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09BAGHDAD629	PRT DIYALA: DIYALA TAWAFUQ/IIP AIMS TO SHARE PC [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRT Diyala recently discussed formation of the new Provincial Council (PC) with members of the United Accord and Reform Front (Tawafuq) list, the leading vote getter in Diyala's PC elections. Tawafuq members asked for PRT technic [...]	2009-03-10 14:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PSOCI IZ

09BAGHDAD630	DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY: INTEGRATING IRAQ WITH ITS [...] (S) Iraq is undergoing a fundamental shift. For 50 years, since the revolution of 1958, Iraq has destabilized the region, launched two wars, countered U.S. interests and defied the international community-while brutalizing its own people. Iraq is now a moderate force for stability in the reg [...]	2009-03-10 16:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON IR IZ
09BAGHDAD636	IRAQ WANTS A JUNE WTO WORKING PARTY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Trade is eager to hold its Third WTO Working Party (WP) in June. However, Trade Minister al-Sudani and WTO Unit officials acknowledge that if they do not make substantial progress in several areas by April, a June WP would not be justified. They appear to be [...]	2009-03-11 12:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD651	IRAQ CONSIDERS STEPS TO BOOST OIL OUTPUT; EARLY [...] (C) Summary: The GOI is considering a number of steps to improve management of the oil sector and streamline contracting procedures, all with a view to boosting near-term output. The steps, including creation of an Oil and Gas Council led by the PM that would reduce the Oil Ministry's role, [...]	2009-03-12 14:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD657	IRAQ REGIONAL STRATEGY - PRELIMINARY UNAMI [...] (C) The UN, like us, is in the process of formulating ideas on how best to promote Iraq's regional engagement. On March 11, Ambassador Gerard Sambrana, SRSG de Mistura's Special Political Advisor (and the senior UNAMI official most directly involved in the Neighbors Process),shared with us [...]	2009-03-13 10:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU KU IR UN
09BAGHDAD658	MOI OFFICIALS SEEK CONTINUED, EVOLVING U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and U.S. military officials met between February 21 and March 7 with senior Government of Iraq (GOI) officials to discuss Iraq's priorities for the future development of its civilian security forces. Mi6dqOS8QA](KQAffairs (DOIA) met with several senior Government of Ira [...]	2009-03-13 11:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD659	SUNNI POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: SECTARIAN VERSUS SECULAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Sunni Arabs are a composite group of moderate Islamists, secular nationalists, unreconstructed Ba'athists, Former Regime Elements (FRE),and tribal leaders. While Sunni Arabs share a sense of marginalization in post-Saddam Iraq, they are highly divided and have been unable [...]	2009-03-13 12:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD661	DHI QAR UNEASILY PREPARES FOR SADRISTS IN [...] (C) Leading Dhi Qar politicians and religious authorities are uneasy with Sadrist participation in an incoming provincial governing coalition with the Prime Minister's State of Law list and ex-Prime Minister Ja'afari's National Reform Trend. In March 8 meetings with visiting Senior Advisor [...]	2009-03-13 14:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD662	SRSG DE MISTURA LAYS OUT UNAMI'S IMMEDIATE [...] (C) In his March 9 debrief of his recent trip to Washington, SRSG Staffan de Mistura told the Charge that he plans to use the political capital he's gained after the successful elections to advance the UNAMI agenda on Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs). The UN seeks close support from the U [...]	2009-03-13 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD671	MALIKI RESHAPING KARBALA POLITICAL SCENE IN [...] (C) Summary. Senior political leaders tell the PRT that Prime Minister Maliki has been the decision-maker in determining the Karbala political line-up following the January 31 elections. Maliki reportedly brokered the political deal between the Dawlat al-Qanun (State of Law) and Amal al-Raf [...]	2009-03-14 14:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD675	ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) Anti-Corruption Coordinator (ACC) and staff recently met separately with three Iraqi religious figures: Grand Ayatollah Hussein Al-Sadr, the senior Shia cleric in Baghdad, Ahmed Abdel Ghafour Al-Sammarraie, head of the GOI's Sunni Endowment, and Harith Al-Obaidy, Sunni cleric and parliamen [...]	2009-03-15 09:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD676	RRT ERBIL: PROFILE OF PUK NAWSHIRWAN MUSTAFA [...] (C) Summary. This cable profiles Nawshirwan Mustafa, the former Deputy Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and leader of the "unofficial" PUK reformist movement in Sulaimaniyah. Long an advocate of change within the PUK, he continues to be a gadfly to the PUK establis [...]	2009-03-15 11:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD681	IRAQI ARMY CONFRONTS MEK AT CAMP ASHRAF [...] (SBU) Summary: Although tensions have escalated at the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) Camp Ashraf in Iraq, press reports may exaggerate the situation on the ground. After failure to resolve a three-week long discussion, Iraqi Army (IA) elements at Camp Ashraf moved to seize control of a building on [...]	2009-03-15 18:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US
09BAGHDAD691	IRAQ 201: IRAQ'S PRESIDENCY AND CABINET [...] (C) Summary. The Presidency Council and Council of Ministers (Cabinet) reflect a broad-based membership of the Iraqi Government and are institutions that sometimes attempt to restrain an increasingly assertive Prime Minister. The Presidency has used its authorities to ensure consensus on key i [...]	2009-03-16 07:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD700	RRT Erbil: The 1991 Generation on College, Jobs [...] (U) Summary: Given that half of the Kurdistan Region's population is under 25, understanding the concerns of the so-called "1991 Generation" -- those born during or after the Kurdish Uprising -- is key to understanding the Region's future. Right now, the Generation's primary concern is getting [...]	2009-03-16 12:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL SOCI PGOV PINR ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD706	KIRKUK: SIXTH ANNUAL ARAB CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the sixth annual Arab Conference in Kirkuk, held March 14, speakers addressed the need for Arab unity, and progress on Article 23, Article 140 and detainees. The conference was notable for the unity of its speakers in calling for support of the Article 23 process and the [...]	2009-03-16 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD723	IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL DIALOGUE: PREPARATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a March 10 meeting with Pol-Mil MinCouns and MNF-I CJ3, and at the March 12 Subcommittee meeting of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Security Dialogue, Minister of State for National Security Affairs (MSNSA),Shirwan al-Waeili said the GoI supports the opening of an Erbil intelligence liais [...]	2009-03-17 18:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR IZ TU
09BAGHDAD729	GOI TO MOVE FORWARD ON KUWAITI MASS GRAVES [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Minister of Human Rights told us that she regrets the delays the GOI has caused in the ICRC-assisted effort to find Kuwaiti missing persons and open Kuwaiti mass graves. Noting that the GOI has worked out the internal issues that had stymied progress, Salim said she has [...]	2009-03-18 08:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KU IZ
09BAGHDAD730	MEK/CAMP ASHRAF - GOI MISHANDLING UNDERLINES NEED [...] (U) This is an action request (see para 11). 2. (S/NF) Summary: The GOI is expressing increasing frustration with the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) residents of Camp Ashraf. In response to GOI assertions that the MEK are "breaking the rules," more stringent controls have been placed on personne [...]	2009-03-18 10:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US
09BAGHDAD731	IRAQ 201: SHI'A POLITICAL LANDSCAPE COLORED BY [...] (C) Summary. This cable outlines Iraq's primary Shi'a parties and the major events Shi'a actors will likely face before national elections, planned for late 2009 or early 2010. Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa party, and the other Shi'a who won seats during the January 31 provincial elections n [...]	2009-03-18 11:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD733	IRAQ 201: SNAPSHOT OF IRAQ'S REGIONAL DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Ref A provided a broad overview of Iraq's diplomatic relations with its neighbors and a proposed U.S. strategy for consolidating Iraq's regional reintegration. Ref B analyzed Iraqi-Iranian relations. This cable aims to complement those messages by providing a snapshot of practical effort [...]	2009-03-18 12:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ GCC
09BAGHDAD741	IRAQ 201: THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The three-year old, 275 member Council of Representatives (CoR) is suffering from growing pains, but has recently demonstrated potential to act as a more effective institution that can challenge executive power. Among its shortcomings, the CoR's credibility as a representative [...]	2009-03-18 15:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD751	IRAQI BUDGET: "DIFFICULT YEAR" SAYS MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Bayan Jabr told EMIN on March 16 that the USD 59 billion FY 2009 Budget as passed by the Council of Representatives was lower than the government had requested and that Iraq faces "a difficult year." Cuts to operational budgets are expected in every ministry. Jab [...]	2009-03-19 08:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON CVIS PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD756	IRAQ DPM BARHAM SALIH ON OIL, ICI, AND BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih expressed satisfaction with the results of the late February oil symposium and said that he expects swift cabinet approval of recommendations to streamline management of the oil sector. While Oil Minister Shahristani has agreed to the recommendat [...]	2009-03-19 09:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EPET ETRD IZ
09BAGHDAD757	SPECIAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR PRT TEAM LEADERS [...] This is an action request. Embassy Baghdad's Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) requests that FSI/NFATC in consultation with NEA develop a special 3-5 day course on "Leading Diverse Teams in Conflict Zones" for senior and FS-01 officers assigned to Team Leader positions in Provincial Reconstru [...]	2009-03-19 10:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER IZ
09BAGHDAD759	SALAH AD DIN: YUNIS BA'ATH FACTION SEEKS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Men purporting to represent the Muhammad Yunis Ahmed (MYA) faction of the Ba'ath Party (BP) told Coalition Forces (CF) and the PRT on March 14 that the faction wants to reconcile now, and can bring some of Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri's IAD faction along. MYA is ready to meet with a seni [...]	2009-03-19 13:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD762	IRANIANS RECEIVE WARY WELCOME IN IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: Plane-loads of Iranian officials have arrived in Iraq recently to tout economic relations, take pilgrimages to religious shrines and confer with their Iraqi counterparts, some of whom welcome the diplomatic overtures while others are less than enthusiastic about associating with [...]	2009-03-19 14:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR PGOV IR IZ
09BAGHDAD763	AFTER THE AWAKENING: TRIBES AS GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sahwa's success at helping beat back Al-Qaida and associated extremists led to its first-place finish in Anbar Province's January provincial election. Winners now move, amid high expectations, from electoral victory into governing. Fallujah-area tribal sheikhs, including the pro [...]	2009-03-19 14:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL PINR KDEM
09BAGHDAD769	Guidelines for PRT and MND/BCT Engagement with Newly [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: This message provides guidelines for PRT and MND/BCT engagement with newly elected provincial officials. This guidance is being issued to assist PRT and MND/BCT pe [...]	2009-03-21 07:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM KCOR IZ
09BAGHDAD770	ERBIL RRT: KURDISTAN REGIONAL POLITICS THROUGH THE EYES OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Students in the Kurdistan Region (KR) uniformly stress that the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) dominate both the political and private spheres of the KR. But their opinions differ on whether these political parties have advanced th [...]	2009-03-21 07:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IZ SOCI
09BAGHDAD774	RRT ERBIL: KURDISH PUBLIC SYMPATHETIC TO PKK [...] (U) This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Even those Iraqi Kurds who disagree with the Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) methods find it emotionally difficult to separate the PKK cause from the larger struggle for Kurdish rights and the hope for Kurdish un [...]	2009-03-22 07:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR SY TU XF IZ
09BAGHDAD778	RRT Erbil: Nawshirwan Mustafa on Free Press, Elections [...] (SBU) During a March 17 visit to Sulaimaniyah, legendary Peshmerga commander and Talabani political rival Nawshirwan Mustafa gave RRT officers an impromptu tour of his Kurdistan News Network (KNN),the Region's first private TV station. KNN is finishing its test broadcast phase and will soon g [...]	2009-03-22 08:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD787	POTENTIAL ISSUES WITH KRG ELECTIONS: USG SHOULD [...] (C) Summary: Elections for the 111-member Kurdish parliament are planned for May 19. These elections are not likely to be a potential flashpoint in Kurd-Arab tensions. That said, the Kurdish elections are important to U.S. interests. How they are conducted, both in terms of meeting (or not [...]	2009-03-23 07:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD789	DA'WA TANZIM CLAIMS MALIKI IS TARGETING CORRUPT [...] (C) Summary. During a series of recent meetings, Da'wa Tanzim members of parliament said that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is investigating high-ranking Iraqi officials involved with violence and corruption and voiced concern over a lingering threat from Ba'thists who seek to return to power. [...]	2009-03-23 07:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD791	CDA, CG AND PM DISCUSS EVOLVING SECURITY CONCERNS, [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on March 19, Charge d' Affaires (CDA) Butenis and Commanding General MNC-I Lieutenant General (LTG) Austin discussed evolving security concerns, politics surrounding the budget, efforts to capture former Sons of Iraq (SOI) leader Ad [...]	2009-03-23 09:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ EPET EFIN
09BAGHDAD793	RSO MEETING WITH KRG ZEREVANI COMMANDER [...] (SBU) Summary: On 03/19/2009, the RSO met with the Commanding General of the Zerevani (Peshmerga),Major General Aziz Wayse, to extend courtesies and discuss further specifics regarding Antiterrorism Assistance Training and the integration of Zerevani forces into RSO's protective security oper [...]	2009-03-23 09:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD797	ICRC PRESIDENT DISCUSSES SECURITY, DETAINEES, MEK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Iraq for the first time since May 2003, ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger praised relations with the Embassy and Multinational Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) in a meeting with the Charg and MNF-I CG Odierno on March 17. Kellenberger noted that ICRC is involved in many protection [...]	2009-03-23 13:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ
09BAGHDAD799	DIWANIYAH: COALITION-BUILDING REMAINS STYMIED, [...] (C) Summary: Impatience appears to be growing that Diwaniyah's new Provincial Council (PC) has not been seated. The composition of the eventual ruling coalition and the identity of the new governor remain highly uncertain due to a lack of clear signals from Baghdad, coupled with continued in [...]	2009-03-23 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD80	PRT SALAH AD DIN: THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR RETURNS TO [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following a successful last-minute appeal of his disqualification from provincial elections on de-Ba'athification grounds, Salah ad Din (SaD) Deputy Governor Abdullah Hussein Mohammed Jebara is now on the ballot for provincial [...]	2009-01-12 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD804	MALIKI'S CALL FOR "RECONCILIATION" STIRS BA'THIST [...] (C) Summary. Rivals of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki are using his recent call for "national reconciliation" to score political points by portraying him as soft on the loathed Ba'th Party. As a consequence, Maliki's office has been on the defensive, clarifying that the government distinguishes [...]	2009-03-24 11:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD808	NAJAF: ISCI BOXED OUT AS COALITION-BUILDING [...] (C) Summary: The provincial election results mark the end of one-party Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) domination in Najaf and will usher in a power-sharing coalition in one of southern Iraq's most religiously and politically important provinces. ISCI's Shahid al-Mihrab list and Prim [...]	2009-03-24 13:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD811	KRG & GOI PRIME MINISTERS AGREE TO RE-START [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani (Massoud's nephew) agreed with Prime Minister Maliki during their meeting in Baghdad on March 24 to reduce tensions between the central and Kurdish region governments. Barzani told us after that meeting that he and Ma [...]	2009-03-25 09:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD816	PRT KIRKUK: FAILURE TO PRIVATIZE LAYLAN CEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Laylan Cement Factory, a State Owned Enterprise Joint Venture (SOE JV)recently lost its contract with the GOI Ministry of Industry and Materials (MoIM). GOI officials cited of lack performance and inability to meet contractual obligations for terminating the relationship wi [...]	2009-03-25 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD831	KURDISH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RULES ON UPCOMING [...] (SBU) According to contacts at UNAMI, on 25 March the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) adopted a number of amendments to the electoral law for the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly. KRG President Barzani is expected to sign the bill shortly, and we do not anticipate challenges. These amend [...]	2009-03-27 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV
09BAGHDAD832	LEAVING FALLUJAH -- AND ANBAR: "TIME TO TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The last Marine departed the symbolic city of Fallujah -- twice the scene in 2004 of the Iraq war's most intense fighting -- on March 3, 2009. In a series of recent discussions, a diverse cross-section of Fallujah residents (a shopkeeper, an Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) official, tw [...]	2009-03-27 12:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD844	NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION TAKES TWO STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 27, the Council of Ministers approved Deputy Minister of Industry Sami Al-Araji as the new chairman of the National Investment Commission (NIC). The Council of Representatives (COR) must still confirm the appointment. Al-Araji has strong connections, experience, and a [...]	2009-03-29 07:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD847	CG, CDA AND PM DISCUSS FOREIGN VISITS, SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-29 10:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ EPET EFIN
09BAGHDAD857	IRAQ'S PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: AN IRAQI SHOW, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Although the GOI was in the lead on the successful January provincial elections, U.S. assistance greatly facilitated the elections logistically and helped the GOI to conduct the voting in a manner approximating international norms. Our support for the Iraqi provincial election [...]	2009-03-30 09:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD858	PRT NINEWA: SINJAR PARTY BOSS AND THE PARADE OF [...] (C) Summary. A crowd of 300 Sinjar residents under the choreography of KDP Branch Chairman Serbast Turwanishi pressed for the integration of Sinjar district into the Kurdistan Region on March 26. Speaker after speaker insisted that if Sinjar reverted to Arab control following the departure [...]	2009-03-30 09:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD859	IRAQ 201: KURDISH POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (C) Summary. The Kurdish political landscape is mostly about the delicate balance maintained by the two dominant secular parties - the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). Changes in leadership for either party set off a game of musical chairs for Kur [...]	2009-03-30 09:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD860	ARREST OF "SONS OF IRAQ" LEADER LEADS TO FIGHTING [...] (S) SUMMARY: The March 28 arrest of a prominent "Sons of Iraq" (SOI) leader, Adil al-Mashadani, in the Fadhil neighborhood of central Baghdad led to fighting between Iraqi Army units and SOI forces. U.S. military advisor units participated in the Iraqi Army operation. The incident increase [...]	2009-03-30 11:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD871	MUTHANNA INTEGRITY COMMISSION: A TOOTHLESS TIGER [...] This is a Muthanna PRT reporting cable 2. (C) Summary: Muthanna PRT Team Leader met with the province's Commission on Public Integrity (CPI) representative to better understand that organization's function, limitations and track record. This group has been largely ineffective due to a la [...]	2009-03-30 14:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EFIN IZ
09BAGHDAD880	IRAQ 201: CENTRALIZATION AND POWER-SHARING -- A [...] (C) Summary. Conflicting visions of the role of the state are increasing divisions among Iraqis, and have become a catalyst for political realignment at the national level. Most Sunni and Shi'a Arabs are inclined toward a strong central state, especially for the purpose of maintaining a unifi [...]	2009-03-31 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD883	THE GROWTH OF IRAQ'S HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER AND HER [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Human Rights has grown into a stronger and more independent ministry under the leadership of Minister Wijdan Salim, particularly during the last year. In her almost three years as minister, Salim has increased the capacity of her staff, giving them the resource [...]	2009-03-31 11:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD885	IN SUNNI PROVINCES, NO MAJOR REACTIONS YET TO SOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent arrest of Sahwa/Sons of Iraq (Awakening/SOI) leader Adel Al Mashhadani and the subsequent violence in the Fadhil section of Baghdad has not yet raised strong concerns from other SOI leaders and members, or from other Sunni Arab leaders outside of Baghdad. In one hopef [...]	2009-03-31 12:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD892	Armenian Community Clings to Independence in Kirkuk. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 11 PRT Kirkuk visited leaders of the Armenian community at their headquarters in Kirkuk City. The 93 Armenian families in Kirkuk (520 people) are the remnants of the Armenians that fled persecution in Turkey between 1915 and 1918. While the Armenian population has drop [...]	2009-04-01 11:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ AM
09BAGHDAD898	PRT SALAH AD DIN: TUZ KHURMATO: THREE VERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26, Poloffs and PRT and CF staff met with representatives from each of the three main ethnic groups in the Tuz Khurmato district of Salah ad Din (SaD): Turkmen, Sunni Arabs, and Kurds. The United Nations (UN) views Tuz as one of the areas with Disputed Internal Boundari [...]	2009-04-01 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD90	PROSPECTS FOR IRAQI NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION AND [...] (C) Summary: Iraq sits on top of the world's tenth largest natural gas reserves. The vast majority of the gas is associated gas suspended in oil reservoirs and separates as the oil is produced; while some of this associated gas is captured for use in power generation and domestic production, [...]	2009-01-13 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD91	MFA READOUT OF PM MALIKI'S VISITS TO TEHRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki was warmly received during his January 3-5 visit to Tehran, in sharp contrast to his last trip in June, which was soured by belligerent Iranian opposition to the SOFA negotiations. According to a senior MFA official who accompanied Maliki, the visit focuse [...]	2009-01-14 06:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD IZ IR
09BAGHDAD911	FINANCE MINISTER ON GE PAYMENTS, SONS OF IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary. Finance Minister Bayan Jabr told EMIN on March 30 that he had directed Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) to make $400 million in loan proceeds available to the Minister of Electricity to pay some of the $580M arrearage due to General Electric (GE) on March 29 Jabr further discussed his [...]	2009-04-02 07:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD918	SENIOR GOI FIGURE REPORTS CHILLY IRAQ-KUWAIT [...] (C) During an April 1 meeting, Dr. Tariq Najm Abdullah, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Maliki, told the Charge that PM Maliki had held a chilly bilateral meeting with Sheikh Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait, on the margins of the Doha Arab League Summit. According to Dr. Tariq, the Kuwaitis linked [...]	2009-04-02 15:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ KU
09BAGHDAD92	NINEWA: IHEC SAYS IDP VOTING MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: The Ninewa Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) representative, Abdel Khaleq al-Dabbagh, said he foresees Election Day complications, including possible voting disruptions, due to unresolved issues surrounding Ninewa IDPs who now reside in the KRG. Dabbagh claimed that N [...]	2009-01-14 08:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD921	IRAQ 201: TURKEY'S INTERESTS AND INFLUENCE IN IRAQ [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The relationship between the Governments of Iraq and Turkey has improved substantially in the last one and a half years, though it remains fraught with long-standing differences. Ongoing areas of concern include KGK/PKK terrorists in northern Iraq; Kurdish demands to control K [...]	2009-04-05 07:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PMIL MOPS TU IZ
09BAGHDAD931	IRAQIS STILL THIRSTY FOR TURKISH WATER AFTER [...] (C) Summary: GoI contacts are pleased with Turkish President Gul,s visit to Iraq last week. They described a trust and warmth between the two countries not known for years. However, differences remain over Iraq,s desire for an increased flow of water from the Tigris and Euphrates. In the a [...]	2009-04-05 11:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MOPS TU IZ
09BAGHDAD933	BAGHDAD U.: STUDENTS TALK POLITICS, OFFER BLUNT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs met for two hours on April 2 at Baghdad University with eight professors, the acting president, and approximately 120 students from the political science college. The group offered frank views about the U.S. decision to invade Iraq, what had happened in the country sinc [...]	2009-04-06 07:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO
09BAGHDAD934	COALITION DRAWDOWN DEMONSTRATES IRAQ,S MIXED [...] (C) Coalition Forces, once representative of 39 countries participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, have now mostly departed Iraq, indicative of significant improvements in Iraq's security environment and Iraq's own recognition of its sovereignty. Coalition members provided varying degrees of [...]	2009-04-06 09:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN UK
09BAGHDAD952	PM DISCUSSES SECURITY, SONS OF IRAQ, ANBAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 11:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ EPET EFIN
09BAGHDAD953	SECOND MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY JOINT COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih and EMIN Ambassador Marc Wall co-chaired the second Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) under the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) on March 31. This follows the initial kick-off meeting held on February 12. Th [...]	2009-04-07 11:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETRD PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD954	DHI QAR: AT LAST, A COALITION [...] (SBU) After long negotiations, representatives of the Dhi Qar branches of the Da'wa/State of Law, National Reform Trend, and the Sadrist Free and Independent People's Trend parties jointly announced they had formed a coalition in the provincial council (PC),dubbed the "Coalition for Dhi Qa [...]	2009-04-07 12:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD955	Shell Moves Forward on Southern Flared Gas Project [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the media trumpeted news of the September 22, 2008, signing ceremony to end flaring of associated natural gas from southern oil fields, Shell and the South Gas Company only signed a heads of agreement commitment to form a joint venture to execute the 25-year project. S [...]	2009-04-07 13:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EAID EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD958	ABU MAZEN COMES TO BAGHDAD - FINALLY [...] (U) After repeated delays caused by conflicting schedules, the Gaza crisis, and most recently a press leak, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) visited Baghdad April 5 -- his first as President of the Palestinian Authority and the first by a Palestinian leader since the 2003 fall of Saddam. During the [...]	2009-04-08 07:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KPAL
09BAGHDAD959	IRAQI MARSHES STRUGGLING TO MAKE A COMEBACK (PART [...] (SBU) Iraq's marshes have been in trouble for a long time. Considering the marshes to be a waste of land and a breeding ground for mosquitoes, early British plans called for the near complete drying out of the marshes. By 1990, the marsh area had already been reduced by 50%. Saddam greatly [...]	2009-04-08 07:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID SOCI SENV EWWT KGHG IZ
09BAGHDAD960	WHO'S WHO IN MARSHLAND RESTORATION (PART 2 OF 2) [...] (SBU) Marsh restoration is a nexus of delicate political, economic, and cultural issues, spanning three provinces and 12 Iraqi ministries. While only a few tens of thousands of Iraqis still lived in the marshes area in early 2003, estimates are that over 150,000 people have returned, with man [...]	2009-04-08 07:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID SOCI SENV EWWT KGHG IZ
09BAGHDAD963	UNAMI'S DIBS REPORT ROLLOUT STRATEGY: SRSG DE [...] (C) In an April 6 meeting with Charge and poloffs, SRSG De Mistura laid out his strategy and the specific steps he intends to take in the next ten days to roll out UNAMI's Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) reports. De Mistura and his team have thought through possible reactions and strate [...]	2009-04-08 08:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD967	ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSULTATIONS IN DIYALA PROVINCE [...] (C) During a recent visit to Ba'aquba, capital of Diyala province, the Anti-Corruption Coordinator and staff (ACCO) attended a PRT/USAID-organized workshop for the recently elected provincial council members, giving a presentation on ways of combatting corruption at the provincial and local le [...]	2009-04-08 10:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ
09BAGHDAD969	IMPROVING COORDINATION: SCIENTIAL GLOBAL STUDY ON [...] Summary: The recently completed assessment of U.S. capacity development (CD) programs in Iraq by the independent consultant Scientia Global, Inc. calls for stronger coordination among the ministerial advisors, a comprehensive strategic framework, metrics for measuring progress, support for su [...]	2009-04-08 13:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ ECON PGOV PREL EAID
09BAGHDAD976	THREE KEY US-IRAQ AGREEMENTS STILL UNRATIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI and the USG signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA),an OPIC Investor Incentive Agreement (IIA),and a Bilateral Assistance Agreement (BAA) in 2005, but all three remain unratified. These agreements would bolster US efforts to expand trade and investment a [...]	2009-04-09 06:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV PREL ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD980	RRT ERBIL: KRG: LAST DIVIDED MINISTRIES MERGE [...] (C) Summary. On April 6, the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament voted to approve the merger of the ministries of Finance, Interior and Peshmerga affairs, heretofore separated into KDP and PUK ministries, and to swear in the new Deputy Prime Minister, Emad Ahmad Sayfor (PUK). The merger completes a p [...]	2009-04-09 11:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD986	GOI BUDGET - DRAMA WINDS DOWN, MORE TO FOLLOW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Iraq (GOI) 2009 budget is now on its way to be published in the Official Gazette and become the official GOI budget for 2009. The budget reflects changes passed by the Council of Representatives (CoR) on the budget: expenditures down to USD 58.6 billion; reven [...]	2009-04-09 15:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD990	WHO IS BEHIND LGBT PERSECUTION IN IRAQ? [...] (C) The London-based Iraqi LGBT (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender) organization's March 30 claim that the GOI planned to execute over 100 gay men in the near future has sparked a storm of protest from gay rights activists around the world. Post has rigorously investigated the Iraqi LGBT cla [...]	2009-04-10 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAKU10	PRESIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVISER ADVISES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: On January 8 the Charge and the British Charge met with Shahin Aliyev, head of the legal department of the Presidential Administration, regarding the closure of Radio Liberty, Voice of America, and the BBC. Aliyev in large part stuck to talking points we have heard previously: t [...]	2009-01-08 13:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KHUM AJ
09BAKU101	AZERBAIJAN HAS NO PLANS TO CUT 2009 OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite public comments by President Aliyev, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has no intention to curtail 2009 oil production in an attempt to stabilize prices, and indeed, all indications are that Azerbaijan will seek to maximize its oil production in 2009. According [...]	2009-02-06 10:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
09BAKU109	AZERBAIJAN AND RUSSIA: CAN BAKU MAINTAIN THE [...] (C) Summary: Analysts across the political spectrum in Baku suggest that Russia has stepped up diplomatic efforts to lure Azerbaijan away from its political, security, and energy links to the West. They note that this is part of a broader Russian effort to regain its position as the politica [...]	2009-02-10 12:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM RU
09BAKU126	AZERBAIJAN SHAKEN BY GENERAL'S MURDER [...] (C) Summary: Baku is in a state of shock following the February 11 murder in broad daylight of the commander of the country's air force and air defense forces, Lt. Gen Rail Rzayev. He held the rank of Deputy Minister of Defense. Rzayev died from a single gunshot from an assailant who attack [...]	2009-02-13 13:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU AJ
09BAKU13	PATTERN OF GOAJ CONFUSION OR DECEPTION ON FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the two months from October 31 when the National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) first announced that it may ban foreign broadcasts from FM frequencies until the Council's December 30 final decision to do so, USG officials actively advocated against the decision. GOA [...]	2009-01-09 07:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
09BAKU132	HOW IRAN BUILDS INFLUENCE [...] (S) Iranian outreach activities in Azerbaijan rest on a tripod of "social engagement" organizations, including an "Iran Assistance Society"; the Baku-based Iranian Culture House and its affiliates; and the Iranian Red Crescent society, based in "Iranian Clinics" in Baku and elsewhere. Importa [...]	2009-02-18 11:10:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL KISL ECON EAID AJ LE IZ IR
09BAKU14	YOUNG IRANIANS GET CRAZY AT IRANIAN ROCK STAR [...] On December 14 Swedish-based Iranian pop star Arash Labaf (originally from Iranian Azerbaijan) gave a concert at the Heydar Aliyev Sports complex in Baku. Although similar concerts have occurred in Dubai, this was the first-ever performance in Azerbaijan of an internationally known Iranian r [...]	2009-01-09 10:05:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AJ IR PGOV PHUM PINR
09BAKU141	AZERBAIJAN: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Embassy submits answers to reftel questions on Trafficking in Persons in Azerbaijan. Point of contact is Conoff Scott Whitmore, phone 994-50-206-5617, email: whitmoresl@state.gov. Estimated number of hours spent on report is 50 hours. Number/letter format follows [...]	2009-02-23 08:30:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG AJ
09BAKU144	AZERBAIJAN: SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO GAS -- MORE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to BP Azerbaijan executives, gas production from the second phase of the giant offshore Shah Deniz gas field will be approximately sixteen billion cubic meters annually, higher than expected. However due to inability to reach agreement with Turkey on a gas transit regi [...]	2009-02-24 12:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU
09BAKU153	STAFFDEL SOCHA'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: On 15-17 February 2009, Embassy Baku hosted Senior Policy Adviser Chris Socha and Legislative Assistant Jack Julson from the staff of Senator DeMint (R-SC). Staff del expressed interest in energy issues; security issues, particularly vis-a-vis Russia and Iran, and the effectiven [...]	2009-02-27 10:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR KISL PGOV PHUM PREL TU
09BAKU154	AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER UNDER FIRE AS [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan,s Minister of Internal Affairs continues his lawsuit against human rights defender Leyla Yunus, though the case seems to have lost momentum. Baku,s Yasamal District Court may resume hearings on March 2, even though some senior officials may privately be expressing res [...]	2009-02-27 11:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PHUM AJ PGOV
09BAKU159	AZERBAIJAN: POST FINDINGS ON COTTON CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Baku contacted NGO's and local experts to discuss child labor in Azerbaijan's cotton fields in accordance with reftel. Agriculture experts in Azerbaijan note that cotton production in the country has significantly/massively declined since Soviet times, continuing that trend in r [...]	2009-02-27 14:52:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI AJ
09BAKU16	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS REFERENDUM UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's Parliament and Constitutional Court have cleared the way for a referendum to be held on March 18 on 29 proposed amendments to Azerbaijan's Constitution on a wide range of topics. While some amendments appear to be benign, such as protecting wildlife, several challe [...]	2009-01-12 12:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU175	IRAN'S MONEY LAUNDERERS, SANCTIONS-BUSTERS, AND [...] (S) According to widespread rumor, many Iranians in Baku are involved full- or part-time in Iranian regime-related profit making, sanctions-busting, money laundering, and similar activities. Activities range from assisting Iranian interests "on the side" of pursuing private activities, to w [...]	2009-03-06 09:55:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETRD SNAR ECON AJ TU RU IR
09BAKU184	TWO AZERI VIEWS OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY [...] (SBU) Summary: International Women's Day presented two opportunities to observe the role that women play in Azerbaijani society. The State Committee for Family, Women, and Children's Affairs held an expensive reception which awarded only women who hold high positions in the Aliyev regime. P [...]	2009-03-10 11:49:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU186	AIRBUS PUSHING AZERBAIJAN AND CENTRAL ASIANS TO [...] (U) This is an action/ guidance request: see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Boeing Regional Sales Director told Econoff that due to recent aggressive action by Airbus and the Government of France (GOF),Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) may soon cancel an order for four 737-900s (part of an August [...]	2009-03-10 14:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV AJ FR NL
09BAKU188	WHY NOW FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS REFERENDUM? [...] (C) Summary: The GOAJ's announcement to hold a referendum on changing the constitution to remove, inter alia, the two-term limit on the presidency was rushed through parliament just two months after President Ilham Aliyev overwhelmingly won a second five year term in office. The speed of th [...]	2009-03-11 12:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU192	AZERBAIJAN: NABUCCO PARTNER RWE CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A high-level executive from Nabucco Consortium partner RWE Gas Midstream said the next four to six months were "crucial" for the pipeline project's fate. If the Nabucco transit countries can initial an Intergovernmental Agreement at the May 7 Prague Summit it would "send a strong [...]	2009-03-11 12:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU195	AZERBAIJAN: MFA DEPMIN FURTHER EXPLAINS [...] (C)Summary: Azerbaijan Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov described a stark situation in Pakistan and expressed fears of Afghanistan losing control of its southern regions in a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador. Social instability and corruption are exacerbating the situation, and many [...]	2009-03-12 09:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AJ

09BAKU20	AZERBAIJAN'S DISCREET SYMBIOSIS WITH ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 12:43:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PRL PTER AJ IS IR
09BAKU201	AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY: STILL ONE NATION, TWO STATES? [...] (C) Summary: Although Azerbaijan is a former Soviet republic and is still properly considered part of the ex-Soviet space, it is culturally, linguistically and economically much more a satellite of Turkey than Russia. Ties between the two countries are exceptionally strong along the entire spe [...]	2009-03-13 11:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG SOCI ECON ETRD AJ TU
09BAKU205	PARLIAMENT RESTRICTS MEDIA IN AMENDED LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 6 Azerbaijan's parliament passed three changes to the "Law on Media." There are also several proposed amendments to the Constitution, to be voted on in a referendum on March 18, which will also affect the media environment. Taken together, these legal changes are likel [...]	2009-03-17 04:44:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
09BAKU206	NGO LEADERS DEBATE REFERENDUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25 the Ambassador held a roundtable discussion with leaders of Azerbaijani NGOs and youth groups. The discussion centered on the environment surrounding the March 18 referendum on changes to the constitution. The participants felt the public has little information a [...]	2009-03-17 09:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
09BAKU21	NAKHCHIVAN UPDATE: MORE HR VIOLATIONS AND RETURN [...] (C) Summary: The authorities of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic continue to pressure ordinary citizens attempting to protect their rights. On January 4 an elderly blind man was imprisoned, and possibly put into a mental institution, for complaining about the police beating his son. Separa [...]	2009-01-13 12:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KHUM AJ
09BAKU22	BAKU'S PERSPECTIVES ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: One of the few positive effects of Russia's war on Georgia in August 2008 was a reinvigoration of efforts to solve the Caucasus' other frozen conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Many observers, and even officials at the highest levels of both governments, felt that the stark demonstr [...]	2009-01-13 13:00:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV AJ AM RU TU
09BAKU224	AZERBAIJAN'S ECONOMY: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: In public February 23 remarks, President Ilham Aliyev lauded Azerbaijan's social development and economic situation with confidence and optimism, claiming that the goals of the 2004-2008 "State Program for Socio-Economic Development of the Regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan" [...]	2009-03-19 10:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECIN ECON EFIN EPET ETRD EINV AJ
09BAKU226	DEFENSE MINISTER ON GABALA, ARMAVIR, RUSSIA [...] (S) Summary: Defense Minister Safar Abiyev on March 14 told the Ambassador he did not object to exploration of joint U.S.-Russian use of the Gabala radar station, but was deliberately vague on whether the Russians' lease would be renewed on its expiration in 2012. He also shared details of his rece [...]	2009-03-19 12:19:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV AJ RU PINR
09BAKU227	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT ATTENDS TEHRAN ECO SUMMIT [...] (SBU) On Tuesday, March 10 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev visited Tehran to formally hand-over the revolving Presidency of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) to incoming President Mahmud Ahmedinejad, and to participate in the ECO summit. Heads of State from Turkey, Turkmenistan, [...]	2009-03-25 04:09:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL AJ IR
09BAKU229	AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON LAVROV VISIT, [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Derse met Foreign Minister Mammadyarov March 13, one day after Secretary Clinton called President Aliyev and following a visit to Baku by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. Mammadyarov liberally shared his impressions of a correct but not warm Lavrov visit and showed a [...]	2009-03-25 13:15:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV AJ IR RU TU AM
09BAKU23	IFIS WEIGH IN ON EFFECT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: In early December, EconOffs met separately with representatives of the EBRD, IMF, and World Bank in Azerbaijan who unanimously expressed confidence that the Azerbaijani economy and banking sector would be able to absorb the twin shocks of the global credit crisis and the sharp d [...]	2009-01-13 13:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EXIM EINV AJ
09BAKU238	AZERBAIJAN: TURNING AWAY FROM DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: All 29 proposed changes to Azerbaijan's constitution were passed in a referendum held on March 18. Embassy observers and other international and domestic monitors found serious flaws in the voting process, but these likely did not change the outcome. The passage of the amendment [...]	2009-03-30 11:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU252	AZERBAIJAN: WHAT FOLLOWS THE RAPPROCHEMENT? [...] (S/NF) Summary. As Turkey and Armenia head toward a historic reconciliation, official Baku is in shock at what it views as possible major abandonment by its closest cultural and political partner. Foremost in the minds of Azerbaijani leaders is the effect of renewed Turkey-Armenia relations on [...]	2009-04-02 08:50:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TU AM AJ
09BAKU256	AZERBAIJAN: YOUTH ASK U.S. HELP IN EDUCATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31 the Ambassador held a discussion with leaders of Azerbaijani youth groups. While these young people agree that their compatriots are largely apathetic towards politics and the referendum reflected a clear turn away from democratic reform, they have many ideas on ways [...]	2009-04-02 11:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
09BAKU26	YOUNG IRANIAN ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT [...] (C) A young Iranian women's rights activist and writer studing in Baku discussed women's rights issues in Iran with Baku Iran watcher. The activist, forced to study in Azerbaijan due to politically-motivated withdrawal of her university acceptance in Iran, discussed recent incidents of Irani [...]	2009-01-14 10:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR AJ TU IR
09BAKU27	YOUNG IRANIAN ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT [...] (C) A young Iranian women's rights activist and writer studing in Baku discussed women's rights issues in Iran with Baku Iran watcher. The activist, forced to study in Azerbaijan due to politically-motivated withdrawal of her university acceptance in Iran, discussed recent incidents of Irani [...]	2009-01-14 11:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR AJ TU IR
09BAKU270	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV REASONABLE ON N-K [...] (S/NF) Summary: EUR DAS Matthew Brzya and Ambassador Derse met with President Aliyev and FonMin Mammadyarov for over an hour on April 3 to discuss Azerbaijan's concern with respect to the impact of the Turkey-Armenia normalization process on the negotiations to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh [...]	2009-04-07 04:40:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU274	AZERBAIJAN: REQUEST FOR POTUS LETTER, HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Baku strongly recommends that the USG participate in the June 2-5 Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference (COGS) COGS at the most senior level possible, in order to demonstrate continuing USG resolve in support of the Southern Corridor project and [...]	2009-04-07 06:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG OVIP PGOV PREL
09BAKU287	AZERBAIJAN: RELEASE OF IMPRISONED JOURNALIST [...] (U) Imprisoned opposition journalist Mirza Sakit (Sakit Zahidov) was released from the prison the morning of April 9. Zahidov benefited from an amnesty bill proposed by First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva, also a member of parliament, although his release appeared to be complicated by administrative d [...]	2009-04-10 03:43:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF AJ
09BAKU30	AZERBAIJAN: BP DOWNBEAT ON 2009 SHAH DENIZ PHASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acording to BP Azerbaijan, inability to reach agrement between Azerbaijan and Turkey on the price of Shah Deniz Phase One gas currently being sold toTurkey and on transit of Shah Deniz Phase Two ga has delayed and will continue to delay the deveopment of the Shah Deniz Phase Two projec [...]	2009-01-15 11:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU300	AZERBAIJAN: MINENERGY DESCRIBES SOCAR-GAZPROM GAS [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan Minister of Energy Natiq Aliyev described to EUR DAS Matt Bryza April 3 a natural gas swap agreement between Azerbaijan,s SOCAR and Russia,s Gazprom that would provide gas to the North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan in exchange for Russian gas for an Azerbaijani-owned pe [...]	2009-04-14 08:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON AJ
09BAKU302	AZERBAIJAN: AZIMOV ON TURKEY-ARMENIA PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidetial Envoy on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) Araz Azimov addressed an exclusive group of diplomats, academics, parliamentarians and commentators on the Turkey-Armenia situation at MFA's Diplomatic Academy on Friday, April 10. In a nearly three-ho [...]	2009-04-15 08:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ TU
09BAKU305	AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Council of Europe,s MONEYVAL issued a statement March 20 welcoming the progress that Azerbaijan had made in adopting an anti-money laundering/countering terrorism financing (AML/CTF) law, signed by President Aliyev February 24, and the steps that were being taken to complete [...]	2009-04-15 11:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SNAR AJ
09BAKU306	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR, MINISTER OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met April 1 with the somewhat reclusive new Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev to discuss ongoing commercial and economic cooperation, including WTO accession. Mustafayev presented a very favorable assessment of Azerbaijan,s economy and suggested t [...]	2009-04-15 14:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND EINV AJ
09BAKU31	AZERBAIJAN: MOTION ON SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Shah Deniz Consortium members SOCAR, StatoilHydro and BP Azerbaijan, there has been no progress in talks with Turkey on either the price of Shah Deniz Phase One gas currently being delivered to Turkey or on the marketing and transit of Shah Deniz Phase Two gas to and [...]	2009-01-15 13:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TK ENRG
09BAKU314	AZERBAIJAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS SAY NOW IS KEY TIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a Conoco-Phillips executive, the project for moving Kazakhstan crude oil from the Kashagan mega-field to market is at a stage similar to where BTC was in 1997-1998, where major decisions are being made that will shape the project's future and its commercial viability. [...]	2009-04-17 11:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU KZ
09BAKU323	AZERBAIJAN: FINANCE MINISTER TALKS CIS, G20, NO [...] SUMMARY: In an April 7 meeting, Azerbaijan's Finance Minister, Samir Sharifov, defended his ministry's policy of supporting the manat (currency) and indicated that the policy would not likely be changed any time soon. He also described deliberations at the March 30 meeting of CIS Finance Mi [...]	2009-04-21 10:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN AJ
09BAKU326	AZERBAIJAN: DEFMIN SIGNALS TEP INTEREST TO CG [...] (C) Summary. On April 17, Commander, USAREUR General Carter Ham met with Azerbaijani Minister of Defense General-Colonel Safar Abiyev on the eve of the combined U.S.-Azerbaijan exercise REGIONAL RESPONSE 09 (RR09). During the meeting Abiyev expressed interest in a Train and Equip Program (TE [...]	2009-04-22 03:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ RU IR GE NATO MARR
09BAKU329	AZERBAIJAN: DAS BRYZA MEETS APPARAT OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary. Following meetings with President Aliyev on April 15, as well as with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov and Minister of National Security Mahmudov (septels),EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Derse met with Presidential Apparat chief Ramiz Mehdiyev and foreign policy counselor Novr [...]	2009-04-22 04:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ TU
09BAKU337	AZERBAIJAN: A SHIFT IN GAS EXPORT STRATEGY? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the face of President Aliyev's recent high profile, energy-focused trip to Russia, SOCAR continues to insist that the goal of its gas export strategy remains export to Europe via Turkey. However, SOCAR now states that due to continued inability to find a mutually acceptable gas [...]	2009-04-22 12:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TK RU
09BAKU339	AZERBAIJAN: SCENESESTTER FOR GEN MCNABB'S BAKU [...] (SBU) Your visit to Baku comes as President Aliyev has consolidated his domestic political position through a national referendum eliminating the two-term limit that would have forced him to leave office in 2013, while facing immense economic and foreign policy challenges. The country has ma [...]	2009-04-23 10:09:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR AF TU AM AJ
09BAKU34	AZERBAIJAN'S 2009 BUDGET: A SUSTAINABLE POLICY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 11 the Azerbaijan government (GOAJ) published the 2009 state budget, which the Milli Mejlis (Parliament) passed 92 to 8 in November. Coming from several years of strong economic growth, with increasing reserves, at the start of the global financial crisis and having [...]	2009-01-16 08:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECIN ECON EFIN EPET ETRD EINV AJ
09BAKU341	AZERBAIJAN: DON,T FORGET ABOUT OUR INTERESTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Administration National Security Advisor Novruz Mammedov relayed to DAS Matt Bryza April 24 in Baku the nervousness and skittishness that some in Azerbaijan are feeling on the heels of Turkey,s and Armenia,s decision to initial a roadmap on normalization, and Washing [...]	2009-04-24 14:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
09BAKU352	AZERBAIJAN: SHOOTING AT OIL ACADEMY [...] (SBU) At approximately 09:30 local time gunfire was reported at the Azerbaijan Oil Academy, located in central Baku. This location is in between the Embassy Chancery and the Landmark Annex buildings. No Embassy personnel were at the site of the shooting or otherwise involved. Embassy prelimi [...]	2009-04-30 09:53:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
09BAKU359	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANCE SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Baku is abuzz with analysis, sometimes speculative and alarming, of Turkey and Armenia,s recent announcement of a "roadmap" to reconcile differences over interpretation of events of 1915 and the eventual reopening of borders, and implications of the deal on Nagorno-K [...]	2009-05-01 09:50:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENGR AJ
09BAKU363	ACTION REQUEST: RECONVENING U.S.-AZERBAIJANI [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 13:09:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AJ
09BAKU367	AZERBAIJAN: KOSOVO DEMARCHE INADVISABLE AT THIS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 12:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV AJ
09BAKU377	NEXT STEPS ON EURASIAN ENERGY STRATEGY [...] (U) Embassies Ashgabat, Ankara and Astana have provided input for this cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The USG needs to intensify its engagement on Eurasian energy issues, and do it quickly. In Azerbaijan, lack of progress on creating a "Southern Corridor" for Caspian gas, due primarily to Turkey [...]	2009-05-10 08:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU KZ TX
09BAKU392	AZERBAIJAN: ERDOGAN SAYS NK RESOLUTION FIRST, [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev called Turkish PM Erdogan's May 13-14 visit to Baku "very productive," applauding the PM's strong public messages on Turkey-Armenia reconciliation and resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Erdogan, addressing Azerbaijan's Parliament and in a joint press c [...]	2009-05-14 12:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09BAKU395	SCENESETTER FOR USEUCOM COMMANDER GENERAL [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Baku continues to be abuzz with analysis, sometimes speculative and alarming, of Turkey and Armenia's recent announcement of a "roadmap" to reconcile differences over interpretation of events of 1915 and the eventual reopening of borders, and implications of the deal [...]	2009-05-15 04:17:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF AM TU AJ
09BAKU40	AZERBAIJAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] This cable contains Post's Investment Climate Statement for 2009 and includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requirements and Incent [...]	2009-01-21 10:11:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB AJ
09BAKU400	AZERBAIJAN: AIRLINES THREATEN TO CEASE BAKU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009, officials at Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport announced that a nightly curfew, to begin July 2, 2009, would shut the airport from 0000 to 0700. Airlines reacted with shock and said they might cease operations to Baku, as trans-Atlantic connections in [...]	2009-05-15 12:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR ETRD ADCO AJ
09BAKU401	AZERBAIJAN: APPARAT, MFA, SOCAR, TURKISH EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Embassy DCM confirmed May 14th that press reports on PM Erdogan's May 13-14 Baku visit, which characterized meetings as "very productive," were accurate. The PM's private message to Azerbaijan's leadership was the same as the public message -- that Turkey will not fin [...]	2009-05-15 14:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09BAKU404	AZERBAIJAN: SOUTHERN CORRIDOR BREAKTHROUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After 18 months of stasis, there seems to have been a breakthrough on bilateral negotiations between Azerbaijan and Turkey that could lead to creating a "Southern Corridor" for gas. Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) believes this breakthrough is at least partially due to the [...]	2009-05-18 12:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ TK PGOV PREL ENRG
09BAKU405	AZERBAIJAN: PARLIAMENT PASSES AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW ON [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU)Summary. On May 8 the Milli Majlis (Parliament) passed an amended Law on Freedom of Religion. According to the latest available text of the amendments to the Law, some of the amendments contradict international human r [...]	2009-05-19 10:37:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ
09BAKU406	IRANIAN DESCRIBES ECONOMIC WOES, NARCOTICS [...] (C) An Iranian architect from Karaj told Baku Iran watcher that economic conditions for most people in Iran are steadily deteriorating. The architect cited examples of crony corruption, inflation, rising unemployment, decreased consumer purchasing power, and credit obstacles in illustrating [...]	2009-05-19 10:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SNAR AJ IR
09BAKU408	AZERBAIJAN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 11:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM ECON EFIN EINT GG PINR
09BAKU409	AZERBAIJAN: WILLING TO ASSUME GREATER TRANSPORT [...] (C) Summary. On April 28, U.S. TRANSCOM Commander General McNabb met with Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov to discuss the status of Northern Distribution Network (NDN). Azimov focused on Russia's reaction to NDN activities and wondered aloud if there was a risk in using Georgia as a transit [...]	2009-05-20 03:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
09BAKU430	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT REPEATS REQUEST FOR A [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told EUCOM Commander Craddock on May 21 that Azerbaijan's independent policies in support of NATO, Georgia and especially on energy leave it increasingly exposed to growing Russian and Iranian pressure. Azerbaijan needs "serious political and security guarant [...]	2009-05-26 10:22:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL RS AF TU AJ
09BAKU433	AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE MINISTER: SEEKING STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 21, the Defense Minister told visiting EUCOM Commander Craddock that Azerbaijan is committed to building strong military relations with the U.S. and NATO. However, the Minister continued, Azerbaijan is under pressure from Iran, Russia and Armenia and requires greater com [...]	2009-06-01 03:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL RS IZ TU AJ
09BAKU437	IRAN/AZERBAIJAN: GOAJ INCENSED BY IRANIAN PRESSURE [...] (C) The GOAJ, as well as a large number of political figures and organizations from across the political spectrum, has expressed deep resentment over recent heavy-handed Iranian government efforts to force the GOAJ to rescind its recently extended official invitation to Israeli President Pere [...]	2009-06-01 08:20:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PTER IS IR AJ
09BAKU439	IRAN/AZERBAIJAN: GOAJ INCENSED BY IRANIAN PRESSURE [...] (S) The GOAJ, as well as a large number of political figures and organizations from across the political spectrum, has expressed deep resentment over recent heavy-handed Iranian government efforts to force the GOAJ to rescind its recently extended official invitation to Israeli President Pere [...]	2009-06-01 09:17:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PTER IS IR AJ
09BAKU445	AZERBAIJAN: TURKISH FM'S VISIT STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 28 Congressional Staff Delegation Markovsky and Katz met with Deputy Chief of Mission of the Turkish Embassy Erkan Ozoral. Ozoral gave a detailed account of the recent "crisis" in Turkish-Azerbaijani relations over Turkey's plan to normalize relations with Armenia. Ozoral [...]	2009-06-02 11:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TU AJ
09BAKU448	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Congressional Staff Members Markovsky and Katz met with the Head of the Foreign Relations Division Novruz Mammadov May 27 and 29 to discuss GOAJ relations with its neighbors and the U.S. Mammadov's comments focused on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) and the seven occupied districts. [...]	2009-06-03 06:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR PGOV PREL RU TR
09BAKU456	AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER PESSIMISTIC ON NK [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 12:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM AM IR TU RU IS AJ
09BAKU464	IRAN ELECTION: IRANIAN AZERIS STRONGLY FOR MOUSAVI [...] (C ) Feedback to Baku Iran watcher from more than twenty Iranians in Baku (half normally resident in Iran) suggests that the recent much-publicized upsurge of support for Mousavi is real, at least among ethnic Azeris (the majority of this sample). All but three of the contacts said they woul [...]	2009-06-09 05:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR AJ
09BAKU465	AZERBAIJAN: NEW OSCE AMBASSADOR TO CONTINUE PUSHING REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new head of the OSCE Office in Baku, Ambassador Ali Bilge Cankorel, told the Ambassador on June 1 that as a career Turkish diplomat, there was some concern before his arrival that he would not actively promote political reforms in Azerbaijan, as the Turkish government does n [...]	2009-06-09 08:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TU AJ
09BAKU468	AZERBAIJAN: USING IDPS TO SEND TOUGH MESSAGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Azeri IDP community held a congress supposedly to elect new leadership and to educate the international community about its plight. In reality, this was a Foreign Ministry-organized event intended to send strongly negative messages about the role of the Minsk Grou [...]	2009-06-09 12:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AR PGOV PREF PREL TU
09BAKU469	AZERBAIJAN: POSITIVE BUT CAUTIOUS RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: President Obama's speech in Cairo on June 4 received a positive response from major political and religious figures as well as much of the press. Many expressed the hope that this speech will mark a new era in U.S. foreign policy towards the Muslim world. The two most noted [...]	2009-06-09 13:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OPRC AJ
09BAKU470	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE [...] (C) Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of a successful visit by U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Issues Morningstar and the June 4 meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents in St. Petersburg. The mood here with respect to US-Azerbaijani relations remains skeptical, fed [...]	2009-06-09 13:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF AM TU AJ
09BAKU476	AZERBAIJAN: PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE SHOWS NEW [...] SUMMARY: A long period of inaccessibility to the Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan by the Embassy appears to have ended after the October 2008 elections. After a fruitful and warm meeting with the Ambassador and the DOJ Resident Legal Advisor, the Prosecutor General asked the RLA to travel th [...]	2009-06-12 11:12:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ
09BAKU481	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV TALKS EURASIAN ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Aliyev told Special Envoy Morningstar that lack of transit through Turkey for Azerbaijani gas destined for European markets was the biggest obstacle facing a "Southern Corridor" for Caspian gas westwards. The European Union should recognize that Nabucco, although perha [...]	2009-06-16 05:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU484	AZERBAIJAN: NEW CONSORTIUM OF NGOS FORMED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 12 meeting with the Ambassador, the leadership of the new Azerbaijani NGO Consortium "The Dialogue for Peace and Progress" discussed issues including Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) resolution, human rights, women's rights and media fr [...]	2009-06-18 04:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AJ
09BAKU487	AZERBAIJAN: CIVIL SOCIETY WANTS TO HELP SOLVE NK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: On June 8 human rights defender Arzu Abdullayeva asked the Ambassador for USG help in organizing a dialogue between Azerbaijani and Armenian civil society actors, with a view to helping solve the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) [...]	2009-06-18 12:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AM AJ
09BAKU488	AZERBAIJAN: RESPONSE TO NGO LAW DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 18 DCM spoke to Head of the Presidential Administration's Office of Legal Policy Shahin Aliyev regarding proposed changes to Azerbaijan's NGO Law. Poloff also delivered Embassy concerns to Head of the Human Rights Protection Unit in the Department of Work with Law Enforce [...]	2009-06-18 12:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU494	AZERBAIJAN: A/S GORDON MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: On June 11 EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon met with five prominent members of Azerbaijan's civil society. The group explained that civil society has increasingly less freedom to act within Azerbaijan, and that newly proposed changes to the law on NGOs would be a death knel [...]	2009-06-22 07:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM AJ
09BAKU507	AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON THE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (C) Summary: On June 9 poloff hosted a meeting of western embassies and international organizations including the EU (Council and Commission),the OSCE and the Council of Europe accredited in Baku in order to discuss a wide range of issues related to democracy and human rights-- the human di [...]	2009-06-24 07:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF AJ
09BAKU508	IRANIAN ELECTION: IRANIAN POLITICAL SOURCES REPORT [...] (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher was in contact Tuesday night with four well-connected sources who shed light on the ongoing situation in Iran. Two sources were wealthy Baku-based Iranian businessmen with allegedly extensive contacts in Tehran including to Mousavi's circle. The other two are in [...]	2009-06-24 13:10:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ECON AJ IR
09BAKU52	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT COMMITS TO NEGOTIATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 19 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, President Aliyev said that he had directed his staff to begin negotiations on the resumption of VoA, BBC and Radio Liberty. He continued that he was surprised by the January 13 letter from President Bush given his good discussion with [...]	2009-01-23 12:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG ETRD IR KDEM PGOV PREL RS TU
09BAKU524	AZERBAIJAN: ALIYEV'S DOWNBEAT FAREWELL [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a farewell call with the Ambassador on June 22, President Ilham Aliyev vented about a series of issues on which he claimed the United States has ignored Azerbaijan's interests, despite Baku's real and continuing contributions to U.S. policy priorities, especially on securit [...]	2009-06-30 12:02:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU527	ISRAEL'S PERES MAKES AN IMPRESSION IN BAKU [...] (C) The "iceberg" (as President Aliyev calls its because "nine tenths of it is below the surface") (Reftel A) that is the Azerbaijan-Israel relationship just got a higher profile as Israeli President Shimon Peres made a two-day official visit to Baku June 29-30. By hosting this visit, Presiden [...]	2009-07-01 03:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ IR IS
09BAKU529	AZERBAIJAN'S SECOND CITY A MICROCOSM OF DIFFICULT [...] (C) Summary: Ganja, Azerbaijan's historic capital and second largest city, has experienced economic stagnation since the end of the Soviet Union. Endemic corruption and brain drain have exacerbated this decline. There is little hope that reform will come through involvement of opposition p [...]	2009-07-01 08:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU546	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of successful visits by U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Issues Morningstar, EUCOM General Craddock and Transcom General McNabb, and A/S EUR Gordon. The mood here remains skeptical about the new U.S. administration, fed by perceptions that the [...]	2009-07-07 15:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM ECON AJ AM TU
09BAKU567	LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO DETAINMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the arrest and jailing of Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade, two well-known Azerbaijani youth activists, the NGO community has united in effort to gain their release as well as to protect others from a similar fate. Like the recent controversy over the NGO law and the gover [...]	2009-07-14 13:45:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM AJ
09BAKU574	IRAN VIEW FROM BAKU: TWENTY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE [...] (C) Baku Iran watcher has conducted approximately thirty interviews since the June 12 Iranian presidential elections with Iranians (both Baku-based and resident in Iran) and Azerbaijani Iran experts. Interviews dealt with reactions to, and analyses of, the election results; subsequent protes [...]	2009-07-21 13:25:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM AJ IR
09BAKU575	IRAN VIEW FROM BAKU: TWENTY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE [...] (C) Baku Iran watcher has conducted approximately thirty interviews since the June 12 Iranian presidential elections with Iranians (both Baku-based and resident in Iran) and Azerbaijani Iran experts. Interviews dealt with reactions to, and analyses of, the election results; subsequent protests; pro [...]	2009-07-21 13:46:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM AJ IR
09BAKU58	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azerbaijani gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Sou [...]	2009-01-26 06:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU580	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT SAYS ARREST OF TWO YOUTH [...] (C) Summary: On July 20 a Baku appeals court upheld the pre-trial detention for two months of bloggers and youth activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade (Reftels). The case has been distinguished by unusual levels of intervention by the European Union and national governments, although the E [...]	2009-07-22 12:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AJ
09BAKU594	AZERBAIJAN: CONTINUED EFFORTS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: International and local efforts continue in Azerbaijan to encourage the GOAJ to release detained youth activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade. Deputy Foreign Minister (and uncle of the First Lady) Hafiz Pashayev told the Charge that has already once tried to get the President t [...]	2009-07-29 13:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU595	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT TELLS THE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging set of meetings and dinner on July 10, President Aliyev told Deputy Secretary Steinberg that he believes that there is a good chance for agreement on the Nagorno-Karabakh Basic Principles by the end of the year. He warned that a breakthrough on Nagorno-Karabak [...]	2009-07-30 04:21:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL AJ RU IR TR
09BAKU60	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azeri gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Southern [...]	2009-01-26 10:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU604	THE NEVER-ENDING STORY OF THE BAKU NEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The history of Embassy and OBO efforts to secure property for a New Embassy Compound (NEC) reads like a Greek tragedy. It is a story complete with unfilled promises, betrayal within families, and political intrigues. Over the course of the past nine years, we have many times be [...]	2009-07-31 09:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AJ AMGT
09BAKU605	AZERBAIJAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON CASPAIN DELIMITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 30, the Charge met with SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov to discuss the recent public quarrel between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan over Caspian Sea Delimitation. Nassirov had more questions than answers regarding the "strange and sudden" behavior of the Turkmen Presi [...]	2009-07-31 12:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL TX AJ
09BAKU61	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azeri gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Southern [...]	2009-01-26 11:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU614	AZERBAIJAN: TOUGH TALK ON U.S. DEMOCRACY POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 31 meeting with poloff, opposition leader Isa Gambar explained that democratic forces in Azerbaijan have diminishing confidence in the United States and its ability to or interest in promoting democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan. Gambar outlined a number of specif [...]	2009-08-04 11:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU62	AZERBAIJAN: OPPOSITION HARASSED COLLECTING [...] (C) Summary: Across the country, members of opposition parties collecting signatures to register as campaign "advocacy" groups for the March referendum report being harassed by police. Several say they were detained for hours at police stations and had their signature sheets confiscated. T [...]	2009-01-26 12:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU624	AZERBAIJAN: ANOTHER YOUTH ACTIVIST ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: On August 3 Agasif Shakiroglu, the leader of a small youth group, was arrested and sentenced to one month of pre-trial detention for evading military service. According to Shakiroglu, he is not in breach of his military obligation and this arrest is an attempt by the GOAJ to sile [...]	2009-08-06 08:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU625	SOCAR RESTRUCTURING: BACK IN THE USSR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July, President Ilham Aliyev issued and signed several decrees affecting the oil and gas industry, primarily expanding the role and power of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR). A July 1 decree placed the state gas company, Azerigaz, under SOCAR's control, with the s [...]	2009-08-06 11:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL AU AJ
09BAKU635	AZERBAIJAN: PARLIAMENT WANTS A MOLE IN EVERY [...] SUMMARY: On August 10, 2009, the American Chamber of Commerce in Baku held an emergency meeting to discuss a law passed by Parliament on June 22, 2009, which requires that deputies of foreign companies in Azerbaijan shall be citizens of Azerbaijan chosen jointly by the foreign company and the [...]	2009-08-11 12:24:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND AJ
09BAKU644	AZERBAIJAN: DAS BRYZA ENGAGES PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON [...] (C) Summary: During his August 12 visit to Azerbaijan, outgoing EUR DAS Matthew Bryza discussed the case of arrested youth group leaders Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade (reftel A) with President Aliyev. The President took a more positive tone in this discussion than he had previously with Europ [...]	2009-08-17 04:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU655	AZERBAIJAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON CASPAIN DELIMITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 30, the Charge met with SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov to discuss the recent public quarrel between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan over Caspian Sea Delimitation. Nassirov had more questions than answers regarding the "strange and sudden" behavior of the Turkmen Presi [...]	2009-08-19 07:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL TX AJ
09BAKU674	AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ROUNDUP, AUGUST [...] (U) This cable is the first of a regular series that will summarize major ongoing human rights issues in Azerbaijan. This series aims to pull together many different sources of information into one readable biweekly summary of human rights cases, with the aim of giving a fuller picture of Azer [...]	2009-08-26 11:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KTIP AJ
09BAKU688	AZERBAIJAN: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR, PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Suggesting that Turkey is putting short-term gas needs for its domestic market ahead of longer-term objectives to transport gas to Europe, PresidentAliyev questioned Turkey's commitment to constructng Nabucco. In a conversation with Special Envo Morningstar on August 27, Aliyev [...]	2009-09-01 10:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET AJ TU TX
09BAKU690	AZERBAIJAN: PRESS AND OFFICIAL REACTION TO [...] (C) Summary: Baku's official reaction to the announcement of Turkey and Armenia's intention to complete the protocols leading to their normalization of relations has thus far been surprisingly restrained. Charge spoke with the Foreign Minister and the President's foreign policy advisor to en [...]	2009-09-01 11:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU693	AZERBAIJAN: SE MORNINGSTAR, PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev and Foreign Minister Mammadyarov separately told Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar August 27 that, despite Baku's diplomatic efforts, Turkmenistan largely remains a mystery. The Turkmen President's recent statements on Ashgabat claims to the A [...]	2009-09-02 07:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET AJ KZ TX
09BAKU695	IRAN POLITICS: TEHRAN UNIVERSITYSCHOLAR STRESSES [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX, told Baku Iran watcher that the latter is "more powerful than Ahmadinejad," and played a key role in the Iranian election fraud and other regime activities. He described Mesbah-Yazdi's political ideology as profoundly anti-democratic, and argued that his behind-the-scenes influenc [...]	2009-09-02 11:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KISL AJ IR
09BAKU708	AZERBAIJAN: ECONOMIC/ COMMERCIAL ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY: This cable is the first in a regular series that will summarize economic and commercial issues in Azerbaijan. In this issue: President Aliyev refuses to sign Parliament's "mole" law that would have put a GOAJ-chosen deputy into every foreign company; Azerbaijan Airlines (Azal) works w [...]	2009-09-04 11:44:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND AJ
09BAKU722	GOAJ: THE NEXT GENERATION [...] (C) Summary: Ireli Public Union, formerly the Ireli Youth Movement, is a pro-government NGO focused on "developing Azerbaijani youth." In a September 2 meeting, Ireli's leadership explained the various projects the group is conducting, including summer camps, IT training, and a small grants [...]	2009-09-10 06:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR AJ
09BAKU73	BAKU UP IN ARMS OVER ALLEGED RUSSIAN WEAPONS [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Official Baku has expressed vocal concerns since January 12, when press reports surfaced that Russia allegedly had transferred a quantity of vehicles, weapons and ammunition worth USD 800 million from the Russian Base No. 102 in Gyumri, Armenia to the Armenian armed f [...]	2009-01-29 14:03:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AM AJ
09BAKU732	AZERBAIJAN: WORKING PARTIES ARE NEITHER WORKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's actions at the July 2009 Working Party meetings in Geneva, coupled with Parliament's passage of the Entrepreneurship Law (which ultimately was not signed by President Aliyev) are sending mixed signals about Azerbaijan's interested in WTO accession. It is unclear if [...]	2009-09-11 13:27:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRA EINV EIND AJ

09BAKU738	AZERBAIJAN: SUMMER 2009 MOSQUE CLOSURES, [...] (C) Summary: Through open source reporting and communication with embassy contacts, Post provides a list of specific allegations regarding mosque closures and destruction over the last four months. Much has been made in the press regarding these closures, with some alleging a trend of religio [...]	2009-09-16 08:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR KISL PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAKU744	"LORDS OF THE MOUNTAINS" WILL FIGHT NO MORE FOREVER [...] (C) The Kashgai are a little-studied, semi-nomadic Turkic minority in Iran with a history of anti-government resistance. Recent interviews with Kashgai members, supplemented with information from other Iranians, suggest that most of the 1.5 million Kashgai, while still poorly educated and impo [...]	2009-09-18 06:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR AJ IR
09BAKU745	IRAN: ALLEGED OPPOSITION STRATEGY: DEMONSTRATIONS, [...] (S) A Baku Iran watcher contact with a wide range of energy sector, government, and Mousavi advisor contacts, briefed Iran watcher on his recent trip to Tehran and Isfahan, where he met with Moussavi advisors, influential notables, and key economic figures. He related that current opposition [...]	2009-09-18 10:02:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV ECON ENRG PHUM KISL AJ IZ IR
09BAKU749	PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV - MICHAEL (CORLEONE) ON THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev utilizes distinctly different approaches to foreign and domestic policies. He typically devises the former with pragmatism, restraint and a helpful bias toward integration with the West, yet at home his policies have become increasingly authorit [...]	2009-09-18 11:17:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AJ RU TU AM
09BAKU754	SOCAR ON SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY TRANSIT OPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOCAR continues negotiate transit fees and seek additional financial data to make a final decision on whether to throw its weight behind the Nabucco Pipeline or the competing Italy Turkey Greece Interconnector (ITGI). This past week's meetings in Baku gave the Azerbaijani national [...]	2009-09-23 11:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON AJ
09BAKU756	RWE AND OMV CONTINUE TO PROMOTE NABUCCO PIPELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to the Eurasian Energy Envoy Dan Stein met with Nabucco promoters RWE and OMV in Baku. Both remain bullish on the prospects for the Nabucco Pipeline, but admit the project must move ahead within the next year or face eclipse by competing projects such as the ITGI ( [...]	2009-09-23 12:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON AJ
09BAKU759	PRIVATE IRAN COMMENTS OF SISTANI, MALIKI, AND ALI [...] (S) A prominent Sh'ia cleric just returned from Iraq and Iran shared some of the Iran-related content of his recent meetings with Ayatollah Sistani, Prime Minister Maliki, and Ali Khomeini (a grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini). The cleric related that Maliki regards recent factional in-fighting [...]	2009-09-24 07:07:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IZ IR
09BAKU762	SOURCES CLAIM RAFSANJANI, HASSAN KHOMEINI, AND [...] (S) Citing Rafsanjani family sources (which he refused to name),Hooshang, a University of Tehran Sociology professor and Iranian politics researcher told Baku Iran Watcher on September 23 that Ayatollah Rafsanjani and Hassan Khomeini (a grandson of the Ayatollah) met with Supreme Leader Kham [...]	2009-09-24 12:01:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV KISL AJ IR
09BAKU776	NAGORNO-KARABAKH STATE OF PLAY VIEWED FROM BAKU [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Baku realistically sees few prospects for a near-term breakthrough, i.e., at Chisinau and immediately thereafter, that would pave the way for a peaceful and favorable resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The fallout from the August 2008 war in Georgia and th [...]	2009-09-30 03:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM RU GG AJ
09BAKU777	HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ROUNDUP, SEPTEMBER 11-28 [...] (U) This cable is part of a regular series that will summarize major ongoing human rights issues in Azerbaijan. This series aims to pull together many different sources of information into one readable biweekly summary of human rights cases, with the aim of giving a fuller picture of Azerbaija [...]	2009-09-30 06:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU782	SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of successful visits by Department of State Deputy Secretary Steinberg and U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Issues Morningstar. The mood here remains skeptical about the new U.S. Administration, fed by perceptions that the U.S. is pro [...]	2009-09-30 13:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL ARM TU AJ
09BAKU787	CRACKS IN THE FACADE: BAKU LOSING PATIENCE WITH [...] (C) Summary: This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 5. Reftels describe the uncharacteristically calm reactions of the GOAJ to developments between Turkey and Armenia since the August 31 announcement of a six-week period of political consultations leading up to the signi [...]	2009-10-02 12:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM AJ
09BAKU799	AZERBAIJAN: CHILD LABOR SHIFTING FROM COTTON TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the release of the Labor Department's report on International Child Labor, which documented the presence of child labor in Azerbaijan's cotton industry, Embassy Baku spoke with local NGOs in Baku, Berda, and Imishli, as well as Baku representatives of the ILO and UNIC [...]	2009-10-06 13:25:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRA EINV EIND PHUM AJ
09BAKU801	IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE [...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...]	2009-10-07 12:44:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR
09BAKU802	FORMER YOUTH LEADER JOINS THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6 Emboffs met with Razi Nurullayev, the newly elected deputy-chairman of the Azerbaijan Popular Front (PFP) to discuss the party's plans for the December municipal elections. Nurullayev stated that the six major opposition parties would not/not be running as a bloc. He [...]	2009-10-07 13:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR AJ
09BAKU804	IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE [...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...]	2009-10-08 06:44:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR
09BAKU806	IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE [...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...]	2009-10-08 11:10:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR
09BAKU810	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV, DOE DEPSEC PONEMAN [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev, meeting with Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman on October 5, expressed support for the Southern Corridor, but blamed Turkey for delays. Azerbaijan is exploring alternatives, but the President acknowledged the inadequacies of each. Azerbaijan has not mad [...]	2009-10-09 09:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINT PREL AJ TX TU GG
09BAKU812	AZERBAIJAN: DOE DEP SEC PONEMAN, SOCAR DISCUSS GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary Poneman met with the head of the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR, Rovnag Abdullayev, on 5 October while in Baku. Both concurred on the urgency of resolving issues with Turkey related to gas transit and pricing for Southern Corridor [...]	2009-10-09 11:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET AJ TU TX GG
09BAKU813	LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's municipal elections will be held on December 23 this year. The Central Election Commission (CEC) is working hard to prepare all necessary regulations for the election, although choosing this late date looks suspiciously like the GOAJ is trying to avoid international [...]	2009-10-14 09:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU818	TEHRAN-BAKU TENSIONS HEAT UP [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 07:08:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PTER SNAR ECON AJ IR
09BAKU820	BAKU SCENESETTER FOR DAS KAIDANOW'S OCT 22-24 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Baku on the heels of the signing of the historic Turkey-Armenia protocols. Given tensions in the region, it will be an important opportunity to build upon the reassurances offered by Deputy Secretary of State Steinberg and Energy Deputy Secretary Poneman. Azerbaijan [...]	2009-10-15 12:06:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL AM TU RU AJ
09BAKU825	CONOCPHILLIPS SEEKS EXPLORATION BLOCK IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConoCPhillips (CP) representatives visited Embassy Baku October 15 to discuss interest in renewing their energy exploration in Azerbaijan. CP left its two exploration fields in Azerbaijan about 4 years ago due to differences with SOCAR, the state oil company. It now believes the [...]	2009-10-16 10:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET AJ TX RS
09BAKU829	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT INTENT TO ENFORCE TURKISH [...] (C) Summary. Azerbaijani reaction to the signing of the Turkey-Armenia protocols has been cagey but restrained. The interval between the announcement of the "road map" in April and the ultimate signing of the protocols appears to have given Aliyev time to overcome his anger at what he still p [...]	2009-10-16 12:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU AJ
09BAKU850	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT DISCUSSES TURKEY-ARMENIA, [...] (C) Summary: In a notably cordial meeting with DAS Tina Kaidanow, President Aliyev emphasized a long record of cooperation ) energy, security, counter-terrorism, regional development ) and said that Azerbaijan fully expects Turkey to hold to its promise not to ratify the rapprochement protoco [...]	2009-10-28 09:44:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER AM TU RU AJ
09BAKU861	SCENESTER FOR NOVEMBER 4 SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: This Security Dialogue comes at a frankly uncomfortable point in our bilateral relations. U.S. support for Turkey-Armenia rapprochement adds to the pre-existing disquiet over Section 907 in particular, and the general sense of doubt in Baku that the United States has enough inte [...]	2009-10-30 13:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
09BAKU863	AZERBAIJAN: LARGE TRAFFICKING RING OF BOSNIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 28 poloff and OSCE were introduced by a local NGO to a house full of victims of trafficking for labor exploitation. There are about 346 mostly Bosnian Serb men who were brought over the last six months to Azerbaijan to work on construction projects. According to thei [...]	2009-11-02 09:32:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP BK SR AJ
09BAKU864	AZERBAIJAN: ECONOMIC/ COMMERCIAL ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY: This cable is the second in a regular series that will summarize economic and commercial issues in Azerbaijan. In this issue: The GOAJ is still pushing for the Trans-Eurasian Information Superhighway (para 2); the ILO says child labor is shifting from cotton to "the worst" sectors ( [...]	2009-11-02 11:47:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND EAIR KCOR TINT KIPR AJ TU AE
09BAKU865	HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ROUNDUP, OCTOBER 1-30 [...] (U) This cable is part of a regular series that will summarize major ongoing human rights issues in Azerbaijan. This series aims to pull together many different sources of information into one readable biweekly summary of human rights cases, with the aim of giving a fuller picture of Azerbaija [...]	2009-11-02 13:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU868	DAS KAIDANOW DISCUSSES POLITICAL REFORM WITH CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Tina Kaidanow met with six leaders of Azerbaijan's civil society on October 23. All six agreed that Azerbaijan is headed in the wrong direction on democracy and human rights, and that USG support was needed on this issue. They highlighted support of youth as critical, in [...]	2009-11-04 06:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU870	"WAR OF THE FLAGS" OVER, TURKISH PARLIAMENTIANS [...] (C) Summary: The so-called "war of the flags" is over, and the consensus among observers is that the result of Baku's tantrum over the "trashcan incident" in Bursa and the removal of Turkish flags from a war memorial in Baku is a net loss in Turkish sympathy for Azerbaijan. On Turkey's nati [...]	2009-11-04 10:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU877	ALBORZ RIG MOVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO ACCELERATE [...] (S) This cable contains action requests for S/CT, the inter-agency CEIP working group, and USEUCOM/USNAVEUR (Center for Naval Analysis) in paras 8, 12, and 14. Summary --------- 2. (S) The recent move of the Iranian Alborz rig into potentially disputed waters in the Caspian offers a t [...]	2009-11-06 10:30:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAKU900	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR PREDICTS THAT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Charge, Naval Attache, and Regional Energy Officer met on 16 November with Ali Asadov, senior energy advisor to President Aliyev, to discuss recent movements of the Iranian Alborz drilling rig into Azerbaijani claimed territorial waters. Asadov told us that President Aliyev was [...]	2009-11-17 13:23:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL ENRG AJ RU TX KZ IR
09BAKU904	AZERBAIJAN: EUSR VISIT DISCUSSION OF BLOGGERS, [...] (C) Summary: On November 18, the political advisor to Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus, briefed poloff on Semneby's recent trip to Baku and Yerevan that concluded November 16 and included meetings with both Presidents, the Azerbaijani FM and Russian Ambass [...]	2009-11-19 12:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG RU TX AM TU AJ
09BAKU911	AZERBAIJAN: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel A, post provides the following information for the interim assessment of Azerbaijan's progress on combating trafficking in persons. Implementing the NRM and Identifying Victims for Assistance --------------------------------------------- -------------- 2. (SBU) T [...]	2009-11-23 14:03:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP AJ
09BAKU915	ALLEGED IRANIAN SNSC DEBATE ON SAUDI, USG ISSUES [...] (S) On November 23, Baku Iran watcher held a follow-up meeting with the Baku-based Iranian contact who provided the information related reftel. At the meeting source provided additional information concerning the alleged content of a November meeting of the Iranian Supreme National Security [...]	2009-11-25 09:26:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL INRA SA YM AJ IR
09BAKU916	AZERBAIJAN: GAS TRANSIT TALKS REMAIN A STRUGGLE [...] (C) In a series of meetings over the last two weeks with Dan Stein, Senior Advisor to the Eurasian Energy Envoy, SOCAR and GOAJ interlocutors reported surprising and hopeful progress on Azerbaijan,s gas negotiations with Turkey. However, much-anticipated November 24 Azerbaijani-Turkish tran [...]	2009-11-25 09:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAKU918	AZERBAIJAN: 2009 INCSR PART 1 SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 09:41:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM AJ
09BAKU919	AZERBAIJAN: DEVELOPING A PLAN B FOR GAS TRANSIT [...] (C) In the event that Turkey disappoints Azerbaijan once again on the on-going gas transit negotiations, SOCAR and the GOAJ are developing a "plan B" to market Azerbaijani gas, involving small but diversified gas sales to the north (Russia),south (Iran),and west (Bulgaria and Romania). How [...]	2009-11-25 09:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ECON ENRG EPET IR PREL TU
09BAKU921	ALLEGED IRANIAN SNSC DEBATE ON SAUDI, USG ISSUES [...] (S) On November 23, Baku Iran watcher held a follow-up meeting with the Baku-based Iranian contact who provided the information related reftel. At the meeting source provided additional information concerning the alleged content of a November meeting of the Iranian Supreme National Security [...]	2009-11-25 11:03:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL INRA SA YM AJ IR
09BAKU925	AZERBAIJAN: FM READOUT ON IRAN'S EVOLVING [...] (S) In a November 19 meeting, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov and Charge D'Affaires Lu discussed the Iran Alborz rig situation (reftels) and Mammadyarov provided additional commentary on Iran's evolving political situation. He noted Supreme Leader Khameini is in weak health, and said that Ayat [...]	2009-11-25 13:49:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	ENRG PREL IR AJ
09BAKU938	AZERBAIJAN: REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 06 2009, the leadership of the Government of Azerbaijan,s (GOAJ) Financial Investigative Unit (FIU) organized a meeting with EmbOffs to provide an update on the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorism Financing Law (AML/CTF),as well as to request technical assistan [...]	2009-12-04 08:04:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	AJ ECON EFIN PREL PTER
09BAKU940	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov, meeting December 3 with EUR/CARC Office Director Ethan Goldrich, had kind words of support for President Obama's December 1 speech and the Afghanistan mission. Azerbaijan, based on Turkey's assurances, sees a link between Turke [...]	2009-12-08 11:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG IR AF AM AJ
09BAKU943	C-REN-02185: AZERBAIJAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (S) This cable replies to Reftel A. Azerbaijan is a critical node of theBlack Sea leg of NDN. It is the one country on he route that absolutely must be transited if tht leg of NDN is to bypass Russian and Iranian territory en route to theater. As of December 4, 30 percent (1,414 of 4,793) o [...]	2009-12-08 13:01:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL ENRG MARR MOPS AF AM AJ
09BAKU944	AZERBAIJAN: IRANIAN ALBORZ RIG QUERY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 5 and 7. Summary ------- 2. (S) As per reftel A, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov confirmed the presence of foreigners, specifically Norwegians, on board the Iranian Alborz semisubmersible drilling rig. U.S. intelligence [...]	2009-12-08 14:09:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	EPET ECON PREL IR AJ
09BAKU955	AZERBAIJAN: MPS DEBATE NK AND DEMOCRATIC REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a lively, sometimes heated, discussion on December 3, Members of Parliament from different political parties talked about the major problems facing Azerbaijan with Ethan Goldrich, visiting Director of the State Department's Office of Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts. Al [...]	2009-12-11 10:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SZ AJ
09BAKU969	SOCAR VP: TOUGH VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (S) In a 15 December meeting, Elshad Nassirov SOCAR Vice President described his December 14-15 trip to Tehran, accompanying Foreign Minister Mammadyarov. Nassirov told us this was their first trip back to Tehran since this year's disputed election. He described the atmosphere with Iranian [...]	2009-12-16 13:52:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAKU976	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR INSIGHTS ON BOTAS FINANCIAL [...] (C) In a lengthy December 15 meeting, SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov provided details of his recent visits to Turkey on December 7 and Tehran on December 14-15 (reftel A). Nassirov analyzed the continuing difficulties with the gas negotiations as follows: BOTAS' driving motivation in [...]	2009-12-18 14:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU RU AJ
09BAKU980	AZERBAIJAN: A MODEST PIPELINE PROPOSAL? [...] (C) In a lengthy December 15 meeting, SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nassirov laid out a new natural gas pipeline proposal, and provided details of his recent visits to Turkey and Iran. (reftels A and B). Nassirov suggested combining Nabucco and White Stream into one energy transit corridor, [...]	2009-12-22 11:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAKU986	AZERBAIJAN: IRAN AND ALBORZ RIG UPDATE FROM THE [...] (S) Charge met with Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Khalafov on 22 December to obtain a read-out on his and FM Mammadyarov's December 14-15 trip to Tehran. DFM Khalafov indicated that FM Mammadyarov had met with President Ahmadinejad, Speaker of the Parliament Ali Larijani, and other senior [...]	2009-12-23 09:28:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	ENRG EPET ECON PREL IR AJ TX
09BAKU996	AZERBAIJAN: THE VIEW FROM BAKU ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The recent launching of the TransAsia gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to China made much press in the Caspian region, particularly here in Baku. Azerbaijan has no role in the project now, but pundits and others are wondering aloud about potential for exporting future gas east to [...]	2009-12-30 09:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAMAKO104	A SPOONFUL OF CHINESE SUGAR SOURS U.S. INVESTORS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-23 11:20:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO107	THIS WEEK IN NORTHERN MALI: REBEL DISARMAMENT AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-23 15:23:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC PTER PREL ML
09BAMAKO111	BLACK TAMACHEKS LOBBY FOR ANTI-SLAVERY LAW IN MALI [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 16:52:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI ELAB ML
09BAMAKO128	WITH EYE ON 2012, SECOND LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-03 16:50:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO135	(S) TUAREGS LOOKING TO ARREST KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS; [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-05 10:53:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PTER PINS PINR ML
09BAMAKO141	AQIM TACTICS FORCE RED CROSS TO RECONSIDER [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 11:20:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PINS PINR ASEC ML
09BAMAKO15	WHAT ARE WE MARCHING FOR? ANTI-ISRAELI PROTESTERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 11:17:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL SMIG ML
09BAMAKO151	MALI FORECASTS A CHANCE OF OIL FOR 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Five years into its renewed push for oil exploration (Ref. A),Mali has yet to strike black gold. During a January 4 speech to the nation, however, President Amadou Toumani Toure served up a rather optimistic New Year's resolution: Malian oil would flow by the end of June 2009. T [...]	2009-03-13 09:33:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO155	MAYOR OF ANDERAMBOUKANE DISCUSSES AQIM KIDNAPPINGS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 09:18:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PINS PREL ASEC ML
09BAMAKO163	PROMINENT TUAREG'S VIEW OF ARAB MILITIAS, [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 15:33:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR PREL ASEC ML
09BAMAKO173	POLITICAL PARTIES FINALIZE THEIR LISTS FOR APRIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 08:38:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO182	MALI NABS TWO KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS BUT MISSES [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 10:56:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS PINR PREL ML
09BAMAKO186	TUAREGS CAPTURE THIRD KIDNAPPING SUSPECT IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 09:03:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS PINR PREL ML
09BAMAKO195	MORE CRITICS TAKE AIM AT MALI'S EMBATTLED AUDITOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 13:20:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR PINR ML
09BAMAKO199	PRIME MINISTER FACING POLITICAL FALLOUT FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 09:52:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR PINR ML
09BAMAKO211	TUAREG LEADER: FORGET THE ACCORDS, JUST GIVE US [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 13:39:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PINR PREL ASEC PTER ML
09BAMAKO213	LIFE TO GO: RWANDAN GENOCIDAIRES DOING TIME IN MALI [...] (SBU) Summary: Mali's penitentiary system is home to 14 Rwandans, including former Prime Minister Jean Kambanda and two other Ministers, convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Eight of the Rwandans in Mali are serving life sentences. Under the term [...]	2009-04-08 11:03:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM ML
09BAMAKO217	LOCAL ELECTIONS TRUMP TUAREG REBEL CONCERNS IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 14:21:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS PINR ASEC PREL ML
09BAMAKO221	TUAREG BOUNTY HUNTERS LOOKING FOR SECURITY AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-10 10:56:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS PINR PREL ML
09BAMAKO226	SOME NEW MINISTERS AND MINISTRIES IN MALI, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 16:47:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR EFIN PINR
09BAMAKO232	MALI ARRESTS ITS OWN AUDITOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 13:40:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR PHUM ML
09BAMAKO24	GAO POLICE BLOTTER: MORE GRENADES AND CARJACKINGS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 16:27:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
09BAMAKO245	FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER RENEWS PLEDGE TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 16:55:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL ASEC PTER ML
09BAMAKO257	TUAREG CLAIMS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AS ICRC [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 09:27:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PTER PGOV ML
09BAMAKO267	MALI'S ONLY ISLAMIC POLITICAL PARTY FALLS ON HARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 12:28:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KISL KDEM KIRF ML
09BAMAKO268	MORE TUAREG PESSIMISM OVER ACCORDS AND AQIM [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 14:53:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR ASEC PGOV PREL ML
09BAMAKO27	MALI SETS APRIL 26 DATE FOR 2009 LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 16:31:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO277	LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS SET STAGE FOR 2012 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 11:42:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM ML
09BAMAKO280	ELECTORAL TENSIONS IN TARKINT: WHERE AQIM, ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 11:05:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS PINR ASEC PTER ML
09BAMAKO288	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ATT: MALI'S SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) on May 8 to inquire about Mali's plans for addressing northern security in a theoretical post-hostage situation future and his views of how the U.S. might best assist these efforts. ATT spoke of the dynamics surroundi [...]	2009-05-12 14:58:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ML
09BAMAKO3	A NORTHERN MALI NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL: GRENADES, [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-05 16:42:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PINS ASEC ML
09BAMAKO302	SURPRISED WINNERS AND SORE LOSERS: SMALL TIME [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 10:36:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINS ML
09BAMAKO317	MALIAN POLICE PREVENT MEETING OF HOMOSEXUALS IN [...] Summary: On April 13 Malian police prevented a gay and lesbian group from holding a meeting on the margins of an HIV/AIDS conference supported by a local NGO in Bamako. Although police dissuaded the group from meeting, erroneous local newspaper reports to the contrary prompted a group of sen [...]	2009-05-27 14:44:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KISL ML
09BAMAKO321	IN HASTE, MALI POSTS FLAWED LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 16:30:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO340	MALI'S COTTON SECTOR STRUGGLES FOR SURVIVAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Tiena Coulibaly, Director of the parastatal Malian Textile Development Company (CMDT) and former Director of Mali's Cotton Privatization Agency provided the Embassy a sobering account of Mali's flailing cotton sector. Heavily saddled with debt and unable to fund Mali's upcoming [...]	2009-06-02 15:43:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EAGR ECIN EIND ML
09BAMAKO349	IMF FORESEES STABLE MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR MALI [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 16:26:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO355	NORTHERN MALI'S REACTION TO EXECUTION OF BRITISH [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 11:10:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PINS PGOV ML
09BAMAKO36	TUMULT WITHIN TUAREG REBEL ADC FOLLOWING FAILED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 14:26:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS ASEC ML
09BAMAKO387	PRESIDENT TOURE READY TO TARGET AQIM, WITH HELP [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 11:16:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINS PINR ASEC ML
09BAMAKO401	ATT: "WE'RE ACTING ON AQIM - NOW WE NEED YOUR HELP" [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 17:10:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL PTER ML
09BAMAKO435	DASD HUDDLESTON MEETS ATT: THE WAY FORWARD AGAINST [...] (S/NF) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Africa Ambassador Vicki Huddleston and Ambassador Milovanovic called on President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) June 29 to discuss the state of Mali,s recent efforts against AQIM and avenues of U.S.-Malian cooperation in support o [...]	2009-07-01 15:37:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER ML
09BAMAKO460	LICKING ITS WOUNDS: MALI REGROUPS, HOSTAGE RELEASED [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 07:19:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML
09BAMAKO51	DOW CHEMICALS V. CHINA: DOW WINS, FOR NOW [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 16:46:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO511	MALI'S AUDITOR GENERAL RELEASES 2009 REPORT [...] (SBU) On July 13, Mali's Office of the Auditor General (BVG) released its fourth annual report. Notwithstanding a tumultuous year for the office and the Auditor General, the BVG was able to conduct 49 audits in 2008, up from 33 in 2007. Among the 25 entities audited, the BVG identifed 98 bi [...]	2009-08-03 15:39:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO52	(S) EFFORTS TO LOCATE NEW EUROPEAN HOSTAGES IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 20:00:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS PINR ASEC PREL ML
09BAMAKO53	LOCAL ELECTIONS, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-27 09:01:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC
09BAMAKO551	MALI APPROVES NEW FAMILY CODE: ISLAMISTS UPSET [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 16:28:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO566	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARSHALL VISIT TO MALI [...] (SBU) Summary: We warmly welcome CODEL Marshall's upcoming visit to Mali. The CODEL?s visit will provide an important opportunity to highlight U.S. support for a moderate, majority Muslim democracy that stands as an example for West Africa and beyond. Mali is a strong opponent of terrorism a [...]	2009-08-26 13:52:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MASS ML
09BAMAKO58	BAHANGA RELEASES LAST THREE MALIAN SOLDIERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 16:40:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS ASEC PREL ML

09BAMAKO580	NOT SO FAST: ATT SENDS FAMILY CODE BACK TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-02 15:47:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO63	(S) OBSERVATIONS ON UNFOLDING HOSTAGE CRISIS IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 17:13:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PTER PREL PINS PINR ML GM SZ UK CA
09BAMAKO669	AFRICOM DEPUTY COMMANDER MUELLER MEETS WITH [...] (S) On October 14, Vice Admiral Robert T. Moeller, Deputy Commander of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) met with the Ambassador to discuss U.S. security assistance to the government of Mali. 2. (S) Admiral Moeller noted that, after CENTCOM, counterterrorism priorities currently make AF [...]	2009-10-19 07:32:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	MARR ML PGOV PREL PTER
09BAMAKO68	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALI: FY 2009 [...] In response to reftel, this cable provides the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Mali. 2. Investment Climate Statement: A. Country Investment Policies and Practices. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment: The Malian government has made efforts to encourage foreign investment. It [...]	2009-02-02 14:09:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EIND EAID EFIN KTDB OPIC USTR ELAB
09BAMAKO680	MALI'S LARGEST PARTY PREPARING FOR 2012 [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the next presidential elections are over two years away, Mali's political scene is already gearing up for what is expected to be a wide-open campaign. As the first declared candidates announce the start of their campaigns, Mali's largest political party, the Alliance for [...]	2009-10-20 18:47:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ML
09BAMAKO696	PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) On October 20 DCM and POL/ECON Chief met with Malian Minister of Agriculture Aghatam Ag Alhassane to deliver the letter from the Secretary regarding the opportunity of the November 16-18 World Food Summit to build on the momentum of the September 26 event through timely endorsement of the f [...]	2009-10-29 16:24:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ML
09BAMAKO71	(S) ANOTHER NORTHERN LEADER CLAIMS CONTACT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 10:28:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR PINS ML
09BAMAKO73	FREE TO BE: OPPOSITION LAMBASTS GOVERNMENT AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 10:58:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO776	AMBASSADOR AND GENERAL WARD MEET WITH MALIAN [...] (S) On November 27 the Ambassador and Commander of the U.S. Africa Command, General William E. ("Kip") Ward, met with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) to discuss security in Northern Mali. ATT reiterated his commitment to take action against Al Q'Aida in the Lands of the Islamic Mag [...]	2009-12-01 16:39:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	ASEC ML PGOV PINR PREL PTER
09BAMAKO815	CLOSING CEREMONY OF JCET TRAINING OF MALIAN ARMY [...] (S) On December 11 the DCM and DATT participated in the graduation ceremony of a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) exercise of the Malian Army Echelon Tactique Interarme (ETIA) 4, in Gao. ETIA 4 is based in Timbuktu. The 10th Army Special Forces Group out of Fort Carson, Colorado, and le [...]	2009-12-17 15:36:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	MARR ML PREL PTER
09BAMAKO85	IS THE REBELLION OVER? MALI BEATS BACK BAHANGA AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 12:28:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR PREL PGOV ASEC ML
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN146	H1N1 CASES GROWING IN BRUNEI ALONG WITH CONCERN [...] (SBU) Brunei's confirmed H1N1 cases have now reach 18 and will likely continue to grow. The Government of Brunei (GoB) reversed course and issued stricter warnings regarding travel. Containment efforts are focused on Brunei's schools, including international schools. A seasonal flu strain conti [...]	2009-06-26 07:58:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO PREL PINR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN15	BRUNEI: RELUCTANT TO LEAD IMT, AND CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Poloff on 15 January met with Haji Mulok Haji Jamat, the Deputy Director for East Asia and the Pacific Affairs in the Political I section of the Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Mulok told Poloff that Brunei plans to only supply monitors to the International Monitor [...]	2009-01-27 07:26:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN178	BRUNEI MOVES TO MITIGATION [...] (SBU) Brunei's Ministry of Health (MoH) announced plans to move from containment of the H1N1 virus to mitigation. As noted in reftels, this announcement has been expected. Concerns have been raised that the MoH's public health campaign and statements made by senior department officials are no [...]	2009-07-23 08:00:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO PREL PINR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN205	SENATOR BILL NELSON WELL RECEIVED VISIT TO BRUNEI [...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson's well received visit to Brunei focused on numerous key USG policy goals and objectives. During wide ranging meetings with the Sultan of Brunei, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II, Pehin Lim Jock Seng, the Senator received assurances that Brunei res [...]	2009-08-28 03:29:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BX PINR
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN256	BRUNEI'S ONLY POLITICAL PARTY WELCOMES U.S. ELECTION LAW [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 02:51:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN269	DEBRIEF OF BRUNEI OFFICIALS - REGIONAL PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) On November 5, 2009, in coordination with the Australian High Commission, Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and Regional Security Officer (RSO) met with Government of Brunei (GoB) officials who attended the Regional PSI workshop held on September 15-17 2009 in Sydney, Australia (Reftel). GoB [...]	2009-11-12 08:57:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PARM PREL KNNP XB XV XC XD BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN39	BRUNEI FLOODS: IS THERE A LONG TERM IMPACT? [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 00:54:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN41	PETROLEUM BRUNEI SEEKS EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) DCM and Commercial Assistant recently met with the CEO and Head of Commercial Sales and Planning for Petroleum Brunei (PB). CEO Haji Jaafar Awang Bakar and Head of Planning, Danilo Verastigue, stated that Petroleum Brunei are not changing their current business plan and, in fact, are look [...]	2009-03-11 08:22:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PINR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN80	AMBASSADOR TODD ENCOURAGES BRUNEI'S ENVIRONMENTALISM [...] (SBU) Ambassador Todd has encouraged Government of Brunei (GoB) officials, as well as the private sector to pursue more definitive actions to protect the environment. Of particular interest is the Heart of Borneo (HoB) initiative. Recently, Ambassador Todd met with the likely new head of Brune [...]	2009-04-03 07:53:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO EAID KINR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN81	BRUNEI LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL: STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 07:58:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM ECON BX
09BANGKOK1004	THAI PRIME MINISTER ABHISIT AIMS FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador recommended to a top MFA official on April 21 that the RTG lift the state of emergency (SOE) in Bangkok as soon as possible. RTG officials tell us that they understand our view and are eager to rescind the SOE, but they are concerned about a continuing possibility of destab [...]	2009-04-21 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK1059	THAKSIN'S REVOLUTIONARY RHETORIC [...] (C) In the run-up to mid-April riots in Bangkok, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra used increasingly incendiary rhetoric. Although Thaksin has subsequently asserted he supports only peaceful measures, his public call for a "revolution" and for the supremacy of "the people" over sometim [...]	2009-04-29 10:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KJUS TH
09BANGKOK1132	RECOMMENDATION TO PRUDENTIALLY REVOKE THAI EX-PM [...] (C) Post recommends that the Department prudentially revoke former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's U.S. non-immigrant visas. This recommendation is based on our belief that Thaksin has possibly committed a crime involving moral turpitude. The RTG has two arrest warrants outstanding for T [...]	2009-05-07 07:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV PINR TH
09BANGKOK114	NEW "THAI PRIDE" PARTY (PHUMJAI THAI) BECOMES [...] (SBU) As legislators from dissolved political parties develop new party affiliations, it appears a faction of former People's Power Party legislators will comprise the second-largest coalition partner of the Democrat Party. This faction, loyal to Buriram politician Newin Chidchob, is at the c [...]	2009-01-15 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS TH
09BANGKOK1166	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PRIVY COUNCILORS ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador hosted a lunch for Privy Council Chair Prem Tinsulanonda, Privy Councilor Surayud Chulanont, and Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the King Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn May 11. The conversation centered around former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, his motivations behind launchi [...]	2009-05-13 07:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK1167	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: LOCAL OFFICIALS' VIEWS OF THE [...] (C) Summary: A range of provincial government and security officials gave us differing views about the security situation in the deep south, the state of the Malay Muslim insurgency, and possible government countermeasures during a mid-March trip to southern Thailand. A Narathiwat vice govern [...]	2009-05-14 02:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1190	THAI MFA NOT SUSPICIOUS OF GROWING CHINESE POWER [...] (C) Summary. According to the Thai MFA Director of Chinese Affairs, Thailand agreed that increased transparency of Chinese military intentions would help regional stability, but Thailand had no reason to be concerned with growing Chinese military power and accepted as natural China's growing [...]	2009-05-14 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PM PREL TH CH
09BANGKOK1200	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES POLITICS AND THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) A leading associate of former Prime Minister Thaksin told the Ambassador in mid-May that pro-Thaksin supporters had poorly served their interests by engaging in violent riots in mid-April; a second associate reiterated his earlier assertion that the redshirt movement was now "way beyond Th [...]	2009-05-15 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
09BANGKOK1223	THAILAND: FM KASIT AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BURMA, [...] (C) Summary: Thai FM Kasit Piromya hosted Ambassador for lunch May 20 to follow-up Kasit's April 24-26 visit to Washington and his May 16 telcon with Secretary Clinton. Burma and bilateral relations dominated the conversation. On Burma, Kasit stressed that the top priority should be Aung Sang [...]	2009-05-20 10:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF TH
09BANGKOK1225	LAO HMONG IN PETCHABUN: NGO PULLS OUT, ARMY [...] (C) Summary: NGO Doctors with Borders (MSF),the only outside organization in the military-run camp for Lao Hmong in Petchabun, announced its decision to case humanitarian assistance citing army interference in its work. There is clear evidence that Thai authorities are preparing to return a [...]	2009-05-21 03:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK125	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NEW PM ABHISIT'S PLAN FOR [...] (C) In a press conference for the Foreign Correspondents, Club of Thailand on January 14, Prime Minister Abhisit said resolution of the conflict in southern Thailand was among his government's top policy priorities. He said his government would restore the rule of law in all of Thailand, incl [...]	2009-01-16 10:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1266	TRAVELS ALONG THE MEKHONG: THAKSIN,S AURA [...] (C) Contacts along the border with Laos in northeastern Thailand told us prior to the mid-April Songkran riots that rural voters had begun to shift their focus beyond the personal draw of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to issues that affected their local communities. Despite the app [...]	2009-05-26 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK1267	THAI MFA CLARIFIES ASEAN STATEMENT ON ASSK; AIPMC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Burmese criticism of the May 18 ASEAN Chair Statement calling for Aung Saan Suu Kyi's (ASSK) release (reftel),the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) released a clarification May 26 (text below). The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) convened [...]	2009-05-26 10:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK1276	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: ACADEMICS AND NGOS REFUTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 10:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1293	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA DVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) The Center for International Trade and Security (CITS) conducted an Export Control Assssment in Vietnam May 4-11. Advisor and embassy officials met with port, naval and marine police officials in Cambodia May 7-8. Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted the second phase of a Tracker [...]	2009-05-28 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTT MNUC PARM PREL CBTH VN
09BANGKOK1296	GAO LEARNS OF JADE ACT'S IMPACT IN THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary: A Government Accountability Office (GAO) team visited Bangkok and Chantaburi May 12-15 to investigate the implementation and impact on Thailand of the U.S. Tom Lantos Block the Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts Act (JADE Act). Private gem dealers claim the JADE Act, which bans [...]	2009-06-01 04:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD BM TH
09BANGKOK1305	AMBASSADOR RAISES SECURITY, REFUGEES, CUSTOMS, AND [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban assured the Ambassador that there would be no security problems during Secretary Clinton's July visit, in part because the authorities and local population in Phuket were sympathetic to the government. Suthep complained that former Prime Minister Th [...]	2009-06-01 09:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PINS ECON ETRD TH BM LA
09BANGKOK1319	Thai Government Fights Rising Unemployment [...] (SBU) Summary: Not surprisingly, the global economic recession has caused the number of unemployed Thais to increase. The official unemployment rate in Thailand of about 2 percent is deceptively low because of very liberal definitions of what it means to be employed, and even then estimates a [...]	2009-06-02 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
09BANGKOK1320	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TAK BAI DEATHS - NO ONE [...] (C) The Songkhla Provincial Court on May 29 ruled that security forces were not responsible for the deaths of 78 Malay Muslim Thais who died after security forces put down a demonstration at the Tak Bai police headquarters in 2004. The court decided that officers were merely performing their d [...]	2009-06-02 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1329	MISSION BANGKOK'S REQUEST TO OCCUPY COMMERCIAL SPACE [...] SUMMARY: Bangkok is a rapidly growing regional post in critical need of additional functional office space. Post U.S. Direct Hire positions have grown by 35% in the last 10 years, and the Overseas Building Operations (OBO) estimated in their recent Master Planning exercise that Post requires [...]	2009-06-03 07:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ABLD PREL TH
09BANGKOK1338	THAILAND: A NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot, the government's face of its intellectual property rights (IPR) campaign, has devised a new interagency strategy to combat IPR piracy in Thailand. Alongkorn explained to the Ambassador on May 27 that his proposed strategy, which he h [...]	2009-06-03 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK1340	THAI SUPREME COMMANDER ASSURES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary. Thai Armed Forces Supreme Commander General Songkitti Jaggabartra told the Ambassador that the Thai military was in the lead for security arrangements for the upcoming ASEAN ministerial meetings and assured that security would not be a problem during the visit of Secretary Clinton [...]	2009-06-03 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF KPKO MOPS TH SU UN LA
09BANGKOK1415	ASEAN SYG SURIN DISCUSSES ASSK TRIAL AND OTHER [...] (C) Embassy Rangoon Charge d'Affaires Dinger met in Bangkok with ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan June 10. Surin sees the ASEAN Charter as already building political will in the region. He praised ASEAN Ministers for spending an hour at the recent ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) in [...]	2009-06-12 07:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TH BM
09BANGKOK1435	MGSF01: 150 Thai H1N1 cases; Interagency Coordination [...] SUMMARY. The Thai Ministry of Public Health and Ministry of Education held an interagency coordination meeting on June 9 to discuss preparedness plans for the outbreak of H1N1 within the country. A representative from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) who attended the meeting found th [...]	2009-06-16 07:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK1485	ENGAGEMENT ON LAO HMONG ISSUE YIELDS CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Laos, Ravic Huso, met with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations Deputy Director General Ittiporn Boonpracong, and Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Border Division Chief LTG Niphat Thonglek on June 11 and 12 to discuss the ongoing cu [...]	2009-06-19 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF TH LA
09BANGKOK1508	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE JUNE 8 [...] (S) Summary: The cycle of violence and reprisals in southern Thailand continues to spike in the aftermath of the May 29 Tak Bai post mortem inquest ruling which determined that security forces were merely performing their duties according to their responsibilities when 78 Malay Muslims died in [...]	2009-06-24 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK151	THAILAND: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Per reftel request, below is Post's draft of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Thailand. We also e-mailed a Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA (J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Gregory Hicks),per reftel instructions. 2. (U) Begin text of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for [...]	2009-01-21 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR TH
09BANGKOK1547	THAI INVESTMENT SPENDING STIMULUS PACKAGE: 12 BILLION NOW, [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 22, the Thai government cleared a hurdle when a key element of its overarching plan to stimulate the Thai economy in light of the global economic crisis was approved. The Thai Parliament passed an emergency decree allowing the Royal Thai Government (RTG) to borrow appr [...]	2009-06-30 00:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
09BANGKOK1573	ROYAL THAI POLICE EFFORTS TO ENHANCE NATIONAL [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY - For eight days during late November and into early December 2008, political protesters in Bangkok took seizure of both major national airports, stranding tourists, local citizens and traveling business people in Bangkok, and restricting those travelers attempting to return [...]	2009-07-02 07:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC TH EAIR
09BANGKOK1574	THAI FINANCE MINISTER ON AMERICAN BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij, the Ambassador raised concerns about less than fair and transparent treatment U.S. business receives from the Ministry's Customs Department. The Ambassador also raised the Megaports Initiative, encouraging the Thai go [...]	2009-07-02 10:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL TH
09BANGKOK165	THAILAND'S HANDLING OF ROHINGYA "BOAT PEOPLE" OFF [...] (C) Summary: Thai military officials and villagers along Thailand's southern Andaman Sea coast described push-back actions of ethnic Rohingya to RefCoord January 22, but maintained that Thai civil defense volunteers and fishing boats, not Thai military officials, had been involved. UNHCR rep [...]	2009-01-22 12:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL TH
09BANGKOK1653	PROBLEMS FOR THAI FOREIGN MINISTER KASIT - [...] (C) Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya is again under scrutiny for his role in the late 2008 protests which shut down Bangkok's airports for eight days. On July 1 Royal Thai Police quietly issued a summons to Kasit and several dozen other leading People's Alliance for Democracy figures for [...]	2009-07-10 11:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK1662	THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S JULY [...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will arrive July 21 in a Kingdom of Thailand divided politically and focused inward, uncertain about the country's future after revered but ailing 81 year old King Bhumibol eventually passes. Despite a deep and broad alliance partnership that continues to deliver sign [...]	2009-07-13 07:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK1685	Asia Clean Energy Forum 2009 Draws More Than 800 Experts to [...] SUMMARY: To help confront the urgent challenge of scaling up clean energy solutions for Asia while mitigating climate change, the US Agency for International Development's Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA) partnered with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other donors to orga [...]	2009-07-14 07:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO
09BANGKOK1686	LAO HMONG: CONGRESSIONAL STAFFDEL VISITS PETCHABUN [...] (C) Summary. A House Foreign Affairs Committee Staffdel visited Thailand July 2-4 in a fact-finding trip relating to Thai policy towards Lao Hmong detained in the army-run camp in Petchabun, and a smaller group of UNHCR-recognized refugees in an immigration detention center in Nong Khai, Thai [...]	2009-07-14 07:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK1720	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S MEETING WITH THAI [...] (C) Summary. General Casey, your meeting with Thai Army Commander General Anupong will afford the opportunity to highlight the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests and emphasize our support for important areas of our mil-mil relationship. Our military relationship provide [...]	2009-07-16 23:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1729	LINGERING APPEAL OF THAKSIN IN THAILAND,S [...] (SBU) Summary. A range of contacts from the local Buriram powerbase for Newin Chidchob in lower Isaan (northeastern Thailand) told us that Phumjai Thai, Newin's political party, held considerable advantages through control of ministries and the allegiance of local power brokers. While these a [...]	2009-07-17 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK1823	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSES [...] (U) P. Wang Burapa Firearms Limited Partnership (PWB) was subject to ref B Blue Lantern investigation in January 2009. The firm's details and facility remain the same. The shop has obtained a special gun quota from Police for items for resale to police officers nationwide under a "Weapon Proc [...]	2009-07-29 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK1841	THAILAND: EAP A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH PHEU [...] (C) Summary. During a July 21 meeting with the opposition Pheu Thai party leaders and supporters, East Asian and Pacific Affairs Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell urged more open dialogue among political actors and peaceful reconciliation to Thailand's political conflict. Chaturon Chaiseng, [...]	2009-07-30 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1901	THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Senator Webb, Embassy Bangkok looks forward to welcoming you back to Thailand. Your visit will afford a chance to express the United States' commitment for Thailand's democracy in meeting its current challenges and emerging strengthened, as well as to engage Thai officials and others on [...]	2009-08-05 10:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS TH
09BANGKOK1939	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES FM KASIT ON US-THAI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador engaged Thai FM Kasit Piromya August 6 on U.S.-Thai relations, DRPK and the ARF Chair Statement, Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),Cambodian border issues, the Lao Hmong, and Viktor Bout's extradition. Ambassador and Kasit agreed on the need to elevate the nature of t [...]	2009-08-07 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM BM TH
09BANGKOK1980	SOUTHERN THAILAND: ENDURING VIOLENCE AND THE WAY [...] (C) The conflict in Thailand's Deep South, which entered a new, more violent phase in January 2004, has ground on for five and a half years, cost some 3500 lives, and has no end in sight. At its core, the conflict is about identity, sovereign control, justice, and the Royal Thai Government,s [...]	2009-08-12 06:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
09BANGKOK1998	NEXT STEPS ON THE VIKTOR BOUT EXTRADITION CASE IN [...] (C) Summary and comment. The disappointing August 11 Thai Lower Court ruling against the extradition of Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, and its dubious legal reasoning, requires a multi-pronged effort to seek a successful reversal during the appeals process. The lead judge's foray into foreign [...]	2009-08-13 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PTER KCRM TH RS CO
09BANGKOK2009	ABHISIT,S SIX MONTH CHECK-UP: STAYIN ALIVE, [...] (C) Defying the longevity projections of seasoned Thai political handicappers everywhere, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva recently marked the six-month point in his tenure by mounting a public defense of his administration's record to date. Abhisit expressed optimism that his government had [...]	2009-08-14 08:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2034	RED SHIRTS PEACEFULLY PETITION THE KING [...] (C) On August 17, more than 20,000 "red-shirt" sympathizers of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra assembled in a park adjacent to the Grand Palace to show support for a massive signature gathering petition campaign seeking royal amnesty for Thaksin (Ref A). Despite wide spread concerns [...]	2009-08-17 11:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2041	PRM PDAS WITTEN OPENS DOOR ON LAO HMONG IN THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. During a busy July 28-August 1 visit to Thailand, PRM PDAS Samuel Witten met with senior Royal Thai Government (RTG) civilian and military officials on the Lao Hmong issue, and toured the two sites in Thailand where a total of almost 5,000 Lao Hmong are being held. Witten push [...]	2009-08-18 06:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK2046	Progress on Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate [...] SUMMARY. After a year of preparation, the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) is ready to move forward with a feasibility assessment for the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. The ARC is intended to serve as a network of lead [...]	2009-08-18 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH
09BANGKOK206	AMBASSADOR AND CROWN PRINCE DISCUSS POLITICS, [...] (U) The Ambassador had a private New Year's audience with Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn for 45 minutes at the Amporn Palace in Bangkok on January 26. The Crown Prince's consort, Princess Srirasmi, also attended. Political Scene --------------- 2. (C) The Crown Prince noted it was clear to [...]	2009-01-27 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON ETRD KJUS KCRM TH
09BANGKOK2096	SOUTHERN THAILAND: THE HDC DIALOGUE RESUMES [...] (S) In a late July meeting, HD Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) representative Michael Vatikiotis briefed us on RTG efforts to revive the HDC brokered dialogue between the Thai government and insurgents in southern Thailand. In subsequent meetings with CG in Chang Mai, Mark Tamthai, Dir [...]	2009-08-21 04:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK2109	LAO HMONG AT PETCHABUN: RECENT MOVEMENTS INCLUDE [...] (SBU) In an unusual early morning repatriation on August 18, 45 Lao Hmong men, women and children resident in the Petchabun camp were returned to Laos. Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) personnel involved in the movement told RefCoord that all departed voluntarily. The NGO Catholic Organization [...]	2009-08-21 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TH LA
09BANGKOK2125	THAILAND: PM ABHISIT LOSES POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) In the latest sign of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's tenuous political positioning, the Royal Thai Police Office's 11-member board rejected Abhisit's nominee for the National Police Chief job August 20. The vote represented not only an embarrassing public rebuke for Abhisit, but it al [...]	2009-08-24 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK213	U.S.-THAI RELATIONS: SUSTAINING OUR IMPORTANT [...] (C) Summary. As one of five U.S. treaty allies in Asia and straddling a major force projection air/sea corridor, Thailand remains crucial to U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Underpinning our strong bilateral relations is the U.S.-Thai security relationship, which is base [...]	2009-01-28 07:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2167	KING BHUMIBOL WARNS OF RUIN IN THE ABSENCE OF [...] (C) On August 21, 81-year-old Thai King Bhumibol carefully dipped his feet into Thailand's boiling political waters, warning the Thai people that, among other things, "without cooperation, the country may actually fall to ruin." The comments, delivered during an audience with civil servants [...]	2009-08-27 06:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2185	Reforming Thai Customs: First Steps Taken [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, threats of ludicrously high customs penalties against very prominent American, European, and Japanese companies appear to have back-fired against the Customs officials who stood to profit handsomely. After strong advocacy by this Embassy and others, including [...]	2009-08-28 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK2207	THAILAND: DEMOCRAT PARTY PREVAILS IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) According to unofficial results reported in the Thai media, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's governing Democrat party won a resounding victory in an August 30 House of Representatives by-election in the southern province of Surat Thani. Democrat candidate Thani Thaugsuban -- Deputy PM [...]	2009-08-31 11:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2208	THE ASEAN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ASEAN plans to launch its newly-developed human rights body, the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) at the 15th ASEAN Summit in October in Thailand. Although local and international NGOs have already described the Terms of Reference (ToR) adopted by Fore [...]	2009-08-31 12:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM DRL TH
09BANGKOK2226	SOUTHERN THAILAND: CONFLICT, CONFLICTING GOALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Issues of identity, language, violence against teachers, and quality of instruction are some of the key challenges facing the educational environment and its impact on life in southern Thailand, according to academic, government, and NGO interlocutors we engaged in southern Thai [...]	2009-09-02 10:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK225	THAI PARLIAMENT OFFERS ASSENT FOR UPCOMING ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: After several months of delays, the Thai parliament on January 27 approved 41 ASEAN-related draft agreements, as required by the 2007 Thai Constitution, but sent two agreements to a specially-established scrutiny committee before final approval. The votes allow the RTG to sign [...]	2009-01-28 10:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2289	THAI DOMESTIC POLITICAL ROUNDUP: ABHISIT,S [...] (C) Above and beyond the challenges associated with steering Thailand out of the economic morass, PM Abhisit continues to grapple with a seemingly endless litany of political problems both inside and outside his party, including in-fighting with Deputy PM Suthep. Questions about possible elec [...]	2009-09-09 10:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK23	SENATOR WEBB REVIEWS U.S.-THAI RELATIONS WITH FM [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Senator Jim Webb underscored the importance of the U.S.-Thai bilateral relationship in a series of wide ranging meetings that included Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya; former Ambassador to the U.S. and now Deputy Principal Private Secretary to His Majesty the King, Krit Garn [...]	2009-01-07 07:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP TH
09BANGKOK2352	THAILAND: ELECTION COMMISSION FLEXES MUSCLES ON MP [...] (C) Over the course of the last three months, the Election Commission has indicted a total of 29 House members and 16 Senators, out of 480 and 150 respectively, from across the party spectrum for conflict of interest transgressions related to share holdings in media or telecom firms with state [...]	2009-09-16 09:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK237	THAILAND CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] This report provides information as requested by the Department of Labor to determine if countries eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program are implementing their international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor as required unde [...]	2009-01-30 02:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM KTIP TH
09BANGKOK2388	PAPER AIRPLANE AND PANDA NAMING CONTEST WINNERS [...] (U) Summary: Two recent high profile feel-good cases involving stateless children winning nationwide contests with overseas trip prizes have drawn attention to the plight of those in Thailand who lack citizenship. Mong Thongdee, the Chiang Mai-born son of Burmese migrants, won a national paper [...]	2009-09-18 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2402	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) On September 18, the Ambassador met with Yongyuth Wichait, the leader of the opposition Puea Thai Party, to sound him out on a number of issues of importance to the opposition. Former Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama joined the meeting as well. Yongyuth expressed confidence in Puea Thai [...]	2009-09-21 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2437	Landmark Thai/U.S. study: HIV Vaccine Effective [...] SUMMARY: A groundbreaking, six-year, joint Thai/U.S. HIV vaccine study found 31 percent efficacy in preventing HIV infection. The study was the first ever to show that a vaccine can prevent HIV infection, and the over 16,000 Thai volunteers made this the largest HIV vaccine trial ever conducte [...]	2009-09-24 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KHIV EAID PREL TH
09BANGKOK2455	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Niphon Promphan, Secretary-General for Prime Minister Abhisit and a trusted advisor of Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, on September 24. Niphon expressed exasperation with the prolonged political stalemate and what he characterized as a degradation of Thai politica [...]	2009-09-28 05:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2464	THAILAND: PREVIEWING THE RESULTS OF THE BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Charge previewed the results of our Burma policy review to MFA East Asian Director General Kittiphong na Ranong September 28, per reftel. Kittiphong probed U.S. thinking on how we planned to handle incremental next steps, expressed both doubt that the regime would take the first [...]	2009-09-28 10:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM TH
09BANGKOK247	OPPOSITION PARTY AND ACTIVISTS PUT PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Pro-Thaksin legislators and activists have criticized Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his administration on issues ranging from substantive to petty. Abhisit's critics have focused substantial attention on his appointment of figures linked to the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) [...]	2009-01-30 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
09BANGKOK2488	THAILAND: KING BHUMIBOL'S HOSPITALIZATION, [...] (S) Summary/Comment: By all accounts, public and private, 81-year old King Bhumibol's ongoing ailments which led to his hospitalization September 16 are not particularly serious. None of the insiders who would be genuinely concerned were his health in true danger seem worried -- in contrast to [...]	2009-09-30 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK2539	THAILAND: RULING COALTION AGREES TO PATH FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: The coalition partners in the Abhisit government reached a consenss on October 4 on the way forward in amending th 2007 Constitution. All six coalition parties agreed to empower a parliamentary committee to draft separate bills for each of the six proposed amendments. The full [...]	2009-10-05 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2540	WHERE ARE THEY NOW? TWO THAI MUSLIMS CONVICTED IN [...] (C) Summary: Two ethnic Malay Muslim Thai nationals sentenced to life in prison in Cambodian court in 2003 after being convicted of providing material support to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) returned quietly to Thailand in July following negotiations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh. Both men are livi [...]	2009-10-05 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK2544	Wanting to be Cooperative, Thailand Concerned about [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Concerned about potential obstacles to Thai exports to the United States, the Thai MFA hosted a seminar on the implications of U.S. regulations on maritime freight security, specifically the requirement to scan all containers "100 percent" by July 2012 per the 9/11 [...]	2009-10-05 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHLS EWWT ETRD TH
09BANGKOK2555	AMBASSADOR MEETS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER; VIKTOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 6, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban to discuss the latest political developments in Thailand, including Secretary General Niphon Promphan's recent resignation. Suthep characterized the resignation decision as hard to explain and expressed [...]	2009-10-06 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TH BM RS
09BANGKOK2587	THAILAND'S LOWER NORTHEAST: A LOOK AT NEWIN [...] (C) Newin Chidchob, godfather of government coalition partner Phumjai Thai, has had a good year by almost any measure. His father is Parliament Speaker; his party holds a disproportionate number of cabinet jobs compared to its 32 MPs; Phumjai Thai aspires to increase its share of MP seats in [...]	2009-10-09 00:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2588	THAI POLICY TOWARDS BURMA: THAI OFFICIALS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thai officials, academics, and activists debated Thailand's position, role, and policy vis-a-vis its problematic western neighbor Burma at Chulalongkorn University's Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) October 6. The speakers covered the wide array of issu [...]	2009-10-09 00:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK2597	ENVIRONMENTALISTS VERSUS INDUSTRIALISTS: THE MAP TA PHUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 29, a Thai administrative court issued an injunction to halt 76 new industrial projects -- valued at $10 billion -- at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Thailand's much vaunted Eastern Seaboard Industrial Development Zone over allegations that the government faile [...]	2009-10-09 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV PREL TH
09BANGKOK2606	THAILAND: KING BHUMIBOL HOSPITALIZATION UPDATE [...] (S) Summary: As King Bhumibol's hospitalization pushes close to four weeks, elements of why he was hospitalized and why it has lasted so long have become clearer, even as it seems that he has recovered physically. It appears likely that issues related to his Parkinson's led to the initial ho [...]	2009-10-13 05:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2625	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES POLICE CHIEF BATTLE AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 13, the Ambassador met with Chuan Leekpai, a two-time former Prime Minister and senior statesmen within the ruling Democrat party. Chuan told the Ambassador he believed PM Abhisit would stick to his principles -- and not back down in his support of Police General Prate [...]	2009-10-14 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK263	SCENESETTER FOR SENIOR MILITARY VISITORS TO [...] (C) Summary. Coming visits by component commanders, and other senior leaders of various U.S. military commands will afford a chance to affirm the United States Government's commitment to working with a democratically elected Thai government, to promoting a continued strong bilateral relations [...]	2009-02-02 08:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH

09BANGKOK2642	THAILAND: FUTURE OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following an October 13 teleconference with fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the Puea Thai party reversed course and announced its opposition to the same six proposed amendments to the 2007 Constitution it had previously supported in negotiations with representati [...]	2009-10-15 08:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2655	Bangkok Airport Receives Good Marks Despite Remaining [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) conducted an assessment of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK) at the end of September. TSA noted that Airports of Thailand (AoT) has made noticeable progress with security measures in the past [...]	2009-10-16 08:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR KHLS TH
09BANGKOK2656	THAI STOCK MARKET MOVES ON RUMORS OF KING'S HEALTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As widely reported in the local and international press, rumors of the King Bhumibol's ill health drove the Thai stock market into a frenzy for two straight days this week. Combined losses over the two days amounted nearly $13 billion, but the market was able to recover some of t [...]	2009-10-16 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL TH
09BANGKOK2678	PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH ASIA-PACIFIC AMERICAN CHAMBERS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 16 meeting with the Ambassador and representatives of the Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC),Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva expressed optimism that Thailand was on the path to economic recovery now that unemployment figures have stabili [...]	2009-10-20 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL TH
09BANGKOK2682	CHINA SPARKS HYDRO DEBATE AT MEKONG RIVER COMMISSION [...] (SBU)SUMMARY. The unprecedented active participation of Chinese officials breathed life into the Mekong River Commission's previously tame annual stakeholders meeting in Chiang Rai on October 15-16. Government and NGO representatives engaged in a lively debate with the Chinese, who presented t [...]	2009-10-20 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR CH ECON
09BANGKOK2712	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THAI CHIEF OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The visit of Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Chief of Defense Forces General Songkitti Jaggabartra to the PACOM-sponsored Chiefs of Defense conference and to Washington to meet with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen affords a chance to affirm support for our im [...]	2009-10-22 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2723	LET,S PLAY TWO: THAILAND HOSTS ASEAN+6 SUMMIT [...] (C) Thailand successfully hosted the 15th ASEAN Summit, as well as the follow-on ASEAN 3 and East Asian Summits, October 23-25. The meetings took place without incident and represented a face saving victory of sorts for a government still struggling to distance itself from the stain associate [...]	2009-10-26 11:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2742	AMBASSADOR WEIGHS IN ON DOW CHEMICAL PROJECT SUSPENSION [...] (U) Summary: As reported ref B, the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has been ordered by Thailand's Central Administrative Court to halt construction in the Map Ta Phut industrial zone, where U.S. firms Dow Chemical and Chevron have multi-billion dollar projects underway. IEAT h [...]	2009-10-28 07:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV PREL TH
09BANGKOK2767	TRAIN ACCIDENT REVEALS UNION WOES AND MAY LEAD TO RAIL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Seven people were killed when an overnight Bangkok-bound express train derailed earlier this month. Citing the train crash as an example of the poor state of trains in Thailand, unionized railway workers in the deep South suspended local services, claiming that their [...]	2009-10-29 09:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD TH
09BANGKOK2791	THAILAND: TWO NETIZENS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Police (RTP) arrested two Thai citizens November 1 for allegedly contributing to the panic that triggered the Thai stock market to plunge in mid-October (Ref A). RTP personnel detained Teeranun Wipuchanin and Katha Pajariyapong on suspicion of violating Thailand' [...]	2009-11-02 11:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL DRL TH
09BANGKOK2817	GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO CRITICISMS OF MIGRANT WORKER [...] (SBU) Summary: In July of this year, the Thai government began implementing an amnesty program for illegal migrant workers in Thailand. Employed migrants from Laos, Cambodia, and Burma may apply for temporary work permits and must have their nationality verified by their government. Those wh [...]	2009-11-05 03:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM BM TH
09BANGKOK2821	GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO CRITICISMS OF MIGRANT WORKER [...] (SBU) Summary: In July of this year, the Thai government began implementing an amnesty program for illegal migrant workers in Thailand. Employed migrants from Laos, Cambodia, and Burma may apply for temporary work permits and must have their nationality verified by their government. Those wh [...]	2009-11-05 03:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM BM TH
09BANGKOK283	THAILAND'S SOUTHERN INSURGENCY: ABHISIT GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary: The Abhisit government reopened the secret channel of discussions with representatives of southern insurgents facilitated by the Henri Dunant Centre (HDC) in late January, HDC Southeast Asian representative Michael Vatikiotis told PolCouns February 3. Vatikiotis said that Thai FM [...]	2009-02-03 10:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2844	SOUTHERN THAILAND: CHAVALIT'S "PATTANI CITY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition Puea Thai Party's new Chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyut's November 2 suggestion that a separate administrative unit be established for Thailand's insurgency-plagued southernmost provinces elicited immediate opposition from many quarters, from officials to political cartooni [...]	2009-11-06 01:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK2849	THAILAND-CAMBODIA SPAT: RTG RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO PROTEST HUN SEN'S NAMING OF THAKSIN AS ADVISER [...] (C) Summary: The Royal Thai Government recalled its Ambassador to Cambodia late November 5 and announced a review of all diplomatic engagement in protest of Cambodian PM Hun Sen's naming of fugitive Thai ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser. The decision, which led to a dramatic spike in [...]	2009-11-06 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2855	THAILAND: COLOR ME GREEN - YELLOW-SHIRTS ENTER THE [...] (C) The New Politics party (NPP),led by media tycoon Sondhi Limthongkul, is the newest entry into Thailand's political sweepstakes. Built on the yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD),whose leaders comprise the NPP leadership, the NPP aspires to channel the energy and nationali [...]	2009-11-09 03:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2867	THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAKSIN REPORTEDLY TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In a move certain to inflame bilateral tensions, fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly will visit Phnom Penh November 12 to address the Cambodia Ministry of Economy and Finance. The Thai government has repeatedly stated that it will ask Cambodia to extradit [...]	2009-11-09 10:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK2931	THAI DOMESTIC POLITICAL ROUNDUP: ABHISIT GOVT HAS [...] (C) Following a politically disastrous fortnight for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Puea Thai political party (REF B),current Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is riding a wave of newfound popularity and enjoying the fruits of Thaksin's missteps. However, Abhisit recognizes [...]	2009-11-18 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2963	ASEAN WILDLIFE NETWORK SCORES WITH AFRICAN IVORY BUST [...] (U) Summary: In an important step forward against wildlife trafficking, the Royal Thai Police arrested two ivory traffickers on November 16 in Bangkok. The arrests came after a year-long joint investigation involving U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Royal Thai Police and the USG-supported A [...]	2009-11-20 10:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID TH
09BANGKOK2967	THAILAND: CIRCLES OF INFLUENCE INSIDE THE [...] (S) Introduction and Comment: With King Bhumibol significantly weakened by a variety of ailments that have kept him hospitalized for two months (refs A-B),realization that the end of his 62-year reign may be drawing near has heightened speculation and rumors about what might come next for the [...]	2009-11-23 05:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK2969	MODERNIZING THAI CUSTOMS ONE STEP AT A TIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The newly appointed Director General of the Thai Customs Department, Dr. Somchai Sujjapongse, explained to us on November 11 that the government would modernize and reform Customs in three phases. The first would be a limited package to modify the penalty structure and would also [...]	2009-11-23 10:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL TH
09BANGKOK2984	FOCUSED ON SPECIAL 301: ALONGKORN PROMOTES THAILAND'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on November 9, Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot and new Director General of Intellectual Property Pajchima Tanasanti emphasized to emboffs, visiting USTR official Rachel Bae and State Department IP official JoEllen Urban that the Abhisit Administration re [...]	2009-11-24 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL TH
09BANGKOK3003	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES THAKSIN,S SISTER AND ADVISER ON [...] (C) On November 23, the Ambassador met with fugitive former PM Thaksin's sister Yingluck Shinawatra and former Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama, key unofficial figures within the opposition Puea Thai party leadership. The Ambassador underscored U.S. concerns about the potential for unrest du [...]	2009-11-25 07:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK3006	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL NORTH AND [...] (C) General North and Brigadier General Crowe, Embassy Bangkok welcomes your visit to Thailand during the celebration of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 82nd birthday. Your visit signals the United States' appreciation for the long-standing bilateral relationship, which has facilitated shared bene [...]	2009-11-25 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK3015	THAILAND: ABHISIT CANCELS CHIANG MAI TRIP IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Bowing to concerns about his security in the wake of local red-shirt threats to "cremate" him (ref A),Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on November 26 announced that he would not travel to the northern city of Chiang Mai as previously planned for a November 29 meeting with business [...]	2009-11-27 07:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK3025	THAILAND: KING'S FRAIL HEALTH FORCES HIM TO OPT [...] (C) On November 30, the Office of His Majesty's Principal Private Secretary (PPS) announced that King Bhumibol Adulyadej would not participate in any of the public events scheduled around his December 5 birthday, Thailand's National Day. Though the King has been hospitalized since mid-Septem [...]	2009-11-30 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK3066	RUSSIA LOOKS TO REINVIGORATE BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Thai-Russia bilateral relationship blossomed earlier this decade after years of stagnation during the Cold War but has had little forward momentum since then, despite a November 27 visit to Bangkok by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sobyanin and Thai pledges that the Prime Minister a [...]	2009-12-04 08:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RU TH
09BANGKOK3068	Court Decides Shut-Down of Map Ta Phut Industrial Projects [...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Administrative Court of Thailand ruled on December 2 to maintain a suspension order for 65 new or expansion projects in Thailand's largest and premier Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate. Only 11 of the 76 projects suspended in the September 29 decision by a lower court ar [...]	2009-12-04 08:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB SENV TH
09BANGKOK3072	FIRE IN THE KITCHEN: COOK STOVES, HEALTH AND GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY: The US/ASEAN Next Generation Cook Stove Workshop was held at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok November 16-20. Old cook stoves are a source of considerable indoor pollution and accompanying health problems in the developing world, and the new technologies showcased may offe [...]	2009-12-04 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EAGR KGHG KGCC SENV ASEAN SOCI TH
09BANGKOK3104	SOUTHERN THAILAND: INSURGENTS WELCOME MALAYSIAN PM [...] (U) Summary: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Rajak's joint visit with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to southern Thailand on December 9, ostensibly to promote Malaysia's support for peaceful resolution to the unrest in the border provinces, was marred by multiple insurgent attacks elsewhe [...]	2009-12-09 08:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY
09BANGKOK311	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PM ABHISIT, FM KASIT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador engaged PM Abhisit Vejajjiva during a February 3 AMCHAM dinner and FM Kasit during a February 4 office call on the Thai response to Rohingya boat people from Burma and Bangladesh. Abhisit reiterated that his government, once made aware of the issue, insisted that all T [...]	2009-02-05 08:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF TH
09BANGKOK3115	THAILAND: RED CONSTITUTION DAY RALLY PEACEFUL [...] (U) Summary: The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") rallied at the Democracy Monument in downtown Bangkok December 10 to mark Thailand's Constitution Day holiday. The gathering, which at its peak included over 20,000 people, was peaceful and largely free fr [...]	2009-12-11 08:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK3117	LOWER MEKONG NATIONS ENGAGE CHINA, TACKLE HYDROPOWER [...] (U) Summary: The Mekong River Commission (MRC) continues to mature as engagement with China expands. Member states Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam met at the MRC's 16th Council that included a meeting with the MRC Donor Consultative Group in Thailand November 26-28. Donors announced $66 [...]	2009-12-11 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ENRG EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV TH
09BANGKOK3129	THAILAND: THAI AUTHORITIES SEIZE PLANE WITH NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Thai Immigration and Customs Police seized a cargo plane carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea at a Bangkok airport late on December 11. Thai officials leaked information about the action to the Thai media late December 12, crediting the U.S. for providing information leadi [...]	2009-12-14 08:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	ETTC KOMC MARR PINR PREL TH KN
09BANGKOK3145	THAILAND: A KEY, IF SOMETIMES RELUCTANT, PARTNER [...] (C) Introduction: Thailand is one of our closest partners on refugee affairs, having hosted perhaps the largest number of long-term refugees in the world over the past four decades. Over the past thirty-five years, some half-million refugees have moved through Thailand to resettle in third countrie [...]	2009-12-15 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH BM
09BANGKOK3147	CENTRAL THAILAND: CHART THAI PATTANA PARTY NO [...] (C) As the breadbasket of Thailand and gateway to the north, the central Thai heartland has long played an integral role in shaping Thailand's political and economic destiny. That remains the case to this day. With large swaths of the North and Northeast dominated by the opposition Puea Thai [...]	2009-12-15 11:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK3164	THAILAND TACKLES POLICE CORRUPTION AND BRUTALITY [...] (SBU) In a major victory for police reform efforts and accountability in Thailand, a Bangkok district court found eight members of the 41st Border Patrol Police (BPP) unit guilty on charges of assault, illegal detention and extortion. The unprecedented December 8 district court ruling followe [...]	2009-12-16 09:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM DRL TH
09BANGKOK3174	AMBASSADOR FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES MELANNE [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer's December 4-7 visit to Thailand energized RTG and NGO interlocutors on women's issues and highlighted the invaluable role USG initiatives play in promoting women's empowerment in Thailand. During the first leg of her trip in t [...]	2009-12-17 03:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN KPAO TH
09BANGKOK322	Coral Triangle States Advance Commitment to Marine [...] SUMMARY: Officials from the six nations of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI) made steady progress towards a comprehensive coastal and marine management framework at the fourth meeting of the CTI Coordination Committee in Manado, Indonesia from Janua [...]	2009-02-06 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID AORC EFIS KGHG IN TH
09BANGKOK3234	THAI PUBLIC OPINION SWINGS IN FAVOR OF DPRK [...] (C) Public commentary regarding the Thai government's December 11 seizure of a cargo plane carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea at a Bangkok airport has turned markedly positive after some initial media coverage and statements from the political opposition that questioned the interdict [...]	2009-12-23 07:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL TH KN
09BANGKOK325	THAILAND: LESE MAJESTE ARRESTS AND ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Legal action in the courts and against websites on grounds of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy, have seemingly increased under the new Democrat-led coalition government, with both the Justice Minister and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister having stated pub [...]	2009-02-06 10:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK3272	AMERICAN IPR OWNERS DISCUSS CONCERNS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Earlier this month, the Ambassador met with a group of key American intellectual property rights owners to discuss their take on the current intellectual property milieu in Thailand. The Ambassador emphasized that, with high-level Thai government interest in intellectual property [...]	2009-12-30 10:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL TH
09BANGKOK3283	2009: A TOUGH YEAR FOR THE THAI ECONOMY AND RECOVERY MAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 04:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR PREL TH
09BANGKOK345	THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) Admiral Keating: we look forward to welcoming you to Thailand. Your visit, particularly the planned meeting with PM Abhisit Vejjajiva on February 17, will afford the opportunity to highlight the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as new governments settle in in both [...]	2009-02-10 07:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK363	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES FORMER PM CHUAN ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Polcouns called on former PM Chuan Leekpai, senior statesman of the ruling Democrat Party, on February 10 to discuss the current political situation in Thailand, prospects for progress in the unsettled south, the overly broad application of lese majeste laws, and th [...]	2009-02-12 07:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN TH
09BANGKOK364	HOPING FOR JUSTICE: FOLLOWING UP ON CASES [...] (C) There has been some movement in three of the four "cold cases" highlighted by PM Abhisit in January as priorities for resolution to restore a sense of accountability: the 2004 disappearance of Muslim lawyer Somchai; the 2003 murder of a witness in a possible tax evasion case by former PM T [...]	2009-02-12 07:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK384	Additional Thai Government Measures to Stimulate the [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai government has approved additional measures to stimulate economic growth in the face of the mounting global economic crisis. They focus on off-shore borrowing to finance job-creating projects and guarantee business lending (USD 2 billion),and a stand-by credit facilit [...]	2009-02-13 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
09BANGKOK454	ASEAN SEC-GEN SURIN DISCUSSES ASEAN, BURMA, [...] (C) Summary. ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan engaged U.S. officials from Embassies Rangoon and Bangkok, as well as EAP/MLS, in Bangkok February 9 on ASEAN, engagement in Burma, the Rohingya, and efforts to resolve the situation in Thailand's deep south. Surin stated optimistically that [...]	2009-02-23 08:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK469	THAI MFA UNDERSTANDS IMPORTANCE OF ARF VDR, [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK504	CIVIL SOCIETY ASSESSMENT OF POST-NARGIS RELIEF AID [...] (SBU) Taking advantage of the proximity of the ASEAN Summit, civil society groups unveiled the first independent assessment of Cyclone Nargis relief efforts at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) on February 27 and called for the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to be [...]	2009-02-27 11:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK505	ASEAN SUMMIT SHOWDOWN: SECGEN SURIN CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The runup to the February 27-March 1 ASEAN Summit in Thailand has provided a fascinating window in the evolving nature of the ASEAN community, including efforts by some to give voice to ASEAN civil society and life to the ASEAN Charter, contrasted by efforts by others [...]	2009-02-27 12:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN TH
09BANGKOK529	SPECIAL 301 FOR THAILAND: PRIORITY WATCH LIST WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Political turmoil throughout 2008 effectively prevented any significant policy shifts in respect for intellectual property rights (IPR). On the enforcement level, government efforts continued as they have in recent years with thousands of low-level raids and arrests, lackluster [...]	2009-03-03 10:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
09BANGKOK567	AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PM SUTHEP ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador on March 4 pressed Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban to ensure retraction or rebuttal of false court testimony in the extradition proceedings of Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, which resume March 6. Suthep said Prime Minister Abhisit had previously [...]	2009-03-05 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PTER PREL PARM PGOV ECON KCRM KJUS TH RU
09BANGKOK611	THAILAND HOSTS USG CUTTING EDGE DISEASE PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: With over one-fifth of Mission Bangkok's staff of roughly 2000 working on health issues, the Embassy hosts one of the USG's largest efforts to fight the world's most dangerous diseases: malaria, TB, dengue, HIV/AIDS and avian/pandemic influenza. USAID, HHS/CDC, USDA/APHIS and the Arme [...]	2009-03-10 12:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO WHO KPAO KFLU KHIV ECON EAID TH
09BANGKOK618	THAI SOUTHERN UPDATE: GRISLY INCIDENTS, INTRIGUING [...] (S) Events in southern Thailand since January, particularly a recent spate of beheadings, bombings, and shootings, have caused some speculation in the Thai press and among south watchers that the nature of the insurgency may be changing, but we do not believe there have been any fundamental c [...]	2009-03-11 11:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK636	FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF DISAPPEARED THAI HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) March 12 is the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of noted human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaichit, widely presumed to have been kidnapped and murdered by the Thai police in 2004. The Working Group for Justice and Peace (WGJP),headed by Angkhana Neelaphaichit, Somchai's widow, co [...]	2009-03-12 11:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK650	ENGAGING THAI OFFICIALS ON LAO HMONG AND BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador John and U.S. Ambassador to Laos Ravic Huso met with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul March 4 on the disposition of Lao Hmong currently in custody in Thailand; Ambassador Huso separately met Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) [...]	2009-03-16 03:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PREF PINS TH LA
09BANGKOK658	THAILAND: CALL ON BANGKOK GOVERNOR SUKHUMBHAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra March 12 and discussed the challenges Sukhumbhand faced resolving lingering corruption cases from past administrations, national politics, and cultural cooperation. Sukhumbhand noted that the Austri [...]	2009-03-16 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD TH
09BANGKOK661	SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW FOR THAILAND [...] (SBU) I believe that a Special 301 out-of-cycle review (OCR) provides the best opportunity to work with the new Thai government to improve IPR protection sufficiently to move Thailand from the Priority Watch List to the Watch List. As noted in ref a, we believe that the annual review due in Ap [...]	2009-03-16 10:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
09BANGKOK701	Thai Government and Courts Side with Environmentalists Over [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise verdict with potentially wide-ranging implications, an Administrative Court in the industrialized province of Rayong ruled March 3 that the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate and its environs should be declared a pollution control area, requiring enforcement of yet-to-b [...]	2009-03-19 09:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB SENV TH
09BANGKOK706	AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND FM OU DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Extradition, an FTA and visa waiver are Taiwan's top bilateral priorities, FM Ou told AIT Chairman Burghardt during their March 18 meeting. Although the leadership in Beijing has tacitly accepted Taiwan's diplomatic truce and mutual non-denial, this is not the case at lower lev [...]	2009-03-20 04:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PTER SNAR PREL PARM PGOV KCRM KJUS
09BANGKOK711	CHANTABURI ARTISANS LAMENT THE LOSS OF THE BURMESE RUBY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tens of thousands of Thai artisans and traders have lost employment in what used to be their premier craft: the cutting and polishing of world-class Burmese rubies. The double whammy of the U.S. JADE Act and the global economic recession has thrown the industry into disarray. [...]	2009-03-20 07:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL TH
09BANGKOK719	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON BURMA POLICY WITH EUROPEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met EU Special Envoy to Burma Piero Fassino and other European officials March 20 to discuss policy towards Burma prior to Fassino's upcoming visit to Burma. Ambassador noted the ongoing USG Burma policy review, explaining in general terms the issues on which the US [...]	2009-03-23 09:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK721	THAILAND'S BURMA POLICY: CHANGES AROUND THE EDGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya conducts the first high-ranking civilian visit to Burma March 22-23 since the Democrat-led government entered office in December, Thailand's official Burma policy has shown signs of adjustment from the rhetoric and principles which had [...]	2009-03-23 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TH
09BANGKOK79	THAILAND'S GOVERNING COALITION GAINS MODESTLY IN [...] (SBU) Thailand held January 11 by-elections for 29 vacant constituency-based seats in the House of Representatives. Preliminary results show that the current governing coalition parties won 20 of the 29 seats, modestly increasing its majority in the House but not significantly changing the bal [...]	2009-01-12 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
09BANGKOK813	RED RALLIES CONTINUE, CALL FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Anti-government "redshirt" demonstrators continued to protest at the Government House compound March 31, seemingly settling in for long stay. While numbers shrink during the day, they increase during evening rallies built around former PM Thaksin's phone-ins, and the core protestors vow to [...]	2009-03-31 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK822	ENGAGING THE THAI ON THE LAO HMONG IN PETCHABUN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Having tolerated a decade-long Lao Hmong encampment at Wat Tham Krabok prior to resettlement to the U.S. in 2004-2005, which the Royal Thai Government thought would close the book on Indochina legacy issues, Thai authorities seem determined to handle more recent arriva [...]	2009-04-01 03:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK841	ABHISIT ADMINISTRATION AT 100 DAYS: EXCEEDING [...] (C) When the Constitutional Court dissolved the People's Power Party in December 2008, we had no reason to expect that the House of Representative's election of Abhisit Vejjajiva as Prime Minister would end Thailand's political crisis, nor has it. With a looming succession crisis as the barely [...]	2009-04-02 06:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM TH
09BANGKOK862	REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES HELP EXPLAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The economic and social climates in the Northeastern and upper South regions in Thailand differ in important ways that may help explain their opposing political loyalties. Villages in the Northeast tend to struggle economically, export large numbers of working-age adults, and w [...]	2009-04-03 04:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ELAB SCUL TH
09BANGKOK865	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REDSHIRT PROTESTS WITH PRIVY [...] (C) The Ambassador told Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda on April 2 that the USG had informed anti-government "redshirt" protest leaders of our opposition to the use of violence. Prem said the RTG was committed to using peaceful and legal means; he believed the only way to resolve th [...]	2009-04-03 07:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK888	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR AND FM KASIT DISCUSS U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador hosted Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya April 6 for a two-hour one-on-one lunch. Ambassador and Kasit discussed Kasit's priorities for his upcoming trip to the U.S. April 19-24 and Kasit's desire to engage the Secretary on strategic issues of interest to both countr [...]	2009-04-07 09:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF BM TH
09BANGKOK931	RURAL "SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY" VILLAGES OFFER ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Thailand's emergence in recent years as a major trading economy in Asia, the King's encouragement of a self-reliant "sufficiency economy" has attracted support in the countryside. Government programs support village recycling and low-carbon impact agricultural practice [...]	2009-04-09 05:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAGR ECON TH
09BANGKOK933	THAILAND'S DEFAMATION LAW -- A TOOL OFTEN USED TO [...] (SBU) Thailand's criminal defamation law continues to be used by individuals to lash out at political opponents and civil society critics and indirectly hamper free speech, but with varying results in the courts. A rash of recent cases reflects ongoing use by politicians of criminal defamation [...]	2009-04-09 07:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH
09BANGKOK953	AMBASSADOR AND UK COUNTERPART CALL ON PM ABHISIT [...] Summary: (C) The Ambassador and the UK Ambassador paid a joint call on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva April 14 to discuss the violent protests of the past three days in Pattaya and Bangkok. The Prime Minister stated that order largely had been restored in Bangkok, and United Front of Democr [...]	2009-04-14 07:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK974	BANGKOK CALM, SOME REDSHIRT LEADERS ARRESTED [...] (C) Bangkok is calm after the April 12-14 confrontations between soldiers and protestors supportive of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD). Some leading UDD figures remain detained by police, while others remain at large. Some Thais predict UDD protests may eventually r [...]	2009-04-16 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK982	LEADING ANTI-THAKSIN ACTIVIST SONDHI SHOT IN [...] (SBU) Unidentified gunmen shot a leading "yellowshirt" political activist in Bangkok in the early morning hours of April 17. As of mid-day, the victim, Sondhi Limthongkul, was recovering from surgery. Sondhi previously led protests against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra but maintai [...]	2009-04-17 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KDEM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK983	THAI PM ABHISIT BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON RECENT [...] (C) On April 16, the Ambassador attended a briefing by PM Abhisit for the diplomatic corps on events surrounding the demonstrations over the past week, including the cancellation of the ASEAN summit in Pattaya on April 11, the subsequent violent protest in Bangkok, and his government's successf [...]	2009-04-17 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK987	FOREIGN MINISTER KASIT'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Madame Secretary: Your meeting with Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya on April 23 offers you the opportunity to reaffirm our nation's strong commitment to democracy in Thailand and our continued support for a broad-based partnership with this vital Southeast Asian friend and ally. Coming on t [...]	2009-04-20 04:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS ECON TH
09BANGKOK991	THAI GOVERNMENT VS. THAKSIN: ARREST WARRANTS, PASSPORT REVOCATION, AND OVERTURE TO NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) The RTG has formally informed the Embassy via diplomatic note of new measures against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra: the issuance of a new arrest warrant for inciting mob violence, and the revocation of Thaksin's Thai passport. These steps follow the eruption of mob violence in Pat [...]	2009-04-20 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CVIS CPAS KJUS NU TH
09BANGUI104	2009 CAR BUDGET ANALYSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly of the Central African Republic adopted the 2009 national budget on February 2, 2009 during a special session. A final copy of the budget is now available to the public. The 2009 budget increased by 14.2 percent compared to 2008. The CARG resources are estim [...]	2009-05-28 08:03:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID
09BANGUI114	RECENT VIOLENCE AGGRAVATES SIMMERING TENSIONS IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Increased instability and violence in the northeast of the Central African Republic (CAR) is not waiting on the rains. As the summer downpours will make the unpaved roads of the Vakaga, Bamingui-Bangoran, and the Haute Kotto prefectures impassable between July and November, Post [...]	2009-06-08 17:58:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI118	THE WEAKEST LINK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With an abundance of arable land, rainfall, a plethora of minerals and wildlife and a low population, the Central African Republic (CAR) should be a wealthy nation. However, despite this potential, most of its population lives in increasing poverty. Male life expectancy declines [...]	2009-06-16 19:40:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI120	FRENCH-CAR RELATIONS SERIOUSLY STRAINED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 08:29:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI152	PESSIMISM STILL THE ORDER OF THE DAY FOR NORTHEASTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 21, 2009, Birao, Central African Republic (CAR) was attacked for the second time in a month as Kara tribe gunmen and the Goula tribe and Central African Military (FACA) defenders of the town battled for supremacy. This follows a similar attack on Birao on June 6 (BANGUI 1 [...]	2009-07-07 17:19:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI155	NDELE REMAINS THE LOCUS OF THE THREATS TO THE CARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ndele, Central African Republic (CAR) remains the locus of a serious threat to Central African political stability. While the Northeast and west maintain their violent potential, the Patriotic Convention for Justice and Peace (CPJP)goes into the rainy season increasingly politica [...]	2009-07-08 11:49:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI181	CONTROVERSIAL ELECTORAL CODE SIGNED INTO LAW, FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 3, 2009, the controversial and much delayed Central African electoral code was signed into law by President Francois Bozize. Written as a consensus document after the Inclusive Political Dialogue (DPI) of December 2008, the law has since been reviewed by the Government, [...]	2009-08-11 16:29:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI186	AUTHORITY VOID IN EASTERN CAR DRAGGING IN NEIGHBORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The east of the Central African Republic (CAR) has long been home to a mix of Central African, Sudanese and Chadian pastoralists who have existed more or less out of the purview of their respective capitals. Recently, however, it has become an area overrun by poachers, brigands a [...]	2009-08-21 15:08:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT SU UG
09BANGUI191	BANGUI RESPONSE TO STATE 087508 - STATE OF CIVILIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fundamentally, the solution to the LRA incursion into the Central African Republic (CAR) does not lie on the Central African side. The humanitarian community, already overstretched by the enormous demands in the rest of the CAR is trying to respond to the relatively small (but gr [...]	2009-08-28 20:07:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINR MOPS CG UG SU CT
09BANGUI207	MALNUTRITION IN WESTERN CAR ALARMING, BUT NOT A CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diamond-rich southwest of the Central African Republic (CAR) is currently suffering from a wave of malnutrition brought on by a lack of nutritional education, the aftereffects of regional insecurity, the global drop in the price of diamonds, and most fundamentally, the gover [...]	2009-09-30 17:19:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI21	NEW REPORTS OF VIOLENT CLASHES IN NORTH-CENTRAL CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the last two months, Post has been following the movements of a group of armed men who attacked various villages in the north-central provinces of the Central African Republic (CAR). These attacks were initially dismissed by commentators in Bangui as being merely unimportan [...]	2009-02-10 19:46:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT
09BANGUI212	MINURCAT PERFORMING WELL, BUT VIOLENCE IN NE CAR NEEDS A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8th, 2009, the United Nations Mission in Chad and the CAR (MINURCAT) hosted an Ambassadorial level (attended by POLOFF) trip to Birao, Central African Republic (CAR) as an informational session ahead of the October 21 Security Council meeting on the Mission's role. Th [...]	2009-10-09 15:03:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI219	UNDP AND REBELS FRUSTRATED WITH CARG FOOT-DRAGGING ON DDR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) campaign in the Central African Republic (CAR),launched in August 2009 with much fanfare, has slowed considerably in pace causing frustration in increasingly impatient rebels. The government's (CARG) lack of will, and spe [...]	2009-10-17 11:42:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI22	LEADER OF A FAILED STATE: HOW BOZIZE MAINTAINS POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Francois Bozize took power in the Central African Republic on March 15, 2003 overthrowing Felix-Ange Patasse. It was his second attempt at that coup, but may have been only the last in a long series of extra-legal attempts to gain power. This message describes how Bozize, ofte [...]	2009-02-14 03:54:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
09BANGUI237	GROWING CHINESE INFLUENCE IN THE CAR EVIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A growing Sino-Central African (CAR) relationship is becoming increasingly evident in the CAR. President Bozize recently concluded his second state visit to China and sent another trade delegation back to Beijing shortly thereafter. Last week, the Chinese Ambassador laid the cor [...]	2009-11-04 16:01:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT
09BANGUI251	INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION IN PLACE, BUT ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for the Central African (CAR) elections of 2010 was sworn into existence on October 8, 2009 and its president, Pastor Joseph Binguimale, voted into position shortly thereafter. To date, the IEC has been largely quiet, and the general con [...]	2009-11-13 11:38:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI272	MINURCAT SRSG SPELLS OUT CONTINUED SECURITY THREATS IN NE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 16, 2009, Victor Angelo [PROTECT SOURCE], the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) of the United Nations Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT) met with the Ambassador. At the former's request, the Ambassador gave the SRSG an upd [...]	2009-12-21 13:43:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF KPKO CT
09BANGUI273	CPJP MOTIVATIONS FOR ATTACK ON NDELE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 26 attack by the Patriotic Convention for Justice and Peace (CPJP) on Ndele in the northern Central African Republic (CAR) reignited a conflict largely dormant since the start of the rainy season (Ref A). The counter attack by the Central African Army (FACA) on Decem [...]	2009-12-22 12:38:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF KPKO CT
09BANGUI275	DDR PROCESS INCREASINGLY LINKED TO ELECTIONS - A DANGEROUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two critical and linked realities threaten to derail the progress of the scheduled preparations for the 2010 Central African (CAR) elections: setbacks in implementing the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration program (DDR) and the existence of armed groups outside of the [...]	2009-12-30 16:01:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI45	REBELS ATTACK KABO AND BATANGAFO IN NORTHWESTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the early morning of Saturday, 21 February, elements from the FDPC (Democratic Front of the Central African People),a group that had signed a peace treaty with the Central African Government in 2008 attacked the towns of Batangafo and Kabo in Northwestern CAR and then departe [...]	2009-02-23 16:35:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI49	MEETING WITH CAR PRESIDENT BOZIZE [...] (SBU) On Friday, 20 February, the Ambassador called on President Bozize. The meeting was at Bozize's request. The Ambassador had not yet requested a meeting as Bozize had been in Bossangoa for a week of funeral ceremonies for his mother. Bozize began by asking the Ambassador's view of the Ob [...]	2009-02-25 17:35:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CT ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL

09BANGUI54	CAR: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2009 REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 12:32:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CT
09BANGUI62	RECENT LIBYAN ACTIVITY IN THE CAR: A NEW CHAPTER IN AN OLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The apparent dissolution of the December 2008 Inclusive Political Dialogue in the Central African Republic has been precipitated by, among other events, the recent rebel activity of the FDPC, a group with strongly suspected ties to Libya (REFTEL 09 BANGUI 56). Libya's influence [...]	2009-03-09 10:33:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINR CT
09BANGUI68	CAR ELECTIONS OF 2010: A SNEAK PEAK AT THE CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The next elections in the CAR are scheduled for May 2010. This report seeks to identify the potential candidates. President Francois Bozize is the frontrunner and is likely to win the election, fairly or not, but there are other credible candidates and popular discontent is suc [...]	2009-03-20 13:13:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI78	STREET BATTLE BETWEEN FULANI AND LOCAL MERCHANTS LEAVES AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At 6:30 AM on April 12, 2009, a group of Fulani herders attacked Muslim traders at the cattle market (Marche du Betail) twelve kilometers from the center of Bangui. Details are still unclear, but there are at least seventeen dead. The violence was not directed at U.S. citizens a [...]	2009-04-14 16:12:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI85	AMBASSADOR'S TRAVEL TO KAGA BANDORO RESTRICTED BY CARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Thursday, March 26, 2009, Ambassador and visiting AFRICOM officer departed Bangui, bound for the town of Kaga Bandoro to visit the various Central African and international organizations working in the region. Kaga Bandoro sits on one of the fault lines of conflict in the CAR [...]	2009-04-21 13:29:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI87	MILITARY TRIBUNAL ACCUSES NOTORIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSER IN [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009 Lieutenant Olivier Koudoumon, aka Lt. Gbangouma, a member of President Bozize's Garde Presidentielle (GP),was officially accused of causing the death of a Commissar of Police on March 5, 2009. The killing sparked a day of riots in Bangui that left 10 wounded and [...]	2009-04-22 15:46:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANJUL103	JAMMEH ANNOUNCES ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THE DRUGS TRADE [...] On March 27, President Jammeh strongly condemned the trade in narcotics and urged the country's judges to exercise no mercy for drug dealers in his annual speech to the National Assembly. This is Jammeh's strongest condemnation of the drug trade to date, and could be a reaction to recent event [...]	2009-04-06 17:05:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EPET KDEM SOCI SNAR GA
09BANJUL18	THE GAMBIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, Embassy Banjul presents its Investment Climate Statement for 2009. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Gambian government publicly espouses a liberal, open economic environment and free-market pricing, with a [...]	2009-01-22 17:59:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR
09BANJUL68	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ambassador had a 2 hour meeting with President Jammeh on a wide range of issues, including the current state of bilateral relations, drug trafficking in the region, future assistance for The Gambia and the inquiry by Senator Durbin on the case of missing journalist Chief Manneh. Jammeh [...]	2009-03-02 14:52:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR GA
09BARCELONA12	USS MT. WHITNEY: CITY AUTHORITIES, POLICE RUN FOR COVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CG met with a city council member and Director of the Guardia Urbana to express USG disappointment with police actions January 22 towards crewmen aboard the USS Mt. Whitney. CG told Barcelona authorities that quick communication either directly with the Commanding Officer of th [...]	2009-02-05 15:35:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV SP
09BARCELONA154	MUSLIM PARLIAMENTARIAN DISCUSSES ISLAM IN SPAIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Spain's first Muslim Parliamentarian discussed with POLOFF Muslim relations in Spain and stressed the importance of grassroots activism to integrate Muslims into Spanish society. Noting the vast increase of Muslim immigrants into Spain in recent years, Mohammed Chaib cautio [...]	2009-11-06 14:19:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG SOCI SP MO
09BARCELONA32	ANDORRA: FRENCH PRESSURE LEADS ANDORRA TO REDUCE BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andorran Cap de Govern (Prime Minister-equivalent) Albert Pintat announced he was stepping down as the leader of his party amid accusations by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that the Andorran Government had failed to sufficiently modify the country's bank laws on transparenc [...]	2009-03-16 11:44:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD OECD PGOV PREL SP AN
09BASRAH11	THE FINAL COMPLAINTS OF BASRA GOVERNOR WA'ELI [...] (C) In a February 24 meeting with the REO, outgoing Governor Mohammed Wa'eli) characterized the State of Law coalition's victory as a surprise to everyone, including Prime Minister Maliki, and noted the fierce fighting within the coalition over the choice for governor. Wa'eli, accompanied by [...]	2009-03-04 10:56:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BASRAH12	BASRA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In two separate meetings, REO discussed local Christian-minority issues with Chaldean Father Emad Aziz al-Banna. Emad, de facto leader of the Christian community in Basra, expressed great satisfaction that Christians now have a designated seat on the Provincial Council (PC). Th [...]	2009-03-04 13:06:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KIRF IZ
09BASRAH14	BASRAH INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHALLENGES U.S. TO INVEST IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Basra Investment Commission (BIC) representatives Haider Ali Fadhel and Ihsan Abdul-Jabar Isamaael touted Basra Province's investment prospects and progress during a March 8 visit to the Basra Regional Embassy Office (REO). Haider plugged Basra Province's strategic location, inf [...]	2009-03-20 15:28:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EWWT EPET ETRD IZ IR SY KU JO TU UK
09BASRAH16	BASRAH AIRPORT AIMS TO BECOME TRANSPORT, COMMERCIAL HUB [...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) aims to play a future role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become what Coalition and Basrah leaders hope will be a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Historically under-utilized and rel [...]	2009-04-03 13:09:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAIR ICAO ETRD IZ IR SA SY JO TU AE
09BASRAH17	BASRA: ONE YEAR AFTER CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. One year after the Iraqi Army (IA) routed militia groups (with US and UK military help) during Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK),Basra Province has stabilized. Continued gains in security, a boost to investment, and improvements in governance appear tantalizingly possible. V [...]	2009-04-10 14:39:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV MARR IZ
09BASRAH18	BASRAH: UNITED KINGDOM HOSTS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 10:58:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MASS EAIR EWWT UK IZ
09BASRAH21	BASRAH: NEW TWIST IN IRAN-BASED HOUSING PROJECT [...] (C) Basrah Investment Commission (BIC) advisor Ihsan Abdul-Jabar told REO that, contrary to widely held assumptions, the BIC has not submitted to Baghdad for approval a proposal for a USD 1 billion Iran-based Karman Company housing and development project in Basrah. In strictest confidence, I [...]	2009-04-26 14:08:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ IR
09BASRAH27	BASRAH: SOUTH OIL COMPANY CHAIRMAN OUSTED [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 19, Iraq's South Oil Company (SOC) Chairman Kifah Numan was forced out of his job, and replaced by Fayadh Hassan Nima, most recently Director General (DG) of the Ministry of Oil's (MOO) Studies and Planning Directorate. Numan later told Basrah Provincial Reconstruction Te [...]	2009-05-25 15:07:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET IZ ENRG PGOV
09BASRAH3	ELECTORAL OFFICE DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON FAILED REGION INITIATIVE [...] (C/REL MNFI) Summary: REO met with Basra Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Hazim Jodah on January 20. Jodah declared the failure of the federal region initiative and blamed Basra Governor Mohammed Wa'eli for its demise. Commenting on the elections, Jodah assessed the local security [...]	2009-01-25 14:40:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BASRAH31	CONOCO PHILLIPS SIZING UP OIL OPPORTUNITIES IN BASRAH [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior ConocoPhillips (CP) representatives briefed Basrah PRTOffs on their latest activities in Basrah during a May 31 visit, and indicated that they would likely bid on a number of fields in the first oil licensing round. They gave the Government of Iraq's (GOI) Ministry of Oi [...]	2009-06-08 10:12:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ECON EAID PGOV IZ
09BASRAH36	BASRAH: SHELL STILL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FLARED GAS PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 8 meeting with PRT EconOff, visiting Shell Gas and Power Vice President Mounir Bouaziz (Amcit, please protect) expressed optimism that Shell's multi-billion dollar South Gas Utilization Project would be approved within the next three months, although "there is stil [...]	2009-06-20 14:02:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ
09BASRAH38	BASRA: LOCAL DISSATISFACTION GROWS IN FINAL RUN-UP TO FIRST [...] (C) Summary. In the run-up to the long-awaited and possibly historic late June-early July first round oil auctions, a growing opposition to the plan has emerged in Basra Province, where three giant oil fields are included in the first round, and state-owned South Oil Company (SOC) holds sway. [...]	2009-06-29 17:04:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ
09BASRAH43	ONE BAATHIST LEADER SEEKS "GREEN LIGHT" FROM USG TO RETURN [...] (C) Summary: Awad al-Abdan, General Secretary of the Movement for the Liberation of the South, briefed PRT officials July 15 on his recent meeting in Syria with senior-ranking officials from two factions of the Baath party command. Al-Abdan met with Ahmed Younis al-Ahmed, who reportedly expr [...]	2009-07-16 16:49:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PREL PINR PTER IZ SY IR
09BASRAH46	SUNNI ENDOWMENT LEADER REVEALS IIP ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) In a August 12 meeting, Dr. Abd al-Kareem al-Khazraji, head of the Sunni Endowment for southern Iraq, provided his views on local and national issues. He gave positive marks to the current Basra Provincial Council and Sunni effectiveness within it, but criticized reconstruction efforts as [...]	2009-08-13 14:47:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI IZ IR
09BASRAH48	BASRA GOVERNMENT FLEXES MUSCLES TO SACK MINISTERIAL DG [...] (SBU) In a first for the Basra government, the Provincial Council and Governor Shiltagh joined forces to use new Provincial Powers Law to remove a federal official from his job. Six times before, the Basra provincial government had tried to fire the managerially challenged Director General (DG [...]	2009-09-03 08:21:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID SOCI IZ
09BASRAH50	BASRA INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. Basra Investment Commission (BIC) Chairman Haider Ali told PRT EconOffs that many more investment licenses have been granted recently, and others are expected to follow soon. He said that at least for now, most new investors are Iraqi, and this trend could continue until the poli [...]	2009-09-15 08:02:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ IR
09BASRAH52	BASRAH: THE PORT OF UMM QASR AND AN OVERVIEW OF IRAQ'S PORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The port of Umm Qasr, Iraq's only deepwater port, with significant U.S. assistance, has made major progress in its rehabilitation since 2003, following years of wars, damage and sanctions, and must continue to play a central role if Iraq's post-war economic recovery is to be sust [...]	2009-09-17 13:34:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EAID KSEC PREL PBTS ELTN IZ
09BASRAH53	BASRA JOURNALIST DISCUSSES MALIKI VISIT, JOURNALISTIC [...] (C) Summary. Local journalist and close PRT contact Majed Al-Brekan (strictly protect) dismissed Prime Minister Maliki's recent visit to Basra, ostensibly undertaken to deal with water shortages, as "entirely political," and said that that "all his promises were just talk." On the challenges [...]	2009-09-24 06:52:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL KPAO KMDR PGOV IZ
09BASRAH54	BASRA: A GLUM SHELL WONDERS ABOUT NEXT STEPS ON (DELAYED?) [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent visit to Basra, Royal Dutch Shell representatives told PRT EconOff that local stakeholders expressed continued strong support for its flared-gas project. However, they also expressed frustration about Shell's apparent inability to finalize the deal with the GOI a [...]	2009-09-27 12:25:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ
09BASRAH56	BASRA: BP CONFIDENT ABOUT RUMAILA OIL DEAL, PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (U) This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. In an October 1 meeting with PRT Econoffs, BP Iraq Chief Operating Officer David Campbell (strictly protect) expressed confidence that BP and its China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) partner would soon finalize a contract with [...]	2009-10-16 12:36:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV IZ CH
09BASRAH57	BASRA: THE SLUMS OF HAYYANIYAH [...] (SBU) Summary. Hayyaniyah is a poor and politically sensitive Basra city neighborhood with a history very similar to Baghdad's Sadr City. Wracked by extreme poverty, high unemployment, and an extremely dense population, the enclave of about 300,000 is largely comprised of Shi'a Marsh Arabs fr [...]	2009-10-28 08:38:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PREL PGOV SMIG IZ IR
09BASRAH58	THE VIEW FROM BASRA U: STUDENTS MOTIVATED TO VOTE FOR [...] (C) Conversations with a dozen students at Basra University's School of Law reveal strong interest in the upcoming national elections, but also fears that fraud will occur without strong oversight by international observers. All the students support an open list ballot, and the majority say [...]	2009-11-02 11:14:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ IR
09BASRAH59	(C) BASRA: SOUTH OIL COMPANY DIRECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Dheyaa Jaafar told Basra Provincial Reconstruction Team and visiting Embassy Baghdad officers that a "completely different point of view" existed at SOC compared to just a few months ago, and international oil companies (IOCs) are now welcom [...]	2009-11-05 12:58:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET ELAB PGOV IZ IR
09BASRAH61	IRANIAN SOFT POWER IN BASRA: EASY TO SEE; HARD TO GAUGE [...] (C) In examining the scope and depth of Iran's influence in Basra, a nuanced picture emerges. Based on information from Basrawi and international contacts, it appears that Iranian influence here is both overt and covert, direct and indirect, welcome and unwelcome. The most visible form of Iran [...]	2009-11-21 13:58:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SOCI KDEM IZ IR
09BASRAH63	ERA OF CLOSER COOPERATION BEGINS WITH BASRAH UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU/NF) In a December 3 meeting, Basrah University's new chancellor, Dr. Saleh Najim, reviewed the status of the province's premier academic institution and related plans to create a new university devoted solely to petroleum and mineral studies. The PRT outlined possible avenues of cooperat [...]	2009-12-15 08:50:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV IZ IR
09BASRAH64	BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...]	2009-12-29 08:17:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO
09BASRAH65	BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...]	2009-12-29 09:08:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO
09BAU339	AZERBAIJAN: SCENESESTTER FOR GEN MCNABB'S BAKU [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-23 10:09:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR AF TU AM AJ
09BEIJING102	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, ISRAEL [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S.-China cooperation promotes world peace" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (01/13): "For these two countries, the U.S.-China relationship has become one of their most important global partnerships. Their relationship is acquiring more a [...]	2009-01-13 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING1050	Kenyan Ambassador on Growing China [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 02:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PREL SENV CH KE
09BEIJING1058	China/Oil Reserves: Active Purchases, But Facilities [...] (SBU) Summary. Beijing is taking advantage of lower oil prices to build up its strategic petroleum reserves (SPR). The four existing SPR facilities - which hold the equivalent of about 25 days of imports - reportedly are now full, challenging China's ability to continue purchasing oil for re [...]	2009-04-21 06:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON SENV CH
09BEIJING1063	MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, CHINESE NAVY'S [...] FINANCIAL CRISIS a. "The internal defect and future evolution of the international currency system" 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (04/21): "For more than 30 years, the Dollar Standard System has caused the abnormal dev [...]	2009-04-21 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1075	MEDIA REACTION: EASTERN TURKISH TERRORISTS, CIA, U.S.-CHINA [...] EASTERN TURKISH TERRORISTS "U.S. punishes Eastern Turkish terrorist leader" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/21): "Recently, the U.S. Department of Finance announced that they would put financial sanctions on the leader of the Eas [...]	2009-04-22 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1083	INNER MONGOLIA GROWTH GOAL "ONLY" 13 PERCENT, [...] (SBU) Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR) officials claimed March 30 that, while the IMAR's resource-based economy was faring better than that of China's export-oriented regions, the province was still feeling the ill effects of the global financial crisis. Some VIPs present at the openin [...]	2009-04-23 04:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EPET PGOV CH
09BEIJING1092	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CHINESE BLOGGERS, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "China should think more broadly than the west" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/23): "Some people believe that democracy is a general value globally. However, this is a theoretical law. Democracy is not a [...]	2009-04-23 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1095	CNO ADM ROUGHEAD DISCUSSES MIL-MIL TIES, PIRACY, [...] (S) In an April 18 meeting with Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Gary Roughead, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said China adhered to the principle of peaceful development and noted that the PLA Navy (PLAN) had been expanding to safeguard China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. AD [...]	2009-04-23 09:57:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHSA CH KN
09BEIJING1096	FOREIGN MEDIA PRESSURED TO COMPLY WITH CODE OF [...] (C) The Chinese Government issued a new "code of conduct" for PRC staff working at foreign news bureaus on February 13, and although the code largely repeats existing prohibitions on independent news gathering by Chinese assistants, authorities are now enforcing these rules with increased vigo [...]	2009-04-23 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH
09BEIJING1107	MEDIA REACTION: AMERICAN NETWORK SECURITY, TAIWAN, U.S. [...] AMERICAN NETWORK SECURITY "American 'Network War Command Office' is set up to control the network power [and security of the U.S.]" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/24): "The Wall Street Journal reported that the Obama administrat [...]	2009-04-24 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1115	AUSTR STRATFORD AND DOC DAS KASOFF REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 31-April 1 visit to Beijing that marked the first USTR/Commerce senior visit under the new Administration, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) for China Affairs Timothy Stratford and Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Ira Kasoff out [...]	2009-04-25 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR EIND WTRO CH
09BEIJING1165	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, OBAMA'S 100 DAYs [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. conducts hundreds of special investigations on China every year" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/30): These reports focus on the national security of the U.S. It is believed that the purpose of th [...]	2009-04-30 08:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1171	MGSF01 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 2 [...] (U) The World Health Organization (WHO) China Representative Hans Troedsson reported on April 28 that while an "unspecified number" of suspected H1N1 are cases currently being investigated in China, to date, there still are no confirmed cases of infection by the virus in humans or livestock. [...]	2009-04-30 09:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1173	EDITOR SUSPENDED FOR INTERVIEW PRAISING "UNIVERSAL [...] (C) Zhong Weizhi (protect),the editor-in-chief of China's only national-level "private" newspaper, The Economic Observer, was suspended for publishing an interview with a controversial historian, Zhong told PolOffs March 25. The historian in question, Sun Yat-sen University's Yuan Weishi, ha [...]	2009-04-30 10:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PHUM PGOV KDEM CH
09BEIJING1174	BEIJING CONTACTS HAIL ECONOMIC"BREAKTHOUGH" AT [...] (C) Embassy contacts trumpeted the outcome of the April 25-26 PRC-Taiwan dialogue in Nanjing as a breakthrough for cross-strait economic cooperation. Two contacts noted that the rapid progress since the renewal of talks in June 2008 had "exceeded expectations." The Financial Cooperation Agre [...]	2009-04-30 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EFIN ETRD PREL TW CH
09BEIJING1176	XXXXXXXXXXXXDISCUSSES G-20, DPRK, [...] (C) Taiwan's participation as an observer at the upcoming May World Health Assembly (WHA) meetings demonstrated what could be achieved based on "one China, very broadly interpreted," XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX working lunch hosted by the Charge d'Affaires. XXXXXXXXXXXX said he would ask for approp [...]	2009-04-30 13:07:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL ECON EFIN PARM PHUM KUNR CH TW KN KS
09BEIJING1179	NASA DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH CHINA NATIONAL SPACE [...] (SBU) On April 24, NASA Assistant Administrator (AA) for External Relations Michael O'Brien briefly met with Dr. SUN Laiyan Administrator of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to discuss upcoming NASA-CNSA bilateral expert group meetings on cooperation in earth and space science. [...]	2009-05-03 22:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIJING1197	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 4 [...] (U) As of COB on May 5 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF D). 2. (SBU) Two American citizens remain under quarantine. Two others who had crossed o [...]	2009-05-05 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1204	SHIELD S13-08: CHINA INFORMED OF PRC FIRMS [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper urging China to investigate and prevent the supply of a key chemical weapons precursor and training to a chemical manufacturing plant in Iran to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Biological and Chemical Weapons Division Deputy Director [...]	2009-05-06 07:47:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING1210	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 5 [...] (U) As of COB on May 6 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF E). 2. (SBU) Two American citizens remain under quarantine. --A 38 year-old female has [...]	2009-05-06 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1224	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 6 - [...] (U) This cable corrects Beijing 1223. Please disregard Beijing 1223. AMERICANS IN QUARANTINE, QUARANTINE CHARGES, AND NOTIFICATION ----------------------- ------------------- ---------------- Â [...]	2009-05-07 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1241	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 3 Sent [...] (U) As of COB on May 4 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF C). 2. (SBU) Post has become aware of four American citizens who are being or were recent [...]	2009-05-08 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1242	China's Qinghai Province Slow to Rebalance Economy and [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tibetan and other minority communities in rural Qinghai Province see only limited benefits from China's rural development efforts. Like much of rural China, weak local government capacity hinders Chinese Government development efforts throughout rural Qinghai. These problems are [...]	2009-05-08 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING1245	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 7 [...] (U) As of COB on May 8 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF F). 2. (SBU) The 20-year old American citizen who had been in quarantine since May 2 was [...]	2009-05-08 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1249	WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: CHINESE REPORTERS AND [...] (C) PRC journalists and bloggers lamented continued government restrictions on the media and the Internet at a May 3 Charge-hosted dinner, organized jointly by Embassy POL and PAS sections, to mark World Press Freedom Day. Our contacts, mostly outspoken journalists and bloggers in their earl [...]	2009-05-08 12:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PHUM PGOV PREL KFLU CH JA
09BEIJING1261	CHINA/RUSSIA: FM YANG'S VISIT TO MOSCOW REAFFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China and Russia share a common interest in a multi-polar world and "democratization of international relations," but the China-Russia strategic partnership is "not an alliance and not directed at a third country," according to an MFA official. The official said China and Russia [...]	2009-05-11 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF
09BEIJING1264	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 8 - [...] (SBU) On May 11, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported the first confirmed case of H1N1 on Mainland China. (NOTE: One confirmed case had previously been reported in Hong Kong on May 1(REF E) END NOTE). The 30 year-old male, a Chinese national, is a graduate student in St. Louis. He arri [...]	2009-05-11 11:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1271	MEDIA REACTION: GRAIN WEAPON, GLOBALIZATION, A(H1N1), [...] GRAIN WEAPON "What should China use to defend itself against the American's grain weapons?" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/12): "The U.S. is the only country that has bonded grain, energy, finance, military, diplomacy and values [...]	2009-05-12 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1274	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 9 [...] (SBU) As of COB May 12, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported one confirmed case of H1N1 on Mainland China, in Chengdu (REF A). One confirmed case had previously been reported in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF F). STATUS OF AMCIT QUARANTINE CASES -------------------------------- 2. (SB [...]	2009-05-12 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1283	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 10 [...] (SBU) On May 13, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) posted a travel advisory about travel to the U.S. related to the H1N1 outbreak. Earlier in the day, MFA had notified Embassy Beijing of their intent to issue the travel advisory, noting that the advisory is not a travel warning, but rat [...]	2009-05-13 11:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1294	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN, CHINESE ECONOMY, GEITHNER'S VISIT, [...] TAIWAN "Time the U.S. eschewed its faulty Taiwan policy" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (05/14): "Some scholars credit the TRA for the positive developments in Sino-U.S. and cross-Straits ties. This is ridiculous, coming as it does on the 30th anniversary of the U.S. C [...]	2009-05-14 08:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1298	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 11 [...] (SBU) As of COB May 14, there are two confirmed cases of H1N1 on Mainland China, one in Jinan City (Shandong Province) confirmed on May 13, and one in Chengdu confirmed on May 11 (REF A and C). There had been one confirmed case previously reported in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF F),and Hong Kong c [...]	2009-05-14 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1311	China's Africa Aid Aims to Achieve [...] (SBU) Summary. China has a distinct approach to Africa development assistance and is open to exchanging views with the United States. Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) officials provided an overview to Emboffs of their African aid priorities, but skimped on budget and project details. They ack [...]	2009-05-15 08:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID EINV CH
09BEIJING1314	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Senator Kerry, the Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism of high-level visits. They will want to use your visit to demonstrate that China is deepening links with all parts of the U.S. Government. They will welcome [...]	2009-05-15 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH
09BEIJING1315	SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Madame Speaker, your visit to China comes at a significant time. 2009 marks a series of key anniversaries: January 1 commemorated 30 years of diplomatic relations between our two countries; March saw the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's flight to India; [...]	2009-05-15 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH
09BEIJING1317	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 12 [...] (SBU) Mainland Chinese newspapers (both Chinese and English-language publications) have criticized U.S. government response to the H1N1 outbreak, blaming the "low-key approach" of the government and media for what it sees as ineffective prevention measures against the spread of the virus. The [...]	2009-05-15 10:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1333	LESSONS FOR S&ED - SWAGGER OVER SUBSTANCE AT 2ND [...] (C) China used the second High-level Economic Dialogue (HED) with the EU in Brussels May 7-8 to secure a vague commitment to &resist protectionism8 and take a dig at the United States and missed the chance to make substantive concessions on the numerous trade and investment barriers the EU rai [...]	2009-05-18 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH EU
09BEIJING1335	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 13 [...] (U) As of May 18, there are three confirmed cases of H1N1 on Mainland China. China's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on May 16 the first confirmed case of infection of influenza A(H1N1)in Beijing Municipality. There are two other confirmed H1N1 cases on Mainland China (REF D and F). Hong K [...]	2009-05-18 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1378	"UNHAPPY CHINA": NATIONALISTIC RUBBISH OR CLARION [...] (C) The book "Unhappy China," a nationalistic rant against the United States and China's own supposedly West-worshipping elite, sold briskly in China following its release in March, but sales appear to have tapered off. China's official media have been largely critical of the book. Only a "sm [...]	2009-05-21 11:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CN
09BEIJING1387	TIANANMEN: JUNE 4 MEMORIES REMAIN FRESH FOR [...] (C) Twenty years on, the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators continues to have a powerful impact on Chinese society and politics, despite the fact that the event remains a taboo subject, according to a range of Embassy contacts. The Party has reportedly created a sp [...]	2009-05-22 12:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING1390	TIANANMEN: JUNE 4 MEMORIES REMAIN FRESH FOR [...] (C) Twenty years on, the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators continues to have a powerful impact on Chinese society and politics, despite the fact that the event remains a taboo subject, according to a range of Embassy contacts. The Party has reportedly created a sp [...]	2009-05-25 12:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING1404	HUMAN TRAFFICKING MOVIE DIRECTOR TELLS STUDENTS TO [...] (C) A recent Embassy showing of "Blind Mountain," a PRC film depicting a young, college-educated Chinese woman who is trafficked for marriage to a poor farmer in rural Shaanxi Province, elicited strong reactions from a student audience. In a Q&A session afterward with the film's director Li Yan [...]	2009-05-27 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING1424	SENATOR KERRY DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA CLIMATE CHANGE COOPERATION ON COPENHAGEN WITH CHINA'S VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ENRG KHGH SENV
09BEIJING1432	CODEL KERRY MEETING WITH PRC NPC FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Li Zhaoxing and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) May 27 both noted multiple avenues for cooperation on climate change at the December 2009 UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen. Twenty-nine pieces of environment [...]	2009-05-29 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG CH KN KS
09BEIJING1435	PRC/SUDAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY VP DISCUSSES SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a rare and free-flowing discussion with visiting Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration, the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) reported a "wait-and-see" attitude about Sudan's future but hoped to continue oil production regardless of the 2011 refer [...]	2009-06-01 00:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG EPET SOCI KDEM CH SU
09BEIJING145	TAIWAN: HU JINTAO'S DECEMBER 31 SPEECH SETS MORE [...] (C) In his December 31 speech, President Hu Jintao established a more realistic, flexible and less urgent policy direction on Taiwan, according to Embassy contacts. The speech's purpose is to establish new "guiding principles" that elevate Hu's "Six Points" on Taiwan policy to the level of De [...]	2009-01-16 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1464	MEDIA REACTION: GEITHNER VISIT, NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA [...] GEITHNER VISIT a. "Geithner explains the prospects of the fiscal deficit; while speaking, he made a concerted effort to speak in Chinese" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(06/02): "An expert suggests that Geithner's visit is to co [...]	2009-06-02 09:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1466	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 18 [...] (U) As of COB June 2, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 43 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 A/H1N1 influenza virus and one suspected case. Ten of those confirmed cases involve American citizens. Confirmed cases have been detected in e [...]	2009-06-02 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1467	BEIJING GEARS UP FOR JUNE 4 ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, China's security forces are warning well-known activists against protest activities and putting many under virtual house arrest. Despite tight Party control of Inte [...]	2009-06-02 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING148	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. DEPLOMACY [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "To create a space for new win-win" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(01/16): "The U.S. -China economic and trade relationship has been developing over the last 30 years. The relationship's growth has exceeded the most optimistic estimation [...]	2009-01-16 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING1519	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA, JUNE 4 [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. stimulates its economy, China needs to benefit as well" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/05): "Although the American economic stimulus plan limits U.S. government procurements to American-made produc [...]	2009-06-05 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING152	CHINA CUTS GASOLINE AND DIESEL PRICES, AGAIN [...] (U) Official media reported on January 14 that China cut its benchmark retail gasoline and diesel prices by 2 percent and 3.2 percent respectively. This is the first cut since China's new pricing mechanism took effect at the beginning of 2009 (see Ref). This move follows the Government's Dece [...]	2009-01-16 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET EFIN CH
09BEIJING1522	Brazilian President Lula's Trip [...] (SBU) Summary. During President Lula's trip to China, Brazil and China reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen their relationship and finalized China Development Bank's (CDB) $10 billion loan to Petrobras. Details of the deal indicate that China will not acquire stakes in any Brazilian oil [...]	2009-06-08 01:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EIND PREL EFIN EPET
09BEIJING1523	CONGRESSMEN KIRK AND LARSEN'S MEETING WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary. Recent economic trends in the U.S. are encouraging and there is no longer a "scare factor" for investors, China Investment Corporation (CIC) (China's sovereign wealth fund) President Guo told Representatives Kirk and Larsen May 31. CIC intends to increase its investments in the [...]	2009-06-08 02:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV CH
09BEIJING1531	S/P Slaughter's Talks with MFA, MOFCOM, NDRC, and Academics [...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) VM He Yafei, State Department Policy Planning Director Anne-Marie Slaughter discussed the U.S. proposed agenda for the late July first meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (SnED),noting differences between the [...]	2009-06-08 07:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC ECON EFIN EAID MNUC PTER JP AF PK KS
09BEIJING1535	REPS KIRK-LARSEN MEET VICE PREMIER WANG QISHAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL ECIN CH
09BEIJING1536	FRANCE-CHINA TENSION OVER DALAI LAMA, AFRICA ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor Josselin Kalifa and Financial Counselor Pierre Mongrue from the French Embassy in Beijing told Econoffs June 5 that Sino-French relations are on the mend following several months during which China gave France the cold shoulder as punishment for President Sarkozy's Dece [...]	2009-06-08 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD PHUM AU CH
09BEIJING1538	COMPUTER INDUSTRY CONTEMPLATES RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met on June 8 with representatives of several trade associations to further discuss their reactions to the Chinese government's mandate that all computers sold in China after July 1 be preinstalled with "Green Dam" Internet filtering software (reftel). Those present el [...]	2009-06-08 12:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH
09BEIJING1543	CHINA/RUSSIA: CROSS-BORDER TRADE SUFFERS FROM ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China-Russia cross-border trade has dropped noticeably since October 2008, due largely to Russia's economic troubles and a Russian crackdown on Russian shuttle traders, according to Chinese officials in the border town of Suifenhe in Heilongjiang Province. Suifenhe officials ha [...]	2009-06-09 06:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EIND ETRD CH RS
09BEIJING1547	CDA AND MFA DG ZHENG ZEGUANG: DPRK, MIL-MIL, [...] (C) In a June 9 luncheon hosted by the Charge, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang said that senior officials who met with Deputy Secretary Steinberg had been impressed by his seriousness of purpose and by his explanation of the U.S. position on how [...]	2009-06-09 09:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV CASC SENV CH

09BEIJING1556	China/Economic Rebalancing: New Growth [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's export-dependent growth model has served it well, but that model has now reached its limits, according to locally-based foreign economists. Domestic consumption could fuel future growth but it will take many years -- even decades -- to achieve the fundamental economic [...]	2009-06-10 07:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EDEV CH
09BEIJING1571	Secretary Geithner's June 1 Meeting with Vice [...] (SBU) In a June 1 meeting in Beijing, Vice Premier Wang Qishan told Treasury Secretary Geithner that discussion in the Economic Track of the late July Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) should be strategic, include bilateral and global issues, and neither duplicate nor replace discussions [...]	2009-06-11 05:20:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING1578	MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, GREEN DAM SOFTWARE, EASTERN [...] NORTH KOREA "U.S. stance on the North Korea issue gets tougher" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(06/11): "Secretary Clinton recently implied that the U.S. will take tough actions against North Korea. Analysts think the tougher stance by the U.S. is related to sub [...]	2009-06-11 08:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1586	SECRETARY GEITHNER'S MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao told visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner June 2 that continuing close contacts between China and the U.S. under the Obama administration are building good momentum in the relationship. He cited his April meeting with President Obama in which the two leade [...]	2009-06-12 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING1592	Peru-China Free Trade Agreement [...] (SBU) Summary. During the late April visit to China by Peruvian Vice President Giampietri, China and Peru signed a comprehensive free trade agreement which covers goods, services and investment and is expected to go into effect by the end of this year. Giampietri also promoted Chinese investme [...]	2009-06-15 01:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EIND PREL EFIN CH PE
09BEIJING160	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY, NORTH [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "China could take more initiative when dealing with Obama" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/20): "Recently, American scholars advised Obama to visit China for his first official presidential visit. Although Ob [...]	2009-01-20 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING1635	TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) In the first of Secretary Geithner's June 1-2 meetings with Chinese officials, Minister of Commerce (MOFCOM) Chen Deming said China does not want its trade surplus with the United States to increase, as that would spur purchase of more U.S. Treasury bonds and generate additional U.S. criti [...]	2009-06-17 06:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL OVIP CH
09BEIJING1636	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 20 [...] (U) As of COB June 16, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 227 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. Of the confirmed cases, 70 are American citizens. Confirmed cases have been detected in 15 provinces and the municipaliti [...]	2009-06-17 07:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1661	CHINA/RUSSIA: CHINESE SCHOLAR AND RUSSIAN [...] (C) Despite China and Russia's public statements about the importance of their strategic partnership, neither country viewed its bilateral relationship as its top foreign policy priority, a Chinese expert on Russia told PolOff June 15. The scholar predicted that the Shanghai Cooperation Organi [...]	2009-06-18 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS
09BEIJING1662	PRC/IRAN: HU-AHMADINEJAD MEETING; ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA official reported that President Hu Jintao told Iranian President Ahmadinejad on the margins of the SCO Summit that Iran needed to show flexibility, take advantage of the opportunity to engage with the United States, and help the international community oppose nuclear prol [...]	2009-06-18 14:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING1675	REPS KIRK-LARSEN MEET VICE PREMIER WANG QISHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Congressmen Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen met with Vice Premier Wang Qishan on May 31 during their visit to Beijing as co-chairs of the U.S.-China Working Group of the U.S. Congress. Wang observed that, given the size of the U.S. economy, a U.S. recovery would spell recovery for Chi [...]	2009-06-19 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL ECIN CH
09BEIJING1682	GREEN DAM INTERNET FILTERING SOFTWARE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary. The Chinese government has a legal obligation to protect children from inappropriate content on the web Ministry of Industry and Information Technology told EMIN June 19. Mandating the internet filtering software Green Dam be provided with every new computer sold in China is in [...]	2009-06-19 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH
09BEIJING1695	CONGRESSMEN KIRK AND LARSEN MEETINGS WITH CHINA'S CENTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Congressmen Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen held meetings with People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan and China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Chairman Liu Mingkang during their visit to Beijing as co-chairs of the U.S.-China Working Group of the U.S. Congress. G [...]	2009-06-22 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CH
09BEIJING1705	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 21 [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) has scaled back its H1N1 reporting system. As of June 21, MOH now only requires daily case tallies from the Health Departments in the municipalities and provinces and no longer requires case-by-case reporting. MOH notification to Embassy Beijing now reflects [...]	2009-06-23 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1711	SWEDISH DIPLOMAT DECLARED PNG IN POSSIBLE [...] (C) Helena Reitberger, First Secretary at the Swedish Embassy in Beijing, told Poloff June 23 that she had been declared persona non grata (PNG) by the Chinese government and was required to depart China no later than June 30. She said she had been called in by the MFA and informed of the dec [...]	2009-06-23 13:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF SW CH
09BEIJING174	CHINA: VISA DELAYS SET BACK WESTINGHOUSE PROJECT, THREATEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Westinghouse's execution of a multi-billion dollar contract to build nuclear power units in China -- a source of thousands of U.S. jobs -- continues to be hindered by visa processing delays, specifically the 9 weeks currently required for Visas Mantis Security Advisory Opinion ( [...]	2009-01-21 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA CH
09BEIJING1754	INDUSTRY DISCUSSES GREEN DAM DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Industry's strong opposition to China's plans to roll out the internet filtering software Green Dam stems both from business concerns and domestic political concerns U.S. industry representatives said June 25. CEOs have to show their companies made every effort to stop the roll- [...]	2009-06-25 09:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH
09BEIJING176	PROSPECTS FOR SINO-EU RELATIONS IN 2009 [...] (C) Summary: The cancellation of the China-EU Summit, slated for December 1, was the culmination of a year of poor relations between China and France, according to European Embassy contacts. Since France ceded the rotating EU Presidency to the Czech Republic on January 1, however, China has [...]	2009-01-21 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF XG EZ CH
09BEIJING177	EU'S TAKE ON THE SINO-EU STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to previous years, the January 19 Sino-EU Strategic Dialogue was surprisingly productive, according to the Czech Embassy. After an initial Chinese diatribe on Tibet, the remainder of the dialogue was open, friendly, and "more than just talking points." Though the fo [...]	2009-01-21 09:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF XG EZ TW CH
09BEIJING1778	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA POLICY, MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, [...] CHINA POLICY "China needs to learn to create alliances" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(06/29): "Recently, the U.S. and Europe made a move to file a petition to WTO over China's production and export restricti [...]	2009-06-29 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1816	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 22 [...] (U) As of COB July 1, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 867 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. Confirmed cases have been detected in 19 provinces and the municipalities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin. Of [...]	2009-07-01 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1821	2009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT), [...] (C) During the first session of the 10th U.S.-PRC Defense Consultative Talks (DCT) held June 23-24 2009 in Beijing, both the U.S. and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) delegations affirmed that presidents of the two countries had charged them with improving the military-to-military relations [...]	2009-07-01 00:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1835	2009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT), [...] (C) During U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks June 24, 2009, Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) presented the U.S. perspective on the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, stressing the importance of China's role in the region. PRC military officials perceived [...]	2009-07-01 06:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS EAID IR AF PK
09BEIJING1839	WFP Scaling Back DPRK Operations [...] (SBU) Summary: The WFP is scaling back its work in North Korea because of lower than expected donor support as well as new restrictions imposed by the North Korean government, according to World Food Program (WFP) North Korea Country Representative Torben Due. The WFP is refocusing their eff [...]	2009-07-01 12:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID PREL CH KN
09BEIJING1843	WFP Scaling Back DPRK Operations [...] (SBU) Summary: The WFP is scaling back its work in North Korea because of lower than expected donor support as well as new restrictions imposed by the North Korean government, according to World Food Program (WFP) North Korea Country Representative Torben Due. The WFP is refocusing their eff [...]	2009-07-04 23:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID PREL CH KN
09BEIJING1845	INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] (S) Chinese MFA Director General for International Organizations Wu Hailong, leading an interagency delegation made up of representatives of all Chinese agencies tasked with implementing UNSCR 1874, told Ambassador Philip Goldberg in a 3 hour 45-minute meeting on July 2 that China was committe [...]	2009-07-05 02:50:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING186	LAND AND SOCIAL STABILITY IN RURAL CHINA: A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Discontent and the potential for rural unrest involving land disputes may be increasing despite the Government's recent emphasis on reforming rural land policy. Little substantive progress has been made to reform rural land policy since the announcement of new reforms at the Oc [...]	2009-01-22 03:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EAGR ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI
09BEIJING1867	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. and China don't need a Fourth Joint Communiqu yet" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(07/06): "The Obama Administration is continuing the stable development of U.S.-China relations [...]	2009-07-05 08:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1876	MFA DEMARCHE ON XINJIANG UNREST [...] (C) PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Department Director General Zheng Zeguang met with Charge d,Affaires Robert Goldberg at 2140 on the evening of July 6 to deliver a briefing and demarche on the July 5 unrest in Urumqi. The demarche was similar in content to July 6 Xinhua press rele [...]	2009-07-07 11:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CH
09BEIJING1878	UNREST CONTINUES IN URUMQI, COUNTER DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) During a third day of unrest in Urumqi, large numbers of rioters of Han nationality engaged in counter protests directed at Uighur residents and businesses. According to a U.S. Embassy officer in Urumqi, as of 1800 local time, unrest, including explosions and the use of tear gas by police [...]	2009-07-07 11:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING1911	SCENESETTER FOR DOE SECRETARY CHU VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Secretary Chu, Chinese leaders are eagerly looking forward to your visit to China and to engaging you on issues of energy, climate change and science, among others, that will help determine the quality of life of the Chinese and American people over the next few decades. Your visit come [...]	2009-07-08 23:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING1945	EMBASSY AIR QUALITY TWEETS SAID TO "CONFUSE" CHINESE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),ESTH Off and MED Off met on July 7 with Mr. WANG Shuai of MFA's Office of U.S. Affairs to respond to MFA's concerns about recent publicity in international and local press surrounding an air quality monitor installed on t [...]	2009-07-10 07:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV CASC KGHG TRGY ENRG PREL CH
09BEIJING1970	RISE IN MASS INCIDENTS WORRISOME BUT NOT YET A THREAT TO OVERALL STABILITY, CONTACTS SAY [...] (C) A jump in the number of "mass incidents," or violent protests against local governments, in June is unrelated to the recent ethnic riots in Xinjiang and does not signal a threat to overall social stability, Embassy contacts report. However, violent incidents indicate serious discontent belo [...]	2009-07-13 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC CH
09BEIJING1974	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP #24 [...] (U) China's Ministry of Health (MOH) informed Post on July 13 that as of July 11, it would no longer be sending daily notifications on newly-confirmed H1N1 cases and directed us to the MOH website for the latest H1N1 information. MOH now posts a daily announcement on their website that includ [...]	2009-07-14 03:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BEIJING1989	PRC: INDIAN ACTIONS ON ARUNACHAL PRADESH DESIGNED [...] (C) Chinese scholars believe the media-hyped controversies over recent Indian troop movements near the disputed province of Arunachal Pradesh and the province's inclusion in the Asia Development Bank's Country Strategy for India reflect India's desire to pressure China to recognize India's terr [...]	2009-07-14 10:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MOPS MARR EAID CH IN
09BEIJING2003	MEDIA REACTION: XINJIANG RIOTS, RIO TINTO [...] XINJIANG RIOTS a. "We are dependent on all ethnic groups to maintain Xinjiang's stability" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (07/15): "With strenuous and detailed efforts after the 7/5 incident, Xinjiang has made great progress in maintaining stability and the peo [...]	2009-07-15 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2023	URUMQI DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 192 -- JULY 16 [...] (C) Post has received no reports of new violence or unrest in Urumqi, or other areas of Xinjiang, July 16. The death toll from the July 5 riot climbed to 192 with 1,721 people injured. Xinjiang Party Secretary Wang Lequan was quoted in the local press as saying most of the dead were "innocent. [...]	2009-07-16 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING2040	PREMIER WEN SUFFERS CRITICISM, BUT POSITION [...] (C) Rumors that Premier Wen Jiabao is under fire for a variety of alleged failings continue to circulate among China's politically active circles, but the chances of Wen being forced out before his term expires in 2013 are remote, according to a number of Embassy contacts. Wen has reportedly [...]	2009-07-17 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM EFIN CH
09BEIJING2044	SECRETARY LOCKE DISCUSSES JCCT, SED WITH VICE PREMIER WANG [...] (SBU) Summary. The Strategic and Economic Dialogue (SED) should focus more on macroeconomics while the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) should focus on specific issues such as IPR or the Doha round according to Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan. Wang praised the handling of the U. [...]	2009-07-20 01:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON CH
09BEIJING2063	PRC LEADERSHIP STABLE DESPITE TENSIONS; XI STILL [...] (C) Embassy contacts have reported that relations among China's top leaders remained largely stable, and the arrangements put in train for succession at the 18th Party Congress in 2012 appeared to be holding, with Xi Jinping likely to become Party chief and Li Keqiang to become Premier. Three [...]	2009-07-20 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
09BEIJING2072	SECRETARY CHU MEETS WITH VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 06:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH
09BEIJING2073	Energy Secretary Chu and Commerce Secretary Locke Discuss [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Zhang Ping on July 14, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke discussed how the United States and China can work together on energy and climate change. Chu pointed out that throu [...]	2009-07-21 06:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH
09BEIJING2083	JULY 21 XINJIANG SITREP [...] (C) Emboffs in Urumqi heard of no unrest or violent incidents during the course of July 21. The People's Armed Police (PAP) presence throughout the Han and ethnically mixed areas of the city continued to decline. Foot traffic in these areas continues to visibly increase day by day. Several m [...]	2009-07-21 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING2092	MEP OFFICIAL TALKS ABOUT BALANCING ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (SBU) In a press briefing on June 25 by Mr. WAN Bentai, Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP),Wan strongly asserted that MEP's highest priority is to maintain and enforce national environmental laws, and actions to support these laws and regulations would be not be [...]	2009-07-22 06:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO PREL CH
09BEIJING2094	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, CHINA-RUSSIA MILITARY [...] U.S.-CHINA "Former U.S. Speaker of the House wants to use nuclear-armed Japan to suppress China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/22): "The former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich recently openly used a nuclear-armed Japan [...]	2009-07-22 07:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2107	MEDIA REACTION: S&ED, U.S. MEDIA ON "CHINESE ECONIMIC [...] U.S.-CHINA "Strategic dialogue can eliminate conflict from the very beginning" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao) (07/23): "Zhu Shida, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' American Society and Culture Research Division, said an [...]	2009-07-23 08:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PREL ECON CH
09BEIJING2109	PRC FEEDBACK ON PAST NONPRO CASES REQUESTED [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper requesting information on the status of investigations of past cases of missile-related nonproliferation concern to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical/Biological Division Deputy Director Yang Yi on July 23. Yang said she woul [...]	2009-07-23 09:43:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA CH SY IR PK
09BEIJING2121	LOCAL OFFICIALS IGNORE WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN CANCER [...] (SBU) "Cancer villages" appear to be as commonplace as water pollution in China. For local residents, it is not a question of whether cancer villages exist, but rather how badly cancer has afflicted the villages. Although local and international journalists have reported periodically on the l [...]	2009-07-24 09:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO PREL CH
09BEIJING2123	HIGH-PROFILE NGO CLOSED, PRE-60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) On July 17 the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau raided the offices of the Open Constitution Initiative (aka "Gongmeng"),an NGO promoting democracy and rule-of-law, and declared the group an "illegal organization." Days earlier, Beijing tax officials had slapped OCI with a large fine for all [...]	2009-07-24 12:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH
09BEIJING2125	DOE SECRETARY CHU DISCUSSES CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY AND [...] (SBU) On July 16, Secretary Chu met with CAO Peixi the president of Huaneng Group, China's largest power producer. The two met at Huaneng's Gaobeidian showcase cogeneration power plant in Beijing to discuss the energy giant's effort to reduce sulfur and nitrogen oxide (SOx and NOx) and carbo [...]	2009-07-26 23:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING2141	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA S&ED DIALOGUE, NORTH KOREA, THE [...] U.S.-CHINA S&ED DIALOGUE "The first round of the U.S.-China S&ED will start with a good opening" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (07/27): "The first round of the S&ED symbolizes the new era and structure of the U.S.-China relationship. The dialogue has three c [...]	2009-07-27 08:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PREL ECON CH
09BEIJING2142	SHANDONG PRISON LABOR VISIT [...] (SBU) On May 11, 2009, officials from the U.S. Embassy, Beijing, visited the Luzhong Prison in Zibo City, Shandong Province. This visit was part of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigation to resolve allegations of exports to the United States of porcelain products man [...]	2009-07-27 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL CH
09BEIJING2149	CHINA/UNSCR 1874: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA AND CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK [...] (S) Summary. Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey on July 8 queried People's Bank of China (PBoC) Vice Governor Su Ning about Chinese actions to enforce UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 given China's complex financial relationship with North Korea. Gove [...]	2009-07-28 06:25:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN PTER CH KN
09BEIJING2155	SCENESETTER FOR HOUSE MINORITY LEADER BOEHNER'S [...] (SBU) Minority Leader Boehner, your visit to China comes in a year filled with key anniversaries: January 1 commemorated 30 years of U.S.-China diplomatic relations; March saw the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's flight to India; June 4 marked the 20th annive [...]	2009-07-28 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH
09BEIJING2160	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS [...] U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS a. "Ma Ying-Jeou's reply to Hu Jintao triggers speculation" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/29): "KMT Chairman Ma Ying-Jeou's taking office is beneficial for the improvement of cross-strait relations. How [...]	2009-07-29 08:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL ECON KMDR CH
09BEIJING2183	THE URUMQI RIOTS - WHAT CONTACTS SAY HAPPENED [...] (C) For three weeks following the initial July 5 violence in Urumqi, a series of EmbOffs visited Xinjiang to seek out solid information about the incident and its aftermath. Using the information gathered, we have put together a timeline of the events that began that day. Following is one of [...]	2009-07-31 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING2185	XINJIANG: CHINA REPORTEDLY DEFEATED OIC STATEMENT [...] (C) Egyptian Embassy Officer Haitham Safey (protect) told PolOff July 30 that PRC efforts to quash a proposed statement by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) condemning the Chinese government's response to the July 5 unrest in Xinjiang and its treatment of Muslim Uighurs (reftels [...]	2009-07-31 12:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH EG TU
09BEIJING2187	NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING COMMISSION URGES GREATER [...] (SBU) At the request of the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC),ESTHOffs met with Deputy Director General (DDG) of International Cooperation Madam RU Xiaomei on July 31 to share current USG views on international family planning and related policy toward China. ESTHOFF [...]	2009-08-02 23:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KPAO KPOP PHUM CH
09BEIJING2196	CHINA 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified -- it contains business proprietary information and is not for distribution to the public. 2. (SBU) In response to ref A, this cable provides updated information on investment and expropriation claims in China and includes input from the Econo [...]	2009-08-03 08:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
09BEIJING22	LOOKING AT THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF THE U.S.-CHINA [...] (C) January 1, 2009, marked the 30th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. This anniversary followed the PRC commemoration of roughly 30 years of China's "reform and opening" policy under Deng Xiaoping, which led to Ch [...]	2009-01-06 08:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR MASS CH
09BEIJING2212	NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING COMMISSION URGES GREATER [...] (SBU) At the request of the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC),ESTHOffs met with Deputy Director General (DDG) of International Cooperation Madam RU Xiaomei on July 31 to share current USG views on international family planning and related policy toward China. ESTHOFF [...]	2009-08-04 07:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KPAO KPOP PHUM CH
09BEIJING2217	MFA DISCUSSES XINJIANG PRESS ARRANGEMENTS AND ACCESS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On July 29, PressOff met with Mr. Zhang Yong, Deputy Director of the Information Department of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Zhang responded to questions about the logistics and philosophy behind the decision to pursue a markedly mor [...]	2009-08-05 00:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PROP KPAL PGOV OPRC CH
09BEIJING2249	SCENESETTER FOR HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Chairman Berman, your visit to China comes in a year filled with key anniversaries and events: January 1 marked 30 years of U.S.-China diplomatic relations; March saw the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's flight to India; June 4 marked the 20th anniversar [...]	2009-08-06 09:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PHUM PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH TW
09BEIJING2262	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA, U.S.-CHINA, [...] SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA "Hillary Clinton's Africa visit did not meet her ambitions" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing) (08/07): "In the twenty-first century, the United States needs Africa more than Africa needs the United Sta [...]	2009-08-07 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2298	INTERNET USERS PUSH AGAINST CONTROLS, CONTACTS [...] (C) Despite tight political controls, China's netizens are increasingly using the Internet as a forum for public discussion and even, at times, as a platform to challenge actions by government authorities, Chinese electronic media professionals told State Department Policy Planning Director An [...]	2009-08-11 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP SCUL CH
09BEIJING2337	MFA DISCUSSES XINJIANG PRESS ARRANGEMENTS AND ACCESS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On July 29, PressOff met with Mr. Zhang Yong, Deputy Director of the Information Department of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Zhang responded to questions about the logistics and philosophy behind the decision to pursue a markedly mor [...]	2009-08-13 07:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PROP KPAL PGOV OPRC CH
09BEIJING2342	CHINA MONETARY POLICY UNCHANGED, BUT CREDIT FLOW [...] (C) Summary. China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Director General Han Mingzhi confirmed to the Acting DCM on August 12 that China will maintain its moderately easy monetary and proactive fiscal policies. At the same time, the CBRC must continue to serve as "watchdog" for the banking sy [...]	2009-08-13 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING2360	CHINA OFFICIALLY "UNINSTALLS" GREEN DAM INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Minister Li announced August 13 computers sold in China would not be subject to mandatory internet censorship software requirements. The remarks represent the highest level signal to date that the Chinese government has off [...]	2009-08-14 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH
09BEIJING2398	SEOUL SEARCHING DURING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS:THE [...] (C) Summary. Falling China-ROK trade levels and an investment dispute between a Chinese firm and its Korean employees have put some strain on China-ROK economic relations. Regarding negotiations among China, Japan, and Korea of a trilateral investment treaty, the Koreans (who signed a bilatera [...]	2009-08-20 03:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ETRD JA KS CH
09BEIJING2403	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN ELECTION, CHINESE IMMIGRATION TO [...] AFGHAN ELECTION "Does the second presidential election in Afghanistan represent a democratic evolution?" (pg 3) 21st Century Publishing Company's business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21 Shiji Jingji Baodao)(08/20): "All of the typical characteristics of Western elections, suc [...]	2009-08-20 08:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2425	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN ELECTION, DALAI LAMA, NORTH KOREA [...] AFGHAN ELECTION "Afghans lost in the elections (pg 5)" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(08/24): "Afghanistan's election is an important step for the west's 'democratic example' in Afghanistan. Citizens of Kab [...]	2009-08-24 08:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2428	PRC SUPREME COURT FACING CONSERVATIVE RETRENCHMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Chinese Supreme People's Court (SPC) has begun a process of conservative retrenchment under current President Wang Shengjun that is turning back the reforms of his predecessor, Xiao Yang, according to legal scholars and SPC judges. Court officials and legal scholars have cri [...]	2009-08-24 10:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL KCOR CH
09BEIJING2438	PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR SUGGESTS U.S. NEGOTIATE SE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unstable post-election political climate in Iran likely precludes the initiation of formal negotiations with Iran on ceasing its uranium enrichment program, according to a PRC scholar. Though Iran is sincere in wishing to reach out to the United States on broader bilateral i [...]	2009-08-25 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2462	OBSTACLES TO JUDICIAL REFORM IN CHIN [...] (C) Summary: Barriers to instituting genuine rule of law in China remain formidable, according to a variety of legal scholars and judicial officials. The National People's Congress's formal monopoly on interpreting the PRC constitution and the Party-controlled Supreme People's Court's de fac [...]	2009-08-27 23:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL KCOR CH
09BEIJING2479	SUGGESTED AGENDA AND CHINESE PARTICIPANT LIST FOR [...] (C) Summary. On August 31 MFA External Security Division Director Xia Jingge provided PolOffs with MFA-suggested changes to the draft agenda for the September 14-15 U.S.-China Inter-Agency Counterterrorism Subdialogue, the list of Chinese participants, and an overview of the sensitive issues [...]	2009-08-31 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CH
09BEIJING2489	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN, U.S.-CHINA TRADE DISPUTES, [...] TAIWAN "U.S. secretly pushing cross-Strait military relations for own benefit" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(09/01)(pg 4): "During a recent visit to Taiwan, a researcher at an American think tank said the two sides of the Strait c [...]	2009-09-01 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2535	SEPTEMBER 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: VISA POLICY, AMBASSADOR [...] Key points at the September 3 MFA press briefing: -- In regards to the denial of visas to the producers of a film regarding the earthquake in Sichuan, China stated the importance of an individual country's sovereign right to determine its own policy of visa issuance. -- U.S. Special Repres [...]	2009-09-03 12:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING2552	MEDIA REACTION: JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE, U.S. NAVAL [...] JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE "U.S. and Australia invite China to participate in military exercise" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/04)(pg 1): "The invitation by the U.S. and Australia - through their respective media outlets - to Chi [...]	2009-09-04 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING257	AVIAN INFLUENZA--CHINA UPDATE JAN/FEB 2009 [...] SUMMARY: (U) As the country shut down and the population traveled home for the Chinese New Year, four more cases of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI),influenza A/H5N1, were confirmed (during the January 24-31 period) in the provinces of Guizhou and Hunan, as well a [...]	2009-02-03 23:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR PREL HHS CH
09BEIJING2584	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLITICS, U.S.-CHINA TIRE CASE, [...] U.S. POLITICS "Obama's popularity plummets; is the Democratic Party repeating its defeat?" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(09/09): "Obama's healthcare reform plan has been in a very dangerous situati [...]	2009-09-09 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2593	CHINA: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE REPORTING REQUEST [...] (C) Below, please find Embassy Beijing's responses to reftel questions in preparation for the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon). -- What is the host government's general attitude towards CTBT, FMCT, NPT, and U.S.-Russian arms control efforts? What factors influence its [...]	2009-09-10 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV UNGA
09BEIJING2594	MPS DISCUSSES CHINA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: China continues to develop its prosecutorial and administrative abilities to counter trafficking in persons (TIP) and recognizes the importance of properly taking care of trafficking victims, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Official responsible for TIP issues emphasized i [...]	2009-09-10 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING2615	CHINA/INDIA: TENSIONS OVER ADB DISPUTE SUBSIDE AS [...] (C) Summary: The India-China border dispute and their recent skirmish at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) over a proposed project in Arunachal Pradesh (AP) "will not get in the way" of bilateral economic relations, according to an Indian diplomat. He said both sides were focused on increasing [...]	2009-09-11 09:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV CH IN
09BEIJING2630	PRC REACTS TO U.S. TIRE SAFEGUARDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official Chinese reaction to the U.S. decision announced September 11 to impose Section 421 tariffs against Chinese tire imports has thus far been contained to the trade sector, in line with PRC indications to the high-level interagency delegation in Beijing last week. MOFCOM anno [...]	2009-09-14 12:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING2635	CHINA/KUWAIT: GUANGDONG REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The USD 10 billion deal between Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and Chinese state-owned refining giant Sinopec to build a petrochemical plant and oil refinery in Guangdong Province could be derailed by a dispute over distribution rights, according to a KPC executive [...]	2009-09-15 05:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL SENV PGOV CH KU
09BEIJING2656	EU ON TIRES CASE; CHINESE REACTIONS DAY TWO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EU Commission officials told Econ M/C September 16 their Chinese interlocutors on trade had not raised the tires issue in meetings earlier this week, though PRC Commerce Minister Chen Deming had been very tough on the subject when he met EU Commissioner Ashton in New Delhi two [...]	2009-09-16 09:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING2658	RIO-TINTO UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON STERN HU ARREST [...] (C) Summary: Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Rio) has quietly reopened negotiations with Chinalco as part of an effort to win the release of its employee and Australian national Stern Hu. In response to Hu's arrest and to avoid further accusations of stealing secrets, Rio is considering transferring all o [...]	2009-09-16 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL EMIN CH AS
09BEIJING2690	TIRE CASE: SOY BEANS NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese media September 18 raised possible tire dispute-inspired trade remedies against U.S. soybean and auto product imports. The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has not released any petition on U.S. auto products, but unconfirmed press reports said NDRC met with Chinese industry [...]	2009-09-18 09:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING2699	PRC FOCUSED ON ITS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: China's primary interests in the South China Sea (SCS) are to defend its claimed territorial boundaries, protect and develop its claims to natural resources, and maintain freedom of navigation, according to an Embassy contact. Scholars and officials suggest China prefers to addr [...]	2009-09-21 10:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA MARR PHUM PGOV VN CH
09BEIJING2716	China/Migrant Unrest: What Happened to Fears of [...] (SBU) Summary: After reporting that 20 million migrant workers returned home for the 2009 Chinese New Year holiday unemployed, the Chinese government recently announced that the migrant labor situation has significantly improved, thereby reducing the likelihood of social unrest. China's Minist [...]	2009-09-22 09:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV EFIN CH
09BEIJING2719	TA'ER TOURIST TRAP: TIBETAN CONTACTS LAMENT [...] (S) Summary: Tibetan contacts in Qinghai Province expressed dismay at the impact unregulated tourism is having on Kumbum (Ta'er) Monastery, one of the most important religious sites in Tibetan Buddhism. A monk at Kumbum told PolOff that roughly half of the 800 monks have been "corrupted" by [...]	2009-09-22 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH IN
09BEIJING2728	MEDIA REACTION: G20 SUMMIT, CLIMATE CHANGE [...] G20 SUMMIT "U.S. and UK propose 'global economic rebalancing'" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(09/23)(pg A4): "With the G20 summit in Pittsburgh drawing nearer, G20 countries are accelerating efforts to lay out their respective [...]	2009-09-23 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2769	CHINESE GOVERNMENT INFORMED OF POTENTIAL COLLISION [...] (SBU) On September 23, Post provided to the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and both the Department of Arms Control, Outer Space, and Missile Issues and Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),information regarding the potential f [...]	2009-09-25 09:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIJING2771	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S SECURITY, G20 SUMMIT, GLOBAL [...] CHINA'S SECURITY "Hu Jintao explained China's new security concepts at the UN General Assembly" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(09/25)(pg A2): "Wang Yizhou, a professor at Beijing University's Institute of International Relati [...]	2009-09-25 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2773	POST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ASSESS RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-China law enforcement cooperation, while increasingly important to broadening bilateral ties, continues to face considerable challenges. The Chinese have yet to establish a record of reliable and productive law enforcement cooperation. Notwithstanding some limited joint la [...]	2009-09-25 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KFRD KJUS SOCI CH
09BEIJING2785	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. SOUTHEAST ASIA POLICY, NUCLEAR [...] U.S. SOUTHEAST ASIA POLICY "U.S. strategy for returning to Southeast Asia is gradually becoming clear" The official intellectual publication Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao)(09/28)(pg 12): "At the G20 summit, President Obama said he wanted to hold the first ASEAN-U.S. summit in Singapore [...]	2009-09-28 08:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2792	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, EAST ASIA, CHINA TRADE POLICY [...] IRAN "China could take more initiative on the Iran issue" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/29)(pg 14): "In the past, China could, together with Russia, oppose U.S., UK, and French proposals on Iran. However, now that the U.S. ha [...]	2009-09-29 08:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2795	CHINESE MORE FREE TO DECIDE BIRTH TIMING AND SPACING BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China has relaxed some family planning controls and is turning towards more incentive-based mechanisms for the enforcement of family planning policies and targets. Although a restrictive policy, especially for urban areas, still exists, the most significant progress is increasi [...]	2009-09-29 23:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KPAO KPOP PHUM TBIO UNFPA CH
09BEIJING2806	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, IRAN, CHINA'S FUTURE [...] CLIMATE CHANGE "U.S. politics will hinder efforts to counter global warming" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(09/30)(pg 2): "The Democratic Party in the United States has prepared for the worst: when n [...]	2009-09-30 08:20:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2808	CARROTS AND STICKS IN CHINA'S ENFORCEMENT OF FAMILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Beijing experts on family planning assert that China's family planning efforts have broadened beyond population targets and include a number of programs and strategies emphasizing a more incentive-based and service-oriented approach. Targets remain, however, as do heavy financi [...]	2009-09-30 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KPAO KPOP TBIO CH

09BEIJING2811	PARANOIA ON PARADE: CHINA'S LEADERS TAKE NO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: In a security clampdown reminiscent of the lead-up to the August 8, 2008 Olympic Games opening ceremony, authorities in Beijing are setting up checkpoints, locking down dissidents, and tightening Internet censorship in the run-up to the October 1 national day. A [...]	2009-09-30 11:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING2813	AUSPICIOUS JCM: MARKING THIRTY YEARS OF U.S.-CHINA SCIENCE [...] (SBU) Senior Chinese government officials from across China's science and technology (S&T) establishment are eagerly looking forward to engaging their U.S. government counterparts at the upcoming 13th Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) on Science and Technology, set to take place in Washington, DC [...]	2009-10-03 00:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG TSPA TPHY TBIO CH
09BEIJING2814	U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-September, a request for technical consultation by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC),and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) experts working in China on 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) was made by Dr. WANG Yu, Director of the [...]	2009-10-06 23:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH GT KE EG TH KZ
09BEIJING2837	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT [...] OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA "Obama will visit China for four days during his eight-day trip to Asia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/09)(pg 16): "According to a Global Times poll on October 8, Chinese netizens are not very enthusiast [...]	2009-10-09 09:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING284	MEDIA REACTION: BUYING AMERICAN BILL, FINANCIAL CRISIS, [...] BUYING AMERICAN BILL "'Buying American' is using the wrong solution; this will cause more problems in the future" The official intellectual publication Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao)(02/05): "The International Opinion described the recent 'Buy American' bill as an extremely stupid econo [...]	2009-02-05 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2847	OCTOBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, NOBEL PRIZE, [...] Key points at the October 13 MFA press briefing: -- North Korea's recent short-range missile test would not affect the improving situation on the Korean Peninsula. -- China congratulated President Obama on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. -- During his visit to China, A/S Campbell wo [...]	2009-10-13 11:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH KS KN RS IR AF IN PK UK
09BEIJING285	PRO-REFORM BLOGGER DESCRIBES PRC DEMOCRACY GROUPS, [...] (C) The main model for the December-released "Charter 08" manifesto calling for democratic reforms in China (ref B) was "Formosa Magazine," the former journal of the Taiwan democratic opposition, according to well-known Chinese liberal blogger and media commentator Zhao Jin (aka "Michael Anti, [...]	2009-02-05 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KDEM TW CH
09BEIJING2868	PRC/BURMA: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH ASIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 13 meeting with EAP A/S Kurt Campbell, MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General Yang Yanyi said that China saw many positive aspects in the U.S. review of its Burma policy and suggested proceeding based on its conclusion, despite PRC concern over continuing sanc [...]	2009-10-14 10:46:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV PARM BM KN CH
09BEIJING2870	PRC: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH VFM HE YAFEI [...] (S) Summary: China appreciates that President Obama plans to spend three days in China and hopes the visit will produce concrete results, China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told EAP A/S Campbell October 13. China also hopes for a joint statement that will send a positive message that the [...]	2009-10-14 11:14:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR KNNP MNUC SENV APEC KN KS CH
09BEIJING2872	A/S CAMPBELL'S DINNER WITH CHINESE ACADEMICS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an October 13 dinner with EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, three leading Chinese international affairs experts urged the United States to start bilateral talks with North Korea. China had done its part by keeping pressure on the DPRK, they said, but now it was up to the [...]	2009-10-14 11:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV NK SK JP RU IN CH
09BEIJING288	PROMOTING CHINESE INVESTMENT IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) In recent meetings with three key semi-official and private Chinese organizations that promote Chinese investment in Africa, all three stressed that they are paying more attention to political and economic risk, environmental protection, and China's reputation in Africa and around the wo [...]	2009-02-06 01:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID ECON ETRD UNDP CH
09BEIJING2882	MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, SCO, RMB APPRECIATION [...] NORTH KOREA "U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Campbell visits China to find a path for Obama to resume Six-Party Talks" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(02/03)(pg A16): "On whether the U.S. is in favor of an "East Asian Communi [...]	2009-10-15 07:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2895	MEDIA REACTION: SECDEF VISIT TO CHINA, EXCHANGE RATE [...] SECDEF VISIT TO CHINA "U.S. Secretary of Defense will pay a quick visit to Asia-Pacific region" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/16)(pg 8): "Experts said that the quick visit of the U.S. Secretary of Defense to the Asia-Pacific r [...]	2009-10-16 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2897	READOUT OF PRC-JAPAN-ROK TRILAT SUMMIT [...] (C) The Second PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral summit held in Beijing on October 10 focused primarily on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a pledge to work towards a successful Copenhagen climate change conference, according to our contacts at the Japanese and ROK embassies in Beijing. [...]	2009-10-16 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC SENV CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING2952	CHINA/SMEs/REBALANCING: TRYING TO OVERCOME ANTI-SME BIASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's largest, often State-owned companies have benefited handsomely in recent years from overt government favoritism aimed at quickly stimulating the economy, and in the longer term at building strong national champions. Smaller firms have also had to contend with a poorly d [...]	2009-10-22 10:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN CH
09BEIJING2964	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S XXXXXXXXXXXX MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (SBU)xxxxx 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff Amb. Joseph DeTrani, Mission Manager for North Korea, DNI Amb. xxxxx De [...]	2009-10-26 00:23:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC SN CH KN
09BEIJING2968	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPT 29, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of S [...]	2009-10-26 00:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC ECON KS KN
09BEIJING2979	MEDIA REACTION: REACTION TO STEINBERG CNAS SPEECH, MYANMAR, [...] REACTION TO STEINBERG CNAS SPEECH "Seizing the opportunity of U.S.-China 'strategic reassurance'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/26)(pg 14): "U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg recently (September 24 in a speech at t [...]	2009-10-26 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2994	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA TRADE RELATIONS, STRATEGIC [...] U.S.-CHINA TRADE RELATIONS "U.S. intentions behind playing the 'steel card'" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(10/29)(pg 2): "On October 26 while in Guangzhou, the new U.S. Ambassador to China, Jon Hunt [...]	2009-10-29 09:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2995	PRC/LATIN AMERICA: CHINESE ECONOMIC INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary: Politics, economics, Taiwan and common interests in social development drive China's interest in Latin America, according to a PRC scholar. Notwithstanding China's deepening relationship with Latin America, China will not develop its Latin America connections at the expense of i [...]	2009-10-29 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD ENRG EINV AR XM CH
09BEIJING2999	CHINA/FOOD SECURITY: STILL WARY OF ACTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: China continues to be unenthusiastic about actively supporting the L'Aquilla Food Security Initiative (AFSI),which it sees as a developed country initiative requiring developed country resources. China would like to know more about how the U.S. plans to present AFSI principle [...]	2009-10-30 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EAID PREL CH
09BEIJING303	CHARTER 08: IMPACT LIMITED, BUT "MOVEMENT" DRAWS [...] (C) While the "Charter 08" pro-democracy manifesto is unlikely to push the Communist Party to engage in real political reform anytime soon, the Charter nevertheless represents a budding "movement" that worries China's leaders, as demonstrated by the detention of lead Charter drafter Liu Xiaobo [...]	2009-02-06 12:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING3052	FROM A TRICKLE TO A FLOOD: CHINA'S AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES [...] (SBU) Production and input subsidies have multiplied rapidly and the value of support has risen exponentially since the watershed moment in 2006 when China eliminated its centuries-old agricultural tax. Agricultural subsidies now play an increasingly important role in guiding production decisi [...]	2009-11-05 05:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EAGR CH
09BEIJING3056	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Poll shows Americans both love and hate China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/05)(pg 3): "Experts said that the [Thomson Reuters/Ipsos] poll, which was conducted right before Obama's visit to China, aga [...]	2009-11-05 08:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3059	PRC: FAITHFUL FLOCK TO OFFICIAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES [...] (C) Summary: Regular worshippers at two official Protestant churches in Hebei Province and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region regularly exceed 3,000. Growth in attendance poses new challenges for the official church, particularly in the areas of clergy training and social services. In re [...]	2009-11-05 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3060	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO CHINA [...] (C) Mr. President, China's leaders view your upcoming travel to Shanghai and Beijing as the single most important visit to China by a foreign leader this year. As we have heard repeatedly, President Hu Jintao and the senior leadership are committed, as are we, to making your meetings and prog [...]	2009-11-05 11:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH ECON IR KN MARR MNUC OVIP PARM PHUM
09BEIJING3094	MFA RESPONDS TO HUMAN RIGHTS CASE LIST [...] (C) On November 12, MFA International Organizations Department Human Rights Division Director Yan Jiarong called in PolOff to provide a formal response to the Ambassador's November 6 handing over of a list of cases of human rights and humanitarian concern to Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei (ref [...]	2009-11-12 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING3096	GNEP BEIJING MINISTERIAL - AGREEMENT TO CONSIDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China--led by National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman and National Energy Administration (NEA) chief ZHANG Guobao--hosted the third Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Executive Committee meeting on October 23 in Beijing. The U.S. delegation was le [...]	2009-11-13 00:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH
09BEIJING3121	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO JAPAN AND CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3122	U/S HORMATSâ€™ MEETINGS WITH BEIJING ECONOMISTS: [...] (C) Summary. Vice Minister Liu He of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs (CLGFEA) told Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Hormats on November 9 that the small number of bilateral trade conflicts generates disproportionate political and social impa [...]	2009-11-16 09:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3123	MIXED IMPACT AND INDUSTRY SKEPTICS FOR CHINA'S FOREST [...] (U) On October 29, five Chinese central government agencies (State Forestry Administration (SFA),National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC),Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM),Ministry of Finance (MOF),and the State Administration of Taxation (SAT)jointly issued a "Forestry Industry Devel [...]	2009-11-16 10:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD KSCA CH
09BEIJING3127	XINJIANG PARTY CHIEF LIKELY TO STAY ON DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Xinjiang Party Secretary Wang Lequan seems likely to keep his job, several contacts predict, despite public anger over his handling of the July riots in Urumqi. A September 3 demonstration, in which thousands of Urumqi demonstrators demanded Wang's resignation, may have actuall [...]	2009-11-16 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING3128	PORTRAIT OF VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING: "AMBITIOUS [...] (C) According to a well connected Embassy contact, Politburo Standing Committee Member and Vice President Xi Jinping is "exceptionally ambitious," confident and focused, and has had his "eye on the prize" from early adulthood. Unlike many youth who "made up for lost time by having fun" after t [...]	2009-11-16 12:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CH TW
09BEIJING3130	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 10:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3150	TIBET: STAFFDEL JANNUZI DISCUSSES POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a November 9 meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Frank Jannuzi, Tibetan poet and blogger Woeser decried the environmental degradation of the Tibetan plateau caused by unregulated mining, which she accused of both polluting rivers and increasing ethnic [...]	2009-11-20 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SENV PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3152	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA, CHINA-U.S. [...] PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA a. "Obama's strategic concerns in focusing on Asia" The Beijing-based newspaper sponsored by official intellectual publication Guangming Daily and Guangdong Provincial official publication Nanfang Daily The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao)(11/20)(pg A02): "Obam [...]	2009-11-22 23:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3159	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS, TAIWAN [...] CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS a. "China should show the United States the direction of its military development" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/23)(pg 14): "Obama's recent visit to China will finally decide the United States' China pol [...]	2009-11-23 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3160	THE NETWORKING PARTY: CAREER ADVANCEMENT, [...] (C) Chinese youth associated with Peking University pointed to career advancement and networking opportunities, rather than ideology, as primary reasons to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In addition to advantages in securing government positions, CCP membership now also helps recent grad [...]	2009-11-23 11:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI
09BEIJING3186	BILATERAL WITH VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG - COOPERATION AND [...] (SBU) Commerce Secretary Locke, Energy Secretary Chu, U.S. Trade Representative Kirk and U.S. Trade Development Administrator Zak met with Vice Premier Li Keqiang on November 18, 2009 at the Great Hall of the People, to discuss a broad range of bilateral issues including energy cooperation and [...]	2009-11-30 04:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING3209	CHINA SIDESTEPS S&ED/JCCT COMMITMENTS - [...] (SBU) Summary. Rules providing preference in government procurement for Chinese companies with accredited indigenous innovation appear to contravene China's S&ED and JCCT commitments to consider products produced by foreign-invested enterprises in China as domestic. A recent joint Ministry o [...]	2009-12-01 10:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH
09BEIJING3214	CHINA TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT 2009 [...] (U) China has made progress since April 2009 in combating human trafficking. The Chinese government is implementing the National Plan of Action (NPA) on Combating Trafficking in Women and Children (2008-2012) and has issued regulations and directives to strengthen its response to sex trafficki [...]	2009-12-01 15:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING3222	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE SUMMIT, CHINA MODEL [...] CLIMATE SUMMIT a. "U.S. emissions reduction sincerity is doubtful" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(12/02)(pg 2): "China, who insists on continuing common but differentiated responsibilities for the Cop [...]	2009-12-02 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3223	Read-out from Beijing on the [...] (SBU) Qiu Bohua, China's Ambassador for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held November 6- 9 in Egypt, told Emboffs November 23 that China pledged USD 10 billion in new concessional loans to Africa, to be distributed via bilateral channels. For Africa's least developed countries (L [...]	2009-12-02 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAID PREL
09BEIJING3234	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL AFGHANISTAN SPEECH [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3252	PRC SCHOLAR ON IRAN, RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA, SCO, [...] (C) Summary: A well-connected scholar of Russian and Central Asian studies argued that China would not alter its basic position on the Iran nuclear issue in response to an apparent Russian shift in approach, because PRC leadership understands that Russia's change is in tone only, Russia's und [...]	2009-12-04 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH AF IR
09BEIJING3263	CHINA QUIETLY USHERS IN AG BIOTECH REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) In early November 2009, China authorized the first commercialization of major biotech food crops. A government website confirmed their approval of phytase corn and Bt rice. Despite little fanfare, this will revolutionize China's agriculture and may be the global agricultural development [...]	2009-12-07 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH VN
09BEIJING3264	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, NORTH KOREA [...] CLIMATE CHANGE a. "The world sets its eyes on Copenhagen" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(12/07)(pg 13): "Many people describe the Copenhagen Conference as the last chance to save the globe. For Bangkok and cities in the neighboring area, climate change has beco [...]	2009-12-07 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3272	ASSISTANT FINMIN ZHU GUANGYAO SUGGESTS FORMAT FOR [...] (C) Summary: At a December 4 meeting with DCM, Assistant Minister of Finance Zhu Guangyao said there is broad consensus in the PRC that the United States and China must move beyond purely bilateral concerns to focus on regional and global issues. He proposed the S&ED II economic track discuss [...]	2009-12-08 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD EINV PREL CN
09BEIJING3287	COMPETING PERCEPTIONS OF PRC ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC contacts define Chinese interests in Afghanistan within the context of China's international image, security requirements, commercial goals and bilateral relationships with key countries. Afghan Embassy contacts here lament the PRC's narrow focus on projects in Afghanistan t [...]	2009-12-09 14:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AF CH EAID MARR NATO PARM PK PREL PTER
09BEIJING3296	INITIAL CHINESE REBUFF OF INDIGENOUS INNOVATION [...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Huntsman transmitted reftel demarche points under cover of a letter to the Ministers of MOST, MOF and the NDRC on December 9. Separately, emboffs on December 10 delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Finance (MOF) Deputy Director Ge [...]	2009-12-10 12:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON ETRD PGOV SCUL SOCI
09BEIJING3307	U.S. Federal Reserve Nov. 18-20 Visit to Beijing: [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese officials and local and foreign bankers and economists told visiting Federal Reserve Governor Warsh and San Francisco Fed President Yellen that China's GDP growth has been boosted by successful fiscal and monetary policies, largely focused on infrastructure investment, [...]	2009-12-11 07:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING3312	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' DECEMBER 9, 2009 [...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 3:45 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Laura Rosenberger, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary [...]	2009-12-11 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MNUC SENV PARM CASC
09BEIJING3315	XINJIANG'S URUMQI STILL TENSE, BUT LESS SO [...] (C) Summary: The visit of PolOff to Xinjiang in early December revealed that the security posture in the capital city of Urumqi has relaxed somewhat but armed personnel from the People's Armed Police (PAP) continue to patrol the Uighur sector and other sensitive areas. While some residents e [...]	2009-12-11 11:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING3321	PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH RIGHTS [...] (C) The Ambassador met December 9 with five prominent Beijing-based human rights lawyers. The lawyers reported increased harassment and political pressure due to their work on sensitive human rights and religious freedom cases and their association with the democracy manifesto Charter '08. Th [...]	2009-12-14 07:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09BEIJING3336	CHINA MANNED SPACE ENGINEERING OFFICE (CMSE) WELCOMES [...] (SBU) On December 8, ESTH Offs met with representatives from China's Man Space Engineering Office (CMSE) to discuss next steps for initiating bilateral discussions on cooperation in human spaceflight, as stipulated in the Joint Statement released during President Obama's visit to Beijing in m [...]	2009-12-15 07:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIJING3338	DECEMBER 15, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA CARGO [...] Key points at the December 15 MFA press briefing were: -- It is up to the UN Security Council to consider the cargo plane detained in Thailand for suspected arms smuggling. -- Western criticism of China's persecution of Charter 08 signer Liu Xiaobo is "unacceptable." -- The 22 Uighurs se [...]	2009-12-15 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH KN CB TH JP CA
09BEIJING3361	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, WAR ON TERROR [...] CLIMATE CHANGE "The final stand-off in Copenhagen: China has resisted Anglo-American pressure" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(12/16)(pg A4): "By now, developing countries and developed countries don't give in to each other's [...]	2009-12-16 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3381	WOMEN'S LAW STUDIES AND LEGAL AID CENTER PRESSES [...] (C) Summary: In a December 2 meeting with PolOffs, Women's Law Studies and Legal Aid Center (LAC) Director and 2010 International Women of Courage award nominee Guo Jianmei discussed her decision to disassociate the LAC from Beijing University in order to continue taking on legal casework. Th [...]	2009-12-17 23:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN CH
09BEIJING3392	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 11:30 a.m.; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State William Weinstein, Economic Minister-Counselor, Embassy Beijing Laura Stone, Economic Officer, Embassy Beijing (notetaker) CHINA [...]	2009-12-18 08:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON
09BEIJING3394	6th U.S.-China Technical Working Group Meeting in Beijing [...] (SBU) On September 15, officials and technical experts from the United States and China convened the Sixth Meeting of the U.S.-China Biotechnology Technical Working Group on Food and Environmental Safety (TWG). Discussion focused on scientific and regulatory issues relevant to genetically engi [...]	2009-12-18 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH
09BEIJING3397	TENSE RELATIONS BETWEEN UNHCR BEIJING AND THE PRC: [...] (C) UNHCR Beijing's already delicate relationship with the MFA was "stretched to its limit" due to incidents involving asylum seekers unrelated to UNHCR Beijing, according to a UNHCR Beijing official. The MFA strongly objected to what it perceived was UNHCR Beijing's direct involvement in effo [...]	2009-12-18 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS CB
09BEIJING3399	China/Land/Abuse of Power: Self-Immolation [...] (SBU) Summary: A tragic self-immolation death in Sichuan Province resulting from an urban house demolition dispute, followed by another similar protest in Beijing, has stimulated unusually broad public discussions of local-level abuse of power in land seizures. Some commentators have suggeste [...]	2009-12-18 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING3401	SMUGGLING OF FOOD PRODUCTS INCREASES ON CHINA'S SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) U.S. exports of agricultural products smuggled into China have surged due to an increase in politically motivated trade restrictions. China's border with Vietnam has become a prime transit point for trade in beef, pork, and poultry. A smuggler involved in this trade recently described h [...]	2009-12-21 03:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH VN
09BEIJING3421	CHINA REBALANCING: HOW MUCH, HOW SOON, AND HOW? [...] (C) Summary. Recent senior leadership meetings in Beijing indicate that with 2009 GDP growth in excess of eight percent assured, the Chinese Government has turned its attention to rebalancing the economy for more sustainable development. Most observers believe the government is serious about [...]	2009-12-22 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3443	CHARGE'S DEMARCHE ON LIU XIAOBO TRIAL, UIGHUR [...] (C) Summary: The Charge raised the December 23 trial of activist Liu Xiaobo and the forced return of Uighur asylum seekers from Cambodia with MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang. The Charge expressed strong disappointment that Liu's trial had alr [...]	2009-12-23 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH CB
09BEIJING3489	DECEMBER 29, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMCIT IN NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the December 29 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the U.S. will uphold the larger issue of stability on the Korean Peninsula when addressing US citizen Robert Park's detention in North Korea. -- The execution of UK citizen Akmal Shaikh for drug smuggling, despite claims [...]	2009-12-29 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM PHSA PTER CH BM KN IS
09BEIJING353	GEORGIAN DIPLOMAT LAMENTS LACK OF CHINESE SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Georgia has received "practically nothing" from China since the Russia-Georgia conflict began in August 2008, a contact at the Georgian Embassy in Beijing told PolOff February 11. The Georgian diplomat expressed disappointment with China's limited assistance and unwillingness to [...]	2009-02-11 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MARR RS CH GG
09BEIJING356	THE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND RURAL CHINA: BEIJING [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 23:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING359	THE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND RURAL CHINA: BEIJING [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the sixth year in a row, the Chinese Government,s first major policy document of the year has focused on the rural sector. The document breaks little new ground on the policy front, mainly reiterating the Government,s oft-stated goal of tackling rural poverty and boosting ru [...]	2009-02-12 01:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING382	CHINA HAD NO SAY IN MANAS CLOSURE ISSUE, SHARES [...] (C) Summary: China did not discuss the possibility of closing Manas Air Base with the Kyrgyz Government, either before or after President Bakiyev's February 3 announcement, and only learned about it from press reports, according to an MFA official. China and the United States "share common g [...]	2009-02-13 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV PTER CH KG
09BEIJING397	CHINESE BUSINESSMAN ON CIC IN THE U.S., HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary. The China Investment Corporation (CIC),China's sovereign wealth fund, remains interested in pursuing additional investments in the U.S., although not in the financial sector, according to Charles Liu, a well-connected Chinese private equity firm manager in Beijing. CIC Chairman [...]	2009-02-17 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PREL CH HK
09BEIJING400	SOCIAL STABILITY CHALLENGES LOOM IN 2009, BUT PRC [...] (C) The global economic downturn has heightened Chinese leaders' longstanding obsession over maintaining social stability, with even PRC official media predicting an increase in "mass incidents" in 2009. Beijing observers vary in their assessment of the severity of this year's stability chall [...]	2009-02-17 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09BEIJING41	MEDIA REACTION: RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS DISPUTES, CHINA'S [...] RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS DISPUTES a. "A prolonged delay is not beneficial and a compromise is hard to make" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (01/07): "This is the third time that Russia has cut off the gas supply to Ukraine. This cut-off has had a smaller impact on Euro [...]	2009-01-07 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING419	TIBET: SITUATION "FAR FROM NORMAL," BUT REPEAT OF [...] (C) A repeat of the spring 2008 unrest in Tibetan areas of China is unlikely this year given the extremely tight security blanketing Lhasa and other Tibetan communities, according to several Beijing- based observers. Tensions in Tibetan areas, however, remain high as the 50th anniversary of t [...]	2009-02-18 12:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF IN CH
09BEIJING422	CHINA/REBALANCING: BARRIERS TO BOOSTING RURAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption, mismanagement and an inefficient central-local government budgetary system in rural China bode ill for Chinese Government plans to ease the economic slowdown in part through measures to spur rural demand. Two rural Shanxi Province communities provide examples of h [...]	2009-02-19 03:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING429	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY, [...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "U.S.-China military discussions will not avoid speaking about the arms sales to Taiwan" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/19): "A Chinese military official has recently said that China will request th [...]	2009-02-19 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING433	IS CHINA COMPLYING WITH THE G-20 PROMISE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese officials have been quoted broadly both in domestic and international press criticizing "buy American" provisions in the U.S. stimulus package legislation. At the same time, they have pledged that China will not adopt "buy China" provisions and will meet its G-20 Summit [...]	2009-02-19 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND CH
09BEIJING440	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, JAPAN, FIANNCIAL [...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT "Secretary Clinton comes to China to talk" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/20): "Secretary Clinton will arrive in Beijing today. During her visit to Japan, Indonesia and South Korea, global media seems n [...]	2009-02-20 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING448	Graduate Unemployment in China: Financial Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chinese government blames rising unemployment on the global financial crisis, but in the case of college graduates the crisis has only exacerbated a preexisting problem. Graduate unemployment began to rise in 2003, as a result of policies to expand enrollment, while reform [...]	2009-02-23 05:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING458	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, TAIWAN [...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT a. "The bottom line and the height of Secretary Clinton's 'trial' visit" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/23): "In view of the continuous efforts by the Bush administration on these [...]	2009-02-23 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING471	ChinaQs NDRC Urges Expanded Fiscal Stimulus, [...] (SBU) Summary. Rapidly increasing government spending and a decline in tax revenue caused by the economic slowdown will drive ChinaQs central and local government fiscal deficits to about 2.5 percent of GDP in 2009, compared to about 0.5 percent in 2008 and the highest level since 2002. Nati [...]	2009-02-25 00:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING484	PRESERVING JOBS TAKES PRECENDENCE [...] (SBU) Spurred by concern over social instability, the Chinese government has responded rapidly to a deteriorating job market, and has made "stabilizing employment" a top economic priority. The main thrust of central and local government measures is to keep people on the job, even if it means [...]	2009-02-26 01:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING513	CHINA: RISKS OF RAPID CREDIT GROWTH INCLUDE NPLS, [...] (C) Summary. Monetary policy will play a necessary but less important and less visible role than fiscal policy in addressing China's cyclical downturn, according to People's Bank of China (PBOC) Monetary Policy Director General Zhang Xiaohui. With the CPI at one percent in January, expectati [...]	2009-02-27 08:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL CH
09BEIJING514	MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS, GARY LOCKE, U.S.-CHINA [...] HUMAN RIGHTS a. "Human rights report decried" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (02/27): "China yesterday denounced U.S. criticism of its human rights record in an annual report, saying Washington should first put its own house in order. 'We urge the U.S. to examine its o [...]	2009-02-27 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING517	PRC LEADERS KEEN TO FORGE CLOSE TIES WITH U.S.; HU [...] (C) The PRC leadership is determined to forge close ties with the new U.S. Administration, viewing relations with Washington as the key to ChinaÂ´s engagement with the world, according to an Embassy contact with access to the Chinese leadership. Though China has long viewed its relationship with [...]	2009-02-27 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
09BEIJING520	PRO-REFORM JOURNAL DIRECTOR REPLACED, POLITICAL [...] (C) In response to renewed pressure from central authorities, the envelope-pushing pro-reform journal Yanhuang Chunqiu has removed its director, Du Daozheng, according to an Embassy contact with direct access to Du and other journal managers. The journal resisted pressure to purge Du in Novem [...]	2009-02-27 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING526	AFM LIU JIEYI PRESSES TIMING CONCERNS ON 2009 PRC [...] (S) In a February 27 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney noted the positive direction in U.S.-China relations, and said the just-concluded Defense Policy Coordination Talks (DPCTs) were a good beginning. Both agreed on the impo [...]	2009-03-02 07:07:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PTER CH
09BEIJING527	PRC LAUNCHES PR CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) President Hu Jintao's February 10-17 trip to Africa capped a series of recent high-level visits intended to burnish China's image in Africa, according to Chinese and African contacts in Beijing. Our contacts contend that China is doing a great deal to assist Africa. At the same time, t [...]	2009-03-02 07:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV ETRD AO CH KE MI ML MP
09BEIJING530	MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE TALKS, WTO, U.S.-JAPAN-CHINA [...] DEFENSE TALKS "No barriers to U.S.-China military exchanges have been removed" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(3/02): "In the military exchanges, the U.S. is more interested in obtaining specific military info [...]	2009-03-02 09:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING531	NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS TO OPEN MARCH 5: [...] (C) China's nominal legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC),will convene March 5 and is expected to focus on measures for coping with the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis on fleshing out the PRC fiscal stimulus package, increasing domestic demand and boosting employm [...]	2009-03-02 12:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
09BEIJING557	CHINA/G-20: OBJECTIVES AND CONSTRAINTS [...] (C) Summary: In the lead-up to the London G-20 Summit, China has clarified that its objectives include: deterring trade and investment protectionism; promoting real economic growth; deflecting public blame for the crisis; protecting its investments; and expanding China's international role. [...]	2009-03-04 10:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN CH
09BEIJING559	PRESS BRIEFING: DEFENSE SPENDING, FISCAL STIMULUS [...] (SBU) At a March 4 press conference designed to preview the March 5 opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC),NPC Spokesman Li Zhaoxing commented on the following issues: -- Defense Spending: China's defense spending in 2009 will increase by 62.4 billion RMB (approximately 9.2 [...]	2009-03-04 12:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH TW
09BEIJING575	March 5 MFA Press Briefing: Sudan, Afghanistan, Tibet [...] Key points at the March 5 MFA press briefing: -- China regrets the International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir and wishes the relevant parties would consider the possible "repercussions" of their actions. -- China, as a permanent memb [...]	2009-03-05 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SU AF CH
09BEIJING576	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S DIPLOMACY, RUSSIA, GAZA, TIBET [...] CHINA'S DIPLOMACY "What concepts does China have that would change the world?" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/05): "Recently, 'the summit on Chinese and western intellectuals' to discuss China's model and its international influ [...]	2009-03-05 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING577	CHINA INTRODUCES NEW MEASURES TO BOOST CONFIDENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 28 China's National People's Congress (NPC) adopted an amended Insurance Law as part of the government's efforts to boost credibility and consumer confidence in the industry. This long-awaited amendment will take effect on October 1. The new law includes measures to r [...]	2009-03-05 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD EFIN ECON CH
09BEIJING580	PREMIER CONFIDENT CHINA CAN OVERCOME GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao said China is confident it can overcome the difficulties caused by the global financial crisis in presenting his annual "Government Work Report" to the opening session of the National People's Congress on March 5. In China's equivalent of the State of the Union addres [...]	2009-03-05 15:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL CH TW
09BEIJING589	NPC PRESS BRIEFING ON CHINA'S ECONOMY BY PBOC, [...] (SBU) Summary. At a March 6 press conference held in conjunction with the ongoing National People's Congress annual meeting (refs),People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, Minister of Finance (MOF) Xie Xuren, and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Zhang [...]	2009-03-06 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CH HK TW
09BEIJING590	CHINA--"BUY LOCAL" POLICIES ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) Summary: Some Chinese provincial and sub- provincial governments are responding to the economic slowdown by adopting "buy local" measures designed to boost consumption of their locally- produced products. Measures have included consumer incentives as well as directives or preferences fo [...]	2009-03-06 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD CH
09BEIJING592	CHINA/AUSTRALIA: CHINALCO,S RIO TINTO BID: A [...] (C) The state-owned Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) announced February 12 a USD 19.5 billion bid for a bigger stake in select assets of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, in which it is already the largest shareholder (Refs A and B). If approved, the deal would be the largest-e [...]	2009-03-09 02:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AS CH ECON EINV EIND EMIN ETRD PGOV
09BEIJING605	TIBET: CHINA RAMPS UP PROPAGANDA IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) In advance of the 50th anniversary of the March 10, 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a propaganda campaign focused on "positive" aspects of its rule over Tibet, particularly its "emancipation" of serfs, as a device for diverting media attention away f [...]	2009-03-09 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH

09BEIJING606	CHINA STANDING BY ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Chinese eyes are focused intently on U.S. plans for, and action in, Afghanistan and Pakistan, an area the Chinese see as a dangerously unstable, interconnected threat to Chinese security - but one that they are uncertain about how to address. China has mixed feelings about U.S. involvement [...]	2009-03-09 11:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSCA PTER SNAR PARM ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIJING612	MEDIA REACTION: DIAOYU ISLAND, CHINA'S DIPLOMACY, FINANCIAL [...] DIAOYU ISLAND "Diaoyu Island issue, why is the U.S. ambiguous on this issue?" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(03/09): "For the U.S. government, their ambiguity on Diaoyu Island is in their own interests. But now, the U.S. government i [...]	2009-03-10 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING613	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing March 6, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that Sino-French talks are "still in the doldrums." France suspects that the Chinese government is behind the Chinese antique collector who bid on the Chinese cultural relics at a Paris [...]	2009-03-10 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING623	CHINA/RUSSIA: LOANS-FOR-OIL DEAL STILL IN THE PIPELINE [...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...]	2009-03-11 07:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV EFIN CH RS
09BEIJING625	CHINA/RUSSIA: OIL-FOR-LOANS DEAL STILL IN THE [...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...]	2009-03-11 07:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EFIN CH RS
09BEIJING629	CHINA/SUDAN: PRC ENVOY URGES RESTRAINT, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: China is concerned about the expulsion and closure of NGOs operating in Sudan and the negative impact on the humanitarian situation but believes the impact will not be as serious as described by Western media reports, MFA Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin told PolMinCouns March [...]	2009-03-11 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPKO CH SU
09BEIJING632	TIBET: MFA COMPLAINS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In a March 11 meeting with A/DCM, the MFA protested a recently introduced House of Representatives resolution on Tibet and urged the administration to prevent its passage. Noting that the U.S. Congress is a separate branch of government, A/DCM replied that the United States is [...]	2009-03-11 12:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC CH
09BEIJING633	CHINA WILL NOT "MECHANICALLY ADOPT" WESTERN [...] (C) National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on March 9 emphasized the differences between China's NPC system and foreign legislatures, declaring that China would not "mechanically adopt" Western models, in delivering his annual report on the nominal legislature's accomplishments a [...]	2009-03-11 13:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KCUL CH
09BEIJING644	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. DIPLOMACY, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. to offer more carrots, fewer sticks abroad" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (03/12): "Smart power replaces the lineal trade-off model of hard power, or the threat of actual use of bullets or other armed military force, with soft power, or t [...]	2009-03-12 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING648	TIBETAN QINGHAI: FOREIGNERS BANNED, ARMED POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: All Tibetan areas in Qinghai are closed to foreigners, PolOffs were told by local security officials during a March 10-11 trip to the province, even as enforcement was uneven and confusion reigned over exactly which locations were off-limits. Journalists and other foreigners wer [...]	2009-03-12 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH
09BEIJING649	ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: PROVINCIAL NPC DELEGATIONS [...] (C) Demonstrating the universality of the axiom, "all politics is local," National People's Congress deputies this past week used "provincial discussion sessions," many of which were open to the media and EmbOffs, to push parochial agendas and projects, denounce separatism, support government [...]	2009-03-12 13:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING665	CHINA ANNOUNCES PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's State Council announced a petrochemical industry support plan on February 19, the eighth of ten such plans intended to help key industries weather the economic crisis. Similar to the other revitalization plans (reftels),the petrochemical industry support plan seeks to s [...]	2009-03-13 13:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EIND ETRD CH
09BEIJING666	PREMIER ADDRESSES FINANCIAL CRISIS, TIBET, TAIWAN, [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao set the tone for his annual press conference at the conclusion of the National People's Congress (NPC) by noting on March 13 that this year's NPC session had been convened in the midst of the global financial crisis and therefore had focused on China's financial stimul [...]	2009-03-13 18:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL EFIN CH TW KN KS FR
09BEIJING671	China's Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application [...] (SBU) Officials from the China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application (CRESDA)--operators of the China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellites (CBERS)--met with ESTHCOUNS and ESTHOFFS on March 10 to discuss areas of potential cooperation with USG organizations. CRESDA proposals for colla [...]	2009-03-16 05:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIJING676	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW [...] (SBU) On February 25, Embassy officers discussed Asian Development Bank issues with Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Department Director General Zheng Xiaosong and other MOF officials (septel). Concerning safeguards in general, Zheng said the ADB should be more flexible and allow the u [...]	2009-03-16 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID EFIN ADB CH
09BEIJING682	LABOR ISSUES AT THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS [...] Summary: Labor issues, especially unemployment, were a major theme of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and National People's Congress (NPC) meetings that began on March 3. Senior government officials cited a severe unemployment problem, with over 20 million rur [...]	2009-03-17 05:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV CH
09BEIJING686	Mantis 2008 (1 of 2): More Workload, More Waiting in [...] Summary: This cable summarizes Beijing's 2008 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) review. In 2008, overall SAO Mantis volume increased by 10 percent, and wait times quadrupled to 16 weeks for SAO clearance. End Summary. ------------------------------- 2008 in Review: By the Numbers - [...]	2009-03-17 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING687	Mantis 2009 (2 of 2): Unpredictable Delays Harm Business, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable draws preliminary conclusions on 2009 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) processing trends, based on the first 5 months of the fiscal year. Current lengthy SAO processing delays undermine Consular Section public outreach efforts. Expediting 2009 student and scho [...]	2009-03-17 09:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING712	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN, TIBET, U.S. TREASURY BONDS [...] TAIWAN "U.S. media suggest the 'crack down' on export of Chinese weapons" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/19): "Recently the U.S. media's 'World Politics Review' issued an article talking about the world economic crisis further p [...]	2009-03-19 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING728	PREMIER WEN'S COMMENTS ON U.S. TREASURIES: PROTECT [...] (C) Since Premier Wen Jiabao's March 13 remarks at a press conference that China was "concerned" regarding the security of its U.S. Treasury holdings and other investments (ref),other Chinese contacts have clarified and interpreted his comments. At the G-20 ministerial meeting in London, the head [...]	2009-03-20 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING762	TAIWAN: PRC CONTACTS DISCUSS BEIJING'S "SOFTER" [...] (C) The "softer" language on Taiwan used in Beijing during the recently-ended "two meetings" by PRC leaders, who made no reference to opposing Taiwan "independence," suggested a conclusion to a period of cross-Strait confrontation and was "extremely significant," according to Beijing-based Taiw [...]	2009-03-24 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
09BEIJING766	RETIRED CADRES AIM TO SUPPORT PREMIER WEN THROUGH [...] (C) A group of prominent retired cadres submitted a political reform proposal to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) in January designed to support Premier Wen Jiabao, according to the daughter of the document's primary author, Li Rui, who was Mao Zedong's private secretary. Premier Wen, [...]	2009-03-24 11:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING781	CHINA SEEKS REDUCTION IN SURVEILLANCE SHIP [...] (C) Summary: Asking the United States to focus on the importance of a successful G-20 meeting in London and the overall bilateral relationship, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested a perceived increase in U.S. Navy surveillance activity in China's Ex [...]	2009-03-25 12:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV CH
09BEIJING795	CAAC REJECTS FEDEX SUMMER SCHEDULE, REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 25, Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) officials told Econ M/C that the conditional operating approval for FedEx,s Guangzhou hub is justified under the U.S.-China Air Transport Agreement (ATA) as a technical measure given airspace constraints between Zone 1 airpo [...]	2009-03-26 06:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA CH
09BEIJING807	MARCH 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY POWER REPORT, TIBET, [...] Key points at the March 26 MFA press briefing: -- The recently released China Military Power Report "contains gross distortions of fact" and China has expressed its "resolute opposition" and "made representations" to the United States. -- The "Dalai Clique premeditated and coordinated" the [...]	2009-03-26 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA RS AF FR TW
09BEIJING809	PRC PROTESTS DOD CHINA MILITARY POWER REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reading unenthusiastically from prepared remarks, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested to the A/DCM DOD's annual report to Congress on China's military power. Zheng criticized the report as containing "erroneous and unfounded" accusations [...]	2009-03-26 23:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PM PREL CH
09BEIJING827	PRC: "RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS" HAVE NOT MISTREATED [...] (C) MFA IO Human Rights Division Official Wang Gang, responding to the Embassy's representations expressing grave concern for the well-being of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, told PolOff March 27 that "relevant departments" have "never mistreated" Gao. Wang said Gao is a confessed "criminal" who [...]	2009-03-27 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING828	TIBET: ON EVE OF "SERF EMANCIPATION DAY," HEAVY [...] (C) On the eve of China's "Serf Emancipation Day" on March 28, PRC security forces continued to blanket Tibet and the predominantly Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces to preclude outbreaks of mass unrest. Following the relatively uneventful passage of the 50th anniversary of [...]	2009-03-27 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING829	China: Fiscal Stimulus and Monetary Loosening [...] (SBU) Many Chinese economic contacts remain optimistic China can attain eight percent GDP growth in 2009, although some local and foreign economists recently have lowered their forecasts to 6-7 percent or even lower. The World Bank expects no contribution to real GDP growth from net exports, w [...]	2009-03-29 23:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING834	COLOMBIAN VIEWS ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese investor interest in Colombia has risen rapidly since the November 2008 publication of China's white paper on Latin America, Colombian diplomats told Emboff. Colombia is wary of Chinese motives and what it sees as lax Chinese environmental and labor standards. Howeve [...]	2009-03-30 04:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL PHUM ELAB CH CO
09BEIJING841	COLOMBIAN VIEWS ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese investor interest in Colombia has risen rapidly since the November 2008 publication of China's white paper on Latin America, Colombian diplomats told Emboff. Colombia is wary of Chinese motives and what it sees as lax Chinese environmental and labor standards. Howeve [...]	2009-03-30 08:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL PHUM ELAB CH CO
09BEIJING843	MEDIA REACTION; G20, MILITARY POWER REPORT [...] G20 a. "China shouldn't sing too loudly at the G20" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(03/30): "China should become the strength supporting the reform and reconstruction of the international financial system. But thi [...]	2009-03-30 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING859	CHINA'S MFA REASSIGNS INTERNAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (C) On March 31, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Biological and Chemical Weapons Division Deputy Director Yang Yi informed PolOff that all specific cases of proliferation concern related to Chinese firms, including missile and nuclear cases, would now be under the purview of the MF [...]	2009-03-31 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCR MNUC PREL KNNP ETTC CH
09BEIJING872	NPC DELEGATE DISCUSSES MIGRANT LABOR, GRADUATE [...] (C) A rural Anhui Province delegate to the National People's Congress (NPC) recently told PolOff that his locality was trying to find jobs for more than 130,000 unemployed migrants returned from cities and coastal areas. Despite efforts to encourage them to start businesses or obtain vocationa [...]	2009-04-01 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CH
09BEIJING880	CHRISTIANITY: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS "MORE OPEN" TO [...] (C) Summary: Most Peking University students had an "objective" attitude toward Christianity, suggesting that religious tolerance had "increased" in China, according to a recent survey conducted by a professor at the university. The professor told PolOff his survey found that four percent of [...]	2009-04-02 08:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH HK TW
09BEIJING884	RESPONSE ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] (C) China welcomed U.S. willingness to seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun told PolOff April 2 in response to reftel points on the U.S. decision to seek electi [...]	2009-04-02 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH
09BEIJING895	CHINA DONE BIDING ITS TIME? PRC SCHOLARS WRESTLE [...] (C) As China considers its broader role in addressing the global economic crisis and reflects with lingering pride on the 2008 Summer Olympics, it also grapples with the relevance and desirability of maintaining its traditional "low-key approach" to foreign policy matters and its oft-stated (an [...]	2009-04-03 07:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH
09BEIJING904	LEADING DEMOCRACY THEORIST YU KEPING EXPOUNDS ON [...] (C) Political reform in China was continuing despite recent economic setbacks, prominent Communist Party democracy theorist Yu Keping (protect) told A/DCM March 26. Chinese-style democracy should eventually include competitive elections, rule of law, and checks and balances, Yu said. Democrati [...]	2009-04-03 10:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CH
09BEIJING905	NEW PRC "AL-JAZEERA-LIKE" NEWS CHANNEL AIMS TO [...] (C) Still smarting from the public relations bloody nose they received in the international media during 2008's Tibet riots and the Olympic torch run, Communist Party leaders hope to improve China's image overseas by spending large sums of money on state media outlets' international operations [...]	2009-04-03 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH HK
09BEIJING923	APRIL 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA LAUNCH, SOMALI [...] Key points at the April 7 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council should "make a prudent response" to the North Korea rocket launch and a satellite launch is "different than a missile launch or nuclear test." -- China has been "working to rescue the crew" of a ship from "Chinese Tai [...]	2009-04-07 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR VE TW
09BEIJING938	MEDIA REACTION: Global financial crisis, Obama in Turkey, [...] Global financial crisis a. "West moots China-U.S. 'co-governance' concept to woo China" The China Radio International-sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(04/08) opined: Hu Jintao's meeting with President Obama in London caused another G-2 rush. In fact, the G-2 concept w [...]	2009-04-08 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING950	MEDIA REACTION: Obama in Iraq, Shanghai 2010 World Expo, [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 08:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING955	CHINA'S COMFORT LEVEL WITH OTHER AFRICA DONORS [...] (SBU) China says it will keep expanding its aid to Africa, and though it is hard to measure, its aid level seems to be significant and growing. Beijing continues to proclaim that its aid has no political conditions attached, an implicit rebuke to Western donors. However, China's premier has [...]	2009-04-10 00:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV PREL EFIN CH UK AU SENV
09BEIJING973	CHINESE OFFICIAL ON DPRK, AF/PAK, SNED [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official claimed the UNSC's Presidential Statement responding to the DPRK's missile launch as a win for Sino-U.S. cooperation and said China would play up the fact that it was not a resolution in discussions with the North Koreans on the need to rejoin the Six-Party T [...]	2009-04-13 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC PTER KN KS JA AF PK CH
09BEIJING980	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "American media sensationalized the so called Chinese 'toxic construction materials'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/14): "Since the American media reported about the "toxic, made-in-China, drywall", the re [...]	2009-04-14 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING989	Latin Diplomats on China-Argentine Currency Swap, [...] (U) SUMMARY. In recent separate meetings with Emboffs, Beijing-based diplomats from Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico discussed recent developments in their respective countries' economic relations with China. Argentine diplomats claimed to have no technical details on Argentina's recently-announc [...]	2009-04-15 05:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL EFIN CH AR UY MX
09BEIJING992	CODEL MCCAIN MEETING WITH CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with CODEL McCain, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie observed that military-to-military ties lagged behind other aspects of the bilateral relationship. Liang attributed the shortcoming to three "barriers": U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; the National Defe [...]	2009-04-15 05:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH
09BEIRUT1000	HARIRI PUTS FORTH CABINET PROPOSAL, OPPOSITION [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on September 6 presented a 30-member cabinet proposal to President Sleiman without further consultation with the opposition. The plan, which did not meet the opposition Free Patriotic Movement's (FPM) demands for the ministry of the interior, the minist [...]	2009-09-08 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1005	HARIRI WITHDRAWS AS PM-DESIGNATE AND BLAMES THE [...] (C) Saad Hariri withdrew as prime minister-designate on September 10 and announced that he was stepping down in the interests of the nation to break the cycle that prevented his forming a national unity government. Caretaker PM Fouad Siniora told us the move is an attempt to relaunch negotiat [...]	2009-09-10 16:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1007	QATARI OFFER TO BREAK LEBANESE LOGJAM ROUNDLY [...] (C) Late September 10 after Saad Hariri's withdrawal as prime minister-designate (reftel),reports spread rapidly that Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jaber al Thani had offered to host the Lebanese for another Doha conference to resolve their issues. Some contacts, thinki [...]	2009-09-11 10:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM LE QA
09BEIRUT1012	SCENESETTER FOR S/E GEORGE MITCHELL'S SEPTEMBER 16 [...] (C) Embassy Beirut welcomes your September 16 visit. Your meeting with President Sleiman will reinforce the message that we value his views and that we recognize that Lebanon has its own issues and agenda in the context of a comprehensive Middle East Peace. Lebanese interest in the progress [...]	2009-09-14 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE
09BEIRUT1021	HARIRI ROUND 2: WHO STANDS WHERE, AND WHY [...] (C) Although Saad Hariri has, for the second time, won majority support as prime minister-designate, Lebanon's government formation process is expected to remain protracted as political tensions escalate. Hariri and the opposition have traded accusations of blame since the failure of the firs [...]	2009-09-16 13:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1042	LEBANON RECEIVES $298 MILLION IN IMF SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Lebanon received the equivalent of $298 million in foreign currency reserves through the allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) as part of a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) program aimed at boosting country reserves to combat the world economic crisis. As a result, Lebanon's ne [...]	2009-09-24 05:22:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO ECON EFIN EINT PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1044	A RECIPE FOR STALEMATE: THE INHERENT WEAKNESSES OF [...] (C) As Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri returns to his task of forming a government, many Lebanese are asking themselves whether any resulting cabinet will be truly able to address Lebanon's many challenges. Both sides of the political divide agree that the current political system preclu [...]	2009-09-24 05:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1053	ISRAELI COOPERATION IMPROVING, SAYS LEBANESE [...] (S) In recent trilateral meetings between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),UNIFIL, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),the Israeli side was more cooperative and a new element of trust between the parties was present, BGen Abdulruhman Shehaitly, GOL Coordinator to UNIFIL told visiting Special [...]	2009-09-25 05:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PBTS KPKO MARR PREL PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT1058	GEMAYEL PREDICTS NEW GOVERNMENT WILL BE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon's government formation crisis is the result of external interference but should not be solved through additional meddling, Kataeb party leader and former Lebanese President Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador. Although he discounted most formulas currently under discussion [...]	2009-09-25 14:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1079	SLEIMAN SEEKS TO PROVIDE EXIT TO A CORNERED HARIRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sleiman's confidants report that the is taking controversial positions in the press in an attempt to open an escape hatch for Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri in the stalled cabinet negotiations. Abi Assi defended the president against recent press attacks and floa [...]	2009-10-01 14:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT108	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS MARCH 14 [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr stressed his "purely UNSCR 1701" agenda for his planned January 28 visit to Damascus. He again expressed concern about the lack of March 14 organization for the upcoming parliamentary elections and said he continues t [...]	2009-01-27 15:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT109	LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER ON THE FOUR GENERALS, REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SYRIA-LINKED INFORMATION [...] (S/NF) UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare explained to the Ambassador in a January 26 meeting the issues surrounding the release or transfer to The Hague of the four generals currently in Lebanese custody in connection with former PM Rafiq Hariri's assassination. According to Bellemare, the [...]	2009-01-27 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT1109	NEW INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERICAL GATHERING HAS [...] (C) The newly launched Shia Independent Clerical Gathering (ICG) celebrated several significant benchmarks within its first month, such as hosting a successful iftar during Ramadan and gaining the "moral backing" of Shia parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri, independent Shia political activist Lo [...]	2009-10-08 13:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL PTER LE
09BEIRUT111	LEBANON: ASSESSMENT OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS' FIELD [...] (SBU) This is a response to reftel requesting Post's assessment of the efficacy of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) field office in Beirut. 2. (SBU) According to Fateh Azzam, regional representative for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),the Be [...]	2009-01-27 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1130	THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON AS POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is still a political football, with opposition-aligned figures striving to discredit it and the majority pledging its support for the STL's mission of bringing to justice those responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik [...]	2009-10-14 14:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS UNSC PTER PREL SOCI PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT1131	MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION AGREE GOVERNMENT TO FORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lebanese cabinet could be formed within days, sources from the majority and minority agree, though all note that several imporant details remain unresolved. In the wake of the Syrian-Saudi summit last week, negotiations have progressed considerably and the opposition has back [...]	2009-10-14 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1149	UPBEAT HARIRI SAYS CABINET NEGOTIATIONS REACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri was optimistic that the week ahead would be "decisive" for cabinet formation. Discussions over the telecommunications portfolio with Christian opposition figure Michel Aoun continued, however, and Hariri suggested that he might [...]	2009-10-19 14:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EFIN EAID PTER MARR MOPPS LE
09BEIRUT1164	UNSCOL CHIEF OF STAFF UNDERSCORES UNIFIL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNIFIL was not hindered in its investigation of the October 12 Tayr Felsayh incident, UN Special Coordinator on Lebanon (UNSCOL) Chief of Staff Jack Christofides asserted on October 21. He also said that the upcoming UNSCR 1701 report to the UN Security Council would reflect "cl [...]	2009-10-22 12:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MOPS UN KPKO IS LE
09BEIRUT117	LEBANON: TALKING TO SYRIA IS A REDLINE FOR JUMBLATT [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt lamented to the Ambassador in a January 28 meeting that the March 14 alliance was still struggling to agree on which candidates will run in each district. Insisting that his relationship with Druze rival Talal Arslan was "good," Jumblatt revealed that Arslan had [...]	2009-01-28 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT118	LEBANON: UNIFIL URGES COMMITMENT TO ENHANCED [...] (C) UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander General Claudio Graziano hosted an ambassadorial-level briefing for all UNIFIL contributing countries January 27 to update UNIFIL's bilateral partners on UNIFIL capabilities, a timeline of recent events, and lessons learned in the aftermath o [...]	2009-01-28 18:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS
09BEIRUT1182	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ENFORCING THE WEAPONS-FREE ZONE [...] (C) Summary: In response to Ref A demarche detailing U.S. concerns on GOL enforcement of a weapons-free zone in south Lebanon, Caretaker Minister of Defense Elias Murr, Advisor to President Sleiman Naji Abi Assi, and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi acknowledged the negative [...]	2009-10-28 15:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC LE IS
09BEIRUT1186	HEADS OR TAILS? GOERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]	2009-10-30 14:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINS PREL
09BEIRUT1188	HEADS OR TAILS? GOVERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]	2009-10-30 14:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SY LE
09BEIRUT1199	2009 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and report to MFA Americas Desk Officer Reina Charbel on October 26. Charbel advised that the report would be shared with relevant GOL offices and said that the GOL remains committed to the principles of religious freedom and tolerance. 2. (SBU) React [...]	2009-11-04 10:02:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO LE
09BEIRUT1207	REFUGEES FACE ARBITRARY DETENTION AND A BROKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Christians form a rapidly growing proportion of Lebanon's refugee population, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representatives in Beirut. Iraqis are registering more quickly with the UNHCR, but they face bureaucratic obstacles to processing them for r [...]	2009-11-06 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI SMIG EAID IZ LE
09BEIRUT1214	NEW LEBANESE CABINET ANNOUNCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly five months of negotiations, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri formed a cabinet on November 9. The cabinet held its initial meeting on November 10 and selected the committee that will negotiate the ministerial statement, which must be approved by parliament within [...]	2009-11-10 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1235	2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT: LEBANON [...] (U) Summary: This 2009 TIP Interim Assessment for Lebanon is submitted in response to action request in reftel. The Government of Lebanon (GOL) made limited progress in addressing trafficking in persons (TIP) issues, partially because of parliamentary inaction before the June 2009 elections a [...]	2009-11-18 10:18:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG LE
09BEIRUT124	LEBANON: AOUN SETTING THE STAGE TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun complained that Sunni Future Movement leader Saad Hariri planned to pay to fly in expatriate Christian voters to vote against Aoun in the June parliamentary elections. Aoun dismissed the idea tha [...]	2009-01-29 15:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN LE SY
09BEIRUT1243	MARKING THE BLUE LINE: SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Interim Force in Lebanon's (UNIFIL) 121-kilometer Blue Line (BL) marking program is moving along, albeit slowly, with 25 of the proposed 198 markers now in place. UNIFIL officials maintain that despite the slow pace, the demarcation prevents inadvertent violations of UN [...]	2009-11-20 06:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PTER PINR MOPS KPKO UNSC IS LE
09BEIRUT1247	GOVERNMENT LEADERS EMPHASIZE ECONOMIC REFORM WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora separately told visiting Codel Price that they welcomed U.S. congressional support to the Lebanese parliament and noted the multitude [...]	2009-11-24 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT1250	MONITORING OF 2009 G/TIP FUND GRANTED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 28, emboffs conducted a site visit with G/TIP visitor Rachel Yousey to the Caritas Safe House, which is part of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) and Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center's "Protection and Assistance for Victims of Trafficking" USG-fund [...]	2009-11-25 16:18:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN KCRM LE
09BEIRUT126	LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY WORK STALLED, SAYS [...] (C) On January 29, Minister of Interior Ziad Baroud told the Ambassador that internal Government of Lebanon (GOL) discussions on border security had effectively stalled. The Prime Minister had taken this on personally and is the only who can move the complex issue forward. Turning to election [...]	2009-01-30 09:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PTER PINR KTIP PBTS MOPS LE IS SY
09BEIRUT1267	HIZBALLAH UNVEILS ITS NEW MANIFESTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a seminal speech on November 30 that detailed Hizballah's vision for Lebanon and the future of "the resistance." The last time Hizballah produced such a statement was nearly a quarter century ago, in February 1985. The new m [...]	2009-12-03 07:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KISL IS LE
09BEIRUT1271	CABINET STATEMENT SIGNED, HARIRI FACES BUMPY ROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Lebanese cabinet finally settled on its ministerial statement -- a policy roadmap -- on December 2, but the second-guessing about how Prime Minister Saad Hariri reached that point is already well underway. Embassy interlocutors argue that Hariri made several missteps durin [...]	2009-12-03 18:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL LE
09BEIRUT129	LEBANON: WITH CODEL SMITH, D.M MURR SAYS SYRIA [...] (C) CODEL Smith, accompanied by Ambassador and PolEconOff met with Defense Minister Elias Murr at his residence January 30. CODEL members were House Armed Service Committee members Adam Smith (D-WA),Susan Davis (D-CA),Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ),Glynn Nye (D-VA),Frank Kravotil (D-MD); C.A. [...]	2009-02-02 07:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT1290	MARCH 14'S WINTER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Disillusionment among March 14 Christians is expanding. March 14 Secretary General Fares Souaid recently expressed deep concern about the direction of the movement, fearing Syrian pressure on March 14 leader and Prime Minister Saad Hariri would lead to its disbandment. Publicly [...]	2009-12-09 18:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SA SY LE
09BEIRUT1298	LEBANON LOOKS TO TURN "GREEN," ACTION AWAITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coinciding with the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, popular efforts on environmental issues in Lebanon have received significant local media attention and the newly-formed Lebanese government seems to have taken notice of the public push. Prime Minister Saad Hariri wi [...]	2009-12-10 17:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG SENV PGOV PREL LE
09BEIRUT1305	HARIRI'S CABINET WINS HISTORIC VOTE OF CONFIDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Saad Hariri's cabinet and its ministerial statement won an overwhelming vote of confidence from the Lebanese parliament late on December 10. In the final vote 122 out of 128 MPs voted to support the new government, six months after elections brought the parliament [...]	2009-12-11 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR KISL LE
09BEIRUT1353	MENAFATF NOVEMBER 2009 BEIRUT LEBANON PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held a plenary session (MENAFATF X) and working group meetings from November 8-12 at the Riviera Hotel in Beirut. Treasury Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Director for Global Affairs Brian Grant he [...]	2009-12-28 15:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PTER PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1367	LEBANON: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] While the threat of terrorist activity kept Lebanese security agencies on high alert throughout the year, 2009 was characterized by increased governmental efforts to disrupt suspected terror cells before they could act. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),in particular, were credited with the cap [...]	2009-12-31 09:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR LE SY
09BEIRUT139	LEBANON: SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON SYRIA, HIZBALLAH, SAAD [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaziz Khoja told the Ambassador that Saudi King Abdullah's outreach to Syrian President Bashar Asad was necessary to limit Iran's influence in the Arab world. Bashar, for his part, is playing all sides off each other, but that strategy would only be viable [...]	2009-02-03 16:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT141	LEBANON: CHATAH FRUSTRATED WITH BUDGET IMPASSE IN [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said he would formally ask the IMF to certify the GOL's fulfillment of the USG gas excise subsidy benchmark, and hoped the USG would use its USD 50 milion disbursement to pay off Central Bank of Lebano Eurobond [...]	2009-02-04 16:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER MCAP LE SY IS
09BEIRUT147	Lebanon: Murr TV (MTV) To Resume Broadcasting [...] (U) Summary: MTV announced it will resume broadcast on March 31, 2009, seven years after its coerced closure. Michel El Murr, the CEO, denied that the Lebanese Forces "or any other foreign or domestic party" was behind the reopening. March 14 contacts, however, have been pushing for the reop [...]	2009-02-05 14:48:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT155	LEBANON: RELATIONS WITH SYRIA: COSMETIC CHANGES [...] (C) Six months after the August 13-14 summit in Damascus between President Michel Sleiman and Syrian President Bashar Asad (Ref H),there has been little substantive progress, from the Lebanese point of view, on any of the key bilateral issues: exchange of Ambassadors, border security coopera [...]	2009-02-10 09:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT158	LEBANON: BUDGET DELAYED BY DISPUTE OVER COUNCIL FOR THE [...] (SBU) On January 29, the cabinet postponed discussions of the 2009 budget draft for ten days until the return of President Sleiman from an official visit to Bahrain and the UAE. This should allow time for politicians to resolve the issue of the budget allotment to the Council for the South, wh [...]	2009-02-10 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT169	LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: THE METN [...] (U) This is the third in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) The Metn is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are eight parliamentary seats in [...]	2009-02-12 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV LE
09BEIRUT172	LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH CALLS LEBANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In a February 11 meeting with visiting USAID Special Assistant for the Middle East George Laudato, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah called the current Lebanese government "dysfunctional," and expressed exasperation with the lack of progress on political and economic reform. He saw little [...]	2009-02-13 13:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN LE
09BEIRUT185	LEBANON: ARMENIAN TASHNAQ PARTY WANTS ITS OWN [...] (C) In a February 15 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Perry Cammack and the Ambassador, Armenian Tashnaq party leaders stressed that their primary goal was the establishment of an independent Armenian bloc in parliament, an objective which would be facilita [...]	2009-02-17 16:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY IS SA
09BEIRUT186	LEBANON: HARIRI ON MARCH 14 ELECTION PREPARATIONS, [...] (C) Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri -- receiving the Ambassador on February 13, the eve of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri -- claimed that the March 8 opposition was working to discredit investigative information on his father [...]	2009-02-17 17:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT188	LEBANON: TWO SHIA MINISTERS DISCUSS SLEIMAN'S [...] (C) Shia Ministers of Administrative Reform Ibrahim Shamseddine (independent) and Health Mohammad Khalifeh (Nabih Berri's Amal) were mildly critical of President Sleiman during separate meetings February 11 and 12. Both claimed Sleiman had "lost an opportunity" to set a clear vision for the g [...]	2009-02-18 10:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE
09BEIRUT195	LEBANON: ELECTION OBSERVERS DECREE MOVING AHEAD; [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting hosted by the UN, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud reported he had sent the draft decree to invite international observers to monitor the June 2009 parliamentary elections to the Cabinet to be placed on the agenda for the February 26 session. Earlier, in a Febru [...]	2009-02-19 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT196	LEBANON: MICHAEL WILLIAMS SAYS SYRIANS "COCKY" [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, UNSCOL Chief of Staff Jack Christofides, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh February 17 provided the Ambassador and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack with a readout of Williams' February 12 trip to Damascus. Will [...]	2009-02-19 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT203	LEBANON: SENATOR KERRY AND PM SINIORA DISCUSS [...] (C) In a February 18 luncheon with Senator John Kerry, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed Lebanon's desire for engagement with Syria, and support for U.S. engagement, on the condition that Syria recognize Lebanon's sovereignty and deliver on previous promises. He assessed that the Iranian [...]	2009-02-20 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IR SY IS WE

09BEIRUT204	LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK ON [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he was "very satisfied" with the military-to-military relationship with the U.S. At the same time, he lamented the slowness with which U.S. equipment assi [...]	2009-02-20 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT207	LEBANON: AOUN WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK -- WE'LL SEEK [...] (C) Opposition Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he believed the bilateral relationship between Lebanon and Syria was on the right path. However, finding a resolution to other regional issues, including [...]	2009-02-23 09:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
09BEIRUT214	Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 11:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT222	LEBANON: TOOLS OF PATRONAGE: LEBANON'S "COUNCILS [...] (C) The four "Majalis and Sanadeeq" (Councils and Funds) under the Lebanese Prime Minister's office are widely known to be the epitome of patronage in Lebanese administration. This cable takes a closer look at the function of the Council for the South (CFS),the Fund for the Displaced (FFD),t [...]	2009-02-24 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR LE
09BEIRUT234	LEBANON: SOME "INDEPENDENT" SHIA CONTACTS [...] (C) A number of "independent" Shia contacts have shared with us their exasperation with majority leader Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition. They say that the non-Hizballah Shia community was one of the initial supporters of the principles of March 14 -- Lebanese independence and sovereignty -- b [...]	2009-02-26 18:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IZ
09BEIRUT24	LEBANON: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Since 2005 there have been numerous assassinations and assassination attempts of prominent Lebanese figures, including former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. The attacks targeted Lebanese political and military figures and journalists, many of whom were critical of Syrian interference in Lebanon. [...]	2009-01-07 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER LE
09BEIRUT242	Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 10:53:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT25	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH NOT INCLINED TO STRIKE ISRAEL [...] (C) Could the current confrontation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza motivate Hizballah to provoke a second conflict against Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border? The consensus of several observers we have spoken to in recent days is no. Domestically, Hizballah benefits from its current stron [...]	2009-01-07 17:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT251	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BEIRUT [...] (SBU) This is the ninth in a series of snapshots we are producing for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Beirut, with three districts and a total of 19 seats, 18 currently held by March 14 MPs, has the status of a "muhafaza" [...]	2009-03-03 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT266	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN OFFERS NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) In a March 6 meeting at Baabda Palace with President Michel Sleiman, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro stressed the Obama Administration's urgency for action on regional issues. They asked Sleiman his views on dealing with Syri [...]	2009-03-08 09:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS IR SY LE
09BEIRUT267	LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH AND NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador that support for Lebanon's sovereignty and independence was most important for [...]	2009-03-08 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT268	LEBANON: HARIRI TO NEA A A/S FELTMAN AND NSC [...] (C) On March 5, Saad Hariri told visiting NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro that if the June 2009 parliamentary elections were held on time, he was certain that his March 14 coalition would win. Asked why, Hariri pointed to March 14 can [...]	2009-03-08 09:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT271	LEBANON: UNSCOL WILLIAMS WITH FELTMAN,SHAPIRO ON [...] (C) On March 6, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams provided a briefing for visiting Acting A/S of State for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro. Referring to his upcoming meeting with the Security Cou [...]	2009-03-08 18:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT274	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KOURA [...] (U) This is the twelfth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Koura, with a population that is 65 percent Greek Orthodox and 85 percent Christian, is expected to be the site of tough [...]	2009-03-10 13:55:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT281	LEBANON: LEADER CLOSE TO SYRIA COMMENDS FELTMAN [...] (C) Former prime minister Najib Mikati, who once had (and whose family still has) a close relationship with Syrian president Bashar Asad, commended visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro on March 6 for planning t [...]	2009-03-12 08:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS IR LE
09BEIRUT304	LEBANON: SINIORA NOT OPPOSED TO NEW UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 18:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PREF IS SY QA MU LE
09BEIRUT305	LEBANON: DESPITE FRICTION, MARCH 14 UNITES TO [...] (C) The March 14 coalition publicly launched its political platform for the June 7 parliamentary elections at its second annual convention on Saturday, March 14. Entitled "Towards A Strong Viable State," the platform stressed the importance of adhering to the Taif agreement and the 2002 Arab P [...]	2009-03-16 18:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KPAL LE SY IS
09BEIRUT318	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S INTIMIDATION TACTICS [...] (C) Summary: Lebanese Shi'a journalist, Tha'ir Abbas, who does not support Hizballah, reported he was harassed by Hizballah following his return from the United States, after covering the November 2008 presidential elections. His visit was funded by his newspaper, Ash-Sharq al-Awsat. End Sum [...]	2009-03-18 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KMDR KPAL KPAO OPRC PREF PREL LE
09BEIRUT322	Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 12:31:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT333	Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 13:44:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT336	LEBANON: CHIPPING AWAY AT AOUN'S POPULARITY [...] (C) In January 2008, we analyzed Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun's popularity among his Lebanese Christian supporters (ref E),which was strong despite his political alliance with the terrorist Shia organization Hizballah. One year-plus later, and 11 weeks before the June 7 parliame [...]	2009-03-23 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT337	LEBANON: PARLIAMENT LOWERS VOTING AGE FOR 2010 AND [...] (U) In a busy March 19 session, parliament approved a draft law to amend the constitution to lower the voting age from 21 to 18; however, it will not be effective in time for the June 7 parliamentary elections. Parliament also deferred a draft law requiring unanimity to amend constitutional l [...]	2009-03-23 16:21:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINR PHUM KDEM KPAL LE
09BEIRUT347	LEBANON: SHIA FAMILIES READY TO TAKE ON HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Duraid Yaghi, a prominent Shia from Baalbeck and second-in-command in Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party, praised President Obama's March 20 message to Iran, believing it would corner the extremists into a dialogue with the United States. He expressed his readiness to run against [...]	2009-03-24 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT351	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SHORT-SIGHTED ON SHIA OUTREACH, [...] (C) Ambassador Khalil al-Khalil, retired Lebanese Ambassador and figurehead of a prominent Shia family based in Tyre, told the Ambassador March 24 that the historical exclusion of the Shia community by the ruling majorities of other confessions was the primary reason behind Hizballah's strengt [...]	2009-03-26 14:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR LE IR
09BEIRUT359	LEBANON: UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE UPBEAT ON IRAQI [...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative Stephane Jaquemet on March 25, who described the current condition of Iraqi refugees in Lebanon. Jaquemet reported that he hoped to work with the Government of Lebanon (GOL) to amend its immigration l [...]	2009-03-27 17:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF LE SY SU IR ICJ
09BEIRUT368	LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR DOHA SUMMIT [...] (C) Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi did not expect major results from the March 30 Arab League Summit in Doha, except for a united position in favor of the Arab Peace Initiative. He predicted Arab relations with Iran would be a major, and potentially divisive, topic. He welcomed U.S. over [...]	2009-03-30 13:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KPKO KWBG MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AL SU XF
09BEIRUT383	LEBANON: CLOSE RACE LIKELY IN BEIRUT FIRST DISTRICT [...] (C) Beirut's first district will witness a close race between March 14 and opposition candidates in the June 7 parliamentary elections. This newly-formed district has five seats, each designated for a separate Christian sect. While March 14-aligned candidates Nayla Tueni and Michel Pharaon a [...]	2009-04-02 12:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT396	LEBANON: SUGGESTED USG MESSAGING IN THE RUN-UP TO [...] (C) With two months to go before the June 7 parliamentary elections, the race remains too close to call. Both the majority March 14 coalition and the Hizballah-led opposition express confidence that they will win. In the key Christian swing districts, nervous voters are looking to see who ca [...]	2009-04-06 08:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT400	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR MAKES A PLEA FOR MORE U.S. [...] (C) On the eve of his trip to Washington, Defense Minister Elias Murr discussed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) many successes and credited U.S. military assistance. Deeply appreciative of U.S. support, Murr, a leader within Lebanon's Greek Orthodox community, made a plea for an additional cl [...]	2009-04-06 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE
09BEIRUT401	LEBANON: MARCH 14 IS UNITED, SAYS HARIRI [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador April 3, the day after an off-the-record meeting of March 14 leaders, Sunni leader Saad Hariri said the March 14 coalition had agreed on candidate lists in several key districts, including Chouf, Aley, and Baabda, but work remained to be done. Hariri said Druze [...]	2009-04-06 15:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT416	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ELECTORAL PLATFORM: "RESIST [...] (C) Under the theme of "Resist with your vote," Hizballah formally launched its electoral campaign on April 6. Hizballah MP Mohammed Raad pledged economic, judicial, and political reforms and called for fighting corruption and abolishing political sectarianism. Raad credited Hizballah's Memor [...]	2009-04-08 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT417	LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS DAS SPIRNAK MEPI [...] (SBU) In several meetings on March 30-31 with visiting NEA DAS Madelyn Spirnak and the Ambassador, civil society leaders thanked the USG for its support of civil society reform initiatives, mainly through Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding. The groups also briefed DAS Spirnak [...]	2009-04-08 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID OPRC PGOV PINS SCUL SOCI KDEM KCRS KISL
09BEIRUT426	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WEARY, BUT STILL WITH MARCH 14 [...] (C) March 14 coalition leader Walid Jumblatt confirmed to the Ambassador April 9 that he was unhappy about "abandoning" two Christian candidates in Aley and Baabda districts, in favor of ones supported by fellow March 14 Christian leaders Samir Geagea and Amine Gemayel. Geagea and Gemayel wer [...]	2009-04-13 13:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LE
09BEIRUT428	LEBANON: REMITTANCES STEADY, FEW RETURNS OF LEBANESE [...] (U) While Lebanon's economy and banking sector made it through the international financial crisis relatively unscathed in 2008, many have worried about the potential impact of Lebanese expatriates losing their jobs in the Gulf and either returning to flood the Lebanese job market, or cutting ba [...]	2009-04-13 14:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PREL LE
09BEIRUT434	LEBANON: AMINE GEMAYEL, GHATTAS KHOURY ON MARCH 14 [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on April 14, Kataeb head Amine Gemayel of the March 14 coalition opposed the formation of a national unity government with a blocking third after June 7 elections. According to Gemayel, March 14 coalition leaders had agreed upon "95 percent" of electoral lists. [...]	2009-04-15 13:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT438	LEBANON: PM SINIORA TELLS CODEL CARNAHAN JUNE 7 [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told visiting Congressional members Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO),Mazie Hirono (D-HI),Jim McDermott (D-WA),Ben Chandler (D-KY),and Diane Watson (D-CA) that Lebanon was committed to hold "completely transparent" parliamentary elections on June 7. He [...]	2009-04-16 09:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS IR
09BEIRUT440	LEBANON: SLEIMAN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ARAB PEACE WITH [...] (C) Meeting with President Sleiman April 9, visiting Congressional Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO),Mazie Hirono (D-HI),Jim McDermott (D-WA),Ben Chandler (D-KY),and Diane Watson (D-CA),accompanied by the Ambassador and Poloff, stressed U.S. support for Lebanon's independence and sover [...]	2009-04-16 09:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT445	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS STILL FACE INTERNAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) After several days of negotiations with fellow March 14 Christians Michel Murr and Amine Gemayel on the Metn district, candidate Nassib Lahoud pulled out of the race on April 17, telling Ambassador that his two fellow coalition leaders had not "given him what he needed" to contest the election. [...]	2009-04-17 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EG SY LE
09BEIRUT46	LEBANON: NEW ADVOCATES FOR LEBANESE DETAINEES IN [...] (C) On January 5, 2009 a group of Lebanese (many of whom are former detainees in Syria) launched a new organization. "The Association of the Lebanese Political Detainees in Syria" was formed to resolve the issue of Lebanese detainees in Syrian prisons and garner support for those already rele [...]	2009-01-12 14:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT465	LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY PROGRESS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-23 18:49:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PTER UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT466	LEBANON: FORTY-FIVE DAYS AND COUNTING TO ELECTION [...] (C) Over the weekend of April 18-19, pro-opposition New TV aired footage of March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt making comments criticizing his March 14 allies Samir Geagea and Saad Hariri, while simultaneously insulting all Maronite Christians and the Sunni fighters who battled Hizballah dur [...]	2009-04-23 19:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER LE
09BEIRUT467	LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) On April 22, UN Special Coordinator on Lebanon (UNSCOL) Senior Political Officer Diego Zorrilia evaluated the current state of Lebanese efforts on improving border security as purely "organizational," without significant tangible progress on the ground. Zorrilla described GOL intentions t [...]	2009-04-23 20:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PTER UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT471	LEBANON: UNSCOL WILLIAMS DOWNBEAT ON GHAJAR, MARCH [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams, meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on April 23, expressed dismay at what he saw as a missed opportunity for progress on Ghajar. Williams assessed that new governments on both sides of the border would be less committed to the [...]	2009-04-24 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC LE IS EG
09BEIRUT490	LEBANON: JUMBLATT REMAINS WITH MARCH 14 DESPITE [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador April 29, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt gave no indication he is planning to abandon the March 14 ship, despite recent overtures to opposition Speaker Nabih Berri. March 14 had much work to do to win the June 7 parliamentary elections, he admitted, listing several pro [...]	2009-04-29 17:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS SA LE
09BEIRUT495	LEBANON: UNRWA DIRECTOR SAYS NAHR AL-BARID [...] (C) In a April 29 meeting with the Ambassador, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Lebanon Director, Salvatore Lombardo, said he was worried about ongoing delays on the GOL side regarding reconstruction efforts for the destroyed Palesti [...]	2009-04-30 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE
09BEIRUT496	LEBANON: DDEFMIN MURR ON FOUR GENERALS, MARCH 14 [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador April 30 that the release of the four generals held in connection with the assination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri would provide the opposition with ammunition against March 14. Murr assessed the Christian community was especially [...]	2009-04-30 16:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT500	LEBANON: FOUR GENERALS' RELEASE: HIZBALLAH DEMANDS "JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY" [...] (C) In a May 1 speech following the release of the four generals detained in connection with Rafiq Hariri's assassination, Hizballah SYG Nasrallah implied that he would now be wary of future STL decisions because he faults the international court for the generals' prolonged detention. Nasrallah als [...]	2009-05-05 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT501	LEBANON: GEAGEA ON GHAJAR, GENERALS, AND [...] (C) In a May 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Israel should stress the implementation of UNSCR 1701 as justification for a withdrawal from Ghajar village. He believed that while the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) authorization for the release of fo [...]	2009-05-05 18:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS SY
09BEIRUT517	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, GEAGEA FEARS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) On May 8, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea proposed to visiting NEA DAS David Hale that the U.S. lend "silent support" to March 14 in the weeks before the June 7 parliamentary elections. He specifically advised us to stop expressing support for "moderates." Admitting the March 14 coal [...]	2009-05-11 06:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE
09BEIRUT527	LEBANON: NDI DELEGATION HEADED BY MADELEINE [...] (SBU) Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited Beirut May 5-8 as the co-chair of a high-profile team (with former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark) to assess preparations for the June 7 parliamentary elections on behalf of the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The delegat [...]	2009-05-12 13:15:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM LE
09BEIRUT530	LEBANON: MARCH 14 MP HARB FEARS IRANIAN [...] (C) In a May 11 meeting, March 14 MP Boutros Harb told Ambassador that the Iranian presence, through Hizballah, created a situation in Lebanon worse than when Syria was in control. He warned that Lebanon could not survive in this present state of affairs. Harb called Free Patriotic Movement [...]	2009-05-12 14:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY IS IR LE
09BEIRUT535	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIDENT ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) In his May 8 meeting with March 14 coalition leader Saad Hariri, visiting NEA DAS David Hale assured Hariri that the U.S. has not and will not sacrifice Lebanese sovereignty as it engages Syria. Hariri expressed confidence in the March 14 coalition's election prospects. Complaining that h [...]	2009-05-14 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT537	LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS HE RECEIVED "ENOUGH" FUNDS [...] (C) March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador that he and Sunni leader Saad Hariri had "very good" meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, Prince Mukrin, and other Saudi officials during a brief visit to the Kingdom May 9-10. Jumblatt said the Saudis had recently given cash injectio [...]	2009-05-14 08:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT538	LEBANON: ARCHBISHOP AUDI EXPRESSES FEAR OF [...] (C) Orthodox Christian Archbishop Audi, meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Hale on May 9, at turns decried the political season in Lebanon; emphasized the need for Lebanese to be beholden to the state and its institutions; expressed his fear that the Shi'a population, with Hizballah [...]	2009-05-14 11:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IS SY LE
09BEIRUT539	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AIR FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) At a May 9 dinner hosted by March 14 MP Nayla Mouawad, visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed June 7 parliamentary election outcomes and consequences. Minister of State Nassib Lahoud critiqued March 14 campaign failings and adamantly denied any possibility he would participate in March 14 p [...]	2009-05-14 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT544	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR: VOTERS DO NOT LINK AOUN WITH [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that Christian voters do not understand that a vote for Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun is a vote for his ally, Hizballah. He said it was imperative that March 14 leaders communicate this message before the June 7 par [...]	2009-05-14 13:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT547	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIRMS MARCH 14 HAS WHAT IT [...] (C) March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that the members of the coalition's leadership were now all "satisfied" that they would receive adequate financing for their electoral campaigns after his May 9-10 visit to Saudi Arabia. Hariri said his March 14 colleagues would hav [...]	2009-05-14 16:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT550	LEBANON: UNSCOL SAYS ISRAELI HANDOVER OF STRIKE [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh briefed the Ambassador about the recent Israeli hand over of cluster bomb strike data to the GOL and provided a readout of Williams' May 8 - 10 trips to Israel and Turkey. Williams said issue number one f [...]	2009-05-15 12:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IR IS LE
09BEIRUT560	Lebanon: Media Reaction - May 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 14:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT570	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN: ONE YEAR IN OFFICE [...] (C) During his first year in office, President Michel Sleiman has emerged as a popular leader who has sought a "middle road" to defuse Lebanon's confessional tensions. Since his May 25, 2008 swearing in, Sleiman has worked to polish Lebanon's international stature. Lebanon and Syria establish [...]	2009-05-20 17:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS SY LE
09BEIRUT578	LEBANON: ON ELECTION DAY, WILL MOBILE NETWORK BE [...] (SBU) Following the reduction in mobile fees and charges by Ministry of Telecommunications (MOT),Lebanese consumers have rushed to acquire new mobile lines, now more affordable to low income users. Advisor to MOT Minister Antoine Boustani told us the two private companies managing the GOL-own [...]	2009-05-27 08:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT584	LEBANON:HIZBALLAH DOES NOT WANT WAR, LAF CHIEF [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with Codel Ackerman, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi stressed disarming Hizballah was not simply an internal Lebanese problem, but a regional and international problem, dealt with best through political and diplomatic efforts. Israel's continued occu [...]	2009-05-28 12:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT585	LEBANON: WITH 12 DAYS TO GO, MARCH 14 PUTS ON A [...] (C) In a strong last-minute show of unity, just 12 days before the June 7 parliamentary elections, March 14 leaders met at the Bristol Hotel on May 26, presenting a joint communique outlining the coalition's positions on key issues. The communique expressed support for UNSCR 1701 and the Spec [...]	2009-05-28 13:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR LE
09BEIRUT593	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ASSURE SLEIMAN: NO [...] (C) Vice President Joe Biden visited Lebanon on May 22, the first visit by a U.S vice president since 1983. Regional peace talks topped the agenda of his meeting with President Michel Sleiman, including the issue of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the roles of both Syria and Iran. Biden [...]	2009-05-29 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IRLE
09BEIRUT594	LEBANON: JUMBLATT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAY [...] (C) On a popular political talk show televised live May 28, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt called on March 14 leader Saad Hariri to seek only the truth, and not justice, from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, believing that justice that incriminates Hizballah could spark "internal sedition"; i.e. [...]	2009-05-29 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS MARR LE
09BEIRUT595	LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, MARCH 14 FIGURES [...] (C) March 14 figures Amine Gemayel, Samir Geagea, Mohammed Chatah, and Marwan Hamadeh stressed to Codel Ackerman on May 27 the importance of the June 7 parliamentary elections in determining Lebanon's sovereignty. Concerned about the period after the elections, the four agreed that if it reta [...]	2009-05-29 15:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS KPAL SY LE
09BEIRUT596	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with Vice President Joe Biden, PM Siniora thanked the United States for its support for Lebanon's institutions, sovereignty and independence. He added that Lebanon supports Israeli-Palestinian peace, but not if the ultimate solution involves permanent resettlement of [...]	2009-05-29 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAL UNSC IR IS LE
09BEIRUT597	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT TELLS SPEAKER BERRI U.S. [...] (C) Vice President Biden told Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri that his May 22 visit to Lebanon was designed to send a strong message from the Obama administration that the U.S. supports a sovereign, independent Lebanon with strong institutions and was committed to achieving a compre [...]	2009-05-29 15:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PINR LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT598	LEBANON: TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES HIZBALLAH, [...] (C) Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey, accompanied by the Ambassador, reaffirmed to Lebanese interlocutors at the Central Bank of Lebanon, the Banking ControlCommission, Ministry of Finance, and private sectr bankers that the U.S. valued its coopera [...]	2009-06-01 10:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE IR
09BEIRUT605	LEBANON: NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR SAYS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) The new Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Saeed Awadh Asseri, told the Ambassador June 1 that Hizballah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem was worried that if the Hizballah-led March 8 alliance won the majority in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, the March 14 coalition would not [...]	2009-06-02 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA PK
09BEIRUT617	LEBANON: PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT'S "HISTORIC [...] (C) Emboffs heard from a number of Lebanese contacts, including Sunni and Shia Muslims and Christians, much praise for President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world. Though many Lebanese were preoccupied with the parliamentary elections three days away, those who watched the speech told [...]	2009-06-04 16:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT627	LEBANON: OPINION-MAKER REACTION: "PRESIDENT [...] (C) The Ambassador gathered a group of eight influential opinion-makers June 4 for a roundtable discussion following President Obama's speech from Cairo University. The group agreed that the speech was "culturally sensitive" and a positive first step to engagement with the Arab world. However [...]	2009-06-05 14:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT630	LEBANON: HIGH TURNOUT; POLLS CLOSE AND THE WAITING [...] (SBU) Polls for the June 7 parliamentary elections closed at 1900 and vote-counting commenced. Voter turnout was quite high. The Interior Ministry estimated that turnout reached 52 percent, 20 percent higher than the turnout in the last parliamentary elections in 2005. Voters complained of [...]	2009-06-07 18:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE SY
09BEIRUT634	LEBANON: OFFICIAL RESULTS CONFIRM MARCH 14'S [...] (C) By mid-day on June 8, Interior Minister Baroud completed the official announcements of the names of the 128 winning candidates in the June 7 elections. The announcements confirmed that 71 seats went to the March 14-led coaltion and 57 to the current opposition, so March 14 kept its parlia [...]	2009-06-09 07:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT639	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH CONCILIATORY, EXCEPT TO U.S., [...] (C) Lebanese interlocutors and international observers expressed general praise for the conduct of the elections and hope for more electoral reform. Hizballah's SYG Hassan Nasrallah, in a post election speech on June 8, congratulated "the winners," but cautioned that while they hold the major [...]	2009-06-10 06:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT643	LEBANON: PM SINIORA CALLS FOR EXTENDING HAND TO [...] (C) In a June 8 meeting with visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador, Prime Minister and Sidon MP-elect Fouad Siniora hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel) as the "end of an era" that firmly established the majority's political legi [...]	2009-06-10 10:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT644	LEBANON: HARIRI SAYS HE'LL BE PRIME MINISTER, [...] (C) March 14 coalition and Future party leader Saad Hariri told visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador on June 8 that he would be Lebanon's next Prime Minister following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel). One of his priorities as Pri [...]	2009-06-10 10:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT645	LEBANON: GEAGEA ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY, AND [...] (C) In a June 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (Ref A) as a "big manifestation of democracy in the Middle East." Satisfied with the outcome of the results, Geagea said March 14 must now move away [...]	2009-06-10 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS SY
09BEIRUT646	LEBANON: AFTER "IDEAS ELECTION", ANALYSTS URGE USG [...] (C) Discussing the June 7 election results at a June 9 dinner hosted by the DCM, political analysts reached mixed conclusions on whether Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun "won or lost" the elections. While Aoun received a majority of Christian votes, he won by slimmer margins than in [...]	2009-06-10 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT647	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR S/E GEORGE MITCHELL'S [...] (C) Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit, which comes just five days after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections in which the pro-western March 14 coalition won the majority by an unexpected margin. Lebanese officials have eagerly anticipated your trip to Beirut since your appointment was an [...]	2009-06-10 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS SY IR
09BEIRUT655	LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS S/E MITCHELL SHOULD FOCUS [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, in a June 10 meeting with the Ambassador, advised that Special Envoy George Mitchell should secure a freeze on Israeli settlements in order that President Obama's peace efforts succeed. Asked about Lebanon's role in regional peace, he half-joked "We cannot aff [...]	2009-06-11 15:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT658	LEBANON: EGYPT WILL SUPPLY LEBANON WITH NATURAL GAS [...] (U) Minister of Energy and Water Alain Tabourian announced the signing on April 30 of an agreement with Egypt, whereby Egypt will supply Lebanon with a total of 600 cubic meters of natural gas per year. This agreement is part of the regional power grid project, which includes Lebanon and Egypt [...]	2009-06-12 13:56:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT659	LEBANON: AOUN RE-EMERGES, DEMANDING PROPORTIONAL [...] (C) Following his Change and Reform parliamentary bloc's June 10 meeting and in his first public appearance since the June 7 parliamentary elections, MP Michel Aoun announced that if there is a national unity government, his parliamentary bloc would expect a share of seats proportional to its [...]	2009-06-12 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT664	LEBANON: CABINET FINALLY APPROVES 2009 BUDGET; SENDS TO [...] (SBU) After almost six months of heated discussions, the cabinet approved the 2009 budget during its June 12 session. The budget projects a deficit of approximately 30% of spending and around 10% of GDP. The budget includes appropriations for the Council of the South of around $40 million -- [...]	2009-06-15 13:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT679	LEBANON: NASRALLAH CRITIQUES LEBANESE ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah gave a lengthy speech the evening of June 17 in which he critiqued Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. While Nasrallah accepted the defeat of the Hizballah-led opposition, he claimed the opposition had maintained the largest share of popular, moral and [...]	2009-06-19 12:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV LE IR
09BEIRUT687	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR PREDICTS HE'LL KEEP DEFENSE [...] Lebanese Minister of Defense Elias Murr told the Ambassador and Poloff June 19 he predicted the upcoming cabinet formation process would be quick. Murr believes he will remain as Defense Minister. Looking ahead, Murr said his priority was to ensure the Lebanese Armed Forces were prepared for [...]	2009-06-22 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR LE
09BEIRUT698	LEBANON: OUTGOING PM SINIORA COMMITS TO BORDER [...] (C) On the last full day of his government's mandate before it became a caretaker government, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora confirmed to international donors June 19 Lebanon's continuing and firm commitment to secure the eastern border with Syria. Urging international donor support for the ext [...]	2009-06-24 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS EAID IS SY LE
09BEIRUT702	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL DAVID [...] (C) General Petraeus, Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit which comes three weeks after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition retained the parliamentary majority by an unexpected margin, and has a 71-57 edge over the opposition in the new parliament. The g [...]	2009-06-25 12:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT705	LEBANON: HARIRI FORMS NEW BLOC, BERRI RE-ELECTED [...] (C) On June 24, Parliamentary Majority Leader Saad Hariri announced the creation of the new "Lebanon First" parliamentary bloc, including some 34 Future Party MPs and allies plus seven prominent independents. We are seeing movement on a number of pro-March 14 MPs who were elected as independe [...]	2009-06-25 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE
09BEIRUT715	LEBANON: HARIRI PREPARED TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Presumptive PM-designate Saad Hariri confirmed to the Ambassador June 26 that he had met with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah the previous day. Nasrallah did not request any "guarantees" from the new government, and Hariri did not offer any, Hariri said. Although mandatory bl [...]	2009-06-26 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR LE IR
09BEIRUT723	LEBANON: HARIRI BECOMES PM-DESIGNATE, BUT TENSIONS [...] (C) Saad Hariri formally became Prime Minister-designate on Saturday, June 27. Opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun and Hizballah have neither endorsed Hariri nor committed to participating in the government Hariri will now try to form. However, Aoun continues to insist that a unity gover [...]	2009-06-29 12:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT758	LEBANON: SOVEREIGNTY, STABILITY, AND SELF-INTEREST [...] (C) Most Lebanese observers tell us they are confident Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri will be able to form a government, though the process may take time. As Saudi-Syrian negotiations on the formation of Lebanon's government continue, however, the question posed in Ref B has become incr [...]	2009-07-08 16:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY SA
09BEIRUT764	LEBANON: SAFADI DESCRIBES FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN [...] (C) In a June 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Tripoli Sunni leader and caretaker Minister of Economy Mohammad Safadi said the Saudis had made a serious negotiating mistake in accepting the Syrian demand for a pre-government formation meeting of Lebanese political leaders with the Saudi King and [...]	2009-07-09 13:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON SY SA FR QA LE
09BEIRUT768	LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER BAROUD AND A/S JOHNSON [...] (C) In a July 2 meeting with International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary David Johnson, caretaker Interior Minister Ziad Baroud believed that technical preparations for securing Lebanon's border with Syria were moving forward, but that real security would require clea [...]	2009-07-10 10:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PTER SNAR SMIG KCOR LE SY
09BEIRUT77	LEBANON: SLEIMAN UNDER PRESSURE ON GAZA; [...] (C) In a January 16 meeting with Charge, Minister of Education and Sidon native Bahia Hariri described the situation in the southern Palestinian camp of Ain el-Hilweh as tense, but "contained" as the Gaza crisis continues. She said the strong stance in support of Gaza by President Michel Slei [...]	2009-01-16 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT771	LEBANON: CHRISTIAN MINISTERS REJECT SAUDI [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar and Information Minister Tarek Mitri, in separate meetings with the Ambassador on July 9, criticized the Saudis for involving the Syrians in the Lebanese political process. Mitri said he believed the Saudis realized they made a mistake and that they would s [...]	2009-07-10 14:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09BEIRUT809	LEBANON: MARCH 14 FIGURES STILL CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) March 14 contacts this week were cautiously optimistic that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would ultimately come to agreement with Hizballah and opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun on the formation of a government. However, they said, it was unrealistic to expect a new cabinet be [...]	2009-07-17 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT819	LEBANON: DISCOVERY OF HIZBALLAH ARMS CACHE, SOUTH [...] (C) In a July 17 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr provided an account of the July 14 explosion in the south, saying that a small munitions warehouse, containing material stored by Hizballah since the July 2006 war, had caught on fire due to a cooking incident. He reported that the Lebanes [...]	2009-07-20 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT820	LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS PETRAEUS CABINET WILL BE [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with David Petraeus, Commanding General of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM),President Michel Sleiman noted that he was relatively optimistic and said he expected cabinet formation to last somewhere between ten days and two weeks. Sleiman remarked that Lebanon faced a n [...]	2009-07-20 15:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
09BEIRUT833	LEBANON FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Beirut contacted Lebanese stakeholders - including youth, civil society partners, and political interlocutors - to solicit feedback about specific recommendations and suggestions to achieve priorities outlined by President Obama during his June 4 speech in Cairo, (ref A). Co [...]	2009-07-23 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL

09BEIRUT84	LEBANON: MARCH 14 OUTLINES ROAD MAP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) With parliamentary elections a little over four months away, the March 14 Secretariat has outlined a three step "road map" focusing on increased activity by the Secretariat to coordinate the coalition's activities and messages, a second political convention to announce March 14's political [...]	2009-01-20 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE

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