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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
08JAKARTA1656	AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message provides recommendations as requested in REF A and requests Department,s guidance by September 10. Please see para 10 for action request. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Legal proceedings are scheduled t [...]	2008-09-02 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID

08JAKARTA1669	EXBS: EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE IN CROATIA: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel invitation to Indonesian authorities on September 3 and urged Indonesian participation. Indonesia plans to participate in the Ninth International Export Control Conference in Cavtat-Dubrovnik Croatia, October 20-22, 2008. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Polo [...]	2008-09-04 08:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ETTC KSTC HR ID
08JAKARTA1676	AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message requests Department's guidance by September 10. Please see para 8 for action request. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Legal proceedings are scheduled to begin in the Central Jakarta District Court on S [...]	2008-09-05 08:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1688	USG HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES AT UNGA: INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to support U.S. positions on the various specific resolutions slated for discussion in the Third Committee of the upcoming UN General Assembly. Department of Foreign Affairs officials from two separate offices took our points on board, but made no comm [...]	2008-09-08 05:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA ID
08JAKARTA1694	BI CONTINUES RATE HIKES DESPITE INFLATION DIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 4, Bank Indonesia (BI) increased its overnight reference rate 25 basis points for the fifth consecutive month, despite a dip in inflation in August. While price increases slowed in aggregate, food and education prices continued to climb. Lower world commodity price [...]	2008-09-08 08:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID
08JAKARTA17	CORRUPTION UPDATE -- FORMER ENVOY CONVICTED OF [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In the latest corruption news: the former Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia was convicted and sentenced to prison for overcharging visa applicants; the A [...]	2008-01-03 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
08JAKARTA1702	MEETING LEAHY AMENDMENT REQUIREMENTS IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Please see para 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post trained close to 2000 members of the Indonesian military and police in 2007 who were subject to Leahy Amendment human rights vetting. Post faces a central problem with current interpretations of the Leahy Amendm [...]	2008-09-09 07:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MARR MASS SNAR ID
08JAKARTA1706	Jakarta F1 Visa Validation Study [...] SUMMARY: The Consular Section of US Embassy Jakarta recently conducted a student visa validation study. The study covered F1 visa issuances for the six-month period December 1, 2006, to May 31, 2007, and was based on queries of Student Exchange and Visitor Information System (SEVIS) status wit [...]	2008-09-10 00:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT KFRD ID
08JAKARTA1708	TRIALS OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trial of an Islamic militant charged with fomenting assault during a June 1 extremist attack on a peaceful rally is continuing in Jakarta. According to accounts, defense attorneys and fellow militants have threatened witnesses both verbally and physically. The judge and po [...]	2008-09-10 07:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1711	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING PREVENTING [...] (S) Summary: Indonesian government interlocutors confirmed that Bank Melli had inquired about the rules for establishing operations in Indonesia, but had not submitted any application to open a branch, subsidiary or to form a joint bank with Bank Panin or any other Indonesian financial instit [...]	2008-09-10 08:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER PINR IR ID
08JAKARTA1712	INDONESIA CREATES NEW DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) has created the new position of Deputy Foreign Minister and is expected to install career diplomat Triyono Wibowo as its first incumbent on September 11. The precise responsibilities, authority and relationship to other senio [...]	2008-09-10 09:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ID PREL
08JAKARTA1721	UNGA -- INDONESIAN HIGH-LEVEL PARTICIPATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia provided to Mission on September 10 a complete list of its delegation attending the upcoming United Nations General Assembly. The delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Wirajuda, a [...]	2008-09-11 05:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP UNGA ID
08JAKARTA1738	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: U.S. PRIORITIES [...] (U) On September 13, Dep/Pol/C discussed U.S. priorities for the upcoming meeting of the Community of Democracies with Cicilia Rusdiharini, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Relations. Dep/Pol/C emphasized that the United States took the CD dialogue seri [...]	2008-09-12 08:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM UNGA ID
08JAKARTA174	SUHARTO'S DEATH YIELDS MUTED REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former president Suharto died of multiple organ failure in Jakarta, January 27. The former general was buried mid-day January 28 at the Suharto family cemetery in central Java in a ceremony attended by President Yudhoyono and a host of political heavyweights and foreign dignitar [...]	2008-01-28 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ID
08JAKARTA1742	AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: IMMUNITY [...] (SBU) On September 15, poloff delivered to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) the Department of Justice (DOJ) memorandum on the Application the Law of Foreign State Immunity: Sarmili v. World Health Organization and United States of America and the letter addressed to the co [...]	2008-09-15 08:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1743	CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: AMB. WOLCOTT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21-22, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott led an interagency delegation to discuss civil nuclear cooperation with officials from the GOI's key nuclear-related agencies plus the Foreign Ministry and the principal national nuclear laboratory. All meetings indicated that Indonesia [...]	2008-09-15 08:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TRGY ENGY PGOV ID
08JAKARTA175	TIFA DIALOGUE HIGHLIGHTS TRADE AND INVESTMENT CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 22, Assistant United States Trade Representative Barbara Weisel met with Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials to discuss investment and intellectual property (IP) issues under the U.S.-Indonesia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). Weisel expressed con [...]	2008-01-29 06:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ECON ID
08JAKARTA1751	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 06:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV UNGA EAID
08JAKARTA1753	ICC -- GOI PLANS TO ACCEDE TO ROME STATUTE IN 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian preparations are on track to accede to the Rome Statute and become a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) perhaps by late this year. The principle of accession is part of a 2004 national human rights action plan which the GOI is implementing. The interag [...]	2008-09-16 07:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KICC PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1755	INDONESIAN CURRENCY, MARKETS DROP ON MARKET TURMOIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian financial markets dropped sharply on U.S. financial market uncertainty and falling commodity prices. The Indonesian stock index declined 4.7% on September 15, the sharpest drop in the region. The Rupiah (IDR) has also fallen, moving close to the psychologically impo [...]	2008-09-16 08:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID
08JAKARTA1757	GOI INVITE TO FOREST ELEVEN (F-11) MINISTERIAL [...] SUMMARY. On September 12 the Foreign Ministry (MFA) called representatives from G-8 Countries and other "partners" together to discuss an upcoming Ministerial Meeting of the Tropical Rainforest Countries (Forest Eleven/F-11) Plus Partners in Jakarta on October 17. 2008. MFA organizers said in [...]	2008-09-17 03:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR
08JAKARTA1770	PAPUA -- AMBASSADOR VISITS KEY SITES IN TROUBLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On a September 10-12 trip to Papua, a wide range of interlocutors told Ambassador Hume the province faces many significant development challenges. The provincial government has an ambitious program to develop the region but this has yet to show concrete results. Relations betw [...]	2008-09-18 08:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EMIN EAID ID
08JAKARTA1773	HURRICANE IKE -- CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM FM [...] (U) On September 18, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),provided Mission with a condolence letter from FM Wirajuda to Secretary Rice regarding Hurricane Ike. Please see paragraph 2 for the text of the letter. Mission will transmit the original via pouch. 2. (U) Begin text: Jaka [...]	2008-09-18 09:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC ID
08JAKARTA1779	ADVANCING U.S. RELATIONS WITH INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Now is the time to lock in place the positive directions that U.S.-Indonesian relations have taken since 2001 and to make more progress. Seven years ago, Indonesia was highly vulnerable to terrorist threats, but Indonesian resolve and U.S. assistance have reduced these risks g [...]	2008-09-19 03:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SENV PREL KDEM ID
08JAKARTA178	ASEAN CHARTER/BURMA -- ROUGH ROAD AHEAD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government is committed to pushing the ASEAN Charter through the national legislature (DPR) in 2008, although it has not yet submitted the Charter for ratification. The DPR, however, is committed to scrutinizing the Charter and moving slowly. Civil society is pr [...]	2008-01-29 08:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEAN ID BM
08JAKARTA1781	IAEA -- INDONESIA UNDECIDED ON BOARD OF GOVERNORS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message to Carolina Tinangon, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on September 19. Poloff urged Indonesia to oppose Iranian and Syrian membership in the International Atomic Energy Agency [...]	2008-09-19 06:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IAEA ID
08JAKARTA1792	SOUTHERN THAILAND -- INDONESIA HOSTS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI hosted talks involving representatives of the Thai government and southern rebel groups, September 20-21. According to Indonesian contacts, both sides underscored their commitment to resolve the conflict peacefully and agreed to regular meetings under Indonesian facilit [...]	2008-09-22 08:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV ID TH
08JAKARTA1793	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- GOI PROPOSES NEW JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials have proposed a new three-way joint counternarcotics training exercise to be discussed at the next Indonesia-U.S. Security Dialogue (IUSSD) in the Spring of 2009. The exercise would involve PACOM/JIATF West, the Indonesian National Police (Polri) and the Indonesian [...]	2008-09-22 08:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KNAR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA180	SULAWESI -- GOI EFFORTS TO IMPROVE POST-CONFLICT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has made significant progress in the past year in solidifying the security situation in Poso, Central Sulawesi, a region which had been afflicted by inter-religious violence. In order to maintain t [...]	2008-01-29 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI ECON ID
08JAKARTA1803	UNGA: ADVANCING USG PRIORITIES WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Possible upcoming meetings for senior USG officials with FM Wirajuda or Secretary General Imron Cotan (the number-three official in the Department of Foreign Affairs) on the margins of the UN General Assembly are a key opportunity to advance USG priorities with Indonesia. We su [...]	2008-09-23 06:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR ID BM IR
08JAKARTA1806	UNSC/GEORGIA -- OPPOSING SEPARATIST PARTICIPATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the Indonesian government to oppose participation by Abkhazia and South Ossetia in UN Security Council discussions on Georgia. GOI contacts took the points on board. One contact in the President's Office--noting Indonesia's longstanding concern about separati [...]	2008-09-23 07:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ID GG RS
08JAKARTA1811	UNGA COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION -- ENGAGING INDONESIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning the proposed UNGA Third Committee compliance resolution to Carolina Tinangon, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on September 24. Poloff underscored the importance of a strong [...]	2008-09-24 07:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNGA ID
08JAKARTA1820	OFFICIAL GOI INVITE TO FOREST ELEVEN MINISTERIAL [...] Post has received the official invitation to the upcoming Ministerial Meeting of the Tropical Rainforest Countries (Forest Eleven/F-11) Plus Partners in Jakarta on October 17, 2008 (reftel). The GOI Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Forest Ministry will co-host a Ministerial Meeting of the [...]	2008-09-25 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID KGHG EAGR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1828	FRENCH NATIONAL KIDNAPPED IN NORTH ACEH [...] (SBU) Summary. A French national consultant for the World Bank and his Indonesian driver were kidnapped and held by a group calling themselves Sword Force in the Sawang subdistrict of North Aceh Regency on the early afternoon of September 23. After repeated threats to their lives at sword poi [...]	2008-09-26 07:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC SOCI ID
08JAKARTA1833	UNSC IRAN RESOLUTION--PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 27, DCM delivered reftel demarche urging support for the UNSC resolution on Iran's nuclear program to Secretary General Imron Cotan, the number-three official at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). He underscored the importance of a 15-0 vote and pressed the [...]	2008-09-27 03:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ID IR
08JAKARTA1839	AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR INVESTIGATING AL MANAR [...] (C) The Australian Embassy has requested assistance from the Indonesian Broadcast Commission for an ongoing investigation into the broadcast of Al-Manar to Australia by the Indonesian telecommunications company Indosat. According to contacts at the Australian Embassy, the Australian Communica [...]	2008-09-30 00:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KPAO ECIP KTFN LE XC ID
08JAKARTA1847	DOE Megaports Initiative on the Table, but Has Hurdles to [...] (U) Summary. After over 2 years of limited bilateral talks on the Megaports Initiative, the Department of Energy (DOE) presented anew the Initiative to the Indonesian government and offered a draft agreement to implement the program in Indonesia. DOE's proposal for future cooperation includes [...]	2008-10-03 03:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT KNNP KTIA ID
08JAKARTA185	CENTRAL JAVA -- PROMOTING U.S.-INDONESIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL Regional Security Unit Chief met security policy scholars, and spoke at a local university and Muslim boarding school in Yogjakarta, central Java, January 28-29. He highlighted positive developments in U.S.-Indonesian relations, and opportunities for further cooperation on [...]	2008-01-30 08:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO ID
08JAKARTA1854	KOSOVO -- PRESSING INDONESIA TO REJECT ICJ REFERRAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 3, Mission delivered Ref A demarche to GOI contacts. We urged the GOI to vote against Serbia's proposed UNGA resolution referring the question of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion. GOI officials promised to con [...]	2008-10-03 05:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA ID KV
08JAKARTA1856	IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel instruction, Mission has engaged GOI contacts, emphasizing the importance of vigorous implementation of all UNSC resolutions on Iran's nuclear program. GOI officials agreed that Iran must comply with its nonproliferation obligations and promised to continue to implem [...]	2008-10-03 06:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ID IR
08JAKARTA1872	GOI Focuses on Policy Coordination In Bid to Reduce Impact [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A four-day local holiday beginning September 30 had insulated Indonesian markets from recent financial market volatility. On October 6, however, the main Jakarta Stock Exchange index sank 10%, the rupiah weakened by 1.5%, and domestic bonds sold off, causing a spike in benchma [...]	2008-10-07 21:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID
08JAKARTA1893	ASEAN -- INDONESIAN LEGISLATURE TAKES KEY STEP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A key parliamentary committee has ratified the ASEAN Charter after a long period of debate centered on Burma and the regional human rights situation. Legislators--in an unusual step fueled by frustration over Burma--also issued non-binding human rights-related "policy directives [...]	2008-10-10 08:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEAN ID BM
08JAKARTA1895	ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- GOI SAYS IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has agreed to attend the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership initiative (APDP) meeting in Seoul on October 31. Umar Hadi, Director for Public Diplomacy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),confirmed to DepPol/C and the South Korean Pol/C on October 10 that the [...]	2008-10-10 08:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID KS
08JAKARTA1896	ENGAGING INDONESIA ON RUSSIAN-SPONSORED UNGA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points with the GOI, urging it to reject the proposed Russian UNGA First Committee resolution on telecommunications and international security. Department of Foreign Af [...]	2008-10-10 08:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PINS UNGA ID
08JAKARTA1897	GOI Attempts to Calm Markets, But Indonesia Stock Exchange [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite government efforts to calm markets by taking moves to increase liquidity and boost demand for stock shares, financial turmoil continues in Indonesia with fears about the impact of the real economy. The government announced on October 9 a series of actions aimed at calm [...]	2008-10-13 01:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID
08JAKARTA1898	IMPACT OF BEIJING OLYMPICS: INDONESIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per Ref A queries, the Beijing Olympics received favorable coverage in Indonesian media, which focused largely on the selected events in which Indonesian athletes competed. In addition to favorable coverage of the success of the Chinese team, there was a limited amount of com [...]	2008-10-14 02:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SCUL ID CH
08JAKARTA1902	GAM FOUNDER HASAN DI TIRO RETURNS TO ACEH [...] (SBU) Summary: Free Aceh Movement (GAM) founder and leader Hasan di Tiro returned to Aceh on October 11 in an historic visit to the province some 30 years after he went into exile. The 83-year old di Tiro has used the visit to call on all sides to respect the 2005 Helsinki MoU, but because o [...]	2008-10-14 06:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ID
08JAKARTA1910	THAILAND/CAMBODIA -- GOI TRIES TO HELP CALM [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has made calls to the Cambodian and Thai leaders urging them to work to calm down tensions related to the two countries' border dispute. We were told that both sides listened to Yudhoyono's points, but made no specific commitments. Contacts have told us that [...]	2008-10-15 07:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID CB TH
08JAKARTA1912	GOI DEPLOYS PEACEKEEPERS TO DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has deployed a police peacekeeping unit to Darfur. The deployment came after a series of delays reflecting Indonesian concerns regarding Darfur security-related developments and logistical challenges. The Darfur deployment reflects the GOI's continued commitment to i [...]	2008-10-15 08:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PKO ID SU
08JAKARTA1919	DRAFT MANADO OCEAN DECLARATION FOR 2009 WORLD OCEAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Post has obtained an advance draft of the Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD). The formal goal of the World Ocean Conference (WOC),taking place from May 11-15, 2009 in Manado, Indonesia, is to produce the Manado Ocean Declaration (ref [...]	2008-10-16 03:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1923	GOI Takes Additional Steps to Bolster [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Indonesia has taken additional important steps to increase liquidity and bolster confidence in its financial markets. Actions included increasing by 20-fold the amount of bank deposits subject to government guarantee, reducing minimum reserve requirements on f [...]	2008-10-16 08:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID
08JAKARTA1937	HUMAN RIGHTS -- ENCOURAGING INDONESIA TO IMPLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with DepPol/C, an AmCit adviser to the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia/Timor-Leste (CTF) outlined ways to speed up implementation of the CTF recommendations for security sector reform in Indonesia via human rights training. He recommended that NGOs pav [...]	2008-10-20 05:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA1940	Bracing for Longer-Term Fall-Out from the Financial [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesian financial officials and private-sector economists are bracing for longer-term negative impacts of the current global financial crisis. The Yudhoyono administration continues to take comprehensive action designed to minimize the impacts of the crisis on the real econo [...]	2008-10-21 03:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID
08JAKARTA1944	SUPREME COURT REPORTEDLY OVERTURNS DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has informally heard that the Indonesia's Supreme Court has overturned its previous decision awarding damages in a case against TIME Asia in the Suharto defamation case, but no official [...]	2008-10-21 08:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1945	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST-SEPTEMBER [...] On July 31, Jakarta's State Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar, announced the results of the 2008 Environmental Company Performance Evaluation Award. Out of 514 companies reviewed, 30 percent received the lowest rating, 50 percent the average rating, and only 10 percent received an adeq [...]	2008-10-21 08:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA1948	ASEAN CHARTER RATIFIED BY INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Parliament ratified the ASEAN Charter on October 21. The move was expected and came after the committee dealing with foreign affairs recommended that Parliament in full plenary pass the Charter. We understand that the legislation contains non-binding "policy dir [...]	2008-10-22 06:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEAN ID BM
08JAKARTA1957	GAM FOUNDER DI TIRO: ACEH PARTY POLITICAL INSTRUMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Free Aceh Movement (GAM) founder Hasan di Tiro, who returned to Aceh on October 11 in an historic visit some 30 years after he went into exile (reftel),continued his tour of Aceh by visiting the graves of GAM fighters and attending numerous public events including a large rally [...]	2008-10-23 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ID
08JAKARTA1968	AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: FURTHER [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Legal proceedings were originally scheduled to begin in the Central Jakarta District Court on September 17 in the avian-influenza lawsuit against the USG and the World Health Organization (refs). On advi [...]	2008-10-24 10:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1970	ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia confirmed on October 24 that a senior diplomat will attend the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership initiative (APDP) meeting in Seoul on October 31. Ms. Artauli Tobing, Director General for Policy Planning and Development at the Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) wil [...]	2008-10-24 11:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID MG
08JAKARTA1977	INDONESIA - OCTOBER 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. French embassy officials reported that in a series of avian influenza (AI) related meetings, Government of Indonesia (GOI)officials told them that the AI situation in Indonesia is improving and that the sample sharing impasse will likely end soon. U.S. government efforts to cont [...]	2008-10-27 08:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA1979	KEY GOI ADVISER ON REOPENING EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Alwi Shihab, the President's Special Adviser for the Middle East, Indonesian President Yudhoyono urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) months ago to re-open the Indonesian embassy in Baghdad. Shihab said he believed that DEPLU was delaying the opening of t [...]	2008-10-27 09:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID IZ
08JAKARTA1986	TRIALS OF THREE ALLEGED TERRORISTS BEGIN IN JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trials of three alleged terrorists have begun in Jakarta. The three suspects are linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and allegedly have experience in the Philippines. One of them allegedly is an associate of Noordin Top, a major JI leader who remains on the run from Indonesian [...]	2008-10-28 10:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID
08JAKARTA2002	COMMODITY PRICE COLLAPSE UNDERMINES GROWTH AMID ONGOING [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis, slower global growth, and falling commodity prices continue to weigh heavily on Indonesian financial markets. The sharp decline in world prices for Indonesia primary commodity exports clouds the already diminished outlook for economic growth over th [...]	2008-10-30 06:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID
08JAKARTA2006	DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES--INDONESIAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has conveyed reftel information to the Indonesian government. The Department of Foreign Affairs said it would make the requisite checks in order to ensure that Indonesian firms were not [...]	2008-10-30 10:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EFIN UNSC ID BA QT
08JAKARTA2007	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE: INDONESIAN POSITION ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An official in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs indicated possible GOI support for the U.S.-backed resolution re "compliance with non-proliferation" in the October 30 vote in the Firs [...]	2008-10-30 10:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM UNGA PREL ID
08JAKARTA2016	U.S. ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL MISSION [...] (SBU) This telegram is Sensitive but Unclassified. It contains business sensitive information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Twenty-six U.S. company leaders from the ASEAN Business Council used high-level meetings to address company-specific issues with some success. The [...]	2008-10-31 08:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ID
08JAKARTA2028	SOLO -- FROM RADICAL HUB TO TOURIST HAVEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Solo, Central Java, for years an economic backwater and hub of radicals, is reclaiming its place as an important, vibrant Indonesian city. In an example of good governance at the local level, an entrepreneurial new mayor has worked to help curb militant Islam while promoting Sol [...]	2008-11-03 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PTER ID
08JAKARTA2038	MUSLIM CLERIC'S "MARRIAGE" TO MINOR SPARKS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Muslim cleric is under investigation for marrying a 12-year old girl last August. In reaction to a public outcry by child welfare advocates, several well-known Muslim leaders have denounced [...]	2008-11-04 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL PHUM ID
08JAKARTA2048	WINNING THE "WAR OF IDEAS" IN INDONESIA [...] (U) Post appreciates the opportunity to share our public diplomacy experience in Indonesia and welcomes the Under Secretary's thoughts (reftel). Indonesians, while the largest Muslim-majority population in the world, look at the world differently from the way Middle Easterners do, and we need [...]	2008-11-05 11:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OPRC OIIP KISL KHLS ID
08JAKARTA2049	SAUDI ARABIA -- A PRESENCE TO RECKON WITH IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Arabia enjoys a positive image among Indonesians and is ramping up its already robust educational assistance. In addition to the annual flow of pilgrims to Mecca, Saudi religious groups are active here. While few have direct links to extremism, Saudi religious influence i [...]	2008-11-06 02:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KISL ID SA
08JAKARTA2051	US-ASEAN 7: SUPPORTING A MEETING AT APEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission recommends a presidential meeting with the seven ASEAN leaders present on the margins of the November 22-23 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Lima. Indonesian officials and the ASEAN Secretariat propose using such a meeting to discuss the global financi [...]	2008-11-06 03:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ID PREL XC APEC
08JAKARTA2053	BINTAN ROUNDTABLE AND MANADO OCEAN DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Indonesia (GOI) hosted a roundtable meeting last week in Bintan, Indonesia, to prepare for the World Ocean Conference (WOC). At the Roundtable, the GOI presented a draft Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) that was substantially different from an earlier draft (ref [...]	2008-11-06 08:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID
08JAKARTA2057	BANK INDONESIA MAINTAINS POLICY RATE AS GROWTH OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Summary. Bank Indonesia (BI) held its overnight policy rate steady at 9.5% on November 6, in response to growing signs of a slowdown in economic activity in Indonesia. A moderation in inflation in October also contributed to the decision. While most market analysts expected BI to hold [...]	2008-11-06 09:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID
08JAKARTA2058	DISCUSSING NOVEMBER 15 SUMMIT WITH PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono (SBY) wants Indonesia to be part of the solution at the upcoming Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy. At SBY's request, Ambassador Hume briefed him on summit preparations in a meeting on November 5. SBY welcomed the G-20 Leaders format and st [...]	2008-11-06 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SENV ENRG KMCA PGOV PREL MCC ID
08JAKARTA2059	CHIEFS OF DEFENSE CONFERENCE IN BALI -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Keating's participation in the Chiefs of Defense (CHOD) Conference in Bali (November 11-14) offers an opportunity to consolidate the mil-mil relationship with Indonesia. On the margins of this multilateral event, Admiral Keating will meet with Defense Minister Sudarsono [...]	2008-11-06 11:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
08JAKARTA2063	INDONESIA CLIMATE CHANGE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar will lead the Indonesian delegation to the U.N. climate change conference in Poznan, Poland this December. However, the delegation's composition is still undefined. Prior to Poznan, Minister of Industry Fahmi Idris will attend the Novem [...]	2008-11-07 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV KGHG PREL ID
08JAKARTA2066	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE -- SEEKING INDONESIAN SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM urged a key GOI official to oppose no-action motions on UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee resolutions dealing with Burma, Iran and North Korea. He also urged Indonesia to support the three resolutions so as to highlight the severe human rights problems in those [...]	2008-11-07 10:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA ID BM IR KN
08JAKARTA2067	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 discussion with Defense Minister Sudarsono, the Ambassador laid out key U.S. goals for a bilateral defense cooperation agreement with Indonesia. The agreement should document current cooperation, build trust and provide a basis to expand cooperation. The USG wa [...]	2008-11-07 10:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA2072	BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM -- FIRST MEETING TO TAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda briefed diplomats about the inaugural meeting of the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) scheduled for December 10-11 in Bali. Governments from throughout Asia and the Middle East have been invited to participate while other countries--such as the U.S.--c [...]	2008-11-10 08:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV ID
08JAKARTA2092	INDONESIA IMPOSES CONTROLS ON FOREIGN EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Bank Indonesia (BI) announced measures to regulate foreign exchange purchases on November 12 in an effort to shore up the weakening Rupiah (IDR). The new rules require individuals and firms to provide documentation about the underlying transaction for foreign exchange purchases [...]	2008-11-13 09:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID
08JAKARTA2093	INDONESIA CLIMATE CHANGE DELEGATION [...] (SBU) This message updates reftel concerning the composition of the Indonesian delegation to the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP-14) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Poznan, Poland this December. The Secretariat of Indonesia's National Climate Change Commissi [...]	2008-11-13 10:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV KGHG PREL ID
08JAKARTA2096	THE BAKRIE GROUP: BUMI SHARE PRICE PLUNGES AS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 6, trading resumed in shares of Bakrie Group-owned PT Bumi Resources ("Bumi"),suspended since October 7. The share price immediately fell nearly 10% until automatic trading limits kicked in and trading was suspended for the day. Bumi shares met the same fate on the [...]	2008-11-13 11:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EMIN EINV ID
08JAKARTA2102	PAPUA -- IN LEAD UP TO IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions continue to simmer in the Papuan region of eastern Indonesia. Popular anger is fed by slow implementation of the region's Special Autonomy Law and continued poverty and underdevelopment. In response to Papuan anger, the GOI continues to act with general restraint. In [...]	2008-11-14 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA2108	BURMA -- PRESSING GOI ON THE REGIME'S LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered Ref A message regarding the Burmese regime's latest crackdown to Indonesian officials and a key parliamentarian on November 17. Mission underscored the need for continued international pressure in the wake of the harsh sentences imposed on democracy advocates [...]	2008-11-17 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA ID BM
08JAKARTA211	INDONESIA PLANS ITS OWN INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contact briefed DepPol/C on GOI plans to host the first meeting of what it calls the "Bali Democracy Forum" this year. The details are a bit vague, although the meeting will be at the ministerial level and many countries--democratic and o [...]	2008-02-01 06:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2139	IRAN'S NUCLEAR CONFERENCE--PRESSING INDONESIA NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed reftel points regarding the upcoming Iran nuclear conference with key GOI contacts. We urged the GOI not to participate. Indonesian officials said they were unaware of the conference, but promised to review USG views on the matter. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) [...]	2008-11-19 10:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC ID IR
08JAKARTA2140	Q3 GDP GROWTH OF 6.1% EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS, BUT PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's economy expanded at a higher than expected 6.1% (yoy) in the third quarter of 2008, on higher government spending, and continued strength in household consumption and investment. While the results boosted hope that 2008 growth may exceed 6%, most analysts have reduc [...]	2008-11-20 00:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID
08JAKARTA2145	UNGA -- PRESSING INDONESIA TO OPPOSE ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel demarche regarding anti-Israel resolutions in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to key GOI officials on November 20. We strongly urged Indonesia to oppose such resolutions. Indonesian interlocutors took our points on board, but did not promise any change [...]	2008-11-20 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA ID IS
08JAKARTA2150	UNGA NONPROLIFERATION RESOLUTION -- INDONESIA ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel message, poloff on November 21 engaged officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorate for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, regarding the UNGA resolution on com [...]	2008-11-21 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM MNUC UNGA ID
08JAKARTA2156	Indonesian corruption prosecutors experience first-hand how [...] (SBU) Summary: Twelve prosecutors from the Indonesian Attorney General's Office Anti-Corruption Task Force participated in an INL-funded two-week visit to the U.S. to learn how the U.S. investigates and prosecutes public corruption cases. The delegation, led by DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor [...]	2008-11-24 10:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA2158	INDONESIA: KEEPING MOMENTUM GOING AFTER THE CTF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Human rights groups and Indonesian government officials have expressed willingness to publicize and implement recommendations of the Timor-Leste/Indonesia Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) report regarding the gross human rights violations which took place following the 199 [...]	2008-11-24 11:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA2170	BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM: MORE DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Indonesia's Bali Democracy Forum will be attended by approximately 28 participants from Asia and the Middle East, including four heads of state, plus several observers from Europe and the Americas. Burma is sending a deputy minister. Iran and North Korea are not attending. Inv [...]	2008-11-25 11:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID MG
08JAKARTA218	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 17-21 CODEL PRICE VISIT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia, one of the world's most dramatic democratic success stories. Your visit comes on the heels of former president Suharto's passing, an event which serv [...]	2008-02-04 08:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP ID
08JAKARTA2187	ASEAN SUMMIT -- INDONESIAN AND SECRETARIAT VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian Government and ASEAN Secretariat officials say it is increasingly likely that the upcoming ASEAN Summit and related meetings will be postponed due to the political standoff in Thailand. If the situation in Thailand is not resolved, one possibility under discussion is [...]	2008-12-01 10:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEAN ID TH
08JAKARTA2188	PIRACY RESOLUTION -- INDONESIA REVIEWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials say the U.S.-proposed compromise language may allow Indonesia to support the renewal of UNSCR 1816, but the language must still pass the review of foreign affairs legal experts. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Poloff discussed the renewal of UNSCR 1816 authority to conduct [...]	2008-12-01 11:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO
08JAKARTA2189	EXBS INDONESIA: PROPOSAL FOR UNSCR 1540 TECHNICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) is studying the U.S. offer (ref a) to conduct an interagency Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program but needs more time for a full interagency review. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Dep/Pol/C discussed reftel proposal with An [...]	2008-12-01 11:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC ID
08JAKARTA2190	WINDOW OPEN NOW FOR S&T IN INDONESIA [...] (U) Summary. Post as well as the Government of Indonesia (GOI) have identified science and technology as a priority area for long-term engagement. The GOI is especially keen to conclude a Science and Technology Framework Agreement with the United States as soon as possible in order to facilit [...]	2008-12-02 06:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL ID TRBY TPHY TBIO
08JAKARTA2192	ARF DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE -- INDONESIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia plans to participate in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Voluntary Demonstration Exercise (VDR) on Disaster Relief in the Philippines in May 2009 and will likely request USG assistance for planning meetings and/or the exercise itself. Exact participants and role have yet [...]	2008-12-02 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID ASEAN ARF ID RP
08JAKARTA2193	PIRACY RESOLUTION -- ONE ISSUE STILL OUTSTANDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials believe the U.S.-proposed compromise language for the draft UNSC Resolution on anti-priacy operations off Somalia satisfy all but one of Indonesia's concerns. The GOI wants additional language clarifying that the resolution only applies to Somali waters and does n [...]	2008-12-02 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO

08JAKARTA2194	BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary. The Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) is a pathogen security program run out of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN). BEP Indonesia works with partner institutions in the Ministries of Health (MOH),Research and Technology, and Agriculture to suppor [...]	2008-12-02 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA2195	MISSION'S ENGAGEMENT OF INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has successfully stepped up engagement with the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR). Parliamentary exchanges funded by the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC),USAID, PAS and other sources have been instrumental in encouraging DPR to engage productively w [...]	2008-12-02 10:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2197	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume met FM Wirajuda for a wide-ranging discussion of bilateral and regional issues on December 2. The Ambassador urged moving forward on a number of pending bilateral agreements that were close to completion. Wirajuda agreed, particularly in concluding as soon as p [...]	2008-12-03 10:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO ID
08JAKARTA2198	PAPUA -- SENSITIVE DATE PASSES WITHOUT MAJOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: December 1--a sensitive date in Indonesia's restive eastern provinces of Papua and West Papua--passed without serious incident. Activist groups organized large rallies at major Papuan cities, all of which remained peaceful. Security forces maintained a visible but restrained p [...]	2008-12-03 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA2199	DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON INDONESIA SCHEME FOR PILOTAGE IN THE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU). Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Foreign Ministry (DEPLU) and Transportation Ministry confirmed that the Indonesian pilotage program in the Strait of Malacca (SOM) is an ongoing voluntary program. The program was not v [...]	2008-12-04 00:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA PREL ID
08JAKARTA2200	ASEAN MINISTERIAL TO GO AHEAD IN JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASEAN Foreign Ministers will meet in Jakarta in mid-December to continue implementation of the organization's charter. These meetings come in the wake of the decision to postpone the ASEAN Summit, which was to have taken place in Thailand. Thailand will still technically host [...]	2008-12-04 07:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
08JAKARTA2201	INDONESIA STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel points to GOI officials and urged Indonesia to recognize Kosovo. Indonesia has not yet made a decision on Kosovo recognition but will consider USG views as it considers the matter. END SUMMARY 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Cicilia Rusd [...]	2008-12-04 07:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID KV
08JAKARTA2206	BANK INDONESIA CUTS RATES TO SPUR GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Bank Indonesia (BI) lowered its overnight policy rate by 25 basis points to 9.25% on December 4, surprising many market analysts. BI based the decision largely on Indonesia's rapidly deteriorating economic growth outlook, particularly as demand for Indonesian commodities falls. [...]	2008-12-04 10:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID
08JAKARTA2207	FINANCIAL CRISIS BEGINS TO TAKE TOLL ON REAL ECONOMY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A sharp slowdown in export demand is beginning to take a toll on Indonesia's real economy, resulting in a growing number of layoffs and production cuts. Continued tight credit markets are posing an added burden on business and played a role in the government takeover and bailou [...]	2008-12-05 00:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID
08JAKARTA2211	INDONESIA OIL AND GAS HIGHLIGHTS - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] Summary. Indonesian crude oil production has increased in 2008 relative to 2007, although it is below government target of 1 million barrels per day. U.S. companies won 4 of 31 new oil and gas exploration contracts. The Indonesian government is trying several methods to boost its balance of p [...]	2008-12-09 04:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
08JAKARTA2215	SYRIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM--DISCOURAGING INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has presented reftel points discouraging international nuclear cooperation with Syria to a senior GOI official working on nonproliferation matters. Our contact took the USG points on board, noting that he had never heard of any Indonesian intention to work with Syria on [...]	2008-12-09 10:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IAEA ID SY
08JAKARTA2221	IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- URGING INDONESIA TO RAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Together with European counterparts, Mission delivered reftel message regarding Iran's nuclear program to key Indonesian officials. Emboffs and counterparts underscored the need for increased vigilance in implementing UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions regarding Iran's nucl [...]	2008-12-10 09:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EFIN MNUC ID IR
08JAKARTA2222	USG TRAINING BOLSTERS INDONESIA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USG assistance is making a difference in helping the GOI combat trafficking. A joint RSO-DOJ/ICITAP program focused on training Jakarta police and prosecutors on human trafficking law enforcem [...]	2008-12-10 10:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SMIG ASEC ID SNAR
08JAKARTA2223	DOE'S ENERGY PARTNERSHIP DIALOGUE WITH INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S.-Indonesia Energy Policy Dialogue (EPD) was held in Jakarta on October 21 and 22, 2008. The last EPD was held in 2005. The U.S. delegation was led by Department of Energy Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for International Energy Cooperation Dr. Phyllis Yoshida, and the [...]	2008-12-11 02:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV EMIN ID
08JAKARTA2232	DEATH OF FORMER FM ALI ALATAS: SUGGESTED [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paras 6-7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Former Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas died of a heart attack in the early morning of Thursday, December 11, 2008. A seminal figure in the history of Asian diplomacy, Alatas will be buried early on December 12, [...]	2008-12-11 09:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OVIP ID
08JAKARTA2233	ACEH -- ECONOMIC DOWNTURN COULD IMPACT PEACE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Since the 2004 tsunami, the Aceh reconstruction effort has made real progress thanks to international and GOI assistance, buoying the economy. A considerable amount of funding remains in the pipeline, but assistance [...]	2008-12-11 11:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ECON ID
08JAKARTA2235	ENCOURAGING CREDIBLE VOICES TO COUNTER VIOLENT [...] (U) Thank you for the opportunity to share our views on strategic communications and PD work in culturally diverse, strategically located Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority nation and third largest democracy. Embassy's previous Ref B report "winning the 'war of ideas' in Indonesia" [...]	2008-12-11 12:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OPRC OIIP ID
08JAKARTA2241	INDONESIA ELECTRICITY AND GEOTHERMAL HIGHLIGHTS - NOVEMBER [...] Summary. Growth of the Indonesian electricity sector has been insufficient to keep up with GDP growth and requires significant additional investment. The government plans for independent power producers to contribute to future growth, but Indonesia must provide additional financial guarantees [...]	2008-12-12 08:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
08JAKARTA2245	UNSC/SOMALI PIRACY -- INDONESIA STILL REVIEWING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel message urging support for a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Somali piracy to Indonesian officials. We underscored the importance of a robust resolution. GOI [...]	2008-12-12 10:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO
08JAKARTA2247	FINANCIAL CRISIS IMPACT ON AVERAGE INDONESIAN RISING [...] (SBU) Summary. To date the global financial crisis has affected primarily Indonesia's wealthy population, as middle and low income Indonesian have few or no stock or bond investments and the Indonesian banking sector has remained stable. The concurrent reduction in food prices and increase in [...]	2008-12-12 10:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID
08JAKARTA2251	INDONESIA 2008-2009 INCSR PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] The following information was previously relayed via unclassified e-mail with tracked changes from the 2007-2008 INCSR (ref A),as requested by ref B. 2. As noted in ref A, report provided the USD equivalent figures reflecting an exchange rate of IDR 12,000/USD. The rupiah has been extre [...]	2008-12-15 02:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR ID
08JAKARTA2252	VOLCANO ACCORD AND REQUEST FOR EXPANDED VOLCANO ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Summary. The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Center for Volcanology and Geologic Hazard Mitigation (CVGHM) held an international symposium in Bandung from November 30 through December 5, 2008 to review progress on volcano hazard science and risk reduction in Asia. Part [...]	2008-12-15 03:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID
08JAKARTA2263	PIRACY RESOLUTION -- INDONESIA OUTLINES CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14, as requested per ref, DCM discussed Somali piracy with the senior GOI official responsible for United Nations matters. DCM underscored the seriousness of the piracy threat and urged Indonesia to support a strong UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution that granted [...]	2008-12-15 10:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO
08JAKARTA2264	ANNAPOLIS PROCESS -- GOI SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14, DCM engaged a senior GOI official concerning USG demarche (Ref A) urging adoption of a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution endorsing the principles of the Annapolis Peace Process. Our GOI contact said Indonesia planned to support the resolution without amendmen [...]	2008-12-15 10:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ID IS XF
08JAKARTA2266	INDONESIA HOSTS INAUGURAL BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia hosted the inaugural meeting of the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF),December 10-11. The event was attended by 32 Asian countries, and seven observer countries from Europe and North Ameri [...]	2008-12-15 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM XB XD XF
08JAKARTA2270	UNSC/LEBANON TRIBUNAL -- PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche urging support for the UN's International Independent Investigation Commission and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on December 16. Our contact said the GOI generally supported the UN's work in Lebano [...]	2008-12-16 06:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ID LE
08JAKARTA2271	ASEAN CHARTER ENTERS INTO FORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASEAN Foreign Ministers met in Jakarta on December 15 to mark the ASEAN Charter's entry into force. (The Charter makes ASEAN a legal body and sets forth a framework for regional integration.) At the formal ceremony marking the occasion, President Yudhoyono called on ASEAN to pl [...]	2008-12-16 07:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEAN ID
08JAKARTA2275	AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: CASE DISMISSED [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The avian influenza-related lawsuit against the USG and World Health Organization (WHO) has been dismissed. The Central Jakarta District Court cited the plaintiff's lack of seriousness and r [...]	2008-12-16 08:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA2278	LEAHY VETTING RESULTS FOR INDONESIAN MARINE POLICE [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Indonesian Marine Police or its unit commander. END SUMMARY. 3. (SBU) On November 10, the Department cleared the Indone [...]	2008-12-17 08:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SNAR ID
08JAKARTA2279	A RARE MOMENT TO ADVANCE U.S. INTERESTS IN [...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 presents a moment of opportunity to advance U.S.-Indonesian relations, with a creative smart power approach. This message describes that opportunity and outlines how we can develop a strong 21st [...]	2008-12-17 09:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM EFIN SENV ID
08JAKARTA2285	TERRORISM FINANCE -- LASHKAR-E TAYYIBA DESIGNATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Mission has urged the GOI to block the travel and assets of four target individuals and the Lashkar-e Tayyiba organization following their recent designation by the UN 1267 Committee. We passed on the information for individuals and the organization as a way to facil [...]	2008-12-18 04:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTFN UNSC ID IN PK
08JAKARTA2288	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- CULT LEADER ARRESTED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian religious cult leader, Lia Eden, and a clutch of her followers were arrested on December 15. They face charges of blasphemy for "insulting Islam" after they distributed some leaflets in a peaceful protest. The cult leader has gotten entangled with the law before, [...]	2008-12-18 08:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF ID
08JAKARTA2290	INDONESIA - DECEMBER 17 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 02:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA2293	INDONESIA'S LEGISLATURE PASSES NEW MINING LAW [...] Summary. On December 16, Indonesia's legislature (DPR) passed a new mining law that will promote domestic small and medium sized investments at the expense of large international mining companies. Bowing to opposition from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the DPR agreed that the l [...]	2008-12-19 06:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
08JAKARTA2300	IMF AND WORLD BANK CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT INDONESIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF resident representative and World Bank country director are cautiously optimistic about Indonesia's ability to manage the economic impact of the global financial crisis. In a December 18 lunch hosted by Ambassador Hume, World Bank country director Joachim von Amsberg an [...]	2008-12-19 08:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID
08JAKARTA2302	INDONESIA SEEKS TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR POWER BUT FEW [...] Indonesia has long-term plans to develop a nuclear power plant and currently operates three experimental reactors. The country is involved in creating the legal, regulatory, and scientific institutional capacity to operate a nuclear power plant, often in cooperation with the U.S. government. I [...]	2008-12-19 11:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO ID
08JAKARTA2309	SULTAN STRUGGLES TO MAKE MARK ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with the Sultan of Yogyakarta on December 18. The Sultan--who recently declared that he was running for president--noted that he was not yet campaigning at full steam. Despite press reports that he might be receptive to the idea, he would not confirm whether he mig [...]	2008-12-22 09:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA2316	THE U.S. ROLE IN INDONESIA'S DEMOCRATIC [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia has a great story to tell. This country's ten-year transformation from authoritarianism to democracy was Indonesia's decision and is Indonesia's success. Likewise, the Indonesian gover [...]	2008-12-23 09:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ID
08JAKARTA232	LEBANON -- SEEKING INDONESIAN SUPPORT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The DCM delivered reftel demarche to key GOI official Desra Percaya on February 5, underscored the importance of international support for the Lebanese government and urged Indonesia to strengthen its support for that [...]	2008-02-05 10:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY ID
08JAKARTA2321	INDONESIA -- DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to exercise vigilance concerning banks domiciled in Iran and to freeze the assets of those entities. We passed on the information regarding the U.S. designations, under E.O. 13382, of Assa Corp and Assa Co Ltd as acting on behalf of Bank Melli. Our GO [...]	2008-12-24 04:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN IR ID
08JAKARTA2322	SOMALIA PEACEKEEPING OPERATION RESOLUTION--SEEKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel demarche regarding support for a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution authorizing a peacekeeping operation in Somalia to a Department of Foreign Affairs official on December 24. Poloff underscored the importance of assisting the Somali Transitional Fede [...]	2008-12-24 05:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ID SO
08JAKARTA2355	DECOMMISSIONED AUSTRALIAN BELL HELICOPTERS: THE [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY/RECOMMENDATION: Mission recommends that the USG support the transfer of decommissioned Australian Iroquois helicopters--originally sourced from the U.S.--to Indonesia. The transfer would meet critical Indonesian disaste [...]	2008-12-31 08:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR ID AS
08JAKARTA243	FINANCIAL SECTOR UPDATE AND IMF BRIEFING [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund Senior Resident Representative in Indonesia briefed donors on the Indonesian economy on January 29. The IMF said that GDP growth for 2008 is on target at 6.1%, lower than the Government of Indonesia's estimate of 6.7%. Reserves are a healthy $56 [...]	2008-02-06 08:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA26	PAPUA -- ACTIVIST'S TRIAL ON INCITEMENT CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Detained Papuan human rights lawyer Sabar Iwanggin, accused of inciting public hatred with inflammatory SMS messages, goes to trial Monday, January 7, in Jayapura, Papua. Iwanggin's defense rests on the claim that he was not the source of the messages and that his forwarding the [...]	2008-01-04 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ID
08JAKARTA278	Indonesian Input for New Required Energy Report [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD ID
08JAKARTA281	EAST TIMOR -- INDONESIA MONITORING SITUATION [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY -- In the aftermath of the February 11 attack on President Ramos-Horta, Indonesia is monitoring the situation in East Timor with concern. GOI officials have confirmed that Indonesia views the situation as an [...]	2008-02-11 10:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IP TT
08JAKARTA284	EAST TIMOR -- INDONESIA CONDEMNS ATTACKS; BORDER [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has condemned the February 11 attacks on President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Gusmao. In response to the situation, the Indonesian military (TNI) has tightened security on the two [...]	2008-02-12 08:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS ID TT
08JAKARTA288	INDONESIA ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF JOINT MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has announced that joint production of missiles with China has begun and will involve several Indonesian state-owned firms. While cost and technology transfer are the main considerations, the deal also ostensibly reflects Indonesia's desire to avoid over-dependence on W [...]	2008-02-12 09:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS MARR ID CH
08JAKARTA293	KOSOVO -- SEEKING INDONESIAN RECOGNITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior GOI official told the Charge on February 13 that it would be very difficult for Indonesia to recognize Kosovo anytime soon. He left open the possibility that Indonesia might extend recognition after enough other countries had done so. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) URGING IND [...]	2008-02-13 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK ID YI KV
08JAKARTA294	BURMA -- NEW INDONESIAN APPROACH SLOWLY TAKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new Indonesian approach regarding Burma is slowly taking shape. Senior GOI officials say they are developing a comprehensive strategy which will address a wide range of concerns re Burma, including the need for a democratic transition, human rights and national integrity. As [...]	2008-02-13 09:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ID BM
08JAKARTA304	INDONESIA -- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Mission interagency panel evaluated 12 proposals for the Trafficking in Persons solicitation for G/TIP managed by 2008 ESF and INCLE funds. We are pleased to recommend the five projects below in priority order. Mission is forwarding the full proposals to G/TIP via e-mail as w [...]	2008-02-14 09:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB PREL SMIG ID
08JAKARTA316	INDONESIA-SINGAPORE DEFENSE AGREEMENT IN TROUBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesia-Singapore Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) is in trouble. The Indonesian government indicates that the agreement--which, in part, would allow the Singapore military to train in Indonesia--has been "put aside." The key reason is that the national legislature (D [...]	2008-02-15 09:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID SN
08JAKARTA318	PAPUA -- BOOK BAN STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Claiming it could spark public unrest, Indonesian authorities have banned a book by a previously unknown Papuan author. Papuan intellectuals and activists criticized the ban and promised to use it to generate international attention for their cause. There is little doubt that [...]	2008-02-15 10:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ID
08JAKARTA319	KOSOVO -- SEEKING INDONESIAN SUPPORT IN UNSC [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires John Heffern delivered Ref A demarche to Secretary General Imron Cotan--the number two official at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU)--on Sunday February 17. Charge underscored that supporting Kosovo's declaration of independence was of the utmost importance to t [...]	2008-02-17 03:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL ID YI
08JAKARTA323	MGKV01 -- URGING INDONESIA TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered latest Kosovo points to GOI contacts on February 19. Pol/C underscored the need for states to support Kosovo's independence publicly and in international fora. GOI contacts noted that Indonesia planned to continue its "wait and see" approach (see Para 7 for t [...]	2008-02-19 07:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN ID YI
08JAKARTA325	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- ENHANCING INDONESIA'S AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Air Force Deputy U/S Lemkin told the Indonesian DefMin on February 15 that the U.S. was prepared to help Indonesia develop its air capabilities by broadening bilateral cooperation through sales and upgrades of F-16s and further training and exercise opportunities. Sudarsono [...]	2008-02-19 10:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR ID
08JAKARTA338	RWANDA/DRC -- SEEKING GOI SUPPORT FOR UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points regarding Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Pol/C underscored the need for a UN Security Council resolution condemning such groups as the FDLR, the FAR and the Interahamwe. DEPLU [...]	2008-02-21 07:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC UNSC ID RW CG
08JAKARTA339	PROSECUTOR TRAINING AND PUBLIC OUTREACH IN [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 14-15, the Attorney General's Terrorism and Transnational Crime Task Force--the GOI's key body involved in prosecuting terrorism-related case [...]	2008-02-21 07:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO PTER KJUS ID
08JAKARTA346	VISIT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Gates' February 25 visit comes at a most opportune time. Our military-to-military relationship with Indonesia has made solid progress during the past two years and now is the time to move forward. Indonesia needs to decide whether it is ready to take that step, and ne [...]	2008-02-22 06:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
08JAKARTA355	NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR NOMINEES - NO INSIDERS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yudhoyono nominated two outsiders to replace outgoing BI Governor Burnhannudin Abdullah, whose five-year term ends May 17, 2008. Abdullah has been named in a corruption case involving payments to Parliament to pass banking legislation in 2003/4. Raden Pardede, an econ [...]	2008-02-24 07:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PINR ID
08JAKARTA365	SOMALIA/PIRACY -- WORKING TOWARD A UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed with the GOI the problem of piracy off the Somali coast. Pol/C noted that the USG hoped to use ongoing UNSC consultations to address the problem. Our GOI contact said his government recognized the seriousness of the problem and would review the matter, including [...]	2008-02-25 05:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC UNSC ID SO
08JAKARTA372	CODEL PRICE WORKS TO STRENGTHEN INDONESIAN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: From February 17-21, CODEL Price visited Indonesia as part of the legislative strengthening program of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC). CODEL Price toured Aceh, met with President Yudhoyono, and held [...]	2008-02-25 09:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OVIP EAID KDEM BM ID
08JAKARTA373	BURMA -- GAMBARI OUTLINES STRATEGY AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a discussion hosted by Ambassador Hume on February 22, UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari said he would press the regime to include the democratic opposition in the upcoming referendum. Indonesian interlocutors outlined their plans for enhanced regional efforts that [...]	2008-02-25 10:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM UN
08JAKARTA377	TIME MAGAZINE ENTERS FINAL STAGE OF INDONESIAN LEGAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TIME magazine formally appealed on February 21 the $111 million Supreme Court decision in the Suharto defamation case. This appeal challenges the August 2007 Supreme Court decision on procedural grounds, particularly the Supreme Court's use of civil law instead of press law. Wit [...]	2008-02-26 06:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ECON KJUS ID
08JAKARTA38	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS NOVEMBER - [...] Summary. Indonesia's December inflation came in lower on a year-on-year (YoY) basis as consumer demand eased after the Muslim festive season. Bank Indonesia (BI) cut its interest rate by 25 bps to 8% at its December board meeting after keeping it steady for four months ending in November. In [...]	2008-01-08 08:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA400	PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO TO VISIT IRAN IN MARCH [...] (S) ACTION REQUEST: Mission requests Department's assistance in providing additional USG information on Iran's nuclear program, and Department talking points, to be provided to President Yudhoyono. Mission requests that these be provided NLT March 5. 2. (S) SBY TO IRAN: President Yudhoyon [...]	2008-02-28 08:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM ID IR
08JAKARTA401	BURMA -- INDONESIANS OFFER TWO SEPARATE APPROACHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two distinct and apparently separate Burma initiatives are under development in Jakarta. The two approaches were described to EAP DAS Scot Marciel in separate meetings on February 26. According to Presidential Advisor Dino Djalal, President Yudhoyono's office has prepared, and [...]	2008-02-28 08:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ID BM
08JAKARTA404	IRAN-IAEA -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON IRAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered ref a demarche and underscored that Iran continues to defy international calls to meet all its nonproliferation obligations. Indonesian officials have still not decided how they will vote on the next UNSCR on Iran and remain worried that a new resolution would [...]	2008-02-28 10:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IAEA ID IR
08JAKARTA407	US-ASEAN SUPPORT PROGRAM LAUNCHED [...] (SBU) ASEAN has been waiting with anticipation for a renewed commitment from the U.S., Secretary General (SG) Surin Pitsuwan stated in a February 25 courtesy call by DAS Marciel and representatives of the USAID Asia Regional Mission. The team met with the SG to present and formally launch ADVA [...]	2008-02-29 02:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
08JAKARTA415	INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia took a major step forward in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP) in April 2007 with the signing into law by President Yudhoyono of a tough, comprehensive Law on the Eradication of the Criminal Act of Trafficking in Persons. Police and prosecutors began using the n [...]	2008-02-29 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB EAID ID
08JAKARTA416	INDONESIA LOOKS AT POST-ELECTION TIES WITH U.S. [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Policy Planning Office of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) held a retreat in Bali, February 27-28. Pol/C participated in the conference which focused on prospects for U.S.-Indonesia [...]	2008-02-29 08:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID
08JAKARTA421	IRAN/BURMA -- GERMAN FM PRESSES INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: German FM Steinmeier visited Jakarta February 26-28 and pressed the GOI on Iran's nuclear program and on Burma. Indonesian FM Wirajuda said publicly that the Burmese opposition and ethnic minority groups should participate in the upcoming referendum. Wirajuda also said that Ir [...]	2008-02-29 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ID BM GM
08JAKARTA424	ASEAN REACHES OUT TO INDONESIAN BUSINESS LEADERS [...] Summary. Sundram Pushpanathan, Principal Director of the ASEAN Secretariat's Bureau for Economic Integration and Finance, presented SIPDIS ASEAN's plan for economic integration by 2015 at an Indonesian business forum. According to Pushpanathan, the ASEAN foreign ministers have expressed str [...]	2008-03-03 02:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
08JAKARTA427	COUNTERTERRORISM -- MULTILATERAL CTAG MEETING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Japanese Embassy hosted a regular Counterterrorism Assistance Group (CTAG) meeting in Jakarta on February 26. Participants reviewed their assistance to the GOI in the CT area, focusing on the programs of some of the smaller countries, which also provide meaningful assistanc [...]	2008-03-03 04:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ID
08JAKARTA430	UNSC -- GOI ON ERITREA/UN AND SOMALIA PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points regarding Eritrean interference with the UNMEE mission. Our GOI contact agreed that Eritrean behavior was a serious problem and that steps must be taken. Further to Ref B, he also noted that the Indonesian government had reviewed our points regardin [...]	2008-03-03 06:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO ID ER SO
08JAKARTA434	IRAN/UNSC -- PRESSING INDONESIA TO SUPPORT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Mission continued efforts to convince Indonesia to support the draft UNSC resolution on Iran's nuclear program. A senior GOI official told the Ambassador on March 3 that Indonesia acknowledged Iran's continued enrichment activities and recognized the strength of UNSC support fo [...]	2008-03-03 09:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL PARM UNSC ID IR
08JAKARTA436	BLUE LANTERN POST SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] Air Vice Marshal Sunaryo of the Indonesian Air Force (IAF) office of Material Maintenance and Supply Command told us on February 4, 2008 that IAF received the air data amplifier for its C130 aircraft detailed in reftel and confirmed that the spare parts are used for the purpose stated on the l [...]	2008-03-03 09:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC ECON ID SN
08JAKARTA443	U.S. ENVOY TO THE OIC -- NOTIFYING INDONESIA [...] (U) Per reftel request, Mission has notified the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) via diplomatic note that the President has appointed Sada Cumber as the U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Mission has also provided DEPLU with a copy of Sad [...]	2008-03-04 09:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIC KISL ID
08JAKARTA446	U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- SEEKING SUPPORT ON [...] (U) Poloff reviewed reftel points with Salman Al Farisi, Director General in the Directorate of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on February 29. Poloff--noting the importance of the issue of climate change--urged Indonesia to reach [...]	2008-03-04 10:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IO ID MV
08JAKARTA455	BURMA -- URGING INDONESIA TO HELP WITH S/E [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed Ref A points regarding UN Special Envoy Gambari's visit to Burma with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). DEPLU contact told Pol/C that Indonesia was already doing just that: President Yudhoyono had sent a letter to Burmese regime leader Than Shwe urging [...]	2008-03-06 02:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM UN
08JAKARTA459	C-D18-00223 -- INDONESIAN REACTION TO ANTI-ISLAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction in Indonesia to the expected release of the Dutch anti-Islamic video has been calm. So far, there have been no incidents or major protests related to the matter. Local media outlets have hardly reported on the possible release of the video. We have touched base with [...]	2008-03-06 05:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ID
08JAKARTA462	IRAN -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON YUDHOYONO'S TRIP [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume in a March 6 meeting with Ambassador Alwi Shihab urged that President Yudhoyono use his upcoming trip to Tehran to press Iran to meet its nonproliferation obligations. He also urged Indonesia to support Kosovo at the upcoming OIC Summit. Shihab explained that al [...]	2008-03-06 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP UNSC ID IR
08JAKARTA469	INDONESIAN ECONOMY - CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary: Local economists remain cautiously optimistic about Indonesian economic forecasts for 2008 despite global and local pressures. Indonesia's 2008 economic growth will be 6.0-6.3%, down from the originally forecasted 6.8%, according to economists. The U.S. economic slowdown combine [...]	2008-03-10 03:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA474	OIC -- PASSING S/E CUMBER'S CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials look forward to meeting U.S. Special Envoy Sada Cumber on the margins of the upcoming OIC Summit in Dakar. Indonesia is an active OIC member and participates in a number of OIC-led initiatives. END SUMMARY 2. (U) GOI -- HAPPY TO MEET S/E CUMBER: Poloff [...]	2008-03-10 07:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KISL OIC ID
08JAKARTA481	BURMA -- JAKARTA CONFERENCE ISSUES ROBUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: A regional USG-funded civil society conference on Burma concluded March 7 in Jakarta with a declaration calling on ASEAN to reject the regime's May referendum unless there was genuine dialogue and popular involvement. With participation by regional experts--including a monk who [...]	2008-03-10 10:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID BM ID
08JAKARTA484	BEIRUT CONFERENCE -- URGING INDONESIAN ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on March 10. Poloff stressed that--as a Muslim-majority democracy and contributor to UNIFIL--Indonesia should show support for Lebanon by attending [...]	2008-03-11 03:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS ID LE
08JAKARTA503	GOI BANS CHEMICAL WEAPONS AS PART OF BROADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian parliament has passed legislation to implement commitments under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The legislation is a welcome step which improves Indonesia's export control regime and imposes stiff criminal penalties for proscribed uses. As part of a broa [...]	2008-03-12 06:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PGOV ID
08JAKARTA505	IRAN -- PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO HIGHLIGHTS TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono visited Tehran from March 10-12. While there, he highlighted bilateral economic cooperation and downplayed the controversy over Iran's nuclear program. Although he signed some deals in the economic area, the nuclear controversy was never far from the surfac [...]	2008-03-12 09:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS ID IR
08JAKARTA508	INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY EXEMPTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on March 10, 2008, an International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code verification team from U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) informed Deputy Director for Patrol and Security Untung, Head of Section for Security Affairs Mukhlis Tohepaly, and other Directorate Genera [...]	2008-03-12 10:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KHLS PTER PREL ECON ETRD ID
08JAKARTA513	MALAYSIAN ELECTIONS -- INDONESIAN REACTION MUTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Malaysia's elections, the GOI has publicly underscored that relations will remain stable and strong. Indonesian media and observers have been less restrained, however, hailing the results as an important step in Malaysia becoming a "real democracy." Indonesi [...]	2008-03-13 07:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO ID MY
08JAKARTA515	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS JANUARY - [...] Summary. Indonesia's inflation in February came as expected at 7.4% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, after an unexpectedly large jump in January. Bank Indonesia (BI) has maintained its reference interest rate at 8% for the past four months. Indonesia's economy grew at 6.3% in 2007, the fastest [...]	2008-03-13 08:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA518	ANNAPOLIS PROCESS -- JAKARTA POSTPONES CAPACITY [...] (U) Indonesian officials have announced that the "Africa-Asia Capacity Building Conference for Palestine" (reftel),which notionally had been slated to take place in Jakarta in late March or early April 2008, will be postponed. The conference, which Indonesia is organizing with South Africa, [...]	2008-03-13 09:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ID SF XF
08JAKARTA521	PAPUA -- CONTINUED IMPATIENCE WITH IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Papuans remain impatient with the slow pace of GOI implementation of the provinces' Special Autonomy Law, which is supposed to give the region enhanced self-governing powers. President Yudhoyono is moving to resolve one outstanding issue, the legal status of West Papua, wh [...]	2008-03-14 04:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA524	EXTREMIST MEDIA GETS SOPHISTICATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jemaah Islamiyah and other radical Islamists have had their ability to carry-out terrorist operations severely weakened in the last few years. Elements of these groups, however, still exist and they are increasingly focusing their energies on spreading radical thinking through [...]	2008-03-14 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KPAO SOCI ID
08JAKARTA526	UPDATE ON MEGAPORT INITIATIVE IN INDONESIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 09:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT ID KNNP KTIA PREL TRGY
08JAKARTA528	BURMA REFERENDUM -- U.S./INDONESIA ON THE SAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with a contact at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on March 14. Pol/C stressed the importance of ASEAN and Indonesia pressing the regime on its proposed referendum and election. DEPLU said it shared U.S. concerns, noting that it had made thes [...]	2008-03-14 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ID BM
08JAKARTA536	INDONESIA -- REACTION TO THE 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indonesian media has reacted in straightforward fashion to the 2007 Country Report on Human Rights Practices. Government officials and activists expressed general agreement with the Indonesia chapter of the report, commenting that while Indonesia has made progress, it still [...]	2008-03-17 06:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ID
08JAKARTA543	USG, GOI SIGN AGREEMENT FOR REGIONAL VOLCANO OBSERVATORY [...] (U) Summary. On March 14, Ambassador Hume and the Head of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources' (MOE) Geological Agency, Bambang Dwiyanto, signed an agreement to establish a regional volcano observatory in North Sulawesi. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will implement the agreement in [...]	2008-03-17 09:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TPHY ECON PREL ID
08JAKARTA544	RAMPING UP ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has ratcheted up its engagement with the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR),resulting in improved dialogue with this increasingly powerful--but capacity poor--institution. Building upon an existing USG program, Mission has formed an internal committee to further [...]	2008-03-17 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM PGOV ID
08JAKARTA545	COUNTERTERRORISM -- EXPLORING DERADICALIZATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly.. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: CT experts from Indonesia led a recent training workshop which focused on strategies for deradicalizing terrorists in prison. Mission was one of four co-sponsors of the workshop, which includ [...]	2008-03-17 10:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ID

08JAKARTA561	PAPUA -- TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian military tribunal has sentenced four soldiers to jail for rape and desertion in Biak, Papua. The GOI also continues to investigate an incident where soldiers allegedly shot and killed a Papuan civilian. In a separate development, authorities plan to charge two Pa [...]	2008-03-18 08:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA566	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 2008 [...] Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) praised Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the January 30 Congressional Record for his engagement on forestry and orangutan protection. President Yudhoyono highlighted the link between orangutan protection, forest conservation, and the reduction of gre [...]	2008-03-19 00:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA58	NEW ASEAN SEC GEN INSTATED; U.S. COOPERATION ABSENT FROM [...] (U) Dr. Surin Pitsuwan replaced outgoing Secretary General Ong Keng Yong as leader of the ASEAN Secretariat in an official ceremony on January 7 in Jakarta. Dr. Surin pledged to continue to advance ASEAN's goals of creating a single market, narrowing the development gap, and promoting a peacef [...]	2008-01-11 00:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
08JAKARTA582	INDONESIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Mission believes that Indonesian participation in the upcoming Higher Education Summit for Global Development is vital. We welcome this initiative and request that the USG invite four Indonesian educators to the event. In addition, we request further input regarding the [...]	2008-03-19 10:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID OEXC ID
08JAKARTA587	BURMESE SEAFARER ALLEGEDLY TRAFFICKED TO INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Burmese seafarer allegedly trafficked to Indonesia to work for low wages aboard an Indonesian oil tanker is struggling with the company to regain his passport and withheld wages. The apparent victim, Kyaw Htin, is an experienced chief engineer. The Burmese Embassy has refused [...]	2008-03-24 04:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PHUM ID BM
08JAKARTA588	ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- GOI STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: DepPol/C on March 24 briefed Umar Hadi--a senior diplomat with close ties to Foreign Minister Wirajuda--on the importance of Indonesian participation in the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP). DepPol/C noted that the APDP would complement Indonesia's own Bali Democracy F [...]	2008-03-24 06:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID
08JAKARTA593	UN PEACEKEEPING -- GOI AGREES TO SEND MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has agreed to send 90 additional military personnel to Lebanon to augment the 850 personnel already serving there as UN peacekeepers. The decision is in response to requests by the Lebanese government and the UNIFIL command in Lebanon. Re another planned deployment, th [...]	2008-03-25 03:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ID LE SU
08JAKARTA597	INDONESIA MOVES TO CREATE DEPUTY FM POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has issued an executive order creating the new position of "Vice Minister" in the Department of Foreign Affairs. Palace sources said the new deputy slot was necessary to take care of the press of business. Legislators have raised questions about the move an [...]	2008-03-25 09:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ID
08JAKARTA599	PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- GOI WILL REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: We conveyed reftel invitation related to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to the GOI. Indonesia continues to have reservations about joining PSI, but it will review the invitation to the fifth anniversary event. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Poloff spoke with Caroline Ti [...]	2008-03-26 03:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC ID
08JAKARTA60	FM WIRAJUDA OUTLINES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Wirajuda discussed regional developments and outlined bilateral priorities. Wirajuda looked forward to increased security cooperation with the United States as Indonesia made progress on human rights. He worried [...]	2008-01-11 03:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MASS ID
08JAKARTA600	UNSCR 1803/IRAN -- GOI PLEDGES FULL COOPERATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed points with the GOI regarding the implementation of UNSCR 1803 and attendant Iran sanctions (reftels). Indonesian officials stated that, although Indonesia had abstained on UNSCR 1803, Indonesia would fully implement its provisions. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Reg [...]	2008-03-26 04:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC ID IR
08JAKARTA601	COUNTER-TERRORISM -- GOI WILL REVIEW USG [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points regarding the Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab with the GOI on March 25. We noted that the USG had designated the group as a Foreign Terroist Organization and w [...]	2008-03-26 05:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEK ID SO
08JAKARTA618	A/S O'BRIEN'S VISIT TO JAKARTA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PREL PTER EFIN ECON ID
08JAKARTA626	SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MANPADS -- INDONESIAN HAS [...] (U) We conveyed to Indonesian counterparts on March 25 reftel announcement of the appointment of the Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction. We noted that the creation of this position underscored the importance that the United States attached to the effective control of such weapons. It [...]	2008-03-28 10:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER MASS ID
08JAKARTA649	RESULT BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 050064977, 050060383, [...] We contacted Indonesian Air Force CN-235 Procurement Division Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Eddy Supriono on March 25, 2008 to verify transaction numbers 050064977, 050060383, and 050053797. The Indonesian Air Force (IAF) does not have direct contact with U.S. based Fatair Inc. According to Supri [...]	2008-04-01 09:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC ECON ID
08JAKARTA650	INDONESIA DEMANDS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: It's spring (at least in the U.S.) and with opening day now upon us, Indonesia is currently abuzz about a plan to bring a Major League Baseball franchise to Jakarta. The team--the Jakart [...]	2008-04-01 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RBI ERA ID
08JAKARTA651	INDONESIA UPDATE - MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING, CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) According to preliminary information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Deplu),Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani might lead the Indonesian delegation to the next Major Economies Meeting (MEMIII) in Paris this month. There will be four persons in the delegation, possibly including a rep [...]	2008-04-01 10:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID
08JAKARTA652	IRAN -- IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed reftel points with GOI contacts, underlining the need for all countries to take required steps regarding the travel of designated Iranian proliferators as authorized by UN Security Council Resolutions. GOI contacts--noting that they are enforcing all appropriate [...]	2008-04-02 05:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP UNSC IR ID
08JAKARTA672	EAST TIMOR/INDONESIA COMMISSION COMPLETES REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Timor Leste-Indonesia Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) has completed its report and will submit it to the two governments soon. The unanimous findings hold both pro-Indonesian and pro-independence militias responsible for gross human rights violations which occurre [...]	2008-04-03 08:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TT ID
08JAKARTA673	NEXT STEPS RE U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT [...] (SBU) Please see Action Request in para 5. 2. (SBU) The Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2) has just received a letter from the Indonesian Ministry of Health (MOH) informing NAMRU that "all studies/surveillance which include transfer of biological specimens" must cease pending [...]	2008-04-03 09:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
08JAKARTA692	ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Keating's April 9-11 visit to Jakarta offers an opportunity to move the bilateral mil-mil relationship forward. The visit should focus on further defining the long-term partnership and our shared regional security objectives. We should also review the robust bilateral [...]	2008-04-07 08:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS ID
08JAKARTA693	INDONESIA - A PARTNER IN HIGHER EDUCATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia is a strong potential partner in achieving the Secretary's goal to expand both the role and impact of U.S. and foreign higher education partnerships in worldwide social and economic development. Indonesia has made great progress politically and socially in the last 10 [...]	2008-04-07 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID OEXC ID
08JAKARTA7	INDONESIA CHAMPIONS ASIAN-AFRICAN SATELLITE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 26 - 27, Jakarta hosted the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership (NAASP) Workshop on Satellite Technology and Its Applications. Experts, representatives and observers from eleven nations attended the conference to discuss potential areas of cooperation. The confere [...]	2008-01-02 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA ECPS TPHY PINR ECON ID
08JAKARTA710	SCENESETTER FOR A/S LEAVITT'S APRIL 10 VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 23:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KHIV PREL EAGR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA720	NEW BANK INDONESIA CHIEF FACES TOUGH ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament's Finance Commission overwhelmingly approved the appointment of Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono to fill the post of Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor. Analysts expect Boediono to maintain the central bank's strong record of prudent monetary policy and in [...]	2008-04-09 10:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PINR ID
08JAKARTA721	NEW BANK INDONESIA CHIEF FACES TOUGH ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament's Finance Commission overwhelmingly approved the appointment of Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono to fill the post of Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor. Analysts expect Boediono to maintain the central bank's strong record of prudent monetary policy and in [...]	2008-04-09 10:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PINR ID
08JAKARTA722	OECD DEPUTY SECGEN VISITS INDONESIA [...] Summary. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)'s Deputy Secretary General Mari Amano visited Indonesia on April 3-4. Outreach efforts to Indonesia have been very positively received by the Government of Indonesia (GOI). A series of outreach visits in 2008 have also [...]	2008-04-09 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL OECD ETRD ID
08JAKARTA729	A/S O'BRIEN EMPHASIZES IRAN, ASSET FREEZING IN [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Financing and Financial Crimes O'Brien visited Indonesia April 2-3 to urge Indonesian government officials, regulatory agencies and private sector to be vigilant about Iran's outreach plans in the region and to more vigorously enforce ass [...]	2008-04-10 06:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV ID
08JAKARTA735	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BURMA, SECURITY ISSUES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume pressed key USG priorities--including Burma, counterterrorism, mil-mil cooperation and diplomatic privileges--in an April 9 meeting with Secretary General Imron Cotan, the number-two official at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Cotan did not commit to [...]	2008-04-10 09:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS AMGT KREC ID BM
08JAKARTA736	INDONESIA TO ATTEND APEC TELECOM AND INFORMATION [...] The Government of Indonesia will send a delegation to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) seventh ministerial meeting on Telecommunications and Information Policy (TELMIN 7) scheduled for April 3 to 25, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. Minister of Communications and Information Mohamm [...]	2008-04-10 09:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	APECO ECPS PINR ECON ID
08JAKARTA740	U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT GETS MEDIA [...] (U) This message--which is Sensitive but Unclassified--contains an Action Request. Please see paras SIPDIS 5-6. 2. (SBU) PRESS STORY: A major Indonesian newspaper reported on April 10 that the GOI had closed the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2). In fact, the f [...]	2008-04-11 08:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
08JAKARTA742	NONPROLIFERATION -- URGING INDONESIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 09:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC KNNP ID
08JAKARTA745	AMBASSADOR'S OP-ED PIECE HIGHLIGHTS DEMOCRACY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 12, The Jakarta Post published an op-ed written by the Ambassador on democracy and human rights in Indonesia. Reactions to the piece have been positive. A key contact from the Office of the President expressed appreciation for the piece, telling the Ambassador that t [...]	2008-04-14 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAO ID TT
08JAKARTA747	NONPROLIFERATION -- GOI ON UNSC 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia still has questions about extending the mandate of the committee that reports on member-state implementation of domestic controls to prevent the spread of WMD technology, as required by UNSCR 1540. As reason for their hesitancy, GOI officials cite possible new approac [...]	2008-04-15 07:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KNNP ID
08JAKARTA749	ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH KEY GOI OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: USPACOM Commander Admiral Keating met President Yudhoyono and key defense officials on April 10-11 in Jakarta. He stressed support for Indonesia's progress on military reform, the desire to expand cooperation further, and Indonesia's strategic importance. GOI officials express [...]	2008-04-15 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID XB
08JAKARTA763	A/S HILL DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 4 in Jakarta, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill assured key Indonesian officials of the USG's commitment to Southeast Asia. He also explored ways to press for reform in Burma, progress regarding Iran's nuclear program and Middle East peace. On the bilateral front, he discus [...]	2008-04-16 07:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID XB XF
08JAKARTA780	INDONESIA: FOOD PRICES DIM ECONOMIC PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Economists continue to lower their projected 2008 growth rate for Indonesia due to concerns that inflation and global uncertainty will decrease economic performance more seriously than previous expected. Soaring food prices, which have lowered purchasing power among Indonesian [...]	2008-04-18 07:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID
08JAKARTA783	GOI STILL REVIEWING ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is not yet ready to commit to the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative, but is not entirely ruling out the possibility. Indonesia is focused for now more on its own Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) initiative. The BDF idea remains embryonic, but important to [...]	2008-04-18 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID AS CA KS
08JAKARTA784	TIMOR-LESTE: RAMOS-HORTA COMMENTS SPARK GOI [...] (U) This message was coordinated with ConGen Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials have demanded clarification of President Ramos-Horta's reported assertion of Indonesian links in the February turmoil in Dili. The GOI is also investigating the claim. In other Timor-Leste-related news, [...]	2008-04-18 09:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID TT
08JAKARTA789	INDONESIAN ISLAMIC SECT THREATENED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following a recommendation by a government monitoring body to outlaw the minority Muslim sect Jamaah Ahmadiyah as "heretical," the GOI is preparing a joint decree to ban the organization. However, the Attorney General's Office and some Muslim leaders are reportedly calling for the [...]	2008-04-21 07:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA804	U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER DRAWS FURTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari paid a surprise visit to the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2) on Friday, April 18. Although the visit went without serious incident, Supari escalated her criticism of NAMRU in subsequent media interviews. Several legisla [...]	2008-04-22 09:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
08JAKARTA805	OLYMPIC TORCH PROTESTED IN JAKARTA [...] (SBU) Summary. The Olympic torch passed through Jakarta April 22, guarded by 3,000 police, observed by 1,000 spectators and protested by 200 human rights activists. One Dutch human rights activist was arrested along with nine hired thugs. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In a closed ceremony held [...]	2008-04-22 10:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KISL ID PHUM
08JAKARTA806	NAMRU-2 -- MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT'S DAYS MAY BE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The days of the Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2) may be numbered. The Minister of Health is actively campaigning against it, the media are giving increasing play to her wild accusations and legislators are calling for the unit's closure (ref a). [...]	2008-04-22 10:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
08JAKARTA812	Indonesian Participants for NNSA Nuclear Infrastructure [...] Foreign Ministry participant: Carolina Tinangon, Head of Nuclear Affairs Section of Directorate of International Security and Disarmament. 2. State Ministry of Research and Technology participant: Carunia Mulya Firdausy, Deputy Minister of Research and Technology for Social Dynamics. 3. [...]	2008-04-23 05:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP ID
08JAKARTA814	PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO DISCUSSES HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
08JAKARTA815	INDONESIAN MINISTERS DISCUSS SAMPLE SHARING AND HEALTH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
08JAKARTA817	UNGA PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION -- URGING [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Dicky Komar, Deputy Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on April 22. Poloff underscored that the declaration on prisoners of conscience was an important affirmation of the Univer [...]	2008-04-23 09:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA PHUM ID
08JAKARTA830	Upstream Chief Misleads About Oil Production [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 08:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON ID
08JAKARTA838	TIMOR-LESTE/INDONESIA -- CONTINUED REVERBERATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOTL President Ramos-Horta's remarks regarding the February violence in Dili and possible Indonesian links continue to resonate in Jakarta. While denying that Indonesian nationals were involved, the GOI has now confirmed the arrest of a fourth suspect for alleged involvement in [...]	2008-04-25 09:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID TT
08JAKARTA839	NPT PREPCOM MEETING: U.S.-PROPOSED PAPERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 09:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL IAEA NPT ID
08JAKARTA843	FAMILY SUES UNITED STATES FOR CAUSING AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S Government has been named in a lawsuit brought y( the family of a victim of Avian Influenza (AI). The suit rests on the claims made by Minister of Health Supari that the USG may be behind the development of a bio-terrorism weapon derived from AI samples. The complaint [...]	2008-04-28 04:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA85	SUHARTO CLINGS TO LIFE, LEGAL DEBATE ENSUES [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Indonesian President Suharto remains in critical condition eleven days after entering the hospital on January 5. Media coverage remains intensive, and a limited but growing number of domes [...]	2008-01-15 11:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ID
08JAKARTA853	SCENESETTER FOR USTR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Your trip to Indonesia comes at a time when we are having difficulty finding traction in our bilateral trade and investment relationship. The dual forces of democratization and decentralization that have made Indonesia a political success story have been accompanied by a desegr [...]	2008-04-29 07:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA858	ACEH -- AMID CHALLENGES, PEACE PROCESS PROCEEDS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although rising criminal violence and a poor medium-term economic outlook continue to hamper progress in Aceh, the political outlook in the province has improved. While several iss [...]	2008-04-29 09:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA860	NAMRU ISSUE MIRED IN POLITICAL AMBITIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The basis of Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari's vitriolic public attacks against the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2) is her desire to make it a populist/vote-getting issue in the run-up to the 2009 national elections. Our failure to respond to Indonesia [...]	2008-04-30 00:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID EAGR KLIG
08JAKARTA862	BURMA -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON THE REGIME'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has underscored to Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts reftel concerns about the Burmese regime's May 10 referendum. Pol/C stressed that the regime's conduct of the referendum has totally failed to adhere to international standards. DEPLU contacts replied th [...]	2008-04-30 05:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM
08JAKARTA864	DARFUR/UNAMID: REVIEWING STABILIZATION POLICE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed Ref A points with the GOI on April 25. Mission encouraged the GOI to commit a second tranche of Indonesian National Police to Darfur and to take advantage of the special traini [...]	2008-04-30 08:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PKO ID SU
08JAKARTA866	SYRIAN CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- REVIEWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points regarding Syria's clandestine nuclear facilities with the Department of Foreign Affairs. GOI contact basically took our points on board, but expressed concerns about Israeli actions. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On April 29, Poloff reviewed reftel poi [...]	2008-04-30 08:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP ID SY KN
08JAKARTA869	Public Outreach in South and East Kalimantan [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Officers conducted two public outreach events in Kalimantan during an April 22-24 reporting trip (see reftels). In Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Embassy Officers delivered a presentation and presented PAS materials on the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. In Tarakan, East [...]	2008-04-30 09:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV ECON PREL ID
08JAKARTA870	NPT PREPCOM PAPERS -- INDONESIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff on April 29 discussed the two U.S. papers (ref A) for the NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting with GOI contact. Poloff encouraged the GOI to consider co-sponsoring one or both of the papers. Our GOI contact did not indicate Indonesian support for either paper but listened [...]	2008-04-30 09:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP NPT IAEA ID
08JAKARTA878	TIMOR-LESTE -- PM GUSMAO STRESSES RECONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting Timor-Leste PM Gusmao stressed reconciliation on a recent visit to Jakarta. In a speech, Gusmao said the Timorese could never forget the human rights violations that accompanied the country's birth, but they did need to forgive. During the visit, President Yudhoyono an [...]	2008-05-02 09:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID TT
08JAKARTA894	MOVING FORWARD WITH SAMPLE SHARING NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 08:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA913	INDONESIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON HRC [...] (C) On May 7, DepPol/C conveyed points in reftel to an official in the Directorate for Human Rights, Department of Foreign Affairs. The official agreed that the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) could be more effective if more strong democracies were to win seats on the HRC, and pledged to conv [...]	2008-05-08 09:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
08JAKARTA919	TERRORIST FINANCING -- INDONESIA NOT LIKELY TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 08:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN ID KU
08JAKARTA92	INDONESIA SUPPORTS USG CANDIDATE FOR KEY UN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) has notified Mission via diplomatic note that Indonesia will vote in favor of USG candidate Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper's candidacy for the UN Committee on [...]	2008-01-16 08:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PNUM UNGA ID
08JAKARTA921	FOREIGN MINISTRY NON-COMMITTAL ON AVIAN FLU LAWSUIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Foreign Ministry official was non-committal on whether the Ministry (DEPLU) could put an end to a lawsuit filed in a local court in April. The suit was brought by the family of an Indonesian victim of Avian Influenza (AI). An initial hearing is currently scheduled for May 13, b [...]	2008-05-09 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA922	DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON SATELINDO BROADCASTING OF AL-MANAR TV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on initial meetings with Government of Indonesia officials, it appears there are three possible routes for ending the broadcast of al-Manar television in Indonesia: 1) a formal U.S. complaint to the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (IBC) and the Department of Foreign Affairs ba [...]	2008-05-09 09:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KPAO ECIP KTFN ID LE XC
08JAKARTA924	NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT -- AMBASSADOR INVITES [...] (C) Ambassador Hume met with Indonesian House Speaker Agung Laksono on May 7 to invite him and other members of the legislature to visit the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta. NAMRU has been the target of a negative publicity campaign led by Indonesian Health Minister Sup [...]	2008-05-09 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TBIO PGOV MARR ID
08JAKARTA929	IRAN -- GOI TO SUBMIT 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1803 [...] (U) On May 12, Poloff reviewed reftel points regarding UNSCR 1803 (in reference to Iran and its nuclear program) and the 60-Day Report with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff noted that the United St [...]	2008-05-12 07:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP UNSC IR ID
08JAKARTA933	FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA -- INDONESIAN [...] (U) On May 12, Poloff reviewed reftel points re a draft French-proposed UNSC resolution on humanitarian assistance to Burma with Fikri Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Cassidy said DEPLU had received no communica [...]	2008-05-12 09:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC BM ID
08JAKARTA934	CONTINUED TENSIONS IN PAPUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Mission team visited Papua Province in eastern Indonesia, May 5-9. Papuan interlocutors complained heatedly about the GOI and its failure to implement autonomy provisions for the region. Local officials admitted that implementation of autonomy was slow, but asserted that they [...]	2008-05-12 09:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA935	INDONESIA'S NATIONAL PARKS - MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: An overview of several Indonesian national parks shows that their record in protecting flora and fauna has little correlation to budget size or numbers of forest rangers. Money is not necessarily the main problem with their performance. Improvements to management of existing fin [...]	2008-05-12 09:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA937	UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY -- INDONESIAN [...] (U) On May 12, Poloff discussed draft UNSC resolution (reftel) with Fikri Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Urging Indonesia's support for the proposed resolution, Poloff emphasized that the measure was designed [...]	2008-05-13 01:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA UNSC SO XW ID
08JAKARTA947	TERRORISM FINANCE / UNSCR 1267 LISTING [...] (C) On May 13, poloff discussed the proposed listing of three individuals under UNSCR 1267 (reftel) with Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Terrorism at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff provided information on the three individuals and USG intention to designate them under [...]	2008-05-13 08:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN ID
08JAKARTA956	SUPREME COURT PROGRESSES BUT RESISTS GREATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite progress on several fronts, the Supreme Court continues to resist efforts to introduce greater accountability. The Court's 2007 annual report cites progress on workload management, case management and transparency, but critics complain that the Court has blocked externa [...]	2008-05-14 09:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID
08JAKARTA958	DARFUR UNAMID: INDONESIAN FPU PEACEKEEPING NEEDS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) On May 14, poloff conveyed to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs ref A non-paper with USG offer of assistance for Indonesian stabilization police deploying to the UN peacekeeping mission in Darfu [...]	2008-05-14 09:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PKO ID SU
08JAKARTA970	ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP -- GOI [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Paras 6-7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DepPol/C reviewed the latest points related to the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) with a high-level GOI contact on May 15. Our contact confirmed that Indonesia would carefully consider the proposal to send [...]	2008-05-15 07:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID PHUM MG
08JAKARTA975	USTR SCHWAB LEADS TRADE AND INVESTMENT DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Schwab held wide-ranging trade and investment discussions as part of an interagency delegation to Bali, Indonesia for negotiations under the U.S.-Indonesia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) on April 30-May 2 and for ASEAN-U.S. TIFA meetings on May 2-4. [...]	2008-05-15 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV ECPS KFLU ID
08JAKARTA980	UPDATE ON ASEAN RESPONSE TO BURMA DISASTER [...] (SBU) Summary. According to officials at the ASEAN Secretariat, most of the members of ASEAN's Emergency Rapid Assessment Team (ERAT) are now on the ground in Rangoon. On May 16, the ASEAN ERAT met with Burmese officials to request permission to enter affected areas. The Government of Burma [...]	2008-05-16 08:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
08JAKARTA983	PAPUA -- NEW POLICE CHIEF IN RESTIVE PROVINCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly appointed police chief for Papua Province in eastern Indonesia underscored his commitment to building a well-trained force that respects human rights. He promised to consult broadly with Papuans and said he looked forward to consultations with the USG on community poli [...]	2008-05-16 08:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KJUS ID
08JAKARTA985	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS LEGISLATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 14 discussion with Indonesian legislators, Charge d'Affaires pressed for positive action in response to the forthcoming report of the Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF). The legislators said they intended to invite U.S. Representative Eni F [...]	2008-05-16 09:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID TT
08JAKARTA986	BURMA -- INDONESIAN FRUSTRATION WITH REGIME GROWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesians are frustrated with the Burmese regime's response to Cyclone Nargis. The GOI has already sent some assistance and President Yudhoyono has sent a letter to Than Shwe offering more support, but the regime has not yet responded. Indonesian legislators are harshly crit [...]	2008-05-16 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA99	COUNTERTERRORISM -- INDONESIA SHOWS RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three years into the Yudhoyono Administration, Jakarta remains stalwart in its commitment to put terrorists behind bars. Vigorous efforts by GOI law enforcement during the past year have dismantled several Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror cells and further reduced the ability of ra [...]	2008-01-17 03:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID
08JAKARTA993	U.N. DECOLONIZATION CONFERENCE WRAPS UP IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission attended the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization conference in Bandung, Indonesia, May 14-16. As observers, Pol/C and Pol FSN did not participate in the debates, which included criticism of the USG in relation to Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Probably [...]	2008-05-19 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS MO ID
08JAKARTA995	LIFTING THE TRAVEL WARNING FOR INDONESIA: MAKING [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the Embassy would like to propose new language to Country Specific Information (CSI) and the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Crime and Safety Report. The suggested language is designed to ensure that the security language in all our public documents is consistent. [...]	2008-05-19 09:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC AEMR ASEC PREL AMGT ID
08JEDDAH10	OIC CULTURAL DG ARGUES FOR PROHIBITING RELIGIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Director General (DG) of the Cultural and Social Affairs Department of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) explained OIC positions on religious intolerance to DRL/MLGA Foreign Affairs Officer. After describing efforts to combat Islamic extremism at the cultural [...]	2008-01-07 18:50:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SCUL KISL SA
08JEDDAH149	ISLAMIC SUMMIT: TOP PRIORITIES INCLUDE SUDAN-CHAD [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In post-Summit meetings with OIC Assistant Secretary General for Jerusalem Affairs Ambassador Samir Bakr and OIC Directors for Political Affairs Yahaya Lawal and Tariq Ali Bakheet, they cited the new Charter revision (to enter into force within six months),the Dakar Agreeme [...]	2008-03-23 11:59:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL OIC SA
08JEDDAH16	AMERICAN CULTURE AND COMMERCE FESTIVAL IN ABHA, [...] (U) SUMMARY: With the goals of engaging broader, younger and harder-to-reach audiences outside of the Kingdom's major cities and educating Saudis about U.S. culture, education and commercial partnerships, the U.S. Consulate General Jeddah Public Affairs Section planned and conducted a four-day [...]	2008-01-09 13:57:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL ODIP OIIP BEXP SA
08JEDDAH164	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA FEBRUARY 29 AND [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the Eastern Province on February 29 and March 7, Sheikh Mohammed Saleh al-Munajjid at the Omar bin Abd al-Aziz Grand Mosque condemned the Danish newspapers that reprinted in late February Muhammad cartoons, criticized Muslims who supported the West, and called on the Musli [...]	2008-04-07 16:27:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL SA
08JEDDAH183	OIC PLANS TO OPEN OFFICE IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) In an April 29 meeting with Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Director General for Political Affairs Mahdy Fathallah, he elaborated on OIC plans to open an office in Baghdad. The OIC hopes to send soon Ambassador Hamed Mohammad Altani to run a three-person shop (the Ambassador [...]	2008-04-30 08:39:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ SA
08JEDDAH186	ARREST/RELEASE OF CHRISTIAN INDIANS IN TAIF [...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 25, plain-clothed Saudis of unknown affiliation arrested 16 Christian Indians -- including women and children -- for conducting a worship service in the southwestern city of Taif. Police raided the worship location, locked-in everyone present, questioned them, and then t [...]	2008-05-04 05:49:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
08JEDDAH199	COMMERCE A/S PROMOTES "INVEST IN AMERICA" [...] (U) During an April 12-14 visit, Assistant Secretary of Commerce David Bohigian met with officials and business leaders to promote the DoC's "Invest in America" initiative and to discuss ways to promote U.S.-Saudi investment and trade. Venues included the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Indust [...]	2008-05-12 13:59:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO CVIS ECON ETRD SA
08JEDDAH253	OIC SYG: IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM IN THE US; [...] (C) In June 4-5 Meetings Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee staff member Wendy Anderson met with the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) board members, Jeddah Municipal Councilors, and other civ [...]	2008-06-10 15:02:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL SOCI SA
08JEDDAH268	SAUDI FM ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION, LEBANON, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's June 23 meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, they discussed: nuclear cooperation (reftels A and C),the Saudi pledge for the Nahr al Barid conference (reftel B),implementing the Annapolis Agreement, and debt forgiveness for Iraq. The Amb [...]	2008-06-24 11:21:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP KPAL SA
08JEDDAH306	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MECCA REGION BRANCH: LOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting to discuss the status of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) Mecca region branch, women's section head Entesar Felemban informed PolOff of cases received, HRC internal dynamics, as well as the branch's relationship with the National Society for Human Rights (NSH [...]	2008-07-28 11:11:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KWMN SA
08JEDDAH327	BUSINESS LEADERS SEE MODEST PROGRESS TOWARDS LEGAL REFORM [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Jeddah business leaders note modest progress towards the implementation of King Abdullah's October 2007 decree overhauling the Kingdom's judicial system. An executive at the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) is concerned by the lack of headway in establish [...]	2008-08-10 13:28:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV SA
08JEDDAH335	OIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON COUP IN MAURITANIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 16:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PREF PREL KISL AJ GG MR TU SA
08JEDDAH361	SAUDI FM AND NSC HEAD DISCUSS INTEL COOPERATION, [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a Congressional Staff Del meeting with both Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal and Head of the National Security Council Prince Bandar bin Sultan on Aug. 20, both princes presented their broad views on successful USG-Saudi intelligence cooperation; distress over C [...]	2008-08-25 14:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EU GB IAEA IR IS IZ MNUC PK SA
08JEDDAH368	SAUDI ARABIA MIGRANT LABOR UPDATE: INFLATION, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent labor strikes in Kuwait coupled with rising inflation across the Gulf raise the question of potential for worker protests and strikes in Saudi Arabia. Meetings with consular and labor officers of sending countries in Jeddah indicate that inflationary pressure is not likely [...]	2008-08-31 16:40:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON OFDP PHUM PGOV SOCI SMIG ELAB PREL SA
08JEDDAH414	KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY STILL SEEKING CRITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: An official at the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) confided that despite construction progress, the success of the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) is far from assured. Although a core group of multinational companies have committed to opening operations in [...]	2008-09-28 13:34:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV ELAB EPET SA

08JEDDAH447	US CONSULATE JEDDAH HOSTS DEBATE WATCHING EVENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Consulate Jeddah has hosted two US Presidential debate-watching events to encourage participation and engagement within the Saudi Arabian community. Both events brought together professors, media, and members of Jeddawi civil society and spurned lively and nuanced conversations re [...]	2008-10-26 13:44:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KMPI KPAO OPRC PHUM SA SCUL SOCI XF
08JEDDAH449	SAUDI ARABIA MFA AND OIC OFFICIALS COMMENT ON [...] C) SUMMARY. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs official states the significance of a high-level inter-faith dialogue being planned by Saudi Arabia to take place in New York in November with a key long-term goal of combating extremism. An OIC official denies a role in planning the event, but expres [...]	2008-10-26 14:02:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL OVIP PREL SA UN XF
08JEDDAH465	RUSSIA AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD CONFERENCE IN JEDDAH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 06:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS SA
08JEDDAH466	RUSSIA AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD CONFERENCE IN JEDDAH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 06:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS SA
08JEDDAH495	SAUDIS HOST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PEACEFUL [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs attended the International Symposium on Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Technology in the GCC, hosted by Jeddah's King 'Abd al-'Aziz University (KAU) November 3 ) 5, 2008. The conference was attended by a variety of Saudi academics and foreign scientists. Presentation [...]	2008-11-19 13:25:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ECON ENRG TRGY SA
08JEDDAH498	EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS IN RIYADH/JEDDAH COMMENT ON [...] (C)SUMMARY: In 2004, two Egyptian doctors were arrested in Jeddah on multiple charges including drug smuggling and rape. Their punishment was recently increased significantly by an appeals judge. Officials from the Egyptian Embassy in Riyadh and the Consulate in Jeddah offered little support fo [...]	2008-11-26 13:59:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KIRF KISL KTIP PHUM SA SMIG SOCI XF
08JEDDAH501	GTIP AMBASSADOR LAGON VISITS SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Lagon, Director of GTIP, visited Riyadh and met with officials from the government's Human Rights Commission, Ministries of Labor and Interior, a government-run shelter, a meeting of labor sending-country diplomats, and a shelter run by the Filipino embassy. A comprehen [...]	2008-12-01 05:16:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA
08JEDDAH521	SAUDI BLOGGER/ACTIVIST PREVENTED FROM TRAVEL TO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2008, Saudi authorities prevented blogger and activist Fouad Al-Farhan from boarding a plane to Beirut where he was scheduled to address an annual (December 10-14) conference on freedom of the press. At a meeting with Consulate Jeddah officers in November, Al- [...]	2008-12-17 13:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EINT PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER
08JEDDAH70	OIC SUMMIT ON GAZA: REBUKES ISRAEL, CALLS FOR AID [...] (S) SUMMARY: The OIC hosted an expanded meeting of its Executive Committee in Jeddah to discuss the situation in Gaza. Attendees included Foreign Ministers and other representatives from approximately 40 member states. The main outcome included a Final Communique reiterating previous OIC rem [...]	2008-02-05 12:34:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PREL KISL PHUM SA
08JEDDAH77	OIC FINAL COMMUNIQUE FROM GAZA SUMMIT [...] (U) The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) issued a Final Communique on February 3 after hosting an expanded meeting of its Executive Committee to discuss the situation in Gaza (Refs A and B). The Communique reiterates previous OIC remarks condemning Israel and urging the internatio [...]	2008-02-10 16:12:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KISL KPAL WBG SA
08JEDDAH88	ENGAGING THE OIC: A STRATEGY FOR THE NEW SPECIAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Building on Post's unprecedented and steadily increasing interaction with the OIC during the past two years, Post has learned much of OIC Secretary General Ihsanoglu's intentions and how he has shaped and will continue to influence the OIC agenda. During his tenure, Ihsanoglu ha [...]	2008-02-19 18:24:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PREL PHUM KISL KPAL SG SA
08JERUSALEM1008	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/13): AN "APOLOGY" FROM BUSH TO [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial under the headline, "The status of Bush's vision" (6/12): "... Bush has six more months in the White House. Let's assume that the American President and his team have made every possible effort to make progress on the Road map, meanwhile the Israeli [...]	2008-06-13 08:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1015	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/16): SETTLEMENTS - "AN [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries its daily editorial under the title, "Waiting for the analysis of Rice's statement" (6/16): "Comments by Secretary Rice after hermeeting with President Abbas included statementsthat the time has come to establish a Palestinianstate, and that settlements are an obst [...]	2008-06-16 10:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1049	UPDATE ON PA ZAKAT COMMITTEE REFORMS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) actions to control the collection and distribution of alms (zakat) have significantly reduced Hamas' exploitation of zakat committees as a source of income in the West Bank, according to the Deputy Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs (Awqaf). At Pr [...]	2008-06-20 11:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV KWBG IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1061	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/23): ISRAEL, SOLE BENEFICIARY [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries its daily editorial under the title, "The truce and a slightly reduced siege"(6/23): Israel needs the rocket attacks to stop and it has achieved that [goal]. At the same time, it wants to continue its siege (albeit, a bit less restrictive) of the Gaza Strip. Hama [...]	2008-06-23 10:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1073	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/24): "AMERICAN WHISPERING THAT [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries its daily editorial under the title, "The truce may help to achieve unity or may deepen division"(6/24): The truce may help to make comprehensive national dialogue successful, end division and restore unity. It may also lead to a deepening and perpetuation of div [...]	2008-06-24 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1109	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/30): THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "the prisoners' swap...and the negotiations trip": "...it is obvious that the [Hizbollah] prisoners' swap that Israel approved [includes] prisoners with blood on their hands... so, it is now possible to say that this major obstacle [to the prisoner [...]	2008-06-30 10:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1179	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/07): SYRIAN BID TO HOST [...] Independent Al- Ayyam runs its daily editorial entitled, "Abbas- Assad meeting and Internal Palestinian Dialogue!!" (07/07): "... there are official declarations and... indications that the situation is not yet ripe for [meetings between Abbas and Hamas leader Mish'al], especially since Hamas [...]	2008-07-07 12:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1200	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/09): NATIONAL DIALOGUE - TO [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "National dialogue should be comprehensive" (7/09): "...Certainly Abu Mazen's visit to Damascus does not mean the end of... Palestinian national dialogue. [The dialogue] will not be successful unless it includes all of the factions and. [...]	2008-07-09 10:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1208	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/10): VANISHING HOPES FOR [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Truce talks, dialogue, and agreement" (7/10): "...it is obvious that the possibility of an agreement... or even a meeting [between Fatah and Hamas] has almost disappeared... The truce [with Israel in the Gaza Strip] will not last long fo [...]	2008-07-10 08:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1227	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/11): FAYYAD'S PRACTICAL IDEAS [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled: "Dr. Fayyad's ideas to end division are practical and constructive" (7/11): "...out of a feeling of deep responsibility towards his people and the cause of his homeland, [Palestinian Authority Premier] Dr. Fayyad has laid out some construc [...]	2008-07-11 09:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM125	PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS TELL CODEL VOINOVICH PA IS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator George Voinovich (R-OH),accompanied by Representatives Phil Gingrey (R-OH),Rob Bishop (R-UT),Steve Pearce (R-NM),and Michael Turner (R-OH),met separately on January 6 with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Foreign Minister Riad Maliki. Maliki [...]	2008-01-24 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON IS KWBG
08JERUSALEM1259	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/16): "HAS THE WORLD BECOME [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "A call on the international community to halt Israeli actions." Everyday Israel performs acts of tyranny [against Palestinians] such as destroying houses, confiscating land or insisting on building barriers in the middle of farming villages that [...]	2008-07-16 10:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1264	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/17): THE PRISONER RELEASE - "A [...] Al-Quds reprints an editorial without attribution to the original source (UAE paper Al-Khalil) under the title, "The naivety of betting on Obama" (7/17): "Many Arab writers and political analysts are betting on Obama's victory in the U.S. elections, thinking that if he wins, it will also cons [...]	2008-07-17 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1277	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/18): PRISONER EXCHANGE - FIRST [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "And what about the 11,000 Palestinian Prisoners?" (7/18): "...the prisoners' exchange deal which took place a couple of days ago between Hizbollah and Israel was the successful result of difficult negotiations conducted under United Nations sponso [...]	2008-07-18 10:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1327	PA PLANS REPAIR OF BETHLEHEM'S CHURCH OF THE [...] (C) Summary. PA Local Government Minister Ziad al-Bandak and Presidential Advisor Issa Qassisiya told PolOff in multiple July conversations that the PA considers restoration of the Nativity Church basilica roof a "national priority" and will proceed despite objections from the Church's rival [...]	2008-07-22 12:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV SCUL KIRF IS
08JERUSALEM1335	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/23): AMERICA HAS NO PERMANENT [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Rasim Ebaydat from Jerusalem, entitled, "America has no permanent enemies, when will Arab moderates learn that???" (7/23): "...America sees that engaging Iran... is better than encountering it militarily. This Iranian-American relationship shoul [...]	2008-07-23 11:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1339	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/24): "BARAK OBAMA WILL SOLVE [...] Independent Al- Ayyam runs an editorial by Abdullah Awwad entitled, "Barak Obama will solve it" (7/24): "...the democratic candidate is here promising that he will work to solve the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, from his first moment in the White House ... Bush promised that the two-state sol [...]	2008-07-24 12:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1342	PA NEEDS ARAB SUPPORT TO MAKE JULY SALARY PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministers have publicly stated that the PA will not be able to pay July's salaries without receipt of additional "Arab and foreign" assistance. So far in July, the PA has received only the European Commission's monthly contribution of USD 23 million (w [...]	2008-07-24 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG SA KU QA AE
08JERUSALEM1355	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/28): "Bush...seeks to achieve [...] Al-Quds runs an editorial by Faysal Abu Khadra entitled, "Obama...and the Miracle of Israel" (7/28): "It is sad to hear and read that the African-American Senator whose father is a Muslim and whose mother is a white American Christian has a tendency towards [miraculously supporting Israel] rath [...]	2008-07-28 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1385	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/31): Doubts that future Israeli [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its main editorial entitled, "The end of Olmert's era" (7/31): "Finally, the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced...that he is not going to run in the primary elections of the Kadima party [scheduled for September] ... What is important for the Palestinian peopl [...]	2008-07-31 11:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1404	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/01): Strong support for [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Rajeh Abu Asab entitled, "Making the national dialogue successful is in the Palestinian and Arab interest" (8/01): "Abbas has announced the launch of the Palestinian-Palestinian national dialogue following his meeting with President Hosni Mubarak [...]	2008-08-01 11:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1412	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/04): A message to those who [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Enough...!!" (8/04): "The sad events in the Gaza Strip during the last three days and their results have shocked and surprised Palestinians throughout the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, in refugee camps and abroad, not only because they form a [...]	2008-08-04 07:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM142	PA FOREIGN MINISTRY SEEKING INCREASED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. PA Foreign Minister (MFA) Assistant Deputy Minister Mufid Shami (with responsibility for Western Hemisphere affairs) told PolOff on January 28 that the MFA has a "good feeling" about USG commitment to the peace process post-Annapolis and takes the upcoming visits of Generals Fra [...]	2008-01-28 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1446	PA POLICE CHIEF OUTLINES FORCE PRIORITIES, DECRIES [...] (C) Summary. PA police chief MG Hazim Attallah told PolOff that GOI-PA security coordination is unsatisfactory, with twice as many IDF incursions and increased clearance delays for police operations since July 1. While PA police are increasingly effective at fighting crime, the PA General I [...]	2008-08-07 13:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PREL
08JERUSALEM1471	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/08): Frustration at lack of [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Another Palestinian-Israeli summit but...!" (8/08): "Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas met with the Israeli Premier, Ehud Olmert, in a series of organized meetings between the two sides [on August 6]. As usual, the new mee [...]	2008-08-08 09:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1474	PA NATIONAL SECURITY COMMANDER ASSESSES SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. In August 2-7 conversations, National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) told PolOff and POL FSN that the NSF is leading small-scale/local security efforts throughout the West Bank targeting armed/organized criminal and terrorist suspects, and ha [...]	2008-08-08 10:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1482	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/11): Mourning over the death [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs its daily editorial by Hamada Fara'neh entitled, "Advice for the Palestinian President" (08/11): "More than ever before, President Mahmoud Abbas needs the solidarity of the Fatah movement. The movement, as a political struggle organization, is the mother that delivere [...]	2008-08-11 08:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1511	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/15): The status of Palestinians [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Azzam Tawfiq Abu Al-Su'oud entitled, "Will there be a New Middle East?" (8/15): "Since the beginning of [Bush's] presence in the White House, we have heard about American plans for a new Middle East ... We are accustomed to the idea that the Ameri [...]	2008-08-15 10:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1519	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/18): All talk and no action on [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "National Dialogue...Again" (8/18): "We are getting tired of calling for [Palestinian] national unity and we request that it be achieved as quickly as possible to end the division ... Everybody is talking about the national dialogue, its [...]	2008-08-18 09:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1534	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/20): LACK OF MOVEMENT ON [...] Independent Al-Quds runs a daily editorial entitled, "A Step in the Road to Releasing Thousands of Prisoners" (8/20): "Each Palestinian prisoner released by Israel reduces the burden and suffering of the Palestinian people in general and of the prisoner's friends and relatives in particular. . [...]	2008-08-20 11:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1555	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/22): Doubt concerning Hamas' [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "Our Cause and the Latest International Variables" (8/22): "Palestinians and Arabs need to benefit from the latest international variables and developments in order to advance the just peace process, taking into consideration that the conditions o [...]	2008-08-22 08:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1634	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/03): DEBATING THE ROLE OF ARAB [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "A Dangerous Legal Precedent" (9/03): "According to news reports, an American court has issued a ruling to impose a heavy fine on the Palestinian Authority for the 1996 killing of an Israeli-American by Hamas. This has established a (new) legal p [...]	2008-09-03 09:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1658	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/08): INTERNAL DIVISION COLORS [...] Independent Al-Quds editorialized in "We are not in Need of More Division," (9/8): "Once again, division in the Palestinian arena has resurfaced in the expression of political positions related to the teachers' strike in the Gaza Strip. This is, of course, not a political issue because the te [...]	2008-09-08 10:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1681	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/09): CONTINUED PALESTINIAN [...] Independent Al-Quds editorializes in "The strikes..." (9/8): "We are experiencing extraordinary, catastrophic conditions in all aspects of our political, economic and daily lives. The on-going JERUSALEM 00001681 002 OF 002 strike [by teachers and health care workers] is increasing the [...]	2008-09-09 09:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1682	OVERVIEW OF HAMAS FINANCES IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Gaza businessmen told Econoffs that the Gaza economy produces around USD 500,000/month in value added taxes, import duties and utility payments for the Hamas government. This is a small fraction of the Hamas-controlled government's budget in Gaza, which has consistently been la [...]	2008-09-09 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR PA IS PHUM KWBG
08JERUSALEM1685	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/10): ALTERNATIVES TO THE [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by daily columnist Dr. Hasan Abdullah entitled, "The success of Cairo talks Could save our communal ship from sinking" (9/10): "[C]airo talks must lead to an agreement...the agreement should pave the way for presidential and legislative Palestinian electio [...]	2008-09-10 10:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1698	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/12): Heightened Speculation [...] Under the title, "The Seventh Anniversary of September 11" (9/12),the independent Al-Quds argues in its main editorial: JERUSALEM 00001698 002 OF 002 "Against the background of the September 11 attacks, the Palestinian issue remained on the margins of developments for the first seven [...]	2008-09-12 07:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1716	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/15): A "MULTIPOLAR" WORLD AND [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its main editorial under the title, "Partition on the Basis of International Legitimacy"(09/15): "in a statement seldom made by Israeli leaders, Premier Ehud Olmert said [on September 14] in an address to his government, that the dream of Greater Israel has ended [fore [...]	2008-09-15 08:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1721	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/16): DISCUSSING THE LEGITIMACY [...] Under the title, "Required... Exit From Useless Debate", Al-Quds independent opines in its main editorial (09/16): "The debate over JERUSALEM 00001721 002 OF 002 President Mahmud Abbas' remaining time in office is heating up over the issue of whether it will end on January 9 or at the e [...]	2008-09-16 10:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1729	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/17): "ONE NATIONAL VISION AND [...] Al-Quds independent writes in its main editorial entitled "Cairo Dialogue is an Opportunity Not to Be Wasted" (09/17): "Fatah and Hamas, or more precisely, the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Government in Gaza, should benefit from this [one-time] opportunity. Dialogue should place [...]	2008-09-17 09:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1753	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/22): THE UN, THE INTERNATIONAL [...] Al-Quds independent argues in its main editorial under the title, "International Responsibility" (09/22): [I]nternal political crises in Israel... directly impact the Palestinian issue and efforts to reach a solution [to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict]... How much longer will the internation [...]	2008-09-22 08:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1765	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/23): "EAST JERUSALEM [...] The main editorial of Al-Quds independent argues under the title, "Judaization plans are Non-Stop As Are Efforts to Launch Dialogue?!!" (09/23): "A few days ago construction started near the Magreb Gate [Old City, Jerusalem] to build, it seems, settlement neighborhoods. There is also the iss [...]	2008-09-23 07:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1809	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/29): INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON [...] Under the title "So that we don't drown in shallow water," regular columnist Talal Okal opines in independent Al-Ayyam (9/29): JERUSALEM 00001809 003 OF 003 "Does Bush have the ability to make decisions in the time remaining before January of next year? Or, will he and his administrati [...]	2008-09-29 10:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1833	CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/03): THE [...] Regular columnist Mohamad Yaghy opined in Al Ayyam under the title, "The peace process in the American elections" (10/03): "[T]he differences between the positions of the American presidential candidates regarding the [Palestinian-Israeli] peace process is somewhat unclear ....both of them hav [...]	2008-10-03 11:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1840	PA PAYS SEPTEMBER SALARIES EARLY; GAZA CASH [...] (C) Summary: With the help of Saudi and Kuwaiti budget support, the Palestinian Authority (PA) paid public sector salaries on time for August and September, while continuing to pay down wage arrears owed to its employees. The PA has now paid more than USD 300 million in back salaries in 2008 [...]	2008-10-03 14:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1845	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/06): "WHAT IS LEFT OF PEACE [...] Al Ayyam publishes an opinion piece by columnist Samih Shbib under the title, "A dialogue waiting to be clarified" (10/06): "Hamas has its own agenda [that does not include] the PA and PLO... such an agenda bets on the success of Iranian expansion and consequently, the resurgence of regional I [...]	2008-10-06 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1861	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/08): "THE END OF [...] Al Ayyam independent daily prints an opinion piece written by Jawad Al Bashiti under the title, "The End to History" (10/08): "During feudal times, the church was the largest real estate owner, but during the... [end to] the history of neo-capitalism, the "Bush-Paulson" state has suddenly beco [...]	2008-10-08 10:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1871	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/10): INTERNAL PALESTINIAN [...] Regular columnist Mohammad Yaghi opines in Al Ayyam independent daily under the title, "A dialogue to buy time" (10/10): "Many Arab countries see the controversy surrounding the Palestinian Authority Presidency as a continuation of the demise of the PLO. They are trying to avert the collapse [...]	2008-10-10 11:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1880	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/15): AN ASSESSMENT OF [...] Al Quds editorial opines under the title, "Freezing negotiations is an Israeli strategy" (10/15): "Almost a year has elapsed since the Annapolis peace conference... an entire year that has totally failed to produce any real progress in the peace process. Reaching a peace agreement, as recomm [...]	2008-10-15 12:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1904	THREE PALESTINIANS ARE KILLED IN 48 HOURS; PA [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF Kfir Brigade soldiers shot and killed three Palestinians in separate incidents near Ramallah from October 14-16. The IDF claimed all three were carrying Molotov cocktails ("firebombs") when killed, according to press accounts. PA leaders criticized the shootings as unjus [...]	2008-10-17 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1911	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/20): THE GAZA CALM: "IN [...] Bilal Al Hasan opines in Al Quds under the title "Acre events: Omen for a third Palestinian intifada"(10/20): "If the impetus for the two Palestinian intifadas came from the Israeli-Arab conflict... then a [third] Palestinian intifada launched from within the state of Israel will be based on d [...]	2008-10-20 11:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1919	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/22): THE ROAD MAP "HAS LOST [...] Al Quds editorial is titled "Palestinians embrace their olives despite settler aggression" (10/22): "No one, regardless of his barbarism and cruelty, can separate the Palestinian from his olive tree, which he considers to be one of his sons... the world and so-called international community s [...]	2008-10-22 12:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1938	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/23): PALESTINIAN NATIONAL [...] Abdullah Awwad opines in Al Ayyam under the title, "A calm JERUSALEM 00001938 002 OF 002 discourse in a noisy moment (10/23): "All that can be said about the rift between Hamas and Fatah or between the Islamic movement and the nationalist one... is that it is a conflict between the Wes [...]	2008-10-23 09:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1967	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/29): ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE - [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 07:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1978	ABBAS TO ATTEND RECONCILIATION MEETING IN CAIRO; [...] (C) Summary. Senior Fatah and President's Office contacts told ConGenOffs that President Abbas will participate in the opening session of the November 9-10 reconciliation meeting in Cairo, joined by Arab Foreign Ministers and the Arab League Secretary-General. Hamas Politburo chief Khalid M [...]	2008-10-30 15:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PTER IS EG JO SY YM SA QA
08JERUSALEM1982	JERICHO RESIDENTS REPORT INCREASE IN TOURSIM BUT [...] (C) Summary: Tourism is on the rise in the Jordan Valley city of Jericho, according to city officials and local business representatives. However, they also claim that Israeli checkpoints and poor infrastructure (including an over-taxed sewage system that poses environmental and health hazar [...]	2008-10-31 08:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG EAID ETRD PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1991	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/04): "TIME FOR AMERICA TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 10:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1998	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/05): PALESTINIANS ARE LEADERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 11:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2000	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/06): SPECULATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 12:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2004	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/07): NO PEACE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 06:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2008	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/10): PALESTINIAN FAMILY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 09:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2021	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/12): PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 11:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2029	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/13): UNITY - "BEFORE IT IS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 11:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2042	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/14): ARAB RELUCTANCE TO PLAY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 11:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2048	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/17): URGENT CALLS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 11:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2052	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/18): AMERICA'S HONEYMOON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 10:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2058	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/19): PALESTINIANS SEE NEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 10:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2066	PA REQUEST TO TRANSFER PALESTINIAN FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) The Consulate General received a diplomatic note November 18 from the PA Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating PA willingness to accept the transfer by the United States of Walid Ibrahim Justafa Abu Hijazi from Guantanamo Bay to PA custody at any time. According to the note, the U.S. [...]	2008-11-19 13:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
08JERUSALEM2082	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/20): IRAQI SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 09:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2089	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/21): ISRAEL AND GAZA: "THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 11:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2094	PA ASKS FOR HELP TO COUNTER SETTLER BUSINESSES [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian officials are highlighting economic activity in Israeli settlements and encouraging third countries to discourage trade and other economic links to settlement enterprises. The UK is focused on the issue, which dominated Foreign Secretary Milliband's recent visit to [...]	2008-11-21 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD IS KWBG PREL UK
08JERUSALEM2113	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 15:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
08JERUSALEM2117	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/25): "A NATIONAL UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2128	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/26): "GLOATING OVER AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2164	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/28): POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2175	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/02): ADMIRING THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 09:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2183	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/03): "EUROPE TO ACTIVATE ITS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 10:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2194	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/04): PALESTINIANS: ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 10:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2196	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/05): HAMAS "WALKING INTO THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 10:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2230	OPIC PROMOTES POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) officials discussed the Palestinian Political Risk Insurance (PPRI) project during a visit to Jerusalem and Ramallah in early December. PPRI, announced during the May 2008 Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem (reftel),woul [...]	2008-12-12 07:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2233	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/12): "GAZA SIEGE - PRELUDE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 08:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2238	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/15): EXPECTATIONS AND FEARS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 11:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2258	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/18): "ACTION - NOT JUST LIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 10:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2278	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/22): OBSTACLES TO PEACE [...] The main editorial in Al Quds, "Prisoners once again," opines: "It is time for the Palestinian side to reject the Israeli position that deals with prisoners of freedom as criminal prisoners...it is time for European mediators, who always demand the release of [abducted Israeli soldier Gilad] Sh [...]	2008-12-22 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2284	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/23): BRIEF TRUCE IN GAZA [...] Mohamad Al Mubarak opines in Al Quds under the title "Will Rumsfeld escape or disappear?": "It is regrettable that the courts have so far not considered the war crimes committed by Rumsfeld, which led to the killing and displacement of millions of innocents and violated international laws and n [...]	2008-12-23 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2289	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/24): REPORTS ON ABBAS' [...] Al Quds editorial "The complicated crisis in Gaza" opines: "The worst scenario that could happen [in Gaza], is the use of military force, especially the Israeli one, in an attempt to topple the Hamas movement, because such an attempt is a definite prescription for bloodshed, extreme loss of li [...]	2008-12-24 11:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2293	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29): "Massacre" in Gaza [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2294	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29): "Massacre" in Gaza [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 10:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2301	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/30): Calls for national unity [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 09:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS

08JERUSALEM2309	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 30, 1300 LOCAL: 2 ISRAELIS, [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1800 local o December 29 to 1300 on December 30, rockets kiled two Israelis and injured at least nine others and Israeli airstrikes killed at least 16 more alestinians. Palestinian medical, UN and NGO staffreport at least 358 Palestinian deaths and 1070 njuries requiring [...]	2008-12-30 11:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2313	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Consul General delivered reftel demarche points to Head of PLO Negotiations Affairs Department Sa'eb Erekat in Jericho on December 30. 2. (C) Erekat said PA Minister of Foreign Affairs Riad al-Malki will represent the Palestinians at the December 31 Arab League meeting on the Gaza sit [...]	2008-12-30 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS KPAL
08JERUSALEM2318	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/31): "Gaza is dying...what are [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 08:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM275	PA COMPLAINS ABOUT ISRAELI RAIDS ON WEST BANK [...] (SBU) In the early hours of February 12, Israeli security forces raided the offices and homes of fourteen money changers in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm, and Hebron, and seized NIS 3 million in cash (equal to USD 830,000),along with computer equipment, documents, [...]	2008-02-13 16:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM299	WEST BANK/GAZA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 14:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KPAL KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC
08JERUSALEM332	VIOLENCE AGAINST CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) Summary. In the second major attack on Gaza's Christian institutions in a week, armed militants forced their way into the Lighthouse Baptist School in central Gaza City on February 21, beat one of the guards and vandalized some classrooms. On February 15, gunmen detonated explosives a [...]	2008-02-22 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER IS PHUM PGOV
08JERUSALEM514	FAYYAD TO CODEL BOEHNER: PA APPRECIATES USG [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Fayyad expressed his thanks to CODEL Boehner on March 22 for U.S. budget support to the PA. He said the PA will continue to strengthen transparency and improve the government's financial sustainability. Fayyad said he is encouraged by the improved security situa [...]	2008-03-25 15:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KWBG IS OREP
08JERUSALEM586	SECOND PALESTINIAN MOBILE PHONE PROVIDER STILL [...] (C/NF) Summary: The CEO of the second mobile telephone operator in the West Bank reported on April 3 that he is still waiting for the GOI to provide the necessary frequency spectrum to allow him to begin operations. He complained that the GOI proposals on the table would cripple his ability [...]	2008-04-04 13:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM641	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/14): OLMERT: CHECKPOINTS ARE [...] Independent Al-Quds opens its editorial page with, "Boycotting Carter and opening doors for Livni!" (04/14): "On her way to Qatar to address the Democracy Forum held in Doha, Israeli Foreign Minister Livni called upon Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel in order to encourage Pale [...]	2008-04-14 10:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM647	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/15): PALESTINIAN GRATITUDE TO [...] Al-Quds independent carries an op-ed entitled, "Egypt's security, its control and authority over its territory is a red line [non-negotiable] for Palestinians" by Palestinian National Council Member Hatem Abu Shaban (4/15): Lately, we have been hearing strange noises from Palestinian groups c [...]	2008-04-15 10:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM674	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/17): THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Talal Okal entitled, "There is only one exit... (04/17): "It is clear to everyone that the situation in Gaza is miserable. It has spiraled down into the heart of catastrophe where life has become unbearable... two years have passed si [...]	2008-04-17 09:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM678	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/18): NO MILITARY SOLUTION TO [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an op-ed by Dr. Naji Sharab, a political science teacher in Gaza, entitled, "What does the world expect from Palestinians? (04/18):"... the Palestinian question is the only one that enjoys the support of international declarations about its rights, including the righ [...]	2008-04-18 10:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM685	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/21): ISRAELI INITIATIVES IN [...] Independent Al-Quds, in its daily editorial entitled, "The truce... the ball is in the Israeli court," opined : "It is very clear from the statement of Hamas leader Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar that Hamas is more likely going to positively interact with the Egyptian suggestions for reaching a truce wi [...]	2008-04-21 11:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM694	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/22): DOUBTS ABOUT [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an op-ed by PLO executive committee member Tayseer Khaled entitled: "Annapolis conference launched problematic negotiations and ongoing settlements" that read in part: "... While it is true that Annapolis brought the two sides, Palestinians and Israelis, back to nego [...]	2008-04-22 08:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM700	PA ATTORNEY GENERAL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE PROSECUTION [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority Attorney General (AG) Ahmad al-Mughani told PolCouns April 21 that the number of PA prosecutors is increasing, but infrastructure and GOI interference continue to impede the work of his office. He said he is focused on anti-corruption cases, but cannot pur [...]	2008-04-22 13:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM713	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/24): ABBAS DEMANDS THAT USG [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by regular columnist Talal Okal entitled "There is only one way out" (4/24): "The outcome of the visit of former US president [Carter] does not deserve the media uproar that it created regarding its possible effects and consequences ... Carter asked Hamas t [...]	2008-04-24 09:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM734	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/30): "DISAPPOINTMENT AND [...] Official daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida carries an op-ed entitled, "Resistance and the Evolution of Peace ideas" (4/30): "... lately, [there has been] disappointment and pessimism expressed over the outcomes of the meeting between [Palestinian] President Abbas and the President of the U.S. George Bus [...]	2008-04-30 10:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM740	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/01): PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF [...] Independent Al-Quds ran its daily editorial entitled "Which map?!" (5/01): "Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni... presented the Palestinian negotiation team... an Israeli vision of a final JERUSALEM 00000740 002 OF 002 agreement [as] a serious, official position presented through the [...]	2008-05-01 08:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM747	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/02): IN PRAISE OF FAYYAD'S [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "Palestinian workers on their day" (5/02): "It is important during the celebration of international workers' day to recommit to the importance of development projects for industry, agriculture, tourism and infrastructure that allow our peo [...]	2008-05-02 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM757	JENIN: PASF EXCHANGE FIRE WITH GUNMEN IN QABATIYA, [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) clashed with gunmen in Qabatiya on May 6, with a bystander killed and two PIJ activists injured in separate exchanges of gunfire. Security contacts report that a PASF patrol was attacked with a pipe bomb and pelted with stones. West Bank National Secur [...]	2008-05-06 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM759	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/07): PREDICTING THE NEXT 60 [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "They are ignoring our catastrophe" (5/07): "... upon the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Israel, we should remember that negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis have reached a dead end. This is because of extensive settle [...]	2008-05-07 07:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM764	JENIN: QABATIYA REMAINS TENSE; IDF INCURSION ENDS [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) maintain checkpoints in and around Qabatiya as of 1300 local May 7 amidst tensions over the May 6 shooting of bystander Mu'min Kmayl and PASF arrest of two PIJ activists. West Bank National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Ali told local press he est [...]	2008-05-07 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM768	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/09): CALLS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "Total support for the security forces"(5/08): "We all know that Palestinian security forces have started a gradual deployment to several West Bank cities that faces great difficulty. We also know that Israeli forces act... as though the [...]	2008-05-09 09:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM820	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/14): CONTRASTING ISRAELI [...] Independent Al-Quds ran its daily editorial entitled "We suggest that Bush visit a refugee camp" (5/14): "Bush will arrive in Israel today to participate in the celebration of its founding... Other leaders and European presidents will follow him to the same JERUSALEM 00000820 002 OF 002 [...]	2008-05-14 08:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM840	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/16): IGNORING THE NAKBA [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Bias even towards the significance of the catastrophe" (5/16): "... while Israeli and international media are full of news about the JERUSALEM 00000840 002 OF 002 Israeli celebration of its 60th independence anniversary, the Pale [...]	2008-05-16 10:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM845	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/19): PALESTINIANS: BUSH [...] Independent Al-Quds carried its daily editorial entitled "Important dots above many words!" (5/19): "...The American President repeated in his speech [May 18], in Sharm Al-Sheikh that a solution is possible before the end of the year. He called upon Israel to ease the suffering of Palestinians [...]	2008-05-19 08:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM889	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/22): "PALESTINE INVESTMENT [...] In its main editorial, independent daily Al-Quds opined under the title, "Investment Conference... between reality and expectation" (05/22): "There is no doubt that having the Palestinian Investment Conference happen is a success in itself, and that is not a stretch of the truth or exaggerati [...]	2008-05-22 09:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM907	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/23): "UNLIKELY BUT NECESSARY [...] Regular columnist of independent Al-Ayyam, Mohammed Yaghi, argues under the headline, "Quick Notes on an Unsuccessful Policy" (05/23/08); "This [Bush] Administration is completely different from all of its predecessors. It has considerably damaged the international standing of the United Stat [...]	2008-05-23 10:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM915	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/30): WHO WILL BE THE NEXT US [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 11:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM916	DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt led a Presidential Delegation to the Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem on May 21-23. The delegation met with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on May 21 and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on May 22. Deputy Secretary K [...]	2008-05-30 14:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL IS OVIP KIMMITT
08JERUSALEM917	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT AND PMA GOVERNOR [...] (C) On May 22, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt and Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir met on the sidelines of the Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem where they discussed recent developments in the banking sector in the West Bank and Gaza. Kimmitt [...]	2008-05-30 15:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM923	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/05): ISRAELI AND US ELECTIONS [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Talal Okal entitled, "After Barak... Olmert loses his chance" (6/02): "...Olmert cannot go to Washington and ask for its support in the middle of his current crisis unless he achieves some progress in his meeting with Palestinian A [...]	2008-06-02 10:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM932	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/03): PALESTINIAN PESSIMISM IN [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Muhannid Abd-Alhamid entitled, "Do we have other options?" (6/03): "After the American and Israeli performance, who dares be optimistic about reaching a political solution that will end the Israeli occupation and bring international [...]	2008-06-03 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM979	PREPARATORY MEETING FOR BERLIN CONFERENCE ON [...] SUMMARY. Palestinian Authority (PA) representatives briefed proposals for police/justice sector donor funding for the June 24 Berlin conference at a German-chaired, June 5 meeting in Jericho. The representatives said the proposals are consistent with the Palestinian Reconstruction and Develo [...]	2008-06-06 14:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PREL EAID
08JERUSALEM983	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/10): DIALOGUE - ONLY WAY OUT [...] Ali Abu Hilal, member of the Palestinian National Council, commented in independent Al-Quds under the headline, "In Order to End Internal Division and Achieve National Unity," (6/10): "It is important to point out that real national unity... is one that is based on a shared Qatform of policy an [...]	2008-06-10 09:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM992	S/P GORDON'S MEETINGS WITH PALESTINIANS [...] (C) Summary. In meetings on May 31 and June 2, Palestinian interlocutors briefed S/P David Gordon on Palestinian attitudes toward negotiations with Israel and domestic politics in the West Bank and Gaza. Sari Nusseibeh said leaders on both sides could improve their political standing by com [...]	2008-06-11 08:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL IS
08JERUSALEM993	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/11): POSITIVE REACTION TO [...] Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Hamada Faranah entitled, "Abu Mazen [Abbas] will stay his course" (6/11): "...The power of Abu Mazen lies in the clarity of his positions regarding what he considers to be in the true interest of his people. Therefore, he did not hesitate to state [...]	2008-06-11 09:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM998	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/12): THE DIFFICULTY OF [...] Al-Ayyam independent daily carries an op-ed by columnist Talal Okal entitled, "We need a change in thinking" (6/12): "In the midst of current events related to the Palestinian situation and its relation to the external world and the Israeli policy of aggression, and the severe consequences of c [...]	2008-06-12 06:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JOHANNESBURG180	EASING OF SOUTH AFRICAN BLANK-PASSPORT-PAGE REQUIREMENT FOR [...] Summary: South African Home Affairs authorities have agreed that arriving U.S. citizens who have no blank pages marked "Visas" in their passports, as is normally required for entry into South Africa, may be processed for admission on available pages marked "Endorsements" or "Amendments and En [...]	2008-11-03 16:14:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	CPAS CASC CMGT PREL PGOV SF
08JOHANNESBURG195	SOUTH AFRICA: ELECTION EXCITEMENT AMONG VOTERS AND [...] SUMMARY. Post observed a high, perhaps even unprecedented, level of participation among the American electorate living in South Africa during the 2007/2008 election cycle. Election interest extended beyond the American electorate to international media, foreign expatriates, and the general S [...]	2008-12-05 12:06:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CMGT
08JOHANNESBURG34	SOUTH AFRICA: GAUTENG PREMIER SHILOWA REPORTS ON THE STATE [...] Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa addressed the provincial legislature on February 18, outlining achievements of the past year and setting priorities for 2008. As in previous years, Shilowa's main emphasis on was on service delivery achievements, poverty alleviation, and measure taken to prom [...]	2008-02-20 12:37:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EINV ELAB SF
08KABUL1008	ETHNIC DISPUTE PROMPTS PROTRACTED PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) Summary: Angry non-Pashtun MPs walked out of the National Assembly's lower house April 12, protesting the centuries old seasonal Pashtun Kochi migration though the Hazarajat and the nomads' 10 reserved parliamentary seats. The lower house has not made quorum since, stalling consideration [...]	2008-04-24 12:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL1027	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON U.S. CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) On April 22 the Ambassador informed Foreign Minister Spanta of his deep concern over the government's decision to ban the broadcast of certain Indian soap operas. The Ambassador underlined the issue was the action by Minister of Information and Culture (MOIC) Khoram to curtail media free [...]	2008-04-25 05:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PTER EAID AFIN
08KABUL1064	FOREIGN MINISTER SPANTA ON PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND [...] (C) Foreign Minister Spanta told the Ambassador on April 22 that he would use his meetings in Islamabad the following day to underline Afghanistan's support for Pakistan's new government and explore opportunities for concrete projects (dealing especially with trade and economic cooperation) to [...]	2008-04-29 12:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON IR PK AF
08KABUL1067	APRIL 27TH ATTACK ON VICTORY DAY CEREMONY [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: Afghan authorities believe that at least three and possibly as many as seven individuals carried out the April 27 attack against the Victory Day ceremony presided over by President Karzai and attended by IRoA senior officials, politicians and other Afghan VIPs from acro [...]	2008-04-30 03:41:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF
08KABUL108	AF: Afghan Ministry of Mines: Big Plans for 2008. [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Mines Adel told EconOff he intends to shepherd several natural resource tenders, including oil, gas and iron ore deposits, through the biding process this coming year. The Ministry intends to tender two blocks for commercial gas exploration and one for oil explorati [...]	2008-01-09 09:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID AF CH
08KABUL1100	Afghan Strategic Communications: Better Results by Design [...] (SBU) The recent wave of positive and balanced U.S. and European media coverage of Afghanistan is the result of intense collaborative efforts by U.S. civilian and military personnel inside Afghanistan, at USNATO, and in Washington. Specifically, we have developed an effective strategy to ident [...]	2008-05-04 13:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PAO AF
08KABUL1114	SPANTA'S APRIL 22-23 COUNTERPARTS TRIP TO ISLAMABAD [...] (SBU) Summary. The MFA's Pakistan desk said Foreign Minister Spanta made his April 22-23 trip to Islamabad to "open a new chapter in relations with the GoP." Spanta invited his Pakistani counterpart, Foreign Minister Qureshi, to Kabul. Spanta pressed Qureshi to name representatives to a Peac [...]	2008-05-06 07:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER PK AF
08KABUL1223	UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TAKES AIM AT THE COALITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions, concluded a 12-day fact-finding visit to Afghanistan May 15. The main themes of his preliminary report are: increasing the transparency of international military forces' investigations of co [...]	2008-05-19 14:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL AF
08KABUL129	FARAH PROVINCE: IMPROVING DEVELOPMENT BUT WORSENING [...] (SBU) Summary: The level of development improved in Farah even as security worsened. Security in Farah province deteriorated in late 2007 with insurgent attacks in several districts beginning in the province's east, then westward in an arc across the province's southern border to Farah city an [...]	2008-01-14 11:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
08KABUL1314	SRSG EIDE'S MAY 19-21 MEETINGS IN TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: During UN Special Representative Kai Eide's mid-May visit to Tehran, senior Iranian government interlocutors denied supporting Afghan insurgents and reiterated their opposition to reconciliation with the Taliban. Ahmadinejad's main concerns are establishment of a timetable for th [...]	2008-05-31 12:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR AF
08KABUL1393	THANK YOU [...] We thank Embassy New Delhi's Political Section for allowing our senior political FSN, Kanishka Bakshi, to look over the shoulders of his Indian colleagues for a week a the end of May. Though that week was an especially busy one in India, the section's officers and FSNs still made time to intro [...]	2008-06-09 14:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER AF
08KABUL1410	FLOTUS VISIT HIGHLIGHTS AFGHAN PROGRESS [...] (U) The June 8 visit of First Lady Laura Bush to Afghanistan highlighted themes of critical interest to both Afghans and Americans. Mrs. Bush's visit to Kabul and to the province of Bamyan illustrates our assessment that important progress is being made in many parts of the country. In thos [...]	2008-06-10 06:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL PHUM AF
08KABUL1413	PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: GARMSIR'S IMPROVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK-led PRT in Lashkar Gah deployed a stabilization team to Garmsir on June 1. The team is working with the district leadership to establish reconstruction and development priorities. The District Administrator has established his office and is meeting with city residents a [...]	2008-06-10 09:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
08KABUL143	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S [...] (C) Your visit to Kabul takes place as parliament reconvenes to work on the election calendar and law and to reconsider the media law which President Karzai recently sent to parliament with questions. You will see Karzai's new governance initiatives beginning to show results. Your visit pre [...]	2008-01-15 14:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON PTER SNAR KPAO PREF EAID AF
08KABUL1438	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: EXECUTIVE SEMINAR TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior officials selected to attend Executive Seminar training in fall 2008. Post possesses no de [...]	2008-06-11 13:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL1440	Afghan Presidential Candidates [...] (U) Provided below, for addressees' reference, is a list of declared and likely presidential candidates. Addressees should take care when dealing with those listed not to convey the misimpression of USG endorsement for a particular candidacy. The list is not exhaustive; it is subject to chang [...]	2008-06-12 02:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL1449	BUILDING AFGHANISTAN'S AIR CORPS [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Since September 2007, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan,s (CSTC-A) Combined Air Power Transition Force (CAPTF) has made significant progress in developing an appropriately sized, sustainable, and effects-capable Afghan National Army Air Corps (A [...]	2008-06-12 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SNAR PGOV AF
08KABUL1493	Afghanistan's Refugee Absorption Reaches Saturation [...] (SBU) Summary: Since January 1 of this year, 143,737 Afghan refugees - the vast majority from Pakistan - have repatriated to Afghanistan with assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). While the numbers are relatively low compared to recent years, Afghanistan' [...]	2008-06-19 06:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK IR AF
08KABUL156	Iran Suspends Deportations In Face Of Strong Afghan [...] (SBU) Iran has suspended its deportation of Afghans after the Afghan government protested in the media and summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires twice to demand a halt to the mid-winter expulsions. In the first two weeks of January, Iran deported more than 9,000 Afghans, who were forced over [...]	2008-01-17 02:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IR AF
08KABUL1603	Refugee Admissions Referral: Azizi, Mehria [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul refers Azizi, Mehria Farzhad, one of Afghanistan's first female camerawomen and filmmakers, and her family to the U.S. refugee admissions program (USRAP). Below is biographic information for the principal applicant and her dependents, a description of her persecution claim, [...]	2008-06-29 12:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PHUM AF
08KABUL1720	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL JUSTICE SYSTEM SUPPORT PROGRAM [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of one hundred thirty-nine (139) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Justice System Support Program (JSSP). When there are indiv [...]	2008-07-09 10:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL1770	AFGHAN UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] The GIRoA will issue a Universal Periodic Report (UPR) on its human rights record at the request of the UN's Human Rights Council (UNHCR). The government is open to including a modestly robust criticism of the its recent track record on human rights, especially in relation to treatment of pri [...]	2008-07-15 06:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AF
08KABUL1812	HEZB-E-ISLAMI CONFERENCE; MOVING BEYOND HEKMATYAR [...] (C//REL UK) SUMMARY: Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan's (HIA) three-day conference in Kabul last week assembled more than 1,000 members from all 34 provinces and most of the country's ethnic groups to elect Abdul Hadi Arghandewal to his second one-year term as party chairman. The party's leadership [...]	2008-07-19 06:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL1816	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL REED TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Afghanistan remains a complex counterinsurgency environment, in which maintaining strong U.S. support for the Afghan government and robust U.S. leadership of international community assistance efforts is critical to ensuring that momentum for victory remains with us. Press reporting em [...]	2008-07-19 11:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PTER EAID AF
08KABUL1817	Iran: Another Wave of Deportations? [...] (SBU) Summary: Per a July 12 letter from the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MORR) office in Tehran, Iran will start deporting 85,000 Afghans at the beginning of the Persian month of Asad (July 22). Iran has already deported over 166,000 Afghans since January 1, 2008, mostly yo [...]	2008-07-19 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IR AF
08KABUL1828	NURISTAN: NEW GOVERNOR, FRESH PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Hazrat Din became Governor of Nuristan on July 5, replacing Tamim Nuristani. His priorities start with popular engagement and good governance, and he intends to establish representative district councils - shuras - for consultations on whom to nominate as district administrator [...]	2008-07-21 08:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL1898	CODEL REED'S JULY 20 DISCUSSIONS WITH KARZAI [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the CODEL,s July 20 office call and subsequent working lunch with President Karzai, Senator Obama reaffirmed both major American political parties, long-term commitment to Afghanistan. He emphasized the Afghan leadership,s obligation to demonstrate determination in fighti [...]	2008-07-24 02:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MOPS AFIN IR PK
08KABUL1924	FOREIGN PRESSURE BACKFIRES ON KAMBAKHSH APPEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. European governments are rethinking their strategy of pressuring President Karzai directly in support of Sayad Parwez Kambakhsh, who is appealing his death sentence for distributing literature found by a local court to be offensive to Islam (ref A). With many observers pessimi [...]	2008-07-26 07:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AF EU
08KABUL1975	EX-TALIBAN SEEK MEDIATION ROLE [...] (C) On July 29, President Karzai gave the Ambassador a plan for negotiations with the Taliban that he had received from Taliban reconcilees (SEPTEL). In a meeting arranged by the presidency at our request the next day, prominent ex-Taliban said they are well-placed to mediate reconciliation with th [...]	2008-07-31 06:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR AF
08KABUL1992	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL REID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Afghanistan remains a complex counterinsurgency environment, in which maintaining strong U.S. support for the Afghan government and robust U.S. leadership of international community assistance efforts is critical to ensuring that momentum for victory remains with us. Press reporting em [...]	2008-08-03 11:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PTER EAID AFIN OREP
08KABUL2065	EX-TALIBAN PROPOSE PRELIMINARY NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) President Karzai gave the Ambassador July 29 a two-part letter the former had received recently from unidentified ex-Taliban reconcilees. The letter encourages the government to propose preliminary negotiations to 'the opposition side,' blaming 'the wrongful agreement in Bonn' for prolo [...]	2008-08-05 12:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR AF
08KABUL2066	Afghan President's Incoming Senior Economic Advisor [...] [U] Not for Internet distribution. 2. [SBU] Summary. Officers of the Economic Section met July 28 with Omar Zakhilwal, currently CEO of the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency, who is slated to become Afghan President Hamid Karzai's senior economic advisor, to replace Ishaq Nadiri. L [...]	2008-08-05 12:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL PHUM ENRG EAIR AF
08KABUL2094	KARZAI HOPES TO BOLSTER GILANI IN FACE OF AFGHAN [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim Spinzada told us August 5 Karzai hopes his SAARC Summit rapprochement with Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani would bolster Pakistan's new civilian leadership in its contest with the military and the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (IS [...]	2008-08-07 08:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER AF PK
08KABUL2127	Afghanistan: Refugee, Internally Displaced, Deportee, and [...] (SBU) Summary: Continued security concerns in rural Afghanistan, notably in Helmand Province, have prompted an increase in internally displaced persons (IDPs) seeking a safe haven in Kabul city. Press reports indicate that families who had taken temporary shelter around Lashkar Gah and Kandah [...]	2008-08-13 01:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK AF
08KABUL2128	RABBANI DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, currently a member of the Afghan Lower House and key leader in the United Front opposition coalition, stressed his commitment to seeing elections through and pressing the government to resolve ethnic disputes in an Aug. 10 lunch wit [...]	2008-08-13 04:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL2175	DARI-PASHTO DEBATE DEADLOCKS PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Action in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga (the National Assembly's Lower House) has stalled over a higher education bill because of disagreements over the Pashto and Dari usage of the word "university." The disagreement has stopped most activity in the lower house for more than a week, dela [...]	2008-08-17 10:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
08KABUL2193	ADVISORS TO RECOMMEND KARZAI SPEAKS ON MANAS AT [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche August 13 to National Security Council Deputy for External Affairs Mohammad Homayoun Tandar. Tandar will recommend President Karzai emphasize at the August 28 Dushanbe Summit the importance of Manas air base to stabilization operations in Afghanistan, bu [...]	2008-08-19 06:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL2233	AFGHANISTAN PLEDGES TO ACT PRUDENTLY ON MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Notwithstanding the uncoordinated and unhelpful August 18 comments by Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary ("Musharraf was not someone good for Afghanistan. We hope that someone good will replace him."),principals in the Palace, the Council of Minister's Secretariat and the Foreign [...]	2008-08-21 11:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS AF
08KABUL2236	November 2008 Conference on Afghan Refugees [...] (SBU) Summary: The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IROA) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will co-host the International Conference on Return and Reintegration in Kabul on November 19, 2008. The conference will address the difficult issues related to the Afghan re [...]	2008-08-22 02:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK AF
08KABUL2356	AMBASSADOR AND FM SPANTA PLEDGE COOPERATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 15:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL2402	PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE GOA'S SHINDAND [...] (U) The following is Embassy's translation of the Office of the President's August 31st statement detailing the results of a GOA investigation of the Shindand operation. 2. (U) Begin text: Nimatullah Shahrani, the Minister for Hajj and Endowment Affairs was assigned as the head of the del [...]	2008-09-03 06:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL241	FRENCH ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: WINDOW FOR HIGH LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Charge has suggested that, if FM Kouchner returns to Afghanistan before the March NATO Foreign Ministerial, he should meet with high-level Americans and travel to Kandahar to see how other Allies are managing in the South. Paris is thinking about an expanded French rol [...]	2008-01-29 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL FR AF
08KABUL243	CABINET PASSES ELECTION LAW TO PARLIAMENT WITHOUT [...] (SBU) The draft election law forwarded by the Cabinet to the Parliament on January 23 is essentially the same as the existing election law, retaining the single nontransferable voting (SNTV) system used in the 2005 parliamentary elections and incorporating no element of proportional representat [...]	2008-01-29 13:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL2467	QANOONI: MOVING FORWARD FROM SHINDAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 7, Ambassador and Wolesi Jirga (WJ) Speaker Qanooni discussed how the US should engage the GIRoA in the aftermath of the Shindand operation. Qanooni stressed his confidence in the good intentions of the US in Afghanistan and his belief that US military support is ess [...]	2008-09-11 12:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL2472	GENERALLY POSITIVE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: President Karzai and other Afghan officials generally reacted positively to President Bush,s September 9 speech announcing deployment of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan and to the JCMB,s endorsement of the Afghan National Army expansion. Those officials who opposed additi [...]	2008-09-12 06:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL251	PRT KANDAHAR: WOMEN PROTEST KIDNAPPING OF AMCIT [...] (U) Approximately 500-600 women demonstrated in Kandahar City on January 29 to protest the January 25 kidnapping of American Cydney Mizell, who was working for an international NGO in Kandahar. In addition to calling for the immediate release of Mizell and her Afghan driver, demonstrators urge [...]	2008-01-31 04:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS AF
08KABUL2551	NOT IF, WHEN: IEC FACES DOWN MOD QUESTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Zekria Barakzai, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer of the Independent Elections Commission (IEC),firmly rebuffed the many doubts expressed by his Afghan National Army (ANA) counterpart at the IEC's September 15 security coordination meeting. "This is not a question, whether we will have [...]	2008-09-18 04:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL2595	PARLIAMENT OVERRIDES KARZAI VETOES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The National Assembly's Lower House has for the first time overridden several vetoes by President Karzai, effectively bringing into law measures on the media, land ownership, and the establishment of a constitutional implementation commission. However, problems with achieving [...]	2008-09-22 10:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
08KABUL2622	ELECTIONS ON THE BORDER: A SNAPSHOT FROM KUNAR [...] (SBU) In the northeastern province of Kunar, a patchwork of safe and increasingly prosperous river valleys stitches together dry mountains and high defiles where al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other anti-government forces operate. The hot, dusty, fly-blown capital of Asadabad is some 150 miles [...]	2008-09-25 11:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL2681	THE VITAL LINK - KHOST-GARDEZ ROAD IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The rugged terrain of the Khost-Gardez (K-G) Pass, and its legacy as a mujahedin stronghold along the southeast approach to Kabul, have been challenges to the completion of an efficient and safe road in the area. Complex geography, tribal networks, and insurgent interference have also hi [...]	2008-10-01 09:57:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER AF
08KABUL2714	KARZAI'S INEFFECTIVE PARLIAMENTARY OUTREACH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Last month's overrides of presidential vetoes highlight President Karzai's difficult relationship with the National Assembly's Lower House. Several factors contribute to Karzai's poor track record in achieving his legislative goals, including his refusal to form a political par [...]	2008-10-06 12:47:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM AF
08KABUL2729	FEELING IGNORED BY KABUL, PANJSHIRIS PULL INWARD [...] (S) Despite having achieved unrivaled success in governance and security, Panjshiris appear to be turning increasingly away from Kabul as they see little attention paid to their valley by those in the national government, including other prominent Panjshiris. Evidence of this can be heard in [...]	2008-10-08 10:30:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL2741	JUNBESH LEADER CONFIRMS TURKISH PLAN FOR DOSTUM,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Junbesh Party president Said Noorullah confirmed to PRT Officer that a deal is in the works between President Karzai and Turkish authorities to remove former Junbesh leader and ex-commander General Abdul Rashid Dostum from the Afghan political scene by sending him to Turkey prior [...]	2008-10-11 12:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL2746	U.S., U.K., FRENCH AND GERMAN AMBASSADORS DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 9, French Ambassador Jean de Ponton d'Amecourt met with U.S., British and German Ambassadors to discuss his October 6 briefing by President Karzai on the recent reconciliation meetings in Saudi Arabia. The Ambassadors agreed that the publicity and lack of clarity surro [...]	2008-10-12 12:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF
08KABUL2782	QAYUM KARZAI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS SAUDI [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 13, Abdul Qayum Karzai described to the Ambassador the potential Saudi reconciliation process. He and Abdullah Anas developed the current initiative a year ago and secured Taliban engagement through Anas' connection to Mullah Abdul Salam Zaif (former Taliban Ambassador to P [...]	2008-10-18 10:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AF
08KABUL2797	AFGHAN OFFICIALS AIR CONCERNS TO SIGAR ON USAGE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) Arnold Fields heard two common themes during meetings with the GIRoA Auditor General and senior Afghan MOD and MOI officials: A) that there is insufficient coordination between Afghanistan and the Donor Community, inc [...]	2008-10-20 02:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWAC AF
08KABUL2810	3RD AFGHANISTAN TIFA TALKS POSITIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8, U.S. and Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) delegations led by USTR Assistant Secretary for South Asia Michael Delaney and Minister of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Mohammed Amin Farhang met in Kabul for the third round of Trade and Investment [...]	2008-10-21 06:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV EAID AF PK
08KABUL2827	MINERALS ABOUND IN AFGHANISTAN, AN UPDATE ON THE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A viable engine of economic growth, the mineral sector in Afghanistan is striving for advancement step by step. At times, Afghanistan's steps are firm, promoting modernization, other times they are wobbly or haphazard, resulting in retraction. In recent months, Afghanistan rec [...]	2008-10-22 08:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID EINV PGOV AF
08KABUL2942	PHASE 2 VOTER REGISTRATION OFF TO A GOOD START [...] (SBU) Phase 2 voter registration for the eight northern provinces and Paktya and Kabul provinces began November 5. The Independent Elections Commission (IEC) reported that 322 of the 326 Phase 2 sites are open. Delays in delivery of supplies prevented four sites in remote areas of Badghis p [...]	2008-11-06 10:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF

08KABUL2943	FM SPANTA: EIDE THREAT TO RESIGN, KIDNAPPED AFGHAN [...] (C) FM Spanta told the Ambassador at their 11/5 meeting that: (1) Kai Eide told the Afghan UN Perm Rep that he was considering resigning in frustration. The Ambassador and Spanta are urging Eide not to do so. (2) Spanta sought U.S. help in finding the Afghan diplomat kidnapped in Pakistan. S [...]	2008-11-06 11:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
08KABUL2963	AFGHANS NERVOUSLY EYE RECONCILIATION TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Afghan political leaders and ordinary citizens are following reports of reconciliation talks with Taliban representatives with great interest and, in many cases, significant trepidation. A number of individuals who assume USG involvement, have approached us at many levels to [...]	2008-11-09 04:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV AF SA
08KABUL2970	The Details of Evolving the PRT Model in Afghanistan [...] (SBU) Summary. Reftel lays out the Mission's ideas for evolving the PRT model in Afghanistan and expanding our civilian support for Operation Enduring Freedom. This message provides a more in-depth look at the structures outlined in Kabul 2784, detailing the new initiatives and tailored grow [...]	2008-11-10 04:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF MOPS KDEM PINS
08KABUL2972	HEZB-E-ISLAMI ON VOTER REGISTRATION, IRAN CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan is continuing to organize a nation-wide political movement and distance itself from its origins as a mujahideen military force under the leadership of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The party has organized members in half of the country's provinces, but recent [...]	2008-11-11 02:24:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KDEM PGOV PTER AF IR
08KABUL2986	RC South: Dutch PRT Overview [...] (U) Summary. Dutch Embassy representatives gave ISAF's PRT Working Group Secretariat an overview of the Dutch Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Uruzgan province. The Dutch Embassy is unsure of the effects of its expiring mandate to lead the PRT, noting that its PRT will become civilian [...]	2008-11-13 03:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF TI
08KABUL2987	PARLIAMENT ASKS FOR ROLE IN RECONCILIATION TALKS [...] (U) Members of Parliament are calling for a formal role in ongoing reconciliation talks in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Farooq Wardak, recently appointed education minister and a key player in the Afghan-Pakistani peace jirgas, appeared before Parliament's Lower House Nov. 12 to explain the gove [...]	2008-11-13 04:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL3006	FM SPANTA, NSC DIRECTOR RASSOUL DISCUSS WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) In Kabul on November 8, Assistant Secretary Boucher met separately with Foreign Minister Spanta, National Security Council Director Rassoul, and Presidential Chief of Staff Daudzai to focus on improving governance and fighting corruption as the U.S. goes through the transition and Afgh [...]	2008-11-17 04:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
08KABUL3008	FM SPANTA, NSC DIRECTOR RASSOUL DISCUSS WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) In Kabul on November 8, Assistant Secretary Boucher met separately with Foreign Minister Spanta, National Security Council Director Rassoul, and Presidential Chief of Staff Daudzai to focus on improving governance and fighting corruption as the U.S. goes through the transition and Afgh [...]	2008-11-17 04:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
08KABUL3011	KAM AIR OWNER CITES KIDNAPPINGS, TAX BURDEN AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 22 meeting with Econoff, the president of Kam Air, Afghanistan's most successful private airline, Mr. Zamarai Kamgar lamented the worsening security climate in Kabul for businessmen, noting the increase in kidnappings of close relatives of high-profile figures. Kam [...]	2008-11-17 10:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ETRD AF
08KABUL3036	DISCUSSIONS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan officials appear eager to implement the country's new anti-trafficking law, but the level of conceptual clarity on the definition of trafficking differed among government officials. Judicial delay, corruption, and weak coordination remain obstacles to effectively punishing [...]	2008-11-24 10:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KTIP AF
08KABUL3063	FM SPANTA: MORE HIGH-LEVEL PAKISTAN MEETINGS; [...] (C) Pakistan President Zardari will visit Kabul soon. Karzai and Zardari are scheduled to meet President Gul in Istanbul on 12/5 as a continuation of that trilateral process. Spanta briefed on the 11/17 Cabinet decision to send to Washington the Government,s proposal on a bilateral technical [...]	2008-11-24 13:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
08KABUL3086	AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN JOINT ECONOMIC COMMISSION MEETING, [...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Economic Commission (JEC) focused on the many trade, trucking, and transit issues that bedevil the Pak-Afghan bilateral economic relationship. The two sides agreed to set up three new working groups to deal with these irritants. One aims to negotiate a new Afghanista [...]	2008-11-30 13:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ETRA PREL ECIN EAID AF PK
08KABUL3088	AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR WOOD'S MEETING WITH THE AFGHAN [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Wood met November 23 with leaders of the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) for the first time since its reorganization. He underscored the central role Afghanistan's private sector must play in long-term, sustainable development and urged ACCI to become a [...]	2008-12-01 04:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND AF
08KABUL3111	DECLARED AND LIKELY AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Provided below, for addressees reference, is an update to reftel from June on declared and likely presidential candidates, with ethnicity in parentheses. Addressees should take care when dealing with those listed not to convey the misimpression of USG endorsement of a particular candidac [...]	2008-12-03 10:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
08KABUL3187	AFGHAN LEADERS TELL AMB. KHALILZAD THEY ARE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. USUN Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad met with a broad array of Afghan political leaders, civil society activists, and government officials on the margins of his participation in a UN Security Council fact-finding mission to Afghanistan Nov. 24-27. He heard a common theme of growing pess [...]	2008-12-10 11:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL AF
08KABUL3198	KARZAI URGES DEPUTY SECRETARY TO SUPPORT ZARDARI, [...] (C). In his 12/10 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, President Karzai urged the United States to give Pakistani President Zardari more political and economic backing to strengthen his hand in reforming the Pakistani military and intelligence services. Karzai welcomed the upcoming increase in [...]	2008-12-14 06:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ECON AF
08KABUL3208	DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES GOVERNANCE WITH IDLG DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. At their December 11 meeting, Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) Director General Jelani Popal outlined to the Deputy Secretary the country's key sub-national governance challenges: governance capacity-building at the sub-national level, providing sub-national g [...]	2008-12-15 04:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR AF
08KABUL3211	COMMERCE DEPMIN FARHADI ON WTO ACCESSION, ETC. [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Afghan Deputy Commerce Minister Farhadi says launching the WTO accession process is one of his highest priorities, but he expressed uncertainty about finalizing Afghanistan's Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime by year-end, citing capacity weakness at the ministry. H [...]	2008-12-15 05:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAID EINV ENRG WTO AF PK
08KABUL3237	KARZAI URGES CODEL MCCAIN TO SUPPORT ZARDARI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Accompanied by the Charge d'Affaires, Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham dined with President Karzai at the Presidential Palace December 6. Flanked by many from his cabinet, including the Foreign and Defense Ministers, Karzai urged the Senators to secure strong U [...]	2008-12-21 06:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM AF PK
08KABUL3239	GOVERNOR JAMALUDDIN: A NEW FACE WITH FEW RESOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nuristan,s newest governor, Jamaluddin Badr, was appointed in late November 2008, nearly three months after his predecessor,s untimely death (Reftel). Jamaluddin comes to the position with many proposals for improving security, governance, and development, but few resources from [...]	2008-12-22 03:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
08KABUL3276	AFGHANISTAN GEMSTONE OUTLOOK IN 2009 AND BEYOND SHINES [...] (U) Summary. Worldwide demand for colored gemstones has increased in recent years. Such a development bodes well for Afghanistan, a land with an abundance of emeralds and rubies, two gemstones that rival diamonds in exclusivity and value. The gemstone industry in Afghanistan suffers from a l [...]	2008-12-23 12:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
08KABUL3290	AFGHAN FINANCE, FOREIGN MINISTRIES SAY RECC STILL "TBD" [...] (SBU) Deputy Finance Minister Wahidullah Sharani (and now acting Minister of Commerce and Industry) said dates are "still under consideration" for the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC),and the jury is out on just when Kabul might commit to a specific time or venue. Sharani's res [...]	2008-12-28 10:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAID EFIN AF
08KABUL346	AFGHAN VIEWS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wood on January 31 raised the cluster munitions (CM) issue with President Karzai and National Security Advisor Rassoul, who said the Afghan government would not take any steps that would damage the U.S.-Afghan security relationship. Foreign Minister Spanta told the Am [...]	2008-02-12 12:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MPS PARM PREL AF
08KABUL399	TURKS WANT DOSTUM TO STAY QUIET IN THE NORTH, [...] (C) Turkish Ambassador to Afghanistan Ethem Tokdemir conveyed to the Ambassador February 14 his governmentÂ´s intention to encourage the Afghan Government to permit Dostum to return quietly to the north. Tokdemir passed a copy of his talking points cautioning against actions leading to instabilit [...]	2008-02-18 13:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL405	AFGHANISTAN SUPPORTS INDEPENDENCE OF KOSOVO [...] (U) On February 18, the Afghan Foreign Ministry released the following statement in English on their official website in support of the independence of Kosovo: BEGIN TEXT: The Statement of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on the Recognition of Independence of Kosovo Released on: Feb 18 [...]	2008-02-19 09:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KV AF
08KABUL447	AFGHANISTAN: POST ASSESSMENT ON THE RELEASE OF NIGHT VISION [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post requests the immediate release of Night Vision Devices (NVDs),specifically 1,750 pairs of the American Technologies Network Corporation ATN NVG7-CGTI Individual Night Vision Device-Night Vision Goggles, to the Governme [...]	2008-02-23 10:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR AF
08KABUL455	JCMB VII - TOKYO POLITICAL DIRECTOR'S MEETING ON AFGANISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 5 in Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Komura, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta, and Acting Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General at the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Asplund kicked off the annual Political Director (PD)-level [...]	2008-02-24 12:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OTRA PREL AF
08KABUL461	AFGHANISTAN - JCMB VII DISCUSSES AN INTEGRATED STRATEGY AND [...] SUMMARY: Convened in Tokyo, Japan, the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) held its second session at the Political Directors' level (JCMB-PD) on February 5, and its seventh regular session (JCMB-VII) on February 6, 2008. The Political Directors considered a discussion paper that [...]	2008-02-25 05:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID OTRA SNAR PREL AF
08KABUL464	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL [...] As reported Ref (B),seven attendees from Afghanistan will attend WIREC. The Afghan delegation will be headed by the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Washington D.C., the Honorable Said Tayab Jawad. Ambassador Jawad will be accompanied by six officials resident in Kabul, [...]	2008-02-25 06:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY
08KABUL48	MEDIA LAW REJECTION PROVOKES INTERNATIONAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary: President Karzai's surprise December 26 decision to return the media law bill to Parliament's Lower House for further consideration has provoked a sharp reaction from civil liberties monitors at several missions here. They interpret Karzai's action as a challenge to media free [...]	2008-01-05 08:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM EU AF
08KABUL491	DOSTUM IMPEDES UZBEK EFFORTS AT JUNBESH PARTY [...] (C) Afghanistan's Uzbek community is ready for change, but their traditional protector, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, is standing in the way. The larger political background to the ongoing crisis following the February 2-3 abduction of Akbar Bay (ref B) is that Dostum is loosing support. The [...]	2008-02-27 08:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL576	Baghlan, Afghanistan: New Leadership to Address Provincial [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the tragic suicide attack on the Baghlan Sugar Factory on November 6, 2007, the central government has replaced two leading provincial officials and has increased pressure on Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) to combat organized crime and insurgent activity. Baghlan i [...]	2008-03-06 06:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL579	IRAN EDUCATES, FUNDS, AND SUPPORTS PLACEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. The Afghan Graduates Association, with the support of the Iranian government, is working to place Hazara Afghan refugee university students educated in Iran into positions within the Afghan government and private sector. Iran has committed to providing salaries, contacts, and visa [...]	2008-03-06 11:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IR AF
08KABUL585	UNHCR Moves to Zone Defense in Afghanistan But Donors Have [...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR is urging donors to concentrate their refugee assistance projects in distinct geographic zones. Their proposal would have major donors working around ongoing efforts of the Japanese in the east, the Germans in the north, and the Italians in the west. Major donors who are [...]	2008-03-08 03:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
08KABUL599	POLITICIZED PARLIAMENT FACES CHALLENGING 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan Parliament considered more legislation in 2007 (ref A) than in its inaugural session. It is increasingly seen by Afghans as a vehicle to take their concerns to the government. Lower House Speaker (and presidential aspirant) Qanooni's willingness to use his position [...]	2008-03-09 09:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL603	DEMARCHE ANNOUNCING THE U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ministry welcomed the announcement of Mr. Sada Cumber as the new U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). WOOD [...]	2008-03-09 15:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIC AF
08KABUL613	THE DISBANDMENT OF ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS (DIAG) IN [...] (C) The Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) for the Stabilization of Afghanistan program, now in its third year of implementation, is showing modest success, has the continued attention of President Karzai, and will soon shift into a phase of significantly greater Afghan ownership. DIA [...]	2008-03-10 12:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS PARM PGOV PTER AF
08KABUL615	AFGHANISTAN'S TIP SOLICITATIONS FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 [...] Post has received four proposals and submits summary information below. 2. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) requests USD 234,014 for a "Prevention of Human Trafficking in Vulnerable Provinces" project to last 12 months. Recognizing that one of the major reasons for the p [...]	2008-03-11 05:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG AF
08KABUL651	AF: Current Afghan preparedness for ROZ implementation [...] (SBU) This message is keyed to reftel questions about Afghanistan's preparedness to implement the Reconstruction Opportunity Zone (ROZ) initiative after it is passed by the U.S. Congress. Although the Afghan government has been slow in its preparations and lacks capacity to implement many of t [...]	2008-03-13 14:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
08KABUL674	AF: AFGHANS REQUESTING POSTPONEMENT OF APRIL 24-25 REGIONAL [...] (U) On March 16, Mr. Enayatullah Nabiel, Director General for Economic Affairs at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Econ Counselor and Econoff that he had just met with the Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan to request a postponement of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (R [...]	2008-03-17 12:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EMIN KPWR EAID PGOV AF
08KABUL71	2007 IN REVIEW [...] (SBU) 2007 was a year of important progress, but also continued challenge. The good news was on the battlefield, the economy, and strengthened local and national institutions. The bad news was increased terrorism, increased drug cultivation, and corruption. Afghanistan already is seeing leade [...]	2008-01-07 08:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR ECON KPAO PREF AF
08KABUL734	AFGHANISTAN'S 2008 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's [...]	2008-03-24 05:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF AF
08KABUL757	AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BRIDGE IMPROVES TRADE AND RELATIONS [...] (U) This report has been co-drafted with U.S. Embassy Dushanbe. 2. (SBU) Summary: Afghan and Tajikistani officials have agreed on several steps to improve operations at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bridge. Afghan vehicle traffic to Tajikistan has increased seven-fold and border tax revenue te [...]	2008-03-25 13:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID AF TI
08KABUL770	AFGHANISTAN'S 2008 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's [...]	2008-03-26 13:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF AF
08KABUL814	AF: Japanese Interested in Funding Training of Afghan [...] (SBU) On March 30 the Charge, accompanied by EconCouns, reviewed with visiting Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Ken Sasae and Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan Hideo Sato Japan's plans for assistance to Afghanistan. Sasae reaffirmed Japan's commitment to completing its portion of the Kandah [...]	2008-04-01 10:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV AF FR
08KABUL82	Terms of Reference for a Senior Civilian Representative to [...] Direct all United Nations activities in Afghanistan as SRSG, including UN efforts in Kabul and the rest of Afghanistan by the pillars of the UN system responsible for activities there, including humanitarian, economic and development work. Coordinate, with the Afghan authorities, donor activi [...]	2008-01-07 09:45:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF
08KABUL870	INFORMATION PASSED TO AFGHAN GOVERNMENT ON GLOBAL [...] On April 7, 2008, POLMILOFF passed information sheet and talking points from reftel to Abdul Malik Quraishi, Director of Policy and Oversight, Office of the National Security Council, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA). Quraishi is also a member of IRoA Ministry of Foreign Affairs United [...]	2008-04-08 14:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR AF
08KABUL892	MFA'S DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN'S UNOHCHR CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) MFA Minister Spanta called in Charg to inform him that Afghanistan wants Dr. Sima Samar, currently Chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC),to be considered as candidate for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR). Spanta used his m [...]	2008-04-13 05:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM AF
08KABUL911	TOLO USES PROGRAMMING TO PUSH FOR SOCIAL CHANGE; [...] (SBU) Afghan conservatives and politicians anxious to burnish their Islamic credentials in the run-up to elections have reacted to TOLO television programs which test the limits of traditional Afghan norms. TOLO's recent broadcast of conservatively dressed men and women dancing together durin [...]	2008-04-16 11:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
08KAMPALA1090	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (JULY 12-31, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]	2008-08-05 13:26:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
08KAMPALA1383	The Global Financial Crisis and Uganda: Safe for Now, But [...] (SBU) Summary: Economists and bankers in Uganda believe the global financial crisis will have little impact on economic growth this year, but could lead to slower growth over the medium term if the crisis results in a global recession. Should the latter unfold, Uganda's economy would be vulne [...]	2008-10-15 07:06:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL UG
08KAMPALA1391	UGANDA: 2008 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] Country: Uganda 2. Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. Country Background Summary: After two decades of broad-based economic growth and political stability, Uganda is now confronting a range of economic and governance challenges as it tries to sustain and deepen economic growth and deve [...]	2008-10-16 13:53:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA ETRD PGOV KCOR EINV ECON UG
08KAMPALA1451	FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEMARCHE: UGANDA ASKS FOR [...] Econoff delivered points in reftel to Laurence Kizza, Director of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development and Arapta Mangusho, acting head of the Department of Multilateral Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both Kizza and Mangusho stated that the Ug [...]	2008-11-04 12:12:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL UG UN
08KAMPALA1462	UGANDANS ATTEND ALL-NIGHT ELECTION EVENT - AND MANY OTHERS [...] Summary: Mission Kampala's all-night Election Event on November 4th and 5th marked a high point in a robust series of election-themed programs. Guests from government, politics, civil society, academia, the media, business and the diplomatic community gathered in a festive atmosphere at The Sh [...]	2008-11-06 13:29:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM UG
08KAMPALA1470	USG-SPONSORED DEBATE STARTS DIALOGUE ON UGANDA'S 2011 [...] Summary: Ruling party Secretary General Amama Mbabazi and Opposition Leader in Parliament Morris Latigo participated in a debate on challenges to the electoral system in Uganda on October 30. U.S. Mission Kampala, capitalizing on interest in U.S. elections, partnered with a local think tank [...]	2008-11-10 05:51:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM UG
08KAMPALA1473	UGANDA WILL HOLD THE LINE ON MAURITANIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 11:32:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL USAU UG
08KAMPALA1484	UGANDAN PRESIDENT INTERVENES IN NSSF SCANDAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. President Museveni stepped in to spare the ruling party from protracted and bitter infighting in the ongoing scandal involving the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). In doing so, Museveni cleared the Ministers of Finance and Security of any wrongdoing after a parliamentary [...]	2008-11-12 13:51:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KDEM UG
08KAMPALA1524	RESPECTED EDITOR RESIGNS; GIVES VIEWS ON UGANDAN MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Editor-in-Chief of Uganda's New Vision newspaper, Els De Temmerman, resigned on October 24 over a lack of editorial independence. The Belgian national said that Robert Kabushenga, the paper's Chief Executive Officer (CEO),forced her to keep President Museveni in the headl [...]	2008-11-20 06:47:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM UG
08KAMPALA1542	UGANDA: GOU CONSIDERS USG POSITION ON ANTI-ISRAELI [...] PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Organizations and Treaties Office Director Isaac Sebulime on November 20, calling on Uganda to vote against or at a minimum abstain on unhelpful and disproportionate resolutions against Israel. Sebulime said that the [...]	2008-11-24 13:00:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY UG
08KAMPALA1553	UGANDA RESPONSE TO PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Econoff shared reftel talking points with Isaac Sebulime, Director of the Multilateral Organizations and Treaties Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sebulime said he would confer with other government ministries before commenting substantively on the proposal. Post plans to fol [...]	2008-12-02 06:06:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV UG
08KAMPALA1565	UGANDAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA [...] This is a resolution adopted by the Parliament of the Republic of Uganda with regard to the President-elect. A copy of the original resolution is being transmitted to the Department via diplomatic pouch under Registration No. 1509241. 2. Begin text: A resolution of Parliament on the e [...]	2008-12-04 11:38:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV UG
08KAMPALA1619	NORTHERN UGANDA: JOINT REGIONAL MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 14, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),and southern Sudan launched joint military operations against Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) camps in eastern DRC. Ugandan Defense spokesmen said airstrikes hit five LRA camps. Operations are continuing. Cooperatio [...]	2008-12-19 04:57:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UG SU CG
08KAMPALA1640	UGANDA NAMES NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Internal Affairs Ruhukana Rugunda was named as Uganda's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN PermRep) on December 12. Highly accessible to U.S. diplomats, Rugunda had previously served as Uganda's Foreign Minister, is at ease with foreign interlocu [...]	2008-12-23 07:10:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UG
08KAMPALA1648	NEW DISCOVERIES CONFIRM UGANDA OIL POTENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: Oil companies in Uganda have announced new oil discoveries in western Uganda which appear to guarantee that the country will be able to sustain a commercial oil industry over the long term. Industry executives, elated by the news, assert the find will justify Uganda spending the [...]	2008-12-24 05:37:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EAID PGOV UG
08KAMPALA1660	UGANDA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING [...] (SBU) Summary: Post communicated points in reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Uganda on December 24 and followed up on December 29. Though Kampala was not an action addressee, Post delivered the points because Uganda will assume its seat on the UN Security Council (UNSC) on January [...]	2008-12-29 13:57:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET UG
08KAMPALA351	UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008 [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FS-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 1 [...]	2008-03-04 11:03:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG
08KAMPALA410	UGANDAN OFFICIALS NOT SURPRISED BY KONY'S MOVEMENT [...] (S) Summary: Ugandan Government officials state that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony's movement into Central African Republic (CAR) came as no surprise. They have been pointing to LRA movements on the ground, away from the direction of the Rikwangba assembly site, as evidence [...]	2008-03-17 14:16:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET	PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG
08KAMPALA58	UPDF ACTIVITY IN KENYA HIGHLY UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU has strongly rejected press reports and Orange Democratic Movement allegations that Ugandan forces are active in Kenya. The US Mission in Uganda has seen no evidence of any GOU involvement in western Kenya; to the contrary, the GOU appears to be treating border issues [...]	2008-01-15 12:25:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PGOV UG
08KAMPALA674	UGANDA: MUSEVENI AND KABILA DEFUSE BORDER TENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Congolese counterpart Joseph Kabila met in Tanzania to discuss border issues after Congolese military units moved a border demarcation four kilometers into an agreed-upon no-man's zone on the Ugandan border. The growing bord [...]	2008-05-21 09:43:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS ASEC PINS PGOV PTER PREL CG UG
08KAMPALA97	MUSEVENI STEPS INTO KENYAN POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (C) Citing his capacities as Chairman of the East Africa Community, and Commonwealth Chairman in Office, President Museveni traveled to Kenya on January 22 to attempt discussions with Kenyan factions on the political problems resulting from the December 2007 elections. XXXXXXXXXXXX told Pol/Econ [...]	2008-01-22 12:52:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KE UG
08KARACHI451	KARACHI - TRANSPORTERS GO ON STIKE DEMANDING RATE [...] (C) Summary: Members of KarachiQs mass transportation union, the Karachi Transport Ittahad (KTI),went on strike on July 22 to demand provincial government approval of a fare increase to compensate for a sharp increase in fuel costs. The strike ended the same day after meetings between KTI [...]	2008-07-26 13:49:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ECON ENGY PGOV PK
08KARACHI471	SINDH - DISRICT NAZIMS CONCERNED OVER FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: During a July 21-23 visit by the Consul General (CG) to upper Sindh province, four district nazims told her that they were concerned about dissolution of the local government system by the new Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led government. The nazims, all members of President M [...]	2008-08-11 06:40:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
08KARACHI501	SINDH - KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE HITS 33 MONTH LOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Share values on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) plunged to a 33-month low by the end of trading on August 27, to close at 9,144.93, down 285.36 points for the day. Despite media reports of civil unrest outside the exchange, police and KSE officials confirmed there was no vio [...]	2008-08-28 14:27:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PK
08KARACHI512	KARACHI - MARKET MAY DROP, GOP REFORMS HELPING BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an August 30 dinner, Karachi businessman and Honorary Consul for Yemen Ikhtiar Baig, a confidant of GOP Finance Minister Naveed Qamar, spoke to the Consul General (CG) about the proposed USD 6 billion Saudi Arabia credit for deferred oil payments. A leading stock broker and [...]	2008-09-05 08:57:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ECON EFIN PK
08KARACHI582	SINDH - PML-N PLANS SINDH REORGANIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sindh Vice President of the Pakistan Muslim League ) Nawaz (PML-N) told the Consul General (CG) on October 16 that his party plans to reorganize the Sindh provincial party structure. The restructured party will include some former Pakistan Muslim League (PML) politicians a [...]	2008-10-25 13:18:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
08KARACHI636	KARACHI - STOCK EXCHANGE DIRECTOR FEARS MASSIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, the Managing Director of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) forecast a massive decline in stock values once the KSE price floor is removed, which he said could be as soon as December 15. According to him, Morgan Stanley has notified KSE that it will remove Pakis [...]	2008-12-11 11:43:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SOCI PK
08KARACHI653	PROCTOR AND GAMBLE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Patterson traveled to PakistanQs largest city, Karachi, to attend the groundbreaking of a new Proctor and Gamble (P&G) factory in Port Qasim with Karachi Consul General on December 18. P&G will hire 700 new employees to work in the plant and estimates it may help [...]	2008-12-24 08:01:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SOCI PK
08KATHMANDU1008	NEPAL: FINANCIAL INFORMATION UNIT EAGER TO BECOME [...] (C) On August 27 and September 5, Hari Kumar Nepal, one of only two personnel assigned to Nepal's new Financial Information Unit (FIU),explained the progress the FIU has made in drafting guidelines and the challenges it would have to tackle to become a functional entity in anti-money launder [...]	2008-09-09 10:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EFIN KTFN NP
08KATHMANDU1016	NEPAL: PM DAHAL AFFIRMS DESIRE TO WORK WITH U.S. [...] (C) On September 9, in her first meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal since he took office, the Ambassador reviewed a range of bilateral issues between the United States and Nepal and sought his support. These ran the spectrum from stopping human rights violations by the Maoists' Young Co [...]	2008-09-11 12:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF ECON EAID ENRG SNAR
08KATHMANDU1024	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEPAL DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 10:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU1048	SCENESETTER AND TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH [...] (C) During your meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal on the margins of the 63rd UN General Assembly, you should raise the following issues: (1) Government of Nepal (GON) plans; (2) progress in the peace process and UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) operations; (3) reining in the Maoist Young Com [...]	2008-09-19 09:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON EINV MARR PREF KSEC
08KATHMANDU1049	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UPDATE FOR NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 09:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU1068	NEPAL'S PRIORITIES FOR 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) On September 19, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboffs that the priorities for the Government of Nepal (GON) at the 63rd UN General Assembly included landlocked least-developed countries, food security, t [...]	2008-09-23 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER OVIP KSEP UNGA CH IN RS GG
08KATHMANDU1079	NEPAL: CONGRESS STILL AT LOOSE ENDS, UML FACING [...] (C) Former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala revealed to the Ambassador September 15 that the Nepali Congress (NC) might choose someone else to lead the party in the parliament. Subsequent meetings with senior NC leaders, including the party spokesman and the Prime Minister's daughter, gave Emboffs [...]	2008-09-26 10:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EINV KDEM IN NP
08KATHMANDU1081	SCENESETTER AND TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH [...] (C) During your meeting with Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav on the margins of the 63rd UN General Assembly, in addition to the issues you raised with Prime Minister Dahal (reftel),you should urge Yadav to: (1) rein in Madhesi extremist groups; and (2) create a positive environment for foreign [...]	2008-09-26 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID EINV NP
08KATHMANDU111	NEPAL: CA ELECTION UPDATE: 73 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) Less than eleven weeks before the Constituent Assembly election scheduled for April 10, the Election Commission continues its preparations. Meanwhile, the Government of Nepal (GON) has given sitting Members of Parliament a distinct advantage. The Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists are pr [...]	2008-01-28 13:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER IN NP
08KATHMANDU1110	NEPAL: NEW GOVERNMENT UNVEILS AMBITIOUS BUDGET [...] (U) On September 19, Nepal's new Finance Minister, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, presented an ambitious budget of NRs 236 billion (USD 3.2 billion) -- 40 percent higher than last year's budget. Bhattarai stated that the policy priorities for the budget were completion of the peace process and immedi [...]	2008-10-03 09:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV KDEM PREL IN NP
08KATHMANDU1178	NEPAL: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. Nepal's Narcotics Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit (NDCLEU) reports that more Nepalese citizens [...]	2008-11-10 04:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
08KATHMANDU1184	NEPAL MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 09:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC NP
08KATHMANDU1187	NEPAL TO ABSTAIN ON RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff on November 12 that his government most likely would abstain on a series of country-specific resolutions -- including one on human rights in Iran -- in the Third Committee of [...]	2008-11-12 10:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU1189	CLAD SCENESETTER [...] (C) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. In April, Nepalis elected a long awaited Constituent Assembly. In May the Assembly completed the country,s two-year-long evolution from a kingdom to a republic by abolishing the monarchy. Since August, the former Maoist insurgents have [...]	2008-11-12 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NP PGOV PHUM PREL
08KATHMANDU1200	NEPAL: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Nepal is not a regional financial center and there are no indications that the country is used as an international money laundering center. In January 2008, the Government of Nepal (GON) for the first time passed legislation on anti-money laundering. There were no prosecutions or even arres [...]	2008-11-14 16:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR NP
08KATHMANDU1237	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU1238	NEPAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY NP
08KATHMANDU1245	NEPAL: POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS A FAMILY AND FRIENDS [...] (SBU) Political appointments that the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and its coalition partners have made to offices in the Government of Nepal (GON) have frequently been based on party and family connections rather than the expertise of the candidates. This follows the standard set by ev [...]	2008-11-28 12:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PTER NP
08KATHMANDU1251	NEPAL'S WATER AGREEMENTS WITH INDIA [...] Nepal has bilateral water agreements with India that cover three of the four major trans-boundary rivers. The complex, politically charged agreements are a source of concern and resentment among Nepalis and the recent Koshi River floods have led to calls to renegotiate them. Although Nepal is [...]	2008-12-01 10:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID ENRG XD NP
08KATHMANDU1254	PM PLANS TO REQUEST UNMIN EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary. UN Special Representative Ian Martin briefed local P-5 representatives December 1 that PM Dahal intends to request soon an extension of the current UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) mandate, which expires on January 23. It was unclear whether or not the opposition Nepali Congress w [...]	2008-12-02 08:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UN NP
08KATHMANDU1264	AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: In a brief meeting with Ambassador on December 4, Prime Minister Dahal confirmed that a request for a six-month UNMIN mandate extension would be lodged "tomorrow or the next day," despite the lack of consultation with opposition Nepali Congress leaders. Dahal also promised to [...]	2008-12-04 09:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UN NP
08KATHMANDU1265	MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT AFTER 100 DAYS: NEW NEPAL [...] (C) With few exceptions, Nepal's Maoist-led government has done little in the roughly 100 days since the coalition's formation in August to transform Nepal. From the cabinet, to foreign policy, the peace process, human rights and law and order, the Terai and the economy, the government's recor [...]	2008-12-05 08:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ECON ELAB IN CH NP
08KATHMANDU1273	MAOIST SPOKESMAN SAYS INFORMATION ON U.S. EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Maoist leadership will soon disclose details and information regarding the 2001 and 2002 killings of two Nepali security employees of the U.S. Mission, according to former PLA Deputy Commander Barshaman Pun (aka "Ananta"). Pun has been given the responsibility to make the disc [...]	2008-12-11 07:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP

08KATHMANDU1288	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HARMONIZATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU141	NEPAL: NO TECHNICAL EXPERTS FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER PREL KGIC NP
08KATHMANDU142	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL IZ IR NP
08KATHMANDU143	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KU NP
08KATHMANDU144	NEPAL STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NP
08KATHMANDU145	NEPAL: MFA CONFIRMS NO CHANGE IN POLICY ON TIBETAN [...] (C) The Under Secretary for UN Affairs at the Foreign Ministry confirmed to the Political/Economic Chief February 1 that the Government of Nepal has not changed its policy on Tibetan refugees. The reported threat in mid-January by Nepali officials of refoulement to China for 19 refugees (reft [...]	2008-02-01 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL CH NP
08KATHMANDU178	NEPAL: CHARGE STRESSES RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 11, Charge conveyed reftel talking points to Nepalese Foreign Secretary Gyan Bahadur Acharya. Acharya was already aware of the looming declaration of independence, having spoken with EU diplomats earlier in the day. Acharya acknowledged USG views and some EU views, but indicat [...]	2008-02-11 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU NP
08KATHMANDU198	NEPAL'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION: 51 DAYS [...] (C) On the eve of the first of two dates for filing candidate lists for Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly election, there is speculation in Kathmandu that the Interim Government will request that the Election Commission (EC) postpone the filing date. The EC is moving forward with election [...]	2008-02-19 11:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU203	NEPAL UNDECIDED ABOUT RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV NP
08KATHMANDU213	NEPAL: ELECTION FILING DEADLINE EXTENDED BUT NO [...] (C) The first deadline for filing proportional representation (PR) candidate lists for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election passed on February 20 with submissions by 37 political parties. The three agitating United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) parties decided not to file. At the request [...]	2008-02-22 13:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
08KATHMANDU223	NEPAL: POST INPUT FOR ENERGY REPORT TO CONGRESS [...] Nepal is neither a major producer nor consumer of energy. USAID's New Delhi-based regional program, South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy (SARI/E),administers the bulk of Post's energy initiatives via technical assistance to Nepal in electricity market development, cross border power tr [...]	2008-02-25 18:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD EAID NP
08KATHMANDU24	NEPAL LACKS FUNDS TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL [...] On January 3, Emboff informed Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),of the postponement of the detection architecture model guidelines workshop (Ref A) and the entry of four additional partner nations into the Global I [...]	2008-01-08 06:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PARM PREL PTER KGIC AU IV EN KG NZ NP
08KATHMANDU25	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FORMER [...] On January 3, Emboff delivered reftel information on the U.S. domestic designation of Iraqi Former Regime Elements (FRE) to Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Bhattarai reviewed the information and asked if the Uni [...]	2008-01-08 06:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL IZ NP
08KATHMANDU26	TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] On January 3 and 7, Emboff delivered reftel information regarding the U.S. domestic designation of Syrian and Lebanese individuals to Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Bhattarai reviewed the information and said t [...]	2008-01-08 06:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER SY LE NP
08KATHMANDU313	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08KATHMANDU317	GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL TO FORM INTERAGENCY GROUP FOR [...] On March 5, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that the MFA would oversee a five-agency group to coordinate activities for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The members would include re [...]	2008-03-19 08:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIC PARM PREL BK SR NP
08KATHMANDU318	NEPAL: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON IRAN; MFA INQUIRES [...] (C) On March 5, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal had very few dealings with Iran but duly noted the two non-papers and talking points Emboff had conveyed as per reftels. Emboff [...]	2008-03-19 08:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR NP
08KATHMANDU319	CORRECTED COPY - NEPAL: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON [...] (C) On March 5, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal had very few dealings with Iran but duly noted the two non-papers and talking points Emboff had conveyed as per reftels. Emboff [...]	2008-03-19 09:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR NP
08KATHMANDU324	FOREIGN SECRETARY ADMITS NEPAL UNDER PRESSURE FROM [...] (SBU) On March 19 Deputy Chief of Mission Randy Berry raised U.S. concerns with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya regarding the Government of Nepal's recent crackdown on peaceful protests by Tibetans. While under pressure from China, the Government of Nepal (GON) confirmed minimal force [...]	2008-03-19 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CH IN NP
08KATHMANDU359	NEPAL TO CONSIDER SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHCR NP
08KATHMANDU383	NEPAL: PARTY MANIFESTOS POINT TO CONTENTIOUS [...] (U) According to post's review of the manifestos of twelve of the most important political parties contesting the April 10 Constituent Assembly election, all but one party want a President to become Nepal's head of state. Most parties acknowledge a role for a Prime Minister. Most parties also [...]	2008-04-03 13:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM NP PGOV PTER
08KATHMANDU403	NEPAL NOT SENDING DELEGATE TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG [...] The Government of Nepal (GON) is unlikely to send any delegates to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Planning Group (EPG) to be held in Paris, France on April 15. The Deputy Chief of Mission extended invitation as requested in Ref B to Foreign Secretary Acharya on Ap [...]	2008-04-11 09:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER FR NP
08KATHMANDU408	NEPAL'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION: MAOISTS [...] (SBU) Based on initial results from Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly election, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) is dominating the contest for the 601-member Assembly's 240 first-past-the-post seats. As of noon, April 13, the Maoists had won 37 of the 64 seats where winners have been [...]	2008-04-13 08:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU417	NEPAL'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION: MAOISTS [...] (SBU) The Maoists continue to build a strong lead in day four of counting results from the April 10 Constituent Assembly election. Ninety-eight locations in 21 constituencies will repoll, potentially affecting still unknown proportional representation results. At least one observer and clos [...]	2008-04-14 11:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU432	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: UML MINISTERS RESIGN [...] (U) As of noon local time on April 17, Nepal's Election Commission has announced the results of 220 out of 240 (92 percent) of the first-past-the-post (FPTP) races from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. The Nepali Congress (NC),Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Lenini [...]	2008-04-17 08:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU448	CA ELECTION: WHAT IT MEANS FOR NEPAL [...] (C) In the wake of Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election, the Maoists have become the strongest political force in the country. A large and diverse Assembly, in which the Maoists will have a plurality, will draft a new constitution. As its first act, the CA will abolish Nepal' [...]	2008-04-18 12:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU454	NEPAL: MAOIST VIOLENCE DECREASING BUT STILL A [...] (SBU) Post's Regional Security Office and a domestic observer group reported numerous incidents of pre-election violence, at least half of which were instigated by the Maoists. Although election day was largely peaceful, four people were killed, eight abducted, and 112 injured on election da [...]	2008-04-22 09:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU463	NEPAL: MAOISTS PARTNER WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Over the last year, growing insecurity, labor problems and an uncertain political future led many investors in Nepal to hedge their bets. Over NRs 40 billion (USD 635 million) is thought to have been transferred out of the country over the last six months. With the news of the Maoist-le [...]	2008-04-25 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ELAB EAID PGOV PTER SCUL IN NP
08KATHMANDU479	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] Nepal's population is particularly vulnerable to food insecurity and the rising cost of food equates to increased hunger in Nepal. Over the last few decades Nepal has become a food deficit country. Yields per hectare have not kept pace with the population growth. In fact, Nepal has the low [...]	2008-05-01 05:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PREF IN NP
08KATHMANDU484	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HCOC [...] (SBU) On April 24, Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging the Government of Nepal (GON) to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation. T [...]	2008-05-01 08:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MTCR MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA CH IN NP
08KATHMANDU485	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR NPT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA NP
08KATHMANDU486	NEPAL: NO PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING GLOBAL [...] (SBU) On April 24, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal (GON) would be unlikely to send any delegates to the Inaugural Global Initiative Information Portal Advisory Committee meeting in [...]	2008-05-01 08:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP BA NP
08KATHMANDU487	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP UNSC IR NP
08KATHMANDU489	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA TRYING TO BALANCE [...] (C) As instructed (reftel),the Ambassador used a May 1 meeting with Prime Minister Koirala to express official U.S. concern about the treatment of Tibetans by Nepali authorities. She urged the Prime Minister to ensure the right to peaceful protest was maintained. Foreign Secretary Acharya r [...]	2008-05-01 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CH IN NP
08KATHMANDU492	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA UNSURE OF WAY AHEAD [...] (C) In a meeting on May 1 with Prime Minister G.P. Koirala, the Prime Minister said he expected some outcome within a few days to the ongoing discussions regarding a new coalition government. The PM was insistent that action needed to be taken about People's Liberation Army's weapons prior to [...]	2008-05-01 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MARR UN NP
08KATHMANDU500	NEPAL WOULD PARTICIPATE IN UNAMID-RELATED TRAINING [...] (SBU) The Government of Nepal (GON) is unlikely to accept the reftel invitation for trainers of formed police units (FPU) assigned to the United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) to participate in a course sponsored by the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESP [...]	2008-05-02 10:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS KTIA IT NP
08KATHMANDU533	DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 01:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA NP
08KATHMANDU534	DEMARCHE ON INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS IN OSLO [...] (U) On May 8, Emboff and Defense Liaison Officer presented reftel concerns about the potentially negative impact that the proposed Oslo process treaty language regarding a ban on cluster munitions would have. They noted the possible harm to cooperation between states that join the new conven [...]	2008-05-12 03:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NP
08KATHMANDU535	DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 (IRAN SANCTIONS) DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 03:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR NP
08KATHMANDU557	NEPAL: KHANAL ELECTED UML GENERAL SECRETARY [...] (C) On May 15, the Central Committee of Nepal's third-largest party, the center-left Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),unanimously elected Foreign Department chief Jhalanath Khanal as General Secretary. Khanal, who had previously served in the party's top job from 1982- [...]	2008-05-19 03:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU560	DIPLOMATIC BREAKFAST WITH MAJOR PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Major political parties vowed continued commitment to consensus politics during a breakfast meeting with senior diplomats on May 19, and acknowledged some, but not enough, progress towards an agreement to form a new Nepali government. With the Constituent Assembly,s first sittin [...]	2008-05-19 11:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU563	NEPAL SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) You are arriving in Kathmandu during a historic transition. Nepal will likely complete its two-year long evolution from a kingdom to a republic within days of your arrival, but many other central issues remain unresolved. The Maoists won the largest share of the April 10 Constituent Assem [...]	2008-05-21 12:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID PREF KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU579	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PM KOIRALA [...] (C) Summary: In a presentation that seemed to defy political or logistical realities, Prime Minister Koirala assured Ambassador on May 23 that all outstanding issues relating to the imminent sitting of the Constituent Assembly and formation of a new Nepali government would be solved through [...]	2008-05-23 07:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU580	NEPAL SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITIONS FOR ICAO MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 09:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER XA XF XB XG XD XL
08KATHMANDU636	NEPAL: ORIGINAL COPY OF IAEA INSTRUMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 09:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL IAEA NP
08KATHMANDU637	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA REPORT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR NP
08KATHMANDU659	NEPAL: MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS RELEASE OF 2008 TIP [...] (U) In meetings on June 4 with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MWCSW),Emboff delivered the full text of the Nepal chapter of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, recognizing the new law that criminalizes all forms of traf [...]	2008-06-10 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NP
08KATHMANDU682	NEPAL TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CODEX [...] (U) On June 2, per reftel Post sent a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with copies to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC),requesting the Government of Nepal's (GON's) support for the U.S. nominee to chair the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex),Dr. Karen [...]	2008-06-16 10:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO NP
08KATHMANDU683	NEPAL SUPPORTS IOM DG CANDIDATE SWING [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 10:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF AORC SMIG NP
08KATHMANDU697	WHO WILL BE NEPAL'S FIRST PRESIDENT? [...] (C) As of June 19, major political parties of Nepal continued to bicker over the selection of the country's first president. Nepal's Constituent Assembly amended the Interim Constitution on May 28 to establish the largely ceremonial office, immediately after abolishing the monarchy. Competin [...]	2008-06-19 12:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU70	NEPAL YET TO FORMULATE POSITION ON KOSOVO'S FUTURE [...] (C) On January 9, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on resolving Kosovo's status to Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya, who offered no comment. On January 14, Emboffs received more questions than affirmations during a follow-up meeting with Hira Bahadur Thapa, Joint Secretary fo [...]	2008-01-16 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NP
08KATHMANDU704	NEPAL: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Post's submission of its 2008 "Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims" follows: Begin Text. NEPAL The United States Government is aware of two (2) claims of United States citizens that may be outstanding against the Government of Nepal (GON). Â [...]	2008-06-20 10:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV NP
08KATHMANDU705	NEPAL: PARTIES MAKE PROGRESS, BUT NO NEW [...] (C) Senior political leaders told the Ambassador June 19 that the three major parties were close to a deal to break the deadlock over appointment of the President and vote in a new Maoist-led government. At close of business on June 20, however, Nepali Congress reservations to ending Prime Mi [...]	2008-06-20 10:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
08KATHMANDU71	NEPAL TO SUPPORT PROSPER FOR UN COMMITTEE ON THE [...] On January 11, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated in a diplomatic note that the Government of Nepal has decided to support the candidacy of Pierre-Richard Prosper for re-election to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The MFA previously had said i [...]	2008-01-16 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU743	NEPAL/TERRORISM FINANCE: NEW FINANCIAL INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On June 26, K. B. Manandhar, the Acting Governor of Nepal's central bank, the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB),told Emboffs that the NRB's Financial Information Unit (FIU) would be the focal point for engaging with post on terrorism finance issues. The Government of Nepal in April 2008 first s [...]	2008-07-01 02:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL EFIN KTFN NP
08KATHMANDU773	NEPAL: NO RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO AT THIS TIME [...] (C) On July 1, the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (A/DCM) met with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya to urge the Government of Nepal (GON) to recognize Kosovo's independence. Acharya responded that recognition was a "very difficult issue." He indicated that the process by which Kosovo ha [...]	2008-07-08 04:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KPKO UNMIK UN YI KV NP
08KATHMANDU78	NEPAL: REQUEST FOR CONCURRENCE FOR HONORARY [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent post a diplomatic note dated December 31, 2007 requesting that the United States concur with the Government of Nepal's appointment of Mr. Narayan Shrestha as an Honorary Consul of Nepal for the consular district of Colorado. Shrestha currently re [...]	2008-01-18 02:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NP
08KATHMANDU781	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR NEPALI POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Twelve weeks following Nepal's historic polls, political leaders remain locked in contentious negotiations to open the door to the formation of a new government. Ambassador urged senior Nepali leaders on July 2 & 3 to make the hard decisions and compromises necessary to move f [...]	2008-07-08 10:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU793	NEPAL: GLOBAL INITIATIVE UPDATES DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 3, Emboff and Igor Gavrichev, Minister Counsellor from the Embassy of the Russian Federation, informed Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for the UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that India and Jordan had become partner nations of the Global Initi [...]	2008-07-11 11:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS NP
08KATHMANDU813	NEPAL: PRESIDENT EXPECTED TO BE SWORN IN ON JULY [...] (C) According to Manohar Bhattarai, the Acting Secretary General of the Constituent Assembly (CA),Nepal's first President is expected to be sworn in at the National Academy in Kathmandu on July 20. An official in the Chief Secretary's office told Emboff July 18 that the ceremony, which will [...]	2008-07-18 10:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
08KATHMANDU829	NEPAL SWEARS IN FIRST PRESIDENT [...] (U) Dr. Ram Baran Yadav was sworn in as Nepal's first President July 23, and then administered the oath of office to Vice-President Paramananda Jha. Prime Minister Koirala is expected to submit his resignation to the President after the inauguration, paving the way for the formation of a new [...]	2008-07-23 10:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU83	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA EXPANDS CABINET [...] (C) On January 10, Prime Minister G.P. Koirala expanded his cabinet by eight ministers drawn from the Nepali Congress Party (NC),the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),and the Maoists. Koirala appointed his controversial daughter Sujata as Minister Without Portfolio. [...]	2008-01-18 12:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR NP
08KATHMANDU846	IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MESA SEAT: NEPAL'S STANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 08:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC IAEA KZ SY NP
08KATHMANDU848	IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MESA SEAT: NEPAL UNLIKELY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC IAEA KZ SY NP
08KATHMANDU853	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN [...] (C) Political parties, under Maoist leadership, have finally begun earnest talks on government formation. Nepali Congress leaders are concerned that the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist will split from Congress in favor of an alliance with the Maoists, while the United Marxi [...]	2008-07-29 10:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU861	NEPAL'S MAOISTS ASKED TO FORM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) On July 29 President Yadav issued a public call to the Maoists to form the next government on the basis of consensus within seven days. A meeting of the four largest parties July 30 agreed that Prime Minister Koirala could lead Nepal's delegation to SAARC. It is unclear whether the Maoist [...]	2008-07-30 08:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU862	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEPAL DELEGATION TO BE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 09:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU872	NEPAL PROVISIONALLY ACCEPTS INVITATION TO [...] (SBU) The Government of Nepal (GON) has accepted an invitation to participate in training at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Italy as soon as September 2008, provided that the United States or Italy covers travel and medical expenses. Sabina Shrestha, the Hono [...]	2008-08-01 09:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS IT NP
08KATHMANDU918	NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN PUSHPA DAHAL IS NEW PRIME [...] (SBU) The Constituent Assembly has elected Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to be the new Prime Minister of Nepal by an overwhelming majority of 464 to 113. The major parties, with the exception of the Nepali Congress, have created an alliance but have yet to make firm decisions regarding [...]	2008-08-15 13:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU952	SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL ANAND WOOLFORK NEPAL VISIT [...] (SBU) Your visit to Nepal comes four months after the interim government held national elections. Election results confirmed the Maoists as the largest party, and also saw new Terai-based parties receive significant representation. The Constituent Assembly relatively quickly declared Nepal a [...]	2008-08-22 08:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU958	NEPAL: MAOISTS AND MADHESIS FORM A PARTIAL CABINET [...] (C) On August 22, eight out of a planned 24 cabinet ministers -- four Maoists and four from the Madhesi People's Rights Forum -- took their oaths of office. The Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) backed out of the oath-taking ceremony over differences with the Maoists r [...]	2008-08-25 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU982	NEPAL: PM EXPANDS CABINET, APPOINTS CONTROVERSIAL [...] (SBU) On August 31, Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal swore 15 ministers into his cabinet, bringing the total number to 24. The six Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) ministers agreed to take their oaths of office after the PM conceded on a protocol demand and allowed a contro [...]	2008-09-03 05:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KHARTOUM1003	U.S. HOST BLOCKS SUDATEL INTERNET DOMAIN NAME [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 4. 2. (SBU) In meetings with CDA Fernandez on July 6, Presidential Advisor Osman Ismail and the Sudanese Foreign Ministry raised U.S.-host company Network Solutions locking of Sudan Telecommunications Company's (SUDATEL) internet domain name (ref e [...]	2008-07-07 13:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT EAID PREL PGOV SU
08KHARTOUM101	MINAWI OUTLINES OBJECTIVES FOR U.S. TRIP, BRIEFS [...] (S) Senior Assistant to the President and Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi is enthusiastic about a visit to Washington in the near future and has requested that the trip focus on four themes: concrete support for the military wing of the SLM and broadening the persp [...]	2008-01-24 09:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV SU CD LY
08KHARTOUM1034	THE NEW NORTH/SOUTH WAR? IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM and the NCP are mired in an economic standoff grounded in competing interpretations of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. It is the latest chapter in the two parties' complex and often dysfunctional relationship, and a further blow to hopes that unity can be made attra [...]	2008-07-10 12:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS EFIN EAID SOCI KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM1035	BANK OF KHARTOUM REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON DELISTING AS SDN [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 5. 2. (SBU) On July 10, Embassy was approached by Fadi Salim al Faqih, General Manager of the commercial Bank of Khartoum, on what actions the Bank might take and what procedures it should follow to be removed from the list of Specially Designated [...]	2008-07-10 12:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1036	CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMISSION CO-CHAIR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prof. Abdullah Idris, co-chairman of Sudan's National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC),believes the newly-passed election law (REFTEL) provides a sound basis for elections, and he is optimistic that free and fair elections will take place on time in 2009. However, he c [...]	2008-07-10 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM1039	PREVENTING A DOWNWARD SPIRAL: NCP LEADER ON A [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with Sudanese Presidential Advisor and NCP Parliamentary majority leader Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani July 10 to discuss the discomfiting possibility that a strong GOS response to ICC indictments will put CPA implementations on hold and affect US-Sudanese relations r [...]	2008-07-10 15:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1043	MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...]	2008-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1044	MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...]	2008-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1045	MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...]	2008-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1051	SPLM/GOSS PLOT AND PLAN FOR WORST-CASE GNU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The specter of an ICC indictment of President Bashir seems to have sent SPLM leadership circles in Juba into overdrive, spinning predictions of, and planning for, unrest and government reprisals. According to SPLM contacts, National Intelligence Security Services Chief Salah Ghosh [...]	2008-07-13 13:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1057	SPLM - APRIL SHOWERS BRING JULY RESHUFFLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministerial absenteeism rates have soared in Juba as talk of a comprehensive reshuffle of SPLM ministers and commissioners in both Khartoum and Juba gains increasing credibility. Reportedly, presumptive candidate lists were frozen in mid-June as Vice President Riek Machar object [...]	2008-07-14 10:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1060	NHIAL DENG NHIAL: SPLM POSITION REMAINS WAIT AND [...] (C) CG officers met with SPLM National Liberation Council member and ex-Regional Cooperation Minister Nhial Deng Nhial July 13 to hear his perspective on SPLM preparations in response of an ICC indictment against President Bashir. Nhial had extensive one-on-one discussions with Kiir over the w [...]	2008-07-14 13:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1061	AFTER BASHIR INDICTMENT, SUDAN TAKES THE HIGH ROAD [...] (SBU) End summary: While keeping a steady drumbeat of negative media coverage, numerous but small and peace demonstrations, and slightly heightened security measures, the Khartoum regime reacted in a measured and careful way on July 14 to ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's announcement that h [...]	2008-07-15 07:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1067	JEM AND SLA/U SHOW INCREASED COOPERATION IN GENEVA [...] (SBU) Summary: Europe-based representatives of SLA/Unity and JEM met in Geneva last week at meetings hosted by the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue ostensibly to discuss greater security for humanitarian operations in Darfur, but the workshop served as a springboard for mutual recognition and s [...]	2008-07-16 09:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1072	UNAMID RECEIVES "FULL COOPERATION" FROM GOS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMID Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada told CDA Fernandez that the GOS has been providing and pledged to continue to provide full cooperation on UNAMID deployment, despite the recent ICC indictment of President Bashir. With regard to the July 8 attack on UNAMID forces i [...]	2008-07-16 13:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1074	MAHDI PROPOSES "THIRD WAY" WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CDA Fernandez met with Umma Party leader Sadiq al Mahdi July 16, only two hours before the two-time former Prime Minister was to meet with Sudanese President Bashir Mahdi said he is pushing the President and the NCP to moderate their response to the ICC indictments, and to u [...]	2008-07-16 14:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1083	SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRENDS IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The growth of the international community in and around El Fasher over the past several years has had many socio-economic consequences, both intended and unintended. In general, the international presence has been both a blessing and a curse: there are more jobs, but filling them [...]	2008-07-18 07:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1084	CORRECTED COPY - SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRENDS IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The growth of the international community in and around El Fasher over the past several years has had many socio-economic consequences, both intended and unintended. In general, the international presence has been both a blessing and a curse: there are more jobs, but filling them [...]	2008-07-18 08:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1088	NCP SENSITIVE ABOUT IMAGE PROBLEM, EAGER TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Summary: Just a few days prior to the announcement of the ICC indictment against President Bashir, on July 11 CDA and polchief met with senior NCP officials at the party headquarters in Khartoum to sound them out on possible solutions to Darfur and their impressions of relations with the U [...]	2008-07-20 07:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1090	SUDANESE HARDLINER: "WE NEED AMERICA'S HELP IN UN [...] (C) Summary: National Congress Party (NCP) hardliner Ali Karti said that Sudan feels let down by the United States not taking steps to prevent an ICC announcement of war crimes against President Al-Bashir, but seeks urgent American engagement on Darfur. Sudan is willing to entertain "any con [...]	2008-07-20 12:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1098	ARAB LEAGUE NEGOTIATES FOUR-POINT PLAN WITH GOS ON [...] (C) In response to the ICC indictment of President Bashir, Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa negotiated a four-point plan with GOS officials July 21 in Khartoum, according to AU Ambassador to Sudan Dr. Salah Halima and UNMIS polchief Muin Shreim. Halima told polchief and Shreim he is "o [...]	2008-07-22 11:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1107	PRESIDENT BASHIR ADDRESSES EL FASHER [...] (SBU) For the first time in over a year, President Bashir traveled to Darfur and delivered a speech in El Fasher July 23, declaring the government's commitment to peace and economic development in Darfur. Addressing a crowd of thousands at an event with a heavy security presence, Bashir acknowl [...]	2008-07-23 14:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1117	PRESIDENT BASHIR DANCES THROUGH DARFUR TO A [...] (SBU) Summary: President Al-Bashir used a whirlwind visit to the capitals of Darfur's three states July 23-24 to highlight a total rejection of possible ICC indictments against him. He also offered his most inclusive and personal vision ever of a peaceful and united Darfur while freely admitti [...]	2008-07-27 12:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1118	RESPONSE CABLE: DEMARCHE TO GOSS ON SPLM PARTY [...] (C) CG Juba spoke with SPLM SG Pagan Amum regarding the proposed SPLM party leadership strategy session in Washington the week of August 18. Amum plans to present two proposals to SPLM Chairman Kiir and told us he should have a decision by the week of July 27. The first proposal would be for [...]	2008-07-27 13:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1124	DESERT ARAB SHEIKH COMPLAINS OF GOS INDIFFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: A North Kordofan desert Arab sheikh told poloff that Darfur insecurity has changed the way camels from the region are transported to Libya - by truck to avoid raids by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and take advantage of empty trucks returning to Libya. He criticized JEM [...]	2008-07-27 13:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1128	PLANNING FOR A U.S. TRADE DELEGATION TO SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 10:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ETRD PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1133	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ISMAIL REFLECTS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 29 meeting with CDA Fernandez, a sarcastic Sudanese Presidential Advisor and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Mustafa Othman Ismail expressed his frustration with the failed U.S.-Sudanese bilateral discussions, claiming that S/E Williamson was ordered to end the nego [...]	2008-07-29 13:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM UN SU
08KHARTOUM1140	FM DENG ALOR ON ICC AND ABYEI INTRIGUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 07:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU

08KHARTOUM1164	SUDAN COMPLAINS ABOUT USUN VOTE, COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge Fernandez to formally complain about remarks made at USUN on July 31 which seem to imply that the United States is supporting the International Criminal Court (ICC) bringing war crimes and genocide charges against President Al-Bashir. [...]	2008-08-03 12:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1167	DARFUR CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE CONCLUDES IN DAR ES SALAAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 30, the Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre (DRDC) concluded a three-day conference for Darfuri civil society leaders in Dar Es Salaam. Thirty-five Darfuri leaders participated in the conference entitled "Reenergizing the Peace Process in Darfur." The conference pro [...]	2008-08-03 13:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM1171	Sudanese Banking Sector: Bad Loans Persist, but Foreign [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 17 July, local daily "Al-Rayaam" ran a story outlining problems of embezzlement and bad debts in the Sudanese banking sector, where an estimated 22% of all loans are deemed to be non-performing. Despite successive economic reforms over the past two decades, the volume of non [...]	2008-08-04 08:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SU
08KHARTOUM118	MFA WARNS CDA OF POSSIBLE HARSH COUNTERMEASURES ON EMBASSY [...] (SBU) A grim-faced Americas Department Office Director Abdel Basit Sanusi called CDA Fernandez in on January 26 to warn of the possibility of a series of Sudanese counter-measures against the US Embassy (and the CDA) in response to what the Sudanese see as a series of recent provocations by the [...]	2008-01-27 11:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1185	AEC PLENARY OF AUGUST 5, 2008: MEMBERS STRESS NEED TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the 34th Plenary Session of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held August 5, 2008, members unanimously stressed the need for the two CPA partners to finally agree on an interim administration for the Abyei area to build on the momentum of progress made on security [...]	2008-08-05 14:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM1186	AU URGES INCREASED GOS COOPERATION ON DARFUR, SUSPENSION OF [...] (SBU) The head of the AU Liaison Office in Khartoum, Ambassador Mahmoud Kane, told poloff on August 5 that AU Commission Chairman Ping's August 3 visit to Sudan was part of the AU's continuing efforts to urge Sudan's cooperation on Darfur issues. Seeking to downplay the significance of the eve [...]	2008-08-06 04:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1198	ANALYSIS OF SUDAN'S NEW ELECTION LAW REVEALS WELTER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An analysis of Sudan's new election law reveals that the legislation contains many loose ends, some of which may be able to be repaired by the country's Ministry of Justice. However, the legislation's biggest shortcoming is probably the ambitious timeline it sets for the count [...]	2008-08-06 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM1201	FUR LEADERS CLEAVE TO SPLM, OUTLINE PRIORITIES [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met on August 7 with traditional Fur tribal leaders from Nyala in South Darfur, Ahmed Rajal (Maqdoum of the Fur) and Suleiman Ishaq just returning from an SPLM-organized conference in Juba of Sudan's marginalized people (including Darfuris, Easterners like the Beja, and Nubia [...]	2008-08-07 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1203	FOREIGN MINISTER ALOR URGES P-3 ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: FM Deng Alor requested an urgent meeting with CDA Fernandez August 6 to brief him on the latest developments on the ICC and Abyei. On the ICC, the SPLM has urged President Bashir to "engage with the ICC now" as well as with the P-3 in order to seek a possible deal on deferring th [...]	2008-08-07 15:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1208	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH GOSS PRESIDENT SALVA [...] (C) Summary: The formation of the Abyei Interim Administration and the deployment of police to Abyei may allow IDPs to begin to return to the troubled region, once the Chief Administrator indicates that the time is right, GOSS President Salva Kiir told visiting Special Envoy Williamson August [...]	2008-08-11 06:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1219	ICC INDICTMENTS: THE TIMING IS ALL WRONG SAY SUDANESE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Sudan awaits a decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on whether to issue an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Bashir, Sudanese scholars and African diplomats in Khartoum we have spoken with predictably believe that while atrocities have been committed in Darfu [...]	2008-08-12 14:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM128	FREED DUP LEADER ALI HASSANEIN: DEMOCRATIZATION AT [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with CDA Fernandez on January 24 for the first time since his New Year's Eve release from prison, fiesty Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Deputy Secretary-General Ali Mahmoud Hassanein called for a SIPDIS democratic process in Sudan in which political parties abandon th [...]	2008-01-29 12:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU AU PGOV UN
08KHARTOUM1291	PESSIMISTIC WORLD BANK COUNTRY MANAGER REVIEWS SUDAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Outgoing World Bank Country Manager Asif Faiz worries that Khartoum is not thinking through the potential economic fallout in crafting its strategy to counter a possible ICC indictment of President al-Bashir. Nor is the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) in Juba focusing on the e [...]	2008-08-25 14:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR EAID PGOV PREL PINR IBRD SU
08KHARTOUM1297	GOSS VP MACAHR CONTINUED OBJECT OF SUSPICION BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar is the object of continued reports by SPLA intelligence sources accusing him of conspiracies to undermine GOSS President Salva Kiir and assume leadership of Southern Sudan. This deep level of distrust of one of the [...]	2008-08-26 12:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1302	RIZEIGAT, MISSERIYA TRIBAL FIGHTING IN SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting that began on August 20 between Misseriya and Rizeigat herders resulted in the deaths of more than 60 people in South Darfur. Misseriya elder Kamil Nimir downplayed the violence, characterizing it as a dispute over access to water that spiraled out of control due to th [...]	2008-08-27 12:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1311	KALMA CAMP UPDATE, AUGUST 28 [...] (SBU) As photos circulated on the internet of Kalma IDPs burying their dead from the August 25 violence, political actors in Darfur remain uncertain on how to deal with the events that left 32 IDPs dead, and up to 17 police officers injured. Ali Mahmoud, Wali of South Darfur, was vocal in his d [...]	2008-08-28 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1313	SOUTHERN SUDAN OPPOSITION PARTIES: CHANCES OF FREE AND FAIR [...] (U) During a gathering at ConGen Juba on 25 August, southern opposition parties declared the chances for free and fair elections in 2009 to be "non-existent" given the abbreviated period to prepare for and conduct elections, the inability of small parties to finance adequately their planned ac [...]	2008-08-29 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1331	MORE OFFICIALS WITHDRAW FROM DARFUR STATE POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 31, 18 SPLM officials formally withdrew from their posts in the state governments of North, South, and West Darfur in protest over the August 25 Kalma attack. Other opposition groups including SLM/MM may also withdraw, as Minni Minnawi vowed on August 30 that he will aut [...]	2008-09-02 04:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1332	MORE OFFICIALS WITHDRAW FROM DARFUR STATE POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 31, 18 SPLM officials formally withdrew from their posts in the state governments of North, South, and West Darfur in protest over the August 25 Kalma attack. Other opposition groups including SLM/MM may also withdraw, as Minni Minnawi vowed on August 30 that he will aut [...]	2008-09-02 04:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1333	MORE OFFICIALS WITHDRAW FROM DARFUR STATE POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 31, 18 SPLM officials formally withdrew from their posts in the state governments of North, South, and West Darfur in protest over the August 25 Kalma attack. Other opposition groups including SLM/MM may also withdraw, as Minni Minnawi vowed on August 30 that he will aut [...]	2008-09-02 04:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1344	SPLM FRUSTRATION GROWS OVER DEMARCATING SUDAN'S NORTH-SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bashir's August 27 public comments have put the North-South border demarcation issue at the center of the latest SPLM/NCP political impasse. Senior SPLM officials involved in the NCP/SPLM Executive-Committee talks are concerned that border demarcation could spark unint [...]	2008-09-03 12:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PGOV KDEM MARR ASEC UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1351	NEW ABYEI ADMINISTRATOR REVIEWS HIS PLANS WITH CDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly designated Abyei Administrator Arop Mayak told CDA Fernandez that his immediate plans include establishing an environment that will permit the IDPs to return soon, reestablishing security, and promoting ethnic reconciliation between all the groups in the area. CDA Fernand [...]	2008-09-04 09:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1354	CHINA COUNSELS SUDANESE ENGAGEMENT, U.S. RESTRAINT [...] (C) Summary: During his recent visit to Sudan, Chinese Special Envoy Zhai Jun strongly counseled the GOS to remain prudent in dealing with the threatened arrest warrant for President Bashir and to continue to engage with the international community, according to Chinese Ambassador Li. Zhai even sug [...]	2008-09-04 10:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC AU-1 SU CM
08KHARTOUM1372	GOS MAKES A DANGEROUS ASSUMPTION: PERSUADING THE [...] (C) On 7 September, Charge Fernandez met with GNU presidential advisor and NCP insider Mustafa Osman Ismail. Armed with the message that the GoS can and should do something fast, serious, and concrete on Darfur to prove that it is serious about engagement with the West, Ismail met the CDA with [...]	2008-09-08 14:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1374	BASHIR TELLS FM "I HAVE DECIDED TO FIGHT ICC TO [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese President Al-Bashir told FM Alor on September 8 that he intends to confront rather than challenge the international community on the International Criminal Court (ICC). He also expressed displeasure with Alor and decided that VP Taha should make his case at UNGA. Deng Alor [...]	2008-09-08 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1376	GOS CLAIMS IT ACTED IN NORTH DARFUR TO SECURE HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) According to MFA Under Secretary Mutriff Siddiq, who holds the MFA's Darfur portfolio, the September 6 and 7 fighting between GoS and rebel forces in North Darfur was a direct result of UNAMID and WFP's requests for the GoS to clear feeder roads of bandits in the area of Birmaza. Accordi [...]	2008-09-09 04:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1377	DARFUR - NGOS AT THE END OF THEIR ROPE [...] (U) Between August 27 and 31, a USAID officer visited El Fasher and Nyala and met with partner organizations to discuss the current challenges facing the humanitarian organizations in Darfur. In the meetings, relief agencies reported a notable and concerning up tick in harassment and bureaucra [...]	2008-09-09 04:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1387	NYALA AND KALMA CAMP UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez traveled to Nyala on September 9-10 to meet with officials from the GOS and UNAMID, IDP leaders and humanitarian actors in the wake of the killing of dozens of IDPs in Kalma camp by GOS forces. The unrepentant Wali of South Darfur heaped scorn on the residents of Ka [...]	2008-09-11 14:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1390	INFLUENTIAL NCP STRATEGIST CALLS FOR SERIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1393	MY MY, IS THAT AN OCAMPO YOU'RE WEARING? [...] SUMMARY: The latest fashion craze for Sudanese women is a toup (traditional Sudanese sari-like dress) named after International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo. The "Ocampo" toup is a glittering, sequin-heavy design of chiffon. Its title continues a trend of naming clothing [...]	2008-09-14 09:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1394	SUDAN - NORWEGIAN IDEAS ON JOINT OIL-REVENUE [...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: According to Norwegian oil advisor Hannevik, the NCP already appears on board to participate in talks to separate sharing of Abyei oil revenues from the . The SPLM seems more ambivalent, but still interested. He envisions focu [...]	2008-09-14 10:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN UN
08KHARTOUM1404	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI SALAHEDDIN GOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah Eddin, current thinking of GoS policy makers is clouded by the suspicion that the West is less interested in resolving the Darfur conflict than it is in regime change in Khartoum. He agreed that Sudan needs to deliver a more substan [...]	2008-09-15 15:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNGA SU
08KHARTOUM1405	"FM ALOR WARNS OF POSSIBLE, UNSPECIFIED "SUDANESE [...] (C) Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor told CDA Fernandez on September 15 that, despite his warning last week that Sudan intends to defy the ICC (reftel),the National Congress Party (NCP) of President Bashir is coyly keeping all its options open. Alor said that he had learned that an expensi [...]	2008-09-15 15:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1410	MEDIA REACTION: THE BRITISH AND FRENCH WILL SAVE BASHIR? [...] (U) SUMMARY: An article published by Alex Duval in the September 14 edition of The Guardian (UK) entitled "British efforts to block the ICC indictment of President Al-Bashir" has emboldened the state-influenced press of Khartoum. The article made front-page news September 15 and 16, with a n [...]	2008-09-17 10:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1411	MEDIA REACTION: THE BRITISH AND FRENCH WILL SAVE BASHIR? [...] (U) SUMMARY: An article published by Alex Duval in the September 14 edition of The Guardian (UK) entitled "British efforts to block the ICC indictment of President Al-Bashir" has emboldened the state-influenced press of Khartoum. The article made front-page news September 15 and 16, with a n [...]	2008-09-17 10:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1415	SUDAN - USCG ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT [...] (C) CDA Fernandez delivered talking points and dipnote with text of letter from Coast Guard RADM Salerno (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on September 15. The letter was addressed to Foreign Minister Alor. U/S Siddiq acknowledged the sensitivity of allowing [...]	2008-09-18 06:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KPKO PGOV PTER KHLS ECON SU
08KHARTOUM1416	LEADING BUSINESSMAN ON SUDAN'S AGRICULTURE SECTOR, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation, Sudanese business magnate Osama Daoud outlined a project to gradually develop as much as 1.26 million acres in northern Sudan for agricultural production. Daoud sees Sudan,s agricultural potential as immense, but says that it currently has far to [...]	2008-09-18 06:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EINV EAID PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1419	PROSECUTION PRESENTS EVIDENCE DURING THIRD SESSION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 11, U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic, and Public Diplomacy sections attended the third session of the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville [...]	2008-09-19 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV SU
08KHARTOUM1420	KHARTOUM EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS EMBASSY SANA'A ATTACK AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Khartoum's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on September 18 to review the details of the September 17 terrorist attack on Embassy Sana'a, to evaluate any possible connections to Sudan, and to determine if our security posture can be increased to better defend ag [...]	2008-09-19 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AEMR PTER AMGT PGOV SU
08KHARTOUM1433	NCP TIMELINE AND AGENDA FOR SUDAN PEOPLE'S [...] (C) Summary: Within the next two to three weeks, the Sudanese regime will organize a conference on Darfur to seek consensus on its much-touted, but ill-defined, "Sudan People's Initiative," intended to bring peace to the troubled region, NCP Politburo chief Mandour al Mahdi and former South Da [...]	2008-09-22 12:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1449	TDRA OFFICIALS FEAR ZAGHAWA DOMINANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 23, the leaders of both the Compensation and Land Commissions in the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) told poloff that they fear the Zaghawa tribe's dominance in Darfur and the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM). Head of the Land Commi [...]	2008-09-25 06:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1456	NORTH-SOUTH FOREX TRANSFER DISPUTE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) In a September 25 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) Governor Dr. Sabir Mohamed Hassan asserted that the Bank of Southern Sudan's (BOSS) refusal to transfer excess foreign currency reserves to Khartoum was a clear violation of the CPA that was hampering his ability t [...]	2008-09-28 11:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR EAID PGOV PREL PINR IBRD SU
08KHARTOUM1499	AEC PLENARY ADDRESSES DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) monthly plenary session focused on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR). A/CDA Asquino attended the meeting for the U.S. Prior to a lengthy presentation by an UNMIS DDR expert, AEC Chairman Derek Plu [...]	2008-10-09 10:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1506	SOUTH DARFUR MINISTER RECOUNTS AMBUSH ATTEMPT; EXPRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, Omer Abdel Rahman Adam recounted details of the September 30 attack on his vehicle that resulted in the death of his bodyguard. Although reluctant to directly accuse any particular individual or agency, Adam asserted that the attack was a targeted assassination at [...]	2008-10-10 11:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM151	MFA SAYS APPROVAL FOR WILLIAMSON VISIT REFERRED TO [...] (C) The question of whether or not to approve the visit of newly-appointed Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Williamson has been referred to the Presidency, according to MFA Americas Director Ambassador Abdel Al-Sanosi. Al-Sanosi told CDA January 31 that "the feeling here is very negative" abou [...]	2008-01-31 15:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1510	SE WILLIAMSON TELLS KHARTOUM TO MAKE A RADICAL [...] (C) Summary: The GOS must make a radical adjustment in its approach to Darfur, SE Williamson told regime officials in Khartoum. Peace conferences and theatrics are fine, but what is urgently required is a deal with keys rebels, and implementation of that deal. Williamson blasted the NCP for [...]	2008-10-13 07:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1521	SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE SET TO START OCTOBER 16, [...] (C) The Sudan People's Initiative is scheduled to begin October 16 in Khartoum with speeches by President Bashir and other officials including First Vice President Salva Kiir, who has decided to attend, but will deliver a "tough message" on Darfur. Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and Da [...]	2008-10-14 11:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1530	MINNAWI SEES NOTHING NEW IN BASHIR INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: A skeptical Minni Minnawi will spend the next several days trying to get full GOS implementation of a September 2008 accord which sought to implement the May 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) at the same time that the much hyped but (so far) underwhelming Sudan Peoples' Initiative [...]	2008-10-17 08:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN SU
08KHARTOUM1532	SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE: NO SUBSTANCE YET [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Initiative commenced in Khartoum October 16 with a show of solidarity among Sudan's current and former leaders; two former Sudanese heads of state (Suwar al Dahab and Sadiq al Mahdi) joined President Bashir on the dais along with FVP and GOSS President Salva Ki [...]	2008-10-17 12:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM154	NCP MAY SEEK TO DEFER 2009 NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NCP-aligned politician Dr. Mudawi El-Turabi indicated that the Khartoum regime may seek national consensus to defer the 2009 elections and hold them at a later date. The NCP's argument would be that Darfur, the South and The Three Areas are too unstable for elections to take pla [...]	2008-02-01 09:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1550	KIDNAPPING OF CHINESE OIL WORKERS IN SOUTH KORDOFAN [...] (SBU) A political officer at the Chinese Embassy in Khartoum confirmed to poloff on October 20 that nine (9) Greater Nile Petroleum Workers were kidnapped on October 18 at approximately noon by "an unknown armed group" in South Kordofan State. The Chinese official could not confirm the involve [...]	2008-10-20 10:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1551	GOS SEEMS TO BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: Influential regime insider and presidential advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail told CDA Fernandez that the GoS has recalibrated its focus from frantically searching for ways to avoid an ICC indictment of GNU President Al-Bashir to finding a solution to the Darfur crisis. Ismail stated [...]	2008-10-20 11:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1566	GOSS FINANCE MINISTER MAWIEN DECLARES INTERIM TRUCE OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 21, GOSS Minister of Finance Kuol Athian Mawien told CDA Fernandez that he has reached a interim solution to the dispute over management of foreign exchange reserves with GNU Minister of Finance and National Economy Dr. Awad Ahmed Aljaz. Both sides have agreed to reve [...]	2008-10-22 09:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR EAID PGOV PREL PINR IBRD SU
08KHARTOUM1567	HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] (U) Summary: On October 21, the high-level committee that oversees the implementation of the Joint Communique on the Facilitation of Humanitarian Activities in Darfur met at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs in Khartoum. The meeting was attended by U.S. Charge d'Affaires Alberto Fernandez [...]	2008-10-22 10:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1578	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CONFIRMS INTERIM AGREEMENT ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Bank of Sudan Governor Sabir Hassan confirmed that there is an interim agreement with the GoSS on the transfer of foreign exchange (FX) held by Bank of Southern Sudan (BOSS),but that the issue "is not resolved." The BoSS is to resume its pre-April transfers of excess [...]	2008-10-24 11:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1584	U/S KENNEDY MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIF SIDDIQ [...] (C) Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy met October 26 with MFA Undersecretary Mutrif Siddiq. U/S Kennedy thanked Siddiq for his assistance in clearing the NEC containers, and for expediting the issuance of non-diplomatic license plates for US Embassy vehicles following the assassin [...]	2008-10-28 06:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM159	NCP OPEN TO ARBITRATION ON ABYEI [...] (SBU) During a meeting with CDA Fernandez January 31, NCP strategist and Director of the Strategic Studies Institute Dr. Sayed Al-Kkateeb said the NCP may be open to arbitration on Abyei. However, he said the NCP may not be open to a high-level meeting in Washington to inaugurate an Abyei initi [...]	2008-02-03 04:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1594	GOS BLOCKS U.S. TRIP TO DARFUR AND FLIRTS WITH A [...] (SBU) On September 29, the Sudanese MFA finally informed CDA Fernandez that the GoS would not allow an embassy trip to Nyala and a joint UNAMID-USG trip to East Jebel Marra, Darfur scheduled for September 30. This denial came after a week of submitting three dipnotes, high-level discussions b [...]	2008-10-30 05:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1602	SPI WILL BE ONE OF MANY FAILED PEACE INITIATIVES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 29, veteran Darfur administrator and member of the Sudan People's Initiative, Tayyeb Muktar, told CDA Fernandez that the Sudan People's Initiative will likely become just one of many failed Darfur peace initiatives. Muktar also asserted that the once peaceful Fur tri [...]	2008-10-31 10:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1607	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS UPDATE - BASSOLE AND GOQ APPEAR MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole urged Qatar to focus first on the necessary preparations for negotiations and not on unrealistic dates for negotiations, according to senior representatives from the AU/UN's Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST). JMST contacts emphasized that the fo [...]	2008-11-02 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1608	GOSS MINISTER ACCUSES NCP OF WITHHOLDING OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 31 meeting, GOSS Minister for Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng told ConGen Juba that the NCP has reneged on an agreement to settle the hard currency dispute between the GOSS and Khartoum (reftel),and is withholding oil revenue to pressure the GOSS to turn over [...]	2008-11-03 05:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ASEC KPKO UNSC SU CH CFG
08KHARTOUM1627	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Pro-government and independent press here featured front-page photos of the president-elect and reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs'(MFA) statement congratulating the United States on Senator Obama's election, with Foreign Minister (FM) Deng Alor hoping for "positive contrib [...]	2008-11-07 10:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC MCAP KPAO SU
08KHARTOUM163	SUDAN'S OIL - DEBT, DYSFUNCTION, AND DISTRUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with econoffs from January 24-31, leading oil experts expressed concern about significant northern oil revenue arrears to the south estimated to be between $150-250 million USD. Contacts were also critical of the dysfunctional institutions managing petrol [...]	2008-02-03 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
08KHARTOUM1651	BASHIR PROMISES CEASE-FIRE, DISARMAMENT, COMPENSATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: At the closing ceremony of the Sudan People's Initiative in Khartoum November 12, President Basher stole the show from the actual SPI document itself by unilaterally promising an "immediate and unconditional" cease-fire, disarmament of militias, compensation for IDPs on an indivi [...]	2008-11-12 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1654	PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S VISIT TO KHARTOUM AND JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian emboff told poloffs on November 12. that during President Hosni Mubarak's November 10 visit to Khartoum, he offered to invite Khalil Ibrahim to Cairo in an attempt to persuade the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to commit to peace talks in Qatar This offer ha [...]	2008-11-13 11:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1657	DENG ALOR ON NCP INTRIGUE, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor said Egyptian President Mubarak, worried about Sudanese instability, delivered a grim message to President Bashir on November 10 counseling full and rapid compliance with ICC and Darfur issues. Both the Egyptians and Alor see increasing signs of an i [...]	2008-11-13 14:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1671	37th AEC PLENARY: ELECTIONS, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, AND JOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) 37th plenary session on November 4, parties expressed concern at the slow pace of preparations for the mandated 2009 national elections, especially at the delays in adopting necessary legislation and in naming the National Elec [...]	2008-11-16 13:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN KDEM KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1681	A/S FRAZER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER DENG [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 06:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1682	A/S FRAZER'S MEETINGS WITH NCP OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a round-table meeting followed by a dinner at the CDA's residence, several leading members of the National Congress Party told A/S Frazer that the GNU has made significant progress in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and pointed to Abyei as the only par [...]	2008-11-18 07:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1683	A/S FRAZER'S MEETING WITH TOP SPLM OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Top Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials Secretary General Pagan Amum and Deputy Secretary Yasir Arman told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer on 3 November that they had just returned from a productive visit to Ndjamena to meet with Chadian Presi [...]	2008-11-18 07:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI KPKO KDEM AU SU CD
08KHARTOUM1694	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT AND PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: UNAMID will meet sixty-percent deployment by the end of 2008, but will not have increased its operational capacity even with the additional troops, until they can be deployed to the field. Eighty-percent deployment by March 31 is not possible, and UNAMID has backed away from prese [...]	2008-11-23 12:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1697	MFA U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ WELCOMES US-LED CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 23 meeting with CDA Fernandez, MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq welcomed a USG offer to lead efforts to form an interim cease-fire monitoring mechanism for Darfur until UNAMID is prepared to take on the task, but cautioned that the GOS would need time to study both [...]	2008-11-24 06:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM170	TFCD01: CONCERN FOR SUDAN'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 13:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CH SU
08KHARTOUM1704	PCP LEADER TURABI SAYS SUDAN REQUIRES A NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Popular Congress Party (PCP)leader Hassan Turabi dismissed the Sudan People,s Initiative (SPI) as lacking any real substance. Turabi argued that Darfur can only be resolved by a truly national forum in which all parties are equally represented and that addresses national issues [...]	2008-11-24 14:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UNSC SU QA
08KHARTOUM1708	SUPPORTING CIVILIAN SECURITY AND RULE OF LAW IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the major portion of the INL bilateral program gets underway in Southern Sudan, the INL officer has made several significant observations over the last two months (outlined in this cable) which will result in adjustments to the INL program. The current fragile condition of th [...]	2008-11-25 11:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1709	DEATH SENTENCE APPEALS REFUSED IN FLAWED TRIAL FOR MURDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Nine defendants convicted of murdering a Sudanese journalist in 2006 retain one final appeal before they face execution, according to UNMIS Human Rights and the defendants' lawyer, Kamal Omer. The murder of Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed resulted in a politically-driven investigati [...]	2008-11-25 13:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1711	GOS LEADERS TO CONSIDER US-LED DARFUR CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) On November 25, CDA Fernandez met with key Government of Sudan (GoS) regime strategist and de-facto regime shadow Foreign Minister, Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail, in order to inform him the idea of a US-led independent Darfur Cease-Fire Monitoring Team (ref d). CDA Fernandez t [...]	2008-11-25 14:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1718	WORLD BANK COUNTRY MANAGER SEES DARK CLOUDS ON SUDAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudan's World Bank Country Manager believes that falling oil prices and production, along with the global financial crisis, will confront Sudan with a "serious reckoning" in the coming two years. While Khartoum already is facing "hard decisions," the position of the autonomous [...]	2008-11-26 14:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC IBRD SU
08KHARTOUM1755	MACHAR PERSISTS IN EFFORTS TO FIND PEACE WITH THE LRA [...] (U) This is an action request for AF/SPG, please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: Despite the latest failure of LRA leader Joseph Kony to sign the Juba Peace Accord, Chief LRA Peace Negotiator and Government of Southern Sudan Vice President Riak Machar persists in his belief that it is [...]	2008-12-04 14:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1764	DECEMBER 7 DARFUR UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last push before the long Eid Al-Adha holiday (December 8-12),Darfur rebels, signatories to the DPA, and regional players all shared their views regarding the peace process, the potential for a ceasefire or monitoring mechanism for violence in Darfur, and the lack of DPA [...]	2008-12-07 10:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1765	CITIBANK AND GOSS: OPTIMISM ON ALL SIDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a three-day visit to South Sudan, officials from Citibank Kenya conducted a series of productive meetings with senior Government of South Sudan (GoSS) officials in an effort to develop a relationship between the Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) and Citibank. As Citibank officials [...]	2008-12-07 13:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1770	LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM SUDANESE PRESIDENT AL BASHIR TO [...] (U) Post has received a letter of appreciation (text in paragraph 2) for President Bush from Sudanese President Al-Bashir. A copy of the original letter has been transmitted to the Department via pouch. 2. (U) Begin Text: Dear Mr. President: On behalf of the people and government of Su [...]	2008-12-11 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1777	PLOTTING FOR BASHIR EXIT INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Summary: According to senior SPLM officials, Sudan's NCP is trying to broker a quick and graceful removal of President Al-Bashir within the next few months, with the President going into exile in Saudi Arabia. Discussions on a transition, which should take place before an ICC arrest warran [...]	2008-12-13 14:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1779	38th AEC Plenary: Elections, Border Demarcation, and [...] (U) SUMMARY: At its 37th plenary session on December 2, the NCP and SPLM briefed the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on progress in drafting and adopting key legislation, including new security and media laws, necessary to carry out national elections in 2009. The Power Sharing Work [...]	2008-12-14 09:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID KDEM KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1790	SENATE STAFFDEL'S MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIFF [...] (C) Summary: The situation in Abyei is under control following intervention by a GNU (NCP/SPLM) delegation to the town on December 13, MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq told a visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staffdel December 14. However, the regime remains concerned about a possible JEM incu [...]	2008-12-15 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1824	FY 2009 GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY BUDGET: REVENUES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Sudan's FY 2009 budget reflects the impact of falling global oil prices. Revenues are projected to decline about 15 percent, to 18.4 billion Sudanese Pounds (SDG),which is entirely the result of dropping oil revenues. Total expenditures are to remain unchanged from FY 2008 at [...]	2008-12-21 14:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1828	SUDAN: 2008 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (SBU) Sudan remains a cooperative partner in the Global War on Terror (GWOT),and the outlook for continued cooperation is positive. During the past year, the Sudanese government continued to pursue terrorist operations directly involving threats to U.S. interests and personnel in Sudan. Suda [...]	2008-12-22 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR SU
08KHARTOUM1829	DARFUR REBEL UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfur's rebels remain fundamentally divided according to what their leaders told poloff during a December 14-18 visit to Ndjamena, Chad. The rebel leaders claim that JEM, while rich in vehicles and equipment, lacks fighters and the popular support of the people of Darfur. A [...]	2008-12-22 14:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC CD SU
08KHARTOUM183	KHARTOUM SECURITY MILESTONES - JUNE 2007 TO [...] (SBU) This cable provides a summary of security-related actions and events affecting the US Mission in Sudan during a specific timeframe. It gathers references to numerous cables and messages on various related issues including OBO issues, EAC actions, Sudanese Government actions, terrorism, RS [...]	2008-02-06 05:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT ASEC PREL PTER US SU
08KHARTOUM1835	IMF/WORLD BANK ASSIGN NUMBERS TO SUDAN'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The global economic recession will severely affect Sudan's economy, with South Sudan feeling a significantly greater budget pinch, according to IMF/World Bank analysis. The Bank/Fund calculate that Sudan's current account deficit will more than double (from U.S. $3.9 billion t [...]	2008-12-23 09:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI IBRD IMF SU
08KHARTOUM1836	APPOINTMENT OF NHIAL DENG NHIAL AS MINISTER FOR SPLA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Presidential advisors assert that Nhial Deng Nhial's performance during and after Ali Osman Taha's December 16th visit to Juba (reftel) gave an 11th hour boost to his selection by GOSS President Salva Kiir Mayardit to be Minister for SPLA Affairs. They add he was chosen over Jon [...]	2008-12-23 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM184	UNAMID SOFA: AGREED BUT NOT YET SIGNED [...] (SBU) The UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Government of Sudan have finalized language for a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),Joint Special Representative (JSR) Rodolphe Adada's Special Assistant, Rana Taha, told Poloff on February 6. Adada and Foreign Minister Deng Alor were schedu [...]	2008-02-06 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1840	SENATE STAFFDEL VISIT TO JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with a Senate staff delegation from December 17-19, senior SPLM officials urged deeper USG strategic coordination with their own party, as well as proactive engagement with the NCP, to produce a favorable outcome should there be an arrest warrant issued by the ICC ag [...]	2008-12-28 06:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU EAID
08KHARTOUM1842	MINOR DEMONSTRATIONS AT EMBASSY KHARTOUM RELATED TO ISRAELI [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 27-28, several waves of demonstrators gathered outside the Embassy Khartoum Chancery to exhibit solidarity with the cause of Palestinians following Israeli air strikes in Gaza. The demonstrations remained peaceful but were marked by anti-American slogans including "Do [...]	2008-12-28 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM199	PARTICIPATION IN CENSUS MONITORING [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 12:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM225	UNAMID STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT: SIGNED AND SEALED, BUT [...] (SBU) UNAMID and GoS officials finally signed a Status of Forces Agreement on February 9 in Khartoum. The SOFA is comprehensive in scope and contains all of the core provisions sought by the UN, including full freedom of movement, unimpeded use of communications, expedited procedures (visas, p [...]	2008-02-14 06:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
08KHARTOUM230	Investment Minister Manibe on PEC, AEC and CPA Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: GNU Minister of Investment and SPLM insider Kosti Manibe thinks that NCP-SPLM disagreements over the Elections Law and the census will be resolved, but argued that the AEC needs to take a more proactive role in resolving such issues. He outlined SPLM reservations (which the GN [...]	2008-02-14 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KDEM PINR SU
08KHARTOUM239	MORE BLUSTER FROM PARTY LEADER NAFIE [...] (C) Addressing a massive rally February 18 in Sodiri, on the Kordofan/Darfur border, Presidential Advisor and National Congress Party leader Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie lashed out at the US administration and said that Secretary Rice should "lick her elbow" (do the impossible) if she believes that Suda [...]	2008-02-19 13:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SU AU PGOV UN
08KHARTOUM241	PRESIDENT BASHIR RESHUFFLES CABINET: ALI MARDI OUT, AL-JAZ [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 14, President Bashir shifted more than a quarter of ministerial positions in the cabinet of the Government of National Unity (GNU). In particular, local observers believe that Awad Al-Jaz' shift from Energy to Finance Ministry will strengthen both his own influence [...]	2008-02-19 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM253	CRITERIA DEFINING PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF U.S. [...] (SBU) On February 19 poloff met with MFA Director of Protocol Ambassador Ali Youssif to review Sudanese practice regarding Sudan's criteria applied to recognizing the privileges and immunities of "members of the family" of a diplomatic agent, particularly with respect to children. 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-02-21 12:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	US AMGT APER KREC PGOV SU

08KHARTOUM265	GoSS ASKS FOR HELP WITH ROADS [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 22, GoSS Minister of Roads and Transport David Deng Athorbei paid a call on the Congen to request assistance with the purchase of road building equipment that he said is urgently needed to open up a new road connec [...]	2008-02-24 06:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELNT EAID PREL PGOV SU
08KHARTOUM266	MFA CAUTIONED,"NEED TO ADVERT WEST DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: CDA urged the Sudanese Foreign Ministry to take immediate action to prevent a burgeoning humanitarian crisis in West Darfur which is developing as a result of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) Darfur rebels supported by Chad. [...]	2008-02-24 08:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM27	SPLM INSIDER SAMSON KWAJE ON CENSUS, CABINET RESHUFFLE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General and visiting polchief met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Agriculture Minister Samson Kwaje January 7. Kwaje is considered a close advisor of GoSS President and GNU First Vice President Salva Kiir (background and bio notes are included at the end of this [...]	2008-01-08 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM271	MEDIA REACTION: DAWN OF SE WILLIAMSON'S VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: There has been a storm of media interest in the run-up to Special Envoy Williamson's visit to Sudan. Some papers echo the cautiously optimistic attitude of the Sudanese government that a positive outcome may result of the visit, while others cast the trip as "more business as usua [...]	2008-02-25 11:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OIIP SU
08KHARTOUM277	S/E WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH SUDAN'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a February 25 meeting with S/E Williamson, Foreign Minister Deng Alor said Sudan is ready for a dialogue and hopes the U.S. can assist it in reaching a number of mutual objectives; including implementing CPA, ending the Darfur conflict, and normalizing Sudan,s relations with [...]	2008-02-26 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU
08KHARTOUM279	SE WILLIAMSON TO GHOSH: IMPROVED RELATIONS MEANS [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Williamson warned NISS Director Salah Ghosh that while the U.S. is willing to explore options towards improving relations if there is demonstrable change for the better in Darfur, such a possibility could be doomed before it starts if Sudan continues to allow violenc [...]	2008-02-26 18:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL PTER UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM280	S/E WILLIAMSON CLARIFIES FACTS OF UNAMID [...] (C) In a February 25 meeting with Chinese Envoy Liu Guijin in Khartoum, S/E Williamson reported that he had asked Khartoum to take practical steps to facilitate the deployment of UNAMID and "get more boots on the ground" in Darfur. He urged China to convey to Khartoum the importance of expedi [...]	2008-02-26 18:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU CH
08KHARTOUM290	Minawi to S/E Williamson: Weak and Isolated, SLM Still [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the lack of DPA implementation has left the SLM weak and isolated, it continues to strive toward transforming the movement from a fighting force to a political party, Senior Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi told S/E Williamson in Khartoum. He suggest [...]	2008-02-28 06:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MCAP MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM296	POTENTIAL ABYEI BORDER MOVES NORTH WITH SOME MAJOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 15:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM297	S/E WILLIAMSON'S SECOND MEETING WITH NAFIE ALI [...] (C) President Bush has an "intense interest" in alleviating humanitarian suffering and bringing stability to Sudan, S/E Williamson told Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie and other senior Sudanese officials on February 29. He informed Nafie that the U.S. has decided to respond to Presiden [...]	2008-02-29 16:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PTER SU CD
08KHARTOUM298	Abyei Conflict Contained for Now, But Problem Unresolved [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM-appointed Abyei administrator Edward Lino says that conflict in Abyei has been "contained," in what he calls a defeat for NCP hardliners. The NCP and SPLM, however, appear to have been unable to conclude an agreement on joint administration. According to Foreign Minister [...]	2008-03-02 05:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM300	SE WILLIAMSON TO PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR: WE DON'T [...] (C) Summary: In a positive, hour-long meeting with the Sudanese President, SE Richard Williamson clearly and concisely outlined American concerns on Darfur, CPA, Sudanese adventurism in Chad, and other bilateral issues while describing a possible way forward in improving relations based on spe [...]	2008-03-02 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM301	MEDIA REACTION: SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The media reaction to Special Envoy Williamson's visit to Sudan was a rollercoaster ride, swinging wildly up and down but ultimately ending up where it began. Mirroring the GOS's hopes for the trip, the press coverage began as cautiously optimistic. After the first day's impromp [...]	2008-03-02 12:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OIIP SU
08KHARTOUM308	VIOLENCE FLARES AGAIN ALONG 1956 BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Violence has erupted again along the Kiir River in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, where supposedly non-Misseriya Northern Popular Defense Forces have reportedly launched simultaneous attacks against three separate SPLA positions. Although calm returned after five hours of fightin [...]	2008-03-03 07:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM31	BANK OF SUDAN ANNOUNCES CONVERSION TO EURO CITING U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) announced on January 7 that it converted its reserves to the euro and other currencies, and that it will no longer use the U.S. dollar for financial transactions. The CBOS named U.S. sanctions as one of the primary reasons for this change. Leadin [...]	2008-01-09 08:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFQ EAID SOCI AU UNSC SU ECON KPKO
08KHARTOUM313	ABYEI'S MISSERIYA LEADERS TELL THEIR SIDE OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, eight hereditary leaders of the Oulad Kamal branch of the Misseriya Arab tribe of Kordofan told CDA Fernandez that they would appreciate urgent U.S. mediation for Abyei, that their tribe is not a "puppet of the NCP," and that the SPLA needs to immediately withdraw sou [...]	2008-03-03 14:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM314	SUDANESE FONMIN ON SPECIAL ENVOY NON-PAPER AND CONGRESSMAN [...] (SBU) FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR TOLD CONGEN JUBA STAFF ON MARCH 1 THAT PRESIDENT BASHIR'S MEETING WITH SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON WENT "EXTREMELY WELL," AND THAT ALOR EXPECTED POSITIVE FORWARD MOVEMENT. ALOR CLAIMED THAT BASHIR HAD NOTED IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING THAT "ONLY A MAD MAN DEFIES THE [...]	2008-03-03 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM MARR SU
08KHARTOUM327	DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION OF MARCH 5-6 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) CDA Fernandez delivered subject demarche to Sudanese MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on the margins of a meeting to discuss Guantanamo detainee issues. Siddiq said that Sudan's participant in the upcoming Ministerial, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ali Karti, will be guided by w [...]	2008-03-05 09:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY KV AL IZ SU
08KHARTOUM332	"PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR IS A TABULA RASA" SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Advisor Dr. Mansur Khalid warns that the National Congress Party is now divided in contending fiefdoms jockeying for power and canceling each other out, under the distracted supervision of A disengaged President Al-Bashir. Meanwhile, the SPLM uneasily monitors a disloy [...]	2008-03-06 12:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SU
08KHARTOUM338	THE NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY - SUDAN'S BRUTAL [...] (C) Summary: After almost 20 years in power, the ruling National Congress Party has reach a level of cynical (and often brutal) pragmatism making it fully capable of making and keeping arrangements with the West on Darfur and on the CPA, as long as its core interest of remaining in power in Kh [...]	2008-03-09 07:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SU
08KHARTOUM340	SLM/ABDUL WAHID TO LAUNCH OFFICE IN ISRAEL [...] (U) Summary: Abdul Wahid Al Nur has announced that the SLM will open an office in Tel Aviv and praised the Israeli government for giving refuge to Darfur to protect them from genocide. While NCP officials and much of the Sudanese media condemned Al Nur's statements, reaction in Darfur is larg [...]	2008-03-09 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF SU
08KHARTOUM341	DISCOURAGING ATTENDANCE AT THE MARCH 27-30 ARAB [...] (C) Charge Fernandez raised concerns in reftel with Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor on March 8, on the eve of a State visit by President Al-Bashir to Abu Dhabi. Alor admitted that he had been thinking of attending the Arab League Summit (his first since being named Foreign Minister in Dec [...]	2008-03-09 13:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY SU
08KHARTOUM342	INTERNAL INTRIGUE SHROUDS SUDANESE RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor worries that infighting among NCP factions could jeopardize discussions on a workplan to alleviate suffering in Darfur and improve relations with the West before such an initiative even gets started. The SPLM is also concerned about keeping focus on CPA- [...]	2008-03-09 14:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM347	UMMA PARTY OFFICIAL DENIES AGREEMENT WITH NCP [...] (SBU) On March 6 Emboffs met with Dr. Mariam Al Sadig Al Mahdi, Secretary for Foreign Relations, National Umma Party (and daughter SIPDIS of Umma leader and former Prime Minister Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi). Emboff's asked Dr. Al Mahdi about press reports suggesting that Umma and the National Congre [...]	2008-03-10 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM348	UMMA PARTY OFFICIAL DENIES AGREEMENT WITH NCP [...] (SBU) On March 6 Emboffs met with Dr. Mariam Al Sadig Al Mahdi, Secretary for Foreign Relations, National Umma Party (and daughter SIPDIS of Umma leader and former Prime Minister Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi). Emboff's asked Dr. Al Mahdi about press reports suggesting that Umma and the National Congre [...]	2008-03-10 11:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM35	SUDAN-CHAD TENSIONS FLARE [...] (SBU) Media and the UN reported that Chadian air force planes attacked Chadian rebel camps in Sudan near the villages of Goker and Wadi Radi 35 kilometers south of Geneina in West Darfur state on January 7. This follows Chadian President Deby's statement January 5 that Chad will pursue Chadi [...]	2008-01-10 08:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM362	SUDAN WELL-EQUIPPED AND READY TO SUPPORT THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: The GoS told USG officials on 4-5 March that it is well-equipped and prepared to support the transfer of further Guantanamo (GTMO) detainees to Sudan, to include those individuals who are of higher threat to national security than those previously transferred. The National Intelli [...]	2008-03-11 12:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PHUM PINR PTER PREL SU
08KHARTOUM367	POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES IN SUDAN'S OIL INDUSTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with econoff the week of March 9, oil industry insiders, former government officials, and petroleum experts appeared positive about the political and economic prospects of the Sudanese oil industry: the Norwegian Petroleum Envoy to Sudan stated that he is " [...]	2008-03-12 12:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN ENRG EPET SU
08KHARTOUM369	AL BASHIR ENDORSES BETTER RELATIONS WITH U.S., BLAMES CHAD [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Omar Al Bashir told reporters March 11 that Sudan needs better relations with the United States. In his remarks, he also criticized Chad, saying the country had not respected peace agreements with Sudan and that yet another peace agreement, negotiated by Senegal Preside [...]	2008-03-13 08:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM374	PARASTATALS - THE REGIME,S GRAY COMPANIES WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese businessmen, former government officials, and American consultants in Sudan separately told econoff that the Sudanese economy is dominated by parastatal companies connected to the Northern ruling elite. One contact, a National Congress Party adherent, ex-manager of th [...]	2008-03-13 13:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EPET PHUM PREL SU
08KHARTOUM381	UNIVERSITY POLITICS: NCP DOMINANCE, ISLAMIST CHALLENGES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In four separate meetings the week of March 9, student political party leaders told emboffs that the National Congress Party is the most organized and successful political party in Sudan's universities. Many opposition contacts cautioned that this NCP dominance is due not to [...]	2008-03-15 11:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM386	DESPITE DAKAR ACCORD, SPLM AND SLM BRACE FOR [...] (C) Recounting his efforts to press a diffident President Bashir to support the recent Dakar accord with Chad--including a mechanism to monitor violations--Foreign Minister Deng Alor remains concerned that Khartoum will continue to pursue regime change in N'djamena, he told Senior Assistant to [...]	2008-03-16 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU CD UG
08KHARTOUM387	(C) CAIRO TO LOAN $300 MILLION TO SPLA? [...] (C) According to a senior expatriate advisor within the Government of Southern Sudan's Finance Ministry, the Government of Egypt has decided to award a $300 million loan to the Sudanese People's Liberation Army. The MinFin advisor told ConGen staff on March 7 that save for the note of guarant [...]	2008-03-16 14:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM39	LOOKING AHEAD ON THE SUDAN AEC [...] (C) Norway's Ambassador to Khartoum, in his capacity as Interim AEC (Assessment and Evaluation Commission) Chairman called AEC working group chairs (US, UK, Norway, Italy, Netherlands) together to survey the way ahead for the Commission over the next few months. UK Ambassador reported on the [...]	2008-01-11 11:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM390	NCP LEADER TOES THE PARTY LINE [...] (SBU) On Sunday, March 16, CDA Fernandez met with Retired Maj. Gen. Al Fatih Abdoun (and former Governor of Khartoum) in his Khartoum home. Known as a flexible and moderate leader, Abdoun assisted in creating the military support that brought President Al- Bashir to power in his 1989 coup. Abdo [...]	2008-03-16 15:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM391	GOSS LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE REQUESTING INDIVIDUAL [...] The text of the enclosed document was recently passed to poloff in Juba, though the letter is not dated. Original will be passed to Jason Small when he visits Juba next week. 2. Begin text: Government of Southern Sudan, (GOSS) Office of the President H.E. Dr. Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Se [...]	2008-03-16 15:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SU
08KHARTOUM393	AEC CHAIRMAN REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE WITH STAFFING FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Steering Committee of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) met March 16 to review a draft outline for the Mid-Term Evaluation (MTE) of the CPA. The MTE is due to be delivered to the Sudanese Presidency by July 9, requiring a robust series of meetings by the AEC's fo [...]	2008-03-17 05:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM395	1956 BORDER DEMARCATION: STILL ANOTHER FLASHPOINT [...] (C) SUBJECT: Senior SPLM officials involved in the NCP/SPLM Joint Executive Talks are concerned that forthcoming demarcation of the North/South 1956 border will fuel popularly-led violence that could push the SAF and SPLA in direct conflict across the disputed boundary region. Both parties ha [...]	2008-03-17 05:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM MARR MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM397	CHAD: RFC'S ERDIMI PLANS LAND GRAB WHILE OTHER [...] (C) As other Chadian rebel factions conspire to topple President Idriss Deby, RFC leader Timan Erdimi plans to "occupy" as much territory as possible and then negotiate with a transitional government to achieve his political objectives, he told Poloff in Khartoum on March 15. Explaining that r [...]	2008-03-17 06:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU CD FR
08KHARTOUM403	SUDANESE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Othman Ismail confirmed on March 17 to CDA Fernandez that President Omar al-Bashir has accepted an invitation to attend the Arab League Summit in Damascus. Dr. Ismail noted that Sudan doesn't much care about internal political developments in either Lebano [...]	2008-03-17 14:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY SU
08KHARTOUM41	AL-SAMANI: NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND POLITICAL ISSUE, NOT SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a sometimes tense meting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Linda Greenfield-Thomas on January 12, State Minister for Foreign Affairs al-Samani al-Wasila maintained that construction on the new embassy compound (NEC) had been blocked in response to political, bila [...]	2008-01-13 16:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SU AU PGOV UN
08KHARTOUM42	FOREIGN MINISTER ALOR: NEW MARCHING ORDERS FROM [...] (C) Summary: In a January 12 meeting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the newly sworn in Foreign Minister (FM) Deng Alor said President Bashir had personally tasked him with taking the lead in improving bilateral relations between Sudan and the United S [...]	2008-01-13 16:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SU AU UN PGOV
08KHARTOUM427	USG ELECTIONS STRATEGY IN SUDAN [...] (C) Free and fair elections in Sudan are a top foreign policy objective for the USG, and it is therefore critical early on to define a policy framework and begin planning in earnest now for the 2009 Sudanese elections. Despite the constant demands for our attention from Darfur and the North-S [...]	2008-03-23 13:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM428	LIAR'S POKER: SUDANESE "CALL AND RAISE" ON USG [...] (C) Summary: Sudan's formal response to a USG non-paper raises the hope of progress on some humanitarian and UNAMID deployment issues, considerable flexibility on CPA-related items and also presents unrealistic, maximalist recommendations towards normalizing relations with the United States an [...]	2008-03-23 15:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ABLD SU
08KHARTOUM430	GOSS REGIONAL COOPERATION MINISTER ON IRAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan Minister for Regional Cooperation discussed the SPLM,s concern over a recently revealed &defense pact8 between Tehran and Khartoum, continued SAF manipulation of the Misseriya Arabs, and outward attempts by the SAF to push a military solution to th [...]	2008-03-23 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS EAID MARR IR MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM432	GOSS MINISTER PRESSES FOR U.S. COMMITMENT ON ABYEI DISPUTE [...] (SBU) GOSS Presidential Affairs Minister Luka Biong Deng recently told ConGen Juba PolOff that President Kiir was struck by the frank nature of Kiir's meeting with with Special Envoy Richard S. Williamson. Deng noted that Kiir was "relieved by the clarity of the message." Deng himself was l [...]	2008-03-24 04:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM435	FOREIGN MINISTER PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor agreed to the immediate visa issuance of US Military Observers requested by UNAMID, and promised rapid progress on other visas and on security measures. He also will be raising the issue of NEC containers with President Al-Bashir in the next two days. Al [...]	2008-03-24 11:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	SU KPKO ABLD AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL
08KHARTOUM442	BASHIR WILL REPORTEDLY APPROVE NEC CONTAINER [...] (C) Summary: President Al-Bashir told his Foreign Minister on March 25 that he is willing to authorize the release of NEC containers the same day the U.S. Administration "eases up on pressure on Sudan's diplomatic missions in New York and Washington." Alor complained about the lack of SPLM inp [...]	2008-03-26 07:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	SU ABLD AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL
08KHARTOUM448	ALLEGED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST LAM AKOL DEBUNKED [...] (SBU) An accidental encounter between cattle-rustlers and a motorcade convoy belonging to former Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol has sparked a press battle of conspiracy theories and alleged assassination plots. Media spin to date has cleaved along "true SPLM" and "former SPLM" lines, wit [...]	2008-03-26 14:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM461	EASING "IMPOSSIBLE LIFE" FOR SUDANESE DIPLOMATS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry's key administrator confirmed that Sudan is willing to allow NEC construction to resume and containers shipped in reciprocity to "easing up on pressure on Sudan's diplomatic missions" in the U.S., as promised recently by President Al-Bashir. This mea [...]	2008-03-30 13:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	SU ABLD AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL
08KHARTOUM466	AEC TO URGE SPECIAL SESSION ON ABYEI [...] (C) Newly installed Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) chairman Sir Derek Plumbly met with AEC working group chairs (UK, Norwegian, Italian and Dutch Ambassadors plus CDA Fernandez) on March 30 to discuss a more aggressive AEC stance on political issues and to outline a common agenda fo [...]	2008-03-31 07:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM506	LITTLE PROGRESS ON DEMOBILIZATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] (C) Summary: State Minister of International Cooperation (and SPLM member) Elias Wakoson told CDA Fernandez that Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) efforts have fallen short due to the availability of arms and the lack of dispute resolution alternatives. He said the lack of D [...]	2008-04-04 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM507	ABYEI'S MISERIYYA FEAR AND DISTRUST BOTH THE NCP [...] (C) Summary: The Miseriyya Arabs of Southern Kordofan and Abyei both fear and distrust the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the political struggle on Abyei, worrying that they will pay the ultimate price in a larger struggle. Seeing their way of lif [...]	2008-04-04 11:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI
08KHARTOUM519	GOSS MINISTER KWAJE ON ABYEI BORDER COMPROMISE, LRA TALKS, [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of April 1, CG Datta was invited to a GoSS dinner in honor of the visiting South African Foreign Minister. At that dinner, Datta had a long discussion with Samson Kwaje, GoSS Minister of Agriculture and prominent player in the SPLM, that touched on an NCP offer on [...]	2008-04-06 08:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI SU UG
08KHARTOUM529	FM ALOR WARNS "THIS WEEK COULD BE DECISIVE" ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor warned that April 2 discussions on Abyei between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) regressed and the next meeting on April 9 could be decisive. He also warned of SPLM plans to aggressively challenge Northern [...]	2008-04-07 06:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM536	AHMED HAROUN, DENG ALOR, AND PAGAN AMUN NEGOTIATE [...] (C) CDA Fernandez and polchief entered Cabinet Minister Pagan Amun's office April 6 and encountered not only Amun, but also Foreign Minister Deng Alor and State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and ICC indictee Ahmed Haroun huddled over a map of the oil-rich contested Abyei region. Alor and [...]	2008-04-07 08:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM542	SPLA DEFENSE WHITE PAPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The long-awaited SPLA Defense White Paper provides a concise overview of SPLA's mission and objectives, while highlighting capacity issues and a framework to tackle them. The challenge will be in its implementation - the document codifies the military's weaknesses that require s [...]	2008-04-08 14:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM559	SUDANESE LEADERS COMPLAIN ABOUT FOREIGN INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) Speaking at a March 31 to April 1 workshop "Foreign Presence and its impact on National Sudanese Security" organized by the National Assembly Committee on security and Defense, National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Chief Salah Abdullah Muhammad, aka Salah Ghosh, called on the [...]	2008-04-10 13:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM560	ARMING LOCAL EMBASSY GUARDS AGAIN RAISED WITH MFA [...] (C) As Embassy begins process of changing most vehicles' plates from diplomatic to regular license plates this week (reftel b),CDA Fernandez raised the outstanding issue of Sudanese Government permission for unarmed local Embassy Khartoum guards to be armed with defensive weapons while on off [...]	2008-04-10 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	SU AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL
08KHARTOUM563	FM DENG ALOR ON ROME, ABYEI, AND "COLD" RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Sudan is likely to make some concessions on UNAMID deployment at the bilateral talks in Rome, such as agreement on the Thai and Nepalese troop contributions, FM Deng Alor advised CDA Fernandez in a meeting April 10. However Alor cautioned that the ruling National Congress Party (N [...]	2008-04-11 11:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM569	NCP ACCUSES SOUTH OF VIOLENCE AGAINST NORTHERNERS [...] (U) On April 8, several newspapers in Northern Sudan published stories highlighting supposed escalating violence against Muslim Northerners living in the South. GNU Vice President Taha's public remarks about the same issue several days earlier were also widely featured in both the local Northe [...]	2008-04-14 07:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM574	RARE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN GOS, SLA/ABDULWAHID AS FIGHTING [...] (SBU) In a departure from the unofficial ceasefire between the Sudanese Government and the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Abdulwahid, three separate confrontations have erupted between their forces in recent days. The first two rebel attacks occurred in East Jebel Marra on April 9 and 11 and [...]	2008-04-14 10:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM578	U.S. AMBASSADORS FUND FOR CT -- PROPOSAL FOR KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Below is Embassy Khartoum's submission for the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Counterterrorism. The proposed project would take place at the Spring Youth Center in Omdurman, the historic capital and working-class hub of the Khartoum metropolitan area. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) BACKG [...]	2008-04-15 07:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR SU
08KHARTOUM582	MFA OFFICIAL COUNSELS "TANKS MORE LIKELY THAN [...] (C) In the midst of a wide-ranging discussion on violence in Darfur (reftel A) on April 13, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq, a regime insider and former intelligence officer (and also in charge of the UNAMID deployment file for the GOS),asked CDA Fernandez "why aren' [...]	2008-04-15 10:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	SU AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL
08KHARTOUM6	INCOMING FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR WANTS TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary. CDA Powers met with newly sworn-in Foreign Minister Deng Alor on January 2 who said that he wanted to improve Sudanese-U.S. relations. Deng offered GoS assurances to work together in the investigation of the killing of the U.S. diplomat and his Sudanese driver. Also with the aim [...]	2008-01-02 16:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM603	SPLM REPS IN NORTH DARFUR: WE DON'T BELIEVE THE CENSUS WILL [...] (SBU) Speaking at the newly-opened North Darfur SPLM office, nearly a dozen SPLM reps told poloff on April 15 that Darfurians don't support the census because it will not benefit the people of Darfur. The SPLM reps said that the SPLM will not support a census that enables the NCP to manipulate [...]	2008-04-18 09:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM613	SOUTH SUDAN OPPOSITION POLITICIAN ON THE CENSUS AND GOSS [...] (SBU) Summary: South Sudan parliamentarian and opposition leader Dr. Jimmy Wongo believes that the GoSS's last-minute attempt to delay the census in the South has only made it look foolish and indecisive. Wongo said that he expects the NCP to manipulate census results to undercount the South [...]	2008-04-21 05:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM616	ROME TALKS - INITIAL NCP PERCEPTIONS [...] (C) "The Rome talks were useful and even though we didn't get much out of them, we're looking at the bigger picture," NCP negotiator Yahia Bebiker, who was present in Rome, told CDA Fernandez April 21. Bebiker said the NCP viewed the talks as a "good start" as long as the two sides begin to c [...]	2008-04-21 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM620	GOSS OFFICIALS COMPLAIN OF LACK OF OIL REVENUE TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Organized by the US Embassy in its role as Coordinator, the AEC's Wealth Sharing Working Group (WSWG) traveled to the South Sudanese capital of Juba April 16 for a field visit. The purpose of the trip, besides the symbolism of holding a session in Juba, was to gather information [...]	2008-04-21 16:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM623	GOSS GIVES JUBA SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On the afternoon of April 21 the GOSS assembled the Diplomatic and NGO community for a briefing on what steps it is taking to combat the recent rash of armed robberies targeting foreigners and NGOs in Juba. Actions to be taken include putting more police out on the streets, star [...]	2008-04-23 12:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC CASC SU
08KHARTOUM625	MINNAWI ON CENSUS, BILATERAL TALKS, AND PROPOSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21, Senior Assistant to the President, Minni Minnawi, told CDA Fernandez that the census will not be accurate in Darfur, that the U.S.-Sudan bilateral negotiations legitimizes the NCP and marginalizes minority political voices, and that a recent aborted trip to Juba make [...]	2008-04-23 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM626	UN STAFFER'S PROPOSAL ON DARFUR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) On April 22, Gerry McHugh, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson's chief strategist, told poloffs that the Darfur peace process needs strong U.S. leadership, not more large, multi-lateral meetings. McHugh offered a number of uncharacteristic UN ideas including: 1) Any deal will be brokered behind the [...]	2008-04-23 12:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM639	SUDAN HEALTH MINISTRY REQUESTS SANCTIONS WAIVER ON CANCER [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Post has been contacted by the Sudanese Ministry of Health (via Sudanese Foreign Ministry),in a note dated 4/13/2008, with a request for assistance in permitting importation of radioisotopes and related equipment for cancer ther [...]	2008-04-24 13:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFPC PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM647	GOSS REGIONAL AFFAIRS UNDERSCRETARY ON SPLM POLITITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. In a wide ranging conversation April 25, the Undersecretary of the GoSS Ministry of Regional Cooperation said that the Council of Minister's vote to delay the census in the South reflected South Sudan's internal ethnic anxieties, that it is unclear whether President Kiir will r [...]	2008-04-28 12:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KCRM SU
08KHARTOUM648	DETERMINED UNHCR ENGAGES EXIGENT GNU [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent meetings between USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) officials and USAID/OFDA partner U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) officials in Khartoum and Nyala reveal that the Government of National Unity (GNU) has methodically challenged UNHCR in it [...]	2008-04-28 13:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM665	SUDAN: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The rising global price of food and agricultural commodities is having an impact on food prices in Sudan, mainly with staple commodities, such as wheat and sorghum. While not fully quantifiable, domestic agricultural production seems to be responding to the changes, and the Go [...]	2008-05-01 14:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM667	RESPONSE: CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) China's engagement in Sudan centers on the pursuit of its economic interests, particularly oil, and these interests underpin its relationship with the ruling National Congress Party (NCP). China's engagement on the political issues related to the conflict in Darfur or tensions between N [...]	2008-05-01 14:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR SU CH XA XE
08KHARTOUM669	MANSOUR KHALID ON SPLM PREPARATIONS FOR PARTY [...] (C) Everything is on track for the SPLM convention to go forward May 10, GOS Presidential Advisor and prominent SPLM northerner Dr. Mansour Khalid told CDA and polchief April 29. Khalid expects full support for Salva Kiir as Chairman of the party as "no one would dare stand against him." Khal [...]	2008-05-01 15:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM691	GOS BOMBINGS IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The last week of April and first week of May witnessed a spate of Government of Sudan (GoS) bombings in remote parts of North Darfur against rebel positions. Civilians have been the primary victims, sounding alarm bells for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNA [...]	2008-05-05 14:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM692	URFF ARAB REBEL REPRESENTATIVES SEEK SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4 in Khartoum, three representatives of the Arab-dominated United Revolutionary Forces Front (URFF) told poloffs that their individual rebel group and the larger umbrella group of which they are a part, the United Resistance Front (URF),are both weak and need support. The [...]	2008-05-06 10:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM7	INCOMING FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR WANTS TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary. CDA Powers met with newly sworn-in Foreign Minister Deng Alor on January 2 who said that he wanted to improve Sudanese-U.S. relations. Deng offered GoS assurances to work together in the investigation of the killing of the U.S. diplomat and his Sudanese driver. Also with the aim [...]	2008-01-02 16:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM710	SUDAN WARNS OF JEM RAID ON KHARTOUM, ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) In a call to CDA Fernandez late on May 8 and during a hastily convened diplomatic corps briefing on May 9, Sudan warned of an advance of JEM rebel forces deep into Sudanese territory, including a possible attack on a suburb of Khartoum within days. The Government also made a public statem [...]	2008-05-09 11:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC SU CD
08KHARTOUM718	NCP "AFRAID OF ITSELF" IN JEM INCURSION INTRIGUE [...] (SBU) The day of the JEM attack on Omdurman May 10, on the margins of party discussions in preparation for the second SPLM General Conference, CDA Fernandez caught up with party leaders to discuss fears and intrigue in Khartoum caused by reports of the (then rumored) attack by the Justice and E [...]	2008-05-12 08:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM727	SUDANESE MFA BRIEFS KHARTOUM DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 13 at 11:00 A.M. (local time) Mutriff Sadiq, the Undersecretary at the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accompanied by a Sudanese Army General, briefed Khartoum's Ambassadors on the Justice and Equality Movement's attack on Omdurman, across the Nile from the Sudanese c [...]	2008-05-13 14:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM729	SPLM'S SHIFTING RESPONSE TO JEM ATTACK [...] (SBU) The SPLM's reaction to the May 10 JEM attack on Omdurman has shifted from private glee to deep concern. Any admiration for JEM's ability to achieve what eluded the SPLA during 21 years of war with Northern Sudan Party has been muted by fears of a National Congress Party (NCP) backlash ag [...]	2008-05-13 15:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO AU UN SU CD
08KHARTOUM732	MAY 14 UPDATE ON SITUATION IN KHARTOUM AND DARFUR AND [...] (SBU) There are reports of continued, sporadic firing in Omdurman during the night of May 13-14 and the Nile bridge connecting Omdurman with Khartoum-proper was closed briefly, but Khartoum remains generally calm four days after the May 10 JEM raid. Armed police and SAF continue to patrol the [...]	2008-05-14 12:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU CD AMGT ASEC CASC
08KHARTOUM734	SUDAN'S MESSAGE TO U.S., FOLLOWING [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Othman Ismail on May 14 at NCP HQ shortly after Ismail received his diplomatic marching orders from President Al-Bashir (Note: Sudan's Foreign Minister, Deng Alor, belongs to the SPLM and Ismail is Al-Bashir's and the ruling National Congr [...]	2008-05-14 15:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU CD
08KHARTOUM736	MOVEMENTS EXPECT GOS RETALIATION IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Darfur representatives of Sudan Liberation Army/Minni Minawi (SLA/MM) expect Government of Sudan (GoS) to retaliate against Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) positions in Darfur for JEM having exposed the GoS' military weakness, particularly by allegedly killing officers at the [...]	2008-05-14 15:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU CD UNSC
08KHARTOUM740	PAGAN AMUN THREATENS TO LEAVE GNU CABINET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GNU Cabinet Affairs Minister and SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amun cited irreconcilable differences with SPLM Chairman and First Vice President of Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit as his justification for why he intends to leave the Government of National Unity (GNU) and join his wife [...]	2008-05-15 10:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM741	SPLM PROPOSES FM ALOR VISIT PARIS TO DISCUSS JEM/CHAD, SPLA [...] (SBU) GNU Foreign Minister Deng Alor told poloffs in Juba May 14 that President Bashir may send him to Paris possibly as soon as next week to discuss Chad and its support for JEM with the French. Alor asked poloffs to "pass this information to your people in Khartoum and Washington." FM Alor [...]	2008-05-15 10:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM745	ABYEI UPDATE: FIGHTING SUBSIDES, BUT HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between SAF and SPLA (reftel) subsided on May 15 and late in the day the sides agreed to a mutual withdrawal. Casualty numbers from May 13-14 fighting are unknown, but the town reportedly sustained heavy damage and the UN estimates that as many as 30,000 people (virtu [...]	2008-05-15 17:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM763	DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent bombings targeting civilians in rebel-held areas of North Darfur have accompanied a deteriorating human rights situation throughout the region. Human rights advocates have also noted an increase in the incidence of rape, as well as domestic violence, often taking place in [...]	2008-05-19 05:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM772	SPLM TAKES THE HIGH ROAD IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM is using the current humanitarian and security crisis in Aryei town"tk highlighd NCQ intrajsigefce"of thQJAbiai kssue"ane pmucD gvrnbu3t$~dg^qsvQh4 eQu)ktfb&'bl$XalQ ibmtneIa.aAa%jQjnQwxo 'cYb@,aQhd]cm"~7Qkdf.oth+,sFQ_px(hV\Q^"G"ldtr ies to respond to the humanitarian cri [...]	2008-05-19 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM775	MFA INFORMS OF SPLA "SURPRISE ATTACK" IN ABYEI, [...] (C) MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq called in CDA Fernandez on May 20 to inform him of military escalation in the contested region of Abyei by the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) after a purported compromise had been achieved on May 18. Siddiq said that SPLA units armed with heavy wea [...]	2008-05-20 10:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID SU
08KHARTOUM782	HEAVY FIGHTING IN ABYEI MAY 20 EVENTIALLY DIES DOWN, CALLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Heavy fighting took place in Abyei May 20 between SAF and SPLM forces. Each side accuses the other of an unprovoked attack. A tense calm returned later in the day, with both sides back in their original positions. SPLM officials complained that President Kiir is under intense pre [...]	2008-05-21 08:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MOPS KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM787	SPLM ANGER FOLLOWING MAY 20 BATTLE IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM remains divided over Kiir's decision to limit SPLA forces from Abyei, and senior leadership, including Foreign Minister Deng Alor, are among a faction favoring a more aggressive response. Outrage over SAF conduct intensified following May 19 SAF interference with the r [...]	2008-05-21 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM806	AEC EXTRAORDINARY PLENARY ADDRESSES ABYEI: SPLM LEADERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held an extraordinary plenary session May 25 to address recent violence in Abyei, a situation that all agreed is a "crisis." Members of the international community joined AEC Chairman Derek Plumbly in pressing the two parties to exer [...]	2008-05-26 15:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM807	USAID ASSESSMENT OF ABYEI IDPS IN AGOK [...] Begin Summary: On May 24, a USAID team including officers from USAID's Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) conducted a one-day assessment of the humanitarian situation in and around Agok in southern Abyei Area. The Agok area is curr [...]	2008-05-27 07:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM822	AEC VISITS DEVASTATED ABYEI TOWN AND REFUGEES [...] (U) Summary: An Assessment and Evaluation Committee (AEC) delegation visited Abyei and associated refugee sites May 28 to view the effects of recent fighting between Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) units in that town. Abyei is now completely under the contro [...]	2008-06-01 13:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM836	"NOW IS THE TIME," TURABI TELLS WILLIAMSON [...] (SBU) On May 30, Special Envoy Richard Williamson called on Dr. Hassan Abdalla al-Turabi, founder and leader of the People's Congress Party (PCP). Turabi was a founding member of the National Islamic Front (NIF),predecessor of the current regime, the National Congress Party (NCP). Turabi was [...]	2008-06-04 13:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU

08KHARTOUM846	MEDIA REACTION: WHAT'S NEXT FOR U.S.-SUDAN TALKS? [...] Several local newspaper commentators added their voices to the debate surrounding the U.S. role in trying to help the Sudanese political class resolve the country's internal conflicts - Darfur and the North/South dispute over the oil-rich Abyei region. Meanwhile, the local press increasingly tu [...]	2008-06-05 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP SU
08KHARTOUM851	SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH SENIOR SPLM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy Richard Williamson met with the senior leadership of the SPLM in Khartoum on May 31 to discuss progress on the implementation of the CPA, the crisis in Abyei, and the need for better coordination between the SPLM and the United States in dealing with the National C [...]	2008-06-08 09:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM863	UNMIS CONSIDERS MANDATE SHIFT IN WAKE OF LRA VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a succession of highly visible, high casualty LRA attacks in Southern Sudan, UN officials are discussing a temporary shift of UNMIS's peacekeeping mandate from Chapter Six to Chapter Seven. UNMIS Sector One officials, sensitive to criticism leveled against their Sector [...]	2008-06-10 14:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC SU UG
08KHARTOUM866	MASS ARRESTS, TORTURE THREATEN DARFURIS IN KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the May 10 JEM attacks on Omdurman, there are reliable reports that the GoS has detained and tortured thousands of Darfuris living in Khartoum. Sudanese civil society is scrambling to document the names of the detainees, and Sudanese opposition has formed the "May 10 [...]	2008-06-10 14:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM871	AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH SPQL ENVOY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 1 meeting Special Envoys Williamson and Eliasson compared notes on current circumstances complicating the path to peace in Darfur. Eliasson highlighted regional aspects of the Darfur crisis, namely the need for the P5 to facilitate normalization of Chad-Sudan relation [...]	2008-06-11 10:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
08KHARTOUM877	SOUTHERN SUDAN HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - NORTHERN BAHR EL [...] Summary: From May 19 to 23, a USAID team, including officers from the Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA),reviewed the humanitarian situation in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State (NBEG). The team looked at the problem of malnutrition a [...]	2008-06-12 13:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM889	NCP AND SPLM DISCUSS THEIR AGREEMENT ON ABYEI [...] (C) Two key NCP-SPLM leaders discussed on June 11 the June 8 Accord on Abyei, its implementation, and whether the parties would welcome the return of Special Envoy Williamson to assist with Abyei negotiations. The SPLM and the NCP agreed that the new accord is a positive step. The SPLM went so [...]	2008-06-15 11:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF KPKO PHUM UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM898	ABYEI ACCORD MAY BE AN NCP TRAP, SAYS FORMER SUDANESE FM [...] (SBU) Summary: Lam Akol told CDA Fernandez that the SPLM views the June 8 Abyei agreement as success, but the choice to refer the border demarcation to international arbitration could help the NCP delay a decision until after the 2011 referendum. A prolonged arbitration process serves the NCP w [...]	2008-06-16 14:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM905	NORTH DARFUR KEY ACADEMIC INDICATOR SHARPLY DECLINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tasked with reviewing and monitoring the performance of state ministries, the State Legislative Council recently discovered a little noticed but sharp decline in the percentage of students passing the exam from primary to secondary school last year in North Darfur. Ministry of E [...]	2008-06-18 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SCUL SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM913	ABYEI UPDATE JUNE 19 [...] (U) SPLA and SAF contingents that will form the basis of the new JIU battalion in Abyei began to arrive in Abyei June 19, according to UNMIS. 310 SPLA troops arrived overland from Wau June 19, while the 200 SAF arrived overland from Muglad with an additional 100 due to arrive later the same da [...]	2008-06-19 13:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM915	SHORTLEY MEETINGS WITH GOSS/SPLA ON LRA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: "Dove" Vice President and Juba Peace Talks Mediator Riek Machar and military pragmatist SPLA Chief of Staff General Oyai Deng Ajak provided AF Senior Advisor Shortley with nuanced and occasionally differing viewpoints on how to deal with the LRA question following fresh LRA acti [...]	2008-06-20 09:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS SU CG CT UG
08KHARTOUM916	A GUIDE TO THE FORMAL POLITICAL PARTY LANDSCAPE IN DARFUR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although the two CPA signatories - the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the National Congress Party (NCP) - form the basis of the Government of National Unity (GNU) and control most aspects of political life in Sudan (with the NCP controlling the North and the SPLM [...]	2008-06-20 10:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM922	SPLA ACCUSED OF TOTURING SUSPECTS WHILE SPLA [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLA military police have been accused of torturing employees of a U.S. company operating in Juba, Sudan. Two of these individuals were reportedly subject to psychological abuse as well as beatings and sodomy. In an unrelated incident, a counter-intelligence officer was arreste [...]	2008-06-22 10:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM93	AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: SUDAN ATTENDENCE [...] (SBU) (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed post that Foreign Minister Deng Alor will attend the AU Summit, most likely on January 28 and 29. Though he has not yet requested a meeting, post suggests that A/S Frazer meet with FM Deng Alor, who was just sworn in as Foreign Minister e [...]	2008-01-23 07:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSUM PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU XA
08KHARTOUM933	SUDAN WON'T STOP UNTIL DEBY STOPS, CLAIMS GOS [...] (C) SUMMARY. For the GoS to refrain from interfering in Chad, Chadian President Idris Deby must stop his support for Darfur rebel groups, particularly the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) led by Khalil Ibrahim, GoS NCP Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail told CDA Fernandez. On a rece [...]	2008-06-24 06:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SU
08KHARTOUM941	ABYEI, SUDAN ON KNIFE'S EDGE, WARNS FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: FM Deng Alor described ongoing tensions on the June 8 Abyei road map while noting some progress in implementing its milestones. Back from a just concluded visit to several European capitals, he summarized increasing European pressure, especially from France, on the need for Sudane [...]	2008-06-25 11:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM945	ABYEI IDPS: HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] Begin Summary: On June 20 and 21, a team from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) conducted a follow-up assessment of Agok area, where an estimated 27,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Abyei have been displaced to since mid-May. The USAID team reported a [...]	2008-06-25 13:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM954	CABINET AFFAIRS MINISTER PAGAN AMUM SAYS HE WILL [...] (C) Summary: SPLM Secretary General and current GNU Minister of Cabinet Affairs Pagan Amum told CDA June 25 that he will leave his post as Cabinet Minister "within two weeks." Lam Akol is the candidate most likely to replace him, according to Amum, for lack of other good options in the SPLM. [...]	2008-06-27 10:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM955	UN RESIDENT COORDINATIOR ON ABYEI ROADMAP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Resident Coordinator in Abyei reports gradual progress there, with an ethnic-Dinka police force being formed, unexploded ordinance collected, and remains of the dead being retrieved. He reported that no land mines have been found, contrary to earlier reports. He argued [...]	2008-06-27 11:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM957	"PRECARIOUS" DARFUR HUNGER GAP CALLS FOR URGENT US [...] (SBU) This is an action message. See para 5-6. 2. (SBU) On June 22 the United Nations country team in Sudan issued a statement on the increasingly precarious "hunger gap" this year in Darfur. The rainy season between May and October is always the toughest time of the year but this year it h [...]	2008-06-29 08:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM972	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER LESS THAN HELPFUL ON ABYEI [...] (C) Summary: In an exchange at times collegial, at times heated, CDA Fernandez met the State Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Samani Al-Wasila on July 1 at the GOS Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pressing him for progress implementing the Abyei Roadmap and urgent GOS action to improve security along [...]	2008-07-02 07:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF KPKO PHUM UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM973	JEM'S SENIOR LEADERS DISCUSS POLITICAL PROCESS (PART I of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27-28, three senior Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders in London separately met poloff and discussed Darfur's political process. Leaders appeared confident of JEM's position following their May 10 attack on Omdurman, though frustrated by the stalled political p [...]	2008-07-02 08:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM974	JEM'S SENIOR LEADERS DISCUSS REBEL UNIFICATION AND EXTERNAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27-28, three senior Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders in London separately met poloff and discussed JEM's ideas on rebel unification; its relations with the SPLM, SLM/Minni Minnawi, Chad, and Libya; and JEM's expectations for the content of any peace deal. Thes [...]	2008-07-02 09:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM98	SUDAN'S TOP BUSINESSMAN SAYS HE'S FED UP WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 22 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Sudan's leading businessman, Osama Daoud Latif, appeared unusually frustrated with the Sudanese Government, concluding that "a lot of people feel it is time for this government to go." Daoud described the governing regime as internally [...]	2008-01-23 14:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM982	APOCALYPSE SOON: SUDANESE PONDER POSSIBLE NEW ICC [...] (C) Summary: NCP officials are quietly warning the international community that cooperation on a variety of priority issues, from UNAMID implementation to CPA follow through and Sudan's slow move to democracy could be jeopardized by "politically motivated" indictments of the ICC of Sudanese o [...]	2008-07-04 09:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM983	SLA/UNITY AND SLA/AW APPEAR INTERNALLY DIVIDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 26, the SLA/Unity's erratic spokesman, Mahjoub Hussein, told poloff in London that his rebel movement is planning a massive attack ("the flood") on Khartoum. In a separate meeting with Hussein's colleague, SLA/Unity's Humanitarian coordinator Suliman Jamous said he was [...]	2008-07-04 12:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM985	EU SPECIAL ENVOY WARNED BY GOS REGIME ABOUT IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with EU Special Envoy to Sudan Torben Brylle on July 2 to discuss EU concerns about possible ICC indictments of senior Sudanese government officials. Brylle recounted his meeting the same day with security chief Salah Ghosh, who warned him that Sudan is not afrai [...]	2008-07-04 12:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF KPKO PHUM UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM992	DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tensions are mounting throughout Darfur, particularly in North Darfur, where a heightened Government of Sudan (GoS) military presence and tightening GoS restrictions on movement of all parties seem to signal a reassertion of GoS control over the state, possibly in response to reb [...]	2008-07-06 06:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
08KHARTOUM996	SUDAN NEEDS AMERICAN HELP - ON MINNAWI AND ICC - [...] (C) Summary: Sudan wants US help in bringing former rebel leader and current Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi back from Darfur where he is encamped with his fighters and proposes a trilateral (NCP, Minnawi, US) discussion on implementing the moribund 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Su [...]	2008-07-06 15:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM997	SLOW, INCREMENTAL PROGRESS IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) Summary: The CPA parties met in Juba the weekend of July 4/5 to address remaining questions on the Abyei roadmap, including the arbitration mechanism and the interim administration. An additional document on the arbitration will likely be presented to the GNU Presidency this week, to whi [...]	2008-07-06 15:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KIGALI111	RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Bush's February 19 visit to Rwanda is eagerly anticipated by the Government of Rwanda (GOR) and the Rwandan people. President and Mrs. Bush will be warmly welcomed. This visit is already widely viewed as serving to underscore the U.S. Government's d [...]	2008-02-11 09:17:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MASS EAID RW
08KIGALI112	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 14:14:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI116	RWANDA ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande to present points on seeking support for Kosovo's upcoming declaration of independence. Pol/econ chief subsequently spoke twice with Ministry of Foreign Affairs directors on this issue and gave them a non-paper on the subj [...]	2008-02-13 13:37:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI137	RWANDA 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Post submits the following information for the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report. Responses are keyed to reftel. ------------- 27. CHECKLIST ------------- A. Rwanda is a source country for small numbers of women and children trafficked for sexual exploitation, domestic labor, and, i [...]	2008-02-27 15:02:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB RW
08KIGALI138	RWANDA ON PROPOSED TERMINATION OF RWANDA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 15:16:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC RW
08KIGALI151	EUROPEAN COMMISSION TEAMS RECOMMEND MONITORS, [...] (C) Summary. Two groups of EC election experts recently visited Rwanda. One team, concerned with election monitoring, will recommend to Brussels that a 60-plus election monitoring team be sent to Rwanda for the Chamber of Deputies election this fall. An earlier EC group, which evaluated p [...]	2008-03-05 15:13:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RW
08KIGALI165	TIM SHORTLEY MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER AND GREAT [...] (C) Summary. Senior Envoy for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley and Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Charles Murigande and Great Lakes Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera March 6 to discuss rebel Congolese militia leader Laurent Nkunda, the Kivus Peace Process and the Nairobi Agreement, and [...]	2008-03-10 07:27:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM RW
08KIGALI166	MODEST CABINET RESHUFFLE IN RWANDA [...] (C) Summary. President Kagame reshuffled his cabinet on March 7, issuing a late-night communique listing a 28- person body of Ministers and Ministers of State, twenty-three of whom served in the previous cabinet. Most major ministries went unchanged, with the Prime Minister and Ministers [...]	2008-03-10 14:14:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RW
08KIGALI178	Rwanda Update for 2008 President?s Report on [...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following provides an update for the 2007 President?s Report on AGOA for Rwanda. Economic Situation: The government exercises, chiefly through the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, manages the economic health of the country, including tax co [...]	2008-03-13 11:20:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD RW
08KIGALI231	RWANDA THREATENS PULL-OUT FROM UNAMID IF DEPUTY [...] (C) Charge spoke with Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali March 31 on the margins of the White House Faith-Based Initiatives Conference regarding the apparent move by UN and or EU officials to remove Deputy UNAMID commander Karenzi Karake. General Karake and 39 other present and former Rwa [...]	2008-04-01 07:53:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
08KIGALI237	FOREIGN MINISTER ON SPANISH INDICTMENTS AND TRAVEL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali called in Charge on April 2 to discuss the Spanish indictments and their affect on the ability of senior Rwandan government officials to travel to the U.S. Museminali expressed considerable Government of Rwanda (GOR) unease and asked for a formal wri [...]	2008-04-02 16:43:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR MASS RW
08KIGALI246	PRESIDENT KAGAME COMDEMNS SPANISH INDICTMENTS, [...] (U) At a press conference on April 1, President Paul Kagame dismissed the indictment of 40 senior Rwandan military officers by a Spanish judge in angry tones, calling the judge arrogant, an example of Western critics who presume to tell third world countries how to run their affairs, and pol [...]	2008-04-03 16:19:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MASS RW
08KIGALI262	MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - High Council of the Press Releases Strategic Plan - Annual Government of Rwanda (GOR) Retreat - ICTR and GOR Sign Prisoner Accord - Auditor General's Report Published - 10th General Congress of Muslim Councils Meets --- [...]	2008-04-10 13:14:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI265	RWANDA: REFUGEES BEING RECRUITED BY DRC ARMED [...] (C) Summary: On March 11 2008, RefCoord met with staff of both UNHCR and UNICEF-Rwanda who expressed the conviction that representatives of armed groups from the DRC traveled to Rwanda on more than one occasion to recruit adolescent refugees as fighters. Although refugees refused to make off [...]	2008-04-10 15:44:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RW
08KIGALI276	WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR VISITS RWANDA ON ICTR CASE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Ambassador Clint Williamson met with a variety of Rwandan officials April 13-16 to discuss the prospects for case transfers from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR. Cautioning officials that the ICTR may initially rule agains [...]	2008-04-17 12:32:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR RW
08KIGALI301	RWANDA: NO PLANS FOR ALTERNATE NOMINEE FOR 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-29 15:14:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI304	CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) The Chinese and Rwandan governments continue their cooperative relations on a number of fronts, with Chinese parastatals and private companies active in Rwanda, a number of development projects underway, and discussions continuing on various soft loans. As noted in refs B and C, China [...]	2008-04-30 14:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR SENV RW
08KIGALI319	RWANDA SUPPORTS US POSITION AT NPT PREPCOM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee meeting to Ben Rutsinga, Director for International Organizations in the Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 2. Rutsinga expressed his government's continuing support for the NPT [...]	2008-05-05 09:22:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI32	RWANDA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 06:08:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB RW
08KIGALI325	MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - Four Political Parties In Breach of Financial Regulations - Minister of Justice Campaigns Against "Judicial Sadism" - Killings of Genocide Survivors Climb? - Fighting "Genocide Ideology" Ombudsman Criticizes Four Par [...]	2008-05-06 09:01:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI363	RWANDA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda economic review includes: Commercial News: - Rwandair shakes up management, cancels flights to Johannesburg - Government cracks down on shaky micro-finance institutions - Rwandex - Rwanda's largest coffee exporter suspends operations - Nakumatt - Kenya's lea [...]	2008-05-23 10:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI368	RWANDA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda economic review includes: Commercial News: - Rwandair shakes up management, cancels flights to Johannesburg - Government cracks down on shaky micro-finance institutions - Rwandex - Rwanda's largest coffee exporter suspends operations - Nakumatt - Kenya's l [...]	2008-05-27 06:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI369	RWANDA - SPANISH INDICTMENTS "MERE ARROGANCE" [...] (U) Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including President Paul Kagame and Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama, continue their campaign against the Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officials (reftels). In comments delivered to commemorate Israel's 60th year, Kagame called the [...]	2008-05-27 13:10:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI38	RWANDAN OFFICIALS ON NAIROBI AGREEMENT AND THE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on January 14 and Great Lakes Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera on January 15 regarding the Kivus Conference, events in eastern Congo, and the Nairobi Agreement. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) will consider attend [...]	2008-01-15 16:08:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA RW
08KIGALI380	MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - Minister of Information Battles Independent Media - RPF Meets on Genocide, Defense of Government Policy - Spillover of Spanish Indictments - Genocide Fugitive Reaches Out to GOR? - National Electoral Commission on Track [...]	2008-06-02 15:59:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI402	UPDATED CONTACT NUMBERS FOR RWANDAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Post submits the following information on Rwandan government officials. Country code for Rwanda is 250. Cell phones are generally more reliable than land lines. - Head of State Last/Family Name: KAGAME First/Middle Names: Paul Conventional Usage: Paul Kagame Formal Title: His Excel [...]	2008-06-11 06:32:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI436	RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR BILL NELSON [...] (SBU) Introduction: Senator Nelson's visit to Rwanda comes at a promising time in U.S.-Rwandan relations. The U.S. Government has a deep partnership with Rwanda on a wide-range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as expanding economic development, peacekeeping in Darfur, resolving t [...]	2008-06-25 14:35:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI439	RWANDA: AU DELEGATION [...] The Rwandan delegation consists of Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali and Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama. They are at Sharm el-Sheikh now, and will likely depart July 3. The Rwandan Foreign Ministry did not have hotel information on the delegation, but promised to forward when obta [...]	2008-06-27 12:04:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KSUM OVIP RW
08KIGALI442	RWANDA HOSTS FIRST EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY [...] (U) Summary: On June 26-28, Rwanda hosted the 9th East African Community (EAC - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi) Heads of State Summit in conjunction with the first-ever EAC Investment Conference. EAC leaders focused on the need to improve transportation and energy infrastructure, [...]	2008-06-30 15:08:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV OPIC RW
08KIGALI453	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 15:39:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO RW
08KIGALI456	AU SUMMIT SUPPORTS RWANDA ON UNIVERSAL [...] (SBU) Rwanda continues its campaign against French and Spanish indictments of senior Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials. At the recent AU Summit in Egypt, the Assembly endorsed a "Report of the Commission on the Abuse of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction." The report noted the "poli [...]	2008-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA RW
08KIGALI460	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS WORKSHOP [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individuals scheduled to attend ACSS Workshop in Kampala, Uganda Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- Kayiranga [...]	2008-07-10 12:45:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI488	RWANDAN ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 15:10:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA RW
08KIGALI499	MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE PLEDGES STRONGER PROTECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a U.S.-led conference on conservation of the Greater Virunga Transboundary Landscape - home to the world's last 700 mountain gorillas - ministers from Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) pledged to strengthen conservation and security efforts in the region [...]	2008-07-24 15:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI5	MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: -- Rwanda's Fifth National Dialogue -- The Rwandan Patriotic Front's 20th Anniversary Congress -- Changes in NGO Registration Procedures -- The High Council of the Press "Validation Workshop" President Chairs Fifth National D [...]	2008-01-04 09:45:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI503	RWANDA: ZIMBABWE DEMARCH DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 15:48:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SADC RW
08KIGALI521	RWANDA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Preparations have begun in earnest for the September elections for the Chamber of Deputies. Late July, the EU elections monitoring advance team arrived in Kigali to begin preparations for its long-term and short-term observer teams. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) presented a code of cond [...]	2008-08-05 12:47:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM RW
08KIGALI525	ETHNICITY IN RWANDA -- WHO GOVERNS THE COUNTRY? [...] (C/NF) An analysis of the ethnic breakdown of the current Rwandan government shows Tutsis hold a preponderant percentage of senior positions. Hutus in very senior positions often hold relatively little real authority, and are commonly "twinned" with senior Tutsis who exercise real power. Th [...]	2008-08-05 16:34:00	Embassy Kigali	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PINS RW
08KIGALI534	NEIGHBORHOODS FLATTENED TO MAKE WAY FOR URBAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 14:17:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI552	FURTHER PROGRESS ON BWINDI ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) This is an action request - see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Charge met with Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama and Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga August 11 to discuss the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) assurances letter necessary for the deportation of the Bwindi defendants back to Rwand [...]	2008-08-12 16:33:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KCRM RW
08KIGALI558	CHEVRON PULLS OUT OF RWANDA [...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Chevron closed shop in Rwanda. Citing extensive fraud in its Rwandan operations (including in the alleged fueling of MONUC aircraft that had not been in Kigali),and friction with the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on compliance with U.S. sanctions against fueling aircraft [...]	2008-08-13 14:41:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI560	RWANDA - DEMARCHE ON EASTERN CONGO [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminali dismissed concerns about the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (ref A). In particular, she rejected any notion that the Government of Rwanda (GOR) continued to support Laurent Nkunda and the CNDP and allowed them [...]	2008-08-14 15:56:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI613	RWANDA ON HUMAN RIGHTS, GEORGIA, KOSOVO, EGYPT [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met September 8 with Ben Rutsinga, IO Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to present several demarches. On the USG's human rights agenda at the upcoming UNGA session (ref A),as he has many times in the past Rutsinga noted Rwanda's "skeletal" team at the United N [...]	2008-09-09 14:43:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA PHUM RW
08KIGALI620	RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] (U) In this edition: - Release of Mucyo Commission report on French Responsibility in 1994 Genocide - Former ICTR Prosecutor on Rwandan Justice System, Universal Jurisdiction, and Transfer of Cases - Legislative Campaign Kick-Off - Some Reporters Shut Out - Kagame Talks Tough in Inter [...]	2008-09-11 16:19:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI634	RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: Commercial Issues: -- Kobil Rwanda acquires Stippag petroleum business -- Total sells Rwanda operations to Engen Petroleum Ltd. -- Nakumatt launches business operations in Kigali -- Electrogaz dismantled Development Issues: -- Rwan [...]	2008-09-18 14:27:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC
08KIGALI708	AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - RWANDA [...] (U) This cable responds to queries in reftel. Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2.(U) With 85 percent of its population engaged in subsistence agriculture, Rwanda's economic priorities include poverty alleviation, encouraging private investment and infrastructure d [...]	2008-10-07 12:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI710	RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONVOKES DIP CORPS ON DRC [...] (C) Summary. In remarks to the local diplomatic corps on October 7, Foreign Minister Museminali and Great Lakes Envoy Richard Sezibera condemned the continuing "co-location" and joint operations of the FDLR and FARDC, called for renewed application of the various peace agreements and Securi [...]	2008-10-07 17:01:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS KPKO PHUM RW CG
08KIGALI741	PEACE, STABILITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, NOT WAR, ARE [...] (C) Summary. Absent significant ethnic cleansing of Rwandaphone populations in eastern Congo, or a serious attack by the FDLR across the border, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) will likely keep its cool, keep its policy focus on development, and grit its collective teeth as it exchanges allega [...]	2008-10-17 11:34:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO RW
08KIGALI743	ONE NEW MINISTER APPOINTED, SMALL SHUFFLE OF OTHER [...] (U) On Sunday, October 19, Radio Rwanda announced the appointment of Dr. Richard Sezibera, formerly the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, as Minister of Health. He took the place of Jean Damascene Ntawukuliryayo, who won election to the Chamber of Deputies in September as a Social Democrat [...]	2008-10-21 07:01:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI75	KOUCHNER VISIT TO KIGALI: GREAT ATMOSPHERICS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner visited Kigali for four hours on January 26, sandwiched between stops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso. Kouchner visited the Gisozi Genocide Memorial, and had talks with President Kagame, including a joint appearan [...]	2008-01-31 10:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL RW
08KIGALI760	RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review Covers: Development Issues -- Government of Rwanda (GOR) consolidates seven agencies into the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) -- World Bank approves $24 million for ICT infrastructure -- GOR offers subsidies to local exporters -- Central [...]	2008-10-28 14:50:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC
08KIGALI768	FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali briefed the local diplomatic corps October 29 on events in eastern Congo and the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) relations with the DRC. Museminali claimed that Rwandan armed forces had not fired in response to a Congolese armed forces (FARDC) [...]	2008-10-31 10:57:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI795	RWANDA RELATIVELY UNSCATHED BY GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (U) Summary: The global financial crisis has so far spared Rwanda. Rwanda's small financial sector, limited import/export trade, subsistence agriculture and donor-supported public sector are on the periphery of the global financial system and as such only indirectly impacted by the financi [...]	2008-11-10 08:04:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW
08KIGALI798	RWANDA ON NO-ACTION MOTIONS ON IRAN, BURMA, DPRK [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 15:57:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI801	RWANDA ON ARREST OF OFFICIAL, SITUATION IN CONGO [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali addressed the Kigali diplomatic corps on November 13 on the arrest in Germany of Rose Kabuye (reftel),Chief of Presidential Protocol, and on the situation in the DRC and prospects for progress in peacemaking. On Rose Kabuye, Museminali, assisted by [...]	2008-11-13 16:16:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI811	RWANDA ON TALKS WITH CONGO, OBASANJO [...] (U) In a follow-up to talks held in Kinshasa October 31 - November 1, a DRC delegation led by Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba visited Kigali November 14-15 to continue discussions on events in eastern Congo, normalization of relations, and next steps. Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary [...]	2008-11-20 12:41:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI819	RWANDA ON ANTI-ISRAEL AND COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief met November 24 with Joseph Kabakeza, Director General of Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss reftel demarches on Anti-Israel resolutions (ref B) and the Non-Proliferation resolution (ref A). Kabakeza said his ministry wo [...]	2008-11-24 15:53:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNGA RW
08KIGALI820	RWANDA'S REACTION TO KABUYE ARREST ENDANGERS VITAL [...] (C) Ambassador met with the German Charge November 20, in the wake of the mass demonstrations (ref A) against the arrest of senior Rwandan official Rose Kabuye in Germany (ref B). Expressing considerable dismay at the recent turn of events in German-Rwandan relations (asking at one point, "W [...]	2008-11-25 14:37:00	Embassy Kigali	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI856	DEMARCHES ON UNESCO, IRAN, SOMALIA, KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral and Bilateral Relations Director Kato Ninyetegeka on December 15. On the UNESCO candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Kosni (ref B),Ninyetegeka reacted immediately to the information on Kosni' [...]	2008-12-16 16:44:00	Embassy Kigali	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNESCO PHUM KPKO PARM RW
08KIGALI859	SUCCESSFUL JMG AND TRIPARTITE MEETINGS IN KIGALI [...] (SBU) Summary. The Rwandan government hosted successful Joint Monitoring Group - Envoys Level (JMG-EV) and Tripartite Plus Joint Commission meetings in Kigali from December 8-10. Participating governments and international organizations praised the recent progress and positive momentum of [...]	2008-12-18 09:33:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS RW
08KIGALI862	RWANDA MINING REVIEW - NEW INVESTMENT, STRONG [...] (U) Summary: Since privatization in early 2007, the Rwandan mining sector has experienced a surge in foreign investment and explosive growth of export earnings. 2008 mineral exports are expected to grow to over $100 million from $70 million in 2007 and less than $40 million in 2006. While tra [...]	2008-12-19 10:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC RW
08KIGALI864	RWANDA ON MAURITANIA AND AFRICAN UNION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 12:21:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM RW
08KIGALI871	TAKING YES FOR AN ANSWER: SUPPORTING RWANDAN AND [...] (C) Summary. The international community should reinforce recent positive contacts between Rwandan officials and their Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) counterparts so that they may capitalize on their new, mutual commitments. The U.S. and others have long urged the Rwandans and DRC t [...]	2008-12-24 13:16:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MASS PINR RW
08KINGSTON1001	FINANCIAL CRISIS ROCKS JAMAICA [...] (SBU) Jamaica's fragile economy has begun to feel the effects of the global financial meltdown, with the contagion effects already evident in the financial market. The local currency has depreciated by more than six percent since the beginning of October, due largely to margin calls from overse [...]	2008-11-24 20:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY JM XL
08KINGSTON1014	JAMAICAN OFFICIALS ADDRESS PREVENTION, PROTECTION, AND [...] On November 22 poloff spoke at a panel discussion on trafficking in persons (TIP) hosted by local NGO Woman, Inc. The discussion, one of several themed talks over a two-day trade fair/fundraiser for the NGO, featured Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lisa Palmer Hamilton, Director of the N [...]	2008-12-01 15:50:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PGOV KTIP JM XL
08KINGSTON1016	JAMAICA: NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The Government of Jamaican (GOJ) announced a 29 percent drop in traditional export crops such as bananas, sugarcane and coffee in the third quarter. -- The GOJ has signed another agreement with Guyana to import 60,000 tons of rice in 2009. -- The GOJ has received fundi [...]	2008-12-01 19:31:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR IADB IBRD IMF
08KINGSTON1017	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the International Military Student Prep Course (IMSPC),Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth KS, January 8, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign A [...]	2008-12-01 20:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
08KINGSTON1028	JAMAICA: INFINITY ETHANOL DEAL TO CLOSE IN DECEMBER [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) plan to sell the assets of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) parastatal to Brazilian-based Infinity Bio-Energy missed the original target of September 31, but should be completed by December 31. Infinity blames contract negotiations and the global credi [...]	2008-12-08 13:49:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON ETRD EAGR IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON1034	JAMAICA: AWAITING COURT RULING ON HIGH-PROFILE [...] (SBU) Summary and analysis: The government continues to retain its slender parliamentary majority of 32-28 as the Jamaican court postponed a decision on the West Portland seat. Currently Daryl Vaz of the ruling Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) holds the position, but in April a Supreme Court justi [...]	2008-12-09 14:29:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PRWL PGOV SOCI CPAS PBTS EFIN ELAB ECIN ECON
08KINGSTON1039	JAMAICA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] Response to reftel request for the investment climate statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) seeks to attract foreign direct investment and markets itself to companies in Europe, North America and the Caribbean region. [...]	2008-12-10 13:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC

08KINGSTON1042	JAMAICA RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, TITLE III, [...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. On July 23 while speaking at an event hosted by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) on the theme "Cuba and its Neighbors: The Challenges of Change," Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding said: "My hope is that within a s [...]	2008-12-11 15:08:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	TRAD ETTC PREL JM XL

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