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08PRISTINA74	KOSOVO: POST-STATUS TRAVEL DOCUMENTS FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: USOP is working with UNMIK and Kosovo's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to ensure Kosovo's citizens can travel freely into and out of Kosovo post-independence. UNMIK has developed a plan to transfer responsibility for issuing travel documents to the Kosovo Government that shoul [...]	2008-02-15 16:59:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SMIG KV

08PRISTINA77	KOSOVO ASSEMBLY DECLARES INDEPENDENCE, ADOPTS NEW [...] (U) The Kosovo Assembly adopted a declaration of independence at 1550 local time on February 17, followed by the adoption of a new national flag. The vote on the declaration was 109 to zero; the 11 absent deputies were all Kosovo Serbs, who did not participate in the session. Most internati [...]	2008-02-17 17:18:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA85	KOSOVO: NEW SERBIAN CUSTOMS POLICY HARDENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After violent demonstrations temporarily closed two border crossings along the Kosovo-Serbia border last week, UNMIK Customs officers have yet to return to these crossings (Gates 1 and D31) in northern Kosovo. International police have returned to duty at these gates but logistic [...]	2008-02-26 18:45:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA99	KOSOVO: SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH MODERATES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's hardline church leader Bishop Artemije Radosavljevic has responded to independence by ordering his clergy to break off contact with any organization or person supporting independence, including the Kosovo government and foreign diplomats. He has also deemed invalid the [...]	2008-03-05 17:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08QUITO100	CHANGES PENDING IN ECUADOR,S MINING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25, the GOE announced that approximately 15% of the country,s mining concessions would revert to the State for purported non-payment or late payment of fees. Analysis of remaining concessions will continue and further reversions could be forthcoming. Meanwhile, Ec [...]	2008-02-01 11:34:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON EC
08QUITO1003	IN SURPRISE MOVE, CORREA REPLACES MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: At a contract-signing ceremony with US-Canadian oil firm Ivanhoe on October 8, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa announced that Minister of Mines and Petroleum Galo Chiriboga had resigned "for personal reasons." Press reports later suggested that Chiriboga had been forced out. [...]	2008-10-23 19:50:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EMIN ECON PGOV EC
08QUITO1043	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCGOVERN [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes CODEL McGovern to Ecuador on November 8-13. Your visit comes at a time of opportunities, risks, and changes as Ecuador prepares for national and local elections in 2009 following approval of a new constitution. While we do not agree with the Correa government o [...]	2008-11-07 17:37:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID MARR OVIP EC CO
08QUITO1063	ECUADOR'S ENUNCIATES ZERO TOLERANCE ALONG NORTHERN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Correa administration is enunciating a policy of "zero tolerance" and has issued strong warnings that it will use force against "illegal armed forces" or incursions by Colombian security units along its northern border. The warnings to the FARC have been public and vigor [...]	2008-11-15 16:09:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PTER EC CO
08QUITO1064	ECUADOR ENUNCIATES ZERO TOLERANCE ALONG NORTHERN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Correa administration is enunciating a policy of "zero tolerance" and has issued strong warnings that it will use force against "illegal armed forces" or incursions by Colombian security units along its northern border. The warnings to the FARC have been public and vigor [...]	2008-11-15 16:10:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PTER EC CO
08QUITO1067	GOE INTELLIGENCE COMMISSION RELEASES REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary: A GOE commission to review the Ecuadorian intelligence services, the March 1 attack by Colombian forces in Ecuador, and foreign influences in Ecuador released its findings on October 30. The commission recommended that an Intelligence Secretariat be established under the Preside [...]	2008-11-18 12:37:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR MARR MASS MOPS EC CO
08QUITO1081	SCENESETTER FOR DAS CHRIS MCMULLEN, DAA TULLY [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes DAS McMullen, Deputy Assistant Administrator Tully, and the U.S. delegation of the Bilateral Dialogue on November 24. Your visit comes at a time of opportunities, risks, and changes as Ecuador prepares for national and local elections in 2009 following approval [...]	2008-11-19 19:04:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID MASS MOPS SNAR PTER OVIP EC
08QUITO1090	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: TARIFF CUTS; EFFECT OF OPEC CUTS; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that describes notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Tariff Cuts for 49 Industrial Inputs ------------------------------------ 2. (U) On October 30, Ecuador's Council on Foreign Trade and Investment (Co [...]	2008-11-25 19:38:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN ETRD EC
08QUITO1091	CONGRESSMAN MCGOVERN VISITS ECUADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman James McGovern traveled in Ecuador from November 13 to 18, to visit sites at issue in the Chevron-Texaco oil pollution case, and Ecuadorian border communities affected by refugees and other aspects of the violence in Colombia. Congressman McGovern met with Government [...]	2008-11-25 21:42:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP PHUM SNAR PTER MOPS MCAP ENRG EPET EC CO
08QUITO1100	ECUADOR IMPLEMENTS TRAVEL DOC REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Mission Ecuador has coordinated a joint strategy with our Chinese counterparts for delivering demarches to the GOE on its visa policies, specifically the lack of control over "tourists", and working with Ecuadorian authorities to improve their controls (Ref A). Both the U.S. an [...]	2008-11-28 21:31:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC CMGT KCRM KFRD KTIP EC
08QUITO1127	TRAVEL DOCUMENT REQUIREMENT FOR CHINESE: A [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the GOE signed an MOU with China on November 20 to implement a new travel document policy for Chinese tourists traveling to Ecuador, to be effective on December 1, the policy had not been implemented as of December 5. Until it receives clear instructions from the GOE [...]	2008-12-05 22:28:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC CMGT KCRM KFRD KTIP EC
08QUITO1128	LAUNCH OF U.S.-ECUADOR BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (U) Summary: A U.S. delegation led by WHA DAS Christopher McMullen met with Ecuadorian officials in Quito November 24 to launch the U.S.-Ecuador Bilateral Dialogue, a forum to address issues of interest to both sides and to highlight and build on existing cooperation and positive engagement ( [...]	2008-12-08 16:45:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV ECON KJUS SNAR SMIG EC
08QUITO1155	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - UNGA VOTE ON IRAN [...] (C) Embassy delivered Ref A points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on December 16 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on December 18 when she returned from travel. Puma stated that to her knowledge, despite President Correa,s visit to Iran on De [...]	2008-12-19 17:07:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV UNGA EC
08QUITO1161	EMBASSY QUITO'S MANTA FOL RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) Summary: To coordinate the USG's withdrawal from the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) effectively, Embassy Quito proposes a timeline for specific withdrawal milestones and a detailed list of the Embassy's recommendations on the disposition of FOL assets. The manner in which the USG [...]	2008-12-19 21:28:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SNAR EC
08QUITO1162	CORREA'S POLEMICAL VISIT TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: President Rafael Correa's December 5-9 visit to Iran, the first by an Ecuadorian president, resulted in 12 agreements and a $40 million line-of-credit. Our assessment is that GOE actions defy the spirit, but not the letter, of UN Security Council sanction resolutions. During the [...]	2008-12-19 22:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MASS EC IR
08QUITO1163	NAS ECUADOR QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES REPORT - OCTOBER-DECEMBER [...] (U) HIGHLIGHTS: -- Ambassador Inaugurates Two Canine Facilities -- NAS Judicial Team Helps Shape New Laws -- Large Maritime and Land Seizures -- New Equipment to Modernize Detection Capabilities -- Coca Plants Eradicated -- NAS Ecuador Desk Officer Visits AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES [...]	2008-12-22 12:37:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EC
08QUITO1178	CHANGE IN ECUADORIAN STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS HITS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 1, Ecuador's trade policy body, COMEXI, issued a resolution changing how certain products can prove compliance with Ecuadorian safety and labeling standards, blocking some U.S. exporters that have not had time to comply. The measure requires product testing in an [...]	2008-12-22 21:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EC
08QUITO1179	ECUADOR: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Embassy submits the narrative in paragraphs 2-7 for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism: 2. (U) Ecuador's greatest counterterrorism and security challenge remained the presence of Colombian narcotics and insurgent/terrorist groups in the northern border region. In order to evade Colom [...]	2008-12-22 21:24:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL EC CO
08QUITO1183	GOE REQUESTS MEETING TO COORDINATE HANDOVER OF [...] (SBU) The Ambassador received an official memorandum from the Minister of Defense, Javier Ponce, on December 23 asking to meet with Embassy officials on January 14, 2009. The stated purpose of the meeting is to review terms of the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) agreement and to establi [...]	2008-12-24 12:27:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC
08QUITO1184	GOE REQUESTS MEETING TO COORDINATE HANDOVER OF [...] (SBU) The Ambassador received an official memorandum from the Minister of Defense, Javier Ponce, on December 23 asking to meet with Embassy officials on January 14, 2009. The stated purpose of the meeting is to review terms of the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) agreement and to establi [...]	2008-12-24 12:27:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC
08QUITO134	Measuring Transformational Diplomacy in Ecuador: Poll Shows [...] Summary: A national poll commissioned by Embassy Quito and conducted in five Ecuadorian cities Jan. 10-14, 2008 shows an improved overall image of the U.S. among Ecuadorian publics, with regional variations that point to opportunities for additional transformational diplomacy (TD) efforts to i [...]	2008-02-12 19:41:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV EC PREL MARR MASS KPAO
08QUITO138	GOE RESPONSE TO DNI MCCONNELL'S TESTIMONY [...] (C) The GOE took issue with Director of National Intelligence McConnell's testimony of February 7 in a diplomatic note dated February 8. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador that President Correa was personally upset when he read press accounts citing the testimony and report, and had i [...]	2008-02-13 21:24:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EC
08QUITO152	ECUADORIAN ECONOMIC POLICIES IN 2008: LESS [...] (C) Summary. In 2008, the Correa Administration's rhetoric on economic issues should moderate but will not disappear. However, this year the GOE will probably make more substantive changes than it did in 2007, as it actually begins to implement its economic program. Many of the changes wil [...]	2008-02-19 18:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV EC
08QUITO158	CODEL ENGEL'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging, cordial meeting, President Correa received Codel Engel the morning of February 18. Codel members stressed their desire to renew Andean trade preferences and the importance of continued US-Ecuadorian cooperation on counter-narcotics initiatives. Correa highli [...]	2008-02-20 17:42:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL SNAR YI EC
08QUITO16	UPDATING INFORMATION FOR EMBASSY QUITO TFCOS [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy Quito reports that the following officers continue to serve as Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers: Jefferson Brown, DCM (TFCO),IVG 644-4420, brownjt2(at)state.gov, and brownjt(at)state.sgov.gov; and Bridget Alway-Premont, Econoff (Deputy TFCO),IVG 644 [...]	2008-01-04 19:13:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN
08QUITO164	PETROBRAS THREATENED WITH CONTRACT CANCELLATION [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Solicitor General recommended that Petrobras's contract be cancelled for transferring shares of its holding to a Japanese company without government authorization (very similar charges as those that led to the cancellation of Occidental's contract in 2006). The Brazili [...]	2008-02-21 19:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC
08QUITO215	ECUADOR REACTION TO COLOMBIAN OPERATION AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Although the Correa administration's reaction to the news of the Colombian military's operation against the FARC in Ecuadorian territory was initially cautious, the GOE's position increasingly hardened after learning that the operation was not a "hot pursuit" scenario but planne [...]	2008-03-03 23:14:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EC CO
08QUITO219	ECUADORIANS SUPPORT CORREA BUT WANT FARC OUT [...] (SBU) Summary. A day after President Correa announced that Ecuador cut diplomatic relations with Colombia, the Constituent Assembly suspended its normal business to discuss the Colombian incursion. The Assembly is expected to adopt a resolution condemning the Colombian incursion. The text i [...]	2008-03-04 21:11:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EC CO
08QUITO223	ECUADOR: THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY'S THREE MONTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Half way into the Constituent Assembly's six month tenure, the Ecuadorian people have finally obtained a glimpse of what their new constitution might look like. President CorreaQs Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS) political movement prepared a proposal for the structure of [...]	2008-03-06 17:30:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR SNAR EC
08QUITO228	ECUADORIAN TROOP MOVEMENTS, FARC CAPTURES, FOL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ecuador's Fourth Division Army Commander Narvaez confirmed on March 4 that he had modestly increased border zone deployments but was operating fairly normally, and that the Division's primary mission was still to pursue the FARC. Five suspected FARC insurgents were captured near [...]	2008-03-07 22:35:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER EC CO MX SP
08QUITO247	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on March 12, President Correa made clear that he wanted to continue working with the United States, including in Ecuador's northern border region. He again vehemently denied an inappropriate relationship with the FARC, saying that would not be in his [...]	2008-03-12 20:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR EC CO VE
08QUITO248	FOR CORREA, DISPUTE WITH COLOMBIA NOT OVER [...] (C) Summary. The GOE plans to re-establish relations with Colombia by the end of March, although XXXXXXXXXXX noted "it will be difficult to restore trust." Correa made his most anti-U.S. statements to date on March 8, criticizing U.S. support for Colombia and U.S. media dominance. On the ot [...]	2008-03-12 21:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MARR EC CO VE MX
08QUITO263	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SANDOVAL [...] (C) Summary: During a positive March 13 meeting with Defense Minister Sandoval, the Ambassador emphasized that we value our relationships with both Colombia and Ecuador and want to continue supporting GOE efforts on the Northern Border. Sandoval recognized how inadequate his resources were [...]	2008-03-14 19:24:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS EC CO
08QUITO264	ECUADOR: GOE OFFICIALS URGE COOPERATION WHILE [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings and phone calls, MFA and MOD officials have sought to maintain positive bilateral relations with the U.S. as well as to communicate GOE efforts against the FARC (see also reftels). The GOE also launched a media campaign to deny and counter continued accu [...]	2008-03-14 21:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER PGOV EC CO SP
08QUITO293	ECUADOR'S OIL CONTRACT RENEGOTATIONS SLOWER THAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite press reports that the GOE is in the final stages of renegotiating oil contracts with international companies, U.S., Spanish, and Chinese companies tell us that negotiations continue, and that agreement on international arbitration is a problem. U.S. company City Orie [...]	2008-03-26 20:29:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON EC
08QUITO294	U.S. COMPANY LEADS SUCCESSFUL WIND ENERGY PROJECT IN [...] (U) Summary: The multilateral Galapagos Wind Energy Project dedicated its wind-turbine project, largely funded by private sector companies, on the Galapagos's San Cristobal island on March 18. Project leader American Electric Power (AEP) says that on windy days, the project provides 80% of Sa [...]	2008-03-27 12:35:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRGY SENV UNDP UNEP EINV PGOV TINT EC
08QUITO297	SFRC STAFFDEL CARL MEACHAM VISIT TO QUITO [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Carl Meacham, during a visit to Quito on March 19, focused on the March 1 attack on a FARC camp in Ecuador and on Ecuador-Colombia relations. Meacham met separately with officials of the Ministries of F [...]	2008-03-28 10:22:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR EC CO VE
08QUITO314	ECUADOR PAYS OXY VAT AWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. Ecuador paid Occidental Petroleum $100 million to settle an arbitration ruling that the GOE has to refund Oxy for value-added taxes that Oxy had paid. In addition, the GOE placed $32 million into escrow pending the outcome of a second arbitration case filed by Oxy. End summa [...]	2008-04-03 11:46:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET EC
08QUITO315	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: WORLD CLASS GOLD DEPOSIT, [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Mining Developments ------------------- 2. (U) The press reported for the first time on March 14 that Aurelian Resources (Canada) had discovered the wo [...]	2008-04-04 11:02:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ELAB EINV EC
08QUITO323	CHEVRON DISPUTES REPORT BY ECUADORIAN [...] (U) Summary: A court-appointed "expert" in a long-running legal case in Ecuador announced on April 1 that Chevron should pay up to $16 billion for alleged environmental damage. Chevron immediately disputed the announcement and charged the expert as unqualified and biased. Chevron continue [...]	2008-04-07 17:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET EC
08QUITO324	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELIMINATES PETROLEUM FUNDS, GRANTS [...] (U) Summary: The Constituent Assembly approved a law, drafted by the Correa Administration, that closes the petroleum reserve funds and moves that financing on to the regular budget. It stipulates that those resources can only be used for investment, and establishes a broad budget requirement [...]	2008-04-07 18:58:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PGOV EINV EC
08QUITO327	AMBASSADOR RESPONDS TO CORREA'S HARSH CRITICISM OF [...] (SBU) President Rafael Correa, in an April 4 television interview in Loja and again in his April 5 weekly radio address, stated that the GOE would take severe measures to address what he termed Ecuador's intelligence services' failure to provide him complete, timely and accurate information. [...]	2008-04-08 19:23:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS EC CO
08QUITO330	ECUADOR MILITARY MOBILIZES TO NORTHERN BORDER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Despite the break in diplomatic relations with Colombia which has suspended bilateral cooperation with the GOC, the Ecuadorian military has not reduced the intensity of its operations against the FARC near the northern border, which it began in November 2007. To the contrary [...]	2008-04-09 18:11:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS MCAP MASS PTER PREL EC CO
08QUITO331	CORREA REPLACES DEFENSE MINISTER WITH CLOSE AIDE [...] (C) Summary: The GOE announced Minister of Defense (MOD) Wellington Sandoval's resignation April 9, after accusations by President Correa of U.S. infiltration of Ecuador's intelligence agencies. Javier Ponce Cevallos, the Personal Secretary to the President, was sworn in as MOD in the same [...]	2008-04-09 19:28:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
08QUITO346	ECUADOR NEGOTIATING NEW MOBILE TELEPHONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Ecuador is seeking approximately $500 million from each of the two largest cellular companies in Ecuador, to renew the companies' concession contracts. On April 5, Telefonica announced that it agreed on an undisclosed price for a 15-year contract extension; [...]	2008-04-16 17:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EINT EC
08QUITO353	AMBASSADOR HAS POSITIVE MEETING WITH NEW DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with new Minister of Defense (MOD) Javier Ponce on April 18, their first meeting in his new role as MOD. Atmospherics were positive. Ponce said he favored completing a diplomatic note exchange to provide protections for temporary duty U.S. military personnel [...]	2008-04-18 19:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS KTIA OVIP EC
08QUITO357	FRESH EXCHANGE OF ACCUSATIONS PROLONG TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Correa's rhetoric regarding the Colombian attack during his April 11-12 visit to Mexico set off another round of accusations between the GOE and GOC. This latest stand-off appears to have again polarized Ecuador and Colombia's positions, prompting another visit by OAS [...]	2008-04-22 16:44:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC EC CO
08QUITO36	GOE INSTITUTES PRICE CONTROLS ON MILK [...] (SBU) Summary: The Correa administration instituted its first mandatory price controls January 2, in an attempt to lower rising milk prices. Industrial farmers and milk processors say the new prices don't cover their production costs; subsistence farmers support the controls. The measure co [...]	2008-01-10 19:50:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EC
08QUITO363	INSIDE THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: AN OPPOSITION VIEW [...] (C) Summary: Opposition member Pablo Lucio Paredes shared his observations on the Constituent Assembly's inner workings and likely outcomes. He reported that President Correa will resign to campaign for a new term under the new constitution, and that a small number of Assembly members will [...]	2008-04-23 19:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON EC
08QUITO365	MINING REFORM: SEARCHING FOR A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH [...] (C) Summary: The Constituent Assembly approved a measure cancelling thousands of largely unused mining concessions. Concessions that have been explored but not yet in operation will be frozen for six months until a new mining law is finalized. Small mining concessions and mines that are al [...]	2008-04-24 14:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ENRG EPET ECON PREL SENV EC
08QUITO369	CLIMATE CHANGE IN ECUADOR [...] (U) Summary: For years Ecuador has been experiencing symptoms of climate change such as glacial melting. This year, erratic weather is also leaving its mark on the country. Studies of the country's glaciers show a retreat of at least 28% in the last ten years. Scientists are concerned bec [...]	2008-04-24 19:59:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON SMIG SOCI EC
08QUITO402	ECUADOR: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY PICKS UP THE PACE [...] (SBU) Summary: During the last month, the Constituent Assembly managed to approve its first 17 constitutional articles, as well as a committee report on Colombia-Ecuador tensions and the alleged U.S. role in the March 1 attack. While President Correa,s Proud and Sovereign Fatherland movement [...]	2008-05-06 16:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB MARR PTER ECON EC
08QUITO404	THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM? CORREA'S NEW TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with the third Transport Minister of President Correa's administration, Jorge Marun, on May 5, and was told that President Correa "wants an Open Skies agreement." Marun, a civil engineer by trade who is from the agricultural province of Bolivar, has the air of a [...]	2008-05-06 21:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRN EAIR SENV EC
08QUITO415	ECUADOR APPROVES CONTENTIOUS MOBILE CONCESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: After a week of tense brinksmanship, the Government of Ecuador has come to agreement with America Movil subsidiary and majority market share holder Porta, to renew its mobile phone concession for 15 years. While the company has been silent, the press has speculated it will pay [...]	2008-05-08 22:30:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EC
08QUITO434	WHERE IN THE WORLD IS LENIN MORENO? [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Lenin Moreno has failed to carve out a significant policy role during the first 18 months of the Correa administration, and recent ill-health has further limited Moreno's role within the GOE. He remains popular with the public, but does not appear to have aspirat [...]	2008-05-15 16:56:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	PGOV EC
08QUITO442	CORREA ADOPTS USAID-DESIGNED PROGRAM TO PROMOTE ECUADOR'S [...] (SBU) Summary: At the close of a two hour meeting with President Rafael Correa on May 9, Correa adopted USAID's proposed production and investment promotion program. The program is market-driven, private sector oriented, and designed to improve Ecuador's competitiveness in world markets. At t [...]	2008-05-16 19:49:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV PREL EC
08QUITO48	AGREEMENT WITH ECUADOR ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR [...] (SBU) On January 16, PolChief and MilGroup Commander delivered proposed text of diplomatic note and talking points from Reftel in a meeting with MFA Under Secretary of Sovereignty Affairs Jaime Barberis, MFA Legal Advisor Gonzalo Salvador, and MOD Chief of Ministerial Cabinet COL Galo Cruz. [...]	2008-01-15 18:40:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL EC
08QUITO504	FINAL AGREEMENT WITH ECUADOR ON STATUS OF FORCES [...] (C) Following the meeting with GOE officials on January 9, 2008, and providing the modified text in draft format as per Refs A and C, Post has engaged the GOE on numerous occasions to stress the importance of completion of the exchange of diplomatic notes. Bureaucratic hurdles, multiple chan [...]	2008-06-06 21:18:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US EC
08QUITO53	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF MEETING WITH ECUADORIAN MOD [...] (C) Please accept my thanks for receiving Dr. Wellington Sandoval, the Ecuadorian Minister of Defense, during the Minister's January 23-26 visit to the U.S. Minister Sandoval's visit comes at a time of opportunities and risks as Ecuador carries out political and economic reforms through its [...]	2008-01-16 20:49:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO VE
08QUITO553	ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS' FIRST VISIT TO QUITO AS [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Stavridis made his first visit as SouthCom Commander to Quito June 9-12. Along with the Ambassador, Military Group Commander and Acting DATT, he met with the Ecuadorian Minister of Defense (MOD) Javier Ponce, the Chief of Defense (CHOD) General Fabian Varela and then joi [...]	2008-06-20 17:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP MASS MARR EC
08QUITO555	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: NEW OIL ARBITRATION; CENTRAL BANK GETS [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. More on GOE Efforts to Review Macroeconomic Data --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (U) The Central Bank of Ecuador (CB) invited three [...]	2008-06-20 18:55:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET EFIN EC
08QUITO581	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: 60 DAY REPORT ON UNSCR [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on June 27 to Marisol Nieto, MFA Acting Director General of Multilateral Affairs. 2. (C) Nieto reiterated that the GOE's position on Iran is based on "principles" and that the IAEA should have been given additional time to work with Iran before introdu [...]	2008-06-30 21:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC EC
08QUITO582	ASSEMBLY PICKS UP PACE AS DIVISIONS WITHIN PAIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The new President of the assembly, Fernando Cordero, appears determined to meet the July 26 deadline mandated by the Constituent Assembly statute. From June 24-26 the assembly approved a record 37 articles. Opposition members remain disgruntled because they consider Cordero,s s [...]	2008-06-30 22:18:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
08QUITO672	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETINGS WITH CORREA, OTHER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador had farewell meetings with President Correa, VP Moreno, and Government Minister Bustamante; attended a farewell event FM Salvador hosted in her honor; and received a farewell visit from Armed Forces Commander General Varela. She urged the GOE to return to the private sec [...]	2008-07-21 22:39:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM CVIS SNAR MASS ENRG EINV EC
08QUITO691	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: ECUADOR-IRAN TRADE OFFICES; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Ecuador-Iran Trade Offices -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Ecuador is planning to open a trade office in Tehran, while Iran is opening one in Quito [...]	2008-07-29 21:12:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD EAGR ECON EC
08QUITO693	EMBASSY INTERNS REACH OUT TO AFRO-ECUADORIAN YOUTH [...] As part of the US Mission's public diplomacy outreach to youth and non-traditional audiences, on July 17th a group of six Embassy interns presented the USG-produced paper show illustrating the "Legacy of Martin Luther King" and led related activities at Colegio Roberto Luis Cervantes in the ci [...]	2008-07-30 20:24:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL
08QUITO694	ECUADOR GIVES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION TO TERMINATE [...] (SBU) The Embassy received a faxed copy of a diplomatic note from the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 29, 2008, at 6:36pm notifying of the GOE's decision to terminate the Agreement of Cooperation on the Manta Forwarding Operating Location (FOL). Minutes before the MFA sent the [...]	2008-07-30 21:30:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL EC
08QUITO696	MFA MEETING ON BILATERAL DIALOGUE WITH ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: USG and Ecuadorian officials met July 18 to discuss potential agenda items for a Bilateral Dialogue between Ecuador and the United States. The Dialogue would address issues of interest to both sides, proposing information exchange, cooperation, and technical assistance in area [...]	2008-07-30 22:22:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL EC
08QUITO723	FIRST TAKE ON ECUADOR'S TERMINATION OF MANTA FOL [...] (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Jose Valencia and Under Secretary of Sovereignty Affairs Jaime Barberis met with Charge and PolCouns on July 29 to formally hand over a diplomatic note canceling the Manta FOL agreement (Ref A). The Charge expressed disappointment over the manner in which [...]	2008-08-06 12:16:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS EC
08QUITO754	Ecuador Buys in (Literally) to USAID Northern Border [...] (U) Summary: Security Minister Larrea confirmed that the GOE will match USAID funding for USAID's Northern Border Municipal Program. Larrea pledged $6 million dollars for Plan Ecuador to match USAID's investment, and will work through USAID's contractor, the International Organization for Mi [...]	2008-08-15 18:58:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PGOV EC
08QUITO764	GOE NEGOTIATING OIL CONTRACTS - AGAIN: FIRMS AGREE [...] (U) Summary: President Correa held high level talks with the leaders of international oil companies to restart oil contract negotiations after he had suspended them in April. Chinese, Spanish, and Brazilian oil companies have agreed on the framework for new production contracts and to a tran [...]	2008-08-19 22:16:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON EC
08QUITO777	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN AND THE NAM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Ref A points on July 14 to the MFA's Directorate General of Multilateral Affairs and followed up with Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 8. 2. (C) Puma said that the GOE supported the passage of the Statement on Iran's Nuclear Issue adop [...]	2008-08-22 12:51:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL UR EC
08QUITO791	ECUADOR RESPONSE TO DESIGNATED IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] (SBU) On August 25, Embassy Quito received notification from the Banco del Austro in Cuenca, Ecuador, that they have a closed account in their systems in the name of PCI CORP, S.A. (per reftel, possible AKA for Parchin Chemical Industries). While the account is closed, we have forwarded the [...]	2008-08-26 21:56:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KNNP EFIN PARM IR EC
08QUITO834	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: In her first official meeting with Minister of Government and Police Fernando Bustamante on September 2, the Ambassador stressed the concerns and risks posed by Ecuador's visa free policy, and asked the Minister's assistance in ensuring that the counternarcotics letter of agreem [...]	2008-09-08 13:33:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM CVIS SNAR EC
08QUITO836	COORDINATING MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY PAEZ [...] (C) Summary. In his September 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Coordinating Minister for Economic Policy Pedro Paez suggested areas to enhance U.S.-Ecuador economic cooperation and asserted that he is a believer in the market and the private sector. Reflecting his leftist orientation, he adde [...]	2008-09-08 20:47:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL EC
08QUITO906	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Defense (MOD) Javier Ponce on September 17. The discussion was cordial and frank, and Ponce seemed interested in maintaining a positive working relationship. However, Minister Ponce expressed a desire to ensure that bilateral [...]	2008-09-23 12:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS EC
08QUITO913	RIGHTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN ECUADOR'S NEW [...] (U) Summary: Ecuador's proposed constitution contains possibly significant changes in the area of environment, generally centralizing management while expanding the basis for conservation and enforcement. Nature, or "Pachamama" (a Quechua-Spanish hybrid word for "earth mother"),is given ex [...]	2008-09-23 18:47:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON SOCI PGOV EC
08QUITO934	AMBASSSADOR MEETS QUITO MAYOR MONCAYO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a September 11 courtesy call Quito Mayor Paco Moncayo avoided controversial political issues and focused on a review of ongoing municipal projects. End summary. 2. (SBU) Mayor Moncayo warmly welcomed the Ambassador and commented on his good relations with the Embassy ov [...]	2008-09-29 20:20:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EC
08QUITO935	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE MINISTER POVEDA [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Agriculture Minister Walter Poveda on September 15. Also in the meeting were Agriculture Vice Minister Cevallos, Embassy DCM, and Agricultural Attache Gonzalez. Poveda emphasized the need for international cooperation and sought renewal of [...]	2008-09-29 20:20:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EC
08QUITO942	ECUADOR: STRONG MAJORITY APPROVES NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Preliminary results show that almost 64% of Ecuadorians voted in favor of the new constitution in the September 28 referendum, a solid win for President Correa. Although there was criticism of fairness of the campaign (Ref A),the voting process was largely peaceful and free of fr [...]	2008-09-30 00:03:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
08QUITO943	AMBASSSADOR MEETS QUITO MAYOR MONCAYO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a September 11 courtesy call Quito Mayor Paco Moncayo avoided controversial political issues and focused on a review of ongoing municipal projects. End summary. 2. (SBU) Mayor Moncayo warmly welcomed the Ambassador and commented on his good relations with the Embassy ov [...]	2008-09-30 14:04:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EC
08QUITO984	ECONOMIC PROVISIONS IN THE NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. The economic provisions of the new constitution allow for significant state control over the economy. However, they do not necessarily signal a new economic policy direction for the Correa Administration, as a number of provisions have parallels in the 1998 constitution, and in [...]	2008-10-14 20:24:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EPET EMIN EFIN PREL EC
08QUITO99	ECUADOR: 2007 TRENDS IN COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (SBU) Summary. Under the Correa administration, the GOE has taken a tougher stance on combating narcotrafficking by implementing new policies and programs and by increasing its police and military operations. Ecuador's border regions, especially in the North, remain vulnerable to the transit [...]	2008-01-31 21:42:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PTER PREL MOPS EC
08RABAT1002	MOROCCO REMAINS SHELTERED FROM INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Government and private sector leaders continue to project confidence that Morocco will successfully weather ongoing volatility in international markets. Central Bank Governor Abdellatif Jouahri, Finance Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, business confederation chief Hafid El Alamy and [...]	2008-10-17 17:01:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD MO
08RABAT1005	CORRECTED COPY: MOROCCO PROVIDES DETAILED [...] (S//NF) Summary: In response to a U.S. request, the Government of Morocco (GOM) recently provided detailed information, via diplomatic note to Embassy Rabat, on the backgrounds of two Moroccan citizens currently being held in the U.S. detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In the note, the GOM [...]	2008-10-20 07:07:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KCRM MO
08RABAT1017	RABAT'S COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS IN [...] (SBU) On October 16, the Japanese DCM convened the only G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting during Japan's presidency. Representatives of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States participated, as did representatives of the European Union, [...]	2008-10-23 08:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EFIN MO
08RABAT1023	MOROCCO SUPPORTS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 13:13:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MO
08RABAT1025	MEPI 4TH QUARTER UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights the MEPI programs and initiatives undertaken in Morocco from July 1 - September 30. During the quarter the Women in Technology (WIT) program was launched. Highlights from existing programs included activities by the Advancing Learning and Employability for a Bet [...]	2008-10-24 16:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO
08RABAT1031	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS'S NOVEMBER 13- [...] (SBU) Representative Lewis, we welcome you and your delegation to Morocco, our oldest and closest ally in the region. You will find a country that is "on the move," through a range of social, economic and political reforms aimed at making government more responsive to citizen concerns and en [...]	2008-10-27 17:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP ECON ETRD PREL PTER PGOV MO
08RABAT1036	MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) On October 28 Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane concerning the proposed U.S. draft resolution on "Compliance With Non-proliferation, Arms Limitation and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments". Farhane said the GOM would likely suppor [...]	2008-10-28 15:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM UNGA CDG PREL MO
08RABAT1049	MOROCCO: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) has achieved significant reductions in its cannabis and cannabis resin production in recent years. Advances in Morocco,s counternarcotics efforts appear to be a function of the GOM's comprehensive counternarcotics strategy, which places emphasis on co [...]	2008-11-04 16:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MO
08RABAT1050	MOROCCO PROVIDED SUMMARY OF SEPTEMBER 2008 PARIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 14:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL MO
08RABAT1059	MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. REQUESTS ON UPCOMING UN [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche on November 7 to Chief of Service of the Principal Bodies of the United Nations Redoune Houssaini regarding Morocco's actions on the upcoming UN Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Redoune was p [...]	2008-11-07 15:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MO
08RABAT1060	WESTERN SAHARA: CORCAS MEMBER SAYS ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 18:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV WI MO
08RABAT1063	MOROCCO: DELIVERY OF 2009 INDICATOR SCORECARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Counselor and MCC Country Director delivered advance copies of Morocco's 2009 indicator scorecard in November 5 meetings with Minister of Economic and General Affairs Nizar Baraka and Primature Secretary-General Mohamed Hajoui, and then subsequently with officials at th [...]	2008-11-10 12:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL ECON KMCA MCC

08RABAT1084	EXPLAINING MOROCCO'S "LIMITED IMMUNITY" [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders in Morocco's financial sector remain confident that it is sheltered from any direct problems as a result of ongoing turmoil in world financial markets. The "immunity" stems less from the sector's inherent virtue, bankers tell us, than from the still limited nature of Mo [...]	2008-11-20 12:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN MO
08RABAT1086	MOROCCO: NO OBJECTION TO BURKINA FASO IN TSCTP, [...] (C) Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for African Affairs Abdellatif Bendahane was briefed on reftel October 29, concerning Burkino Faso and the TSCTP. Bendahane had no objections to the inclusion of Burkino Faso into the TSCTP, and was encouraging on that score. He has since und [...]	2008-11-20 15:34:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MARR ECOWAS MO UV
08RABAT1091	MOROCCO: MFA CONCERNED ABOUT U.S. TRANSITION [...] (C//NF) An Egyptian Embassy colleague told Poloff on November 21 that the Egyptian Ambassador in Rabat was convoked on November 13 by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) then-Secretary General Omar Hillale. Hillale asked Cairo to issue a declaration publicly supporting the Government of Moroc [...]	2008-11-21 19:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS EG WI MO
08RABAT1094	MOROCCO WILL CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR UN RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 11:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC UNGA MO
08RABAT1095	MOROCCO WILL STAND WITH ARAB LEAGUE AND OIC ON [...] (C) Poloff met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane on November 21 and attempted to persuade him to influence Morocco's UN delegation in NY to vote against, abstain, or absent themselves when the anticipated biased resolutions against Isra [...]	2008-11-24 11:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PA IS LE SY UNGA MO
08RABAT1100	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS [...] (SBU) Representative Hastings, my staff and I warmly welcome your visit. As you are aware, Morocco is a member of the OSCE Mediterranean Partnership and has hosted OSCE meetings in Rabat, but there is potential for more engagement. Morocco has given us exemplary cooperation in the struggle [...]	2008-11-25 14:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS KDEM AG WI MO
08RABAT1101	MOROCCO DOWNPLAYS NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General Mohammed Azeroual told Polcouns November 23 that Morocco did not believe that the Cairo Ministerial would accomplish anything, and Morocco would be represented only by its Ambassador. The PLO is history and Fatah is weak and aging, he said. Any solution woul [...]	2008-11-25 18:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG AL MO
08RABAT1109	MOROCCANS MORE FORWARD-LEANING ON NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Moroccan government, research, and industry leaders told Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation Jackie Wolcott that the Kingdom is preparing the necessary infrastructure and legal and regulatory framework for nuclear power. According to the Minister of Energy, the decision [...]	2008-11-28 13:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY ETRD TNGD KNNP MO
08RABAT1110	ELECTRICITY CHIEF DISMISSED OVER BROWNOUTS, POOR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco abruptly removed Younes Maamar, chief of the National Electricity Office (ONE) on November 14 following widespread discontent related to unannounced extended brownouts in Casablanca's industrial zones. Our Casablanca contacts and media reports indicate t [...]	2008-11-28 14:14:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD MO SP
08RABAT112	WHAT SPAWNED THE FOREIGN FIGHTERS OF TETOUAN? [...] (C) Summary: Tetouan, notorious for having spawned the jihadists who carried out the Madrid train bombings, and at least two dozen foreign fighters, also carries the promise of a new, more prosperous Morocco. Poloffs learned during a recent visit that it took a variety of environmental, polit [...]	2008-02-06 11:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL KIRF MO
08RABAT1122	MOROCCO'S "ADVANCED STATUS:" A ROADMAP TO AN [...] (C) Summary: The European Union's attribution of "advanced status" to Morocco reflects the close relationship between the Cherifien Kingdom and its European partners, but is likely to change little in the short run in relations between the two parties. European diplomats are careful to stress [...]	2008-12-05 15:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MO
08RABAT1124	MOROCCO RECEIVES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 17:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER PREL KGIC
08RABAT1125	MOROCCO FINALIZING SEISMIC AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed our need to sign the bilateral seismic agreement with Morocco by the end of the year via diplomatic note on December 5. In addition, PolCouns met with MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita who informed PolCouns that the GOM is seized with the matter and is working dilgentl [...]	2008-12-05 17:46:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO
08RABAT1134	BOYCOTT LEADER PROPOSES NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH USG [...] (C) Summary: Younes Mjahed, head of the Moroccan press union, told Information Attache (IO) that as a result of the recent U.S. election, he was prepared to rethink his organization's years-long boycott of USG activities. He reported that the Government of Morocco (GOM) had been stonewalling [...]	2008-12-08 16:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP PGOV PREL PTER MO
08RABAT1136	MOROCCO AND EID AL ADHA: CAN'T AFFORD TO BE POOR [...] (SBU) Working class and poor Moroccans are expressing an almost existential angst about the political and economic state of the country resulting from worry over the price of sheep for this year's Eid Al Adha (feast of the sacrifice). One man said that Morocco was a country in which people "c [...]	2008-12-08 18:35:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL KISL MO
08RABAT114	AMU SECRETARY GENERAL'S FEBRUARY 1 LETTER TO U/S BURNS [...] On February 6, the Embassy received the following letter in English from Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary General Habib Benyahia to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns: Begin text. Arab Maghreb Union Rabat February 1, 2008 His Excellency R. Nicholas Burns Under Secretary of [...]	2008-02-06 15:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL ECIN PTER MO
08RABAT1140	TSANGVIRAI IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Morgan Tsangvirai was in Morocco at the end of November-early December. Tsangvirai received a prize for promotion of democracy on November 29 in Tangier at the first Med Days 2008 Conference. The Conference was organized by a NGO, Amadeus, which is run by the son of the Foreign Minist [...]	2008-12-12 07:52:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MO ZI
08RABAT1144	MOROCCO'S USFP/SOCIALIST PARTY PICKS NEW SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: After several months of indecision and party infighting, the Union of Popular Socialist Forces Party (USFP) elected Abdelouahed Radi as its First Secretary on November 8th, and received a congratulatory visit from Ambassador Riley soon thereafter. The victory, by a thin plurali [...]	2008-12-12 12:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT1145	MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. PROPOSAL ON UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 14:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA MO
08RABAT1150	MOROCCO: KING WITHDRAWS RESERVATIONS TO UN WOMEN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In what is being hailed as an important symbolic step, King Mohammed VI announced in a December 10 speech that Morocco will lift its remaining and outdated reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The objections covered co [...]	2008-12-12 18:06:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN MO
08RABAT1152	U.S.-MOROCCO LABORATORY BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY [...] (U) Summary: The first joint U.S.-Morocco Workshop on Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity took place November 3-5 in Rabat, bringing together U.S. and international experts with policy makers, administrators and scientists from several Moroccan ministries and laboratories. The U.S. delegati [...]	2008-12-15 16:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO TSPL MO XI XF
08RABAT1154	HARSTON ASSESSES MINURSO AND THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: MINURSO Head of Mission Julian Harston briefed the P-5 plus Spain on December 12. Harston believed that Morocco is finally ready to assent to Ambassador Christopher Ross' appointment as the UN Secretary General's (UNSYG's) Personal Envoy for Western Sahara. Harston believes th [...]	2008-12-16 14:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PHUM PBTS UN WI MO
08RABAT116	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF S/CT AMB. DAILEY AND [...] (S/NF) The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats, including joint efforts to shut down the foreign fighter pipeline. Your meetings with the Interior Minister, the Foreign Minister, and the Chief of Morocco's external intelligence service will [...]	2008-02-07 12:45:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
08RABAT1167	PRIME MINISTER TOUTS PROGRESS IN MCC SCORECARD [...] (SBU) Summary: As previewed during the delivery of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard for Morocco for 2009 (Ref A),Secretary General to the Prime Minister Mohamed Hajoui provided to the Ambassador a copy of Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi's December 12 letter to Ambassador J [...]	2008-12-17 16:12:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KMCA MO
08RABAT1168	MOROCCO HEARS MULTIPLE REQUESTS TO STAY ABSENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 17:25:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MO
08RABAT1169	AL ADL WA IHSAN: MOROCCO'S ISLAMIST DISSIDENTS [...] (C) Summary: The banned Islamist religio-political organization Al Adl wal-Ihsan (Adl) (more commonly known as the Justice and Charity or Justice and Good Works Organization) may be moving toward political participation, perhaps as a legal political party. Adl spokesman Fatallah Arsalane highlighte [...]	2008-12-18 17:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINR KISL IT MO
08RABAT117	MOROCCO ON THE SITUATION IN LEBANON [...] (SBU) On February 5, Embassy conveyed reftel Note Verbale on the Lebanese political crisis to Mohammed Azeroual, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs and the Foreign Minister's point-man on Middle East and Islamic Affairs. 2. (C) Responding in detail to the points in the Note Verba [...]	2008-02-07 13:38:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV EFIN MO LE SY
08RABAT1177	MOROCCO SUBMITS TRANSLATED COPIES OF SEISMIC [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs sent to the U.S. Embassy December 19 final draft copies of the English, French, and Arabic translations of the Agreement Between The Government Of The United States Of America And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Morocc [...]	2008-12-19 18:20:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO
08RABAT1180	MOROCCO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) In response to Ref C request, this cable constitutes Embassy Morocco's draft submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism (see paragraphs below). The report is also being uploaded to Diplopedia. The Embassy Morocco point of contact for this report is David O'Connor (O'ConnorDR [...]	2008-12-22 16:30:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR MO
08RABAT1181	MOROCCO HOSTS MEPI LDF ALUMNI CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) The second annual Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Leaders for Democracy Fellowship (LDF) Alumni Meeting took place in Marrakech, Morocco December 15-17. The DCM opened the event that brought together 28 LDF alumni from 13 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) r [...]	2008-12-22 16:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPMI XF MO
08RABAT1183	MOROCCO RECEIVES JOINT DUTCH, RUSSIAN, AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Dutch DCM Frank Keurhorst delivered his country's invitation requesting Morocco's participation in the 5th Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) plenary meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane on December 22. Keurhorst del [...]	2008-12-22 18:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC NL RS MO
08RABAT1187	MOROCCAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A request for an overview of Morocco's nuclear energy plans, Post notes Ref B reporting discussions held during the November 16-18 visit to Morocco of Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, the Secretary's Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation. Ambassador Wolcott discussed [...]	2008-12-23 15:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO MO
08RABAT1190	MOROCCO'S PENDING FTA ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Foreign Trade Abdellatif Maazouz convoked the Ambassador (accompanied by AgCouns and EconOff) on December 16 to discuss the evolving post-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) bilateral trade relationship and next steps to advance outstanding implementation issues. Minister M [...]	2008-12-23 17:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV MO
08RABAT1191	MOROCCO UNDERSTANDS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT UNESCO [...] (C) Poloff relayed U.S. concerns regarding the potential candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for the position of UNESCO Director-General to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Section of Candidatures and Contributions for the United Nations and International Organizations Ms. R [...]	2008-12-24 07:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO MO
08RABAT1194	MOROCCO: REP. HASTINGS ENGAGES PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Representative Alcee Hastings encouraged members of the Morocco's lower house of parliament to press the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCEPA) to allow greater [...]	2008-12-24 12:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP PGOV WI AG MO
08RABAT1196	SEDUCED BY THE UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: Describing a sea change in their opinions about the United States, on December 19 eight Moroccan women political leaders talked about how they were "seduced" by the U.S. political system and our top leadership during their election visit to the U.S. Several women who held negat [...]	2008-12-24 14:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMPI OEXC XF MO
08RABAT1198	MOROCCO: REP. HASTINGS AGREES WITH MFA SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Representative Alcee Hastings encouraged Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Secretary General Youssef Amrani to enhance Moroccan participation in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu [...]	2008-12-24 17:17:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP ETRD OSCE MO
08RABAT1199	VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FIRED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 19:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SP MO
08RABAT1201	AGADIR PROTEST DEATHS: TRAGIC BUT NOT DELIBERATE [...] (C//NF) Based on information obtained during EmbOff's visit, it appears that a tragic accident, and not a premeditated act, led to the deaths of two Sahrawi (Western Saharan) students during a December 1 protest in the Moroccan city of Agadir. Separate statements from a Sahrawi participant i [...]	2008-12-30 12:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL PBTS WI AG MO
08RABAT1202	GAZA/ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOM [...] (SBU) With Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri and Secretary General Youssef Amrani both out of Morocco, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Chief of Staff Nassir Bourita on December 30. The Ambassador particularly emphasized the need to modulate rhetor [...]	2008-12-30 16:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MOPS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO
08RABAT1204	MOROCCO: GAZA ANGER GROWS; SCHOOLS SHUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Moroccan public and official response to the recent Israeli air strikes in Gaza continues to be universally critical of Israel and, increasingly, the United States. Almost every article, statement, and interlocutor has used the word "disproportionate" to describe the action. [...]	2008-12-31 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM MOPS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO
08RABAT121	MOI BENMOUSSA TELLS AMBASSADOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley's call on Interior Minster Chakib Benmoussa February 5 turned frosty over the human rights situation in Western Sahara. Benmoussa thanked the USG for support for the Moroccan peace effort and its autonomy plan. He praised the Embassy/GOM human rights dialogue, [...]	2008-02-07 16:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ASEC MO
08RABAT127	BROKEN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OFFERS NO EASY FIXES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but Unclassified - entire text. 2. (SBU) Summary: The backdrop to our efforts to negotiate a bilateral agreement on American schools in Morocco is a national education system that is widely believed to be broken beyond repair. This grim reality was highlighted in this week' [...]	2008-02-08 17:00:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SCUL MO
08RABAT140	HUMAN RIGHTS DILAOGUE, WESTERN SAHARA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the second annual session of the U.S.-Morocco bilateral human rights dialogue, our senior GOM interlocutor used the occasion to criticize the existence of separate human rights reports for Morocco and Western Sahara. The Moroccans also complained that the USG distorted the go [...]	2008-02-14 12:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MO
08RABAT141	DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA DAS Gordon Gray urged support for the upcoming independence for Kosovo February 8, during a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri otherwise devoted to S/CT Dailey's call for support on foreign fighters going to Iraq (septel). FM Fassi Fihri declined to offer a f [...]	2008-02-14 14:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV UNMIK UN YI MO
08RABAT144	MOROCCO WILL STUDY U.S./EC TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered reftel points jointly with the EU's Economic Counselor in Morocco Jerome Cassier in a February 15 meeting with Mohammed Benjelloun, head of the WTO Division at the Ministry of External Commerce. Benjelloun declined to provide an official response pending inter- [...]	2008-02-15 16:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON MO
08RABAT145	MOROCCO WILL STUDY U.S./EC TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered reftel points jointly with the EU's Economic Counselor in Morocco Jerome Cassier in a February 15 meeting with Mohammed Benjelloun, head of the WTO Division at the Ministry of External Commerce. Benjelloun declined to provide an official response pending inter- [...]	2008-02-15 16:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON MO
08RABAT148	MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITION AGAINST OSLO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 19:18:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MOPS PARM PREL MO
08RABAT150	EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (S/NF) Summary: S/CT Amb. Dell Dailey and NEA DAS Gray visited Morocco February 7-8 to discuss enhancing security cooperation and especially countering the flow of Moroccan foreign fighters into Iraq. Amb. Dailey asked the highest level of concerned GOM officials to assert pressure on Syria [...]	2008-02-19 09:58:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EAIR PINR PREL OVIP MO
08RABAT151	DAS GRAY URGES MOROCCAN SUPPORT FOR UNIFIL AND [...] (C) Summary: DAS Gray urged Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri to increase Moroccan support for Lebanon during a meeting February 8, otherwise devoted to S/CT Dailey's call for support on foreign fighters going to Iraq (septel). He pressed for a contribution to the Hariri tribunal and ask [...]	2008-02-19 10:09:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS LE MO
08RABAT152	MOROCCAN FM SPEAKS WELL OF VAN WALSUM TO S/CT [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri was cautiously positive on the Western Sahara peace process during a February 8 meeting with S/CT Dailey and NEA DAS Gray. Fassi Fihri was upbeat on Van Walsum, who recently told him he hoped for a solution based on non-independence, [...]	2008-02-19 12:12:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UN MO
08RABAT153	MOROCCO ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT HCOC ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 17:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
08RABAT154	MR. EL-HIMMA GOES TO PARLIAMENT: AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: In a February 13 meeting, prominent parliamentarian and royal confidante Fouad Ali El-Himma discussed with the Ambassador his efforts to better coordinate local, regional and national governance in the poor constituency he represents. El-Himma asserted that Morocco's legislature has "a [...]	2008-02-19 17:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MO
08RABAT155	THE AMBASSADOR'S VISITS TO ZAGORA AND AGADIR [...] Summary: During January 24-25 visits to the provinces of Zagora and Agadir, the Ambassador called on ranking local officials, met with local civil society leaders, and visited a range of USG-funded projects. The Ambassador and Embassy team found in Zagora a rural and remote province beset by [...]	2008-02-19 17:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SCUL KPAO KMCA PREL MO
08RABAT156	S/CT AMB. DAILEY AND DAS GRAY DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting in Rabat, Secretary-General of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Habib SIPDIS Benyahia told S/CT Amb. Dailey and DAS Gray he was working to address the terror threat by advancing regional cooperation and development in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Be [...]	2008-02-19 18:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECIN MO XA
08RABAT157	DAS PATTON VISITS MOROCCO [...] (U) Summary: DAS Kent Patton and MEPI Regional Director Peter Mulrean visited Casablanca and Rabat January 16-19 to discuss post's democracy reform activities, introduce the new Democracy Working Group program, and meet with Moroccan contacts from both the government and civil society. Patto [...]	2008-02-19 18:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KMPI ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI MO
08RABAT158	MOROCCO PRESS FREEDOM: DAS PATTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 16-19 visit to Morocco, DAS Kent Patton discussed Morocco's media environment and press freedom with local stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds. Embassy officials stressed that passage of a revised press code eliminating prison sentences remained a ke [...]	2008-02-19 18:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO EAID KMPI KDEM PREL MO
08RABAT16	MOROCCO BACKS EFFORTS TO PRESS SYRIA ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: On January 7, the MFA's Co-Political Director passed us a message that Morocco was supporting efforts to break the political deadlock in Lebanon and had urged the Saudis to turn up the heat on the Asad regime. MFA Director-General Mohammed Azeroual said Morocco believed "enough [...]	2008-01-08 11:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO LE
08RABAT170	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) Ambassador Welch, the Moroccans will roll out the red carpet for you, including an audience with King Mohammed VI in Marrakech, as well as expected meetings with Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri and Intelligence Chief Mansouri. They are delighted you are visiting them before Algiers and will [...]	2008-02-22 17:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON MO
08RABAT171	MOROCCO: TERRORIST NETWORK DISRUPTED BUT MANY [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan authorities arrested 32 persons including several minor Islamist politicians in mid-February and reported seizing a significant quantity of weapons, from what they called the Belliraj terror network, after its leader, the Moroccan-Belgian Abdelkader Belliraj. In televis [...]	2008-02-22 19:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PINS PREL KISL MO
08RABAT178	GOM PROVIDES A/S WELCH WITH A MORE COHERENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mohamed Yassine Mansouri gave NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and his party a lengthy, comprehensive briefing on the Belliraj terrorist network. Mansouri explained the network,s alleged revolutionary aims [...]	2008-02-27 10:44:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PTER ASEC PINS PINR MO
08RABAT179	EU LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS AML/CTF PROJECT WITH MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: We met this week with Fernando Rosado, the resident advisor who is overseeing the newly launched EU twinning project in support of development of both Morocco's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and its overall integrated anti-money laundering/counter terrorism finance regime. T [...]	2008-02-27 10:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER PGOV MO
08RABAT18	AMENDED REQUEST FOR FRENCH AND ARABIC TRANSLATION [...] Per the points conveyed Ref A, Post requested Language Services' assistance in translating the 2007 Human Rights Report from English to Arabic on November 5 (Ref B). English to French translation was to have been procured locally, replicating the procedure used in 2006. 2. Subsequent to [...]	2008-01-08 17:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM APER KPAO
08RABAT185	NEA A/S WELCH,S MEETINGS WITH KING MOHAMMED VI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Mohammed VI received NEA A/S Welch for an hour on February 25. The wide-ranging exchange of views focused on bilateral cooperation, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iran, Kosovo, Lebanon, Mauritania, Syria, Algeria and Western Sahara. In most respects, the audience mirro [...]	2008-02-28 16:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP MO
08RABAT19	AMBASSADOR,S JANUARY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) In a wide-ranging meeting on January 3, the Ambassador discussed the status of the American schools in Morocco with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri and Director of American Affairs Abdallah Salah Eddine Tazi. The Ambassador noted that the status and tax situ [...]	2008-01-08 18:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASCH AMGT MO
08RABAT190	MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF USG PRIORITIES FOR UPCOMING [...] On February 29th, POLOFF provided Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Principal UN Offices Redouane Houssaini with small briefing, accompanied by a diplomatic note, on US priorities at the upcoming UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs being held March 10-14. 2. Mr. Houssaini thanked [...]	2008-02-29 18:50:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SNAR AU UN
08RABAT193	MOROCCAN FM TO SYRIANS - "WHO WILL REPRESENT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri (TFF) bluntly expressed Morocco's dissatisfaction with the political impasse in Lebanon during Syrian Foreign Minister Mouallem's visit to Marrakech on February 26, according to Director-General Mohammed Azeroual, point-man on Arab and Islamic affairs. A [...]	2008-03-03 11:10:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO SY LE XF
08RABAT194	NEA A/S WELCH AND DIRECTOR GENERAL MANSOURI REVIEW [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 25, Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mohamed Yassine Mansouri (the Moroccan equivalent of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency) and NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and his party had a cordial and frank two-hour exchange on regional i [...]	2008-03-03 11:32:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL PINS OVIP MO
08RABAT195	MOROCCANS SIMMERING OVER GAZA SITUATION [...] (SBU) The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued on March 1 a strong and relatively unusual condemnation of the Israeli government for the IDF's military operations in Gaza. The official Maghreb Arab Press (MAP) agency reported that the MFA "strongly denounced the 'horrible acts committe [...]	2008-03-03 11:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC MO IS PA
08RABAT20	AMBASSADOR,S JANUARY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 3, on the eve of his departure for the next round on UN-sponsored talks on Western Sahara, Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri expressed his frustration with Algeria's unwillingness to move beyond the status quo to resolve the issue and truly cooperate on economic and securi [...]	2008-01-09 06:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EAID KMCA KPAL MO
08RABAT201	PRIME MINISTER'S ECONOMIC GATEKEEPER ON GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister-Delegate for Economic and General Affairs Nizar Baraka set out an ambitious governmental economic agenda in his first public speech at the end of February. The government, he said, would focus on increased and "qualitatively different" growth through increased investm [...]	2008-03-04 16:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASCH MO
08RABAT212	BUSINESS ASSOCIATION PRESSES FOR URGENT REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, Morocco's chief business lobbying group, the Confederation Generale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM),has added its voice to those calling on the government to adopt urgent reforms in areas ranging from taxation to the judiciary to enable Moroccan companies to c [...]	2008-03-07 18:19:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV MO
08RABAT222	MOROCCO: ISLAMIST PARTY LEADER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: The (Islamist) Justice and Development Party (PJD) number two, Lahcen Daoudi, roundly criticized the recent arrests of several prominent Islamist politicians in connection to the Belleraj terrorism case. During a March 5 meeting with Polcouns, he argued that the security service [...]	2008-03-11 12:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER ECON PGOV MO
08RABAT235	FM FASSI FIHRI REPORTS THE ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 7 meeting with visiting Ambassador Swing, otherwise devoted to thanking Morocco for its support in his quest to lead the International Organisation for Migration (IOM),Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri shared some impressions of the Cairo Arab League Ministerial, [...]	2008-03-13 10:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL LE MO
08RABAT236	FM FASSI FIHRI STRESSES GOM CONCERN OVER POLISARIO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri called in the Ambassadors of the five UNSC Permanent Members March 7 to formally table a complaint about Polisario activity in the trans-berm area of the Western Sahara. He acknowledged that Moroccan complaints about t [...]	2008-03-13 13:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT241	MOROCCO VOICES SUPPORT FOR ADOPTION OF UNSC [...] On March 14, POLOFF conveyed to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of the Security and Disarmament Section Mr. Driss Rushdy reftel points concerning obligations imposed on U.N. member states by the recent adoption of UNSCR 1803, which imposes further sanctions on Iran for its fai [...]	2008-03-14 12:35:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP MNUC IR MO
08RABAT246	MOROCCO: CONCERNS OVER MANHASSET AND HAPPINESS [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff (CoS) Nasser Bourita told Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and PolCouns that the Government of Morocco (GOM) was concerned over the direction of the Manhasset negotiations. Although he did not make a direct request, Bourita appeared to intima [...]	2008-03-18 11:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PBTS WI MO
08RABAT253	MOROCCO: AGENDA FOR THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS' MEETING [...] (U) Polcons delivered reftel agenda to Arab Maghreb Union Political Advisor Zouhier Merchaoui who will attend the meeting in Washington on April 9, 2008. (Note: Merchaoui will also attend the Africa Defense Policy Dialogue to be held in Washington the last week of March End Note.) 2. (U) S [...]	2008-03-19 15:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PINS PREL PTER MO
08RABAT254	MOROCCAN MARKETS RESIST INTERNATIONAL CREDIT [...] (SBU) Summary: To date, Morocco has largely shrugged off the impact of the international credit crisis. The Casablanca Stock Exchange remains the best performing exchange globally, up 16 percent since January 1. There has been some spillover in Moroccan financial markets, with an evaporatio [...]	2008-03-19 16:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN MO
08RABAT262	MOROCCO SEEKS CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND SEAPORT SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 8. 2. (SBU) On March 24, Econoff met with Nouredine Moujahid, Chief of Staff for International Cooperation, Ministry of Interior, to discuss new dates for a consultation visit to Washington by Moroccan border security officials. Moujahid propo [...]	2008-03-25 08:50:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL KSTC MO
08RABAT265	MOROCCO TRADES SUBSIDIES FOR STABILITY IN THE FACE OF PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Like other countries in the region, Morocco has been buffeted by rapidly escalating international commodity prices. Internal factors such as the 2007 drought have compounded the problem. While official indexes do not yet reflect these price pressures, the exploding budget of th [...]	2008-03-26 14:15:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO
08RABAT272	MOROCCAN MFA OFFICIAL CITES RISK OF UNDERMINING [...] (C) A senior MFA official told Polcouns March 26 that Morocco was still uncertain about its attendance at the Arab Summit and that this would be discussed by Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri, at that time enroute to Damascus, with his peers. Reminded of USG concerns about attendance at the summit [...]	2008-03-28 09:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL LE MO
08RABAT275	MOROCCO'S MARKET WATCHDOG BARES ITS FANGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's Securities and Exchange Commission, the Conseil Deontologique des Valeurs Mobilieres (CDVM),for the first time in its fifteen-year history moved this month to impose order in Moroccan securities markets by issuing sanctions and warnings to a range of brokers who viola [...]	2008-03-28 17:02:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV MO
08RABAT28	MOROCCO WILL SUPPORT U.S. COMMITTEE AGAINST RACIAL [...] (C) In a Diplomatic Note dated January 8, the Government of Morocco notified the Embassy that it will support the candidacy of Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper for membership on the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination during January 17 elections in New York. 2. (C) [...]	2008-01-11 17:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
08RABAT29	MOROCCO: CODEL MARTINEZ MEETS WITH GOM OFFICIALS. [...] (C) On January 5, CODEL Martinez met Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi and Speaker of the House-equivalent Mustapha Mansouri among other Moroccan officials. Interlocutors thanked the delegation for U.S. support for the Moroccan Western Sahara proposal and criticized Algeria and the POLISARIO. T [...]	2008-01-14 08:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP MOPS PREL SENV MO
08RABAT290	GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE ECONOMISTS CLASH ON MOROCCAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A March 26th symposium hosted by Morocco's leading economic think tank highlighted the contrasting views of government and independent economists on the overall health of the Moroccan economy. Whereas analysts affiliated with the host Centre Marocain de Conjoncture (CMC) pressed [...]	2008-04-04 16:21:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV MO
08RABAT314	MOROCCO OPTIMISTIC ON PROSPECT OF SIGNING ON TO [...] (SBU) On April 3, 2008, Poloff extended ref invitation to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane for the Government of Morocco (GOM) to attend the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) May 28-29 event in Washington D.C. Farhane said that he would [...]	2008-04-10 15:41:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO
08RABAT319	UNHCR DEPUTY JOHNSTONE BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Craig Johnstone, at the end of a regional tour, told Ambassador Riley UNHCR can live with the imprecise number for Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf Camps. He said UN agencies get around the dispute by counting both the number of rations (reflecting a [...]	2008-04-14 10:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS WI AG MO
08RABAT321	MOROCCO: CODEL BOEHNER'S VISIT - PARLIAMENTARY DIALOGUE AND MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Both parliamentarians and executive branch officials warmly welcomed CODEL Boehner during a March 27-30 visit to Morocco. Representative Boehner,s counterpart, Chamber of Deputies Second Vice President Baha from the Islamic-oriented Justice and Development Party (PJD),was very [...]	2008-04-14 10:44:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV EAID SY MO
08RABAT324	MOROCCO TO SEND EMBASSY OFFICER TO GI PLANNING [...] (SBU) On April 14, 2008, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane informed Embassy Poloff that the Government of Morocco intends to send an officer from its Embassy in Paris to the Exercise Planning Group meeting for the Global Initiative for C [...]	2008-04-14 15:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR MO
08RABAT33	LIBYAN MEMBERSHIP IN THE TRANS-SAHARA [...] (C) DCM raised reftel query on the inclusion of Libya in the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) with MFA Director General for Bilateral Affairs (P-equiv) Youssef Amrani, on January 14, and conveyed talking points. DCM stressed the importance of a regional approach to defeat ter [...]	2008-01-14 17:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PREL XA XF MO
08RABAT342	MOROCCO STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. GOALS FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 13:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI MO
08RABAT344	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 14:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL MO
08RABAT370	TRANSFER OF MOROCCAN GTMO DETAINEE SAID [...] (C/NF) This is a coordinated mission message, with concurrence from all concerned agencies. In response to queries reftel; (a) The GOM is prepared to receive the proposed transfer. (b) The GOM has provided verbal assurances from a variety of sources including MFA Director of Bilateral Affai [...]	2008-04-24 16:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINR PTER KDRG MO
08RABAT371	FILLON VISIT HIGHLIGHTS MOROCCO-FRANCE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: French Prime Minister Francois Fillon's April 17-18 visit to Morocco for the 9th meeting of heads of government of the two countries brought signature of a range of contracts, particularly in the field of transport, but little else of note. Fillon was accompanied by an extensive [...]	2008-04-25 15:04:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MO FR
08RABAT378	BRIEFING MOROCCO ON THE U.S. VIEW ON THE WAY [...] (C) Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri expressed his country's deep appreciation for support from the Department and Washington generally, when briefed by Ambassador telephonically on our plans for an explanation of vote in New York and of reaching out to the Polisario. 2. (C) Co [...]	2008-04-29 12:17:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UNSC AG WI MO
08RABAT38	NEXT WEEK'S 5 PLUS 5 AND EU-AMU MEETINGS IN RABAT [...] (C) MFA Director General for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani (P-level) confirmed to DCM and PolCouns on January 14 that Morocco would be hosting the 5 plus 5 and AMU/EU meetings next week. The Foreign Ministers of the 5 plus 5 (France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Malta, plus the 5 AMU states [...]	2008-01-16 08:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU ZM MO
08RABAT389	MOROCCO CONSIDERS US PRIORITIES AT NPT PREPATORY [...] (SBU) On April 30, 2008, Poloff presented U.S. priorities for the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) prepatory conference (PrepCom) on April 28 and May 9, 2008 in Geneva (ref A) to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane, in the form of non-pape [...]	2008-04-30 15:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA KNNP MO
08RABAT39	LEADER OF NEW ISLAMIST PARTY WARNS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: A new Islamist party, the Party of Renaissance and Virtue (PRV),competed for the first time in Morocco's legislative elections in September 2007. Though the party garnered just below 1 percent of the national vote, a Casablancan imam representing the PRV won a lower house seat f [...]	2008-01-16 12:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PTER MO
08RABAT390	MOROCCO SIGNALS DESIRE FOR CLOSER SECURITY TIES TO [...] (C) Summary: Senior Moroccan military and diplomatic officials indicate that they would give serious consideration to the Status of Forces Agreement, but needed to review the U.S. draft. Morocco,s Inspector General of the Armed Forces (CHOD) General Bennani recently pledged to sign the Acqui [...]	2008-04-30 17:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS MCAP MO

08RABAT392	MFA POL/MIL CHIEF: AFRICA OPPOSES AFRICOM PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Military Affairs Chief Karim Halim recently criticized U.S. military plans for an AFRICOM presence in Africa, underscoring that the vast majority of African countries considered any U.S. military presence in Africa to be a provocation. [...]	2008-05-01 07:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS MO
08RABAT398	EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART I: HISTORIC [...] (C) In Morocco, as in virtually every other country in the Arab-Islamic world, jihadist terrorism has emerged in the past 10 years as a threat to national stability. Morocco has also produced terrorists that have joined the international jihad, conducting violent attacks in Europe or enlisting [...]	2008-05-05 12:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL ASEC PINR MO XA XF
08RABAT400	EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART II: PERCEIVED [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: In today's Morocco, social alienation and perceived injustice are the key factors driving extremism and terror recruitment. Poverty is not the main determinant, although it clearly contributes to social alienation. Many Moroccan terrorists have come from the cou [...]	2008-05-07 10:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL ASEC MO XA XF
08RABAT401	TANGIER MEETING SEES HIGHEST LEVEL ALGERIAN VISIT [...] (C) The April 27 North African Political Parties Conference in Tangier, attended by both Moroccan Prime Minister El-Fassi and Algerian Prime Minister Belkhadem was the highest-level contact in years between the feuding North African neighbors. It was hailed as a potential landmark both by Alg [...]	2008-05-07 12:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN MO AL XA
08RABAT411	MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO AL-MASSAE VERDICT [...] (C) Summary: In response to Ref A demarche, the Government of Morocco (GOM) has formally asserted that the libel case against al-Massae was a private law suit to which the GOM was not a party, and in which the GOM did not interfere. Although Minister of Communications Naciri told the DCM tha [...]	2008-05-08 15:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PGOV MO
08RABAT413	ADVANCING THE PRESIDENTQS FREEDOM AGENDA IN [...] Summary: To further the PresidentQs Freedom Agenda (Ref A),the Ambassador, DCM and other Mission officers have met with a variety of activists and interlocutors to highlight the importance of continued democratic and human rights reforms in strengthening MoroccoQs position as a moderate, de [...]	2008-05-09 10:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM EAID PREL MO
08RABAT414	MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SUSPENDS AL-JAZEERA BROADCASTS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) claims that its sudden decision to suspend Al-Jazeera's right to transmit its nightly Maghreb news broadcast from Rabat came as a result of Al-Jazeera's long-standing failure to secure a proper broadcast license. Most independent observers discoun [...]	2008-05-09 12:45:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PGOV MO
08RABAT415	MOROCCO RENEWS AND BROADENS ALGERIA INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Feeling good about progress in New York, Morocco renewed its call for better relations with Algeria on May 5, broadening its standing appeal to open the closed border in a quest for comprehensive normalization. MFA Chief of Staff Bourita confirmed Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri ca [...]	2008-05-09 12:45:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AG MO
08RABAT416	MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SUSPENDS AL-JAZEERA BROADCASTS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) claims that its sudden decision to suspend Al-Jazeera's right to transmit its nightly Maghreb news broadcast from Rabat came as a result of Al-Jazeera's long-standing failure to secure a proper broadcast license. Most independent observers discoun [...]	2008-05-09 12:45:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PGOV MO
08RABAT417	MOROCCO RENEWS AND BROADENS ALGERIA INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Feeling good about progress in New York, Morocco renewed its call for better relations with Algeria on May 5, broadening its standing appeal to open the closed border in a quest for comprehensive normalization. MFA Chief of Staff Bourita confirmed Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri ca [...]	2008-05-09 12:45:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AG MO
08RABAT418	MOROCCO CONSIDERS PARTICIPATION IN UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 18:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO MO
08RABAT419	MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. POSITION ON RETENTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 18:40:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PARM TBIO MO
08RABAT420	MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. REQUEST FOR SHAPING OSLO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 18:46:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN MO
08RABAT422	EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART III: THE GOM [...] (C) The Moroccan Government has pursued an interdisciplinary counterterrorism strategy incorporating aggressive law enforcement and intelligence operations with "soft" de-radicalization efforts including theological outreach, media engagement, and social development initiatives. Though the ge [...]	2008-05-12 10:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL MO XF XA
08RABAT425	MOROCCAN NAVY ACCUSED OF DELIBERATELY DROWNING 30 SUB-SAHARAN [...] (C) Summary: According to survivors, two hours after an early morning clandestine launch from the northern town of El Hoceima, either Moroccan Navy or security force officials deliberately stabbed holes in a zodiac carrying more than 70 illegal sub-Saharan migrants, leaving more than 30 dead. [...]	2008-05-12 12:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08RABAT443	SENIOR GOM OFFICIAL: AMERICA SHOULD CHANGE ITS [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with National War College students and faculty, Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of Bilateral Relations Youssef Amrani identified the poor perception of the United States in the region as the U.S. government's greatest foreign policy challen [...]	2008-05-16 17:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG IS IZ MO
08RABAT445	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Post validates the bona fides of application 05-050096158 and asses the information conveyed reftel as accurate. On May 16, Econoff visited Technical Communication Solutions Maroc (TCSM) and met with its Director, Ahmed Eljorfi. TCSM is a small consulting business, with an office in t [...]	2008-05-18 15:27:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC MO
08RABAT446	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Post validates the bona fides of application 05-050096158 and asses the information conveyed reftel as accurate. On May 16, Econoff visited Technical Communication Solutions Maroc (TCSM) and met with its Director, Ahmed Eljorfi. TCSM is a small consulting business, with an office in t [...]	2008-05-19 07:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC MO
08RABAT458	GOM BRIEFED ON CUBAN SOLIDARITY DAY [...] (SBU) Fouad Yazourh, Director of American (Western Hemisphere) Affairs at the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs met Polcouns on May 16 and received a summary of USG interest in Cuban Solidarity Day. Yazourh stated that the Moroccan Government has had no diplomatic relations with the Cuban [...]	2008-05-20 11:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU MO
08RABAT46	OPIC-SUPPORT EURO MENA FUND II [...] (U) OPIC support for the EURO MENA Fund II would mesh with Moroccan efforts to build a diversified and strong private sector and to strengthen and deepen the country's financial markets. The GOM has targeted a number of areas through specific sectoral policies. While most of these are outsi [...]	2008-01-17 17:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN MO
08RABAT461	U/S BURNS' LETTER TO ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...] On May 19, Poloff delivered reftel letter, covered by a transmittal letter signed by Ambassador Riley, to Zoheir Merchaoui, AMU Counselor for Political and Information Affairs. Merchaoui received the text with enthusiasm. Taking note of the proposal to convene all AMU member state Foreign Min [...]	2008-05-20 15:40:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PTER ECON SOCI SMIG XI MO MR LY
08RABAT462	MOROCCO: ISLAMIST DISSIDENTS FEELING THE HEAT [...] (C) Summary: A senior leader of Morocco's largest Islamist organization, Al-Adl wal-Ihsane (AWI),recently told us that the group was facing intensified pressure from the GOM. AWI Political Committee Chairman Abdelwahed Motawakel underscored the group's rejection of formal political/elector [...]	2008-05-20 16:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR ECON SCUL MO
08RABAT463	KINGDOM OF MOROCCO FORMALLY ACCEPTS AND ENDORSES [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 17:29:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO
08RABAT469	GOM REACHES OUT TO ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION [...] (S) Summary: A senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs official told us the Government of Morocco (GOM) has quietly reached out to the Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. On May 16, the Director for African Affairs Abdellatif Bendahane (strictly protect) told us the Minister of [...]	2008-05-21 12:12:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM ZI SF MO
08RABAT473	SENIOR GOM OFFICIAL ON AQIM [...] (C) Summary: A senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs official noted May 13 that the Government of Moroccan perceived the regional terrorist threat as serious but manageable. He described the nature of terrorists affiliated with Al Qaeda in the Lands of the Maghreb, estimating that the [...]	2008-05-21 14:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL XA MO
08RABAT475	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GIIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 15:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER KGIC PREL MO
08RABAT478	SECRETARY GENERAL HILALE CONFIRMS MOROCCAN [...] (SBU) Moroccan Foreign Ministry Secretary General Omar Hilale sent a letter to Undersecretary of State John Rood on May 19 underscoring Morocco's endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative. It asks that we alert the GOM as to when we will announce this and looks forward to his atte [...]	2008-05-22 11:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO
08RABAT485	MOROCCAN RESPONSE TO THE CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 15:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY PARM KSTC KNNP MO
08RABAT489	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WARD TO [...] (C) Summary: General Ward, we are looking forward to your visit to Morocco. Since your last visit in February 2007, our governments have become even closer. Continuing close military-to-military cooperation, with a flourishing training/exercise program, was highlighted by Morocco,s agreeme [...]	2008-05-23 18:31:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	OVIP MARR PREL PTER MO
08RABAT493	AL-JAZEERA BUREAU CHIEF EXPECTS RABAT OFFICE TO [...] (C) Summary: Al-Jazeera's Rabat bureau chief dismissed Government of Morocco (GOM) claims that the suspension of Al-Jazeera's broadcast license was technical. Given that no one in the GOM would claim responsibility for the decision, he believed it came directly from the King. He criticized [...]	2008-05-28 16:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC MO
08RABAT495	MOROCCAN EFFORTS TO STOP THE FLOW OF FOREIGN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Mission has followed up with appropriate Moroccan officials regarding the flow of foreign fighters (FF) to Iraq (Ref A) and determined that the Moroccan security services are actively engaged in preventing FF from leaving the country. Morocco is well aware that the USG c [...]	2008-05-30 13:21:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PTER EAIR PREL MO
08RABAT496	ALGERIAN AMBASSDOR BELIEVES MOROCCO,S [...] (C) Summary: During a two-hour exchange the Algerian Ambassador declined to identify what he referred to as many specific issues that prevent good relations between Algeria and Morocco. He opined, however, that the Moroccan proposal to re-open the border was designed to curry favor with the [...]	2008-05-30 13:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN PBTS AG MO
08RABAT512	MOROCCAN RELATIONS WITH SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN [...] (C) Summary: Morocco is very much an African country. Its foreign policy toward Sub-Saharan African countries, like its worldwide foreign policy, is dominated by a single issue: promoting its sovereignty over Western Sahara. The Western Sahara issue, in parallel with the broader rivalry bet [...]	2008-06-03 12:45:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL EAID PREF KPKO XA MO
08RABAT524	MOROCCO: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On June 4, the Ambassador telephoned Minister of Social Development, Families, and Solidarity Nouzha Skalli, who was traveling, of Morocco's new status as a Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) Tier 2 country. The Ambassador also shared basic recommendations and promised to follow up with conc [...]	2008-06-09 10:17:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG PGOV KCRM KPAO KWMN MO
08RABAT53	DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IOM ELECTION [...] (C) Although Morocco is not a member of the African Union, PolCouns delivered demarche in favor of Bill Swing to MFA chief of staff and IO director Nasser Bourita January 18. PolCouns stressed the IOM membership's decision on term limits, even though this had not been made formally part of its [...]	2008-01-18 17:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO SMIG PREF PREL
08RABAT532	NUDGING THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION OUT OF A RUT [...] (C) Summary: The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU),which links Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya in an effort to promote regional cooperation and economic integration, has to date been a largely stagnant organization with relatively little to show for its 19 years of existence. AMU Sec [...]	2008-06-09 14:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ECIN MO XA
08RABAT538	MOROCCO: NO ASAD VISIT, MORE SUPPORT NEEDED FOR [...] (C) In a June 10 meeting with poloffs, Amb. Mohammed Azeroual, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General for Multilateral Affairs said there was currently no indication that Syrian President Bashar Asad would be visiting Morocco. He noted that as of June 10, Asad was in Tripoli, along with [...]	2008-06-10 17:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
08RABAT539	MOROCCO SUPPORTS IRAQI RECONCILIATION, BUT WARY OF [...] (C) Amb. Mohammed Azeroual, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General for Multilateral Affairs (and the MFA's point man on the Arab and Islamic World) clarified Morocco's policy on Iraq during a June 10 meeting with Polcouns. "Our policy is to support stability and reconciliation in Iraq," [...]	2008-06-10 17:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO IZ
08RABAT54	PALACE INSIDER SET TO FORM NEW PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Chair and top royal confidante Fouad Ali Al-Himma appears to be taking steps to form a new political party. It would be well placed to dominate Morocco's political scene. A January 17 communique signed by Al-Himma and a diverse and influential group of pol [...]	2008-01-18 18:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
08RABAT540	MOROCCAN ISLAMISTS SUPPORT IRAQI "RESISTANCE" [...] (C) Summary: Some leaders of Morocco's (Islamist) Justice and Development Party (PJD),which won the popular vote and the second largest number of seats in the fall 2007 parliamentary elections, strongly support Iraqi "resistance against occupation," which is "legitimate" and distinct from act [...]	2008-06-11 09:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KISL MOPS MO IZ
08RABAT546	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) Budget Healthy for Now: Moroccan budget officials are confident that the country can meet this year's target of a budget deficit of less than three percent of GDP, notwithstanding pressures from subsidy and social spending. They note that Morocco had an excellent year last year, with a [...]	2008-06-12 13:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR MO
08RABAT548	MOJ OFFICIAL BEMOANS RISE OF EXTREMISM IN MOROCCAN [...] (C) Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Director of Penal Affairs and Pardons and Director of the Prosecution Service M'hammed Abdenebaoui (protect) expressed concern over growing societal intolerance and religious rigidity in Morocco. A pious Muslim, he complained that extremism, exported by Saudi Ar [...]	2008-06-13 07:02:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PINS PREL KISL MO
08RABAT56	READOUT OF JOINT DEMARCHE WITH RUSSIA TO MOROCCO [...] (C) On January 18, Polcouns and Russian Embassy Minister Counselor Mikhail Golovanov delivered ref joint demarche to Moroccan MFA Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane regarding our request to have Morocco invite several countries as observers to Global Initiative for Combating Nucl [...]	2008-01-18 20:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KGIC PARMS PREL AU MO
08RABAT568	MOROCCO CONSIDERS PRESSING IRAN ON P5+1 PACKAGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 17:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP UNSC IR MO
08RABAT569	MOROCCO PRISON CHANGES: A BLAST FROM THE PAST [...] (C) The new Delegate-General for Prison Administration, Mohammed Benhachem, indicated to PolCouns a willingness to work with the USG, but asked to defer any USG assessment until at least July, so he would be better prepared. Benhachem is a former head of the national police force and Ministry [...]	2008-06-19 10:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PINS PTER KISL MO
08RABAT570	MOROCCO RIOTS: WHAT HAPPENED IN SIDI IFNI? [...] (C) The heavy-handed police breakup of a blockade at the Sidi Ifni port on June 7, and consequent riot, yielded numerous casualties. In contrast to media reports, there were neither fatalities nor rapes, but a consensus of credible independent inquiries confirms there were numerous cases of p [...]	2008-06-20 07:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PINS ECON EFIS EAGR MO
08RABAT572	MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 16:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL UNESCO MO
08RABAT573	MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UNESCO DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 16:22:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SCUL UNESCO MO
08RABAT574	CORRECTED COPY: MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 16:27:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
08RABAT577	PARLIAMENTARY REFORM VIEWED WITH SKEPTICISM [...] (C) Summary: A parliamentary staffer from the Berber-dominated Mouvement Populaire (MP) political party recently told us that real constitutional reform was necessary to advance democracy, but unlikely in the near term. For now, the Parliament could exercise better the authority it already ho [...]	2008-06-23 07:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
08RABAT579	MOROCCO: FOLLOW UP ON THE 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) The Country Report on Human Rights Practices has become an increasingly useful tool for promoting improvement in Morocco. Since the release of the Morocco and Western Sahara human rights reports on March 11, the Government of Morocco (GOM),human rights organizations and other diplomats [...]	2008-06-23 14:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM MO
08RABAT58	CONVICTION OF ANSAR AL-MEHDI CELL MEMBERS [...] (SBU) In a month long trial, 50 out of 51 defendants in the sensational Answar al-Mehdi terror cell case were convicted on January 4 in Morocco's terrorism court in Sale and sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to 25 years. The alleged mastermind Hassan al-Khattab and the group's second [...]	2008-01-22 07:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINS AL MO
08RABAT593	THE OIC'S JERUSALEM FUND AGENCY ASKS FOR USG HELP [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Abdelkebir Alaoui M,Daghri, Director General of the Morocco-based Agence Bayt Al-Mal al Qods (the Jerusalem Fund Agency) appealed to Ambassador Riley in a June 13 meeting for USG help in attesting to the bona fides of his organization. The Agency, subordina [...]	2008-06-27 08:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PTER ECON IS MO
08RABAT60	MOROCCAN REACTIONS TO THE POTUS MIDDLE EAST TRIP [...] (C) Summary: Coverage in the Moroccan media of President Bush's trip to the Middle East was almost entirely, even studiously, factual and based largely on wire service articles. One opinion column in a mass market Arabic daily was stingingly critical. A January 14 visit to Morocco by King A [...]	2008-01-22 17:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
08RABAT612	KOSOVO: NO CHANGE IN MOROCCAN POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 11:10:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK KV MO
08RABAT614	HORIZON SHIFT FOR SUBSIDIES REFORM AS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moroccan government moved on two fronts on July 1 to make clear that its existing subsidy regime is unsustainable and that reform of the system is a near term priority. In addition to increasing the price of selected fuel products to reduce pressure on the Caisse de Compen [...]	2008-07-02 13:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN MO
08RABAT617	AMBASSADOR AND KING MOHAMMED VI DISCUSS MILLENNIUM [...] (C) During the Ambassador's June 30 meeting with King Mohammed VI, they briefly went over the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. The Ambassador expressed his pride in its focus on creating sustainable jobs for the poorest sectors of the economy, much like the King,s own National Ini [...]	2008-07-03 12:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KMCA MO
08RABAT623	FREEDOM OF PRESS IN MOROCCO: BATTERED BUT NOT [...] (C) A rash of incidents over the past month have taken a toll on Morocco,s reputation for relative press freedom. These incidents have included several cases of police harassment or abuse of journalists, Government of Morocco (GOM) efforts to restrict the operations of foreign news agencies i [...]	2008-07-03 17:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI PREL MO
08RABAT632	MOROCCO NOT AN ARABSAT MEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 16:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER XF AL MO
08RABAT648	MOROCCAN SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Morocco continues to provide assistance to the Palestinian Administration (PA) and people, and has offered for the first time to provide security training. MFA Director General for Multilateral (Arab and Islamic) Affairs Azaroual told PolCouns July 7 that this is not yet funded, [...]	2008-07-14 14:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG KCRM IS MO
08RABAT651	MOROCCO IN AFRICA: FM REACHES OUT ON SAHARA [...] (C) Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Taib Fassi-Fihri's spent early summer lobbying Sub-Saharan African countries, mostly on Western Sahara. From 19 to 23 June, the minister visited four Sub Saharan countries and he worked the corridors of the African Union,s (AU) summit meeting in Sharm [...]	2008-07-14 17:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XA AG CD CM KE MP MR ML NI SF MO
08RABAT66	WESTERN SAHARA: ACTIVIST DESCRIBES HOPE AND [...] (C) Pro-independence Sahrawi human rights activist Brahim Dahane (strictly protect) told us there is a sense among Sahrawis, even in separatist circles, that something potentially positive is coming out of the Manhasset process. He hotly disputed Government of Morocco (GOM) attempts to like [...]	2008-01-23 16:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT661	MOROCCAN MFA CONSIDERS U.S. POSITION ON NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 16:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	IAEA PARM PERL TRGY MNUC KNNP IR MO
08RABAT662	MOROCCO LIKELY TO SUPPORT INDIA'S SAFEGUARD [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC IN MO
08RABAT671	CMA-CGM PLANS DIRECT TANGER MED-NEW YORK SHIPPING [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials at CMA-CGM Shipping lines confirm that they will launch the first regularly scheduled service between the United States and Morocco at the end of October. The company will drop Lisbon from its weekly "Amerigo" service and will instead stop in Tanger Med both on its east [...]	2008-07-18 15:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT MO
08RABAT678	PJD PICKS A NEW, MORE HARDLINE, LEADER [...] (C) In an upset with potentially major implications, the PJD (Party of Justice and Development),Morocco's main Islamist opposition party, elected Abdelilah Benkirane as party leader at its national Congress July 20. Benkirane was the candidate of the "hardline" elements of the party, but has [...]	2008-07-21 18:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT681	ZAPATERO FINALLY MEETS WITH KING:GOOD FRIENDS [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero met with King Mohammad VI on July 11. The purpose of the meeting was to reinforce the strong relations that already exist between the two countries, primarily highlighting cooperation in the areas of economics, security, and immigrati [...]	2008-07-22 17:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMIG SP MO
08RABAT683	MOROCCO: STRENGTHENED RIGHTS DIALOGUE AND A TOUCH [...] (C) Senior Moroccan Interior and Foreign Affairs officials praised, with some reservations, the Department's 2007 Human Rights Report and the Government of Morocco (GOM)/Embassy dialogue that informs it. They agreed to a schedule and framework to govern the next cycle of discussion and asked [...]	2008-07-22 19:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT684	CORRECTED COPY: STRENGTHENED RIGHTS DIALOGUE AND A [...] (C) Senior Moroccan Interior and Foreign Affairs officials praised, with some reservations, the Department's 2007 Human Rights Report and the Government of Morocco (GOM)/Embassy dialogue that informs it. They agreed to a schedule and framework to govern the next cycle of discussion and asked [...]	2008-07-22 19:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT688	NEW PJD LEADER MOVES QUICKLY TO REASSURE [...] (C) Summary: New PJD leader Abdelilah Benkirane moved quickly to reassure the nation, in a July 23 press conference, that he will not radicalize the Justice and Development Party (PJD) party. He said his agenda was economic not religious. Outside observers note his election as leader of th [...]	2008-07-24 15:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT693	NEW MOROCCAN ENERGY STRATEGY HITS FAMILIAR THEMES [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's newly unveiled national energy strategy hits the familiar themes of diversification of supply, optimization of resources, and conservation in its effort to guarantee that the country will have sufficient energy resources available to meet a demand that is expected to gro [...]	2008-07-25 15:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EFIN MO
08RABAT70	CORRECTED COPY:WESTERN SAHARA: ACTIVIST DESCRIBES [...] (C) Pro-independence Sahrawi human rights activist Brahim Dahane (strictly protect) told us there is a sense among Sahrawis, even in separatist circles, that something potentially positive is coming out of the Manhasset process. He hotly disputed Government of Morocco (GOM) attempts to like [...]	2008-01-23 17:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT71	WESTERN SAHARA: BRINKSMANSHIP OVER CIVILIAN MARCH [...] (C) On January 16, a pro-Moroccan NGO announced plans to lead civilians on a march to Tifarity, the "capital" of the trans-berm buffer zone, on January 27. On January 23, the same NGO announced a postponement for logistical reasons. The Government of Morocco (GOM) has encouraged the march but [...]	2008-01-23 17:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT710	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES [...] (SBU) Representative Reyes, we are looking forward to your and your delegation's visit to Morocco. The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats. Your meetings with Moroccan officials will afford good opportunities to shore up our strong bilate [...]	2008-07-31 16:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
08RABAT711	DEMOCRACY IN TRANSITION: MOROCCAN YOUTH SPEAKS OUT [...] (U) Summary: Educated Moroccan youths are concerned about Parliamentary dysfunction, constitutional imbalances, and corruption among elected officials. During a conference attended by young academics and opinionmakers, debate focused on problems related to the mismanagement of public resources [...]	2008-08-01 11:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL MO
08RABAT718	NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS [...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...]	2008-08-04 11:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO
08RABAT719	NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS [...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...]	2008-08-04 11:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO
08RABAT72	MOROCCO: HEALTH MINISTER DESCRIBES A CRISIS OF CORRUPTION, NOT CAPABILITY [...] (C) In the course of a courtesy call on Morocco's new Health Minister, Yasmina Baddou, she told the Ambassador that corruption, not capabilities or resources, was the primary reason for Morocco's substandard level of health care provision. She said that fighting graft was her top priority, f [...]	2008-01-24 13:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SOCI ELAB MO
08RABAT726	"MOVEMENT OF ALL DEMOCRATS": ASSOCIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Movement of All Democrats (MTD),the political association formed by palace intimate Fouad Ali El-Himma is the main topic for political discussions in Morocco. Despite formal denials, members say that MTD is preparing to form a party and participate in the 2009 municipal el [...]	2008-08-04 15:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT727	MOROCCO'S MILITARY: ADEQUATE, MODERNIZING, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are modernizing but remain weighed down by long-standing problems. King Mohammed VI, who in 1999 inherited a military in need of professionalization, has implemented some needed reforms, but much remains to be done. Civilian control, if as [...]	2008-08-04 16:13:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MARR MASS PGOV PREL PTER KCOR KPKO MO
08RABAT735	MOROCCO: THE AMBASSADOR'S CHAT WITH A KEY ROYAL [...] (C) Abdelaziz Belfkih, Counselor to King Mohammed VI on education, energy and agriculture issues, told the Ambassador that concern over energy and fuel supplies remains a high priority for the Kingdom, but mitigating strategies are hampered by Morocco's complicated relationship with Algeria. [...]	2008-08-07 13:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM ENRG PGOV PINR PREL KMCA MO
08RABAT736	MOROCCO CONCERNED BUT CAUTIOUS IN RESPONSE TO COUP [...] (C) On August 7, A/PolCouns met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Nassar Bourita to express the United States' strong condemnation of the August 6 coup in Mauritania and to request that the Government of Morocco (GOM) issue a statement condemning it. Bourita replied tha [...]	2008-08-07 14:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MO MR
08RABAT737	MIXED SUCCESS FOR MOROCCO'S SOCIAL HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Five years after King Mohammed VI directed that social housing be made a "national priority," the range of government programs aimed at reducing the national housing deficit and helping Morocco's working poor to obtain decent accommodation has registered important progress. Tens [...]	2008-08-07 15:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SCUL MO
08RABAT739	WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR MANEUVERING AROUND A [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Western Sahara Operations Director Sergio Calle-Noreno (protect) said that he had received an agreement in principle from the Government of Morocco (GOM),the Polisario, and Algeria in May to attend a conference in Geneva in J [...]	2008-08-08 13:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS UNHCR PREL KHDP WI AG MO
08RABAT741	CORRECTED: WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR MANEUVERING [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Western Sahara Operations Director Sergio Calle-Noreno (protect) said that he had received an agreement in principle from the Government of Morocco (GOM),the Polisario, and Algeria in May to attend a conference in Geneva in J [...]	2008-08-10 16:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS UNHCR PREL KHDP WI AG MO
08RABAT746	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (SBU) Representative Thompson, we are looking forward to your and your delegation's visit to Morocco. The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats and to discuss border security issues. Your meetings with Moroccan officials will afford good opp [...]	2008-08-11 16:30:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
08RABAT750	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING MOROCCO TO ACCEPT AN [...] PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita on July 22. Bourita responded positively but noncommittally, saying that the Government of Morocco (GOM) supported the idea in principle but still had concerns about the Office of the High Comm [...]	2008-08-12 07:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UN MO
08RABAT753	MOROCCO: FLOATING NEW PEACEKEEPING INITIATIVES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) is exploring the possibility of increasing its peacekeeping profile by creating a UN-sponsored regional training center and/or augmenting its own ability to carry out peacekeeping operations. It is soliciting preliminary international reaction to [...]	2008-08-12 15:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MCAP KPKO KUNR MO
08RABAT755	BIOSECURITY: EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT IT, [...] (SBU) Summary: At least two separate USG-directed visits will survey Moroccan biosecurity and biosafety legislation, regulation, infrastructure and competence in late 2008. Moroccan authorities welcome these separate visits and additional opportunities to cooperate on biosecurity and biosafet [...]	2008-08-13 06:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO TSPL MO XI XF
08RABAT785	JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY LEADER PRAGMATIC IN [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Justice and Development Party (PJD) Chairman Benkirane told the Ambassador in a recent meeting that the principal reason for the United States' increasingly negative image among Moroccans is the perception that the U.S. has become increasingly pro-Israeli and less objecti [...]	2008-08-22 16:12:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KCOR MO
08RABAT786	MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF QUICK RESOLUTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 16:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RU GG MO
08RABAT797	SUPPORTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT ON [...] (U) Polloff delivered REF A demarche on August 26 regarding support for the UN Security Council statement condemning the Mauritania Coup to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of the Division of International Organizations Ahmed Faouzi. Faouzi said that Morocco is monitoring the situa [...]	2008-08-26 17:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL MO
08RABAT798	MOROCCO CONSIDERS DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NOT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 18:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
08RABAT819	MOROCCO: MOJ READY TO SET DATE FOR MLAT [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Secretary General Mohammed Lididi said that discussions leading toward a renegotiation of the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) currently in force between the Government of Morocco (GOM) and the USG are a "high priority" for his ministry. Although [...]	2008-09-02 15:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PREL KJUS KCRM MO
08RABAT83	MOROCCO: UPSET ABOUT GAZA BLOCKADE BUT SUPPORTIVE [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/Sec-level DG Azeroual, responsible for Arab Affairs, told us that Morocco would work behind the scenes at the Arab League Ministerial for a moderate statement, and would succeed. He underscored, however, that the cut-off of essential supplies to Gaza was unacceptable and a [...]	2008-01-28 10:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LE IS SY MO
08RABAT830	MOROCCO OFFERS MIXED SUPPORT FOR UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 15:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN MO
08RABAT832	MOROCCO FURIOUS WITH UN ON VAN WALSUM REMOVAL, [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Ministry Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita told PolCouns September 4 the GOM was deeply unhappy with the UN and its "bad faith" in ending the UNSYG Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter Van Walsum's mandate, and had conveyed this in a letter to the SYG. Bourita felt the [...]	2008-09-05 16:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PBTS UNSC AG WI MO
08RABAT833	MOROCCAN MFA ON THE ARAB LEAGUE MEETING AND NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In preparation for the Arab League Ministerial, MFA Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual told us that the League had no mechanism to block attendance by Mauritanian junta representatives. He maintained that democracy continued to function there and that [...]	2008-09-05 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PBTS PINS PARM AL AG SY MR MO
08RABAT845	MOROCCO WILL STAND WITH THE ARAB LEAGUE AND OIG [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA MO
08RABAT846	MOROCCO UNDECIDED ON RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO

08RABAT85	MOROCCO INVITES OBSERVERS TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: The Moroccan MFA has agreed to invite observers to the Global Initiative for Combating Nuclear Terrorism Conference (reftel) and has begun to send out invitations. Embassy recommends Department to encourage info addressees from invitee countries to follow-up, [...]	2008-01-28 14:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIC PARMS PREL AU MO
08RABAT850	LEGAL ADVISOR'S DISCUSSION WITH MOROCCAN [...] (C) Summary: Legal Advisor John Bellinger met with Moroccan intelligence chief Mohamed Yasinne Mansouri in Rabat on September 7 to discuss issues related to the repatriation of prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GITMO). Bellinger praised Morocco's cooperation on GTMO repatriations. Man [...]	2008-09-10 12:19:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PHUM PHSA PREL PTER MO
08RABAT853	MOROCCAN ECONOMY HOLDING UP WELL TO CREDIT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent data from the Ministry of Finance, Bank Al-Maghrib, and High Planning Commission highlight the Moroccan economy's resilience in the face of the international credit crisis and the surge in international commodity prices. The country is on track to meet its growth and def [...]	2008-09-11 14:25:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR MO
08RABAT878	FASSI FIHRI CONVOKES PERM 5 PLUS SPAIN TO COMPLAIN [...] (C) On September 16, Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri convoked the Permanent 5 Ambassadors and Charges, plus the Spanish Ambassador, to bemoan the way in which Peter Van Walsum, the UNSYG's former Personal Envoy for the Western Sahara, was treated by the UN and to press for MINURSO [...]	2008-09-16 17:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UN AG WI MO
08RABAT879	MAURITANIAN ENVOY EXPLAINS COUP TO GOM [...] (C) During a long September 16 briefing on Western Sahara (septel),Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri told the Perm 5 Ambassadors and Charges, as well as the Spanish Ambassador, that King Mohammed VI and he had met new Mauritanian Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou in C [...]	2008-09-16 18:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MR MO
08RABAT887	MOROCCO'S NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION STARTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's long-promised Central Commission to Combat Corruption is finally starting to take shape following King Mohammed VI's August 21st appointment of local Transparency International co-founder Abdesselam Aboudrar to head the entity. Aboudrar told us in a September 10 meeting [...]	2008-09-18 15:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR MO
08RABAT89	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from October 1-December 30. During the quarter, two representatives from MEPI's Washington offices visited Morocco. Highlights from existing programs include activities by the Advancing Learning and Employability for a B [...]	2008-01-28 18:47:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO
08RABAT893	CASABLANCA EXCHANGE MIRRORS INTERNATIONAL TRENDS, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Casablanca Stock Exchange mirrored international market developments this week, giving up what remained of the gains it had registered earlier in the year on Monday and Tuesday, before stabilizing and rebounding on Thurday and Friday. As elsewhere, market concerns initially [...]	2008-09-19 16:56:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON MO
08RABAT897	MOROCCO PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 18:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM UNGA MO
08RABAT907	MOROCCO UNDECIDED ON IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTE [...] (C) Poloff attempted to persuade Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane to support Afghanistan as the candidate of choice to fill the vacancy in the IAEA Board of Governors. Farhane stated that Morocco has not yet taken an official position o [...]	2008-09-22 17:59:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	IAEA PARM MNUC MO
08RABAT915	MOROCCO AND WESTERN SAHARA INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS [...] Poloff delivered copies of the 2008 International Religious Freedom Reports (IRFRs) for Morocco and the Western Sahara to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane with other copies to convey to Moroccan Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs Ahm [...]	2008-09-24 17:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO MO
08RABAT918	USG CONCERNS ABOUT UNSC MEETING PASSED TO GOM [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL IS UNSC MO
08RABAT925	MOROCCO SUPPORTS U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] Poloff discussed the U.S. UNGA First Committee resolution on compliance with nonproliferation, arms limitations and disarmament agreements with MFA Head of UN Division Azzedine Farhane on September 26. Farhane said that Morocco will certainly support the resolution. 2. When asked if Morocc [...]	2008-09-26 18:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM CDG PREL UNGA MO
08RABAT926	MOROCCO LIKELY TO ATTEND GI EXERCISE PLANNING [...] Poloff delivered reftel message to MFA Head of UN Division Azzedine Farhane on September 26. Farhane said that Morocco will likely participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Planning Group second meeting in Washington, D.C. on November 13-14. He will forward the [...]	2008-09-26 18:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MO
08RABAT937	LOW TURNOUT AND VOTE BUYING MARS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: A recent Moroccan special election to fill eight parliamentary seats was marred by low voter turnout and accusations of vote buying. Voter participation in the election, which took place in four Atlantic coast cities, was 27%. Increasing public distrust of the efficacy of poli [...]	2008-09-30 12:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT940	MOROCCO: MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES ALGERIA, SAHARA [...] (S) Summary: During an unexpectedly wide-ranging pre-UNGA discussion, MFA International Security Chief Karim Halim (strictly protect) complained about "bumps" in the normally good security cooperation between Morocco and Algeria. Halim griped that the current level of USG military assistance [...]	2008-09-30 17:26:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PBTS MARR NATO AG WI MO
08RABAT942	REQUEST FOR HELP ELIMINATING WATCH LIST HITS ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for International Security Karim Halim, our primary interlocutor on Pol-Mil and Counterterrorism issues, requested Embassy assistance August 29 in helping two Moroccan diplomats whose names are similar to those on USG terror watch lists when they apply for visas or [...]	2008-10-03 07:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS PTER MO
08RABAT956	MOROCCO NOTES OFFICIAL STAND UP OF U.S. AFRICA [...] (SBU) On October 3, 2008, Deputy Polcouns informed Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Security Chief Karim Halim of the stand up of the U.S. Africa Command per reftel. Halim had no substantive comment but thanked D/Polcouns for the notification and said that he would forward [...]	2008-10-08 11:53:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL MO
08RABAT962	MOROCCO CONSIDERS KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) Poloff discussed Serbia's resolution to refer a question on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International Court of Justice with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Service of the Principle Bodies of the United Nations Redoune Houssaini on October 8. [...]	2008-10-09 11:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV MO
08RABAT983	MOROCCO SEEKS TO BLOCK ALGERIAN-PROPOSED [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley, along with all other North and South American Ambassadors, was convoked by the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the Government of Morocco's (GOM) objection to the latest Algerian-proposed UN resolution on Western Sahara. The MFA urged the [...]	2008-10-14 08:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM WI AG UN MO
08RABAT985	REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES TO YEMEN [...] (S) PolOff discussed reftel points with MFA Chief of International Security Karim Halim on October 14. Halim had questions related to the terms of the transfer and said that such a decision had to be made in coordination with the Moroccan military. Halim stated that Morocco does not have a [...]	2008-10-14 14:47:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR YE EG MO
08RABAT993	MISSION MOROCCO MOBILIZED FOR RAMADAN OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary: American and locally employed staff from all sections of Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Morocco mobilized to make the Mission,s Iftars (Ramadan dinners) and extensive outreach programming during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan a success. The Embassy and Consulate General [...]	2008-10-15 18:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KISL KIRF KPAO OIIP PGOV PREL SCUL MO
08RANGOON109	REGIME PROMISES MAY REFERENDUM, ELECTIONS BY 2010 [...] (C) Summary. The GOB on February 9 announced next steps in its roadmap for democracy: it will finish drafting the constitution by April and will hold a referendum on the draft in May 2008; multi-party democratic elections will then occur in 2010. The drafting process did not incorporate vi [...]	2008-02-11 10:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON11	AUSTRALIAN COMPANY TO INVEST IN BURMA'S GAS SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. Australian-owned Danford Equities Corporation will become the next foreign company to invest heavily in the Burmese oil and gas sector when it begins exploration of its offshore gas field in 2008. According to Australian Embassy officials, Danford expects to spend up to $40 mil [...]	2008-01-09 10:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
08RANGOON110	DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 02:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI BM
08RANGOON114	CENSORING THE BURMESE PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Printing and Press Scrutiny Board, comprised of 20 low-level officers, reads and censors every written publication in Burma. The board deletes all taboo material from printed media in the country, including anything critical of the government. Because of low wages for these [...]	2008-02-13 09:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON115	WILDLIFE PROTECTION IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary. Through its small grants program, Embassy Rangoon funds a Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA) mobile education project in the buffer zone surrounding Shwesetaw Wildlife Sanctuary in Magwe Division. The wildlife sanctuary is home to many endangered species th [...]	2008-02-13 10:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON144	BURMA: 88 GENERATION MOBILIZES FOR THE REFERENDUM [...] (C) The 88 Generation Students (88GS) are mobilizing pro-democracy activists throughout Burma for a "vote no" campaign in the regime's upcoming constitutional referendum. During a recent trip to five of Burma's seven divisions, 88 Generation leaders met with NLD members, monks, and political [...]	2008-02-22 11:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON145	BURMA: 88 GENERATION MOBILIZES FOR THE REFERENDUM [...] (C) The 88 Generation Students (88GS) are mobilizing pro-democracy activists throughout Burma for a "vote no" campaign in the regime's upcoming constitutional referendum. During a recent trip to five of Burma's seven divisions, 88 Generation leaders met with NLD members, monks, and political [...]	2008-02-22 11:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON160	BURMA'S GENERALS WANT OUT [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Burmese businessman Zaw Naing told us the senior generals are tired of the increasing international attention and pressure. They are desperate for an exit, but afraid they and their families will be prosecuted, jailed, and their fortunes confiscated. They are determin [...]	2008-02-29 09:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON162	REGIME CRONIES CONTINUE WHEELING AND DEALING [...] (C) Summary. Regime crony Tay Za continues to do business in Burma and Singapore, as he looks for ways to circumvent U.S. sanctions. Within Burma, Tay Za's Htoo Group of Companies is expanding into new sectors. Tay Za plans to open a new shipping company in 2008, using two bulk freighters [...]	2008-03-03 08:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
08RANGOON17	BURMA: GUILT BY ASSOCIATION [...] (C) Summary. The regime may charge detained activist Htin Kyaw with sedition in addition to the other, less serious charges pending against him. His lawyers and family have not been able to see him since he ended his hunger strike on December 30. Authorities arrested NLD member and labor a [...]	2008-01-11 08:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON171	BURMA: TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR GAMBARI,S VISIT [...] (C) Acting UNDP Resident Representative Sanaka Samarasinha (protect) informed us that UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari will arrive in Rangoon at 9:55 a.m. on Thursday March 6 and is tentatively scheduled to depart at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Sunday March 9. While his itinerary has not been [...]	2008-03-05 11:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON18	WARPED THINKING IN BURMA: INSIGHTS FROM AN INSIDER [...] (C) Summary: Yin Yin Oo, a Foreign Ministry official close to Number Three General Thura Shwe Mann and the sister of Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu, has been authorized to engage in general discussions with the US and British Embassies. She contacted Charge just before Christmas to sugges [...]	2008-01-11 10:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
08RANGOON180	PROMOTING LEARNING AND LIVELIHOODS IN CHIN STATE [...] (C) Summary. In a country where many are impoverished and oppressed, the Chins are among the most destitute. Tedim, a town of 13,000 people located in the remote northern Chin hills, depends on sparse agricultural production and remittances from abroad for its meager income. Two Embassy-fun [...]	2008-03-07 07:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON181	BURMA: SUPPORTING STRATEGIES FOR THE REFERENDUM [...] (S/NF) Burma's pro-democracy opposition continues to struggle to organize a coordinated effort to respond to the upcoming constitutional referendum. We expect the regime will continue its severe restrictions on free speech and association, making it impossible for the opposition to carry out [...]	2008-03-07 09:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOVQL PHUM BM PGOV
08RANGOON19	ASSK MEETS WITH REGIME; UN MOVING SLOWLY ON [...] (C) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi met with regime liaison Aung Kyi today at the Government Guest House. It was her first meeting with the regime since November 19. UN Staff told us they are not preparing for any Gambari visit and also informed us that the GOB has still not granted permission fo [...]	2008-01-11 10:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON192	AIR BAGAN SAFETY ISSUES UNCOVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 09:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAIR CASC ASEC BM
08RANGOON203	NASCENT HEALTHCARE IN IRRAWADDY DIVISION [...] (C) Summary. The Hinthada region of Irrawaddy Division is one of Burma's backwaters. Few roads exist for transportation, families have an average of seven children, and dengue, malaria, and diarrhea are the most common killers. While a single midwife provides healthcare in a few villages, m [...]	2008-03-18 07:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM AMED TBIO EAID
08RANGOON208	BURMA: CENSORSHIP AND SOLITARY, BUT NO CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Detained monk U Gambira has been placed in solitary confinement, apparently as punishment for his recent statements urging Burmese to reject the draft constitution. The All Burma Monks Alliance issued a statement urging monks to boycott upcoming state-sponsored religious exams but did not [...]	2008-03-19 09:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON210	BURMA - WHY THE KYAT IS APPRECIATING AGAINST THE DOLLAR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Burmese kyat, traditionally one of the weakest currencies in Southeast Asia, continues to appreciate against the declining U.S. dollar. Since September 2007, the market rate of the kyat has risen by 19 percent. Burmese economists see the kyat's appreciation as primarily du [...]	2008-03-19 09:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL BM
08RANGOON214	DRL SPECIAL BURMA RESPONSE FUND - EMBASSY [...] Per reftel, Embassy Rangoon acknowledges the terms of the transfer of $100,000 to Post for projects in Burma. 2. Embassy Rangoon contacts for the grant are: --Financial Officer: Craig Shaw. Mr. Shaw will assist the P/E section with financial transactions related to this grant. He wil [...]	2008-03-20 08:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KDEM PREL BM
08RANGOON215	DISORGANIZATION AND DISUNITY PRECEDE BURMA'S [...] (C) Summary: As the regime's planned constitutional referendum draws nearer, the opposition remains disorganized and scattered. Infighting among pro-democracy groups continues, with tension between the NLD's senior leaders, ethnic pro-democracy leaders, and the NLD's younger members coming [...]	2008-03-20 10:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON222	TOP CRONIES FEELING THE PINCH OF U.S. SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite public statements that U.S. sanctions have little effect on regime cronies' ability to do business, Embassy contacts tell us that the top cronies -- Tay Za, Steven Law, and Aung Thet Mann -- are running scared. Tay Za's purchase of two bulk cargo ships from Korea recent [...]	2008-03-25 09:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
08RANGOON234	BURMA: DRAFT CONSTITUTION REVEALED AMIDST ABUSES [...] (C) We have obtained what appears to be Burmese-language version of the regime's draft constitution. The draft essentially restated the National Convention's 104 basic principles but also granted immunity to the SPDC and ensured the status quo until the new parliament is convened. On March [...]	2008-03-28 10:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON248	BURMA: YOUNG ACTIVISTS ADVOCATE NEW APPROACHES [...] (C) Summary: Young pro-democracy activists advocate new, more creative approaches to bringing political change inside Burma. The current pro-democracy movement has been weakened severely by the arrests and crackdown after the September protests. It lacks leadership, strategic planning, and [...]	2008-04-03 10:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON253	BURMESE TAX ISSUES DELAY SHWE GAS SALES [...] (C) Summary. According to company officials, Daewoo remains committed to selling Shwe gas to PetroChina and could finalize a sales contract within the next two months. However, the Burmese Government's recent demands that Daewoo pay additional taxes - up to 10 percent more on production reve [...]	2008-04-07 11:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET SENV BM
08RANGOON254	DIVERGENT VIEWS ABOUT BURMA'S REFERENDUM [...] (C) While many members of Burma's pro-democracy opposition have decided to "vote no" in the upcoming constitutional referendum, other members often referred to as the "Third Force", are urging the public to vote "yes" as an attempt to compromise with the military. The NLD has begun an educat [...]	2008-04-07 11:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON26	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR EMBASSY RANGOON [...] Per reftel, this is Embassy Rangoon's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement. Preface: U.S. Investment Subject to Sanctions --------------------------------------------- - 2. On May 20, 1997, by Executive Order 13047, the President imposed economic sanctions prohibiting n [...]	2008-01-15 10:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BM
08RANGOON274	BURMA'S THINGYAN: IN WITH A SPLASH OUT WITH A BLAST [...] (SBU) Witnesses reported isolated instances of referendum campaigning during last week's Thingyan water festival but described the festivities as overwhelmingly free of overt political activity by either side. However, several opposition activists were assaulted and arrested over Thingyan, a [...]	2008-04-21 11:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON275	BURMA'S THINGYAN: IN WITH A SPLASH OUT WITH A BLAST [...] (SBU) Witnesses reported isolated instances of referendum campaigning during last week's Thingyan water festival but described the festivities as overwhelmingly free of overt political activity by either side. However, several opposition activists were assaulted and arrested over Thingyan, a [...]	2008-04-22 00:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON276	BURMA'S THINGYAN: IN WITH A SPLASH, OUT WITH A BANG [...] (SBU) Witnesses reported isolated instances of referendum campaigning during last week's Thingyan water festival but described the festivities as overwhelmingly free of overt political activity by either side. However, several opposition activists were assaulted and arrested over Thingyan, a [...]	2008-04-22 00:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON278	THE CHALLENGES OF COMBATING TB IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. Tuberculosis is a growing health concern in Burma, with more than 130,000 new cases of TB diagnosed a year. The WHO estimates that more than 40 percent of Burma's population could be infected with the disease. The Burmese Government, through its National TB Program (NTP) is w [...]	2008-04-22 10:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM
08RANGOON279	BURMA: LACK OF TB DRUGS A LOOMING PROBLEM [...] (SBU) Summary. Burma is one of 22 tuberculosis high-burden countries in the world. The Government's National TB Program (NTP),active in all of Burma's 324 townships, reported a case detection rate of 95 percent of all infectious cases and had a treatment rate of 83.6 percent in 2006. The [...]	2008-04-22 10:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM
08RANGOON283	PRESERVING THE CHATTHIN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY [...] (C) Summary. The Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary, established to preserve some of the last remaining habitat of the Eld's or golden deer, has come under threat in recent years due to lack of sufficient fuel wood and building materials in the surrounding villages. The New Generation Library Associ [...]	2008-04-24 09:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SENV ECON
08RANGOON284	BURMA: "VOTE NO" CAMPAIGN PROCEEDS SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: 88 Generation continued their vote "no" campaign during the April water festival, and are working now to organize local "watch groups" throughout Burma to volunteer to observe vote counts at local precincts. The regime may have already complicated this plan as papers released t [...]	2008-04-24 10:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON300	POST RESPONSE: FOLLOWING UP ON THE ACTIVISTS FOR [...] Embassy Rangoon fully supports the President's Freedom Agenda. The Chief of Mission has made every effort to meet leaders and members of Burma's pro-democracy opposition and to encourage the United Nations and diplomatic counterparts in Rangoon to do so as well. To further this goal, the Chi [...]	2008-04-30 10:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON301	BURMA: NLD STRUGGLES TO MONITOR THE REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: The NLD is struggling to organize volunteers to monitor polling for the regime's May 10 constitutional referendum. Each NLD Division chair is responsible for organizing observers for his/her own division, but we detected little coordination among them. The NLD's lead organizer [...]	2008-04-30 10:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON303	BURMA: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES [...] (SBU) Summary. Although food and agricultural commodity prices are rising worldwide at unprecedented rates, Burma has not experienced the same rise in prices. Aggregate prices of rice, Burma's most important food staple, have remained relatively stable - the nationwide average price per kilo [...]	2008-04-30 12:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL BM
08RANGOON306	BURMA: PREPARATIONS FOR CYCLONE NARGIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cyclone Nargis is headed for Burma's Irrawaddy Delta and expected to make landfall this evening. Embassy Rangoon has issued warden messages and phoned coastal beach resorts. The DATT's office is attempting to establish direct contact with the regional commander of the effected [...]	2008-05-02 10:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON310	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS DISASTER ALERT [...] Cyclone Nargis winds hit Rangoon shortly after 0000 local time on May 3. The storm picked up intensity around 0200 local time until 0600 when the eye of the storm passed over Rangoon. From 0700 to 1030 local time, heavy rain added to the winds. Reports indicate that the storm also severely [...]	2008-05-05 07:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON313	DRL SPECIAL BURMA RESPONSE FUND [...] Per reftel, Embassy Rangoon acknowledges the terms of the transfer of $20,000 to Post for projects in Burma. 2. Embassy Rangoon contacts for the grant are: --Financial Officer: Craig Shaw. Mr. Shaw will assist the P/E section with financial transactions related to this grant. He will [...]	2008-05-05 11:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KDEM PREL BM
08RANGOON315	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS DECLARATION OF DISASTER [...] This is an action cable. Please see paras 5 and 9. 2. As a result of Cyclone Nargis, which occurred on May 3, 2008 (Ref A),the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is beyond the capability of the host government to respond, is of sufficient magnitude to warrant U.S. Governme [...]	2008-05-05 12:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TBIO EAID VM
08RANGOON317	EAC TEMPLATE [...] (SBU) On May 5, Embassy Rangoon convened an EAC meeting to discuss the situation following Cyclone Nargis which struck Burma the evening of May 2 and morning of May 3. The DCM chaired the meeting. The EAC reviewed the tripwires in Post's Emergency Action Plan for a natural disaster and agre [...]	2008-05-05 13:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC AMGT PREL AEMR BM
08RANGOON318	EMBASSY CONVENES EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) Disregard Rangoon 317 sent in error. 2. (SBU) On May 5, Embassy Rangoon convened an EAC meeting to discuss the situation following Cyclone Nargis which struck Burma the evening of May 2 and morning of May 3. The DCM chaired the meeting. The EAC reviewed the tripwires in Post's Eme [...]	2008-05-05 13:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC AMGT PREL AEMR BM
08RANGOON319	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 1 [...] (SBU) Summary. All Embassy facilities suffered some damage from Cyclone Nargis on May 3, five residences are currently without water, and one residence has been rendered uninhabitable. Post is working to secure fuel and food supplies for facilities and personnel, and has requested authorized [...]	2008-05-05 13:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON320	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 2 [...] (SBU) The GOB reported Cyclone Nargis killed over 15,000 persons, most in the Irrawaddy delta region. Food, water, and fuel shortages continued throughout Rangoon. While some neighborhoods had limited water service restored, government-provided electricity was still out. There were reports [...]	2008-05-06 09:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON327	BURMA: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF CYCLONE NARGIS [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, the regime announced it would proceed with its constitutional referendum, except for the five regions it had declared disaster areas, including Rangoon. Aung San Suu Kyi weathered the storm, but the "vote no" campaigns of both the NLD and 88 [...]	2008-05-06 10:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM EAID
08RANGOON330	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 3 [...] (SBU) POST OPERATIONS: As of May 7, Embassy Rangoon resumed operating on city power again. We continue to receive two diesel shipments per day. The consular section has suspended visa operations until May 21 to focus on American Citizen Services. Post's Authorized Departure Task Force met [...]	2008-05-07 08:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON333	BURMA: THE POLITICS OF CYCLONE NARGIS ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The UN estimates over 1.5 million Burmese are in urgent need of food, water, and shelter in Irrawaddy and Rangoon Division. Today, the Minister of Social Welfare agreed to allow the UN to send local staff liaisons to GOB operations centers in the Delta, and seemed receptive to [...]	2008-05-07 12:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON335	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 4 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Embassy Rangoon continued to operate on city power and we expect to top off our diesel tanks tomorrow. All FSNs will be allowed administrative leave at 1200 on May 9 to repair their homes. The American Center will reopen on May 12. So far 22 family members have e [...]	2008-05-08 08:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON345	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 5 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Four eligible family members are scheduled to depart for Bangkok on May 9. The remaining eight EFMs who want to depart are scheduled to leave on May 13. The Embassy continued to operate on city power, and we continued to receive diesel shipments. New welfare and [...]	2008-05-09 07:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON348	BURMA: SLOWLY POWERING UP RANGOON [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Embassy contacts, Cyclone Nargis damaged approximately 80 percent of Rangoon's electricity facilities, including overhead cables and power substations. The Government continues to work to resume electricity supply throughout the city, and has restored power to si [...]	2008-05-09 11:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET SENV BM
08RANGOON349	BURMA: PRYING OPEN THE DOOR FOR HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (C) Summary: The OFDA DART team will not be granted visas "for the moment" and other missions are having mixed success obtaining entry for their disaster assistance experts. The GOB turned back 62 medics that arrived on a chartered relief flight from Bangladesh. The UN has had mixed succes [...]	2008-05-09 12:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON352	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 6 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Embassy Rangoon continued to operate on city power and had topped off its diesel fuel tanks. On May 9, four EFMs departed post for Bangkok. On May 13, six more EFM will depart post for Bangkok. Only one new welfare and whereabouts inquiry came in overnight and co [...]	2008-05-12 07:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON356	REFERENDUM PROCEEDS AS SCHEDULED [...] (C) Summary. The GOB went ahead with its referendum on May 10 in the areas of the country that were not affected by Cyclone Nargis. On a diplomatic tour, two Embassy officers visited eight polling stations in two cities, Myeik and Kyaingtone. We did not see any significant disturbances, but [...]	2008-05-12 11:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON358	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 7 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Embassy Rangoon continued to operate on city power and had full diesel fuel tanks. On May 13, the remaining six EFMs who had requested to depart will leave post for Bangkok. No criminal incidents involving American staff or families were reported 2. (SBU) C-13 [...]	2008-05-13 07:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON365	BURMA: NO EVIDENCE RELIEF SUPPLIES ARE BEING [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Rangoon has combed all of Rangoon's markets and found no evidence that donated humanitarian relief supplies have been diverted and sold. Likewise, NGOs and UN staff in the Delta told us they have seen no evidence relief supplies have been diverted from there either. T [...]	2008-05-13 10:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM EAID
08RANGOON376	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 8 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Embassy Rangoon operated on city power and had full diesel fuel tanks. As of May 13, all EFMs who asked to leave had departed post and were in Bangkok. Further to pending welfare and whereabouts inquires, consular currently has only two Amcits unaccounted for and [...]	2008-05-14 07:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON379	BURMA: HEALTH SITUATION IN IRRAWADDY DELTA [...] (SBU) Summary. According to the World Health Organization (WHO),health conditions in the Irrawaddy Delta continue to deteriorate, as hundreds of thousands of people lack access to food, potable water, shelter, and medicines. Shipments of water were beginning to reach the delta and a senior [...]	2008-05-14 11:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM
08RANGOON384	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 9 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Embassy Rangoon operated on city power and had full diesel fuel tanks. The EAC reviewed post's authorized departure and will recommend that the Department extend it, subject to another review in ten days. All Amcit welfare and whereabouts inquires have been resolve [...]	2008-05-15 07:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON387	FOLLOWING THE RELIEF SUPPLY CHAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. U Aung Tun Khaing of the Department of Social Welfare explained a three-part system through which the GOB has thus far delivered 1,816 tons of international relief supplies to Cyclone Nargis victims. The supplies, transported to the affected regions primarily by ship, reach tw [...]	2008-05-15 10:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON392	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 10 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Embassy Rangoon operated on city power and had full diesel fuel tanks. Consular received no new Amcit welfare and whereabouts inquires and all previous inquiries have been resolved. No criminal incidents involving American staff were reported. 2. (SBU) U.S. RE [...]	2008-05-16 07:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON398	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 11 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Embassy Rangoon operated on city power and had full diesel fuel tanks. Amcit, reported in Rangoon 376 as being diagnosed with gastroentitis and dehydration at the Mawlamyine hospital, departed Rangoon for Germany on May 20. The consular section will resume visa se [...]	2008-05-20 07:30:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON400	BURMA: CRONIES TOLD TO REBUILD THE DELTA [...] (C) Summary: Nay Win Maung, director of local NGO Myanmar Egress, shared with pol/econ chief a list of GOB ministers given responsibility and oversight for the rescue and rehabilitation of seven townships in the cyclone affected areas, and the various cronies the government assigned to finan [...]	2008-05-20 12:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM EAID
08RANGOON404	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 18 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Embassy Rangoon operated on city power and had full diesel fuel tanks. The consular section resumed visa services on May 21. No criminal incidents involving American staff were reported. 2. (SBU) U.S. RELIEF FLIGHTS: Five C-130 flights carrying relief supplie [...]	2008-05-21 07:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON408	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO.13 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Embassy Rangoon operated on city power and had full diesel fuel tanks. Consular operations have returned to normal. No criminal incidents involving American staff were reported. 2. (SBU) U.S. RELIEF FLIGHTS: Five C-130 flights carrying relief supplies were cl [...]	2008-05-22 06:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON411	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 14 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Embassy Rangoon operated on city power and had full diesel fuel tanks. Most Embassy residences have returned to city power. No criminal incidents involving American staff were reported. 2. (SBU) U.S. RELIEF FLIGHTS: Five C-130 flights carrying relief supplies [...]	2008-05-23 06:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON413	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 15 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Embassy Rangoon operated on city power and had full diesel fuel tanks. Most Embassy residences have returned to city power. No criminal incidents involving American staff were reported. 2. (SBU) U.S. RELIEF FLIGHTS: Over the three-day weekend, five C-130 flig [...]	2008-05-27 06:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON414	BURMA PORTS CONTINUE LIMITED OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The Burmese Port Authority has opened all four of Rangoon's ports, albeit for limited operations. Myanmar International Terminal Thilawa (MITT) continues to receive the majority of incoming ships, as the Port Authority continues to dredge the Rangoon River and repair jetties at [...]	2008-05-27 07:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON ETRD PGOV PREL BM
08RANGOON418	BURMA: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Embassy Rangoon is not aware of any ongoing investment disputes in Burma. U.S. law has prohibited investment in Burma since 1997. 2. Primary point of contact for issues relevant to the report is: Samantha A. Carl-Yoder Economic Officer (95) (1) 536-509 ext. 4227 Carl-YoderSA@state.g [...]	2008-05-27 11:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV BM
08RANGOON422	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS SITREP NO. 16 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY OPERATIONS: Embassy Rangoon operated on city power and had full diesel fuel tanks. Most Embassy residences have returned to city power, and Management is now focusing on clearing debris away from properties. No criminal incidents involving American staff were reported. 2. [...]	2008-05-28 06:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BM
08RANGOON434	FORCED RELOCATION AND MORE DEATH IN BURMA'S DELTA [...] (C) Summary: Over the last week, Embassy Rangoon has received increasing reports the regime is forcing Cyclone Nargis victims to leave government-run and private shelters and return to their villages. Local sources and UN employees confirm that forced relocation by the military in storm aff [...]	2008-06-02 08:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM EAID
08RANGOON46	HOW MYANMAR ECONOMIC HOLDINGS (MEHL) REALLY WORKS [...] (C) Summary. Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd. (MEHL),one of approximately 55 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Burma, is also one of the most powerful and corrupt organizations in the country. Established in 1990 by the Ministry of Defense, active and retired military currently control 70 per [...]	2008-01-22 06:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL BM
08RANGOON468	BURMA: HELICOPTERS RESOLVED, ACCESS STILL A PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary: Advance teams for the post Nargis assessment visited the Delta June 5-7 and found that 50-75 percent of the population in the worst affected areas perished in the cyclone. Some teams confronted difficulties with access in the areas they visited. World Bank and ADB officials wh [...]	2008-06-10 12:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM EAID
08RANGOON477	BURMA: SOUTHERN DELTA VICTIMS STILL NEGLECTED [...] (SBU) Summary. An Embassy Rangoon small grantee recently returned from the lower delta reported a lack of any organized relief efforts in much of the area south of Labutta. While the Burma Army was camped nearby, so far soldiers had not provided any significant assistance to cyclone victim [...]	2008-06-12 07:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON478	ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 10:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KNNP IR BM
08RANGOON481	BURMA: NGOS REPORT SUCCESS BUT EMPHASIZE THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Over 70 NGOs are now actively engaged in disaster relief efforts, employing several thousand staff, including over 1,000 international aid workers, and report success in delivering aid to many survivors of Cyclone Nargis, meeting a range of needs. However, they stress that the [...]	2008-06-13 09:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON487	BURMA: REGIME ARRESTS MORE DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: 88 Generation leader Myat Thu was arrested June 13. His colleague and close Embassy contact, Toe Kyaw Hlaing, has gone into hiding to avoid being taken into custody. The regime also arrested activist and journalist Zaw Thet Htwe, who had collaborated with activist/comedian Zar [...]	2008-06-16 10:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON498	BURMA: REGIME THUGS CRASH ASSK,S PARTY [...] (C) Summary. On June 19, regime thugs disrupted a peaceful gathering to celebrate Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday and arrested at least four participants at NLD headquarters in Rangoon. Another ceremony by the NLD in Taunggot, Rakhine State proceeded without incident. Rumors of 88 Generation S [...]	2008-06-19 10:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM

08RANGOON501	BURMA: 2007 COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for a report on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counter-narcotics efforts, based on benchmarks established in the prior year, in preparation for the FY 2008 certification process. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of 2007 Certification Report Card: [...]	2008-06-20 09:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM BM
08RANGOON507	JTF-CARING RESPONSE: TERMINATION OF RELIEF [...] (U) Joint Task Force Caring Response (JTF-CR) has performed magnificently in responding to the humanitarian and disaster relief needs of Burma after Cyclone Nargis caused widespread devastation. Quickly identifying the need for delivery and distribution of humanitarian relief supplies, JTF-CR [...]	2008-06-23 10:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL BM
08RANGOON508	BURMA'S SENIOR GENERAL SHAKES UP THE MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: On June 20, Senior General Than Shwe announced over one hundred key promotions, retirements, and changes for high and mid-ranking military officers. Three senior members of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) were retired from their military positions, although it is [...]	2008-06-23 10:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM EAID
08RANGOON518	BURMA: PROMOTING DEMOCRATIC CHANGE THROUGH CYCLONE [...] (C) Summary: Except for a few isolated cases highlighted by the Burmese exile press, private relief efforts in the Delta are proceeding unhindered by the GOB, including those undertaken by pro-democracy groups. These efforts are widespread and crucial to covering gaps in the government's inept [...]	2008-06-27 11:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM EAID
08RANGOON528	BURMA CYCLONE: USAID/OFDA POST NARGIS JOINT ASSESSMENT [...] Following the May 25 International Pledging Conference, the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) coordinating body initiated the Post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA) to produce a common assessment report that covers immediate humanitarian needs through the Village Tract Assessment (VTA) and reconstruc [...]	2008-07-02 04:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV KSCA TBIO VM EAGR PREF
08RANGOON530	BURMA: NO EVIDENCE OF LAND SEIZURES IN DELTA [...] (C) Summary. Officials from various UN agencies, NGOs, and the private sector have confirmed that the Burmese Government has not seized land from farmers in the Irrawaddy Delta, despite rumors and news reports to the contrary. According to Burmese law, the government is the sole property own [...]	2008-07-02 08:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BM
08RANGOON534	BURMA CYCLONE: USAID/OFDA SITUATION REPORT #35 [...] On July 3, Post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA) and Government of Burma (GOB) representatives attended a "sounding session" to consult on the Village Tract Assessment preliminary findings. As of June 30, the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) had completed phase I of the early recovery Basic Serv [...]	2008-07-07 08:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV KSCA TBIO VM EAGR PREF
08RANGOON540	BURMA: POST NARGIS BOGALE - DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) On a recent three-day trip to the delta, rural cyclone victims in Bogale township told us that they most needed cash to help re-establish their livelihoods. All three of the villages we visited suffered extensive damage as a result of Nargis, but had begun rebuilding on their own. The [...]	2008-07-09 08:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BM EAID SENV KSCA TBIO VM EAGR PREF
08RANGOON557	CONTINUING THE PURSUIT OF DEMOCRACY IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Embassy Rangoon pol/econ chief departs Post this week after ending a two-year tour that saw the largest political uprising in Burma in twenty years, the arrest and imprisonment of the pro-democracy opposition's most talented leaders, and the worst natural disaster in Burma's recorded history. [...]	2008-07-14 06:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON575	BURMA: ENCOURAGING COOPERATION ON TIP WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary. Recognizing that the majority of Burmese trafficking victims cross Burma's long, porous borders into China and Thailand, the Burmese Government, in conjunction with several international NGOs, is working with the Chinese and Thai Governments to establish bilateral liaison offices [...]	2008-07-18 06:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM
08RANGOON584	ILO SAYS NO COMPLAINTS OF FORCED LABOR IN DELTA [...] (C) Summary. Although the exile press continues to report on forced labor in the Irrawaddy Delta after Cyclone Nargis, the ILO Liaison Office has yet to receive any specific forced labor complaints or evidence of forced labor in the delta. According to ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall, th [...]	2008-07-22 06:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON59	BURMA: ANGER AND TENSION IN KACHIN STATE [...] (C) Summary: The situation in Kachin State has grown more tense since the September protests. During the protests, approximately 200 monks demonstrated in Myitkyina, led by the monks from the local monastery training school. Only one monk remains in prison today, but few have returned to th [...]	2008-01-25 07:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON595	SHAN STATE: TRAINING TRAINERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. The Hsai Pen Media Group (HPMG) spent nearly two weeks in June training Shan youth leaders on raising awareness of human rights and democracy using Embassy small grants funds. The hands-on training targeted 12 youth who have already taken leadership roles in their communities. On [...]	2008-07-25 08:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON599	BURMA: HARSHER SENTENCES FOR BLOGGERS AND MUSLIMS [...] (C) Summary. Embassy sources report that activist blogger Nay Phone Latt will be tried this week in a special court at Insein Prison. Ten mostly Muslim youth were sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labor last week for their alleged participation in last September's peaceful pro-d [...]	2008-07-29 08:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON607	PRIVATE KAREN GROUP PROVIDES STORM VICTIMS CARE [...] (C) Summary. The Karen Medical Consortium (KMC) used funds from several donors, including Embassy Rangoon, to treat over 1,200 cyclone victims for medical problems in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. In their four trips to the delta region in which they visited fourteen villages, 60 percent [...]	2008-07-31 08:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON609	BURMA: NATURAL GAS TO BE SOLD TO CHINA, THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. Daewoo, the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE),and China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) on June 20 signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the sale of Shwe Gas to China by 2012. According to Daewoo, the two companies have yet to finalize the gas price, but should sign a fi [...]	2008-07-31 08:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
08RANGOON610	RESOURCE CENTER CONNECTS LOCAL GROUPS WITH FUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary. The newly-created Local Resource Center (LRC) serves to connect local organizations with one another and potential donors to conduct projects in the Irrawaddy delta. According to the LRC's main advisor, Karl Dorning, the groups with the greatest need and the fewest funding opp [...]	2008-07-31 09:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON617	BURMA: REGIME WARY OF MONKS AND ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary. Sources have confirmed reports this week that nine monks arrested on July 15 are still being held in Insein prison. The regime delayed announcing the results of monks' religious examinations until this week, but sources reported the number of passing candidates was expected to b [...]	2008-08-01 07:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON635	BURMA: QUIET THUS FAR IN ADVANCE OF 8/8/88 [...] (C) GOB authorities have visibly increased security in Rangoon and Mandalay in the lead-up to Friday's 20th anniversary of the 8/8/88 crackdown on pro-democracy protests, and we have issued a warden message to the American Community. However, our contacts report they see no evidence oppositi [...]	2008-08-06 08:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON64	US SPEAKER ERIC STOVER HELPS DOCUMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: On December 10-22, 2007, Dr. Eric Stover, Director of the Human Rights Center at the University of California at Berkeley, spoke with a number of key dissident groups and student activists in Burma, including two local human rights organizations and leaders of the 88 Generation [...]	2008-01-28 09:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OIIP PHUM BM
08RANGOON649	BURMA: ARRESTS AND SILENCE ON 8/8/08 [...] (C) Authorities maintained a visible security presence in Rangoon and Mandalay on August 8, although our sources reported there were no significant demonstrations or commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the 8/8/88 uprising in the country's two largest cities. NLD sources in Rakhine Sta [...]	2008-08-11 09:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON661	BURMA: MORE ARRESTS AND RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 12, police arrested two of the five MPs-elect who denounced the regime's "roadmap to democracy" in a July 21 letter to the UN Secretary General and the UN Security Council. Sources also confirmed the June 12 arrest of activist Myat Thu for his cyclone relief work, but [...]	2008-08-14 08:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON677	BURMA: SHARP DECLINE IN TOURISM [...] (C) Summary. Burma's tourism industry continues to suffer from the twin effects of the regime's violent crackdown in September 2007 and Cyclone Nargis in May. Tourism dropped by 10 percent in 2007, despite a record-breaking number of visitors in the first eight months of the year. Tourism [...]	2008-08-22 08:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BM
08RANGOON678	GAMBARI COOLS HIS HEELS IN BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Five days into his latest visit to Burma, UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari has yet to meet with any decision makers. To date, Gambari has had meetings with a number of GOB ministers, pro-regime groups and international organizations, as well as two sessions with the National L [...]	2008-08-22 09:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON693	BURMA: BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANIES TO DIVEST FROM [...] (C) Summary. Aviation industry officials confirm that at least two Lloyds of London insurance underwriters, RFIB and Munich Re, will divest from Burma by not automatically renewing their reinsurance contracts. The divestment -- at least partially the result of pressure from Burma Campaign [...]	2008-08-28 08:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAIR EWWT BM
08RANGOON698	BURMA: USING THE HUNDI SYSTEM TO TRANSFER MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary. Prompted by government restrictions on foreign currency holdings and U.S. financial sanctions, many Burmese opt to transfer U.S. dollars in and out of Burma through informal channels, known colloquially as the "hundi system." The system links Burmese money changers and busin [...]	2008-09-02 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
08RANGOON706	BURMESE TIMBER EXPORTS ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) The value and quantity of Burmese timber exports increased dramatically in 2007, up six percent and 26 percent respectively over last year's figures. Timber industry experts predict that 2008 will be a record year for Burmese timber exports, despite international sanctions on Burmese [...]	2008-09-08 04:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD BM
08RANGOON710	BURMA: MAI LEASES AIR BAGAN PLANE [...] (C) Myanmar Airways International (MAI),one of Burma's two international carriers, recently signed a three-month lease with Air Bagan for a Fokker 100, which will service its flights from Rangoon to Bangkok. MAI assured us that potential safety concerns were addressed through a third party [...]	2008-09-08 09:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAIR CASC ASEC BM
08RANGOON714	POSSIBLE INCREASED SCRUTINY OF EMBASSY RANGOON [...] (C) The GOB publicly accused detained human rights activist U Myint Aye September 7 of accepting money from our former assistant public affairs officer (APAO),among others, for the purposes of committing "subversive acts." One accusation was a bombing against a government-affiliated group. [...]	2008-09-09 09:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO BM
08RANGOON720	PRESSURE INCREASING ON BURMESE ACTIVISTS AS [...] (C) Embassy contacts confirm that GOB security forces arrested 88 Generation Student (88GS) activist Nilar Thein late on the evening of September 10. Separately, 35 88GS activists who were arrested in August 2007 were charged on September 9 and 11 with libel against friendly foreign powers a [...]	2008-09-12 09:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON724	CHARGE MEETS BURMA FOREIGN MINISTER: CIVIL [...] (C) In a September 15 initial meeting with Burmese Foreign Minister Nyan Win, Charge reiterated the USG's strongly held views on human rights and political reform. The FM regretted Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) refusal to meet with UN Special Representative Gambari and Liaison Minister Aung Kyi. [...]	2008-09-16 09:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON734	ON ANNIVERSARY OF MONK-LED PROTESTS, RUMORS ABOUND [...] (C) GOB authorities visibly increased security in Rangoon in the lead-up to the September 18 anniversary of the start of last year's monk-led protests in Rangoon. Rumors of impending protests continue, and one Buddhist monk unsuccessfully attempted suicide at the Shwedagon Pagoda, perhaps in [...]	2008-09-18 10:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON741	BURMA: INDUSTRY MINISTER'S FAMILY BENEFITS FROM [...] (C) Pyi Aung and Nay Aung are sons of Minister of Industry-1 U Aung Thaung. Pyi Aung is also the son-in-law of Vice Senior General Maung Aye. The two brothers own Aung Yee Phyo Co. Ltd., IGE Co. Ltd., and UNOG Co. Ltd., and continue to use their family connections and close ties to the regi [...]	2008-09-19 09:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
08RANGOON749	BURMESE CIVILIAN OFFERS TO SELL PURPORTED URANIUM [...] (S//REL to USA, ACGU) Per Ref A, Post is alerting the Department and Washington agencies that on XXXXXXXXXXXX after USDAO Rangoon received guidance from DIA, a Burmese civilian met with members of USDAO Rangoon and offered to sell Uranium-238. The individual had initially contacted the USDAO eight [...]	2008-09-23 08:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR BM
08RANGOON75	POLITICS OF EXPORTING RICE [...] (C) Summary. Exporting rice is a money-making business for the few who receive permits. Traditionally, the Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC),a state-owned enterprise run by the Department of Defense, works with Regional Commanders to export any rice surpluses, funneling the profits back t [...]	2008-01-31 09:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
08RANGOON750	BURMESE GEM AND JADE EXPORTS ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) The value of Burmese jade and gem exports increased substantially in 2007, up 38 percent from 2006. Jade sales accounted for 90 percent of the total. Trade analysts predict 2008 exports will exceed 2007 levels and could reach more than USD 650 million. Burma's jade and gems are sold [...]	2008-09-23 09:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD BM
08RANGOON751	BURMA: USING DRL FUNDS FOR ELECTIONS CONFERENCE [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para 7. The Hsia Pen Media Group, a past recipient of Embassy Rangoon small grants funding, plans to host a conference for approximately 130 Shan and Kachin youth, November 20-24, 2008, in Northern Shan State. During the conference, participants w [...]	2008-09-24 04:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON753	MARKERS REGARDING A NEW USAID PROPOSAL FOR BURMA [...] (C) Embassy Rangoon offers a few thoughts as the interagency considers how best to address assistance for Burma. A new assistance mechanism to allow a rapid, flexible response to new opportunities for democratic development in Burma is important. We stand ready to work closely with Washing [...]	2008-09-24 09:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID BM
08RANGOON754	BURMA -- ASSK'S LAWYER ON FILING OF APPEAL, ASSK [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer Kyi Win (aka Neville) told us September 23 he plans to file his client's appeal in Nay Pyi Taw by October 3. The appeal will challenge the lack of justification for ASSK's detention under Burmese law and the failure of authorities to investigate the 2003 attack o [...]	2008-09-24 09:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON758	BOMB BLAST CONFIRMED IN DOWNTOWN RANGOON [...] (C) Summary. A bomb exploded at a bus station in downtown Rangoon the morning of September 25. Reports of casualties vary, some indicating as many as two deaths and seven injuries. Post disseminated an internal message and a consular warden message about the bombing. We have received no r [...]	2008-09-25 08:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM ASEC CASC
08RANGOON759	REQUEST FOR RHYTHM ROAD PROGRAMMING [...] Post wishes to participate in the Rhythm Road - American Music Abroad Program in 2009. Post's first choice is an urban music group and second choice is zydeco. Post can program the group for five days, preferably during the months of January or February (Burma's dry season) in the country's [...]	2008-09-25 09:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL
08RANGOON76	BURMA: SU SU NWE AND U GAMBIRA CHARGED [...] (C) Summary. The regime charged at least seven more detained political activists, including Su Su Nwe and U Gambira. If convicted, U Gambira could get as much as three years in prison while Su Su Nwe could be imprisoned for over 20 years. The ILO remains interested in Su Su Nwe's case but w [...]	2008-01-31 10:30:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON763	BURMA: IVANHOE TRYING TO DIVEST, SHUTS MINE [...] (C) Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Co., Ltd. (MICCL),a joint venture between Canadian company Ivanhoe Mines Ltd and state-owned Mining Enterprise-1, operates one of Burma's two copper mines. Ivanhoe continues to have financial difficulties with the GOB - including a freeze on its bank account and [...]	2008-09-26 10:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PGOV PREL BM
08RANGOON765	SANCTIONING STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES [...] (C) The Burmese Government dominates the country's economy, using its 46 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to capture profits from the sale of timber, gems, oil and gas, and minerals. In 2007, according to Burmese consultants Business Investment Group, SOEs earned more than USD 3 billion in pr [...]	2008-09-29 10:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
08RANGOON775	BURMA - DEFIANCE AND TENSIONS MARK NLD'S 20TH [...] (C) Despite a recent warning from authorities to refrain from criticizing the regime, the NLD celebrated its 20th anniversary by publicly castigating the constitution and making clear the party's political agenda remains based on the 1990 parliamentary elections. All eyes at the September 27 [...]	2008-09-30 09:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON783	MAKING ENDS MEET IN THE DELTA [...] (C) CDA and Embassy officers visited Kyone Hla and San Khan Chaung villages in Labutta Township in Burma's cyclone-affected Irrawaddy delta September 23. Beneficiaries of agricultural livelihood projects being implemented by International Development Enterprises (IDE) and funded by USAID/OF [...]	2008-10-01 09:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON786	GLOBAL FUND'S PROPOSAL TO RETURN TO BURMA: A [...] (C) As instructed reftel, Charge conveyed, point-by-point, USG concerns and conditions regarding Burma's potential application for Round Nine of the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM at an October 2 meeting in Rangoon to select a donor representative to the Country Coordin [...]	2008-10-03 09:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV BM
08RANGOON793	RUSSIA IN BURMA: UN ROLES; NUCLEAR COOPERATION; [...] (C) Charge's Oct. 7 courtesy call on Russian Ambassador to Burma Mikhail Mgeladze included discussion of current UN efforts to influence events in Burma and a sketch of Russia's activities in country. Many political observers in Rangoon believe Russia has more access to influential Government [...]	2008-10-07 09:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNUC UN RS BM
08RANGOON806	BURMA: ASSK FILES APPEAL; REGIME CONTINUES [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) attorney confirmed that his assistant filed the appeal of ASSK's house arrest in Nay Pyi Taw October 9. Authorities have not yet responded. On October 10, the regime arrested four members of Generation Wave, a pro-democracy group linked to last September's prot [...]	2008-10-15 08:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON810	SHAN YOUTH GROUP ENCOURAGES LITERACY IN TAUNGGYI [...] (C) Over the past two years, the Kan Baw Za (KBZ) Youth Library and Reading Club has conducted two projects funded through the Embassy small grants program: a mobile libraries project on Inle Lake and a library and learning center in Taunggyi, Shan State. Both projects promote literacy and te [...]	2008-10-16 09:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON814	BURMA: SLOW EXPANSION OF THE INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the GOB's continued efforts to limit access to the outside world via the internet, Burmese continue to find creative ways to circumvent regime bans. Users employ proxy servers or web tunnel programs to access blocked programs, such as free email providers, chat rooms, [...]	2008-10-20 07:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS PGOV BM
08RANGOON819	AMERICAN CENTER PROGRAM PROMOTES ETHNIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) Starting in January 2008, the American Center has conducted a Professional Development Program to bring together emerging leaders from throughout Burma to learn about human rights, democracy, and community activism. Graduates have joined local and international NGOs, created organization [...]	2008-10-21 05:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON835	EMBASSY RANGOON'S NOMINATION FOR THE 2009 [...] (SBU) Embassy Rangoon is pleased to nominate Burmese HIV/AIDS activist Phyu Phyu Thin for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Phyu Phyu Thin has demonstrated great courage and leadership and overcome tremendous obstacles in advancing the cause of HIV/AIDS awarenes [...]	2008-10-27 14:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO PHUM BM
08RANGOON836	BURMESE PRIVATE SECTOR REPS DISCUSS ECONOMY WITH [...] (C) During a roundtable discussion between the IMF Article IV Consultation team and Burmese private sector business and economic observers, participants discussed problems in the banking industry, the use of informal channels for fund transfers and capital financing, the problems associated [...]	2008-10-28 02:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IMF BM
08RANGOON84	BURMA: SOME RELEASES, MORE ABUSES [...] (C) On February 4 authorities released two Rangoon-based NLD youth activists after holding them for three days. Two men arrested on January 22 for staging a small demonstration in Rakhine State were also released, but they reported having been abused while in custody. Another protestor, arre [...]	2008-02-05 10:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON846	DEMARCHE ON BURMA'S GLOBAL FUND APPLICATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 05:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
08RANGOON848	BURMA -- 88GS DETAINEES SENTENCED, MOVED TO NEW [...] (C) On October 29, a judge sentenced nine detained 88 Generation Students members, including Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi, to six months' imprisonment for contempt of court. Two days later, authorities moved the nine activists to a prison 80 miles south of Rangoon and postponed their trials for [...]	2008-10-31 09:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON852	BURMA: WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE [...] Embassy Rangoon warmly welcomes the November 8-10 visit to Burma by Mr. Paul Grove from the Senate Appropriations Committee and Mr. Paul Rademacher from H. Post has forwarded a draft itinerary via unclassified email. 2. Embassy control officer is Political/Economic Chief Jennifer Harhigh [...]	2008-11-03 08:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BM
08RANGOON854	MEETINGS AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY IN NAY PYI TAW [...] (C) DCM and Consul visited Nay Pyi Taw October 29-30 for courtesy calls at the Foreign Ministry, part of Post's effort to expand contacts with mid-level GOB officials. The meeting with the Director General for Consular Affairs was particularly productive, as he pledged to bypass his superio [...]	2008-11-05 00:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EAID PREL CVIS CASC UNGA BM
08RANGOON861	BURMA - INCSR I DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 09:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR BM
08RANGOON874	BURMA LIFTS RICE EXPORT BAN; WFP UNABLE TO BUY [...] (C) The Burmese Government, confident that it will have more than 300,000 metric tons of surplus rice after the November harvest, lifted its ban on rice exports on November 4, issuing 11 permits to private Burmese companies. However, the GOB has not yet approved a World Food Programme (WFP) [...]	2008-11-10 10:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
08RANGOON875	BURMA: GOB ARRESTS FORCED LABOR COMPLAINANTS [...] (C) ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall reports that the Burmese Government arrested three forced labor complainants and one NLD facilitator who filed a forced labor case on behalf of 63 farmers in mid-October. The ILO has raised this issue with the Ministry of Labor, emphasizing that the GOB' [...]	2008-11-10 10:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON879	INFORMING BURMA OFFICIALS ABOUT USG VIEWS ON [...] (C) As authorized (Ref A),Embassy Rangoon has conveyed USG views to the regime on a potential Burma Round 9 Global Fund (GF) application. In conversations with Minister of Health Dr. Kyaw Myint, Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Mya Oo, and MOFA Americas Director Yin Yin Oo, the Charge relayed R [...]	2008-11-12 09:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
08RANGOON883	BURMA: SUPPORTING ASEAN'S ROLE IN THE TCG [...] (C) The Tripartite Core Group (TCG),established by the UN, ASEAN, and the Burmese Government after Cyclone Nargis, has effectively worked to improve disaster assistance coordination and resolve operational issues related to assistance delivery to cyclone-affected areas. The TCG's mandate e [...]	2008-11-13 09:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL BM
08RANGOON884	BURMA: PREPARING FOR THE ILO GOVERNING BODY [...] (C) According to ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall, forced labor continues to be a significant problem in Burma, despite limited GOB actions to address forced labor and child soldier issues. He encourages ILO members during the upcoming ILO Governing Body Meeting to question the GOB delega [...]	2008-11-13 09:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON889	BURMA: STAFFDEL GROVE ON STATE/AID PROPOSALS [...] (C) Embassy discussed the State/AID proposals for additional assistance for cyclone-recovery activities ("Element 2") and a new mechanism for civil society support ("Element 1") with Senate Appropriations Committee Minority Clerk Paul Grove during his November 8-10 visit to Burma. 2. (C) [...]	2008-11-17 05:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID SOCI BM
08RANGOON892	BURMA: IMF CONDUCTS ARTICLE IV CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team visited Burma October 22-November 6 for annual Article IV consultations. While the IMF estimates Burma's real GDP growth in 2008 will be 4 percent, rather than the 13 percent touted by the GOB, the team remains unable to reconcile national accou [...]	2008-11-18 03:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IMF BM
08RANGOON896	SANCTIONING PRIVATE BURMESE COMPANIES UNDER THE [...] (C) The Burmese Government, in addition to relying on its state-owned enterprises, employs a system of economic patronage to ensure control over the country's economy. The GOB fosters a symbiotic relationship with select private Burmese companies, granting them joint ventures and lucrative [...]	2008-11-19 06:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
08RANGOON9	BURMA: HUNGER STRIKES END BUT TROUBLES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary. Family members confirmed that detained activists Myo Thant and Zin Lin Aung ended their hunger strike the last week of December. Media reports that their fellow activist, Htin Kyaw, had ended his month-long hunger strike remain unconfirmed. Authorities have dropped all but one [...]	2008-01-08 09:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON900	BURMA: NLD MESSAGES FOR PRESIDENT BUSH AND PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) On November 19, the National League for Democracy (NLD) delivered to Embassy Rangoon a message of congratulations to President-elect Obama on behalf of Aung San Suu Kyi and the other members of the party's Central Executive Committee. Pursuant to State 118192 we attach below the text of [...]	2008-11-19 09:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP
08RANGOON901	BURMA: VISIT OF DPRK VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Yong-il reportedly met with the SPDC's number four official, Lt. General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Foreign Minister Nyan Win, and others during his November 6-10 visit to Burma, signing an agreement on visas and discussing trade, economic, and [...]	2008-11-19 09:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	MARR MCAP PGOV PREF PREL PARM KN KS BM
08RANGOON920	BURMA MEETING ON TB DRUGS; BIG PUSH FOR GLOBAL FUND [...] (SBU) Pledged donor funding for anti-tuberculosis drugs in Burma will decline in 2009 and fall off sharply thereafter. At a GOB-convened meeting December 1 to address this gap, the Health Minister committed to increase government funding for anti-TB drugs to 3 percent of the 2010 requirement [...]	2008-12-03 07:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
08RANGOON930	THE ROAD TO MANDALAY: CDA'S DECEMBER 3-4 VISIT [...] (C) During a December 3-4 visit to Mandalay, the Charge, accompanied by PAO, P/E Chief and the Embassy's Information Resource Center Director, met with the mayor (a Brigadier General),NLD officials, USG program alumni, and the Indian CG. NLD officials are constantly harassed (security pers [...]	2008-12-09 05:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON937	BURMA: REGIME FREES ONE PRISONER; CONVICTS [...] (C) The NLD reported that detained chairman of the NLD's cyclone relief committee, U Ohn Kyaing, was released from prison on December 11. On December 10 - UN Human Rights Day - authorities sentenced laborer Kyaw Thu Htike to seven years' imprisonment for his alleged role in the September 200 [...]	2008-12-12 08:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON945	BURMA: UPDATE FROM ASSK'S DOCTOR [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) personal physician told us his patient is in excellent health and has regained all of the weight she previously lost. Dr. Tin Myo Win (aka Douglas) saw ASSK on December 4 and is scheduled to see her again on January 1. Douglas informed us that the British Embas [...]	2008-12-17 09:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON949	BURMA: 88GS LEADER ON PRISONER CONDITIONS, [...] (C) In meetings December 17 and 18, 88 Generation Students leader Toe Kyaw Hlaing relayed information gathered from his meeting with the family of Min Ko Naing and detailed what support was being provided to families of political prisoners. He observed that his profile was increasing as oth [...]	2008-12-18 08:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON951	POSITIVE SIGNS AT NAY PYI TAW MEETINGS: MINISTRIES [...] (C) PAO and APAO visited Nay Pyi Taw on December 10 for courtesy calls at the Ministries of Information, Culture, and Education. The meeting with Ministry of Information officials was particularly productive, as they asked for Embassy assistance in obtaining English-language programming for [...]	2008-12-19 07:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EAID PREL CVIS CASC UNGA BM KPAO
08RANGOON961	BURMA: NINE PROTESTORS ARRESTED IN RANGOON [...] (SBU) On December 30, authorities arrested nine NLD members as they staged a procession in Rangoon calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. Two Embassy staff saw the protestors carrying a banner that read "Free Aung San Suu Kyi" as they passed in front of Shwedagon Pagoda and the old par [...]	2008-12-31 05:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON98	BURMESE LIAISON HAS NOTHING FOR ASSK [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Aung San Suu Kyi's doctor, Dr. Tin Myo Win aka Douglas, to get his assessment of the current state of any political dialogue. He last met with his patient on January 24, and offered her views of her most recent meeting with the government-designated liaison on J [...]	2008-02-08 07:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM UN
08RANGOON99	ELECTION FORUM BRINGS TASTE OF DEMOCRACY TO BURMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over 100 Burmese students, journalists and businesspeople gathered at the Embassy's American Center on February 6 to watch live results of the Super Tuesday primary elections and participate in a lively discussion about foreign policy and democratic values. Embassy officers and [...]	2008-02-08 08:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO BM
08RECIFE34	NORTHEAST BRAZIL: LANDLESS MOVEMENT TRIES TO RE-INVENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Just as in southern Brazil (reftel),the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST),and their fellow travelers in the always-disadvantaged northeast region, seem to be changing tactics; with confrontation less appealing, they appear to be re-positioning themselves and trying to get o [...]	2008-05-28 00:57:00	Consulate Recife	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI BR
08REYKJAVIK116	ICELAND: PARLIAMENT APPROVES RESOLUTION CONDEMNING GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's parliament unanimously passed a non-binding resolution on May 30 calling for the closure of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. The resolution further called for the Government of Iceland to convey that message to the U.S. government; Iceland's Foreign Minis [...]	2008-06-20 14:56:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPAO IC
08REYKJAVIK127	CLOSING OUT THE ICELAND AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM TRANSFER [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-one months after the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik, one major issue remains unresolved: the ultimate disposition of the residual parts and equipment associated with the Iceland Air Defense System (IADS). The Government of Iceland has made the IADS radar syst [...]	2008-07-01 12:51:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL MARR NATO PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK138	ICELAND TO SUPPORT U.S. UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION CONGRESS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 16:42:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ETRD WTRQ IC
08REYKJAVIK173	TFGG01: ICELAND ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN GEORGIA [...] (SBU) In discussion of the current situation in Georgia with Political Director Greta Gunnarsdottir, the highest available MFA official, the Ambassador urged August 14 that Iceland press Russia to take the necessary steps detailed in reftel. Gunnarsdottir will raise the message with the Foreign [...]	2008-08-14 17:22:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM NATO UN GG RS IC
08REYKJAVIK179	ICELANDIC MFA REQUESTS ALL U.S. RECORDS ON HALLDOR [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of ref A note, Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Political Director Greta Gunnarsdottir responded with several questions about the scope of Department's archival review and the possibility of extending the review to other USG agencies' archives (ref B). Post subsequent [...]	2008-08-20 17:04:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC IC
08REYKJAVIK188	GEORGIA: ICELAND OPPOSES RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF S. OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker previewed reftel demarche in August 25 meetings with the Icelandic Foreign Minister and other senior officials, and embassy followed up on August 27 to reiterate the points. In press comments on August 26, Foreign Minister Gisladottir immediate [...]	2008-08-27 16:03:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF GG RU IC
08REYKJAVIK199	Iceland's Bid for the UN Security Council [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iceland's bid for one of two available WEOG seats on the UN Security Council in 2009-10 is rapidly drawing to a close. The campaign, hamstrung by a slow start and tepid support at home, has found its legs over the last year under the enthusiastic direction of Foreign Minister [...]	2008-09-12 16:57:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC UN AU TU IC
08REYKJAVIK22	REYKJAVIK INPUT FOR ENERGY REPORT TO CONGRESS [...] Iceland produces nearly all of its electricity and home heating from the renewable resources of hydropower and geothermal power. The responses below are keyed to questions in reftel. A. The Economic and Commercial Section handles energy matters. The total number of staff in this section is [...]	2008-02-15 16:59:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD IC
08REYKJAVIK223	ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK ASSERTS RUSSIAN LOAN IS 95 PERCENT [...] (C) Sturla Palsson, Director for International Affairs and Markets at the Icelandic Central Bank told EconOff that the 4 billion Euro loan offered by the Russians is 95 percent certain to happen. The Icelanders have been assured by the Russians that the unprecedented loan will go through and t [...]	2008-10-08 16:43:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK224	ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK ASSERTS RUSSIAN LOAN IS 95 PERCENT [...] (C) Sturla Palsson, Director for International Affairs and Markets at the Icelandic Central Bank told EconOff that the 4 billion Euro loan offered by the Russians is 95 percent certain to happen. The Icelanders have been assured by the Russians that the unprecedented loan will go through and t [...]	2008-10-08 16:50:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK225	ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS, TIME FOR USG TO GET INVOLVED? [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 19:24:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK228	ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: BANKERS ARGUE GOI NEEDS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 18:14:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK240	Foreign Minister Expected to Ask the Secretary for [...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Gretar Mar Sigurdsson, the acting chief of the MFA during Foreign Minister Gisladottir's extended absence, informed the Ambassador October 17 that Gisladottir intends to play a leading role in the government's efforts to secure international financing after she ret [...]	2008-10-20 13:12:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK25	ICELANDIC MFA REQUESTS FOIA INFORMATION ON HALLDOR [...] (U) Post received a diplomatic note from the Icelandic MFA requesting FOIA information on Iceland's eminent Nobel Prize winner, Halldor Laxness (1902-1998). Laxness, one of Iceland's most famous citizens, remains a topic of considerable public interest, and the question of what historical docu [...]	2008-02-22 16:56:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IC
08REYKJAVIK253	ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK ASKED NY FED FOR ONE BILLION USD LOAN [...] (C) On October 24, the Central Bank sent a letter to the New York Federal Reserve Bank requesting a one billion USD loan or currency swap. The Embassy requested and today received a copy of the letter, which was addressed to Timothy Geithner, President of the Bank. In a cover memo dated Octob [...]	2008-10-29 14:57:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK258	ICELAND: PRIME MINISTER CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (U) Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde has sent U.S. President-elect Barack Obama a letter of congratulations, according to a November 5 press release from the PM's Office. In the release, Haarde further noted that he looks forward to meeting the new President at the next NATO Summit in 200 [...]	2008-11-05 15:56:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IC
08REYKJAVIK263	ICELAND: CAN THIS COALITION BE SAVED? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Public support for Iceland's government has fallen below 50 percent in the wake of the financial crisis here, and cracks are beginning to widen between the two coalition parties as weekly demonstrations grow in size and fervor. PM Haarde's Independence Party (IP) has taken th [...]	2008-11-10 18:15:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EU IC
08REYKJAVIK269	ICELAND: MFA SLASHES BUDGET, WILL REPLACE AMBASSADOR TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Foreign Minister has announced a twenty percent reduction in the Ministry's budget for FY 2009. Four Icelandic missions will be closed down and the positions of six Ambassadors, who are retiring, will not be filled. Some Icelandic foreign service staff at overseas posts [...]	2008-11-14 17:03:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN PREL MARR ODIP IC
08REYKJAVIK279	Foreign Minister Assesses Icelandic Domestic and Foreign [...] (U) At a November 28 lunch hosted by the Danish Ambassador, the dean of the diplomatic corps, Foreign Minister Gisladottir told the assembled heads of mission she viewed Iceland's financial collapse as part of a global meltdown that must be resolved globally. In a pointed repudiation of the ha [...]	2008-12-01 16:57:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EU IC

08REYKJAVIK36	EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Pol Officer (FS 02) 12 hrs - Pol Assistant 50 hrs - DCM (FE-OC) 1 h [...]	2008-03-07 12:22:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
08REYKJAVIK41	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOUCHER [...] Embassy Reykjavik grants country clearance to CODEL Boucher and the accompanying delegation and personnel to travel to Keflavik, Iceland for refueling on March 22, 2008 2. Post has assigned Mrs. Fiona Evans as the CODEL's administrative point of contact and she will be meeting the CODEL a [...]	2008-03-19 12:16:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IC
08REYKJAVIK67	REYKJAVIK REQUESTS EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW FOR 2008 PROGRAM [...] (U) Post requests an Embassy Science Fellow to help strengthen the bilateral science research ties between the U.S. and Iceland. Embassy Reykjavik has designated the expansion of bilateral science ties as a key priority in our FY2010 Mission Strategic Plan, devoting an entire goal paper to the [...]	2008-04-21 18:09:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL KSCA SENV EAGR AMGT OTRA APER IC
08REYKJAVIK8	Iceland: Russian activities in region a growing concern [...] (C) Summary: Russian foreign policy continues to irritate and puzzle the Government of Iceland. In the hour-long special on Russia, broadcasted by an Icelandic television channel on January 15, Russian Ambassador Tatarintsev claimed that recent Russian foreign policy moves are tied to Russia' [...]	2008-01-23 14:58:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV RU IC
08RIGA125	EMBASSY RIGA SECONDS EMBASSY TIRANA'S SUGGESTED [...] Embassy Riga read with interest Embassy Tirana's reftel cable on improving the Human Rights Report process. Post seconds the concerns and issues raised in the cable--and endorses the pragmatic reforms to the process that were suggested, especially in regards to timelines. We look forward to w [...]	2008-03-11 10:52:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL LG
08RIGA149	LATVIA CONCERNED ON DEVELOPMENTS IN BELARUS, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Latvian officials are concerned by developments in the U.S. - Belarus bilateral relationship, believing that this represents a hardening of positions by Lukashenka. They are offering support for the U.S., including within the EU, although they did not succeed in getting a pres [...]	2008-03-20 10:07:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR EUN BO LG
08RIGA199	PRESIDENT ZATLERS' VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C/NF) Latvian President Valdis Zatlers makes his first visit to Washington April 23 - 25 significantly stronger in his job than when he started, but still not the dominant figure in Latvian politics that his predecessor was. Given the strong constitutional limitations on his role, this is on [...]	2008-04-17 09:58:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS CVIS ENRG MARR NATO RS LG
08RIGA2	LAVROV'S VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov's December 18 visit to Riga was most notable in that it occurred at all. After months of work, his visit marked the first ever visit by a Russian or Soviet FM to an independent Latvia. The highlight was the exchange of instruments of ratification on the Latvia-R [...]	2008-01-02 05:27:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ENRG ETRD EUN RS IR LG
08RIGA22	(S/NF) LATVIA/RUSSIA - INTEL ISSUES TO COMPLICATE [...] (S/NF) Summary: A Russian diplomat in Latvia, who is a declared SVR officer, will leave his post by the time his visa expires in June because his previous expulsion from France has him on a Schengen blacklist. The GOL has decided not to expel the individual because they do not have informatio [...]	2008-01-11 14:58:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL RS LG
08RIGA23	LATVIAN PASSPORT SCANDAL CAUSE FOR SERIOUS CONCERN [...] (S/NF) Summary: A scandal involving the issuance of at least 100 passports to individuals not eligible for Latvian passports has dominated the news in Latvia in recent days. The scheme, which allegedly involved passports issued in 2004-05, appears to have involved multiple individuals in the [...]	2008-01-11 15:43:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	CVIS KFRD KCRM PGOV PREL LG
08RIGA255	LATVIA: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] Per reftels, Post would like to place an op-ed in local media, and joins in Embassy London's request to receive generic text for such an op-ed from WHA. In order to have time to translate the text into Latvian, we would ask that text be made available by May 16. 2. In addition, we have spok [...]	2008-05-13 14:25:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM EUN CU LG
08RIGA270	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY AND OTHER [...] (C/NF) Summary. On May 15, Ambassador Larson met Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis for discussions on a wide range of issues. Tey discussed energy security, the privatization of Lattelekom, developments in the Latvian economy, and the GOL's invitation for Prime Minister Putin to attend th [...]	2008-05-19 08:20:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG RS LG
08RIGA279	LATVIA: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE FOLLOW-UP [...] Per reftel, Post confirms that the Department-provided op-ed was placed under Ambassador Larsons' name in a local Russian-language newspaper, Telegraph, on May 21. 2. In addition, the MFA issued the following statement on May 20 (informal embassy translation): "Foreign Minister Urges Supp [...]	2008-05-22 10:28:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO SOCI CU LG
08RIGA280	RAFI EITAN VISIT TO LATVIA/LITHUANIA - REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Riga and Vilnius. This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) We understand that Israeli government minister Rafi Eitan will visit Latvia and Lithuania the week of May 26 to press the two governments to do more on restitution issues rela [...]	2008-05-22 13:32:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR LG LH IS
08RIGA304	THE RETURN OF JURGIS LIEPNIEKS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Jurgis Liepnieks, former Chief of Staff to PM Kalvitis and confidante of Skele and now expelled from People's Party, offered his views of the state of politics in Latvia. He suggested that Skele is gaining dominance over the other oligarchs through financial leverage, that Kalv [...]	2008-06-02 12:00:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR LG
08RIGA339	Continued high wage growth in Latvia and its effect on [...] According to the Latvian Central Statistics Bureau, the average gross monthly salary in Latvia in Q1 grew by 28.1% year-on-year. In absolute figures this translates into an increase from LVL 354 to 453 (USD 787 to 1007). Gross salaries grew by slightly more in the private sector than in the pub [...]	2008-06-12 12:31:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON AFSN AMGT ELAB LG
08RIGA348	Peoples Party's Junkyard Dog: Gundars Berzins [...] Summary. For almost a year, one of the leading members of the People's Party (TP) Gundars Berzins has regularly given interviews to daily paper Neatkariga Rita Avize (NRA) where he harshly and offensively criticizes developments, institutions, persons that according to his views hamper the impl [...]	2008-06-16 11:51:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR LG
08RIGA463	TFGG01: LATVIA ON GEORGIA/SOUTH OSSETIA - BLAME RUSSIA [...] (C) On the afternoon of August 8, Charge was summoned to the MFA to meet with State Secretary Normans Penke to discuss developments in Georgia/South Ossetia, where Penke expressed the GOL's great concern about the escalating situation. While he initially described that he had held discussions earli [...]	2008-08-08 14:40:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU LG
08RIGA496	TFGG01: WHAT GEORGIA MEANS TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: Events in Georgia have dominated the news and discussion here like few other events in recent memory. Latvians, at least ethic Latvians, look at Georgia and think that this could easily be them. As the EU and NATO have been unable to respond forcefully to Russia -- and many members a [...]	2008-08-15 10:13:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM NATO EUN RS GG LG
08RIGA50	Farewell gala caps three successful years for Ambassador [...] Summary: A January 25 farewell gala, attended by 160 guests was the formal event to mark the conclusion of Ambassador Bailey's three years as US Ambassador to Latvia. A wide range of Latvians from government, the arts, education and business came to show their appreciation for the work of th [...]	2008-01-29 15:35:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ODIP PGOV PREL LG
08RIGA507	ALLEGED CORRUPTION COSTS CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT CHIEF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Valdimirs Vaskevics, head of the law enforcement arm of Latvian customs, has been stripped of his security clearance pursuant to an extensive investigation into corruption allegations. Technically, he can remain in his position, but he can't have access to classified informatio [...]	2008-08-21 10:42:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KCOR KJUS PSNR LG
08RIGA54	(C) LATVIAN CABINET AUTHORIZES KOSOVO RECOGNITION; [...] (C) According to Latvian MFA political director Peteris Ustubs, on January 29 the Latvian cabinet approved the recognition by Latvia of an independent Kosovo, but gave FM Riekstins the authority on the timing of the decision. On January 30, the MFA briefed the Foreign and European Affairs Com [...]	2008-01-30 16:28:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KS
08RIGA55	LATVIA/RUSSIA SPY INCIDENT: FALLOUT MORE DOMESTIC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian officials are very pleased with the reaction to the expulsion of a Russian diplomat from Riga for espionage. The reaction from Moscow has been limited to a pro-forma expulsion of a Latvian diplomat, but there has been none of the heated rhetoric that many expected. Rus [...]	2008-01-30 16:28:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR ODIP RS LG
08RIGA554	NO LATVIAN POSITION ON EXPANDING ISAF OPLAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 04:34:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL MARR AF LG
08RIGA56	LATVIA: COURT RULING SUSPENDS DEVELOPMENT OF RIGA [...] (U) Summary. The Constitutional Court of Latvia ruled on 17 January that part of the Riga territorial plan that deals with changes in the Freeport of Riga territory does not comply with the Constitution because several environmental impact procedures had not been followed correctly. The court [...]	2008-01-31 07:17:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR KJUS EWWT SENV LG
08RIGA587	SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE BICKOVICS LIVES UP TO [...] (C) Summary: New Latvian Supreme Court Chief Justice Ivars Bickovics assured the Ambassador that not much would change in the Court, and outlined his initiatives, such as a new judicial council and a strategy for protecting the salaries of judges. He stated that, if the law could be changed, th [...]	2008-09-23 13:08:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCOR KJUS LG
08RIGA619	LATVIAN PM: SLOW PROGRESS ON ENERGY AND JEWISH [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis detailed a laborious multi-stage process preceeding a settlement on Jewish Property restitution in Latvia in a meeting October 8 with Ambassador Larson and UK Ambassador to Latvia Richard Moon. In a wide-ranging discussion, the PM also explained that [...]	2008-10-09 13:08:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG LG
08RIGA629	LATVIA ALSO INTERESTED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS [...] Latvia would be an enthusiastic partner if presented the opportunity to participate in collaborative efforts to develop alternative energy. Reftel urges "consideration be given to involving the Baltic states in some way." Post strongly concurs with this recommendation and encourages future pl [...]	2008-10-15 09:44:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ETRD LG
08RIGA657	LATVIA NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE 2008. [...] Embassy Riga nominates Iluta Lace, founder of the Marta Resource Center for Women, for the Secretary's 2009 International Women of Courage Award. 2. Biographical information: -- Full legal name: Iluta Lace -- Job title/association: Chairwoman of the Board, Marta Resource Center for Women [...]	2008-10-28 14:31:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM LG
08RIGA671	Lithuanian airline files suit against AirBaltic [...] This is a joint cable from Embassies Riga and Vilnius. 2. Summary: Private Lithuanian airline, FlyLAL, and Latvia's national airline, AirBaltic, are involved in an increasingly nasty dispute centered on AirBaltic's pricing of flights out of Vilnius. FlyLAL alleges that AirBaltic is using the [...]	2008-11-03 15:33:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN ETRD LG LH
08RIGA786	LATVIA NOTES U.S. CONCERNS OVER SYRIA'S TECHNICAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 13:58:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA TRGY LG
08RIGA815	RESTRUCTURING AND REDUCTIONS AT LATVIAN MFA [...] (C/NF) Summary: A planned restructuring of the Latvian foreign ministry to reduce the size of senior leadership and staff and salary reductions necessitated by budget cuts will likely add to the frustrations of an already unhappy diplomatic service. Decision making will be further concentrate [...]	2008-12-23 13:51:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR LG
08RIGA87	ANDRIS GRUTUPS AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF LATVIA [...] (C) Summary. Andris Grutups is a prominent lawyer and closely connected to one of Latvia's most influential people - former PM Andris Skele. He is also often not far from the scene when charges of anti-Semitism are raised in Latvia. For example, in a late November 2007 interview with local p [...]	2008-02-15 15:27:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI LG
08RIGA89	LATVIAN PASSPORT SCANDAL CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. Recent meetings between Post, the GOL MFA and the Latvian security police (LSP) have yielded more specific information on developments in the passport scandal (ref. a). The LSP cautioned that the final numbers of cases, and all specific information on identities, is not complete, a [...]	2008-02-15 15:35:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET	CVIS KCRM KFRD PGOV PREL LG
08RIODEJANEIRO138	Brazil Considers Changing Energy Sector Rules [...] (SBU) Brazil is considering changes to its oil sector for the purpose of capturing more revenue from the country's significant newfound "pre-salt" oil reserves. Brazil's National Energy Policy Council will meet later this year to decide how to proceed. Meanwhile, further leasing of offshore exp [...]	2008-06-05 16:59:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO148	Defense Minister Jobim on Brazilian Military's Role in [...] (U) Summary: During remarks that closed a three-day conference on Strategic Studies at the Brazilian Army Staff School (ECEME) in Rio, Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim offered comments on a variety of challenges facing the Brazilian military, and how it is confronting those challeng [...]	2008-06-17 18:34:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET MARR MASS PGOV PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO159	BRAZIL ENTREPRENEUR LAUNCHES CHALLENGER TO OIL GIANT [...] (U) Summary. A Brazilian oil company that has yet to drill a single well raised US$4.16 billion in an initial stock offering in mid-June, Brazil's largest public offering to date. The huge success of the IPO for OGX Petroleo e Gas Participoes SA reflects a tide of optimism generated by the re [...]	2008-06-27 12:20:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO172	AMB. LAGON VISITS RIO DE JANEIRO TO DISCUSS TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) visited Rio de Janeiro on June 21-23 as part of a multi-city trip to Brazil. He consulted with various members of the NGO and academic community on the sexual exp [...]	2008-07-01 12:05:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI BR
08RIODEJANEIRO180	Petrobras Workers To Launch 5-Day Strike in Campos Basin, [...] Summary. Workers for Brazil's oil giant Petrobras will begin a five-day strike in the Campos Basin on July 14. The employees are demanding additional compensation for travel days used to depart oil platforms after 14-day shifts. Separately, the oil workers union is considering a further nat [...]	2008-07-11 19:23:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO19	U.S. OIL COMPANIES ON INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The US Commercial Service in Rio organized an oil roundtable discussion with US oil companies and Ambassador Sobel on January 8, 2008. The CEOs of Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Devon Energy, Anadarko, and Hess Corporation briefed Ambassador Sobel on the investment climate for foreign [...]	2008-01-28 16:36:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO205	Petrobras Launches Biofuels Subsidiary [...] Summary. This week, Brazil's semi-public oil company Petrobras will launch a new subsidiary to run its growing biofuels operations, looking towards building production capacity to meet growing global demand for ethanol exports. The new subsidiary, called Petrobras Biocombustivel, will coordi [...]	2008-07-30 13:00:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO235	Brazil to Resume Oil Auctions in December 2008 [...] Brazil's National Energy Policy Council has authorized the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) to host an auction to license oil and gas rights on December 18, 2008. However, no offshore blocks will be offered at the "10th Round" auction to the disappointment of many industry representatives. Li [...]	2008-09-05 10:55:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO236	Prominent Brazilians Ponder Foreign Policy Challenges and [...] (U) Summary. The Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) commemorated its 10th anniversary with a special forum in Rio de Janeiro on September 2, 2008 which featured prominent Brazilian policymakers and academics speaking on the theme of "Challenges to Brazil's Foreign Policy." [...]	2008-09-05 14:44:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ETRD ECIN BR
08RIODEJANEIRO237	Brazil Oil and Gas - Update on Pre-Salt E&P [...] This cable is intended to provide an update on exploration and production activity as it relates to pre-salt oil reserves in Brazil. Pre-salt refers to a 500-mile wide "new frontier" area in Brazil, located under a thick layer of salt -- 350 miles off of Brazil's southeastern coast at an aver [...]	2008-09-05 17:55:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO280	BRAZIL, PETROBRAS APPEAR AMBIVALENT ON ECUADOR OIL [...] (U) Jose Sergio Gabrielli, President of Brazil's state-controlled oil and gas company Petrobras, said October 7 that the company would not renegotiate with the Government of Ecuador on its oil production in the country. The statement was made during the inauguration of Petrobras' P-51 platfor [...]	2008-10-08 17:05:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC EPET EINV PREL EC AR NI AO LY IN TZ PK
08RIODEJANEIRO288	U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENTS IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary. U/S Jeffery visited Rio de Janeiro on October 2, 2008 as part of his trip to Brazil. Accompanied by WHA PDAS Craig Kelly and Special Energy Advisor Greg Manuel, U/S Jeffery met with representatives from the U.S. oil and gas industry, industry association IBP (Brazilian Institute [...]	2008-10-16 18:26:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC EPET EINV PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO295	NO TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL, BRAZIL'S [...] Summary. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Vienna, Greg Schulte, visited Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 17 as part of his trip to the region, including Brasilia, Santiago and Buenos Aires (SEPTELS),for consultations on non-proliferation issues. In meetings with Brazil's nuclear re [...]	2008-10-22 15:17:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ENRG EIND EMIN AR BR
08RIODEJANEIRO298	MID-SIZED BRAZILIAN BANKS EXPERIENCING LIQUIDITY PROBLEMS, [...] Summary. Mid-sized banks in Brazil are experiencing liquidity problems since the onset of the global financial crisis, BBM Bank CEO Pedro Mariani Bittencourt told Amb. Sobel on October 20. Bittencourt predicted further global market volatility over the next few months, which will continue to [...]	2008-10-28 10:15:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN BR
08RIODEJANEIRO302	BRAZIL-PETROBRAS AND CUBA-PETROLEO TO SIGN OIL DEAL, LOW [...] Summary. Brazil's Petrobras will partner with its Cuban counterpart, Cuba-Petroleo (Cupet),for offshore oil exploration and production in Cuban waters, according to Brazilian officials. The agreement between Petrobras and Cuba-Petrol will be finalized and signed during the Brazilian Preside [...]	2008-10-30 16:04:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG CU BR
08RIODEJANEIRO346	READOUT OF BRAZIL-EU SUMMIT, DECEMBER 22-23, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: Brazilian President Lula hosted the second European Union (EU) - Brazil Summit in Rio de Janeiro on December 22-23, 2008. The EU was represented by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso. The international financial and economic c [...]	2008-12-24 17:04:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ENRG EPET SENV FR RS EU BR
08RIODEJANEIRO347	Brazil Telecom Operators To Cooperate With Police On [...] Brazilian telecommunications companies TIM (Italian majority-owned),Oi, and Brasil Telecom signed a cooperation deal on December 17, 2008 with the country's police authorities for quick supply of data in the investigation of internet child pornography cases. Representatives of the federal go [...]	2008-12-24 17:04:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT PGOV PHUM KCRM BR
08RIODEJANEIRO35	BRAZILIAN NATIONAL OIL AGENCY WELCOMES US PARTNERSHIPS, [...] Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Haroldo Lima, Director General Florival Rodrigues de Carvalho, General Manager of Planning and Research, and Durval Barrros, General Manager of Institutional Communication of the National Oil Agency (ANP) on February 15, 2008. They discussed potential synergi [...]	2008-02-26 19:17:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EET PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO43	CODEL MARKEY EXPLORES BRAZILIAN BIOFUELS AND FLEXFUEL [...] Summary: On February 18-19 Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA),Chair of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, led a congressional delegation to Rio de Janeiro to learn more about the market aspects of Brazil's sugarcane ethanol industry, renewable energy policy, flexfuel automobil [...]	2008-03-04 19:19:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO44	PETROBRAS WINDING DOWN BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Petrobras, the company will complete all of its existing contractual requirements in Iran later this year. After completion of the Tusan contract, Petrobras does not expect to be further invested in oil and gas activities in Iran. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In 200 [...]	2008-03-05 09:52:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC EPET EINV PREL IR BR
08RIODEJANEIRO89	Minister of Industry and Commerce Discusses Possible [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, 2008, Brazilian Minister of Industry and Commerce Miguel Jorge and Ambassador Sobel discussed Minister Jorge's upcoming visit to Washington DC for the CEO Forum Meeting at the end of April. Ambassador Sobel stressed the importance of showing concrete results from the [...]	2008-04-14 14:43:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN EINV EAIR CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO91	BRAZIL'S CHIEF PETROLEUM REGULATOR INADVERTANTLY CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazil National Petroleum Agency (ANP) Director Haroldo Lima is under fire and, some speculate, may lose his job for confirming what petroleum industry insiders have believed for some time -- that, at a depth of around 4000 meters in the Santos Basin off the coast of Sao Paulo, [...]	2008-04-15 19:16:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08RIYADH102	SARKOZY IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. French President Nicholas Sarkozy's visited Saudi Arabia on January 13-14 to make clear that Saudi Arabia is now "at the top" of the French Middle East policy list. Pres. Sarkozy met with Saudi King Abdullah, addressed the Shura council and spoke briefly with Saudi business leaders. [...]	2008-01-26 11:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	FR PGOV PINR PREL SA
08RIYADH1094	WOODS HOLE RESEARCH VESSEL OCEANUS [...] This is an action request. 2. Per reftel A, on 15 July, the Embassy informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of and provided background documentation for the visit of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute's (WHOI) research vessel Oceanus from 5 October to 21 November 2008. In a recent r [...]	2008-07-16 05:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KRVC TPHY EWWT SENV SA
08RIYADH1114	CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORK PROGRESSES IN RIYADH [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by DOE A/S Kevin Kolevar. 2. (S) During a July 8 visit to Riyadh, DOE A/S Kevin Kolevar met with Ministry of Interior representatives Joint Working Group (JWG) on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Co-Chair Dr. Saud A-Semari and Dr. Khalid Al-Ageel [...]	2008-07-19 09:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
08RIYADH1119	SAUDI MESSAGE TO EMBASSY RIYADH RE: SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Post has received a diplomatic note from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs soliciting support for the Arab Group's draft resolution on Israeli settlements. The dip note contains the following text: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia presents its com [...]	2008-07-19 13:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PA PGOV PREL PTER UNSC
08RIYADH1134	SAUDIS ON IRAN REF UPCOMING NAM FM MEETING [...] (S) On July 21, Pol Counselor delivered demarche on the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers meeting scheduled for Tehran from July 27-30 (Reftel A) to Saudi MFA Deputy Director for Western Affairs Department Mojahid Ali Alwahbi. 2. (S) Alwahbi informed us that Saudi Minist [...]	2008-07-22 05:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MNUC PGOV PREL SA TRGY KNNP IR
08RIYADH114	PAKISTAN OFFICIAL: SAG LOOKING TO RUSSIANS FOR NUCLEAR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-28 09:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP PGOV PINR PK PREL SA
08RIYADH1162	DEPORTATION OF CHRISTIANS IN TAIF [...] (S) SUMMARY: On July 26 and 27, 16 Indian Christians were notified that they have been ordered for immediate deportation. They were reportedly told by their sponsors, who were told "not by the police, but thobe-claded secret agents from Makkah Governate." There is currently no evidence of a [...]	2008-07-28 15:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KIRF PHUM PGOV SA
08RIYADH1163	EMBASSY DELEGATION MEETS WITH SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy POLOFFs met with Dr. Mufteh Al-Kahtani, the Vice President of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) on July 21. We received a briefing by Al-Kahtani on the NSHR, including the role it plays between citizens lodging human rights complaints and the SAG, as well as [...]	2008-07-28 15:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SA
08RIYADH1170	KING ABDULLAH'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND THE MADRID [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Saudi-hosted Madrid Conference for Interfaith Dialogue won King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud praise from local media and Embassy contacts alike. It has the potential to lead to greater religious tolerance, with the tangible effect of defusing extremism and associated ter [...]	2008-07-30 05:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV
08RIYADH1175	SAUDI OIL ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN PROCEEDING SLOWLY [...] (S) Recent conversations with the Assistant Minister of Petroleum, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance, and the Pakistani Embassy point to one conclusion: the Saudi offer to assist Pakistan by deferring crude oil payments is proceeding slowly. With King Abdullah, Petroleum Minister Naimi, [...]	2008-07-30 14:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EPET PREL PK SA
08RIYADH1218	SAUDI ASSISTANT MINISTER OF INTERIOR: INDIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-10 15:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SA
08RIYADH1230	CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION IN SAUDI: NEXT [...] (S) SUMMARY. The enormous Saudi energy facilities located in the Kingdom's Eastern Province, which provide approximately 12 percent of global oil supply, remain highly vulnerable to external attack. Even partial disruption of these production facilities would have an immediate impact on oil s [...]	2008-08-11 16:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1245	TOPICS FOR ABDULLAH/MUBARAK MEETING: EGYPTIAN DCM [...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 13, at Egyptian request, Pol Counselor met with Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa. Essa expressed grave concerns over continued Iranian nuclear ambitions, noting that this topic would be an agenda item in the upcoming meeting between Saudi King Abdullah and President Mub [...]	2008-08-14 10:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA
08RIYADH1306	CAA PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Embassy Riyadh requests the following: a. (C) 1 Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server Advanced Edition Connection Pack license i. CDW part number 831179 ii. Manufacturer Part Number: MW2ZPSA0001-G iii. UNPSC: 43232915 iv. Estimated unit cost: $219.44 v. Est [...]	2008-08-26 09:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASUP KSLG
08RIYADH1325	SAUDIS EASE RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of a broader effort to attract international investment in their stock market, the Saudi Capital Markets Authority approved a plan under which foreign investors can purchase Saudi securities, but without voting rights. Foreign investment firms with offices in Saudi Ara [...]	2008-08-31 03:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH133	RIYADH EAC - 27 JANUARY 2008 [...] (S) On Sunday, January 27, the Charge d'Affaires convened a regularly scheduled Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review the Embassy's security posture. Present were the ECON, PA, CONS, BPM, POL, LEGAT, MSG, DAO, CLO, MGT, and RSO. BPM and RSO reported no new specific and/or credi [...]	2008-01-30 14:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1345	SAUDIS CONSIDER KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche (Reftel A) to Ambassador Talal al-Malki, temporarily covering European issues in the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al-Malki responded that he would refer the matter of the proposed Kosovo ICJ resolution to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal. [...]	2008-09-02 04:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA UNGA KV RU
08RIYADH1353	SAUDI CREDIT MARKET TIGHTENS, MAKING FINANCING [...] (SBU) Summary: Saudi Arabia's credit market continues to tighten, driving up the cost of borrowing, thanks in part to high demand for Saudi riyals from regional firms driven out of the tight international credit market and from Saudi banks looking to mitigate the effects of the U.S. subprime m [...]	2008-09-03 06:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV EPET AFIN SA
08RIYADH1372	SAUDI ARABIA: ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 13:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	AL IS IZ LE MR PREL SA SY
08RIYADH1380	OVERSEAS OFFICE FURNITURE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE [...] (S) Please provide the following office furnishings to the American Embassy: Ref Job 604-974. 2. (U) Total commodity cost: $9221.94 USD 3. (U) A/LM Shared Services fee: $92.22 USD 4. (S) Total estimated transportation cost: $13,000 USD; Please use secure shipping procedures. 5. ( [...]	2008-09-10 13:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	ABLD AMGT KSLG
08RIYADH1381	RIYADH VIPER SUBMISSIONS AUGUST 2008 [...] (S/NF) Embassy Riyadh submits the following name as a Visas Viper submission for entry into the Department's CLASS lookout system: Muhamed Seyfudin Ciftci, DOB 27 August 1973. Aliases: Muhamad Ciftci Abu Anas (or Ebu Eness) Seifudin Abu Anas Al-Turki. 2. (S/NF) Background: According t [...]	2008-09-10 14:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT SA
08RIYADH1400	SAUDIS WAITING ON IRAQIS TO MOVE FORWARD ON DEBT [...] (C) In a September 6 courtesy call, Econoff discussed Iraqi debt relief with Deputy Finance Minister Dr. Hamid al-Baz'y. Dr. al-Baz'y said that though there had been significant progress toward an agreement on the amount of the debt's principal at a previous meeting in September 2007, there h [...]	2008-09-14 13:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECIN ECON SA IZ
08RIYADH1408	MOVING FORWARD ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador accompanied by CENTCOM J5 met Assistant Minister for Security Affairs Prince Mohammed bin Naif (MBN) to discuss the next steps in implementing the Critical Infrastructure and Border Protection (CIP) program designed to safeguard Saudi Arabia's oil production and wa [...]	2008-09-15 13:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET LE MARR MCAP MOPS OVP PGOV
08RIYADH1416	RIYADH EAC ON 14 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: On Sunday, August 17, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the return of family members to Post. The EAC determined that the Mission had met its obligation to fully update the Crisis and Emergency Planning [...]	2008-09-17 04:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1423	RIYADH EAC - 17 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 17, the DCM convened a meeting of the EAC to discuss the Missions security posture in light of today's attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa. Also present in the meeting were POL, ECON, PA, CONS, BPM, MGT, MED, ISC, AGR, DAO, POL-MIL, MSG, OPM-SANG, DHS and RSO. 2. (S/NF [...]	2008-09-20 04:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1436	RIYADH EAC - 20 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 20, the DCM convened a meeting of Riyadh's EAC to discuss the Mission's security posture in response to additional threat information received describing further attacks planned against U.S. interests in the region following the September 17 attack on the U.S. Embassy in S [...]	2008-09-22 14:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1443	CAA PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Embassy Riyadh requests the following: a. (C) 3 Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server Advanced Edition Connection Pack licenses i. CDW part number 831179 ii. Manufacturer Part Number: MW2ZPSA0001-G iii. UNPSC: 43232915 iv. Estimated unit cost: $219.44 v. Es [...]	2008-09-23 11:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASUP KSLG
08RIYADH1450	SAUDI IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT AND REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: During a 20 September meeting with the Saudi delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),Dr. Turki Al-Saud, Dr. Turki requested U.S. assistance to arrange a visit to the U.S. by a delegation from the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technolo [...]	2008-09-24 12:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG IAEA KNNP BEXP SA
08RIYADH1465	DHAHRAN EAC - 24 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 24, the Consul General convened a meeting of the EAC to discuss the consulate's security posture in light of the attack on the US Embassy in Sana'a and the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, along with the continuing stream of threat reporting for the region. Also present were [...]	2008-09-27 10:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PGOV PTER SA
08RIYADH1471	RIYADH EAC - 24 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 24, the Ambassador convened a meeting of Riyadh's EAC to discuss the Mission's security posture and to discuss restrictions placed upon post personnel in response to continued regional threats against Americans and Westerners following the September 17 attack on the U.S. E [...]	2008-09-27 16:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC AMGT PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1472	RIYADH EAC - 24 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 24, the Ambassador convened a meeting of Riyadh's EAC to discuss the Mission's security posture and to discuss restrictions placed upon post personnel in response to continued regional threats against Americans and Westerners following the September 17 attack on the U.S. E [...]	2008-09-27 16:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC AMGT PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1507	FINANCIAL CRISIS CATCHES UP WITH SAUDI MARKETS [...] (C) Summary: The Saudi stock market (the Tadawul) declined more than 16 percent October 6 - 7. The 9.8 percent drop on October 6 was the largest ever single-day fall in percentage terms. The Tadawul is famous for its volatility, and although this recent drop is likely due to skittishness af [...]	2008-10-08 15:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SA
08RIYADH153	SAUDIS SKEPTICAL ABOUT SUDANESE INTERFERENCE IN [...] (S) Charge d'Affaires Gfoeller met with Prince Dr. Turki bin Mohammed, Undersecretary for Political Affairs at the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on February 4 and presented demarche points per REFTEL. The CDA also presented a letter of condolence to the Ministry following the de [...]	2008-02-04 15:11:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU SA CH
08RIYADH1532	RIYADH EAC - 10 OCTOBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On October 10, 2008, the Ambassador convened a meeting of Riyadh's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the Mission's security posture and the continuation of restrictions on Embassy personnel in light of recent threats involving the Embassy as reported in ref B. Also discussed [...]	2008-10-14 14:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC AMGT PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1541	PAKISTANI RELATIONS WITH SAUDIS â€œSTRAINEDâ€ [...] (C) SAUDIS UNHAPPY WITH ZARDARI: Echoing Pakistani interlocutors in Washington and Islamabad, in an introductory call with PolCouns, Pakistani DCM Sarfraz Khanzada (protect) characterized Saudi-Pakistani relations as "under strain." This was due, he said, to a lack of Saudi confidence in the Zardar [...]	2008-10-16 10:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SA PK
08RIYADH1568	SAUDI TERROR COURTS BEGIN TRIALS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 20, the Riyadh General Court began the long-planned prosecution of detained terrorist suspects charged with attacks inside the Kingdom, including bombings of residential compounds in Riyadh in 2003. This follows the King's approval of the appointment of ten judges to ov [...]	2008-10-20 14:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1572	SAG UPBEAT ON ECONOMY, BUT SIGNS OF SLOWDOWN [...] (C) Summary: While still generally upbeat when discussing their economic prospects, Saudi businesses and government agencies have begun to temper their statements with an element of caution. Many embassy contacts have told us they expect a slight economic downturn, but that its effects will [...]	2008-10-21 14:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV EPET SA
08RIYADH1573	RIYADH EAC - 19 OCTOBER 2008 [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: On Sunday, October 19, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened a regularly scheduled meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC). The RSO and BPM said that threat reporting levels remained consistent and that no new, specific threats to U.S. interests were received [...]	2008-10-22 04:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1574	SAUDI KING TO ATTEND UNGA INTERFAITH DIALOGUE [...] (C) KING ABDALLAH TO NEW YORK: During an October 18 meeting, FM Saud Al-Faisal confirmed to Ambassador Fraker that King Abdallah would address the UNGA meeting requested by the Saudis to discuss their interfaith dialogue initiative. The King will travel to New York accompanied by a very large [...]	2008-10-22 07:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL SA
08RIYADH1577	SAUDI EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD "LINKED TO SECURITY" [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 07:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XF IZ
08RIYADH1616	U/S EDELMAN,S OCTOBER 17-18, 2008 DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (S) Summary. During October 18 meetings in Riyadh at the General Intelligence Presidency and the Ministry of the Interior, U/S Edelman appealed for Saudi assistance for Lebanon and Yemen, encouraged Saudi Arabia to support a regional Gulf missile defense architecture, and discussed Saudi media [...]	2008-10-28 12:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PARM PREL SA LE YM
08RIYADH1620	NO INDICATION SAG HAS CHANGED POLICY ON TAIF [...] (S) In an October 27 meeting with Saudi Assistant Minister for National Security Affairs Prince Mohammed bin Naif (MBN),Charge Rundell raised the issue of the Taif Christians (ref A). MBN reiterated previous assurances that the deportation orders in question had been rescinded. Nevertheless, [...]	2008-10-29 10:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	ELAB KIRF KISL KTIP PHUM SA SMIG SOCI XF
08RIYADH1625	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KING SAUD [...] Reftel requested that Post conduct post-shipment verifications relating to the shipment of 8 Waters Breeze High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Systems exported as No License Required by Waters Corporation, Milford, MA. This order was placed through Waters Europe and Gulf Scientific Co [...]	2008-10-29 12:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC AE
08RIYADH1626	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KING FAISAL [...] Reftel requested that Post conduct a post-shipment verification of a Waters 2695 Separations Module and a Waters 2998 Photodiode Array Detector and related equipment exported as No License Required by Waters Corporation, Milford, MA. This order was placed through Waters Europe and Gulf Scientif [...]	2008-10-29 12:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC AE

08RIYADH1645	RIYADH EAC - 02 NOVEMBER 2008 (MARINE BALL & [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 02 November 2008, Acting DCM (A/DCM) convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Post security posture and preparations made for two major events: The Election Watch slated for 05 November and the U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Ball, to be held on 06 Nov [...]	2008-11-02 14:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER AMGT CACS SA
08RIYADH1647	RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA DEFIES LIMITED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's footprint in Saudi Arabia - official and unofficial - is relatively small compared to the U.S. and many other countries. While several positions in their Riyadh embassy remain unfilled, Russia seeks an office location in Mecca to house their mission to the Organization o [...]	2008-11-03 06:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS SA
08RIYADH1651	DHAHRAN EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 1, 2008. SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 01 November 2008, Consul General convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Post security posture and preparations made for two major events: The Election Night event, slated for the late evening of 04 November (local time) and the U.S. Marine Corps [...]	2008-11-03 15:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PTER SA
08RIYADH1659	SAUDI ARABIA: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (S) On behalf of the US Mission to Saudi Arabia, I welcome you back to the Kingdom. As you are aware, your visit coincides with King Abdullah,s trip to the United States, thus the King and several senior ministers will not be in country. Your schedule includes meetings with Crown Prince Sultan [...]	2008-11-04 13:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL SA
08RIYADH1691	TAIF CHRISTIAN "DEPORTATION" ISSUE RESOLVED [...] (S/NF) DEPORTATIONS RESCINDED: On November 9 and 10, two contacts confirmed to Poloff that the Makkah Governorate's orders to deport 13 Taif Christians (Ref A) have been rescinded. Reji Johnson (strictly protect) asserted that the situation had been definitely resolved thanks to a higher ord [...]	2008-11-12 12:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ELAB KIRF KISL KTIP PHUM SA SMIG SOCI XF
08RIYADH1699	GEN PETRAEUS IN SAUDI [...] (S) SUMMARY. CENTCOM CG GEN Petraeus met with Saudi Crown Prince and Minister of Defense and Aviation Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Interior Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Asst. Minister of Defense and Aviation Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al Abdulaziz (KBS) to discuss regional [...]	2008-11-15 14:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	AG ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ MARR MCAP MOPS OVP
08RIYADH1716	PIRATES DIVERT SAUDI OIL SHIPMENT DESTINED FOR US [...] (S/NF) Summary: Saudi Aramco officials confirmed with Consulate General Dhahran that one of their ultra-large crude carriers destined for the U.S., carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude oil, was captured by Somali pirates approximately 450 kilometers off the Kenyan coast. The crew of [...]	2008-11-18 11:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG EPET EWWT PHSA PINS PTER
08RIYADH174	DESPITE PROXIMITY TO KEY REGIONAL PLAYERS, SAG [...] (C) The Kenyan Embassy in Riyadh confirmed to PolOff during a February 5 meeting that the SAG and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) have not yet engaged with Kenya since the political crisis that engulfed the country following their contested December 27 presidential elections. [...]	2008-02-06 16:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA KE
08RIYADH1748	NAJRAN LOOKS FORWARD TO NEW GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 4, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz issued a royal decree relieving Prince Mishaal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz from his duties as governor of Najran province at his own request. Contacts widely believe he was fired for his inability to manage relations with the Is [...]	2008-11-24 15:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SA YM
08RIYADH1755	U/S GLASSMAN ENGAGES SAUDI PRINCES AND PROFESSORS ON [...] Summary and comment: Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James K. Glassman engaged Saudi Princes Salman Ibn Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh, and Naif bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior, and university professors in deliberations about counterterrorism strategies and U.S and [...]	2008-11-25 13:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO PGOV OEXC SCUL ASEC PTER KWMN KISL SA
08RIYADH1757	SAUDI SUCCESSION: WHAT HAPPENS IF CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) CROWN PRINCE ILL?: In an unusually candid notice, the Saudi Government announced November 23 that Crown Prince Sultan flew to the U.S. for medical tests. He was accompanied by his son, Prince Khalid bin Sultan, and his full brother, Riyadh Governor Prince Salman and a large retinue of pri [...]	2008-11-25 14:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1814	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 14:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1840	CAA PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Embassy Riyadh requests assistance in the procurement of the following item: 2. (C) 1 CardScan Executive Business Card Scanner, model CS-A08180-ENG (estimated unit cost $245) 3. (U) Funding data: Equipment $245.00-19-901130000-00-4470912262-447001-226 2-3121-0-0-0 Shipping/WCF [...]	2008-12-23 07:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KSUP AMGT KSLG
08RIYADH1848	GUIDANCE ON SAG'S CHILD CUSTODY AND PRESIDENTIAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Saudi Arabian Government formally requested Presidential pardons for three Saudi nationals currently imprisoned in the U.S. via a diplomatic note received by the Embassy on December 17. The note also asked for updates on the status of chil [...]	2008-12-23 13:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN OPDC PREL SA
08RIYADH1864	SAUDI ARABIA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] Saudi Arabia has only recently begun to examine how nuclear energy can best meet its national needs. Government statements have noted that Saudi Arabia would benefit from the ability to produce electricity from nuclear sources as well as to power expanded desalination operations. Part of the S [...]	2008-12-29 06:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO SA
08RIYADH1868	GAZA'S RIPPLE EFFECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Disparate yet vocal groups in Saudi Arabia are stepping out of the shadows to protest events in Gaza. In Eastern Province, protesters on December 19 reportedly carried Hezbollah flags and Hassan Nasrallah posters while chanting anti-Israel and anti-U.S. slogans. Privately, a grou [...]	2008-12-29 13:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	BA EG IS LE PGOV PHUM PREL SA
08RIYADH1871	SAUDI PUBLIC OUTRAGED OVER GAZA [...] (U) OFFICIAL CONDEMNATIONS: Saudi King Abdallah, Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal and other officials have strongly condemned the Israeli action and called on the U.S. to intervene to end the bloodshed. The King received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his farm outside Riyadh on Decem [...]	2008-12-29 15:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IS LE PGOV SA
08RIYADH190	CONFRONTING INTOLERANCE IN SAUDI MOSQUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting/DCM and PolOff met with Assistant Deputy Minister for Islamic Affairs (MOIA) Dr. Abdullah al-Lheedan on February 3 to discuss SAG efforts to combat extremism. Al-Lheedan focused on SAG efforts to monitor and rehabilitate intolerant imams. He also touched on the charities [...]	2008-02-10 14:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PGOV SA
08RIYADH191	CONSULATE DHAHRAN HOLDS FIRST EVER MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 9, Consulate Dhahran officers held our first ever meeting with Shaykh Hasan al-Saffar, the paramount religious figure in the Saudi Arabian "Shirazi" movement. For more than a decade, al-Saffar has consistently rebuffed Consulate requests to meet stating that "the time [...]	2008-02-11 05:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH286	RIYADH EAC - 17 FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: On Sunday, February 17, the Ambassador convened a regularly scheduled Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review the Embassy's security posture and to review existing reverse tripwires for the return of adult family members. BPM and RSO reported no new specific an [...]	2008-02-20 08:20:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH291	C-NE7-01842: SAUDI-QATAR RELATIONS WARMING; WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi-Qatar relations appear to be warming, however, there is little evidence of long-term improvements. The Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) told PolOff during a February 13 meeting that Saudi-Qatar tensions are not played out [...]	2008-02-20 14:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR QA SA
08RIYADH326	SAUDI ARABIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Chapter Headings: -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Rights -- Transparency of R [...]	2008-02-26 13:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR SA
08RIYADH368	TRIBES: A SILENT PLAYER IN MODERN-DAY SAUDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Traditionally seen as a domestic issue, tribalism plays a key role in modern-day Saudi foreign policy. Tribalism affects which conflicts and issues the Saudi government (SAG) engages in, the extent of the SAG's involvement, and with which side it chooses to align itself. Despite [...]	2008-03-05 07:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
08RIYADH37	SARKOZY INTENDS TO OFFER SAUDI ARABIA PEACEFUL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. French President Nicholas Sarkozy will arrive in Saudi Arabia January 15 and depart the next day. French Embassy contacts have confirmed that Sarkozy will discuss the transfer of peaceful nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia and may present a formal offer to be signed during the [...]	2008-01-08 05:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	OVIP PREL PINR FR SA
08RIYADH373	SAUDIS - WHIP INFLATION NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent replacement of the Saudi Minister of Commerce and Industry highlights growing dissatisfaction by many Saudis with the rising costs of living. The steep rise in the cost of living has led to public calls for price controls and depegging the Saudi Riyal from the U.S. doll [...]	2008-03-05 14:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH417	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MARCH 14 BEIRUT CONFERENCE [...] Acting PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Head of Arab States Department at the MFA, Ambassador Talal Malki on March 10 and via diplomatic note. Ambassador Malki stated that the Saudi Embassy would be represented at the event, either by the Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon or the Deputy [...]	2008-03-10 13:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER MASS PARM SA
08RIYADH573	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT FOR SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) Saudi Arabia's annual budget is publicized through government sources, analyses by local banks, and the local media. Officially-released budget data is timely, but not highly-detailed. Most information is limited to broad sectoral allocations. Officially-available information is typically [...]	2008-04-06 12:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SA
08RIYADH592	HUMAN RESOURCES DEVOTED TO ENERGY ISSUES [...] (U) This message is cleared by DOE/OE Assistant Secretary Kolevar. SIPDIS 2. (U) Per reftel B request, the State Department expended $275,269 on personnel costs to cover energy-related issues at Mission Saudi Arabia during the last year, and an additional $27,538 in program funds for [...]	2008-04-08 13:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	APER EPET ENERG SA
08RIYADH610	SAUDIS REQUEST SUPPORT IN UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] Post received the following request for support in the Universal Postal Union elections via diplomatic note on April 7, 2008. 2. Begin text: The Ministry has the honor to inform the Embassy that the Government of Saudi Arabia hopes to be re-elected to the Universal Postal Union Administr [...]	2008-04-13 08:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS UPU SZ SA
08RIYADH618	New Audiences Reached At Riyadh International Book Fair [...] Summary: For the first time, Embassy Riyadh participated in the Riyadh International Book Fair February 26 - March 14. Despite the prohibition on any Embassies' exhibits and participants being limited to publishing houses, post negotiated its participation as the U.S. Information Resource Cen [...]	2008-04-14 04:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP SCUL SA
08RIYADH649	SAUDI KING ABDULLAH AND SENIOR PRINCES ON SAUDI [...] (S) Summary: US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus met with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, General Presidency of Intelligence Chief Prince Muqrin bin Abd al-Aziz, and Interior Minister Nayif bin Abd al-Aziz during their Apri [...]	2008-04-20 08:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL MOPS SA IR
08RIYADH704	CHEVRON LIKELY TO WIN RENEWAL OF PNZ CONCESSION [...] (C) After almost two years of protracted negotiations, offers, and counteroffers, Chevron finally sees light at the end of the tunnel in its quest to renew its joint venture Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ) concession. Arabian Chevron Business Manager Mohammed Ayaz has confirmed to the Embassy [...]	2008-04-30 12:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG SA
08RIYADH708	SAUDIS ON ASSISTING IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq and Economic Minister-Counselor Ambassador Charles Ries and a delegation from Embassy Baghdad, MNF-I, and NEA-I visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on April 28-30 to discuss channeling $500 million of SAG funding for humanitarian assistan [...]	2008-05-01 11:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	CIA ECON EFIN IR IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR
08RIYADH713	SENIOR SAG OFFICIAL ORDERED THE RELEASE OF 16 [...] (S) The Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission met with Deputy Minister of Interior (MOI) Mohammed bin Naif on April 29, 2008 to discuss the case of the 16 Indian Christians arrested in Ta'if. (reftel) Bin Naif said that the decision to arrest the Indians did not come from MOI in Riyadh or eve [...]	2008-05-03 14:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KIRF PHUM PGOV SA
08RIYADH720	TORTURE NOT AN ACCEPTED PRACTICE IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (S) Saudi Arabia in the past four years has made progress in the the context of human rights. Despite the alleged incidents of torture mentioned in the 2007 Human Rights Report, torture is not systematically practiced within the Kingdom. This is confirmed by DOS Embassy staff, and by Riyadh [...]	2008-05-05 06:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH732	PRINCE ABDULAZIZ ON ENERGY MARKETS, OPEC LAWSUITS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 17:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ECON NI SA
08RIYADH767	S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEF TO SAUDIS ON IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. S/I Ambassador David Satterfield, along with MNF-I and Embassy Baghdad representatives, and Washington analysts, briefed three senior Saudi Arabian Governemnet (SAG) officials on May 6 and 10: Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs Prince Mohammed Bin Naif (MBN),Chief [...]	2008-05-14 09:19:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	IR IZ LE MASS MCAP OVP PGOV PINR PREL PTER
08RIYADH768	LEBANON: SAG FM SAYS UN PEACE KEEPING FORCE NEEDED [...] (S) SUMMARY. S/I Ambassador David Satterfield and an MNF-I/Embassy Baghdad team met with SAG Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal on May 10. While Iraq was the main topic discussed, Saud brought up events taking place in Beirut and emphasized the need for a "security response" to Hizballah,s "mil [...]	2008-05-14 09:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	IR IS IZ LE MASS MCAP MNUC MOPS PGOV PINR
08RIYADH942	SAUDI ARABIA: EDUCATION MINISTRY PLEDGES TO [...] (S) Summary: Both Education Minister Abdullah Al Obeid and Deputy Minister for Educational Development Dr. Naif Alromi have pledged to continue reforming Saudi textbooks, and pledged specifically to continue removing intolerant language. In meetings taking place over the past three months [...]	2008-06-16 14:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KPAO PHUM PREL SA SCUL
08RIYADH946	Saudi Arabia: Women Revved Up To Spread Word on Breast [...] (U) Summary and comment: After First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush's historic visit to Saudi Arabia and her October 2007 launch of the US-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness in Saudi Arabia, a fragile partnership is moving forward. Mrs. Bush's visit attracted national attention to this [...]	2008-06-17 04:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KPAO SA
08RIYADH986	RUSSIAN ARMS SALE TO SAUDI - DELAYED [...] (S) In a routine diplomatic reception on June 18 hosted by the Canadian Embassy in Riyadh which included diplomatic representatives from various Embassies, Acting Pol Counselor inquired with Russian Political Counselor Alexander Bagdatiev on the status of the Russian weapons sale to Saudi Arabi [...]	2008-06-24 05:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	ASEC CIA ECON EU INRA MASS MCAP MOPS NATO
08RIYADH996	WHAT DO SAUDI WOMEN WANT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Riyadh hosted a Women's Human Rights Breakfast on June 19 to discuss women's human rights issues in Saudi Arabia. The breakfast also provided an opportunity to bridge the cultural gap between USG and Saudi women. Some women were disappointed that the 2008 U.S. Human Rig [...]	2008-06-25 14:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN KISL SA
08ROME1021	SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S SEPTEMBER [...] (C/NF) Summary. Mr. Vice President, Silvio Berlusconi's government has worked hard over its first months in office to regain its position as our best ally in continental Europe. Your September 4-10 visit comes as the Berlusconi government reconvenes for what promises to be an important legislat [...]	2008-08-12 14:52:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IT
08ROME1052	ANTARCTIC TREATY: ITALY REQUESTS DIPLOMATIC NOTE CONFIRMING [...] Summary and action request. Italian Foreign Ministry officials working on Antarctic issues are pushing for the measure creating the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat (Measure 1) to be approved, which can be done without Parliamentary review. Progress has been blocked by their need for an official [...]	2008-08-18 12:55:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY SENV AORC KSCA IT
08ROME1139	POCS FOR MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS IN [...] Per reftel, the POC for marine scientific research authorizations in Italy is: Ms. Jean Preston, Environment, Science and Technology Affairs Counselor (telephone: (+39) 06 4674-2691; e-mail: prestonj@state.gov). She will be in Italy until approximately August 2010. 2. The alternate POC i [...]	2008-09-11 07:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA KRVC EWWT IT
08ROME1184	SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR [...] (C/NF) The new Berlusconi government took office after winning a snap election in April 2008. Although it has a strong electoral mandate, the government needs to take decisive steps to revitalize the economy and reduce budget deficits. Over his first hundred days in office, Berlusconi deliv [...]	2008-09-23 07:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV ENRG ETRD ETTC KNNP
08ROME1226	SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S OCTOBER 13 TRIP TO [...] (C/NF) Summary. Mr. President, Silvio Berlusconi's October 13 visit to Washington provides an opportunity to strengthen our close ties with a valuable ally in Europe. Since your June 11-13 visit, Berlusconi has consolidated the standing of his government in Italian public opinion through a ser [...]	2008-10-02 15:08:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IT
08ROME1231	ALITALIA STILL FLIES UNDER THE ITALIAN FLAG BUT AT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Berlusconi appears to have achieved his campaign promise to save Alitalia and keep it Italian. On September 29 the last of Alitalia's nine unions signed onto a deal for a consortium of Italian business to purchase the carrier. This signals an end to the almost two-year [...]	2008-10-03 15:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON IT PGOV
08ROME1237	BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 050060873- C27J [...] (SBU) Post conducted reftel post-shipment check on license 050060873, concerning aircraft parts for the C-27J. The Italian Ministry of Defense confirmed that the GOI had ordered twelve C-27J aircraft, to be built by Alenia. The Italian MOD told Post it had no documentation concerning the re [...]	2008-10-07 13:01:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IT
08ROME126	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: While the Government of Italy (GOI) continues to court foreign investors, economic reforms or other steps to ensure a more welcoming investment climate have been modest. Recent positive developments include passage of a more efficient bankruptcy law and the incorporation of the EU T [...]	2008-01-29 10:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
08ROME1269	YUSHCHENKO DISAPPOINTED BY ITALY'S TEPID SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. During his October 8 visit to Rome, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko pressed for strong Italian support of Ukraine's MAP aspirations, EU integration and recognition of the Holodomor. Yushchenko's GOI interlocutors, President Napolitano and PM Berlusconi, told Yushchenko that [...]	2008-10-16 10:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UP RS IT
08ROME1308	ITALIAN ENERGY ISSUES: SPECIAL ENVOY C. BOYDEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 9 and 10, 2008, Special Envoy C. Boyden Gray visited Rome and met with key energy officials of the Italian Government and private sector. Major points of discussion revealed Italian worry about Caspian gas, namely whether the Turks will agree to let a sufficient amount [...]	2008-10-29 07:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG IT RU AZ
08ROME1315	SUMMIT ON FINANCIAL MARKETS AND THE WORLD ECONOMY [...] Per REF A request, following are post's responses -- keyed to ref questions -- regarding Italy's posture, priorities and concerns at the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy in Washington on November 15, 2008. Embassy Rome POC for further information is Economic Officer Nick Noye [...]	2008-10-30 12:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IT
08ROME1320	AFRICOM COMPONENT COMMANDS: HOST NATION [...] (C) Summary: On October 14 Post completed an exchange of Diplomatic Notes with the GOI confirming Italy's willingness to host the USAFRICOM Army and Navy Component Commands at Vicenza and Naples, thereby concluding the Host Nation Notification process. However, the GOI has asked that Post del [...]	2008-10-30 16:42:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO IT
08ROME1322	ITALIAN REQUEST TO DECLASSIFY BILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 8. 2. (C) The GOI presented Embassy Rome with a Diplomatic Note on July 7, 2008 requesting the declassification of the 1954 Bilateral Infrastructure Agreement (BIA). As justification for the request, the note cites the length of time elapsed si [...]	2008-10-31 09:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO IT
08ROME1326	ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES UNDER THE ITALIAN G8 PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff met with key Italian officials to review early ideas and plans for environmental issues under the Italian G8 Presidency, with particular reference to the G8 Environment Ministerial. Key issues discussed include: Mini [...]	2008-11-03 07:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG EAID EFIN EAGR IT
08ROME1327	ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES UNDER THE ITALIAN G8 PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff met with key Italian officials to review early ideas and plans for environmental issues under the Italian G8 Presidency, with particular reference to the G8 Environment Ministerial. Key issues discussed include: Mini [...]	2008-11-03 07:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG EAID EFIN EAGR IT
08ROME1337	BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT AND IPR -- FIRST SIGNS OF LIFE [...] (C) Summary: Fabrizio Mazza, head of the Intellectual Property Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hopes to see the GOI form an interministerial committee to deal with IPR, particularly Internet piracy, and would also like to see discussion of Internet Piracy featured in G-8 meetings durin [...]	2008-11-05 10:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD IT KIPR PGOV
08ROME1354	WASHINGTON WORLD ECONOMY SUMMIT - MORE ON ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary -- A top advisor to the Minister of Economics and Finance told econoffs November 5 that Italy's objectives for November 15 are modest, rooted in the realization that the Washington summit will be just the first of a multi-step process to address problems in the global financial reg [...]	2008-11-06 17:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EU IT
08ROME1415	CLIMATE CHANGE: ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION [...] Sensitive But Unclassified - paragraphs as marked. 2. (SBU) Summary. Since the election of the Berlusconi Government in April, 2008, and in light of Italy's 2009 G8 Presidency, the G8 Sous-Sherpa for Foreign Affairs has taken the Italian lead for the Major Economies process. The European [...]	2008-11-20 16:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG IT
08ROME1416	THE ANTI-CORRUPTION AND TRANSPARENCY SERVICE: AN [...] (C) Summary. Italy abolished its Office of the High Commissioner Against Corruption in June 2008. The Berlusconi Government defended the closure as a cost-cutting move, and said the functions of the office would be subsumed by another, newly created GOI office, the Anti-Corruption and Transpar [...]	2008-11-20 16:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR KJUS PGOV
08ROME148	ITALY AND ISAF: NO NEW DEPLOYMENTS IN NEAR TERM, [...] (C) Summary: With the current political crisis likely to drag on for months, and a caretaker government prohibited from making significant policy changes, we see no prospect for new large-scale Italian military commitments in Afghanistan between now and the summer. However, GOI officials are [...]	2008-02-01 16:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR EAID AF IT
08ROME150	GOI NON-PAPER SETS GOAL OF ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. In late December, the GOI provided the Embassy and Department a non-paper on Italian energy/energy security policy in response to questions raised during the December 11, 2007, meeting between President Bush and Italian President Napolitano. The full text is included below. The [...]	2008-02-04 10:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RU AJ IT
08ROME1530	MOVING FORWARD ON COORDINATED NATIONAL MEASURES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The December 12 meeting in Rome of the "likeminded group" that focused on the implementation of national measures on Iran usefully brought Australia, Canada, Japan, and the Republic of Korea into the group (previously limited to France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the Unite [...]	2008-12-17 13:06:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	KNNP ENRG ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME1534	ITALY SUPPORTS USG AT NSG BUT LACKS URGENCY ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On 11 December, ISN Acting A/S Patricia McNerney held bilateral talks with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She and Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser later met with the Ministry of Finance. These talks focused on efforts undertaken to prevent Iran's acquisition of a nuclear w [...]	2008-12-18 14:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME1535	ITALY SUPPORTS USG AT NSG BUT LACKS URGENCY ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On 11 December, ISN Acting A/S Patricia McNerney held bilateral talks with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She and Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser later met with the Ministry of Finance. These talks focused on efforts undertaken to prevent Iran's acquisition of a nuclear w [...]	2008-12-18 14:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME1541	REQUEST FOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR VATICAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy Vatican requests the Department to explore designing and funding a crisis management tabletop exercise with the Vatican security services. The purpose of the exercise is twofold: first, to enhance the Vatican's abili [...]	2008-12-19 08:56:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PTER ASEC VT
08ROME1551	G8 COMMISSIONER BERTOLASO ON SUMMIT LOGISTICS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: G8 Summit Commissioner Guido Bertolaso, Prime Minister Berlusconi's Commissioner in charge of logistics for the July 8-10 2009 Summit at La Maddalena, told the DCM on December 19 that construction of the two hote [...]	2008-12-22 11:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OTRA OVIP ASEC AORC IT
08ROME1552	G8 COMMISSIONER BERTOLASO ON SUMMIT LOGISTICS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: G8 Summit Commissioner Guido Bertolaso, Prime Minister Berlusconi's Commissioner in charge of logistics for the July 8-10 2009 Summit at La Maddalena, told the DCM on December 19 that construction of the two hote [...]	2008-12-22 11:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OTRA OVIP ASEC AORC IT
08ROME1567	HOA PIRACY: EMBASSY ROME REQUEST TO INCLUDE ITALY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 11:28:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA
08ROME1580	ANTARCTIC TREATY: ITALY APPROVES ATCM MEASURE 1, [...] On 2 December, Foreign Ministry (MFA) Counselor Francesco Capponi told SCICouns that Italy has approved Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) Measure 1, creating the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. He said that Italy has transmitted its instrument of ratification of Measure 1 through the [...]	2008-12-29 09:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY SENV AORC KSCA IT
08ROME1590	HOA PIRACY: ITALY PLEDGES FRIGATE FOR ESDP [...] C) The Italian MOD confirmed to Pol-Mil Off on December 24 that Italy plans to contribute a Maestrale-class Frigate or Soldati-class fleet patrol boat to the ESDP ATALANTA counter-piracy mission. The mission was approved by the Concil of Ministers in the year-end GOI overseas missions decree w [...]	2008-12-30 16:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EWWT PBTS
08ROME200	ITALIANS TO VOTE "NO" AT FEB 12 VOTE ON BIOTECH [...] (U) On February 11, Embassy Rome's Minister-Counselor for Agricultural Affairs delivered reftel points on EU approval of biotech corn, cotton, and soybean varieties to contacts at the ministries of Health and Agriculture. Director General Romano Marabelli of the Ministry of Health and Diploma [...]	2008-02-14 13:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR EUN TBIO IT
08ROME225	CUBA: D'ALEMA CONGRATULATES RAUL CASTRO, GENTLY [...] (C) Ambassador spoke to FM D'Alema February 24 to deliver reftel points on promoting democratic change in Cuba. He urged D'Alema to issue a statement calling for free and fair elections, the release of political prisoners, and dialogue with democratic activists and civil society. D'Alema said [...]	2008-02-25 16:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU CU IT
08ROME249	ITALIAN MFA OFFICIAL OUTLINES ITALIAN ENERGY, [...] (C) Summary. During a February 13 meeting with Embassy Officers, Giovanni Manfredi, the Italian MFA official responsible for energy issues, provided a wide-ranging and candid assessment of Italian energy and energy security policy. Manfredi said Italian demand for natural gas will continue t [...]	2008-02-29 12:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG RU IT
08ROME323	IRAN: FM D'ALEMA SAYS ITALY FED UP WITH EU3; [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting March 13, the Ambassador told FM D,Alema that Italy,s tactics on Iran were not working ) instead Italy was being isolated. D,Alema replied that Italy didn,t want to be told again by a small group of countries what it had to do without having any input. He said ot [...]	2008-03-14 11:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KNNP PARM EUN IR IT
08ROME357	U.S. COORDINATOR SCHWEICH ENGAGES ITALIANS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with GOI officials and the Italian press on March 13-14, Amb. Thomas A. Schweich, Coordinator for Afghan Justice Reform and Counternarcotics and INL PDAS, drew a strong correlation between security and narcotics in Afghanistan. He presented new USG and UNODC data s [...]	2008-03-20 15:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR NATO IT MARR MOPS AF EAID
08ROME384	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: ACHILLE AMERIO, NEW [...] Sensitive but unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Italy?s new Ambassador in Damascus, Achille Amerio, reached post at the beginning of March, replacing Francesco Cerulli, who retired. Since 2004, Amerio was Diplomatic Adviser to two consecutive Defense Ministers, Antonio [...]	2008-03-28 15:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL SY IT
08ROME398	GLOBAL HAWK: ITALY APPROVES BASING AT SIGONELLA: [...] (U) This message contains an urgent action request at para 2. 2. (C) The Italian Defense General Staff (IDGS) notified the Embassy in writing on April 1 that Italy approved the deployment of the Global Hawk UAV to Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily (text of approval note at para 4). Th [...]	2008-04-01 14:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO IT
08ROME445	ITALY WANTS COORDINATED ANNOUNCEMENT OF NDRANGHETA [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) This message contains an action request at para 3. 3. (SBU). SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The Italian MFA informed Charge d'Affaires on April 9 that the GOI welcomes the possibility of a [...]	2008-04-09 14:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IT KCRM SNAR PTER
08ROME461	SCENESETTER FOR ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] (C/NF) Your trip to Rome for the International Energy Forum (IEF) will occur immediately after Italy's April 13-14 parliamentary elections. While you are here, Italian parliamentarians will be in the beginning of the government formation process. Romano Prodi's center-left coalition governm [...]	2008-04-14 09:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ENRG EPRT IT
08ROME471	ITALIANS SUPPORT EFFORTS FOR GREATER REGIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-15 11:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR IT
08ROME525	(C) DELIVERING TOUGH MESSAGES TO ENI CEO PAOLO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his May 5-6 visit to Washington, Post believes it would be helpful to U.S. interests if Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni is told very clearly of serious USG concerns about 1) his company's close collaboration with Russia's Gazprom and 2) his company's continuing involvement in Iran. E [...]	2008-04-24 14:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG IR IT PGOV PREL RU
08ROME54	ITALY: POL DIRECTOR TELLS U/S ROOD ITALY SUPPORTS [...] (C) Italian MFA Political Director Terzi told U/S Rood that Italy supported additional measures to encourage Iran to suspend uranium enrichment (with a strong preference for a UNSCR, but also expressing openness to EU action). Terzi said the GOI believed in continuing the two-tracked approach [...]	2008-01-15 09:15:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KNNP XF IT
08ROME546	IRAQ: ITALY PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN ICI [...] Poloff delivered ref a points to Amb. Gianludovico De Martino, Director of the MFA Iraq Task Force, on April 29. De Martino said that Italy will have a new government by the ICI Ministerial and was hopeful that the new Foreign Minister would attend. De Martino noted that as IRFFI co-chair, Ita [...]	2008-04-30 11:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ IT
08ROME586	LEBANON: ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF SINIORA GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA Lebanon/Syria Desk Officer Michele Tommasi on May 9. Tommasi said that Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Gabriele Cecchia had already delivered a strong message of support to the Siniora Government and to General Sleiman and would continue to do [...]	2008-05-09 15:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IT
08ROME650	ITALY: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (U) This is post's response to reftel request for updated information necessary for the President's consideration of continued suspension of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) There has been no significant change in Italian relations with Cuba over the past six months. There were no high [...]	2008-05-22 13:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU IT
08ROME651	ITALY: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (U) This is post's response to reftel request for updated information necessary for the President's consideration of continued suspension of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) There has been no significant change in Italian relations with Cuba over the past six months. There were no high [...]	2008-05-22 13:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU IT
08ROME683	(S) GOI TO INVESTIGATE EXPORT OF MACHINE TOOL TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On May 29, Econoff delivered to Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for Italian participation in the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Ref A non-paper on the export of an Italian compu [...]	2008-05-30 12:25:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL IT IR
08ROME777	GOI MIN TRANSPORT ASKS EU TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econ Couns met with Achille Vinci-Giacchi, Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Transport, and with Massimo Gaiani, GOI's Director of the Secretariat for Coordinating European Union (EU) Affairs, to encourage the GOI to raise concerns about the EU's proposed aviation Emis [...]	2008-06-20 07:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD SENV IT
08ROME828	ITALY WELCOMES NASA-CNSA TALKS, STRATEGIC SPACE [...] (U) SCICOUNS delivered reftel non-paper to Giovanni Manfredi, Director for Energy, Space, High Technology and Aerospace and Defense Programs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 27, 2008. Manfredi,s successor, Counselor Roberto Liotto, also attended the meeting. Due to reorganizat [...]	2008-07-03 09:20:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL TSPA TPHY TSPL KSCA CH IT
08ROME865	ITALY BEGINS CENSUS OF ROMA CAMPS [...] (C) With a large majority in both houses of parliament and a public united in feelings of insecurity in large cities, PM Berlusconi's government has begun to crack down on illegal immigration and crime. A plan to conduct a census of residents of encampments, aimed at Italy's Roma population, [...]	2008-07-10 16:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM IT
08ROME888	ITALY: SUPPORTIVE ON INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS [...] (C) Summary. Italy will seek to be supportive of India in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),but MFA officials urgently request information on the Indian sites to be placed under safeguards, and on the likely substance of the NSG waiver request. [...]	2008-07-18 14:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA ETTC KNNP AORC PARM PREL IT
08ROME893	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DASD WHELAN: AFRICOM [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Italy offers an opportunity to engage the GOI at the highest levels on the pending issue of U.S.- GOI consultations on AFRICOM component headquarters in Italy. Initial readings from top-level Italian civilian officials are encouraging. However, the devil will be in t [...]	2008-07-22 09:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IT NATO
08ROME95	ITALY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) The following are Embassy Rome's answers to the questionnaire on host government information collection, screening and sharing practices contained in Reftel. 2. (SBU) Section A: Watchlisting -------------------------------- Question: If host government maintains a "watchlist," how [...]	2008-01-23 14:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS IT
08ROME954	DESIGNATION OF MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER AND [...] (U) Below is the contact information for the Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and the MDRO Alternate. The Alternate, as recommended, is an FSN who works closely with the MDRO. 2. (SBU) MDRO Name: Christopher P. Curran (effective 29 August) Title: Economic Officer [...]	2008-07-30 16:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID SOCI IT
08RPODUBAI45	STAR TV TO LAUNCH PERSIAN LANGUAGE ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL [...] (C) Summary: STAR Group (a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp) intends to launch a Persian-dubbed satellite entertainment channel from Dubai in November or December that will target audiences in Iran and the region. STAR officials told the Charge d'Affaires in Abu Dhabi, Dubai Consul Gene [...]	2008-08-11 17:21:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KPAO SCUL
08RPODUBAI55	IRAN'S RAFSANJANI CALLS 1979 EMBASSY SIEGE A "MISTAKE" [...] (C) Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani gave an unusual speech at Sharif University on November 23 in which he acknowledged several "mistakes" that had occurred during the early period of the Islamic Revolution, including the siege of the American Embassy, and announ [...]	2008-11-24 15:26:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR IR
08SANAA1053	YEMEN'S BIG BROTHER: WHAT HAS SAUDI ARABIA DONE [...] (U) AMEMBASSY Riyadh and AMCONGEN Jeddah have cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Yemen has a long history of relations with Saudi Arabia based primarily on their 1500 km shared border, which has led to extensive social, religious and business ties. Yemenis perceive the relationship as he [...]	2008-06-18 09:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS SA YM
08SANAA107	SALEH CALLS FOR ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT ON GAZA [...] (U) On January 21, President Saleh called for an emergency Arab League summit to discuss the blockade of Gaza. While his Party endorses his idea, at least one opposition figure dismisses it as an empty gesture. End Summary 2. (U) On January 21, According to Yemen's official news agency, P [...]	2008-01-22 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KSUM PGOV IS YM

08SANAA108	YEMENIS DEMONSTRATE IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIANS, [...] (U) Post RSO sources indicate that, on January 22, a crowd of between 5000 and 6000 marched from Sana'a University toward the headquarters of the U.N. Development Program (UNDP),in protest of the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Police prevented the group from reaching UNDP headquarters. The crowd [...]	2008-01-22 14:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV IS YM
08SANAA1139	DJIBOUTIAN EMBASSY IN YEMEN COMMENTS ON HORN OF [...] (C) Hassan Ali Hassan, deputy head of mission at the Djiboutian Embassy in Yemen, told PolOff on 30 June that tensions are still high between Djibouti and Eritrea. Hassan said the Eritrean Army has encroached into Djibouti to the city of Moulhole. There have been several attempts to enter in [...]	2008-07-07 10:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL DJ YM
08SANAA1155	EMBASSY SANAA RESPONSE TO ENGAGING HOST [...] (U) Embassy Sana'a's main POC for issues dicussed in reftel is Public Affairs Officer, Ryan Gliha; E-mail: GlihaRM@state.gov; Telephone: 967-1-755-2451. 2. (C) Yemen does not currently sit on the Arabsat board. SECHE [...]	2008-07-09 10:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER XF ALOW YM
08SANAA1165	AL-HOUTHI REBELLION: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (C) Fighting between the al-Houthi rebels and ROYG forces has intensified this year, leading to increased efforts by the ROYG to quash the rebellion militarily once and for all and prompting it to seek aid from the US, Russia, Belarus, and Yemen's own militant tribes. As fighting has increased [...]	2008-07-14 10:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PINS YM
08SANAA1212	REVIEWING THE ROADMAP OR RETURN OF YEMEN'S GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 6. 2. (C) On July 20, the Ambassador met with Ammar Saleh, Deputy Director of Yemen's National Security Bureau, to discuss the eleven items that comprise the roadmap for the return of Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo (GTMO),presented initially during [...]	2008-07-21 12:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDRG PTER YM
08SANAA122	YEMENI GUN BAN HOLDS BUT ATTITUDES REMAIN UNCHANGED [...] (U) Yemen's historic gun ban is holding five months after it was announced. Though violence continues in Yemen reports suggest there has been some reduction in gun related crimes. Lasting change will only be successful if attitudes about weapons change and people become aware of its dangers. E [...]	2008-01-26 13:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
08SANAA151	BIGGEST GAZA DEMONSTRATION TO DATE IN SANAA, BUT [...] (C) For the fourth day out of five, crowds of Yemenis took to the streets on January 26 to demonstrate in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza strip. This demonstration, the largest to date, was estimated by the Regional Security Office to have included more than 100,000 people. When disc [...]	2008-01-28 08:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL PREL YM
08SANAA1547	THREAT LETTER RECEIVED BY EMBASSY SANAA [...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 14, 2008, RSO received an email attachment from the British Embassy security officer, which contained a scanned letter written in Arabic. After translation, it was revealed that the letter was issued by the "Islamic Jihadist Organization" and threatened Vehicle Bo [...]	2008-09-16 10:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1550	9/17 SANAA EAC REQUESTS AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 09/17/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss the terrorist attack that took place on the American Embassy at 0915 on 09/17/08. The EAC agreed to request authorized departure. See specific requests in paragraph 8. 2. (S/NF) On 09/17/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss t [...]	2008-09-17 17:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1551	ROYG AGREES TO EMBASSY SECURITY REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) In the wake of the September 17 terrorist attack on the embassy, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minster Rashad al-Alimi, Interior Minister Motahar al-Masri, National Security Bureau Director Ali al-Anisi, and Political Security Organization Chief Ghalib Qamish. The Ambassador advised [...]	2008-09-17 17:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA1558	9/19 SANAA EAC DISCUSSES NEW THREAT [...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 09/19/08 the Sanaa EAC met for the second time since the 09/17/08 terrorist attack on the Embassy. The EAC discussed how best to respond to a new non-specific threat from Islamic Jihad in Yemen. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) On 09/19/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss [...]	2008-09-19 14:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1559	AMEMB SANAA 9/20 DAILY SITREP [...] Security: The MSD team has been deployed to augment security at the Hadda Apartment Complex. One of the ARSOs is currently conducting a security review of all official American residential areas in order to determine where host nation assets could be deployed to be most useful. Based upon AR [...]	2008-09-20 11:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1564	AMEMB SANAA 9/22 DAILY SITREP [...] Security: RSO is still coordinating residential security issues with the host nation. Security upgrades inside Hadda Compound are fully in place. DS has agreed to a controlled release to certain ROYG security services of the video of the attack. RSO will coordinate with the relevant section [...]	2008-09-22 07:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1755	AMBASSADOR DECLARES DISASTER IN HADRAMOUT AND MAHRA [...] Summary and Action Request: Ambassador Seche declares a humanitarian disaster in the Hadramout and Mahra governorates of eastern Yemen following a tropical storm and related flash flooding that occurred between October 23 and October 25. The Ambassador requests that DCHA/OFDA immediately commi [...]	2008-10-27 15:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID YM
08SANAA1800	SANAA EAC REQUESTS THE LIFTING OF AUTHORIZED [...] (S/NF) Summary: On November 2, 2008, the EAC met to discuss the lifting of Authorized Departure status. After discusion, the EAC decided to recommend the lifting of authorized departure and return to the prior limited-accompanied status at post of working adult dependents only. The EAC was a [...]	2008-11-03 12:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC YM
08SANAA1819	YEMENI REACTION TO US ELECTION: GREAT NATION, [...] On November 5, the Ambassador hosted a morning reception to give key post contacts the opportunity to watch the results of the US presidential elections with embassy officers. At that event and in EmbOffs' other meetings, the response to the elections has been overwhelmingly positive. Post,s [...]	2008-11-05 14:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL YM
08SANAA1826	AL-BANNA SENTENCE REDUCED [...] International-media reports on November 8 indicated that convicted terrorist Jaber al-Banna's sentence had been reduced by a Yemeni court from 10 years to five. According to Agence France Presse, al-Banna's sentence was reduced because he "handed himself in to the authorities." Reflecting th [...]	2008-11-10 10:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV KISL YM
08SANAA1881	DAILEY DELIVERS STRONG CT MESSAGE TO ROYG OFFICIALS [...] (U) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Dell L. Dailey met on December 16 and 17 with ranking ROYG security officials. Assuring them that counterterrorism (CT) will continue to be a priority for the new U.S. Administration, he pressed his interlocutors for progress on effective CT legislation and [...]	2008-11-23 10:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA1900	CREATING INCENTIVES FOR YEMEN'S CT ENGAGEMENT [...] (S) Embassy Sana'a wishes to express its appreciation for the collective efforts of the Washington inter-agency process that have identified both supply and financing sources for the M-113 armored personnel carriers requested by President Saleh. The purpose of this message is to ensure that th [...]	2008-11-26 07:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA1924	DEMARCHE: ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] Post maintains an ongoing discussion with the ROYG on deepening cooperation with the international community to fight Somali piracy. During our discussions, emboffs have raised all of the points outlined in para 4 of reftel. Yemeni military sources assert that, to be effective, the internatio [...]	2008-12-02 06:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER YM
08SANAA1929	23 INJURED IN OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Demonstrations organized by Yemen's political opposition in Sana'a on November 27, and the ROYG reaction to them, turned violent, resulting in the injury of 23 people. The ROYG reportedly assaulted reporters covering the demonstrations and some accuse ROYG forces of firing on demonstrator [...]	2008-12-02 09:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA1935	OPPOSITION LEADER: PARTICIPATION IN APRIL [...] (C) With Yemen's April 2009 Parliamentary elections approaching, the opposition continues to boycott all election preparations. The concessions that President Saleh is willing to discuss privately come nowhere near addressing what the opposition deems to be its "minimum standards" for partic [...]	2008-12-03 12:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM YM
08SANAA1947	GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO YEMEN [...] (S) SUMMARY. On November 29, during his first visit to Yemen, General David Petraeus, Commander of the U.S. Central Command, met with President Ali Abdullah Saleh and senior ROYG officials for frank and open discussions. Discussions focused on security issues, including counter-terrorism, pi [...]	2008-12-06 11:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP PHSA PINS PTER MOPS OTRA YM
08SANAA1949	SALEH'S CHARM OFFENSIVE: YEMENI PRESIDENT ATTEMPTS TO WOO [...] (Summary) During the week of November 24, 2008, President Ali Abdullah Saleh conducted two high-profile, on-the-record interviews with international media outlets in France and Russia. In the context of these interviews, Saleh outlined his government's views on counter-terrorism strategy in Y [...]	2008-12-06 13:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KPAO YM
08SANAA195	SALEH ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL [...] (U) Shortly after returning from his trip to Spain and Belgium, and only a few months after his regular annual physical in Germany, President Saleh was admitted to a Yemeni hospital. 2. (U) The Defense Ministry-funded 26Sep Net reported on February second that President Saleh had flown fro [...]	2008-02-03 14:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PINR YM
08SANAA1960	12/07 SANAA EAC REVIEWS RECENT THREAT INFORMATION [...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 12/07/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss new threat information received by the Embassy. The EAC reviewed current security policies in place and discussed additional security measures needed. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) On 12/07/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss new [...]	2008-12-07 12:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1973	SAUDI AMBASSADOR PROVIDES INFORMATION ON YEMENI [...] (C) On December 6, Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Ali al-Hamdan passed to the Ambassador information on Faris Mana'a. Mana'a, one of Yemen's most successful weapons smugglers, has long been known to have a curiously close relationship with President Saleh, who once brought him into a meeting with [...]	2008-12-08 06:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PARM PTER PGOV YM
08SANAA1974	THREATS AGAINST EMBASSY SANAA AND WESTERN INTERESTS [...] (S/NF) US Embassy Sana'a has received threats against the Embassy and other Western interests in Yemen. RSO has passed all information to GRPO for follow-up. No further information has been received regarding these threats. 2. (S/NF) On December 5, RSO received information from a Canadian [...]	2008-12-08 13:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1976	12/12 SANAA EAC REVIEWS SECURITY POSTURE [...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 12/12/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss the Embassy's security posture in light of continued threat reporting against embassies, hotels, and other Western interests in Yemen. The EAC determined that the Sheraton Hotel should be put off-limits for the time being and the TDYers [...]	2008-12-12 13:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1991	IN LIGHT OF NEW SECURITY THREATS, ROYG PROMISES TO [...] (S) During a December 13 meeting at the Ministry of the Interior (MOI),the Ambassador broached recent security concerns with Minister of Interior Rashad al-Masri. The Minister assured the Ambassador that the ROYG was taking all threats against Western interests, including the U.S. Embassy an [...]	2008-12-15 07:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER ASEC PINS MOPS YM
08SANAA2005	PRESIDENT REPORTEDLY PROMISES TO RESETTLE REYDA [...] (C) BG Tariq Saleh, nephew of President Saleh and head of his Presidential Guard, informed EMBOFFS on December 16 that the President had offered to provide every member of the Jewish community in Reyda resettlement in Sana'a, a parcel of land and money to build a home. Saleh reportedly also a [...]	2008-12-16 14:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF YM
08SANAA2061	GCC MEMBERSHIP REMAINS BEYOND YEMEN'S GRASP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Yemen's full participation in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is thwarted by its bleak economic outlook, including a large, but unemployed, work force. GCC members have pledged to help strengthen Yemen's development, but a substantial amount of money has not been delivered. E [...]	2008-12-30 12:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA2062	YEMENI PROTESTORS OUT IN FORCE IN REACTION TO GAZA [...] Massive protests have been organized throughout Yemen since December 27, continuing into the 30, in reaction to the Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. Yemeni government officials, political parties, labor unions, and human rights organizations have issued statements condemning the [...]	2008-12-30 12:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO KPAL YM
08SANAA240	TWO SIDES AGREE TO REVIVE QATARI MEDIATION IN SAADA [...] (C) A February 1 agreement to reinvigorate the stalled Qatari mediation efforts in Saada was followed by a brief continuation of the violence and then a reported cease fire. While any good news in this conflict is welcome, difficulties implementing earlier cease-fire agreements lead post to re [...]	2008-02-06 13:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA265	YEMEN'S 2008 SUBMISSION FOR 2008 EISA [...] In response to reftel, Post provides the following information. 2. The Political and Economic Section at post handles energy matters. A total of four employees handle energy-related issues: one entry-level Economic Foreign Service Officer, one entry-level Commercial Foreign Service Offi [...]	2008-02-13 11:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD APER ENRG SENV YM
08SANAA267	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES THE OPPOSITION'S ROLE WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DCM met with leaders of the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) coalition on February 13. The conversation focused on the political dialogue between the ruling party and the JMP and on the role the JMP is playing in remedying the problems of the country. Dur [...]	2008-02-13 13:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
08SANAA3	THE FORUM'S FUTURE STILL IN DOUBT [...] (C) The Ambassador and the German CDA met with Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi on January 2 to discuss the Forum for the Future. The Ambassador noted the USG's continued commitment to the Forum, but, in the absence of a representative of the Japanese Embassy, no progress was made on forming [...]	2008-01-02 13:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA318	OVERVIEW OF REFUGEES IN YEMEN: A MIXED BAG OF MISERY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 12:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA320	OVERVIEW OF REFUGEES IN YEMEN: A MIXED BAG OF MISERY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 11:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA407	YEMENI TERRORIST ROLL-CALL: BADAWI STILL IN JAIL, [...] (U) Jaber al-Banna, a Yemeni-American among the FBI's most wanted terrorism suspects and who was indicted in 2002 in the United States for "providing material support to terrorists" (reftel),posted bond at a Yemeni security court on March 9. He is due back in court on March 23. 2. (S/N [...]	2008-03-10 15:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL YM
08SANAA412	YEMENI TERRORIST ROLL-CALL: BADAWI STILL IN JAIL, [...] (U) Jaber al-Banna, a Yemeni-American among the FBI's most wanted terrorism suspects and who was indicted in 2002 in the United States for "providing material support to terrorists" (reftel),posted bond at a Yemeni security court on March 9. He is due back in court on March 23. 2. (S/N [...]	2008-03-11 11:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL YM
08SANAA66	YEMENI ROYG EXPRESSES CONCERNS: ISRAELI SETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-13 15:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM YM
08SANAA711	SALEH'S STEWARDSHIP OF YEMEN A SUBJECT OF CONCERN [...] (C) Summary. Conversations this month with a range of interlocutors have revealed a growing sense of unease with the Saleh government's seeming inability to effectively address the problems of terrorism and internal unrest in Yemen. The consensus view holds that Saleh's preoccupation with the [...]	2008-04-20 07:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS YM
08SANAA86	GPC MP CRITICIZES ROYG HANDLING OF SOUTHERN [...] (C) On January 13 a prominent member of Yemen's ruling party criticized his government's handling of demonstrations in Aden specifically and southern discontent in general. Earlier in the day, media reported that two Yemenis had died and 17 were injured in fighting that broke out during a demo [...]	2008-01-14 14:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA88	PART TWO OF TWO: YEMEN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel A, part two of Yemen's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement follows. This second section covers protection of property rights, transparency of the regulatory system, efficient capital markets and portfolio investment, political violence, corrup [...]	2008-01-15 11:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC YM
08SANAA91	THREE BELGIANS KILLED IN ATTACK IN HADRAMOUT [...] (C) At approximately 2:30 PM local time, January 18 in Wadi Dowan in the governorate of Hadramout a four-car convoy carrying Belgian tourists was attacked by armed men. PSO in Makulla reported that two or three of the Belgian tourists were killed, as was one Yemeni driver. One tourist and one [...]	2008-01-18 16:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA979	YEMEN PIPELINE ATTACK [...] (C) On June 1 the Yemeni Soldiers' Brigade (a group associated with Al-Qaida which claimed responsibility for the attack on the embassy in March) claimed responsibility for what it called a "mortar attack" on the oil pipeline near a state-run refinery in Aden on May 30. Media reporting varies [...]	2008-06-02 13:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ENRG EPET PINS PTER YM
08SANJOSE1000	SUBJECT: COSTA RICA: TITLE III SUSPENSION OF THE [...] (U) Costa Rican President Oscar Arias remains a leading critic of the Castro government and an advocate for democratic change and human rights reform in Cuba. The USG should encourage and bolster Costa Rica's continued support for democracy in Cuba. Suspending Title III of the Libertad Act in [...]	2008-12-24 14:50:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL
08SANJOSE1005	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LEAVITT'S RETURN VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Secretary Leavitt and his delegation. Since the Secretary's March 2007 visit, the Arias administration has made progress on key elements of its 2006-2010 agenda, most notably completing requirements to join the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Repu [...]	2008-12-31 18:00:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL PGOV SOCI OSCI OTRA OVIP CS
08SANJOSE11	U.S.-BELIZE TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION ACT OVERSIGHT [...] SUMMARY: REO attended the U.S.-Belize Tropical Forest Conservation Fund Oversight Committee meeting held on November 9 in the Rio Bravo Conservation Areas. The meeting considered recipient NGO expenditures and plans for the coming year, PACT Foundation grants, and PACT Foundation Board Compo [...]	2008-01-07 21:19:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID ENRG BH
08SANJOSE129	COSTA RICA RECOGNIZES PALESTINIAN "STATE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Costa Rica recognized the "state" of Palestine in an exchange of notes in New York on February 5. The MFA quietly announced the move in San Jose hours later, taking local diplomatic missions (including Post) by surprise. The MFA,s public explanation stressed Costa Rica,s and the [...]	2008-02-19 15:51:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS KPAL PGOV PINR PREL IL
08SANJOSE133	COSTA RICA AND CHINA: THE HONEYMOON CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sino-Costa Rican relations continue to deepen smoothly, if slowly (Ref A). The first tangible results of the GOCR,s June 2007 recognition of China -- USD 20 million in disaster relief, and loans and grants for development projects -- have begun to flow. Both governments are high [...]	2008-02-20 14:34:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD ENRG MASS XK CS
08SANJOSE146	TOOLS FOR A GREEN ISLAND: ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENT AND [...] SUMMARY. While in Kingston October 21-24, 2007, REO met with UNEP, GOJ environmental officials, and U.S. Mission environmental partners to discuss priorities and potential tools. UNEP's Franklin Macdonald shared his views on WW2BW's future. Jamaica's National Environment and Planning Agency [...]	2008-02-22 17:09:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID ENRG JM
08SANJOSE155	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - COSTA RICA [...] Since last year's report (Ref C),the GOCR has made some progress in advancing laws related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) required by the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). However, Costa Rica must still take several major steps to adequately protect and enforce IPR, b [...]	2008-02-26 21:58:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KIPR CS
08SANJOSE159	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO [...] Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes CODEL Costello. Costa Rica has a history of political stability, social progress and commitment to peace and human rights which has been undermined in recent years by ineffective government institutions, growing domestic security problems, corruption scandals a [...]	2008-02-27 22:51:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SENV CS
08SANJOSE160	COSTA RICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL COSTELLO [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to the Congressional Delegation led by Congressman Jerry F. Costello. The other members of the delegation are: Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR); Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL); Rep. Henry E. Brown (R-SC); Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA); Rep. Mazie Hirono [...]	2008-02-28 14:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CS
08SANJOSE195	CODEL COSTELLO REVIEWS CIVIL AVIATION [...] SUMMARY. On March 1-4, a Congressional delegation (CODEL) led by the Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Jerry Costello (D-IL) visited Costa Rica to review the aircraft repair operations of Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Aeroindustriales R.L. (COOPESA). COOPESA has ongoing offshore repai [...]	2008-03-12 19:27:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAIR SNAR CS
08SANJOSE238	SCENESETTER FOR DAS MADISON VISIT TO COSTA RICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes DAS Kirsten Madison. Your visit to Costa Rica is timely. We should keep the pressure on the GOCR to pass CAFTA implementation laws, encourage the GOCR to continue its close cooperation on counternarcotics and law enforcement issues, and urge t [...]	2008-03-31 15:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SNAR
08SANJOSE263	BERROCAL STEPS DOWN AS MINISTER OF PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Minister of Public Security Fernando Berrocal stepped down on March 30 after asserting that the FARC was connected to elements of the "political sector" in Costa Rica. Berrocal's comments came in the aftermath of a March 14 raid on a suspected FARC safe house. His departure came [...]	2008-04-07 20:16:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PINR
08SANJOSE287	COSTA RICA: NEW MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY DEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Arias has appointed National Liberation Party legislator Janina Del Vecchio as the new Minister of Public Security. She took office on April 15, replacing Fernando Berrocal, who was dismissed on March 30 after making controversial remarks about possible FARC connectio [...]	2008-04-17 22:37:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR CS
08SANJOSE294	SCENESETTER FOR AUSTR EISSENSTAT'S VISIT TO COSTA RICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes AUSTR Everett Eissenstat. His visit to Costa Rica is timely, and will help us keep the pressure on the GOCR to complete CAFTA implementation. The Arias administration remains deeply committed to CAFTA, and is making progress, but slowly. Althou [...]	2008-04-22 21:48:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD PGOV PREL
08SANJOSE391	COSTA RICA REFUSING TO SUPPORT UN PRISONERS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Costa Rican MFA said on May 14 that it would not/not co-sponsor the US/EU-backed UN Prisoners of Conscience Declaration. After stating on May 9 that it would co-sponsor, on May 12 MFA staff remained noncommittal in written communications and continued to urge inclusion of te [...]	2008-05-14 17:25:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL CS
08SANJOSE444	SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE DAS WALTER BASTIAN'S AND TREASURY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Commerce DAS Walter Bastian and Treasury DAS Brian O'Neill. Both visit Costa Rica as the effort to implement CAFTA progresses through the final stages of modifying Costa Rican laws to conform to commitments made under CAFTA. The Arias administra [...]	2008-05-27 21:52:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD PGOV PREL
08SANJOSE472	COSTA RICA URGES SUPPORT OF UNSC PRESIDENTIAL [...] Post received a diplomatic note, transmitted from the MFA on June 2, urging the U.S. to support a UNSC presidential statement on the International Criminal Court Prosecutor's Seventh Report to be issued on June 5. The note asked that the Embassy be the official conduit of the request to the De [...]	2008-06-04 21:01:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC UN AORC CS
08SANJOSE479	COSTA RICA: PROPOSALS FOR 2008 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR [...] Please find below Embassy San Jose's submission two projects for the 2008 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees. Post provided full texts of the proposals to Kate Pongonis, PRM/ECA, in April. 2. PROJECT 1 DESCRIPTION: USD 14,992 to local NGO "International Advisors and Consultants Association" (AC [...]	2008-06-05 20:39:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL ELAB EAID CS
08SANJOSE504	COSTA RICAN 2008 NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate CitiGroup (hereafter Citi) in Costa Rica for the multinational enterprise (MNE) category of the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). Citi is headquartered in the United States and operates in over 100 countries around the world. Cit [...]	2008-06-12 20:20:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB CS
08SANJOSE512	COSTA RICA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR OAS-IACHR [...] On June 3, we received a diplomatic note from the Costa Rican MFA requesting U.S. support for re-election of the GOCR's candidate Manuel Ventura Robles as Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Elections are scheduled for June 2009. Relevant text appears below. 2. Post is very [...]	2008-06-13 21:39:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OAS CS
08SANJOSE516	COSTA RICA -- 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy is aware of three outstanding cases brought by American business entities and citizens against the Government of Costa Rica (GOCR). Two of these cases (claimants C and E below) are longstanding. Although claimant C is not satisfied with the outcome thus far, due proce [...]	2008-06-16 19:55:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV SENV KIDE EFIN OPIC PGOV PREL ECON CS
08SANJOSE530	COSTA RICA REQUESTS IMMEDIATE MARITIME [...] (C) On June 12, Minister of Public Security Janina Del Vecchio told us that Costa Rica desperately needs security assistance, especially to reinvigorate the dilapidated Costa Rican Coast Guard (SNGC) to help fight narcotrafficking. She requested that all of the planned Merida Initiative funds [...]	2008-06-18 17:51:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MASS MCAP PINS SNAR CS
08SANJOSE539	COSTA RICA: JUNE 23 UNSC MEETING ON ZIMBABWE [...] On June 23, we delivered reftel points to Juan Salas, UNSC Desk Officer at the MFA. Salas said they had a copy of the UK's Presidential Statement and were in communication with their NY UN Mission to see "what the UN Mission says about it" since they have also heard that MDC Morgan Tsvangirai h [...]	2008-06-23 22:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI CS
08SANJOSE540	HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY! COSTA RICA AND CHINA [...] (C) As Costa Rica's diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China turn one year old, the David-and-Goliath-sized arrangement continues to work for the benefit of both nations. While China's generous political and financial support to Costa Rica could be short-lived and Costa Rica's [...]	2008-06-23 22:46:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD ENRG ENVI MASS XK CS CU
08SANJOSE541	SCENESETTER FOR AUSTR EISSENSTAT'S VISIT TO COSTA RICA: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes AUSTR Everett Eissenstat and his team. The Arias administration seems prepared for a final political push on the remaining CAFTA-DR legislation, and sees the AUSTR visit as an essential component of that push. GOCR officials evince confidence abou [...]	2008-06-23 22:56:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD PGOV PREL
08SANJOSE592	Costa Rica Seeks Support for Rodriguez as IUCN President [...] (U) On June 23, the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry delivered a diplomatic note seeking U.S. support for the candidacy of ex-Minister of Energy and Environment Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Echandi for the Presidency of the Geneva-based International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The el [...]	2008-07-11 21:56:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PREL CS
08SANJOSE593	COSTA RICA - AUSTR VISIT CLEARLY LAYS OUT REMAINING CAFTA [...] (SBU) Visiting Costa Rica June 24-26 at GOCR request, AUSTR Everett Eissenstat told GOCR officials that legislative solutions are required to resolve the state guarantee (insurance) and biodiversity issues. GOCR officials, including President Arias, made equally clear that new legislation at t [...]	2008-07-11 22:25:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CS
08SANJOSE606	COSTA RICA REQUESTS EXCHANGE OF SUPPORT FOR POSTAL [...] Per reftel, we sent a diplomatic note on June 27 to the MFA requesting support for U.S. candidates to be presented at the 24th Universal Postal Union Congress July 23 to August 12 in Geneva. On July 16, we received a diplomatic note (dated July 11) from the MFA requesting a reciprocal exchange [...]	2008-07-18 16:07:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO CS
08SANJOSE629	COSTA RICA COZYING UP TO CUBA? [...] (C) The Arias administration may be contemplating re-establishing diplomatic ties with Cuba. A vocal embargo opponent in the legislature (a member of President Arias' own party) seems to have Arias' ear on the issue, arguing that normalized relations would help open Cuba to democracy. FonMin [...]	2008-07-30 19:48:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CS CU
08SANJOSE651	COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT ACCEPTS TRADE SUMMIT [...] (U) Please see Action Requests. paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Oscar Arias accepts the USG invitation to attend the Americas Trade Summit scheduled for September 24 in New York (Reftels A and B). In addition, the President requested an entry-into-force event in the US on Septemb [...]	2008-08-08 14:09:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL
08SANJOSE653	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: BAC SAN JOSE [...] SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose supports OPIC's proposal for a $60 million loan to BAC San Jose, S.A. The Econ and FCS Sections have reviewed the proposal and concluded that there were no reasons that the loan should not proceed (Reftel). END SUMMARY. --------------------- RECENT COUNTRY EVENT [...]	2008-08-09 01:04:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
08SANJOSE687	COSTA RICA -- DEMARCHE ON LEADERS, MEETING ON [...] (SBU) During a meeting with FM Bruno Stagno on August 19, Ambassador Cianchette personally invited the GOCR to participate in the September 24 leaders, meeting on trade and prosperity in New York. Stagno stated that the GOCR plan was for President Oscar Arias, Minister of Foreign Trade (COME [...]	2008-08-22 19:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON EFTA ETRD PGOV PREL UNGA
08SANJOSE695	COSTA RICA GRANTS REFUGEE STATUS TO CHERE LYN TOMAYKO; MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unprecedented move that may have long term repercussions, Minister of Public Security Del Vecchio granted U.S. fugitive, Chere Lyn Tomayko, refugee status on July 23, thereby halting her extradition to the U.S. Tomayko, wanted in Texas to answer to international child abdu [...]	2008-08-26 21:10:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CS
08SANJOSE71	RE-BUILDING BRIDGES IN COSTA RICA: A THREE-WAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unusual three-way partnership, the GOCR, the Costa Rican private sector and the U.S. military have embarked on a campaign to replace key bridges damaged or washed out by flooding in the heavy 2007 rainy season. Most of the work will be undertaken by the National Emergency [...]	2008-01-30 15:10:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS EAID MASS PGOV PREL
08SANJOSE710	(C/NF) C-NE8-00834: ISRAELI RELATIONS WITH COSTA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite some concerns and irritants voiced both publicly and privately to us by the Israeli Ambassador to Costa Rica, the overall relationship between Costa Rica and Israel is relatively calm and businesslike. While not as dynamic as Costa Rica's commercial relationship with the [...]	2008-09-03 17:44:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PARM PREL PGOV KPAL IS XF CS
08SANJOSE713	PRESIDENT AND FONMIN ITINERARIES: SEPTEMBER UNGA [...] (SBU) Post has been informed via the GOCR Embassy in Washington that President Arias and his delegation will attend the "Interamerican Forum for Peace" at the OAS on September 23, then will join FonMin Stagno at the 63rd UNGA that same afternoon in NY. The itineraries for Arias, Stagno, and t [...]	2008-09-03 20:45:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA OAS CS
08SANJOSE745	SUPREME COURT RULING DELAYS CAFTA IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Costa Rican Supreme Court has thrown up one more obstacle to CAFTA, ruling that one section of the final CAFTA implementation bill (on IPR and biodiversity issues) was unconstitutional. The Constitutional Chamber (Sala IV) held that the GOCR should have consulted with Cost [...]	2008-09-12 23:49:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD PGOV PINR PREL
08SANJOSE765	COSTA RICA REQUESTS SUPPORT OF CANDIDATE FOR [...] On September 9, we received a diplomatic note from the MFA requesting support of Mario Viquez Jimenez, the GOCR's candidate for the Inter-American Children's Institute, during elections to be held October 15-16. Relevant text follows. 2. BEGIN unofficial translation of diplomatic note: "T [...]	2008-09-23 19:17:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC OAS IACI CS
08SANJOSE774	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ,S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Secretary Gutierrez, the first USG cabinet-level official to visit Costa Rica since HHS Secretary Leavitt in March 2007. Secretary Gutierrez,s visit comes as the Arias administration is into its third year, feeling embattled by challenges on CAF [...]	2008-09-25 23:26:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV PINR PREL
08SANJOSE800	COSTA RICA: MEDRETE TREATS NEARLY 1000 PATIENTS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 25-27 September 2008, Honduran-based Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B) and Costa Rican medical personnel conducted a Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) in Costa Rica's remote Punta Burica region on the south eastern border with Panama. The Embassy coordinated the event [...]	2008-10-07 17:21:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MASS SOCI CS
08SANJOSE82	COSTA RICA WILL ATTEND THE VIENNA FORUM TO HUMAN [...] On January 31 we spoke with Viviana Tinoco of the MFA's Department of Human Rights and International Law regarding Costa Rica's attendance to the Vienna Forum. We conveyed to Tinoco USG concerns that the Vienna Forum should not lead to any outcome document calling for commitments or recommend [...]	2008-01-31 17:12:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG CS
08SANJOSE823	COSTA RICA STAGGERS INTO SECOND CAFTA EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Implementing CAFTA continues to challenge the GOCR. The Constitutional Court's September 11 ruling that a portion of the 13th CAFTA bill was unconstitutional (Reftels),plus lingering technical issues in intellectual property (IP),triggered a second entry-into-force (EIF) extension reque [...]	2008-10-15 22:43:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS ECON ETRD PGOV PINR PREL
08SANJOSE827	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT ARIAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two meetings held in the presidential office complex on September 30, President Oscar Arias and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, joined by senior staff, discussed a wide range of political and trade issues centered on Costa Rican entry into CAFTA. Arias emphasized the p [...]	2008-10-17 20:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV PINR PREL CS
08SANJOSE829	SEVENTH COSTA RICA-NICARAGUA BINATIONALS: MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Seventh Binational Commission Meeting between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, held on October 3 in San Jose, produced 20 "accords" but little substance. Most agenda items in the final document simply called for further dialogue. Of note, however, Costa Rica agreed to grant high [...]	2008-10-20 15:16:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENVI PBTS KTIP SENV CS NU
08SANJOSE855	COSTA RICA - NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] (U) Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate Mariliana Morales Berros for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage, per reftel. ------------ NOMINEE DATA ------------ 2. (U) Nominee: Mariliana Morales Berros. 3. (U) Title and Institution: Founder and Executive Director [...]	2008-10-30 15:22:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN PHUM KPAO CS
08SANJOSE882	GOCR FEARS THAT LAX ECUADOR VISA POLICY IS FUELING [...] (C) "Ecuador is causing instability for all America" since it dropped its tourist visa requirements for all nationalities in June, according to Mario Zamora, head of the GOCR General Directorate of Immigration (DGI, Spanish acronym). GOCR Immigration officials that traveled to Ecuador in Octo [...]	2008-11-12 22:09:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD EC KTIP CS
08SANJOSE895	GOCR: VENEZUELANS FACILITATING ARAB TRAVEL WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mario Zamora, head of the GOCR General Directorate of Immigration (DGI, acronym in Spanish),told us on October 30 that Costa Rica had seen a small (undefined) number of non-Venezuelan-born Arabs traveling with real Venezuelan passports, using Arab names. According to Zamora, Ve [...]	2008-11-14 22:21:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR ASEC KCRM KFRD VZ CS
08SANJOSE910	GOCR FEARS INSTABILITY FROM NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOCR will speak out in multilateral fora about the fraudulent municipal elections in Nicaragua, including in the November 20 OAS debate, but will not confront its northern neighbor directly. The GOCR will urge adherence to the principles of the Democratic Charter, but will no [...]	2008-11-21 18:32:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PREF OAS CS NU CA VZ
08SANJOSE925	GOCR FEARS THAT LAX ECUADOR VISA POLICY IS FUELING [...] (SBU) This is the unclassified version of San Jose 882, being transmitted at the request of the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center (HSTC). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) GOCR Immigration officials who traveled to Ecuador in October reported that approximately 10,000 Chinese had e [...]	2008-11-26 17:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD EC KTIP CS
08SANJOSE947	COSTA RICA: FIRST U.S. NAVY OFFICIAL SHIP VISIT IN [...] (SBU) From November 19-22, the USS Underwood (FFG-36) visited the Pacific coast port of Golfito, making the first official port call by a USN warship to Costa Rica in nine years. The Ambassador led an Embassy-supported VIP visit to the ship on November 21, which included members of the nation [...]	2008-12-04 22:08:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV MASS SOCI CS
08SANJOSE958	COSTA RICA CONFIRMS DELEGATION FOR PATHWAYS TO [...] (U) The Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Foreign Trade for the GOCR confirmed the following attendees for the Pathways to Prosperity meeting in Panama on December 10 (Ref A): -- Minster of the Presidency Rodrigo Arias -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Stagno -- Minister of Foreign ( [...]	2008-12-09 20:48:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV PREL
08SANJOSE959	COSTA RICA: JANUARY 1 CAFTA EIF WITHIN REACH [...] (SBU) The GOCR accepted USTR,s requirement to pass one more legislative bill on three IPR-related technical corrections which must be enacted for full CAFTA implementation. The GOCR probably will introduce this 14th CAFTA bill before the December 19-January 5 recess, but not take action on it [...]	2008-12-10 14:01:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL
08SANJOSE969	HISTORICAL VISIT OF CHINESE PRESIDENT HU KICKS OFF [...] (SBU) "Chinese president (arrives) like Santa Claus with FTA, balls, and bicycles" read one headline recapping the historical visit of President Hu Jintao to San Jose November 16-17. Hu's rock-star-like reception included major street closures and a holiday for most government employees who wo [...]	2008-12-12 02:12:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EFIN EINV ECON CS CH CU

08SANJOSE999	SFRC STAFFDEL MEACHAM-WHITESEL RESEARCH FOOD SECURITY [...] SFRC staffers Carl Meacham and Aaron Whitesel visited Costa Rica December 7-9 and Guatemala December 9-13 to conduct research on food security issues. They compared and contrasted the experiences of two countries with far different food security issues. The findings will help inform and shap [...]	2008-12-23 22:10:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR CR OREP PREL PGOV ENRG AFIN
08SANSALVADOR1005	EL SALVADOR: NATIONAL CIVILIAN POLICE DIRECTOR [...] (U) Summary: National Civilian Police (PNC) Director Francisco Rovira resigned on Saturday, August 23, in the wake of media stories alleging abuse of authority and irregularities on the part of political appointees Rovira brought into the PNC. Deputy Director Jose Luis Tobar Prieto was named [...]	2008-08-26 17:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1008	GOES REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post received August 15 a diplomatic note from the GOES soliciting our support for El Salvador's candidacy to the Commission on the Legal and Social Condition of Women for the 2010 ) 2014 term in the election that will take plac [...]	2008-08-26 20:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UN ES
08SANSALVADOR101	NATIONAL CIVILIAN POLICE DIRECTOR RESIGNS TO RUN [...] (C) Summary: Rodrigo Avila, the highly-respected Director of the National Civilian Police (PNC),on January 25 announced his resignation from the PNC and his subsequent intention to seek the ARENA party Presidential nomination in the March 2009 elections. While Avila's decision to throw his h [...]	2008-01-30 15:22:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PREL
08SANSALVADOR1029	EL SALVADOR: PRISON REFORM AND GANG INTELLIGENCE [...] (U) Summary: El Salvador hosted the first Regional "Gangs in Prison" Conference in San Salvador, August 18-20. The conference, which drew attendees from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, established a dialogue on management of prison gangs in Central America. Following the conference, Ne [...]	2008-08-28 21:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KCRM PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1037	FMLN CANDIDATE FUNES ON WIRETAPS, PARTISANSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: FMLN Presidential Candidate Mauricio Funes told us August 26 the FMLN supported in principle legislation to legalize wiretapping for law enforcement, but could not support the constitutional amendment currently before the Assembly. He had waffled on this in public earlier in the [...]	2008-08-29 18:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1038	FRIENDS OF MAURICIO REPORT HARASSMENT, FEAR [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Friends of Mauricio group supporting (left-wing) FMLN presidential candidate Mauricio Funes alleged to Pol and Econ Counselors August 27 they were experiencing harassment and feared it would intensify as the March election approaches. They claimed they coul [...]	2008-08-29 18:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ES
08SANSALVADOR1066	EL SALVADOR: TPS ANNOUNCEMENT ROLLOUT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Elmer Charlaix, Private Secretary to Salvadoran President Tony Saca, told the Ambassador September 5 the President was concerned and perplexed at USG handling of Temporary Protective Status (TPS) extension for El Salvador. Speci [...]	2008-09-08 21:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1074	EL SALVADOR: ILEA JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING READOUT [...] (U) Summary: Embassy San Salvador convened a quarterly meeting of the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) Joint Committee on August 29, 2008. Highlights of the meeting included unveiling of an ambitious 2009 ILEA training syllabus, as well as an update on the construction of the new [...]	2008-09-11 17:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KCRM PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1077	GOES CONFIRMS FM ARGUETA WILL ATTEND WOMEN [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta de Barillas will attend the Women Leaders' Working Group on the margins of the 2008 UN General Assembly on September 25 at 8:00 AM. 2. Post provides the following information requested by reftels: Tit [...]	2008-09-16 22:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR1089	EMBASSY SAN SALVADOR CONVENES MERIDA INITIATIVE [...] (U) The DCM convened the first mission-wide Merida Initiative Working Group meeting on September 17. The group includes senior-level representatives from the FBI, DOJ, DEA, DHS/ICE, USAID, MILGROUP, ILEA San Salvador, RSO, and PA, as well as the INL Country Director and the INL Regional Gang [...]	2008-09-18 23:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KCRM PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1133	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF SALVADORAN ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel, Embassy San Salvador Country Team assesses that the issues influencing voters are primarily, but not exclusively, economic. Public security and justice issues remain important. There are a number of ongoing programs that offer us the ability to make a high [...]	2008-09-26 16:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1209	HIGH GOES EXPECTATIONS FOR IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: El Salvador will host the 2008 Ibero-American Summit October 29-31. All 21 participating countries, except Uruguay, have confirmed their attendance. The theme of the conference will be "Youth and Development" and the GOES expects the summit to produce a consensus declaration a [...]	2008-10-21 21:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AORC ES
08SANSALVADOR1214	VENEZUELAN EMBASSY REQUESTS AVILA STOP CRITICIZING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Venezuelan Charge recently requested that (pro-U.S., center-right) ARENA presidential candidate Rodrigo Avila stop criticizing Chavez and the Venezuelan regime as part of his campaign efforts. The BRV has taken an active interest in the upcoming elections. The request is n [...]	2008-10-24 17:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ES VZ
08SANSALVADOR1215	2008 WHA CONFERENCE PROVIDES ENTRY LEVEL [...] Summary: Embassy San Salvador hosted the 2008 WHA Entry Level Professionals Conference from October 8-10. Speakers led discussions on creative approaches toward diplomacy, the importance of focusing on democratic governments and free trade despite vocal opposition in the region, and the future [...]	2008-10-24 17:47:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ES
08SANSALVADOR1238	EL SALVADOR FACING SERIOUS FISCAL, LIQUIDITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. El Salvador faces a short-term fiscal and liquidity crisis, caused by the costs of untargeted subsidies and an inability to place short-term government debt. Approximately $450 million in short-term debt will come due before the end of the Saca Administration on May 31. Banks an [...]	2008-10-30 17:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR1243	EL SALVADOR'S NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN [...] (U) Embassy San Salvador is pleased to nominate Carmen Cordova for the 2009 Secretary's award for international women of courage, per reftel. 2, (U) Nominee: Maria del Carmen Cordova Mejia 3. (SBU) Date of Birth: September 12, 1967 4. (U) Citizenship: Salvadoran 5. (U) Title and [...]	2008-10-31 15:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM ES
08SANSALVADOR1257	ELECTRICITY COMPANIES WORRY ABOUT POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Managers of El Salvador's four private electricity companies are contesting a GOES decree forcing distribution companies to restore subsidized rates without any GOES commitment to pay subsidies to the companies. They believe they are following the law by applying unsubsidized r [...]	2008-11-05 20:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1261	IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT CONCLUDES WITH LITTLE FANFARE [...] (C) Summary: Ibero-American heads of state and government gathered in San Salvador October 29-31 for the eighteenth Ibero-American Summit. The intended focus of the session, youth and development issues, took a backseat to economic concerns. The summit culminated with the signing of the Decl [...]	2008-11-07 17:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR128	FMLN TAP PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU SUMMARY: As part of a so-called pilot project, six FMLN mayors began in December to import Venezuelan diesel through Nicaragua for distribution at below market prices. The joint venture with Venezuela's PDVSA is currently importing small volumes of diesel, but intends to break ground in F [...]	2008-02-01 17:30:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ES PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1372	EL SALVADOR: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] El Salvador Country report on terrorism submitted in compliance with reftel. 2. Begin text. In 2008 the government of El Salvador cooperated closely with the United States on counterterrorism efforts, and took active steps to protect U.S. interests and citizens from terrorist attacks. [...]	2008-12-16 23:03:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ES PTER
08SANSALVADOR1383	FBI DIRECTOR PRESSES SALVADORANS ON ELECTRONIC [...] (C) Summary: FBI Director Mueller's visit reinforced Post's efforts to push electronic surveillance legislation through the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly. Legislative, Executive and Judicial branch interlocutors agreed on the need to make this important tool available to Salvadoran law enfo [...]	2008-12-18 21:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS
08SANSALVADOR1395	GOES COUNTERPROPOSAL FOR EXTENSION OF CSL COMALAPA [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 2 below. 2. (U) Post received December 17 the following counterproposal regarding the extension of the agreement governing use of the Cooperative Security Location at Comalapa via diplomatic note (see paragraph 5). This counterproposal is the Sa [...]	2008-12-19 22:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS SNAR ES
08SANSALVADOR1397	EL SALVADOR READY TO SIGN MERIDA INITIATIVE LETTER [...] (U) This is an action message; see para. six below. 2. (U) On December 18, DCM and Embassy San Salvador Law Enforcement Committee presented the Merida Initiative draft Letter of Agreement (LOA) to the Salvadoran government. The Salvadorans, represented by the Minister of Public Security an [...]	2008-12-22 15:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES KCRM PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1402	SALVADORANS WITHDRAWING FROM IRAQ [...] (U) President Saca announced mid-day December 23 that the Salvadoran deployment to Iraq would end on December 31, based on the fact that UN Security Council Resolution 1790 would expire on that same day. Legislative approval of Salvadoran military participation, he said, was pegged to the UNSC Res [...]	2008-12-23 22:17:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL IZ ES
08SANSALVADOR153	EL SALVADOR: PRISON GANG INITIATIVE GAINS MOMENTUM [...] (U) Summary: INL/CIVPOL assistance has notably improved security at the prison where El Salvador's most dangerous transnational street gang members are incarcerated, and fomented a renewed emphasis on professionalism within the leadership of the Salvadoran prison system. Given the successes a [...]	2008-02-05 22:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES KCRM PREL
08SANSALVADOR227	DAS MCCAMPBELL VISIT TO EL SALVADOR, FEBRUARY 5-7, [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counternarcotics Christy McCampbell's visit to El Salvador for the February 7 ILEA construction site dedication ceremony offered public reinforcement of U.S. commitment to democratic policing in the Americas, while at the same time providing an exce [...]	2008-02-22 16:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES KCRM PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR238	ARENA: COENA NAMES THREE PRESIDENTIAL FINALISTS [...] (C) Summary: Rodrigo Avila, Luis Mario Rodriguez and Ana Vilma de Escobar were named February 26 as the three finalists in the race to become ARENA's presidential candidate. There is unhappiness and worry in COENA, ARENA's executive board, over President Saca's heavy handed management of the [...]	2008-02-27 19:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ES
08SANSALVADOR247	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF CODEL COSTELLO [...] Embassy San Salvador welcomes you and your delegation to El Salvador. El Salvador is one of our strongest allies in the Western Hemisphere, and is a bedrock of economic and political stability in the region. Your visits to the Aeroman aircraft maintenance facility will highlight an expanding [...]	2008-02-28 22:18:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR MARR PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR264	DEMARCHE ON USG PRIORITIES FOR UNCND DELIVERED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Jose Roberto Trabanino, MFA Global Affairs Coordinator. Trabanino informed Poloff that the Salvadoran Ambassador in Vienna would be attending the meetings along with the Salvadoran National Ant [...]	2008-03-04 22:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES SNAR AORC UN
08SANSALVADOR316	EL SALVADOR: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is post's response to Reftel. The text directly tracks reftel Paragraph 27-30 and relevant subsections. 2. (SBU) Responses to checklist items follow. Note internal paragraph numbering. --------------------------------------------- --------- Paragraph 27 - Overview of ac [...]	2008-03-13 21:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ES
08SANSALVADOR42	DEPARTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON SACA AND THE ELECTION [...] (C) On January 14, outgoing Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco "Pancho" Lainez told the Ambassador that he planned to leave his post, as required by the Salvadoran Constitution, in order to seek the ARENA party's nomination for President. He said he planned to officially announce his resig [...]	2008-01-15 21:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR421	GOES REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR REELECTION TO THE UNITED [...] (U) Post received the following request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES asks that we support El Salvador's reelection to the United Nations Committee of Peace Consolidation (CCP) for the period 2008-2010. The election will take place in May 2008. 2. (U) Text follows: (NO [...]	2008-04-07 22:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES UN
08SANSALVADOR422	GOES REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO THE [...] (U) Post received the following request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES asks that we support its candidacy to the Board of Directors of the United Nations Development Program and the United Nations Fund for Population Affairs (UNDP/ UNFPA). 2. (U) Text follows: (NON OFFIC [...]	2008-04-07 22:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES UN
08SANSALVADOR538	EL SALVADOR WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE TO THE [...] (U) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES will support the U.S. candidate, Susan McLurg, to the United Nations Advisory Committee in Administrative and Budget Issues (ACABQ). 2. (U) Text follows: (NON OFFICIAL TRANSLATION) MINISTRY [...]	2008-05-06 21:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES UN
08SANSALVADOR561	EL SALVADOR HOPES TO ATTEND UNESCO CONFERENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 19:55:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO ES
08SANSALVADOR601	EL SALVADOR: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] (U) This cable is an update to Reftel B. 2. (SBU) Post confirms that we placed the Op-Ed provided by the Department under the Ambassador's signature in the leading Salvadoran Daily, El Diario de Hoy, on May 21. In addition, the Mission has placed material on Cuban Solidarity Day on the Emb [...]	2008-05-21 20:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PHUM CU ES
08SANSALVADOR605	GOES REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY OF FRANCIA [...] (U) Post received the following request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES asks that we support El Salvador's candidate, Francia Breve, to the OAS Administrative Tribunal for the period 2008-2013. The election will take place at the 38th session of the OAS General Assembly to be [...]	2008-05-21 22:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES OAS
08SANSALVADOR698	EL SALVADOR WILL SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF WILLIAM [...] (U) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES will support the U.S. candidate, William Lacy Swing, for the position of Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). 2. Text follows. No. 1023 MINISTRY OF FORE [...]	2008-06-12 22:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UN ES
08SANSALVADOR750	A PRAGMATIC SHIFT OR MERELY A TACTICAL MOVE TO [...] (C) Summary: In 1980 the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front Party (FMLN) began as a loose coalition of leftist groups united with the goal of bringing down the conservative government. The tumultuous history of the FMLN continues to influence its actions and internal struggles today, as the par [...]	2008-06-24 17:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR830	MINISTER OF ECONOMY REVIEWS CAFTA, BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Economy Yolanda de Gavidia and the Ministry of Economy's (MINEC) senior leadership team discussed CAFTA-DR and bilateral issues from mining to telecommunications with EconCouns on June 20. De Gavidia pushed for efforts to "keep CAFTA-DR alive" and requested U.S. assi [...]	2008-07-11 17:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR915	FMLN PUSHES PRAGMATISM [...] (C) Summary: On July 29 three high ranking members of the (left-wing) FMLN told us that they accepted U.S. assistance to counter crime and drug trafficking and were supportive of International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA). They reiterated the FMLN,s intention to withdraw Salvadoran troops f [...]	2008-07-31 19:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR980	FMLN CONVENTION: WILL PLEDGED REFORMS AND MODERATE [...] (C) Summary: The (left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) party presented its government plan for its presidential campaign at its annual convention August 17 in San Salvador. The audience was energized, and grew more so as the convention progressed. Mauricio Funes, FMLN [...]	2008-08-20 22:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANTIAGO1009	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COMBAT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. [...]	2008-11-14 18:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1021	CHILE MEDIA REPORT ? NOVEMBER 20 [...] 30,000 workers march in Valparaiso for the third day of the Association of Public Employees (Anef) strike. There were no incidents; Chile will face its first fiscal deficit in six years due to the drop in copper revenues. U.S. Related --------------- 2. Editorial ?U.S. Economic Measur [...]	2008-11-20 20:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1023	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR JOINT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. [...]	2008-11-21 20:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1024	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, November 21, there were decreases across the board in copper prices, the exchange rate, and the stock market. Chilean exports dropp [...]	2008-11-21 21:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1025	CHILE: PUBLIC WORKERS' STRIKE ENDS AFTER 4 DAYS OF [...] The four day strike of Chilean public workers ended November 20 with an announcement of a 10 percent salary increase. The strike had halted the work of 70 percent of public employees. The Chilean Senate approved the 10 percent adjustment in a night session on November 20, and the Chamber of [...]	2008-11-24 11:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SOCI PGOV ECON CI
08SANTIAGO1029	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COMBAT CARE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of November 21, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-11-24 19:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1036	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BASIC [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. [...]	2008-11-28 14:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1042	BORDER ISSUES IN NORTHERN CHILE: DISPUTES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A contested border and drug trafficking can sometimes bedevil relations between Chile and Peru on a national level, while on a local level, officials from communities on both sides of the border appear committed to cooperation. Government officials in the northern Chilean borde [...]	2008-11-28 19:46:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MARR SNAR KTIA PREL CI PE BL
08SANTIAGO1044	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, November 28, copper prices hit a three-year low and the exchange rate and stock market recovered some lost ground. Chile's sta [...]	2008-12-01 10:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1046	ENERGY MINISTER TOUTS RENEWABLE ENERGY GOAL TO VISITING [...] SUMMARY: During a Nov. 10 meeting with visiting members of Congress and the Ambassador, Energy Minister Marcelo Tokman highlighted Chile's dependence on foreign energy supplies and said the country intends to work towards a goal of meeting 20% of domestic energy needs through renewable source [...]	2008-12-01 17:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV PGOV TRGY CI AR
08SANTIAGO1048	CHILE MEDIA REPORT: NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 1 [...] Chile's front pages focused on the tense relations between Chile and Peru over the inflammatory remarks of Peru's Army Commander-in-Chief, which appeared on YouTube, and how the financial crisis is hurting growth in an array of sectors nationwide. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. I [...]	2008-12-01 20:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1054	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officers who have been nominated to participate in [...]	2008-12-03 19:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1061	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS [...] (SBU) The Embassy looks forward to your visit to Santiago, which will be seen as supporting our shared vision of strong democratic institutions; market-based, trade-oriented economies; and solid cooperation on issues ranging from energy to education to defense. You will be arriving in Chile si [...]	2008-12-05 12:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG CI
08SANTIAGO1062	CHILE: Progressive Political Leader Hopes for Obama-Style [...] (SBU) Summary: Claudio Orrego, the popular and recently re-elected mayor of one of the Santiago area's most diverse communities, told the Ambassador Nov. 25 that Chile is still looking for "the spirit of Obama" and needs to mobilize a new generation of voters. Orrego expressed disappointment [...]	2008-12-05 12:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI CI
08SANTIAGO1075	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 7-10 [...] Chilean newspapers highlighted likely cabinet changes that will take place today. Dailies also highlighted the victory of the U.S. team in the Under 20 Women's Soccer World Cup. Headlines continue to give coverage to the impasse between Chile and Peru and Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley's [...]	2008-12-10 15:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1084	CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BCBP RISK [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded tr [...]	2008-12-11 18:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1088	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PLEDGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy officials met with several members of Chile's Congress, December 2, to press for progress on implementation of Chile's intellectual property rights (IPR) commitments under the U.S. - Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The Senate Economic Committee took [...]	2008-12-12 11:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1089	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BASIC OPERATION [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of December 11, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-12-12 14:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1098	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 13-15 [...] All dailies highlighted the Christian Democrats (DC) proclaiming Eduardo Frei as their presidential candidate as well as the UDI endorsement of Sebastian Piera as the Alianza candidate in the 2009 electoral race. Other headlines highlighted concerns over the effect of declining copper prices [...]	2008-12-15 19:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1105	RELOCATING DEA PERSONNEL FROM BOLIVIA: CHILE [...] (C) The Ambassador used a December 16 meeting of visiting CODEL Meeks to raise with Interior Minister (and Acting President) Edmundo Perez Yoma ref A demarche. The Ambassador - as well as Representatives Meeks (D-NY) and Hinojosa (D-TX) - noted to Perez Yoma the increased risk of narcotics flo [...]	2008-12-16 19:47:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR AR BO BR CI PA
08SANTIAGO1106	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR JOINT COMBINED [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of December 16, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-12-17 17:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1110	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 17 [...] Dailies highlighted Raul Castro's participation at the Latin American and Caribbean Summit in Brazil. Also highlighted was the drop in the price of gasoline. U.S.-Related Stories -------------------- 2. Chilean and U.S. delegations discussed the results of the FTA, in effect since Janua [...]	2008-12-17 18:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1132	SEGPRES MINISTER: WELCOME OBAMA, POSTPONE SUMMIT [...] (C) A key Bachelet minister says President-elect Obama has a unique opportunity to positively influence U.S.- Latin relations, with expectations in the region for change very high. The new administration's policy towards Cuba will be telling, more so than how the U.S. deals with Venezuela. Ho [...]	2008-12-22 19:50:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1135	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR F-16 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officers who have been nominated to participate [...]	2008-12-23 10:19:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1138	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 23 [...] All dailies carry reports on the results of the national PSU college admissions tests, which show an enormous gap between private and public schools. Dailies also continue to highlight Wal-Mart's offer to purchase Chile's largest supermarket chain, D&S. U.S. - Related Stories ------------- [...]	2008-12-23 17:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1140	CHILE: INFORMATION ON PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR [...] (U) The following is a response to STATE 127423. This is Post's report on in-country developments regarding civil nuclear energy, as requested by the Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee of the International Trade Administration in the U.S., Departme [...]	2008-12-23 19:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO1143	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 24 [...] The president of the Chilean Association of Municipalities issued a statement harshly critical of the Education Law, characterizing it as an impediment to improving education, primarily because of its rigid labor provisions. Relatedly, dailies highlighted the results of the recent national PS [...]	2008-12-24 15:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1146	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ADVANCED [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean military officers who have been nominated to participate i [...]	2008-12-24 16:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1148	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR STRATEGY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officer who has been nominated to participate in [...]	2008-12-24 16:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO118	NEW INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS HELP ON INDIGENOUS [...] (S) Interior Minister Perez Yoma told the Ambassador February 6 that he is concerned about the potential radicalization of Chile's indigenous population, including funding from foreign terrorist groups and/or Venezuela. The GOC would like to draw on U.S. experience in addressing indigenous issues. [...]	2008-02-07 11:07:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI CI
08SANTIAGO180	DIPLOMATIC NOTE ANNOUNCES CHILEAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT [...] On February 20, Post received Diplomatic Note number 38 dated February 4, from the Ministry of Foreign Relations announcing Chile's candidate for President of the Inter-American Commission of Women. Paragraph 2 contains Post's informal translation of diplomatic note 38. 2. The Ministry o [...]	2008-02-26 13:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO181	DIPLOMATIC NOTE ANNOUNCES CHILEAN CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE [...] On February 20, Post received Diplomatic Note number 41 dated February 7, from the Ministry of Foreign Relations announcing Chile's candidate for the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Paragraph 2 contains Post's informal translation of diplomatic note 41. Paragraph 3 contains the candida [...]	2008-02-26 13:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO20	MEDIA REACTION: AMBASSADOR SIMONS' PRESENTATION OF [...] Summary: Ambassador Simons highlighted the solid U.S.-Chile relationship during a press conference at the Embassy following his presentation of credentials to President Bachelet at La Moneda Palace on January 8. Chilean media on January 9 highlighted the Ambassador's remarks in headlines such [...]	2008-01-09 21:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV KIPR ECON CI
08SANTIAGO221	CHILE'S SPOKESMAN PREFERS URIBE TO CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Government spokesman Vidal told the Ambassador the GOC considered Uribe an ally, and an alternative to Chavez in South America. This friendship made the current Colombia/Ecuador conflict "complicated" for the GOC given Chile's historical respect for the inviolability of settled [...]	2008-03-07 20:06:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ECPS CO VE EC CI
08SANTIAGO249	CHILE'S "NEXT PRESIDENT" WILL PROPOSE A "NEW [...] (C) Billionaire businessman and all-but-certain 2009 opposition presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera told the Ambassador that the center-right - led by him - has a "wonderful opportunity" to win the 2009 presidential elections, given the "incompetence and corruption" besetting the governing Conc [...]	2008-03-17 14:08:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO263	PROMINENT OPPOSITION SENATOR PREDICTS A CROWDED [...] (C) Senator Hernan Larrian of the UDI, the more doctrinaire of Chile's two center-right parties, told the Ambassador that the opposition to the right of the governing Concertacion center-left coalition could field up to four candidates in the 2009 presidential campaign, including two nascent c [...]	2008-03-19 17:21:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO290	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MANAGING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean personnel who have been nominated for U.S. funded training [...]	2008-04-01 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO297	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean personnel who have been nominated for U.S. funded training [...]	2008-04-03 20:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO298	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SURFACE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-03 20:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO304	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-04 19:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO305	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-04 19:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO306	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COMMAND [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-04 19:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO311	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MANAGING [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 4, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SI [...]	2008-04-08 12:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO313	AMBASSADOR PROMOTES ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION AND [...] Promoting U.S.- Chile environmental cooperation was the primary focus of Ambassador Simons, visit to Chile's 12th and Southernmost region -- Magallanes -- March 27-31, 2008. Principal areas of interest were the Yosemite-Torres del Paine Sister Parks Agreement, the Wildlife Conservation Societ [...]	2008-04-08 21:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PGOV SENV CI
08SANTIAGO314	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-09 11:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO329	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ADVANCED [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded trai [...]	2008-04-11 19:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO33	BIOS ON NEW CHILEAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Following is biographic information on the six new members of President Bachelet's cabinet, who were announced and sworn in January 8, 2008, as part of Bachelet's third cabinet shuffle (reftel). This message also includes biographic information on Francisco Vidal, who replaced Ricardo L [...]	2008-01-11 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO330	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SURFACE WARFARE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. U [...]	2008-04-11 20:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO331	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. U [...]	2008-04-11 20:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO340	CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SMALL ARMS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Investigative Police officers who have been nominated for [...]	2008-04-15 20:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO345	DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING SATELLITE DEBRIS [...] On March 10, Post received Diplomatic Note number 2957 dated March 5, from the Ministry of Foreign Relations regarding Chile's concern about the impact produced by the reentry of space debris from satellite "USA 193" into the atmosphere. Paragraph 2 contains Post's informal translation of dip [...]	2008-04-17 16:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	CI PHUM PREL
08SANTIAGO35	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR AMBASSADOR DAVID A. [...] Embassy Santiago warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Ambassador David A. Gross, Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, from 01/15/2008 through 01/16/2008, as requested reftel. The purpose of the visit is to meet with Chilean government officials to [...]	2008-01-14 20:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS OTRA CI AR
08SANTIAGO352	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ADVANCED BOARDING [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 17, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. S [...]	2008-04-18 19:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO353	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 17, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SI [...]	2008-04-18 19:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO354	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTELLIGENCE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 17, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SI [...]	2008-04-18 19:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO355	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 17, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SI [...]	2008-04-18 19:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO356	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COMMAND AND [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 17, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SI [...]	2008-04-18 19:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI

08SANTIAGO384	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BOARDING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-28 20:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO385	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-28 20:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO387	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean military officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded [...]	2008-04-28 20:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO412	MAY 21: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] (U) In response to reftel requests, Post provides the following initial plans for promoting Cuba Solidarity Day in Chile: --DVC with senior USG officials and Chilean print media to highlight Cuba Solidarity Day and increase awareness in Chile about the plight of Cuba's prisoners of conscience [...]	2008-05-05 19:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL CU CI
08SANTIAGO413	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AIRCRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded [...]	2008-05-05 20:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO444	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded trai [...]	2008-05-12 20:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO453	SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE REVIEWS NEXT STEPS TO [...] (C) Southern Cone COMs, meeting in Santiago April 25-26, and joined by ranking SOUTHCOM, WHA, and OES representatives discussed a wide range of regional issues, including security, economic and envionmental challenges, as well as reviewed consular, immigration and public diplomacy best practi [...]	2008-05-16 15:45:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	ECON EINV ENRG FARC IR MARR PGOV PREL PTER
08SANTIAGO454	SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE SHARE BEST PRACTICES [...] (U) Southern Cone COM's met in Santiago April 25-26, where they shared information on environmental ("green building"),public diplomacy, and consular best practices in the region. They also heard from OES on its priorities, including on climate change and biofuels. A DVC with Customs and Bord [...]	2008-05-16 15:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMGT CASC CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL SCUL SENV
08SANTIAGO455	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded trai [...]	2008-05-16 19:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO456	MAY 21: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] (U) In response to reftel A request, Post provides the following activities to promote Cuba Solidarity Day: --DVC with a senior USG official and Chilean media to highlight Cuba Solidarity Day, and increase awareness in Chile about the plight of Cuba's prisoners of conscience and drum up suppo [...]	2008-05-16 19:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL CU CI
08SANTIAGO469	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-05-22 20:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO470	MAY 21: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE - [...] (U) In response to reftel A request, Embassy Santiago conducted the following activities to promote Cuba Solidarity Day: -- Post recorded a radio interview on 5/20 with international affairs commentator Libardo Buitrago and Cuban dissident Julio Cesar Montes. The Embassy-produced "Dimension [...]	2008-05-22 20:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL CU CI
08SANTIAGO477	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COMPREHENSIVE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 22, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Counselor Harry Kamian certifies the above statement [...]	2008-05-23 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO478	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BOARDING OFFICER [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 22, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Counselor Harry Kamian certifies the above statement. [...]	2008-05-23 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO484	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded [...]	2008-05-27 18:27:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO485	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. NAVAL COMMAND [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 23, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. URBA [...]	2008-05-27 19:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO486	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 23, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. URB [...]	2008-05-27 19:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO487	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BOARDING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-05-27 20:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO488	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BOARDING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-05-27 20:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO506	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded [...]	2008-05-29 19:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO512	CHILE'S POLICE CHIEF DIES IN HELICOPTER CRASH IN PANAMA [...] (U) Summary: Chile's police chief, Director General Jose Bernales, his wife and some members of his delegation, died on May 29, when their helicopter crashed into a three-story building in Panama City. General Bernales and his delegation were attending a United Nations-sponsored conference on [...]	2008-05-30 20:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV PM CI
08SANTIAGO516	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 3, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIM [...]	2008-06-04 12:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO529	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR JOINT/COMBINED [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 6, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMO [...]	2008-06-06 20:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO565	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CENTRIFUGE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 12, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SI [...]	2008-06-16 18:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO566	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BOARDING TEAM [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 12, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIM [...]	2008-06-16 18:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO583	SMORGASBORD: NUMBER THREE AT MFA ON P5 AND IRAN, [...] (C) Chile shares international concern over Iran's nuclear program, agrees the P5 1 package of incentives is generous, and recognizes continued Iranian isolation is the logical outcome should it refuse the package. Chile is prepared to offer the new administration in Asuncion technical assista [...]	2008-06-19 20:39:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO591	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SPECIAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded [...]	2008-06-20 19:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO592	CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded tr [...]	2008-06-20 20:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO595	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BOARDING OFFICER [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 20, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. URB [...]	2008-06-23 18:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO596	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INFORMATION [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 20, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. UR [...]	2008-06-23 18:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO597	CHILE'S SOUTH IS SALMON COUNTRY [...] Summary: Ambassador and Foreign Agricultural Service Attach visited Chile's salmon industry from June 5-8. Salmon and trout production are the main components of Chile's second-largest (after copper) export industry. Fish exports are valued at over $2.2 billion annually, representing nea [...]	2008-06-24 16:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PREL CI
08SANTIAGO603	CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Investigative Police officers who have been nominated for [...]	2008-06-24 20:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO609	CHILE: DEA REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COLOMBIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded trai [...]	2008-06-26 19:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO614	CHILE: INCOMING ESTH OFFICER DATA [...] In response to reftel A., U.S. Embassy Santiago reports that in absence of an ESTH officer, Econ/Pol officer Robin Dunnigan currently oversees the ESTH portfolio. Incoming ESTH officer, Mary Brett Rogers-Spring arrives at post on July 8 (reftel B). The ESTH position consists of fifty percen [...]	2008-06-27 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AMGT CI
08SANTIAGO616	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded trai [...]	2008-06-30 18:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO627	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SPECIAL REACTION [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 1, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIM [...]	2008-07-03 19:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO636	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR UNITED [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officers who have been nominated to participate in U. [...]	2008-07-07 15:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO638	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DISASTER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean personnel who have been nominated for U.S. funded training [...]	2008-07-07 15:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO641	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MANEUVER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-07-08 22:04:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO642	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR HARPOON WEAPON [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 7, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIM [...]	2008-07-09 11:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO645	CHILE: HUMAN TRAFFICKING FILM DRAWS LARGE CROWD [...] On June 24 the Embassy presented the movie "Human Trafficking," in cooperation with the International Organization of Migration (IOM) and Chile's Investigative Police (PDI). The film was shown at the Police Academy as part of the PDI's annual anniversary activities. The audience consisted of [...]	2008-07-09 19:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SNAR ASEC OPRC
08SANTIAGO647	CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Investigative Police officer who has been nominated for U. [...]	2008-07-10 18:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO657	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MANEUVER CAPTAINS [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. URB [...]	2008-07-15 11:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO658	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DISASTER PLANNERS [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. UR [...]	2008-07-15 11:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO659	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR UNITED NATIONS [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. UR [...]	2008-07-15 11:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO67	CHILE: DEA REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COLOMBIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded tr [...]	2008-01-23 19:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO693	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MASTER OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded t [...]	2008-07-29 12:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO694	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR HARPOON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officers who have been nominated to participate in U. [...]	2008-07-29 12:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO695	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CADET [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean personnel who have been nominated for U.S. funded training [...]	2008-07-29 12:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO720	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR RULE OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. [...]	2008-08-06 19:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO721	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. [...]	2008-08-06 19:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO729	DIPLOMATIC NOTE ANNOUNCES CHILEAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY OF INTERPOL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE [...] On August 5, Post received Diplomatic Note number 250 dated July 29, from the Ministry of Foreign Relations reiterating Chile's candidate for the Presidency of the INTERPOL Executive Committee. Paragraph 2 contains Post's informal translation of diplomatic note 250. 2. The Ministry of Fo [...]	2008-08-08 15:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	CI PHUM PREL SNAR
08SANTIAGO73	EMBASSY SANTIAGO'S RESPONSE REGARDING TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 18:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI
08SANTIAGO738	CHILE: LEGATT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Uniform Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. f [...]	2008-08-13 15:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO739	CHILE: LEGATT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR POLICE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police and Investigative Police officers who have been nom [...]	2008-08-13 15:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO740	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officer who has been nominated to participate in [...]	2008-08-13 15:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO741	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR PEACE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean military personnel who have been nominated to participate [...]	2008-08-13 18:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO742	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ADVANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean military who have been nominated to participate in U.S. fu [...]	2008-08-13 18:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO744	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MASTER OF SCIENCE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of August 11, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. S [...]	2008-08-13 20:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO756	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of August 14, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Counselor Jennifer Spande certifies the above stat [...]	2008-08-18 19:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO757	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR RULE OF LAW AND [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of August 14, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Counselor Jennifer Spande certifies the above stat [...]	2008-08-18 19:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO77	CHILEAN REACTION TO PERU'S SUBMISSION TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: The Chilean government categorically rejects Peru's maritime claim and has vowed to use all available legal resources to defeat it. In public, the GOC is taking the moral high ground: it has expressed its "profound regret" at Peru's decision and pledged continued cooperation with [...]	2008-01-25 17:03:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CI PE
08SANTIAGO770	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officers who have been nominated to participate [...]	2008-08-25 20:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO771	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officer who has been nominated to participate in [...]	2008-08-25 20:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO772	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GLOBAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. [...]	2008-08-25 20:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO773	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR LEGAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Attorney General employees who have been nominated to part [...]	2008-08-25 20:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO783	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of August 27, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-08-28 20:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO801	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NCO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean NCO School officers who have been nominated to participate [...]	2008-09-04 16:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO802	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officer who has been nominated to participate in [...]	2008-09-04 16:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO803	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 03, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-04 18:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO818	A SHIFT IN CHILE'S THINKING ON BANK SECRECY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury A/S Lowery, DAS O'Neill, and Ambassador Simons met with Finance Minister Velasco and Special Envoy to the OECD Karen Poniachik, in separate meetings, September 1. A/S Lowery explained the U.S. could not consider a double taxation treaty without a change in Chile's bank [...]	2008-09-10 17:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO819	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ECONOMIC CRIMES [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 08, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-10 17:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR SNAR CI
08SANTIAGO82	NEW INTERPOL INTERIM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT [...] (U) The head of Chile's investigative police (Policia de Investigaciones de Chile - PICH),Arturo Herrera Verdugo, was January 22 named to Interim President of Interpol's Executive Committee, in the wake of the resignation of South African Jackie Selbi, who faces corruption charges. According [...]	2008-01-25 20:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FBI KCRM PGOV PINR PREL PTER SNAR
08SANTIAGO820	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ECONOMIC CRIMES [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 08, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-10 17:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR SNAR CI
08SANTIAGO821	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR POLICE SURVIVAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 03, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-10 17:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR SNAR CI
08SANTIAGO828	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CADET TROOP LEADER [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 09, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-12 16:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO829	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ANTITERRORISM [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-12 16:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO830	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GLOBAL MARITIME [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-12 16:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO831	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR LEGAL ASPECTS OF [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-12 16:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO832	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GLOBAL MARITIME [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-12 16:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO835	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CENTER OF [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-15 11:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO837	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-09-15 20:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO844	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NCO PROFESSIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 12, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-16 18:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO845	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FBI BOMB BLAST [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 12, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-16 18:50:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR CI
08SANTIAGO864	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 23, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-24 20:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO872	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 20:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC
08SANTIAGO879	AMBASSADOR VISITS THE GATEWAY TO PATAGONIA [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to the southern XI region of Aysen on September 26 to meet with local officials and highlight a recent U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) grant intended to help expand and modernize the region's principal airport. The Balmaceda Airport, located near the Aysen [...]	2008-10-01 14:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO883	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of October 1, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-10-01 19:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO885	CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-10-02 17:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO887	CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded tr [...]	2008-10-02 17:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO901	CHILEAN RIGHT WING STILL LUKEWARM ON PINERA IN [...] (C) The doctrinaire wing of the center-right Alianza remains undecided as to whether it will give its support in 2009 to the presidential ambition of the opposition coalition's front-running but more moderate Sebastian Pinera. The results of the October 2008 municipal elections, as well as wh [...]	2008-10-07 21:35:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IDB PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO907	CHILE LIKELY TO SUPPORT KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] (C) E/Pol Counselor October 7 delivered reftel demarche to Eduardo Schott, the MFA's Deputy Director for European Affairs. Noting that the Embassy had repeatedly urged Chile to recognize Kosovo (ref B),E/Pol Counselor argued that even if Chile would not yet take that step, it should recognize [...]	2008-10-09 14:11:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UNGA KV CI
08SANTIAGO915	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 10 SEES CONTINUED FALL [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of reports on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of recent, global financial turmoil. On Friday, October 10, there were continued declines in the price of copper, Chile's exchange rate, and the stock market. Chile's private pension f [...]	2008-10-14 16:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO916	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ADVANCE COURSE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of October 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-10-14 19:19:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO920	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of October 14, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-10-14 20:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO921	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 14 MARKED BY [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 13, the GOC held an all-political party, unity summit on the state of the economy. On October 14, there were further gains in copper prices, the ex [...]	2008-10-15 15:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO923	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 15 MARKETS SLIDE BACK [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 15 copper prices fell and Chile's state-owned copper company projected lower profits. There were also decreases in the exchange rate and the Chilea [...]	2008-10-16 10:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO927	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 16 SEES MIXED DAY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 16 copper prices and the stock market fell, but the exchange rate appreciated. Finance Minister Andres Velasco said in an interview that the Chilea [...]	2008-10-17 10:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO93	AMBASSADOR HOSTS JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH RELATIVE OF [...] Summary: Ambassador Paul Simons held a joint conference at the Embassy on January 29 with Olga Weisfeiler, sister of Boris Weisfeiler, the U.S. citizen who disappeared in southern Chile in 1985 during the military regime. Chilean dailies and the Associated Press highlighted Ms. Weisfeiler's [...]	2008-01-30 19:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL CI
08SANTIAGO936	A/S SULLIVAN AND PDAS KELLY MEETING WITH ECLAC ON [...] (C) Summary. A/S Sullivan and PDAS Kelly met August 22 with officials from the UN Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) to provide a brief on U.S. economic engagement in the Western Hemisphere and preview USG plans for a new initiative (now called Pathways to [...]	2008-10-21 12:26:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD OVIP UNGA EFTA CI

08SANTIAGO957	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA SENIOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of October 24, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-10-24 19:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR CI

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