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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
04MADRID3096	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA ROBERT HENNES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Hennes, Team Leader, Milk Safety Team, Office of Compliance/Division of Cooperative Programs, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS to travel to Ventisilla, August 15-20 to conduct a National Conference on Interstate Mi [...]	2004-08-13 10:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP

04MADRID3126	SPAIN WILL SEND MORATINOS TO OSCE CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) The Spanish MFA has told us that Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos will be leading the Spanish delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination in Brussels on September 13-14. Alvaro Rodriguez Alvarez, [...]	2004-08-18 11:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SP OSCE
04MADRID3151	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. GEORGE THOMA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. George Thoma, Chief, Communications Engineering Branch, National Library of Medicine, NIH to travel to Marbella and Alicante September 5-14 to present technical paper, "Baysian Learning of 2D Document Layout Models for Automated Preservatio [...]	2004-08-20 10:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3152	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. KALU [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kalu Ogbureke, Research Fellow, Craniofacial and Skeletal Disease Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH to travel to Madrid, September 4-11 to attend and collaborate with other oral pathologists at a conference [...]	2004-08-20 10:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3153	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. AURELIO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Aurelio Bonavia, Research Fellow, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Madrid, September 4-10 to attend the European Virology 2004 Meeting and participate in the SARS Workshop [...]	2004-08-20 10:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3154	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. VALERIE GREGG [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Valerie Gregg, Program Manager in the Division of Information & Intelligent Systems, National Science Foundation (NSF) to travel to Zaragoza, August 27-September 4 to be a plenary speaker at the annual European Union's EGOV04 Research Confe [...]	2004-08-20 10:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SP NSFO
04MADRID3155	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALLEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Allen Minton, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH to travel to Madrid, August 30-September 12 to discuss projects of common interest with Dr. Ge [...]	2004-08-20 10:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3163	SPAIN: IMMIGRANT REMITTANCES ACHIEVE RECORD LEVELS [...] Summary. The large increase in cash remittances by immigrants from Spain to their home countries has caught the attention of the general Spanish media and the business press this summer. According to the Bank of Spain immigrants and other foreigners residing in Spain have remitted approximat [...]	2004-08-20 14:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON SP
04MADRID3232	MORATINOS AGREES WITH US POSITION FOR WEOG [...] (C) Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos agrees with US efforts to reach a rotation agreement within WEOG to occupy the posts assigned in the Human Rights Commission. Poloff received the text of Moratinos' response to Secretary of State Colin Powell's August 11 letter (Ref A) fro [...]	2004-08-27 11:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PHUM PREL SP
04MADRID3246	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MUSTAFA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mustafa Dosemeci, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona and Oviedo, September 11-22 to meet with collaborators at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institut Municipal D,Investigacio Medic [...]	2004-08-27 14:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3247	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JOAN MALING [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joan Maling, Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, National Science Foundation to travel to Barcelona, September 27-October 4 to attend the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 8 Conference. 2. Embassy [...]	2004-08-27 14:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID3248	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT NEWMAN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Newman and Richard Steketee, Medical Officers, DPD, NCID, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona, September 21-25 to represent CDC as members of the Intermittent Preventative Treatment in Infants (IPTi) Consortium. 2. Embassy understands t [...]	2004-08-27 14:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SP
04MADRID3249	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS BOND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Bond, NASA Glenn Research Center to travel to Madrid, September 22-24 to visit INTA and participate in discussions on water film scaling and refurbishment upgrades. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visit [...]	2004-08-27 14:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3250	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK POTAPCZUK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Potapczuk, NASA Glenn Research Center to travel to Madrid, September 22-23 to meet with INTA on updates on current SLD research activities. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that beare [...]	2004-08-27 14:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3251	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLENN CADA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Glenn Cada, Research Staff Member, UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory to travel to Madrid, September 9-21 to present the latest DOE-sponsored research into biological effects of turbulence to international scientists and engineers. 2 [...]	2004-08-27 14:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3252	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD E. JENNINGS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard E. Jennings, Aerospace Engineer, Avionics Systems Branch, FAA to travel to Madrid, September 13-18 to attend ICAO ACP, Working Group C, UAT SARPS Meeting at INECO in Madrid. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]	2004-08-27 14:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SP
04MADRID3255	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. Delegation to Second World Urban Forum including Simmons, Panehal, Carlson, Lord, Freedman and Glenn with USAID; Shea, Sorzano and Lam with HUD; Parcher with the U.S. Geological Survey; Hirsch with the Smithsonian Institute; and Swaney [...]	2004-08-27 15:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL SP
04MADRID3262	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JOHN CLAY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. John Clay, Senior Investigator, Ion Channel Biophysics Group, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH to travel to Palma Majorca, September 11-19 to give a presentation, "Irregular Firing of a Neuron," at the 24th Annua [...]	2004-08-30 10:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3263	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN MCCORMICK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephen McCormick, Research Physiologist, U.S. Geological Survey to travel to Castellon, September 3-10 to attend and participate in the 5th International Symposium on fish endocrinology. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessar [...]	2004-08-30 10:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TPHY ECON TBIO SP
04MADRID3264	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES R. SCHWANK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James R. Schwank, Sandia National Laboratories, NNSA to travel to Madrid, September 19-26 to attend the conference, "Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visito [...]	2004-08-30 10:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3265	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. DANA A. BREWER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Dana A. Brewer, NASA Headquarters to travel to Madrid, September 21-25 to discuss details of NASA,s participation in the Radiation Effects on Components and Systems Conference in 2005. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...]	2004-08-30 10:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3603	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH BROOKS, SHANNON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) personnel: Elizabeth Brooks, Shannon Cass-Calay, Joseph Powers, Gerald Scott, Guillermo Diaz, Mauricio Ortiz, Clarence Porch, Craig Brown an [...]	2004-09-21 07:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA EFIS OTRA SP
04MADRID3604	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DANIEL RUNDE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Daniel Runde, USAID, Global Development Alliance, to travel to Spain from o/a October 16-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a conference on the importance of bilateral donor agencies and to work closely with donor foundati [...]	2004-09-21 07:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA SP
04MADRID3614	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLARA OLAYA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Clara Olaya, Health Communication Specialist, OD, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 28-October 4, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present at a workshop entitled, "Narratives for Health," which will reach writers and [...]	2004-09-21 13:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3625	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT POST [...] (SBU) Information provided below is keyed to ref A's para. 5. 2. (SBU) DCM Robert Manzanares serves as Terrorism Finance Coordinator (TFCO). Phone number: 34 - 91 587 2205. E-mail: ManzanaresB@state.gov 3. (SBU) Economic Officer Carl Schonander serves as Deputy Terrorism Finance Coor [...]	2004-09-21 15:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SP
04MADRID3626	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HENRY DIAZ [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Diaz, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 20-October 1, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to evaluate accomplishments under the NOAA/OGP Project on Historical [...]	2004-09-22 09:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA SENV OTRA SP
04MADRID3631	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANE KELLY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jane Kelly, Director of the National Diabetes Education Program, NCCDPHP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 29-October 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak and present a workshop on diabetes and to give a presen [...]	2004-09-22 12:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3643	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MORGAN HALL [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Morgan Hall, Officer-in-Charge of Spain and Malta, EUR/WE, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain from September 26-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy and Consulate personnel. 2. Control Officer for this [...]	2004-09-23 13:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3644	SPANISH GOVERNMENT STRONGLY SUPPORTS NEW [...] Summary: In a delayed response to ref A demarche, Technical Advisor Manuel Alhama Orenes in the Cabinet of Secretary of State for International Cooperation (aid) Leire SIPDIS Pajin, defined the new position of the GOS on international aid as "anything is possible". Spain is now a major sup [...]	2004-09-23 13:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON EINV PREL SP
04MADRID3647	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID W. MCKEE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David W. McKee, Department of State, to travel to Madrid, September 30 - October 2 to assist Embassy with its classified homepage on SIPRNET. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Suzannah Jones. She can be reached at work (34-91-587-238 [...]	2004-09-23 15:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF PGOV PINR SP
04MADRID3666	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CONSULAR [...] Embassy Madrid grants country clearance and welcomes Harris Orkand information services contractors Timothy Curran, Fernando Canarte, and Nancy Rapin to Barcelona, Spain, from September 28 to October 15, 2004. 2. Your hotel information is: Hotel Princesa Sofia Plaza Pio XII, 4 Barcelon [...]	2004-09-24 08:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KCSY CMGT AADP CASC CPAS SP AMAT CUIS
04MADRID3682	SPAIN CIVAIR: FILING OF FINAL U.S. CARRIER [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-24 11:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SP
04MADRID3690	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KATHLEEN ALLEGRONE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kathleen Allegrone, Director, EUR/WE to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, September 28 - October 2. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Robert J. Riley. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2392) on his mobile (34-609-0 [...]	2004-09-24 14:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3699	SPANISH OFFICIALS REACT TO PRESIDENT BUSH REMARKS [...] (C) Spanish officials have reacted defensively to President Bush's remarks concerning Spain's withdrawal from Iraq, made at his September 23 joint press conference with Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Allawi. During a courtesy call by Charge and Econcouns September 24, the MFA's Director Genera [...]	2004-09-24 15:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SP
04MADRID3701	SPAIN'S ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary. The GOS has announced a plan to revise its Law on Foreign Aliens (Ley de Extranjeria) to grant legal status to undocumented immigrants who can demonstrate that they have worked a minimum of one year in Spain. The GOS is acting in response to a massive increase in illegal immigrat [...]	2004-09-24 16:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON SMIG MO SP
04MADRID3732	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFREY SOMMERS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey Sommers, Investigator, Detroit District Office, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 8-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to inspect a pharmaceutical manufacturer for compliance with F [...]	2004-09-28 09:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3733	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEFANO LUCCIOLI AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stefano Luccioli, Senior Medical Advisor, Office of Food Additive Safety, and Kenneth Falci, Director, OSAS, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Mallorca, Spain from October 2-7, 2004. The purpose of this visi [...]	2004-09-28 09:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3734	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUE ANNE ASSIMON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sue Anne Assimon, Biologist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Mallorca, Spain from October 3-8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend a conference on Threshold Levels associated with allergenic foods [...]	2004-09-28 09:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3735	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DIEGO F. TORRES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Diego F. Torres, DOE, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 9-November 13, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to visit the High Energy Astrophysics Group at the Univer [...]	2004-09-28 09:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KSCA TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3736	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY UYEKI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy Uyeki, Medical Epidemiologist, DVRD, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Minorca, Spain from October 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) and to present a l [...]	2004-09-28 09:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3737	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANTONIO BOUZA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Antonio Bouza, Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program, DOE, to travel to San Sebastian, Spain from October 12-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to obtain first hand, technical information in the field of hy [...]	2004-09-28 11:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3766	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY O'BRIEN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien and Thomas Friers, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, to travel to Madrid, Zaragoza and Moron, Spain, from October 30-November 19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spanish government officials, to participate in transo [...]	2004-09-29 12:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID3767	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOYCE A. OBER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joyce A. Ober, Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 22-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Sulfur 2004 Conference and to visit a sulfur recovery plant and a sulfuric acid plant. [...]	2004-09-29 12:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA ECON OTRA SP
04MADRID3768	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JAMES MULSHINE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. James Mulshine, Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Pamplona, Spain from October 5-9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and give a presentation, "Integrated Approach to Population Based Early Lun [...]	2004-09-29 12:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3769	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HENRIETTA HUBBARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Henrietta Hubbard, Supervisory Health Scientist Administrator, Center for Outcomes Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Seville, Spain from November 17-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is [...]	2004-09-29 12:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3779	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL Q. WANG [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Q. Wang, Vehicle and Fuel Systems Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 3-8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a presentation of Wells-To-Wheels (WTW) Energy and Emission Effects of [...]	2004-09-30 09:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID3780	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAWRENCE SCHONBERGER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Schonberger, Assistant Director for Public Health, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 21-24, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to serve as an official advisor to the EU [...]	2004-09-30 09:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3836	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NORMAN ANTOKOL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Norman Antokol, Analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, DOS to travel to Madrid, October 13-17 for orientation, familiarization and Embassy consultations on the political and economic circumstances in Spain. 2. Control Officer a [...]	2004-10-04 13:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3839	SPAIN FAVORS CODE OF CONDUCT WITH THE LIFTING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR/WE Director Kathleen Allegrone, Charge, and Poloff delivered reftel talking points and discussed U.S. human rights concerns at all levels of the Spanish MFA September 28-30. Spain believes that the Code of Conduct is sufficient to monitor arms sales to China of EU states. [...]	2004-10-04 14:07:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH EUN
04MADRID3843	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. DEREK LEROITH [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Derek LeRoith, Chief, Diabetes Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 10-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to conduct ongoing collaborative research with D [...]	2004-10-05 08:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3844	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. SNORRI THORGEIRSSON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Snorri Thorgeirsson Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Pamplona and Madrid, Spain from October 7-12, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk entitled, "Molecular Basis of Hepatocarcinogenesis," at t [...]	2004-10-05 08:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3862	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRIAN KEITH COOPER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Keith Cooper, Aviation Safety Inspector, FAA, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 19-22, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to perform US Airways outsource and line station inspections. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...]	2004-09-24 01:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID3863	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VLADA MATUSOVSKY AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vlada Matusovsky and Yvonne McKnight, Investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 29-November 5, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to inspect a pharmaceutical manufacturer for compliance [...]	2004-10-05 09:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3901	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHANE VRIGNAUD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephane Vrignaud, NOAA Fisheries Representative to the European Union, United States Mission to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium, to travel to Vigo and Madrid, Spain from October 6-8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in [...]	2004-10-06 10:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP SP EUN
04MADRID3914	CUBA: MFA ON INVITING DISSIDENTS TO SPANISH [...] (C) Poloff contacted MFA Deputy Director General for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pedro Gomez de Olea on 10/7 to discuss reports that the Spanish Embassy in Havana was planning to break with EU policy by not inviting dissidents to its national day reception on 10/12. Gomez de Olea, wh [...]	2004-10-07 11:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
04MADRID3926	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JEAN CELLI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jean Celli, Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to San Feliu de Guixols and Barcelona, Spain from October 16-22, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend a workshop on Frontiers in Cellul [...]	2004-10-07 13:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3927	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. EUN-CHUNG PARK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Eun-Chung Park, Program Officer, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 16-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend an international symposium entitled, "Molecular Aspect [...]	2004-10-07 13:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KHIV OTRA SP
04MADRID3928	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. CAROL KENDALL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carol Kendall, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 28-November 2, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate as thesis examiner at the Ph.D. Dissertation Defense of Laura V [...]	2004-10-07 13:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY SENV KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID3929	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JORDI CLARIMON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jordi Clarimon, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute on Aging, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 16-24, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk entitled, "Alzheimer and Parkinson: Two Different Entities with Si [...]	2004-10-07 13:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID3941	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AARON FLEISCHAUER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Aaron Fleischauer, Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Minorca, Spain from October 14-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 9th European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training. 2. Embassy understands that [...]	2004-10-08 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3965	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AARON FLEISCHAUER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Aaron Fleischauer, Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Minorca, Spain from October 14-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 9th European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training. 2. Embassy understands that [...]	2004-10-08 15:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3979	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRANCISCA LIEM [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Francisca Liem, Chief, Laboratory Data Integrity Branch, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and Assurance, EPA, to travel to Madrid and Valencia, Spain from October 22-29, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to evaluate Spain's Good Laboratory [...]	2004-10-13 10:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID3993	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JONATHAN WEBER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jonathan Weber, Assistant to the Director for Antimicrobial Resistance, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 10-12, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3rd EARSS-ESAC Plenary Meeting. 2. Embassy understand [...]	2004-10-14 08:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID3994	EXTRADITION CASE OF GREGG RENE WALTER [...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb, at Hotel Melia Los Galgos, Claudio Coello 139, 28006 Madrid, tel.: 91 5626600, from October 18 to [...]	2004-10-14 12:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CPAS KCRM SP
04MADRID4005	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT A. SCHMIDT [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert A. Schmidt, NASA, to travel to Madrid and Moron, Spain from November 8-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a transoceanic abort landing site emergency services exercise. 2. Embassy understands that no assistanc [...]	2004-10-15 08:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID4007	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KATHLEEN H. FRIZELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kathleen H. Frizell, Research Hydraulic Engineer, Water Resources Research Laboratory, Technical Service Center, Bureau of Reclamation, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 30-November 7, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give two pres [...]	2004-10-15 08:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID4039	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS GLYN DAVIES [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Glyn Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, October 19-22. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Robert J. Riley. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2392),on his mobile [...]	2004-10-18 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID4046	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JACKIE BLACK, FAA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jackie Black, FAA Safety Inspector, AFS-50, FAA, to travel to Bilbao, Spain from October 18-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to ensure that recertification inspection and added (aircraft) ratings are commensurate to the FAA authorizations [...]	2004-10-15 12:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID4063	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER REGRETS UNHELPFUL MOD [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon told DCM Manzanares Oct. 14 that he agreed that DefMin Bono's comments last week about US-Spain relations and the US role in the Spanish National Day Parade were extremely unhelpful. Leon promised there would be no further comments from President Zapatero [...]	2004-10-19 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID4078	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM BARRACK, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. William Barrack, Dr. Richard Davey, Ms. Nikki Gettinger, Ms. Janet Herrera, Dr. H. Clifford Lane, Dr. Sandra Lehrman, Dr. Ana Martinez, Ms. Laura McNay, Dr. Karen Oseekey, Dr. Jorge Tavel, Mr. John Tierney, and Ms. Susan Vogel, employees of [...]	2004-10-20 06:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID4079	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DANIEL D. STROTTMAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Daniel P. Strottman, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),to travel to Valencia, Spain from March 1-May 31, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct collaborations with scientists from the Univ [...]	2004-10-20 08:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID4090	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. SUSAN MACKEM [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Susan Mackem, Chief, Developmental Biology Section, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 23-27, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Juan March Workshop on Hedgehog-Gli Signaling and give a p [...]	2004-10-21 07:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4091	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN SHEEHAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Sheehan, Office of Plant and Dairy Foods, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain from October 27-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend an international symposium on the future of the sheep and goat dairy sectors. 2. Embass [...]	2004-10-21 07:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4093	PRESS REPORTS PROGRESS IN BREAKING UP TRAFFICKING [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 10:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SP
04MADRID4112	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS ZARZECKI [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Zarzecki, Department of State to travel to Madrid, October 24-26 to meet with Spanish officials to discuss conventional weapons procurement issues (per reftels B,C and D). 2. (U) Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political [...]	2004-10-22 13:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL MARR PARM SP
04MADRID4113	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD P. COMPTON, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard P. Compton, Director, Office of Research and Technology, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain from November 9-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to represent the United [...]	2004-10-22 14:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN OTRA SP
04MADRID4115	CUBA: SPAIN CONFIDENT IT CAN OVERTURN EU MEASURES [...] (C) Summary. Spain is determined to roll back key elements of the June 2003 EU "restrictive measures" on Cuba implemented in the wake of Castro's crackdown on the opposition. MFA officials are confident they have sufficient support within the EU to do so. The GOS counts the UK, France, Swed [...]	2004-10-22 15:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU SP
04MADRID4128	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEON SAYADIAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Leon Sayadian, US Member of WG-67, ATO-P, FAA Headquarters, Architecture and System Eng., ATO-P, NAS Technical Engineering, ATO-P, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13-18, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with persons in his [...]	2004-10-19 18:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID4154	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. PHILIP C. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Philip C. Stepaniak and Dr. Rainer K. Efenhauser, NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona and Rota, Spain from November 11-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to instruct Department of Defense personnel on shuttle operations m [...]	2004-10-28 09:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID4192	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN FINKBOHNER, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jon Finkbohner and Robert Darius, Investigators, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and Sidney Priesmeyer and Cynthia Jim, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 11-13, 2004. The purpose of [...]	2004-11-02 13:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4195	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID DEMARINI [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David DeMarini, EPA Official, Office of Research and Development, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 10-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a lecture entitled, "Mutagenicity of Disinfection By-Products Associated with Drinking [...]	2004-11-02 13:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4196	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ANTONIO FOJO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Fojo, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Bilbao, Spain from November 23-27, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Second Spanish Lung Cancer Group Symposium and to give a talk entitl [...]	2004-11-02 13:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4199	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFERY BROWN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffery Brown, Senior Deputy Comptroller, United States Treasury Department, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 4-7, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a conference entitled, "Prudential Regulation and Banking Supervis [...]	2004-10-26 19:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID4203	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. WILLIAM RUNDELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. William Rundell, Division Director for the Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain from November 15-23, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk on the deve [...]	2004-11-03 09:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4256	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTIAN C. MAENDER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Christian C. Maender and Keith A. Tucker, NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from November 29-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES) Critical D [...]	2004-11-04 11:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID4266	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HAROLD E. BROOKS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harold E. Brooks, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),to travel to Madrid and Leon, Spain from November 5-13, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the European Conference on Severe Storms. [...]	2004-11-05 08:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4278	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICIO MALDONADO, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricio Maldonado, Director of the Americas' Accountability/Anti-Corruption Project of Casals & Associates, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 30-November 8, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to represent the Americas Accountability and [...]	2004-11-05 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID4279	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. TERRY PHILLIPS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Terry Phillips, Chief, Ultramicro Analytical Immunochemistry Resource, Office of Research Services, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Toledo, Spain from November 6-10, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present the keynote lect [...]	2004-11-05 15:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4281	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL YOUNG [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep Bill Young, Chairman, House Appropriations Committee (HAC),and delegation members, to travel to Rota from November 9-11, 2004 to review estimates in the field for the Departments of Defense and State. 2. Embassy Point of Contact [...]	2004-11-05 16:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ASEC AMGT AFIN IT SP
04MADRID4286	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM HALSEY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Halsey, Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 29-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate as a technical expert in OECD/NEA's working group [...]	2004-11-08 09:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID4290	SPANISH GOVERNMENT POLICY ON HIV/AIDS AT HOME AND [...] Secretary of the Spanish National AIDS Plan Lourdes Chamorro Ramos briefed ESTHOFF November 4 on her office's domestic and international activities/priorities. Chamorro Ramos, the highest ranking Spanish Government official focusing solely on HIV/AIDS, indicated that her office has a good ha [...]	2004-11-08 12:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KHIV SP
04MADRID4297	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANDREA CORCORAN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Andrea Corcoran, Director, Office of International Affairs, and Robert Rosenfeld, Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 14-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend an IOSCO Seminar [...]	2004-11-08 16:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SP
04MADRID4299	SPECIAL 301 MID-TERM REVIEW WITH COPYRIGHT [...] This is an action cable. See para. 6.1. 2. Summary: Spanish copyright industry representatives said at a 10/29/04 DCM-hosted lunch that it was too soon to tell where the Zapatero government was going with respect to IP protection. The majority said they had no view at this time whether Sp [...]	2004-11-08 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR SP
04MADRID4318	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT D. STRAHOTA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert D. Strahota, Assistant Director, United States Securities and Exchange Commissioner, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Organization of Securities Commissions [...]	2004-11-12 08:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SP
04MADRID4319	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH ZAMORA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Elizabeth Zamora, Economist, Office of Productivity and Technology, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 20-30, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to establish contacts within the agency and make specific [...]	2004-11-12 09:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA SP
04MADRID4335	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICIA MCILROY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricia McIlroy, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13-19, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to conduct an inspection of Advanced Medical Optics in Spain. 2. Embassy understands [...]	2004-11-12 16:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4336	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFREY S. KARGEL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey S. Kargel, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 14-21, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to present an invited seminar at the Astrobiology Institute (INTA) and to participate in field i [...]	2004-11-12 16:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KSCA TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4350	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ERNEST HAMEL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ernest Hamel, Biologist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from December 11-20, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak in a seminar series sponsored by the Centro De Investigaciones Biologicas, to give a talk [...]	2004-11-15 09:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4351	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. PAUL WADE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Paul Wade, Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 27-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and speak at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Onc [...]	2004-11-15 09:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP

04MADRID4367	SPAIN: AMBASSADOR MAKES FAREWELL CALL ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos November 10 at the Foreign Ministry for a farewell call. Ambassador began by saying it was time to get the U.S.-Spain relationship moving forward. Moratinos agreed and said Spain and the U.S. needed to start working on a positi [...]	2004-11-15 15:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID4376	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JAMES F. REILLY II [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. James F. Reilly II, Astronaut, NASA Johnson Space Center to travel to Barcelona, Spain from November 29-December 3, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES) Payload Review [...]	2004-11-16 08:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID4414	EXTRANCHECK: TRAVEL CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR JOHN MCKENNA AND FRED CARLE FROM THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY TO TRAVEL TO MADRID AND BARCELONA FROM DECEMBER 11 - 18 TO CONDUCT END-USE CHECKS ON COMPANIES IN SPAIN. 2. TRAVELER SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SPAIN REQUIRES A VISA FOR OFFICIAL OR DIPLOMAT [...]	2004-11-18 14:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC OTRA AU BEXP SP
04MADRID4428	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHANIE PAYNE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephanie Payne Clarke, Department of Energy, Allison Christine Bennett, Sandia National Laboratories, Whitney J. Creer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Steven Mark Dinehart, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Stephanie Deanne Ketring, Sand [...]	2004-11-19 11:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID4429	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ALASDAIR STEVEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alasdair Steven, Chief, Laboratory of Structural Biology Research, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from December 1-5, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to serve on [...]	2004-11-19 11:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4437	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANIK EDWARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Janik Edward, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Rota, Spain from December 10-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to perform a regulatory inspection of medical devices at MQSA, US Naval Hospital. 2. Embas [...]	2004-11-19 15:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4465	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT MCCONNELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert McConnell, Senior Project Leader, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, Department of Energy, to travel to Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain from December 10-15, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to lead the Internationa [...]	2004-11-23 08:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
04MADRID4485	SPAIN FORGIVES IRAQ PARIS CLUB DEBT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 14:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN SP
04MADRID4492	MEETING ON WITH DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER ON IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo told Charge that the MOD will take the lead in promoting "excellent" bilateral ties between Spain and the U.S. Regarding the tender for the S-80 submarine weapons system, Pardo indicated a GOS decision would be forthcoming soon. He strongl [...]	2004-11-24 16:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL SP
04MADRID4500	MFA CLAIMS SURPRISE AT CUBA'S NORMALIZATION OF TIES [...] (C) Summary. MFA DG for Latin America Sandomingo told Polcouns that the GOS had been surprised by the Cuban Government announcement that it would resume official contacts with the Spanish Embassy in Havana after more than 17 months of having "frozen" such ties. Sandomingo cast the move as a [...]	2004-11-26 16:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SP
04MADRID4502	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN RUSSELL COCHRAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Russell Cochran and Ahmed A. Hasan, Sandia National Laboratories, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Programs, Department of Energy, to travel to Cordoba, Spain from December 8-18, 2004. The purpose of this visit [...]	2004-11-29 07:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID4503	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EDWARD HAYES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Edward Hayes, Epidemiologist, DVBID, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from December 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to teach "Public Health Strategies in the Tropics," at the Masters of International Health and Tropical [...]	2004-11-29 07:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP CDC
04MADRID4504	SPAIN FORGIVES IRAQ PARIS CLUB DEBT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-29 10:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN SP
04MADRID4515	REQUEST FOR COLLOCATION WAIVER FOR FAS OFFICES - [...] (SBU) In accordance with guidance provided in reference, Mission Spain RSO submits this formal request for a collocation waiver for the critically needed Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) offices. This new lease space is required and has been prompted by RSO concern for the existing buildin [...]	2004-11-29 16:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC
04MADRID4528	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GEORGE IMEL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to George Imel, Nuclear Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to Madrid, Spain from December 8-9, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a specialists meeting held by CIEMAT concerning the final muse [...]	2004-11-30 11:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA KNNP OTRA SP
04MADRID4547	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. MARGARET V. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Margaret V. Federline, Deputy Director, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and to Mr. James E. Kennedy, Technical Assistant, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, NMSS, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to travel [...]	2004-12-01 12:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA SP IAEA
04MADRID4548	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. MARGARET V. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Margaret V. Federline, Deputy Director, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and to Mr. James E. Kennedy, Technical Assistant, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, NMSS, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to travel [...]	2004-12-01 12:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA SP IAEA
04MADRID4603	VIRTUAL PRESENCE PROGRAM (VPP) IN [...] (SBU) Summary Embassy Madrid has decided to initiate Virtual Presence Programs (VPP) for Andalusia and the Basque country a one year trial basis. Charge initiated the Andalusia VPP concept while visiting Seville November 30-December 1. He hosted a well attended reception for the U.S. Davis [...]	2004-12-03 13:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL SP
04MADRID4612	CHAVEZ COURTS SPANISH SOCIALISTS;LEAVES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Spain November 21-23, in a trip that was touted by the Spanish government as primarily economic in nature. Chavez commenced his stay by stating that good relations with Spain "have become of strategic importance" and that he "welcomes the [...]	2004-12-03 16:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET ELAB EIND PHUM PREL MARR SP VE
04MADRID4627	WEEKEND BOMBINGS MASK DECLINING ETA CAPABILITIES [...] (C) Summary. ETA terrorists carried out twelve bombings in two sets of coordinated attacks during the December 3-6 holiday weekend in Spain. The bombs consisted of small devices and there were no fatalities, though 10-20 people sustained minor injuries. The first series of bombings took plac [...]	2004-12-09 08:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP
04MADRID4637	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LLOYD L. LOOPE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lloyd L. Loope, Research Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain from December 13-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate at the convention on Biological Diversity. 2. Embassy u [...]	2004-12-09 10:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KSCA TBIO TPHY OTRA SP
04MADRID4638	VIRTUAL PRESENCE PROGRAM (VPP) IN SEVILLE/ANDALUSIA INITIATED [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid has decided to initiate Virtual Presence Programs (VPP) for Andalusia and the Basque country on a one year trial basis. Charge initiated the Andalusia VPP concept while visiting Seville November 30 - December 1. He hosted a well attended reception for the U.S. Da [...]	2004-12-09 10:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL
04MADRID4657	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN [...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Attorney General Ashcroft and his team on December 17 for the signing of the bilateral protocol to the multilateral MLAT (REF A) and a meeting with Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar. We have incorporated the new arri [...]	2004-12-10 07:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP CASC KCRM KJUS PREL SP EUN
04MADRID4677	SPAIN: CHARGE MEETS WITH CHIEF OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Spanish Chief of Defense General Felix Sanz December 9. Sanz said he will do all in his power to strengthen U.S./Spain military ties. He agreed it was not useful talk about whether the military relationship between the two countries is "balanced," rather Spain' [...]	2004-12-10 16:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID4713	ALLEGED ISLAMIC TERRORIST PLAN TO LAUNCH [...] (U) The American Embassy Spain Emergency Action Committee met on December 14, 2004, in response to REFTEL in order to assess the current situation and exchange perspectives on the possible threat. 2. (S) The EAC noted that parts of the information were relatively specific such as the para [...]	2004-12-15 10:43:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PTER ASEC CASC
04MADRID4734	SUMMER 2005 INTERN PROGRAM [...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Summer 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - eight - one for the Economic Section, one for the Political Section, two for the Managemen [...]	2004-12-16 12:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID4745	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM KILMARTIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Kilmartin, Department of Energy , National Nuclear Security Administration, to travel to Madrid, Spain from December 19-23, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to support the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Spain to coop [...]	2004-12-17 14:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID4793	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 14:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SP EFIN
04MADRID4803	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 14:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SP EFIN
04MADRID4827	LOCAL NGO PRESSURES SPAIN ON CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. On 12/21, Poloff met with Rafael Rubio, head of the Spanish NGO "Cuba en Transicion" (Cuba in Transition),a human rights organization dedicated to raising public awareness in Spain about human rights abuses in Cuba. Rubio, who generally works with the Popular Party (PP) but has [...]	2004-12-22 14:52:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SP
04MADRID4831	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA MARIA CHAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Maria Chan, Team Leader, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, DHHS to travel to Valencia, January 22-26, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting and be a speaker at the Fundacion Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, 1s [...]	2004-12-22 16:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID4832	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Edward Kilmartin from the National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, to travel to Madrid, December 19-23 to attend the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Spain to coop [...]	2004-12-22 16:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
04MADRID4840	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID OFFICIALS ADOLFO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to AID/AA/LAC Adolfo A. Franco, Assistant Administrator and David Mutchler, Cuba Senior Advisor, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, January 8-12. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Please provide an agenda of the me [...]	2004-12-23 13:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP USAID
04MADRID4889	SPAIN CIVAIR: FILING OF U.S. CARRIER SCHEDULES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-29 16:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SP
04MADRID490	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARTA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance Dr. Marta Leon-Monzon, Health Science Administrator, Office of AIDS Research, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Valencia March 9-13 to participate as a keynote speaker and a round table discussant in the Conference "Aids and Drugs" at the [...]	2004-02-12 16:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA KHIV SP
04MADRID513	BIOTECH OUTREACH PROPOSAL: HIGHLIGHTING SPAIN'S BT [...] In response to reftel, Embassy's Biotechnology Working Group would like to propose creating a video to record and widely disseminate Spain's positive experience with planting and commercializing Bt corn. While local estimates for executing our project proposal are likely too high to be comple [...]	2004-02-13 12:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TBIO TSPL ETRD SENV EAGR KPAL SP
04MADRID517	SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (U) As directed in REFTEL, the following responses constitute the SEPQ for Mission Spain. The responses will directly correlate in sequence with the questions asked. All questions and responses have been coordinated with the appropriate Emergency Action Committee (EAC). 2. (SBU) POLITI [...]	2004-02-13 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER
04MADRID520	ENCOURAGING SPAIN TO PURSUE BUSINESS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. With continued "bad press" over the lack of Iraq reconstruction-related contracts for Spanish firms, we met with Ministry of Economy's Director General for Commercial Policy Carlos Jimenez to share lessons learned reftel. Our overtures were welcome, but we also received a clear [...]	2004-02-13 15:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP
04MADRID553	Spanish Film Campaign: Promotion or Protectionism? [...] Spain's film industry has kicked off 2004 with a campaign aimed at promoting Spanish films by belittling those "made in the USA." Despite the campaign's anti-American tone, there's no need for Hollywood to worry yet. GOS policy, as voiced by President Aznar, suggests that the introduction of m [...]	2004-02-18 08:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON SP
04MADRID564	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAMARRE AND HANSEN, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Andre Lamarre and Dale Hansen FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors, to travel to Madrid, February 23-27 to conduct maintenance on a U.S. registered aircraft. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT ASSESSMENT: In [...]	2004-02-18 15:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID572	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC SUSAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Goldstein, Epidemiologist, DVH, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Seville, March 10-13 to attend the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board meeting and present a paper "Hepatitis B Vaccine Booster Doses: Current CDC Recommendations." 2. Embass [...]	2004-02-19 09:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID573	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA ATCHER AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert W. Atcher and Mario Ruben Perez from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona and the islands of Mallorca March 6-21 to conduct site visits with organizations involved in energy production, pollution control, meet with U.S [...]	2004-02-19 11:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID574	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Michael Mustaleski, DPE/NNSA/DPTRAV funded traveler, to travel to Madrid, March 7-11 to give a presentation and discussions on international technical standards at the 15th Technical Sessions on Welding Conference. 2. Embassy underst [...]	2004-02-19 11:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID575	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Cornelia M. Verspoor from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Granada, March 27-April 1, to make a scientific preentation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT ASSESSMENT: In general, Spain is s [...]	2004-02-19 11:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID601	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OES/OMC COLIN MCIFF [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to OES/OMC Colin McIff to travel to Madrid February 22-26 to attend a meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Fisheries Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Network. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]	2004-02-20 16:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV EFIS SP
04MADRID604	SPANISH HOUSING COSTS: A GROWING ECONOMIC AND [...] SUMMARY: Recent public opinion polls show that rising housing prices are a serious concern of the Spanish public. Between 1997 and 2002, housing prices rose 78% in real terms. A hot real estate market based on strong demand and low interest rates has fed the sharp increase. Government regul [...]	2004-02-20 17:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV SP
04MADRID605	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC MARGARET [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Margaret Villarino, Medical Officer, DTBE, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS to travel to Barcelona March 7-12 to attend the "Red Espanola de Salud Publica" workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT ASSESSMENT: In g [...]	2004-02-20 17:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TBIO SP
04MADRID611	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NMFS ROBIN TUTTLE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USDOC/NOAA/NMFS employee Robin Tuttle, Foreign Affairs Specialist to travel to Madrid February 20-29 to attend the Executive Committee of the International Network for the Cooperation and Coordination of Fish Monitoring. 2. Embassy understa [...]	2004-02-23 09:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
04MADRID652	SPAIN CIVAIR: FILING OF FINAL U.S. CARRIER SUMMER [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-25 17:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SP
04MADRID660	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOANNE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joanne Fertig, Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Treatment and Recovery Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, to travel to Cordoba March 23-31 to present a paper, "Treatment of Alcohol and Tobacco Depe [...]	2004-02-26 15:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID661	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ELIZABETH [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Elizabeth Fee, Chief, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, NIH, to travel to Barcelona March 14-17 to attend a meeting of the Coordination Working Group of the Joint Learning Initiative. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]	2004-02-26 15:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID662	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALFREDO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alfredo Martinez, Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid March 21-25 to give a presentation on Adrenomedullin and Factor H Knockout Mice at the Cajal Institute of Neurobiology. 2. Embassy understands that n [...]	2004-02-26 15:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID663	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARK [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mark Hallett, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona March 25-28 to give a lecture, "Brain Plasticity and Recovery from Stroke: General Principles," at the Motor Learning B [...]	2004-02-26 15:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID671	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SERGI FERRE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sergi Ferre, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona March 29-April 8 to conduct collaborative research at the University of Barcelona. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3 [...]	2004-02-27 09:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID672	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC BOND, MILLER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas H. Bond, Dean R. Miller and Mark G. Potapczuk from the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) to travel to Madrid April 1-2 to meet with Alejandro Feo for discussions on Icing Research by Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial (INTA). 2 [...]	2004-02-27 09:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID696	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. FINBARR SLOANE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Finbarr Sloane, Program Officer for the Division of Research, Evaluation, and Communication from the National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to El Escorial February 29-March 4 to participate in a NSF funded Organization for Economic Co [...]	2004-03-01 14:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SP NSF
04MADRID702	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA KYLE L. OLSEN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kyle L. Olsen, Manager, Continued Operational Program, ANM-104, FAA, Renton, Washington to travel to Barcelona March 13-20 to attend Flight Safety Foundation, Aviation Safety Seminar and JAA Joint Safety Team (JSSI) meetings. 2. Embassy und [...]	2004-03-01 16:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID703	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DAVID J. BRILES [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David J. Briles, Safety Information Engineering and Analysis Division, ASY-100, FAA to travel to Barcelona March 16-21 to participate in meetings of the Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN) Government Support Team (GST) and the Joint Safe [...]	2004-03-01 16:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID718	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. CLIFTON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Clifton Bogardus, Chief, Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Granada March 2-10 to present a talk, "The Natural Histories of Diabetes and how [...]	2004-03-02 15:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID719	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA AMY RISPIN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Amy Rispin, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to travel to Madrid, March 22-28 to attend a meeting on the OECD Classification of Chronic Aquatic Hazards. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]	2004-03-02 15:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP
04MADRID720	SPAIN - ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 16:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP
04MADRID723	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. COHEN AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH/FIC Dr. Leonardo Cohen, Senior Investigator, Human Cortical Physiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; and Dr. Okihide Hikosaka, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Instit [...]	2004-03-03 08:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID735	URGING HONDURAS TO TABLE CUBA RESOLUTION AT UN [...] (C) DCM discussed reftel demarche March 3 with Spanish President Aznar's National Security Advisor Alberto Carnero. Carnero undertook to draw President Aznar's attention immediately to our request that Aznar urge his Honduran counterpart, whom he will meet Friday, March 5 along with other Ce [...]	2004-03-03 17:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SP
04MADRID748	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USNRC SYED, PHILIP, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ali Syed, Senior Technical Advisor; Jacob Philip, Geotechnical Engineer; Michael F. Hessheimer and Dan Naus, Engineers of Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Madrid March 13-20 to participate in the CSNI/R [...]	2004-03-04 15:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ENRG TRGY SP TECH
04MADRID749	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC CINDY DOHERTY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Cindy Doherty, Pharmacist, DTBE, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona March 7-13 to attend the "Red Espanola de Salud Publica," an infectious disease and immigration workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]	2004-03-04 17:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID750	DASD BRZEZINSKI DISCUSSES NATO NON-FUNDING OF [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for European and NATO policy Ian Brzezinski met February 26 with Ministry of Defense officials in Madrid to discuss the NATO Security Investment Program,s (NSIP) funding of Spanish air defense systems and Spain's blockage of NATO infrastructure [...]	2004-03-04 17:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID763	OPPORTUNITIES IN SPAIN'S GROWING ENERGY MARKET [...] SUMMARY: Since joining the EU in 1986, Spain has experienced dramatic industrialization and economic development. Along with development, energy consumption has skyrocketed and shows no sign of abating. These developments bring challenges for a country that is now emitting greenhouse gasse [...]	2004-03-05 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG BTIO EPET SP
04MADRID770	DRAFT REVISION OF CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET FOR [...] UPDATE OF CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET FOR SPAIN AND ANDORRA: 2. COUNTRY DESCRIPTIONS: Spain and Andorra are both highly developed and stable democracies with modern economies. Spain is a member of the European Union. Additional information on Spain may be obtained from the Tourist Office [...]	2004-03-05 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID772	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David S. Johnson, Research Economist, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for travel to Madrid March 25-28 to present a paper at a conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. TH [...]	2004-03-05 17:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA SP
04MADRID774	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USSEC RANDALL ROY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to United States Securities and Exchange Commission (USSEC) official Randall Roy, Special Counsel, to travel to Madrid March 4-8 to attend a meeting being hosted by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO): IOSCO Standing [...]	2004-03-08 08:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SP
04MADRID776	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOE LINDA GUNTER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Department of Energy official Linda Gunter, Acting Associate Director, Nuclear Cycle Technology, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology to travel to Madrid March 30-April 2 to attend the Nuclear Energy Institute's World Nuclear Fu [...]	2004-03-08 11:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OTRA TRGY KSCA KNNP SP
04MADRID782	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA FRANCIS GUIDRY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Francis Guidry, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, DHHS/FDA to travel to Reus and Toledo March 26-April 2 to conduct an inspection of Taiber in Reus and of Madespa in Toledo. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]	2004-03-08 14:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID817	SPANISH NATIONAL ELECTIONS: VIEWS BEYOND MADRID [...] (C) Summary: Spanish regional leaders in Valencia, Asturias, Andalucia and Extremadura from both the Socialist and Popular Parties believe the Popular Party will gain the most seats in the March 14 national elections. But most of them - except for two Socialist party members in regional Soci [...]	2004-03-10 12:19:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID818	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOHN COUSE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. John Couse, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH to travel to Mallorca March 29-April 2 to attend a talk at the International Cluster of Research into Endocrine Disruption in Europe Workshop. 2. [...]	2004-03-10 13:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID819	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LUIS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Luis M. Rocha from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Granada March 26-31 to attend the Biocreative Workshop and present a work titled "Fuzzy Consensus for Inter-Agent Negotiation." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...]	2004-03-10 13:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID820	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BERNARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Bernard Moss, Chief, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH to travel to Madrid April 22-25 to present a seminar, "Reverse Genetic Approaches to Understanding Poxviruses," at the Second Centr [...]	2004-03-10 13:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID828	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV ANDREW [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Andrew W. Erickson from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Barcelona March 11-20 to complete the EMBA Program through UNM in accordance with LANL AM409.08 Policy. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THRE [...]	2004-03-11 13:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID830	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA BRIAN MONTAGUE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA official Brian Montague, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) to travel to Madrid March 23-27 to attend the OECD Classification of Chronic Aquatic Hazards Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]	2004-03-11 13:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP
04MADRID831	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL GERARD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerard Holzmann, employee from the California Institute of Technology working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Barcelona March 30-April 4 to give a presentation at the 11th International Spin Workshop on Model Checking of [...]	2004-03-11 13:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA SP
04MADRID838	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING (EAC) - EMBASSY [...] (U) In response to the multiple train bombings in Madrid on the morning of March 11, the Ambassador chaired a full EAC meeting to discuss the impact and implications, if any, on the Embassy personnel and facilities as a result of the bombings. Highlights of some general and operational conti [...]	2004-03-11 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC
04MADRID841	Spanish Customs Administration [...] This cable contains responses to reftel cable re: EU member state customs regimes. Responses are queued to questions listed in reftel para 6. We collected the information during routine visits with Customs and business contacts. A. CUSTOMS PROCEDURES The formal procedure is comprised of t [...]	2004-03-12 09:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SP ETRD EU WTO USTR
04MADRID850	SPAIN'S UNITED LEFT (IU) PARTY: A DECLINING FORCE [...] (SBU) Note: This message was planned prior to the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid as a feature of Embassy's advance reporting on Spain's March 14 elections. It provides a snapshot of the United Left Party, one of Spain's smaller, but still significant political parties. End note. 2. [...]	2004-03-12 15:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP
04MADRID854	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NTSB ROBERT M. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert M. Macintosh, Jr., Chief Advisor, International Safety Affairs, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB),to travel to Barcelona March 14-18 to participate in the Flight Safety Foundation European Aviation Safety Seminar (EASS). 2 [...]	2004-03-12 16:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR SP
04MADRID860	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS HAROLD R. NEWMAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harold R. Newman, Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Madrid March 26-April 10 to attend the 17th Industrial Minerals International Congress. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. THREAT [...]	2004-03-12 17:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON EMIN SENV SP
04MADRID861	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA ROBERT A. NESTER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert A. Nester, Aircrew Program Manager, American Trans Air (ATA),Indianapolis Flight Standards District Office, to travel to various places in Spain March 23-26 to perform surveillance activities related to assigned work program consisting [...]	2004-03-12 17:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID862	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDINT/FWS LOUIS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to LOuis Ballard, Fish and Wildlife Service Official, Department of Interior to travel to Cordoba April 17-23 to present a paper on Fire Planning and Development Effort to an international conference designed for Fire Planners. 2. Embassy unde [...]	2004-03-12 17:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID868	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USNRC COMMISSIONER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USNRC Commissioner Jeffrey S. Merrified; Mr. John Thoma, the Commissioner's Technical Assistant for Materials; Mr. William Borchardt, Deputy Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; Mr. John Greeves, Director of the Division of Was [...]	2004-03-15 08:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG TRGY OVIP SP
04MADRID881	SPANISH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NEW SOCIALIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Well before the March 14 general elections, Socialist Workers' Party of Spain (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero made clear that if elected he would refocus Spanish foreign policy away from the primacy of the transatlantic link and toward Spain,s traditional EU partners [...]	2004-03-15 14:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID891	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. PETER [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH/FIC Dr. Peter Silverman, Health Scientist Administrator, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),NIH, to travel to Cordoba March 20-28 to present a paper: "Treatment of Alcohol and Tobacco Dependence in the United States [...]	2004-03-15 16:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID894	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOE HARFORD [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH/FIC Dr. Jose Harford, Director, Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid March 24-26 to meet with the Ministry of Health to discuss U.S.-Spanish interactions regarding health. 2. Embassy under [...]	2004-03-16 08:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY TBIO OTRA SP
04MADRID901	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FINCEN BAITY AND SHOWELL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Director William Baity and Country Desk Officer Jennifer Showell, Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN),to travel to Madrid March 21-24 to attend meetings hosted by Spain's Financial Intelligence Unit, SEP [...]	2004-03-16 15:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL SNAR SP PTER
04MADRID952	FALL 2004 INTERN PROGRAM [...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Fall 2004 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - six - one for the Political Section, one for the Management Section, two for Public Affairs [...]	2004-03-18 14:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID960	DEALING WITH ZAPATERO: AN INEXPERIENCED BUT [...] (C) Summary: This message provides initial embassy thinking on how to deal with President-Elect Zapatero in the lead up to his government's formation and the early stages of his administration. Zapatero has no experience in administration or foreign affairs. He is likely to be a difficult but [...]	2004-03-18 18:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP PSOE
04MADRID961	WHO ARE THE SPANISH SOCIALISTS? [...] (C) Summary: The Socialist Workers Party of Spain (PSOE),surprise victor in March 14 elections, is a center-left party in the European social democrat tradition. Since the end of the Franco regime and the beginning of Spain's modern democracy in 1977, PSOE has generally advocated comprehensive soc [...]	2004-03-18 18:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP PSOE
04MADRID974	AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH POSSIBLE NEW SPANISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Argyros had a cordial discussion March 22 with Miguel Angel Moratinos, reported to be the leading candidate to serve as Foreign Minister under the government of Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Moratinos stressed Zapatero,s appreci [...]	2004-03-22 19:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
04MADRID986	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA TIMOTHY W. STANTON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Timothy W. Stanton to travel to Madrid March 27-31 to conduct a focused inspection at Transmeridian Airlines D091 substantial maintenance provider, Iberia Lineas Aereas. 2. As requested reftel reservations have been made at the Hotel Me [...]	2004-03-23 10:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SP
04MADRID987	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOE MARK DELWICHE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Delwiche, Senior Scientist, and Frederick Colwell, Consulting Scientist with Bechtel B&W Idaho, a contractor to Idaho Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy, to travel to Barcelona April 15-24 to speak at the Ocean Drilling Program L [...]	2004-03-23 11:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
04MADRID990	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BASSETT [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brant Bassett, Professional Staff Member House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI),to travel to Spain for the period March 24-26 on matters of concern to the Committee. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is ORA Managem [...]	2004-03-23 14:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UK GM SP
04MADRID995	TERRORISM FINANCE: MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR [...] (C) Summary. Spain has been a strong ally in the fight against terrorism finance. That said, the GOS has not always been as pro-active as we believe they could and should be in this fight. While Spain passed bold new laws after September 11 providing the government with administrative author [...]	2004-03-24 11:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER SP
04MANAGUA1791	CODEL SHELBY VISIT TO NICARAGUA, JULY 1-3 [...] Embassy Managua warmly welcomes the visit of Senator Richard Shelby, Dr. Annette Shelby, and accompanying congressional delegation members to travel to Nicaragua July 1 - 3, 2004. 2. CODEL Control Officer will be acting Economic Counselor Eric Luftman (office phone 011-505-266-6010 x 454 [...]	2004-06-18 12:47:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NU

04MANAMA1020	BAHRAINI HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GRATEFUL FOR [...] Twenty Bahraini high school students and their families gathered at the American Cultural and Education Center (ACEC) on June 23 to receive Certificates of Award for the Micro Scholarship for English language study funded by R and administered by the post. Charg d'Affaires Molly Williamson p [...]	2004-06-29 12:07:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
04MANAMA1060	THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR LINE ON TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) CDA Molly Williamson, PMIL and RSO met for 90 minutes with Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid and Brigadier General Zayani Saturday July 3, 2004 at 1100 to discuss cooperation on counter-terrorism and security issues. COMMENT: King Hamad and his advisors have done the calculus on [...]	2004-07-06 05:20:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ALOW ASEC BA PREL PTER
04MANAMA1064	MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN PRINCE AND COMMANDER-IN- [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 08:22:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1067	LETTER FROM KING HAMAD TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 09:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC AMGT BA
04MANAMA1069	MESSAGE FROM SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 09:43:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1070	ESSAGE FROM SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 09:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1073	MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN PRINCE AND COMMANDER-IN- [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 13:52:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1103	MESSAGE FROM SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-12 10:59:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1115	BAHRAIN WOMEN'S SOCIETY - SUPPORTING WOMEN AND [...] SUMMARY. The Bahrain Women's Society (BWS) has emerged as a leader among Bahrain's NGOs. Through its highly successful outreach programs BWS enables women to assume leading roles in society, and increase social awareness of issues relating to children, education and the environment. This gr [...]	2004-07-14 08:09:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM KMPI OEXC BA
04MANAMA1175	BAHRAIN - JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-25 10:25:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV BA OPIC
04MANAMA1200	MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH IN BAHRAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bahrain is an Islamic state with a population that is 98 percent Muslim. Bahraini contacts have discussed the potential of a possible shift towards conservatism in Bahrain. However, some groups, such as Beit Al Qura,an, the Bahrain Women,s Society, and the Bahrain Youth Forum Soc [...]	2004-07-28 13:37:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA EAID KDEM KPAO OEXC OIIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL
04MANAMA1228	BAHRAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES DOD SCHOOL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa stressed to Charge during an August 4 meeting the need to find a way to work together to keep the most important cultural tie, the Department of Defense Bahrain School, operational. Shaikh Mohammed conveyed GOB's offe [...]	2004-08-04 17:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAIR ETRD BA IZ
04MANAMA1235	BAHRAIN AGREES TO CANCEL THIRD SUPPLEMENT OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-08 05:31:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA BA
04MANAMA1275	8,000 BAHRAINIS PEACEFULLY PROTEST US OPERATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bahrain's Shi'a leadership organized a march in which 8,000 Bahrainis peacefully protested US military actions in Najaf and other holy cities of Iraq. Representing Parliament, Sunni Council of Representatives (COR) Chairman Ahmed Khalifa Al Dahrani issued a public statement exp [...]	2004-08-15 13:40:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC ALOW PGOV KDEM KWMN IZ BA
04MANAMA128	DCM RETURNS FROM NAJAF AND ENGAGES BAHRAINI [...] To further post's goal of convincing Bahraini audiences about U.S. goals in Iraq, PAS Manama arranged tailored media events for DCM Ford, who recently returned to Bahrain from a three month rotation as the CPA Governorate Coordinator in Najaf. Bahrain is a small island and many Embassy contac [...]	2004-01-27 13:50:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KMDR KPAO BA
04MANAMA1319	HOT TIME, SUMMER IN THE CITY: BAHRAIN COPES WITH [...] (C) Bahrain experienced a nationwide blackout that lasted up to 15 hours in some neighborhoods. Minister of Electricity and Water (MEW) Shaikh Abdullah bin Salman Khalid Al Khalifa attributed the blackout to an unexpected massive power surge from the nation's aluminum manufacturer ALBA. Prim [...]	2004-08-24 15:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV ASEC BA
04MANAMA1337	CODEL MILLER DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM, IRAQ, [...] (C) Codel Miller met with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa August 22 and discussed the domestic security situation, status of counter-terrorism laws in Bahrain, Iraq, the military confrontation in Najaf, U.S. public outreach efforts in the Middle East, Arab-Israeli relations, A [...]	2004-08-28 15:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON ETRD BA IZ
04MANAMA1353	INITIATIVE TO FACILITATE BUSINESS TRAVEL [...] Post's Consular Section accepts walk-in applications and issues same day visas. Applicants generally wait less than two hours from the time they walk in to apply for the visa to the time they walk out with their visas in hand. 2. Although Post does not have an appointment system, the Con [...]	2004-08-30 12:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS BEXP ETRD
04MANAMA1357	MINSTATE ABDUL GHAFFAR DISCUSSES SECURITY, [...] (C) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar August 30 to discuss priority issues in the bilateral relationship. Regarding the security situation in Bahrain, the Ambassador, stating that he had learned that the judge had granted a [...]	2004-08-31 11:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ECON ETRD BA
04MANAMA1360	RECEIPT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING VISIT TO [...] (SBU) As mentioned during the Ambassador's August 30 meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar (septel),the Embassy received the following diplomatic note August 30. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of Diplomatic Note MOS-140 Dated August 30, 2004: The Ministry o [...]	2004-08-31 14:26:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR ASEC PREL PTER BA
04MANAMA1383	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (C) DEMONSTRATIONS A. Yes B. Yes C. Yes D. 500-4,000 E. Yes, anti-American demonstrations are usually triggered by US Military Action or US Foreign Policy. F. In the last 12 months, some demonstrations have at times become violent. Numerous incidents of rock throwing and physical [...]	2004-09-08 11:42:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
04MANAMA1388	BAHRAINI TENDER BOARD BRINGS TRANSPARENCY TO [...] (U) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of State and Chairman of the Tenders Board Abdul Hussein Ali Mirza on September 6, discussed the upcoming Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA),and reviewed the recently implemented tender process. The Ambassador noted that the FTA would [...]	2004-09-08 14:28:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL BA
04MANAMA1409	USUN AMBASSADOR SIV VISIT - 59TH UNGA [...] (C) On September 7, US Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and Coordinator of the US delegation to the UN General Assembly Sichan Siv met with GOB officials and parliamentarians to discuss the United States' five UN General Assembly priorities (Reftel). ----------- [...]	2004-09-13 14:57:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PGOV BA ECOSOC UNGA
04MANAMA1422	MINISTER OF OIL DISCUSSES PETROLEUM SECTOR WITH [...] (C) Minister of Oil Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa told the Ambassador September 6 that U.S. companies have participated successfully in the development of Bahrain's petroleum and petrochemicals sector, and he looks forward to continued cooperation with the U.S. He stated that his primary concern is [...]	2004-09-15 09:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET BA PROG
04MANAMA1453	MESSAGES FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (U) On September 15, 2004, post received letters of congratulations from Prime Minister Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa to President Bush and Vice President Cheney on the signing of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement. Original documents are being sent by pouch to the desk. 2. (U) Begin t [...]	2004-09-21 11:56:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1454	MESSAGE FROM THE KING TO PRESIDENT BUSH ON FTA [...] (U) On September 15, 2004, post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs covering a telegram from King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa to President Bush on the signing of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement. Original document is being sent by pouch to the desk. Begin text [...]	2004-09-21 11:58:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1465	COMMERCE MINISTER CALLS FTA A TURNING POINT [...] The Ambassador met with Minister of Commerce Ali Bin Saleh Al Saleh on September 15 to discuss the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the potential for increased cooperation between U.S. and Bahraini businesses. Al Saleh noted that this year had been a "turning point" in the U.S.-Ba [...]	2004-09-22 15:08:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PGOV ETRD BA
04MANAMA1466	PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING MINISTER: PLATE IS FULL [...] Ambassador met with Minister of Housing and Public Works Fahmi Bin Ali Al Jowder on September 8 to discuss new and ongoing projects, the Ministry,s experience with U.S. business partners and potential opportunities for U.S. business as a result of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). While officia [...]	2004-09-22 15:09:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BEXP MARR BA
04MANAMA1467	SCENESETTER FOR COMBATANT COMMANDER CENTRAL [...] (S) General Abizaid, we look forward to seeing you in Bahrain. We have asked for calls on the King, Crown Prince, and the Defense Minister apart from your attendance at the Disaster Preparedness Conference. Since your last visit here, the travel warning has been lifted and the DOD Bahrain S [...]	2004-09-22 15:19:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV BA
04MANAMA1469	BAHRAIN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TRANSPORTATION [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Minister of Transportation Sheikh Ali Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa on September 8 to discuss efforts to expand and manage Bahrain,s transportation infrastructure. Al Khalifa,s portfolio also includes civil aviation as well as telecommunications, postal services and pub [...]	2004-09-25 12:41:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA BEXP EAIR ECON PREL
04MANAMA1487	MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER UPDATES ON [...] (U) The Minister of Electricity and Water Shaikh Abdulla bin Salman Al Khalifa discussed with the Ambassador on September 20 Bahrain's water supply and the investigation into the recent national electricity blackout. Shaikh Abdulla stated that Bahrain's aquifer is becoming increasingly salty. [...]	2004-09-28 07:24:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BA ENGR
04MANAMA1516	GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES REGIONAL SITUATION WITH [...] (C) Commander U.S. Central Command General Abizaid met with King Hamad, Crown Prince Salman, and Defense Minister Khalifa on September 27 to discuss Iraq and the upcoming elections there, the need for full Sunni participation in the election, Iranian interference in Iraq, and the situations in [...]	2004-10-02 14:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER BA IZ IR
04MANAMA1524	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO [...] (S) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome you to Bahrain. While the genesis of your trip is meeting with Operation Iraqi Freedom coalition Ministers of Defense on the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, your visit comes at an important time in our bilateral relationship with Bahrain. The mil-mil re [...]	2004-10-04 15:26:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER ECON OVIP BA
04MANAMA1566	CROWN PRINCE TO CNO: BAHRAIN SCHOOL IS ASSET FOR [...] (C) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Vernon Clark met with Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defense Force Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa on October 10 and discussed the status of the Bahrain School, a review of U.S. naval presence in the region, terrorism and the [...]	2004-10-13 16:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER BA
04MANAMA1619	SURVEY OF PARLIAMENTARY BLOCS [...] (SBU) The Council of Representatives (COR - lower house of parliament) October 9 opened for its third parliamentary session since the adoption of the 2002 constitution. In the absence of political parties, which are still illegal, the forty members have formed six blocs based upon common int [...]	2004-10-25 11:09:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR BA
04MANAMA162	ENAGING YOUNGER BAHRAINIS WITH ROCK AND ROLL [...] PAS Manama engaged younger and more diverse Bahraini audiences by programming American rock `n' roll band "Circus Guy" from January 14-18, 2004. Circus Guy's program included performing live on Radio Bahrain's popular weekend music and interview program, an acoustic performance for critically [...]	2004-02-08 07:05:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
04MANAMA1663	BAHRAIN: REPASCH CANDIDACY FOR RE-ELECTION TO UN [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief October 30 delivered reftel demarche concerning Thomas Repasch's candidacy for re-election to the UN Joint Staff Pension Committee to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho was particularly interested in the geographic distribution of [...]	2004-11-02 15:15:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL BA UNGA
04MANAMA1669	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN PRINCE TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-06 10:31:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1684	BAHRAIN SCHOOL: PRESERVE THE DOD CONNECTION [...] (C) We now face, as we did last summer, an urgent decision regarding the DODEA-sponsored Bahrain School: should we continue to support it as a DODEA school, or should we begin the process of conversion to a more traditional international school. While the school does indeed fit the profile of [...]	2004-11-08 11:49:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASCH AMGT BA
04MANAMA1691	BAHRAINI JOURNALIST DESCRIBES FOREIGN PRESS CENTER [...] Abbas Busafwan, Manama's participant in the Foreign Press Center's reporting tour about Arab American and other ethnic communities (May 16-29, 2004),told the APAO that the program had deepened his understanding about America and broadened his horizons. The reporting tour was his first visit [...]	2004-11-09 11:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KFPC KPAO BA
04MANAMA1695	EMBASSY MANAMA'S RAMADAN ACTIVITIES SHOWCASE [...] Embassy Manama's 2004 Ramadan activities follow: -- The Ambassador hosted a lively youth-oriented U.S. Elections Night "majlis" in his Residence on November 2. More than one hundred University of Bahrain students, NGO representatives, journalists, and government officials attended. Eleven [...]	2004-11-10 07:29:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
04MANAMA1707	SHOUTING MATCH ERUPTS IN PARLIAMENT OVER FALLUJAH [...] (U) Shia and Sunni deputies in the Council of Representatives (COR) engaged in a heated shouting match November 9 during debate over a statement condemning the U.S. attack in Fallujah. Twenty-four of the 40 COR members forwarded a written request to issue a statement to chairman Khalifa Al D [...]	2004-11-10 15:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BA IZ
04MANAMA1738	ARTICLE 98: BAHRAIN CONCERNED ABOUT PRESENTING [...] (U) This is an action message; please see para 6. 2. (C) Ambassador, noting that he had been called personally by Under Secretary Bolton on the subject, delivered reftel points on completing Article 98 agreements November 20 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. [...]	2004-11-22 12:07:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS MARR PREL BA KICC
04MANAMA1741	PROTESTS AGAINST MILITARY ACTION IN FALLUJAH DRAW [...] (U) Organizers had estimated that the two protests against U.S. and Iraqi military action in Fallujah would draw 10,000 people. In the end, only 350 people total took part in the November 19 demonstrations. Though Al Wifaq President and prominent Shia leader Ali Salman was at the front of on [...]	2004-11-22 13:21:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MOPS ASEC BA IZ
04MANAMA1745	SCENESETTER: KING HAMAD'S NOVEMBER 29 VISIT TO [...] (S) King Hamad requested to visit Washington to congratulate the President on his reelection, reaffirm Bahrain's strong support for U.S. Iraq policy and the war on terrorism, and consult with the President on Bahrain's hosting of the December 20 GCC Summit and outcomes the USG would like from [...]	2004-11-22 14:26:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC PHUM ECON ETRD BA
04MANAMA1759	SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENGLAND MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: MFA Minister of State Abdul Ghaffar told Secretary of the Navy England November 22 that the King will SIPDIS use his upcoming visit to Washington to stress to the President that Bahrain is proudly aligned with the U.S., and to remind the people of Bahrain that the people of the [...]	2004-11-24 12:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER ASEC BA
04MANAMA1760	MESSAGE FROM THE KING TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 12:43:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1761	SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENGLAND MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 12:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER MARR BA
04MANAMA1766	SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENGLAND'S MEETINGS WITH KING [...] (C) Secretary of the Navy Gordon England met with King Hamad and Crown Prince Salman November 23 and discussed the King's November 29 visit to Washington, Bahrain's counter-terrorism efforts, Iraq, and Iran. The King expressed his appreciation for the invitation to meet with the President an [...]	2004-11-25 14:11:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER ASEC BA IZ
04MANAMA1782	BAHRAIN: POST SUPPORT FOR MEPI PROGRAM IMPLEMENTERS [...] (U) Post appreciates this opportunity to provide feedback on our experiences working with MEPI implementers. For the most part our experience has been positive, however, we would like to see better coordination on implementer travel including advance notice and contact information for those a [...]	2004-11-29 13:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ECON KDEM KPAO PREL KMPI BA
04MANAMA1808	DRAFT LAW TO REGULATE PUBLIC GATHERINGS DRAWS [...] (SBU) A draft law on the regulation of public gatherings is drawing intense criticism from civil society and members of parliament alike. The proposed legislation establishes new regulations and bureaucratic hurdles for those seeking to organize public gatherings. Opponents of the measure sa [...]	2004-12-05 12:56:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BA
04MANAMA1814	SAUDI STATEMENT ON GCC BILATERAL AGREEMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Saudi FM Prince Saud, speaking at a conference in Bahrain December 5, criticized bilateral security and economic agreements between GCC countries and international powers. Bahrain quickly reacted publicly and privately. Publicly, it issued a statement defending its signing of th [...]	2004-12-06 11:39:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA GCC
04MANAMA1821	BAHRAIN: RESPONSE TO LETTER FROM SECRETARY POWELL [...] (U) Embassy Manama received the following response from Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifato Secretary Powell's letter on the Broader Middle East and SIPDIS North Africa (BMENA) meeting in Rabat via diplomatic note on December 6. 2. (U) Begin Text November 30 [...]	2004-12-07 12:20:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMPI KDEM KPAO OPDC BA
04MANAMA1867	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. DNSA Hadley praised Bahrain's leadership role in the G8 Broader Middle East reform initiative, and noted the President's desire [...]	2004-12-14 06:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM PGOV BA IR
04MANAMA1882	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. DNSA Hadley encouraged Saud to reach out to Iraqi Sunnis to participate in the January 30 elections. The Foreign Mini [...]	2004-12-15 12:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM PGOV SA IR SY IZ
04MANAMA1885	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (S) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Bin Alawi said that Oman is looking forward to negotiating a free trade agreement with t [...]	2004-12-15 12:34:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC ETRD ECON MU IR BA
04MANAMA1886	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Kuwaiti National Security Council President Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al Sabah December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Shaikh Sabah hailed the strong bilateral relationship and stated that Kuwaitis are [...]	2004-12-15 12:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER ASEC KU IZ IR SY BA
04MANAMA1891	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Australian Defense Minister Robert Hill December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Hill said that Australia is staying in the Iraq coalition and is looking at how its forces can be more useful. DNSA [...]	2004-12-15 12:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AU IZ BA
04MANAMA1924	Sports Programming Works [...] (U) The Bahraini reaction to the highly successful visit of former Georgetown University Basketball players Omari Faulkner and Courtland Freeman was summed up by the Bahrain's National Basketball Team coach: "More sports programs are needed to foster greater dialogue." The two Cultural Envoy [...]	2004-12-22 13:06:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SOCI OEXC KPAO BA
04MANAMA224	MESSAGE FROM BAHRAIN'S PRIME MINISTER TO SECRETARY [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-17 11:01:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT
04MANAMA235	CTAG COUNTRY AMBASSADORS SEE NO IMMEDIATE NEEDS IN [...] (U) CTAG Ambassadors in Bahrain agreed U.S. Embassy-led efforts are meeting key Bahraini needs, but they wondered if the April 2004 Formula One race event's security would be adequate. Over lunch at DCR February 17 with the Ambassadors from Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the Japanese [...]	2004-02-18 14:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ETTC EFIN ASEC PREL BEXP BA
04MANAMA252	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (S/NF) Manama reports no significant changes from the previous SEPQ of September 10, 2003. The threat environment for Bahrain and the region remains a significant concern for the EAC. The movement of terrorists and equipment from Saudi Arabia into Bahrain across the causeway poses the greatest [...]	2004-02-23 08:38:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
04MANAMA265	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY GROSSMAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Grossman, the American Embassy in Bahrain looks forward to your visit next week, and we know the Bahrainis will be anxious to talk to you about the Greater Middle East Initiative. Bahrain, a Major Non-NATO Ally, and the United States are long-time friends, and King Hamad is a parti [...]	2004-02-24 17:05:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD BA
04MANAMA268	JUSTICE MINISTER: MEPI JUDICIAL REFORM PROJECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Minister of Justice has decided that the MEPI-funded ABA judicial reform project should maintain a low profile to avoid criticism or friction from Muslim conservatives. He promised the Charge on February 23 that the ABA representatives would have full freedom to meet and c [...]	2004-02-25 09:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI KDEM KJUS PHUM PGOV BA
04MANAMA269	INSURANCE - BAHRAIN'S NEXT FINANCIAL SECTOR GROWTH [...] Bahrain has targeted insurance as its next financial growth market. It is revamping the regulatory regime to facilitate more competition and faster growth. Bahraini sources relate that based on market penetration (two percent of GDP),Bahrain is the Arab World's largest and most sophisticate [...]	2004-02-25 10:19:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN BA
04MANAMA272	GEARING UP FOR FTA ROUND TWO: STICKY ISSUES [...] FTA round one produced remarkable progress. Round two promises to be more difficult because negotiators will have to tackle sticky issues. Eliminating physical presence requirements and disclosure of judicial decisions will likely require extensive revision of local laws. Textiles, technol [...]	2004-02-26 11:16:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BA
04MANAMA278	MANAMA'S REQUEST FOR FY04 BFIF FUNDING [...] SUMMARY: Manama requests USD 7000 in funding from the FY04 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) to establish and equip a resource center for a new chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bahrain. END SUMMARY. 2. BACKGROUND: In FY03, BFIF supported AmCham Bahrain formation by f [...]	2004-02-28 14:05:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ABUD BA
04MANAMA28	SCENESETTER FOR USDOC ASSISTANT SECRETARY LASH [...] Our team at Embassy Manama welcomes the upcoming visit of Assistant Secretary Lash to Bahrain. I regret that I will not be here to meet you, but we are arranging an excellent program in my absence. Your visit will further strengthen ties between the Commerce Department and Bahrain, building [...]	2004-01-07 14:23:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON PREL BA IZ
04MANAMA280	MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISSA AL [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-29 06:42:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT
04MANAMA283	DEMOCRACY IS HARD WORK ... EVEN IN BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-01 11:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA
04MANAMA292	MICRO-SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDY [...] Post welcomes the micro-scholarships for English language study initiative outlined in reftel A. This program will assist post in raising the English language abilities of an important target audience. 2. Post's outline of plans to start up this program in Bahrain follow: -- Progra [...]	2004-03-06 05:02:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO KIRC BA
04MANAMA311	BMA REVIEWING OPENING OF LOCAL INSURANCE MARKET TO [...] Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) insurance regulators are looking carefully at the possibility of opening the local insurance market to U.S. competitors 24-30 months after an FTA entes into force, BMA Governor Shaikh Ahmed bin Muhammad Al-Khalifa told Charge on March 8. Small local brokers, he c [...]	2004-03-08 13:52:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD BA
04MANAMA322	NO SIGN OF MOVEMENT ON ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION [...] (C) Charge asked Bahraini MFA Minister of State on March 8 and the Foreign Minister on March 9 whether the GoB had determined how it wanted to move forward with implementing our signed Article 98 agreement. The Minister of State said the MFA lawyers still have not determined what legal mean [...]	2004-03-10 07:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS KTIA BA KICC
04MANAMA336	ISLAMISTS PULL THE PLUG ON TV SHOW DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the latest in a string of recent victories, Bahraini Islamists earlier this month compelled the Middle East Broadcasting Channel 2 (MBC 2) reality television show "Big Brother" to halt its production in Bahrain. The show's production team left Bahrain despite public support [...]	2004-03-11 07:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL BA
04MANAMA368	BAHRAIN AND ARTICLE 98: SLOW MOTION [...] (C) The Bahraini Government is still pondering what to do about bringing our signed Article 98 agreement into effect. Charge on March 16 again asked the MFA Minister of State whether the Government would agree to a confidential exchange of notes. The Minister, clearly annoyed that Charge w [...]	2004-03-16 14:56:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIA KICC BA JUS
04MANAMA375	SUPPORT FOR GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE IN [...] (SBU) Following U/S Grossman's visit to Bahrain on 3/3/04, Charg was invited by Al-Wasat Newspaper, to participate in a discussion forum about the Greater Middle East Initiative on 3/14/04. The forum was attended by a cross section of Bahrainis representing academia, business, media, and go [...]	2004-03-17 14:00:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMDR PGOV KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA378	SIX SHARIA COURT JUDGES GET SACKED [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a move that could boost the rule of law and protect women's rights, the Justice Minister summarily sacked six Shari'a court judges. This is unprecedented. Although the press reported the firings, no reasons for the dismissals were provided. The Justice Minister asked our M [...]	2004-03-17 15:37:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PHUM KWMN KMPI BA
04MANAMA399	MEPI'S "MY ARABIC LIBRARY" - BAHRAIN MINISTRY [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/PI; please see para 6. 2. (U) PAO has met twice with senior Ministry of Education officials in Bahrain about the MEPI Arabic language early reading book program (on February 22 and March 16). The Assistant Undersecretary for Curriculum and Trainin [...]	2004-03-23 13:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC SCUL KMPI KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA402	BAHRAIN NOT TRANSFERRING OLD IRAQI ACCOUNT FUNDS [...] (C) Bahrain will not promptly transfer approximately USD 47 million in funds from old Iraqi-owned bank deposits to the United Nations Development Fund for Iraq (DFI),Finance Minister Saif told Charge on March 20. Charge had urged Saif that the issue had been outstanding since the summer of [...]	2004-03-24 12:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA EFIN IZ PREL
04MANAMA403	MFA MINSTATE ASKS FOR TIME ON ARTICLE 98 [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 12:26:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER BA KICC
04MANAMA404	BAHRAINI CROWN PRINCE SAYS SHEIKH YASSIN KILLING [...] (C) Bahraini Crown Prince Sheikh Salman told CENTCOM's General Abizaid March 24 that the killing of Sheikh Yassin was a setback to those in the Arab World who want more and faster reforms. Notably, he said the Bahraini Government (still the chair of the Arab League) has heard that the Tunis [...]	2004-03-24 12:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA KISL PREL
04MANAMA409	VIGILANTES ATTACK RESTAURANT IN NAME OF MORALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. For the second time in two weeks, mobs of Shi'a youths ransacked on March 17 a place of "unethical practices," destroying an upscale restaurant known to serve alcohol. Similar to last week's unruly mob that broke into private residences identified as vice dens in two Shi'a nei [...]	2004-03-25 09:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS ASEC PGOV KISL BA
04MANAMA414	DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. EMBASSY BAHRAIN [...] SUMMARY: On 26 March 2004, approximately 400 to 500 individuals staged a demonstration outside of the US Embassy Manama, Bahrain, purportedly to protest the killing of Sheikh Yassin by the Israeli Government. The demonstrators held a short peaceful demonstration in the immediate vicinity of [...]	2004-03-27 12:23:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW ASEC BA CASC PTER
04MANAMA431	BAHRAINI VIEWS ON IRAQ: WONDERING ABOUT IRAQI [...] (S) Summary: Bahrain's King Hamad remains concerned about the extent of Shia and Iranian influence in Iraq but is strongly supportive of our efforts there. His son the Crown Prince urged us to take care with the de-Baathification process to avoid alienating Iraqi Sunnis. The King and Crown [...]	2004-03-29 14:22:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL IZ BA
04MANAMA432	KING ON MARCH 27 ANNOUNCES GOVERNMENT TO TAKE [...] (S) Summary: Worried about potential protests on the eve of the April 4 Formula One race event, the King Hamed announced on March 27 that the Government would not tolerate lawbreaking or acts of violence. Many observers and leading businessmen, recalling a recent bank robbery and attacks on [...]	2004-03-29 15:35:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ASEC BA PINS
04MANAMA444	MEPI FY 2004 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (U) Post's MEPI working group met on March 23 to review ref A. The following is the Mission's response. CROSS PILLAR 2. (U) Post's MEPI working group is considering four MEPI small grants. Post will advise MEPI of details via email per reftel. ECONOMIC PILLAR 3. (U) In conjunctio [...]	2004-03-31 10:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI EAID ECON PREL KPAO BA
04MANAMA518	GOB TONE ON IZ CAREFUL IN PUBLIC AMIDST STREET [...] (C) On April 9 a GOB official statement expressed concern about the violence in Iraq and urged all parties to exercise self-restraint. The statement also said that Bahrain hopes to see the reconstruction of Iraq and the restoration of stability. Privately, top GOB officials have told the C [...]	2004-04-12 15:32:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ KPAO BA
04MANAMA523	BAHRAINI LEADERS ON IRAQ: FOCUS FIRST ON [...] (C) Summary: The King, Crown Prince and Foreign Minister told visiting American officials on April 13 that the U.S. needs to focus more of its effort on restoring stability in Iraq immediately, and to worry less about building democracy there in any short time frame. The King and Foreign M [...]	2004-04-13 15:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL BA
04MANAMA526	BAHRAINI LEADERS ON IRAQ: FOCUS FIRST ON [...] (C) Summary: The King, Crown Prince and Foreign Minister told visiting American officials on April 13 that the U.S. needs to focus more of its effort on restoring stability in Iraq immediately, and to worry less about building democracy there in any short time frame. The King and Foreign M [...]	2004-04-14 11:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL BA
04MANAMA527	GOB TONE ON IRAQ CAREFUL IN PUBLIC AMIDST STREET [...] (C) On April 9 a GOB official statement expressed concern about the violence in Iraq and urged all parties to exercise self-restraint. The statement also said that Bahrain hopes to see the reconstruction of Iraq and the restoration of stability. Privately, top GOB officials have told the C [...]	2004-04-14 11:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ KPAO BA
04MANAMA529	SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S VISIT [...] (C) Mr. Armitage: We are delighted you are coming to Bahrain, and the Bahraini Government is as well. King Hamad has met Generals Abizaid and Myers during the past two weeks, but as political issues move to the fore in Iraq the King had hoped a senior State Department official would come he [...]	2004-04-14 13:19:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM BA
04MANAMA551	BAHRAIN SAYS IT'S AGAINST CUBAN RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Bahraini MFA Minister of State Abdelghaffar told Charge April 18 that Bahrain does not think the Cuban resolution about Guantanamo detainees is helpful, and it asked Cuba to withdraw the resolution. Abdelghaffar said it was obvious the Cubans are trying to score political points with the [...]	2004-04-18 11:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA PHUM PREL UNHCR
04MANAMA557	NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-20 10:31:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL
04MANAMA612	DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S APRIL 19-20 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Deputy Secretary Armitage, King Hamad and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman pledged their government's full commitment to its strategic alliance with the US. The King and Crown Prince stressed the need to immediately restore order in Iraq with the selection of a stro [...]	2004-04-28 14:28:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL BA
04MANAMA622	BAHRAINI MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI POW TREATMENT [...] Summary: For the past three days, all five Bahraini daily newspapers have run front-page stories with banner headlines, photos of Iraqi POWs being mistreated, and columns about the mistreatment of Iraqi POWs. Writers and opinion leaders have questioned U.S. values of democracy and human rig [...]	2004-05-03 09:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP BA
04MANAMA629	BAHRAINI REACTION TO TREATMENT OF IRAQI POWS AT [...] (C) Embassy contacts expressed their anger and disgust about the media reports on the treatment of Iraqi POWs at Abu Ghraib Prison. After seeing these images on Al-Jazeira television, President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab told PolOff on May 3 that the USG expects Arabs [...]	2004-05-03 14:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BA
04MANAMA642	BAHRAINI MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI POW TREATMENT [...] Summary: All six Bahraini daily newspapers continue to run stories about U.S. mistreatment of Iraqi POWs. In addition to photos of prisoners, newspapers are running photos of families waiting outside Iraqi prisons to obtain information about their loved ones inside. Letters to the editor p [...]	2004-05-05 09:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP BA
04MANAMA644	ISLAND INSIGHTS: MINI FTA BACKGROUNDER [...] (U) This cable contains company-proprietary information. Please protect accordingly. Not for intrnet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU/NF) We offer in this cable insights into four major remaining FTA issues: insurance, government procurement, car tariffs and textiles. Ind [...]	2004-05-05 11:16:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BA
04MANAMA688	STANDING UP EMBASSY BAGHDAD: BAHRAIN NOT [...] We reviewed ref on May 8 with Bahraini MFA Assistant Undersecretary (Assistant Secretary-equivalent) for Bilateral Affairs and on May 11 with the Bahraini MFA Minister of State. The Bahraini officials reiterated broad Bahraini support for American efforts to stabilize Iraq. Bahrain does not [...]	2004-05-11 15:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BA IZ PREL
04MANAMA694	GLOBE BAHRAIN.DIALOGUE AT A CRITICAL TIME [...] Bahrain GLOBE high school students continue to enthusiastically work together with Americans to save the Earth. To observe Earth Day 2004, PAS coordinated with the Ministry of Education and GLOBE Bahrain students to support activities to increase awareness of environmental issues in Bahrain. [...]	2004-05-12 13:53:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL KGLB OEXC KPAO BA

04MANAMA695	INITIAL BAHRAINI VIEWS ON GME PROGRAM INITIATIVES [...] (U) Mission officers distributed program concept papers to some of our better contacts in Government and civil society and later followed up to gauge reactions. MFA Assistant Under Secretary Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Mubarak told Charge May 12 that he had studied the papers and he found the idea [...]	2004-05-12 14:17:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID BA MEPI
04MANAMA720	TORTURE ALLEGATIONS OF BAHRAINI GTMO DETAINEE - [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The Abu Gharieb prison scandal has spurred stories of Bahraini GTMO detainees being tortured. An open letter to President Bush that specified a Bahraini citizen by name has gained credibility with some government and NGO leaders. Sunni Islamist parliamentarian [...]	2004-05-17 13:34:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER BA
04MANAMA721	BAHRAINIS TO WATCH ABU GHRAIB TORTURE TRIALS [...] (C) The editor in chief of the Akhbar al-Khaleej newspaper group told CDA and PAO over lunch on May 16 that the U.S. can regain some of its lost credibility with the Bahraini public if the soldiers responsible for torture at Abu Gharieb prison are punished sternly and visibly. He expects th [...]	2004-05-17 14:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PREL KPAO BA
04MANAMA722	JAMES ZOGBY ENGAGES BAHRAINIS AND ADDRESSES ABU [...] James Zogby, founder and President of the Arab American Institute and media commentator, visited Bahrain May 10-12, 2004. His speaking tour was co-sponsored by the American Studies Center at the University of Bahrain and the Bahrain Center for Studies and Research, with partial funding from [...]	2004-05-17 14:21:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA732	SPOT REPORT: BAHRAINI WOMEN ON ABU GHRAIB POWS [...] Bahraini women from all walks of life, including Sunni and Shia followers, have been sharing their thoughts and feelings about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse with Emboffs and our Bahraini Foreign Service Nationals. Although the region's reaction has already been heavily reported in the press, [...]	2004-05-18 13:36:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMPI KDEM KWMN PHUM BA
04MANAMA734	CONFERENCE REINFORCES BAHRAIN INTEREST IN [...] NIST's Stephen Carpenter briefed ECON on May 10 regarding response to his participation at the Second Middle East Measurement and Instrumentation Conference and Exhibition. Carpenter reported that Bahrain is interested in setting up for the Gulf a regional metrology system to complement the ex [...]	2004-05-19 12:06:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BA WTO
04MANAMA756	BAHRAINI SHI'A DEMONSTRATION TURNS VIOLENT -- YET [...] By Wednesday, 05/19/04, Post had anticipated a large demonstration in Bahrain for Friday, 05/21/04. Our projection was based on calls by Hassan Nasrallah and Ayatollah Ali Sistani for Shi'a to rise up and demand the withdraw of U.S. forces from Karbala and Najaf. Multiple Embassy contacts c [...]	2004-05-22 10:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
04MANAMA797	BAHRAIN CABINET APPROVES AMCHAM BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-26 14:01:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD BA
04MANAMA809	REQUEST FOR PRESS GUIDANCE ON ALLEGED ABUSE OF FEMALE IRAQI POWS [...] Embassy Manama requests guidance to respond to press accounts about abuse of female POWs in prisons in Iraq. Several stories ran on the front pages of Bahrain's Arabic and English language dailies on 5/29 (see para three for headlines),quoting sources in Baghdad about the rape of female pris [...]	2004-05-30 14:22:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO BA
04MANAMA831	ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION IN BAHRAIN: WE CAN GET IT [...] (C) King Hamad has promised that he will bring into force the Article 98 exclusion agreement. The foreign minister is struggling to find a way to carry this out without causing a political explosion in Bahrain. I believe the GOB will honor its commitment to us, but I question whether we ar [...]	2004-06-02 08:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA KIIC
04MANAMA863	PART I: PARTING THOUGHTS ON BAHRAIN'S POITCIAL AND [...] (S) Not yet democratic, its stability potentially challenged by a rejectionist Shia opposition, unemployment and cultural backlash, Bahrain has yet managed significant advances in political freedom and economic liberalization in the nearly three years of my tour. Its already complex politica [...]	2004-06-07 15:16:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KMPI BA KAPO
04MANAMA864	PART II: PARTING THOUGHTS ON BAHRAIN'S POLITICAL [...] (S) Bahraini politics remain a complicated balancing act in a small polity. By no means is it a full democracy, but it is going in the right direction with parliament making real trouble and forcing real changes. If not always wise in their actions, the deputies can scarcely be discounted as [...]	2004-06-07 15:27:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KPAO KMPI BA
04MANAMA865	OPPOSITION TO ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS APPEARS IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 05:40:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BA KICC
04MANAMA867	CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN PRINCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 08:40:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA868	CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN PRINCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-08 08:41:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA877	CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-09 07:04:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA878	CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-09 07:05:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA969	GOB FORGES AHEAD TO HELP FTA DREAM BECOME A [...] SUMMARY: Bahrain's government and business community are actively pursuing ways to make the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States become a powerhouse for the economy, as responsibility begins to shift from the givernment to the private sector. Seeking to strengthen commercial ties [...]	2004-06-21 10:14:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP ECON BA
04MANAMA975	AMCHAM OFFICIALLY REGISTERED IN BAHRAIN [...] On December 19, Bahrain's Ministry of Commerce officially registered The American Chamber of Commerce in Bahrain as a non-profit company. That evening, the Minister announced the registration at an AMCHAM membership dinner sponsored by Microsoft and American Express. Approximately 60 high-lev [...]	2004-06-21 13:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON BA
04MANAMA980	MESSAGE FROM SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-22 12:10:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA981	RETURNED IV PARTICIPANT IN THE SPOTLIGHT [...] SUMMARY: In the midst of anti-American sentiments in some segments of Bahraini society, Yousif Mohammed Mahmoud, a participant in an April 2004 International Visitor (IV) program, gave the U.S. a much-needed positive press spin this week. Mr. Mahmoud reflected to the local press on his Intern [...]	2004-06-23 05:15:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
04MANAMA99	AIG FACING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE BAHRAINI [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-21 13:56:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV BEXP BA
04MAPUTO1026	MUSLIM OUTREACH IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post is cognizant of the religious diversity in Mozambique and has taken efforts to include representatives from various religious groups, including Muslims, in its outreach efforts. Given the current demographics of Mozambique and recent world events, post is expanding these eff [...]	2004-07-29 13:41:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL EAID KDEM PHUM PGOV OEXC OPRC OIIP MZ KISL
04MAPUTO1040	AMERICAN MISSIONARIES GET TANGLED IN POLITICAL, [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 26, 14 Americans were expelled from Montepuez in Cabo Delgado province, where they were setting up an evangelical mission, on the pretenses that they were acting as spies for Renamo, the opposition party. On July 14-16, Conoff visited Cabo Delgado to meet with local offi [...]	2004-08-02 15:18:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL KIRF KISL KDEM MZ RENAMO
04MAPUTO1114	STATE OF AFFAIRS OF MOZAMBICAN POLICE AND [...] SUMMARY. Over a period of three days, Ambassador and acting RSO met with the commissioner of the Mozambican national police (PRM),Miguel dos Santos, and the spokesperson of the PRM and head of the Community Policing Program, Nataniel Macama. Notable issues discussed included the state of crim [...]	2004-08-18 11:14:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PHUM SNAR KHIV MZ KCRM
04MAPUTO112	IMMIGRATION & VISA FRAUD IN AND OUT OF MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Summary: Visa fraud in Mozambique continues to be less prevalent than the otherwise high level of corruption throughout the country would suggest. New anti-fraud investigation and validation studies at post indicate, however, that attempted non-immigrant visa fraud among third country nati [...]	2004-01-23 08:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD MZ KCOR KCRM
04MAPUTO1152	GRM RESPONSE: ACOTA END-USE, SECURITY AND [...] Post received on August 25 a diplomatic note containing ACOTA end-use, security and retransfer assurances from GRM. Following is the complete texts of diplomatic notes exchanged between Post and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique. 2. Begin text of U.S. [...]	2004-08-26 13:04:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MASS MARR PREL MZ ACOTA
04MAPUTO1211	AUGUST ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. ------------------ FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------ 2. (U) The Ministry of Public Works announced the creation of a Zambezi Bridge Project Office, located in the National Road Administration (ANE) [...]	2004-09-10 08:54:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1339	2004 EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - MAPUTO [...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 30, 2004, the emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened. The meeting was held to discuss the recent increase of attacks on vehicles traveling the EN4 toll road from Maputo, Mozambique to Nelspruit, South Africa. Attendees included the Ambassador, DCM (Chair),RSO, [...]	2004-10-06 07:39:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC MZ
04MAPUTO1398	SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. -------------- MACROECONOMICS -------------- 2. (U) The GRM reports that the Mozambican economy is in line with the 8% growth rate target for 2004. Economic activity grew by 8.4% in the first six month [...]	2004-10-21 15:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1427	SCHNEIDMAN CLAIM THAT FRELIMO FOUNDER WAS CIA [...] Independent publications in Mozambique have featured former AF DAS Witney Schneidman's claims that FRELIMO founder Eduardo Mondlane received funds from the CIA. The October 28 edition of the Beira weekly Zambeze led with the back-page headline, "FRELIMO founder financed by CIA" On October 27, [...]	2004-10-28 14:51:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP MZ OPRC FRELIMO
04MAPUTO1446	OPIC-SUPPORTED US INVESTOR IN MOZAMBIQUE BACKS INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, American investor David Herbert and his Danish partner Jorgen Nielsen settled a dispute with the Zimbabwean firm Cabo do Mar over rights to the land on which their Nyati Beach Lodge is located. They agreed to pay usd 650,000 to permanently block execution of an Oc [...]	2004-11-02 12:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV MZ OPIC MCC
04MAPUTO1519	MOZAMBIQUE - VISITING CORPORATE COUNCIL ON [...] SUMMARY. On November 10-11, a high-level Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) delegation visited Mozambique to learn about possibilities for U.S. investment. The delegation met with a senior GRM official and several local businesspeople to get a flavor for the most promising investment areas. CCA [...]	2004-11-22 14:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1525	FIRST EVER IFTAR WITH MOZAMBICAN ISLAMIC [...] SUMMARY: Maputo PAS organized an Iftar at the Ambassador's residence that took place the final Friday of Ramadan, November 12. Nine prominent local Muslim leaders, representative of several different communities of Mozambique's sizeable Muslim minority, were invited and attended, including cle [...]	2004-11-23 12:12:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OIIP PINR KISL
04MAPUTO1539	MOZAMBICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL REFERS NYATI LODGE CASE [...] (SBU) On November 25, Attorney General Joaquim Madeira referred to the High Court of Mozambique a motion by Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary to suspend an October court order by Inhambane provincial judge Jose Sampaio that authorized expropriation of the Nyati Beach Lodge. The Lodge is co [...]	2004-11-29 12:59:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV MZ MCC
04MAPUTO1607	CONSULAR NARRATIVE FOR MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-13 14:47:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ASIG AFSI MZ MPP
04MAPUTO1609	NOVEMBER ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. ------------------- FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------- 2. (U) On November 12, the Brazilian mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) was awarded the Moatize mines exploration concession (Ref [...]	2004-12-14 04:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1627	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Below are post answers to INSCR questions pertaining to money laundering and financial crimes, organized in response to the subheadings provided in State 254401. General Questions ---------------------- 2. Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money laundering is fairly common and [...]	2004-12-17 09:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN MZ KCOR
04MAPUTO1628	MINISTER OF COMMERCE PRESSES CASE FOR TARIFF RATE [...] (SBU) On December 16, Ambassador La Lime met with GRM Minister of Industry and Commerce Carlos Morgado at Morgado's request to discuss the Mozambican government's October 14 request for tariff rate quota on several varieties of tobacco (request letter text in reftel). The Minister referenced t [...]	2004-12-17 09:25:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON MZ
04MAPUTO1658	NEW MOZAMBICAN AIRLINE RAISES SAFETY AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In August 2004, Air Corridor became Mozambique's first private commercial airline to operate nationwide, breaking the monopoly that the government-owned Linhas Aereas de Mocambique (LAM) had maintained since independence. Air Corridor has injected much-needed competition in Moza [...]	2004-12-29 15:06:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR SNAR KCRM MZ SA
04MAPUTO180	JANUARY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-10 07:45:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO197	LETTER FROM PRESIDENT CHISSANO [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-13 08:27:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL SL IV LI MZ ECOWAS
04MAPUTO340	FEBRUARY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: [...] (U) In a meeting with Mozambique country director and marketing manager for South Africa's Vodacom, Econ/Poloffs learned that the firm has already captured 12-13% of the national cell phone market. Vodacom began operating in Mozambique in December 2003 and launched strong campaigns in three key [...]	2004-03-12 10:12:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO463	NACALA CORRIDOR PROJECT IN JEOPARDY -- YET AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. The Nacala Port and Rail Corridor project is yet again in trouble. Two principal outstanding issues remain: 1) the lack of the government of Malawi (GOM)'s signature on a Direct Agreement and 2) on-going disagreements between the project's US-led consortium and the principal Mozam [...]	2004-04-02 09:27:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PGOV PREL MZ OPIC
04MAPUTO625	APRIL MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) With significant Mozambican official travel to China in April (President Chissano, Minister of Industry and Commerce Morgado, Minister of Labor Sevene, Minister of Agriculture Muteia, and others),the Government of China announced its willingness to support the building of mega- projects [...]	2004-05-10 05:07:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO655	Ambassador Randall Tobias' Visit to Mozambique [...] Summary: US Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Randall Tobias visited Mozambique April 28-30 to discuss the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief with government officials, key implementing partners, and post's HIV-AIDS working group, and to see first-hand the challenges and opportunities [...]	2004-05-13 06:26:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV KSPR EAID PREL MZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR
04MAPUTO70	2003 BFIF CLOSE OUT [...] SUMMARY: Post wishes to thank the Department for providing 2003 BFIF funding in the amount of $7,000. Post was able to travel to several provinces, visiting with various U.S. businesses, commercial associations, and local entrepreneurs to support U.S. commercial activities and encourage further [...]	2004-01-16 08:14:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ABUD MZ BFIF
04MAPUTO776	ECONOMIC ACTIVITIY INCREASES IN A REMOTE PROVINCE: CABO [...] (U) SUMMARY. More foreign operators are moving in to take advantage of resource-rich opportunities in the poor province of Cabo Delgado. Operators of Middle-Eastern, South Asian, and European descent, are bringing employment and increased production to the community, although the lack of infras [...]	2004-06-15 08:15:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ EAGR EFIS
04MAPUTO84	FY O4 BFIF PROPOSAL [...] Post requests funding in the amount of $30,322 under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for FY 04. 2. In order of priority, we propose the following projects for FY04: A. Commercial Outreach, Market Development, and Export Promotion. Proposed Funding Level: $15,322 Twice the [...]	2004-01-20 10:40:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ABUD MZ BFIF
04MONTREAL1484	US-VISIT STAKEHOLDERS/MEDIA BRIEFING IN MONTREAL [...] Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) US-VISIT Deputy Director Robert Mocny provided two US-VISIT briefings on November 5 to stakeholders (shippers, customs brokers, Canadian immigration officers) and media, respectively. All attendees were provided a handout: "Fact Sheet: U.S. Land [...]	2004-11-18 18:04:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS ELTN ECON PBTS CA
04MONTREAL1555	HYDRO QUEBEC PYLON VANDALIZED [...] (C) Thierry Vandal, President of Hydro Quebec,s Production division, described the recent vandalism at a Hydro Quebec pylon about a mile from the U.S. border, near Coaticook in Quebec,s Eastern Townships, as the work of &amateurs.8 In a 12/7 meeting with the Quebec City Consul General, Montre [...]	2004-12-09 20:00:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PTER PBTS CA
04MONTREAL1574	MONTREAL CONFERENCE WITH THE HAITI DIASPORA (MCHD) [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Haitian Diaspora from Canada, the U.S. and Europe assembled December 10-11, 2004, to participate in the MCHD. Canadian Prime Minister (PM) Paul Martin emphasized, at the opening of the MCHD plenary session, that his administration's initiative to invite members [...]	2004-12-13 20:30:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV EAID SENV CA HA
04MONTREAL410	International Women's Day - Event at ICAO in [...] Summary: On Monday, March 8, Consul General (CG) Bernadette Allen joined Lieutenant Governor Lise Thibault and Transport Canada Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy Kristine Burr in addressing the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) ambassadors, delegates and staff and other in [...]	2004-03-11 20:52:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN SOCI PREL CSW ICAO
04MONTREAL451	GAS PLANT PROJECT CONTROVERSY HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: Quebec's energy board is holding hearings on whether provincial energy needs require the construction of an 836 megawatt gas plant, the Suroit, in Beauharnois, located 25 miles from Montreal and the U.S. border. The Board's recommendations, and the report of a provincial legislativ [...]	2004-03-19 21:02:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OEXC OIIP KISL KPAL PTER IS
04MONTREAL68	QUEBEC GOVERNMENT CRITICISED FOR HANDLING OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-16 19:16:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PHUM
04MONTREAL874	KANESATAKE GRAND CHIEF GABRIEL FRUSTRATED BY LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Mohawk territory of Kanesatake has become a haven for marijuana cultivation, drug dealing, arms possession, and other organized criminal activity, ousted Grand Chief James Gabriel told Consulate representatives on June 17. Gabriel, who has not been able to return to Kanesatake sinc [...]	2004-06-23 20:42:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV SNAR PHUM CA
04MOSCOW15782	FOLLOW-UP ON U.S.-RUSSIA MANPADS COOPERATION [...] (C) On December 21 we delivered ref A points and U.S. proposed final text for a U.S.-Russia agreement on MANPADS cooperation to Colonel Oleg Skabara of the MOD International Treaties Directorate and Oleg Burmistrov, Political Military Affairs officer of the MFA North America Department. Skaba [...]	2004-12-27 15:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL PTER NATO RS
04MUMBAI2286	MAHARASHTRA GETS A CHIEF MINISTER - FINALLY [...] (SBU) In a sudden change of course following a long day of backroom politicking, Congress selected Vilasrao Deshmukh as the new Chief Minister (CM) of Maharashtra late on October 29. The choice was a surprise to most observers in the state who had expected outgoing CM Shinde to retain the job. [...]	2004-11-01 11:05:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL IN
04MUMBAI2316	MAHARASHTRA GETS A CHIEF MINISTER - FINALLY [...] (SBU) In a sudden change of course following a long day of backroom politicking, Congress selected Vilasrao Deshmukh as the new Chief Minister (CM) of Maharashtra late on October 29. The choice was a surprise to most observers in the state who had expected outgoing CM Shinde to retain the job. [...]	2004-11-03 09:05:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL IN
04MUSCAT1942	AIRPORT PRIVATIZATION GROUNDED [...] (SBU) Summary: A long-expected pullout by British Airports Authority from the privatized consortium managing Oman's international airports means that the government will now run the airports in Muscat and Salalah. One of the alleged key sticking points was the failure of the government and the [...]	2004-11-03 09:47:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR EINV EFIN PGOV ECON MU
04MUSCAT1943	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/03/2004 [...] (S) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on November 3 to reassess the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend, to discuss any security implications following the death of United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Zayid bin Sultan al-N [...]	2004-10-29 12:58:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT1967	MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: ARAFAT, IRAQ AND BUSH VICTORY [...] On November 7, the privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" published an editorial entitled "Palestinian Unification": "The Palestinian Authority is going through a dangerous phase. The declining health of President Yasir Arafat plays into the hands of the Israelis, who fully expect the rise o [...]	2004-11-09 07:48:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04MUSCAT1978	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/09/2004 [...] (C) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on November 9 to reassess the Embassy's security posture prior to the holiday weekend and to discuss any security implications of anticipated offensive operations in Fallujah Iraq (reftel A). ---------------- [...]	2004-11-10 11:25:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT1983	OMAN ONLINE: THE NATIVES ARE RESTLESS [...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat room "Sablat al-Arab" -- or simply "Al-Sablah" -- is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totall [...]	2004-11-13 07:12:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI MU
04MUSCAT1995	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/13/2004 [...] (U) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on November 13 to reassess the Embassy's security posture prior to Eid al Fitr, to evaluate the local implications per the Department's recent Public Announcement for the Middle East and North Africa (reftel A),[...]	2004-11-13 13:38:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2002	MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: FALLUJAH, MIDDLE EAST, ARAFAT [...] Privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" published an editorial on November 16 under the headline "Weak on Humanitarianism": "Recent U.S. military operations in Fallujah show a lack of humanitarian concern on the part of those charged with executing the military campaign. Innocent people are [...]	2004-11-17 09:56:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04MUSCAT2009	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/17/2004 [...] (U) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on November 17 to reassess the Embassy's security posture prior to the local holiday weekend and to discuss any security implications of recent military events in Fallujah, Iraq. ----------------------------- [...]	2004-11-17 12:19:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2010	REQUEST FOR SPEAKER ON WITCHES BROOM DISEASE [...] Embassy Muscat requests that IIP and EB fund one or more agricultural biotechnology speakers to participate in Sultan Qaboos University's first international conference on the "Prevention and Treatment of Witches Broom Disease of Lime Trees" which will be held March 13-16, 2005. This request i [...]	2004-11-17 13:09:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON TBIO KPAO OIIP MU
04MUSCAT2011	OMAN: POST SUPPORT FOR MEPI PROGRAM IMPLEMENTERS [...] To date there are no MEPI program implementers with offices in Oman, although we understand there may be some considering establishing a full-time presence in Muscat. Amideast is one such organization, and is currently consulting with a local law firm on the legalities and formalities of estab [...]	2004-11-17 13:09:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ECON KDEM KPAO PREL KMPI MU MEPI
04MUSCAT2012	CODEL THOMAS DISCUSSES POTENTIAL FTA WITH TOP OMANI [...] SUMMARY: In lengthy meetings with Sultan Qaboos and Oman's Foreign Minister, as well as a brief but productive final meeting with the Omani Commerce Minister, CODEL Thomas took advantage of the opportunity to explore Oman's readiness to jump into full- blown free trade agreement (FTA) negotiat [...]	2004-11-19 10:36:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP ECON ELAB EINV MU
04MUSCAT2017	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/22/2004 [...] (U) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on November 22 to reassess the Embassy's security posture following the local holiday weekend and to discuss any possible security concerns relative to a series of upcoming Embassy and community events. ---- [...]	2004-11-22 13:58:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2025	MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ WAR AND PALESTINIAN [...] An editorial appeared in the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" on November 21 entitled "A Conflict of Wills in Iraq... Whose Victory?": "After the failed U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is necessary to convince Iraqis and Afghans that there is hope for their future and that th [...]	2004-11-23 10:19:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04MUSCAT2030	NEW SPORTS MINISTER ON THE BALL, BUT OFF ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Oman's energetic new Minister of Sports, Ali al-Sunaidi, shared with the Ambassador his active agenda for developing athletics in Oman. He is eager to build linkages to the U.S. and other countries, both to develop sports programs and training facilities, as well as to market Oman as an [...]	2004-11-23 12:39:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PINR SCUL OEXC SNAR TBIO ETRD MU
04MUSCAT2047	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/27/2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee November 27 to review both the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend and preparations for the U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Ball. Members of the EAC noted no new threat reporting specific to [...]	2004-11-28 07:33:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC KMSG AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2078	MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, POWELL, SYRIA, SHARM AL- [...] The lead editorial in the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" on November 29 was entitled "The Iraqi Elections": "The election in Iraq can be seen as a bottleneck, beyond which the country may be able to rebuild itself under the sheltering umbrella of a permanent constitution and representat [...]	2004-11-30 13:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04MUSCAT2079	EFFORT TO LAUNCH OMAN'S FIRST HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER [...] (SBU) An aspiring activist intent on establishing Oman's first human rights center has been invited to discuss his proposal with the Ministry of Social Development. In an effort to obtain government registration, Abdullah bin Salem al-Barami solicited the Embassy for support, saying that the [...]	2004-11-30 13:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV EAID SOCI MU
04MUSCAT2094	OMAN ONLINE: TOPICS IN FREEDOM [...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat room "Sablat al-Arab" -- or simply "Al-Sablah" -- is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totall [...]	2004-12-01 11:51:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI MU
04MUSCAT2110	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/04/2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee December 4 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members of the EAC noted no new threat reporting specific to Oman, and concluded that there have been no substantive changes [...]	2004-12-05 03:10:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER CASC KHLS KMSG OVIP AMGT KVPR MU EAC
04MUSCAT2112	AMBITION, VISION, AND FRUSTRATION: OMANI COMMERCE [...] INR/B - please see biographic notes, para 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) A rising mid-level Omani commerce official recently described the rapid decline of the Omani textile industry, her experiences within the government, the ill-timed departure of the Commerce Under Secretary, and [...]	2004-12-05 03:26:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KTEX PINR EIND PREL KWMN SCUL PGOV MU
04MUSCAT2125	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/06/2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee December 6 to review the Embassy's security posture following reports that Consulate General Jeddah had been attacked. After reviewing the known facts about the attack, members of the EAC noted there was no new [...]	2004-12-06 13:55:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2126	AMERICAN ENERGY FIRM ENJOYS STRONG IPO [...] (U) AES Barka, a subsidiary of U.S.-based AES Corporation, recently floated 11.2 million shares of its capital for public underwriting by Omanis and Omani companies. The shares correspond to 35 percent of its paid- up capital, and the preliminary response to this IPO has been extremely positiv [...]	2004-12-07 08:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG EFIN BEXP MU
04MUSCAT2142	OMAN ONLINE: VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY, VISAS, INCREASED GAS [...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat room "Sablat al-Arab" -- or simply "Al-Sablah" -- is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totall [...]	2004-12-08 13:35:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI MU EAC
04MUSCAT2143	ECA CULTURAL ENVOYS HAVE A BALL IN OMAN [...] ECA Cultural Envoys Omari Faulkner and Courtland Freeman engaged a wide range of Omani basketball players, coaches, and students during their highly successful four-day visit to the Sultanate. Welcomed by dignitaries including the newly appointed Minister of Sports Affairs, the duo established [...]	2004-12-08 13:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI MU
04MUSCAT2144	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/08/2004 [...] (U) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on December 8 to reassess the Embassy's security posture immediately prior to the USMC Birthday Ball and to discuss any additional concerns related to the attack on Congen Jeddah earlier in the week. -------- [...]	2004-12-08 13:59:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2153	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/11/2004 [...] (U) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on December 11 to reassess the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend and to discuss any additional concerns relative to the upcoming series of Embassy-sponsored holiday events. -------------- [...]	2004-12-11 12:27:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2165	MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: FORUM FOR THE FUTURE, IRAQ, UN [...] On December 13, the lead editorial in the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" was entitled "Reform from Within." "The Forum for the Future in Rabat concluded with several recommendations for reform in the Arab world. Most of the recommendations fell within the framework of America's Greater [...]	2004-12-13 12:41:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP IZ MU
04MUSCAT2183	AMERICAN CORNERS: FIVE IS NOT ENOUGH [...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8 for action requested. 2. In view of the success and popularity of Oman's five existing American Corners, Embassy Muscat requests funding for two additional ones. Suitable locations have already been identified: the Muscat Higher College o [...]	2004-12-15 08:14:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KIRC OIIP SCUL MU
04MUSCAT2196	OMAN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) In accordance with reftel B, paragraph 2, Embassy Muscat provides the following update to Oman's coverage in the 2003 Patterns of Global Terrorism ("Patterns") report: BEGIN TEXT Oman continued to provide public statements of support for the global war on terrorism, and has been resp [...]	2004-12-18 10:38:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC MU
04MUSCAT2200	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/18/2004 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee December 18 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members of the EAC noted no new threat reporting specific to Oman, and concluded that there have been no substantive changes in the [...]	2004-12-18 13:50:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2223	MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: CIVIL SOCIETY, FREE SPEECH, U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 06:29:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04MUSCAT2246	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/22/2004 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee December 22 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local holiday weekend. Members of the EAC noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting. Accordingly, the E [...]	2004-12-22 12:08:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2258	CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE (CME) FOR MUSCAT [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to reftel, paragraph 6: A. Embassy Muscat is pleased to confirm participation in the Crisis Management Exercise (CME) scheduled for February 13-14, 2005. B. Highlighted portions of reftel paragraph 8 on the Crisis Management Training ( [...]	2004-12-26 11:35:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC MU EAC
04MUSCAT2259	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/26/2004 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee December 26 to review the Embassy's security posture following to the local holiday weekend. Members of the EAC noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting. Accordingly, t [...]	2004-12-27 02:25:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2265	MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: U.S. WAR DEATHS, PALESTINE, IRAQ [...] The lead editorial in the privately -owned Arabic daily "Al- Watan" on December 24 was entitled "American Patience": "In 1983, when 240 Americans died in a suicide bombing in Beirut, former President Reagan immediately called for the withdrawal of all American troops stationed there. Today, [...]	2004-12-27 11:14:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04MUSCAT2291	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/29/2004 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee December 29 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local holiday weekend. Members of the EAC noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting. Accordingly, the E [...]	2004-12-29 13:19:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2292	OMAN'S VICTORIOUS DEFEAT [...] (SBU) The wave of public excitement cresting with Oman's unprecedented finish in a regional soccer tournament has boiled over into uncharacteristic manifestations of spontaneous crowds and flag-waving patriotism. In a country bereft of past sports successes, the Gulf Cup tournament unleashed [...]	2004-12-29 13:47:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI MU
04NASSAU1837	CHRISTIE WANTS TO BE THE TONY BLAIR OF CARICOM [...] (C) PM Perry Christie confidant Franklyn Wilson argued during a September 30 luncheon that the U.S. should support Christie's hope to become a regional leader since the Bahamian Prime Minister was America's "Tony Blair" inside Caricom. Wilson again raised the Prime Minister's belief that he w [...]	2004-10-01 16:34:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BF CARICOM
04NASSAU1855	PM CHRISTIE: ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN U.S. [...] (U) Prime Minister Perry Christie told an international audience in Miami on October 1 that while U.S. good intentions toward the English-speaking Caribbean are not in doubt, there is room for improvement in the overall relationship. Christie believed that the U.S. was not sufficiently sensi [...]	2004-10-05 21:18:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BF CARICOM
04NASSAU1904	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER EXTOLS OPBAT, U.S. [...] (C) In his courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister Cynthia Pratt, Ambassador stressed the importance of Bahamian officials acknowledging OPBAT's importance to Bahamian national security. The Deputy Prime Minister extolled the bilateral relationship and acknowledged that OPBAT was critical to B [...]	2004-10-14 10:38:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BF OPBAT
04NASSAU1936	UNCONFIRMED TUBERCULOSIS AND ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 18, 2004, Amnesty International released a report alleging the abuse of two Cuban asylum-seekers and several Haitian detainees at the Carmichael Road Detention Center in Nassau. Severe conditions including deprivation of food and water, an outbreak of tuberculosis, an [...]	2004-10-20 11:10:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PGOV PHUM CU BF

04NASSAU2407	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL RENEWS CALL FOR DETENTION [...] (C) 37 Cuban nationals remain in detention in The Bahamas after a December 9 fire at a Nassau immigration facility following a disturbance initiated by detainees. Amnesty International continues to call for an independent inquiry into the fire and accompanying melee, in which 11 Royal Bahami [...]	2004-12-22 16:24:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PREL PGOV CU BF
04NASSAU341	TOURISM UPDATE FOR 2003 [...] SUMMARY. Led by cruise ship arrivals, particularly to the Family Islands, overall tourism arrivals to The Bahamas increased in 2003 for the fifth consecutive year. However, there was a downturn in hotel room revenues and arrivals to Grand Bahama also declined slightly. After highly conten [...]	2004-02-18 22:01:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP ETRD BF
04NASSAU364	ANXIOUS PRIME MINISTER REQUESTS MEETING ON HAITI [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-23 21:20:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SMIG BF HA
04NASSAU384	BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT SEEKS SUPPORT FOR FUTURE UN [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-24 22:20:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF HA PGOV PREL SMIG
04NEWDELHI7013	NSSP PHASE ONE: REVIEWING ACHIEVEMENTS AND PENDING [...] (C) Summary: This is the first of two cables reporting on the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group. USG and GOI counterparts met in two positive and productive sessions of the NSSP Implementation Group on October 20-21 to review accomplishments under Phase One and [...]	2004-11-03 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
04NEWDELHI7026	INDO-US CYBERSECURITY FORUM PREPARATORY [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14-18, 2004, Department Senior Coordinator for International Critical Infrastructure Protection Policy Michele Markoff and DOD Director of International Information Assurance Programs Tim Bloechl participated in preparatory meetings with the GOI for the November 9-10 [...]	2004-11-04 04:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCIP TINT PREL ECPS KCRM IN US
04NEWDELHI7033	KING OF BHUTAN CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT BUSH ON [...] Just hours after a few of the major networks projected President Bush to win reelection, the Bhutanese Ambassador to New Delhi passed to the Embassy the following message from from King Wangchuck of Bhutan to the President. 2. Begin text. Dear Ambassador Mulford, I have the pleasure in [...]	2004-11-04 10:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BT IN
04NEWDELHI7061	NSSP PHASE TWO: CHARTING THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: After reviewing achievements made under Phase One (Ref A),the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group discussed the way forward on Phase Two, including legislation, enforcement, outreach, and training to strengthen export controls; adherence to MCTR and [...]	2004-11-05 09:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
04NEWDELHI7090	INDIAN ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] (C) Indian Joint Secretary for the Americas in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar called DCM November 5, to inform the USG about the specifics of Indian assistance to Iraq to help prepare for the upcoming Iraqi elections. Jaishankar said India is offering a 3-part assis [...]	2004-11-05 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM IZ IN
04NEWDELHI7091	INDIAN LEFT NEGATIVE OVER BUSH RE-ELECTION, [...] (C) Summary: Indian Communist Party leaders have criticized PM Manmohan Singh's warm welcome of President Bush's re-election, calling this "an attempt to please American imperialism." Interestingly, however, party spokesperson D. Raja welcomed the PM's commitment to train Iraqi election offi [...]	2004-11-05 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG IZ IN US GOI
04NEWDELHI7151	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 10:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IN UNHCR
04NEWDELHI7248	INDIA UNDERSTANDS US EXPORT PROHIBITIONS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: As instructed in Ref A, in a separate meeting at the conclusion of the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group on October 21 (Refs B and C),Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary Borman, and State Acting Office Director for Regional Affairs, Bureau of Non-P [...]	2004-11-16 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
04NEWDELHI7249	INDIAN COMPANIES REQUIRE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS IN [...] (U) Summary. Some Indian companies that buy high tech goods are asking potential U.S. exporters to agree to additional requirements regarding U.S. export controls, in some cases limiting the exporters' ability to sell in the Indian market. The buyers require clauses in sales contracts that s [...]	2004-11-16 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ECON ETRD PREL KSTC MASS IN
04NEWDELHI7512	SENATOR BAYH'S MEETINGS IN NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: In a series of senior level GOI meetings on November 23-24 during a private visit to India, Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) heard a strong Indian commitment to move ahead with our bilateral partnership, coupled with concern about the potential disruptive effect of US F-16 sales to [...]	2004-11-29 05:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP KIPR MASS IN PK IR
04NEWDELHI7674	GOI UNAPOLOGETIC ON DARFUR NO ACTION VOTE, [...] (C) SA/INS Director Blake and Polcouns used a December 2 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar to convey our disappointment at the recent GOI vote at the UN in favor of "no action" on the resolution concerning the plight of refugees in Darfur. Polcouns also urged further ef [...]	2004-12-03 13:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF IN CH UN
04NEWDELHI7733	PUTIN VISIT: FROM RUSSIA WITH TOUGH LOVE [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin's December 3-5 visit to India did little to broaden their ties beyond defense, despite efforts by both sides to infuse the relationship with new momentum. Both leaders pressed their issues with Russia extracting a promise from India to sign a defe [...]	2004-12-07 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP MASS IN
04NEWDELHI7735	DIXIT REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO INDO-PAK RAPPROCHEMENT; CAUTIOUS ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Meeting December 7 with the Ambassador, Indian NSA Dixit offered a guardedly optimistic assessment of the Indo-Pak peace process, reaffirming the PM's commitment to ""innovative solutions"" but also cautioning that there will be no territorial concessions by India. ""Short of that [...]	2004-12-08 07:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IN PK IZ INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI8261	INDIA UNCERTAIN ABOUT ITS NICHE IN IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar reiterated GOI desire to assist in Iraq's elections, but expressed uncertainty about India's role in light of their own political constraints in a meeting with PolCouns and Pol-MilOff on December 29. Regarding the proposed role of th [...]	2004-12-30 11:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID IZ IN
04NEWDELHI8266	GOI PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGES PROGRESS ON NSSP, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Natwar Singh publicly acknowledged during a December 22 Parliamentary debate with former FM Yashwant Sinha that India had agreed to non-diversion and end-use verification of US high technology imports, even when they come from a third country. This is a clear si [...]	2004-12-30 12:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PGOV IN NSSP
04NEWDELHI8267	UPDATE: INDIAN FOREIGN TSUNAMI RELIEF [...] (U) Reflecting the very positive Indian reaction to the US initiative to create a Core Group for tsunami relief, and New Delhi's resolve to do even more to assist India's neighbors, on December 30 the MEA provided us with a further update on GOI support for Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Indone [...]	2004-12-30 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AEMR EAID MASS SOCI ID CE MV IN GOI
04OTTAWA2961	IIR 6 815 0003 05/CANADIAN ATTITUDES TOWARD SIXTH [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-04 17:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
04OTTAWA2963	U.S. AND CANADIAN POLICY PLANNERS SEEK SYNERGY ON [...] (C) Summary: In policy planning talks October 28-29 in Toronto, U.S. and Canadian colleagues exchanged views and sought ways to synergize efforts on a range of global and regional issues. The Canadian team briefed on Canada,s attempt through its International Policy Review to enhance public s [...]	2004-11-04 18:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA IR IZ PGOV PREL AF PINS KMPI SCUL
04OTTAWA2989	GETTING TO KNOW YOU: MEXICAN PRESIDENT FOX VISITS [...] (U) Introduction and Summary: Mexican President Vincente Fox marked the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the 10th anniversary of NAFTA with a working visit to Canada October 24-26. Accompanied by eight cabinet-level officials, three senators, and about 40 business leaders, the [...]	2004-11-08 19:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON EINV CA MX
04OTTAWA2990	GOC LAYS OUT THEIR PREFERENCES FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary - Canada would welcome a January visit by President Bush to set a tone of partnership for the next four years, according to Alex Himelfarb and Tim Murphy, the Prime Minister,s top aides. They would like to use the visit to emphasize Canada,s commitment to North American security in [...]	2004-11-08 20:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD PREL CA
04OTTAWA2991	CANADIAN PRIVACY LAW AND POLICY: BACKGROUND [...] On October 29, the Information and Privacy Commissioner for the Canadian Province of British Columbia released a report titled "Privacy and the US Patriot Act." The report (reftel) finds a "general consensus" that, under the Patriot Act, U.S. authorities could order a U.S.-based corporation t [...]	2004-11-08 20:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV CA
04OTTAWA3027	CANADA: CONSERVATIVES DIVIDED ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite broad speculation in media and academic circles that the government was poised to take a (positive) decision on Canada's participation in missile defense, PCO Clerk Alex Himelfarb indicated to the Ambassador that the government would seek to avoid a debate and vote on [...]	2004-11-10 14:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PGOV PREL CA
04OTTAWA3048	214TH MEETING OF THE PERMANENT JOINT BOARD ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its October 21-22 meeting in Ottawa, the U.S.-Canada Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) -- recommended expeditious negotiation of an agreement to replace the current NORAD agreement expiring May 2006, with a further recommendation that the new Agreement have no termin [...]	2004-11-12 17:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MCAP PTER PINR CA NATO
04OTTAWA3080	IIR 6 815 0006 05/CANADA TO EXTEND MANDATE OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-16 14:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
04OTTAWA3115	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH,S VISIT TO CANADA, [...] (C/NF) The Canadian Government and the Embassy strongly welcome your visit and the opportunities it will afford to advance our broad bilateral relationship. The two key themes I would stress for your visit are partnership and reassurance. The Canadians need to be reassured that at the end of the [...]	2004-11-18 19:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	CA PGOV PREL
04OTTAWA3132	CANADA'S LIBERALS ON THE DEFENSIVE: POLITICAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Just over ten days in advance of President Bush's visit to Canada (reftel),PM Martin,s Liberals were hit from three sides in Parliamentary Question Period November 18. Conservatives criticized the PM,s slow disciplining of anti-American MP Carolyn Parrish, questioned the Part [...]	2004-11-19 20:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA PGOV PREL
04OTTAWA3144	CANADIAN MINISTER OF TRANSPORT SUGGESTS THAT THE [...] (SBU) Canadian Transport Minister Jean Lapierre has signaled his interest in reviewing Canada's civil aviation policy. He has proposed a broad examination of barriers to a more innovative and efficient civair system in Canada, including questioning foreign investment limits and cabotage proh [...]	2004-11-22 16:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECIN EINV CA
04OTTAWA3159	THE CASE FOR RESTORING TRADE WITH CANADA [...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. This cable was prepared jointly by Ottawa's Economic and Foreign Agricultural Service staff. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) This message describes the economic costs which are estimated to stem from continued trade restrictions put in place to c [...]	2004-11-23 15:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR CA
04OTTAWA3240	CANADIAN PARLIAMENT'S INITIAL REACTION TO [...] (C) Summary: Initial public and political reaction to the visit of President Bush has been largely positive; we have received the "bounce" to the bilateral relationship that we were hoping for. Attention has quickly come to focus on the issues of immediate concern to Canadians however, which a [...]	2004-12-02 22:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA PARM PGOV PREL
04OTTAWA3267	IIR 6 815 0015 05/CANADIAN AIR FORCE TRANFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 16:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM
04OTTAWA3275	IIR 6 815 0016 05/AIR FORCE STRATEGIC VECTORS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM
04OTTAWA3303	SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT TO CANADA, 12-14 DEC 2004 [...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT, WHICH MUST MOVE FORWARD CAUTIOUSLY ON POLICY ISSUES AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE VIEWS OF THE OPPOSITION BEFORE PROCEEDING. PM MARTIN HAS GIVEN STRONG SIGNALS HE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF AND WISHES T [...]	2004-12-08 21:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DOD
04OTTAWA3305	MEETING OF U.S./CANADA AIR QUALITY COMMITTEE [...] Summary: The U.S./Canada Air Quality Committee met December 2 in Ottawa to review air quality issues affecting the two countries. The meeting included discussions of acid rain, ozone, scientific cooperation and research, consultations and notifications, particulate matter, marine vessel emis [...]	2004-12-09 15:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EWWT CA
04OTTAWA3366	VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN JAMES SENSENBRENNER [...] (U) Congressman James S. Sensenbrenner, Jr., Republican Member of Congress from Wisconsin and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, visited Ottawa December 8-10, 2004. He was accompanied by Judiciary Committee Chief of Staff and General Counsel Philip G. Kiko. 2. (U) Congressman Sen [...]	2004-12-15 20:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ASEC PREL CA
04OTTAWA3368	CANADA: POSSIBLE SUPPORT FOR US COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] Unclassified entire text. 2. Post delivered request for Canadian maritime patrol aircraft assistance to Foreign Affairs Canada on December 10 as per reftel. Deputy Director for Regional Security and Peacekeeping, Foreign Affairs Canada, Sarah Fountain-Smith responded on December 15 that [...]	2004-12-15 21:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR CA
04OTTAWA3402	CANADA: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Unclassified entire text. ----------- I. Summary ----------- 2. The Government of Canada is committed to reducing the harm and availability of illicit drugs within its borders. Health Canada has responsibility for overall coordination of the nation's drug strategy although other dep [...]	2004-12-17 20:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL KSEP CA
04OTTAWA3410	CANADA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Unclassified entire text. 2. The Government of Canada remained steadfast in its condemnation of international and domestic terrorism and has been a helpful and strong supporter of the United States in the fight against international terror. Overall antiterrorism cooperation with Canada r [...]	2004-12-20 16:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC CA
04OTTAWA3413	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NORTHERN PIPELINES WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call December 14 on Minister of Natural Resources John Efford, reviewing a range of topics relating to plans for natural gas pipelines from Alaska's North Slope and [...]	2004-12-20 18:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD EPET CA
04OTTAWA3431	SUMMIT AGENDA ON COMMON PROSPERITY: THOUGHTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AT THE BILATERAL SUMMIT ON NOVEMBER 30, 2004, THE PRESIDENT AND CANADIAN PM PAUL MARTIN AGREED TO AN AGENDA FOR "COMMON SECURITY, COMMON PROSPERITY" THAT COMMITTED THE TWO SIDES TO "PURSUE JOINT APPROACHES TO PARTNERSHIPS, CONSENSUS STANDARDS, AND SMARTER REGULATIONS THAT RESUL [...]	2004-12-21 21:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD CA
04OTTAWA3440	IIR 6 815 0020 05/RUSSIA INTERESTED IN INCREASED [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-22 16:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM
04OTTAWA3459	CANADIAN DIP NOTE EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT [...] Summary: The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) delivered a diplomatic note (no. NUE-0139) to Acting Econ M/C and Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) Attache on December 22, expressing concern about congestion at the Toronto preclearance facility and requesting that DHS take steps to re [...]	2004-12-23 18:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PREL CA FAC
04OTTAWA3473	SCENE-SETTER FOR ASD/HD VISIT TO OTTAWA, CANADA, [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS A READAHEAD FOR THE 11-13 JANUARY 2005 VISIT TO OTTAWA OF ASST SECDEF (HOMELAND DEFENSE) PAUL MCHALE; DASD SCOTT ROWELL; AND NORTHCOM CHIEF OF STAFF MG FRED REES. RECOMMENDED TALKING POINTS AT PARA 8. 2. (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER PAUL MARTIN LEA [...]	2004-12-29 21:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
04PANAMA1015	PANAMA: WHO IS PRESIDENT-ELECT MARTIN TORRIJOS AND [...] (SBU) At 7:35 p.m. local time (8:35 p.m. Washington time),Panama's Electoral Tribunal declared Martin Erasto Torrijos Espino the winner of Panama's May 2, 2004 General Elections. It appeared that voter participation would exceed 75%. Torrijos' five-year term as President will commence Septembe [...]	2004-05-03 02:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA1046	EMBOFFS DISCUSS COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION, [...] (C) On April 22, PolOffs met with Russian Embassy Counselor (DCM) Oleg Ostrovskiy and First Secretary Evgeny Lebedev for our first tete-a-tete. Both GOR diplomats are Americas specialists and have already served in Panama for a year or more. Noting the good relationship between our countries [...]	2004-05-03 22:36:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EWWT PINR PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA111	ENDARA TO RUN AS PANAMA'S "HONEST GOVERNMENT" [...] (C) Former president Guillermo Endara has mapped a come-from-behind election strategy, positioned himself as the campaign's most serious anti-corruption reformer, derides front-runner Martin Torrijos's lack of experience and ability, and plans tough talks with U.S. negotiators on agriculture [...]	2004-01-20 15:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA1700	WHERE IS PANAMA'S NEW GOVERNMENT HEADING? [...] (C) Martin Torrijos and his inner circle, due to take power on September 1, are pushing an energetic and ambitious transition agenda featuring clear-cut goals in foreign policy (priority to the U.S. and Colombia),security (cooperation with U.S. objectives, new attention to the Caribbean coast [...]	2004-07-01 12:22:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA1814	PANAMA'S PLANS FOR SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 21:37:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KSUM PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA204	PANAMA PRESIDENT MOSCOSO DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) On January 21 Special Envoy for Hemispheric Initiatives Otto Reich, accompanied by Ambassador Watt, met with Panama President Mireya Moscoso. Flanked by Foreign Minister Harmodio Arias and Commerce and Industries Minister Joaquin Jacome, Moscoso pushed an April 2004 start date for the bi [...]	2004-01-30 21:26:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA2105	SCENESETTER: THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO PANAMA'S [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I want to express our warmest welcome on your upcoming September 1, 2004 visit to Panama's Presidential Inauguration. Following your November 3, 2003 visit to Panama's Centennial celebrations (reftel),your presence here as the government of Martin Torrijos [...]	2004-08-18 22:37:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD OVIP PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA213	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR NIKOLAY VLADIMIR DEPARTS [...] (SBU) This biographical report details Ambassador and Emboffs' impressions of Nikolay Vladimir during his tenure as Russian Ambassador to Panama as well as the highlights of his Curriculum Vitae. Ambassador Vladimir departed Panama in December 2003, informing Ambassador Watt that he had been [...]	2004-02-02 22:22:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PM RS POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA2153	PANAMA CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TRADE DEVELOPMENT [...] Has the GOP developed a list of occupations considered to be the worst forms of child labor? -------------------------------------------- - In 2002, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) fully funded a $1 million program with the International Labor Organization/International Programme on [...]	2004-08-24 11:47:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA2176	PANAMA PARDONS ANTIâ€CASTRO CUBANS [...] (SBU) Late on August 25, outgoing President Mireya Moscoso signed an executive decree pardoning four anti"Castro Cuban prisoners "" Luis Posada Carriles and AmCits Gasper Jimenez, Guillermo Novo, and Pedro Remon (see Reftels) and 163 others, as one of her final acts as president. The GOP imme [...]	2004-08-26 22:42:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM CU HO LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA2231	EMBASSY EFFORTS TO PROMOTE SECURITY AND [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. While Panama's remote and economically-underdeveloped Darien Region remains vulnerable to incursions by paramilitary groups and drug traffickers from Colombia, the region's security under Panam [...]	2004-09-02 20:38:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MASS MOPS SNAR EAID EAGR PREF PREL PINS PTER PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA2274	PANAMA: TAIWANâ€PRC RECOGNITION ISSUE SIMMERS AS [...] (C) With a new, more PRC"friendly Panama government in office on September 1, the question of whether newly inaugurated President Martin Torrijos might drop Panama's long"standing diplomatic recognition of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in favor of the People's Republic of China (PRC) continues [...]	2004-09-08 19:49:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV PM CM TW POL CHIEF
04PANAMA23	PANAMA ON BOARD FOR A PRODUCTIVE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF [...] (C) Ambassador Watt delivered reftel B demarche to Panama's Foreign Minister Harmodio Arias Madrid and Vice Foreign Minister and Summit of the Americas Coordinator Nivia Rossana Castrellon on December 30. Ambassador Watt stressed with FM Arias the four key areas in Reftel A talking points. On [...]	2004-01-06 21:39:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA2362	PANAMA FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS AMBASSADOR WATT [...] (C) In a September 7 meeting with Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro, Ambassador Watt discussed the Secretary's recent visit to Panama and President Torrijos' travel plans to the UN General Assembly in New York. The Ambassador also discussed ways Panama could contribute to the corruption [...]	2004-09-16 22:03:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA2452	PANAMA PLANS ASSERTIVE, COHERENT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) The Torrijos administration plans to run a much more ambitious foreign policy than its predecessor, aiming to sell the Panama "brand" to the world. First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel LEWIS Navarro has repeatedly indicated to the Ambassador and EmbOffs that the Torrijos team [...]	2004-09-29 21:51:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA2524	UNDERSTANDING PANAMA'S COLON FREE ZONE [...] (C) Summary: An important pillar of Panama's service-based economy, the Colon Free Zone (CFZ) is the largest duty free zone in the hemisphere and the second largest in the world. Offering much more than just duty-free wholesale shopping, however, the CFZ draws upon the strengths of Panama's wo [...]	2004-10-12 18:14:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PTER SNAR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA2530	PANAMA'S NEW GOVERNMENT IN PRODUCTIVE TALKS WITH [...] (C) WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Dan Fisk's October 5-7 meetings with President Torrijos and key cabinet officials brought friendly and productive exchanges on security and law enforcement cooperation; foreign policy; economic and trade policy; and good governance/anti-corruption. DAS Fisk [...]	2004-10-13 18:09:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG SNAR PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA2691	SCENESETTER: DEFENSE SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S NOVEMBER [...] (C) On behalf of Embassy Panama I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming November 13-14, 2004 visit to Panama. Your presence here as the government of Martin Torrijos enters its third month signals the great interest of the United States in strengthening our excellent rela [...]	2004-11-02 13:13:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV SNAR PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA2694	PANAMA: NEW GENERATION OF ARNULFISTA VISIONARIES [...] (C) The strong push to reform the Arnulfista Party (PA) after its May 2004 electoral defeat (see reftel) raises questions about why it occurred, who can repair the damage, what are the PA's long-term prospects, and what it all means for the USG. Most observers blame Mireya Moscoso and her cl [...]	2004-11-02 16:50:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA274	EMBASSY PANAMA CONVENES MINI-CTAG [...] (U) Per ref B, on February 2, Embassy's Pol Counselor, AID Director, Econ Counselor and NAS Director met with diplomatic representatives from G-8 countries and Spain to discuss Panama's counterterrorism (CT) requirements and vulnerabilities, each country's CT-related assistance to Panama, and [...]	2004-02-06 18:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA2829	PANAMA GOVERNMENT WEATHERS FIERCE CRITICISM AS IT [...] (C) With apparent support from President Martin Torrijos, Minister of Government and Justice Hector Aleman is moving to centralize control of the Panamanian Public Forces (PPF). MOGJ sources contend that under the government of former president Mireya Moscoso, MOGJ exercised weak oversight of [...]	2004-11-23 18:49:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MARR PINS PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA2921	SECDEF RUMSFELD'S TWO-DAY PANAMA TOUR A SUCCESS [...] (C) In a two-day visit to Panama November 13-14, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld met with Panamanian President Torrijos and top cabinet officials, visited and overflew the Panama Canal, laid a wreath at the American Battle Monument Commission's Corozal Cemetary, and held a news conferenc [...]	2004-12-03 19:21:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM CM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA2923	PANAMA SEEKS SOLUTIONS TO ARMS-FOR-DRUGS TRADE [...] (C) Since the seizure of the "Otterloo" in 2001, a ship carrying about 3,000 weapons from Nicaragua through Panama to the AUC in Colombia, the Colombian armed groups (FARC and AUC) appear to be relying increasingly on smaller arms-for-drugs purchases, instead of purchasing large amounts of w [...]	2004-12-03 21:08:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SNAR PGOV PREL PARM PM NI CO CR LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA2937	PANAMA, THE G4 AND "PLAN PUEBLA" [...] (C) Mexican President Vicente Fox publicly endorsed Panama's inclusion in the G3 (Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico) during his November 2-3 visit to Panama. According to MFA Advisor Nils Castro and International Organizations Director Javier Bonagas, the GOP's primary interest in joining the G [...]	2004-12-06 21:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG PM CO VZ LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA2986	PANAMA VIEWS FROM THE FIELD: INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) PolOff recently traveled to several remote indigenous areas of Panama, which are among the least accessible, least developed, and poorest parts of the country. With little economy to speak of aside from subsistence agriculture, indigenous groups focus on capturing development grants. [...]	2004-12-14 17:42:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID PGOV PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA3009	PANAMA - 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade surplus with Panama was $1.5 billion in 2003, an increase of $443 million from $1.1 billion in 2002. U.S. goods exports in 2003 were $1.8 billion, an increase of 31 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Panama were $301 million, rou [...]	2004-12-17 17:06:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA301	PANAMA ELECTIONS: FIRST DEBATE TURNS UP THE HEAT [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. SUMMARY: CANDIDATES BARE TEETH ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) During Panama's February 2 nationwide televised presidential debate, the four candidates soon shelved their inhibitions and began attacking one another [...]	2004-02-09 21:26:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA3025	PANAMA: ECONOMIC TRENDS AND LOOMING CHALLENGES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Hoping to capitalize early on its campaign promises (anti-corruption, transparency, fiscal responsibility and economic growth),current popularity (70 percent),and control of the legislatu [...]	2004-12-21 16:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA3034	PANAMA PUSHES DISABLED RIGHTS UNDER THE TORRIJOS [...] (SBU) In his first hundred days in office, President Torrijos has moved quickly to deliver on campaign promises to 280,000 disabled citizens and their families to create practical and inclusive institutions to boost compliance with Panama's disability laws. The president's personal interest [...]	2004-12-21 22:30:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA3038	OVERVIEW OF PANAMANIAN EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of reports from Embassy Panama's newly formed Illicit Finance Task Force (IFTF). The interagency IFTF was initiated in September 2004 to monitor terrorist financing and the laundering of narcotics and other criminal proceeds. The task force includes member [...]	2004-12-22 19:30:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER SNAR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA324	SCENESETTER: CODEL WELLER'S VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) Embassy Panama welcomes Codel Weller on their February 19-22 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate US appreciation for the ongoing security and drug enforcement cooperation between our two countries. Your visit highlights our governments' mutual focus on the strate [...]	2004-02-11 20:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC PREL ECON PM
04PANAMA40	PANAMA'S MAY 2004 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Panamanians nationwide will go to the polls on May 2, 2004 to choose a president, 78 legislators, 75 mayors, 619 local representatives, and 20 representatives to the Central American Parliament. The presidential campaign currently is a two-man race (in a field of four candidates) with t [...]	2004-01-08 19:28:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY POL SPECIALIST
04PANAMA441	PANAMA'S SCORECARD ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS [...] Summary and Comment: Overall, Panama's intellectual property rights regime is headed in the right direction and has improved during the past year. Panama has relatively well-developed intellectual property laws and institutions, and the GoP has increased specialized IPR training and technic [...]	2004-02-25 18:33:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA452	CODEL WELLER UNDERSCORES GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) Summary: Codel Weller,s February 19-22 visit to Panama underscored our strong friendship and high level of bilateral cooperation with GoP interlocutors, who included President Moscoso, FM Arias, National Security Advisor Jarvis, and VM for Foreign Trade Adames. Congressman Weller expres [...]	2004-02-26 20:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EWWT SNAR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA548	PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) While Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a problem in Panama, it is still relatively small and manageable. Embassy has worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover more about the extent of the problem in Panama and to encourage the GOP to wor [...]	2004-03-05 16:08:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA613	OBSERVERS, OPACITY, AND A PLEDGE. PANAMA ELECTION [...] (SBU) With less than two months to go, electoral issues are finally gaining prominence in Panama's media. Panamanian and foreign observers organize for the May 2 elections. Embassy plans to coordinate with OAS and Ombudsman's Office observers to ensure broad coverage of key polling areas on [...]	2004-03-16 13:24:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST
04PANAMA632	STATUS OF FORMER USG PROPERTIES IN THE PANAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Panama,s Interoceanic Region Authority (ARI) is responsible for converting former USG property in the Panama Canal area to private and commercial use. It has had a number of significant successes, and current and future investment in these "reverted" areas could total $2.5 bil [...]	2004-03-18 15:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA633	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR ARCOS' VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) I warmly welcome your March 23-25 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG appreciation for the ongoing maritime security cooperation between our two countries, and to press for continuing focus on this as well as aviation security (and increasingly cruise ship securi [...]	2004-03-18 16:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KNNP PTER ETTC PREL PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA651	MORE SECRETS, A DEBATE, AND ANOTHER POLL SHOWS [...] (SBU) Local press meticulously covered former President Ernesto Perez Balladares' unexpected disclosure of discretionary expenditures during his presidency (1994-99),tied to the ongoing battle between Electoral Prosecutor Gerardo Solis and President Moscoso. (Reftels A & B). A March 16 presi [...]	2004-03-19 19:39:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA652	MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE: US-PANAMA EXCHANGE OF [...] The following US diplomatic note no. 325, dated March 17, 2004, was presented by Embassy to the GOP (text per ref B with changes per ref A). Begin text: No. 325 The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Republic o [...]	2004-03-19 20:33:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA672	FATE OF ANTI-CASTRO CUBAN AMERICANS IN THE HANDS [...] NAME: NOVO, GUILLERMO; REMON, PEDRO; JIMENEZ, GASPAR 2. SEX: MALE 3. DOPB: JUNE 08, 1939, CUBA; SEPTEMBER 13, 1944, CUBA; OCTOBER 06, 1935, CUBA 23. (SBU) REMARKS: After nearly three and one-half years of incarceration, prosecutors and defense attorneys completed the argume [...]	2004-03-22 20:38:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CJAN SNAR PHUM CU PM NOVO GUILLERMO REMON PEDRO JIMENEZ GASPAR CONSULAR AFFAIRS
04PANAMA715	NAMES FLOATED, A BLAST FROM THE PAST, AND A [...] (SBU) Panama's electoral campaign suddenly became more interesting with a bristling 3/23 confrontation between Arnulfista youth and Endara supporters and a 3/24 shooting incident in a depressed area. From here forward, campaign tensions will mount, primarily in the form of mudslinging and edi [...]	2004-03-29 12:38:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST
04PANAMA748	DHS AMBASSADOR ARCOS PRESSES MARITIME SECURITY [...] Summary: During a March 23-24 visit to Panama, Ambassador Cresencio Arcos, Director for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pressed the USG agenda on maritime security. At a meeting with Panama's Minister of Government and Justice (MOGJ),Arnulfo Escalona, the [...]	2004-04-01 15:28:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA791	Rumors, Observers, and Negative Advertising. [...] (SBU) With the May 2 elections just one month away, the campaigns and the candidates are entering the home stretch. The Electoral Tribunal and the Ombudsman's office are focused on Election Day logistics and observers. Panama's media and civil society are investigating candidates' backgrounds [...]	2004-04-02 21:42:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST
04PANAMA798	PANAMA: KEY AGRICULTURAL ISSUES FOR THE UPCOMING [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. Summary: This cable provides an overview of Panama's agricultural sector and Post's assessment of key issues in preparation for the upcoming bilateral negotiations (Round One will be held April 26-30, 2004 in Panama [...]	2004-04-05 16:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA813	PANAMA REFUGEE NEWS--UNHCR PERMANENT OFFICE, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-06 21:56:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA828	PANAMA PUBLIC OPINION POLLS NOT DEPENDABLE [...] (SBU) Panama's nationally-published public opinion polls are probably biased, do not offer a dependable measure of Panamanians' voting preferences, and probably will not accurately predict outcomes for the May 2 elections. While we still think Martin Torrijos will win the May 2, 2004 presiden [...]	2004-04-08 15:13:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA85	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR OTTO REICH'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Embassy Panama welcomes Special Envoy for Western Hemisphere Initiatives Ambassador Otto Reich on his January 17 - 24 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate the Ambassador's good governance message to GOP officials, including Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso, priva [...]	2004-01-15 20:19:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EWWT SNAR OVIP PM NAS
04PANAMA861	PANAMA'S TELECOM/TECH SECTOR: AN OVERVIEW [...] Summary: Panama's telecommunications and technology sector is growing, and now represents 6% of GDP. The regulatory authority "Ente" has maintained a fairly good record for enforcement over the sector, though the former monopoly, Cable & Wireless Panama (CWP) has been slow in negotiating int [...]	2004-04-13 20:32:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECPS PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA875	PANAMA'S FORMER PRESIDENT GUILLERMO ENDARA DRIVES [...] (SBU) His campaign may lack money and glitz and his poll numbers are stubbornly stuck in second place behind Martin Torrijos but former president Guillermo Endara (1989-1994) is confident his single-message campaign -- that he is Panama's only hope for honest government -- will catapult him to [...]	2004-04-14 22:12:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAGR PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA886	PANAMA's MAY 2 ELECTORAL PROCESS: NUTS AND BOLTS [...] (U) Panama will hold general elections on Sunday, May 2 to elect a total of 1,756 new officials for five-year terms. Voters will elect a President, two Vice Presidents, 78 legislators (and 156 alternates),75 mayors (and 150 alternates),619 local representatives, 7 councilmen, 20 representa [...]	2004-04-16 14:51:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM POL SPECIALIST
04PANAMA892	Education, Absenteeism, and Closing Rallies. [...] (SBU) Candidates, voters, and electoral officials are in the home stretch for Panama's May 2 general elections. The Electoral Tribunal (ET) briefed the diplomatic corps on elections in an April 13 luncheon presentation with media present. On April 14, the ET warned the Supreme Court not to a [...]	2004-04-19 12:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST
04PANAMA906	USG SUCCESS STORY: PANAMA REGAINS CATEGORY 1 FOR [...] Summary: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) downgraded Panama in 2001 for not complying with international air safety standards. Over the past 18 months, the Embassy has worked to focus the GoP's highest levels on making needed changes to its aviation authority to regain the status. [...]	2004-04-20 19:33:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD BEXP CASC PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA924	PANAMA: THE CAMPAIGN OF ARNULFISTA PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Arnulfista Presidential Candidate Jose Miguel Aleman, a distant third in most public opinion polls, seeks to emerge from President Moscoso's shadow to place first in Panama's May 2 elections. Neutralizing Aleman's greatest logistical asset, the three-party coalition that backs him and its [...]	2004-04-22 12:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY

04PANAMA925	PANAMA COURT SENTENCES ANTI-CASTRO CONSPIRATORS, GOP DISCUSSES POSSIBLE FUTURE ACTIONS [...] (SBU) On April 20, Panama's Fifth Penal Court convicted six anti-Castro conspirators, including three AmCits, for endangering public safety and sentenced them to seven and eight-year jail terms for a November 2000 plot to kill Fidel Castro. (See Refs A and B.) Luis Posada Carriles, currently [...]	2004-04-22 13:30:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CJAN CASC SNAR CU PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA929	SCENESETTER: AUSTR VARGO'S TRIP TO PANAMA FOR THE [...] (U) I warmly welcome your April 25-30 visit to Panama. The USDEL's visit marks the culmination of a long campaign by the GoP to move forward on an FTA with the U.S. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG commitment to expanding trade and investment between our two countries, and to pre [...]	2004-04-22 20:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA936	Observers, a non-debate, more polls, and some [...] (SBU) As campaigning hits a feverish pace, candidates Torrijos and Endara decided to skip the final, April 20 debate. Two final public opinion polls with conflicting results have generated controversy, as has another group of Endara supporters who made their support publicly known. The Electo [...]	2004-04-23 19:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL PM POL SPECIALIST
04PANAMA975	PANAMA ELECTION EVE OUTLOOK: LIKELY WINNER [...] (C) Martin Torrijos and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD),well ahead by most indicators, are poised to win the presidency and a plurality of legislative seats in Panama's Sunday, May 2, 2004 general elections. The American-educated Torrijos has marginalized the PRD's "old guard" and ha [...]	2004-04-27 22:52:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PARAMARIBO117	MILITARY OFFICER VOICES PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR AN [...] (C) Summary. During a February 7 press "Information Day" hosted by Suriname's National Army, a military officer, Major Goerdeyal, called on the Surinamese Government to sign an Article 98 agreement with the United States or face losing US military assistance. Goerdeyal declared that the day [...]	2004-02-11 13:58:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NS
04PARAMARIBO126	LOCAL PUNDIT'S CRITICISM OF FTAA GETS BIG MEDIA [...] SUMMARY: A JANUARY 19 EDITORIAL BY LOCAL PUNDIT NICO WAAGMEESTER CRITICIZED THE FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS (FTAA) PROCESS FOR STRAYING FROM THE ORIGINAL IDEALS OF DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRACY, FREE TRADE, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. WAAGMEESTER, A MEMBER OF THE CONSERVATIVE EMPLOYERS' UNION ( [...]	2004-02-12 14:43:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL EMIN NS
04PARAMARIBO184	BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT SURINAME: TRADE, [...] ACCORDING TO THE FEBRUARY 24 EDITION OF THE LOCAL DAILY "DE WARE TIJD," SURINAMESE MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY MICHAEL JONG TJIEN FA ANNOUNCED DURING LOCAL CARNIVAL CELEBRATIONS ON FEBRUARY 20 A VISIT BY BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LUS INCIO LULA DA SILVA TO SURINAME AT THE END OF MARCH/EARLY APRI [...]	2004-02-27 19:24:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAGR ETRD NS
04PARAMARIBO187	CIVAIR: SAFE SKIES FOR AFRICA, ADOPTING A REGIONAL [...] IN RESPONSE TO THE FEBRUARY 26 REQUEST BY FAA DESK OFFICER FOR NIGERIA AND AFRICAN MULTILATERAL ISSUES FOREST RAWLS, THE EMBASSY PURCHASED ECONOMY-CLASS TICKETS FOR VIVIAN HANENBERG, DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY, TO ATTEND A MISSION IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, FROM MARCH 8-12, [...]	2004-03-02 19:08:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EAID PREL NS
04PARAMARIBO225	SURINAME: NO LIKELY HUMANITARIAN AID FOR HAITI [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-11 18:42:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL EAID NS
04PARAMARIBO39	IIP U.S. RICE POLICY SPEAKER DR. GAIL CRAMER WINS [...] Dr. Gail Cramer, the Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Louisiana State University, educated Surinamers about U.S. Rice Policy during an October 12-16 visit to Suriname. He met with a variety of government officials, politicians, rice farmers and exporters b [...]	2004-01-16 11:22:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAGR PREL NS
04PARAMARIBO454	THANK YOU NOTE FROM MINISTER LEVENS [...] IN A DIPLOMATIC NOTE RECEIVED JUNE 17, THE SURINAMESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS REQUESTED THAT POST FORWARD A THANK YOU NOTE FROM THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MARIA E. LEVENS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN L. POWELL. THE SIGNED ORIGINAL WILL BE FORWARDED VIA POUCH TO STATE, WHA/CAR, FO [...]	2004-06-17 18:30:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL NS
04PARAMARIBO476	PRESIDENT VENETIAAN PRESENTS SYMPATHY LETTER [...] THE EMBASSY RECEIVED ON JUNE 22 A DIPLOMATIC NOTE WITH A SYMPATHY LETTER ADDRESSED TO PRESIDENT BUSH BY PRESIDENT VENETIAAN MARKING THE DEATH OF FORMER PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN. THE SIGNED ORIGINAL WILL BE FORWARDED VIA POUCH TO WHA/CAR FOR APPROPRIATE HANDLING. PRESIDENT VENETIAAN ALSO PERS [...]	2004-06-29 10:59:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL NS
04PARAMARIBO523	SURINAME CLINCHES CARICOM'S SUPPORT FOR ITS [...] During their July 5-8 meeting in Grenada, CARICOM heads of state endorsed the nomination of Surinamese diplomat Albert Ramdin for the position of Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of the American States. Ramdin is currently the Caribbean Affairs Advisor to OAS Secretary General [...]	2004-07-19 16:33:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AORC NS OAS
04PARAMARIBO527	JAZZ AMBASSADORS THRILL CROWDS IN SURINAME, HELP [...] On July 8-11, the Embassy hosted Jazz Ambassadors Deborah Davis and a Few Good Men in the first ever visit of a Jazz Ambassadors group to Suriname. The dynamic quartet thrilled school children in a workshop entitled "What is Jazz?," invitees to a private concert at the Ambassador's residence [...]	2004-07-19 19:07:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI NS
04PARAMARIBO529	SURINAME TO CONDUCT NEW CENSUS IN AUGUST [...] According to Surinamese media reports, the National Assembly unanimously approved legislation on July 8 to permit the conduct of a new census in August. The census will be undertaken by the General Statistics Bureau (ABS) August 2-15 and will be financed by the government and the Inter Ameri [...]	2004-07-20 18:03:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI NS
04PARAMARIBO8	SURINAME FAVORS A MEANINGFUL DECLARATION AT THE [...] (C) Surinamese Foreign Minister Levens told the Ambassador January 5 that Suriname supports the US vision for a meaningful declaration at the Monterey Special Summit of the Americas, which Surinamese President Venetiaan will attend. In addition to firm commitments with firm time frames, Leve [...]	2004-01-06 11:35:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM MARR AMGT NS OAS
04PARAMARIBO80	PRESIDENT VENETIAAN'S VISIT TO THE SPECIAL SUMMIT [...] (U) THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT RONALD VENETIAAN AND OTHER SURINAMESE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY MICHAEL JONG TJIEN FA, TO THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS IN MONTEREY, MEXICO, RECEIVED MUCH PRESS ATTENTION IN SURINAME. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, UPON HIS RE [...]	2004-01-30 10:44:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAGR ECON KHIV NS
04PARIS5730	FRENCH LABOR CONCERNED WITH VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Emboffs met July 23 at the unions' request with Michele Simonnin, of the trade union Workers' Strength (CGT-FO) and Philippe Selva of the General Confederation of Workers (CGT),two of the three largest labor unions in France, to discuss US foreign policy regarding Venezuela. The labor [...]	2004-08-02 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PREL VE ELAB
04PARIS5906	"J,ACCUSE:" SHARON COMMENTS SPARK QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Israeli PM Ariel Sharon's July 18 call for Jews to emigrate from France to Israel "as early as possible" in order to escape the "wildest anti-Semitism" touched off a barrage of criticism from both the GoF and French Jewish community. Although Sharon had qualified h [...]	2004-08-10 08:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS KIRF PHUM PREL
04PARIS5935	FRENCH RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA REFERENDUM DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolOff met with MFA Venezuelan desk officer Hedi Picquart on August 9 and delivered demarche as per reftel. Picquart noted that France had hoped EU international election observers would participate in the August 15 referendum vote. Unfortunately, the GoV-imposed restrictions were deemed [...]	2004-08-10 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE KPAO FR KDEM
04PARIS8227	FRANCE'S EU/CUBA POSITION [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA Cuba Desk Officer Eric Chaux and U.S. desk officer Jean-Charles Bou on November 12. Chaux opened by saying that even if there were a change in the EU common policy toward Cuba, the GoF would remain critical of the Castro regi [...]	2004-11-12 17:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL FR CU
04PARIS8990	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST [...] MIDDLE EAST 2. U.S. DEFICIT 3. TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S TELEVISED INTERVIEW LAST EVENING ON TURKEY, HIS "YES, BUT ONLY IF," AND THE OPENING OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU IS TODAY'S NUMBER ONE LEAD STORY. INTERVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES ABOUND, ANALYZING THE PRESIDENT [...]	2004-12-16 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
04PARIS9167	FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (NORTH) [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chad, where France maintains a permanent miltary presence, and the Central African Republic (CAR),where France is supporting military and economic reform are key countries for France's Africa policy. The crisis in Darfur has caused concern in France about additional threats to [...]	2004-12-29 11:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CM CT CH ZF XA FR
04PARIS9188	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TSUNAMI: AN INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 11:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
04PORTAUPRINCE520	PRIME MINISTER FORMS CABINET [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Latortue finalized his cabinet choices on the afternoon of March 16, following consultations with President Alexandre. The cabinet was installed at 14:00 on March 17. Latortue chose to consolidate several existing ministries as a cost-cutting measure, naming only 13 m [...]	2004-03-17 22:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HA
04PRAGUE1869	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR COURTNEY WHITWORTH [...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Courtney Whitworth and Brian Weyand to travel to Prague February 17-22, 2005. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Tricia Cypher, tel. (420) 257 530 663, ext. 2313, e-mail CypherTB@state.gov. 3. Hotel reservation have been made, [...]	2004-12-23 11:58:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	AINR EZ OTRA
04PRETORIA3051	U.S. MULTI-NATIONALS CONTINUE ICT CHARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of U.S. multi-national corporations (MNCs) and the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Charter Working Group continue to negotiate proposed equity ownership requirements. The MNCs have presented a list of barriers to transferring equity and suggested [...]	2004-07-08 04:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD ECON SF
04PRETORIA3283	SOUTH AFRICA: REVIEW OF DR. ROBERT FINKELMAN'S [...] (U) Summary: On June 28, Dr. Finkelman, a coal scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, completed a highly successful three-month tour-of-duty as Embassy Science Fellow. Dr. Finkelman met with more than 500 South Africans in over forty formal meetings, presentations, and seminars to officia [...]	2004-07-20 14:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA EMIN SENV EIND BC MZ WA SF
04PRETORIA3543	USITC STUDY ON U.S.-SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN TRADE AND [...] This cable provides supplementary information on reftel A that provided post's input for the fifth annual USITC study on AGOA. B. - Developments in major regional groupings (COMESA, EC, ECOWAS, IGAD, SACU, SADC, WAEMU, IOC, and CEMAC) (where applicable) -------------------------------------- [...]	2004-08-04 14:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID XA SF AGOA USTR
04PRETORIA3560	SOUTH AFRICA: DEBEERS CONTEMPLATES THE U.S. MARKET [...] (C) Summary: On July 28, Econoff and EconFSN sat down to an hour-long conversation with Jonathan Oppenheimer, Director of E. Oppenheimer and Sons and Managing Director of De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd., to review the landscape for De Beers in the wake of its July 13 settlement with the U.S. [...]	2004-08-05 12:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EIND ETRD SF BC WA TZ AO CG GH CA
04PRETORIA3726	LOCAL REPS FOR U.S. ICT COMPANIES ENDORSE NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives for U.S. information and communication technology (ICT) companies operating in South Africa endorsed new charter language on equity in an August 11 meeting. The new language outlines conditions that must be met before companies may implement alternative equity [...]	2004-08-17 15:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD ECON SF
04PRETORIA3831	ANSWERS TO KEY EMPOWERMENT QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several industry charters are non- compliant with Black Economic Empowerment guidelines, according to Teddy Daka, one of the original drafters of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Bill. He also explained that sector charters would be issued as Codes of Good Prac [...]	2004-08-24 15:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF
04PRETORIA4252	Visit of Treasury Under Secretary for [...] (SBU) Summary. Treasury U/S Taylor and DAS Fratto sought support from South African Finance Minister Manuel to a U.S. proposal to move from loans to grants for HIPC countries in the multilateral development banks. The Minister agreed that the HIPC program had lowered debt levels for partic [...]	2004-09-21 05:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ETRD OTRA SF
04PRETORIA4313	AMERICAN FIRMS CRITICIZE FOURTH DRAFT OF ICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa (AmCham) submitted comments on the fourth draft of the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) empowerment charter September 15 to the ICT Charter Working Group. American businesses described the fourth draft as impractica [...]	2004-09-25 06:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF
04PRETORIA4503	UPDATE ON BEE CHARTER ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel helped to resolve the deadlock over the composition of the Financial Services Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Council in a September 20 meeting with industry stakeholders. Banks are concerned, however, that community and labor groups, excluded f [...]	2004-10-07 12:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF
04PRETORIA4532	DTI MINISTER ON BEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of Trade and Industry Mandisi Mpahlwa reviewed the economic and social rationale for BEE and said that empowerment would contribute to economic growth during a September 30 breakfast briefing. Mpahlwa said that Codes of Good Practice regulating rating agencies were im [...]	2004-10-08 15:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF
04PRETORIA4545	PERSPECTIVES ON NEPAD, ISLAM AND THE USA IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: S/P consultations in South Africa October 6-10, 2004 confirmed strong public and private sector support for NEPAD, due largely to Presidents Mbeki and Obasanjo's strong leadership. Expecting legal status as an African Union (AU) entity, the NEPAD Secretariat was optimistic, [...]	2004-10-12 14:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI SF
04PRETORIA4576	BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT - AN OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Act, signed in January 2004, specifies that the Department of Trade and Industry will oversee the BEE process. DTI still has to create a critical advisory council and issue important guidelines. In the meantime, industry char [...]	2004-10-14 11:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF
04PRETORIA4621	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 15, [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - No change in Interest Rates; - Tourism Earns Mor [...]	2004-10-18 13:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
04PRETORIA4689	AMBASSADOR MEETS DTI MINISTER ON FTA AND BEE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Frazer discussed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations and raised U.S. concerns about Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in her meeting with Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Minister Mpaphlwa on October 19. She underscored U.S. goals for a comprehensive F [...]	2004-10-25 07:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL XA SF
04PRETORIA4748	TRADE LINKAGES DRIVING SOUTH AFRICA'S BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with several Angola watchers from government, business, and academia yielded the common theme that South Africa's relationship with Angola will over the coming years be defined by burgeoning trade linkages between the two. South African firms are investing heavily [...]	2004-10-28 08:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	AO ETRD PREL SF EINV
04PRETORIA4865	SOUTH AFRICA: FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE'S [...] (U) Summary. South Africa's Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) released its 2003-04 Annual Report in early October. In its first full year of operation, the FIC received almost 7,500 suspicious transaction reports (STRs). The FIC is now turning its attention to raising the quality of STRs, r [...]	2004-11-05 11:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SF
04PRETORIA5063	DTI OFFICIAL CLARIFIES BEE CODES OF GOOD PRACTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Director of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Jeffrey Ndumo met with representatives from U.S. firms at the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa (AmCham). Ndumo said that DTI would release nine Codes of Good Practice in two phase [...]	2004-11-22 09:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF
04PRETORIA5090	SOUTH AFRICA: COMMENTS ON OUR PROPOSED RESEARCH [...] (U) See Action Request in Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy/Pretoria received the following diplomatic note (see text below) from the U.S.A. Directorate at the Department of Foreign Affairs on November 23 along with a typed version of our proposed R&D Cooperation Agreement on Nuclear Material S [...]	2004-11-23 14:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TRGY SF
04PRETORIA5105	SOUTH AFRICA TAKES ANOTHER STEP TOWARD THE [...] (U) Summary. In his October Medium Term Budget Policy address to Parliament, Finance Minister Manuel took important steps in the gradual relaxation of foreign exchange controls that began in 1995. He removed foreign exchange controls on South African corporations and allowed foreign company [...]	2004-11-24 09:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON SF
04PRETORIA5303	Amcham Business Climate Survey - 2004 [...] (SBU) In the American Chamber of Commerce's (Amcham) 2004 Business Climate Survey, 62 percent of companies viewed the business climate as "Excellent" or "Good," up from 50 percent last year. Three times more companies have increased confidence in the government's ability to improve the busi [...]	2004-12-08 14:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EINV SF
04PRETORIA5319	SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE [...] (U) Introduction: In January 2004, the Economic Section of Embassy/Pretoria produced the first issue of a new monthly newsletter called "The Assay". The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as [...]	2004-12-09 11:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
04PRETORIA5334	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH DECEMBER 10 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]	2004-12-10 07:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
04PRETORIA5407	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 17, [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Third Quarter Bulletin Released; - AmCham Survey [...]	2004-12-17 07:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
04PRETORIA5433	2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR SOUTH [...] This cable responds to reftel request for updating and revising last year's NTE chapter on South Africa. Post is also sending the text by e-mail to EB/MTA/MST and to USTR contacts. Post understands Washington will update the figures contained in the first paragraph in the trade summary. [...]	2004-12-20 04:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN SF
04QUEBEC107	QUEBEC PORT AUTHORITY COMPLIES WITH ISPS CODE [...] Summary: The Port of Quebec announced significant investments to heighten security at its six harbor facilities hence fulfilling the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Shipping and Port Security Code (ISPS). With financial assistance from the federal government to help [...]	2004-07-15 18:11:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT KCIP PHSA PTER PREL KCRM MARAD IMO
04QUEBEC12	FDA INTERNET PHARMACY MEETINGS IN QUEBEC CITY [...] Summary: FDA representatives met with Quebec officials January 12 to discuss the internet pharmacy trade and other issues related to an upcoming meeting between FDA Commissioner McClellan and Premier Charest in Davos. In his meeting with Commissioner McClellan, Premier Charest is likely [...]	2004-01-20 18:07:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CA FDA
04QUEBEC128	QUEBEC CITY RADIO STATION CLOSURE SPARKS POLITICAL AND [...] Summary: A local radio station ordered to close by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as stirred up an expected storm of controversy in the Quebec capital, and has also captured extensive national and international press attention since the decision was fi [...]	2004-08-13 19:06:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SCUL PHUM ETTC ECPS
04QUEBEC190	QUEBEC CITY 400TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) Summary: CG and Embassy Minister Counselor for Public Affairs met Oct 14-15 with federal, provincial and municipal representatives involved with planning Quebec's 400th Anniversary in 2008. Quebec Mayor L'Allier pushed for a visible U.S. legacy in the form of a genealogy center, while [...]	2004-11-03 17:36:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL CA
04QUEBEC193	CG MEETING WITH PQ LEADER LANDRY [...] (C) Summary: CG met with Parti Quebecois (PQ) opposition leader Bernard Landry October 28 at his National Assembly office and received a crash course on Quebec history and the separatist movement in what was her first encounter with the former PQ Premier. Despite intense internal wrangling wi [...]	2004-11-08 15:48:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA ECON
04QUEBEC202	QUEBEC LUMBER INDUSTRY ON SOFTWOOD STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recently met with Quebec lumber officials who told us the Province's first priority is to head off a Lumber V and carve out a permanent solution to the bilateral dispute. They argued that American industry is not benefiting from the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute as [...]	2004-11-19 16:07:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EIND CA US
04QUEBEC215	QUEBEC GOVERNMENT ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: Government of Quebec (GOQ) officials requested a meeting with CG Friedman to review the bidding on the draft UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention in advance of the Dec. 14-17 drafting group meeting in Paris, where Quebec will participate as an observer. GOQ officials said Quebec [...]	2004-12-13 20:59:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD SCUL FR CA UNESCO
04QUEBEC225	ENERGY ISSUES IN QUEBEC SEEN FROM JAMES BAY [...] (C) Summary: Hydro-Quebec (HQ) President for Production Thierry Vandal outlined his company's ambitious growth plans for hydroelectric power during a tour of James Bay Radisson generating plant. He stressed HQ's growing energy capacity and need for diversification while emphasizing that the [...]	2004-12-20 16:26:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV TRGY CA
04QUEBEC41	JANSSEN-ORTHO PROMOTES MANAGED PRICE INCREASES FOR QUEBEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate met with Janssen-Ortho representatives February 25 to discuss their plan to get the Quebec Government to adopt a modified American-style pricing system that would manage price increase pressures in the pharmaceutical sector. After a meeting with the Quebec Ministry o [...]	2004-03-03 16:21:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CA
04QUITO2198	ECUADOR MOVING FORWARD ON COMBATING TIP [...] Summary. A State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) delegation visited Ecuador from July 30 to August 4. Their agenda included a series of meetings with high-level GOE officials (the Ministers of Government and Labor),a congresswoman, different units of the police, the MFA, and severa [...]	2004-08-06 12:27:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV EC
04QUITO2208	GOE CONCERNED, YET UNWILLING TO ACT ON VENEZUELAN [...] (C) At an August 5 dinner hosted by Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez in honor of visiting President Jimmy Carter, the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns (reftel) over the August 15 Venezuelan referendum. Gutierrez asserted that Ecuador wanted "real" democracy in Venezuela. The birthplace of [...]	2004-08-09 17:49:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL EC VE
04QUITO2399	FAWNING THRONGS GREET LULA IN QUITO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cheering crowds met Brazilian President Lula da Silva at every stop during his August 24-25 visit to Quito. Pre-arrival press was universally positive, portraying the ex-labor leader as a third-world savior and counterweight to the United States. Concurrently, editorials ravag [...]	2004-08-30 18:03:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EFIN EC BR UN
04QUITO2447	ECUADOR CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD ON TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Summary. Ecuador continues to push ahead in its fight against trafficking in persons (TIP). The Embassy TIP working group met on September 1 to review GOE and USG efforts to combat TIP since the August 18th Presidential decree (Reftel). Raids on brothels continued, and the GOE is giving [...]	2004-09-08 16:30:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2462	OXY: GOE TAKES A SERIOUS WRONG TURN [...] (U) See action request in paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary. The GOE is proceeding with the contract nullification process (caducidad) against Occidental Petroleum (Oxy),potentially triggering the nationalization of Oxy's assets in Ecuador. Presidential Legal Advisor Carlos Larrea acknowledge [...]	2004-09-10 18:42:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD ECON EC
04QUITO2480	LABOR DELEGATION CONSULTATIONS IN ECUADOR [...] (U) Summary. During a September 1-3 visit to Ecuador, an interagency labor delegation met with GoE officials, labor and business representatives and Ecuadorian civil society representatives, fulfilling the Trade Promotion Authority mandate to consult on labor law and practice and begin the f [...]	2004-09-13 20:23:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV EC
04QUITO2519	ECUADOR CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD ON TIP [...] Summary. Ecuador continues its strong fight against trafficking in persons (TIP),commercial sexual exploitation of minors (CSEM),and child pornography and has made additional progress since the last update. Congress is reviewing penal code reforms to change the definition of a minor to a ch [...]	2004-09-16 20:07:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2595	TIP IN ECUADOR: TRAINING, RAIDS, AND THE ABA'S [...] (U) Summary. The International Labor Organization (ILO) and Ecuadorian police began their joint training series on September 23 to teach the police about commercial sexual exploitation of minors (CSEM). The police conducted 25 raids from September 3 to 8 and rescued 30 minors. The American [...]	2004-09-24 19:15:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2614	MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT ANNOUNCES INITIATIVE [...] Summary. The Minister of the Environment (MOE),Fabian Valdivieso, announced to the press on September 27 that Fausto Cepeda had been replaced as Galapagos National Park (GNP) Director by GNP employee Victor Carrion. The MOE will form a commission to oversee any future selections of the GNP [...]	2004-09-28 23:35:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EC ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL SENV
04QUITO2655	ECUADORIAN VFM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND ALADI [...] (SBU) Summary: Perhaps to signal his willingness to act as a U.S. ally in his new position on the UN Human Rights Commission, FM Edwin Johnson expressed concern to DCM about Venezuelan and Cuban diplomatic activities in Ecuador and the politicization of the Latin American Integration Associati [...]	2004-10-01 19:22:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AORC PREL PGOV EC
04QUITO2702	MAYOR'S RACE A TOSS-UP IN ECUADOR'S THIRD CITY [...] Summary. The Cuenca mayoral race is too close to call between two strong candidates, Fernando Cordero (New City-Pachakutik alliance),the incumbent, and Marcelo Cabrera (Democratic Left),recently the provincial prefect of Azuay. Meanwhile, Xavier Munoz, of Popular Democracy is the clear fro [...]	2004-10-06 21:01:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2704	ECUADOR TRYING TO STABILIZE GALAPAGOS PARK [...] Summary. The Minister of the Environment, Fabian Valdivieso, is attempting to change the process for selecting directors of the Galapagos National Park (GNP),hoping that an independent procedure will purge politics from this position and stabilize park management. The Minister proposes hiri [...]	2004-10-07 13:34:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EC ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL SENV
04QUITO2759	FINAL ECUADORIAN ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: This cable provides information about the upcoming October 17 provincial/local elections, their significance, a summary of Embassy involvement in the OAS electoral observation mission, information on how to reach us on election day, suggested press guidance, and a synopsis of re [...]	2004-10-14 20:51:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC
04QUITO2773	ECUADOR TIP UPDATE [...] Summary. Ecuadorian police conducted nearly 50 raids September 16 - 30 and found 55 minors suspected as victims of trafficking in persons (TIP). USAID signed a $300,000 agreement with Geneva Global to begin a small grants program aimed at prevention, prosecution and protection of TIP. Press [...]	2004-10-18 21:10:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2810	RETURN TO NORMALCY: PRESIDENT SURVIVES ANOTHER DAY [...] (C) Minutes after local elections concluded on October 17, Ecuador's opposition returned to its game of political "chicken," calling for the impeachment of President Gutierrez for illegal use of public funds for campaign purposes. The judiciary, for its part, issued what some charaterize as a [...]	2004-10-22 12:04:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2868	GUTIERREZ CANCELS NEW YORK TRIP [...] Summary. On October 27, President Gutierrez told the Ambassador he had canceled his planned early November trip to New York in order to work in Ecuador on judicial reform projects and programs to spur economic growth. Gutierrez hopes the press will portray his decision as a need to focus on [...]	2004-10-27 22:11:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2922	MOL CONSIDERS LABOR REFORM; UNIONS URGE RESIGNATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting in Guayaquil with USTR and Department of State officials, two key Ecuadorian labor leaders stated they will challenge the recently published executive decree on subcontracting as unconstitutional, and also repeated a call for Minister of Labor Raul Izurieta's removal f [...]	2004-11-05 17:39:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV EC
04QUITO2927	CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM PRESIDENT GUTIERREZ TO [...] Embassy received a congratulatory letter from President Gutierrez to President Bush dated November 2 on November 4 under a cover letter from acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Edwin Johnson. 2. Text of Letter from President Gutierrez: Your excellency: On behalf of the Ecuadorian peop [...]	2004-11-05 19:43:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OPDC EC
04QUITO2980	TIER 2 WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary. Ecuador has taken significant steps since June to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The government increased public awareness of the problem, reached out to source and destination countries, and established a national plan. The GOE has cooperated with the International Labor Or [...]	2004-11-12 19:07:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO3028	RENEWING THE ARTICLE 98 PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Article 98 negotiations in Ecuador have stagnated of late. Two factors are to blame: continued push-back from the Embassy's prime interlocutors, the Foreign Ministry and Congress, and the Gutierrez government's focus on self-preservation in the face of impeachment proceedings. [...]	2004-11-17 21:51:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL EC KICC
04QUITO3081	GOE PRESSES ITS LUCK -- NEXT STEPS ON STABILITY [...] (C) Summary: A concerted USG effort to promote political stability contributed to the lessening of political tension over impeachment, and will continue to be important in the aftermath. Although the situation has calmed somewhat since the failure of an opposition initiative to impeach Presi [...]	2004-11-24 20:32:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EC
04QUITO3147	ECUADOR ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SOUTH AMERICAN [...] (SBU) On December 2, President Gutierrez discussed with the Ambassador his upcoming trip to Peru. He will participate there in a meeting of Andean presidents and later join South American leaders in signing a declaration to move toward the creation of a Community of South American Nations. [...]	2004-12-03 15:20:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EC
04QUITO3151	CAREER DIP TO HEAD ECUADOR'S WASHINGTON EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lucio Gutierrez told the Ambassador on December 2 that he would nominate MFA Bilateral U/S Roberto Betancourt to head Ecuador's embassy in Washington. The career diplomat will replace political appointee Ambassador Raul Gangotena, who submitted his resignation Novembe [...]	2004-12-03 20:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO3153	ECUADOR LABOR UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Following are recent labor-related developments of interest: --Changes at the MOL (para. 2) --MOL Izurieta Meets With Congress' Paez (3) --Chamber of Commerce Challenges Subcontracting Decree (5) --Hunger Strike by Public Sector Workers (6) --Penitentiary and Health Worker St [...]	2004-12-03 23:10:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV EC
04QUITO3167	PRESIDENT GUTIERREZ CALLS CONGRESS BACK TO DEBATE [...] (SBU) On December 5, in a surprise exercise of constitutional privilege, President Gutierrez canceled his planned trip to Peru and called Congress back from recess into extraordinary session on December 8. In so doing he requested that they consider three issues: 1) the censure of recently [...]	2004-12-07 23:01:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO3289	ECUADOR 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Below is Embassy Quito's submission for the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report. A copy of the report has been provided to USTR Bennett Harman via email. The report was a collaborative effort between State, the Commercial Service and the Foreign Agricultural Service. TRADE SUMMARY ---- [...]	2004-12-23 19:53:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EC
04QUITO3304	INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATION ELECTS NEW HEAD [...] Summary: The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) on December 23 elected Luis Macas president of the organization, a post he previously held twice. Macas, a former Minister of Agriculture and an ethnic Saraguro indian from the south of the country, will lead the org [...]	2004-12-28 19:22:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EC
04RANGOON1176	AMERICAN CENTER ANNEX IN MANDALAY: FREQUENTLY ASKED [...] (SBU) Given the summer-cycle turnover in personnel working on Burma issues, we thought it would be helpful to provide a quick synopsis of the plan to establish an annex of Rangoon's American Center in Mandalay. This informal format provides Embassy Rangoon's perspective on many questions fre [...]	2004-09-09 09:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ABLD ASEC PREL KPAO KDEM BM
04RANGOON1322	BURMA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: "EXPECT NO CHANGE IN [...] (C) Summary: New Foreign Minister U Nyan Win met with the COM on October 5, only his third encounter as FM with a diplomat in Rangoon. By all appearances, Nyan Win is a caretaker foreign minister under instructions from SPDC Chairman Than Shwe to hold the regime line. He declared that the G [...]	2004-10-05 10:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BM
04RANGOON1343	AUNG SAN SUU KYI THANKS AMERICA FOR ITS SUPPORT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Aung San Suu Kyi sent a verbal message via a trusted Burmese confidante to us October 8 to: A) thank the U.S. for its continued strong support of democracy in Burma, B) warn that "some in the UN system are seeking to undermine America,s efforts in Burma," and C) seek USG support [...]	2004-10-12 08:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID BM ASSK NLD
04RANGOON1402	BUSINESS AS USUAL: THE SPDC SHOWS LITTLE CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Labor U Tin Winn told COM on October 25 that his government would "reassess the utility of the ILO" if the ILO's Governing Body decided to implement the measures outlined in Article 33 of the International Labor Conference's resolution of 2000. In response to our sta [...]	2004-10-26 11:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM BM ASSK
04RANGOON1435	BURMA: CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM THAN [...] (U) On November 4, 2004 Embassy Rangoon received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitting a congratulatory letter (unsigned) from Senior General Than Shwe to President Bush on the occasion of the latter's re-election. Post will forward the original to EAP/BCLTV. Th [...]	2004-11-08 09:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC BM
04RANGOON1443	A VISIT TO PROJECT OLD SOLDIER 101 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INL-funded Project Old Soldier 101, a crop-substitution program founded by WWII veterans of OSS Detachment 101, appears to be doing an excellent job providing farmers profitable alternatives to raising opium poppies in the rugged hills of northeastern Burma. Approximately 4,000 [...]	2004-11-09 08:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EAID EAGR PREL MOPS BM NGO
04RANGOON1456	CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAM FOR RISING ETHNIC PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Rangoon's Public Affairs Section (PAS) recently initiated a leadership capacity building program (called the "Global English" Program) for 23 representatives from nine ethnic democratic political parties. The program's nine-month curriculum, targeted at rising or curr [...]	2004-11-12 02:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO EAID PREL BM
04RANGOON1499	FIFTEEN YEARS IN THE BURMESE GULAG [...] (C) Summary: One of Burma's best-known dissidents, Min Ko Naing (aka Paw Oo Tun),freed on November 19 after 15 years spent in Burmese prisons, met with Emboffs and discussed his long, isolated, and arduous stint in the military regime's gulag. The 42 year-old former Rangoon University zoology [...]	2004-11-23 11:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM BM
04RANGOON1507	STATUS OF NLD DEPUTY CHAIRMAN U TIN OO [...] (S) SUMMARY: NLD deputy chairman U Tin Oo, 77, remains under house arrest, although has been allowed to visit a private clinic for medical diagnosis. He is undergoing medical treatment and may need surgery. His wife, Dr. Tin Moe Wai, met with DCM November 26 to delivered a personal note fr [...]	2004-11-29 09:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV BM NLD
04RANGOON1519	EMBASSY RANGOON CONDUCTS HIV/AIDS TRAINING FOR ALL [...] Summary. Embassy Rangoon has completed HIV/AIDS awareness training for all current mission staff in accordance with the Department of State's HIV/AIDS workplace policy and a Plan of Action established at the July 2003 HIV/AIDS Chiefs of Mission Conference in Bangkok, at which COMs committed [...]	2004-11-30 09:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI KHIV APER BM
04RANGOON1522	BURMA: KHIN NYUNT'S GONE, BUT BIG BROTHER'S STILL [...] (C) Summary: At the behest of the GOB, several Burmese-language newspapers have published articles detailing encounters between members of the diplomatic community, including U.S. Embassy personnel, and democracy activists, in the process reiterating that Big Brother's still on the job despite [...]	2004-12-01 07:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PHUM ASEC BM
04RANGOON1582	BURMA'S BUDDHIST SUMMIT: WE BUILT IT, NOW FIND [...] (SBU) Summary: The SPDC carried off its World Buddhist Summit despite the 11th hour loss of the primary sponsor and the 1,600 attendees it was planning to bring. The regime saved face by launching a dual strategy of publicly belittling its departed Japanese co-sponsor while using influential [...]	2004-12-15 03:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PHUM PREL PGOV BM
04RANGOON1629	INDONESIA QUAKE HITS BURMA [...] Rangoon awoke on Sunday the 26th to a 5.3 earthquake, the largest since 1958 in the capital, testimony to the vast power of the quake off Indonesia. Though there were no reports of casualties or major damage in Rangoon, there were scattered reports throughout the area of slightly damaged buil [...]	2004-12-27 09:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC PREL PINR PGOV AMGT BM
04RANGOON1633	TFXO01: TSUNAMI DEATH TOLL RISES IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: It is evident now that Burma's remote coastal and delta regions suffered at least several dozen casualties and, at the village level, significant property damage from the earthquakes and tsunami of December 26th, although the full extent of the impact is still unclear. As of CO [...]	2004-12-28 10:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR CASC PREL PINR PGOV AMGT BM

04RANGOON1643	TFXO01: (12/29) BURMESE GOVERNMENT UPS TSUNAMI [...] (SBU) Summary: As of December 29th, the GOB's official earthquake/tsunami death toll in Burma is 51 dead and 70 missing, though the real numbers may be higher. There have been no reports of Amcit casualties or verified cases of missing Americans. The GOB has declined offers of assistance fro [...]	2004-12-29 10:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR CASC PREL PINR PGOV AMGT BM
04RANGOON1649	TFXO01: (12/30) BURMA SITUATION SEEMS STABLE...FOR [...] Summary: All USG personnel in Burma are accounted for and safe. There have still been no reports of Amcit casualties or verified cases of missing Americans. There was no new information on casualties in Burma on December 30th, though a UN team found little evidence to dispute GOB claims of D [...]	2004-12-30 10:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC KFLO PREL PINR PGOV AMGT BM
04RANGOON238	AMERICAN CENTER SPEAKER PROMOTES DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Rangoon's Public Affairs Section hosted Fulbright Scholar Jeffrey Kamakahi for programs on diversity, inequality, and social change with Burma's many ethnic, racial, and religious groups. Though the target audiences greatly appreciated his visit, they also expressed th [...]	2004-02-23 10:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KISL KPAO BM
04RANGOON305	BURMA GOES BACK TO BASICS ON TERRORIST FINANCING [...] (S) Summary: Burma's efforts to fight terrorist financing suffer from several systemic and policy problems -- including corruption, a massive informal economy, and lack of professional capacity. Likewise, the GOB has been slow to complete its UN reporting requirements and has not yet taken ac [...]	2004-03-05 07:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PTER EFIN ETTC PREL BM
04RANGOON317	BURMA DENIES NUCLEAR OR MISSILE LINKS WITH NORTH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win told the CDA, a.i. March 9 that Burma "has no links whatever with North Korea regarding nuclear technology or missile technology," and has no intentions of buying missiles or missile technology from North Korea. He allowed that Burma had pu [...]	2004-03-09 10:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL KNNP SNAR BM KN ARF
04RANGOON370	MOFA ON DPRK MISSILES, ROAD MAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Political Director General U Thaung Tun, covering a range of political issues, reiterated to COM on March 18 the GOB's position that Burma has refused North Korea offers to buy missiles and has no intention of resuming diplomatic relations with DPRK. He that although the GO [...]	2004-03-19 08:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM
04RANGOON514	GOB PULLS THE PLUG ON BANGKOK II [...] (C) Summary: According to an MFA contact, Burma has opted out of the second meeting of the "Bangkok Process" and requested a postponement of at least one month, likely part of an effort to focus exclusively on reconvening the National Convention on May 17. We suspect the GOB realizes that the [...]	2004-04-23 08:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM TH
04RANGOON559	ENERGIZING BURMA'S SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTREPRENEURS [...] (SBU) Summary: The executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand visited Rangoon explaining the benefits of a more active civil society role for the business community and delivering the message that combined voices were more effective in pushing reform. Progressive busin [...]	2004-05-06 05:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KPAO PGOV SCUL KWMN BM
04RANGOON58	CULTIVATING THE FOURTH ESTATE [...] The Rangoon American Center hosted Burma's first journalism training course, conducted by the Indochina Media Memorial Foundation (IMMF),an independent media support foundation based in Thailand, November 10 to 23, 2003. The two-week course was designed to introduce young journalists to the [...]	2004-01-14 03:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO BM
04RANGOON647	BURMESE REGIME'S STRATEGIC VIEWS OF U.S. AND CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States wants to dominate Burma in order to penetrate China's soft underbelly, according to Burmese Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt. The PM, speaking with a visiting ethnic leader, laid out his strategic views of the United States and China. Burma must resist U.S. [...]	2004-05-21 08:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PINR BM CH
04RANGOON694	BURMESE TAKE TO THE ETHER TO AVOID SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BURMESE BUSINESSES HAVE A WELL-EARNED REPUTATION FOR CREATIVITY IN THE FACE OF OBSTACLES. MANY HAVE FOUND WAYS TO WORK AROUND LAST YEAR'S BAN ON U.S. FINANCIAL SERVICES (INCLUDING TRADE FACILITATION AND CREDIT CARD SERVICES). ONE OF THE LATEST METHODS INVOLVES LARGER COMPANIES [...]	2004-06-01 10:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV BM
04RANGOON768	BURMESE USING THAIS TO VIOLATE U.S. IMPORT BAN [...] SUMMARY: BURMESE GARMENT FACTORY OWNERS ADMITTED TO AN EMBASSY OFFICER THAT THEIR COMPANY IS CIRCUMVENTING THE U.S. IMPORT BAN ON BURMESE PRODUCTS BY EXPORTING THEIR "U2" AND "ADIDAS" BRAND GARMENTS OVERLAND TO BANGKOK, AND THEN RE-EXPORTING THROUGH A THAI COMPANY DIRECTLY TO THE UNITED STATE [...]	2004-06-18 08:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON CVIS KTEX TH BM
04RANGOON805	THE MADRASSAS OF RANGOON [...] (S) Summary: Despite pervasive and sometimes aggressive religious discrimination that favors Burma's Buddhist majority, Islamic religious education has survived and flourished in Rangoon Division. Though Rangoon's madrassas operate under vigilant MI attention, there are up to 130 schools -- s [...]	2004-06-25 02:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	SCUL PGOV PTER EFIN KISL BM
04RANGOON815	GOB BLAMES EXILE GROUPS FOR JUNE 26 BOMBINGS [...] (C) Summary: On June 26th, three small bombs exploded and four were disarmed at the main Rangoon train station. The GOB blamed exile opposition groups for the incident, just as it did for a similar event last July. We think it more likely the GOB did this itself to try to besmirch these oppo [...]	2004-06-28 08:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV ELAB BM
04RANGOON912	BURMA'S GARMENT SECTOR TAKES A TURN FOR THE BETTER [...] (C) Summary: New garment orders from Europe and Canada have put about 25,000 back to work around Rangoon. These orders are offering a much smaller profit margin than normal, though, thus the GOB is gaining little extra income from the new business. Despite the good news, garment factory owner [...]	2004-07-20 07:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KTEX BM
04RIYADH6449	SAUDI ARABIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel, post submits the following language for use in the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Embassy POC for this report is Julie Eadeh (eadehja@state.gov). 2. (U) During the year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continued to support the global war on terror. Al Qai'da, in the [...]	2004-12-19 10:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL SA
04ROME1010	CHILE/WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH A [...] The World Food Program (WFP),the Chilean Board of Educational Assistance and Scholarships (JUNAEB),and the U.S.-based American School Food Service Association (ASFSA) plan to jointly launch a Latin American independent school- feeding support network at a Conference in Santiago, Chile, March [...]	2004-03-15 16:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO
04ROME1050	MEETING BETWEEN U/S DOBRIANSKY AND ITALIAN FOREIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY. U/S PAULA DOBRIANSKY HELD A BILATERAL MEETING WITH FM FRATTINI ON MARCH 4 AT THE ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY. THE UNDER SECRETARY RAISED FOUR ISSUES, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES, THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, ECOSOC MEMBERSHIP AND MONTREAL PROTOCOL LIMITS ON [...]	2004-03-17 12:05:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	IT KDEM PHUM PREL SENV EG HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME1080	BUSINESS AS USUAL AT ALITALIA: ZANICHELLI BECOMES [...] (U) FRANCESCO MENGOZZI RESIGNED AS ALITALIA'S MANAGING DIRECTOR ON FEBRUARY 28, AND WAS REPLACED BY MARCO ZANICHELLI, FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL AND A MEMBER OF ALITALIA'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ZANICHELLI WILL BE ASSISTED BY TWO GENERAL DIRECTORS: GLENN HOUENASTEIN, AN AMERICAN CITIZEN FORMERLY O [...]	2004-03-18 14:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELAB IT PGOV AVIATION
04ROME1092	Iraq: Italian-Sponsored Marsh Restoration Program [...] (U) The Italian Ministry of Environment and Territory (MOE) has provided 2.1 million euros (1 euro 1.22 USD) through the Washington-based "Iraq Foundation" for a marshland recovery and water sanitation program called "New Eden." The Italian government will likely provide an additional 10 mil [...]	2004-03-18 17:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1236	RIGHT TO FOOD: REPORT OF INTERSESSIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A FORMAL INTERSESSIONAL MEETING (OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP [OEWG]) OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MET IN RO [...]	2004-03-29 12:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR FAO
04ROME1274	INFLUENCE ANALYSIS: ITALY [...] Italy has the kind of wide-open media environment characteristic of most modern democracies. As in other countries, most Italians get their news and information from television news programs. There are seven main broadcast evening news programs, with two prime-time newscasts - one public (RA [...]	2004-03-31 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP IT
04ROME1392	WFP HELPS LAUNCH LATIN AMERICAN SCHOOL FEEDING [...] An international school feeding congress - "Networks Beyond Borders," attracted more than 800 participants from 19 countries. The event included an industry fair with 40 companies from the Americas and workshops on nutrition, food safety and technology, school feeding programming and research [...]	2004-04-08 08:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF SENV FAO WHO WFP UNESCO
04ROME150	ITALY WELCOMES PROPOSED DEFENSE EXPORT CONTROLS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 4. 2. ECONOFF DELIVERED REF. A INVITATION FROM PM DAS ROBERT MAGGI TO DIEGO UNGARO, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S OFFICE OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS, ON JANUARY 8. UNGARO WAS GENERALLY POSITIVE ABOUT THE PROPOSED DIAL [...]	2004-01-15 11:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC IT
04ROME1566	IRAQ: ROMAN BREAKFAST:BERLUSCONI SERVES HAM, PRODI [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM BERLUSCONI REACTED TO ZAPATERO'S WITHDRAWAL DECISION BY PUFFING OUT HIS CHEST AND CLAIMING THAT ITALY IS NOW AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE ALLY IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE. IT WILL STAY THE COURSE BUT PUSH FOR AN ENHANCED UN ROLE TO ASSIST WITH IRAQ'S POLITICAL TRANSITION. ROMANO PRODI, NOW [...]	2004-04-22 05:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME1683	ITALY: CONFIDENT OF EU SUPPORT FOR OAS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) DANIELE RAMPAZZO, MFA SOUTH AMERICA OFFICE DIRECTOR, REPORTED THAT ITALY AND THE EU STRONGLY SHARE USG VIEWS ON THE NEED TO KEEP THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) AND THE CARTER CENTER FUNCTIONING AS OBSERVERS IN VENEZUELA. HE SAID THAT ITALY AND OTHER EU MEMBER STATES ARE URGIN [...]	2004-04-29 08:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM VE IT PGOV PREL
04ROME1846	ALLEGATIONS OF ALITALIA CODE SHARING AT LINATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TRANSPORT MINISTRY DG FOR CIVIL AVIATION SANSONE TOLD ECONOFFS APRIL 28 THAT HE HAD INVESTIGATED THE ALLEGATIONS OF ALITALIA CODE-SHARING WITH OTHER EU CARRIERS OUT OF LINATE AIRPORT AND HAD FOUND NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS WAS TAKING PLACE. SANSONE HAD SPELLED OUT THE RULES FOR LINA [...]	2004-05-12 13:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP IT EUN AVIATION
04ROME1898	SUBJECT: ITALY SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON GAERC AGENDA; [...] (C) MFA Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff on May 12 that as the May 17 GAERC would be the first in which Ministers of Defense from all 25 Member States would participate, discussion of ESDP issues would likely generate lively debate, and conclusions [...]	2004-05-17 06:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT EUN ICC MEPP
04ROME1911	ITALY'S BERLUSCONI UNDER POLITICAL PRESSURE; [...] (C) The Berlusconi Government is under increasing political pressure in the build-up to June 12-13 European Parliament and local elections. A combination of global and domestic events -- Iraqi prisoner abuse and Italy's purported knowledge thereof, heavy fighting in Italy's sector of Iraq, [...]	2004-05-17 15:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME2123	WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT MEANS FOR BERLUSCONI [...] (S) The President's visit to Rome takes place one week before Italians vote for their 78 representatives to the European parliament and some local officials on June 12-13. The results of the vote will be interpreted as an early test of how Berlusconi is likely to fare in national elections t [...]	2004-06-01 17:28:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	IT IZ PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
04ROME2171	Commerce DAS Eric Stewart Visit to Rome [...] (U) Summary and Introduction. On May 25, 2004, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) of Commerce for Europe, Russia, and the Independent States Eric Stewart held discussions with Government of Italy (GOI) counterparts and met with local business representatives on trade and market access and compl [...]	2004-06-08 09:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD IT ECIP
04ROME2243	SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] In an abbreviated Board session (one and a half days),the Executive Board approved country programs for Sierra Leone and Madagascar, a budget increase for WFP's development efforts in Uganda, and protracted relief and recovery operations for Myanmar (Returnees and vulnerable groups in norther [...]	2004-06-10 15:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
04ROME2245	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: PRODI AND BERLUSCONI IN THE [...] (U) Italy's June 12-13 European Parliament and local elections are the latest contest, albeit indirect, between Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his once and likely future challenger, European Commission President Romano Prodi. Italy's next national elections will almost certainly not o [...]	2004-06-10 17:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
04ROME2274	FOOD SECURITY IN GUATEMALA: VISIT OF ALTERNATE [...] Summary: Travel of U.S. Mission Rome's Alternate Permanent Representative to Guatemala provided an opportunity for review of selected projects of the World Food Program (WFP),the UN Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in rural are [...]	2004-06-14 13:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR EFIN AORC SENV GT XK WFP FAO IFAD
04ROME2277	FOOD SECURITY IN NICARAGUA: VISIT OF ALTERNATE [...] Summary: U.S. Mission Rome Alternate Permanent Representative traveled to Nicaragua May 2-5 to review efforts by the UN agencies to work with the host government and other donors to address food insecurity in this low- income, food-deficit country that has been hit by recurring natural disa [...]	2004-06-14 13:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR EFIN AORC SENV NU XK WFP FAO IFAD
04ROME2319	PUBLIC LAW 480 FOOD FOR PEACE PANEL AT ANNUAL [...] USUN-Rome organized (on the margin of the Annual Session of the WFP Executive Board) a panel to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Public Law 480, the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act that was signed into law in 1954 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ambassador Tony Hall h [...]	2004-06-16 12:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
04ROME2331	2003 GLOBAL FOOD AID: BARELY COPING WITH [...] WFP has released its annual Global Food Aid report entitled "2003 Food Aid Flows," which highlights, despite a year of extraordinary emergencies, the steady downward trend in total food aid tonnages, particularly since 1999. For 2004, international prices for food aid commodities continue the [...]	2004-06-17 12:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
04ROME2389	ELECTION RESULTS: SOMETHING GAINED, SOMETHING LOST [...] (U) In Italy's EU elections, the governing coalition obtained a total of 45.4 percent of the votes, compared to 46.1 percent obtained by all parties on the center left. The remaining 8.5 percent went to other smaller parties. mainly center-right oriented. The center-left now holds 37 seats, [...]	2004-06-18 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME2391	MEETING OF UNIDROIT FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] Summary: the Finance Committee of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) met on June 15 to consider the organization's 2005 budget. U.S. did not block consensus on the proposed budget of 1.979 million euros, which represents a 4.2 percent increase over 2004 [...]	2004-06-21 05:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ABUD UNIDROIT
04ROME2463	"UNTIED FOOD AID" - WFP STUDY FOR UNCTAD [...] (SBU) The WFP Secretariat has shared with the US Mission a paper prepared for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) entitled: "Food Aid and the Untying of Aid: Opportunities and Challenges for the Least Developed Countries." The key premise for the untying of food aid [...]	2004-06-24 15:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC PREF ETRD WFP UN UNCTAD
04ROME2464	IRAQ POST-HANDOVER: GOI SUPPORT STRONG AND [...] This message contains an action request in paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Citing the parallel goals of strengthening Iraqi security services and forging an overarching Iraqi national identity from a highly regionalized reality, the GOI has described a comprehensive plan to provide assistance t [...]	2004-06-24 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ECON EAID IT IZ PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2517	ITALY - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III WAIVER REVIEW [...] (C) MISSION BELIEVES RENEWING THE TITLE III LIBERTAD ACT WAIVER WOULD ENHANCE THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASED US-ITALIAN COOPERATION ON CUBA AND HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON ALREADY STRONG BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH ITALY. ITALIAN POLICY TOWARDS CUBA FOLLOWS THE EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA, WHICH IS BAS [...]	2004-06-28 15:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME2631	ITALIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. A DELEGATION LED BY LINCOLN BLOOMFIELD JR., A/S FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS, DISCUSSED ITALY-SPECIFIC GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW (GPR) PROPOSALS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS FROM THE DEFENSE GENERAL STAFF AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON JUNE 16. CHIEF OF DEFENSE (CHOD) ADMIRAL GI [...]	2004-07-07 05:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IT GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME2643	UPDATE ON WFP DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION [...] THE FIELD PHASE OF THE JOINT EVALUATION OF THE UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S (WFP) ENABLING DEVELOPMENT POLICY (EDP) IS NEARLY COMPLETE. THE NEXT AND FINAL PHASE OF THE EVALUATION IS TO BE CONCLUDED IN DECEMBER 2004. DESPITE PROGRESS TO DATE ON THE EVALUATION ITSELF, AS WELL AS MISSION EFFORTS TO [...]	2004-07-07 13:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ADRC WFP
04ROME2659	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM REPORTS ON USAID-FUNDED JUNIOR [...] FOLLOWING HER MEETING IN WASHINGTON, DC, WITH USAID FOOD FOR PEACE OFFICER CARELL LAURENT, WFP HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER ANNA COPE REPORTED TO US PROGRESS IN WFP'S EFFORTS TO SECURE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM USAID TO FUND ADDITIONAL WFP JPOS. THE MEETING, WHICH OCCURRED ON JULY 1, 2004, WAS A [...]	2004-07-08 07:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ADRC WFP
04ROME2690	ITALIAN VIEWS ON GAERC AGENDA: IRAQ TO DOMINATE [...] (C) MFA DIRECTOR FOR EU CFSP LUIGI MATTIOLO PREDICTED THAT FMS WILL FOCUS ON IRAQ AT THE JULY 12-13 GAERC, POSSIBLY EATING INTO SOME OF THE TIME CURRENTLY ALLOCATED TO OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. HE NOTED THAT IRAQI PM ALLAWI "PLUS A HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION" FROM THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT WILL ATTEND A WO [...]	2004-07-09 15:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT EUN
04ROME2745	ITALY - HIGH-LEVEL CONCERN RE UNSC REFORM [...] (C) This cable contains action requests. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Italy is becoming increasingly concerned about any UN reform that could result in a permanent UNSC seat for Germany and/or Japan. The Italians fear that an increase in the number of peranent U [...]	2004-07-14 15:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL GM JA FR RS IT UNSC
04ROME2810	RIGHT TO FOOD: INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Summary: The third (and supposedly final) session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) for the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security met in Rome from 5 to 10 July 2004. [...]	2004-07-20 12:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN FAO
04ROME2829	U.S.-ITALY DUAL USE EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (S) On June 23, 2004, U.S. and Italian goverment delegations held consultations on a range o export control and technology transfer issues, s a follow-up to discussions held in July 2003. Bth sides appeared satisfied with the quality of he information exchange. Discussion included the EU/China [...]	2004-07-21 14:23:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC PREL EIND PARM TSPA IT CH IR EXPORT CONTROLS
04ROME2873	FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: DIOUF STACKS THE [...] (C) Summary: At the FAO Conference in November 2005, member governments will elect a Director General (DG) for a six-year term, beginning January 2006. The incumbent, Jacques Diouf (Senegal),who has been in office since 1993, as a still-unannounced candidate, has already garnered endorsem [...]	2004-07-23 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAGR PREL KUNR FAO
04ROME2893	GOI SUPPORTS DUAL-HATTING MFN-I COMMANDER, [...] (C) Following Reftel's request, Pol-Mil Officer demarched Italian MFA NATO Office Head Giovanni Brauzzi on July 26. Brauzzi responded that Italy had already decided to fully support the US proposal to dual-hat the MNF-I commander as commander of the NATO training mission in Iraq. Italy will [...]	2004-07-26 14:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2993	INFORMAL PRIVACY CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON INTRA-EU [...] (SBU) On July 16, Italy,s Privacy authority hosted an informal meeting, in preparation for a formal session in Brussels this fall, to address PNR issues. Participants included EU Privacy Authorities, the European Airline Association and several European airlines. The morning conference, whi [...]	2004-08-03 09:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS IT EUN
04ROME3055	ITALIAN LABOR UNIONS HAVE CONDEMNED HUMAN AND [...] (U) Italy has three primary labor union confederations, the General Confederation of Italian Labor (CGIL),the Italian Confederation of Workers' Unions (CISL),and the Italian Union of Labor (UIL). All three are more or less left-leaning, with CISL (with roots in Catholic social doctrine) t [...]	2004-08-06 14:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU IT ILO HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME3105	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES: MATERIAL TRANSFER [...] Summary: The Expert Group on the Terms of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) will hold its first meeting on 4-8 October in Brussels, hosted by the European Commission (EC). The standard MTA will specify the terms for access and benefit sharing under the multilateral system envis [...]	2004-08-11 12:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO
04ROME3138	DEMARCHE ON US GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: [...] (C) A/DCM and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Italian MFA and Prime Minister's office on August 13. The MFA, which was already aware of the main elements of GDPR, urged that the President's and other USG public statements stress that decisions will be made in close consultation with [...]	2004-08-14 10:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME3283	Parmalat Tussles With Major Creditors and Former [...] Following GOI approval of a restructuring plan based on a debt-to-equity swap in late July, Parmalat Commissioner Enrico Bondi opened his legal campaign in August against some of the world's largest banks for their alleged role in helping Parmalat Finanziaria (or "Parmalat," Parmalat's holding [...]	2004-08-26 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR IT KPRP
04ROME3527	PROPOSED SUPPORT TO JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY [...] Embassy Rome strongly supports Johns Hopkins University's request on behalf of the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center for an FY 2005 ASHA grant of $100,000 to procure books and journals and to pay the salaries of three professors (reftel). ConGen Florence and Embassy Rome have long had a [...]	2004-09-14 14:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID IT
04ROME3570	MAJOR DONORS DISCUSS FAO EVALUATION, KEY [...] (U) Summary: At a "Geneva Group" meeting for Rome- based representatives of major donor governments convened by the U.S. Mission on 14 September, participants strongly supported a U.S.-led proposal for an independent external review of FAO, although they expressed some differences on tactic [...]	2004-09-17 11:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID PREL KUNR FAO
04ROME3767	PEACE CORPS FAO COOPERATION: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S [...] The U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome received a response letter to its September 10th, 2004 letter (reftel) regarding the termination of the 1962 Agreement between the United States and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the Use of Peace Corps Volun [...]	2004-09-29 14:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR KTIA EAID FAO
04ROME3774	CONSULTATIONS ON GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: [...] Embassy Rome welcomes and grants country clearance for Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bloomfield, and delegation to visit Rome from October 5-6, 2004. To secure hotel accommodations, please provide fiscal data for charge purposes or credit card information for each individ [...]	2004-09-29 17:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME3911	ITALY: LIBYAN JEWISH COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation of Italian Jews, expelled from Libya in 1970 and now Italian citizens, has accepted an offer to visit Tripoli October 10-14. The will discuss possible compensation for property and monies seized when Jews were expelled after 1967. Qadhafi's son Sa'adi offered the [...]	2004-10-07 16:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT KIRF LY PHUM PREL
04ROME3927	EU GAERC - ITALY CONFIRMS MINISTERS WILL ENDORSE [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo confirmed to poloff that EU Ministers would endorse the COREPER decision to lift completely the ban on arms exports to Libya at the October 11 GAERC. Mattiolo underlined that this would not mean a rush of sales of lethal weapons to Tripoli. There [...]	2004-10-08 13:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM IT EUN
04ROME3969	ITALY DEFENDS ITS NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Faced with a political imperative to stop waves of illegal immigrants, the Italian government has stepped up cooperation with Libya and adopted a policy of quickly returning to Libya immigrants who land illegally in Sicily. Responding to UN, NGO and opposition criticism, Italian [...]	2004-10-14 17:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PREL PREF IT LY EUN
04ROME403	ARGENTINE BONDS - ITALIAN BANKERS TAKE A TOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: All we want is for Argentina to agree to fair and equitable negotiations with foreign bondholders, Nicola Stock (please protect),president of the Global Committee of Argentina Bondholders (GCAB),told econoffs February 3. However, the GCAB seriously doubts Argentin [...]	2004-02-04 18:01:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON IT
04ROME4039	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: CHECK ON COMPANIES [...] Per reftel request, post completed Blue Lantern checks on the following Italian defense brokers. Post can provide additional documentation on these four companies and conduct additional inquiries as needed. Please contact AmEmbassy Rome Blue Lantern Coordinator Gregory May, maygc@state.gov. [...]	2004-10-19 15:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC IT BLUE LANTERN
04ROME4058	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 2004 SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 15:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR KUNR FAO WFP
04ROME4059	TRIPOLI ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR [...] (C) Summary: The delegation of Italian-Libyan Jews who visited Tripoli October 10-14 described their trip as a success and were jubilant at having seen and been welcomed in their homeland. The trip provided the Libyans with an opportunity to evaluate their visitors; the group did not meet w [...]	2004-10-20 15:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF IT LY
04ROME4106	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 2004 SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 09:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR KUNR FAO WFP
04ROME4165	CUBAN RESOLUTION AGAINST US EMBARGO: EU/ITALY WILL [...] (U) Paolo Miraglia, MFA Central America and Caribbean Office Director, told PolOff that, although highly concerned about the human rights situation in Cuba, Italy will support the EU position and vote in favor of the Cuban resolution. Miraglia stated that the Dutch presidency will deliver an e [...]	2004-10-27 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD CU IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME4186	127TH FAO COUNCIL, 22-27 NOVEMBER 2004: LOOKING [...] (U) Summary: The upcoming FAO Council will provide an opportunity principally for members to review the world's food and agricultural situation, to track progress in the activities of FAO and the World Food Program (WFP),and to discuss FAO program, budget and administrative issues. The we [...]	2004-10-29 09:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID SENV KUNR KPAO FAO
04ROME4194	The Italian Banking Sector: a Decade of [...] Since the mid-1990s, the Italian banking sector has undergone significant consolidation through mergers and acquisitions among major banks. The consolidation was the largest in Europe in terms of assets, and was driven in large part by domestic privatization efforts, Italy's entry into the Eu [...]	2004-10-29 16:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP
04ROME4198	ITALY: EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 09:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME4268	TOUGH BARGAINING ON ITALIAN GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIOS [...] (C) Negotiations to fill Government positions, including that of Foreign Minister, resulting from Rocco Buttiglione's nomination and subsequent withdrawal as Italy's European Commissioner are caught up in domestic politics, especially an internal coalition struggle over the Government's tax [...]	2004-11-05 17:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME4296	FAO COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS: COMPREHENSIVE INDEPENDENT [...] Summary. Over the past several months one of this Mission's highest priorities has been to achieve Permrep and Secretariat agreement to launch a comprehensive independent SIPDIS external evaluation of the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Through such an evaluation, we hope to [...]	2004-11-09 10:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID SENV KUNR KPAO FAO
04ROME4313	GIANFRANCO FINI: ALMOST CERTAINLY ITALY'S NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 8 dinner at the Ambassador's residence, both Deputy Prime Minister Fini and Prime Minister Berlusconi's personal assistant confirmed that Fini will be named Italy's next Foreign Minister. We expect Fini to be a reliable replacement for Franco Frattini and to maint [...]	2004-11-09 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME4406	CODEL LANTOS MEETINGS IN ROME ON LIBYA [...] (C) Summary. En route to Tripoli, Congressman Lantos met with Italian officials responsible for Libya, the Italo-Libyan Jewish community, and the Israeli Ambassador to Rome. Italians reaffirmed their commitment to abide by the EU code of conduct in selling equipment to Italy and expressed [...]	2004-11-18 08:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM LI IT EUN
04ROME4426	GIANFRANCO FINI IS (FINALLY) ITALY,S NEW FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gianfranco Fini was (finally) appointed Italy's new Foreign Minister on November 18, following constant speculation on this outcome since the October 30 resignation of Rocco Buttiglione as Italy's nominee to the new European Commission and his replacement by ex-FM Franco Fratti [...]	2004-11-18 18:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME4471	IPR: COMMERCIALIZING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH, ITALY [...] Summary: The GOI, hoping to encourage more innovation at Italian universities, is considering its own version of the Bayh-Dole Act. The Economist has described the Bayh-Dole Act as "possibly the most inspired piece of legislation to be enacted in America over the past half-century." Enacted [...]	2004-11-24 10:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR IT
04ROME4563	CHEVRON INCIDENT REFLECTS CHANGING DYNAMICS IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-01 16:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PINR KZ
04ROME4582	AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL'S TRIP TO DARFUR [...] Ambassador Tony Hall led a delegation of staff and journalists to Sudan's Darfur states on November 18 through 20. The purpose of the visit was to witness first-hand the dire situation and to observe U.N. operations, principally those of the World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agricul [...]	2004-12-02 14:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EAGR PHUM AORC WFP FAO
04ROME4599	ITALY'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] The underground economy has been a consistent part of post-war Italy, and is a result of the country's systemic inefficiencies, in particular its bureaucracy, high taxation, and rigid labor market. Recent estimates place the size of the underground economy at about 15-17 percent of Italian G [...]	2004-12-03 16:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
04ROME4620	IN THE DESERT OF LIBYA, AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL [...] During a visit to al-Kufrah on November 22, Ambassador Tony Hall witnessed the first shipment of U.S. food assistance moving through the "Libyan Corridor" on its way to Sudanese refugees in Chad. The first 40 truckloads of an estimated 350 made their way on the 2,800 kilometer journey start [...]	2004-12-06 14:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EAGR PHUM AORC WFP FAO
04ROME4646	EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO; MFA PROVIDES DETAILS ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi told DCM that there was "nothing new" in what Italy said to the Chinese on the EU arms embargo during the Italo-China Summit. He said that Italy would support lifting the embargo in Brussels, but that support would be linked to positive signals [...]	2004-12-06 18:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR IT CI EUN HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME4673	USUN-ROME CAPTURES GLOBAL AUDIENCE ON POSITIVE [...] Summary. Facing off in a world media environment dominated by themes like Iraq and terrorism, USUN-Rome mounted a month-long blitz that promoted a positive American story. The Ambassador's tour through Sudan and Libya, coupled with several local successes in Rome, focused world media attenti [...]	2004-12-09 13:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP
04ROME4699	ITALY: EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: ENCOURAGE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-13 12:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME561	ITALY: COLOMBIA NEEDS TO BE BETTER UNDERSTOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN THE ITALIAN MFA'S VIEW, COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT URIBE RETURNED TO BOGOTA WITH MIXED RESULTS FROM HIS EUROPEAN VISIT. HIS ADDRESS TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WAS NOT WELL RECEIVED DUE TO CONTINUED EUROPEAN INSISTENCE ON BETTER PERFORMANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW ISSUES. [...]	2004-02-13 16:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME620	AD-HOC TASK FORCE ON ANIMAL FEED MEETING IN MAY [...] SUMMARY: THIS IS A BACKGROUND MESSAGE FOR THE SUBJECT MEETING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE MAY 17-19, 2004 IN COPENHAGEN. THIS TASK FORCE IS DRAFTING A CODEX CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR ANIMAL FEEDING. THE LANGUAGE IN THE DRAFT CODEX DOCUMENT INCLUDES PARAGRAPHS THAT ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH US APPROAC [...]	2004-02-19 10:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD FAO
04ROME8	US MISSION/ROME 2003 SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS - AS [...] (SBU) Kim: Thanks for the opportunity to lay out our past year's accomplishments. In short, it was an extraordinary year where our Mission, like many other IO posts, found ourselves in the middle of some of the most difficult challenges on our country's foreign policy agenda. In 2003 US Missio [...]	2004-01-02 14:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF
04ROME80	EXPANDING ITALY'S ROLE IN IRAQ: LETTER FROM FM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following is a letter and non-paper from FM Frattini to Ambassador Sembler dated December 23, 2003. The letter emphasizes Italy's continued determination to assume a greater role in Iraqi reconstruction and tacitly refers to the GOI's prior request for a senior position in CPA (Re [...]	2004-01-09 18:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECON PREL EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME815	FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] The WFP Board first regular session for 2004 took place against the backdrop of an unprecedented level of emergency needs. In 2003, WFP received U.S. dollars (USD) 2.6 billion in donor contributions in support of its operations worldwide (plus an additional USD 1.2 billion from the Oil- for-Fo [...]	2004-03-03 10:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR KHIV WFP UNHCR
04ROME902	MUBARAK IN ITALY: GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Italian PM and President urged Mubarak to take a more open stance towards the Greater Middle East Initiative, noting Italy's support and the likely endorsement of the EU and NATO for the concept. Mubarak was careful not to rule out Arab participation in the initiative, but arg [...]	2004-03-08 14:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IT PREL XE ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME973	IRAQ: WFP WARNS OF POSSIBLE BREAKS IN FOOD PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: During February 26 meetings in Rome with the Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, Ambassador Robin L. Raphel, officials of the World Food Program (WFP) warned that difficulties in the management and coordination of food contracts and deliveries with authorities in Baghdad, if [...]	2004-03-12 07:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME994	ACTIVITY REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE POLITICAL, POL-MIL AND LABOR SECTIONS FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT IT
04SANAA1018	MEETING WITH INFORMATION MINISTER AND NATIONAL TV CHAIRMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 24, PAO held meetings with the Director of Yemen TV and the Minister of Information to brief them on upcoming media training programs sponsored by the Embassy and to discuss further cooperation in the information sector. Both interlocutors expressed readiness to work w [...]	2004-05-01 12:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP YM
04SANAA1085	MEPI GRANT RECIPIENT DECLINES AWARD IN [...] The Yemeni Female Media Forum declined acceptance of a MEPI small grant in the amount of $16, 500 in protest of U.S. policies in the region. The president of the Forum, Ms. Rahma Hujaira, also withdrew herself as a nominee for the International Visitors Program. Several Yemeni papers and we [...]	2004-05-03 07:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL YM
04SANAA1091	ROYG RESPONSE TO U.S. SENATE APPROVAL OF U.S.-IAEA [...] Pursuant to action request in reftel a, Post informed the Chairman of the National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC) Moustafa Bahran of U.S. Senate approval of U.S.-IAEA additional protocol via letter, using background and points from reftel a, on or about April 14, 2003 (ref b). 2. On or ab [...]	2004-05-03 12:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY KNNP YM IAEA
04SANAA1092	PSI: UPDATE ON ROYG CONSIDERATION OF STATEMENT OF [...] (u) This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (c) Following up on a 4/22 meeting and email exchanges, Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 5/2 to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) St [...]	2004-05-03 13:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM YM
04SANAA1137	DELIVERED TO DFM: DEMARCHE SEEKING SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-10 13:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1138	DELIVERED TO DFM: URGENT DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-10 13:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1191	EXTRANCHECK REPORT: PRE-LICENSE CHECK FADEL [...] (u) Summary. Reftel c requested a pre-license check (PLC) of the cargo trucks and spare parts of the Republican Guard of Yemen. Despite repeated attempts, Post did not get the full cooperation of the Republican Guard and was not able to access facilities to conduct the PLC as requested by De [...]	2004-05-18 12:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ETTC YE

04SANAA1458	DNSA TOWNSEND 05/26/04 MEETING WITH ROYG SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: On 5/26 DNSA Townsend reviewed CT cooperation with MOI al-Alimi, PSO Director al-Gamish and NSB Officer Saleh and highlighted recent inconsistencies in the relationship. Dominating discussion, Alimi affirmed the strength of the CT partnership, and noted that differences of opinio [...]	2004-06-15 07:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER ASEC PGOV ETTC PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA148	SANAA EAC MEETING - JANUARY 14, 2004 [...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened a core Emergency Action Committee on 1/14 to discuss a shooting incident in Aden involving Yemeni security personnel and SOC/Yemen personnel. EAC members agreed, following initial investigation of the incident and apology offered to the Ambassador [...]	2004-01-15 10:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA1490	SANAA EAC MEETING - 19 JUNE 2004 [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador convened an EAC 6/19 to discuss the security situation for official and non-official Amcits in light of the killing of Amcit Paul Johnson in Riyadh (ref a). ORCA reported no specific threat information for Yemen. Post disseminated a Warden Message 6/19 containing [...]	2004-06-20 08:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA1512	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DEMARCHE TO [...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 6/19 and per reftel guidance briefly reviewed ROYG obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Noman was familiar with issue, noting that 2-3 months ago he [...]	2004-06-22 11:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ABUD AROC CWC CBW OPCW YM
04SANAA1565	AMERICAN NGO REPRESENTATIVE FORWARDS INCITEMENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 6/22/04, a U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO) representative forwarded an incitement letter to the RSO, explaining that copies were delivered anonymously to an Islah party leader. The letter calls for supporting Jihad with money and fighting Jews and Christians. Th [...]	2004-06-27 08:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA1578	YEMEN'S NATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (NATEC): [...] (u) This is an action request; see paragraphs 4-6. 2. (c) Summary: In a 6/23 meeting with the Ambassador, Yemen's National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC) Director Moustapha Bahran renewed earlier requests for assistance on border security and radiological detection equipment (reftels). [...]	2004-06-29 12:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG KSTC PARM PREL YM IAEA
04SANAA1635	DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: TEACHERS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST [...] (U) Summary: The Al-Quds Girls Public School in Sanaa received a computer lab with brand-new equipment through a Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) grant. After an American Embassy delegation visited the school, reports appeared in local newspapers stating that the female principal for [...]	2004-07-07 12:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA1721	ECONOMIC REFORMS STALLED; IMF DELIVERS TOUGH [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Senior Ministry of Planning official Nabil Shaiban confirmed that President Saleh has decided to delay economic reform, but reiterated the ROYG's long-term committment to implementation. The decision comes in spite of the recent IMF mission headed by Senior Economist Saad [...]	2004-07-19 08:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID AADP YM COM
04SANAA1731	G-8 DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 7/12 and delivered reftel demarche and provided a copy of Non-proliferation paper from Sea Island G-8 conference. Noman was attentive, but unable to provide a substan [...]	2004-07-19 13:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1733	ARTICLE 98 NOT YET RATIFIED: DFM NOTES "TIMING IS [...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 7/11 and delivered message in reftel on the importance of Article 98 ratification. Noman said that he was aware that the issue had been discussed twice in Parliament [...]	2004-07-19 14:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KICC PTER YM
04SANAA1738	AMBASSADOR HULL'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT SALEH [...] (C) President Saleh received me July 20 for my farewell call. In his remarks, he expressed satisfaction with US-Yemeni relations and particularly the progress on counter terrorism in Yemen over the past three years. Saleh added appreciation for my efforts and acknowledged that he had at time [...]	2004-07-20 12:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM OPDC PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA1771	SA'DA FIGHTING: UPDATE AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S) After an estimated 400-500 deaths, a large number of injured on both sides and roughly 400 al-Houthy supporters detained, the fighting in the Sa'da region in the north of Yemen remains inconclusive. A cease-fire was recently announced by the Government but non-official accounts indicate t [...]	2004-07-26 17:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA1966	SANAA EAC MEETING 08/11/2004 [...] (C) Begin Summary: The CDA convened an EAC meeting on August 11, 2004, to share security concerns with regard to recent incidents in the Al-Jawf region and to remind the Embassy community to remain vigilant in light of recent threat reporting and to report all security related incidents imm [...]	2004-08-14 05:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA2021	YEMEN: A TALE OF TWO (TERRORISM) TRIALS [...] (C) Summary: Ongoing trials for 15 al-Qa'ida associates (Trial One) and the USS Cole (Trial Two) defendants are expected to end in the last week of August. While Trial One has been chaotic and presided over by an ineffective judge, the USS Cole trial exemplifies effective U.S.-Yemen cooperati [...]	2004-08-22 04:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2055	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S BLOOMFIELD TO YEMEN [...] (C) Embassy Sana'a warmly welcomes the visit of PM Assistant Secretary Bloomfield to Yemen. You will find President Saleh and senior ROYG officials ready to discuss the proposed USG buy-back and destruction assistance for illicit Yemeni MANPADS. The ROYG wants this program, and they want to [...]	2004-08-24 04:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM MASS PREL ASEC PTER YM OVIP COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2274	SANAA EAC MEETING 08/28/2004 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened a core EAC meeting on August 28, 2004, to share security concerns with regard to potential tensions in Yemen. Attention to Emergency Action Plan (EAP) awareness and updating were also addressed. Embassy employees were reminded to remain vigilan [...]	2004-08-29 11:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA2345	FIRST KIDNAPPING IN THREE YEARS RESOLVED QUICKLY [...] (C) Summary: Five oil workers were kidnapped on 8/31 in Ma'rib governorate for three hours. The Ma'rib Governor sent in troops who, after brief gunfire, freed the three hostages. All men are safely back in Sanaa. While Post has no/no indication that the kidnapping was terrorist related, it m [...]	2004-09-01 14:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC ECON YM COM ENERGY
04SANAA2421	ROYG FORCES KILL REBEL CLERIC AL-HOUTHI IN [...] (C) Summary. Anti-American rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi was killed on September 10 in an early morning raid on his cave hide-out in the Sa'da Goverornate. The ROYG has announced an end to the 10-week insurgency, which resulted in well over 1000 deaths. ROYG forces have already begun red [...]	2004-09-12 13:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2489	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni fundamentalists and/or some members [...]	2004-09-22 08:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
04SANAA2498	YEMEN: OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER CLOSED, EDITOR [...] (U) Summary: On September 6, a Sanaa court closed opposition newspaper as-Shura for six-months and sentenced its editor Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani to one year in prison for violating the 1990 Press Law. This latest incident, in what some are calling a bad year for freedom of the press in Yemen, [...]	2004-09-22 13:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2501	DFM NOMAN DISCUSSES BMENA, IRAQ, PRESS FREEDOMS [...] (C) Summary. On September 21 Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman discussed with DCM the BMENA Forum for the Future Summit, ROYG support for the IIG, and recent Presidential statements and actions to rein in the Yemeni press. Noman also offered condolences for the murder of American hosta [...]	2004-09-22 14:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ KDEM PTER YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2506	GENERAL SMITH DISCUSSES MIL-MIL COOPERATION WITH [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-25 05:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
04SANAA2559	SANAA EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 2, 2004 [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Chief of Mission (COM) convened an EAC meeting on October 3, to assess recent threat information and discuss security-related issues followed by a review of the Emergency Action Plan. EAC members concluded the meeting in agreement that no imminent threat was discer [...]	2004-10-06 11:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA2742	YEMEN'S TENDERING SYSTEM - A TEST OF PATIENCE [...] Summary: Yemen's non-transparent government procurement process tops the list of frustrations for Western companies interested in investing in Yemen. The poorest and least developed country in the Middle East, government projects offer one of the better ways for foreign companies to invest in [...]	2004-10-26 04:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KCOR YM COM
04SANAA2783	INVESTMENT CLIMATE CHANGES, CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR [...] Summary. Corruption and non-implementation of existing laws and regulations make the investment climate appear nontransparent and arbitrary to most foreign investors. Concerns over security and ROYG non-movement on a critical economic reform package (ref A) create an inhospitable picture for [...]	2004-11-01 13:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV YM KMPF COM
04SANAA2785	Services in Yemen: Legally Open For Investment [...] Summary and comment: Insurance, telecommunications and the banking industry are all possible fields for American investment in Yemen. The insurance industry is steadily growing and open to investment. With only 1.3 million fixed lines, potential exists for the telecommunications services to e [...]	2004-11-01 13:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KMPI YM COM
04SANAA2836	YEMEN 2004 RAMADAN STRATEGY [...] Per reftel, Post reports the following Ramadan programming for 2004. 2. Third Annual PD Iftar. Post,s major event was its annual Iftar dinner on 11/03. Invitees included ROYG officials, NGO heads and representatives, media and cultural contacts, as well as embassy staff. The Ambassador co [...]	2004-11-08 12:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF
04SANAA2869	SANAA EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 26, 2004 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: On October 26, 2004, the Chief Of Mission chaired a core Emergency Action Committee meeting with COM, DCM, ORCA, DATT, FPD, LEGAT, SOC-Yemen, OMC, CONS, POLECON, PDO and RSO in attendance. The topic of discussion was the possible release of 138 prisoners from Republic of [...]	2004-11-11 10:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2965	LETER TO SECSTATE FROM YEMEN PRIME MINISTER [...] Post received a thank you letter for the Eid al-Fitr greeting from Secretary Powell to Prime Minister Bajammal (reftel). 2. Begin text of letter from Prime Minister Bajammal to Secretary Powell: SIPDIS Mr. Colin Powell, Secretary of the State of the United States of America Bes [...]	2004-11-29 09:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL YM
04SANAA3025	SANAA EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 6, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 19:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA3070	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Speaker of Parliament and head of the Islah opposition party Abdullah al-Ahmar on December 11. Al-Ahmar refused to address pressing domestic issues, including much-needed economic reforms, Parliament's agenda, and Islah's political agenda, in [...]	2004-12-12 14:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA3094	AL-JAZEERA TV PROGRAM: "THE UNTOLD WAR STORY" - [...] SUMMARY: Al-Jazeera TV broadcast a documentary on Thursday, December 9, 2004, titled "The Untold War Story" addressing the impact and repercussions of U.S.-Yemeni counterterrorism cooperation at the economic, social and political levels. The documentary included impressions from a wide varie [...]	2004-12-15 10:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO YM PTER KMDR MARR MOPS PNIR COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3105	YEMEN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Below is Embassy Sanaa's submission to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. 2004 Addendum sent septel. The text and the addendum have also been forwarded to S/CT POC via e-mail. 2. Begin text. Terrorist Attacks and Prosecutions ---------------------------------- There were n [...]	2004-12-18 12:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3106	YEMEN: ADDENDUM TO THE 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Below is the text of Post's addendum to the 2004 Yemen submission to the annual terrorism report. The text of the report and the addendum have also been forwarded to CT POCs via e-mail. Report sent septel. The M/V Limburg Trial --------------------- 2. For more detailed information on [...]	2004-12-18 12:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3170	SANAA EAC MEETING 12/28/2004 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Charge convened a core EAC meeting on December 28, 2004, to share information regarding the recent attempt to attack Embassy personnel and to assess recent threat information. Embassy employees were reminded to remain vigilant in light of recent threat reporting an [...]	2004-12-28 17:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA358	COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP -- 10 FEBRUARY [...] (U) Summary: On 10 February 2004, the Ambassador hosted a meeting of the G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) local mission representatives at the Residence to discuss and coordinate member-nations' ongoing counterterrorism training and assistance efforts with the Republic of Yemen governm [...]	2004-02-11 16:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA448	SANAA EAC MEETING - 28 FEBRUARY 2004 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on February 28, 2004 to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of muted public reaction to the terrorist financing designation of Sheikh Zindani (refs A and B) and recent threat repor [...]	2004-02-26 22:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC TERFIN
04SANAA477	NO NEW SECURITY THREAT IN YEMEN; FRENCH NOT CLOSING [...] (C) SUMMARY. French DCM told DCM 3/2 that media reports of French diplomatic closure in Sanaa due to new local security threats are in error. The recent Zawahiri audiotape prompted Paris to advise French embassies worldwide to review security. In Yemen, this instruction prompted an ongoing [...]	2004-03-02 14:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV FR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA488	MEDIA REACTION ON US TREASURY DEPARTMENT [...] SUMMARY: Press coverage of the 2/24 terrorist financing designation of Shaikh Abd-al-Majid al-Zindani, Head of both Al-Iman University and the Advisory (Shura) Council of the leading Yemeni opposition party Islah, has generally been highly critical. A few papers offered muted support, reprin [...]	2004-03-03 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA622	SANAA EAC MEETING - 16 MARCH 2004 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on 3/16 to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of the recent thwarted attack on the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. EAC examined Post's already stringent and comprehensive se [...]	2004-03-17 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA626	FEBRUARY 9, 2004, SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni Muslims are predisposed to oppose U. [...]	2004-03-17 17:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA671	ROYG PAPERS ON GMEI AND IRAQ/ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) ROYG Foreign Minister convoked Ambassador on 3/22 to pass for USG comment two papers on Iraq/Israel-Palestine and the Greater Middle East Initiative (full text paras 7 and 8, originals faxed to NEA/ARP) developed by the ROYG for [...]	2004-03-22 14:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM
04SANAA673	SANAA EAC MEETING - 22 MARCH 2004 [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on March 22, 2004, to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of Israel's assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (reftel). Ambassador commenced the EAC with an [...]	2004-03-23 09:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA680	3/20/04 ABIZAID MEETING WITH SALEH: CT OPS IN [...] (C) Summary. During his 3/20/04 visit to Sanaa, GEN Abizaid, accompanied by Ambassador and senior staff, called on President Saleh. Saleh asked about ongoing Pakistani CT operations in Waziristan. He asserted that good intelligence and money to spread around were more effective in tribal re [...]	2004-03-24 08:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER EAID IZ AF PK YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA685	SANAA EAC MEETING 03/24/2004 [...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on March 24th, 2004, to review the security situation in regard to potential tensions in the region as a result of the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. EAC members noted no specific threats but recommended that the American com [...]	2004-03-24 16:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA694	MEDIA REACTION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF HAMAS LEADER [...] SUMMARY: The assassination of Ahmad Yassin 3/22, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, received widespread reaction at various levels of Yemeni society including the government, political parties and the media. Newspapers, including government, opposition and indepe [...]	2004-03-27 04:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
04SANAA726	NEA/ARP DEPUTY DIRECTOR WILLIAMS 3/13-15 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During his 3/13-15 visit to Yemen, Deputy Director of NEA/ARP Tom Williams discussed the Greater Middle East Initiative (GMEI) and Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) with the Deputy Foreign Minister, who critiqued the MCA process and indicators. The DFM also noted his primary con [...]	2004-03-31 13:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID PARM PHUM KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA728	PRESENTATION OF INCOMING LEGATT TO MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: On 27 March 2004, The Ambassador met with ROYG Minister of the Interior Rashad al-Alimi to present newly arrived LEGATT and discuss security subjects. Alimi warmly welcomed LEGATT, and listed a number of issues on which MOI sought cooperation with LEGATT. Also present at the m [...]	2004-04-03 04:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
04SANAA860	AMBASSADOR'S 4/10 MEETING WITH AMNESTY [...] (sbu/nf) Summary: In a lengthy 4/10 meeting with Ambassador, a four-person Amnesty International delegation appealed for increased information and access for the families of Yemenis detained at Guantanamo. The far-ranging and amicable discussion included Yemen's progress on the mutually-rein [...]	2004-04-13 13:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM YM COUNTER TERRORISM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA867	YEMEN TO TRY TERRORISTS/COLE BOMBING SUSPECTS [...] (U) Summary: On 11 April 2004, The Ambassador met with ROYG Attorney General (AttGen) Dr. Abdullah Al-Ulfi to discuss progress on turning over terrorist cases for prosecution, formally request rendition of Cole Bombing suspects Al-Badawi and Al-Quso, and to request/offer USG participation in [...]	2004-04-14 11:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA877	PSI: REQUEST TO ENDORSE STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION [...] (c) On April 12, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Two Americas Office Abdul-Malik Abdul-Ghani Saleh and his Deputy, Dirham al-Saidi to review the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles (SOP) and request that the ROYG make [...]	2004-04-17 10:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM YM
04SANAA906	YEMEN MAY ATTEND OIC MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR [...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 4/21. Saying that he just signed off on a memo regarding Yemen's participation, Noman strongly hinted that Yemen would be represented at the [...]	2004-04-21 12:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF IZ YM OIC
04SANAA907	DELIVERED: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNSC DRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 13:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA956	GMEI: SUPPORT COMBINED WITH ADVICE FROM DFM NOMAN [...] (c) Summary: On 4/21, Pol/Econ Chief delivered talking points (ref b) and GMEI paper package (ref c) to DFM Noman. While pledging to support the reforms, Noman's initial reaction included a reminder that the USG's credibility vis a vis reform is being adversely impacted by the Administration's [...]	2004-04-27 05:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI PREL EAID XF PK YM
04SANJOSE3369	COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2004 - 2005 PART I, DRUGS [...] (U) The text of Costa Rica's 2004-2005 INCSR Part I is below. Costa Rica I. Summary Costa Rica serves as a transshipment point for narcotics from South America to the United States and Europe. The bilateral Maritime Counterdrug Cooperation Agreement, which entered into force in late [...]	2004-12-17 19:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CS
04SANTODOMINGO1052	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP [...] Summary: Embassy on February 6 hosted a coordination meeting of local embassies of nations involved in the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG). Poloff and NAS officer briefly sketched U.S. plans as CTAG chair for 2004 and ongoing U.S. law enforcement assistance programs relevant to countert [...]	2004-02-19 19:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL SNAR EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO1174	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON DOMINICAN PRESIDENT MEJIA [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Hipolito Mejia heard out the Ambassador's request for the country to sponsor the Cuba resolution at the March session of the UNHCR but declined to make any commitment. Mejia said in the course of changes to be announced on national day he will remove several [...]	2004-02-24 22:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1299	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #23 - POLITICS AFFECTS THE [...] (SBU) This is cable number 23 in our presidential election series. Politics affects the Supreme Court President Mejia's PRD appears to be positioning itself to pack the Supreme Court with PRD party members, less than three months before the presidential election, If Mejia loses the May 16 electio [...]	2004-02-26 20:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO1300	DOMINICAN ELECTION #24: POLLS AND PARANOIA [...] (SBU) This is number 24 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: The Dominican Election: Polls and Paranoia Many Dominicans fear a stolen presidential election. With each succeeding poll that confirms opposition PLD candidate Leonel Fernandez's commanding lead over Presi [...]	2004-02-26 23:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1319	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #25: MEJIA'S [...] (SBU) This is number 25 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: PRESIDENT MEJIA'S PUGNACIOUS CAMPAIGN SPEECH ON NATIONAL DAY In his ceremonial annual address to Congress on Independence Day February 27, President Mejia came off more as a feisty election campaigner on the defe [...]	2004-03-01 20:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO1328	"JOSELITO.COM" KINGPIN CAUGHT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) On February 28 Embassy DEA office cooperating with Dominican national drug control authorities (DNCD) located and arrested drug kingpin Jose Arismende ALMONTE PENA, head of a narcotics smuggling ring shut down on November 12 in a joint operation in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Almonte [...]	2004-03-01 22:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR
04SANTODOMINGO148	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL [...] Text of Dominican Republic draft 2002-2003 INCSR follows. Part One: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary The Dominican Republic (DR) is a major transit country for South American drugs, mostly cocaine and heroin, moving to the United States and Europe. The Government of the Dominican [...]	2004-01-08 22:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO1515	CANARD II: DOMINICAN RIFLES FOR HAITI [...] Secretary of the Armed Forces Soto Jimenez told the press on March 5 that the Dominican Republic has received no rpt no arms from the USG and commented that the figure of 3,500 weapons used in questions to WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega might correspond to annual licensed imports of arm [...]	2004-03-06 17:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV HA DR
04SANTODOMINGO1597	DOMINICAN LABOR MINISTER IS CANDIDATE TO CHAIR ILO ANNUAL MEETING [...] Dominican Labor Minister Milton RAY Guevara called on the Ambassador on March 6 to solicit U.S. support for him within the Americas group to chair the annual ILO session in June. In the normal course of rotation, the Americas are to provide a chair. Ray indicated that the long-serving Labor [...]	2004-03-10 20:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB AORC ILO DR PINR
04SANTODOMINGO1683	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Trafficking in women has been a serious problem in the Dominican Republic for the past 15 to 20 years, due mainly to the feminization of migration starting in the 1980s. The exodus of women primarily to Europe and other Caribbean islands for economic reasons has made them extremely vulnerabl [...]	2004-03-12 21:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
04SANTODOMINGO1697	DOMINICAN ELECTION #27: CAMPAIGNING, LOGISTICS AND [...] (SBU) This is no. 27 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ELECTION CAMPAIGNING, LOGISTICS AND A VIGIL FOR LEONEL'S VP CANDIDATE After Rafael "Fello" Subervi accepted President Mejia's offer of the vice presidential slot (Ref A),the ruling PRD mounted a rally of thousands [...]	2004-03-15 11:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1835	DOMINICAN ELECTION #30: OAS LAUNCHES OBSERVER [...] (SBU) This is No. 30 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: OAS LAUNCHES ELECTION OBERVER MISSION Senior advisor Santiago Murray kicked off the U.S.-funded Organization of American States (OAS) election observation mission during a March 15-19 visit to Santo Domingo. Murray [...]	2004-03-22 18:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL IO DR
04SANTODOMINGO1933	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT MEJIA WRITES TO ASK FOR [...] (SBU) On March 25 the Foreign Ministry delivered the original of a letter from President Mejia for President Bush, under cover of a note from the Minister. Following is Embassy's unofficial translation. Embassy is faxing copy to WHA/CAR and to Treasury; original follows to SES-CR by pouch. [...]	2004-03-25 18:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN OPDC
04SANTODOMINGO1950	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PROMISES ARTICLE 98 AND [...] (U) Summary. On March 24 Dominican Attorney General Victor Cespedes Martinez promised the Ambassador that he would act swiftly on the Article 98 agreement, facilitate extradition requests and work to improve the handling of narcotics/narcotrafficking cases in the Dominican Republic. End Summary. [...]	2004-03-26 18:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN DR KCRM KJUS SNAR PREL MARR
04SANTODOMINGO2026	DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT LOCKS OUT AIR TRAFFIC [...] (U) At 0600 this morning March 31 Civil Aviation officials replaced civilian air traffic controllers at the national center (SDQ) with military air traffic controllers. The military controllers are instituting precautionary intervals for incoming, departing, and overhead traffic; some flights [...]	2004-03-31 19:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ELAB DR MARR
04SANTODOMINGO2078	DOMINICAN ELECTION #34: CORRUPTION AND THE [...] (SBU) This is cable # 34 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: CORRUPTION AND THE CANDIDATES The heat of the campaign and the insistence of the Ambassador and U.S.-funded civic groups have finally brought the explosive issue of corruption into open debate. On March 26 t [...]	2004-04-05 10:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2186	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PRESIDENT TRAVELS TO MIAMI AND [...] Embassy has received Diplomatic Note DVP 8445 from the Secretariat of State for Foreign Relations of the Dominican SIPDIS Republic advising of President Hipolito Mejia's travel plans to Miami and New York April 10 through the 12 and requesting proper airspace and landing permissions. Attac [...]	2004-04-07 21:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC OTRA OVIP DR
04SANTODOMINGO2223	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #5; BANINTER/BANCREDITO [...] (SBU) This is cable # 5 in a periodic series on the banking sector in the Dominican Republic. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. SIPDIS BANINTER and Bancredito Back in the News and in the Campaigns Presidential candidates are trading barbs over responsibility for the massive B [...]	2004-04-08 17:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2263	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #35: WHAT THIS ELECTION IS NOT [...] (SBU) The following is #35 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: Elections # 35 - What It's NOT About In the Dominican presidential elections set for May 16, none of the leading political parties believes in blaming the United States for Dominican woes or sees any advantage i [...]	2004-04-12 19:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2294	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #36: THE PLD PLATFORM, IN [...] (SBU) Following is no. 36 in our series on the Dominican elections. Dominican Elections #36: The PLD Platform, in Brief Leonel Fernandez's Partido de Liberacion Dominicana is the only one of three parties to have produced a formal election platform. The full text in Spanish is available [...]	2004-04-13 21:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2297	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY SPENCER [...] (SBU) The Country Team and I look forward to your April 15 visit. The last twelve months has in many aspects been the most difficult time for the country in at least twenty years. Dominicans are distrustful of their politicians and their institutions, are suffering from the prolonged effects [...]	2004-04-14 10:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ENRG OVIP
04SANTODOMINGO2524	DOMINICAN ELECTION #39: CANDIDATES SKETCH PLATFORMS [...] (SBU) This is no. 39 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Candidates Sketch Platforms So far only Leonel Fernandez's PLD has published a platform for the May 16 presidential elections. Newspapers of April 26 indicate that Mejia's PRD will release a document in the next f [...]	2004-04-26 12:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG KCOR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2525	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #41: FERNANDEZ AND ESTRELLA [...] (SBU) This is no. 41 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Fernandez and Estrella Attack Mejia's Economics, Preach Austerity Leonel's Paradoxical Proposals PLD presidential candidate Leonel Fernandez, spoke April 21 before the American Chamber of Commerce (full text avai [...]	2004-04-26 13:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO2575	DIPNOTE 11048 - PRESIDENT MEJIA NOTIFIES [...] On April 27 Embassy received from the Foreign Ministry formal notification of withdrawal from Iraq by the Dominican Quisqueya Batallion, dated April 26. Text follows: (Complementary intro...) and refers to the situation of the Ad Hoc "Quisqueya" Task Force, currently in Iraq. As it is kno [...]	2004-04-28 13:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV DR IZ
04SANTODOMINGO2580	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #42: PLD PROMISES TO THE USG [...] (SBU) Following is number 42 in our series on the Dominican elections. PLD Promises to the USG In mid-March PLD campaign manager Danilo Medina led a four-person PLD delegation to Washington, where they met with NSC personnel and asked for an appointment at the Department of State. Sin [...]	2004-04-28 13:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2619	ILO: CUBA AND VENEZUELA REPRISALS AGAINST [...] Dominican Minister of Labor Milton Ray Guevara mentioned to EcoPol counselor on April 28 at the dedication of a Dept of Labor sponsored program that the Venezuelan and Cuban missions in Geneva are lobbying against his candidacy to chair the ILO annual meetings, specifically because they perce [...]	2004-04-29 22:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ELAB DR CU
04SANTODOMINGO2722	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #43: PLD CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) This is cable # 43 in our series on the Dominican elections. PLD CANDIDATE FERNANDEZ LOOKS TO EIU FOR POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS Judging from the consultant company he keeps, PLD candidate Leonel Fernandez is anything but a radical in economic matters. Rather than rely exclusively on in-h [...]	2004-05-06 13:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO2742	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #44: CANDIDATES ON MACRO AND [...] (SBU) Following is number 44 in our Dominican elections series: Candidates on Macro and Financial Policy In April all three of the principal candidates for the Dominican presidency addressed the American Chamber of Commerce on their visions for economic policy for 2004-2008. The full te [...]	2004-05-06 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO2743	LETTER AND SUMMARY OF DEFICIENCIES AT LAS AMERICAS [...] Embassy officers delivered he TSA letter in English on Friday, May 2 to the Airport Security Agency (CESA),the airport operator AERODOM and to the Civil Aviation Agency. English translations of the letter and the annex were delivered to all the above on Monday, May 5. HERTELL [...]	2004-05-06 23:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER DR
04SANTODOMINGO2754	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #45: INSTITUTIONS - YOU CAN'T [...] (SBU) Following is number 45 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections: Institutions - - You Can,t Tell the Players without a Program The Dominican elections authority is one of the least well established in the hemisphere, a legacy of the long years of dictatorship, personali [...]	2004-05-07 16:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2843	DOMINICAN ELECTION # 46: ESTRELLA, WOULD-BE STAR [...] (SBU) This is cable # 46 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ESTRELLA, WOULD-BE STAR ------------------------ Heading for third place ------------------------ In the last week before the presidential election, Reformista candidate Eduardo Estrella continues to work t [...]	2004-05-11 11:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO2925	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #48: SCENESETTER FOR MAY 16 [...] (SBU) Following is number 48 in our Dominican elections series: Scenesetter for May 16 Presidential Vote Celebrations and Movement Santo Domingo was the scene on successive days this week of tumultuous street rallies for the three major presidential candidates. The atmosphere was that [...]	2004-05-14 16:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2933	DOMINICAN ELECTION SERIES #49: LEONEL FERNANDEZ -- [...] (SBU) This is cable #49 in our series on the Dominican presidential elections. FERNANDEZ: THE ONCE AND FUTURE PRESIDENT? (SBU) Lawyer turned politician, Leonel Fernandez once reigned over the small island nation of the Dominican Republic. Times were good - tourism and exports were up, the [...]	2004-05-14 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO3004	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT LOOKS FORWARD TO CLOSE [...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican President-elect Leonel Fernandez assured the Ambassador on May 19 that he anticipated close and collaborative relations with the United States. Economic issues will occupy much of his time. Dominican relations with Cuba are a relatively low priority for him. Fernand [...]	2004-05-20 12:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3312	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This cable provides the 2004 Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims Report for the Dominican Republic per reftel. 2. The United States Government is presently aware of 13 claims of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR),down from [...]	2004-06-04 19:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON KIDE EINV
04SANTODOMINGO3313	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #1: TAKING REPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (SBU) Following is number 1 in our series on the Dominican presidential transition: Taking the Responsibility for the Mess - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (SBU) Both sides of this transition are apprehensive of taking blame for the pain necessarily associated with th [...]	2004-06-06 03:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3422	DEMARCHE, ECLAC CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, DELIVERED TO [...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points as a non-paper to MFA deputy director of international organizations Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, with a request that they be shared with the Dominican delegation to the Ninth Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, in Mexico City Jun [...]	2004-06-09 22:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SOCI KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3548	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD, 2004 [...] Following is the narcotics certification report card 2004 for the Dominican Republic, requested Ref A (the 2003 report card is in Ref B). 2. The United States Government (USG) worked with the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR) to continue progress on establishing a regular and pred [...]	2004-06-17 21:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO356	PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN SANTO DOMINGO [...] Peaceful demonstrations were staged today in Santo Domingo outside the hotel housing USTR-GODR negotiations on a free trade agreement and outside the National Congress. Both were orderly and relatively limited in scope. 2. At the Jaragua Hotel, headquarters for the January 12-16 opening [...]	2004-01-15 23:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3626	DOMINICAN TRANSITION # 3: SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND [...] (U) This is cable no. 3 in our series on the transition to a new administration in the Dominican Republic. SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND TAX REFORM ----------------------------------------- Fiscal reform, necessarily the hot topic ----------------------------------------- As the power outage [...]	2004-06-22 10:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3667	USG REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS HITS [...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo delivered the Dominican Republic section of the 2003 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the Foreign Ministry on June 14; the Embassy press release on the subject made all the dailies the next day. The story grew as on June 16, in response to a written question, [...]	2004-06-22 13:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3825	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - CUBA: COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY [...] (U)The Dominican Government this year provided decisive support to the cause of improving prospects for human rights and democracy in Cuba. Secretary Powell sent a letter to President Mejia (Ref B) thanking him for the Dominican Republic's "yes" vote on the Cuba resolution in the 60th Human R [...]	2004-06-29 10:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC CU DR
04SANTODOMINGO3978	NOMINATION TO REGIONAL LABOR RIGHTS TRAINING [...] Embassy nominates Jay R. Raman, a political officer with labor reporting responsibilities, to attend the WHA Regional Labor Rights Training Seminar to be held in Panama City on 9-10 September 2004. 2. Jay Raman began a one year rotational assignment in the Political Section of AmEmb Santo D [...]	2004-07-07 19:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA DR
04SANTODOMINGO4001	TRANSPARENCY CLAUSE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on July 6 delivered talking points on the transparency clause (para 8 reftel) to MFA deputy director for UN and OAS affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, in the form of a non-paper in Spanish. She undertook to pass the document to the Dominican delegation before their July 7 departure for [...]	2004-07-08 21:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KSUM KCOR KCRM KDEM DR
04SANTODOMINGO4006	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #6: POLITICS DRIVES WAGE [...] (SBU) This is no. 6 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. POLITICS DRIVES WAGE DEMANDS The grim joke in recent months is that the supermarket has become the "house of horrors," especially for the middle class. The double sting of [...]	2004-07-09 11:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN PGOV PINR ELAB

04SANTODOMINGO4418	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE MID [...] This cable provides the 2004 Investment Climate Mid Year Update for the Dominican Republic tasked reftel 2. (begin text) CHAPTER 7: Investment Climate Investment Climate The following is the (preliminary) 2005 Investment Climate Report for the Dominican Republic.(as of July 2004) [...]	2004-07-30 20:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON KIDE EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO4421	TRANSITION #9 - DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY: NO ONE'S [...] (SBU) This is number 9 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and the Fernandez governments. ELECTRICITY: NO ONE'S RESPONSIBLE, EVERYONE SUFFERS The slow-motion collapse of the electricity sector during the countdown to the August 16 presidential election has finally re [...]	2004-07-30 21:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO4501	TRANSITION #10 - THE AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH LEONEL [...] (U) This is cable number 10 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez governments. President-elect Fernandez - Two weeks from power 2. (C) Summary. President-elect Leonel Fernandez told the Ambassador in a private meeting on August 3, 2004, that his govern [...]	2004-08-04 17:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EINV ENRG MCAP DR
04SANTODOMINGO4531	DOMINICAN TRANSITION 12-PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ NAMES [...] (U) This is number 12 in our series on the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez adminstrations. President-elect Fernandez- Two weeks from power. 2. (U) Summary. President-elect Leonel Fernandez on August 4 announced appointments to his administration, mainly in positions related to [...]	2004-08-05 16:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG MCAP PGOV PINR PREL EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO4637	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #14: FERNANDEZ TELLS [...] (U) This no. 14 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. Lunch with Leonel (U) On August 6, the Ambassador and visiting Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) attended a lunch hosted by President-elect Leonel Fernandez (PLD) at the office of his G [...]	2004-08-12 10:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET MCAP DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO469	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CICTE DELEGATION TO FOURTH [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to GODR Deputy Director of International Organizations Desk, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Ambassador Polanco said that the GODR delegation to the Fourth Regular Session of the OAS Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) will be headed [...]	2004-01-23 19:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER DR
04SANTODOMINGO4702	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. WILLIAM H. SCOTTI [...] US Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. William H. Scotti to travel to Santo Domingo from September 21 to September 23, 2004. Purpose of trip is to carry out activities relating to dependent education and assistance to American- sponsored schools. Embassy will me [...]	2004-08-17 13:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER
04SANTODOMINGO4719	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #13: FERNANDEZ TELLS [...] (U) This is the amplified and corrected version of ref a, part of our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. Ten days before his inauguration, Leonel Fernandez spoke about his approach to the economic crisis and commented on his relations with [...]	2004-08-18 11:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET MCAP DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO4784	TRANSITION #14: LEONEL FERNANDEZ AT DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) This is #14 in our series on the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez governments in the Dominican Republic. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fernandez promises Austerity, Anti-Corruption and Support for Social Concerns - - - - - - [...]	2004-08-20 17:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO483	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USTR ZOELLICK LAUNCHES FTA [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Trade Representative Amb. Robert Zoellick told Dominicans on January 15 that bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations offer an opportunity for new engagement, economic growth and strengthened institutions. He stressed that an FTA, free and fair presidential electio [...]	2004-01-27 16:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP OREP
04SANTODOMINGO4916	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND VENEZUELAN OIL [...] (U) This cable is an overview of the Dominican Republic's petroleum sector in response to reftel A. Venezuela in 2003 supplied only 11 percent of total petroleum imports to the Dominican Republic, a significant change from 2002 when Venezuelan imports were nearly 55 percent of the total. Oth [...]	2004-08-30 20:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL XK
04SANTODOMINGO502	Electricity Sector Shutting Down in the Dominican [...] (SBU) Summary: As more power plants shut down, GODR and energy sector representatives in public recriminations. Negotiators are close to an agreement that would put Cogentrix back on line. End summary. 2. (SBU) Nine representatives of the electricity sector briefed the Ambassador on Jan [...]	2004-01-28 12:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ENRG DR
04SANTODOMINGO5024	DOMINICAN POLITICS: SUGAR, IPR, TAXES AND TRADE -- [...] (U) Following is the first in our series on the politics of the new Dominican administration of Leonel Fernandez. (U) Dominican Politics #1: Sugar, IPR, Taxes and Trade ) Trouble for Free Traders (U) Powerful opponents of free trade are mounting a campaign to discredit the agreement with t [...]	2004-09-07 17:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5080	DOMINICAN SENATORS TELL AMBASSADOR THEY'LL BLOCK [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador obtained from Senate and PRD leaders September 8 a commitment to delete a proposed 25 percent tax on beverages using imported high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) from paragraph 9 of the pending fiscal reform legislation (reftel). The Ambassador told them the protection [...]	2004-09-10 17:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD EFIN PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO5154	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND ECON TEAM SEEK TO REASSURE [...] (U) Summary: During the September 8 visit of EXIMBANK Vice President David Miller Dominican President Fernandez and his advisors stressed that the country,s economic crisis was one of liquidity rather than insolvency. They indicated their commitment to meeting the country's debt obligations an [...]	2004-09-15 18:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5156	DOMINICAN AMCHAM MEETING TURNS UGLY OVER SUGAR AND [...] (SBU) At the American Chamber of Commerce,s September 13th board meeting, Charge and Embassy staff were subjected to a harsh rant by sugar interests. The meeting was to have focused on DR-CAFTA, but it became a forum for a discussion of the demands of the sugar sector for protection and the r [...]	2004-09-15 20:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL BEXP
04SANTODOMINGO5186	DOMINICAN POLITICS #2: FERNANDEZ, CRISIS AND [...] (U) Following is no. 2 in our Politics 2004 series, our scenesetter for the visit September 16-17 to the Domincan Republic of OAS Amb. John Maisto. Amb. Maisto will participate in public events at the MFA Diplomatic School and the "Foundation for Global Democracy and Development," both to de [...]	2004-09-16 16:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5242	DOMINICAN PRES. FERNANDEZ OFFERS TO RESOLVE CORN [...] (C) Summary: Visiting USOAS PermRep Ambassador John Maisto and Ambassador Hertell took advantage of a meeting planned on Summit of the Americas to tell President Fernandez and Foreign Secretary Carlos Morales Troncoso September 16 that a proposed 25 percent tax on products containing high fruc [...]	2004-09-20 18:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO5302	FORMER DOMINICAN PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC THAT SENATE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Former Dominican President Hipolito Mejia told Ambassador Hertell September 22 that he expects that the effort will succeed to remove from the fiscal reform bill now in the Senate the proposed 25 percent tax on beverages that use high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). It [...]	2004-09-22 22:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL BEXP PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO537	DOMINICAN WORK STOPPAGE, JAN 28-29: STREETS ARE [...] (SBU) Most businesses were shuttered and schools were closed for the January 28-29 national work stoppage in the Dominican Republic, called by a coalition of community, labor, student, and political groups to protest economic and social policies. Banks and supermarkets were open but neighborho [...]	2004-01-28 22:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO5437	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SCENESETTER FOR POSSIBLE VIP [...] Following is a backgrounder for a possible VIP visit to the Dominican Republic: (U) Background. The Dominican Republic, just 70 miles from Puerto Rico across the treacherous Mona Passage, is a heavyweight in the Caribbean, a strong trading partner, and a helpful ally in the Caribbean. The U [...]	2004-09-30 20:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5468	DOMINICAN POLITICS #4: FERNANDEZ AND REPEAL OF TAX [...] Following is number 4 in our series on the 2004 politics of the Fernandez administration: Fernandez and Repeal of Tax Measure President Leonel Fernandez signed and promulgated on September 28 the tax measures passed by the Dominican Congress and submitted to the Dominican Senate on Septem [...]	2004-10-01 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD DR
04SANTODOMINGO5696	DOMINICAN RESPONSE: CONVOKING A SPECIAL SESSION OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 16:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO5757	DOMINICAN TEXTILES - PROSPECTS FOR PRODUCTION AND [...] Embassy Santo Domingo provides the following information in response to reftel. 2. Nominal GDP in billions of USD FY 2002 21.6 FY 2003 16.8 Nominal Manufacturing GDP (industrial production) in billions of USD FY 2002 3.48 (16.1 percent of total GDP) FY 2003 2.57 (15.3 percent of t [...]	2004-10-20 18:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ETRD KTEX DR EINV
04SANTODOMINGO5777	DOMINICAN POLITICS #6: THE PRD: IT'S BROKE. FIX [...] (SBU) This is #6 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The PRD: It,s Broke. Fix It. (U) ** Without Hipolito Mejia to hold it together, the venerable populist PRD is not mounting a coordinated response to Leonel Fernandez's PLD administration. We look at the conten [...]	2004-10-20 22:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO5779	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY VINCHO CASTILLO - STILL KICKING [...] (C) "Those who love me, love me a lot. Those who hate me, hate me a lot," declared Marino Vinicio Castillo (Vincho) when questioned by a reporter in 2000 about his reputation for controversy. It was a good self-characterization then and remains true today. Vincho, a well known attorney wh [...]	2004-10-21 11:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EFIN KJUS PGOV DR CASTILLO VINICIO MARINO
04SANTODOMINGO5856	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OAS AMB. MAISTO ADDRESSES FREE [...] (U) U.S. PermRep to the OAS Ambassador John Maisto, emphasized goals of the OAS Monterrey and Quebec Summits of the Americas in discussions with government, private sector, and NGO leaders and the media during his September 16-18 visit to Santo Domingo. He was accompanied by Ambassador Hertel [...]	2004-10-25 20:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KSUM KCOR KHIV ETRD SCUL XL XM DR
04SANTODOMINGO5858	NEW DOMINICAN CODE AMENDS EXTRADITION PROCESS [...] Summary. The Dominican Republic implemented a new criminal procedural code on September 27, 2004 which moves the Dominican criminal justice system from an inquisitorial system towards an accusatory system. The new code amends the procedure for handling extradition cases. The USG has reques [...]	2004-10-25 20:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KJUS PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO594	DOMINICAN ILLEGALS: USDOJ AND USCG ACTION REQUEST [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This interagency message presents the unified views of cognizant agencies at Embassy Santo Domingo on the current surge of illegal migrant travel from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Present efforts by Dominican and American officials are inadequate to cou [...]	2004-01-30 10:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SMIG KJUS EWWT DR
04SANTODOMINGO5952	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ON CORRUPTION, FREE TRADE [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Fernandez asked on October 21 for USG help in addressing corruption issues. He told the Ambassador that he remains strongly in favor of the free trade agreement (FTA). He gave the sugar sector an opportunity of "only three weeks" (until sometime the week of [...]	2004-10-28 19:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5972	DOMINICAN TECHNICAL SECRETARY OUTLINES PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Dominican Technical Secretary of the Dominican presidency Temistocles Montas received the Ambassador and senior staff last night, October 28 to discuss a variety of topics, including the progress in discussions on a new IMF program, the Paris Club, the country,s new oil finance deal with [...]	2004-10-29 19:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6134	(S) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR, IMMIGRATION [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador and Immigration Director Baret discussed corruption in Dominican airports and ports on November 3, 2004. The Ambassador named names, including military officers assigned to Immigration, and urged dismissal and prosecution. Baret said prosecution was difficult, p [...]	2004-11-10 16:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	PREL SMIG KJUS MARR DR
04SANTODOMINGO6213	DOMINICAN POLITICS #8: FERNANDEZ, THE RIO GROUP [...] (C) Summary. When the Rio Group summit of November 4 got to the agenda item on Haiti, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez asked for hemispheric help in re-instilling democracy in that &narco-state,8 but he put a big front wrong in advocating the inclusion in the process of former president [...]	2004-11-16 20:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ENRG HA PGOV PREL
04SANTODOMINGO6240	DOMINICAN POLITICS #9 - CHAVEZ BRINGS GENEROUS [...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez made an eight-hour visit to Santo Domingo on November 6, the main event of which was the signature of a bilateral agreement called the "Caracas Accord" to provide generous financing terms for 25 percent of 50,000 barrels a day of Dominican impo [...]	2004-11-17 13:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6292	DOMINICAN SENATORS SCHEDULE VOTE ON REPEAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Senate president Andres Bautista has scheduled a Senate vote to repeal the 25 percent tax on beverages sweetened with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) for Saturday, November 20. This move follows the Ambassador,s delivery of USTR Amb. Zoellick,s November 16 letter to President [...]	2004-11-19 15:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6415	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FAILS TO PRODUCE REPORT ON [...] Note proposed Embassy action, para 9. 2. The Dominican Republic missed an October 5 deadline established in a side letter to CAFTA obligating the government to report on actions it is taking to stop television broadcast piracy. When the National Office for Copyright Protection (ONDA) prov [...]	2004-11-30 21:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO6492	DOMINICAN AGRICULTURE SECRETARY DEFENDS FREE TRADE [...] On December 1 Dominican Secretary of Agriculture Amilcar Romero replied to an anti-trade-agreement diatribe at a national ceremony with a reasoned defense of the free trade agreement with the United States and Central America (CAFTA) and advised ranchers and farmers that agriculture will have [...]	2004-12-03 17:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL
04SANTODOMINGO6498	DOMINICAN POLITICS #11: FERNANDEZ'S SPEECH ON HIS [...] (SBU) Following is number 11 in our series on 2004 Dominican politics. Fernandez's Speech on his First 100 Days - - - - - - - - - - - - - - First announced for the 100th day of his administration, November 25, President Leonel Fernandez's speech was postponed until Monday night, November [...]	2004-12-06 11:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6609	DOMINICAN VOTE TO REPEAL PROTECTIONIST TAX - [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Senate achieved a breakthrough of sorts on December 7 with a preliminary vote (19 to 1) in favor of repealing a protectionist 25 percent tax on beverages containing imported high fructose corn syrup, which for months has been a barrier to Dominican participation i [...]	2004-12-09 20:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6699	DOMINICAN STANDOFF ON REPEAL OF PROTECTIONIST TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez on December 14 implied he would veto a bill to repeal a the protectionist 25% tax on fructose-sweetened beverages if the Dominican Senate does not remove all of the "compensatory" tax breaks for agribusiness and industry that have been added to the original d [...]	2004-12-16 11:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6734	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON OAS SYG CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: Political party leader (and former foreign minister) Victor Gomez Berges told Charge Kubiske December 15 that he is interested in being considered as an alternate candidate for the OAS Secretary General job in the event the Central Americans are unable to reach a consensus. Gomez [...]	2004-12-17 22:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DR HA
04SANTODOMINGO790	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] The following is the Embassy response to reftel. Human Rights Record in the DR and the US Strategy --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. President Hipolito Mejia of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) took office in August 2000 after a generally free and fair election. [...]	2004-02-06 21:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL
04SANTODOMINGO797	GODR COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ENERGY GENERATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GODR appointed a six-member commission that includes Police General Pedro de Jesus Candelier and Secretary of Defense, Lieutenant General Jose Miguel Soto SIPDIS Jimenez, and senior GODR officials to reconcile GODR debt, determine fuel company fuel stocks, and review a sec [...]	2004-02-09 11:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO957	DOMINICAN ELECTION #22: LEONEL CONFIDENT, HIPOLITO [...] (SBU) This is number 22 in our Presidential election series. LEONEL CONFIDENT, HIPOLITO DIGS IN Dominican President Hipolito Mejia got bad news last week for his re-election bid. It should have been a good week, with the IMF approval of a new standby, a government agreement with the ele [...]	2004-02-17 11:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO990	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-PARIS CLUB: AVOIDING BURDEN [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 17 Dominican Presidency official Carlos Despradel asked the Charge to seek U.S. support in an effort to avoid burden sharing for holders of sovereign debt bonds. Having just received the portfolio for Paris Club negotiations, he is deeply concerned about the impact [...]	2004-02-18 13:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DR EFIN
04SAOPAULO1795	GOVERNOR ALCKMIN LAUDS RESULTS OF MUNICIPAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Sao Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin told the Ambassador during a December 14 courtesy call that he was confident the country was on good economic and political footing, and said he expected continued healthy growth in GDP and exports in both the state and Brazil during 2005. Al [...]	2004-12-30 15:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD EINV BR
04SAOPAULO843	RACE RELATIONS IN BRAZIL: THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION [...] (U) Affirmative action measures aimed at improving the socioeconomic situation of Afro-Brazilians are fundamental to the "Movimento Negro," or Black Movement. Though affirmative action remains controversial, even among Afro- Brazilians, the controversy itself is drawing public attention to t [...]	2004-06-04 19:20:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EINV SOCI BR TIP
04STATE181797	PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-24 14:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CMGT ASEC BG
04STATE233493	BIN LADEN VIDEOTAPE [...] (U) ON OCTOBER 29, THE AL-JAZEERA NETWORK BROADCASTED A VIDEOTAPE MESSAGE FROM USAMA BIN LADEN WITH A SIMULTANEOUS ENGLISH TRANSLATION. THE TAPE, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME UBL HAS BEEN SEEN SINCE DECEMBER 2001, INCLUDES MENTION OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS TO INCLUDE IRAQ AND THE UPCOMING [...]	2004-10-30 00:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ASEC PTER CASC
04STATE53180	DEATH OF ABU ABBAS [...] (C) PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ABU ABBAS DIED MARCH 8 OF A HEART ATTACK WHILE IN CPA CUSTODY IN BAGHDAD. ABU ABBAS DIRECTED THE HIJACKING OF THE ITALIAN CRUISE SHIP ACHILLE LAURO IN 1985, DURING WHICH AMERICAN CITIZEN LEON KLINGHOFFER, 69 AND WHEELCHAIR-BOUND, WAS KILLED AND HIS BODY DUMPED INTO TH [...]	2004-03-10 17:39:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER IS IT
04TAIPEI3071	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] U.S. Presidential Election A) "The United States Needs to Re-organize Its Relations with [Its] Asian Allies" Lai I-chung, International Affairs Director of the Taiwan Think Tank, said in an op-ed in the centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" (10/1): "Judging by the strategic traits of t [...]	2004-10-04 08:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3094	LATIN AMERICA: TAIWAN TAKES STOCK OF NEW POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: MOFA officials are nervous over a string of recent political transitions in Latin America. Over the last 13 months, 6 of these countries -- Panama El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guatemala, and Paraguay -- have seen new governments come to power. Taiwan is adjusting [...]	2004-10-05 23:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
04TAIPEI3095	TAOYUAN FTZ - UNREALISTIC CLAIMS OF PENDING DIRECT [...] (C) The Taoyuan Free Trade Zone near Taipei,s Chiang Kai-shek airport is a key component of Taiwan,s Global Logistics Development Plan (reftel). The Far Glory Group will build the FTZ under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract. Far Glory plans to invest NT$ 21.3 billion (USD 636 million) [...]	2004-10-06 03:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EWWT ECON PREL TW CH
04TAIPEI3104	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-06 09:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3110	END-OF-SHOW REPORT: NEW PRODUCTS USA 2004, [...] One hundred and fifty-nine American businesses received 555 trade leads as a result of their participation in New Products USA Multi-State Catalog Show in Kaohsiung on September 23 and 24, 2004. U.S. State participants were pleased with the high quality of the attendees as well as the event's [...]	2004-10-06 09:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD TW
04TAIPEI3116	MAC APPOINTS CROSS-STRAIT NEOPHYTE AS VICE CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) announced October 1 that Academia Sinica Research Fellow David Huang would assume the MAC vice chairman position previously held by Alexander Huang. A specialist in European local politics, David Huang has no experience in cross-Strait affairs, a [...]	2004-10-07 03:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CH TW
04TAIPEI3129	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 08:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3153	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S ARMS PROCUREMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-08 08:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3186	TITAS 2004 Focuses on Facing 2005: [...] Summary. The Taipei International Textile & Apparel Show 2004 (TITAS 2004) kicked off on September 21. 280 domestic/foreign companies participated in the three-day event. Aside from the exhibition, 13 seminars by various agencies including the American Apparel Producers' Network (AAPN),Joc [...]	2004-10-13 08:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTEX TW
04TAIPEI3224	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, [...] U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations "The Remarks about Coming to Help Defend Taiwan in 12 Days" The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" said in an editorial (10/14): "Legislator Lee Wen-chung said a high-ranking U.S. defense official has given him a guarantee that so long as Taiwan buys def [...]	2004-10-15 08:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3233	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN'S NATIONAL DAY [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 08:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3242	TAIWAN'S EPA NARROWS SCOPE OF DRAFT PACKAGING [...] Summary. In July 2004, Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration (TEPA) introduced a draft rule to limit excessive packaging. In response to industry opposition to the rule, TEPA issued a second revised draft of the rule on October 12. The second draft is much narrower in scope than t [...]	2004-10-19 08:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV TW ESTH
04TAIPEI3309	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 23:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3322	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-22 08:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3343	CHEN SURPRISES HEWLETT-PACKARD CHAIRMAN ON [...] (C) In what Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan has described privately as an &ambush,8 President Chen publicly called on visiting HP chairman Carly Fiorina to promote cross-Strait direct charter flights with Beijing. HP responded by publicly declining any role in dealing with political matters such [...]	2004-10-27 07:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR PREL CH TW
04TAIPEI3354	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 08:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3389	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-29 07:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3409	TAIPEI SEEKS TO LIMIT FALLOUT OVER SECRETARY'S [...] (C) Summary: Chen administration officials are working to limit media and political fallout from a set of interviews given by Secretary Powell in Beijing on October 24. President Chen Shui-bian expressed appreciation to the AIT Director on October 28 for a series of public statements by the Se [...]	2004-10-29 10:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
04TAIPEI3430	MOFA ON THE DEFENSIVE OVER CENTRAL AMERICA AID [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan officials are on the defensive in the wake of press allegations that MOFA funneled US$1.4 million to former Costa Rican president Miguel Angel Rodriguez. MOFA officials claim only $400,000 was given to Costa Rica for training programs and that Rodriguez apparently misuse [...]	2004-11-01 07:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID TW
04TAIPEI3488	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTIONS AND U.S. [...] U.S. Elections and U.S. Policy A) "Bush Gets Re-elected with a Narrow Margin, But the Price He Pays Is the United States' Unity and Democratic Image" The conservative, pro-unification "United Daily News" commented in an editorial (11/4): "Over the past four years, [U.S. President George [...]	2004-11-04 07:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3551	MEDIA REACTION: BUSH-HU APEC MEETING AND U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 07:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3605	CROSS-STRAIT ENTRY PERMITS - REDUCING TAIWAN'S [...] (U) Summary: A persistent complaint of multinational firms in Taiwan is the difficulty of bringing PRC employees to Taiwan for meetings, training, research, or other temporary assignment. Some firms have learned how to work the system and bring a relatively large number of Mainland employees [...]	2004-11-15 08:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ELAB CH TW
04TAIPEI3608	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-15 23:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3666	ICDF: TAIWAN'S USAID [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) is one of the foreign policy tools used to advance Taiwan's standing with nations that recognize Taipei. Taiwan publicly parades the ICDF as a global humanitarian organization which seeks to combat poverty and provid [...]	2004-11-17 07:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID TW
04TAIPEI3667	BEIJING ACCELERATING GLOBAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan officials say Beijing is effectively leveraging its growing international clout to orchestrate a global campaign to isolate Taipei. Officials assert that Beijing's recent efforts have become increasingly coordinated, organized, and creative. Taiwan MOFA officials maintai [...]	2004-11-17 07:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TW
04TAIPEI3690	TAIWAN SPECIAL 301 OCR: AIT VIEWS [...] (SBU)Summary: Taiwan authorities charged with protecting Intellectual Property Rights have made substantial progress since the last review in March 2004. AIT recommends reducing Taiwan's current Special 301 classification from the Priority Watch List to the Watch List. Further reductions mig [...]	2004-11-18 08:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR TW IPR
04TAIPEI3734	Scenesetter for DOT A/S Bhatia's Trip to Taiwan [...] (U) The United States' unofficial relations with Taiwan focus on regional security and trade. Taiwan is considering the purchase of USD 18 billion in military equipment from the U.S. Outstanding trade issues include intellectual property rights, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications market [...]	2004-11-23 06:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAIR PGOV OVIP TW
04TAIPEI3780	WANG ON FATE OF SPECIAL BUDGET POST LY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: LY President Wang Jin-pyng told the AIT Director November 24 that if the DPP controls the LY speakership after the December election, Taiwan's USD 18 billion special budget for the procurement of advanced weapon systems will pass but only over vigorous objections by the Pan-Blue. [...]	2004-11-29 08:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3793	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, [...] U.S.-Taiwan Relations "U.S. Continues Two-pronged Policy" Associate professor Yu Pen-li of the Graduate Institute of American Studies, Tamkang University, said in the pro-independence, English-language "Taipei Times" (11/29): ". In the future, the new US government will face several ne [...]	2004-11-30 05:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3797	CHEN RESPONDS PUBLICLY TO USG CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian used an open press meeting with a group of visiting U.S. Congressmen on November 30 to respond to the State Department Spokesman's warning over constitutional revisions. Chen stated that there has been no change to the policy line he articulated in his May [...]	2004-11-30 08:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3809	"CHINA TIMES" ARTICLES ON WASHINGTON'S [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-02 00:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3826	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-02 07:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3851	CHEN PLANNING NEW STRATEGY FOR UN BID [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Mark Chen told the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) that he was surprised by President Chen Shui-bian's recent announcement that Taipei plans to apply for UN membership under the name "Taiwan" instead of the "Republic of China" (ROC) in 2005. Officials claim th [...]	2004-12-06 07:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3859	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S ECONOMIC PROSPECT, [...] Taiwan's Economic Prospect "Do Not Use [Reasons Like Taiwan's] Industry Outflow and Pro-China Attitude to Harm Taiwan's Credit Rating Again" The pro-independence "Liberty Times" editorialized (12/7): "It is regretful that while China's political and military threats have done serious d [...]	2004-12-07 06:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3918	CHEN REJECTS USG CRITICISM OVER NAME CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian has reacted sharply to the State Department Deputy Spokesman's December 6 warning over Chen's plans to rename state-owned firms and overseas representative offices using "Taiwan." On the campaign trail, Chen has accused the USG of carrying water for Beijin [...]	2004-12-09 09:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3924	TAIWAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI- [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 20:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3931	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-10 07:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3969	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 00:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3991	Taiwan Economic Review for November 2004 [...] This cable summarizes selected economic events in Taiwan in November 2004: - S&P Rating - China-ASEAN FTA - Economic Performance - WTO - Cross-Strait Economic Normalization - Environment S&P Downgrades Taiwan's Debt Outlook ------------------------------------ 2. At the [...]	2004-12-16 03:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON TW
04TAIPEI3996	TAIWAN REACTIONS TO CHINA/ASEAN FTA [...] Summary: Reactions in Taiwan to the announcement of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ranged from dire predictions of imminent isolation to suggestions that the immediate impact on Taiwan's economy will be minimal. Most analysts [...]	2004-12-16 07:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TW
04TAIPEI4016	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION" LAW [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 07:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI4023	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION" LAW [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 05:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI4064	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-23 04:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI4074	AIT URGES TAIWAN TO FOLLOW ICCAT AND OTHER FISHING [...] Summary. On December 13 and 14, OES/OMC Deputy Director Stetson Tinkham urged Taiwan's Fisheries Agency and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to heed the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) call for Taiwan to crack down on Taiwan fishing vessels found to be fishin [...]	2004-12-27 07:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS TW
04TAIPEI4075	CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION LAW," AND U.S.-TAIWAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-27 07:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI4125	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 06:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TEGUCIGALPA1050	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 6, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 5/6 entitled "Torture." "President Bush has been forced to use the Arab television network Al Arabiya in an attempt to quiet the wave of international indignation, especially in the Middle East and the U.S., that has arisen as a resu [...]	2004-05-07 15:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1051	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 6, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 5/6 entitled "Torture." "President Bush has been forced to use the Arab television network Al Arabiya in an attempt to quiet the wave of international indignation, especially in the Middle East and the U.S., that has arisen as a resu [...]	2004-05-07 15:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1073	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 7, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 5/7 entitled "Bush in trouble." "Things are turning out for the worse for President Bush, more than a year after the Iraqi invasion and after having declared the end of the military actions. However, the Iraqis are still resisting [...]	2004-05-11 14:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1106	CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO HONDURAS ALLEGES COMING U.S. [...] (U) Cuban Ambassador to Honduras Alberto Gonzalez Polanco, in public statements May 12, claimed that the GOC was at military alert for a potential U.S. invasion. He told reporters that the GOC feared such an attack was "closer than ever." He added that Cuban citizens were well prepared to re [...]	2004-05-13 23:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR KDEM CU HO CHR

04TEGUCIGALPA1109	50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HISTORIC BANANA STRIKE IN HONDURAS [...] Summary: A series of events sponsored by the Ministry of Labor and the International Labor Organization (ILO) took place from May 3-5 in Tegucigalpa to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic May 1954 banana strike in Honduras. President Ricardo Maduro, President of the National Congr [...]	2004-05-13 23:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV EAGR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1141	SAN PEDRO SULA PRISON FIRE KILLS 103 INMATES; [...] (U) A fire allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit in a refrigerator for soft drinks in a cell block for gang members killed 103 inmates in a prison on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula. Approximately 25 injured prisoners were treated at a nearby hospital. (Two other injured prisoners [...]	2004-05-17 22:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA116	TAIWANESE ALIEN SMUGGLER ARRESTED IN HONDURAS AS HE [...] LIN WEI-CHUNG (alias LIN WAYNE, WAYNE LIN, COC: TAIWAN, POB: TAIWAN, date of birth 09-08-1965, PASSPORT M20182450, NIV foil 52681302),is the second Taiwan citizen arrested in Honduras during 2003 on charges of alien smuggling. LIN tried to smuggle three impostor PRCs with bona fide Taiwanese [...]	2004-01-16 17:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1197	TEGUCIGALPA FY 2004 AND FY 2005 LGP REDUCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post carefully reviewed and is modifying the Local Guard Program (LGP) contract in order to meet the requested 3.3 percent LGP reduction goal (approximately $18,000) for FY 2004. RSO is currently working with the GSO contracting office to negotiate a reduction in contract ve [...]	2004-05-24 22:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AFIN AMGT ASEC KESS KICA KSEP
04TEGUCIGALPA1259	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, JUNE 1, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 5/29 entitled "Towards an uncertain future." "CAFTA took a step ahead after being signed by the Central American trade ministers and the U.S. Trade Representative, even though it has an uncertain future because it depends on the res [...]	2004-06-02 15:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
04TEGUCIGALPA1308	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, JUNE 8, 2004 [...] Op-ed by Ramon Villeda Bermudez (current member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Congress and former Liberal Party presidential candidate) in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/5 entitled "Two lies in three letters." "Representatives of several unions from Central America an [...]	2004-06-08 20:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
04TEGUCIGALPA1322	MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN'S [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/9 entitled "The legacy." "The passing of Ronald Reagan has brought back the controversy of the time of civil war in Central America. Considering where these countries are now, opposed to the crisis they were going through and the [...]	2004-06-09 19:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1395	PROSECUTION OF CHINESE ALIEN SMUGGLERS ARRESTED IN [...] SUMMARY: Prosecution of Chinese illegal alien smugglers arrested in Honduras in late 2003 on charges of people smuggling, money laundering, possession of instruments for the forgery of public documents, and forgery of public documents, has turned into a very difficult task for the Honduran Pu [...]	2004-06-21 19:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PHUM KFRD CVIS KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1411	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY'S JUNE 28 - 30 VISIT [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Shelby to Honduras June 29-30. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, two-and-a-half years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. However, there have [...]	2004-06-22 22:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV PHUM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1467	HONDURAN SECURITY MINISTER ALLEGES SENIOR AL-QAIDA [...] (S) Summary: On June 29, Honduran Minister of Public Security (MOPS) Oscar Alvarez told the Honduran press senior Saudi Al-Qaida operative, Adnan Gulshair El-Shukrijumah, had been spotted in Honduras but has since left the country. MOPS Alvarez alleged that El-Shukrijumah was seen in an intern [...]	2004-07-01 00:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PTER ASEC KVPR PINR KJUS KCRM PGOV CVIS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1490	Millennium Challenge Corporation Visit to Honduras [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),visiting Honduras from June 8- 16, held a productive set of meetings with Honduran government officials, members of civil society and the private sector, and representatives of other donor organizations and nation [...]	2004-07-06 16:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV SOCI PREL PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1508	Review of the Consultative Group meeting in [...] Summary: The Honduran Consultative Group (CG) meeting was held on June 10-11 with more than 300 participants from the GOH, civil society, and the international donor community. President Maduro made a key-note presentation on the importance of this meeting to report on the progress made on a [...]	2004-07-07 12:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EINV SOCI PREL PGOV HO MCC NSC
04TEGUCIGALPA1526	Honduran Economic Highlights: April-June 2004 [...] On April 14, Paris Club creditors and the GOH agreed to a restructuring of Honduras' public external debt, leading to the cancellation of approximately $147 million of Honduran debt, and the rescheduling of $214 million more (see reftel). Under the agreement reached between Paris Club partic [...]	2004-07-09 18:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD EWWT KJUS PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1541	Electoral Law Reform Adopted; 2005 Primary [...] On June 21, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (Tribunal Supremo Electoral TSE) - established for the purpose of directing the electoral process and internal elections - approved the calendar for the 2005 primary and internal elections in Honduras. According to the Calendar, starting August 20, 20 [...]	2004-07-12 13:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1543	TWELVE ILLEGAL CHINESE NATIONALS VIOLENTLY FREED [...] SUMMARY: On June 13, 2004 two armed individuals broke into the detention center at GOH Migration in Tegucigalpa. They freed twelve People's Republic of China (PRCs) nationals apprehended early in 2004 and six South Americans. END SUMMARY. 2. Since November 2003, GOH investigative and migra [...]	2004-07-13 13:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PHUM KFRD CVIS KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1554	CODEL SHELBY DISCUSSES BANKING, MONEY LAUNDERING, [...] Summary: Codel Shelby's June 28-30 visit underscored the close economic and political relationship between the U.S. and Honduras, while providing a welcome focus on financial regulation and prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. In meetings with GOH officials and business an [...]	2004-07-13 21:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD KJUS PREL PTER OREP HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1577	Honduras Poised to Become Leader in Port Security [...] SUMMARY: Following a June visit to the ports of Honduras, a United States Coast Guard delegation confirmed that Honduras was taking the appropriate measures to ready its ports for certification on July 1, and to successfully comply with International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements an [...]	2004-07-16 18:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EINV ETRD PBTS SNAR PTER BEXP ECON PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1598	MEDIA REACTION ON TPS, JULY 20, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 7/20 entitled "Neither yes or no." "Despite the fact that Washington hasn't accepted or refused a new TPS extension, the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs is optimistic, and President Maduro has planned a trip to the U.S. in Sept [...]	2004-07-20 17:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1599	Maduro Reaches $33 Million Deal with Teachers; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 10, President Ricardo Maduro and representatives of teachers' unions signed an agreement reinstating certain salary benefits which had been cut in December, thus bringing an end to the 33-day teachers' strike. The GOH did not offer an across-the-board salary increase, [...]	2004-07-20 17:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID ELAB SOCI PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1617	FURTHERING REGIONAL INTEGRATION; GENERAL HILL [...] (U) Summary: On July 15, General Hill, USSOUTHCOM Commander, met with Honduran Minister of Defense, Federico Breve, and separately, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Jose Isaias Barahona to discuss Central American integration, narcotrafficking, U.S. military assistan [...]	2004-07-22 21:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP SNAR PREL KCRM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1652	HONDURAS' DECISION TO TERMINATE FOUR FMS SERVICE [...] (SBU) On July 22, USMILGP Tegucigalpa received a letter from the Honduran Air Force's (HAF) Department of Logistics requesting that the number of Honduran F-5s under U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) service Letters of Agreement (LOAs) be reduced from ten to only six jets. The request appears [...]	2004-07-27 22:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1655	FURTHERING REGIONAL INTEGRATION; GENERAL HILL [...] (U) Summary: On July 15, General Hill, USSOUTHCOM Commander, met with Honduran Minister of Defense, Federico Breve, and separately, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Jose Isaias Barahona to discuss Central American integration, narcotrafficking, U.S. military assistan [...]	2004-07-28 15:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP SNAR PREL KCRM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA172	MEDIA REACTION ON THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, JANUARY 15, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 1/15 entitled "A great deal of rhetoric and few results". "The Latin American presidents arrived in Monterrey with few expectations, and they came back with their hands practically empty. More than ever, this Summit was characteri [...]	2004-01-22 21:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KSUM PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA179	DRUG PLANE CRASHES AFTER INTERCEPT BY HONDURAN AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran Air Force Commander insists 1/20/04 crash of a drug-trafficking civilian aircraft was not a shoot-down. According to published statements and conversations with U.S. mission military members, Colonel Caceres stated that Honduran Air Force (HAF) interceptors twice contac [...]	2004-01-23 01:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA185	MEDIA REACTION ON STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH, [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 1/23 entitled "State of the Union Message". "The message of President Bush fell short, not only did it not address Latin American issues, but it was weak on international issues as a whole. For instance, Bush didn't talk about som [...]	2004-01-23 17:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1969	PROPOSED SUPPORT BY ASHA TO THE PAN AMERICAN [...] Increase the storage capacity of a reservoir used for irrigation from 30,000 cubic meters to 340,000 cubic meters. 2. Increase the cultivated area under irrigation by adding 96 hectares. 3. Increase the plantation forest area under irrigation by adding 45 hectares. 4. Purchase timbe [...]	2004-09-02 17:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA201	HONDURAN DELEGATION TO OAS CICTE; 2002 OAS CT [...] PolOff delivered January 20 reftel demarche on the OAS CICTE to MFA Director for Multilateral Issues Wendy Flores. MFA Director General fro Foreign Policy Mario Fortin told PolOff January 26 that the GOH delegation will only be Frontier Police Chief Ramon Sabillon. Note: Sabillon is an excel [...]	2004-01-26 21:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KTIA XL XM CA HO OAS
04TEGUCIGALPA2049	EVALUATION OF U.S. SPEAKER ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MARIA JOSE T. FLETCHER, TRACKER NO. 21830 [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-14 15:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OEXC PHUM SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2052	MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11, SEPTEMBER 13, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 9/11, entitled "Three years later." "Three years after the devastating attacks against the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, symbols of the U.S. economic and military power, Islamic and other anti-Western extremists have caused chaos a [...]	2004-09-14 19:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PTER HO
04TEGUCIGALPA209	MINISTER OF DEFENSE REITERATES NO SHOOT-DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense (MOD) Frederico Breve delivered a document to the Ambassador on January 27 which explains the Honduran Air Force's (HAF) standard operating procedures for intercepting intruding civil aircraft violating Honduran airspace and the use of live ammunition, includ [...]	2004-01-28 01:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2092	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (ref A). POLITICAL VIOLENCE Â [...]	2004-09-20 19:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2093	Honduras: President Gives Economic Overview [...] Summary: On September 9, at the opening of an event to promote DR-CAFTA, President Ricardo Maduro presented a sweeping overview of the state of the Honduran economy. As usual, President Maduro emphasized what he sees as the accomplishments of his administration - reining in government spendi [...]	2004-09-20 20:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ETRD ELAB EINV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2097	REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO SIGN LOA AMMENDMENT TEXT [...] Post requests INL approval of the following LOA Amendment text on trafficking in persons (TIP). Post tentatively would like to sign this LOA with the Government of Honduras (GOH) on September 24, 2004. Please provide approval of text, advice of allotment, and authorization to sign. 2. Be [...]	2004-09-21 14:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG AFIN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2123	THE DEMISE OF HONDURAS' ANTI-CORRUPTION COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Once heralded by President Ricardo Maduro as a success story in the fight against corruption, Honduras' National Anti-Corruption Council (Consejo Nacional Anti Corrupcion - CNA) is about to fade from existence. The Maduro Administration plans to coopt the CNA's operations by plac [...]	2004-09-22 21:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR ASEC EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2223	HONDURAS: FAST-FOOD BOOM CONTINUES AS FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: Honduras, fast-food sector continues to flourish and, with new entrant &Quiznos Sub,8 remains dominated by U.S. franchises. Quiznos sees strong growth potential in Honduras, based on the strong market acceptance of U.S. brands and continuing economic growth. Quiznos did n [...]	2004-10-05 19:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2267	HONDURAS: UNDP PROCUREMENT DEBATE CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 27, the Honduran National Association of Industries (ANDI) issued a two-page open letter denouncing the United Nations Development Program,s (UNDP) handling of the ongoing bid process for container inspection systems at Puerto Cortes. Post has already received comp [...]	2004-10-12 20:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECPS EINV PGOV EWWT KJUS KMCA HO UNDP
04TEGUCIGALPA2276	Honduras: Textile and Apparel Statistics; Both [...] Post provides the following information in response to reftel. ---------------------------- The Limits of the Statistics ---------------------------- 2. The two primary sources of information on the Honduran textile and apparel sector are the Central Bank, which collects statistics on [...]	2004-10-13 14:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD ELAB BEXP HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2299	Honduras: Progress Toward an MCC Compact [...] (SBU) Summary: MCC representatives visited Honduras October 4-8 to continue due diligence investigations in preparation for evaluating and signing a Compact agreement in the next several months. This visit is the 5th visit since May, when Honduras was short-listed as a country invited to app [...]	2004-10-14 13:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR KMCA HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2312	ACTION REQUEST: LUCENT SEEKS USG CONCURRENCE TO [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) On October 7, EconChief met with Carlos Aviles, Senior Manager for Lucent in Latin America, and Juan Carlos Galan, New Business Manager for Lucent, to discuss a pending Lucent proposal to donate CDMA-based switching technology to Hon [...]	2004-10-15 14:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV ECON HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2313	"Cumple y Gana" Labor Project Advances CAFTA [...] Summary: The U.S. Department of Labor-funded "Cumple y Gana" project held two recent public outreach events in Honduras, aimed at informing the private sector as to the contents and implications of CAFTA-DR with regards to protection of labor rights and enforcement of labor laws. EconOffs par [...]	2004-10-15 14:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELAB EINV PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2314	Honduras' Reaction to July Framework: Cautiously [...] (U) Summary: GOH trade officials are reasonably satisfied with the WTO July Framework, regarding it as an agreement that recognizes Honduras' key interests but nonetheless defers most difficult decisions for future negotiation. Honduras will support the candidacy of Perez de Castillo of Urugua [...]	2004-10-15 14:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV HO WTO
04TEGUCIGALPA2318	CONVOKING A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE OAS PERMANENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-17 14:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NU OAS
04TEGUCIGALPA234	TASK FORCE XATRUCH UPDATE: MADURO RESOLUTE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In face of overwhelming domestic opposition and high costs to his own political popularity, President Maduro reaffirmed Honduras' commitment to send the next contingent of troops to Iraq and indicated those troops are likely to be deployed there beyond the initial one-year period [...]	2004-01-30 22:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA236	TEGUCIGALPA PROTEST PLANNED FOR FEBRUARY 5: IMF [...] (C) Summary: The leftist organization Popular Block is planning a large protest march for February 5 in Tegucigalpa. The protest, which may include over a thousand demonstrators, will focus on controversial domestic legislation linked to the recent IMF agreement and various U.S. foreign polic [...]	2004-01-30 23:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB SOCI ETRD PREL ECON ASEC PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2373	HONDURAS DECLARED MINE FREE [...] On Friday, October 8, the Government of Honduras (GOH) convened a ceremony at the Headquarters of the First Infantry Battalion (Primer Batallon de Infanteria) on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa to officially declare Honduras mine free. U.S. participation in the demining efforts was directed throu [...]	2004-10-22 15:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP PGOV PARM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2427	HONDURAS TELECOMMS UPDATE OCTOBER 2004 [...] (C) Summary: On October 12, EconChief met with Jose Renan Caballero, Chief Telecommunications Advisor on the President,s Modernization Commission, to discuss recent developments in the telecommunications sector. Caballero was candid regarding Alcatel, Communitel, Megatel, the new telecommuni [...]	2004-10-29 17:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECPS EINV PGOV ELAB KJUS KMCA HO UNDP
04TEGUCIGALPA2434	AMBASSADOR URGES GREATER ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, Ambassador and DCM raised U.S. concerns with President Maduro about perceptions that Honduras is backsliding on anti-corruption efforts, its potential impact on MCC eligibility, and the recent decision by the Public Ministry (PM) to dismiss corruption cases against [...]	2004-10-29 20:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2435	Honduras: 2003 Trade Overview [...] SUMMARY: Post submits its annual trade overview for Honduras for the year 2003, based on the official economic statistics released by the GOH in the fall of 2004. This cable contains information on imports, exports and the trade deficit; information on macroeconomic, monetary and financial d [...]	2004-10-29 21:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV EFIN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2440	MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT MADURO'S VISIT TO [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 10/23, entitled "Amnesty." "President Maduro is visiting Washington, and because President Bush is probably busy with his electoral campaign, he met with Secretary of State Colin Powell to discuss several issues of interest to both [...]	2004-11-01 12:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL SMIG ECON KMCA KPAO HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2452	Honduras: 2003 Macroeconomic Overview [...] SUMMARY: Post submits its annual macroeconomic summary for Honduras for the year 2003, based on the official economic statistics released by the GOH in the fall of 2004. Reftel contains information on imports, exports, and the trade deficit; this cable contains information on economic growth, [...]	2004-11-02 12:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2456	MEDIA REACTION ON THE U.S ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 1, [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based moderate daily "La Prensa" on 11/1, entitled "Elections and Terror." "The U.S. election process on the first Tuesday in November has become an anachronism, since millions of Americans will have voted before that date despite the suspicion that the winner won't [...]	2004-11-02 20:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2457	MEDIA REACTION ON TPS, NOVEMBER 1, 2004 [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 10/30, entitled "TPS." "The decision of President Bush to extend TPS until June 6, 2006, is vital because of the critical economic and social situation the country is going through, where the problem of unemployment is significant an [...]	2004-11-02 20:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2491	PHONE NUMBER LINKS BETWEEN JORDANIAN AND TERROR [...] (S/NF) Summary- RSO Tegucigalpa, working with Embassy collection elements, has found a possible link between telephone number called by Abdel Rahman Nassar and two Jordanian subjects with known alien smuggling groups within Central America and Hizbollah terror group in the middle east. End [...]	2004-11-04 14:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	ASEC
04TEGUCIGALPA2509	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, NOVEMBER 5, 2004 [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 11/5, entitled "CAFTA to Congress." "The Executive has sent the text of CAFTA to Congress for its approval, which may be subject to a wide process of consultation with different sectors of Honduran society." "With the reelection of [...]	2004-11-05 20:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
04TEGUCIGALPA251	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, FEBRUARY 2, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 1/31 entitled "The big lie". "At this point in time, it's just intolerable the attempt to justify the invasion and aggression to Iraq under the false pretense of the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Besides, the th [...]	2004-02-03 14:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2529	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, NOVEMBER 8, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 11/8, entitled "Another Challenge in Iraq." "While President George W. Bush and his followers are enjoying his indisputable win, the occupation forces in Iraq have a difficult task at hand: conquering the rebel Sunni city of Falluj [...]	2004-11-09 13:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2580	MEDIA REACTION ON THE U.S ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 10, [...] Op-ed by Vicente Machado (Honduran Ambassador in Colombia) in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 11/10, entitled "Wink to Kerry, Smile to Bush." "Senator John Kerry received a wink in the ballots, but victory smiled on President George Bush after the U.S. elections. It was what [...]	2004-11-16 13:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2635	2005 HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS - RULES OF THE GAME [...] Summary. Honduran primary elections are scheduled for February 20, 2005, with general elections set for November 27, 2005. Under a new Electoral law reform passed early in 2004, Honduran voters will be able to select candidates for the National Congress in the 2005 elections based not only on [...]	2004-11-23 16:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2738	HONDURAS APPROVES CNIES INFORMATION SHARING [...] On December 7, Post finally received the hard-copy of Diplomatic Note 173-DT (dated November 30, 2004) from the Honduran Foreign Ministry in response to Post's diplomatic note number 316 of October 19. The Honduran note contains formal GOH acceptance of the proposed CNIES information sharing [...]	2004-12-07 21:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MOPS EAIR PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2757	CAFTA Debate Heats Up Ahead of Possible December 15 [...] Summary: As the Honduran Congress considers CAFTA and moves closer to a vote, both supporters and opponents of the agreement have been making their views known in public fora and through the press. In recent weeks CAFTA has been publicly denounced by Roman Catholic Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez [...]	2004-12-10 12:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV EAID KIPR EAGR ELAB PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2766	HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: NATIONALS - [...] (SBU) Introduction: During recent meetings with Washington visitor, National Party leading presidential candidates Miguel Pastor (first in polls) and Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo (second in polls) were impressive, Liberal Party leading presidential candidate Mel Zelaya was charismatic, while third pla [...]	2004-12-10 21:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2768	HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: NATIONALS - [...] (SBU) Introduction: During recent meetings with Washington visitor, National Party leading presidential candidates Miguel Pastor (first in polls) and Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo (second in polls) were impressive, Liberal Party leading presidential candidate Mel Zelaya was charismatic, while third pla [...]	2004-12-13 12:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2787	HONDURAS NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2005 [...] The text of the 2005 National Trade Estimate report for Honduras follows. TRADE SUMMARY (Note that the following paragraph is to be updated by Washington with USDOC statistics.) In 2003, the U.S. trade deficit with Honduras was $486.4 million, a decrease of $203.8 million from deficit o [...]	2004-12-14 18:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2795	HONDURAS 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] The transshipment of cocaine through Honduras by air, land, and maritime routes continued in 2004. While seizures were slightly down in 2004 compared to last year's record levels, Honduran authorities did successfully disrupt one of the most active trafficking organizations in the country, de [...]	2004-12-15 12:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2816	HONDURAS: 2004-2005 INCSR PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING [...] Post provides its submission for the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part II, Money Laundering And Financial Crimes. Introduction and General Questions Two years after passing a new law against money laundering, the government of Honduras has made conside [...]	2004-12-21 12:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTFN KJUS ECON PGOV PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2822	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, DECEMBER 21, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 12/21, titled "They should hurry." "CAFTA is now in the process of being ratified by the Congresses of each country. Just last week and after long discussions, El Salvador was the first one to ratify it despite the opposition of left [...]	2004-12-21 20:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
04TEGUCIGALPA2831	MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, DECEMBER 22, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 12/22, entitled "Let's get it over with." "As we said before, El Salvador has already fulfilled their duty by ratifying CAFTA. In Honduras, the pressure has increased to follow that example, while the Congress has said that once it [...]	2004-12-23 16:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
04TEGUCIGALPA2841	HONDURAN GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO 12/23 BUS MASSACRE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Honduras reacted with outrage and aggressive law enforcement efforts in the wake of the massacre of 28 people in a bus in San Pedro Sula December 23. The military is assisting the police by boosting joint patrols, and police have arrested several suspects acc [...]	2004-12-24 14:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ASEC CASC KSAC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2844	HONDURAN GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO 12/23 BUS MASSACRE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Honduras reacted with outrage and aggressive law enforcement efforts in the wake of the massacre of 28 people in a bus in San Pedro Sula December 23. The military is assisting the police by boosting joint patrols, and police have arrested several suspects acc [...]	2004-12-24 14:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ASEC CASC KSAC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2873	CASA ALIANZA HONDURAS IS NOT LINKED TO BRUCE [...] (C) PolOff met November 8 with Gustavo Zelaya, Legal Assistance Program Coordinator for Casa Alianza. Zelaya told PolOff that Casa Alianza had been fully cooperating with the Public Ministry investigation into the alleged crimes of Casa Alianza Central American Director Bruce Harris in Hondura [...]	2004-12-30 17:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG HO
04TEGUCIGALPA289	HONDURAN AIR INTERDICTION PROCEDURES, U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The policy statements and standard operating procedures outlined below are keyed to questions posed in ref D and based on discussion with the joint State/DOD team that visited Honduras on February 2-4. Post wishes to underscore that U.S. information sharing with Honduras has pr [...]	2004-02-07 00:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA31	NOMINATION FOR LES ECONOMIC TRADE AGREEMENT [...] Embassy Tegucigalpa would like to nominate Economic Section LES Carlos Diaz for the Trade Agreement Monitoring and Implementation Course for LES/FSNs (PE-222) to be held at FSI in May 2004. 2. Listed below is the information requested in reftels: Name and grade of LES nominee: Carlos D. [...]	2004-01-07 21:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ETRD ECON AFSI
04TEGUCIGALPA315	Honduras: Supporting Human Rights and Democracy [...] The following is Post's submission for the "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2003-4" for Honduras. 2. Begin Text Honduras' constitutional government is headed by President Ricardo Maduro, elected in November 2001 in elections that domestic and international observe [...]	2004-02-11 20:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG EAID KDEM KJUS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA325	Honduran Econ Highlights: December 2003 - January [...] (U) On December 30, 2003, Congress passed the 2004 federal budget. The consideration of the budget, traditionally undertaken in a special December session of Congress, took on particular importance this year, as the government of Honduras worked under the constraint of meeting the prior condi [...]	2004-02-12 15:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD ELAB EINV PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA344	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SAUERBREY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of Ambassador Sauerbrey to Honduras February 19-20. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces difficult task leading a highly indebted poor country with numerous challenges. Bilateral [...]	2004-02-13 23:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SNAR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA365	HONDURAS UNWILLING TO TAKE LEAD IN DRAFTING UNCHR [...] (U) Deputy Chief of Mission and Political Counselor met with Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Anibel Quinones and Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Foreign Policy Advisor Policarpo Callejas on February 18 to further discuss GOH willingness to draft this year's Cuba human right resoluti [...]	2004-02-19 01:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
04TEGUCIGALPA401	Port Security: Honduras on Track to Meet U.S. and IMO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Honduras (GOH) is well positioned to be in compliance with MTSA and IMO requirements by the July 1, 2004 deadline. The country's chief challenges in meeting the requirements set out in the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA) and in the Internati [...]	2004-02-24 15:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV BEXP ECON ETRD PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA405	HONDURAS: INPUT FOR 2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Honduran legislation regarding Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) is largely in compliance with the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs). However, Honduran authorities lack the personnel and expertise necessary to wage a trul [...]	2004-02-24 18:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA467	ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE: MADURO INVITES TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) Summary: In a February 25 private briefing with international donors, the Transparency International (TI) delegation, led by TI Vice Chair of the Board of Directors Rosa Ines Ospina from Colombia, acknowledged positive anti- corruption efforts by President Ricardo Maduro's administration [...]	2004-02-27 23:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EFIN PHUM PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA468	HONDURAS STILL UNWILLING TO TAKE LEAD IN DRAFTING [...] (C) Ambassador and Political Counselor met with Minister of Presidency Luis Cosenza on the draft resolution (Ref C) on February 25 and 26. (Note: President Ricardo Maduro and Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista were in Guatemala at a Central American Summit on Feb. 25.) Cosenza reviewed [...]	2004-02-27 23:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
04TEGUCIGALPA502	MEDIA REACTION ON CORRUPTION AND TRANSPARENCY, [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 2/27 entitled "Transparency against corruption." "The visit of a delegation of Transparency International (TI) to Honduras, headed by its Vice-president, Ines Ospina, is an encouraging step in our fight against this threat, one of th [...]	2004-03-02 20:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA538	GOH PROGRESS ON TEDS PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the visit of the State / NOAA training team in December 2003, Honduras has been working to continue improving the turtle excluder device (TED) program and enforcement abilities of fisheries officials. Understanding that re-certification was premised upon training new inspe [...]	2004-03-05 22:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV ETRD ECON HO
04TEGUCIGALPA542	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (ref A. POLITICAL VIOLENCE Â [...]	2004-03-08 15:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA543	High Gas Prices: First Test of Honduran IMF Program [...] (SBU) Summary. A third price hike, in as many months, has brought gasoline and diesel prices in Honduras up to new highs of USD 2.94 and USD 2.02 per gallon, respectively. Gas prices are now 19 percent higher than at the end of 2003 (diesel is up 17.6 percent) and are now clearly the highest [...]	2004-03-08 15:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EFIN ECON PGOV PINR ELAB HO
04TEGUCIGALPA55	FFP: RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LATIN [...] SUMMARY THE HONDURAS OFFICE OF FOOD FOR PEACE (FFP) HOSTED A REGIONAL FOOD AID MANAGERS' WORKSHOP IN LA ESPERANZA, HONDURAS, ON NOVEMBER 17 THROUGH NOVEMBER 19, 2003. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WORKSHOP WERE THE PRESENTATIONS BY THE FFP DIRECTOR, LAUREN LANDIS AND OTHER FFP/W STAFF, ON NEW FFP POLIC [...]	2004-01-09 19:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA HO
04TEGUCIGALPA560	Honduran Econ Highlights: February 2004 [...] (U) On February 2, the GOH signed a Letter of Intent for a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF),which was then approved by the IMF Board in Washington on February 18. This marks the end of two long years of negotiations between the IMF and the Maduro government, but the re [...]	2004-03-09 21:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV TSPA HO IMF
04TEGUCIGALPA58	HONDURAS TO BE HELPFUL AT SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE [...] (C) Ambassador Palmer delivered Ref A demarche to Honduran President Ricardo Maduro and Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista on January 8 and 7. (Note: Post had delivered Ref B demarche to MFA on December 29. End Note.) In separate meetings with President Maduro and FM Rosa Bautista, Amba [...]	2004-01-09 22:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM KDEM XM XL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA595	HONDURAN VICE FM GIVES EMBASSY WEAK DRAFT UNCHR [...] (C) DCM and PolOffs met March 12 with Vice Foreign Minister Anibal Quinonez, MFA Senior Advisor Policarpo Callejas, and Legal Advisor to the FM Carlos Lopez Contreras (a former FM himself) to receive the first Honduran draft of a UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. Quinon [...]	2004-03-12 21:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
04TEGUCIGALPA61	MEDIA REACTION ON NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY, [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 1/9 entitled "A door of opportunity". "The new immigration program proposed by president Bush has had diverse reactions internationally." "For instance, for some Central American governments that every year have to deal with a dif [...]	2004-01-09 23:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO PA
04TEGUCIGALPA649	COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP -- TEGUCIGALPA [...] (SBU) Summary: At our first Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting to discuss counterterrorism (CT) assistance to the Government of Honduras (GOH) and assess GOH CT needs, representatives of G-8 missions, Spain, and the European Union (EU) all concurred that the threat of a terrorist att [...]	2004-03-17 22:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA653	MEDIA REACTION ON HAITI, MARCH 17, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 3/17 entitled "Maneuvers." "In a similar situation to what has happened in Iraq, where a provisional government backed by Washington tries to handle a transitional period until they come up with a new government to take over after a [...]	2004-03-18 14:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA654	APPREHENSION OF US FUGITIVES TEDDY LEE FRENCH AND CHRISTOPHER FRENCH; GFTI-04-9154; HONDURAS CCX: FRENCH, TEDDY, KY-04-0004/WGA2L [...] (SBU) On March 10, 2004, U.S. Fugitives Teddy Lee FRENCH and Christopher FRENCH were apprehended by the Honduran National Police and Frontier Police at the San Pedro Sula International Airport. Both Teddy Lee FRENCH and Christopher FRENCH were placed into the custody of Deputy U.S Marshals an [...]	2004-03-18 14:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HO NOTAG
04TEGUCIGALPA70	ALIEN SMUGGLERS OF CHINESE NATIONALITY ARRESTED IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 9 and 11, Hu Weng RONG (DPOB: 7/28/1975, China) and He Jia BIN (DPOB: 5/06/1975, China) were arrested in Honduras. Both had obtained Honduran nationality in the early 1990s. The arrests were carried out by the Honduran General Directorate of Special Investigative Ser [...]	2004-01-13 16:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA707	Popular Block Protests Presence of Honduran Troops [...] The Popular Block (Bloque Popular-BP) pulled together a small and peaceful two-hour demonstration on March 20 at the Embassy to protest the "War on Iraq." The BP convoked its member labor unions, indigenous groups, affiliated leftist political party, the Democratic Union, student organization [...]	2004-03-24 21:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ETRD PINR ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA715	HONDURAS READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON FTAA, BUT FEELS [...] (SBU) Summary: EconOffs discussed reftel and the way forward on the FTAA with Honduran Director of Trade Policy, Melvin Redondo. The GOH is committed to the negotiation of a high-quality plurilateral agreement within the FTAA, and supports using the next Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) to m [...]	2004-03-25 19:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA734	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BALLENGER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Cass Ballenger (R-NC, Chairman, House International Relations, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee) to Honduras April 12-13. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, a little over half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces [...]	2004-03-29 22:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SNAR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA762	HONDURAN SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM - EFFECTIVE, GROWING, [...] EconOff and intern attended a donation event on March 23 at the Clarion Hotel, hosted by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and Clover Brand, a Honduran private corporation specializing in cooking oil and butter. Clover donated a sum of $335,200 for food products to the School Lunch [...]	2004-04-01 21:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON HO AID
04TEGUCIGALPA77	MEDIA REACTION ON THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, JANUARY 13, 2004 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 1/13 entitled "Less differences". "The Summit of the Americas was inaugurated in Monterrey, Mexico, in a context of apparent or real differences among some of the countries participating on it." "The Summit will touch on a series of [...]	2004-01-13 20:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KSUM PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA778	HONDURAN TRADE PRIORITIES: DOHA NEGOTIATIONS AND [...] SUMMARY: The GOH's two top trade priorities for 2004 are progress in the WTO negotiations of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and the creation of a Central American customs union. In the WTO negotiations, Honduras' main concerns focus on agricultural market access, rather than agricultural [...]	2004-04-02 20:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV HO WTO
04TEGUCIGALPA78	MEDIA REACTIONS ON THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, JANUARY 12, 2004 [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 1/12 entitled "The Monterrey Summit". "The Summit of the Americas in Monterrey will be a crucial test for the relationship between Latin America and the U.S. due to the controversy that has arisen lately over sensitive issues of f [...]	2004-01-13 21:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KSUM PREL HO

04TEGUCIGALPA810	MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Op-Ed by regular columnist Juan Ramon Martinez in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/6 entitled "Why do you offend us Presi Maduro?" I'm more surprised than Oswaldo Ramos Soto (National Party ) and more indignant than Omar Cerna (Liberal) because of the position of subordinatio [...]	2004-04-06 19:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR

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