this morning that the quartet was released and in Yenagoa. Conoff has seen and spoken with them. The former hostages appear to be in decent health. Amcit Landry was in [...]	2006-01-30 09:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1264	THE NIGER DELTA -- A WARY LULL? [...] (C) Summary: After four incidents in Delta State, and one in Akwa Ibom earlier in the week, there have been no militant attacks since October 4. Shell has lost 9,000 barrels per day of oil from the Ekaluma flow station in Rivers State following the October 4 attack. There have been unconfirm [...]	2006-10-10 06:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1268	THE NIGER DELTA -- A WARY LULL? [...] (C) Summary: After four incidents in Delta State, and one in Akwa Ibom earlier in the week, there have been no militant attacks since October 4. Shell has lost 9,000 barrels per day of oil from the Ekaluma flow station in Rivers State following the October 4 attack. There have been unconfirm [...]	2006-10-10 13:53:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS130	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #22 - EMERGING [...] (C) Accounts about how the hostage release was effected this morning are beginning to emerge. Little can be confirmed at this point. Two NGO sources in the Delta claim that the release came about only after Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Dokubo Asari, currently incarcer [...]	2006-01-30 16:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS136	OKRIKA DAEWOO FACILITY ATTACKED: NO FATALITIES [...] (SBU) South-Korean Daewoo Construction facility in Okrika, Rivers State was attacked Saturday, January 28 at 0730 by approximately 30 armed men. Korean Embassy First Secretary Tok-won Lee spoke with Daewoo Managing Director to confirm there were no fatalities primarily because Daewoo's securit [...]	2006-01-31 14:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV PTER KHLS PINR ETRD KS NI
06LAGOS137	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #22 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The four hostages left Lagos late last night bound for London aboard a British Airways flight. AmCit Pat Landry will leave London today for Houston. (Note: Post received confirmation that Mr. Landry's flight is now on the way to Houston. End note.) Harry Ebanks will fly to Miami with [...]	2006-01-31 17:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1372	NIGER DELTA YOUTH SUMMIT: A STARTING POINT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Niger Delta youth leaders are preparing a plan of action and initiatives to bring peace to the Niger Delta. These efforts follow an October 2-4 summit which brought together fifty youth leaders, resulting in a 12-point communique to address the root causes of violence in the Del [...]	2006-11-22 12:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PTER PINR EPET NI
06LAGOS1375	MILITANTS KIDNAP 7 EXPATS FROM AGIP VESSEL, NO [...] (C) Summary. On November 22, militants reportedly took seven expatriates hostage from AGIP's FPSO Mystras vessel. No American citizens are involved in this incident, according to an AGIP contact. The British Deputy High Commission reported that one British, a Romanian, a Filipino, an Italian [...]	2006-11-23 09:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1376	BRITON KILLED, ITALIAN INJURED IN [...] (C) The British hostage kidnapped from AGIP's FPSO Mystras vessel November 22 was killed during a fusillade between the hostage-takers and a military patrol boat the day of the kidnapping. The six other hostages were freed as a result of this encounter. AGIP's Deputy Managing Director, Akin [...]	2006-11-24 15:53:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS138	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #22 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The four hostages left Lagos late last night bound for London aboard a British Airways flight. AmCit Pat Landry will leave London today for Houston. (Note: Post received confirmation that Mr. Landry's flight is now on the way to Houston. End note.) Harry Ebanks will fly to Miami with [...]	2006-01-31 17:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1385	COMMUNITY ACTIVIST/CANDIDATE ON BAYELSA SECURITY & [...] (C) Summary. Nalaguo Chris Alagoa, Project Coordinator of the Peace And Security Secretariat (PASS) told Poloff November 13 he hopes to be Paul Orie Wari's running mate in Bayelsa State's 2007 gubernatorial election should Wari obtain the People's Democratic Party (PDP) nomination. Alagoa sai [...]	2006-11-30 08:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB EPET NI PGOV PINR PTER
06LAGOS233	NIGERIAN MILITARY ATTACKS ALLEGED BUNKERERS / EAC [...] (U) On February 15, a Nigerian military helicopter overflew the Nkerekoko area near Warri, Delta State, reportedly firing on 8 barges the GON alleges were being used for illegal oil bunkering activity. Giving a different version of the incident, Nkerekoko community leaders told the press 8 [...]	2006-02-16 15:04:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS248	SHELL FLOWSTATION CLOSED AMID HEIGHTENED DELTA [...] (U) Tensions have increased in the Delta but accounts vary widely as to what actually has occurred to spark the tension and what all this might portend. Amidst the swirl of conflicting reports, what we can relay with some certitude is that a Shell flowstation in Rivers State has closed and t [...]	2006-02-17 17:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS249	NIGERIA: NINE HOSTAGES SEIZED, INCLUDING AMCITS, [...] (C) Nine expatriate hostages were taken from a Willbros construction barge around 7:15am. The barge was working on a Shell platform in Forcados, Delta State. The hostage-takers boarded the vessel, and afterward selected the nine from the 45 expatriate and 55 Nigerian workers on the barge at [...]	2006-02-18 15:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS250	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #2 [...] (SBU) Willbros will contact the next-of-kin for all of their employees, and have already made contact with the family of AmCit Macon Hawkins. Shell reports Hawkins has hypertension, as does Russell Spell. 2. (U) Aside from the three Americans reported reftel B, the other captives have [...]	2006-02-18 17:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS251	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #3 [...] (C) MEND released a statement claiming the hostages are in good health. Willbros has contacted all next-of-kin. Delta State governor James Ibori has been appointed Chair of a committee to resolve the hostage crisis. Due to security concerns, Shell has not been able to fully assess damage to [...]	2006-02-19 14:57:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS252	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #4 [...] (C) Nigerian Government officials and NGO officials in contact with the kidnappers report that, according to the hostage takers, the hostages are healthy and unharmed. As with the January hostage crisis, Shell is hosting a daily meeting that includes Shell, Willbros, British High Commission [...]	2006-02-20 17:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS263	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #5 [...] (C) A reliable contact reported to Shell hostage Macon Hawkins was "presenting difficulties," and we infer this to mean that he was beginning to show signs of diabetic complications. Willbros is attempting to contact Hawkins' doctor to obtain a more complete assessment of his medical history [...]	2006-02-21 18:20:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS27	FOUR OIL SERVICE COMPANY EXPATRIATES REPORTEDLY [...] (U)Summary: On January 12, Tidex, an American oil services company, reported an American employee and 3 other expatriates were kidnapped by a group of approximately40 armed men. The incident occurred aboard a Tidex vessel 7 miles off shore of Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The abduction occurred at [...]	2006-01-12 10:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET KHLS NI PGOV PINR PTER CASC
06LAGOS274	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #6 [...] (C) Sources including Ijaw traditional leader Chief Edwin Clark tell us medicines sent to the hostages through the State Security Service (SSS) and Delta State have been delivered to the kidnappers. However, we have no confirmation the medication has been passed to the hostages. Willbros inf [...]	2006-02-22 18:52:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS279	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #7 [...] (C) Sources in Warri told PolCouns that AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins refuses to eat or drink and is exhibiting signs of depression. According to those contacts the other hostages are comfortable and the medicine sent for the hostages has been received. Media sources claim they will have a ph [...]	2006-02-23 19:08:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS287	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #8 [...] (C) Constituting the first proof of life since the crisis began, MEND released several undated photographs of the hostages last night. Individual photographs of each of the hostages as well as two group photographs, one showing seven and one showing four of the nine hostages, backed by masked [...]	2006-02-24 17:29:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS288	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #9 [...] (C) The hostage-takers allowed a journalist to see AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins at an undisclosed location away from the other eight hostages. Hawkins told the journalist the hostages were doing well and eating; Hawkins' statements suggest he has resumed eating and drinking. He confirmed he [...]	2006-02-25 16:34:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS290	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #10 [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. ---------------------- Hostage Welfare Update ---------------------- 2. (C) Several sources continue to tell us the hostages are in good condition and will be released imminently. (Note: Post notes the history of government interlocuto [...]	2006-02-26 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS297	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #11 [...] (C) Chief Edwin Clark, a member of the Delta State negotiating committee, told Econoff more medicine was dispatched for the hostages on Saturday. ------------------- Negotiations Update ------------------- 2. (C) Clark and other sources around Warri told Econoff some of the hostages [...]	2006-02-27 16:21:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS306	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #12 [...] (C) Shell, GON and other sources report the anticipated release of some of the hostages this morning was delayed because Delta State Governor Ibori announced the release and publicly claimed credit before the deal was sealed. Governor Ibori told Econoff additional medicine and Willbros letter [...]	2006-02-28 16:42:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS310	NIGERIA: DELTA WORKING GROUP INITIATED [...] (SBU) Post initiated a weekly Delta Working Group (DWG) consisting of U.S. Consulate personnel and oil/oil service company representatives to facilitate Delta security and hostage crisis information exchange. Consulate personnel provided the group an overview of the security situation and ho [...]	2006-03-01 07:01:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS317	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #13 [...] (C) AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins was released this evening to two foreign journalists and is currently at Delta State Governor Ibori's mansion. Econoffs are accompanying Hawkins and plan to remain with him overnight at the Shell medical clinic in Warri. Shell will bring him to Lagos tomorrow b [...]	2006-03-01 18:37:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS318	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 14 [...] (C) Five other hostages were released this evening to foreign journalists, and are currently at Delta State Governor Ibori's Warri lodge. AmCits Russell Spell and Cody Oswalt, along with Briton John Hudspith have not been released. Shell has made arrangements for them to stay overnight at th [...]	2006-03-01 20:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS324	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #15 [...] (C) The six hostages released last night are on their way back to their respective home countries. AmCit Macon Hawkins is scheduled to fly back to Texas on an evening Air France flight via Paris. All hostages were examined and cleared by Shell physicians last night, and they have had USG acc [...]	2006-03-02 17:10:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS327	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 16 [...] (C) AmCit Macon Hawkins safely departed Nigeria for Houston, Texas. There has been no additional information about the condition of the remaining hostages, except for reports yesterday confirming they were well-fed and well-treated. 2. (C) Willbros requested Delta State Governor Ibori deli [...]	2006-03-03 16:04:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS333	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 17 [...] (C) There has been no additional confirmed information about the condition of the remaining hostages. Delta State Governor Ibori is obtaining new photographs to demonstrate proof of life. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (S/NF) Delta State Governor Ibor [...]	2006-03-06 18:05:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS339	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 18 [...] (C) Academic Associates Peaceworks Director Judy Assuni provided confirmed proof of life answers for Briton John Hudspith to the British Mission, but no additional information was provided for AmCits Russell Spell and Cody Oswalt. Willbros is contacting Oswalt's colleagues to ascertain his ab [...]	2006-03-07 18:41:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS346	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 19 [...] (SBU) Despite repeated attempts, Willbros management told us they have not been able to reach Governor Ibori over the last two days, although the Governor did send them a text message indicating the hostages were fine. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C [...]	2006-03-08 18:29:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS36	MILITIA GROUP'S CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (C) Shell reports negotiations began for the return of the 4 hostages taken in the January 11 kidnapping reported reftel with a group that the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) has identified as responsible. The group is reportedly from the small village of Keremo, near the Chevron Escra [...]	2006-01-13 07:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR NI
06LAGOS363	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 20 [...] (C) Delta State Government officials had no updates on hostage welfare except to say that they are in good health. Conoff in Warri continues to ask for recent proof of life. Shell reports there will be another visit to the camp by journalists with a good track record of access to the Movemen [...]	2006-03-09 16:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS366	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 21 [...] (C) There is no new information regarding the welfare of the hostages. Family letters were given to the journalists scheduled to tour the militant camps this weekend, and Conoff reported he saw a Reuters journalist arriving in Warri this morning. The Shell crisis group agreed to ask release [...]	2006-03-10 16:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS367	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 22 [...] (C) Conoff received a call from AmCit hostage Cody Oswalt last night. Oswalt's identity was confirmed through his correct identification of the last statement he made to AmCit Macon Hawkins before his release last week. Oswalt said he and the two other hostages were in good health and were [...]	2006-03-11 11:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI

06LAGOS376	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 23 [...] (C) There was very little substantive activity for the second weekend in a row, with few confirmed reports following the Cody Oswalt call to Conoff Friday night. Ijaw leaders and elders held a meeting Friday and released a communiqu calling for the hostages' release. NGO Director Judy Asuni [...]	2006-03-13 16:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS39	SHELL HOSTAGE SITUATION UPDATE [...] (C) The State Security Service (SSS) reportedly told the Shell External Affairs Director in Warri that they had interviewed two suspects in the kidnapping of four expat contractors from the vessel Liberty Service. Both appeared to be associated with Dokubo Asari's Niger Delta Peoples' Volun [...]	2006-01-13 13:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR CASC NI
06LAGOS48	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE SITUATION SITREP #4 [...] (C) The British High Commission, in conversation with PolCouns Abuja, confirmed the identity of the person whom Reuters correspondent Tom Ashby interviewed on January 16 as British citizen Nigel Watson Clark. During the interview, the perpetrators give a two-day deadline for complying with [...]	2006-01-17 08:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR CASC NI
06LAGOS54	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #5 [...] (C) Post confirmed additional attacks against Shell and AGIP perpetrated since January 11. A military intelligence source confirmed an attack against Shell's Ogbotobo flow station on January 16 with an unconfirmed number of casualties. Agip also reported other attacks on January 11, one ag [...]	2006-01-17 15:47:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS60	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #6 [...] (C) At 7:45am January 18, an anonymous caller threatened Shell's Surfer-141 boat, which guards the Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel "Sea Eagle" and was chased in the January 11 attack. The caller identified himself as the "son of the chief;" however, Shell's most l [...]	2006-01-18 17:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS61	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #7 [...] (C) Guy Colgate, Head of Shell's Crisis Management Team in Warri, said the GON was giving the kidnappers cigarettes, money, and alcohol as gestures of good will and to ensure they will not harm the captives. He said the GON describe daily interaction with the captors and an open line of com [...]	2006-01-19 07:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS644	OIL SERVICE COMPANY EXPATRIATES RELEASED AFTER [...] (U)Summary: On May 11, three expatriate workers (one Italian, one Indian, and one British) were detained by a community group around Port Harcourt. The Italian and the Indian expatriates are employed by SAIPEM, an Italian oil services company. The incident occurred at 1120 hours in the town [...]	2006-05-12 09:55:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET KHLS NI PGOV PINR PTER CASC DELTAVIOLENCE
06LAGOS69	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #8 [...] (C) Tidex received an answer to the e-mail they sent out to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) (ref A). The e-mail reiterated MEND's defensive warning that no rescue action should be taken and that any person found with a Nigerian soldier would be considered a soldi [...]	2006-01-19 18:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS70	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #9 [...] (C) At 22:00 January 19, Chris Jones, Tidex Operations Manager in Port Harcourt (PH),spoke with all four hostages, starting with Nigel Watson Clark, the British Ecodrill employee. Clark told him that AmCit Pat Landry was not well. He said constant movement, mosquitoes, and diarrhoea were ta [...]	2006-01-20 10:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS74	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #10 [...] (U) An Ecodrill representative attempted to set up a delivery of medicine to sick AmCit Patrick Landry at 14:00 on January 20. Post will monitor future communication to learn whether the delivery arrived. 2. (U) The kidnappers initiated at least 5 separate contacts between the night of [...]	2006-01-20 17:47:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS775	SHELL GAS PLANT ATTACKED: SOME DEATHS; 5 KOREAN, 1 [...] (SBU) A Shell Petroleum Development Company gas plant in Chawthorne Channel, near Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was attacked Wednesday, June 7 at 0100. Press reported between five and nine deaths among government security forces when armed assailants attacked their houseboat. Military sources [...]	2006-06-07 16:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PTER KHLS PINR KS NI DELTAVIOLENCE
06LAGOS80	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #11 [...] (C) Overnight, the reporters for Reuters and Bloomberg received information from "oil industry sources" that AMCIT Pat Landry died. The Reuters reporter, through direct contact with kidnappers, later confirmed that the report was false. Although neither the Reuters or Bloomberg journalist pu [...]	2006-01-21 14:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS81	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #12 [...] (C) Econoff, Tidex operations manager, and an HMG official met five representatives allegedly acting for the kidnappers and negotiating with Bayelsa State Governor Goodluck Jonathan. Four of the representatives willingly spoke with Econoff. They said the captives were healthy, and they hop [...]	2006-01-22 15:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS82	BREAKING NEWS APPEARS POSITIVE, BUT DOUBTS REMAIN [...] (C) The committee set up to negotiate the release of the Tidex hostages (reftels) met today and announced progress in identifying the kidnappers, and again promised a positive outcome to the crisis in short order. The Bayelsa Governor, as chairman of the group, provided photographs of the h [...]	2006-01-22 17:29:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS84	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #13 [...] (C) The State Secretary to the Government (SSG) of Bayelsa State said an arrangement had been made with the kidnappers to release the hostages at Sagbama, a point near the Delta State border. He said the kidnappers had altered their demands and now requested more infrastructure building in [...]	2006-01-23 14:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS90	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #14 [...] (C) Econoff reports Bayelsa State officials continue to portray the hostages' release as imminent, and tell him the hostages may be released between about 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. tonight. He reports officials in Yenagoa are upbeat and confident regarding their information sources. The usual rep [...]	2006-01-24 17:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS91	MULTIPLE ATTACKS ON AGIP FACILITIES; NINE POLICE [...] (U) Late afternoon on January 24, Agip's Port Harcourt headquarters was attacked and a bank on the premises was robbed. Eyewitnesses described the attackers as 30 youths dressed as police, traveling in speedboats, who immediately began a firefight with police. Nine policemen and 2 civilian [...]	2006-01-24 17:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS935	PDP RECONCILIATION ATTEMPT FAILS IN THE SOUTH [...] (C) The Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) National Executive Committee's (NEC) efforts to mend divisions exacerbated by the struggle over the third term amendment have failed in the south so far. Key invitees failed to appear at the zonal reconciliation meetings in the South-West, and boycotts [...]	2006-07-05 12:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PGOV NI
06LAGOS98	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #15 [...] (C) Ecodrill Country Manager Peter Quiatkowski's intermediaries provided photos and audio of Nigel Watson-Clarke from their visit to the kidnappers' camp. Morale of their young yet heavily-armed captors may be waning in the face of the arrest of their two leaders and fear that a big payoff ma [...]	2006-01-25 20:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS983	MILITANTS ATTACK CHEVRON CONVOY [...] (C) Senior Chevron Nigeria management confirmed approximately 25 militants in five boats attacked a six-vessel Chevron convoy in the Chanomi Creek area around Warri South-East Local Government, Delta State, the night of July 12. Five Nigerian Government Joint Task Force (JTF) gun boats were [...]	2006-07-13 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS99	AGIP AND RECENT NIGER DELTA ATTACKS DEMONSTRATE [...] (SBU) A Shell contact provided additional details on the AGIP attack today during the daily hostage crisis response group meeting (reftel B). He indicated the attackers approached the AGIP compound on the creek side at about 1400 hours in two speedboats. The boats docked at the jetty, wher [...]	2006-01-26 07:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS991	AGIP PIPELINE BLOWN, BUT EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNCLEAR [...] (SBU) Press reported two Nigerian AGIP Oil Company (NAOC) pipelines in different locations in Bayelsa State were damaged by explosions on July 12. One is at the Clough Creek flow station, Tebidaba, and the other in Lagosgbene, Brass Local Governent. A senior AGIP executive told us the inci [...]	2006-07-14 16:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAPAZ409	MIN. OF GOVERNMENT OFFERS INSIGHT INTO GOB PLANS [...] (C) Summary: In a February 14 meeting with poloff, Minister of Government Alicia Munoz said that with international assistance (primarily Venezuelan),her top priority is to provide government identity documents to as many people as possible before the Constituent Assembly. On coca, Munoz sa [...]	2006-02-15 20:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PINR SNAR BL
06LAPAZ417	MINISTER OF PRESIDENCY ON COCA, ERADICATION, AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of the Presidency Juan Ramos de la Quintana told the Ambassador February 15 that the GOB wanted USG agencies to continue their programs in the Chapare, though implementation methods may need to be modified. He acknowledged that the GOB's counternarcotics policies were sti [...]	2006-02-16 23:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PHUM EAID BL
06LAPAZ451	FIRST MEETING WITH EVO AS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly two hour conversation with the Ambassador at the Presidential Palace on February 18, Evo Morales would not be pinned down on details of eradication but showed interest in at least limited cooperation on broader counternarcotics and anti-corruption issues. The Am [...]	2006-02-21 21:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ECON PINR EAID BL
06LAPAZ604	PRAGMATIC INDIGENOUS LEFTIST RENE JOAQUINO ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials had lunch with mayor of Potosi and former presidential aspirant Rene Joaquino on March 3. Joaquino is organizing a new political party that will be based out of Potosi, Chuquisaca, and Oruro, and will tap into the region's indigenous Quechua majority. His main [...]	2006-03-07 20:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON PGOV PINR PREL
06LAPAZ626	MNR CONFIDENT ABOUT THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy officials on March 8, MNR Senator Miguel Majluf and MNR deputy Michiaki Nagatani expressed confidence about their party's prospects for the Constituent Assembly (CA) and satisfaction with the opposition's efforts to limit MAS power in the CA. They said [...]	2006-03-08 20:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR BL
06LAPAZ680	AGRICULTURE MINISTER FOCUSES ON LAND TITLING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Agriculture Hugo Salvatierra explained that the new Ministry of Rural Development and Agriculture had taken over the tasks of two and a half ministries, and was currently consulting with civil groups for their input into the [...]	2006-03-13 18:43:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PINR PGOV PREL EAID BL
06LAPAZ7	MORE INFO ON EVO [...] (C) Evo Morales rose to the presidency on a wave of ethnic identification and widespread frustration, embodying the aspirations of his own indigenous majority and signaling for the middle class a break from the corrupt, inept political elite and the social upheaval it increasingly produced. Mo [...]	2006-01-03 19:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR BL
06LAPAZ734	MORALES SEARCHING FOR WAY FORWARD ON TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch March 16 President Morales and Vice President Garcia Linera told the Ambassador that the GOB was distressed about the loss of the Colombian soy market for Bolivian producers and they wished to press this concern in Washington. The Ambassador explained that the Colombi [...]	2006-03-17 19:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR SNAR BL
06LAPAZ767	LITERACY AND IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT CAMPAIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cuban-led national literacy campaign was kicked off to great fanfare on March 20, with President Morales pledging to eradicate illiteracy in 30 months. High-level Cuban and Venezuelan officials who participated in the ceremony accused past Bolivian governments of failing to [...]	2006-03-21 14:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR BL
06LAPAZ868	POLOFF'S FIRST HAND LOOK AT VENEZUELAN [...] (C) On a March 18 group tour to Lake Titicaca Poloff witnessed first hand rudimentary indoctrination efforts of the Venezuelan government officials towards Bolivians. By chance, the only other people on the tour were two female employees of PDVSA, the Venezuelan government owned oil company [...]	2006-03-29 14:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR
06LAPAZ886	EVO AND HIS ADVISORY CIRCLE (PART 1 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Morales is an astute domestic political operator but lacks confidence in his economic and international relations abilities. As a result, Morales has surrounded himself with three compartmented groups of advisers. The first are domestic political operators who implement [...]	2006-03-30 16:47:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR
06LAPAZ906	THE ROLE EVO'S "INTELLECTUALS" PLAY (PART 2 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales' circle of Bolivian intellectual advisers occupies half of the President's Cabinet, including the top three positions: the Vice President, the Minister of the Presidency, and the Minister of Sustainable Development and Planning. While the intellectuals have m [...]	2006-03-31 13:26:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR
06LAPAZ908	EVO'S POLITICAL ADVISERS (PART 3 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales keeps several close advisers who facilitate and carry out his personal agenda but have limited influence on the President's decisionmaking. They are split between those who work behind the scenes to facilitate Morales' vision and those who are charged with in [...]	2006-03-31 14:07:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR
06LAPAZ938	BOLIVIA: A CONCILIATORY MORALES RETRACTS [...] (C) During a private dinner President Evo Morales and Vice President Garcia Linera hosted for the Ambassador, DCM and the Embassy's declared intelligence chief late April 1, Morales backtracked on accusations of U.S. involvement in recent hotel bombings in La Paz, denied targeting the judici [...]	2006-04-03 21:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR BL
06LIBREVILLE196	LONG-TERM REPUBLICAN GUARD COMMANDER REMOVED [...] (C) General of the Army Andre Oyini, the commander of the Gabonese Republican Guard for more than twenty years, was quietly removed from his post along with several other senior officers. Oyini was replaced by former Deputy Commander Brigadier General Gregoire Kouna. The shakeup is signifi [...]	2006-03-30 11:44:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR GB
06LIMA1065	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: ANDRADE GLUM ON [...] (C) Centrist Front First Vice President candidate Alberto Andrade continues to blame his alliance's presidential candidate Valentin Paniagua for their campaign's shortcomings and lack of success in the polls. Andrade seems to be focusing on the congressional race, in which he believes the C [...]	2006-03-17 18:56:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1079	BUSINESS SECTOR'S ANALYST FORESEES HUMALA VICTORY [...] (S) A management consultant hired by a small group of Peruvian businessmen to study electoral trends has conducted 54 focus groups nationwide with C-E (lower-middle class to poverty stricken) sector participants. His analysis of the focus groups and polling by the Apoyo consultancy points to a [...]	2006-03-20 21:17:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1080	ELECTION UPDATE: HUMALA PULLING AWAY AS FLORES [...] (SBU) Ultra-nationalist, "outsider," Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala took over first place in the latest national poll by the Apoyo consultancy, performed 3/15-17, rising one point to 32 percent, while former front-runner, center-right Unidad Nacional candidate [...]	2006-03-20 21:25:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1126	OLLANTA HUMALA MEETS WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On March 20, British Ambassador Richard Ralph provided his US and Canadian colleagues with a readout of the EU Ambassadors' meeting with Ollanta Humala five days earlier. Amb. Ralph said that Humala was accompanied by his wife Nadine, who said nothing, and by a leading business [...]	2006-03-22 20:40:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL EU PE
06LIMA1154	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: AREQUIPA IS HUMALA [...] (SBU) In traditionally idiosyncratic, independent-minded Arequipa, business, media, and University leaders told Poloff, during a 3/16-19 visit, that Ultra-nationalist, "outsider," Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala would decisively win in Arequipa Department as well [...]	2006-03-23 22:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1197	HUMALA EXPANDS LEAD, WHILE FLORES INCHES DOWN AND [...] (SBU) Ultra-nationalist, "outsider," Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala gained one percentage point over the past week (to 33 percent) in the latest Apoyo nationwide poll, performed 3/22-24, expanding his lead over center-right Unidad Nacional alliance candidate Lo [...]	2006-03-27 21:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1220	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Humberto Lay Sun, presidential candidate for the Christian evangelical National Restoration (RN) party, told Poloff 3/27 that his campaign is generating increased momentum (the most recent Apoyo poll has Lay's support doubling to two percent while his party could meet the minimum thresho [...]	2006-03-29 11:52:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1229	LIMA MAYOR CASTENEDA,S UNUSUAL AND SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lima Mayor Luis Casteneda has a unique political style that has built him political support among the lower middle class and poor. He eschews vocal populism, letting his deeds speak for him, and approaches municipal governance in a manner more common to business than the public [...]	2006-03-29 19:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA123	RECORD 24 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES REGISTERED; [...] (U) A record 24 parties/alliances met the 1/9 deadline to apply to register their presidential tickets for the April election. Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's bid to head the Si Cumple party ticket was rejected by the Lima Special Electoral Board, but is being appealed to the National Electo [...]	2006-01-12 14:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1233	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: UNIDAD NACIONAL [...] (C) In recent conversations with Poloffs, Unidad Nacional alliance congressional candidates and advisors described a disorganized campaign struggling to come up with a formula to reverse presidential candidate Lourdes Flores' steady fall in the polls. Going into the last three weeks of the [...]	2006-03-29 20:47:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1247	HUMALA'S LIAISON TO BUSINESS SECTOR MEETS WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Salomon Lerner Ghitis, ultranationalist "outsider" Union por el Peru (UPP) party presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's unofficial liaison to the business community, provided his impressions of Humala's policies, personality and advisors during a meeting with the Ambassador on [...]	2006-03-30 21:52:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ETRD PE
06LIMA1277	ELECTION UPDATE: FINAL POLL HAS HUMALA A SHOO-IN [...] (U) Ultra-nationalist "outsider" Union por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala maintained his substantial lead over Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores in the latest Apoyo poll, released 4/2, although his support fell for the first time in nearly two months, from 33 to 31 percent. Flores con [...]	2006-04-03 21:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1326	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: JUNIN DIVIDED, BUT [...] (SBU) In Junin Department and its capital Huancayo, the commercial hub of the central sierra, community leaders told Polofff during a 3/27-29 visit that ultra-nationalist, "outsider", Union por el Peru (UPP) party presidential candidate Ollanta Humala would likely win a plurality of votes, but [...]	2006-04-06 15:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1343	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: APRA OUTWARDLY [...] (C) APRA party Co-Secretary General (and Congressman) Mauricio Mulder, in a 4/3 lunch with Poloffs, was optimistic that APRA presidential candidate Alan Garcia would outpoll Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores and reach the second-round run-off against ultra-nationalist "outsider" Union por el [...]	2006-04-07 18:17:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1344	OAS OBSERVER MISSION AND ELECTORAL AUTHORITIES [...] (U) The heads of the National Electoral Board (JNE) and the Office of National Electoral Processes (ONPE) told Polcouns 4/6 that they were confident the 4/9 general elections will proceed in a free, fair and secure manner. OAS Observer Mission director Lloyd Axworthy concurred with this asse [...]	2006-04-07 18:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1345	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: CRACKS APPEAR IN [...] (U) During a 4/4-5 visit to the northern coastal area, local observers told Poloff that APRA presidential candidate Alan Garcia will likely carry Chiclayo by a narrow margin, with Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores and Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala battling for second place. In Piura [...]	2006-04-07 18:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1346	ELECTION UPDATE: CAMPAIGNS HOLD FINAL RALLIES; [...] (U) Presidential hopefuls ended their campaigns with a flourish, holding massive closing rallies on 4/6, the final day for campaigning before the 4/9 general elections. Two of the three leading candidates, Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores and APRA's Alan Garcia, addressed their supporters in [...]	2006-04-07 18:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1358	NEW VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LOBBIES AMBASSADOR FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador invited new Vice Foreign Minister Harold Forsyth over for a one-on-one breakfast April 7. Forsyth, who according to rumor has the inside track to become Foreign Minister if Ollanta Humala is elected President, quickly steered the subject to Peru,s election. The Vice Ministe [...]	2006-04-07 22:43:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1365	ELECTION RESULTS (64 PERCENT REPORTING): HUMALA [...] (U) With 64 of voting tables reporting, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) reports the following results in the presidential race: Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala 24.9 percent, Unidad Nacional's (UN) Lourdes Flores 23.4 percent, APRA's Alan Garcia 22.3 percent. Humal [...]	2006-04-10 17:50:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1373	ELECTION RESULTS (64 PERCENT REPORTING): HUMALA [...] (U) With 64 of voting tables reporting, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) reports the following results in the presidential race: Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala 24.9 percent, Unidad Nacional's (UN) Lourdes Flores 23.4 percent, APRA's Alan Garcia 22.3 percent. Humal [...]	2006-04-10 20:44:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1391	ELECTION RESULTS (81.1 PERCENT REPORTING): HUMALA [...] SUMMARY: With 81.1 percent of voting tables reporting, Union por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala has a nearly five point lead over his closest challenger. That happens to be APRA's Alan Garcia, who has narrowly overtaken Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores in the race for the second run- [...]	2006-04-10 22:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1406	FUJIMORISTAS DELIGHTED WITH ELECTION RESULTS AND [...] (C) Jaime Yoshiyama, former Minister and President of Congress under Alberto Fujimori and top advisor to Santiago Fujimori, Alberto's brother and the Fujimorista Alliance for the Future (AF) party's candidate for First Vice President and Congress, was jubilant over the election results during [...]	2006-04-11 19:34:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1450	ELECTION RESULTS (87.84 PERCENT COUNTED): IT IS [...] As of 16:00 local time on 4/12, the Office of National Electoral Processes (ONPE) reported that it has counted 87.84 percent of the vote tally sheets. The results to date are as follows: -- Ollanta Humala 30.99 percent - 3,431,447 votes -- Alan Garcia 24.44 percent - 2,706,260 [...]	2006-04-12 22:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1452	APRA CONFIDENT OF MAKING SECOND-ROUND RUN-OFF, SEEKS EMBASSY'S ASSISTANCE IN CEMENTING DEMOCRATIC COALITION AGAINST HUMALA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 22:48:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1508	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS (91.5 PERCENT [...] As of 8:42 local time on 4/19, the Office of National Electoral Processes (ONPE) reported that it has counted 91.532 percent of the vote tally sheets (which normally have no more than 200 votes per Acta, or tally sheet.) The results to date are: -- Ollanta Humala 30.789 percent - 3,51 [...]	2006-04-19 23:12:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA158	LIMA MAYOR LUIS CASTANEDA ON OLLANTA HUMALA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lima Mayor Luis Castaneda, in a 1/10 meeting with the Ambassador and Polcouns, characterized Ollanta Humala's appeal to Peru's marginalized voters as one of "sentiment," not reasoning. He cautioned that frontal attacks on Humala will backfire and mused that the best way to und [...]	2006-01-13 14:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA159	ANOTHER LEGAL CHALLENGE TO HUMALA'S CANDIDACY [...] The Special Electoral Board of Lima (JEEL),on 1/12, rejected the remaining legal challenge to the presidential candidacy of ultra-nationalist Ollanta Humala. The legal challenge, filed by one Percy Castro Chipana, objected that Humala's membership in the Partido Nacionalista Peruano (PNP) p [...]	2006-01-13 14:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1637	GARCIA OFF TO GOOD START, SAYS APRA INSIDER DEL [...] (C) Summary: APRA insider Jorge del Castillo told the Ambassador April 25 that Alan Garcia is steering clear of public discussion of coalitions until after the second round of Presidential elections; Garcia feels (correctly, we judge) that opening talks with the Flores and Paniagua camp would [...]	2006-04-27 22:04:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1765	EVANGELICAL CANDIDATE LOOKS TO THE FUTURE [...] (U) Ambassador met with Evangelical Pastor and Renovacion Nacional (RN) presidential candidate Humberto Lay on 4/26 to discuss Lay's analysis of the Peruvian political scene. Lay proved to be the biggest surprise of the recent (4/9) first-round presidential vote. He garnered nearly five pe [...]	2006-05-08 19:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1781	BOLIVIA AND VENEZUELA PERPLEX, VEX GOP [...] (C) According to Foreign Ministry South American Affairs Director Milagros Castagnon: -- the Government of Bolivia has asked the GOP for 40 experts to provide technical assistance with Bolivia's hydrocarbons nationalization; -- Venezuela refuses to acknowledge the seriousness of Peru's w [...]	2006-05-09 16:44:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1807	HUMALA CAMPAIGN ALLEGES U.S. SUPPORTS GARCIA AND [...] (C) Battered by bad publicity resulting from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' heavy-handed attempts to tilt the Peruvian election toward Union por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala (Ref A),the Humala campaign has responded with a series of allegations that the U.S.G. supports Alan Garc [...]	2006-05-10 15:38:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1852	HUMALA VISA ISSUE FOCUSES ATTENTION ON HIS ROLE IN [...] (U) Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala and his campaign spokesmen continue to characterize the January 2005 revocation of Humala's U.S. visa as an attempt by the U.S. to destabilize his campaign. About 150 Humala supporters staged a protest demonstration outside the [...]	2006-05-12 20:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1887	GARCIA MAINTAINS COMFORTABLE LEAD OVER HUMALA IN [...] SUMMARY: APRA party presidential candidate Alan Garcia maintained his double-digit lead over Union por el Peru's Ollanta Humala in the latest Apoyo consultancy poll, published 5/14. One significant finding is that the strong advantage Unidad Nacional candidate Lourdes Flores had among women [...]	2006-05-16 13:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL PE
06LIMA1974	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: ALL EYES ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The excitement of the first round of voting in the Peruvian presidential election campaign has lessened now that the run-off has come down to Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala and APRA's Alan Garcia. While the two candidates continue to preside over rallies of their f [...]	2006-05-19 20:05:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2015	EX-CANDIDATE PANIAGUA ON POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) Ambassador met with former presidential candidate for the Frente del Centro Valentin Paniagua on 5/10/06. Paniagua waxed pessimistic about the final choice of candidates (between Garcia and Humala) and spoke ardently of the need for "concertacion," i.e. broad alliance building, a process [...]	2006-05-23 13:14:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2017	PDAS SHAPIRO/AMBASSADOR MEET WITH HUMALA [...] (U) Visit.. id: 65100 date: 5/23/2006 13:25 refid: 06LIMA2017 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #2017/01 1431325 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 231325Z MAY 06 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0593 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 3412 [...]	2006-05-23 13:25:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2039	THE GARCIA-HUMALA DEBATE: THE TWO TALK PAST EACH [...] (SBU) APRA's Alan Garcia and Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala talked past one another in their 5/21 "debate," aiming their presentations at separate target audiences. Garcia, addressing the fifty percent of the population who did not vote for either run-off finalist, sought to port [...]	2006-05-23 22:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2057	HUMALA'S FRAUD CLAIMS STIR CONCERN OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Union por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala's warnings that his opponents may intend to engage in electoral fraud has raised concerns that the Humalistas plan to engage in disturbances and/or violence should the UPP standard-bearer lose the 6/4 presidential balloting. Elec [...]	2006-05-25 13:43:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2058	WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH PERUVIAN DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Bolivia and Venezuela dominated the conversation during visiting WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro's meeting with Foreign Ministry officials on 5/17. The Peruvians stated that Bolivian President Evo Morales' nationalizations were playing to his base, but would create problems for him down the roa [...]	2006-05-25 14:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2066	HUMALA'S IMAGE CONSULTANT ON DEBATE, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Alejandro Pucci, recently re-appointed image consultant for Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, told Polcouns 5/24 that: -- The Humalistas were delighted with their candidate's performance during the debate, as he held his own against the vastly mo [...]	2006-05-25 17:07:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2069	WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH CARDINAL CIPRIANI [...] (C) APRA's Alan Garcia will almost surely win the presidential race, Peru's Cardinal Cipriani told visiting WHA PDAS Shapiro during their 5/17 meeting. While Garcia's election prospects are encouraging, Cipriani warned that Peru needed to address social inequality. He scored wealthy busines [...]	2006-05-25 18:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2070	WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH COMMENTATORS/MEDIA [...] Summary: (C) Visiting WHA PDAS Shapiro met with Peruvian news media figures in an off-the-record encounter at the Ambassador's Residence on 5/16. Participants described the appeal that Union Por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala's plainspoken authoritarian style had for rural inhabitant [...]	2006-05-25 18:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2071	WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH EVANGELICAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Evangelical Pastor and ex-presidential candidate Humberto Lay stated that his party, Restauracion Nacional (RN),is on track to score seats in the next Congress during a meeting with visiting WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro on 5/17. Lay noted the contrasts between his message and Humala's as wel [...]	2006-05-25 18:22:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2073	WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS FLORES ADVISOR XAVIER BARRON [...] Summary: (C) Parliamentary spokesman for Unidad Nacional (U.N.) Xavier Barron, in a meeting with WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro on 5/17, predicted that Alan Garcia would win Peru's presidency, though not by margins as large as the pollsQQLjD2QTQ)He was confident that APRA would reach out to U.N. to [...]	2006-05-25 18:42:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2096	LATEST (PRE-DEBATE) POLLS SHOW GARCIA MAINTAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent (albeit pre-presidential debate) nationwide polls by the Apoyo and DATUM organizations continue to show APRA candidate Alan Garcia holding a 12-14 point lead over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala. The polls differ on trends, however, with Apoyo reportin [...]	2006-05-26 15:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2146	LATEST APOYO POLLING INDICATES GARCIA'S LEAD OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to a simulated secret vote carried out by the Apoyo consultancy, APRA's Alan Garcia's lead over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala in the presidential race is down to four points (52-48 percent). Simultaneous polling based on face-to-face interviews found the di [...]	2006-05-30 22:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2185	HUMALA'S ANTI-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER [...] (C) Candidate Ollanta Humala's official campaign newspaper "La Olla" is virulently anti-U.S. and calls into question his 5/17 reassurances to visiting WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro and Ambassador Struble that he seeks good relations. End Summary. 2. (U) Candidate Ollanta Humala's newspaper, en [...]	2006-06-01 22:02:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2197	NO SURPRISES AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HOLD THEIR [...] SUMMARY: There were no surprises as APRA's Alan Garcia and Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala held large rallies on 6/1, the final day for campaigning before the 6/4 run-off election. Garcia addressed an estimated 25,000 supporters in central Lima, promising "responsible change" and a [...]	2006-06-02 19:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2222	ALAN GARCIA ELECTED PERU'S NEXT PRESIDENT [...] (U) With 91 percent of the voting tables counted as of 09:00 on 6/5, APRA presidential candidate Alan Garcia has a virtually insurmountable 53.5-46.5 percent lead over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala. Garcia's advantage in votes is 859,507 (6,518-446 to 5,558,939). Humala can be e [...]	2006-06-05 20:43:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2315	WHY GARCIA WON AND HUMALA LOST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As recently as April of this year, polls showed that APRA's Alan Garcia had the highest negatives of any politician in Peru. Garcia achieved his 52.6 percent victory over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala by appealing to metropolitan voters' fears that Humala would be [...]	2006-06-09 15:32:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2415	FUJIMORISTAS LOOKING FORWARD TO COOPERATING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Legislators-elect Keiko and Santiago Fujimori, in a 6/12 meeting with Polcouns, said that their 13-member congressional bloc would be disciplined, and is prepared to work constructively with the incoming Garcia government in return for an end to "political persecution" and "imp [...]	2006-06-16 16:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PINR PE
06LIMA2428	FIRST FISSURES IN THE HUMALISTA MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ollanta Humala's Second Vice President candidate on the Union por el Peru (UPP) ticket, Carlos Torres Caro, announced on 6/12 that he and three other congressmen-elect were breaking with Humala. Torres Caro characterized Humala as authoritarian and anti-democratic, and charge [...]	2006-06-16 21:21:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PE
06LIMA2539	PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION: DELEGATION SIZE AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 20:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SCPR PE
06LIMA2624	HUMALA HAS NO COATTAILS IN LORETO [...] (C) Ex-Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Loreto Region in Peru's 6/4 second-round presidential race. Despite that, Loreto remains up for grabs in November's regional and municipal elections because Humala's party has [...]	2006-07-03 21:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2625	HUMALA HAS NO COATTAILS IN LORETO [...] (C) Ex-Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Loreto Region in Peru's 6/4 second-round presidential race. Despite that, Loreto remains up for grabs in November's regional and municipal elections because Humala's party has [...]	2006-07-03 21:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2743	HUMALA MOVEMENT LOSING STEAM IN AREQUIPA [...] Radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Arequipa region by a wide margin in Peru's 6/4 presidential race. Despite that, the prospects for pro-Humala candidates in upcoming regional and municipal elections are uncertain. Humala has lost credibil [...]	2006-07-13 19:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL PE
06LIMA2853	AMBASSADOR MEETS PRESIDENT-ELECT GARCIA [...] (C) Ambassador Struble called upon President-elect Alan Garcia on July 14. The Ambassador was accompanied by DCM Phyllis Powers; Garcia was joined by his Foreign Minister-designate, Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde. While the Ambassador and Garcia had maintained contact through intermediaries, [...]	2006-07-24 03:37:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PE PREL PINR
06LIMA2885	HUMALA A HAS-BEEN, SAYS FORMER ADVISOR, NOW [...] (C) Former radical, anti-system presidential candidate for the Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist (PNP) parties Ollanta Humala will neither be able to control the 43-person Congressional bloc elected with him nor will he succeed in electing political allies in November's regional [...]	2006-07-25 19:37:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA2923	PRESIDENT-ELECT GARCIA'S NEW CABINET [...] (U) President-elect Garcia announced his new cabinet of ministers on 7/27. Bios for the new ministers will be provided Septel. 2. (U) A complete list of Cabinet Ministers follows: -- Prime Minister: Jorge Alfonso Alejandro DEL CASTILLO Galvez -- Minister of Agriculture: Juan Jose SALAZ [...]	2006-07-31 13:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL ECON PE
06LIMA2924	PRESIDENT-ELECT GARCIA'S NEW CABINET [...] (U) President-elect Garcia announced his new cabinet of ministers on 7/27. Bios for the new ministers will be provided Septel. 2. (U) A complete list of Cabinet Ministers follows: -- Prime Minister: Jorge Alfonso Alejandro DEL CASTILLO Galvez -- Minister of Agriculture: Juan Jose SALAZ [...]	2006-07-31 13:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL ECON PE
06LIMA2926	CRACKS APPEAR IN HUMALA'S BASE IN AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ayacucho voters overwhelmingly supported radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala in the recent 6/4 presidential runoff. However, Humala will have trouble transferring this support to candidates he favors in November's regional and municipal elections. [...]	2006-07-31 13:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PINR PE
06LIMA2927	CRACKS APPEAR IN HUMALA'S BASE IN AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ayacucho voters overwhelmingly supported radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala in the recent 6/4 presidential runoff. However, Humala will have trouble transferring this support to candidates he favors in November's regional and municipal elections. [...]	2006-07-31 13:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PINR PE
06LIMA3014	PERUVIANS PRAGMATIC ON CASTRO'S ILLNESS [...] (U) Pronouncements by Peru's leaders on the situation in Cuba have been guarded and pragmatic. --After lamenting Castro's deteriorating health, Peruvian Prime Minister and long-time advisor to President Alan Garcia told Radio Programs of Peru on 8/1 that the international community should p [...]	2006-08-02 22:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE

06LIMA3015	PERU ON CUBA: OFFICIALS/JOURNALISTS SEE CHANGE [...] (C) Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde maintains that Fidel Castro's condition is more serious than reported and foresees change in Cuba as a result of the Cuban dictator's illness. Well-connected Peruvian journalists agree that Raul Castro could not maintain the communist regime [...]	2006-08-02 22:46:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA3016	PERU'S GARCIA EXTENDS HAND TO CHILE [...] (U) During his inauguration, Peruvian President Alan Garcia Perez made a deliberate and highly successful effort to improve Peru's relations with Chile. Garcia invited President Bachelet to be a guest of honor at Peru's annual Independence Day Military Parade on 7/29, and Peruvian Foreign Mi [...]	2006-08-02 22:52:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA3102	GARCIA'S PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN, DEFENSE, AND [...] (SBU) President Alan Garcia has kept his pledge to form a multi-party council of ministers with only six of his 16 ministers coming from the President's own APRA party. Six of his appointees are women, more than in any previous cabinet. President Garcia's Prime Minister is Jorge del Castillo, [...]	2006-08-08 16:50:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON PREL PINR PE
06LIMA3103	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE, [...] (C) President Uribe expressed interest in both early approval of the proposed U.S.-Colombian FTA and, barring that, in a possible extension for APTDEA. Secretary Gutierrez described how both Ecuador and Bolivia had almost certainly scotched any chance for APTDEA extension through recent acti [...]	2006-08-08 19:18:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PE
06LIMA3104	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS PRESIDENT ALAN GARCIA [...] (U) President Alan Garcia met privately for 20 minutes with Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez following the inauguration ceremony on July 28. The President was accompanied by Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde. Ambassador Struble joined the Secretary. 2. (C) Secretary Gutie [...]	2006-08-08 19:18:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA3105	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS URUGUAYAN VP RODOLFO NIN [...] (C) Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and Ambassador Struble met with Uruguayan Vice President Rodolfo Nin and Uruguayan Ambassador to Peru Juan Oddone on 7/27. Nin said the GOU was most interested in an FTA with the U.S. He dismissed radical gestures by Hugo Chavez, stating that the new left in [...]	2006-08-08 19:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PE
06LIMA3109	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS PERU TRADE MINISTERS [...] (C) Commerce Secretary Gutierrez warned both the outgoing and incoming Peruvian Trade Ministers that the vote on the U.S.-Peru FTA would be close. Ambassador Struble said that the Peruvians needed to prepare "a game plan" to obtain support in the U.S. Congress. Trade Minister Mercedes Araoz [...]	2006-08-08 20:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PE
06LIMA3259	NEW PERU DEFENSE MINISTER ON ARTICLE 98, SOFA, [...] (C) Ambassador discussed Peruvian border and internal control issues, Article 98, a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),the U.S.-donated C-26 counternarcotics (CN) aircraft, the U.S. Customs P-3 CN flights from Piura, the Cooperating Nations Information Exchange System (CNIES),and a possible [...]	2006-08-17 22:22:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KICC PHUM PREL KTIA MARR MOPS PINR PE
06LIMA3349	CABINET VOTE COULD SPLIT HUMALA COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Supporters of anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala are divided over whether to endorse President Garcia's new cabinet on Thursday, August 24. Humala has said his party would vote against the Garcia Cabinet, but UPP congressional representatives including spokesman Al [...]	2006-08-23 22:22:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA3397	BIOS FOR NEW JUSTICE, LABOR, EDUCATION, HEALTH, [...] (U) Biographic information for President Garcia's Ministers of Justice, Labor, Education, Health, and Women's Affairs and Social Development follows below. As noted in reftels the appointments represent a multi-party cabinet with a mix of APRA party loyalists and technical personnel. These mi [...]	2006-08-28 13:26:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA3487	HUMALA FORMALLY CHARGED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala was formally charged with human rights violations, and prohibited from leaving the country. While Humala has claimed the accusations are politicized, human rights representatives say they are credible and likely to stick. Humala's le [...]	2006-09-01 21:29:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PE
06LIMA3579	HUMALA'S HEADACHES: FROM ALMOST PRESIDENT TO [...] (C) Summary: In three months, Ollanta Humala has gone from nearly winning the June 4 presidential election to wrestling with a divided and increasingly rebellious congressional bloc and becoming a defendant in a serious human rights case. While Humala's wounds are largely self-inflicted, his [...]	2006-09-08 19:09:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA3689	PROPOSED TEXT OF DRAFT LETTER TO PERUVIAN MOD [...] This message contains an action request in para 2. 2. The Ambassador received on August 22 a letter from Minister of Defense Allan Wagner Tizon requesting a waiver of restrictions placed on Peru under the American Servicemen,s Protection Act (ASPA) so that the country can participate in th [...]	2006-09-15 20:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PBOV KICC PHUM PREL KTIA MARR MOPS PINR PE
06LIMA3825	CHAVEZ' CHARGE OF FRAUD FURTHER STRAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' public allegation that Alan Garcia won Peru's recent elections by resorting to fraud has generated strong public and official repudiations here. This latest exchange has further strained an already testy bilateral relationship, and with luck wi [...]	2006-09-27 19:54:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM UNGA UNSC VE PE
06LIMA3876	PERU TO FARC WEAPONS SMUGGLING RING BROKEN-UP [...] (U) Summary: Peruvian police have busted an arms smuggling ring that planned to ship weapons and munitions to the FARC in Colombia. During the operation, authorities confiscated over 3,500 rounds of ammunition and five air-to-surface missiles reportedly diverted from Peruvian military stockpi [...]	2006-09-28 22:06:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER CO PE
06LIMA4009	PERU'S CONGRESS: OPPOSITION DIVIDED, TAME (SO FAR) [...] (C) Summary: Concerns that the Garcia government would face an obstreperous congress dominated by the opposition have proven unfounded. Instead, Humala's UPP/PNP coalition has unraveled while Unidad Nacional (UN),the pro-Fujimori bloc and other smaller parties have provisionally allied them [...]	2006-10-10 14:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA4046	EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS CARVE OUT POLITICAL SPACE [...] (SBU) Peru's Evangelical Protestants constitute a rising, pro-US, anti-radical force that helped Alan Garcia defeat Ollanta Humala in Peru's 6/4 presidential race (Ref A-D). Garcia showed his gratitude when he attended a post-inaugural Evangelical "Thanksgiving" service held in his honor. The [...]	2006-10-12 18:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA4149	PERU DEFENSE MINISTER: PROBLEMS CREATE U.S. [...] (C) Minister of Defense Alan Wagner told Ambassador on 10/16 that he sees severe problems in the Army, including politicized promotions, a legacy of narco-corruption from the Montesinos era, and downright incompetence in weapons and munitions storage. He requested U.S. technical assistance in [...]	2006-10-23 13:53:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MARR PE
06LIMA4246	NEW HORIZONS A SUCCESS [...] Ambassador Struble traveled on 9/15 with government Ministers, Congresspersons and local leaders to close the bilateral New Horizons Humanitarian Exercises in Lambayeque Province. The group visited a medical readiness site, a school, and a well drilling project, all built compliments of New [...]	2006-10-31 19:52:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA4271	PERU REGIONAL/MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ALL POLITICS IS [...] (SBU) Peru holds regional, provincial and district elections on November 19. Former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) has floundered and local interests have reasserted themselves. Voters appear apathetic and weary from the electoral season. President A [...]	2006-11-03 22:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA4287	PERUVIANS POSITIVE ON FM/MOD TALKS WITH CHILE [...] (U) FM Garcia and MOD Wagner,s October meeting with their Chilean counterparts in Santiago received favorable press coverage from leading media outlets in Peru. In particular, the press reacted positively to the announcement that Peru and Chile would create a joint peace-keeping force. The [...]	2006-11-06 22:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA4325	ATPDEA LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM ANDEAN [...] Post received the following letter thanking President Bush for his efforts to extend the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) from Bolivian President Evo Morales, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, Ecuadorian President Alfredo Palacio and Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antoni [...]	2006-11-09 19:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PHUM VE CO BL PE
06LIMA4366	REGIONAL/MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: APATHY, LOCALISM [...] (SBU) Regional and municipal elections have failed to spark much enthusiasm in the key southern regions of Arequipa and Ayacucho, where voters appear stricken with "election fatigue." A plethora of local movements and candidates pursuing often narrow regional and local platforms predominates [...]	2006-11-14 22:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA4407	REGIONAL ELECTIONS: OAS CONFIDENT OF SMOOTH PROCESS [...] Peruvians will return to the polls on November 19 to elect regional presidents and provincial and district mayors. The OAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) will send 33 observers (including 9 U.S. Embassy volunteers) around the country to witness the process and receive any citizen complaint [...]	2006-11-17 18:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA4451	REGIONAL ELECTIONS: APRA DOWN AND HUMALA OUT AMID [...] (U) Independent local groups won the majority of regional presidencies and mayorships in Peru's 11/19 elections. Former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's Peruvian Nationalist Party was all but wiped out and APRA lost significant ground, holding on to only three Regional Presidencies. T [...]	2006-11-21 22:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA4516	AYACUCHO CONTACTS TALK OF NARCO-ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Ayacucho's economy turns on narcotrafficking, local contacts told Poloff during a Nov. 8-10 visit. They cited coca-growing in the Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE) as a key source of jobs, particularly for area youth who migrate to the VRAE during school vacations. They alleged that [...]	2006-11-28 20:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR PE
06LIMA4570	PERU: PRESIDENT GARCIA'S EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL [...] (S) This message is in response to reftel request for information on the emotional and physical health of President Alan Garcia. Our responses are slugged to the questions in reftel paragraphs. We do not always have first-hand information on the questions asked, a fact reflected in some of our answ [...]	2006-12-04 22:44:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PINR PGOV PE
06LIMA4610	PERU: PRESIDENT GARCIA AT 100 PLUS DAYS [...] (SBU) President Garcia's political skills have lent Peru a stability that the country has not enjoyed for several years. While the APRA lost badly in the 11/19 regional elections, some argue that Garcia now can control a divided field of regional presidents and use the results to stave off p [...]	2006-12-07 14:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA4722	CAJAMARACA AND REGIONAL UNREST [...] (SBU) Summary: Cajamarca may be emblematic of the broader regional challenges facing the Garcia administration, namely persistent poverty and rising frustration with inadequate public services that fuel antipathy towards all levels of government. Social discontent in Cajamarca has at times m [...]	2006-12-19 15:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA759	ELECTION UPDATE: ALAN GARCIA AND HIS APRA PARTY [...] (U) The latest national poll by the Apoyo consultancy, taken 2/22-24, showed center-right Unidad Nacional candidate Lourdes Flores holding on to first place, although her support fell two points to 33 percent; ultra-nationalist Union por el Peru candidate Ollanta Humala remaining in second a [...]	2006-02-27 21:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PINS PE
06LIMA850	(S) IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN PERU [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 20:10:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PINR PREL IR PE CO
06LIMA893	HUMALA'S REVEALING "GREAT TRANSFORMATION" CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala released his plan of government, entitled &The Great Transformation,8 (GT) on 2/22/06. The 84-page manifesto calls for a state-directed social revolution in Peru. The plan assumes that the state can form voluntary, productive pa [...]	2006-03-07 16:21:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA928	PERU'S NEW INTELLIGENCE LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Peru's recently enacted intelligence law creates a new national intelligence agency, DINI. The law attempts to overcome past abuses by clearly defining the legitimate objective of producing intelligence; by requiring the approval of a designated Supreme Court Justice to carry ou [...]	2006-03-08 22:17:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA979	ELECTION UPDATE: HUMALA GAINS STRENGTH AS FLORES [...] (U) The latest national poll by the Apoyo consultancy, taken 3/8-10, showed center-right Unidad Nacional candidate Lourdes Flores holding on to first place amongst the "valid votes," although her support fell two points to 31 percent; ultra-nationalist Union por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollant [...]	2006-03-13 21:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LISBON1315	PORTUGUESE FM RESIGNS, NEW MOD AND FM SWORN IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Portuguese FM Diogo Freitas do Amaral resigned on June 30, citing health reasons. MOD Luis Amado was named to become the next Foreign Minister, and Amado was replaced by Nuno Severiano Teixeira, the former director of the Institute of National Defense. Both men were sworn in on [...]	2006-07-03 17:13:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PO
06LISBON1920	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS INCREASED PRESSURE REGARDING ICTY [...] (U) Portugal intends to support a European Union (EU) proposal to extend the responsibilities of the Enhanced Permanent Dialogue (EPD) to pressure Serbia to comply more fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY). 2. (C) Dr. Liliana Araujo, Director for European Aff [...]	2006-09-08 16:12:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SR ICTY PT
06LISBON2134	PORTUGUESE POLITICAL DIRECTOR EXPOUNDS ON RUSSIA, [...] (U) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Director General for Foreign Policy expounded on several issues to us recently, including Russia, Iran, Latin America, Iraq, Afghanistan, the NATO Summit, and the EU Presidency. The consonance between his views and ours speaks clearly to Portugal's reliabilit [...]	2006-09-26 15:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER AF
06LJUBLJANA14	SLOVENIA: POL-MIL OUTLOOK FOR 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. In 2006, a new leadership team will consolidate its power within the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) will continue the process of transformation to meet NATO's standards and prepare for the challenges of the future. Slovenia's defense and security [...]	2006-01-06 07:51:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR SI NATO
06LJUBLJANA346	SLOVENIA: LTG ALBIN GUTMAN NAMED NEW CHOD [...] (U) On June 1, Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec named Lieutenant General Albin Gutman as the new Chief of Defense, to replace Major General Ladislav Lipic. The appointment officially became effective on June 2. 2. (U) Gutman,s military career began in Slovenia,s Territorial Defense Force, [...]	2006-06-02 05:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA42	Government of Slovenia Publicly Defends Decision to [...] Summary: Media reaction to Slovenia's decision to contribute four soldiers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has been intense, dominating headlines since the January 12 announcement by Foreign Minister Rupel and Defense Minister Erjavec. The opposition and its media sympathizers h [...]	2006-01-20 07:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PARM PREL KPAO PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA522	SLOVENIA: DESPITE OPPOSITION PROTESTS, NEW IRAQ [...] (U) SUMMARY. Last week leaders from the opposition parties Liberal Democracy (LDS) and Social Democrats (SD) hoped to take advantage of the slow news cycle as well as this week's scheduled deployment of Slovenia's second rotation of instructors to NATO Training Mission Iraq (NTM-I) for a quic [...]	2006-08-14 15:21:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR NATO SI
06LJUBLJANA533	DARFUR: SLOVENIAN AID WORKER/PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY IN [...] (U) Summary. Slovenian aid worker and sometime Presidential envoy, Tomo Kriznar, has been sentenced to two years in jail and a EUR 2000 fine on charges of entering Sudan illegally, spying and spreading lies about Sudan, according to Slovene press reports. The press has turned its scornful p [...]	2006-08-18 10:17:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA553	SLOVENIA: MOD TO GET LESS MONEY THAN PLANNED FOR [...] (U) This is an action request, please see Action Request in paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The GoS's most recent budget plans for 2007 and 2008 include a defense budget of 1.65% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2007 and 1.81% of GDP for 2008, instead of the nearly 2% of GDP that was planne [...]	2006-08-24 14:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	NATO PGOV PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA567	PETROL DOES DEAL WITH LUKOIL AND HARRAH'S SHOULD [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 15:11:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG PINR RU SI
06LJUBLJANA576	SLOVENIA: LOOKAHEAD TO THE IAEA BOARD OF [...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff met with MFA Department of Security Policy Officer Bostjan Jerman to discuss the recent visit of International Atomic Energy Agency Secretary General Mohamad El Baradei to Slovenia and Slovenia's upcoming Chairmanship of the IAEA Board of Governors. Jerman said that disc [...]	2006-09-07 14:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PINR PREL ENRG SI
06LJUBLJANA600	SLOVENIA VIEWS ON BELGRADE'S COOPERATION ON ICTY [...] (C) Summary. PolEcon Chief met 13 September with Leon Marc, Head of the Division for South-Eastern Europe at the MFA to discus Ref. A points. Slovenia's primary interest is in maintaining regional stability, and a close secondary interest is existing and potential economic investments. Mar [...]	2006-09-15 12:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SI
06LJUBLJANA608	SLOVENIA: THE BRUISED AND BATTERED REPUTATION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec has had a rocky few months battling for respect and support from the media, fellow ministers, and the general public. A series of MoD missteps, from the controversial tender for purchase of 8x8 armored vehicles, to a budget fight, and sexual ha [...]	2006-09-21 09:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA613	SLOVENIA: CENTER LEFT LEADER POSITIONS FOR VICTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Borut Pahor, leader of Slovenia's Social Democratic Party (SD) and member of the European Parliament, has embarked on a program to raise the profile and broaden the appeal of his party. COM hosted Pahor for lunch in late August to sound him out on his future plans and vision f [...]	2006-09-22 13:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA66	SLOVENIA'S PRESIDENT SEES LEGACY IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 07:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM KCRS EAID PINR SU SI
06LJUBLJANA674	LOCAL ELECTIONS - MAYORS RUNNING THE SHOW [...] (U) Summary: With mid-term local elections just days away, Slovenia is a sea of posters and placards extolling the virtues of candidates and parties in the race for control of municipalities across the country. The most interesting race is to be mayor of Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana. Sixtee [...]	2006-10-20 14:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON SI
06LJUBLJANA786	SLOVENIAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE TACKLES HOST OF HOT [...] (C) Summary. Slovenian Defense Chief Gutman told COM the MoD is working to lift caveats, eager to take on troop deployment in Kosovo, enthusiastic about USG military education programs, and committed to realizing its spending target of 2% of GDP soon. Gutman shied away from discussing defense [...]	2006-12-07 12:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SI
06LOME889	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TOGOLESE NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador welcomed Togolese opposition party leader and chairman of the recently concluded national political dialogue Yawovi Agboyibo at the residence September 10 for an hour long, one-on-one meeting. An attorney by profession, Agboyibo is president of the Action Committee for Renewal [...]	2006-09-12 18:07:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID PINR TO
06LONDON2203	(SBU) "LOANS FOR PEERAGES": MORE SMOKE THAN FIRE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The British media are making much of the revelation that Prime Minister Blair nominated some wealthy individuals for peerages after they had made unpublicized loans to his Labour party. Those loans were not public knowledge, because transparency rules (introduced by Blair) appl [...]	2006-03-24 16:39:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR UK
06LONDON6445	(C) UK WILL NOT ATTEND INR CONFERENCE ON GENOCIDE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 14:48:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KACW UK
06LONDON7078	(SBU) BLAIR, BROWN BOTH STRONGER AFTER LABOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown both emerged stronger from the Labour Party's annual conference (September 24-28) in Manchester. It was Blair's last as Prime Minister and party leader and his speech was a "magnificent valedictory," as guest-speaker form [...]	2006-10-02 16:04:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR UK
06LONDON8361	(U) BLAIR INTERVIEWED BY POLICE IN "LOANS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Blair was interviewed by the Police December 14 as part of the investigation into the so-called "loans for peerages" or "cash for honors" affair (reftel). This had been widely expected - indeed it was all but inevitable given Blair's personal involvement both in approving [...]	2006-12-15 12:58:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR UK
06LUANDA1236	ANGOLA - NOVEMBER POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- ---Voter Registration Campaign Update ---Supreme Court Host Conference on Penal System ---Independence Day Inaugurations, Honors and Celebrations ---Ambrosio de Lemos Appointed as New Chief of Police ----------------------------------- Voter Registration Campaign [...]	2006-11-29 17:05:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR AO
06LUANDA1316	ANGOLA - DECEMBER POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered ---------------------- -- MPLA Promotes National Plan -- Muslims Allowed To Reopen Mosques -- Workshop on "Human Rights and Poverty" -- GRA Launches "www.angola-portal.ao" MPLA Promotes National Plan During 50th Anniversary ------------------------------------------- [...]	2006-12-29 10:30:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR TINT AO KISL
06LUANDA150	ANGOLA: UNITA PRESIDENT FACES HEAVY INTERNAL [...] (C) UNITA President Isaias Samakuva is under public fire due to botched plans to replace sixteen UNITA parliamentarians with those who should have originally been seated in 1992. The sixteen parliamentarians, in retaliation, publicly criticized Samakuva's plan and after a heated debate in the [...]	2006-02-15 15:09:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AO
06LUANDA160	ANGOLA - UNITA THREATENS TO PULL OUT OF THE [...] (U) On February 15, 2006, the President of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA),Isaias Samakuva, announced that if the substitution of UNITA's sixteen parliamentarians is not allowed (detailed reftel),UNITA, Angola's largest opposition party, may pull out of the An [...]	2006-02-17 11:33:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AO
06LUANDA324	ANGOLA: UNITA OPTIMISTIC ON RESOLVING [...] (C) In a March 8, 2006 meeting with Ambassador Efird and AF/S Director Dan Mozena, UNITA President Isaias Samakuva, was optimistic that a solution regarding the substitution of sixteen UNITA National Assembly Deputies had been reached. Samakuva assured the Ambassador and AF/S Director Mozena t [...]	2006-04-05 11:46:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AO
06LUANDA342	AMBASSADOR EFIRD MEETS WITH NEW ANGOLAN MINISTER [...] (SBU) New Angolan Interior Minister Ngongo told Ambassador Efird that he supports human rights and free elections, and accountability and transparency in police actions. He hopes to continue close cooperation with the USG in ILEA training programs, and engage in the newly funded civilian small [...]	2006-04-06 16:46:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PARM AO
06LUSAKA1518	ZAMBIA POST-ELECTION ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered: -- Parliamentary Elections -- New Minister and Deputy Minister -- Date set for by-election -- Election Petitions Parliamentary Elections ----------------------- 2. (U) Ruling party Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) candidates won the two parliamentary elect [...]	2006-11-03 08:32:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ZA
06LUSAKA1602	NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Mwanawasa has appointed Zambia's Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairman Mumba Malila to the office of Attorney General, a position that until now was held concurrently by Minister of Justice George Kunda. Malila's nomination received widespread support, based on his p [...]	2006-11-21 11:02:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZA
06MADRID74	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES REFERS TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH POLICE, IN A RECENT ANTI- TERR [...]	2006-01-12 16:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP ET AL FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ
06MANAGUA1079	VENEZUELAN FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO NICARAGUA,S FSLN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY/BACKGROUND: Although Post possesses no specific numbers on the level of support Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is providing to Sandinista (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega, we are certain that Chavez' direct and indirect assistance to Ortega is substantial, could well reach the [...]	2006-05-17 14:26:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE EPET EAGR
06MANAGUA1098	CODEL BURTON -- SHORT BUT SUCCESSFUL VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 9, Codel Burton (Representatives Burton, Meeks, Akin, Bordallo, Marchant, and Watson) made a brief stopover in Nicaragua on their way back to the United States from Costa Rica. During their time in Nicaragua, the Codel met with Embassy staff for a briefing on elections [...]	2006-05-18 21:48:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1105	NICARAGUA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: This cable update's post's democracy promotion strategy submitted in October and reviewed in December 2005 (refs B and C). Now that the executive will in all likelihood remain in place through the end of President Bolanos' term, we must focus on the results of Nicaragua's nationa [...]	2006-05-19 19:05:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA1180	REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: RIZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fear and ambition got the better of Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) presidential candidate Jose Rizo, who set aside his earlier commitment to withdraw his candidacy and join Eduardo Montealegre if PLC caudillo Arnoldo Aleman and the party's leadership did not remove undesirabl [...]	2006-06-02 17:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KCOR NU ECON
06MANAGUA1184	MISKITO CASE NEEDS SUPPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) During a May 30 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, Raymond Genie and Marcos Carmona from the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) outlined their current activities and plans for their investigation into atrocities committed against the Miskito population during the 1980s Sand [...]	2006-06-02 18:34:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM ECON SENV EFIN NU
06MANAGUA1209	UPBEAT PRESIDENT BOLANOS HOPES SUCCESSOR BUILDS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bolanos recently confided to Ambassador his desire for his successor, ideally Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre, to build on his legacy. He justified his firing of a number of government employees for corruption, downplaying the fact that they had recently abandone [...]	2006-06-05 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MARR MOPS NU
06MANAGUA1210	HERTY: I STAND BETWEEN ORTEGA AND THE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista dissident (FSLN) Herty Lewites recently asserted to Ambassador that he stands between Daniel Ortega and the presidency. He believes he can whittle down support for Ortega to 25% of the vote in November -- thereby ensuring a runoff, which Ortega would lose. Lewites wa [...]	2006-06-05 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1220	MARTINEZ CUENCA: ORTEGA MUST GO -- QUESTION IS HOW [...] (C) Alejandro Martinez Cuenca shared with Ambassador, DCM, and polcouns on June 6 his decision to continue his efforts to reform the Sandinista party (FSLN) and to challenge the FSLN "messianic" caudillo Daniel Ortega from within the party. According to Martinez Cuenca, Ortega has deluded hi [...]	2006-06-06 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA127	ELECTION 2006: POSSIBLE SCENARIOS, RISKS, AND [...] (C) Our election priorities in Nicaragua are twofold: ensure Nicaragua holds clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections and encourage Nicaraguans to vote for presidential and legislative candidates who uphold democratic principles. We will encourage an electoral process that will [...]	2006-01-23 21:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA1370	NUNCIO: CARDINAL OBANDO Y BRAVO WILL EXERT LITTLE [...] (C) Nuncio Jean Paul Gobel shares our concerns over Cardinal Obando y Bravo's apparent support for Sandinista (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega, but he believes Obando y Bravo will hold little sway over Nicaraguan voters. Gobel, who on June 20 advised Ambassador he is perplexed over [...]	2006-06-22 16:05:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1383	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary/Introduction: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the Sandinista (FSLN)-Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) pact and assure the Nicaraguan people that we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your presence will also co [...]	2006-06-23 17:16:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR MOPS KDEM ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA1411	MONTEALEGRE WARNS A/S SHANNON, "LEWITES IS [...] (C) Summary: ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre warned A/S Shannon, Ambassador and others at a June 27 breakfast that MRS candidate Herty Lewites is corrupt, surrounded by unreformed Sandinistas, and likely to siphon votes from Montealegre. Montealegre and his advisors further dis [...]	2006-06-29 11:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU ES
06MANAGUA1434	NICARAGUA: COMMENTS ON NIC WATCH LIST OF INTERNAL [...] (S/NF) Post concurs with the bulk of the NIC Watch list's assessment of internal instability in Nicaragua. However, we recommend that the following clarifications and recent political developments be considered: CALL FOR A PUBLIC REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS - - - - - - - - - - - - [...]	2006-07-03 17:52:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM MARR MOPS NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1482	HERTY,S PASSING: WILL MORE UNDECIDED VOTES PASS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS) presidential candidate Herty Lewites, who often asserted to us that he stands between Daniel Ortega and the presidency, died suddenly of apparent natural causes on July 2 and was buried before thousands of mourners on July 5. The MRS selected Le [...]	2006-07-06 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1505	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, A/S Shannon discussed with Foreign Minister Norman Caldera election concerns and the OAS' role, the Hugo Chavez factor, and how best to "stop the clock" on constitutional changes due to go into effect in January 2007. Caldera believed the OAS and other observers sho [...]	2006-07-10 16:29:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1513	MARTINEZ CUENCA: SECOND THOUGHTS ON REFUSING [...] (C) Alejandro Martinez Cuenca shared with Ambassador, DCM, and polcouns on July 7 his regret for not having accepted Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS) Herty Lewites' invitation to run as his VP for the November 5 presidential race (Reftels). He recounted how a clairvoyant Lewites had feared [...]	2006-07-10 21:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1523	A/S SHANNON -- LEWITES: LAST MEETING WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27, Assistant Secretary Shannon met with Herty Lewites, Sandinista dissident and presidential candidate for the Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS). Lewites voiced concern about the election process, the lack of MRS poll watchers and continuing problems with national/voter [...]	2006-07-11 15:10:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1524	FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA TO A/S SHANNON: IT IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a June 27 lunch he hosted for A/S Shannon, Foreign Minister Norman Caldera predicted that Central America would sign a free trade agreement with the European Union within the next three years. Caldera touched on the recent free trade agreement between Nicaragua and Taiw [...]	2006-07-11 15:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1539	NICARAGUA AXES PLAN TO APPOINT AMBASSADOR TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 22:11:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KPAL IS NU
06MANAGUA1571	BOAQUENOS TALK ELECTIONS WITH AMBASSADOR, FEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's recent trip to Boaco, interlocutors fretted that Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega may win the November election by excluding large numbers of potential voters and committing fraud on Election Day. While Boaco is a predominately Liberal department, the [...]	2006-07-18 22:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM ECON EFIN NU
06MANAGUA1593	OAS ELECTION MISSION CAUTIOUSLY BULLISH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador recently met with the OAS election mission to assess preparations for Nicaragua's November 5 elections. OAS mission leader Gustavo Fernandez said that the OAS is engaging the Supreme Electoral Commission (CSE) on electoral regulations. The OAS has recommended that pa [...]	2006-07-21 20:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1780	ORTEGA IN CUBA, REAFFIRMING SOLIDARITY AND [...] (C) FSLN Presidential candidate Daniel Ortega traveled to Cuba last week to express his "concern and solidarity" for Fidel Castro and "reaffirm cooperative efforts" with the Government of Cuba. Though it appears that Ortega did not actually meet with Castro (reftel),he used the opportunity [...]	2006-08-15 22:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA179	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ: EQUILIBRIUM AND [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez Lopez (APRE) promises to instill equilibrium on the Assembly Junta and focus on the business of lawmaking. His legislative priorities coincide with those of President Bolanos and USG interests: passage of economic legislation [...]	2006-01-25 16:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA1894	OAS EOM CHIEF FERNANDEZ AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 18:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1960	TAKE TWO ON NICARAGUA ELECTIONS -- SCENARIOS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In January, post shared its assessment of Nicaragua's possible election scenarios, the risks entailed, and possible outcomes (Reftel). Since then, a fifth presidential candidate entered the race, and Herty Lewites passed away, replaced by Edmundo Jarquin. While approximately 7 [...]	2006-09-06 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1961	MRS: "WE WANT TO BRING ORTEGA DOWN" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) spokesperson Israel Lewites (Herty Lewites' nephew) recently asserted to polcouns that the MRS is the only viable option for the 2006 election. Lewites believes that the MRS can capture some of the traditional Sandinista (FSLN) vote, enough t [...]	2006-09-06 22:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1972	WHILE PLC MODERATES SEEK LIBERAL UNITY, HARDLINERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) Assembly moderates continue to seek a PLC alliance with Eduardo Montealegre's Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN),PLC hardliners have ratcheted up their party's smear campaign against Montealegre to the point that an alliance is likely [...]	2006-09-07 19:15:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1977	MONTEALEGRE: BEST SCENARIO IS RIZO/ALVARADO [...] (S) SUMMARY: In his recent meeting with presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, the Ambassador touched on the crucial elements required to consolidate the campaign: convey a clear, concise, and consistent message; ensure financial and moral support to his campaigners throughout the countr [...]	2006-09-08 17:37:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2044	NICARAGUA: ENSURING DEMOCRATIC CONTINUITY IN THE [...] (S) INTRODUCTION: Our election priorities in Nicaragua have not changed since our February 24 update (Ref. D): support clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections; keep Nicaragua on the democratic path; and, end the Ortega-Aleman pact's control of the political system. Our four-p [...]	2006-09-18 19:45:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2059	DANNY,S DOUBLE WHAMMY: ALN NUMBER THREE ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE AND RIZO,S SISTER JUMP SHIP FOR THE FSLN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega's concerted efforts to discredit the political prowess of his competitors, Ortega successfully recruited Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) National Assembly candidate Salvador Talavera and Maria Elena Rizo, the sister of L [...]	2006-09-19 19:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2061	MEETING WITH ARCHBISHOP BRENES [...] (C) Summary: Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes recently told visiting WHA/CEN director and emboffs that better organization and a clearer message appear to be giving Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) an edge in the race. He believes that Edmundo Jarquin and Eduardo Montea [...]	2006-09-19 19:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2062	PLC MUNICIPAL OFFICALS FRUSTRATED WITH PARTY [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 19:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2074	OAS EOM CHIEF SEES NO NEED FOR OCTOBER INTERIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and WHA/CEN director recently met with the OAS election mission to assess developments in the preparations for Nicaragua's November 5 elections. While Mission head Gustavo Fernandez sees no need for a second OAS interim report on Nicaragua's electoral process, Ambassad [...]	2006-09-20 23:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2097	GANARAM: ENCOURAGING PLC MEMBERS TO VOTE [...] (C) Summary: Polcouns and Emboffs met with Eugenio Rodriguez, a Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) member who is part of GANARAM, a movement calling on PLC members to vote for Eduardo Montealegre. Instead of advocating a break with the PLC, GANARAM is encouraging PLC voters to support Nica [...]	2006-09-22 22:04:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA213	EVIDENCE SUGGESTS SECRET TAIWAN PAYMENTS TO [...] (C) On January 25, poloff and RLA met Attorney General for Criminal Affairs Ivan Lara and Economic Crimes investigator Mario Diaz of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) to discuss Taiwan's use of foreign aid funds in Nicaragua in recent years. Lara and Diaz did not have any evidence of Taiwan [...]	2006-01-30 14:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EAID CH PREL ECIN EINV ETRD PM GT TW

06MANAGUA2136	ISRAEL LEWITES OPTIMISTIC OF MRS CHANCES [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 20:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2158	MONTEALEGRE TELLS CODEL HE'S NICARAGUA'S BEST [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Burton, the Ambassador, and DCM met with Eduardo Montealegre, Adolfo Arguello, and Mario Rapacciolli on 23 September to discuss the progress of Montealegre's presidential campaign, the strength of his Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) party, and the corrosive effects [...]	2006-09-29 21:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2160	"EDUARDO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT, UNLESS FSLN [...] (C) Over lunch at the Presidency on 28 September, Eduardo Montealegre's campaign adviser Mario Elgarresta asserted to President Bolanos' chief of staff Nayo Somarriba, DCM, and polcouns that Ncaaguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) candidate Montealegre will be Nicaragua's next president -- unless San [...]	2006-09-29 22:44:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2180	ALN PLANNING FOR A ROUGH ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Drawing on Emboffs' recent meetings with various members of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),this cable provides a comprehensive view of where the party stands five weeks before election day. Although most local polls continue to show Eduardo Montealegre as the second-stro [...]	2006-10-03 17:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2192	PRIVATE SECTOR WORRIED ABOUT ORTEGA WIN, BUT STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nicaraguan private sector is in general agreement that an Ortega presidency would have a negative impact on the economy, but its attitude toward the election and supporting the various candidates varies. Individual businesspersons appear unwilling to risk investing significan [...]	2006-10-04 15:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2195	OAS UPDATES ELECTION POSTURE [...] (C) POL TDYers met on 29 September with OAS country electoral mission coordinator Patricio Gajardo to discuss the OASQ observation mission and election procedural issues. Gajardo noted that the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) had announced final numbers for the number of registered voters an [...]	2006-10-04 17:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA220	OAS SENIOR POLITICAL ENVOY READS THE RIOT ACT TO [...] (C) Summary: OAS senior political envoy John Biehl has placed stringent conditions on the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to enable the OAS to participate in Nicaragua's March and November elections. In his recent visit to Managua, Biehl clarified that CSE's invitation for OAS observation of [...]	2006-01-30 22:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA2225	NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- WHAT DO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The presidential polls from March to the most recent in September all point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but none of the candidates has attained the level (40 per [...]	2006-10-07 00:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2247	MISKITO VOTE POTENTIAL OBSTACLE TO FSLN AMBITIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) significant campaign efforts in the remote North Atlantic Autonomous Zone (RAAN),the indigenous Miskito population remains staunchly anti-Sandinista. In response, the FSLN-allied Yatama government has forced unelected le [...]	2006-10-10 23:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2248	CODEL BURTON MEETS WITH EDMUNDO JARQUIN, FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a readout of several meetings Congressman Dan Burton held with various members of the political class during his 22-24 September visit. The congressman spoke with Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) candidate Edmundo Jarquin during which Jarquin reaffirmed h [...]	2006-10-11 00:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2249	FSLN MOUNTING STRONG CAMPAIGN, CONVINCED OF VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs recently met with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca and FSLN foreign affairs director Samuel Santos to discuss the party's progress in the election campaign and examine the FSLN governing platform. Both figures reported that [...]	2006-10-11 00:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2276	NUNCIO: "AN ORTEGA VICTORY IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT [...] (C) Nuncio Jean Paul Gobel believes that the victory of Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega is "possible but not probable." However, he warned Ambassador and polcouns on October 12 that popular support for the FSLN has grown in some areas of the co [...]	2006-10-13 19:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2277	DETAILS ON THE PROCESS OF THE ELECTRONIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL TDYer recently met with officials from the local phone company (Enitel) and the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to seek clarification on the process whereby the vote tallies will be electronically submitted to the CSE on election day. Each of Nicaragua's 158 municiaplities w [...]	2006-10-13 21:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2338	UCA PRESIDENTIAL POLL -- A PACT PLAY ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The University of Central America (UCA) released a poll October 18 showing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega with a clear lead followed at a distant second by Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) candidate Jose Rizo as part of its "El [...]	2006-10-20 21:29:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2366	NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- MORE NUMBERS, [...] (C) (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent Nicaraguan presidential polls still point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega has mai [...]	2006-10-25 15:54:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2377	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: THE SCENE ON THE GROUND TEN [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With ten days remaining before Nicaragua's November 5 elections, three presidential candidates are scrambling to convince voters that they are best suited to beat Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega. Ortega remains the frontrunner in [...]	2006-10-25 22:46:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2389	NICARAGUA DOES NOT BACK OAS RESOLUTION, WILL [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 23:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2390	NICARAGUA WILL NOT BACK NAM'S UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 23:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM UNGA LE IS PHUM PTER NU
06MANAGUA2434	DORA MARIA TELLEZ CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD, POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) National Assembly deputy candidate Dora Maria Tellez is concerned about election fraud and the possibility of a Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) victory. She believes that the FSLN will resort to fraud to ensure a first-round victory for D [...]	2006-11-02 00:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2442	OAS EOM EXPECTS VOTE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The OAS issued a communique factoring in the Ambassador's recent observations to OAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) chief Gustavo Fernandez. The OAS EOM is coordinating closely with other observation groups and will meet with the White House delegation. Fernandez believes [...]	2006-11-02 20:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2445	CARTER CENTER COP SHARES OUR CONCERNS OVER CEDULA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Carter Center COP Jaime Aparicio shares Ambassador's concerns that probably over 100,000 Nicaraguans will not possess national/voter IDs (cedulas) or temporary voting documents required to vote on November 5 and that Ortega may self-declare his victory -- which would be followed [...]	2006-11-02 23:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2459	SIT REP 1 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the Liberal vote split between the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC),Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega appears to be the likely victor in Nicaragua's November 5 national elections. The latest r [...]	2006-11-06 18:46:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2466	SIT REP 2 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the results of 60 percent of the voting tables (JRVs) in, Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega enjoys an eight-point lead over his closest competitor, Eduardo Montealegre of the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN),and will likely win the ele [...]	2006-11-07 23:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2470	VIEWS ON ORTEGA VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) contacts are resigned to Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega's victory and many blame his win on the Liberal Constitutional Party's (PLC) disinformation campaign against [...]	2006-11-08 20:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2473	SIT REP 3 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the results of 91 percent of the voting tables (JRVs) in, Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega holds a virtually insurmountable nine-point lead over his closest competitor, Eduardo Montealegre of the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN). Libe [...]	2006-11-08 23:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2484	IRREGULARITIES MAY INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the November 5 national elections occurred without significant outbreaks of violence or major systemic irregularities, mission observers nevertheless noted anomalies that may have been of a magnitude sufficient to affect the outcome of the distribution of deputy position [...]	2006-11-09 19:38:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2491	SIT REP 4 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With PLC candidate Jose Rizo finally conceding defeat to FSLN candidate Daniel Ortega, the attention of the political parties and observers has now turned to the National Assembly race. Rizo continues to insist that the PLC has enough uncounted rural votes to overcome ALN candida [...]	2006-11-09 22:40:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA251	HERTY SEEKS CORDIAL, CONSTRUCTIVE, COOPERATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) dissident Herty Lewites seeks cordial, constructive, and cooperative relations with the United States and will request a prestigious U.S. delegation attend his inauguration if he wins Nicaragua's November presidential election. In his recent meeting with Ambassa [...]	2006-02-02 18:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA2517	SIT REP 5 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALN Deputy Yamileth Bonilla is confident the ALN will win at least 27 seats in the National Assembly which the ALN will use to influence the composition of the Assembly's executive board. The president of Bolanos' APRE party did not win an Assembly seat, but promises to help Mont [...]	2006-11-14 19:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2518	THE TORTOISE AND THE HARES -- WHY ORTEGA WON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega won Nicaragua's presidential election after surpassing the low 35% threshold required to win on the first round and with 4 percentage points below what he received in the 2001 race. While the lion's share of the [...]	2006-11-14 23:02:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2521	ORTEGA RETURNS, BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In winning back the Presidency of Nicaragua, 16 years after his disastrous dictatorship, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega may have temporarily obtained the redemption he has so long desired, but the challenges he faces are steep. Elected with only [...]	2006-11-14 23:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2531	SIT REP 6 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) has released final results for the presidential and provisional results for the congressional elections amidst complaints from the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) and some observer groups that these talli [...]	2006-11-17 00:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2537	SIT REP 7 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the deadline to submit formal complaints regarding the vote count fast approaching at midnight on November 17, the political parties are rushing to check the official numbers against the results provided by their poll watchers -- a task made especially arduous because the Sup [...]	2006-11-17 21:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2546	SIT REP 8 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The deadline for political parties to submit formal complaints regarding the vote count has passed. The OAS has noted some anomalies in the National Assembly race, but claims they were mostly resolved. According to an analysis of the election observation effort presented by the [...]	2006-11-20 23:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2567	SIT REP 9 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) certified today the final elections results for the presidential election, officially declaring Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) president-elect with 37.99 percent of the vote and confirming Eduardo Montealegre of the Li [...]	2006-11-22 23:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2606	RIZO TO A/S SHANNON: WE WILL REFORM THE PLC FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon met with Jose Rizo and Jose Antonio Alvarado, former presidential and vice presidential candidates for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). Voicing their discontent with the election process, Rizo and Alvarado insisted that t [...]	2006-11-30 20:07:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2608	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH NICARAGUAN [...] (C) Summary: In his cordial yet measured meeting with WHA Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) stated his desire for "productive relations" with the USG. Ortega discussed his plans to fight pov [...]	2006-11-30 22:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2611	ELECTION OUTCOME -- THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY: Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) President-elect Daniel Ortega realizes that our recognition of his minority government is critical to the continuation of our assistance programs, much-needed foreign investment, and to some degree, the policies of the internationa [...]	2006-12-01 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2614	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon discussed with Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera the outcome of Nicaragua's November national elections, predictions for the Ortega government and its regional implications, and Caldera's future plans. While Caldera be [...]	2006-12-01 18:03:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2615	MONTEALEGRE TO A/S SHANNON: I WILL GIVE ORTEGA THE [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon discussed with former Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre the election outcome, the future of bilateral relations, and Montealegre's future role in ensuring Nicaragua remains on a democratic [...]	2006-12-01 18:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2624	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN [...] (C) Summary: Following up on Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's recent meeting with President-elect Daniel Ortega (Ref. B),Ambassador, DCM and polcouns met with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos to discuss next steps in our bilateral relat [...]	2006-12-04 14:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2625	ALN EMERGES AS DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance's (ALN) second place finish to the FSLN in the November 5 presidential elections broke a 16-year political party duopoly in Nicaragua and thrust to the forefront an organization committed to democratic change. The election results and recognition b [...]	2006-12-04 14:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2645	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH THE MRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 27 meeting with Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, key Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) leaders expressed their views on the elections and the party's future. MRS member Luis Carrion, National Assembly deputy Monica Baltodano and spokesperson Israel Lewites [...]	2006-12-05 21:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2651	CONSERVATIVE PARTY PRESIDENT DELIBERATES ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conservative Party (PC) president Azalia Aviles Salmeron is determined to maintain her party's affiliation with Eduardo Montealegre's Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),but not to the detriment of the PC's role in the National Assembly. According to PC by-laws, Conservative lawm [...]	2006-12-06 21:07:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2652	ALN BLOCKS SOME PROBLEMATIC ELEMENTS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) partially succeeded in minimizing the effects of a ways and means law supported by "pacted" Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) caucuses (Reftel). Vigorous ALN lobbying efforts prompted the re [...]	2006-12-06 21:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2665	CSE OFFICIAL CLAIMS COUNCIL IS OPEN TO ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: During a December 5 lunch with poloff, Nicaraguan Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) Chief of Staff Rodrigo Barreto commented that the CSE magistrates are open to suggestions to reform the electoral laws and regulations -- although not from certain prominent domestic NGOs with whom t [...]	2006-12-07 20:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2673	FSLN FACES DIFFICULTIES DELIVERING ON CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos recently admitted that the party is having difficulty reconciling its many campaign promises. Santos specifically referred to the FSLN's desperate search for a solution to Nicaragua's ongoing ener [...]	2006-12-11 22:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ENRG KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2691	FSLN TRANSITION TEAM SEEKS SOCIAL INVESTMENT, [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador and country team members recently presented an overview of USG programs and their parameters to President-elect Daniel Ortega's transition team. The Ambassador reiterated our commitment to working with a democratic Nicaraguan government that supports open markets and [...]	2006-12-13 20:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2701	APRE RENEGOTIATING ALLIANCE WITH ALN [...] (C) Summary: Alliance for the Republic (APRE) President/National Assembly deputy Miguel Lopez Baldizon claims that his party's formal agreement with the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) expired following Nicaragua's November national elections, but he is negotiating a new alliance with the A [...]	2006-12-15 19:20:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2706	ALN AND MRS JOINTLY LEVERAGING SELECTION OF NEW [...] (C) Deputies-elect of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) legislative caucuses are jointly leveraging the selection of the National Assembly's new Board of Directors to be formed by January 9, 2007. ALN Assembly deputy Yamileth Bonilla and MRS d [...]	2006-12-18 14:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2725	FSLN ACCORD WITH PRN PRESIDENT TALAVERA PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: The September 15 accord that Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader/President-elect Daniel Ortega signed with Nicaraguan Resistance Party (PRN) President Salvador Talavera includes the formation of a autonomous and decentralized National Peace and Reconciliation Coun [...]	2006-12-20 14:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2741	DISCUSSIONS ON NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN INTERMEDIARY [...] (C) Summary: During Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos' recent meeting with DCM and polcouns, he confirmed his appointment as Foreign Minister and requested to meet with State Department officials in Washington before President-elect Daniel Or [...]	2006-12-21 16:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON ENGR MARR PTER NU
06MANAGUA301	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA302	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA303	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA304	LIBERAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION MAGISTRATE: WE ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) magistrate Rene Herrera of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) asserts that the PLC has boycotted CSE sessions to prevent the Sandinista (FSLN) majority from passing regulations that will enable the Sandinistas to steal the Atlantic Coast elec [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA370	MUCH ADO ABOUT EVERYTHING: ALVARADO CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential-hopeful Jose Antonio Alvarado wants to have his cake and eat it too, continuing to waffle between allying with Eduardo Montealegre and entering into Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC)-initiated primaries. Ambassador noted in his recent meeting with Alvarado and his a [...]	2006-02-15 23:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA430	DANIELISTAS RIG COURT RULING TO FACILITATE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy is encouraging non-Sandinista (FSLN) parties to protest recent Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) and the Supreme Court's constitutional chamber decisions enabling CSE president Roberto Rivas to replace two of the CSE's PLC magistrates with the substitutes of his choice, th [...]	2006-02-24 21:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA432	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the PLC-FSLN pact and assure the Nicaraguan people we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your engagement will also facilitate progress on CAFTA-DR implementation and MANPADS des [...]	2006-02-24 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON ETRD MARR
06MANAGUA464	A RUSE -- OR DO GENUINE CONCERNS DRIVE PLC'S CALL [...] (C) Many Nicaraguan political and civil society leaders are calling for the resignation of all Supreme Electoral Commission (CSE) magistrates. Asserting that the CSE's substantial irregularities and clear domination by Daniel Ortega's Sandinista (FSLN) party will cause the March 5 Atlantic C [...]	2006-03-02 17:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA474	(C-NE6-00140) CURRENTLY NO IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) According to the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry, although Nicaragua and Iran do enjoy diplomatic relations, the Government of Iran currently has no diplomatic presence in Nicaragua, neither an embassy or consulate, nor any bilateral or international agency representations. The Iranian Embassy [...]	2006-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PINR PREL NU
06MANAGUA565	OAS MISSION LEADER - POLITICAL STAKES MUCH HIGHER [...] (SBU) Ambassador and team met with the OAS election mission on March 9 to assess the March 5 Atlantic Coast regional election and to determine the steps necessary to ensure clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections in November. OAS Mission leader Gustavo Fernandez believes that [...]	2006-03-13 22:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA579	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF CLAIMS ORTEGA SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos insists that Daniel Ortega seeks positive, constructive relations with the U.S. government. Santos decried to polcouns, poloff, and visiting INR analyst on March 13 the USG's "loss of interest" in its American neighbors, wh [...]	2006-03-14 23:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA590	MANAGUA'S LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCEDURES [...] Embassy Managua's Political Section has developed a system to coordinate Leahy Amendment vetting. All candidates for USG-funded travel, training (military or civilian),or material assistance -- in-country or in the United States -- must be vetted on human rights, corruption, narcotics, or c [...]	2006-03-15 19:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP MARR MASS SNAR PINS PREL PHUM PINR NU
06MANAGUA632	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF: "JUDGE US BY OUR [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos holds up the FSLN's recent support for CAFTA implementation legislation as evidence of his party's interest in constructive relations with the United States. He suggests that the FSLN might also be willing to vote to destroy [...]	2006-03-21 21:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA642	MONTEALEGRE,S ALN-PC CAUCUS PICKS UP A NEW MEMBER [...] (C) National Assembly lawmaker Delia Arellano has left the Camino Cristiano party to join Eduardo Montealegre's National Liberal Alliance-Conservative (ALN-PC) caucus, making the formal announcement to the press on March 20. With Arellano, the ALN-PC (Ref. D) now encompasses eight deputies. [...]	2006-03-22 20:15:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA674	MONTEALEGRE: REAL TEST BEGINS AFTER PLC SELECTS [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Montealegre is reassured by the latest IRI/Borge poll suggesting that he is the candidate most able to beat Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega in the November elections. Montealegre believes the next poll, to be conducted following the Liberal Constitutional Party's [...]	2006-03-24 21:17:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA715	LEON: SANDINISTA BASTION WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, MCC [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's recent trip to Leon department, the upcoming November national elections were on the tongues of all interlocutors. The cradle of Liberalism, intellectual Leon is now a Sandinista (FSLN) bastion, with ten of its eleven mayors in the department FSLN militants. [...]	2006-03-30 22:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KMCA EFIN ECON
06MANAGUA720	IT'S MY PARTY - AND I'LL DO WHAT I WANT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: All is not well on the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) farm, as rivals vie for caudillo leader/convicted money launderer Arnoldo Aleman's blessing to run for president on the party ticket. Five of the six PLC pre-candidates recently confronted Aleman about the PLC Central Co [...]	2006-03-31 13:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA745	ALLQ,S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, ASSERTS AGUIRRE SACASA [...] (C) Summary: Francisco Aguirre Sacasa, until recently a presidential-hopeful for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC),is disappointed with PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman's decision to influence the outcome of the PLC's selection of its presidential candidate. He believes that Aleman's hold on [...]	2006-04-04 22:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA755	NICARAGUA WILL CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 20:37:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU
06MANAGUA757	NICARAGUA WILLING TO RE-APPROACH PANAMA ON UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 20:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA85	CIRCUS ENDS AS ASSEMBLY ELECTS CONSENSUS BOARD ON [...] (C) Summary: On its seventh attempt, the National Assembly unanimously elected a consensus board of directors (Junta). The Junta selected lawmaker Eduardo Gomez (APRE) as president. Two Sandinista (FSLN) deputies; two Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) lawmakers; and one deputy each from the [...]	2006-01-18 00:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA863	THE GLOVES ARE OFF -- MONTEALEGRE TO RUN ON OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Now that it is clear that the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) will neither participate in multi-party primaries nor sideline Arnoldo Aleman (reftel),Eduardo Montealegre and his National Liberal Alliance-Conservative Party (ALN-PC) are determined to run on their own. In Ambas [...]	2006-04-19 22:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL EAID KCOR PHUM
06MANAGUA882	NICARAGUA STILL CONSIDERING RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 23:34:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU
06MANAGUA931	CAMINO CRISTIANO LEADER DIGS IN HEELS OVER PLC [...] (C) Camino Cristiano (CCN) leader/National Assembly Deputy, Reverend Guillermo Osorno, appears likely to formalize an alliance with the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). In his April 27 meeting with Ambassador to discuss the feasibility of multi-party primaries (Reftel),Osorno opined that [...]	2006-04-28 22:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA932	APRE LEADER INCHES CLOSER TO MONTEALEGRE [...] (C) Alliance for the Republic (APRE) President/National Assembly Deputy Miguel Lopez Baldizon met with Ambassador on April 26 to discuss the feasibility of multi-party primaries. He opined there is no longer sufficient time to arrange such primaries. Further, given Liberal Constitutional Par [...]	2006-04-28 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA942	VICAR SUGGESTS TO DAS MADISON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH [...] (C) In Managua Vicar Carlos Aviles' April 24 meeting with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador, he affirmed that the Catholic Church will not pronounce in favor of a particular candidate. However, the Church does support democracy and favors candidates who make realistic promise [...]	2006-05-02 14:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA943	FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA ASSURES DAS MADISON HE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Norman Caldera recently told DAS Madison, USAID's DAA Magan, and Ambassador that he will continue hammering Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega on their false accusations of U.S. intervention in Nicaragua's internal affairs [...]	2006-05-02 14:45:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL MOPS
06MANAGUA944	MONTEALEGRE TO DAS MADISON: A VOTE FOR RIZO IS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eduardo Montealegre of the National Liberal Alliance (ALN) predicts that at least four presidential candidates will compete in November's presidential race. He told visiting DAS Kirsten Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador that ultimately Nicaraguans must vote for or a [...]	2006-05-02 14:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA958	DAS MADISON UNDERSCORES NEED FOR CONTINUOUS OAS [...] (SBU) During an April 26 meeting with OAS Country Director Pedro Vuskovich, visiting DAS Kirsten Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and the Ambassador underscored the importance of continuous OAS observation and political leadership on the ground throughout Nicaragua's entire election period. Vus [...]	2006-05-03 13:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA968	LIBERAL FORUM MEMBERS TELL DAS MADISON THAT [...] (C) Liberal Forum (Foro Liberal) members, who dined with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Magan and Ambassador on April 24, agree that Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre is the brightest and best-suited candidate to lead Nicaragua. However, they diverge over whether he can beat Daniel Ortega in the [...]	2006-05-03 16:37:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA969	LEWITES WARNS DAS MADISON THAT AN ORTEGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Sandinista (FSLN)-dissident Herty Lewites' April 24 meeting with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador, Lewites warned that if FSLN leader Daniel Ortega wins the November elections, Ortega will impose a dictatorship on the Nicaraguan people and assume total contro [...]	2006-05-03 18:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAMA829	BAHRAIN: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] (U) The Government of Bahrain does not require participation in or cooperation with the Arab League Boycott (ALB),nor does it request that U.S. firms comply with boycott requirements. Post is unaware of any ALB compliance on the part of the Embassy's suppliers, venders, and service suppliers [...]	2006-05-10 14:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KBCT ABLD PHUM PINR ETRD ETTC PREL BA REGION
06MANAMA831	BAHRAIN: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] (U) The Government of Bahrain does not require participation in or cooperation with the Arab League Boycott (ALB),nor does it request that U.S. firms comply with boycott requirements. Post is unaware of any ALB compliance on the part of the Embassy's suppliers, venders, and service suppliers [...]	2006-05-10 14:55:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KBCT ABLD PHUM PINR ETRD ETTC PREL BA REGION
06MANAMA937	SUPREME COUNCIL FOR DEFENSE SECGEN REQUESTS U.S. [...] (C) The Ambassador called on the Secretary General for the recently-formed Supreme Council for Defense, Shaikh Ahmed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, on May 28. Shaikh Ahmed said King Hamad meets daily with the Council, which is composed of the King, Crown Prince, Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs [...]	2006-05-30 06:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM KMPI BA REGION OFFICIALS POL
06MANILA1021	FIVE LEFTIST LAWMAKERS REMAIN "UNDER PROTECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Five leftist lawmakers remain "under protective custody" at the House of Representatives complex in metro Manila. The Department of Justice (DoJ) Secretary and the five claim that they will be arrested if they leave the premises. It is not clear what exactly the five might be [...]	2006-03-06 09:16:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR RP
06MANILA1047	SENATE PRESIDENT UNDER PRESSURE FROM WITHIN HIS [...] (C) Summary: Opponents of Senate President Drilon took action on March 2 to strip him of his leadership position in the Liberal Party (LP). Drilon is contesting the move. Contacts are also reporting that Drilon is under pressure in the Senate from elements who want to see him removed from hi [...]	2006-03-07 08:52:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
06MANILA1110	PHILIPPINE OPPOSITION: BITTER TOWARD PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings, Opposition politicians told poloffs that they will continue to denounce President Arroyo for her recent imposition (since rescinded) of a State of National Emergency, asserting that it was poorly calibrated to meet the nature of any threat posed at the time. [...]	2006-03-10 07:41:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL RP
06MANILA1162	GRP KEEPS UP PRESSURE ON ACCUSED LAWMAKERS [...] (C) Summary: The GRP has presented its first witness in a prosecution probe of five left-wing lawmakers accused of sedition in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government in February. The five remain ensconced at the House of Representatives. On March 13, a trial court order [...]	2006-03-14 09:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM RP
06MANILA1259	LOCAL ISSUES -- NOT MANILA POLITICS -- DOMINATE [...] (C) Summary: Based on emboffs March 16-17 visit, recent political turbulence in Manila appears to have garnered little attention in Isabela Province in northeastern Luzon. Governor Grace Padaca, the 2006 Ninoy Aquino Award for Public Service winner, remains popular, but faces entrenched oppo [...]	2006-03-21 07:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON PREL PINR SOCI RP
06MANILA1275	PRESIDENT ARROYO WORKS TO SHORE UP SUPPORT IN [...] (C) Summary: In light of recent political turbulence, President Arroyo has been reaching out to high-level members of the Catholic clergy in an effort to shore up support. Arroyo has also taken care not to cross the Church on two key issues: mining and population policy. Arroyo's efforts a [...]	2006-03-22 05:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI PINS EMIN RP
06MANILA1342	FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA HEATEDLY DENIES CHARGES [...] (C) Summary: Former president Joseph Estrada testified for the first time in his almost five-year old trial on serious corruption charges on March 22. As expected, Estrada vehemently denied all charges. The government has sent conflicting signals as to whether it wants to continue to try t [...]	2006-03-23 09:26:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ECON PINR PINS RP
06MANILA1452	LEFT-WING ACTIVISTS REMAIN A TARGET IN THE [...] Summary: Since Mission's last message dated November 15, 2005, attacks on left-wing activists have continued unabated, with seventeen killed and one wounded. Some observers allege the Arroyo Administration, Philippine National Police, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines are behind the ki [...]	2006-03-30 10:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PTER PINS PREL PINR RP
06MANILA1816	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR EXERCISE BAKER PISTON 06-3 [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 6. 2. (U) JIATF West has requested that the Mission conduct human rights vetting for units participating in exercise Baker Piston 06-3, slated to take place 17 July - 11 August, 2006. 3. (U) Post POC is Rachel Wolfe, who can be reached at wolf [...]	2006-04-26 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PHUM PREL PINR SNAR RP
06MANILA1913	SUPREME COURT ISSUES MIXED RULING ON STATE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Court, in a May 3 ruling, upheld the validity of President Arroyo's imposition of a State of National Emergency on February 24. However, the Court also ruled that the curbing of rallies and a police raid on a newspaper were illegal. Both Malacanang and the Opposi [...]	2006-05-04 07:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PINR RP
06MANILA1981	ARAGONCILLO GUILTY PLEA ANNOUNCEMENT NETS BIG [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The May 4 USDOJ announcement that former FBI analyst Leandro Aragoncillo pleaded guilty to espionage and other charges received significant press play in the Philippines. GRP reaction was basi [...]	2006-05-09 07:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS KPAO ASEC RP
06MANILA2060	MAINSTREAM OPPOSITION: DIVIDED AND WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: Mainstream Opposition groups in the Philippines remain seriously divided among factions linked to former president Estrada, former president Aquino, Senator Lacson and others. The Opposition also remains without effective themes with which to counter the Arroyo administration. [...]	2006-05-15 06:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM ECON RP
06MANILA2111	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by the DCM, paid her first visit on former president Corazon "Cory" Aquino on May 18. Aquino talked warmly and nostalgically about her days in Malacanang before turning to the current political situation. She said that she still believes that President Arroyo [...]	2006-05-18 08:27:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RP
06MANILA2154	THE "LEGAL" LEFT: SMALL, BUT DEDICATED [...] (C) Summary: The so-called "legal" left parties, which include Bayan Muna, Gabriela, the KMU, and Migrante, are an important aspect of the Philippine political scene. Most are linked with the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA) and, along with the mainstream Oppos [...]	2006-05-23 03:54:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM RP

06MANILA242	PRESIDENT'S PARTY CALLS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the Lakas Party -- including President Arroyo -- underscored support for Constitutional change during a January 14 meeting. Per Lakas, proposed changes would take effect in 2007 when a parliament led by a prime minister would be created. President Arroyo would be al [...]	2006-01-18 08:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
06MANILA26	IN BLOW TO JUDICIARY, WELL-KNOWN JUDGE SLAIN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A well-known Metro Manila trial judge was murdered in a drive-by shooting on December 31. Police have arrested seven men in connection with the attack. The Supreme Court has demanded that the [...]	2006-01-04 09:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS ECON PINR PTER PHUM RP
06MANILA2663	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR EXERCISE BALANCE PISTON [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) JUSMAG has requested that the Mission conduct human rights vetting for units participating in exercise Balance Piston 06-05, slated to take place August 5 - 31, 2006. 3. (U) Information on participating commanders and units follows: [...]	2006-06-26 07:00:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PHUM PREL PINR SNAR RP
06MANILA2682	OPPOSITION TRIES TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT ARROYO AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Members of the Opposition filed their long-anticipated second impeachment complaint against President Arroyo in the House on June 26. The 150-page complaint includes allegations that she cheated in the 2004 elections and suppressed dissent during the week-long State of National [...]	2006-06-27 07:07:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
06MANILA3095	ESPERON - THE BATTERING RAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lieutenant General Esperon succeeded General Senga as the 35th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on July 21. He has a reputation as a tough combat soldier, and has pledged both to crush Communist rebels and put down any attempt to unseat the Arroyo governmen [...]	2006-07-24 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINR RP
06MANILA350	"COUNCIL OF STATE" MEETING: MUCH HYPE, BUT LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: A Malacanang-sponsored Council of State meeting took place on January 24. The meeting brought together some 75 notables to discuss "issues of national interest," though the Opposition largely boycotted the meeting. The group agreed to create a commission to advocate for Consti [...]	2006-01-25 09:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM SOCI RP
06MANILA3935	CHIEF OF STAFF ESPERON OUTLINES HIS VISION FOR THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: General Esperon, the newly appointed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),laid out his vision for the Philippine military in a major policy speech to the Manila Overseas Press Club on September 11. He called the entire AFP a "counterterrorism unit," and sa [...]	2006-09-19 05:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR RP
06MANILA4002	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFP CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Esperon, the newly appointed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, acknowledged to the Ambassador in a September 18 meeting the damage being done to the reputation of the Philippines by extra-judicial killings, and conceded the possibility that overzealo [...]	2006-09-21 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR RP
06MANILA4218	DEFENSE SECRETARY CRUZ DISCUSSES STATE OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Secretary of National Defense Cruz in a major policy speech to the Manila Overseas Press Club stressed the seriousness of the domestic terrorist threat and the importance of Philippine Defense Reform. He said a successful counterterrorism effort had to also incorporate social an [...]	2006-10-04 08:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR RP
06MANILA4388	PUTTING ZULKIFLI ON THE REWARDS FOR JUSTICE LIST [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARA. 2. 2. (SBU) Embassy Manila requests Diplomatic Security add Zulkifli al Musa Abdul Hir, (aka Zulkifli Hir, aka Zulkifli bin Abdul Hir, aka Musa bin Abdul Hir, aka Zulkifli bin Hir, aka Mussa, aka Musa, aka Marwan),a Malaysian citizen born in 1966 [...]	2006-10-17 09:08:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID MY RP
06MANILA4389	PUTTING LITO REBIO ON THE REWARDS FOR JUSTICE LIST [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARA. 2. 2. (SBU) Embassy Manila requests Diplomatic Security add Jemaah Islamiyah operative Lito Rebio (aka Mu'awiyah, aka Nique, aka Muhammad Ali),a Singapore citizen of Indian descent born on January 14, 1965, to the Department of State's Rewards Fo [...]	2006-10-17 09:08:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID SN RP
06MANILA4912	ADDITIONAL JUSTIFICATION FOR ADDING LITO REBIO TO [...] (S/NF) In follow up to ref A, we would like to provide additional information in support of our request to add Lito Rebio (AKA Muawiyah, AKA Mu'awiyah, AKA Nique, AKA Muhammad Ali) to the Department of State's Rewards For Justice list. Rebio, a Singapore national, is one of the leading Jemaah [...]	2006-12-06 09:02:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID SN RP
06MANILA526	DAVAO MAYOR CHANGING TACK ON EXTRA-JUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary: Extra-judicial killings in Davao, Mindanao, continue, but at a lower level than in 2005. So far, there have been five summary killings in 2006, which is less than 2005's roughly 13 per month average. Observers believe that the Mayor of Davao, Rodrigo Duterte, may be worried a [...]	2006-02-06 07:49:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RP
06MANILA529	PRESIDENT ARROYO MAKES SEVERAL CHANGES TO HER [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 5, Malacanang announced several changes to President Arroyo's Cabinet. Representative Ronaldo Puno replaced Angelo Reyes as Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Governme [...]	2006-02-06 08:52:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PINR ECON RP
06MANILA557	PHILIPPINE REACTION TO DANISH CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: A Danish flag was burned in Cotabato, a city in the southern Philippines on February 7. Protesters condemned the recent publication of a cartoon offensive to Muslims in a Danish newspaper. Muslim religious leaders are planning to issue a condemnation of the cartoon shortly. Th [...]	2006-02-07 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL PINR ASEC RP DA
06MANILA606	FILIPINO MUSLIM LEADERS DENOUNCE CARTOONS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: A group of Filipino Muslim religious scholars issued a statement on February 8 condemning the publication of cartoons depicting the Muslim Prophet Mohammad. They also called for a restrained response. A Muslim congressman from Mindanao made a speech hitting similar themes on t [...]	2006-02-09 09:46:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL PINR ASEC RP DA NO
06MANILA641	HOUSE SPEAKER AND SENATE PRESIDENT ON "CHA-CHA," [...] (S) Summary: In a January 30 meeting with Charge, House Speaker De Venecia expressed confidence that the GRP would amend the Constitution and switch to a parliamentary form of government by July 2006 by means of a referendum. De Venecia was optimistic that the House would pass an anti-terror [...]	2006-02-13 06:00:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MARR PINR RP
06MANILA685	INDIAN PRESIDENT SIGNS AGREEMENTS ON DEFENSE AND [...] (C) Summary: During a February 3-6 State visit to the Philippines by Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam, the GRP and GOI signed several defense and trade agreements. The defense agreement covers training and information exchanges, while the trade agreements deal with tourism, agriculture, and [...]	2006-02-14 08:51:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ECIN PINR RP IN
06MANILA695	OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AS A POLITICAL FORCE [...] (C) Summary: The over eight million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) already have an important and growing role as an economic force, sending roughly USD 10 billion worth of remittances home each year. On the political side, however, OFWs were not granted the right to vote in absentia until [...]	2006-02-15 07:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON SOCI PINR RP
06MANILA711	MALACANANG MODIFIES RESTRICTION AND ALLOWS SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 11, Malacanang modified an executive order (E.O. 464) in effect since September 2005 and allowed senior officials to attend budget and other hearings in the House and Senate. In taking the step, Malacanang was responding to criticism that E.O. 464 encroached on the [...]	2006-02-16 08:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
06MANILA830	SITREP 1: MALACANANG DECLARES "STATE OF EMERGENCY" [...] (C) Summary: President Arroyo declared a "State of Emergency" in a TV address at 1120 hrs (local). Arroyo's formal proclamation of national emergency blamed a conspiracy between the "extreme Left" and "military adventurists." Based on Mission information, there does appear to have been som [...]	2006-02-24 07:17:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC CASC PREL RP
06MANILA934	SUBJECT: A/S HILL MEETS WITH GRP OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting with A/S Hill, Charge Jones, and DAS John, Philippine Defense Secretary Cruz, National Security Advisor Gonzales, and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency Director Garcia said there were three distinct elements to the government's response to threat [...]	2006-03-01 06:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ASEC CASC PREL RP
06MAPUTO1441	MOZAMBIQUE -- REPORTING ON POLITICAL CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 12:46:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR MZ
06MAPUTO415	MOZAMBIQUE - PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S TWO-WEEK VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: President Guebuza recently completed a two-week trip to rural districts in southern Mozambique. Hopping from point to point by helicopter, he addressed rallies and listened to local concerns in some of Mozambique's most isolated communities. His message -- "together we can win t [...]	2006-04-06 15:39:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ECON EAGR MZ
06MASERU124	MEETING WITH FOMIN [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 7. ----------------- SUMMARY ----------------- 2. (S) Following Foreign Minister Moleleki's return from his constituency, Ambassador met with him March 6 to review recent developments including the on-going review of the January 29 shooting at [...]	2006-03-08 06:26:00	Embassy Maseru	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR LY LT
06MASERU143	POTENTIAL SHIFTING WEIGHTS IN LESOTHO'S RULING PARTY [...] (C) Over the past two weeks, Ambassador has met with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Health and Tourism and Culture. In our conversations with Foreign Minister Moleleki, Finance Minister Thahane, Health Minister Phooko and Tourism Minister Nts'inyi, we have detected a hesitancy on [...]	2006-03-20 14:27:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KICC PINR LT
06MASERU153	MEETING WITH LESOTHO'S "FIRST LADY" [...] (C) The First Lady of Lesotho shared her views of the current political situation and the status of HIV/AIDS programs in Lesotho during a lengthy discussion with Ambassador on March 21. Mrs. Mosisili is considered one of the most influential women and, de facto, one of the most important lea [...]	2006-03-23 12:26:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KHIV EAID LT
06MASERU158	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW LCD SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) With preparations for 2007 national elections moving apace, Ambassador engaged Lesotho's Trade Minister (Mpho Malie) in a review of internal political developments as well as regional and bilateral issues. Malie, as the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy's (LCD) new Secretary-General, [...]	2006-03-29 11:06:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD KDEM LT
06MASERU184	LESOTHO AND LIBYA RELATIONS (C-AL6-00526) [...] (C/NF) We appreciate INR's interest in the relationship between the Libyan Embassy in Maseru and the Government of Lesotho (GOL). Ambassador had a lengthy meeting April 6 with Libyan Ambassador Mohamed Algamudi at his residence. 2. (C/NF) The Libyan envoy's wife and daughter prepared an [...]	2006-04-13 15:05:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL LT LY
06MASERU242	MEETING WITH FOMIN AND FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Moleleki May 16 upon the Minister's return to reiterate that we need a firm deadline on Lesotho's Article 98 position. During the FOMIN's absence, post had checked with the Acting Attorney General (A/AG) following telephone communications with Departme [...]	2006-05-19 09:59:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KICC KJUS MARR LT
06MASERU261	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Mosisili May 31 prior to his departure for the UNGASS on AIDS. The agenda included Article 98 Agreement status which is awaiting Cabinet review; positions on Iran, Iraq and democratic growth; HIV/AIDS, education and the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA [...]	2006-06-02 14:04:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV KICC KHIV LT
06MASERU292	CABINET APPROVES ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Lehohla informed the Ambassador late June 14 that the GOL Cabinet had approved signing an Article 98 Agreement with the United States. This session followed Ambassador's discussion with the Prime Minister concerning the contents of the Article and the legal findings [...]	2006-06-19 14:53:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KICC PINR LT
06MASERU297	ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT BETWEEN LESOTHO / U.S. SIGNED JUNE 21, [...] (C) Ambassador Perry and Lesotho's Foreign Minister Moleleki signed the Article 98 Agreement the morning of June 21, 2006 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) We signed the Agreement privately on the date indicated; the Minister thought there would be some discussion with the Govern [...]	2006-06-22 09:22:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KICC PINR LT
06MASERU347	FINANCE MINISTER ON MCC AND SADC [...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Finance Thahane July 24 to advise him that the MCC Investment Committee had approved the GOL's proposal. However, a final compact could not be signed until there were full assurances that the Marriage Equity Act had passed guaranteeing married women full ri [...]	2006-07-25 14:41:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PINR MCC LT
06MASERU348	FINANCE MINISTER ON MCC AND SADC [...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Finance Thahane July 24 to advise him that the MCC Investment Committee had approved the GOL's proposal. However, a final compact could not be signed until there were full assurances that the Marriage Equity Act had passed guaranteeing married women full ri [...]	2006-07-26 07:00:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PINR MCC LT
06MASERU35	DISCONTENT WITHIN THE RULING PARTY AND THE MAIN OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of the first post - independence Lesotho local government elections, which were held in April 2005, rumors emerged about internal disputes and power struggles within the two biggest political parties - the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and th [...]	2006-01-20 10:32:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR LT
06MASERU353	MARRIAGE EQUALITY ACT ON TRACK PER FOMIN [...] (C) Lesotho FOMIN in July 25 meeting with Ambassador confirmed that the Finance Minister had advised in the formal Cabinet meeting that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) opportunity memo had gone forward and had been approved. (See Reftel) Ambassador reminded the FOMIN that a final [...]	2006-07-26 15:39:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LT
06MASERU51	JANUARY 29 SHOOTING OF LESOTHO'S FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Local employee informed Embassy duty officer (DCM) at 10:30 am, Sunday, January 29 of rumored shooting of Foreign Affairs Minister Moleleki as he approached his residence gate. Once alerted, AMB called the Foreign Minister at 10:40, received no response on home or cell numbers, then cont [...]	2006-01-30 15:34:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LT
06MASERU545	ALLEGED LIBYAN INVOLVEMENT, PARLIMENTARIAN CHANGES: FOREIGN [...] (S) In an expansive October 26 discussion with Ambassador (accompanied by PDEP Chris Smith, notetaker),Foreign Minister Moleleki again expounded on themes alluded to with Ambassador throughout the year, notably the role of Libya and "manipulation" of the GOL political system. Moleleki accus [...]	2006-10-31 15:06:00	Embassy Maseru	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER LY CH LT
06MASERU59	UPDATE ON LESOTHO'S FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Information on the January 29 shooting of Foreign Minister of Lesotho, Monyane Moleleki, continues to develop. Drawing on our discussions with the Commander of the Lesotho Defense Force, the Minister of Finance and private individuals, the following information has been provided by governme [...]	2006-02-01 11:19:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LT
06MASERU621	GOVERNMENT OF LESOTHO EXPELS LIBYAN AMBASSADOR [...] (S) Summary: The GOL revoked the Libyan Ambassador's credentials o/a December 13 and ordered the envoy to depart Lesotho within 72 hours, apparently for "performing in a manner incompatible" with his duties. Embassy sources indicate that the GOL had become fed up with the Libyan's abusive beh [...]	2006-12-14 16:10:00	Embassy Maseru	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS OFDP LY LT
06MASERU626	LESOTHO: DIPLOMATIC PUNCHES, HUGS, AND QUESTIONS FOLLOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following revocation of the Libyan Ambassador to Lesotho's credentials (REFTEL) on December 13, both Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Libya's Embassy in Maseru issued statements regarding the unusual expulsion. While the GOL issued a strongly worded press release [...]	2006-12-18 15:02:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS OFDP LY LT
06MASERU634	LESOTHO: FOREIGN MINISTER ON ELECTIONS, EXPULSION OF LIBYAN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Moleleki told Charge on December 29 that he fully supports and welcomes USG-funded election activities. He expects the political opposition will have difficulty accepting elections results, because "they will be lucky if they win only one or two seats." Moleleki [...]	2006-12-29 13:05:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR OFDP ASEC KDEM LY LT
06MASERU64	UPDATE: FOREIGN MINISTER'S SITUATION; BILATERAL MATTERS [...] (C) Following February 2 Cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Thahane contacted Ambassador to report on his conversation with injured FOMIN Moleleki on pending bilateral matters. Thahane said that Moleleki confirmed, despite his confinement from the shooting incident, that he is working on langu [...]	2006-02-03 11:02:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KICC ASEC LT
06MEXICO1124	IN TELEVISA FORUM, ANALYSTS JUDGE CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Mexican broadcaster Televisa created a TV program in which a group of well-known and respected analysts and think tanks study and comment on various proposals made by the three main presidential candidates. The analysts concluded that none of the proposals of the three candidates would [...]	2006-03-02 14:30:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1277	ALL CANDIDATES LOOKING TO SPEND ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),Felipe Calderon and Roberto Madrazo have at least one shared plan: increase investment in infrastructure as the catalyst to spur economic growth, generate employment, improve competitiveness, and promote regional development. Funding their plans will [...]	2006-03-08 15:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1311	ACT II: AMLO KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN'S SECOND STAGE [...] (U) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),presidential candidate for the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD),held a campaign event on 02/26 that filled Mexico City's central plaza (Zocalo) with approximately 70,000 to 120,000 supporters. The event marked the end of a successful first stage of th [...]	2006-03-09 22:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1476	LOPEZ OBRADOR'S "ADVISORY COUNCIL" [...] (SBU) PRD co-founder Porfirio Munoz Ledo leads an "Advisory Council" created to feed economic proposals to the AMLO campaign. The council includes some prominent PRD economists whose views tend toward more government intervention in the economy. The extent of the council's influence on AMLO, [...]	2006-03-17 22:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1515	MEXICAN ELECTIONS - CANDIDATES PROMISE TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) Commemorating the 68th anniversary of Mexican Government's nationalization of oil company assets on March 18th, candidates publicly discussed their energy plans. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) promise to reduce energy rates provoked criticism from analysts and GOM officials who que [...]	2006-03-22 14:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1626	ANALYSTS GIVE CANDIDATES' PROPOSALS LOW MARKS [...] (SBU) A group of forty prominent political and economic experts brought together by a new Mexican think-tank analyzed the three main presidential candidates' proposals in a report called "Evaluate and Decide." The analysts found candidates' proposals incomplete, with all failing to identify f [...]	2006-03-28 18:55:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1797	AMLO ADVISOR TALKS "FISCAL DISCIPLINE" WHILE [...] (SBU) While economist Rogelio Ramirez de la O tried to soothe concerns about Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (PRD) intentions for the country's fiscal and monetary policies; Felipe Calderon (PAN) and Roberto Madrazo (PRI) adopt populist tints in their own speeches. Ramirez de la O said AMLO wil [...]	2006-04-06 15:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO2182	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PREPARE FOR FIRST POLITICAL [...] (SBU) As the presidential candidates prepare for their first debate April 25 in Mexico City, the four partipants are emphasizing Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (PRD) refusal to attend, while Roberto Madrazo, Patricia Mercado and Roberto Campa take every opportunity to attack the current adminis [...]	2006-04-26 10:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO2220	TEN ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING MEXICO'S NEXT PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Whoever wins Mexico's presidential election on July 2 will inherit both the economic strengths built and bolstered during the Fox Administration and the daunting challenges that Fox leaves unfulfilled or simply unaddressed. Fox's major economic legacy will be the macroeconomic stability [...]	2006-04-26 19:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO2240	CALDERON SCORES BIG IN FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As measured both by the polls and the pundits, National Action Party (PAN) presidential candidate Felipe Calderon emerged the big winner in yesterday's presidential debate, offering a national audience a polished, well-organized and engaging summary of his platform. His princ [...]	2006-04-27 13:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO2408	AMLO: FOREIGN POLICY STAYS THE SAME BUT CAMPAIGN [...] (C) On Tuesday 05/02, leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) chaired a foreign policy program hosted by the Consulting Council for an Alternative Project for the Nation. The Council is led by former Mexican Ambassador to the United Nations and AMLO advisor Porfirio Munoz Ledo and [...]	2006-05-04 23:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO2460	WHAT AILS THE PRI? [...] (C) Summary: After its considerable successes in the 2003 midterm elections and in state and local races since then, many in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) expected that 2006 would be the year of its restoration, particularly given the public's disappointment with the Fox Admini [...]	2006-05-09 14:47:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO2702	AMLO'S THIRD ACT: NON-VIOLENCE AND THE MIDDLE [...] (U) As the campaign season enters its final fifty days, Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) prepares to shift his strategy into high gear. After fumbling through March and April, AMLO now finds himself in second place in most polls and looks to [...]	2006-05-18 23:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO2711	MEXICAN CONGRESS DEMONSTRATES INDEPENDENCE, NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The final session of the 59th Congress ended on April 28, with the modest results that have become its hallmark under a divided government. Some, including Eduardo Perez Motta, head of the Federal Competition Commission (CFC) believe that the new competitiveness law will become [...]	2006-05-20 00:39:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3069	CALDERON AT MOUNT SINAI [...] (U) Summary: On May 31, Felipe Calderon, presidential candidate of the ruling National Action Party (PAN),addressed over 500 members of Mexico,s Jewish community, the first of the three major presidential candidates to publicly appear before this community. In his remarks, Calderon focused [...]	2006-06-05 22:50:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3081	PAN LEGISLATORS OPINE ON CAMPAIGN/PARTY DYNAMICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with TDY Poloff, both Senator Maria Luisa Calderon (sister of ruling National Action Party (PAN) presidential Candidate Felipe Calderon) and Federal Deputy German Martinez (party representative to the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE)),expressed their frustr [...]	2006-06-06 13:29:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3148	PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: CALDERON ON POINTS, AMLO ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the second and final of the presidential debates, front-running candidates Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) of the Party of the Democratic Revolution were widely perceived to have debated to a near draw. The debate f [...]	2006-06-07 23:19:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3196	BLAST FROM THE PAST: FORMER PRESIDENT ECHEVERRIA [...] (C) Summary: In a July 5 breakfast with poloff, former Mexican President Luis Echeverria Alvarez (1970-76) offered his views on the state of U.S.-Mexican relations and the current election campaign. He expressed concern about the damage the migration issue was doing to U.S.-Mexican relations and ab [...]	2006-06-09 17:42:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO3302	AMLO ANNOUNCES A SUBSIDIES PROGRAM [...] (SBU) On May 30, Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced on national TV some details of a comprehensive subsidies program aimed at increasing Mexican families' income and their purchasing power by up to 20%. AMLO expects the plan would spur [...]	2006-06-15 17:50:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO3325	LEADING POLLSTER GIVES EDGE TO AMLO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 15 meeting, Maria de las Heras, one of Mexico's most respected pollsters, told poloff that she believed that if the election were held today, the Party of the Democratic Revolution's (PRD) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) would defeat the National Action Party's (PAN) [...]	2006-06-16 15:47:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3351	LEADING ANALYST OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTION PROCESS, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion, leading political analyst Denise Dresser told poloffs that while she was optimistic Mexico's electoral machinery would work, she questioned whether President Fox's successor -- whoever it would be -- would be capable of reforming the Mexican state. S [...]	2006-06-19 20:24:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3423	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CONFERENCE IN MEXICO LAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: With support from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),Mexico's National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) sponsored a comprehensive conference on trafficking in persons (TIP) in Tapachula, Chiapas, June 14-15. [...]	2006-06-21 19:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3465	A ONCE MIGHTY PRI STRUGGLES FOR RELEVANCY [...] (C) Summary: With Election Day ten days off, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) remains divided and debilitated, struggling to maintain its relevance in a political scene it once dominated. On the one hand, party insiders tell us that presidential candidate Roberto Madrazo appears [...]	2006-06-23 13:21:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3486	FINAL POLLS GIVE NARROW LEAD TO LOPEZ OBRADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last several days, Mexican polling firms have released the results of the final round of polls to be published before the July 2 election. The five most influential polls in Mexico all give a narrow lead of between two and four percent to the Party of the Democratic [...]	2006-06-23 22:28:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3572	TEACHERS' STRIKE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT VOTING IN [...] (C) Summary: As Election Day draws near, public school teachers in the state of Oaxaca remain on strike, with some continuing to threaten to block voting unless a resolution is reached by July 1. What began some five weeks ago apparently as a routine labor action in pursuit of increased wages [...]	2006-06-27 21:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MX PINR PREL PHUM
06MEXICO3574	TEACHERS' STRIKE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT VOTING IN [...] (C) Summary: As Election Day draws near, public school teachers in the state of Oaxaca remain on strike, with some continuing to threaten to block voting unless a resolution is reached by July 1. What began some five weeks ago apparently as a routine labor action in pursuit of increased wages [...]	2006-06-27 22:52:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MX PINR PREL PHUM
06MEXICO3609	CALDERON'S 100 ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Only a few days prior to the Presidential election Felipe Calderon, candidate of the National Action Party (PAN),presented 100 actions that he will take during his first 100 days as president. These actions divide into five main themes: public security, economics, equal opport [...]	2006-06-29 14:48:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO3747	CALDERON DECLARED WINNER; AMLO TO CONTEST RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: On July 6, the Federal Electoral Institute's (IFE) district councils completed their retabulation of the votes cast in last Sunday's election. The official results show Calderon with 35.88% and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) with 35.31%, a margin of 0.57%. We understand that [...]	2006-07-07 13:18:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3832	AMLO TAKES TO THE STAGE: HOLDS FIRST MEETING WITH [...] Presidential candidate for the Coalition for the Good of All, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),held his first post-electoral "informative meeting" in Mexico's central plaza, the Zocalo, on Saturday, July 8. AMLO used the venue to express his concerns with the election process and the Feder [...]	2006-07-11 18:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3834	SRE BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7, the SRE held its second post-electoral briefing for the diplomatic community. The briefing was presided over by Foreign Secretary Derbez, although Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) Counselor Alejandra Latapi, one of the two IFE representatives in attendance, led th [...]	2006-07-11 18:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3840	HACIENDA'S (MEXICAN TREASURY) NEW BUDGET AND [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Fox administration continues to take protective measures to shield the Mexican economy from profligate spending. Hacienda's (Treasury) Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Law, which entered into force this April is an example of a cautionary move to ensure t [...]	2006-07-11 23:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3865	ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL RECEIVES FIRST TRANCHE OF [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, poloffs met with the head of public relations for the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Power (TEPJF) to discuss the legal challenges to the presidential election results brought by PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). Although as of the time of [...]	2006-07-12 21:48:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3879	AMLO'S FRIEND SPECULATES ON THE CANDIDATE'S [...] (C) Poloffs met early July 4 with Jose Maria Perez Gay, a personal friend of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) tapped to be Foreign Secretary if AMLO had won July 2. Perez Gay said he was perplexed by apparent inconsistencies in preliminary numbers released by the Federal Electoral Institu [...]	2006-07-13 19:17:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO3904	MEXICAN STOCK MARKET ECONOMIST MUSES ON INTERNAL [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary. After a week of political uncertainty and speculation over the market,s reaction to Mexican political events, Econoff met with the deputy director of the Mexican Stock Exchange, Alejandro Reynoso. He confirmed previous common views that market volatility was no [...]	2006-07-14 16:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO3907	LOOKING FOR FRAUD IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES? [...] (C) Summary: In a July 12 meeting with poloffs, officials of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) offered an impassioned defense of their work in conducting the July 2 presidential elections. Although they had not yet seen the specific complaints submitted by the PRD (or, for that matter, [...]	2006-07-14 18:01:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3953	AT MASS RALLY, LOPEZ OBRADOR CALLS FOR CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, July 16, Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) presided over a mass march and "informational meeting" at which he demanded a complete, nationwide recount of the results of the Mexican presidential election. [...]	2006-07-18 00:21:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3962	MEXICO'S ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES - A [...] (C) Introduction and Summary. Mexico,s Central Bank Deputy Governor Jose Julian Sidaoui provided a snapshot of the country,s economic situation following the July elections. He said that the surprisingly favorable reaction of Mexican markets, despite political uncertainty, is mainly the resul [...]	2006-07-18 18:13:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO3999	NGO CITES ELECTION "IRREGULARITIES," SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: On July 14, poloffs met with Silvia Alonso, Executive Secretary of the influential NGO Alianza Civica (Civic Alliance),to discuss the findings of her organization's election observation mission. She called on the electoral tribunal (TEPJF) to give greater credibility to the el [...]	2006-07-19 16:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO4000	NGO CITES ELECTION "IRREGULARITIES," SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: On July 14, poloffs met with Silvia Alonso, Executive Secretary of the influential NGO Alianza Civica (Civic Alliance),to discuss the findings of her organization's election observation mission. She called on the electoral tribunal (TEPJF) to give greater credibility to the el [...]	2006-07-19 16:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO4100	PRI BOSS HOLDS FORTH ON ELECTION, PARTY'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Federal Deputy Manlio Fabio Beltrones, recently elected to head the PRI faction in the incoming Senate, told poloff that his party would be willing to cooperate on specific issues with the administration of Felipe Calderon, although he doub [...]	2006-07-25 16:59:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4139	LOCAL PRD OFFICIALS CLARIFY PARTY POSITION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with poloffs on July 21, Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) deputies from the Mexico City Legislative Assembly discussed their party's position towards the contested presidential election. Led by Deputy Lorena Villavicencio Ayala, the PRD committee expressed its con [...]	2006-07-26 12:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO4144	BANK OF MEXICO CONFERENCE ON POVERTY CHALLENGES, [...] (SBU) Mexican economic leaders and World Bank economists discussed the causes and potential solutions for the country,s persistent poverty at a July 19 Mexico City conference &Growth and Reduction of Poverty in Latin America: Virtuous Cycles and Vicious Cycles.8 At the conference, Central Ban [...]	2006-07-26 17:54:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4189	LEADING MEXICAN ECONOMIST ON TAX AND FISCAL REFORM [...] (C) Econoff met with Dr. Fausto Hernandez, Economics Professor at Mexico,s Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE),to discuss Mexico,s fiscal policy. Dr. Hernandez has done extensive research and published numerous studies on the subject. He discussed the origins of low tax collect [...]	2006-07-27 18:24:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4217	COPARMEX' PROJECT TO REDUCE MEXICO'S REGIONAL [...] (SBU) The Mexican Employers Confederation (Coparmex) is working on a joint plan with universities, unions, municipalities, states, and the banking sector to alleviate poverty, promote investment and create infrastructure in the less developed and "abandoned" south of Mexico. The chair of the [...]	2006-07-31 18:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4238	AMLO URGES SUPPORTERS "TO SAVE DEMOCRACY" [...] (SBU) Summary: At his third mass "informational meeting," Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO, presidential candidate of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD),called on his supporters to begin a continuous vigil until the electoral tribunal (TEPJF) issues its final decision with respect [...]	2006-08-01 14:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4239	PLAYING WITH A CRYSTAL BALL: PREDICTING CALDERON'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Even as AndrQs Manuel L"pez Obrador continues to challenge the July 2 election results, Felipe Calder"n is quietly planning his transition to power, leading to speculation as to who will be invited to join his future administration. Although we believe it is generally too ear [...]	2006-08-01 14:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4267	FORMER MAGISTRATE SEES FULL RECOUNT AS UNLIKELY [...] (U) The Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE) recently held its third post-electoral briefing for the diplomatic community, in which Fernando Franco Gonzalez, former Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) magistrate and current head of the Public Law Studies Center at the Autonomous Technological Insti [...]	2006-08-02 13:52:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4291	(CORRECTED COPY) PLAYING WITH A CRYSTAL BALL: [...] (SBU) Summary: Even as Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador continues to challenge the July 2 election results, Felipe Calderon is quietly planning his transition to power, leading to speculation as to who will be invited to join his future administration. Although we believe it is generally too ear [...]	2006-08-03 13:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4292	A VISIT TO THE PROTEST'S GROUND ZERO [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 31 and August 2, Poloffs visited Mexico City's central square or Zocalo to observe ground zero in the ongoing protest of the supporters of PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). Thousands of demonstrators were camped out in the Zocalo and on Juarez and Mader [...]	2006-08-03 13:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4368	ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL CALLS FOR PARTIAL RECOUNT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a unanimous August 5 decision, Mexico's Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) rejected the Democratic Revolutionary Party's (PRD) request for a complete, nationwide recount of the results of the July 2 presidential election, ordering instead a recount in the 11,839 precincts (casillas [...]	2006-08-07 18:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4465	ANALYSTS PREDICT A LONG SEASON OF PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Three prominent Mexican political analysts believe that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) is likely to continue his protests for the foreseeable future. All three expect AMLO to pursue increasingly aggressive tactics in the days leading up to the electoral tribunal's (TEPJF) de [...]	2006-08-10 04:55:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4490	PRD EXPLOITS ELEMENT OF SURPRISE IN ON-GOING [...] (U) Summary: Following the Electoral Tribunal's (TEPJF) announcement on August 5 that it would recount 11,839 precincts (9.07 percent of the nationwide total),PRD Candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) vowed new acts of civil resistance. After a noisy protest in front of the TEPJF itse [...]	2006-08-11 16:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4534	MEXICO'S "OTHER HALF"--THE VIEW FROM OAXACA (PART [...] (SBU) On August 1-4, poloff visited the state of Oaxaca in order to learn more about the political and economic dynamics of this region, often characterized as part of Mexico's poor "other half." Academics, journalists, protesters, and indigenous citizens described a state--until recently a PR [...]	2006-08-14 23:01:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO4535	MEXICO'S "OTHER HALF"--THE VIEW FROM OAXACA (PART [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the end of PRI rule, Oaxaca still lacks a viable economic development strategy and there is no effective political leadership or coordinated social movement to address Oaxaca's significant needs. The teachers' strike reflects the old way of challenging the government und [...]	2006-08-14 23:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO456	MADRAZO AIMS FOR THE SENSIBLE CENTER [...] (C) Summary: Roberto Madrazo, candidate of the PRI-led Alliance for Mexico, has kicked off his campaign by trying to position himself as the candidate of the political center. Madrazo used the month long holiday break to smooth over the divisions in his fractious party, restructuring his camp [...]	2006-01-27 20:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO4619	ASSESSING OAXACA,S POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the past week, the complex political crisis in Oaxaca has worsened, with four people killed in two separate incidents and protestors pledging to intensify their civil disobedience campaign demanding that PRI Governor Ulises Ruiz resign or be removed from office. Tension is m [...]	2006-08-17 23:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX

06MEXICO4654	THE MAKING OF THE SHADOW PRESIDENT? [...] (C) Summary: Several leading Mexican political observers largely concurred that the evolution of the current political stalemate would continue to be largely a function of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) personality. They believed that his manner of thinking was so rigid and self-righte [...]	2006-08-18 21:55:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4707	CHIAPAS GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION: PRD LEADS BY A [...] (U) Summary. With over 94 percent of the votes counted as of noon August 21 in the Chiapas gubernatorial race, PRD candidate Juan Sabines Guerrero had a 0.22% lead over PRI-PVEM rival Jose Antonio Aguilar Bodegas, who is also endorsed by the PAN. However, there are still enough votes left to [...]	2006-08-21 23:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4958	A DAY AT THE REVOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: With all eyes now focused on the Mexican Congress and the Revolutionary Democratic Party's (PRD) long-threatened effort to deny President Fox the opportunity to deliver his final annual report there, poloff spent much of August 31 with a range of PRD contacts to gain further ins [...]	2006-09-01 18:47:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4987	MEXICO'S DRAMATIC POLITICAL WEEKEND [...] (C) Summary: On Friday, September 1, the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) made good on its promise to prevent President Fox from delivering his final annual report to the Mexican Congress, part of the PRD's commitment to Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO's) plan to humiliate the Presiden [...]	2006-09-05 20:34:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO5005	IT'S OFFICIAL: CALDERON DECLARED PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (U) Summary: On Tuesday, September 5, the Mexican Federal Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) declared Felipe Calderon President-elect, ending rival candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) two month-long legal challenge of the election results. In a unanimous decision, the seven magistrates a [...]	2006-09-05 22:57:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO505	APOCALYPSE NOT: AMLO ASSURES AMBASSADOR HE WILL [...] (C) On 01/23, presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) of the leftist-Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) sat down with the Ambassador to discuss his proposals on a number of key issues of interest to the United States. Accompanied by his foreign policy advisor, Dr. Jose Maria [...]	2006-01-31 14:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PGOV PINR
06MEXICO5210	PROTEST CAMPS TO BE LIFTED; NEW PHASE FOR CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: Developments unfolding this week, and conversations with PRD and GDF (city government) insiders, provide ample indication that backers of defeated PRD Presidential candidate Andres Lopez Obrador will dismantle their six week old occupation of Mexico City's central square Zocalo [...]	2006-09-13 17:13:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO536	JESUS ORTEGA: AMLO CAMPAIGN INSIDER OR OUTSIDE [...] (U) On 01/24, Poloffs and WHA/MEX Deputy Director met with Jesus Ortega, campaign coordinator for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),to discuss the upcoming campaign agenda, what effect the continued public infighting between the Democratic Revolutionary Party's (PRD) Mexico City factions was [...]	2006-01-31 17:45:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO5528	THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES OF MEXICO'S PRI/LABOR [...] Summary: Although the 60th session of Mexico,s national congress started work on September 1, 2006, the PRI/labor affiliated representatives to this body have been working together since their election on July 2 to establish a common set of legislative priorities. To some extent, these priori [...]	2006-09-27 19:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG
06MEXICO6314	BONUS, BONUS, EVERYONE GETS A BONUS [...] Summary: Recently, a joint statement by the head of Mexico,s federal civil service union (FSTSE) and a senior GOM Treasury Secretariat official announced that all federal employees would receive an end of term bonus. The union leader described the bonus as an established employee benefit tra [...]	2006-11-07 13:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO6391	NATIONAL TEACHERS' UNION SAYS GOVERNMENT ACTIONS [...] Summary: The National TeachersQ, Union (SNTE) sharply criticized the GOM for negotiating directly with the striking teachers in Oaxaca. In SNTEQ,s view these negotiations, which bypass the national union, will only prolong OaxacaQ,s civil unrest and could potentially spread the problem to ot [...]	2006-11-08 20:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV CASC KDEM PINR MX
06MEXICO6413	WHO ARE MEXICO'S MONOPOLISTS? [...] (SBU) Bank of Mexico and likely incoming Mexican government officials in recent weeks have stressed the importance of opening key sectors of the economy to more competition, but have been hesitant to publicly name the "offending" companies. This telegram spells out which sectors are dominated [...]	2006-11-09 16:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO6570	CALDERON NAMES ECONOMIC CABINET [...] Mexican stocks jumped 1.6 percent on November 21 after President Elect-Calderon announced his Economic Cabinet. Many of the members were expected, having worked on the transition team, and/or for the Fox Administration. The new Secretary for Telecommunications and Transport Luis Tellez, SIP [...]	2006-11-22 14:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV PREL ETRD PINR MX
06MEXICO6571	CALDERON NAMES ECONOMIC CABINET [...] Mexican stocks jumped 1.6 percent on November 21 after President Elect-Calderon announced his Economic Cabinet. Many of the members were expected, having worked on the transition team, and/or for the Fox Administration. The new Secretary for Telecommunications and Transport Luis Tellez, SIP [...]	2006-11-22 14:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV PREL ETRD PINR MX
06MEXICO6604	CALDERON NAMES SOCIAL CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Calderon announced his six social cabinet selections November 24, saying their overall mission would be to "equalize opportunities" for all Mexicans. The appointments include: Josefina Vazquez Mota as Secretary of Education; Beatriz Zavala Peniche as Secretary [...]	2006-11-27 14:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO6656	CALDERON NAMES POLITICAL CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Calderon announced his four political cabinet selections on November 28, bringing into his government one of his closest aides to run the presidency and naming a controversial Jalisco politician for Secretariat of the Interior. The appointments include: Francisco [...]	2006-11-29 01:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO680	LOPEZ OBRADOR REVEALS SOME NAMES FOR HIS POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Leading presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) revealed the names of three key potential cabinet members on January 30, in an attempt to calm fears that his economic and foreign policies would be too radical. AMLO said his economic advisor, Rogelio Ramirez de la O (ref [...]	2006-02-08 21:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO6823	MEXICO'S CALDERON SUBMITS BUDGET TO CONGRESS [...] (SBU) The new Mexican government of President Felipe Calderon, which took office on December 1, submitted its 2007 budget proposal to the Chamber of Deputies on December 5. The $205-billion budget is based on assumptions of 3.6% real GDP growth, inflation of 3.0%, a Mexican oil mix price of $4 [...]	2006-12-07 23:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO6867	A CONVERSATION WITH PRD MORAL LEADER CUAUHTEMOC [...] (C) On December 7, Poloffs met with PRD "moral leader" and founder and three time presidential candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenas to get his perspective on the events leading up to Felipe Calderon's inauguration as president. Cardenas lamented the damage done to the PRD's public image by Andres M [...]	2006-12-11 20:34:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO6871	CALDERON'S SECURITY CABINET [...] (SBU) Felipe Calderon security cabinet appointments, made the day before his December 1 presidential inauguration, include: Guillermo Galvan Galvan as Secretary of Defense, Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza as Secretary of Navy, Genaro Garcia Luna as Secretary of Public Security, and Eduardo Me [...]	2006-12-11 21:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO6934	CALDERON,S BUDGET PROPOSAL SPARKS DEBATE OVER [...] (SBU) The level of educational spending in Mexican President Felipe Calderon,s 2007 budget proposal has set off a firestorm of protest. While the budget proposal increases real spending on education by 4.2% when compared to the approved 2006 budget, it decreases real spending by 1.2% when com [...]	2006-12-15 00:45:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO7015	SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER DISCUSSES MEXICAN [...] (SBU) Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens for weeks has highlighted publicly the need for fiscal reform in Mexico. At a recent conference in Mexico City, he said that Mexico needs to implement a broad fiscal reform to confront growing pension liabilities, rising payments on financed investment [...]	2006-12-20 23:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO7033	CALDERON DEBUTS WITH A DEFT HAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first weeks in office, President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa has seized the initiative on several important issues, demonstrating his intent to forge an activist presidency. The change in atmospherics between the Fox and Calderon administrations has been evident from Calder [...]	2006-12-21 19:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO792	LEADING POLLSTER ANALYZES PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: One of Mexico's most respected pollsters, Maria de las Heras, told us that according to her own data, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),presidential candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD),remained the candidate to beat in Mexico's July 2 presidential election, [...]	2006-02-14 14:34:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO806	CANDIDATES PLAY TO AUDIENCES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (SBU) On the campaign trail the week of February 6, the three main presidential candidates, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),Felipe Calderon, and Roberto Madrazo, concerned about losing potential votes in a close race have avoided detailed explanations of their economic proposals and focuse [...]	2006-02-14 18:13:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO858	PRI DISSIDENTS SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: In order to broaden our understanding of the dynamics within the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI),over the past two weeks, poloff met with three dissidents within the party's congressional faction, two of whom had just announced their defection from the party. In frank c [...]	2006-02-15 20:34:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO953	CANDIDATES AND THEIR OWN REFORMS [...] On the campaign trail the week of February 14, Felipe Calderon and Roberto Madrazo spoke on their reform priorities while Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced his "new" agenda, which centers around the idea that no "so-called structural reforms" are needed. Calderon continued promotin [...]	2006-02-22 15:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO956	CONTEMPLATING A MADRAZO FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: If elected, we believe Roberto Madrazo would seek to conduct a foreign policy that falls somewhere between the U.S.-centered policy advocated by the Fox administration and the "non-aligned" policy traditionally maintained by presidents from the Revolutionary Institutional Party [...]	2006-02-22 15:49:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO999	AMLO'S PUTATIVE FOREIGN MINISTER TAKES A CRASH COURSE ON THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 22:01:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX
06MINSK1019	UNION STATE STAGNATES ALONG WITH GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite public statements to the contrary, and without knowing the content of the "Constitutional Act," Russia and Belarus still appear far from completing an agreement on a Union State. Before seriously negotiating on the Union State the two still must resolve issues that re-em [...]	2006-09-18 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK1117	INDEPENDENT POLLING: MILINKEVICH SUPPORT RATINGS DECLINE [...] Summary: Independent Belarusian pollster Manaev September 25 gave Poloff results of his fifth post election survey conducted in August. Opposition coalition presidential candidate Milinkevich's support rating dropped 8.8 points since March to 11.6%, whereas President Lukashenko's support rati [...]	2006-10-17 04:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK1149	LOCAL ELECTION PROCESS DOES NOT LOOK PROMISING FOR [...] (SBU) The Belarusian Central Election Committee (CEC) approved a calendar of the process for the January 14, 2007 local council elections, listing the dates territorial election commissions are to be formed, the time period for nominees to gather signatures( and the date marking the beginning [...]	2006-10-27 05:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1157	COALITION LEADERS SETTLE ON HOLDING SECOND [...] (C) The United Democratic Forces (UDF) Political Council recently agreed to convene a second congress of democratic forces on March 25, 2007. The dec)sion was included in th% Political CounciX's approved "Agreement on the UDF Political Campaign" that also called for the creation of a Political [...]	2006-10-31 05:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1221	POLITICAL PARTY DEPUTIES POINT FINGERS WHILE [...] (C) Ambassador on November 17 met with deputy leaders of pro-democratic political parties to gauge the unity within the coalition and the progress in the local council elections. The deputy leaders reported a small victory in receiving registration for most of their initiative groups, althoug [...]	2006-11-24 14:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1225	INDEPENDENT POLLING REPORTS INCREASE IN INDEPENDENT RADIO [...] Independent Belarusian pollster Manaev November 21 gave Ambassador the results of his sixth and final post election survey. According to his results, both the amount of Belarusians who listen to foreign radio broadcasts and who use the internet continue to increase. Support ratings decreased s [...]	2006-11-29 11:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK1231	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN MINSK: GAS PRICE TO INCREASE [...] (C) During an introductory courtesy call, Ambassador was told by her Russian counterpart that the price of natural gas will be going up "right away" and that the Belarusian opposition was still in early stages of development. Russian Ambassador Surikov also noted that efforts continue behind [...]	2006-11-30 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PINR BO RS
06MINSK1241	LOCAL COUNCIL DEPUTIES FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE [...] (C) Pro-democratic local council deputies from the regions of Belarus claimed to have high public support within their districts but doubted it would be enough to win re-election in what they predict will be fraudulent local council elections in January. Deputies informed Ambassador that GO [...]	2006-12-04 08:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1270	Prison Cannot Stop Pro-Democratic Activists [...] (C) Former political prisoners and the friends and family of opposition activists currently in jail gathered December 7 at Ambassador's residence. The event marked the second occasion in recent months that the Embassy has hosted a reception for these champions of democracy. The attendees desc [...]	2006-12-12 12:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK25	Latest Polling: Milinkevich Creeps Ahead in Polls, But Not [...] Summary: The results of IISEPS' latest polling shows that Lukashenko retains high ratings, around 53 percent. Opposition support remains low, even for the 10+ opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich. Although Milinkevich's approval ratings did climb several points to 6.6 percent, a growin [...]	2006-01-12 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK256	Trustbank Profits Soar Despite USG Sanctions (C-NE5-00153) [...] On February 28, a spokesman for Belarus' Trustbank (formerly known as Infobank) told the press his bank's profits in January were 6.1 times higher than a year previously, reaching BYR 92.3 million [USD 43,000] that month. Trustbank's gross assets rose 6.2% in January to BYR 156.9 billion [USD [...]	2006-03-14 09:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PINR EINV ETRD PREL BO
06MINSK260	Trustbank Profits Soar Despite USG Sanctions (C-NE5-00153) [...] On February 28, a spokesman for Belarus' Trustbank (formerly known as Infobank) told the press his bank's profits in January were 6.1 times higher than a year previously, reaching BYR 92.3 million [USD 43,000] that month. Trustbank's gross assets rose 6.2% in January to BYR 156.9 billion [USD [...]	2006-03-14 09:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PINR EINV ETRD PREL BO
06MINSK274	DAS Kramer Discusses Elections with Milinkevich [...] (C) Summary: On February 24, EUR DAS David Kramer met with deputy campaign managers of the single opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's campaign team Victor Korneyenko and Aleksandr Dobrovolsky. Korneyenko confirmed Milinkevich's plan to hold a rally on March 2, the same day as Presid [...]	2006-03-15 10:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK275	DAS Kramer Discusses Elections with Kozulin's [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer met with opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin and his campaign team during his recent trip to Belarus. Kozulin claimed the authorities are afraid and are working to increase the level of fear among the population. Kramer underscored the need [...]	2006-03-15 10:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK28	LUKASHENKO FEARS WEAK OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Political analyst Valeriy Karbalevich explained that Lukashenko fears the opposition, even though the opposition poses no real threat in the March elections. Lukashenko, perhaps believing his regime's own propaganda, seemingly has not decided whether to allow his two main oppositi [...]	2006-01-13 11:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK29	BELARUS PERSONNEL RE-SHUFFLE: TAKING NO CHANCES [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks Belarusian dictator Lukashenko has reshuffled several senior positions in his Presidential Administration (PA) and removed the Minister of Health. The odious Viktor Sheiman has moved from heading the Presidential Administration to running Lukashenko's presidential [...]	2006-01-13 11:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK308	Crowd Size Drops On Second Day of Opposition Protests [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, opposition presidential candidates Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin organized another protest rally on October Square in Minsk. Emboff observers estimate that between 18:30 and 20:00, 5,000 to 6,000 Belarusians participated in the rally, a significant de [...]	2006-03-21 16:05:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK309	OSCE Rebukes Belarus Elections [...] (U) Summary. At a joint press conference on March 20, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and OSCE ODIHR representatives declared that the presidential elections in Belarus did not meet international standards or OSCE commitments for free and fair elections. Preliminary conclusions from their observa [...]	2006-03-22 11:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK312	Sitrep 1: Numbers and Spirits Drop On Third Day of [...] (C) Summary: In the evening on March 21, Poloffs observed the third protest rally on October Square organized by Ten Plus Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich and Belarusian Social Democratic Party ("Gramada") Aleksandr Kozulin. At the height of the rally, Poloffs estimated that approxim [...]	2006-03-22 15:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK318	Sitrep 1: Numbers and Spirits Drop On Third Day of [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-23 14:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK320	Sitrep 1: Numbers and Spirits Drop On Third Day of [...] (C) Summary: In the evening on March 21, Poloffs observed the third protest rally on October Square organized by Ten Plus Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich and Belarusian Social Democratic Party ("Gramada") Aleksandr Kozulin. At the height of the rally, Poloffs estimated that approxim [...]	2006-03-23 15:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK322	Situation Report 3: Opposition Crowd Dwindles, Ten Plus [...] (C) Summary: The number of protesters on October Square continues to diminish. On March 22, the fourth night of protests on the square, Emboffs observed approximately 1,000 protesters. Ten Plus Coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich congratulated protesters for their determination to remain [...]	2006-03-23 15:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK329	SITREP 4: KOZULIN'S PLAN FOR A SHADOW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: A key Kozulin campaign member and a spokesperson for the Zubr youth group spoke to Poloff on March 23 to discuss their plans in the wake of fraudulent elections and massive arrests. Kozulin seeks Milinkevich,s cooperation in creating a new shadow government that will unite all po [...]	2006-03-24 12:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL
06MINSK331	SITUATION REPORT 5: POLICE BREAK-UP PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Just after 0300 March 24, security forces converged on October Square and arrested nearly everyone taking part in the opposition's on-going demonstration. Although estimates vary and authorities have not released any information, Post believes between 150 and 400 people were arres [...]	2006-03-24 12:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BO CASC
06MINSK332	Milinkevich: 500 Arrested Today [...] (C) Summary: On March 24 opposition presidential candidate held a press conference where he estimated that around 500 of his supporters had been arrested early that morning, along with nearly 300 more the previous two days. He called on authorities to release all detainees, and appealed to the [...]	2006-03-24 16:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK333	Sitrep 6: Detainees Exceed 200 [...] (SBU) According to human rights NGO Vyasna, there are now 227 identified protesters who were arrested early this morning. Trials are already underway at many Minsk city courts. According to Vyasna, the sentences of those who have already stood trial range from 5-15 days in jail. Human rights [...]	2006-03-24 16:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK336	Sitrep 7: March 25 Protests End In Violence [...] (U) Summary: When police denied an estimated 7,000 protesters access to October Square for the March 25 "Freedom Day" rally, opposition leaders Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin led the crowd to the alternate meeting point Yanka Kupala Park. Milinkevich used this opportunity to launch [...]	2006-03-27 15:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK338	Ambassador Delivers Demarche On Wave Of Arrests [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, Ambassador called on MFA Americas Department Director Maksim Ryzhenkov to deliver a joint U.S.-EU message on the recent wave of repression against opposition leaders and activists prior to and following the March 19 presidential elections (ref A). Ambassador noted th [...]	2006-03-27 15:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK348	Where's Lukashenko? [...] Summary: On March 28 the GOB indicated Lukashenko's inauguration would not take place March 31 as had been widely reported and prepared for. This followed an eight-day period where Lukashenko disappeared from public view. Only on March 28 did a wan and de- energized Lukashenko reappear for a [...]	2006-03-29 11:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BO
06MINSK374	LUKASHENKO FOUND, LOOKS ILL [...] (C) Summary: Lukashenko has been found. After a two-week absence from the public eye, and after missing all the events surrounding the tenth anniversary of the Union State Treaty, Lukashenko appeared on state television on April 4. In two short segments an atypically weary and soft-spoken Luk [...]	2006-04-05 15:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK433	EU VISA BAN IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: On April 10, the EU expanded its visa ban list for Belarus from six to 37 senior GOB officials involved in election fraud and human rights abuses. Switzerland announced on April 12 that it would abide by the ban as well. In the first week of existence the ban has already prevente [...]	2006-04-20 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CVIS BO
06MINSK463	Post-Election Polling: Lukashenko Wins, but Not by As Much [...] Summary: The IISEPS polling service recently unveiled the results of the first post-election poll. IISEPS found that about 64% of the electorate voted for Lukashenko, 20% less than the regime claims. Despite this discrepancy, a slim majority of Belarusians view the elections as free and fair. [...]	2006-04-28 11:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK477	Small Protest Jeopardizes Remaining Free Activists [...] On May 1, Belarusian Social Democratic Party Hramada head Stanislav Shushkevich led approximately 300 people carrying signs and waving banned national flags from the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to Bangalore Square for a rally in honor of Labor Day (ref A). [Note: While autho [...]	2006-05-03 14:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK498	SOBR PAVLICHENKO PRESENTS "DICKENS-ESQUE [...] (C) Summary: An independent newspaper interviewed Special Forces Rapid Response Unit (SOBR) head Dmitry Pavlichenko on April 21. He spoke about the nascent stages of his military career, his troubled family life, the genuine satisfaction he receives from leading SOBR, and his vision for Belar [...]	2006-05-11 08:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK514	LUKASHENKO'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Aleksandr Lukashenko has formed a new government with a more streamlined organization and new directives relating to information media, energy, housing, construction, and trade. New cabinet appointments included a new deputy prime minister and five new ministers: energy [...]	2006-05-16 06:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK527	DEMONSTRATORS BRIEFLY DETAINED NEAR RUSSIAN EMBASSY [...] (U) Approximately 70 people at 20:00 on May 16 gathered in front of the Russian Embassy, which is adjacent to the U.S. Embassy, wearing EU handkerchiefs and holding candles to protest the Kremlin's support of President Lukashenko. Five minutes into the demonstration, a dozen OMON riot police o [...]	2006-05-17 14:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK56	Jeans Campaign: Youth Try To Unite Through Denim [...] (C) Summary: The human rights NGO Charter97 recently reported that on January 16 the Free Belarus Coalition launched the "jeans campaign." The youth-driven jeans campaign, which grew out of the Day of Solidarity nonviolent resistance campaign, aims to provide Belarusians a safe way to expre [...]	2006-01-24 08:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK584	BELARUS NAMES FOR ASSET FREEZE [...] (C) Post provides the following information to supplement that gathered by the Department in consideration of placing assets freezes on certain Belarusian regime officials. Natalya Petkevich ----------------- 2. (C) Natalya Petkevich: Petkevich was appointed as Deputy Head of the Presi [...]	2006-06-02 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BO
06MINSK605	CZECHS BLOCK SENIOR GOB VISAS, PASS [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Embassy recently passed over information that Lukashenko's son, Dmitry, and Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky and his family all applied for Czech visas. The Czechs did not issue to Dmitry or Sidorsky, even though neither is on the EU's visa ban list. The Czech Charge also [...]	2006-06-09 12:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BO
06MINSK619	POST-ELECTION PROFILE OF BELARUSIAN YOUTH GROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 25-27 and May 3-4, Poloffs met with representatives of five Belarusian youth organizations: Zubr, which announced its formal dissolution in May 2006; Third Way; Association of Belarusian Students; Volnaya Moladz; and New Life Church. All of these groups have been direct [...]	2006-06-13 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK641	BELARUSâ€™ TOP 50 OLIGARCHS [...] (C) Summary: Econoff recently received a list purporting to show Belarus' top 50 oligarchs and their net worth. An internet search found another, slightly older list that is nearly identical to the first. Post cannot confirm the sources or exact information in these lists, but rates the information [...]	2006-06-16 06:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON ETRD BO
06MINSK646	EUR/ACE COORDINATOR DISCUSSES ASSISTANCE NEEDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 5, an EUR/ACE and USAID delegation led by Ambassador Thomas Adams met with representatives of Belarusian opposition non-governmental organizations (NGOs),political parties, and independent news media. Belarus' two main independent opinion pollsters also briefed the deleg [...]	2006-06-16 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK654	DEMONSTRATION [...] (SBU) At 20:00 on June 16 near the Russian Embassy (adjacent to U.S. Embassy),45 activists were briefly detained while observing the Day of Solidarity. The Day of Solidarity takes place on the 16th of every month in support of jailed and missing opposition activists. Similar to the May 16th [...]	2006-06-20 11:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK669	POLL OF BELARUSIAN ELITES SHOWS SUPPORT FOR OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, Oleg Manaev, head of the de- registered IISEPS sociological research center, presented the results of additional post-election polling to the Ambassador. Throughout May, IISEPS polled 60 respondents, described as "laders and experts" inside and outside Belarus' gvernm [...]	2006-06-23 05:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK690	BELARUS NAMES FOR ASSET FREEZE, TRANCHE 2 [...] (C) Post provides the following information to supplement that gathered by the Department in consideration of freezing the assets of certain Belarusian regime officials. This is the second cable in this series (reftel). Aleksandr Radkov ---------------- 2. (C) Radkov became Minister o [...]	2006-06-30 12:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BO
06MINSK758	IISEPS Polling: Lukashenko Still Enjoys Popular Support [...] SUMMARY: On July 10, Director of the independent polling service IISEPS Oleg Manaev gave Ambassador the results of two opinion surveys conducted in June. Lukashenko maintains a high support rating, with 55 percent of those polled claiming they would vote for Lukashenko again should elections b [...]	2006-07-21 05:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK876	MFA BAITS AND SWITCHES ON COORDINATED U.S.-EU [...] (C) Summary: On August 11, Charge delivered the coordinated U.S.-EU demarche to MFA Counselor on the U.S. and Canada Desk Pavel Pustovoy regarding the imprisonment of former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin and four leaders of the independent election monitoring NGO "Partn [...]	2006-08-11 15:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK887	KOZULIN'S PARTY PREPARES FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Senior Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) members corroborated reports that the health of imprisoned BSDP leader and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin is degenerating, but insisted the BSDP has no plans to replace Kozulin as party leader. They cha [...]	2006-08-17 06:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK978	REGIONAL OPPOSITION PARTIES COALESCE FOR LOCAL [...] (C) In preparation for Belarus' upcoming municipal elections, the regional chapters of parties within the opposition United Democratic Forces (UDF) coalition continue to sign cooperation agreements with their Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) counterparts. Despite enthusias [...]	2006-09-11 13:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MONTEVIDEO1179	LEFT USING HUMAN RIGHTS TO DISCREDIT US [...] (SBU) Summary: Uruguay's leftist groups increasingly resort to human rights as an anti-U.S. rallying cry. Uruguayan press coverage of Augusto Pinochet's death on Human Rights day serves to reinforce the local assertion that leftists are the only "true" defenders of human rights. Recently declassifi [...]	2006-12-13 11:45:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PHUM PREL PINR KPAO UY
06MONTEVIDEO178	(S) IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN URUGUAY [...] (S/NF) This telegram responds to action requests in paragraph 2 of reftel. 2. (S/NF) From the open source diplomatic list of officials at the Iranian Embassy in Montevideo: #Â¿NOMBRE? Spouse: Mrs. Fereshteh Faraji #Â¿NOMBRE? Spouse: Mrs. Seyedeh Fezeh Jafari (Hassani) #Â¿ [...]	2006-02-22 17:40:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL UY
06MONTEVIDEO229	VAZQUEZ SAYS HE WANTS A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with President Tabare Vazquez at the Embassy's request on March 7 to advise the President on his upcoming meeting with the Secretary on March 11 at the margins of Michelle Bachelet's inauguration ceremony in Santiago, Chile. Vazquez explicitly stated that he wanted a F [...]	2006-03-07 16:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PINR KCRM AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO230	THE VAZQUEZ ADMINISTRATION AT THE ONE-YEAR MARK [...] (C) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) Government completed its first year in power on March 1 with more achievements than setbacks. In typical fashion, little fanfare marked the day as President Vazquez had sent his state-of-the-union report to Congress a week earlier. It is clear that his adr [...]	2006-03-07 19:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD SOCI ELAB PINR UY
06MONTEVIDEO254	MERCOSUR - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT? URUGUAY'S QUANDARY [...] (C) Summary: The GOU's perception of Mercosur has undergone an extraordinary change over the past year, going from wide-eyed enthusiasm to deep disillusion to even questioning the wisdom of full membership. After initial declarations prioritizing the ""deepening of Mercosur"", the GOU experi [...]	2006-03-14 11:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PINR AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO298	URUGUAY: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TOPICS (C-AL6-00402) [...] (C/NF) This telegram responds to Washington analysts' request for information, per ref A. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Though a small country, Uruguay is important to U.S. national interests as an example of long-standing democracy in a region that has largely lurched to the populist left. Policy makers we [...]	2006-03-28 15:04:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR ETRD UY
06MONTEVIDEO567	MERCOSUR: THE ARGENTINE PRO TEMP PRESIDENCY AND [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's pro temp presidency of Mercosur is seen in Uruguay as a resounding failure that weakened the trading bloc's institutions. The conflict over the paper pulp mills overshadowed the entire presidency, as the dispute spun out of control and Argentina blocked the GOU's att [...]	2006-06-21 20:52:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PINR AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO570	CHINESE AND KOREAN AMBASSADORS' PERSPECTIVES ON [...] (C) Summary: Charge met separately with Ambassadors from the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and South Korea to discuss regional perspectives in the wake of Assistant Secretary Shannon's trip to Asia on April 8-15. Chinese SIPDIS Ambassador Wang Xioyuan said he had been briefed on A/S Shann [...]	2006-06-22 19:26:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PINR OTRA CH JA KS UY
06MOSCOW10227	BREAKFAST WITH ROGOZIN: TALES OF A KREMLIN PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: As the political season commences, the rise and fall of former Rodina Party Chairman Dmitry Rogozin is a cautionary tale for other politicians seeking poster-boy status in Kremlin electoral projects and a timely reminder of the ability of the Presidential Administration to int [...]	2006-09-13 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW10285	RUSSIA PROTESTS JAMESTOWN CONFERENCE ON NORTH [...] (C) Acting MFA North Americas Department Director Aleksandr Khudin requested a meeting with PolCouns to express GOR concern over the September 14 Jamestown Foundation conference in Washington on "The Future of the North Caucasus." Noting that Jamestown conferences on the North Caucasus had b [...]	2006-09-14 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER PINR RS
06MOSCOW10689	RUSSIA: PUBLIC CHAMBER MEMBER ON PRESS FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pavel Gusev, owner and editor-in-chief of Moskovsky Komsomolets (MK) and member of the Public Chamber, described a "media vertical" of direct government ownership and indirect corporate persuasion that has left the majority of Russians with a limited range of viewpoints and most o [...]	2006-09-22 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM RS
06MOSCOW1083	RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER BORIS NEMTSOV REJOINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Boris Nemtsov, erstwhile co-leader of the Union of Right Forces (SPS),will head an SPS committee charged with forging a permanent alliance among democratic opposition forces. News of the appointment came January 28, just a day before GOR officials charged Nemtsov's former busi [...]	2006-02-03 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW10861	RUSSIA'S "DEMOCRATS" IN DISARRAY [...] (C) Summary: Russia's "democrats" remain in near-terminal disarray. Personality disputes, disagreements over accommodating with the Kremlin, differences over the viability of political activity, and difficulties in political party registration undercut efforts aimed at uniting in advance o [...]	2006-09-27 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW11002	RUSSIA: CENTER-REGIONAL RELATIONS UNDER STRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Federal-local relations in Russia are under increasing stress due to the implementation of the Local Self-Government Law of 2003. This law cuts the flow of tax dollars to regional and local government in order to spur the localities to become entrepreneurial in developing their [...]	2006-09-29 11:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW11107	RUSSIAN SANCTIONS ON GEORGIA TO STAY FOR NOW [...] (C) Following President Putin's October 1 comments that Georgia's arrest of Russian officers was an act of "state terrorism," new measures targeting Georgia are being enacted. As of October 3, flights between Georgia and Russia have been halted for "recertification." Ferry service between So [...]	2006-10-03 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW11137	UNITED RUSSIA SEEKS MAJORITY IN OCTOBER 8 [...] (C) A September 28 - 29 visit to Chuvashiya in the run-up to the October 8 State Council elections found: -- five of the Republic's twenty-two parties on the ballot, with a sixth --the Party of Pensioners-- denied registration, and joining the Party of Life in supporting Rodina's quest to cr [...]	2006-10-04 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW11413	REGIONAL ELECTION RESULTS: UNITED RUSSIA WINS AS [...] (SBU) As expected, the Kremlin's United Russia received a plurality or majority of votes cast in the elections for nine regional legislatures on October 8. Other key findings: -- the experiment with managed, two-party democracy seems to have succeeded from the perspective of the Presidential [...]	2006-10-11 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW11652	PSYCHIATRY ABUSED FOR COMMERCIAL ENDS [...] (C) Anecdotal evidence suggests that psychiatry is increasingly being used as a tool, especially in more "sophisticated" urban areas like Moscow, in the resolution of family squabbles or business disputes. The interpretation of a 2001 law on legal expertise activities allegedly has been used [...]	2006-10-18 10:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW1171	RUSSIA COMFORTABLE WITH STATUS QUO IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: The MFA's official stance on Belarus seems to have shifted from resigned noninterference to passive support for Lukashenko and the status quo. However, Russian activists and leaders of the Belarusian opposition based in Moscow have not given up hope that determined resistance wi [...]	2006-02-08 08:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BO RS
06MOSCOW11989	IN ANNUAL Q&A, PUTIN EXCLUDES THIRD TERM, WORRIES [...] (SBU) On October 25, President Putin hosted his annual "direct line to the President," during which he answered questions from Russia's regions and from Russian speakers abroad (Sevastopol, Ukraine). This year's "direct line" lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes, outstripping last year's by one minu [...]	2006-10-25 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW12035	OLMERT VISIT: AUSPICIOUS START [...] (C) Summary. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert's first working visit to Moscow as prime minister coincided with the 15th anniversary of Israel-Russia renewed diplomatic ties. The issues discussed in Olmert's three meetings--with President Putin, FM Lavrov and Defense Minister Ivanov--included the Middl [...]	2006-10-27 10:45:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR IS RS
06MOSCOW12042	FORMER RUSSIAN PM KASYANOV: OPPOSITION WOES, [...] (C) In a recent one-on-one lunch with Ambassador, a confident ex-prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov cited reasons to be optimistic about his presidential prospects: -- the business community's alleged latent support for his economic reform agenda; -- the weakness of current contenders Medve [...]	2006-10-27 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RS

06MOSCOW1212	PUBLIC CHAMBER HEAD VELIKHOV DESCRIBES EFFORTS TO [...] SUMMARY. In a February 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Public Chamber Secretary Yevgeniy Velikhov expressed hope that the Chamber could positively influence the implementing regulations for the controversial NGO legislation. He dismissed recent spying accusations against NGOs as nonsense. He [...]	2006-02-08 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12168	RUSSIA: LEFT-OF-CENTER PARTY MERGER FINALIZED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 28, the new Spravedlivaya Rossiya ("A Just Russia") party was formally established in a merger of the Russian Party of Life, Rodina, and the Party of Pensioners. The leader of the new party is Federation Council Chairman and Russia Party of Life Chairman Sergey Miron [...]	2006-11-01 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW1219	DANISH CARICATURE CONTROVERSY PRODUCES FALLOUT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 6, Chechnya's controversial Acting Prime Minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced that Danish NGOs would be banned in his republic because of the insult to Muslims caused by the caricatures in a Danish newspaper. GOR officials distanced themselves from Kadyrov's position, [...]	2006-02-08 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW12311	RUSSIA: NATIONALISTS TO MARCH ON NOVEMBER 4 [...] SUMMARY: On Russia Unity Day, November 4, a large nationalist "Russia March" is planned for several Russian cities, including Moscow. Russia March is being organized by the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) and is supported by several other nationalist and fascist groups, and by som [...]	2006-11-03 16:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PINS RS
06MOSCOW12369	RUSSIAN NATIONALIST MARCH FIZZLES [...] (SBU) Decisive action by the Moscow city authorities and waning enthusiasm for the enterprise produced smaller-then-predicted attendance at the March 4 nationalist "Russian march." In the end, fewer then three thousand Muscovites participated on Saturday, a fraction of the number of police an [...]	2006-11-08 16:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12557	UNITED RUSSIA STUMBLES ON REGIONAL LEGISLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Russia is far from united on the direct election of mayors. United Russia Duma members introduced legislation to eliminate the direct election of mayors, in what may have been a misguided attempt to implement Putin's call to transfer more authority to the regions. Predict [...]	2006-11-21 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12631	VOLGOGRAD: INTERESTED IN INCREASED ACADEMIC AND [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. Propriety Information. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Burns' November 16-17 trip to Volgograd, government, business and civil society representatives emphasized their desire to see stronger academic and business coopera [...]	2006-11-27 09:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV EAGR SOCR PINR RS
06MOSCOW12709	A GUIDE TO RUSSIAN POLITICAL YOUTH GROUPS: PART 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is part one of a two-part message describing Russian political youth groups. This cable contains a summary of the major political youth movements in Russia. Russian political youth groups can be broadly divided into two categories: grassroots organizations driven by idealis [...]	2006-11-30 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW12711	CIS SUMMITS: GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: After a series of low-impact/low-turnout meetings, CIS Heads of State gathered again in Minsk on November 28. The meeting -- billed as a "working" summit -- will be followed by another, more formal gathering in Astana in December to commemorate the CIS's fifteenth anniversary. [...]	2006-11-30 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR BY RS
06MOSCOW12717	RUSSIAN YOUTH POLITICS, OR LACK THEREOF: PART 2 OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is the second part of a two-part message describing Russian political youth groups. Russia's youth is overwhelmingly apolitical, and youth groups in general have very little impact on political life in Russia. The small bit of political life that does exist is restricted to t [...]	2006-11-30 17:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW12751	LITVINENKO ASSASSINATION: REACTION IN MOSCOW [...] (C) The November 23 death by radiation poisoning of former FSB agent Aleksandr Litvinenko in London has spawned a welter of conspiracy theories in Russia. The media have variously traced Litvinenko's demise to XXXXXXXXXXXX, suicide, Putin's Kremlin, Putin himself, those determined to undermine Put [...]	2006-12-01 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW12851	METROPOLITAN KIRILL SEES POPE BENEDICT AS MORE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12857	UNITED RUSSIA APPROVES PARTY PLATFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Russia (YR) approved its party platform and action plan for the next ten years at its convention in Yekaterinburg on December 2. Party luminaries followed a tight script, staked United Russia's claim to the political center with a populist tilt, and rallied its members for [...]	2006-12-08 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDCM RS
06MOSCOW12878	GAYDAR'S WEEKEND INTERVIEWS LEAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT [...] (C) A December 6 Financial Times article and two TV interviews with ex-Prime Minister Gaydar broadcast the weekend of December 8 have shed little light on Gaydar's alleged poisoning November 22 in Dublin. Although Gaydar's Moscow doctors have been unable or unwilling to state that Gaydar had [...]	2006-12-12 08:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12897	AMBASSADOR VISITS NORTH CAUCASUS, DECEMBER 4-5 [...] (C) Ambassador Burns traveled to the North Caucasus December 4-5 -- the first American Ambassador to visit the region in fifteen years. In Kabardino-Balkaria he discussed with President Kanokov prospects for economic development and political reform. Kanokov provided regional views on frozen [...]	2006-12-12 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETRD PINR GG RS
06MOSCOW12900	CHITA: CONDEMNED LAND SEEKS FUTURE AS GATEWAY TO [...] (C) Summary. Squeezed between China and the rest of Siberia and challenged with an oppressively harsh climate, Chita Oblast has historically served as a place of exile and remains one of Russia's poorest regions. The break-up of the Soviet Union led to the collapse of the region's livestock [...]	2006-12-13 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR KN RS
06MOSCOW12901	"A JUST RUSSIA": DIFFICULT BEGINNING, UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Spravedlivaya Rossiya (SR) (&A Just Russia8),often referred to as the &second8 Kremlin party, has been officially registered. The party has moved to constitute itself at the federal and local levels, by combining elements of its constituent parties --Rodina, the Russian Party of Life, an [...]	2006-12-13 11:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW12916	KASPAROV'S UNITED CIVIC FRONT OFFICES SEARCHED BY [...] (C) On December 13, United Civic Front Chairman Garry Kasparov confirmed press accounts that police had searched his organization's offices the afternoon of December 12. Kasparov told us he thought that "intimidation" was the purpose of the search, which the police for their part described to [...]	2006-12-13 16:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12981	THREE DEMONSTRATIONS AND A CONVENTION [...] (C) Political groupings of all stripes made their presence known in Moscow over the December 16-17 weekend: -- "Other Russia" staged its "March of the Discontented." About 2,500 participants from a hodgepodge of groups, united only by their opposition to the current government and rejection [...]	2006-12-19 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW13071	NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: VERTICAL CONTROL INSUFFICIENT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With President Putin's appointment of Governor Valeriy Shantsev in August 2005, a United Russia political elite with strong business interests now firmly controls Nizhniy Novgorod and its region. The establishment of the regional branch of the second Kremlin-sponsored party, " [...]	2006-12-22 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW13136	ZHIRINOVSKIY,S LDPR LOOKS TO THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) December marks the 17th anniversary of the establishment of the Liberal Democrat Party of Russia (LDPR). LDPR's lack of any discernible platform is compensated for by the indomitable LDPR Chairman Vladimir Zhirinovskiy, whose instinct for the outrageous continues to resonate with a sig [...]	2006-12-28 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI RS
06MOSCOW13172	HARD TIMES FOR RUSSIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Civil society and liberal political party leaders are sharply divided over the role of NGOs in partisan politics. While Moscow's most prominent human rights activist strongly defends the policy of overt political opposition, many NGO representatives are uncomfortable with, or opposed to, a [...]	2006-12-29 15:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS
06MOSCOW1322	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO KAZAN: FEDERALISM, ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's February 6-7 visit to Tatarstan featured themes of federalism, economic opportunity for U.S. firms, and Islam. Republic President Shaymiyev, in a lengthy tour d'horizon, noted that he was taking initiatives not encouraged by Moscow, including diversifying the ec [...]	2006-02-10 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL ETRD PINR RS
06MOSCOW1388	FSB OPERATION IN STAVROPOL DISTRICT: ANOTHER [...] (U) Press February 13-14 reported an FSB operation against an "extremist Islamist" cell in the town of Tukuy-Mekteb, in Russia's Stavropol Kray. Tukuy-Mekteb lies along a regional road about 15 km west of the Dagestani Border and 45 km north of the border with Chechnya. Initial reports said t [...]	2006-02-14 09:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PINR PGOV RS
06MOSCOW1974	RUSSIA'S RODINA CONTENDS WITH KREMLIN PRESSURE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Rodina Party has embarked on a campaign to polish its image, softening (but not completely eliminating) its harsh criticism of minority migrants, while focusing on economic opportunity and social justice as the primary avenues for "transforming nationalism into patriotism." [...]	2006-03-01 08:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW2132	NGO LEGISLATION: LOOKING AHEAD TOWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: A bit over a month before Russia's new NGO legislation goes into effect, most independent NGO activists are concerned about its implementation but retain a wait-and-see attitude. In recent weeks, the government has initiated investigations against some independent NGOs, but it h [...]	2006-03-03 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW2327	NORTH CAUCASUS MUSLIMS: INDEPENDENT VOICE? [...] (C) Summary: The election of Magomed-Khadzhi Albogachiyev as leader of the Coordinating Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus marks a clear step to distance the Moscow-based Center -- and by extension the Muslim clerics in the region, whom it purports to represent -- from the clan-based lead [...]	2006-03-10 11:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW2446	NO SURPRISES IN RUSSIA'S "SUPER SUNDAY" REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In regional legislative elections in eight of Russia's regions on March 12, the pro-Kremlin United Russia party appears to have scored a clear victory. Four political parties ran in all eight elections, while Rodina and some smaller parties were kept off the ballot in some of th [...]	2006-03-13 16:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW2447	COURT CASES STIR MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN ASTRAKHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two ongoing court cases in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan have stirred part of the local Muslim community to protest against perceived discrimination. On a February 28 - March 1 trip to Astrakhan, we found that some in its Muslim community suspect that a city order to de [...]	2006-03-13 16:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSCOW2502	G8 NGO FORUM OFFERS GOR A CHANCE TO BOOST ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A range of NGOs, including those involved in human rights issues, took part in a March 9-10 G8 NGO forum in Moscow. The plenary sessions and working group meetings featured lively discussions, both on the GOR's G8 agenda items and on concerns about the state of Russia's civil so [...]	2006-03-14 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ECON ENRG RS
06MOSCOW2927	FORMER RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER SAYS "CORPORATION" [...] (C) In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov: -- Claimed current GOR and Kremlin officials were mainly interested in preserving their interests within the status quo, which affected policy decisions and the competition to succeed President Putin in 2 [...]	2006-03-23 11:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW2928	NGO LEGISLATION: VARYING EXPECTATIONS ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOR continues to be opaque about implementation of its controversial new NGO legislation, which is to go into effect next month. It has revealed almost nothing publicly about the legislation's implementing regulations, although one NGO contact told us he had seen draft repor [...]	2006-03-23 11:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW3115	NEW COUNTERTERRORISM MEASURES CREATE "VERTICAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 6 President Putin signed a bill "On Counteracting Terrorism" that had hastily moved through the Duma and Federation Council in the preceding days. Passed on its first reading in December 2004 (reftel) after the Beslan tragedy, the bill was then shelved because of several [...]	2006-03-28 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER RS
06MOSCOW3190	CIVIL SOCIETY COUNCIL CHAIR PAMFILOVA DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a March 24 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Thomas Adams, Ella Pamfilova, head of the Presidential body that oversees civil society issues, said her office would help monitor the controversial NGO legislation when i [...]	2006-03-29 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EAID RS
06MOSCOW3335	PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION MANEUVERING: EARLY STIRRINGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 09:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW3345	THE RUSSIAN ARMS DEAL WITH ALGERIA: A MODEL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Putin's March 10 visit to Algeria demonstrated that Russia is actively working to expand into new arms markets to sustain the Russian military-industrial complex. Russia reportedly will sell Algeria 70 combat and trainer jet aircraft, 300 T-90S tanks, air defense syste [...]	2006-03-31 10:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR MOPS RS AG
06MOSCOW3356	CIVIL SOCIETY HITCHES A RIDE WITH IRATE DRIVERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. When a court in February sentenced an ordinary citizen to four years in prison for his involvement in a 2005 car accident that killed then-Altay Kray Governor Mikhail Yevdokimov, it sparked popular outrage. The perceived injustice of the court's decision inspired a grassroots o [...]	2006-03-31 11:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW3388	RUSSIAN DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION LEADER BORIS NEMTSOV [...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with the Ambassador, democratic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov: -- Strongly condemned the falsified election results in Belarus, where the people faced a "catastrophic situation"; -- Suggested that negotiations to form a new government in Ukraine would be prolon [...]	2006-03-31 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW3815	RUSSIAN NATIONALIST DMITRIY ROGOZIN GOING ... [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rodina Party chairman Dmitriy Rogozin resigned from that position March 25, as observers expected, and also stepped down from his position as Rodina faction chairman in the State Duma April 4. The departure of the mercurial Rogozin has done nothing to mend internal rifts within [...]	2006-04-12 07:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW387	RABBI LAZAR ON SYNAGOGUE ATTACK, IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Berl Lazar, one of the leaders of Russia's Jewish community, said that though concerns about extremism in the country had been mounting, the January 11 synagogue attack had been a "wake-up call." He said the incident offered opportunit [...]	2006-01-18 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW3945	"OPEN RUSSIA" ON THE ROPES, BUT IRINA YASINA HOPES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 12 a Moscow court upheld an earlier ruling freezing the assets of the Open Russia Foundation, which had been founded by and received the bulk of its funding from Mikhail Khodorkovskiy. Open Russia head Irina Yasina told the Ambassador on April 13 that though she planned [...]	2006-04-14 06:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW4083	UPDATE ON KHODORKOVSKIY ATTACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovskiy suffered a deep cut to the face in an April 14 attack in a prison barrack, one of his lawyers and director of his press center confirmed to us. Our interlocutors told us his team would not seek to press charges against the attacker because [...]	2006-04-19 04:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW4180	PUBLIC CHAMBER GETS INTO GEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the three months since its inaugural plenary, the Public Chamber has displayed a flurry of activity. Its many commissions, sub-commissions and working groups have begun a busy schedule of meetings on a broad range of issues. Early tensions with the State Duma and other bodi [...]	2006-04-20 07:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW4572	$4.5M U.S. Investment, Andy Warhol and American Corner [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Burns' visit to Samara April 17-18 revealed a city ripe for additional U.S. investment and eager for increased contacts and exchanges with American academic and business counterparts. The Ambassado [...]	2006-04-27 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW4839	LOOKING AHEAD TO PUTIN'S ADDRESS TO THE FEDERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ending lengthy speculation, the Kremlin announced on May 2 that President Putin will present his annual Address to the Federal Assembly on May 10. Delays in its delivery, which some had expected to take place in early April, fueled rumors that Putin had been dissatisfied with ea [...]	2006-05-05 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW5000	EKHO MOSKVY'S VENEDIKTOV ON SUCCESSION, KREMLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 4 meeting, well-connected Ekho Moskvy head Aleksey Venediktov told us he believed the prospects for an extension of President Putin's presidency beyond 2008 had increased, because the two figures Putin was "testing" as potential successors were both gaining little politi [...]	2006-05-11 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW5372	IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NGO LAW: SO FAR, MUCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the month since Russia's controversial new NGO legislation formally went into effect, there has been widespread uncertainty about how to comply with it and about its long-term impact. Though implementing regulations have been issued, they fail to address many practical questio [...]	2006-05-19 13:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PROG PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW5377	VLADIMIR LUKIN, RUSSIA'S PRAGMATIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin will visit the U.S. May 23-26. A former diplomat (who was once Russia's Ambassador in Washington) and Duma member from the Yabloko Party, Lukin has had a mixed reputation in Russia's human rights community. Many activists view him a [...]	2006-05-19 16:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW5378	RUSSIA'S DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met separately May 16 with democratic opposition leaders Nikita Belykh of the Union of Right Forces (SPS) and Irina Khakamada of Our Choice. Belykh insisted that the democratic opposition must do more to rejuvenate the movement and demonstrate that it is capable of i [...]	2006-05-19 16:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW5454	HELSINKI COMMISSION STAFFDEL MEETS WITH MFA NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 16 meeting with Staffdel Finerty, Valeriy Kuzmin, who heads the MFA department responsible for interaction with Russia's regions, the Parliament, and civil society groups, said that his department also assists domestic NGOs in making contact with international counterpa [...]	2006-05-23 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW5513	KALININGRAD AGRIBUSINESS FORUM: GERMAN FARMERS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kaliningrad Oblast's first international agribusiness forum intended to stimulate foreign investment drew a respectable, German-dominated audience of foreign farmers and processors. The oblast minister of agriculture conceded that openly inviting German farmers to come to the o [...]	2006-05-25 06:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV PINR PREL GM RS
06MOSCOW5740	RUSSIA: PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION SNAPSHOT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Adding fuel to already intense speculation about who will succeed him, President Putin confirmed to state media May 13 that he will endorse a candidate before the March 2008 election. Both Kremlin-connected and independent analysts believe Putin's choice will be driven by a desire [...]	2006-05-31 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW585	PUBLIC CHAMBER BEGINS ITS WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Public Chamber began its work on January 22, choosing Academician Yevgeniy Velikhov as its head and picking chairpersons of the seventeen commissions that are expected to do the bulk of its work. President Putin, presiding at the opening plenary, laid out priorities for the C [...]	2006-01-23 16:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW5934	RUSSIAN PROCURATOR GENERAL DISMISSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Putin removed Vladimir Ustinov as Procurator General on June 2. He did not name an immediate replacement. PolPreds Dmitriy Kozak and Aleksandr Konovalov are considered leading candidates to replace Ustinov. The suddenness of the move surprised observers, although rumo [...]	2006-06-02 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW5998	CIVIL SOCIETY GEARS UP FOR THE G8 SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Faced with the controversial new NGO law and other worrisome developments, independent civil society activists are looking to the G8 Summit as an opportunity to strengthen their positions or at least publicize their causes. Some are willing to take part in the official G8 event f [...]	2006-06-05 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW6229	GORBACHEV AND A POLITICAL ALLY BUY INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev announced at a June 7 meeting with foreign journalists that he and a political ally, Duma Deputy Aleksandr Lebedev, had purchased a 49 percent stake in the fiercely independent newspaper "Novaya Gazeta." They made the purchase from the [...]	2006-06-08 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW6268	SEARCH FOR NEW RUSSIAN PROCURATOR GENERAL OVERLAID [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the past week analysts have tried to read the tea leaves swirling around Vladimir Ustinov's abrupt June 2 dismissal as Procurator General. Speculation has largely shifted from the reasons behind his departure to educated guessing about the effects the choice of his replacem [...]	2006-06-09 16:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KCRM RS
06MOSCOW6389	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN AGREES WITH USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 14 meeting, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin agreed with the proposals put forward by EUR DAS David Kramer regarding a U.S.-Russian human rights dialogue. Lukin shared the view that it would be beneficial to announce the creation of the dialogue at the G8 summit. [...]	2006-06-15 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW6515	CHECHNYA: DEATH OF SADULLAYEV [...] (C) Summary: Accounts of the June 17 killing of Chechen rebel "President" Sadullayev vary, but it was probably a chance firefight. Reaction has been low-key. Sadullayev's relevance was more political than military, and his death will probably have little effect on the rebels' military or te [...]	2006-06-20 09:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR RS
06MOSCOW6547	YURIY CHAYKA NOMINATED AS RUSSIA'S PROCURATOR [...] (SBU) President Putin nominated current Minister of Justice, Yuriy Chayka, as the next Procurator General to replace Vladimir Ustinov, who resigned June 2. The Federation Council's Committee on Legal and Judicial Affairs supported the nomination June 19; it will go before the full Federation [...]	2006-06-20 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KCRM RS
06MOSCOW6812	U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 23 the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with Federal Registration Service (FRS) Director Sergey Movchan to discuss the expected impact of the recently adopted and not yet implemented NGO law on religious organizations. Movchan upheld the GOR [...]	2006-06-27 07:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW6839	AN ARRAY OF CIVIL SOCIETY EVENTS AROUND THE G8 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The menu of civil society events around the G8 Summit has taken shape, although a few uncertainties remain. The main GOR-sponsored event, the so-called Civil G8 to be held on July 3-4, has been supplemented with a human rights roundtable, which some independent activists view as [...]	2006-06-27 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW6843	RUSLAN KHASBULATOV ON CHECHEN DYNAMICS [...] (C) Ruslan Khasbulatov, Yeltsin's opponent in the 1993 White House standoff and now professor of economics at the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics, gave us his perspective June 27 on dynamics in his native Chechnya. Khasbulatov was upfront about his dislikes in the current political alig [...]	2006-06-28 09:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR RS
06MOSCOW7047	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN SUGGESTS CHANGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 meeting, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin discussed the paper outlining the proposal for a U.S.-Russian Roundtable on Democracy and Human Rights with the Ambassador. Lukin was positive about the proposal, but based on his consultations with the MFA and Kremlin F [...]	2006-07-03 09:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW7124	PUTIN MEETS WITH NGO REPRESENTATIVES AS PART OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The main GOR-sponsored civil society event, the Civil G8, was held July 3-4 in Moscow. The event brought together a wide range of NGOs for lively discussions on themes, including G8 agenda items as well as the state of Russia's civil society. Putin attended several Civil G8 event [...]	2006-07-06 08:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW7293	FSB CONFIRMS DEATH OF SHAMIL BASAYEV [...] (C) The Federal Security Service (FSB) confirmed to LEGATT at 1715 local that Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev was killed in an operation in the early hours of July 10. LEGATT's FSB contacts, who had minutes earlier been unaware of the reports, refused to give further details. 2. (C) Acc [...]	2006-07-10 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW7493	WORLD RELIGIOUS LEADERS SUMMIT IN RUSSIA CALLS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting in Moscow July 3-5, more than 200 religious leaders and clergy from over 40 countries called on believers of all faiths to engage in dialogue and partnership to resolve global problems, as well as to challenge terrorism, extremism, and efforts to restrict religious freed [...]	2006-07-14 06:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW7666	NEW RESTRICTIVE RUSSIAN ELECTORAL LEGISLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. A flurry of new, more restrictive legal measures affecting the conduct of elections appeared during the last few weeks of the spring sessions of both houses of the Russian parliament. On July 12, President Putin signed amendments passed by both houses that end the option of voti [...]	2006-07-18 12:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW7956	POST-MORTEM ON G8-RELATED NGO EVENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Looking back on the four non-governmental events ahead of the G8 Summit, NGO activists and opposition politicians have widely diverging assessments about their implications. Ella Pamfilova's July 3-4 Civil G8 highlighted the broad range of NGOs in Russia, notably those involveQin [...]	2006-07-26 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW8427	AFTER BASAYEV [...] (C) Shamil Basayev leaves behind questions about the future direction of Chechnya, the future direction of the North Caucasus, and future prospects for terrorism, extremism, and militant Jihadism in the region. With no unifying enemy, the leadership of Chechnya is beginning to show rifts. M [...]	2006-08-08 07:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR PTER RS
06MOSCOW8507	THE POLITICAL SKIRMISH BEHIND THE "MOSKOVSKIYE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late last year, Israeli businessman Arkadiy Gaydamak bought the liberal weekly newspaper "Moskovskiy Novostiy" (MN) and promptly announced it would become a pro-Kremlin publication. The newspaper's deputy editor in chief, Svetlana Babayeva, told us July 31 that over half a year [...]	2006-08-09 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW861	NGOS CHILLED BY SPY ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Five days after Russian television aired accusations by the Federal Security Service (FSB) that four UK diplomats and a Russian were caught spying and that one of the diplomats was directly involved in transferring funds to Russian NGOs, the fallout continues. The State Duma den [...]	2006-01-27 16:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW921	CIVIL SOCIETY COUNCIL CHAIR PAMFILOVA: "WE'LL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with visiting DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron, the Ambassador and EUR DAS Kramer, Ella Pamfilova, head of the Presidential body that oversees civil society issues, said she had strongly opposed the controversial NGO legislation and had weighed in with President Pu [...]	2006-01-30 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW922	A RANGE OF EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE PUBLIC CHAMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Public Chamber gets down to work following its inaugural plenary on January 22, its members have differing expectations about what it will accomplish. Publicly, many members expressed at least guarded optimism about the Chamber. Privately, views differ appreciably. One C [...]	2006-01-30 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW923	MINISTRY OF JUSTICE SEEKS TO CLOSE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said publicly on January 27 that it is seeking to revoke the registration of the Russian Human Rights Research Center, which allegedly failed to provide required documentation about its activities in recent years. Center officials and other human rig [...]	2006-01-30 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW9356	BASAYEV'S WIDOW ABDUCTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The abduction of a female journalist in Chechnya that prompted public appeals from human rights groups could have consequences for the Chechen newspaper that employed her as a stringer and the groups seeking her release, following the revelation that she is Shamil Basayev's wido [...]	2006-08-25 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINR RS
06MOSCOW9533	A CAUCASUS WEDDING [...] (C) Weddings are elaborate in Dagestan, the largest autonomy in the North Caucasus. On August 22 we attended a wedding in Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital: Duma member and Dagestan Oil Company chief Gadzhi Makhachev's son married a classmate. The lavish display and heavy drinking concealed the deadl [...]	2006-08-31 06:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW9817	RUSSIAN POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Kremlin's involvement, with Deputy Head of Presidential Administration Surkov's apparent encouragement and Putin's purported blessing, in engineering a union of three leftist political parties of marginal to moderate popularity as an officially sanctioned opposition is the [...]	2006-09-06 08:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM RS
06MUMBAI1253	HOW SOUTHERN CHHATTISGARH BECAME INDIA'S HUB OF NAXALITE [...] (C) Southern Chhattisgarh has become the epicenter of Naxalite violence in India, with 214 insurgent-related casualties to date in 2006 and every indication that numbers will continue to rise. There are several causes for this escalating crisis. After the state was established in late 2000, [...]	2006-07-05 11:42:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PHUM PGOV ASEC CASC IN
06MUMBAI2090	MAHARASHTRA'S GRAND VISION FOR THE NAGPUR AIRPORT [...] (SBU) The Government of Maharashtra (GOM) has ambitious plans to convert Nagpur into a major regional transportation hub. During our recent trip to the city, located at the geographic heart of India, the Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation (MADC) explained its plans to build an integrat [...]	2006-12-28 09:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR PREL ETRD EFIN EIND EINV PINR IN
06MUNICH357	CHAROLOTTE KNOBLOCH ELECTED NEW PRESIDENT OF THE [...] On June 7, 2006, at age 73, Charolotte Knobloch was unanimously elected President of the Jewish Council in Germany following the death of Council President Paul Spiegel on April 30. People who know her are confident she will be able to gain broad public support in her new capacity. She has [...]	2006-06-13 11:02:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR GM
06MUSCAT162	MFA ARAB CHIEF ON IRAN, PALESTINE, SYRIA [...] (C) In a February 5 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, MFA Arab Affairs Chief Ambassador Ahmed al-Harthy expressed deep misgivings about the IAEA's decision to report Iran to the UN Security Council, fearing the move pushes a diplomatic solution further out of reach. He said recent Oman-Iran discus [...]	2006-02-08 08:44:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL PARM KNNP PINR XF MU
06MUSCAT204	SULTAN QABOOS' TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Omani dailies gave extensive coverage on February 12 to a wide-ranging interview Sultan Qaboos granted to the influential Kuwaiti newspaper Al Siyasa ("Politics"). The Sultan shared his vision of Oman, his leadership principles, and his quest to balance the modern with the traditional in [...]	2006-02-13 13:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OPRC PTER ETRD PINR ELAB MU
06MUSCAT27	FURTHER RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) Subsequent to the Ambassador's December 5 meeting with MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi concerning the USG request for Omani assistance in resettling up to 15 Uighur detainees from Guatanamo (ref A),the Embassy reiterated the ref B request and background information to the Minist [...]	2006-01-04 13:58:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR MU
06MUSCAT298	TAIWAN REP ON WHO, OMAN TIES [...] (U) See bio notes in para 4. 2. (C) In a February 28 meeting in a neutral location, Paul Yung-feng Hsu, head of the local "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office," solicited Pol/Econ Chief's help to encourage Oman to support Taiwan's bid for observer status at the World Health Assembly in May [...]	2006-03-01 15:39:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EFIS EPET TW MU
06MUSCAT384	MOTOROLA EYES RADIO TENDER [...] (SBU) Motorola expects to be one of three bidders for an upcoming tender for a $40-60 million national radio system in Oman. Motorola will be requesting USG advocacy in support of its bid. End summary. ----------- FAST TENDER ----------- 2. (SBU) On March 6, Econoff discussed Motorola [...]	2006-03-15 15:12:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ECPS PGOV PINR MU
06MUSCAT687	SOMALI MIGRANTS: SMALL PROBLEM, BUT INCREASING [...] (U) Somali migrants infiltrating Oman from Yemen or by sea, often engaged in unskilled labor but sometimes accused of theft and confrontations with police, have sparked calls for government action from angry local residents and farmers in Southern Oman. Army patrols and police checkpoints have [...]	2006-05-02 05:27:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF PGOV PREL PINR SO MU
06MUSCAT852	COMMERCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT FTA, DESCRIBES [...] (C) Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool Sultan, long impatient over the slow pace of Free Trade Agreement ratification in Congress, claims he has abandoned hope of any progress and is contemplating suspending the work of Oman's expensive advisers in Washington until prospects improve. Th [...]	2006-05-31 09:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ELAB KBCT EPET PINR IR MU
06MUSCAT858	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SPEAKS TO FOREIGN MEDIA, [...] (C) Former parliamentarian and human rights activist Taybah al-Ma'wali told foreign media and the Embassy in May that she fears for her safety and alleges that Oman's Internal Security Service (ISS) is collecting evidence to make another case against her. Ironically, at the same time as grant [...]	2006-05-31 11:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL SOCI PINR MU
06MUSCAT879	OMAN QUESTIONS NEVADA TEST EXPLOSION [...] (SBU) In a June 4 meeting requested by MFA Disarmament Affairs officer Abdullah al-Riyami, Pol/Econ Chief addressed a number of Omani concerns regarding the high explosives test previously scheduled to take place in Nevada on June 6 known as "Divine Strake" (ref A). Al-Riyami specifically inqu [...]	2006-06-05 04:31:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KTBT KTIA PINR MU
06NAIROBI1015	AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In his new job as Kenya's Finance Minister, Amos Kimunya wants to focus on repairing relations with donors, improving governance, and controlling government spending. Kimunya also told the Ambassador on March 3 that the Government of Kenya is moving ahead with major privatization [...]	2006-03-07 10:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PINR PTER KE
06NAIROBI1077	MUSYOKA: LIES, LOVERS, AND MERCENARIES IN KENYA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition politician Kalonzo Musyoka privately sees sabotage by supporters of a fellow presidential aspirant as behind the false story suggesting he was cutting a political deal with President Kibaki. The reason for the Government's own visceral reaction to this story (and raiding th [...]	2006-03-09 01:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR KE
06NAIROBI1113	ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCEDES NEED TO DESTROY COCAINE, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Kenya's Attorney General has agreed to international supervision of the verification and destruction of more than one ton of cocaine seized in December 2004. He predicted the two remaining hurdles -- publication of new regulations and the approval of the presi [...]	2006-03-10 12:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI1311	KENYAN COURT ORDERS PROMPT DESTRUCTION OF COCAINE [...] (C) Senior Principal Magistrate Aggrey Muchelule March 21 ordered the Kenyan government to begin immediate preparations for the verification, analysis, and destruction of the more than one ton (1141.5 kilos) of cocaine held in police custody since its seizure in December 2004. Following the M [...]	2006-03-22 17:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI1363	COCAINE VERIFICATION HITS A GLITCH [...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., and United National Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) international experts, accompanied by GOK chemists, arrived at the General Services Unit (GSU) training school the morning of March 27 to begin the verification process of the one and a quarter ton of cocaine seized in De [...]	2006-03-27 15:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI1378	VERIFICATION OF THE COCAINE BEGINS [...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime experts, together with Kenyan law enforcement authorities and chemists, began the physical verification of the 955 packets (twenty-two foot lockers) of cocaine on March 28. The international team estimates that it will take several day [...]	2006-03-28 13:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI1439	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: PARLIAMENTARY REPORT BLOWS [...] (C) Summary: Like a second nuclear strike following the release of the Githongo dossier in January, a long-awaited report into the Anglo-Leasing and related scandals by Kenya's Parliament was released on March 30 and is sending shockwaves through Kenyan politics. The report from the Parliamen [...]	2006-03-31 11:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1473	VERIFICATION OF THE COCAINE BEGINS [...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime experts, together with Kenyan law enforcement authorities and chemists, began the physical verification of the 955 packets (twenty-two foot lockers) of cocaine on March 28. The international team estimates that it will take several day [...]	2006-04-03 11:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI1560	UP IN SMOKE: KENYA'S HISTORIC COCAINE HAUL FINALLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fifteen months after its initial seizure, Kenya's record haul of cocaine was successfully destroyed under joint Kenyan and international supervision on March 31. Despite repeated and unsupported allegations that it had been tampered with, preliminary verification and testing in [...]	2006-04-10 09:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN CO
06NAIROBI1614	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR BOOTED [...] (C) Summary: There is likely much more than meets the eye in the recent arrest and suspension of the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) for "abuse of office." In the case, it appears CBK Governor Andrew Mullei erred in hiring his son to help conduct investigations into irregularities [...]	2006-04-12 11:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE

06NAIROBI1635	THOUGHTS ON THE DIALOGUE WITH KENYA AT THE [...] (C) Summary: In light of recent events in Kenya, Mission Nairobi recommends a tough-but-balanced approach in bilateral meetings between USG policymakers and the Kenyan delegation visiting Washington in late-April for the annual IMF/World Bank meetings. Washington policymakers can expect an a [...]	2006-04-13 11:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PINR KE
06NAIROBI1688	RAISING THE LATEST MEGA-SCANDAL WITH KENYAN [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. It is increasingly clear that Kenya has another mega- scandal waiting in the wings to be exposed. In this case, it takes the form of a massive money laundering and tax evasion scheme involving a small local bank and the country's l [...]	2006-04-19 13:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1701	(C) CHALLENGES IN OUR CT RELATIONSHIP WITH KENYA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Post faces an increasingly difficult operating environment in which to pursue counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation with the Kenyan Government (GOK). In the absence of a focused, functional government that views CT as part of its political and national interest, Post is pursuing a [...]	2006-04-20 06:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	ASEC PTER PGOV PINR PINS PREL MARR KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1720	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: A long-awaited audit into the 18 suspect Anglo-Leasing-style procurement scams has been tabled in Parliament. Its detailed findings confirm and confer even greater credibility to the Githongo dossier and to the recently-adopted parliamentary report on the Anglo-Leasing and simi [...]	2006-04-24 05:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1874	LAMU LEADERS GIVE U.S. EFFORTS MIXED REVIEWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs addressed a Town Hall meeting of the Lamu County Council, and responded to community,s concerns about USG policies, military presence in Lamu and various assistance programs. The tone of the meeting was cordial, although several participants expressed resentment over perc [...]	2006-05-02 12:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PREL PTER MASS MOPS KISL KPAO KE SO
06NAIROBI2120	RECENT COCAINE BUSTS HIGHLIGHT KENYA'S CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent string of cocaine seizures at Nairobi's international airport highlights the continuing drug trafficking problem in Kenya, despite April's success in the verification and destruction of the record cocaine seizure. While the arrests of "mules" may have alerted trafficking [...]	2006-05-16 07:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI2142	SOMALI PRESIDENT YUSUF: LOST IN TRANSLATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met May 15 with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, who was transiting through Nairobi en route to Somalia. Yusuf vacillated between professions of wanting the Mogadishu ministers back in government and threats of action against them if they did not come on board. H [...]	2006-05-16 14:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SO KE
06NAIROBI2482	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: HOW FULL - OR EMPTY - IS THE [...] (C) Summary: The bad news in the war against corruption in Kenya is that there continues to be no genuine political will at the leadership level to aggressively investigate and prosecute major graft cases. The desperation of the NARC administration as it positions itself for next year's elect [...]	2006-06-06 13:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI2842	LEAHY HR VETTING FOR NEXT GENERATION LEADERS [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following two candidates of the Kenyan Army, nominated to participate in a Next Generation African Military Leaders Course to be held July 10 to August 4, 2006 in Washington, D.C., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Pos [...]	2006-06-29 04:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR KE
06NAIROBI3292	AWEYS' POSSIBLE WEAKNESS [...] (C) In a July 26 conversation, European Commission Senior Political Advisor on Somalia Walid Musa shared that Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) leader Hassan Dahir Aweys is unable to travel to Mogadishu because of disputes with clan leaders in the city. He has likewise been unable to appoint more [...]	2006-07-31 13:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PTER SO
06NAIROBI3392	KENYA COAST: FAILING TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled to Mombasa and Lamu to assess the impact of our outreach efforts to this marginalized region. From conversations with a variety of contacts who have worked with us over the past few years, one theme dominated: the message of our contributions to promote develop [...]	2006-08-04 07:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PREL PTER MASS MOPS KISL KPAO EAID
06NAIROBI4313	KENYA MOYALE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER ON THE OROMO [...] (SBU) Summary: The District Commissioner of Moyale, on Kenya's border with Ethiopia, admits that the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) uses his district as a sanctuary, despite his best efforts. He expresses annoyance with the "hostile" attitude of his Ethiopian counterparts and with the Ethiopia [...]	2006-10-05 08:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL PGOV ET KE
06NAIROBI4327	KENYA'S HEAD PROSECUTOR "COMMITTED" TO ANTI-GRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenyan Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko told the Ambassador that while he is committed to prosecuting high-level corruption cases, the judiciary and the Anti-Corruption Commission are slowing him down. Delivering a message closely echoing that of the Attorney General [...]	2006-10-05 14:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL KCOR PINR KE
06NAIROBI4348	LEAHY HR VETTING FOR INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT COURSE [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following 13 candidates of the Kenyan security forces nominated to participate in an ATA-sponsored Instructor Development course to be held October 24 to November 3, 2006 in Nairobi, Kenya, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance [...]	2006-10-06 09:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR KE
06NAIROBI4377	BORANA PARAMOUNT CHIEF ON THE OROMO LIBERATION [...] (C) Summary: Paramount Chief Abdisalan claims that Ethiopia has an active informant network in northern Kenya's Moyale District targeting OLF supporters and that many Kenyan officials in Moyale are on Ethiopia's payroll. He believes that the leadership class of Moyale District supports Ethiop [...]	2006-10-11 13:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV ET KE
06NAIROBI511	KENYA SEEKS USG AND UN ASSISTANCE IN DRUG [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of inaction and mounting concern over the integrity of the one ton-plus of cocaine currently in police custody, the Kenyan government is now seeking outside assistance in the verification and disposal of the massive seizure. By formally asking the UN Office of Drugs [...]	2006-02-05 02:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN
06NAIROBI5253	REQUEST FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION OF U.S. CITIZEN [...] (C) Summary: I write to request the formal investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of Merlyn H. KETTERING, a U.S. citizen currently residing in Maryland, under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Available evidence indicates Kettering was directly involved in several grand-scale [...]	2006-12-14 08:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI661	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: TWO MORE MINISTERS RESIGN [...] (C) Summary: Under intense pressure generated by the Anglo-Leasing and Goldenberg scandals, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki accepted (or, more accurately, demanded) the resignation of two more ministers on February 13. These and related developments perhaps mark the beginning of a change in Keny [...]	2006-02-14 13:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI72	(S) INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING RING ENJOYS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The absence of convictions in high-profile cocaine cases and the New Year's Eve murder of the lead police officer investigating drug trafficking through the Port of Mombasa (East Africa's regional maritime hub) amply demonstrate that international narcotics trafficking rings have [...]	2006-01-09 01:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI839	ATTORNEY GENERAL WAKO UNCONVINCING ON SEIZED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Attorney General Wako offers inconsistent, unconvincing explanations of why more than one ton of cocaine held by the Government of Kenya (GOK) for over a year cannot yet be destroyed. We agree with the U.K. to give the GOK another 3 weeks to develop a credible plan before going pu [...]	2006-02-24 10:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE
06NASSAU1117	C-NC6-00829: BAHAMAS IMMIGRATION SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 18:55:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PINR PINS PTER CIVS KFRD BF
06NASSAU1196	DEA/OPBAT PROPOSES NEW PROGRAM TO COMBAT SMUGGLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) representatives have proposed a new program to the Bahamian Government to improve cooperation in the interdiction of illegal migrants and drugs from Haiti, which could also serve as excellent source of [...]	2006-08-08 21:01:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PREL SMIG SNAR PINR HA BF
06NASSAU1239	BAHAMAS UNGA REPRESENTATION AND RELATED QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is in response to reftel request. The Bahamas will be represented at UNGA by Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell, Bahamas Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Paulette Bethel, and a junior officer to be determined. Prime Minister Christie will not attend. ---- [...]	2006-08-15 21:13:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UN BF
06NASSAU1312	PRIME MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a frank discussion in a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Christie expressed surprise at the Bahamian voting record in the U.N. and limited multilateral cooperation with the U.S. at the UN. The Prime Minister and Ambassador agreed that bilateral coop [...]	2006-08-28 22:36:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR UNGA BF
06NASSAU1566	MEDIA REPORTS ON CUBAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Local media sources have reported the presence of at least five Cuban intelligence officers in The Bahamas. The operatives, allegedly working undercover in Bahamian retail establishments and with Havantur, are reportedly gathering intelligence regarding Cuban-Americans in Th [...]	2006-10-17 13:22:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PINR PREL CU BF
06NASSAU1597	NO ANTICIPATED TAIWAN PRESSURE ON BAHAMIAN [...] (C/NF) Bahamian elections must be held no later than May 2007, and are expected sooner. Campaigning is underway without any known Taiwanese involvement. For both Bahamian political parties, the potential to open The Bahamas' tourism economy to millions of Chinese tourists, the attraction of [...]	2006-10-20 12:38:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL TW BF
06NASSAU1659	ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENSE FORCE SHAKEUP STARTS AT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lt. Commander Clifford "Butch" Scavella has been named the new Commander of the Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF),pushing former Commander Davy Rolle into retirement. The long-expected move is the first major step in implementing a major overhaul of the neglected and underutil [...]	2006-11-01 19:33:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PINR BF
06NASSAU1706	CUBAN PROPAGANDA AND THE BAHAMIAN FRIENDS OF THE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Bahamian Friends of the Cuban Five -- a small group of leftist Bahamians with pro-Cuban sympathies -- has recently organized pro-Castro rallies and supported anti-U.S. propaganda in The Bahamas. The group, which is aided by the Cuban embassy in Nassau, has described Cuba [...]	2006-11-14 18:09:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PREL PINR CU BF
06NASSAU1800	BAHAMAS: GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bahamas cooperates closely with the U.S. on counter-terrorism, but lacks the funding or infrastructure to effectively track and monitor terrorist suspects through its 700 islands and cays. The Bahamas maintains an immigration database at major air POES, but does not maintain [...]	2006-12-06 17:31:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS BF
06NDJAMENA1318	NEW CHADIAN REBEL ALLIANCE--UFDD [...] (C) Summary. Three Chadian rebel groups formed a new alliance in October 2006. According to its communique, the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) wants to organize transparent elections and abhors taking power by force. Nonetheless, it sent an armed column into central [...]	2006-11-09 07:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RREL PINR CD SU
06NDJAMENA1343	CHADIAN REBEL GROUP UFDD ESTABLISHES POLITBURO [...] In a communique dated November 12, 2006, the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) named its politburo. An informal translation follows: Quote Republic of Chad Political Military Opposition Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) After consultations amon [...]	2006-11-21 08:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR CD
06NDJAMENA1356	CHADIAN REBELS LAUNCH OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary. Chadian rebels may have taken the important regional capital of Abeche and appear to have taken Biltine. Looting is reported in Abeche, though the French garrison has secured the airport and is offering sanctuary to civilians. Two major rebel groups appear to be cooperating i [...]	2006-11-25 15:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PREF CD MOPS
06NDJAMENA1434	CHAD: GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR - GLOBAL PURSUIT OF [...] (C) Per reftel, below are responses to questions on host country's terrorist information exchange programs: A. Immigration Databases: Chad does not have computerized immigration databases. B. Watchlist and Information Sharing: There is a name-based watchlist used to screen travelers [...]	2006-12-19 10:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS
06NDJAMENA699	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CHADIAN PARTICIPANTS IN [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individuals nominated for the Special Operations Forces conference in Stuttgart from May 21-25 as of this date. --Abdallah Idriss Amir, DPOB 1 January 1966, [...]	2006-05-17 07:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS PREL PINS PINR KSEP CD
06NDJAMENA700	CHAD: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO REVIEW PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 17:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KAWC PINR PREL CD
06NDJAMENA935	CHAD: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ATA TRAINING [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individuals nominated for "ATA-5933 Chad: Integrating Counterterrorism Strategies at the National level" training. 2. For training in ATA-593 [...]	2006-07-11 17:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ASEC MASS MOPS PREL PINR PINS CD
06NEWDELHI1094	UPA/LEFT INFIGHTING REVIVES "NO CONFIDENCE" RUMORS [...] (C) Summary: Rumors of an imminent attempt by the Left Front (LF) and its allies to form a "third front" government to pull down Manmohan Singh have revived in the aftermath of India's IAEA vote against Iran. This is primarily the result of the contentious politics of India's largest state o [...]	2006-02-13 13:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KDEM ECON PGOV PREL PINR IR IN
06NEWDELHI1172	RECENT SRI LANKAN TAMIL REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the promise of upcoming talks to strengthen the Cease-Fire Agreement has slowed the flow of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees coming to South India, there are now about 400 refugees at the Mandapam refugee transit camp in Tamil Nadu, near Palk Bay. In recent meetings, UNHCR an [...]	2006-02-15 14:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF SL IN
06NEWDELHI1315	MUSLIMS SQUARE OFF - AGAINST AND FOR THE POTUS [...] (C) Summary: On February 21, influential Muslim leader Imam Bukhari of Old Delhi's Jama Mosque confirmed to Poloff that he had rejected overtures from anti-American leaders to support their "Bush go Back" campaign. Bukhari, who formerly supported anti-US campaigns, has moderated his views an [...]	2006-02-22 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IAEA KNNP KISL KDEM SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI1318	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PROPOSED DELIVERABLE ON [...] (U) This is an Action Request for PM -- see Para 5. 2. (SBU) National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) Joint Secretary Arvind Gupta and NSCS Deputy Director Cdr. Mukesh SIPDIS Saini on February 21 discussed with Poloff Reftel questions relating to Articles 1.2 (the joint Cybersecurit [...]	2006-02-22 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KCIP KCRM ECPS EFIN TINT IN
06NEWDELHI1415	CONGRESSMAN CROWLEY AND RAHUL GANDHI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a half hour February 20 meeting with Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY),Congress heir apparent Rahul Gandhi was eager to learn the Democratic party positions on a number of foreign policy issues, including the war in Iraq, the situation in the Middle East and the US relations [...]	2006-02-27 09:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL IN IZ IR
06NEWDELHI161	D/NSA SUPPORTS INTEL SHARING ON TERRORISM; SAYS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with the DCM (other topics reported Septel),Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar pledged to seek the NSA's approval for greater intelligence sharing on terrorism threats within India, particularly as the upswing in USG official visits and US investment increases the p [...]	2006-01-09 13:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN OVIP PINR ASEC ENRG MNUC
06NEWDELHI1670	A REVISIT TO INDIA'S CYBERSECURITY "CERT-IN" [...] Poloff on February 16 briefly revisited India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) facility (Reftel) and made the following observations: Security -------- 2. Nearly all interior doorways were secured with an infra-red badge reader, including every door that led to a room hous [...]	2006-03-10 10:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KCIP TINT PINR IN
06NEWDELHI180	THE BROKEN BJP EMBRACES VOTE-LOSING HINDUTVA [...] (C) Summary: At its recently concluded "silver jubilee celebration" in Mumbai (septel) the BJP failed to overcome its deep divisions, failed to name a new President capable of uniting the party, failed to adopt a voter-friendly platform, and unenthusiastically embraced Hindutva and continued [...]	2006-01-10 05:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI206	INDIAN GENERAL TO LEAD SUDAN PEACEKEEPING MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-10 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS PINR IN SU
06NEWDELHI2060	CODEL BOND, NSA NARAYANAN FOCUS ON AREAS OF [...] (C) Summary: In his March 22 meeting with Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri),National Security Advisor MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's commitment to the transformed US-India relationship, and stressed the common ground India shares with the US. Narayanan responded positively to Senator Bond's c [...]	2006-03-24 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER ECIN ENRG MARR MASS OREP EAGR US IN
06NEWDELHI2061	UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENTS SURROUNDING SONIA GANDHI'S [...] (C) Summary: One day after Sonia Gandhi's surprise resignation of her Parliamentary seat, she retains the moral high ground and appears to have enhanced her stature. Press accounts relate that a coterie of Congress insiders engineered a scheme to protect Sonia Gandhi that went awry. Althoug [...]	2006-03-24 13:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IN
06NEWDELHI2131	HELPFUL CONGRESS STATEMENT ON U.S. TIES DEEPENS [...] (U) A signed editorial by Sonia Gandhi in the March edition of the Congress party journal "Sandesh" praised the civil nuclear agreement as "historic" and congratulated Prime Minister Singh for "ensuring the success of President Bush's visit despite opposition from key allies (read the Left Fr [...]	2006-03-29 11:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL IN
06NEWDELHI2230	TAIWAN-INDIA RELATIONS LOOKING UP, BUT TRYING TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Indian Government officials maintain that China has not protested India-Taiwan ties or the establishment of the Taiwan-India Cooperation Council (TICC). New Delhi perceives that its economic future lies in the success of its "Look East" objectives, and Taiwan beckons as a dem [...]	2006-03-31 13:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR ETRD EAIR IN CH TW
06NEWDELHI2324	GOI CAUTIOUS ABOUT IRAQ POLICE TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/I. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh conveyed the GOI's cautious willingness to increase its involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. Singh was very interested in [...]	2006-04-05 14:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PTER
06NEWDELHI2529	RAJASTHAN'S CHIEF MINISTER TELLS SPEAKER HASTERT [...] (C) In an otherwise cordial April 10 courtesy call with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and seven accompanying Congressman, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje expressed genuine anger at the activities of Christian missionaries in her state and provided a spirited defense of the rece [...]	2006-04-13 12:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2587	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 19 US-INDIA CT JOINT WORKING [...] (C) Summary: The US-India counterterrorism dialogue reflects our shared values and encompasses the range of CT issues in South Asia. New Delhi focuses on combating jihadi terrorism launched from Pakistan, which complicates USG efforts to engage Delhi in a more vibrant intelligence dialogue without [...]	2006-04-18 07:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PGOV PINR PREL PINS MASS KJUS KTIA TBIO
06NEWDELHI2867	EXPECTED SONIA GANDHI ELECTORAL VICTORY NOT ENOUGH [...] (C) Summary: Poloff's April 19-21 trip to Uttar Pradesh (UP) revealed that the political equation has changed since our previous visit in January. Then, most considered the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) to be on its way out. However, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has since used American [...]	2006-04-27 11:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI2873	BJP GENERAL SECRETARY PRAMOD MAHAJAN UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) Shot three times by his brother on April 23, BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan remained in "critical/but stable" condition on April 27. It is still not clear whether Mahajan will survive his shooting. Even if he does, it is highly unlikely that he will make a complete recovery and he [...]	2006-04-27 11:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IN
06NEWDELHI2967	INDIA STRENGTHENS RESOLVE IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA and PA. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the Taliban's decapitation of an Indian mobile phone network engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran made a thinly veiled reference to Pakistani support for the T [...]	2006-05-01 14:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS EAID IN PK
06NEWDELHI2983	INDIA'S STATE ELECTIONS: A REFERENDUM ON CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The usual religious and caste issues have been all but absent in the April/May electoral contests in four states and one Union Territory, raising the prospect that the vote will be viewed as a referendum on UPA economic and foreign policies. The Communists hope to move the elect [...]	2006-05-02 09:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3007	GOI SHARES ITS SELECTION CRITERIA FOR NEXT UNSYG [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations/Political) Sanjiv Arora shared the GOI's thinking on who it will support as the next UN Secretary-General. Avoiding commenting on any declared or stealth candidates (including UN Under-Secretary-General for [...]	2006-05-03 07:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNGA KUNR PINR IN
06NEWDELHI3050	INDIAN SPECIAL ENVOY PROPOSES WAY FORWARD IN NEPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Special Envoy to Nepal Dr. Karan Singh told visiting SCA A/S Richard Boucher and NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millard that he believes that the Nepalese political situation remains very fragile, and that it is uncertain who will lead the political process forward should c [...]	2006-05-04 08:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI3130	HURRIYAT UPBEAT ABOUT MEETING WITH PM SINGH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The moderate separatist Kashmiri Hurriyat led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq was quite pleased with their May 3 meeting with Indian PM Singh and his commitment to dialogue on the full range of Jammu and Kashmir issues and to improved human rights. The Hurriyat are also gearing up to begin [...]	2006-05-05 14:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PINR KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI3199	INDIAN MUSLIMS AND CONGRESS NERVOUS OVER U.S. IRAN [...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of Indian Muslims have told Poloff in recent weeks that Indian Muslim opinion, both Sunni and Shia, is opposed to Washington's policy on Iran's nuclear program and that Indian Muslims would --as they did for Iraq in 2003-- likely peacefully take to the streets in l [...]	2006-05-09 11:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN IR
06NEWDELHI3248	RIFTS EMERGE AMONG INDIAN MUSLIMS OVER FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In an ugly marriage of convenience, Indian Muslim extremists from the Wahhabi-influenced Deobandi sect and radical pro-Iran Shias have joined forces with the opportunistic regional Samajwadi Party (SP) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to mount an anti-US political campaign. More moderate [...]	2006-05-11 08:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN IR IZ
06NEWDELHI3289	BIO NOTES: NEW PAKISTANI DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on May 4 informed Post of the arrival of Mohammad Afrasiab, previously Minister (Political) at the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing, as their new Deputy High Commissioner. (NOTE: In his CV and nearly all press references, Afrasiab uses only his family [...]	2006-05-12 05:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IN PK CH NZ
06NEWDELHI3304	INDIA WARMLY WELCOMES VISITING PAKISTANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian government rolled out the red carpet for visiting Pakistani People,s Party Parliamentarians, arranging a meeting with PM Singh, a lunch hosted by MEA MOS E. Ahamed, and meetings with BJP supremos LK Advani and Jaswant Singh. The meetings show the value India is placing [...]	2006-05-12 10:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ECON IN PK
06NEWDELHI3313	PARLIAMENT SET TO DEBATE THE UPA'S PRO-AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: The UPA's pro-American foreign policy could come under intense criticism from both the Left Front (LF) and the BJP during the current parliamentary session that began May 10. The Communists, energized by victories in the just-concluded state assembly elections, will take a hosti [...]	2006-05-12 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MNUC KNNP PINR IN
06NEWDELHI3334	MEA POSITIVE ON PAK, AFGHANISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: A senior MEA official told us Indo-Pak people-to-people links continue to proliferate, with a recent Pakistan Peoples' Party delegation visiting India and the prospect of a PM Singh visit to Pakistan this summer. The Composite Dialogue continues, with some hope for a tangible d [...]	2006-05-15 09:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS EPET EAID PBTS PINR ENRG EWWT
06NEWDELHI3417	BIO NOTES: THE (PAKISTANI) AMBASSADORS AKRAM [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan High Commission (New Delhi) Counselor Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, a frequent Poloff interlocutor, shared with Poloff his impressions of Pakistani Ambassadors Munir and Zamir Akram. Qazi worked for Munir for five years in Geneva (probably 1995-2000),and for Zamir for se [...]	2006-05-17 09:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IN PK NP SZ
06NEWDELHI3466	WHY IT'S TOUGH FOR INDIA TO CLIMB DOWN FROM SIACHEN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI3471	CONGRESS SHOOTS ITSELF BY REVIVING THE CASTE QUOTA [...] (C) Summary. The Congress party needlessly set off a political firestorm by proposing a bill to add a 27 percent quota for "other backward castes (OBCs)" in public higher education institutions. OBCs are castes that do not face traditional discrimination but have been determined to be "econo [...]	2006-05-18 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI3506	AN INDIAN ROGUE'S GALLERY ENTERTAINS A PAKISTANI TALIBAN APOLOGIST [...] (C) Pakistani hard-liner and Taliban advocate Fazlur Rahman visited India from May 15-19. During his visit, he was guest of honor at a Delhi reception hosted by the Deobandi Political organization Jamiat-i-Ulama-i-Hind (JuH),that we steered well clear of. The JuH failed to convince most promine [...]	2006-05-19 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN PK AF
06NEWDELHI3549	AGAINST BACKDROP OF KASHMIR TERROR, HURRIYAT [...] Summary: Terrorists killed seven and injured scores more in a spectacular mid-day May 21 attack on a Congress party rally in downtown Srinagar. The next day, even as more grenades exploded in Srinagar, the peaceful separatist All Party Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq rejected [...]	2006-05-22 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI356	LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S. OPPOSE TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...]	2006-01-18 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK
06NEWDELHI3583	CONGRESS FARES BADLY IN SPECIAL SESSION OF [...] (C) Summary. Congress ineptitude and a predilection for scoring "own goals" on domestic policy turned what should have been a routine wrap-up session of Parliament into an embarrassment for the UPA that has left the Prime Minister's political stock in the doldrums. Congress convened the May [...]	2006-05-23 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PARM MNUC ENRG PINR MARR IN
06NEWDELHI3664	PRIME MINISTER TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH KASHMIRIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as the Prime Minister's talks with representatives of the people of Jammu and Kashmir state stretched into their second day, terrorists killed ten more villagers in Rajouri. During the first day's roundtable discussions, and following a security briefing by the Army, the PM [...]	2006-05-25 12:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PHUM
06NEWDELHI369	LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S., OPPOSE TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...]	2006-01-18 13:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK
06NEWDELHI370	HAVING SURVIVED 2005, THE UPA WILL BE MORE [...] (C) Summary: Most political observers expect the Congress-led UPA government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to remain in power until the end of its term in 2009, although it is likely to proceed cautiously on economic liberalization and closer ties with the US out of fear of provoking its [...]	2006-01-18 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM PINR KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3755	MEA QUESTIONS SYRIA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered ref A demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar on May 30, and explained SIPDIS why a Syrian FM Walid Mu'allim visit -- if in fact true -- would undermine international efforts to isolate Syria and would be poorly viewed in Congress and the Admin [...]	2006-05-30 12:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IN SY
06NEWDELHI3799	THE PRESIDENT SENDS KEY UPA LEGISLATION BACK TO [...] (C) Summary: Although Parliament passed the "office of Profit Bill" on May 17 in a special session of Parliament, the President refused to sign it and sent it back for parliamentary reconsideration on May 30. The President is apparently concerned that the Bill could be inherently unconstitut [...]	2006-05-31 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3833	INDIA WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN, BUT IS [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. S. Jaishankar after NSA Narayanan remained unavailable throughout the day either to meet with or speak on the phone to the Ambassador. Jaishankar acknowledged our demarche's requests for Indian action, but made no further s [...]	2006-06-01 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI3844	MEA SAYS SYRIAN FM WILL NOT VISIT INDIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 09:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IN SY
06NEWDELHI3873	ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHIC NOTES ON PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Summary: This message contains biographic reporting on two Pakistani diplomats currently serving to New Delhi -- a key posting for any Pakistani Foreign Service officer. The first, Counselor (Political) Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, will be of interest because of his meteoric rise through t [...]	2006-06-05 10:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IN PK
06NEWDELHI3880	SCION'S DRUG OVERDOSE SHOCKS BJP [...] (C) Summary: On June 3, Rahul Mahajan, the son of recently murdered BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, was hospitalized following a suspected drug overdose. The family's private secretary, Bibek Maitra, who was with Rahul, died. On June SIPDIS 4, the private hospital treating Rahul claimed that [...]	2006-06-05 11:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PTER PINR SNAR IN
06NEWDELHI3997	INDIA BEHIND ON BIOTERROR PREPARATIONS BUT TAKING [...] (C) Summary: The GOI regards a bioterrorism attack as an event of such low probability that the potential impact does not register high on New Delhi's agenda. We have no reason to believe terrorist organizations operating in India have access to pathogens at this time; also, bioterrorism is inconsi [...]	2006-06-08 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TBIO PINS KSCA PINR EAIR SENV
06NEWDELHI4000	LUCKNOW SHIAS CELEBRATE ZARQAWI'S DEMISE [...] (C) Summary: Indian Muslim reaction to the death of Abu Musab al Zarqawi varied. In Lucknow, where there is a clear Shia majority, there were public celebrations, with most in the community jubilant. In the rest of India, however, Shias are a small minority and although privately happy, wer [...]	2006-06-08 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI4005	SIACHEN NOT IN DANGER OF BEING SOLVED, SAY OUR [...] (C) Summary: A Siachen deal during the May 23-24 talks in Delhi was never a slam dunk, according to Indian and Pakistani diplomats who were members of their respective countries' delegations. Although the atmospherics were excellent, rumors of a new formulation to break the logjam were just [...]	2006-06-08 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS PGOV PTER PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI4062	THE COMMUNISTS ARE ON A ROLL AND LOADED FOR BEAR [...] (C) Summary: India's Communist parties were energized by their victories in the recently concluded state elections (Reftel A),and have been more rhetorically aggressive in their criticism of the UPA. While the Communists will be more ambitious in their confrontation, they remain unlikely t [...]	2006-06-09 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON EINV EFIN IN
06NEWDELHI4200	CONGRESS ON THE DEFENSIVE WITHIN ITS COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Congress is feeling increasingly isolated, as regional parties nominally part of the UPA openly join BJP and Left Front (LF) protests against the recent petroleum product price hikes. The Prime Minister on June 7 asked the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG),s Secretary [...]	2006-06-15 11:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EINV EFIN ELAB EPET ENRG IN
06NEWDELHI4202	RUMORS OF A THIRD FRONT YET AGAIN MAKE THE ROUNDS [...] Summary: Congress MP and insider Rashid Alvi told us on June 12 that the party inner circle is concerned that untrustworthy regional allies could defect to the NDA and perhaps make a move to unseat the UPA before the next session of Parliament (currently scheduled for the third week in July). [...]	2006-06-15 12:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KISL ECON EINV SCUL PREL IN
06NEWDELHI4253	LEFT PARTIES ISSUE UNFAVORABLE REPORT CARD TO UPA [...] (C) Summary: Further demonstrating the divisions in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA),(Reftels),Left parties made public a predictably unconstructive, damning, and backwards-looking "report card" of UPA performance on June 15. A group of left leaders, including Communist Party of Ind [...]	2006-06-16 12:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EINV SCUL PREL ENRG EPET IN
06NEWDELHI4255	FOLLOW-UP WITH CERT-IN: COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff on June 6 revisited India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) for the third time, with SciCouns and EconOff accompanying. CERT-In is pursuing a multi-platform outreach program to cybersecurity experts in the public, private, and academic sectors. Although last [...]	2006-06-16 12:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCIP TINT PINR IN
06NEWDELHI4336	COMMUNISTS HOPE TO "CAPITALIZE" ON NAXALITE [...] (C) Summary: Communist ideologues view the resurgent Naxalite movement as a potential political windfall. Looking closely at events in Nepal, they have concluded that the Indian Naxalites could eventually reform, join the Indian mainstream and ally with the Communists. The non-Maoist Commu [...]	2006-06-20 11:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI4401	BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 11:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI4405	INDIA FAVORS PARALLEL DEMARCHE TO SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 12:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI4432	BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 12:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI4588	INDIA WALKED A FINE LINE ON IRAN AT THE SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora told the Ambassador June 28 that he had informal conversations with Iranian President Ahmedinejad 3-4 times at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, and while Ahmedinejad had been reserved due to India's IAEA votes against I [...]	2006-06-29 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI4605	BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH [...] (C) Summary: Additional Secretary (International Organizations) KC Singh's position combines several large MEA portfolios of USG interest, including the UN, nonproliferation, and counterterrorism. USG interlocutors over the past several months have had opportunities to interact with Singh in [...]	2006-06-30 08:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI4666	POLITICAL PLAYERS PREPARE FOR BATTLE IN UTTAR [...] (C) Summary: Although the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Legislative Election is not scheduled until March 2007, campaigning has begun in earnest and is already deeply bitter and personal. The enmity between Congress and the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) is deep, with Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav th [...]	2006-07-03 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KISL SCUL PREL IN
06NEWDELHI4819	PRIVATIZATION POLICY LEADS TO PRIME MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: A relatively minor affair regarding the 10 per cent privatization of a public sector company in Tamil Nadu caused the UPA to suspend its entire privatization program (Septel),and the opposition BJP to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Singh. On July 7, New Delhi was a [...]	2006-07-10 12:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR ECON EINV EFIN IN
06NEWDELHI4826	US/GOI COUNTER TERRORISM COOPERATION MAY SUFFER FROM ALLEGED SPY SCANDAL [...] (C) MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh used a July 7 meeting with the DCM to raise the recent Indian press allegations (primarily in the ""Indian Express"") that a US diplomat used our Cybersecurity Forum to recruit officers in India's National Security Council Secret [...]	2006-07-10 14:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KCIP PINR IN
06NEWDELHI4973	CONGRESS PARTY THINKING ON PAKISTAN - POST MUMBAI [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 11:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR MOPS KISL IN PK
06NEWDELHI5030	PM SINGH BESIEGED BY MULTIPLE POLITICAL CRISES [...] (C) Summary: After weeks under fire over primarily domestic issues, the July 11 Mumbai and Srinagar attacks have added a foreign policy dimension to criticism of PM Singh's performance, which will spill over into the July 24 Parliament session. Manmohan Singh is under attack politically from [...]	2006-07-18 10:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IN PK

06NEWDELHI512	UNDERSECRETARY BURNS AND FS SARAN DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Saran reviewed ten potential deliverables for the SIPDIS President's visit during a January 20 working lunch. In a meeting later that day, U/S Burns stressed to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia that I [...]	2006-01-25 05:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR PGOV PINR ENRG PHUM PTER SCOI IN

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