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09HOCHIMINHCITY595	DONG NAI POLLUTER VEDAN HIGHLIGHTS LIMITATIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Farmers seeking compensation from Taiwanese MSG producer Vedan recently rejected an offer of $1.5 million for environmental damages caused by the facility's untreated waste. Although company officials admit to having flouted environmental regulations, they told ConGen officers [...]	2009-09-14 10:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO ECON SOCI VM

09HOCHIMINHCITY599	SITUATION FOR LANG MAI MONKS DETERIORATES AT BAT NHA PAGODA [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 21, local authorities raided the dormitory of the besieged monks and nuns of the Plum Village Lang Mai Order at Bat Nha pagoda in Lam Dong province, demanding identification papers and taking several monks into custody for questioning. The police action came shortly [...]	2009-09-22 10:39:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY608	CROSS-COUNTRY COORDINATION ON RESCUE OF 8 TIP VICTIMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The dramatic rescue of eight Vietnamese women from a brothel in Thailand's southern Yala province in August highlighted Vietnamese authorities' improving investigation techniques and cooperation with regional law enforcement officials, as well as their effective collaboration wit [...]	2009-09-28 09:42:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PREL PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY614	ROUTINE RECEPTION BECOMES "GREEN ZONE" FOR SENSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent reception to introduce newly-arrived staff and to kick off the busy fall season provided a welcome opportunity for a wide range of contacts, both those working inside the GVN/CPV and those on the outside, to renew acquaintances and share ideas on a wide range of topics. W [...]	2009-10-06 03:41:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY616	AMNESTIED DISSIDENT PHUONG QUANG QUYEN ARRESTED AGAIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 09:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY619	TALK OF MONEY POLITICS AND DISTRUST OF CHINA TOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The driving force behind CPV politics is the personal greed of its members, according to a prominent HCMC businessman with both a long track record of success and good political connections. He explained that while the CPV includes large numbers of both conservative ideologues and [...]	2009-10-09 03:54:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY622	NGO AND GVN PARTNERS TALK ABOUT TIP IN MEKONG DELTA [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit to the Mekong Delta provinces bordering Cambodia highlighted the efforts of The An Giang/Dong Thap Alliance to Prevent Trafficking (ADAPT) against Trafficking in Persons (TIP). GVN partners reported an increasing number of victims from An Giang being trafficked d [...]	2009-10-13 07:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY649	PRESS CRACKDOWN TARGETS SAIGON MARKETING NEWSPAPER [...] (C) Summary: Reliable media contacts believe Saigon Marketing (Saigon Tiep Thi) chief editor Tam Chanh will be the next victim of Vietnam's ongoing press crackdown, following popular journalist Huy Duc's forced resignation in August. The economically-focused paper has grown in popularity over [...]	2009-10-28 07:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY650	UNREGISTERED PROTESTANT HOUSE CHURCH LEADERS REPORT HALTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of several unregistered house churches told ConGenOff recently that religious freedom continues to improve, but some congregations continue to experience problems with slow localized registrations and harassment by local authorities. Some individual pastors have been s [...]	2009-10-29 09:33:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY657	EXPANDED HCMC CONSULAR DISTRICT WORKING WELL, BUT MPS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of September, when the GVN expanded the number of provinces that they recognize as belonging to the HCMC consular district from one (HCMC only) to 22, travel within the newly expanded consular district has generally been straight forward with only a few small [...]	2009-11-06 07:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL CMGT ASEC VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY663	INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS SPEED BUMPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Holding the 2009 LawAsia Society conference, the LawAsia Moot Competition for law students and the meeting of Asian/Pacific Chief Justices concurrently in HCMC represented both a significant step forward for Vietnam's legal profession as well as a reminder of how far they still hav [...]	2009-11-23 09:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VM XB
09HOCHIMINHCITY670	SOUTHERN VIETNAM'S DEEPWATER PORT FIRST PHASE UP AND [...] (SBU) Summary: After just five months in operation, the two terminals in Vietnam's southern deepwater port facility at Cai Mep have already begun to shift container traffic away from the overly-congested ports in Ho Chi Minh City. Even more importantly, because the new facilities can handle t [...]	2009-12-03 14:00:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EIND ECON PGOV ENRG KNNP VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY674	LOWER MEKONG INITIATIVE: FORECAST MEKONG IN THE DELTA [...] (U) Summary: One practical byproduct of the Secretary's Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) is the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) effort to help the Mekong countries assess how climate change and human activities impact the Mekong basin. USGS held a Forecast Mekong workshop in Can Tho city Decemb [...]	2009-12-16 11:26:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ENRG EAGR SOCI PREL PGOV EAID TH VN
09HOCHIMINHCITY676	(SBU) HCMC'S SURPRISING GOLD MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary. Not far from HCMC, a huge, 24-karat gold plated effigy of the late Ho Chi Minh on display in Vietnam's largest Buddhist temple is an interesting metaphor for two somewhat incongruous realities: the Vietnamese people's reverence for the founder of Communist Vietnam and their abid [...]	2009-12-18 09:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD SOCI PREL PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY678	IRREVERENT REVERENDS ILLUSTRATE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM'S [...] (SBU) Summary: While remaining dedicated to their individual faiths, some religious leaders in HCMC are becoming increasingly more daring in their religious sermons, even in front of mixed congregations of expatriates and locals. Vietnamese and foreigners are worshiping together both in formal [...]	2009-12-18 11:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY686	VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COAST PROVINCES REBOUND IN THE AFTERMATH [...] (SBU) Subject: Officials in Khanh Hoa and Binh Dinh gave themselves high marks for their preparation and response to Typhoon Mirinae, which hit Vietnam's south central coast on November 2. Perhaps rightly so, because ConGen HCMC's December 9-11 visit to the region found life has effectively re [...]	2009-12-23 07:47:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA TBIO EAID VN
09HOCHIMINHCITY688	A TALE OF THREE CENTRAL COAST PROVINCES: THE GOOD, THE WEIRD [...] (SBU) Summary: The three south-central coastal provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Binh Dinh may occupy the same long stretch of coast, but strong local leadership commitment to economic reform enables Binh Dinh to thrive while Khanh Hoa meanders and Phu Yen stumbles. The annual Vietnam Provi [...]	2009-12-28 07:01:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY691	COMFORTS OF A COOLER LABOR MARKET OFFSET BY SKILLED STAFF [...] (SBU) Summary: At year's end, Ho Chi Minh City employers are grappling with two distinct human resources trends rising from the economic tumult in 2009. The global economic downturn has given them the upper hand in negotiations with unskilled labor, resulting in flat blue collar wages and cuts [...]	2009-12-30 07:25:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB ETRD VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY7	FORMER CATHOLIC MONASTERY IN VINH LONG SLATED FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A former Catholic monastery slated for re-development in the Delta province of Vinh Long has become the latest Church property to spur protests from the Catholic community. Despite repeated petitions by the Provincial Superior of Sisters of Saint Paul de Chartres and the Bishop [...]	2009-01-07 08:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF PHUM PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY81	(C) HCMC CORRUPTION: GAVE "YEAR OF THE RAT" NEW MEANING [...] (C) Investors are expressing more concern of late about the toll that systematic corruption is taking on Vietnam's economy. Businesses, both foreign and domestic, still face good old-fashioned demands for bribes, but most government officials are more subtle (if not more savvy) and instead use [...]	2009-02-02 08:01:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PINR VM
09HONGKONG1	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: DRAGON WELL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2009-01-02 03:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
09HONGKONG1016	DELTA ASIA CREDIT: HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FIGHTS BACK [...] (C) Summary: Econ Unit Chief and Econ Officer delivered the newly declassified version of the 2005 non-paper on Banco Delta Asia (originally delivered in September 2005) to Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Banking Supervision Department Executive Director Nelson Man on June 4. Man is confid [...]	2009-06-05 06:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KN MC HK
09HONGKONG1022	HONG KONG JUNE 4 CANDLELIGHT VIGIL: SHINE ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: As many as 150,000 people attended Hong Kong's annual June 4 candlelight vigil, a number not seen since the first vigil here in 1990. Observers believe the significance of the twentieth anniversary of June 4 was the key factor bringing back those whose attendance had [...]	2009-06-05 10:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG1064	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SMITH ASSOCIATES [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2009-06-11 08:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
09HONGKONG1074	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2009-06-12 08:01:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
09HONGKONG1078	MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE RACE -- NO CONTEST [...] (C) With Prosecutor General Ho Chio-meng's decision not to enter the race, former Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Fernando Chui Sai-on is almost certain to be Macau's next Chief Executive (CE). The June 11 deadline for any senior Macau official to resign his or her position in order [...]	2009-06-12 10:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH MC
09HONGKONG1089	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN; G8 FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING [...] Iran 2. G8 finance ministers meeting HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-06-15 09:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO
09HONGKONG1109	HK H1N1 UPDATE - LOCAL TRANSMISSION TAKES ROOT, [...] Summary: H1N1 cases in Hong Kong continue to increase, including new community transmissions, despite school closures. Four secondary schools have now been closed, joining all nursery, kindergarten and primary schools in Hong Kong. Additional secondary schools will be closed as outbreaks oc [...]	2009-06-17 09:23:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPA KSAF
09HONGKONG1118	EDITOR OF "PRISONER OF THE STATE" ON THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: Bao Pu (son of the late Zhao Ziyang's secretary Bao Tong; strictly protect throughout) believes Beijing leadership have read Zhao's recently-published memoirs, and chosen to do nothing. Bao believes that the revelations in the memoirs, Charter 08, and the increasing [...]	2009-06-18 09:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG112	HONG KONG "MAID LEVY": LEGCO PUSHES THE [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's "maid levy" -- a fee paid by employers of foreign domestic helpers to fund retraining of local workers -- is an odd issue for a constitutional challenge, but it became a battleground between the Legislative Council (LegCo) and the executive branch on who holds the init [...]	2009-01-16 09:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG113	HK'S POWER SECTOR: EMISSIONS AND FUEL CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong,s electrical power providers are on track to meet strict new Hong Kong Government (HKG) air pollution caps, which go into effect on January 1, 2010. The utilities plan to meet the industry-targeted caps by retrofitting pollution control equipment on some coal-fired ge [...]	2009-01-16 09:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET SENV CH HK
09HONGKONG114	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DELAYS CONSULTATION ON 2012 [...] (C) Summary: While taking questions from the Legislative Council (LegCo) January 15, Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang announced that, owing to the current financial crisis, the Hong Kong government will delay consultation on electoral reforms for 2012. The decision breaks a pledge [...]	2009-01-16 10:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG1140	C-AL9-00948: HONG KONG-TAIWAN ELEVATE TIES TO NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong and Taiwan exchanged groundbreaking visits the first week of June, elevating ties to a new level. Hong Kong Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam became the first principal Hong Kong official to make an official visit to Taiwan since 1 [...]	2009-06-23 07:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK TW
09HONGKONG1163	CHINA'S INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER: HK HOLDS [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Government's announcement that it would support Shanghai to become an international financial center by 2020 has many in Hong Kong wondering what role the Special Administrative Region will be allowed to play in China's development. Should Hong Kong increase cooperat [...]	2009-06-24 09:30:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG1164	HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE - HK SCHOOLS REMAIN CLOSED, [...] Summary: The number of H1N1 cases in Hong Kong continues to climb, while Macau has gone from zero cases to eight, including the first instance of community transmission, in the last six days. In response to the continued outbreak in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Government (HKG) announced June 23 [...]	2009-06-24 10:01:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF
09HONGKONG124	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, HONG KONG [...] Hong Kong pursues a free market philosophy, and the government interferes minimally in the economy. The Hong Kong Government welcomes foreign investment, neither offering special incentives nor imposing dis-incentives for foreign investors. Hong Kong's well-established rule of law is applied [...]	2009-01-20 06:51:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR HK
09HONGKONG1247	BLOWING A PROPERTY BUBBLE IN HONG KONG [...] (U) Summary: After dipping to levels not seen since the 1980s, Hong Kong's property market has rebounded surprisingly strongly over the past three months. Transaction volumes have returned to pre-financial crisis levels and residential property prices, while still down from their 2008 peak, h [...]	2009-07-08 09:28:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV HK
09HONGKONG1248	HONG KONG INSIDER SAYS EXCO CONVENOR LEUNG WILL [...] (C) Of the three "non-candidates" to succeed Donald Tsang as Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) in 2012 -- Chief Secretary Henry Tang, Financial Secretary John Tsang, and Executive Council (ExCo) Convenor C.Y. Leung -- Leung has been the most visibly "non-campaigning". While few doubt Leung has hi [...]	2009-07-08 10:35:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HK
09HONGKONG129	CHIEF EXECUTIVE ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Chief Executive Donald Tsang announced appointment of five new "non-official" members to his Executive Council, Hong Kong's inner cabinet, January 20. The new appointees are heavily weighted towards economic experience and familiarity with the Mainland economy. While one appointe [...]	2009-01-20 10:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH HK
09HONGKONG1314	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON EXCO CONVENER [...] (C) Summary. In his farewell call on Executive Council (ExCo) Convener C.Y. Leung on July 15, the Consul General and Leung discussed Hong Kong's electoral reform consultations. Leung noted that Beijing plays a major role, but that there has been a lack of progress and Hong Kong is not close to [...]	2009-07-17 09:05:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG1315	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON HK CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. During the Consul General's farewell call on July 16, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang expressed appreciation for our close cooperation and highlighted the importance of continued high-level contact between Hong Kong and Washington. Tsang extended an invitation to President Oba [...]	2009-07-17 09:30:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR PHUM MARR CH HK
09HONGKONG132	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, MACAU [...] Macau became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on December 20, 1999. Macau's status since reverting to Chinese sovereignty is defined in the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration (1987) and the Basic Law, Macau's constitution. Under the concept of "One Count [...]	2009-01-21 01:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR HK
09HONGKONG1331	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. In the Consul General's farewell call on Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and Treasury K.C. Chan on July 17, Chan stated that China appears to be coming out of the financial crisis. "We have hit rock bottom and are now coming back;" however, U.S. consumer spending is s [...]	2009-07-20 08:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV HK
09HONGKONG1371	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON SECRETARY FOR [...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam assured the Consul General the Hong Kong government will proceed with consultations on political reforms for 2012 by the end of this year. Lam told the CG the reform package, greater Pearl River Delta integ [...]	2009-07-24 10:00:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG139	CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES DELAY IN CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) During a January 21 meeting with Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang, the Consul General noted that our reaction to his decision to postpone starting consultations on 2012 election reforms (reftel) had been low-key. The Consul General explained that our public response was due in l [...]	2009-01-21 10:01:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG1423	HKMA WORRIED ABOUT FSB SEAT, ASIAN CENTRAL BANKS [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the new Hong Kong Consulate General Economic and Political Chief July 29, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Deputy Chief Executive Peter Pang raised his concerns about Hong Kong,s future participation in the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Hong [...]	2009-08-03 08:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV HK CH KS
09HONGKONG1490	HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: LOOKING FOR AN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Our contacts tell us the specific reforms for the 2012 Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council (egCo) elections are less important to either thepan-democrats or Beijing than the final format ofthe CE elections for 2017. The Democratic Party (PHK) says they are wi [...]	2009-08-11 06:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG1554	HONG KONG PAN-DEMOCRATS DISMISS USING BY-ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A proposal by the radical League of Social Democrats that five pan-democratic Legislative Council (LegCo) incumbents -- one per geographic constituency -- resign to run for re-election as a "referendum" on democratic reform is not getting any takers, and will likely d [...]	2009-08-18 09:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG1587	CODEL BERMAN COURTESY CALL ON CHIEF EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a wide-ranging courtesy call with CoDel Berman August 22, Chief Executive (CE) Tsang expressed concern about legislation under consideration in the United States which would list Hong Kong as a tax haven and plans to restore the Hong Kong Policy Act (HKPA) reporting requireme [...]	2009-08-22 11:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP HK
09HONGKONG1596	CODEL BERMAN MEETING WITH HONG KONG PAN-DEMOCRATS [...] (C) Summary: In an August 22 coffee hosted by the Acting Consul General, Hong Kong pan-democratic leaders warned CoDel Berman that Beijing would seek a form of "managed democracy" in Hong Kong which would leave them in control of candidates for Chief Executive. Beijing employs two strategies [...]	2009-08-24 07:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OREP HK CH
09HONGKONG1611	CHINESE STATE-OWNED AIRLINE MOVES CLOSER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's State-owned Air China announced August 17 it would purchase a 12.5% stake in Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways from another Chinese State-Owned Enterprise (SOE),CITIC Pacific, for 6.34 billion Hong Kong Dollars (about USD800 million). This acquisition will bring Air Chi [...]	2009-08-26 08:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG1628	LAS VEGAS SANDS MOVES TOWARD HONG KONG INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: Las Vegas Sands (LVS) announced on August 20 that it submitted an application to complete an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong. The move to sell a minority interest in its Macau-based operations came approximately one month after competitor Wynn Resorts made a similar an [...]	2009-08-27 05:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK CH
09HONGKONG165	HONG KONG'S ANSON CHAN: OUT OF OFFICE BUT STILL IN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a January 16 meeting with the Consul General, former Chief Secretary Anson Chan told us she believes Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang, with or without Beijing's "connivance", will try to drag out the consultation process over democratic reforms in Hong Kong, then fo [...]	2009-01-23 09:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG166	CASINO OPERATORS CRITCAL OF MACAU GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Seniorgaming industry managers in Macau are disappointd with the Government of Macau's (GOM) gaming reulatory body, th Gaming Inspection and Coordinatio Bureau (known by its Portuguese acronym DICJ). They described DICJ as a lethargic organization hose oversight of junket operator [...]	2009-01-23 10:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK
09HONGKONG1667	HONG KONG SEEKS INTEGRATION, EXPECTS RMB [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with U.S. Treasury Economic and Financial Emissary David Dollar, Hong Kong financial officials said they do not worry that the Special Administrative Region will be dominated by Shanghai or Guangdong and will continue to pursue closer economic integration and regulat [...]	2009-09-02 10:18:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG1683	WINNERS AND LOSERS IN HONG KONG'S LEHMAN MINIBONDS [...] (C) Summary: A July agreement between 16 Hong Kong banks and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to offer compensation to most Lehman Bros, minibond investors in Hong Kong has been criticized for allowing banks accused of mis-selling to avoid criminal prosecution, but has bee [...]	2009-09-03 10:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV HK
09HONGKONG1725	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SCITOP INSTRUMENT CO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2009-09-11 02:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
09HONGKONG1742	DISORDER IN THE COURT: CHIEF JUSTICE ANDREW LI [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong was rocked by Court of Final Appeal Chief Justice Andrew Li's decision, announced at a September 2 press conference, to retire next August, four years earlier than the mandatory age for retirement. Li has led Hong Kong's judiciary through the crucial transition period [...]	2009-09-14 09:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG1750	CIVIC PARTY TABLES UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE PLAN, [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, the Civic Party became the first organization in Hong Kong to go on record with a roadmap for "true universal suffrage elections." The Civics would see the Chief Executive nominated either by an expanded Election Committee or by petition of a hundred thousand reg [...]	2009-09-15 10:11:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG1792	HONG KONG MEDIA REPORTS UNITED STATES "BLACK HAND" [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong media coverage of a series of articles by Shanghai Fudan University scholars is but the latest in a long-running history of accusing the U.S. government, through the Consulate General, of interfering in Hong Kong's affairs. The usual allegations are that the USG, in le [...]	2009-09-22 07:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PREL SOCI HK CH
09HONGKONG1807	MACAU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: DEMOCRATS [...] (C) Summary: Results for Macau's September 20 Legislative Assembly (LA) were announced near midnight September 22, after recounting some 6,500 initially rejected ballots. A record 59.9 percent turnout rate proved largely to support the status quo, returning eight incumbents and electing three [...]	2009-09-23 10:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MC
09HONGKONG1819	MACAU GAMING REVENUES RISE SHARPLY AS LAS VEGAS [...] (C) Summary: Gaming revenues in Macau rose sharply in August, as the PRC reportedly loosened visa restrictions on Mainlanders wishing to visit the Special Administrative Region. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) has restarted its outreach efforts directed at senior PRC officials in Beijing, while its pri [...]	2009-09-24 09:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL MO HK CH
09HONGKONG1824	MONEY LAUNDERING: MACAU STRENGTHENS ITS BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Macau Monetary Authority (Portuguese acronym AMCM) revised its Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) guidelines for financial institutions, effective September 1. The strengthened guidelines now apply to money changers, remitters, and le [...]	2009-09-25 04:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON SOCI KCRM MC
09HONGKONG1829	HONG KONG ANALYSTS CREDIT CHINESE STIMULUS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economic analysts give China full credit for Asia's rebounding economies. The region's financial systems were generally well capitalized and less exposed to toxic assets, making the rebound that much quicker, but with the exception of China, national fiscal stimulus p [...]	2009-09-25 11:20:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG1877	HONG KONG ANALYSTS SEE LITTLE SUBSTANCE IN FOURTH [...] (C) Summary: Analysts in Hong Kong see no significant developments emerging from the Fourth Plenum in late September. Although Xi Jinping was not appointed to the vice-chairmanship of the Central Military Committee (CMC),they believe it is too early to conclude that he will not succeed Pre [...]	2009-10-06 06:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH HK
09HONGKONG1878	HONG KONG POLICE READY TO PROSECUTE TIP IF VICTIMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Hong Kong uses a broader definition of sex trafficking in persons (TIP) than that found in international covenants, its officials across the board insisted to visiting G/TIP officers September 9 that identified sex TIP crimes continue to be rare. Police and immigratio [...]	2009-10-06 06:35:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK CH
09HONGKONG189	HONG KONG/MACAU: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Despite their common colonial past, shared dialect and geographic proximity, Hong Kong and Macau until recently have had minimal high-level official interaction. With Macau's until-recent dynamic economic expansion now putting it on a more equal (and competitive) footing with Hong [...]	2009-01-30 07:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK MC
09HONGKONG190	SCIENCE FELLOW HELPS HK CLEAR THE AIR [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 08:11:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SFNV TPHY HK CH
09HONGKONG1918	UNABLE TO ENGAGE THE HKSARG OR BEIJING, [...] (C) Summary: To date, with the exception of a boilerplate government press release calling on parties to make progress on reforms for the 2012 elections, the Hong Kong government and Beijing have not responded to the various proposals made by the pan-democrats on universal suffrage. The pan-d [...]	2009-10-14 09:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG1919	HONG KONG CATHOLICS FORESEE NO CHANGE IN PRC [...] (C) Summary: Catholic China-watchers in Hong Kong do not anticipate that the mid-September change of leadership at the State Administration of Religious Affairs (SARA) will result in any significant revision of the PRC's policy on religion. Despite SARA's central government-level status, one o [...]	2009-10-14 09:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF HK CH
09HONGKONG193	MACAU ARTICLE 23: THE BAD NEWS IS, IT'S IN THE [...] (C) Summary: As one of our contacts put it, "as long as the quality of judges does not get any worse than now", Macau's Article 23 national security legislation should not be a threat to the rights of Macau citizens. The question informed observers ask, however, is whether the Macau judicia [...]	2009-01-30 08:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MC
09HONGKONG1947	LSD MASTER PLAN FOR POLITICAL REFORM: ONE BANANA [...] (C) Summary: Although their latest antics in the Legislative Council (LegCo) chamber are receiving tepid reviews even from their allies, the League of Social Democrats (LSD) insists their extremism will spur Beijing to negotiate with the more moderate pan-democrats on constitutional reform. [...]	2009-10-20 09:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG195	MEDIA REACTION: US ECONOMY; US-CHINA RELATIONS; WORLD [...] U.S. economy 2. U.S.-China relations 3. World Economic Forum HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-01-30 09:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG1998	HONG KONG ACADEMIC FREEDOM: SAY WHAT YOU WANT, [...] (C) Summary: While Hong Kong has had its post-handover academic openness tested in two high-profile cases, the forces of censorship definitively lost. Local professors agree Hong Kong remains an open forum for the exchange of ideas. One of our contacts felt Hong Kong's future academic freedo [...]	2009-10-28 08:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG202	MEDIA REACTION: US-CHINA RELATIONS; US ECONOMY; [...] U.S.-China relations 2. U.S. economy 3. U.S.-Russia relations 4. Climate change HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-02-02 09:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG2031	HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: 102 PEOPLE [...] (C) Summary: The success of the Hong Kong government's coming constitutional reform proposal may hinge on whether 102 District Councilors appointed by the Chief Executive will have a vote for newly-created Legislative Council (LegCo) seats and for the Chief Executive in 2012. While credible m [...]	2009-11-04 06:11:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG2033	MACAU HEALTH CARE: EMERGING EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Econ Officer's recent visit to Macau, officials from the Health Bureau's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and NGOs described their efforts to control the spread of HIV/AIDS. The cross-border spread of HIV/AIDS is a growing concern in Macau as the city attrac [...]	2009-11-04 08:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CH HK KHIV PHUM SOCI
09HONGKONG2124	CAN CHINA REBALANCE ON ONLY ONE LEG? HONG KONG [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate General Hong Kong/Embassy Beijing cable. 2. (C) Summary: Even the most pessimistic Hong Kong-based China economists are mostly sanguine about the near-term prospects for Chinese economic growth. Although the Chinese stimulus package is creating asset market [...]	2009-11-19 10:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG2125	HKSARG 2012 REFORM PROPOSAL: SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN [...] (C) Summary: As expected, the Hong Kong government's November 18 Consultation Document on 2012 electoral reforms proposed an increase in the nomination/election committee for the Chief Executive (CE) and a ten-seat increase for the Legislative Council (LegCo) - five directly elected seats and [...]	2009-11-19 10:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG2146	HONG KONG SCHOLARS LUKEWARM ON PRC ELECTION REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong based China experts were unimpressed with proposed amendments to the PRC electoral law that would increase the number of rural deputies in the NPC. They see the government using democratic reforms at the rural level to maintain an air of concern for rural residents witho [...]	2009-11-23 04:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG2171	THIRD MACAU ADMINISTRATION: ALL THE OLD FAMILIAR [...] (C) Summary: Fernando Chui Sai-on will not merely assume Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau-wah's job December 20, he'll largely inherit his government. Of Macau's ten senior positions, only three will change -- former anti-corruption chief Cheong U will take Chui's Social Affairs and Culture port [...]	2009-11-25 09:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR MC
09HONGKONG2175	HONG KONG ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Hong Kong is making progress on Financial Action Task Force (FATF)-compliant anti-money laundering (AML) legislation that would establish licensing and oversight requirements for Hong Kong's remittance agents and money changers (RAMCs). On October 8, the Financial Services and Treasury [...]	2009-11-27 04:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN HK
09HONGKONG2177	HONG KONG MOVING TO CREATE WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Education is one of "six pillar industries" the Hong Kong Government (HKG) has identified for financial incentives and other government support, in a policy effort to diversify the economy away from financial services and foreign trade. The post-secondary education system is arg [...]	2009-11-27 08:05:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
09HONGKONG2178	FED HEARS HONG KONG VIEWS ON CHINA AND THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economists, bankers and financial observers for the most part painted a rosy picture about the Chinese economy for U.S. Federal Reserve Board and San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank officials. They said that China would grow strongly in 2010, but that an economic recove [...]	2009-11-27 09:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG2201	HKG SCHOLARS SEE LIMITED ROLE FOR HKSAR IN PRC [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong scholars and politicians doubt Hong Kong can use "soft power" to influence China's political development. However, they still see many key areas where Hong Kong can serve as a reference for reform on the Mainland, including in corporate governance and compliance, judici [...]	2009-12-03 07:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG2204	HONG KONG PREVIEWS OBJECTIVES FOR DC EXPORT [...] (C) The Hong Kong Government's Billy Au (Head of Strategic Trade Controls, Trade and Industry Department) told us December 3 that Hong Kong had two principal objectives for the December 7-8 Interagency Meeting on Strategic Trade Controls in Washington: (1) to discuss the problem of illicit tra [...]	2009-12-03 10:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC MASS MNUC KSCA IR HK
09HONGKONG2225	COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE: HONG KONG WANTS GREATER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Hong Kong NGOs, business executives, academics, and civic organizations, although hopeful that the UN Copenhagen Conference will produce meaningful international commitments to enable a smooth transition to a low-carbon future, are frustrated that the Hong Kong Government is unwil [...]	2009-12-07 10:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENGR KGHG SOCI HK CH
09HONGKONG2248	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: COREZING [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 02:10:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
09HONGKONG2252	HONG KONG PRINCIPAL OFFICERS ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (C) Summary and comment: Hong Kong's Principal Officers Accountability System (POAS),which saw cabinet secretary and key deputy positions filled by political appointees rather than senior civil servants, has thus far failed to meet its goals. Removing senior officials from the protection of [...]	2009-12-10 08:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HK
09HONGKONG2259	MACAU EXCO APPOINTMENTS: SAFETY IN THE STATUS QUO [...] (C) Summary: Under the somewhat ambiguous banner, "Continuity and Innovation Create Social Harmony" (chuancheng chuangxin gongjian hexie),Chief Executive-designate Fernando Chui Sai-on has opted to stick with the status quo in his Executive Council. Of three new appointments to the ten-membe [...]	2009-12-11 08:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MC
09HONGKONG2262	MACAU SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AT 10: DESPITE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Ten years after reversion, Macau remains politically conservative and largely under the sway of the same entrenched, "patriotic" business and political elite that has essentially run Macau since the late 1960s. While Beijing has shown a low tolerance for public corrupt [...]	2009-12-11 10:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MC CH
09HONGKONG2264	HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: END OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The various forces in Hong Kong's debate on constitutional reform have taken their positions on the field. A motion in the Legislative Council (LegCo) calling on the people of Hong Kong to support the League of Social Democrats' (LSD) and Civic Party's resignation-as-referendum p [...]	2009-12-11 12:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG2313	THE MACAU SAR ECONOMY AT 10: EVEN JACKPOTS HAVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten years after reversion to mainland China, the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) bears little resemblance to the somnolent Portuguese-run enclave of popular imagination that existed before 1999. The opening of the gaming market and a flood of Chinese tourists, combi [...]	2009-12-18 10:51:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV MC CH HK
09HONGKONG232	MACAU ARTICLE 23 HEADS FOR FINAL VOTE WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: The Macau Government submitted a revised Article 23 Bill text to the Legislative Assembly February 3. The minimum sentences for treason, splittism and subversion have been lowered to ten years' imprisonment from fifteen years. However, the government and Legislative Assembly have [...]	2009-02-09 00:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MC CH
09HONGKONG2339	U.S. POLICY TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN HONG KONG [...] (C) This is an action request. Post requests Department concurrence with a set of core points and initial outreach strategy to express key U.S. interests in Hong Kong's successful transition to elections by universal suffrage in accordance with the Basic Law. Our diplomacy, both government-t [...]	2009-12-23 08:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG2340	G/TIP AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES REFORM IN HONG KONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca,s December 4 meetings with senior Hong Kong officials, consulates, NGOs, and the media stressed the USG was committed to tackling TIP, and that the Hong Kong Government (HKG) and other governments needed a paradigm shift in their approach to formulat [...]	2009-12-23 08:55:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK MC CH
09HONGKONG246	MEDIA REACTION: US ECONOMY; US-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] U.S. economy 2. U.S.-Russia relations HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-02-09 09:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG264	LIBERAL PARTY: FINDING THEIR OWN ROAD FORWARD [...] (C) Summary and comment: At the end of last year, the pro-business, pro-government, pro-Beijing Liberal Party (LP) appeared forsaken by tycoons, the Hong Kong government, the Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) and half its Legislative Council (LegCo) delegation (ref B). Yet, the year o [...]	2009-02-11 08:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH HK
09HONGKONG270	SATELLITE TV SIGNAL PIRACY IN MACAU -- RAMPANT IN [...] (C) Summary: Satellite television signal piracy remains the most significant intellectual property (IP) issue in Macau. Unlicensed "antenna companies" control over 80 percent of the residential market. The government of Macau (GOM) has occasionally taken action against the antenna companies, [...]	2009-02-12 04:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK

09HONGKONG280	SCENESETTER FOR FEB 17-19 VISIT OF ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) We warmly welcome your February 17-19 visit to Hong Kong. Despite the People,s Republic of China's (PRC) sharp protest in October 2008 against U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs has continued to approve U.S. Navy ship and aircraft requests to Hong Kong -- most [...]	2009-02-13 08:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET	PREL MARR OVIP HK
09HONGKONG281	DEMOCRATS AND MEDIA CONDEMN, BUT ACADEMICS [...] (C) Summary: Chief Executive Donald Tsang's decision to delay consultation on constitutional reforms for the 2012 elections (ref b) continues to elicit mixed reviews. Opponents, including all 23 pan-democratic legislators and most independent media, condemned Tsang for breaking his promise to [...]	2009-02-13 08:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG290	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TRIP TO ASIA; SINO-U.S. [...] Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia 2. Sino-U.S. relations 3. U.S. economy 4. Afghanistan 5. Iraq HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-02-17 09:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG331	MACAU OFFICIALS NOT WORRIED BY SLOWING ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Macau's economy shrank in the last three months of 2008 as casino receipts fell for the first time since 2002. Despite poor prospects for early 2009, Macau's massive official reserves will allow the government to increase spending and keep Macau's official unemployment rate arou [...]	2009-02-23 10:50:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL MC HK CH EINV
09HONGKONG334	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 08:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG335	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REITERATES PLEDGE TO CONSULT [...] (C) Summary: Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam assured the Consul General that the Hong Kong government still intends to begin consultations on reforms for the 2012 Chief Executive and Legislative Council elections by the end of 2009. At a lunch February 20, he re [...]	2009-02-24 09:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG350	MACAU GAMING COMPANIES TRY TO COOPERATE, SET UP [...] (C) Summary: Prompted by Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho, all six of Macau's gaming concessionaires agreed on February 23 to establish an industry association. The group's first chairman will be local gaming billionaire Stanley Ho (no relation to CE Ho). The three U.S. gaming concession [...]	2009-02-26 06:42:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK
09HONGKONG354	MACAU PASSES ARTICLE 23 LEGISLATION WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Macau Legislative Assembly (LA) passed Macau's Article 23 Bill into law February 25 by a 24-2 vote, with one abstention; the law is expected to take effect March 3. The opposition, led by the proto-democratic New Macau Association (NMA),was able to muster only thi [...]	2009-02-26 10:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MC
09HONGKONG376	MEDIA REACTION: ASEAN; ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] ASEAN 2. Economic stimulus package HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-03-02 09:32:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG382	2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION FOR HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Hong Kong be excluded from the 2009 Special 301 list (ref A). Hong Kong authorities with specific responsibility for intellectual property rights (IPR) administration, education and enforcement are generally responsive to rights-holders' concerns and are active and [...]	2009-03-03 08:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH HK
09HONGKONG383	HONG KONG DEMOCRATS READY TO DEAL ON REFORM, BUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong's Democratic Party (DPHK) told the Consul General they are ready to reach a compromise deal on reforms for 2012. During a lunch February 27, they noted certain core DPHK positions, such as the eventual elimination of the Legislative Council's functional con [...]	2009-03-03 09:18:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG387	SUBMISSION FOR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the following are post's contributions to the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings and paragraph letters correspond to those in paragraphs [...]	2009-03-03 10:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HK MC CH
09HONGKONG406	LEAGUE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS: TRIPPING ON THEIR OWN [...] (C) Summary: The banana-throwing antics of Hong Kong's League of Social Democrats (LSD) may have finally crossed the line, as LSD legislators have encountered widespread opprobrium for their disruption of Financial Secretary John Tsang's budget address. Unlike their antics during the Chief Ex [...]	2009-03-05 10:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG438	HK OFFICIALS LOOK TO G-20, REGIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong officials will participate in upcoming G-20 meetings as part of the Chinese delegation, focusing on advising senior PRC officials on regulatory and financial sector reforms, U.S. Treasury officials heard during a February 20-24 visit to Hong Kong. Comments by Treasury [...]	2009-03-10 11:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL HK CH
09HONGKONG450	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS; TIBET [...] U.S.-China relations 2. Tibet HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-03-12 07:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG461	HONG KONG'S UPDATED AVIAN INFLUENZA/PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post submits the following updated Pandemic Influenza (PI) tripwires for consideration and coordination in response to Department-provided guidance and action request (Reftel A). These tripwires were developed as part of Post's ongoing efforts to ensure we are as prepared as po [...]	2009-03-13 07:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT ASEC CASC KFLU KSEO KPAO TBIO HK CH
09HONGKONG483	MACAU (MOSTLY) LIFTS TRAVEL BAN ON PAN-DEMOCRATS; [...] (C) Summary and comment: Weeks of mounting pressure from Hong Kong's pan-democrats, the media, the Hong Kong government (reluctantly),and perhaps even Beijing have led Macau to lift what appeared to be a blanket ban on Hong Kong democratic activists' visiting Macau. Twenty eight pan-democra [...]	2009-03-16 10:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MC HK CH
09HONGKONG489	MEDIA REACTION: G20 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-17 08:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG499	MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE: THREE NON-CANDIDATES IN A [...] (C) Summary and comment: In the end, Beijing will choose the next Chief Executive (CE) of Macau, due to take office December 20 this year at the end of Edmund Ho's second term. The only question is which of the three distinct options it prefers. Offering continuity, connections, social standin [...]	2009-03-18 08:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MC
09HONGKONG529	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 09:32:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG53	HONG KONG DEMOCRATS DRAW BATTLE LINES ON UNIVERSAL [...] (C) Summary: On January 7, Hong Kong's pan-democrats, led by Legal functional constituency (FC) legislator Margaret Ng (Civic Party),moved a resolution calling on the government to state for the record it intends to abolish the FCs as part of Hong Kong's democratic reforms. This move follows [...]	2009-01-08 09:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG530	HONG KONG TO LOSE FINANCIAL FORUM SEAT IN 2011? [...] (U) This is an Action Message. Action Request para 5. 2. (C) Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam told the Consul General March 20 that in the recent Financial Stability Forum (FSF) meeting in London, participants agreed to expand FSF membership to include all G [...]	2009-03-20 11:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG540	HK HOPES TAX AMENDMENTS WILL BOOST INVESTMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong officials have been closely watching moves against jurisdictions accused of facilitating tax evasion. They hope a proposal to liberalize the exchange of tax information will facilitate double taxation agreement negotiations and keep Hong Kong out of international tax c [...]	2009-03-23 07:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH SG
09HONGKONG543	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ECONOMY; U.S.-China SEA SPAT [...] U.S. economy 2. U.S.-China sea spat HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-03-23 09:56:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG555	MEDIA REACTION: G-20; TOXIC-ASSET PLAN [...] G-20 2. Toxic-asset plan HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-03-25 09:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG558	CIVIC PARTY: MOVING FROM FAN CLUB TO POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: Hong Kong's Civic Party is unique in having been formed by a group of incumbents already in the Legislative Council, rather than by a movement which then went on to contest elections. While its legislators are among Hong Kong's most popular, the Civics have almost no [...]	2009-03-25 10:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG605	RUMORED TEN-POINT AGREEMENT GIVES VOICE TO CPPCC [...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong government and Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) both deny reports they struck a deal granting Hong Kong delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) a greater role in Hong Kong affairs in exchange for the Hong Kong government ha [...]	2009-04-01 08:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG606	IMPACT OF MACAU LAW ON HONG KONG ARTICLE 23 DEBATE [...] (C) Per reftel, post offers the following comments in response to reftel queries. 2. (C) WHO ARE THE KEY BEIJING AND HONG KONG OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN HONG KONG'S ARTICLE 23 POLICY PROCESS, AND WHAT DIFFERENCES EXIST BETWEEN THESE INDIVIDUALS IN REGARDS TO THE TIMING, SCOPE, ENFORCEMENT, AND [...]	2009-04-01 08:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM CH HK MC
09HONGKONG635	CODEL MCCAIN COURTESY CALL ON CHIEF EXECUTIVE TSANG [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's system, having restructured during the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997, is "resilient", Chief Executive Donald Tsang told CoDel McCain April 5, but the worst may be yet to come. He hoped the United States would not turn to protectionism. Regarding China's proposal fo [...]	2009-04-06 08:33:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD OREP HK
09HONGKONG637	CODEL MCCAIN ROUNDTABLE WITH SENIOR HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Former Chief Secretary Anson Chan told CoDel McCain April 5 that Hong Kong's deterioration under "one country, two systems" has more to do with the failure of the current administration to defend Hong Kong's interests than with interference from the Mainland. Executive Councilor [...]	2009-04-06 08:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM OREP SENV HK CH
09HONGKONG638	MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA; G-20; NATO [...] North Korea 2. G-20 3. NATO HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-04-06 09:28:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG660	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA TO TURKEY; G-20 SUMMIT [...] President Obama to Turkey 2. G-20 summit HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-04-08 09:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG679	MEDIA REACTION: THAILAND; ISRAEL AND PALESTINE; U.S. [...] Thailand 2. Israel and Palestine 3. U.S. military spending HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-04-14 09:55:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG687	MEDIA REACTION: CUBA; US-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] Cuba 2. U.S.-Russia relations HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-04-15 09:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG742	HONG KONG OBSERVERS SEE CHINA'S SOCIAL UNREST [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong-based China watchers assess that China's vast cash reserves will prove its most powerful tool to "buy time" and stave off large-scale discontent by the nearly 27 million unemployed migrant workers and college graduates. Beijing has aggressively adopted measu [...]	2009-04-23 07:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HK CH
09HONGKONG746	HONG KONG/TAIWAN: HIGH-LEVEL VISITS TO SPUR TIES [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong-Taiwan relations have experienced a recent surge of activity, with Hong Kong's Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing becoming the first senior Hong Kong official since 1997 to visit Taiwan, when he led the Hong Kong and Macau delegation to the second World Buddhist Fo [...]	2009-04-23 10:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HK TW
09HONGKONG747	HK LEADERS TELL DALLAS FED CHIEF CHINA NEEDS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher and staff met with Hong Kong government officials, business and finance leaders and the media April 14-15 to explain recent U.S. Federal Reserve actions and to hear local concerns. He reassured interlocutors that the U.S. economy w [...]	2009-04-24 07:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN HK CH
09HONGKONG754	RENEWED PUSH IN HONG KONG TOWARD LEGISLATED [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China Affairs Timothy Stratford reassured Hong Kong-based business executives that the Obama administration will seek to maintain a bipartisan consensus in favor of free trade. During the April 4 discussion, Stratford described the po [...]	2009-04-24 10:33:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
09HONGKONG793	JASPER TSANG: HOW MUCH COURAGE IN HIS CONVICTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: People across the political spectrum in Hong Kong acknowledge Legislative Council (LegCo) President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing as a man of ideas and integrity. Despite concern about his still-unacknowledged status as a Communist Party member, Tsang has proven he can run LegCo fairly, ha [...]	2009-04-30 06:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR HK CH
09HONGKONG800	MONGOLIA MINING FOR MONEY IN HONG KONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: A private conference in Hong Kong March 31 brought together top level Mongolian government officials, world class economists, some of the biggest investors in Mongolia and multinational companies to help participants identify the best investment opportunities in Mongolia and how t [...]	2009-04-30 10:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK MG
09HONGKONG802	H1N1 CONFIRMED IN HONG KONG: H1N1 UPDATE (5/2) [...] Hong Kong Secretary for Health York Chow announced at a press conference at approximately 2100 HRS on May 1 (HKT) that Hong Kong has confirmed its first case of the H1N1 flu. With this confirmation, the Hong Kong Government (HKG) raised its Pandemic Response level to "Emergency," the highest of [...]	2009-05-02 06:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF MG PINR
09HONGKONG816	HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/4),9 AMCITS IN QUARANTINE [...] (SBU) Hong Kong's Health Secretary York Chow briefed Hong Kong's Consular Corps members in a special meeting late May 4 to address concerns arising from the government's decision to quarantine approximately 240 foreign nationals (including 9 AMCITS) in Hong Kong, after a Mexican national in Hon [...]	2009-05-04 11:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF MG PINR
09HONGKONG841	MACAU RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: REVERSION WAS ONLY THE [...] (C) Summary and comment: According to representatives of several of Macau's major religious communities, Macau's 1999 reversion to PRC rule allowed other faiths to gain equal status with the formerly state-supported Catholic Church. The Buddhist and Protestant communities now receive governmen [...]	2009-05-07 08:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF CH MC
09HONGKONG869	IMF TELLS ASIAN ECONOMIES TO SPEND MORE, DON'T [...] Summary: Trade linkages among Asian economies amplified the impact of the global financial crisis to a degree that surprised International Monetary Fund economists, said Assistant Director for Asia Joshua Feldman in Hong Kong at the release of the Fund's Regional Economic Outlook report on Ma [...]	2009-05-12 07:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN HK CH
09HONGKONG91	PRODUCT SAFETY TRUMPS FUN AND GAMES AT HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Director of International Programs and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Richard O'Brien visited Hong Kong from January 4-9. He educated local manufacturers and exporters about the new U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CP [...]	2009-01-14 10:02:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK
09HONGKONG918	BANCO DELTA ASIA SUES MACAU AND HONG KONG [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 5. 2. (C) Summary: The Macau and Hong Kong governments are facing judicial challenges to the actions they took against the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) and its Hong Kong-based subsidiary, Delta Asia Credit (DAC). Macau and Hong Kong severely [...]	2009-05-19 09:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KN MC HK
09HONGKONG919	HONG KONG SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI [...] (U) We warmly welcome your delegation's May 29-30 visit to Hong Kong. Your meetings with Chief Executive Tsang, the Legislative Council and democratic politicians will help to underscore our message that the United States, particularly the Congress, maintains a key interest in Hong Kong's aut [...]	2009-05-19 10:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD OREP HK
09HONGKONG931	TWO GOVERNING TEAMS IN HONG KONG? [...] (C) Summary and comment: Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) Research Department Chief Cao Erbao's January 2008 Party School journal article describing "two governing teams" in Hong Kong has recently surfaced to rekindle alarm bells here about "one country, two systems." The uproar may ha [...]	2009-05-21 07:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK MC
09HONGKONG935	TFFLU01: HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/21),QUARANTINE [...] (U) Effective May 21, Hong Kong will no longer mandatorily quarantine travelers who have been in contact with a confirmed H1N1 patient. Under new guidelines released May 20, travelers and others linked through direct or proximity contact to a confirmed H1N1 patient, who do not exhibit flu-like [...]	2009-05-21 09:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG944	MONEY LAUNDERING: MACAU'S YOUNG FIU GAIS [...] (SBU) Smmary: Macau's Financial Intelligence Unit (GIF for its Portuguese name) ill gain memberhip to the Egmont Group of Financal Intelligence Units at the Group's May 24-28 Penary in Doha, GIF Director Deborah Ng told us May 14. Egmont Group membership gives GIF a formal latform to exchang [...]	2009-05-22 08:51:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON SOCI KCRM QA MC
09HONGKONG945	MACAU OBSERVERS DISMISS HONG KONG REPORTS OF A [...] (C) Summary and comment: Macau contacts dismiss allegations by Hong Kong activists that Beijing has a "second governing team" administering Macau (reftel). Most question why the central government would feel the need: Macau's government sticks close to the central line, and Macau people are f [...]	2009-05-22 09:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MC CH HK
09HONGKONG976	CODEL PELOSI, ACTIVISTS DISCUSS CHINA'S LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Hong Kong-based human rights and labor activists Han Dongfang and Robin Munro told CODEL Pelosi May 29 that a maturing grassroots rights movement in China gives them hope, though pervasive corruption remains a major obstacle to protecting Chinese citizens' rights and wel [...]	2009-05-29 13:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ELAB ETRD OREP PELOSI
09HONGKONG977	CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH HONG KONG CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CODEL Pelosi May 29, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang stressed the close economic links and shared values between the United States and Hong Kong. He also touted Hong Kong's efforts to address climate and energy issues, including government-to-government cooperat [...]	2009-05-29 13:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SENV ENRG
09HONGKONG984	CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: A far-ranging meeting May 29 between CODEL Pelosi and seventeen of Hong Kong's most active (and vocal) legislators covered a range of issues, with pan-democratic legislators calling for U.S. support on human rights in China and Hong Kong's democratic development. Pro-establishment [...]	2009-06-01 03:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ETRD SENV ENRG
09HONGKONG985	CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH MARTIN LEE [...] (C) Summary: Veteran democratic politician Martin Lee warned CODEL Pelosi May 30 that Beijing was "reneging" on its promises of elections by universal suffrage, Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong, and a high degree of autonomy in matters specified in the Basic Law. He said Hong Kong people t [...]	2009-06-01 03:42:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF CH HK
09HYDERABAD121	TELANGANA - A HUNGER STRIKE RESUSCITATES A SEPARATIST [...] SUMMARY: The Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh (AP) experienced civil unrest following the arrest of K. Chandrasekhar Rao, the leader of a local political party focused on winning statehood for the region. After 11 days of an indefinite hunger strike and the threat of a significant escalati [...]	2009-12-10 16:53:00	American Consulate Hyderabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09HYDERABAD124	TELANGANA - THE REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram's announcement on Telangana statehood resulted in a revolt in the Andhra Pradesh (AP) state legislature, with an en masse "resignation" of state legislators. The resignations cut across party lines as political parties backtracked from established [...]	2009-12-12 18:52:00	American Consulate Hyderabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09HYDERABAD40	BHARAT BALLOT 09: ANDHRA PRADESH CONGRESS UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andhra Pradesh, India's fourth largest state, is in the midst of concurrent state and national elections. The state was a bright spot for Congress in 2004; the party won an absolute majority in the state assembly and a substantial majority of Andhra Pradesh's seats in the Lok [...]	2009-04-23 09:32:00	American Consulate Hyderabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09HYDERABAD56	BHARAT BALLOT 09: UNDERSTANDING ANDHRA PRADESH: DEFYING [...] SUMMARY: With voter turnout in Andhra Pradesh (AP) significantly higher than the national average, the Congress party defied the exit polls to increase its huge margin in the Lok Sabha delegation from the state and win a simple majority in the state assembly. The emergence of two new parties [...]	2009-06-01 14:35:00	American Consulate Hyderabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09ISLAMABAD1001	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-11 09:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1007	PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As of the evening of May 10, the total number of registered new caseload IDPs stood at approximately 360,000 (of whom 15 percent are in camps). According to UNHCR, outgoing Pakistan National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) Chief General Farooq Khan continues to challenge huma [...]	2009-05-11 16:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID PREL PINR PTER ECON
09ISLAMABAD1014	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 10:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1025	SITUATION IN SWAT: MAY 12 [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Gilani called a special session of the National Assembly to discuss the situation in Swat and surrounding areas in Malakand District as well as the humanitarian situation of the growing number of IDPs. While most of the members agreed to support the government,s [...]	2009-05-12 15:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD1026	PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees will be in Pakistan May 14-17. The overall IDP number is now well above 1 million, and the new caseload is above 485,000. UNHCR has a plane arriving today from Dubai with non-food items which cannot be procured locally. Embassy Islamabad' [...]	2009-05-12 15:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID CASC PREL PINR PTER ECON
09ISLAMABAD1029	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 09:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1031	DISASTER DECLARATION CABLE FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: This is an action request. In response to the large magnitude of populations displaced due to security operations by the Government of Pakistan (GOP)against militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),I, the Ambassador, have [...]	2009-05-13 12:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1035	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 11:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1042	GENERAL NADEEM ON IDP CRISIS, PLANS AND ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 14 meeting with the Ambassador, General Nadeem, Pakistan,s newly appointed IDP coordinator, estimated that the GOP will need approximately USD 500 million for up to 1.5 million IDPs through December. Nadeem put the total IDP number at 1.27 million (of which roughly 20 p [...]	2009-05-14 17:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PK EAID PTER
09ISLAMABAD1043	IRI POLL: NAWAZ CONTINUES TO GAIN GROUND [...] (C) Summary: The results of the latest International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, which was taken at the height of the lawyers' long march, unsurprisingly showed Nawaz Sharif continuing his lead over President Asif Zardari; Nawaz's approval rating stood at 75 percent compared to Zardari's [...]	2009-05-15 05:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1045	GOP'S POLITICAL OFFENSIVE ON SWAT [...] (C) Summary: Addressing the National Assembly May 14, PM Gilani briefed parliamentarians on the government's strategy in Swat, Northwest Frontier Province, particularly efforts to assist the displaced (IDPs) (reftels). He announced he would convene an all parties, conference on May 18; Chief o [...]	2009-05-15 11:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF MOPS EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1046	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 11:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD106	SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan has now acknowledged the Mumbai attacker in Indian custody is a Pakistani and has begun a formal investigation designed to lead to prosecution of detained Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa members here. President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani need to be encouraged [...]	2009-01-17 12:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1064	UNHCR GUTERRES IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During separate May 15 briefings for Ambassador and the donor community, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said he was satisfied the GOP now understood the severity and complexity of the IDP challenge and believed the UN response was proceeding better than expect [...]	2009-05-17 12:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID UN PK
09ISLAMABAD1070	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 09:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1074	MODERATE RELIGIOUS LEADERS FIND THEIR VOICE [...] (C) Summary: Bolstered by the government's new determination to combat terrorism, usually quiet moderate Pakistani religious leaders have begun publicly to condemn the Taliban. The most vocal are the Barelvi leaders who have formed a new alliance, the Sunni Ittehad Council, to counter the Ta [...]	2009-05-18 11:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KISL PK
09ISLAMABAD1075	FRANCE OFFERS CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani newspapers reported on May 16 that French President Nicolas Sarkozy had offered a civilian nuclear deal to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during their meetings in Paris on May 15. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi quoted President Sarkozy as saying [...]	2009-05-18 12:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC PK
09ISLAMABAD1079	IDP CRISIS UPDATE: MEETINGS WITH GOP, G8 HEADS OF [...] (C) Summary: At a May 18 meeting between GOP Economic Advisor Shaukat Tarin and G-8 Heads of Mission, Tarin said that while the government is focused on immediate IDP emergency needs, it also is looking at reconstruction in order to permit IDPs to return to their homes as soon as their area [...]	2009-05-18 15:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1080	IDP STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION PLAN [...] (C) Summary and action request: The GOP,s strategic communications plan for combating extremism remains nascent, under-resourced, and uncoordinated among civilian and military players. While the government realizes the importance to its military campaign of winning the hearts and minds battle [...]	2009-05-18 15:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1088	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 10:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD109	PAKISTAN BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MUMBAI ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi and Interior Minister Malik briefed the diplomatic corps on Pakistan's ongoing investigation of the Mumbai attacks. Malik was annoyed the MFA declined to invite the Indians to the briefing, and he followed up with a separate brief [...]	2009-01-19 14:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1090	UN OCHA COORDINATION WITH GOP PRIOR TO MAY 21 [...] (C) In response to questions about the extent of coordination between the GOP and the UN with regard to the GOP-organized donors' meeting scheduled for May 21 and the formal announcement of the UN appeal on May 22, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Head Manuel Bessl [...]	2009-05-19 12:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1091	UN OCHA COORDINATION WITH GOP PRIOR TO MAY 21 [...] (C) In response to questions about the extent of coordination between the GOP and the UN with regard to the GOP-organized donors' meeting scheduled for May 21 and the formal announcement of the UN appeal on May 22, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Head Manuel Bes [...]	2009-05-19 12:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1093	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 09:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1098	NADEEM: IDP'S HOLDING AT 1.5 MILLION; [...] (C) Summary: IDP Special Support Group leader Lt General Nadeem told Ambassador and PO Peshawar May 29 that the number of IDPs was holding at 1.5 million but could grow to two million when military operations begin in the Waziristans. IDPs were returning to Bajaur in FATA; Buner was now safe fo [...]	2009-05-20 09:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1107	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-21 10:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1111	GOP PLEDGES REHABILITATION PACKAGE AND SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 21 conference with international relief organizations, diplomatic missions and donor agencies, Prime Minister Gilani announced Pakistan's three-pronged strategy for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) crisis: Relief, Return/Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction. Gilani [...]	2009-05-21 13:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1115	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 10:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1118	TURKISH AMBASSADOR: THEIR TRILATERALS, FRIENDS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by EmbOffs, met May 20 with Turkish Ambassador Soysal and other Turkish counterparts. The Turkish Embassy, which has taken on a coordinating role for NATO in Pakistan, advocated greater cooperation with the U.S. vis-a-vis Pakistan. Soysal described Turkey's [...]	2009-05-24 06:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREF EAID MOPS PHUM MARR PREL PK TU
09ISLAMABAD1119	KAYANI IS â€œDESPERATEâ€ FOR HELICOPTERS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. In a two hour conversation with Ambassador May 23, Chief of Army Staff General Kayani told Ambassador he was "desperate" for helicopter support as he had only five MI-17s operational. Kayani insisted that Pakistani technicians were capable of doing required helicopte [...]	2009-05-25 03:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1120	PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION REPORT, MAY 23, 2009 [...] (SBU) The military assault on Mingora is underway. The number of returns to Bajaur and Buner remains uncertain. Indications are that people are leaving from and returning to Buner in relatively equal numbers. Those returning are doing so to harvest their crops. Save the Children representat [...]	2009-05-25 03:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID PGOV PK IO ECON PINR
09ISLAMABAD1123	CODEL LEAHY MEETS PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with Codel Leahy, President Zardari described his recent trilateral meeting in Iran as being focused on controlling drug trafficking and expressed support for the Obama administration's outreach to Iran. Zardari asserted that he had political consensus for current Paki [...]	2009-05-26 01:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1136	Economy Stable; Growth Predictions Slow [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's economic indicators continue to remain stable, according to IMF Resident Representative Paul Ross and former Ministry of Finance official Ashfaque Hassan Khan. It is widely acknowledged that Pakistan will have problems meeting its annual IMF tax revenue target, and [...]	2009-05-26 10:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1138	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 11:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1140	PAKMIL CONTINUES TO MAKE GAINS IN SWAT; UN PUTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Pakistan military tightened control around Mingora on May 25 and 26. Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazullah announced that his men would no longer fight in Mingora and pleaded for those displaced to return to the city. However, Pakistan military officials saw this announcemen [...]	2009-05-26 13:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1142	CJCS MAJID BRIEFS CODEL CARPER ON LATEST IN SWAT; [...] (C) Summary: Codel Carper, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 26 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Majid. Majid described his wish list for U.S. assistance -- precision-targeting weapons, more helicopters, and night vision equipment. The land push was going well, but the [...]	2009-05-26 15:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1143	UNHCR ON THE PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Islamabad staff said on May 25 that UNHCR is not providing transport for returning IDPs nor is it being notified, by individual, of their return. UNHCR believes that IDPs are returning only temporarily to harvest their crops and will not return permanently until after they [...]	2009-05-26 17:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PK EAID PREL PINR PTER
09ISLAMABAD1145	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 10:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1158	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 10:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1165	PRIME MINISTER GILANI DISCUSSES SWAT, IDPS AND [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with Codel Carper on May 26, Prime Minister Gilani provided an update on the military's progress fighting militants in Swat and on GOP efforts to care for the approximately 2 million internally-displaced persons (IDPs) affected by the fighting. He requested the U. [...]	2009-05-28 14:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1167	GILANI: "WE'RE ACHIEVING OUR TARGETS." [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani met May 25 with the Ambassador and Codel Leahy -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT),Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA). Gilani was uncharacteristically assertive, confident of the Pakistan military's success against the Swat [...]	2009-05-28 14:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PK

09ISLAMABAD1168	CODEL LEAHY FIRST TO MEET RESTORED CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, Codel Leahy -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT),Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) -- and the Ambassador, paid a courtesy call on Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. This was the first meeting by an official U.S. delegation with C [...]	2009-05-28 14:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS MOPS EAID PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1177	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 13:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1179	ADB WILL CONDUCT A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; NO [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 29 meeting with Ambassador, the Asia Development Bank (ADB) committed to doing a joint damage/reconstruction assessment with the World Bank of the conflict-affected areas. In order to properly conduct such a survey, ADB has requested assistance through satellite image [...]	2009-05-29 14:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1180	OCHA MEETS WITH IDP DONORS IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: In an informal meeting with donors, Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) officials Rashid Khalkov and Manuel Bessler, expressed concern that Bajaur and Buner are not yet ready to support IDP return. UN contingency planning for a Waziristan displacement may be mi [...]	2009-05-29 14:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1184	LOOKING AHEAD: SUPPORT FOR MILITARY/HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. Bolstered by ongoing popular and political support, the Pakistani security forces appear determined to win against militants. We expect a Waziristan campaign as early as late June. Meanwhile, Pakistan's military faces an entrenched enemy in Mingora, Swat, and the security situ [...]	2009-05-30 14:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MARR MOPS PREF PK
09ISLAMABAD1189	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1194	PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION REPORT, JUNE 1, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan government is moving to restore security and services to Swat, but the situation remains dangerous for humanitarian assistance provision. ICRC entered Swat on May 31 but cannot yet access Mingora. ICRC hopes to provide some health and food relief in the coming wee [...]	2009-06-01 18:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1198	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-02 11:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1199	PM FINANCE ADVISOR ON ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting May 28 with the Ambassador, Shaukat Tarin, the Prime Minister's Advisor for Finance, said that, while he welcomed money coming through the budget, donors should direct their funding to the most effective and cost-efficient platforms for maximum impact. Tarin said th [...]	2009-06-02 12:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1201	MILITARY OPERATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Asif Zardari met June 2 with political, military and law enforcement chiefs for Pakistan's four provinces to discuss overall security in the country. Each province is slated to stand up anti-terrorist units. The curfew has been lifted in some of Swat district's main ci [...]	2009-06-02 15:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF MOPS EAID PTER PK PINR
09ISLAMABAD1210	ICRC TO LAUNCH PRELIMINARY APPEAL TO PROVIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is likely to issue at least a preliminary appeal by June 5 for not less than an additional USD 40 million to almost double its program in Pakistan. The expanded program, intended to be massive in scale but limited in time, wou [...]	2009-06-03 09:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1213	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 11:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1218	THIRD RECCA SOLDIFIES GAINS, CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 03:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG ERTD EAID PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD122	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 17-20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 11:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1222	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 11:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1225	JUNE 4 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) Summary: Accompanied by the Ambassador, SRAP Holbrooke visited two internally displaced person camps on June 4. The visits were widely broadcast by the local media. Ambassador Holbrooke had met the previous evening with a large group of delegation heads of international agencies and NG [...]	2009-06-04 16:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1226	JUNE 4 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] (U) Summary: Accompanied by the Ambassador, SRAP Holbrooke visited two internally displaced person camps on June 4. The visits were widely broadcast by the local media. Ambassador Holbrooke had met the previous evening with a large group of delegation heads of international agencies and NG [...]	2009-06-05 03:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1227	JUNE 4 DISPLACED PERSONS AND MILITARY SITUATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 03:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1236	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 11:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1247	HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE TO BE APPEALED [...] (C) Summary: On June 2, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was ordered released from house arrest by the Lahore High Court (LHC). With no charges pending against him, the Court found no grounds for continuing Saeed's detention, which began November 26, 2008, stated the 20-page detailed ju [...]	2009-06-07 11:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KJUS PK IN
09ISLAMABAD1249	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 09:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1253	JUNE 8 MILITARY/SECURITY AND DISPLACED PERSONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the evening of June 6 a suicide bomber and accomplices attacked a police post in Islamabad. The blast killed three police and injured several others. Police claimed taking three accomplices of the bomber into custody. Also that evening, two detained top aides to militant [...]	2009-06-08 15:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1256	PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING UN ICSC VOTE [...] (C) PolOff delivered June 2 reftel demarche to MFA UN-III Director Dr. Ahsan Nabeel in support of the U.S. candidate for the United Nations International Civil Service Commission (UN ICSC). Nabeel noted that the ICSC election was not expected until November. While he committed to discuss the [...]	2009-06-08 16:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PK
09ISLAMABAD1261	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 10:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1266	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 09:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1272	JUNE 10 IDP UPDATE: UN PULLS PERSONNEL OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN has moved the majority of its personnel in Peshawar to Islamabad after the June 9 attack on the Pearl Continental hotel resulted in the deaths of two of its officials (septel). This repositioning, the duration of which has not yet been determined, will not prevent the UN [...]	2009-06-10 12:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PHUM PGOV AID PK
09ISLAMABAD1282	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 10:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1292	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 10:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1297	GILANI UPBEAT; ASKS FOR HELP ON MANY FRONTS [...] (C) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and the Ambassador met June 5 with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani and several of his key Ministers. Gilani noted how much had changed politically since Holbrooke's last visit to Pakistan in Apri [...]	2009-06-13 08:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PINR PHUM ETRD EAID MOPS KJUS PK
09ISLAMABAD1299	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH FM QURESHI [...] (C) Summary: SRAP Holbrooke met with Foreign Minister Qureshi, Foreign Secretary Bashir and other Foreign Office officials on January 5. Qureshi said Pakistan was united under Zardari's civilian government, as the ongoing Pakistan military campaign to defeat the Taliban in Swat valley and n [...]	2009-06-13 09:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IN UN PK
09ISLAMABAD1312	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1320	JUNE 15 SECURITY AND IDP REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The announcement by the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) that the government would begin an offensive into South Waziristan Agency dominated headlines. In Malakand, military operations slowed as active resistance dwindled to pockets in Swat, Buner, and Lower Dir [...]	2009-06-15 15:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1321	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 10:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1328	PESHAWAR: NWFP - CAN SWAT'S CROPS BE SAVED? [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 06:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN PK
09ISLAMABAD1330	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 09:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1340	AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 17 VISIT TO SWABI IDP SITE [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador, on June 17, visited Swabi school where community volunteers support displaced families from Swat and Buner. The GOP continues registration verification of families displaced by the conflict in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Front [...]	2009-06-17 14:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1353	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 11:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1357	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 12:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1364	SCENESETTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JONES [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes your visit. Your arrival comes at a moment when Pakistan's political leaders, and its people, are united in support of the military campaign to confront extremist militants in Malakand (including the Swat valley) and South Waziristan, where the offensi [...]	2009-06-20 16:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID MARR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD1371	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 11:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1374	IDP UPDATE: MINGORA ELECTRIFIED; UNHCR GAINS [...] (C) Summary: On June 21, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) celebrated Pakistan's historic World Cup cricket victory: Pakistan's cricket captain dedicated the victory in London to the plight of the IDPs, and camp residents danced to and cheered the win which was televised. Services, includin [...]	2009-06-22 14:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1380	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 10:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1386	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF [...] (C) The government continued low-intensity fighting during the first full week in June with pockets of militants in Swat, Buner, Shangla, and Lower Dir. The latter showed that they pose a continued threat by destroying schools in Lower Dir and Buner, and resuming kidnappings of civilians in [...]	2009-06-24 09:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1387	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF [...] (C) The Pakistani government signaled that the long-awaited offensive in the Mehsud areas of South Waziristan was imminent, but limited its action in the area to aerial and artillery bombardment. Meanwhile, its ongoing precursor action in Frontier Region Bannu drew to a close with an agree [...]	2009-06-24 10:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1389	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 13:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD139	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 11:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1402	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 12:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1409	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 10:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD141	CONSEQUENCES OF A ZARDARI-NAWAZ SHOWDOWN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 14:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD1411	IDP UPDATE: MOI DECLARES SWAT SECURE, DEBIT CARDS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 24, Minister of Interior Rehman Malik announced that Swat and Malakand division were now secure from terrorists and IDPs could return home once the infrastructure was restored. Many displaced families living in IDP camps, particularly those from Buner, are beginning to [...]	2009-06-26 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1413	TRIAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR PAK PROSECUTORS [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's prosecutors, under-resourced and poorly trained, are routinely characterized as the weakest link in a criminal justice system that sees up to 70 percent of its prosecutions end in acquittal. Prosecutors seldom work with police, do little to prepare their cases for trial [...]	2009-06-27 07:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KJUS PK
09ISLAMABAD1421	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 09:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD143	USCENTCOM PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting January 20 with USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador, President Asif Zardari welcomed the "new beginning" of the Obama Administration, urging both countries' military commanders to "revisit the map" on how to jointly fight regional extremi [...]	2009-01-23 08:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1435	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 10:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1437	PML-N WARNS NSA JONES THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor General James Jones joined Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and several other Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leaders for lunch on June 25. The PML-N leaders explained to NSA Jones that Pakistani public opinion currently supported the war agains [...]	2009-06-30 10:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1438	NSA JONES' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: In their June 25 meeting in Islamabad, National Security Advisor General James Jones and President Zardari discussed: Pakistan's military offensive against extremists; GOP capacity to fight terrorism; the nature of extremism in Pakistan; drones; Iran; Afghanistan; Zardari's conver [...]	2009-06-30 10:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1445	IDP UPDATE: REGISTRATION INITIATED FOR WAZIRISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Registration has begun for internally displaced people from South Waziristan Agency (SWA) in two districts and a frontier region east of the agency; only those whose sole residence is in SWA will be eligible. The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government has forbidden n [...]	2009-06-30 15:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL
09ISLAMABAD1470	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 09:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1493	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 10:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1521	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1528	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 08:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD153	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 11:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1543	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 13:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD155	CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PAKISTAN COAS [...] (C) U.S. CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus, accompanied by the Ambassador, J5 Major General Robert Allardice and POLAD Michael Gfoeller, met with Pakistan Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani on January 20. Kayani was accompanied by his Director General Military Operations, M [...]	2009-01-24 12:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MAR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD1552	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1567	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: July 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 13:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1568	MEETING WITH UN U/SG JOHN HOLMES: AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In a July 10 meeting with UN Under Secretary John Holmes, Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Mogwanja and UN staff, the Ambassador stressed the importance of getting UN humanitarian assistance into Buner and Swat as soon as possible, the need for the UN to undertake donor coordinatio [...]	2009-07-13 16:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1574	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 10:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1585	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 12:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1589	PUNJAB WITHDRAWS ITS APPEAL AGAINST HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, to the surprise of the federal government, the Punjab Advocate General withdrew his province's appeal to the Supreme Court challenging the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed. Punjab provincial officials cite a lack of evidence and cooperation from the federal gov [...]	2009-07-15 13:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1592	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 10:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1607	AQ KHAN DEFENDS PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (C) Summary: In his periodic column in the July 15 edition of Pakistan daily "The News," A.Q. Khan further tested the boundaries of his "gag order" with an expansive defense of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. This article, like previous ones, seeks to burnish his credentials as the "fath [...]	2009-07-17 09:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK
09ISLAMABAD161	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1613	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 10:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1625	SUPREME COURT AND GOP CLASH OVER FUEL TAX; GOP WINS FOR NOW [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-18 05:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD164	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-27 09:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1642	SECRETARY NAPOLITANO DISCUSSES BORDER [...] (S//NF) Summary: In a series of meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani and Minister of Interior Rehman Malik July 3, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano offered DHS assistance to enhance Pakistan's border security and sought GOP view [...]	2009-07-20 10:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EAIR PGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1652	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 14:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1654	INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN PAKISTAN: TRANSITION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: With the exception of expected further displacement from Waziristan, the current internal displacement from conflict-affected areas in Pakistan appears close to an end. The government has signed on to principles of safe, voluntary, informed and dignified return and began on J [...]	2009-07-20 16:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1660	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 12:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1670	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 08:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1680	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 10:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1684	SUPREME COURT SUMMONS MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan,s Supreme Court is hearing a case, which actually combines two separate petitions, that may be the first of several legal challenges to the constitutionality of former President Musharraf,s actions on November 3, 2007, when he suspended the constitution, declared a state [...]	2009-07-23 15:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1688	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 11:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1718	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 11:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1724	PAKISTAN'S SUPREME COURT: ONE STEP CLOSER TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a partial reversal of its July 6 ruling ordering the GOP to refrain from raising the electricity tariff, the Supreme Court ruled on July 23 that the National Electric Power Regulatory Agency (NEPRA) could continue to calculate the cost recovery tariff rate for power productio [...]	2009-07-28 12:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1732	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 10:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1737	A/S SCHWARTZ'S MEETING WITH LT. GEN. NADEEM, [...] (C) Summary: In a July 24 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Migration and Refugees Eric Schwartz, Lt. General Nadeem Ahmad outlined the planned assumption by the Provincial Relief, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority (PaRRSA) of programmatic responsibility for the GOP's co [...]	2009-07-29 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1739	ICRC ON THE DISPLACED IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 23 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Eric Schwartz, International Committee of the Red Cross Head of Delegation Pascal Cuttat expressed concern over the speed of government-facilitated IDP return from the camps and the coerci [...]	2009-07-29 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1740	UNHCR ON THE DISPLACED IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 22 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Eric Schwartz, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative Guenet Guebre Christos and staff requested that the United States Government make clear to the Government of [...]	2009-07-29 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1748	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 12:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD177	THE WAY FORWARD FOR PAKISTAN'S F-16 PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Embassy requests that a small interagency team of decision makers visit Islamabad to chart a financial and technical way forward on the F-16 program. Ambassador confirmed January 28 with Finance Minister Tareen that the GOP would make the pending overdue payment on the purchase of n [...]	2009-01-28 08:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD178	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 10:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1782	SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO TAKE UP TREASON APPEAL [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Court Justice Iftikar Chaudhry said July 30 the Court would not take up an appeal to charge former President Musharraf with treason. The appeal had emerged during an ongoing case being heard by the Court which challenges the constitutionality of Musharraf's actions in [...]	2009-07-31 16:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1786	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 10:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD180	ANOTHER CABINET EXPANSION; MQM JOINS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Asif Zardari swore in four more federal ministers on January 26, two from the religious Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party (JUI-F, including Fazlur Rehman's brother) and two from the Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM). With this move, Zardari formally brings MQM and i [...]	2009-01-28 14:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1803	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 11:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1808	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-05 10:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1817	BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 29 JULY 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-05 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD182	A PRIMER: PAKISTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On or about March 9, Pakistan will hold indirect elections to replace 50 (of 100) members, whose terms expire this year. The process, controlled by the Election Commission, is governed by a complicated proportional system in which members of the National and the four Provincial [...]	2009-01-28 14:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PK

09ISLAMABAD1830	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-06 10:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1840	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 12:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1848	NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU EXPECTED TO REMAIN INTACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's anti-corruption agency, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)--once one of the country's preeminent law enforcement institutions--has in the past two years become increasingly marginalized. In a 14 July meeting with NAB Chairman, Nawid Ahsan, Treasury Attach and Re [...]	2009-08-10 03:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1850	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 10:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1873	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 11:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1877	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 12:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1884	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 11:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1896	ZARDARI TO REFORM FATA GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: At midnight on August 14, Pakistani Independence Day, President Zardari plans to unveil a reform package significantly changing the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extending the Political Parties Act. Zardari's new ordinance will remove some of the draconian aspects of the F [...]	2009-08-14 05:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD190	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 09:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1900	ZARDARI TO REFORM FATA GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: At midnight on August 14, Pakistani Independence Day, President Zardari plans to unveil a reform package significantly changing the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extending the Political Parties Act. Zardari's new ordinance will remove some of the draconian aspects of the F [...]	2009-08-14 05:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1902	MANGO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6, the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) hosted the third digital video conference (DVC) with the Pakistani Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MINFA) and USDA's office of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to discuss the next steps towards U.S. market ac [...]	2009-08-14 08:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1905	BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 12 AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 08:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1930	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 11:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1976	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 09:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1988	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 09:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1996	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 11:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2007	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 09:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD201	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 13:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2022	ENCOURAGING GULF INVESTMENT IN KARACHI'S POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),Pakistan's only private utility, serves 18 million consumers in Karachi, the financial, industrial and commercial hub of Pakistan. Inadequate generation and out-dated transmission infrastructure have contributed to chronic load shedding [...]	2009-08-25 05:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG AE PK
09ISLAMABAD2025	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 08:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2036	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 09:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2049	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 10:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2067	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 10:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2070	LAHORE HIGH COURT RULING ON A.Q. KHAN [...] (C) Summary: On August 28, The Lahore High Court (LHC) issued a show-cause notice to the federal government instructing it to justify its prevention of movements requested by nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan. The court scheduled a hearing for September 4 at which the federal governmen [...]	2009-08-29 11:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2074	PAKISTANI SECURITY FORCES ACCUSED OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN MALAKAND DIVISION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-30 12:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PTER
09ISLAMABAD2075	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-31 10:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2093	GOP ANNOUNCES REFORMS TOWARD AUTONOMY FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani announced August 29 changes to the governance of Pakistan's "Northern Areas." The region will now be called "Gilgit-Baltistan" and enjoy most of the political arrangements of a province, less the right to representation in the Federal Parliament. Minister [...]	2009-09-01 10:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER IN PK
09ISLAMABAD2094	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: September 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-01 11:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2111	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2131	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 09:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2139	FINANCE MINISTER ON PAKISTAN'S BUDGET WOES, TOKYO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said the GOP had included $2 billion in Tokyo Pledges in its budget but was grappling with a shortfall in actual donor assistance. He asked that the USG provide $650 million in cash through the GOP to cov [...]	2009-09-04 11:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK
09ISLAMABAD2140	PM AND FINANCE MINISTER ON PAKISTAN'S TROUBLED [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Prime Minister Gilani and Finance Minister Tarin, NSC Senior Director for International Economics David Lipton said Pakistan needed to take a number of steps in the coming months to put its energy sector on firmer footing: resolve the remaining $3.7 billion " [...]	2009-09-04 12:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK
09ISLAMABAD2161	NGOS DISCUSS ASSISTANCE AND SECURITY IN SWAT [...] (C) Summary: In September 4 discussions, representatives from 14 international non-governmental organizations (INGOs),the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed that humanitarian relief was being delivered in [...]	2009-09-08 13:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2162	FORMER RULING PARTY PML SPLITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following weeks of wrangling within the former ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) about the intra-party electoral process, and on the heels of the July 20 national-level party elections in which Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was reelected unopposed as PML president, dissident part [...]	2009-09-08 13:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD217	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-02 10:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2173	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 09:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2183	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 11:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2185	ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT PAKISTAN SECURITY [...] (S/NF) A growing body of evidence is lending credence to allegations of human rights abuses by Pakistan security forces during domestic operations against terrorists in Malakand Division and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. While it is oftentimes difficult to attribute with accuracy any res [...]	2009-09-10 14:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS MASS KJUS PK
09ISLAMABAD2196	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 11:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2201	CODEL SMITH VISITS TARBELA TRAINING CENTER; MEETS [...] (C) Summary. During a September 5 visit to Tarbela, Codel Smith praised the quality of training provided by U.S. Special Forces for its Pakistani Army counterparts; as part of a training demonstration, the delegation fired Glock 17 pistols and AK47 assault rifles. At a later meeting with 11 [...]	2009-09-11 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER
09ISLAMABAD2208	CODEL CASEY'S AUGUST 25 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 meeting with CODEL Casey, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan emphasized the need for a long-term enduring partnership between the United States and Pakistan. He argued for increased trade preferences for Pakistani goods through the lo [...]	2009-09-11 13:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL PTER AF PK
09ISLAMABAD2218	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 09:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2226	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 09:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2245	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 10:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2263	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 10:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2278	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 09:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2288	PRIME MINISTER GILANI OUTLINES GOP PLANS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long meeting September 18, Prime Minister Gilani said the Malakand campaign against extremist groups is 70 percent completed. He emphasized the need to undertake reconstruction and rehabilitation in the region, not only to help the population there but also to convi [...]	2009-09-20 09:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PTER PREL SNAR PINS PREF AMGT PHUM
09ISLAMABAD229	PAKISTAN'S BANKS FACE DETERIORATING CONSUMER AND SMALL [...] (SBU) Summary. The banking sector in Pakistan has been largely shielded from the international financial crisis by a regulatory framework that has limited its foreign currency and securities exposure. Although there were no major losses in calendar year 2008, local bankers are expecting probl [...]	2009-02-03 13:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD23	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-05 09:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD230	ZARDARI IN NO HURRY TO CEDE HIS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif has a new populist cause-- pressuring President Zardari and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to fulfill their Charter of Democracy pledge to repeal Musharraf-era constitutional changes that transferred power from the Prime Minister to the President. Zardari inherite [...]	2009-02-03 13:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2301	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 09:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD231	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-03 14:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2311	PAKISTAN'S DRAFT AFGHAN MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND [...] (C) Summary: The final step necessary to extend the permitted stay of Afghan refugees in Pakistan through 2012 is issuance of an executive order by the Prime Minister. A draft Afghan strategy is in the final stages of governmental consideration and will go to the Prime Minister and the Cabin [...]	2009-09-24 14:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL EAID PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD2320	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 10:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2340	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-28 10:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2353	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 11:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD236	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Summary. Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival; your appointment comes as Pakistan grapples with internal change and hopes the Ombama administration can support regional solutions to development and counter-terrorism challenges. After eight years of military rule, the civilian governmen [...]	2009-02-04 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EAID MARR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2360	PAKISTAN REQUESTS TOKYO PLEDGE FOLLOW UP, BUDGET [...] (SBU) In a September 16 letter to the Ambassador, Economic Affairs Division Secretary Farrakh Qayyum thanked the USG for committing $174 million in budget support in FY09 and requested an additional $500 million in budget support for FY10 (text in para 3). Qayyum's letter was a follow up to [...]	2009-09-30 05:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PHUM PREF PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2361	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 10:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD237	BAHAWALPUR: GROWING MILITANT RECRUITMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: In discussing research findings for her new book on extremism, Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa outlined to A/DCM how a decline in the old socio-economic order in southern Punjab was slowly radicalizing the region. She described how a failing agricultural system, absentee landlords, poor educa [...]	2009-02-04 12:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2375	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-01 10:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2379	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-02 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD238	PAKISTAN STANDBY ARRANGEMENT: SO FAR SO GOOD, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF and Ministry of Finance contacts agree that, based on preliminary indications, Pakistan has performed well in fulfilling IMF performance criteria as required in Pakistan's November 24 Standby Arrangement (SBA). After retiring $1.24 billion in debt, borrowing from the State [...]	2009-02-04 13:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2382	FATA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS RESIGN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, PolCouns met with Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Members of the National Assembly (MNA) Munir Khan Orakzai and Shaukat Ullah, and their colleague FATA Senator Rasheed Ahmed. The meeting followed the recent announcement by three federal ministers and [...]	2009-10-02 12:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2384	UPDATE ON DISPLACEMENT, RETURN, ASSISTANCE, AND [...] (U) Summary and introduction: According to the Government of Pakistan, approximately 1.85 million of the roughly 2.7 million displaced Pakistanis (69 percent) had returned to their areas of origin as of September 25. Ongoing military operations to clear remaining pockets of insurgent resistan [...]	2009-10-03 07:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL EAID MOPS SNAR PK
09ISLAMABAD2389	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 11:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD239	PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT STABILIZES [...] (C) Summary. Despite media speculation and rumor, PM Gilani's government is now stable, and President Zardari's position is now secure. Nawaz Sharif may be the most popular leader in Pakistan, but Zardari has added the Muttahida Quami Movement, soon perhaps to be joined by the Pakistan Musl [...]	2009-02-04 13:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2391	PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE - NAWAZ MOVING TOWARDS [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif stated that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is moving towards forcing mid-term legislative elections due to the poor performance and growing unpopularity of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government. Shahbaz viewed these moves towar [...]	2009-10-05 16:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
09ISLAMABAD2393	KERRY-LUGAR LEGISLATION CRITICIZED BY OPPOSITION, [...] (C) Summary: During an October 5 National Assembly session, the opposition PML-N sharply criticized the Kerry-Lugar bill's perceived conditionality, while the PPP defended the government's approach toward the legislation and maintained that the conditions are in synch with Pakistan's own inte [...]	2009-10-05 20:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD2398	REQUEST TO CREATE AND NOTIFY FMS CASE FOR F-16 [...] (C) Summary: The Country Team requests the Department create and notify to Congress a new $150 million FMS case, which would use a mix of FMF and national funds, for the 5-year, 24/7 U.S. technology security presence mandated by the security notes for the Pakistan F-16 LOAs. End Summary. [...]	2009-10-06 03:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD24	ZARDARI COMMENTS ON INDIA/NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (S) Summary: President Zardari told the Ambassador January 2 he would have no choice but to respond militarily to an Indian attack. There was no more politically sensitive issue in Pakistan than Kashmir, he said. Zardari had been briefed by ISI Director General, LTG Pasha, on his meeting with the D [...]	2009-01-05 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD241	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 14:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2411	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 10:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2424	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 10:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2427	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KAYANI AND PASHA ABOUT [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador heard a number of complaints about the Kerry-Lugar bill from COAS General Kayani and DGISI Pasha in a two-hour meeting October 6. These focused on the history of Pressler sanctions, particularly a fear that the waiver in Kerry-Lugar would not be used and aid would be suspend [...]	2009-10-07 13:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2434	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 10:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2453	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORIRSM, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 10:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2459	HEATED DEBATE IN PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In three days of intense debate in the Pakistan National Assembly October 7-9, the Kerry-Lugar Bill (KLB) has come under fire (reftel). Post has been observing the debates daily. During debates on October 8 and 9, criticism of the bill by opposition members of parliament conti [...]	2009-10-10 06:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2474	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 10:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2477	BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 23 SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 12:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2483	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, PAK-CHINA, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-14 10:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2487	STATUS OF DANIEL PEARL MURDER CASE AND OMAR SAEED SHEIKH [...] (C) On August 13, the Sindh High Court yet again continued the adjournment in the appellate case of Omar Saeed Sheikh, the convicted murderer of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl. According to Pakistani legal experts, the refusal of the Court to hear the appeal or set a date for further hearings places [...]	2009-10-14 12:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2496	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 09:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD25	Pakistan: 2009 INCSR Submission, Part I - Narcotics and [...] (U) Pakistan is on the frontline of the war against drugs as a major transit country for opiates and hashish from and precursor chemicals to neighboring Afghanistan. In 2008, Pakistani forces have engaged the militants along the border with Afghanistan, particularly in the Bajaur Agency of th [...]	2009-01-05 13:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PK
09ISLAMABAD2518	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 10:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD252	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 09:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2523	TERRORISTS INCREASE ACTIVITY IN ADVANCE OF [...] (S) Summary: With the Pakistan military preparing to launch an operation against major terrorist safe havens in South Waziristan, Pakistan's terrorist/extremist groups have dramatically increased their militant and propaganda operations in an effort to undermine public support. On the operatio [...]	2009-10-16 14:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PTER MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2534	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 10:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2539	BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 7 OCTOBER 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 12:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2543	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 03:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2554	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/MILITARY, KERRY-LUGAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 10:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2571	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2576	EXTREMISM IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB AND NORTHERN SINDH [...] (SBU) Summary: Though the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) continue to grab headlines for terrorist violence, poor and underdeveloped regions in the rest of "settled" Pakistan are increasingly the recruiting and training ground for extremism and mil [...]	2009-10-23 03:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2585	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 11:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2591	PAKISTAN MILITARY LAUNCHES GROUND CAMPAIGN IN [...] (S) Summary: The Pakistan military launched a ground combat campaign against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in South Waziristan on October 17. Reconnaissance in force (RIF) operations have transitioned to preparations for a major ground assault. Military sources have described th [...]	2009-10-23 15:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD260	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 11:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2600	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 13:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2607	MILITARY GROUND OFFENSIVE IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN SLOWS [...] (S) Summary: A week after Pakistani ground forces began the ground combat phase of Operation RAH-e-NIJAT ("Path of Salvation") against Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) strongholds in South Waziristan, the offensive has slowed down considerably, as the Army has elected to conduct a deliberate and method [...]	2009-10-26 14:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK
09ISLAMABAD2609	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 15:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2625	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 09:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK

09ISLAMABAD2628	PAKISTAN-U.S. ENERGY DIALOGUE POINTS TO LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations to the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue of October 23-24 discussed plans for moving beyond the current difficulties and strategies for addressing longer-term planning. It was clear that Pakistan has made measurable progress in addressing the electricity sector's debt pr [...]	2009-10-28 14:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2632	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 10:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2640	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 11:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2641	MANAGEMENT 2010 LOOKING FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission Pakistan's Management Section evaluated its goals and objectives, to determine how best to direct its efforts over the coming year. This cable summarizes the mission environment as it relates to management services, and lays out what we hope to achieve in the coming year [...]	2009-10-30 13:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KICA PK
09ISLAMABAD265	AFGHAN-PAKISTAN TRADE AGREEMENT MOVES FORWARD WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP is working with the Afghan draft amendment to the Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Agreement, which was provided to them in November at the Joint Economic Commission, to identify concerns of the private sector, in particular the transport industry, before finalizing their [...]	2009-02-06 14:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PREL AF PK
09ISLAMABAD2651	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, USAID, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 12:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD266	CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary. During a January 9 meeting with President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani, Senators Biden and Graham reasserted their support for passage of the Biden/Lugar aid legislation. However, Senator Biden noted that the U.S. public was financing its own economic recovery efforts and [...]	2009-02-06 14:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2663	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 11:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2669	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 12:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2675	Visit to Waziristan IDP Relief Center [...] (U) Summary. Following reports of rioting at multiple relief distribution points in Dera Ismail (D.I.) Khan, representatives of USAID, the U.N., a local relief organization, and the media traveled with Lt. General Nadeem Ahmed on October 28 to the newly established centralized relief distribut [...]	2009-11-05 08:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER PREF IO
09ISLAMABAD2677	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, HILLARY CLINTON'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 10:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2692	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY STATE'S VISIT, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 09:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2696	THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE UN IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The UN continues to struggle in structuring itself to play its full role in Pakistan. The departure of Jean Arnault as the Secretary General's representative to the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) not only reduces the UN's leadership role in the group, but also complicates [...]	2009-11-06 13:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD2698	FINANCE MINISTER TARIN ON BUDGETS, CSF DOLLAR FUND, AND PAKISTAN'S IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance Shaukat Tarin told the Ambassador that he is "cautiously optimistic" about the Pakistani economy and expressed GOP gratitude that the USG would begin to move gradually towards greater use of Pakistani platforms to channel U.S. assistance. Tarin requested that an ad [...]	2009-11-06 14:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID MOPS PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD270	CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH COAS KAYANI AND ISI [...] (S) Summary: Senators Biden and Graham met with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Kayani and Director General of ISI LTGen Pasha on January 9 to underscore bipartisan support for the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. Senator Biden emphasized the need for the American people to see results soon in Afghanistan [...]	2009-02-06 15:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2708	WAZIRISTAN UPDATE: GROUND FORCES MAKE GAINS, HOLD [...] (S) Summary: Pakistan ground forces continue Operation RAH-e-NIJAT (Path of Salvation or Deliverance,) in South Waziristan against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and we have seen significant fighting in the major TTP strongholds of Makin, Ladha, and Sora Rogha. It is likely we are now s [...]	2009-11-10 06:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK
09ISLAMABAD2709	PAKISTAN SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION TO SEYMOUR M. HERSH STORY [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 11:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD271	CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH PM GILANI [...] (C) Summary. During a January 9 meeting with Codel Biden, PM Gilani pledged continued Pakistani resolve to fight terrorism and cooperate in the Mumbai investigations. He said that civil-military relations had improved, urged an expedited meeting of the Friends of Pakistan and requested U.S [...]	2009-02-06 15:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2718	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, VISITING U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 11:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2739	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, U.S. CONGRESSIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 11:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2744	Mobile Banking in Pakistan - Challenges and Prospects [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings in Karachi and Islamabad in early October, the Treasury Attache and an advisor from Treasury's Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes discovered that some of Pakistan's commercial banks and microfinance banks have a growing interest in providi [...]	2009-11-16 04:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2754	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 01:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2760	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2767	BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES,04 NOVEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 13:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2769	CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani told CODEL Tierney November 11 that the Pakistani people were united in the fight against terrorism and supported military efforts in Swat, Malakand and South Waziristan. However, he noted the public was upset with Pakistan's failing economy, pointing out co [...]	2009-11-17 14:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2773	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 09:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2780	GROUND FORCES MOVE TO SECURE MILITANT STRONGHOLD [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Pakistan Army's Operation Rah-e-Nijat ("Path of Salvation") continues to make progress against Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in the Mehsud tribal Area of South Waziristan. Three infantry divisions assigned to the Army's 11th Corps continue to be engaged in the [...]	2009-11-18 11:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK
09ISLAMABAD2787	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 10:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2798	PAKISTAN'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IMPROVING, BUT STRUCTURAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 12:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD280	INTERIOR SECRETARY PROVIDES TERMS OF A.Q. KHAN'S [...] (S) Secretary of the Interior Kamal Shah called in the Ambassador on February 7 to provide a copy of "Annexure-A", the terms of the Islamabad High Court,s decision on Khan,s appeal of his detention (text below). Shah assured the Ambassador that the Government of Pakistan retains full powers to en [...]	2009-02-07 15:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PK
09ISLAMABAD2802	PHARMACEUTICAL DATA PROTECTION AMENDMENT APPROVED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General for Health Dr. Rashid Jooma told EconCouns and Econoff that the Ministry of Health is at last moving forward with long-stalled data protection for pharmaceutical products. According to Jooma, representatives from both domestic and international pharmaceutical i [...]	2009-11-20 02:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2810	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 10:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2819	FRAUD SUMMARY: ISLAMABAD [...] Pakistan Fraud Summary: Pakistan is considered a "high" fraud country. Fraud of every kind is pervasive at all levels of government and commercial sectors. Fraud surfaces in many different forms, including washed U.S. visas of good to excellent quality; forged documents such as post-secondary [...]	2009-11-21 05:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PKST
09ISLAMABAD2820	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, USAID, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-21 05:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2822	USAID/Pakistan Provides $44 million for Families Displaced [...] (U) Summary. On November 17, USAID/Pakistan notified the Government of Pakistan (GoP) that USAID had requested release of USD 44 million in budget support for the GoP cash assistance to families displaced by conflict with insurgents. Funds should reach the GoP's bank account by Friday, Novemb [...]	2009-11-21 09:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER PREF IO
09ISLAMABAD2827	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 11:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2836	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 09:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD284	PRESIDENT ZARDARI DISCUSSES AQ KHAN RELEASE [...] (S) Summary: President Zardari assured the Ambassador on February 8 that A.Q. Khan would remain under house arrest and not engage with the media. Minister of Interior Rehman Malik also insisted that Khan would be prohibited from talking to the press and politicians, and his movements would be curta [...]	2009-02-09 12:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PK KNNP PARM
09ISLAMABAD2840	PAKISTANI VIEWS ON FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani officials do not appear to have coalesced on a strategy or position for the mid-January resumption of Conference on Disarmament (CD) discussions on the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) interlocutors continue to stress the need for conse [...]	2009-11-24 12:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP PREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2853	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 10:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD286	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2885	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 14:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2889	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 11:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD289	ZARDARIâ€™S PLANNED APPROACH TO HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Summary. During a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, President Zardari outlined Pakistan's need for additional assistance, a message that would figure prominently in his meeting with Special Representative Holbrooke. Zardari outlined the steps he would follow to restrict A.Q. Khan (septel) [...]	2009-02-09 14:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2890	POLITICAL CONTACTS ACROSS SPECTRUM GENERALLY [...] (C) Summary: Key contacts in Peshawar and Islamabad across the political spectrum by and large reacted positively to the way forward on Afghanistan and Pakistan that President Obama outlined in his December 1 speech. Most of our interlocutors were supportive of the U.S. increasing troops in [...]	2009-12-02 13:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF PK
09ISLAMABAD2895	BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 02 DECEMBER, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 02:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2900	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 09:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2927	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 10:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2928	SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: The National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) lapsed on November 28. The Supreme Court announced that it will review all petitions related to the NRO beginning on December 7, and will likely make a ruling on its constitutionality. The government has not yet decided whether to def [...]	2009-12-04 11:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2932	U.N. EXPLAINS THE DELAYED RELEASE OF 2010 HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.N. has proposed a 12-month Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP) valued at nearly $800 million - 14 percent larger than the 2009 PHRP. However, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) is concerned that releasing a large appeal will create the perception that the internally [...]	2009-12-05 03:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF IO PK
09ISLAMABAD2933	U.N. EXPLAINS THE DELAYED RELEASE OF 2010 HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.N. has proposed a 12-month Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP) valued at nearly $800 million - 14 percent larger than the 2009 PHRP. However, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) is concerned that releasing a large appeal will create the perception that the internally [...]	2009-12-05 03:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF IO PK
09ISLAMABAD2939	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2941	PAKISTAN HUMAN TRAFFICKING INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable responds to ref A request for an interim assessment of Pakistan's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP). In response to Pakistan's Tier 2 Watch List ranking in the 2009 TIP report, the government enhanced its efforts to address Pakistan's significant huma [...]	2009-12-08 03:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK
09ISLAMABAD2946	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 11:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2959	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 11:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2960	USG TRAINING PROVIDES FATA LEVIES WITH INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: Through a joint State/INL and Justice/ICIPTAP program, the Mission continues to offer police training to the Levy forces, who are the primary law enforcement arm of the Political Agents in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). On 21 November, 25 Levies graduated [...]	2009-12-10 13:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2966	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-11 09:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD297	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 11:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2973	PAKISTAN'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ORDINANCE LAPSES, [...] (C) Summary: In a last minute attempt to keep some kind of anti-money laundering regime in place after the Supreme Court directed that a string of Musharraf-era ordinances be promulgated as laws or allowed to lapse, President Zadari issued a revised Anti-Money Laundering ordinance (AMLO) on No [...]	2009-12-12 11:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2987	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 08:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3002	ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador Robin Raphel, Coordinator for Economic and Development Assistance in Pakistan briefed Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on U.S. plans to channel more assistance through the Pakistani government, target USG assistance in areas vulnerable to militants, and to focus on severa [...]	2009-12-15 05:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3005	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 08:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3010	Islamabad VIP Visit Limitation Request [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Islamabad and its three consulates cannot continue to host visitors at the current level. The security situation is too precarious and we do not have the people to support such a heavy visitor load: manning in some Embassy sections is now down to 50 percent. Moreover, th [...]	2009-12-15 14:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL OVIP ASEC PK
09ISLAMABAD3015	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 09:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3027	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 11:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3035	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-18 09:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD304	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 13:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3043	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 02:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD307	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 11:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3073	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 14:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3076	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 14:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3077	FISCAL FEDERALISM OR FISCAL FOOLISHNESS? [...] (SBU) Summary: In a move heralded in the Pakistani press as a "historical shift to provincial autonomy" and a "victory for democracy," the National Finance Commission (NFC) reached a consensus on the formula for revenue division between the federal and provincial governments on December 11. Ag [...]	2009-12-23 14:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD308	SPECIAL PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION - RICHARD HOLBROOKE'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 11:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3084	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-24 07:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3104	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 11:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD313	PAKISTAN FILES CASE AGAINST MUMBAI ATTACK SUSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, Interior Minister Rehman Malik publicly declared that the Mumbai terror attacks were planned, at least partially, in Pakistan and that the GOP had several suspects in custody. Malik held a press conference to present the initial results of the inquiry and announce [...]	2009-02-12 16:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD3131	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 10:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD315	PAKISTAN'S ENERGY CRISIS - IMPROVING, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP is making some headway fulfilling President Zardari's January directive to clear up the "circular" debt situation that is wreaking havoc among power producers, but confidence varies that it will be paid off in its entirety any time soon. Blackouts have been reduced from [...]	2009-02-13 08:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN PK
09ISLAMABAD318	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 11:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD32	QURESHI SHARES MUMBAI DOSSIER WITH BOUCHER [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on January 5. The two men discussed India's sharing of a dossier with Pakistan detailing the results of India's ongoing investigation into the November 26-29 [...]	2009-01-06 14:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD33	FATA UPDATE - 2 JANUARY 2009 [...] (C) Summary. On December 28, a polling station in Buner District in the NWFP was bombed, killing at least 37 people and wounding 28 others, and on December 30, the Pakistan military initiated a series of operations in Khyber Agency in the FATA, resulting in the temporary closure of the NATO su [...]	2009-01-06 14:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD330	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 10:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD334	INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION REACTS TO PAKISTAN'S MUMBAI [...] (C) Summary: The GOI reaction to the GOP report on its investigations into the Mumbai attacks and the request for further information from the GOI has been positive and "deflated tensions," according to the Indian High Commission. Surprise at the depth of the investigation into the attack, h [...]	2009-02-17 15:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09ISLAMABAD337	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 10:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD341	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY [...] (C) Almost no fighting was reported in Bajaur during the second week of January. Consulate contacts report that security forces have established 13 checkpoints on the 17 km of road between Bajaur's agency border and Khar, converting what is usually a 10 minute drive into a 90 minute voyage. T [...]	2009-02-19 03:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD343	MORE DONOR ASSISTANCE NEEDED [...] (SBU) This is an action cable. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: GOP officials have told us and high-level visitors that they have received little support from the international donor community in recent months. A World Bank senior economist confirmed that very little foreign assistance [...]	2009-02-19 07:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON IBRD PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD344	DONORS AND FRIENDS: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Given Pakistan's struggling economy and the urgent need for development and budgetary assistance, Mission recommends that we move forward as quickly as possible to facilitate a successful Donors' Conference, co-hosted by the World Bank, and now tentatively scheduled for April i [...]	2009-02-19 07:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD359	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 11:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD365	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL KAYANIâ€™S VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani's February 20-27 visit to Washington comes on the heels of the government's loss of control over Swat, continued Pakistani Army/Frontier Corps operations in the tribal areas, and still-simmering Indo-Pak tensions in the wake of the Mumba [...]	2009-02-19 16:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD366	MUMBAI-ATTACKS PROSECUTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since the filing of the First Information Report (FIR) on February 12, Pakistan has established an anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi, appointed a special prosecutor, and is actively working on prosecutions. The GOP is still seeking several pieces of information and cooperation fr [...]	2009-02-19 16:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD373	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 11:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD377	UPDATE ON IDP SITUATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. The overall IDP situation has not changed significantly over the past few weeks, with UN estimates of the conflict-affected population still at approximately 300,000. However, there has been an increase in the number affected by conflict in Swat. Despite a proposed peace deal i [...]	2009-02-20 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD378	POLITICAL UPDATE: ZARDARI CONSOLIDATES POWER [...] (C) Summary: President Asif Zardari has taken simultaneous moves to further consolidate his authority over the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and to extend the PPP's control over both the National Assembly and Senate. Senate elections will not occur until March 4, but the PPP has already locked [...]	2009-02-20 13:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD383	PARASTATAL TRADING COMPANY INCREASINGLY INVOLVED [...] (C) Summary. The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP),a state trading company under the Ministry of Commerce, is engaging in another purchase venture that could prove devastating to private market trading. It is planning to import 200,000 metric tons (MT) of refined sugar for approximately [...]	2009-02-20 14:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD385	FOCUSING THE U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. As Foreign Minister Qureshi and his team arrive in Washington for coordination on the Holbrooke/Riedel strategic review, Post offers the following thoughts on issues for strategic engagement. In the coming weeks, Post will detail our suggestions on how to expand political, economic, se [...]	2009-02-21 12:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD397	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-23 10:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD404	FOOD CRISIS WEATHERED, BUT BOTTLENECKS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Based on information provided by Pakistan's Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MinFAL),it now appears evident that the GOP has been able to avoid a potential food crisis by stepping up wheat imports. Since December, the GOP has purchased nearly one million tons of [...]	2009-02-23 12:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD413	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 11:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD415	SHARIFS DISQUALIFIED FROM OFFICE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled February 25 that both Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif from the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party are ineligible to hold public office. President Zardari told Charge that he had temporarily appointed PPP Governor Taseer as Chief Execut [...]	2009-02-25 15:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KJUS EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD420	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 09:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK

09ISLAMABAD429	DEMONSTRATIONS AND POLITICAL MANEUVERING CONTINUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 15:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD435	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 11:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD438	PAKISTAN 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Pakistan remain on the Priority Watch List (PWL) at the conclusion of the 2009 Special 301 Review process. Pakistan has made no significant progress in IPR enforcement or data protection legislation in the past year. End Summary. Data Protection ------ [...]	2009-02-27 14:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD439	DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, mostly in Punjab, after Friday prayers to protest the disqualification of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leaders Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif. Protests turned violent in Lahore and Rawalpindi, and police used tear gas and b [...]	2009-02-27 14:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD44	PM GILANI FIRES NSA DURRANI [...] (C) Summary. On January 8, Ambassador Mahmood Durrani confirmed to Ambassador that he had been fired by PM Gilani late on January 7. The press reported that Gilani fired Durrani because he confirmed to the press that Mumbai attacker Mohammed (Ajmal) Kasab was indeed a Pakistani citizen wit [...]	2009-01-08 15:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD441	POLITICAL TURMOIL, GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (C) Summary: Actors across the political spectrum were working to solve yet another self-inflicted political crisis in the wake of the Supreme Court's February 25 decision to disqualify the Sharif brothers from public office. Both President Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Shar [...]	2009-03-01 12:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR KDEM PK
09ISLAMABAD442	PAK TELECOM SECTOR SLUMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on conversations with several telecom executives and the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) Director of Economic Affairs Muhammad Sargana, the telecommunications sector in Pakistan is suffering from market saturation and the general economic downturn. Telecom co [...]	2009-03-02 02:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD443	BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 25 FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 02:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD451	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 13:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD454	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (C) Summary: Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival in Islamabad. You are arriving in the midst of largely self-inflicted political turmoil following the Supreme Court's decision to disqualify from public office Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif, political rivals of President Asif Zardari. Zardari en [...]	2009-03-03 02:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD465	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-03 10:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD468	LACK OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO UN APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8-9. 2. (SBU) Summary. On February 26, representatives from the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Program (WFP) called on Charge d'Affaires to discuss their operations within Pakistan. Both organizations committe [...]	2009-03-03 14:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD472	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 11:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD477	NO CONTEST: PAKISTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (C) National and provincial legislators gathered in their respective chambers March 4 to elect 50 new senators to Pakistan's 100-member upper house (ref A). Senators are hand-picked by their party leaders, elected indirectly not by popular vote, and serve six-year terms. Pakistan's Election [...]	2009-03-04 14:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD478	NEW WAZIRISTAN TERRORIST ALLIANCE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Rival Pakistani Taliban leaders Baitullah Mehsud, Maulvi Nazir, and Hafiz Gul Bahadur formed a new militant alliance on February 23. The new alliance recognizes Taliban leader Mullah Omar as its leader, and its goal is to fight the planned U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan. The P [...]	2009-03-04 14:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD486	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-05 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD491	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 10:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD495	ZARDARI-NAWAZ RECONCILIATION: PLEAS FOR U.S. INTERVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-07 16:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD499	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-09 11:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD505	MUMBAI ATTACKS PROSECUTION UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-09 15:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD508	PML-N: "WE WON'T BE FOOLED AGAIN." [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) reached out March 9 to the diplomatic corps; the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-led government made its case to the same group on February 28. PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif, meeting with the Ambassador late March 9, reiterated the part [...]	2009-03-09 16:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD511	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 09:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD516	LITTLE MOVEMENT ON RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. In a last-ditch effort to reduce tensions with the Sharif brothers ahead of the start of the lawyers' march on March 12, President Zardari offered Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain the post of Senate leader if PML would form a government with the Pakistan Peo [...]	2009-03-12 04:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD526	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 14:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD529	FATA STUDENTS "EXPERIENCE AMERICA" [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, Principal Officer, US Consulate in Peshawar, USAID Deputy Director for the FATA Development Program and USAID OTI representative met with 15 recent returnees from the Experience America Program (EAP). This USAID multi-year student exchange program is designed to im [...]	2009-03-13 05:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF KPAO PK
09ISLAMABAD541	LATEST EFFORTS AT RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Pakistani media is reporting late March 13 that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Kayani met today with President Zardari and PM Gilani, and that Zardari had invited Shahbaz Sharif to a late night meeting to discuss reconciliation. When Ambassador sees PM Gilani ton [...]	2009-03-13 15:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD546	GILANI STILL TRYING FOR RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. In a March 13 meeting with Ambassador, Prime Minister Gilani reiterated his views that the Pakistan People's Party should end governor's rule and allow formation of a government in Punjab by any party that had the votes. Going further than he had before, Gilani said that because [...]	2009-03-14 15:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD548	ZARDARI AGREES TO APPEAL SHARIFS' DISQUALIFICATION [...] (C) Ambassador and UK High Commissioner (Ambassador) had dinner with President Zardari March 14. Right before the meeting, Zardari had issued a statement indicating his government's intention to request a review of the Supreme Court's decision on the eligibility of the Sharif brothers to ho [...]	2009-03-14 17:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD551	LONG MARCH ROUND UP AS OF 1700 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 15 [...] (C) Summary: Citing fears for his safety, the GOP placed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif under a restraining order early in the day, but backed off to allow him to address the crowds - estimated at 70 - 80,000. Ambassador spoke to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Prime [...]	2009-03-15 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD559	LONG MARCH ROUND UP AS OF 1500 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 16 [...] (C) Summary: Early in the morning on March 16 Prime Minister Gilani announced former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's reinstatement and the GOP's intention to file a review petition on the Sharif brothers' case in the Supreme Court. Shortly thereafter, Nawaz Sharif announced that he was calling of [...]	2009-03-16 12:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD560	IMPLICATIONS OF THE LONG MARCH [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 12:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD564	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-17 11:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD568	CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI [...] (C) Summary: CODEL Tierney met February 2 with Prime Minister Yousef Gilani. Gilani thanked the U.S. for its help in defusing tensions with India following the Mumbai attacks. He emphasized the GOP commitment to cooperating with the U.S. in the fight against terrorism and stressed the need fo [...]	2009-03-18 08:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD575	IMF Update - "Nascent Stability" [...] (SBU) Summary. In a briefing of G-7 countries, the IMF Resident Representative characterized Pakistan's economic situation as "nascent stability." Revealing little new information, he commended the GOP's efforts to meet its numeric goals, but cautioned that tax revenue targets would be diffic [...]	2009-03-18 11:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD576	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 11:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD583	ZARDARI APPOINTS "FORWARD LEANING" AIR CHIEF [...] (C) As the USG considers options on how to continue Pakistan's F-16 program in the face of funding problems (septel),Air Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman assumes command March 18 as Pakistan's new Chief of Air Staff. He replaces retiring Air Chief Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed, who had lobbied extensively [...]	2009-03-18 15:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD586	SAVING THE F-16 PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan is the most important front-line state in our battle against extremists who threaten the U.S. and our allies. In post's view, preserving the F-16 program, which is the flagship symbol of post 9/11 bilateral re-engagement, is critical to our goals of enabling Pakistan to co [...]	2009-03-18 16:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV MARR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD600	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 10:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD604	PM GILANI RESTORES ALL DEPOSED JUDGES [...] (SBU) Summary: With two March 17 executive orders, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani restored to the bench deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and a handful of remaining Supreme Court and provincial High Court judges. These judges had refused (or not been invited) to take a new oath of office [...]	2009-03-19 13:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PK
09ISLAMABAD612	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 13:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD618	POST RECOMMENDS AGAINST DOWNGRADE OF ICRAS RISK RATING FOR [...] (SBU) Post urges the Interagency Credit Risk Assessment System committee not to downgrade Pakistan's sovereign and non-sovereign risk rating on March 23. The draft report, dated January 1, does not reflect the progress and the commitment the GOP has made to bring its economic house in order, [...]	2009-03-23 06:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD625	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 11:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD637	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 11:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD640	PRESSING THE UN ON IMPROVING ITS PRESENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: The UN system needs to appoint a humanitarian coordinator in Pakistan and fill its positions with permanent staff. These are urgent requirements necessary to respond to the problems of Pakistan,s internally displaced. The UN's ability to meet these requirements will be affecte [...]	2009-03-25 14:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN PTER PREF PK
09ISLAMABAD644	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 11:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD659	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-27 12:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD66	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 11:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD660	FINANCE ADVISOR TARIN AGREES ON WAY AHEAD FOR [...] (C) Summary: Following interventions from the U.S. and Japan, the Pakistanis have backed off plans to press a $10 billion request for the April 17 Tokyo donors conference and agreed to focus on the $4 billion target established by the IMF. Expressing a desire to "resolve his confusion," Fina [...]	2009-03-27 14:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON JA PK
09ISLAMABAD671	PILOT COMBATANT COMMANDER INITIATIVE FUND SHOWS [...] (C) Summary: In reftel, Embassy requested a CERP-like fund for Pakistan. We understand this request sparked a lively debate in Washington, mostly regarding the ability of the Embassy to oversee the funds and whether requesting such funds for Pakistan would endanger the far more generous CERP [...]	2009-03-30 07:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD672	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 00, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 11:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD680	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 11:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD684	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 11:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD690	CONSTRAINTS ON NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Pakistan has sought to strengthen its nonproliferation image after the unmasking of the A.Q. Khan network revealed significant gaps in its ability to control and protect its nuclear assets. With substantial U.S. and international assistance, Pakistan has begun [...]	2009-04-02 11:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PK
09ISLAMABAD691	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 11:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD707	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 11:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD715	IFTIKHAR CHAUDHRY RETURNS [...] (C) Summary. A little more than two years after former President Musharraf initially fired him, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was restored to the bench March 22 by a reluctant President Zardari. The saga of Chaudhry's fall and rise paradoxically demonstrated both the new-foun [...]	2009-04-04 05:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM PK
09ISLAMABAD720	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 10:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD738	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 11:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD746	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 10:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD756	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 10:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD767	SMALL STEPS TO RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: As a conciliatory gesture to the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N),Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani presented April 10 a parliamentary resolution to endorse the 2006 Charter of Democracy (CoD) and to create a committee to review the repeal of enhanced presidential power [...]	2009-04-10 14:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD776	BAITULLAH MEHSUD DECLARES WAR [...] (C) Summary: On April 5, Baitullah Mehsud announced that in retaliation for drone strikes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and a now five million dollar U.S. bounty on his head, his Taliban would be carrying out two attacks each week in Pakistan. This announcement came after [...]	2009-04-13 01:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD78	URGENT NEED TO IMPROVE IDP SERVICES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (U) Summary. President Asif Zardari and Chief of Army Staff General Kayani raised with Ambassador the urgent need to provide the internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered [...]	2009-01-13 15:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD781	BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, 09 APRIL 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-13 12:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD782	GOP REVIVES THE IDEA OF REMITTANCE SECURITIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Finance Advisor Shaukat Tarin told the diplomatic community that he plans to raise over $1 billion through the securitization of workers' remittances through UAE and Saudi banks. He will mention this plan at the Donors' meeting, emphasizing that these are commercial transactions [...]	2009-04-13 13:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD785	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 09:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD788	ZARDARI SIGNS SHARI'A REGULATIONS FOR SWAT [...] (C) Summary: On April 13, President Zardari signed the proposed Nizam-e-Adl regulations into law, officially extending Shari'a law in Swat and surrounding areas. The approval came after months of pressure from coalition partner Awami National Party (ANP) and also the Pakistani military. The A [...]	2009-04-14 14:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD79	PAKISTAN TO SHIFT MUMBAI INVESTIGATION TO LAW [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Secretary Bashir on January 12 and President Zardari on January 13 to discuss the ongoing investigation of the Mumbai attacks. Both Zardari and Bashir described the planned law enforcement strategy the GOP had set in motion. The various intelligence [...]	2009-01-13 15:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD797	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 09:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD803	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 10:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD813	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 09:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD816	RED MOSQUE MULLAH FREED ON BAIL [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, the Supreme Court released Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) leader Maulana Abdul Aziz on bail. He faces 27 charges of murder, abduction, and forceful occupation of government property. The military operation to retake the Red Mosque from militants in July 2007 left over 100 [...]	2009-04-18 14:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD829	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 10:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD832	SPENDING STRATEGICALLY IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. This cable conveys a shorter version of the strategy we laid out in the Mission Strategic Plan and how we will implement the President's strategic review. We welcome the additional resources but we are very mindful of the constraints: our own, the GoP's and the international don [...]	2009-04-21 11:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD84	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 09:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD847	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 13:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD856	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-23 09:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD867	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 12:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD883	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 11:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD885	BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 22 APRIL 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 11:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD887	DIR: MILITARY OPERATIONS CONTINUE WHILE ACCESS FOR [...] (C) Summary. On April 26, the Government of Pakistan launched military operations in Lower Dir District, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) in response to the growing taliban presence in the region and at the request of the NWFP government. The Frontier Corps (FC) claim to have killed approxi [...]	2009-04-27 13:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD888	PREPARING FOR THE LONG HAUL [...] (C) Summary. As promised, the Pakistani military began anti-militant operations in Lower Dir April 26; the Mission will monitor activities on a regular basis to keep Washington apprised of this positive turn of events. However, based on actions over the past year, we should be prepared for [...]	2009-04-27 13:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD894	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 08:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD899	PML-N SEES MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. According to Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) members Ishak Dar and Ahsan Iqbal, Nawaz Sharif was disappointed that President Zardari did not seem to share Prime Minister Gilani's enthusiasm for calling an all-parties conference to work out a united political front on security [...]	2009-04-28 11:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD90	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 11:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD901	UPDATE ON CONDITIONS IN MALAKAND DIVISION: DIR, [...] (C) Summary. In operations in Lower Dir District (Malakand Division, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)) on April 27, Frontier Corps/Army reportedly killed over 70 militants, including two major taliban commanders, and regained control over the Maidan valley. UN organizations report that the [...]	2009-04-28 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD911	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 10:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD917	KERRY AND QURESHI PLAN STRATEGY FOR SECURING AID [...] (C) Summary: Codel Kerry met April 13 with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Senator Kerry and Qureshi focused on the importance of articulating a clear GOP strategy for security and economic growth to both U.S. legislators and other donor countries. Foreign Minister Qureshi planned to [...]	2009-04-30 10:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD918	MQM: PRINCIPLES AND CONSPIRACIES [...] (C) Summary: On April 23, Charge met with Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leaders Dr. Farooq Sattar and Haider Rizvi to discuss their party's stance against the recently signed Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, their ideas for a GOP response, and the potential for violence in the mega-city [...]	2009-04-30 10:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD921	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 10:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD923	STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN STRENGTHENS REGULATIONS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In March, the State Bank of Pakistan amended its rules to detect money laundering and terrorism finance, requiring all banks in Pakistan to establish compliance units, conduct due diligence on customers, and identify suspicious customers and transactions. The rules are a respons [...]	2009-04-30 11:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD926	GROPING FOR NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) Summary. Pitching the need for national unity to tackle the extremist challenge has become the flavor of the day, but Pakistan's politicians still are focused first and foremost on their own survival. PM Gilani increasingly is aligning himself with Nawaz Sharif through negotiations to [...]	2009-04-30 13:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD930	ACTION ON PAK-AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistani Cabinet approved the opening of formal negotiations on a new Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement (ATT) April 8, a significant step toward replacing the outdated 1965 agreement currently in place. While this is a welcome step forward, challenges ranging from vested [...]	2009-05-01 08:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD PK
09ISLAMABAD934	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NEWS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 09:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD935	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 09:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD936	FOCUSING ON RENEWED IDP ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) remains in flux as military operations continue in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP); post will report specific updates septel. Charge and PO Peshawar have been pressing PM Gilani, the presidency and NWFP Chief Minister Hoti [...]	2009-05-01 11:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD940	UPDATE ON PAKISTANI IDPS [...] (SBU) Summary: As military operations continue in Dir and Buner in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),access to these areas remains the greatest impediment to the UN and others conducting registration, assessing needs, and delivering aid. Higher internally displaced persons (IDP) estim [...]	2009-05-01 13:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD941	GOP BRIEFS A NEW STRATCOM PLAN [...] (C) Summary. In an April 31 meeting with A/DCM and PAO, new Minister of Information and Broadcasting Kaira described the GOP,s planned national public affairs campaign to build public support for the fight against extremism. The plan includes hiring local public relations firms to create ads [...]	2009-05-01 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD943	MEET THE GOVERNOR-IN-WAITING: ANWAR SAIFULLAH [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Senator Anwar Saifullah has accepted President Zardari's request that he serve as the new Governor of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). Saifullah is ready to take up his duties immediately, but completion of his appointment has been delayed by [...]	2009-05-02 11:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD945	PAKISTAN UNLIKELY TO MEET ALL IMF TARGETS BUT IMF RESREP [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan is unlikely to meet all its IMF targets, but Islamabad Resident Representative Paul Ross seemed unconcerned. Ross and noted Pakistani economist Dr. Ashfaque Hassan Khan told Econoffs that Pakistan is unlikely to meet its tax collection and fiscal deficit targets. Ros [...]	2009-05-03 10:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK

09ISLAMABAD946	RECONCILIATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) publicly agreed to continue in a coalition with the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) government in Punjab, but PML-N again politely declined PM Gilani's offer to rejoin the PPP-led government in Islamabad. Awami National Party leader Wali Khan [...]	2009-05-03 10:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD947	ANP'S WALI KHAN PRAISES MILITARY SUCCESSES [...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party President Asfundyar Wali Khan told Charge May 3 that he was pleased (for the first time) with vigorous Army/Frontier Corps action against militants in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). GOP forces were moving into Shangla, completing the encirclement [...]	2009-05-03 11:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD950	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 10:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD958	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 09:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD964	PAKISTAN: DATA PROTECTION LEGISLATION SLOWLY MOVING [...] (SBU) EconOffs delivered reftel demarche informing the GOP that Pakistan will remain on the Priority Watch List to Imran Ali Director (U.S.),Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Syed Bukhari, Director General, Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan on April 29. 2. (SBU) Ali and Bukhari [...]	2009-05-05 13:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD967	UPDATE ON IDP SITUATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN and partner agencies have now set up three IDP camps, two in Mardan and another in Swabi to accommodate a total of 1150 refugee families. All camps are being developed by UNHCR site planners, and WHO and UNICEF are developing water/sanitation and health facilities. As o [...]	2009-05-06 01:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID PREL PINR PTER ECON
09ISLAMABAD971	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-06 09:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD976	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 12:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD98	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 11:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD980	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 09:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD990	SWAT -- NO QUICK FIXES [...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Gilani's May 7 speech announcing the government's intent to "eliminate militants" appears to be the launching point of full scale military operations in Swat. Although Pakistani civilian and military leaders are sounding the right notes about tackling militancy, we should [...]	2009-05-08 11:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD991	GILANI DECLARES WAR IN SWAT [...] (C) Summary: On May 7 in a landmark television and radio address to the nation, Prime Minister Gilani made an impassioned plea to Pakistanis to support decisive military action against the Taliban in Swat and surrounding areas. All political parties except Imran Khan's and the Jamaat-e-Islami [...]	2009-05-08 13:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD993	UN BRIEFS ON IMPENDING PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS: URGENT NEEDS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 9 and 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: Pakistan faces an imminent humanitarian crisis. UN agencies now anticipate a total Pakistan IDP population of 1.3 million. This number includes an anticipated outflow of 800,000 from Dir, Buner and Swat Districts. Reli [...]	2009-05-09 02:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID PREL PINR PTER ECON
09ISLAMABAD996	SITUATION IN SWAT AS OF MAY 9 [...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Swat District continued on May 9 with reports of over 140 militants killed during the day. Press reports indicate that the Pakistan Air Force started aerial assaults in the Swat city of Mingora on the morning of May 9. By the evening, the UN High Commission for R [...]	2009-05-09 12:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISTANBUL105	FACEBOOK IN IRAN: DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR FRIENDS [...] (C) Summary: In early February the Iranian regime reportedly unblocked internet access in Iran to social networking sites like Facebook. Since then tens of thousands of Iranians have signed up, according to Iranian contacts, and use the website not only for socializing but also for politica [...]	2009-03-13 07:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM ECPS IR
09ISTANBUL12	NGO LEADERS: WOMEN'S RIGHTS THREATENED BY GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary: Women NGO leaders gathered for lunch hosted by the Consul General on December 17, 2008, commented on the growing conservatism on the part of the Turkish government (GOT) over the past year which ultimately impaired women's rights. According to the leaders present, a tendency t [...]	2009-01-07 14:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF OSCE TU PHUM
09ISTANBUL121	RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND AKP VIE TO WIN THE HEARTS AND [...] (C) Summary. A visiting USG research group met with intellectuals and think tanks in Istanbul on March 5-9 to discuss the developing relationship between the government of Turkey (GOT) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Various observers told them the religiously conservative Turkis [...]	2009-03-24 15:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE IZ TU
09ISTANBUL124	COLUMNISTS DEBATE THE FUTURE OF TURKEY UNDER AKP [...] (U) Summary. During a lively luncheon at the Consul General's Residence, four senior Turkish columnists exchanged views and barbs about Turkey's future course. While all agreed that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will be setting the course, there was great disagreement [...]	2009-03-27 11:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO ECON TU PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE
09ISTANBUL125	MINORITY MAYORAL CANDIDATE OPENS A DOOR [...] (SBU) Summary. For the first time in 50 years, Turkey has an Armenian mayoral candidate. During a mid-March meeting, Democratic Left Party (DSP) candidate Yayla Karabet readily acknowledged that he was selected to appeal to the minority population on the Prince's Islands in the Sea of Marmara. [...]	2009-03-27 11:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL131	A LEADING IRANIAN ANALYST'S ADVICE ON ROXANA [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: A leading Iranian analyst shared views with us on March 26 on Iranian-American journalist Roxane Saberi's detention, US-Iran engagement, and Iran's presidential elections. Regarding Saberi's detention, he said if the USG follows the model used in 2007 in response to Hale [...]	2009-03-31 10:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM IR
09ISTANBUL132	TREASURY OFFICIALS VISIT ISTANBUL [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) US Treasury Department officials Joanna Veltri and Jason Weiss had a series of meetings in Istanbul on March 19th & March 20th with financial analysts and private sector representatives. They discussed Turkey's worrisome financing needs, prospects for an IMF agreement and the [...]	2009-03-31 14:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL137	IRAN/NARCOTICS: ENGAGING IRAN ON COUNTER-NARCOTIC ISSUES IN TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-10 11:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PINS PREL SNAR TU
09ISTANBUL138	US-IRAN RELATIONS: "BEWARE THE SPOILERS" [...] (S) Summary: Several contacts who closely watch Iranian politics have cautioned that in the wake of recent positive "atmospheric" developments in US-Iran relations, Washington should take extra care not to "over-extend" its efforts to reach out to the regime. The remaining two months before [...]	2009-04-10 13:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL141	TURKISH BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS POTUS VISIT AND [...] (C) Summary: During an April 15 luncheon discussion with the Ambassador and Consul General, organized in part to receive input in response to discussions during the President,s visit on increasing two-way trade and investment, prominent Turkish business executives viewed President Obama,s [...]	2009-04-17 14:12:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN
09ISTANBUL142	CHECHEN REFUGEE CONDITIONS IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary. The murder in Istanbul between October 2008 and February 2009 of three Chechens with alleged terrorist ties prompted speculation by news outlets and local Chechen refugees that Russia or Chechen governor Ramzan Kadyrov might be involved. Contacts also reported on the difficult [...]	2009-04-21 13:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TU OSCE RS
09ISTANBUL151	SISLI MAYOR SARIGUL READY TO LAUNCH NEW PARTY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Mustafa Sarigul, recently re-elected for a third term as mayor of the Istanbul municipality of Sisli, voiced absolute confidence that he will be the Prime Minister of Turkey following the 2011 elections. Prime Minister Recep Erdogan will not win a third term, according to Sarig [...]	2009-05-04 06:28:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL167	TURKISH BUSINESS LEADERS EXPRESS OPTIMISM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 8 U.S. Department of Treasury officials, after a day of meetings in Ankara with high level government officials (septel),came to Istanbul to speak with bankers, economists and real sector representatives about Turkey,s economy. The consensus among the interlocu [...]	2009-05-15 05:44:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN TU
09ISTANBUL17	EUR/SE DEPUTY DIRECTOR BRINK IN ISTANBUL MEETINGS [...] (U) Summary. On December 18, EUR/SE Deputy Director Bridget Brink ended a week-long visit to Turkey by meeting with officials of the Turkish business association MUSIAD, the press relations officer of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and prominent newspaper columnists. The overall theme of the [...]	2009-01-11 09:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU EINV IR AA
09ISTANBUL173	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PHARMACEUTICAL REPS AND [...] (SBU) (Summary) Ambassador Jeffrey recently met with representatives of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry in Istanbul. The discussion centered upon familiar and long-standing industry problems in Turkey such as market access, patent protection and data exclusivity, as well as conformit [...]	2009-05-18 14:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN FCSC PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL175	PROMOTING "CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN IRAN" [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish NGO that promotes "corporate social responsibility" (CSR) principles in Turkey has briefed us on its efforts to train an Iranian CSR NGO to survey 100 Iranian companies on the extent to which they implement CSR principles in Iran. Not surprisingly the initial results [...]	2009-05-20 15:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL180	SURPRISE TURKISH ELECTION RESULTS PUT SKEPTICAL [...] (U) Summary: The relatively low support for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the March 29 local election caught many political watchers off-guard, which calls into question the validity of public opinion surveys in Turkey. Only one published poll * from A&G Research -- correct [...]	2009-05-22 13:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TU SOPN
09ISTANBUL183	IRANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS ENCOURAGE US HELP TO [...] (C) Summary: Several Iranian environmental experts recently decried to us the lack of attention and resources the GOI devotes to water-related issues in Iran. They urged the USG to reach out to Iran indirectly, through UNDP or academic channels, to offer a "cooperative partnership" (i.e., US [...]	2009-05-27 14:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PREL PGOV PINS UNDP IR TU
09ISTANBUL189	IRANIAN ELECTIONS AND MEDIA: "PRESS TV FOR [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary and Comment: The Istanbul correspondent for Iran's "Press TV" news channel (please strictly protect) told us that a sizable majority of Press TV reporters, editors, and producers openly support Iranian presidential candidate Mousavi and oppose Ahmadinejad. Despite Press TV [...]	2009-05-29 15:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IR TU
09ISTANBUL20	AN IRANIAN FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT CRITIQUES U.S. [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian expert with a regime-affiliated think-tank who participated in a "study tour" observing U.S. presidential elections has written a draft paper comparing and critiquing U.S. and Iranian election procedures. The paper will be published on a Turkish university website in [...]	2009-01-14 07:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM TU IR
09ISTANBUL206	IRAN/ELECTIONS: A LEADING IRANIAN ANALYST PREDICTS [...] (S) Summary: A leading Tehran-based economic and political consultant predicts that Mir-Hossein Mousavi will win the Iranian elections in a June 19 run-off against Ahmadinejad. His firm's most recent polling shows Mousavi receiving over 50 percent support from Iranians likely to vote, with [...]	2009-06-09 13:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL KDEM IR TU
09ISTANBUL207	IRAN/ELECTIONS: "THE MOST DYNAMIC WEEK IN IRANIAN [...] (S) Summary: Former Iranian MFA Director General Kia Tabatabaee (please protect) told us June 10 that not since the 1979 revolution has he seen such a dynamic week in Iranian politics. He said the televised debates (especially the airing of corruption charges and personal attacks),the mass [...]	2009-06-10 13:46:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PINS PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL22	RAISING CONCERNS WITH TURKISH BANKS ABOUT IRAN'S [...] (C) Summary: We met with representative from the Turkish Bankers' Association and several Turkish banks to highlight our ongoing concerns about Iran's deceptive financial practices and urge them to undertake more rigorous scrutiny of their relationships with Iranian banks. We also shared inf [...]	2009-01-15 06:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP PREL PGOV TU IR
09ISTANBUL220	IRAN/ELECTIONS: "AN IRGC COUP" NOW FACES THREE [...] (S) Summary: A former IRGC captain maintains that the Iranian regime's claim of an Ahmadinejad presidential victory was "an IRGC coup." He claims to have been told by current IRGC contacts (hinting that they are colonels or brigadiers) that once the IRGC saw on election day that that Mousavi [...]	2009-06-17 14:24:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PINS PGOV KDEM PREL IT TU
09ISTANBUL244	POST-ELECTION IRAN: "THE SYSTEM IS NO LONGER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Former Iranian MFA Director General Kia Tabatabaee, recently returned from Iran, described how he thinks Ahmadinejad's campaign "stole" the elections, including printing 20 million extra ballots for ballot-box stuffing. He predicted the regime will now work hard to secure in [...]	2009-07-02 14:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS KDEM PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL261	S/P DIRECTOR SLAUGHTER RAISES HALKI SEMINARY WITH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting S/P Director met June 25 in Istanbul with the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I, to discuss religious freedom and interfaith dialogue in Turkey. The Patriarch again praised President Obama's April 6 Ankara speech remarks on the need to re-open the Halki Seminary and we [...]	2009-07-10 16:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL269	KOC EXECUTIVES ASSESS TURKEY'S ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Koc executives expressed concern over the Turkish economy to Ambassador Jeffrey and CG Wiener in a July 9 meeting. While the situation has improved since earlier this year and Turkey is relatively better-positioned than its peers, consumer confidence remains low and must reboun [...]	2009-07-15 08:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
09ISTANBUL271	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HALKI [...] (C) Summary. During a July 9 meeting, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (EP) explained the Patriarchate's lack of communication with the GOT on Halki and briefed the Ambassador on the positive July 4 - 6 visit of Russian Patriarch Kirill to Turkey. According to the EP, the GOT has not communi [...]	2009-07-15 08:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU GR RU
09ISTANBUL28	TURKISH INTELLECTUALS WANT FREEDOM TO DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 13:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL316	TUSIAD CHIEF QUESTIONS GOT ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (Summary) (C) Arzuhan Yalcindag, President of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD),on August 12 told the Consul General that recent developments and a round of ministerial-level meetings in Ankara left her pessimistic about the GOT's commitment to economic ref [...]	2009-08-14 11:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL320	SESAME SEES ITSELF AS A MODEL CENTER FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fourteenth meeting of the Council of Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) was held in Istanbul in July. The SESAME project is a scientific initiative currently under construction in Jordan that currently fosters positive in [...]	2009-08-17 05:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PRELTBIOBA CY EG ENRG IR IS IZ JO PK
09ISTANBUL326	PATRIARCHATE,S READOUT OF PM ERDOGAN AND PATRIARCH [...] Summary. (C) Press officer for the Ecumenical Patriarchate Father Dositheos on August 18 elaborated to poloff about the August 15 conversation between Prime Minister Erdogan and the Ecumenical Patriarch (Ref A). Dositheos reported that during his visit to the Greek sites on the island (the fir [...]	2009-08-19 15:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TU GR OSCE
09ISTANBUL336	(C) IRAN: A XXXXX CONTACT SHARES VIEWS FROM A RAFSANJANI BUSINESS ALLY ON KHAMENEI'S CANCER AND RAFSANJANI'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: A XXXXXXXXXXXX businessman who represents the XXXXXXXXXXXX company XXXXXXXXXXXX shared with us a discussion he recently had with a XXXXXXXXXXXX he described as close to Rafsanjani. The XXXXXXXXXXXX claimed Rafsanjani told him Supreme Leader Khamenei has terminal leukemia and is expecte [...]	2009-08-28 14:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ECON ETRD IR TU
09ISTANBUL344	FLASH FLOOD AFTERMATH [...] (U) During the evening of September 8 and the morning of September 9, flash floods in Istanbul and surrounding areas left 31 confirmed dead, nine missing, and damages that may exceed USD 100 million. Affected areas were Tekirdag, a province west of Istanbul, and the western Istanbul neighborh [...]	2009-09-11 05:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL345	IRAN: TURKISH EXPERTS SEE KHAMENEI IN CHARGE, [...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed several leading Turkish think-tank experts for latest views on developments in Iran and the Iranian regime's view of engagement with the international community. The common themes we heard were: Supreme Leader Khamenei remains in firm control of the regime, su [...]	2009-09-11 13:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL350	TURKISH ARMENIANS RELATE HOPE FOR PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting on September 4, Armenian Archbishop and acting Patriarch Aram Atesyan shared with visiting Ambassador Yovanovitch his optimism about the Turkish-Armenian rapprochement despite his conviction that Turkey will not change its stance on the events of 1915. He expl [...]	2009-09-14 08:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE AR TU
09ISTANBUL351	ISLAM, AKP, HEADSCARVES, FETHULLAH GULEN, AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 12:04:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL352	IRAN: REGIME PRESSURE REACHING SOME ISTANBUL [...] (S) Several Istanbul-based contacts of ConGen Istanbul's NEA Iran Watcher have separately cautioned us in the past week that they been asked (or warned) by Iranian officials to cease contact with "American diplomats asking questions about Iran." In one case, a key contact -- XXXXXXXXXXXX-- i [...]	2009-09-15 09:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PINS PREL PGOV PINR IR TU
09ISTANBUL357	ISLAM, AKP, HEADSCARVES, FETHULLAH GULEN, AND THE [...] (SBU). SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. A wide range of our contacts dismissed the notion that Turkey is at risk of becoming an Islamic Republic. Their consensus is that the political system is flexible enough to accommodate pious Turks, growing political activism. Though this activism will contin [...]	2009-09-17 14:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL365	PRIVATE SECTOR QUESTIONS AKP WILL TO LEAD ON [...] (C) Summary. Leading Turkish businessmen and economists gave the Justice and Development Party (AKP) mixed reviews at a luncheon hosted by the Consul General on September 23, 2009. The group acknowledged that the government of Prime Minister Erdogan has done a better job of handling the ec [...]	2009-09-28 14:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL373	ECHR DECISION COULD OPEN FLOOD OF PROPERTY CASES [...] (U) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights has handed down a ruling against Turkey in a case of property rights for Greek citizens and inherited property in Turkey. The ECHR determined that the confiscation of the Greek citizen's property by the Treasury was illegal not only according to [...]	2009-10-01 16:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE GR TU
09ISTANBUL374	IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS: BAHAI'I TRIAL UPDATE AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Bahai'i community leaders told us the trial of Iranian Bahai'i activists remains scheduled for October 18. Given that the prosecutor and judge involved in the case are the same ones who convicted American-Iranian journalist Roxane Saberi of espionage, the Bahai'i are bra [...]	2009-10-02 07:08:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PINS PREL TU IR
09ISTANBUL384	RUSSIAN THREATENS UKRAINE COULD BE LEFT IN THE [...] Summary: On October 4, Under Secretary of State for Economics, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats met with Russian Minister of Finance Alexi Kudrin during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Istanbul. The two discussed a range of economic issues, including Russia's role in the [...]	2009-10-06 15:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV OSCE TU RU UR
09ISTANBUL394	IRAN-TURKEY COMMERCE: WARM FUZZIES AND COLD FACTS [...] (C) Summary: Despite a spate of recent Iran-Turkey trade conferences and visits, bilateral trade volume in 2009 is significantly down: USD 2.92 billion in the first seven months of 2009, down 38% compared to the same period in 2008. Many experts suggest the global financial downturn and low [...]	2009-10-15 05:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PINS PGOV IR TU
09ISTANBUL404	JEWISH COMMUNITY CONCERNED, BUT NO INCIDENTS YET [...] (C) Summary. The beginning of television series "Separation" (Ayrilik) aired weekly on state-run TRT 1 starting October 13th inspired condemnation and concern from Israel and the Jewish community in Turkey. Community Vice Presidents Lina Filiba and Daniel Navarro met with the Consul General [...]	2009-10-22 16:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU IS
09ISTANBUL408	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY VOICES GROWING [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 06:36:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL429	SISLI MAYOR SARIGUL BROADENING ELECTORAL BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mustafa Sarigul, mayor of Istanbul's Sisli District, remains on track to launch his political party, the Turkey Change Movement (Turkiye Degisim Hareketi, or TDH),in January 2010 and will make a bid to oust Prime Minister Erdogan in the 2011 election. In separate, recent meetings [...]	2009-11-19 11:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL434	HALKI AND PATRIARCHAL SUCCESSION [...] (C) Summary. Echoing statements made earlier by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the U.S.-based spokesperson for the Ecumenical Patriarchate on November 14 reiterated to poloff that Turkey's remaining community of 2,500 Greek Orthodox alone is not large enough to sustain the Patriarchate. The [...]	2009-11-27 09:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU
09ISTANBUL440	TURKEY-IRAN RELATIONS: MOTIVATIONS, LIMITATIONS, [...] (C) Recent discussions with Turkish and Iranian think-tank, business, and political activist contacts on the issue of Turkey-Iran relations reveal a broad consensus that: (1) Turkey pursues closer relations with Iran out of desires for regional stability and conflict avoidance, recognition of [...]	2009-12-04 12:36:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD KNNP TU IR
09ISTANBUL456	ALEVIS WITHOUT A PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. The definition of Turkish Alevism varies greatly, as do the cultural and political objectives of the rainbow of Alevi organizations in the country. Three significant Alevi organizations/federations share only two demands: official GOT recognition of Alevi places of worship ("c [...]	2009-12-14 13:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL461	IRAN/CULTURE: SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK AND ROLL [...] (SBU) Summary: An Iranian rock band described to us on December 8-9 Tehran's "small but crazy" underground club scene, where drugs are cheap and easy to find, creative expression is at its most free, and participants are among Iran's most tech-savvy citizens. They said the regime's fierce po [...]	2009-12-16 14:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS SOCI TU IR
09ISTANBUL466	SURVEY SHOWS HIGH LEVELS OF RELIGIOSITY AND [...] (C) Summary. Sabanci University political scientist Ali Carkoglu, together with Ersin Kalaycioglu, reported new research findings on religiosity in Turkey under the framework of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) that indicate a high level of religiosity among Turks and high levels [...]	2009-12-24 07:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF TU
09ISTANBUL468	LEADING ENTREPRENEURS PARTICIPATE IN ISTANBUL [...] (U) Summary. A Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit Roundtable was hosted in Istanbul by Consul General Wiener on December 21, bringing together a group of successful Turkish entrepreneurs to discuss shared experiences and lessons learned, and to discuss the potential for new partnerships a [...]	2009-12-29 05:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL47	IRAN/DIPLOMACY: FORMER IRANIAN MFA DG URGES [...] (C) Summary: Kia Tabatabaee, a former Iranian MFA Director General now working for the "Developing Eight" (D8) organization in Istanbul, told us that Iran awaits US steps towards engagement. He urged the US and EU3 to put aside the nuclear issue "for a few months" and cooperate on regional i [...]	2009-01-29 11:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IR TU
09ISTANBUL48	SECOND ANNIVERARY OF HRANT DINK'S MURDER, [...] (SBU) Summary. Consul General and other consulate officers attended a number of memorial events commemorating the second anniversary of Hrant Dink's murder in Istanbul on January 19, 2007. During a January 22 courtesy call by Ambassador Jeffrey, Hrant Dink's widow Rakel and family lawyer Feth [...]	2009-01-29 14:47:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL OSCE TU PGOV
09ISTANBUL50	GREEK ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE: DISILLUSIONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. During a January 22 courtesy call by Ambassador Jeffrey, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I requested the Ambassador's help in addressing the Patriarchate's problems with the government of Turkey (GOT). He expressed his best wishes for President Obama and his hope that the new a [...]	2009-01-30 09:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF PHUM TU OSCE
09ISTANBUL68	TURKEY: HIDDEN ARMENIANS AND THE ROLE OF THE [...] (C) Summary. Acting Armenian patriarch Archbishop Aram Atesyan estimates there are 110,000 ethnic Armenians in Turkey including Armenian Turks and illegal Armenian migrant workers. He would put the number of those of Armenian descent in Turkey much higher -- nearly 2 million -- given compulsor [...]	2009-02-19 11:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL78	TURKISH THINK TANK EXPERTS EXPOUND ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed private Turkish experts for latest views on Turkey-Iran and US-Iran relations. The most common themes we heard were: Turkey and Iran, as neighbors and rivals, both seek a stable "balance of power" with each other and usually pursue bilateral relations with t [...]	2009-02-26 10:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP IAEA TU IR
09ISTANBUL81	KOCAELI ELECTIONS SHAPING UP AS TWO PARTY RACE [...] Summary. A hard-fought and close race for the Mayorship of Kocaeli Greater Municipality, the largest city in Kocaeli Province, is shaping up between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP). In the last municipal elections, Ibrahim [...]	2009-02-26 14:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL83	US-IRAN RELATIONS: WHY IRAN REFUSED THE US [...] (S) Summary: A trusted contact claims he was told by a close advisor to Iranian President Ahmadinejad that Iran denied visas for the planned February 4, 2009 visit of the US women's badminton because of the USG's "bad faith" in announcing the visit earlier than Iran had requested. According t [...]	2009-03-03 06:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM IR
09ISTANBUL86	AMCHAM SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS INVESTOR CONCERNS [...] (U) Summary. The third annual American Business Forum Turkey investment survey highlights U.S. investor disillusionment with the pace of reform and concerns regarding macroeconomic stability. A large majority of surveyed investors nonetheless remain confident in Turkey's market potential and [...]	2009-03-03 14:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD TU
09ISTANBUL92	IN ISTANBUL, BESIKTAS IS A CHP ISLAND IN AN AKP SEA [...] Summary. Besiktas, one of Istanbul's wealthiest districts, has long been a stronghold of Turkey's secular Republican People's Party (CHP). In both the 2004 local elections and the 2007 parliamentary elections Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) never got above 20 percent of [...]	2009-03-06 11:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL94	TURKEY-IRAN COMMERCE: "MOSTLY JUST NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Summary: Despite two recent trade-related Ministerial visits to Iran and accompanying press suggesting a rapidly expanding bilateral trade relationship, Turkish-Iranian Business Council contacts assured us that beyond Turkey's interest in Iranian natural gas, the trade relationship is "m [...]	2009-03-06 12:37:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV ETRD IR TU
09JAKARTA1030	Indonesian President's in-law sentenced in corruption case [...] (SBU) The Anti-Corruption Court sentenced Aulia Pohan -- President Yudhoyono's son's father-in-law -- to 4 1/2 years on corruption charges on June 17. The court also sentenced three additional central bank deputy governors, bringing the total to nine public officials convicted in this central [...]	2009-06-18 08:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PREL ID
09JAKARTA1035	GOI ACTS TO STOP VIOLENCE AT ROHINGYA CAMP IN ACEH [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In response to recent beatings of Rohingya asylum seekers and Bangladeshi migrants by Indonesian Red Cross staff at a camp in East Aceh, the GOI has dispatched a security team to the camp to restore order. The situation [...]	2009-06-19 04:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF ID BM CE
09JAKARTA105	2008 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR INDONESIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOI has a strong legal framework in place in order to prevent the Worst Form of Child Labor (WFCL). Implementation of safeguards is lacking but improving, however. The number of child workers has decreased following the ratification of the 2007 Child Protection Act. Matters [...]	2009-01-20 09:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB PREL ID
09JAKARTA1060	BURMA -- INDONESIAN ACTIVISTS KEEP UP PRESSURE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian activists marked Aung San Suu Kyi's June 19 birthday by demanding her immediate release from detention and calling on ASEAN states to take a tougher line toward the Burmese regime. At a Mission-organized event, a leading MP--while noting that Indonesia's record is re [...]	2009-06-23 09:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID BM
09JAKARTA1075	Health Cooperation Q Moving Toward a New [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This message outlines a vision of greater health cooperation with Indonesia and provides building blocks for the June 25 Sub-IPC. The United States now has an opportunity to transform our health [...]	2009-06-24 10:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED KFLU MASS PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1078	RESPONSE NEEDED: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On February 20, 2009, Post passed the draft U.S.-Indonesia Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation to the Government of Indonesia (GOI),following up on Secretary Clinton's February 18 promise to Foreign Minister Wirayud [...]	2009-06-25 06:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PREL TPHY ID
09JAKARTA1115	VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ACTIVE ON THE TRAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahead of Indonesia's July 8 presidential election, the three VP candidates are on the hustings and working the crowds hard. They wrapped up their second and final debate on June 30 with none of the candidates gaining a decided advantage. Over all, none of the three has had much [...]	2009-07-01 05:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1126	DVC DIALOGUE PLACES SPOTLIGHT ON INDONESIAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: G/TIP Director Ambassador Luis CdeBaca held a June 29 DVC dialogue with key GOI officials and NGO leaders regarding the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on Indonesia. Ambassador Hume ope [...]	2009-07-02 07:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB SMIG ID
09JAKARTA1136	INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: President Yudhoyono,s economic platform is the most reform-oriented, liberal agenda in a presidential election that is clouded in protectionist, anti-foreign rhetoric. Megawati,s &people,s economy8 platform includes land reform, agricultural development, and an overall protection [...]	2009-07-06 04:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ID PGOV PREL
09JAKARTA1152	HOUSE DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE COMMISSION VISITS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Congressman David Price led the House Democracy Assistance Commission's (HDAC) fourth visit to Jakarta from June 30-July 2. The 23 person delegation included five other members, spouses and staff. While in Jakarta, HDAC held meetings on parliamentary reform, foreign policy, [...]	2009-07-08 04:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1157	INDONESIA VOTES PEACEFULLY; PRESIDENT SEEMS TO [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; it was coordinated with Consulates Medan and Surabaya. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's presidential election went smoothly and peacefully on July 8. Preliminary exit polls indicate that President Yudhoyono is likely to win by a landslide, wi [...]	2009-07-08 10:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1161	SOUTH SUMATRA DECENTRALIZATION: DIAMONDS IN THE WEEDS [...] (U) Summary. Consulate Medan surveyed decentralization programs at the district and city levels in Bangka Belitung and South Sumatra Provinces in southern Sumatra during the week of June 22-27. Bangka Belitung's experiences in providing a scheme for universal health insurance and subsidies stan [...]	2009-07-09 10:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI ID
09JAKARTA1171	PRESIDENT'S BIG VICTORY SPARKS DEBATE ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's resounding victory in the recent presidential election--now backed up by official figures--has sparked debate about the future of the opposition and its leaders. Badly trounced in recent elections, VP Kalla's Golkar Party seems set to re-invent itself in [...]	2009-07-10 10:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1184	INDONESIA -- OUTLOOK FOR PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono,s decisive victory in Indonesia's recent presidential election gave him a second five-year term and a strong mandate to govern. He will need a stable Parliamentary coalition and a strong Cabinet to implement his reform agenda, however, and neither of these is [...]	2009-07-14 10:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCOR ID
09JAKARTA119	MUNIR MURDER CASE -- MINOR PLAYER GETS JAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Supreme Court has convicted Rohainil Aini, a former Garuda Airlines' employee, in connection with the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. Rohainil received a one-year sentence for faking a letter that enabled Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto (who [...]	2009-01-22 08:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM ID
09JAKARTA1191	ACEH -- MAINTAINING THE PEACE AND RECONCILIATION [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume briefed ambassadors and country directors of major donor organizations on July 7 on a U.S. Mission initiative to form a group of eminent Achenese to advise on the way forward in consolidating peace and [...]	2009-07-15 09:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1194	REVISED DRAFT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT: [...] (U) This is an Action Request--please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta shared the revised draft Science and Technology Agreement with the Ministry of Research and Technology. The Ministry was very optimistic about concluding negotiations on the agreement. GOI interloc [...]	2009-07-15 12:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR TPHY ID
09JAKARTA121	INDONESIA EFFUSIVELY WELCOMES BARACK OBAMA AS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesians across the archipelago exuberantly greeted President Barack Obama's Inauguration on January 20. At a formal ball in Jakarta held during the Inauguration ceremonies, a Presid [...]	2009-01-22 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO SCUL ID
09JAKARTA1257	BURMESE ROHINGYA UPDATE -- GOI WORKING WITHIN THE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia and other members of the Bali Process are meeting July 27-29 in Bali to discuss Asia-Pacific migrant-related issues. One key topic involves the Burmese Rohingya migrants now in Sumatra and what to do about [...]	2009-07-28 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ID BM
09JAKARTA1269	INDONESIA--REALIZING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Expanded and more robust engagement with Indonesia is critical to the President's vision of a new relationship with the Muslim world as outlined in his Cairo speech. Now is the time to advance key elements of our Comprehensive Partnership with Indonesia--the Muslim world's larg [...]	2009-07-29 10:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL SOCI KISL EAID ECON ID XF
09JAKARTA1277	INDONESIA'S PARLIAMENT -- COURT RULING SPARKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Indonesian Supreme Court ruling dealing with the arcane process of parliamentary seat allocation has stirred controversy. The ruling, if implemented, would dramatically shift the balance of power in the new Parliament toward the biggest parties, including President Y [...]	2009-07-30 09:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1290	ASEAN -- INDONESIANS PRAISE U.S. ENGAGEMENT BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Phuket ministerial, Indonesian officials continue to praise U.S. commitment to ASEAN and underscore the regional organization's central place in Indonesian foreign policy. However, Indonesia continues to press for more aggressive human rights mechanisms withi [...]	2009-08-04 10:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEAN ID BM
09JAKARTA1305	FORMERLY POWERFUL, GOLKAR PARTY FALLS ON HARD TIMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Golkar party, preeminent during the Suharto period and influential after, has fallen on hard times. Performing extremely poorly in recent elections, party fractures have deepened and the party faces a leadership fight, as well as growing tensions between an old guard and Yo [...]	2009-08-06 09:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID

09JAKARTA1329	TERRORIST NOORDIN M.TOP -- A BIO SKETCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission provides biographic information below regarding Noordin M. Top. Top, a Malaysian national, has been implicated in the July 17 hotel bombings in Jakarta and other terrorist acts. Top, who is 41 and arrived in Indonesia after 9/11, has been involved with extremist politi [...]	2009-08-11 10:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID
09JAKARTA135	Yudhoyono Advisor -- the Time is Now for a Strategic [...] (SBU) The time is now to build a U.S.-Indonesian strategic partnership according to President Yudhoyono's key economic advisor. Chatib Basri, who served as SBY's sherpa to the November 2008 G20 Summit in Washington, said there is new-found enthusiasm throughout the Indonesian government to wor [...]	2009-01-27 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1358	GOI ANNOUNCES SENTENCE CUTS FOR PRISONERS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI granted sentence reductions of up to six months to tens of thousands of inmates on Indonesian Independence Day, August 17. Although seven convicted terrorists received sentences cuts ranging from two to six months, only one will now be eligible for release. A 2006 reg [...]	2009-08-18 10:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1360	YUDHOYONO SHARES HIS VISION FOR INDONESIA IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's August 14 National Day Address showed a confident leader on the cusp of his second and final term of office who sees his nation at the launching point for greater things. The broad vision for Indonesia Yudhoyono laid out corresponds in many ways to the [...]	2009-08-18 11:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1372	PARLIAMENTARY REFORM LAW STEP FORWARD FOR [...] (SBU) Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) recently passed a parliamentary reform law which is a significant step forward for Indonesia's maturing democracy. This new law was intended to shift power from the executive branch to the legislative by increasing Parliament's autonomy over its budget a [...]	2009-08-20 04:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM ID CVIS
09JAKARTA1419	BURMA -- INDONESIA CONSIDERS STRONGER ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono is considering stronger Indonesian action in response to the Burmese regime's recent extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest. As he has done in the past, Yudhoyono may write to Burmese leader Than Shwe or dispatch a special envoy to urge reforms. Separa [...]	2009-08-27 10:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM
09JAKARTA143	MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM -- LEGISLATURE REVIEWS BILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Proponents of the military justice reform bill are considering whether to push for the bill's passage before Indonesia move toward elections. The bill, an initiative of the national legislature (DPR),would make the Indonesian military (TNI) subject to the civilian justice syst [...]	2009-01-28 08:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KJUS ID
09JAKARTA1451	PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO PONDERS CABINET PICKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is abuzz with speculation about President Yudhoyono's upcoming Cabinet appointments, which are slated to be announced after his October 20 inauguration. Some observers worry that inclusivist Yudhoyono will barter 2009 Cabinet positions for party support as he did in [...]	2009-09-01 05:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON ID
09JAKARTA1456	DCM REVIEWS PARTNERSHIP, PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met September 1 with Ambassador Retno Marsudi of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Marsudi said her visit to Washington last week had gone well. She then reviewed Indonesian perspectives on the Comprehensive Partnership and the GOI's desire for info [...]	2009-09-01 09:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ID
09JAKARTA1458	GOI CLAIMS MIX-UP IN SMALL ARMS SEIZED IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the GOI, the recent seizure of Indonesian-made small arms by the Philippines was a mistake, as the arms were lawfully exported from Indonesia. The seizure has hit the press here and Indonesian lawmakers have pledged to investigate the country's arms-related export [...]	2009-09-02 07:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ID RP
09JAKARTA1466	ELITE POLICE MOBILE BRIGADE -- A WAY FORWARD ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG's current training policy toward Mobile Brigade is counterproductive. Prohibiting this key law enforcement element from receiving ICITAP training prevents members from learning about INL-funded DOJ/ICITAP-develope [...]	2009-09-02 10:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1505	USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT OF JAVA EARTHQUAKE [...] The immediate humanitarian needs of an estimated 25,000 displaced individuals following the September 4 earthquake in central Java are mostly being met by government and non- governmental agencies. The earthquake-related damage to homes and infrastructure is relatively small, is manageable b [...]	2009-09-10 03:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID
09JAKARTA1510	INDONESIAN STATE SECRECY BILL MAY THREATEN PRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Respected journalists and media advocacy groups have urged Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to veto the so-called state secrecy bill. Articles in the state secrecy bill state that journalists who publish information the Government of Indonesia deems as a state s [...]	2009-09-10 10:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM ID OPRC
09JAKARTA1521	Locking in Progress for Broader Health Cooperation in [...] (SBU) Your September 15 meeting with Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari presents a critical opportunity to reset the stage for health and biomedical research cooperation with Indonesia. The Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Presidency received a resounding majority mandate in his July re-election, [...]	2009-09-11 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1525	IRAN -- WORKING WITH INDONESIA TO EXPAND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed points re Iran's nuclear program with the GOI. Pol/C made the key point that it is vital that Indonesia help make Iran understand that it faces the possibility of additional sanctions if it spurns the international community. We urged that Indonesia make c [...]	2009-09-14 08:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP PARM ID IR
09JAKARTA1528	COUNTERTERRORISM -- PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONAL USG [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian and Australian co-directors of the joint Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) told Pol/C on September 9 that they strongly support enhanced USG involvement in the Center's counterterrorism [...]	2009-09-14 11:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1531	KOSOVO -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON RECOGNITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to meet with Kosovo representatives on the margins of the upcoming UNGA. Noting that 62 countries have now recognized Kosovo, we again urged Indonesia to take that step. Presidential Palace and Department of Foreign Affairs contacts said they would brie [...]	2009-09-15 05:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC PBTS ID KV
09JAKARTA1533	ACEH: IMPLICATIONS OF NEW SHARIA LAW ALLOWING STONING [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. This message was coordinated with Embassy Jakarta. 2. (SBU) Summary. Provincial leaders and civil society groups in Aceh have voiced strong concern and the Indonesian central government is considering the constituti [...]	2009-09-15 07:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ID
09JAKARTA1537	INDONESIA TO HOST "ASIA-AFRICA" CONFERENCE FOCUSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has announced that it plans to host an "Asia-Africa" conference for senior officials in Jakarta in October. The conference will largely focus on Palestinian capacity-building, and comes against the backdrop of a technical conference on that subject sponsored by the GO [...]	2009-09-15 09:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ID XF
09JAKARTA1555	INTERFAITH DIALOGUE -- WORKING WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission is working closely with the GOI to finalize details of the proposed bilateral interfaith dialogue with the U.S. Poloff met recently with GOI officials to discuss key elements of the dialogue, which is slated to take place in Jakarta in November. The GOI is being very f [...]	2009-09-16 07:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID
09JAKARTA1561	PAPUA -- MORE LOW-LEVEL VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There has been more violence in Indonesia's Papua region. An unidentified armed group opened fire on September 12 in southern Papua, injuring two Indonesian employees of U.S. mining giant Freeport-McMoRan. GOI authorities are investigating the incident which comes against the [...]	2009-09-16 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ECON ASEC ID
09JAKARTA157	NEW G-20 SHERPA URGES ACTION AND COMMITMENT TO FIGHT [...] (SBU) The credibility of the G-20 is at risk unless its members implement their commitments, according to Indonesia's new sherpa. Deputy Minister at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Mahendra Siregar lamented that G-20 countries were unable to revive the WTO Doha round in December. [...]	2009-01-30 06:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1580	INDONESIAN COUNTERTERRORISM SUCCESS CONTINUES, BUT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The apparent slaying of terrorist leader Noordin M. Top is the latest and most prominent in a string of GOI counterterrorism successes. The police have stated that fingerprint analysis has confirmed Top was killed in a [...]	2009-09-18 11:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1581	INDONESIAN COUNTERTERRORISM SUCCESS CONTINUES, BUT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The apparent slaying of terrorist leader Noordin M. Top is the latest and most prominent in a string of GOI counterterrorism successes. The police have stated that fingerprint analysis has confirmed Top was killed in a [...]	2009-09-18 11:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1584	TIMOR-LESTE -- INDONESIAN VIEWS ON RELEASE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed with GOI contacts reftel points related to the recent release from detention by authorities in Timor-Leste of former militia leader Martenus Bere. GOI contacts confirmed that they are working with the GOTL to ensure the return of Bere--who is now in the cust [...]	2009-09-23 07:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID TT
09JAKARTA1587	WITH DEATH OF KEY TERRORIST CONFIRMED, POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Through a six-tissue DNA sample testing process, the GOI has confirmed the death of terrorist leader Noordin M. Top. Top and several associates were killed in a police operation in Central Java, September 16-17. The Indonesian government plans to repatriate the remains to Mala [...]	2009-09-23 10:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1599	INDONESIA'S LABOR MOVEMENT GAINS IN MEMBERS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts differ in their assessment of the future of Indonesia's labor movement. Forces that bode well for the survival and growth of the movement include: an increasingly educated work force that is demanding its rights (as witnessed by climbing labor union penetration in the [...]	2009-09-24 10:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON PREL ID
09JAKARTA1600	RATINGS UPGRADES AND UPWARD REVISIONS TO GROWTH FORECASTS [...] (U) Summary: Indonesia's resilience to the global economic downturn and prospects for improved economic performance following President Yudhoyono's peaceful re-election supported a recent upgrade of Indonesia's sovereign debt ratings and upward revisions of 2009-2010 economic growth forecasts. [...]	2009-09-24 11:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ID
09JAKARTA1601	VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT BOEDIONO CONFIDENT INDONESIA [...] (C) Summary: In a September 24 meeting with Ambassador and DCM, Vice President-elect Boediono (one name only) welcomed the strengthening of bilateral relations, urged continued deepening of people-to people ties, asked whether U.S. companies wanted to invest in clean energy in Indonesia, and i [...]	2009-09-24 11:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP EAID ECON ETRD ID KJUS PGOV PREL SENV
09JAKARTA1605	CENTRAL JAVA VILLAGERS PRESS ANTI-TERRORIST MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Protesters have taken to the streets in Central Java to block the burial of several terrorists who were killed with Noordin M. Top in a police operation, September 16-17. The villagers involved see the terrorists as an embarrassment to Indonesia and do not want the remains in t [...]	2009-09-25 07:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1619	INDONESIA: AVIATION - THE NEXT STEP [...] (U) This message contains an Action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is a major civil aviation market, and will grow faster if U.S. technical assistance can help bring its aviation sector up to international standards. A string of fatal air disasters has height [...]	2009-09-29 00:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ID
09JAKARTA1651	WEST SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE: SITREP 2 [...] The following information is current as of 11:00 local time. CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND 2. There have been no reports of significant aftershocks since the major earthquake of September 30 (reftel). However, any buildings over two stories have either collapsed or sustained extensive damag [...]	2009-10-02 08:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID
09JAKARTA1653	NEW INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT FACES HIGH EXPECTATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) Democratic Party (PD) and its coalition partners firmly in control of the newly inaugurated parliament, President Yudhoyono has the consensus government he's been seeking. Given the President's solid majority, many analysts ex [...]	2009-10-02 12:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1654	WEST SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE: SITREP 4 [...] The following information is current as of Saturday, October 3, 1100 hours, local time. CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND 2. Search and rescue operations continue. There are reports that approximately 60 people may be trapped in the Ambachang hotel, which caters to foreigners. Major roads are [...]	2009-10-03 05:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID
09JAKARTA1667	INDONESIAN FOREIGN POLICY -- INFLUENTIAL EXPERT [...] (C) SUMMARY: One of Indonesia's leading foreign affairs commentators has called for the GOI to pursue a "post-ASEAN" foreign policy. Rizal Sukma, the influential director of Jakarta's Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),argued in an October 5 op-ed that the G-20 is creati [...]	2009-10-05 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ASEAN ID BM
09JAKARTA1674	PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW REVAMPING ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Parliament has passed a new Anti-Corruption Court (ACC) law. If Parliament had not passed the bill before the session ended on September 30, the ACC could have become unconstitutional per an earlier court ruling. Civil society sees the law as inadequate, and not [...]	2009-10-06 04:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
09JAKARTA1693	PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON ON COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP AT [...] (SBU) Summary. Presidential advisor and Spokesperson for International Affairs Dino Patti Djalal described U.S.-Indonesian relations as "at an interesting place" in public remarks delivered at a lunch hosted by USINDO on the Comprehensive Partnership on October 6th. He described the recent in [...]	2009-10-08 01:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD PREL ID
09JAKARTA1699	KEY PARTY PICKS NEW LEADER IN WIN FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Golkar Party selected Aburizal Bakrie, Coordinating Minister for the People's Welfare, as its chair on October 8. Bakrie replaces Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who challenged President Yudhoyono in the recent election and lost. Bakrie is hugely wealthy and his victory was exp [...]	2009-10-08 10:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1715	MGEAP1: INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #6: [...] Since arriving in Padang, West Sumatra, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) has conducted assessments of areas affected by the September 30 earthquake to determine priority humanitarian needs. Preliminary assessment results indicate a widespread need for shelter intervent [...]	2009-10-13 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1716	COUNTERTERRORISM -- GOI REAPS MORE SUCCESS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has confirmed that two well-known terrorists were killed during an October 9 police operation near Jakarta. The two were close associates of terrorist leader Noordin M. Top, who was himself killed in a police operation, September 16-17. With the deaths of the two, the [...]	2009-10-13 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1726	INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #7: USAID/DART [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) continues to assess emergency shelter needs, in light of recent reports that the September 30 earthquake damaged more than 265,000 houses and destroyed the majority of brick kilns that serve affected areas. Following an assessment in th [...]	2009-10-14 09:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1727	INDONESIAN PRESIDENT FOCUSES ON CABINET SELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The press is having a field day watching who is coming and going from President Yudhoyono's weekend home as he began interviewing possible cabinet ministers this past weekend. Time is growing short as he plans to announce his cabinet picks immediately after his October 20 ina [...]	2009-10-14 11:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON ID
09JAKARTA1734	INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #8 [...] The Government of Indonesia (GoI) has reported that the official death toll from the September 30 is 1,115 people. During the October 13 to 15 visit of the U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) raised the issue of coordination with the U. [...]	2009-10-15 10:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA175	IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON EAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The global financial crisis is having a significant impact on the natural resource dependent economy and politics of East Kalimantan, Indonesia's second largest province. The drop in commodity prices is slowing illegal logging, but deforestation continues. Furthermore, the inab [...]	2009-02-03 11:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD SENV EAID ID
09JAKARTA1756	INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #11: SNAPSHOT OF [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) is continually assessing the dynamic emergency shelter conditions of areas affected by the September 30 earthquake, which severely damaged nearly 140,000 houses. Little displacement has occurred, as most families are living under tarps [...]	2009-10-19 10:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1772	EPA ADMINISTRATOR JACKSON'S OCT. 19-22 JAKARTA VIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson led the Presidential Delegation to President Yudhoyono's October 20 inauguration. On October 21 the Administrator held separate meetings and discussions with key players on the environment. Several officials stated that a U.S.-China deal was the k [...]	2009-10-22 12:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGHG SENV ECON KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1773	PROMISING ALLIES FOR COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 00:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ID PREL
09JAKARTA1774	PROMISING ALLIES FOR COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 00:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ID PREL
09JAKARTA1785	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON VISA CASE OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel message, Mission provided information regarding allegations of gross human rights violations against presidential advisor and Defense Secretary General Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin. Mission is p [...]	2009-10-26 11:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CVIS KISL ID
09JAKARTA1790	MUSLIM ORGANIZATION PRODUCING MOVIE FOCUSED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Muhammadiyah--one of Indonesia's largest Muslim organizations with over 35 million members--is producing a movie designed to promote religious tolerance. Muhammadiyah has teamed up with Indonesian National Intelligence (BIN),the police, and an ex-leader of the terrorist group J [...]	2009-10-27 10:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL ID
09JAKARTA1791	COUNTERNARCOTICS -- NEW LEGISLATION STRENGTHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the recent signing of a new narcotics law, the Indonesian National Counternarcotics Board (BNN) emerged with a new structure and greatly expanded investigative powers. BNN is now an independent law enforcement agency that reports directly to the President's Office, and has [...]	2009-10-28 05:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PREL ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1799	INDONESIA'S SUPREME COURT GAINS TRACTION IN REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first year as Chief Justice of Indonesia's Supreme Court, Harifin Tumpa has demonstrated a strong commitment to reforming Indonesia's judiciary. Under Tumpa,s leadership, the court has instituted a code of conduct and undertaken human resource and financial management re [...]	2009-10-29 07:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1800	INDONESIA ENACTS A NEW ELECTRICITY LAW [...] Indonesia's Parliament recently passed a new electricity law to increase development of the power sector by allowing local governments to set local tariff rates and establish companies that can compete with PLN, the national power utility, in power generation, transmission, and distribution. Th [...]	2009-10-29 09:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD ID
09JAKARTA181	PRIMER ON THE 2009 INDONESIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is gearing up for its national legislative elections in April. Parties winning the most votes in the legislative elections will be well poised to field candidates in the July presidential election. Indonesians are working hard to ensure the smooth running of this seri [...]	2009-02-04 10:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1810	ACEH'S NEW SHARIA LAW DISTURBING BUT NOT ENFORCEABLE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. This message was coordinated with Embassy Jakarta. 2. (SBU) Summary. The September 14, 2009 local Sharia law passed by Aceh Provincial Parliament (DPRA) imposing stoning for adultery is highly unlikely to ever be im [...]	2009-10-30 08:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ID
09JAKARTA1847	SCRUTINY OF BANK CENTURY BAILOUT ICCREASES [...] (C) Summary. The Yudhoyono administration'sb"ailout of failed Bank Century in November 2008 (reftel) has gone from a controversial policy decision taken by technocrats at the height of the financial crisis to a potential focus for opposition against the new administration. A group of primari [...]	2009-11-06 11:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1869	REWARD PERFORMANCE: RESELECT INDONESIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy strongly supports MCC reselecting Indonesia as eligible for compact. Indonesia deserves reselection based on its performance both on and outside the indicators. Failing to reselect Indonesia would dash Indonesian expectations created by the U.S. government and would we [...]	2009-11-12 00:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC ID
09JAKARTA1870	REWARD PERFORMANCE: RESELECT INDONESIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy strongly supports MCC reselecting Indonesia as eligible for compact. Indonesia deserves reselection based on its performance both on and outside the indicators. Failing to reselect Indonesia would dash Indonesian expectations created by the U.S. government and would we [...]	2009-11-12 00:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC ID
09JAKARTA1884	BLUE LANTERN: RESULT OF VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] Summary: We visited PT Transavia Utama - an Indonesian entity in the aerospace, telecommunications, engineering and office system supplying business - on November 6, 2009 and met with President Director Rizwan Halim to verify the bona fides of the company requested in reftel. We found the co [...]	2009-11-16 02:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC ECON ID
09JAKARTA189	INDONESIA'S ISLAMIC PARTIES--FADING A BIT AHEAD OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Islamic-oriented parties have so far not picked up much traction in the campaign for the April legislative elections. The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)--which had high expectations--has faded a bit in the polls. Other conservative Muslim parties have also not made [...]	2009-02-05 08:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA1901	INDONESIA'S 100-DAY PLAN: 15 PRIORITY PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has identified 15 priority programs for his second administration in the government's 100-day plan. The heated dispute between Indonesia's police, Attorney General's Office and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prompted the pre [...]	2009-11-17 11:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG KCOR PREL PTER SENV
09JAKARTA1902	NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION WITH INDONESIA -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: During their November 4-6 visit to Jakarta, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control (S/SANAC) Einhorn and Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation Amb. Burk urged their Indonesian counterparts to try to encourage Iran and North Korea to [...]	2009-11-17 11:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC IAEA NPT ID
09JAKARTA1907	CASE INVOLVING SRI LANKAN MIGRANTS SUCCESSFULLY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A month-long asylum-related stand-off came to end on November 16 when 56 Sri Lankan migrants agreed to leave a ship moored near an island off of Sumatra. The migrants will now be processed by [...]	2009-11-18 07:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF ID AS CE AF
09JAKARTA1910	FACT FINDING TEAM PRESENTS REPORT, PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A presidentially-appointed fact finding team called for total reform of Indonesia,s law enforcement institutions it its final report released on November 17. The ball is now in President Yudhoyono,s court. The fact-finding team, commissioned to investigate allegations of a con [...]	2009-11-19 02:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KJUS KCOR ID
09JAKARTA1919	INTERFAITH DIALOGUE WITH INDONESIA -- MOVING THE [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- Please see paras 6-7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Along with the USG, the Indonesian government has now committed funds and set a January 25-27, 2010, date for the planned joint Interfaith Dialogue. A representative of the U.S. NGO Religions for Peace [...]	2009-11-20 09:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KIRF KPAO ID
09JAKARTA1929	NEW STAFF AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's Office has appointed six new staff members. Julian Adrian Pasha will be in a particularly prominent position as Spokesperson for Domestic Affairs. Two key staff positions wh [...]	2009-11-23 08:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ID PINR
09JAKARTA1949	MCC VISIT: NOW IS THE TIME FOR INTENSE WORK [...] (U) SUMMARY. The MCC visit has successfully refocused Indonesian attention on a MCC Compact. Meetings with key ministers, the local Indonesian technical team, and many experts provided valuable input as well as allowed sharing of the requirements and timeline for a Compact. However, work is ju [...]	2009-11-25 10:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC ID
09JAKARTA1951	SOCIAL MEDIA DRIVES PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: As its urban middle class goes online in greater numbers, and with the rapid spread of mobile computing, social networking is a potent means of political expression in Indonesia. This month's outpouring of support for two former anti-corruption officials who saw 1.6 million Indon [...]	2009-11-25 10:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL SOCI ID
09JAKARTA1965	BANKING SCANDAL DISTRACTS YUDHOYONO FROM REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Managing public perception and scrutiny regarding the ongoing scandal surrounding the bailout of Bank Century threatens to derail President Yudhoyono,s reform agenda. If unsubstantiated allegations that bailout funds were diverted to his political party or family are confirmed, Y [...]	2009-12-01 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KJUS KCOR SNAR ID
09JAKARTA1971	Visit of U/S Burns and Three Aspects of a [...] (SBU) Your visit will be only the second opportunity this year for high-level, in-depth discussion of the bilateral relationship. Since the Secretary's visit in February significant progress has been made in such fields as education, counter- terrorism, science and technology, and people-to- [...]	2009-12-02 10:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ID
09JAKARTA1980	C-175 Authority Needed to Advance NAMRU [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Retno has asked for a one-on-one meeting with you during your visit to discuss the future of NAMRU. Your discussion will be most successful if you can inform her that the State Department has issued Circular 175 authorization to negotiate the [...]	2009-12-03 07:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ID
09JAKARTA1994	Coordinating Minister for Social Welfare Supports NAMRU [...] (SBU) Summary: New Coordinating Minister for Social Welfare Agung Laksono told Ambassador Hume December 3 that he supports the finalization of details to form a joint biomedical research center to replace the Naval Medical Research Unit-2 (NAMRU2) before the end of March. Laksono also confirme [...]	2009-12-04 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID
09JAKARTA2008	INDONESIA WANTS MORE TIME TO WORK OUT HEALTH [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On December 7, Ambassador met Director General Ambassador Retno Marsudi to discuss the upcoming visit of Under Secretary William Burns. Marsudi asked for a one-on-one meeting with Burns to discuss health cooperation and Papua. Regarding NAMRU-2, M [...]	2009-12-07 10:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI ID AF
09JAKARTA2009	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- HIGH-LEVEL VATICAN OFFICIAL [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Cardinal Tauran, President of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, recently visited Indonesia. The Cardinal highlighted positive Christian-Muslim relations in Indonesia [...]	2009-12-07 10:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KIRF ID
09JAKARTA2012	Organizational Hubris Damages the Indonesian National [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY The row between Indonesian National Police (INP) and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has damaged the reputation of Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri and that of the entire INP. Danu [...]	2009-12-08 04:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS KCOR ID
09JAKARTA2023	ACEH -- FORMER FINNISH PRESIDENT UNDERSCORES NEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish President, on December 9. Ahtisaari--who helped facilitate the 2005 peace accord--commented that the situation in Aceh seemed to be calm and it was positive that the recent elections had gone smoothly. Aceh could not [...]	2009-12-09 10:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PNAT ECON ID
09JAKARTA2024	2010 FOOD SECURITY PLANNING: INDONESIA [...] SUMMARY: Substantial potential exists for Indonesia to achieve greater food security through cash crops and fisheries, and to replicate its successes in other developing countries in the region. Indonesia has over 110 million people living on less than $2 dollar a day and around 13 million ma [...]	2009-12-10 03:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD SENV PREL ID
09JAKARTA2031	2010 FOOD SECURITY PLANNING: INDONESIA [...] SUMMARY: Substantial potential exists for Indonesia to achieve greater food security through cash crops and fisheries, and to replicate its successes in other developing countries in the region. Indonesia has over 110 million people living on less than $2 dollar a day and around 13 million m [...]	2009-12-11 09:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD SENV PREL ID
09JAKARTA2052	PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY LOSES CREDIBILITY AS FINANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament's inquiry into the government's bailout of Bank Century is losing credibility as it escalates into a political in-fight between technocrat Finance Minister Sri Mulyani and wealthy businessman and Golkar Party leader Aburizal Bakrie. Mulyani's claims that the Golkar [...]	2009-12-15 10:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID ECON EFIN
09JAKARTA2082	INDONESIA-UNITED STATES STRATEGIC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the second session of the December 11 inaugural U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Consultations, Under Secretary Bill Burns led the U.S. delegation in a discussion of cooperation on regional and international issues. The USG and the GOI agreed to cooperate in promoting democratic [...]	2009-12-21 09:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR KDEM OVIP ID AF
09JAKARTA2092	ROHINGYA MOVED FROM ACEH TO MEDAN, AWAIT NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian authorities transferred 190 Rohingya to Medan from Aceh on December 17, where many had spent nearly a year in one of two camps located in East Aceh and on Wei Island. The arrival of the Rohingya was rejected by communities at two original sites intended for their relo [...]	2009-12-22 09:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF SOCI ID
09JAKARTA2102	BLUE LANTERN; VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED BROKER [...] This cable is in response to REFTEL A. SUMMARY: We visited PT ATS Buana Airtech - an Indonesian entity in the Aviation Industry Supply Business - on 22 December 2009 and met with President and Registered Broker Tience Sumartini to verify the Bona Fides of the company requested REFTEL. We [...]	2009-12-28 05:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC ECON ID
09JAKARTA239	GOI RACKS UP THREE MORE TERRORIST CONVICTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court has sentenced three Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorists to eight to nine years in prison. The sentences given to the JI operatives were lower than what prosecutors had requested, but the three had cooperated and the sentences were consistent with Indonesian practice. [...]	2009-02-10 09:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID
09JAKARTA24	PRESIDENT'S PARTY TAKES EARLY LEAD IN POLLS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat (PD) is leading in early polls for Indonesia's April national legislative election. PD has become the most popular party only recently, taking a lead on more established parties. PD's rise mirrors that of President Yudhoyono who--facing r [...]	2009-01-07 08:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA240	Washington Issues for Upcoming SecState Visit to Indonesia [...] There are three outstanding issues in Washington, which, if positively addressed, will make the Secretary's trip to Indonesia more successful: the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Peace Corps; and, a Science and Technology agreement. Positive news that Washington is moving forward on these to [...]	2009-02-10 10:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL TPHY PGOV ID
09JAKARTA252	ROHINGYAS -- INDONESIA WORKING WITH UNHCR, PUSHING [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The GOI will soon grant access to UNHCR to the nearly 400 Rohingya boat people rescued by Indonesian authorities off the coast of Aceh in January-February. UNHCR and IOM personnel met with the GOI to present a plan fo [...]	2009-02-12 10:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ID BM
09JAKARTA257	MALUKU: VILLAGE FEUDS FUELED BY TRADITION, NOT [...] (C) Summary: Sporadic fighting between two Muslim villages in Maluku province ended February 6 when village heads restored calm at the urging of Maluku,s Vice Governor. This long-standing dispute on the island of Haruku re-ignited on January 24 and resulted in one death, many injuries, and t [...]	2009-02-13 06:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PGOV KISL PTER ID
09JAKARTA26	IN ANNUAL SPEECH, FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a review of Indonesian foreign policy priorities, Foreign Minister Wirajuda portrayed Indonesia as a "bridge and consensus builder" and defender of fundamental principles, particularly in the United Nations. He highlighted Indonesia's role as a key emerging economy and a voi [...]	2009-01-07 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA260	FAMILY PLANNING/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (FP/RH) [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 08:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV CASC EAID ID
09JAKARTA266	INDONESIA: ADVANCING OUR CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA [...] (U) Summary. President Yudhoyono intends to raise with the Secretary on February 19 the World Ocean Conference (WOC) and the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Summit, both scheduled to take place in Indonesia in mid-May. Neither Indonesia nor the United States is now adequately prepared for the [...]	2009-02-17 05:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO EAID ECON PREL ID
09JAKARTA270	AMBASSADOR SIGNS NEW FULBRIGHT MOU [...] Mission is pleased to report that on February 16, 2009, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) extending the Fulbright scholarship program in Indonesia for five years and creating the American Indonesian Exchange Foundation (AMINEF) as a "yayasan" (foundation) under Indonesia's new yayasan regula [...]	2009-02-17 09:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC ID
09JAKARTA3	INDONESIA -- 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following is a revised draft text of the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Indonesia. The amended text contains additional information on DS/ATA's success in working with the Indonesian National P [...]	2009-01-02 04:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID
09JAKARTA308	VP KALLA ANNOUNCES HE MAY RUN FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian Vice President Kalla has announced that he may run for president in the July 2009 election. In making the announcement, Kalla was responding to demands from within his Golkar party that it field its own candidate. President Yudhoyono--already a candidate--responded [...]	2009-02-23 09:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA318	WE CAN COOPERATE, INDONESIANS TELL U.S. CLIMATE ENVOY [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy on Climate Change Todd Stern reassured senior Indonesian officials that the United States will be "ready" for Copenhagen. They welcomed U.S. leadership on climate change under President Obama and offered to help the USG in any way possible, including as an intermed [...]	2009-02-25 01:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID
09JAKARTA337	ACEH -- PROGRESS TOWARD PEACEFUL ELECTIONS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission is promoting free and peaceful April legislative elections in Aceh amid a tense pre-election climate. The Ambassador discussed Aceh in meetings with President Yudhoyono and with former Finnish president Martti [...]	2009-02-26 11:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ID
09JAKARTA370	YEMENI PRESIDENT'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS LONGSTANDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's February 28-March 3 visit to Jakarta highlighted the longstanding ties shared by the two countries. Saleh also participated in the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF),a gathering of economic leaders from the Muslim world. The visit also c [...]	2009-03-03 10:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID YM
09JAKARTA378	INDONESIA -- ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2009 [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: The past year did not witness significant change in overall trafficking patterns in Indonesia. There is a continuous trend of Indonesians seeking work abroad as high unemployment and [...]	2009-03-04 08:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAM EAID ID
09JAKARTA381	INDONESIAN SHERPA VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's key objectives for the upcoming G-20 meetings are: -- Agreement on the rapid recapitalization of the multilateral development banks, even if governance reforms are delayed. -- Broader focus of G-20 deliberations beyond financial market instability to include the [...]	2009-03-04 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ID
09JAKARTA385	IMET HELPING DEFENSE REFORM IN INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Military Education and Training (IMET) program for Indonesia is money well spent. Reinstated after the lifting of sanctions in 2005, IMET is one of the key tools at our disposal for transforming the Indonesian military into a more professional force. Indonesia [...]	2009-03-05 04:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV ID
09JAKARTA39	BURMESE AND BANGLADESHI REFUGEES IN ACEH [...] Summary. 177 Burmese and 16 Bangladeshi refugees were rescued by Indonesian fisherman off of the island of Sabang in Aceh after drifting through the Indian Ocean for nearly a week. The refugees were bound for Malaysia and are currently at a naval base at Sabang pending a decision from the Indo [...]	2009-01-09 10:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF ID

09JAKARTA398	INDONESIA - MARCH 6 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 3, Bayu Krisnamurthi, head of the National Committee for Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) announced that Indonesia has had four cases of bird flu since the beginning of 2009. However, Ministry of Health (MOH)officials have not provided permissi [...]	2009-03-06 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
09JAKARTA41	GAZA -- INDONESIAN CIVIL SOCIETY WEIGHS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST: Charge met with thirty Indonesian religious and civil society leaders at their request for a wide ranging discussion of the situation in Gaza on January 9. Indonesian interlocutors noted concern for the humanitarian situation in Gaza and called on the United States [...]	2009-01-09 10:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL ID XF
09JAKARTA415	INDONESIA'S GROWTH SLOWDOWN, BALANCE OF PAYMENT PRESSURES [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's economic growth is slowing as the global economic downturn has become more entrenched. Market consensus expects a growth slowdown (current IMF forecast is 3.5 percent),rather than recession, for 2009. The macroeconomic situation remains broadly stable, though pres [...]	2009-03-10 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EAID ID
09JAKARTA434	PRESIDENT'S PARTY IN GOOD POSITION AHEAD OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on public opinion surveys and what we are hearing, President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat (PD) is performing very strongly as Indonesia heads towards its April 9 national legislative elections. There remains a real question whether the party has the grassroots network neede [...]	2009-03-12 10:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA457	LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- CAMPAIGN SEASON KICKS OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The official campaign for the April Indonesian national legislative elections has kicked off in earnest. Starting from March 16, parties are free to hold large rallies and fly large banners (up until now parties have been running ads, but were not engaged in mass mobilization). [...]	2009-03-16 08:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA468	COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP -- SENIOR INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government is preparing a draft Comprehensive Partnership joint statement and hopes to begin discussions soon in Jakarta. A delegation of senior GOI officials will visit Washington in April for further discussions. FM Wirajuda plans to visit Washington in May an [...]	2009-03-17 05:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA487	LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- COURT RULING CHANGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Constitutional Court ruling allows Indonesian voters--not political parties--to directly choose their representatives in the April 9 national legislative elections. This has significantly changed the dynamic of the campaign. Party elites contesting the election are no [...]	2009-03-18 09:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA512	ALLEGED EAST JAVA VOTER FRAUD SPARKS NATIONAL [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Accusations of widespread voting fraud in East Java's recent gubernatorial elections are sparking concerns about the credibility of the upcoming national legislative elections, scheduled for April 9. On Ma [...]	2009-03-20 10:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR ID
09JAKARTA517	LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- NEW THRESHOLD RULE [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Indonesian electoral rules require that a party win at least 2.5% of the national vote in order to enter Parliament. Before this rule, there was effectively no limit. Looking ahead at the April 9 legislative elections, it seems likely that a number of relatively well-known [...]	2009-03-20 10:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA519	EDUCATION #4 - FOLLOW-UP TO THE SECRETARY'S INDONESIA [...] Over the last decade, Australia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Great Britain, and other countries expanded and modernized their student recruiting systems in Indonesia. The United States did not with unfortunate and predictable results: the U.S. is no longer the top destination for Indonesian stu [...]	2009-03-23 06:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL ID
09JAKARTA520	LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- PRESIDENT,S PARTY REMAINS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: According to the latest public opinion surveys, President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat (PD) remains solidly in the lead ahead of Indonesia's national legislative elections on April 9. Yudhoyono's well-recei [...]	2009-03-23 10:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA544	BURMA -- AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EU SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume discussed Burma with EU Special Envoy Fassino on March 24. Fassino said the 2010 elections in Burma offered a historic opportunity and the international community should try to influence the process constructively. Fassino welcomed recent signals that Washingto [...]	2009-03-25 10:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN ID BM EU
09JAKARTA555	BPOM Cash Cow is Sweeping Away Profits for U.S. Exporters [...] The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority (BPOM) confiscated over $500,000 of U.S.-produced packaged foods for retail sale. New import registration requirements resulted in the value of U.S. exports of breakfast cereals and snack foods dropping by $1.2 million, an 87 percent decrease in just two m [...]	2009-03-27 09:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ID
09JAKARTA574	INDONESIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- GOOD NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has overcome past tensions to forge a neighborly and increasingly cooperative cross-border relationship with Papua New Guinea (PNG). Although traffic and trade between Indonesia and PNG remains small, Indonesian officials are seeking to expand it. A new border crossin [...]	2009-03-31 10:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ID PP
09JAKARTA593	LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- POSSIBLE SCENARIOS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's April 9 elections will decide which parties get seats in the national Parliament. Based on a complex system, these elections are also critical in determining who will be the country's next president. If President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat (PD) wins a strong plura [...]	2009-04-02 09:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA604	REGULARIZING PACOM ELEMENTS AT POST -- JAKARTA'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Mission supports PACOM's plan to regularize Military Liaison Elements (MLE),now called the PACOM Augmentation Team (PAT),at U.S. embassies in its Area of Operations. This outcome would help resolve outstanding questions regarding Chief of Mission (COM) authority. It would [...]	2009-04-03 06:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER APER MOPS ID
09JAKARTA605	PEACEKEEPING -- UN IMPRESSED WITH INDONESIA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN officials have briefed local diplomats on talks with the GOI as part of a United Nations review of peacekeeping. The UN was impressed with Indonesia's interest and past/ongoing performance in operations (including in Lebanon, Darfur and the DRC),and wants to boost GOI contr [...]	2009-04-03 07:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM UNSC ID
09JAKARTA629	ROHINGYAS TREATED WELL IN INDONESIA, INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) This is an Action Request--see Para 9. It was coordinated with Consulate Medan and is Sensitive but Unclassifed. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) has given the International Organization for Migration (IOM) access for the first time to the second g [...]	2009-04-07 07:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF ID BM
09JAKARTA645	ACEH ELECTIONS BODE PEACEFUL DESPITE INTIMIDATION AND [...] (U) This message was drafted by Consul General Medan. It is Sensitive But Unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Aceh Party (PA) is poised to win a plurality and possible outright majority in the provincial parliament as well as majoi(ties in several local councils [...]	2009-04-08 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL ASEC ID
09JAKARTA656	SUCCESSFUL INDONESIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's legislative elections proceeded in a largely peaceful, orderly manner despite a few isolated incidents in Papua and Aceh. Emboffs and NGO observers at sites across the country sent in reports on the voting process, which seemed slow but smooth. Some preliminary "qu [...]	2009-04-09 11:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA665	YUDHOYONO WINS MANDATE TO PURSUE REFORM AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: With President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat (PD) apparent outright victory in the April 9 national legislative elections, Yudhoyono is positioned to push ahead on his reform agenda. He has the upper hand, stating that parties which want to join his next coalition will need to sig [...]	2009-04-13 10:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA666	PAPUA -- INCIDENTS FUEL POST-ELECTION TENSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two additional incidents, including one fatality, have added to post-election tensions in Papua. Although five people are now confirmed dead in the series of incidents, the security forces have pledged a tough but measured response. Papuans are increasingly calling for a dialog [...]	2009-04-13 10:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
09JAKARTA69	WHO'S IN CHARGE OF INDONESIA'S ECONOMIC POLICY? [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian economic policy lacks clear leadership and institutional coordination. While Indonesia's macroeconomic response to the financial crisis has been generally strong, high profile Ministerial disputes highlight the tensions between economic technocrats, who believe in rul [...]	2009-01-14 08:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ID PGOV
09JAKARTA690	INDONESIA TRANSMITS ITS FIRST MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 13, 2009, Indonesia transmitted its first competent mutual legal assistance request to the U.S. for computer evidence relating to a corruption investigation. This request was a breakthrough because until now the formal Indonesian mutual legal assistance request regime h [...]	2009-04-17 05:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR ID
09JAKARTA698	BALI PROCESS REINVIGORATED, SEEKS ANSWERS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The April 14-15 Bali Process Ministerial Conference established a reinvigorated ad hoc mechanism for member countries to raise transnational issues, which could address the Rohingya problem. Another breakthrough was the attendance of a senior Burmese official. While the Rohing [...]	2009-04-17 11:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ID BM PHUM
09JAKARTA705	INDONESIA: SENIOR DELEGATION CHIEF NEEDED FOR WORLD OCEAN [...] There is an urgent need to name a senior official to lead the U.S. delegation to the May 11-15 World Ocean Conference and Coral Triangle Initiative Summit. Secretary Clinton told President Yudhoyono that the USG will send a high-level representative to the Conference. A strong delegation coul [...]	2009-04-21 11:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO EAID ECON PREL ID
09JAKARTA706	RELATIONS WITH INDONESIAN NAVY IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Indonesian navy-navy relationship has improved enormously in the past two years. When senior U.S. Navy leaders come to Indonesia to participate in the Fleet Review in August, they will find a new willingness to listen and engage. Cooperation is still less robust than [...]	2009-04-21 11:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV MASS ID
09JAKARTA719	GOLKAR SPLITS WITH YUDHOYONO, PRESIDENT NOT WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Golkar Party decided at its April 23 Leaders Meeting to give Party Chairman Yusuf Kalla a mandate to form a coalition to run for President. This face saving mandate will be very difficult for Kalla to carry out though since nearly all the potential coalition parties are already [...]	2009-04-23 11:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA729	KEY PARTY DIVIDED ON DECISION NOT TO LINK WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amid a flood of reports and rumors about party jockeying, a deeply divided Golkar Party is scrambling to regroup after its April 23 decision to split from President Yudhoyono ahead of the July 8 presidential election. VP and Party Chair Jusuf Kalla is trying to remain in contro [...]	2009-04-24 10:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PDEM ID
09JAKARTA736	SENIOR OFFICIAL PUBLICLY ENDORSES COMPREHENSIVE [...] A senior official in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs has publicly endorsed the idea of a new partnership between the United States and Indonesia. Retno L.P. Marsudi, Director General for America and Europe, made the endorsement in an opinion piece in the English-language Jakarta [...]	2009-04-27 09:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA739	Major Economies Forum and Indonesia [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesians welcome U.S. reengagement and leadership on the climate change negotiations. They are interested in exploring pragmatic and tangible measures the U.S. and Indonesia canjointly undertake to advance an ambitious outcome o the negotiations. The more technically s [...]	2009-04-28 08:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EAID PREL ID
09JAKARTA741	KOSOVO -- ENCOURAGING INDONESIAN RECOGNITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has encouraged Indonesia to recognize Kosovo and support the country's bid for membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. We noted that an increasing number of countries have now recognized Kosovo--most recently Saudi Arabia--and that Indonesia [...]	2009-04-28 09:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ID KV OICCO
09JAKARTA785	ACTIVISTS PROTEST AGAINST TWO FORMER GENERALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian activists are protesting the involvement in politics of two former generals who are accused of past human rights violations. The two, Prabowo Subianto and Wiranto (one name only),head new parties which did well enough to enter Parliament in the April elections. Both [...]	2009-05-05 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ID
09JAKARTA812	MAJOR ISLAMIC PARTY WORKS TO REVAMP IMAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)--Indonesia's largest Islamic-oriented party--are concerned by what they see as the party's disappointing results in the recent legislative elections. Although the party did not do poorly (indeed it received slightly more support tha [...]	2009-05-08 08:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA820	OFFICIAL RESULTS IN -- PRESIDENT'S PARTY CROWNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Election Commission (KPU) has officially announced the results of the April 9 parliamentary elections. As projected earlier, President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat (PD) won big. While nine political parties met the threshold needed to seat elected representatives in [...]	2009-05-11 10:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA837	BURMA -- NEW INITIATIVES FROM ASEAN AND INDONESIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: ASEAN has appointed a Special Envoy to coordinate reconstruction of parts of Burma devastated by cyclone Nargis last year. The envoy, Indonesian William Sabandar, will also seek way to address governance and strengthen Burmese civil society as part of his mission. In other B [...]	2009-05-14 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
09JAKARTA85	INDONESIAN MP'S TO VISIT U.S. [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- Please see Para 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian Speaker of the House Laksono has asked Mission to forward letters to U.S. Representatives Price and Dreier announcing an upcoming trip to Washington, D.C., by eight Members of Parliament (DPR). A [...]	2009-01-16 05:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA852	RESPECTED ECONOMIST LIKELY AS YUDHOYONO'S RUNNING [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Yudhoyono on May 15 reportedly was about to announce esteemed economist and Central Bank Governor Boediyono (one name only) as his Vice Presidential candidate, opting for loyalty, competence and honesty over patronage, special interests, and popular support. Boediyono's [...]	2009-05-15 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PDEM ID
09JAKARTA870	UNHCR RECOMMENDS REFUGEE PROTECTION FOR ROHINGYAS; [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan; it also contains an Action Request -- please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR has submitted its recommendations to the GOI on the nearly 400 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants staying in two camps in Aceh Province, Indonesia. Rohingy [...]	2009-05-19 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL ID BM CE
09JAKARTA883	COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP -- AMB MARCIEL'S MEETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia would like to close the gap on several pending agreements between the GOI and the USG, a senior GOI official told Ambassador Marciel on May 21. During their meeting, Ambassador Marciel and Ambassador Marsudi confirmed the general structure and mechanisms of the propose [...]	2009-05-22 07:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ID
09JAKARTA884	UNHCR TO GET ACCESS TO SRI LANKAN MIGRANTS; [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR has been given access to 55 Sri Lankans migrants who drifted ashore in western Aceh Province on May 14. The GOI, for safety and security reasons, moved the Sri Lankans from a warehouse to a prison, a move which [...]	2009-05-22 08:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF ID BM CE
09JAKARTA9	MUNIR MURDER CASE -- PROSECUTION PLANS TO APPEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors plan to appeal the recent acquittal of former intelligence official Muchdi Purwoprandjono who was on trial for the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. Key witnesses rescinded testimony or did not appear in court and prosecutors plan to make that [...]	2009-01-05 09:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS ID PGOV
09JAKARTA90	INDONESIA AND THE NETHERLANDS MOVE TOWARD A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia and the Netherlands pledged to conclude a Comprehensive Partnership Agreement during FM Verhagen's January 14-15 visit to Indonesia. The Partnership would deepen the two countries' cooperation in security, economic development, environmental protection, education and [...]	2009-01-16 09:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR ID NL
09JAKARTA905	INDONESIA'S WITNESS AND VICTIM PROTECTION AGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) has yet to fulfill its mandate. Although the law establishing the basis for the protection body was passed in 2006, as of May 2009 the agency has yet to protect any witnesses or victims. Still operating in temporary office [...]	2009-05-27 08:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRIM KCOR ID
09JAKARTA91	INDONESIA - ASSESSING IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: As the global financial crisis unfolds, Indonesia's experienced economic team is acting quickly to implement a broad policy response aimed at stabilizing local financial markets and to secure standby financing from the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and bilateral donors. Al [...]	2009-01-16 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID
09JAKARTA917	ROHINGYAS IN ACEH TO BE COMBINED INTO ONE CAMP [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) The GOI is planning to combine Rohingya asylum seekers located in two camps in Aceh Province into one camp under UNHCR protection, a senior Indonesian diplomat told us. The Bangladeshis in the same camps will be moved to an imm [...]	2009-05-29 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ID BM CE
09JAKARTA928	BALI PROCESS TO ADDRESS ROHINGYA ISSUE IN JULY AD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bali Process Steering Committee will meet on June 3 to discuss transnational migration issues, a senior Indonesian diplomat has told DepPol/C. Participants are planning a July senior officials' meeting which is meant to focus on recent migration movements in the region. A [...]	2009-06-01 09:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ID BM
09JAKARTA951	Indonesia Takes Landmark Step on Timber Legality [...] On Friday, May 29, Indonesia's Minister of Forestry M.S. Kaban signed a decree on a timber legality verification standard (Standar Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu, or SVLK). The SVLK is a landmark step because it significantly empowers officials to clamp down on illegal timber harvesting, transport [...]	2009-06-04 04:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR KGHG ECON PGOV ID
09JAKARTA958	INDONESIA'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three candidates--Yudhoyono, Megawati, Kalla--competing in Indonesia's July 8 presidential election officially kicked off the one-month campaign period on June 2. Candidates are engaging the public with media, discussion groups and billboard appeals. Televised debates are [...]	2009-06-04 10:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA963	COUNTERING TERRORISM AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME -- [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of Indonesia's USG-sponsored Task Force on Terrorism and Transnational Crime at the Attorney General's Office (AGO) led a best practices training session for regional prosecutors on May [...]	2009-06-05 05:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ID
09JAKARTA985	Asia Forest Partnership - Dynamic, Diverse, Widely [...] Summary: The 8th Meeting of the Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) and AFP Dialogue underscored the value of its open membership and the informality of its discussions on sometimes-sensitive topics related to deforestation and forest degradation. AFP members and other participants at the May 27-29 [...]	2009-06-10 05:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR KGHG ECON PGOV ID
09JAKARTA986	ANTI-CORRUPTION BODY PURSUES HIGH PROFILE CASES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The arrest of the former chair of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has given prosecutors new impetus on the anti-corruption front. Since this arrest, the KPK has declared as suspects seven former and current lawmakers in corruption cases. In the meantime, th [...]	2009-06-10 07:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
09JAKARTA988	IRREGULAR MIGRANT FLOWS SURGING THROUGH INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number of irregular migrants transiting Indonesia this year is on pace to quadruple over last year's flow due primarily to a surge of arrivals from Afghanistan. The number of migrants now in Indonesia has reached a peak not seen in nearly a decade. Many of the migrants were [...]	2009-06-10 07:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF ID BM CE AF
09JEDDAH114	JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM (JEF) BACK ON FOR OCTOBER [...] (C)SUMMARY: In meeting earlier this month with the newly appointed Chair of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI),Muhammad Abdul Qader Al-Fadhl, post learned that the 10th Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF),several times cancelled and postponed, is indeed now expected to take place in [...]	2009-03-25 13:22:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PGOV PREL SOCI SA
09JEDDAH119	SAUDI BLOGGER CURBS HIS ACTIVISM BUT NOT HIS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Fouad Al-Farhan, previously jailed activist and blogger, claims a travel ban that prevented his attending a December bloggers' conference in Beirut continues in effect. Al-Farhan says that continued harassment and threats by the SAG since his release nearly a year ago have d [...]	2009-03-29 16:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	EINT PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER SA
09JEDDAH151	THE ISSUE OF TOLERANCE IN SAUDI SOCIETY: A HEATED BUT INCONCLUSIVE DEBATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24 ConGen hosted an exchange -- via DVC -- between U.S author and professor Lawrence Harrison and a small group of Saudi intellectuals and social activists. Harrison, a former USAID diplomat, sparked a heated debate after raising the idea that culture is the key factor in [...]	2009-04-26 15:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL OIC KPAO SA OPDC
09JEDDAH152	OIC REQUEST FOR HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 13:54:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KISL OPDC OIC SA
09JEDDAH157	ALBANIA SUBMITTING DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Albania is submitting a draft resolution on Kosovo recognition at May 4-6 OIC Jeddah meeting preparatory to May 23-25 Damascus OIC Ministerial. En route to Jeddah OIC meeting today, the Albanian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Admirim Banaj, passed post a copy of Albania's draft reso [...]	2009-05-04 19:17:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF
09JEDDAH163	ALBANIA SUBMITTING DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Albania is submitting a draft resolution on Kosovo recognition at May 4-6 OIC Jeddah meeting preparatory to May 23-25 Damascus OIC Ministerial. En route to Jeddah OIC meeting today, the Albanian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Admirim Banaj, passed post a copy of Albania's draft reso [...]	2009-05-06 14:28:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF
09JEDDAH164	MEDINA, ISLAM'S SECOND HOLIEST CITY, IN SEARCH OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a rare ConGen visit to Medina, Islam,s second holiest city and one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the Kingdom, local officials expressed unexpectedly strong interest in establishing business ties and partnerships with U.S. firms. A tour of the city,s Islamic [...]	2009-05-06 15:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL OPDC PREL SA OIC
09JEDDAH173	RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CREATION OF NEW HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is moving forward with plans to create a new human rights organ within the OIC. A senior OIC official passed post a draft resolution as it stands now, with key points noted below. Outstanding issues include membership and composit [...]	2009-05-19 17:15:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KISL OPDC PREL SA OIC KTIP
09JEDDAH20	JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM "POSTPONEMENT" -- RIVALRY [...] (C) Summary: On Friday, January 9, Saudi press carried announcements of the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF)'s postponement for 3-4 months although contacts now indicate that the event may not happen at all. Connection with Gaza violence has been cited as a factor (although it may be only a conve [...]	2009-01-13 06:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PGOV SA SOCI
09JEDDAH214	OIC OFFICIALS RECEIVE SECRETARY CLINTON'S LETTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 27 Consul General delivered Secretary Clinton's letter to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General in response to his May 6 message urging pressure on Israel to end settlement expansion and home demolitions. While expressing appreciation for the Se [...]	2009-06-03 14:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KISL KWBG OPDC PREL SA OIC
09JEDDAH215	ASKING TO SEE WORDS LINKED TO ACTION, JEDDAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo to the Muslim world was very positively received by an audience of a dozen Saudi elites, Muslim diplomats, and a senior OIC official at the Consul General's residence in Jeddah. The speech was viewed as setting US-Islamic relations in a new [...]	2009-06-04 16:43:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PREL SA TU EG
09JEDDAH226	OIC SECRETARY GENERAL REQUESTS MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the President's POTUS speech, the Organization of the Islamic Conference remains fixated on gaining a meeting with a high-ranking U.S. official and specifically are requesting a meeting with the Secretary between June 15-23. While the OIC continues to press for lower le [...]	2009-06-14 13:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KISL KPAL WBG SA
09JEDDAH265	TWO JEDDAH-BASED SHURA COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENT ON [...] (C) Charge's separate July 1 meetings with two Shura Council members in Jeddah, one a reform-oriented, U.S.-educated economist and the other a rather conventional thinking Arab foreign policy intellectual, presented an interesting contrast and a window into the personalities serving on the Cou [...]	2009-07-18 11:53:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL SCUL KWMN KISL SA
09JEDDAH266	OIC SYG PRAISES PRESIDENT,S CAIRO SPEECH, URGES [...] (C) During July 13 meeting with Charge (Ambassador Erdman),Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu praised the President,s Cairo speech and the new tone set by his administration toward the Muslim world; hoped to see the Secretary at this fall's UNG [...]	2009-07-18 13:05:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM PREL CH SA
09JEDDAH283	SAUDI WOMEN PLAN CAMPAIGN TO PRESS FOR RIGHT TO [...] (C) Summary. Post has learned from a knowledgeable source that a group of Saudi women possessing foreign drivers' licenses is organizing a coordinated campaign to press the Saudi Arabian Government, by means of bringing legal cases, on the issue of women driving in the Kingdom. End Summary. [...]	2009-07-29 15:48:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWMN SOCI PHUM SA
09JEDDAH288	KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY PROJECT ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. The King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) megaproject has hit a wall. The project depended on outside investment, with the developer, Emaar KSA, providing the infrastructure and handling project management. Since the slowdown caused by the global financial crisis, investors have h [...]	2009-08-01 16:47:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV SA
09JEDDAH29	MORE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM [...] (C) Summary. A Saudi businessman/intellectual claims that losses at last year's Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) totalling 7 million dollars constitute the primary reason for JEF's cancellation. Other reasons include management and organizational problems, making it uncertain that the JEF will be [...]	2009-01-23 15:51:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KWBG SOCI SA
09JEDDAH290	HAQL, SAUDI ARABIA: NOW, WHERE THE HECK IS THAT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A 3-member American delegation of ConGen Jeddah officers recently visited Haql, Saudi Arabia, a city that lies almost within swimming distance from major tourist resorts in Jordan, Israel, and Egypt. Haql reaps none of the rewards for its location in such a prime tourism region. [...]	2009-08-03 15:53:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EG IS JO KPAO PHUM PREL SA SOCI PSOC
09JEDDAH291	FIRST JEDDAH COMMERCIAL FORUM: SAUDI WOMEN FOCUS [...] (C) Summary. The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI),held the first Jeddah Commercial Forum (JCF) from June 16-18, under the theme &Toward a Successful Global Economic and Commercial Environment.8 An audience of over 1,000, including present and former Ministers, top government off [...]	2009-08-05 13:20:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWMN PHUM SA SOCI
09JEDDAH297	SAUDI MINISTER OF COMMERCE ON IPR, WOMEN, CHAMBER [...] (C) Summary. Charge (Ambassador Richard Erdman) met in Jeddah August 9 with Minister of Commerce Abdullah Zainal Alireza for a wide-ranging and productive discussion of economic and political issues. During the 90-minute discussion Minister Alireza stressed the importance of India for the Ki [...]	2009-08-12 12:44:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SA SOCI
09JEDDAH332	CHARGE'S SEPTEMBER 2ND MEETING WITH SAUDI PRINCE [...] (SBU) Charge (Ambassador Erdman) met with Saudi Assistant Interior Minister Mohammed bin Naif (MbN) for nearly an hour September 2 at the prince's sprawling, palatial estate in the northern outskirts of Jeddah to convey U.S. best wishes in the wake of the unsuccessful August 28 attempt on his l [...]	2009-09-04 18:40:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC SA
09JEDDAH333	CHARGE'S SEPTEMBER 2ND MEETING WITH SAUDI PRINCE [...] (C) Charge (Ambassador Erdman) met with Saudi Assistant Interior Minister Mohammed bin Naif (MbN) for nearly an hour September 2 at the prince's sprawling, palatial estate in the northern outskirts of Jeddah to convey U.S. best wishes in the wake of the unsuccessful August 28 attempt on his lif [...]	2009-09-05 12:55:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER SA
09JEDDAH346	JEDDAH-BASED SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, ONE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jawhara Al-Angari, co-founder of the non-governmental National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) and one of the women recently appointed advisors to the all-male Majlis Al-Shura (Consultative Council),said that she planned to propose legislation to protect divorced women, and reque [...]	2009-09-16 16:50:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
09JEDDAH349	SAUDI BLOGGER SCARED INTO CURBING HIS ACTIVISM [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 07:56:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	EINT KJUS KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER
09JEDDAH367	THE NEW FACE OF SAUDI ARABIA? SAUDI MINISTER,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In September 23 meeting with Ambassador Smith and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale, Saudi Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja held forth on issues ranging from new media and the significance of the Kingdom,s brand-new flagship [...]	2009-10-01 11:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EDU KPAO LE PGOV PHUM PREL SA SCUL
09JEDDAH368	IRAQI CONSUL GENERAL IN JEDDAH MOVING TO KUWAIT AS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-01 11:43:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IZ KIRF KISL KU OFDP PAL PGOV PHUM SA
09JEDDAH385	"SITUATION CATASTROPHIQUE MAIS NON SANS ESPOIR": [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. During October 10 farewell dinner at CG's residence, Iraqi Consul General Dr. Ajwad Sheikh Taha Hamad (strictly protect) had more to say about his posting as Charge d'Affaires in Kuwait. Departing Jeddah and arriving in Kuwait on October 11, Hamad expressed displeasure at the [...]	2009-10-13 07:50:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IZ KIRF KISL KU OFDP PGOV PHUM SA
09JEDDAH420	SAUDI BUSINESS LEADERS: WE'RE IN AN "L" CURVE [...] (U) Summary: At an October 27 roundtable lunch of the American Business Group of Jeddah (ABJ),hosted by the Consulate, eleven Jeddah business leaders described the current economic environment in KSA as the bottom of an "L" Curve -- the steep decline experienced 6 months ago has stopped, th [...]	2009-11-04 06:46:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND EPET PREL SA
09JEDDAH44	ACTION REQUEST FOR RESPONSE TO OIC SECRETARY [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) Below is the text of a congratulatory message from the Organization of the Islamic Conference Secretary General Ihsanoglu to President Obama. The letter appears both on the OIC website and as an advertisement in the Internationa [...]	2009-02-01 13:08:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KISL OPDC OIC SA
09JEDDAH443	UNDERGROUND PARTY SCENE IN JEDDAH: SAUDI YOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Behind the facade of Wahabi conservatism in the streets, the underground nightlife for Jeddah's elite youth is thriving and throbbing. The full range of worldly temptations and vices are available -- alcohol, drugs, sex -- but strictly behind closed doors. This freedom to indulge carna [...]	2009-11-18 16:58:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	SA SCUL SOCI ZR KISL
09JEDDAH444	SAUDI PROPOSED OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: On November 16, Captain Mohammad Ali Jamjoom, Vice President Safety and Economic Regulation at the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA),presented EconCounselor and PolEconOff with further revisions to the D [...]	2009-11-19 11:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS EAIR ECON KTIA PREL SA
09JEDDAH446	LOBBYING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS SAUDI-STYLE: SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary. As part of her October 31-November 1 visit to Saudi Arabia (ref A),Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith met with Basmah Omair, general manager of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (JCCI) Khadeejah Bint Khuwailed Women's Center (KBKC). The KBKC [...]	2009-11-19 12:49:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO KWMN PHUM SA SOCI
09JEDDAH452	THREATS OF IRANIAN PROTESTS AND H1N1 LOOM OVER HAJJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) continues to prepare for the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, which will take place November 25)27. While concerns over the spread of H1N1 may lead to significantly fewer pilgrims participating in this year,s pilgrimage, SAG officials appea [...]	2009-11-24 11:58:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KIRF KISL PGOV PREL KFLU SA
09JEDDAH456	JEDDAH REGION FLOODING ON FIRST DAY OF HAJJ: 77 [...] (SBU) Summary: Media reported that flash flooding yesterday (November 25) in Jeddah killed 77 and stranded up to 1,000, especially in the poorer districts to the east and south of the city. Total casualty estimates may rise. Rain, a rare occurrence in this region and reported to be "the wor [...]	2009-11-26 14:10:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH457	FLOODING UPDATE: THE TOLL RISES IN "JEDDAH'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 13:53:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC ECON KPAO PGOV SA SCUL SENV
09JEDDAH460	LATEST ON JEDDAH FLOOD -- COMPENSATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an announcement that SMSed its way around Jeddah late yesterday evening, King Abdullah ordered immediate payment of SR 1 million (USD 267,000) to the surviving families of each victim of last Wednesday's catastrophic flood. The royal decree created a high-level commission to i [...]	2009-12-01 19:33:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC ECON KPAO PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH47	HIGHER EDUCATION TAKING A LEAP FORWARD IN SAUDI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In early January the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST),slated to open in September 2009, held an on-site pre-orientation in Jeddah for 320 students including 60-70 from the U.S. and approximately 100 students from Saudi Arabia. Virtually all students [...]	2009-02-01 16:57:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KISL PGOV TPHY KPAO SA
09JEDDAH473	FIRST SAUDI WOMAN DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF CHAMBER OF [...] (C) In a historic vote, the 18 members of the board of directors of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) elected a woman as deputy chairman, and several well-respected moderate businessmen to fill other leadership positions. No religious or tribal figures were chosen, despite t [...]	2009-12-14 13:23:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWMN PGOV SA SOCI
09JEDDAH477	SAUDI ARABIA'S NEWEST AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the weeks following its highly anticipated official inauguration on September 23, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has found itself at the center of a maelstrom of controversy in Saudi government, religious, and media circles. Saudi Arabia's premier [...]	2009-12-17 11:39:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO SA SCUL KIPR SOCI
09JEDDAH488	JEDDAH FLOOD AFTERMATH: CLEANING UP THE CITY AMID [...] (SBU) Summary: Jeddah officials report 121 dead and 39 missing in the November 25 flash flood that devastated the eastern part of the city, although the public believes the actual toll is much higher and one contact accused the SAG of suppressing the true figures. Most of the city now appears [...]	2009-12-23 11:03:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC ECON KPAO PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH489	REDISCOVERING SOUTHERN ARABIA: NAJRAN, THE EMIRATE [...] (C) Summary: A ConGen visit to the southern Arabia emirate of Najran, December 18-19, 2009, revealed a tranquil, fertile valley tucked within mountainous terrain, where the traditional way of life has remained surprisingly unaffected by the recent violence in Yemen, at various points 5-15 km [...]	2009-12-25 07:26:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SA SCUL
09JEDDAH5	OIC HOLDS JANUARY 3 MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. The Organization of the Islamic Conference issued a communiqu at the end of its January 3 ministerial level meeting strongly condemning Israel for its role in the conflict in Gaza and calling for a series of steps aimed at stopping the violence. The OIC is emphasizing the need f [...]	2009-01-05 16:36:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWBG OPDC PTER AORC GZIS SA
09JEDDAH51	OIC SECRETARY GENERAL SEEKS RENEWED COMMUNICATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 1 Post delivered thank you message (ref A) from President Obama to OIC Secretary General Ihsanoglu, who asked for increased communication with USG senior leadership (inviting POTUS to visit OIC) and a renewal of personal communication with Secretary Clinton. OIC seeks [...]	2009-02-02 15:49:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL OPDC OIC SA
09JEDDAH6	OIC HOLDS JANUARY 3 MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. The Organization of the Islamic Conference issued a communiqu at the end of its January 3 ministerial level meeting strongly condemning Israel for its role in the conflict in Gaza and calling for a series of steps aimed at stopping the violence. The OIC is emphasizing the need f [...]	2009-01-05 16:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWBG OPDC PTER AORC GZIS SA
09JEDDAH60	JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM GETS A GREEN LIGHT FROM [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 15:02:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KWBG PGOV PREL SOCI SA
09JEDDAH61	SAUDI ARABIA: CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS: --Saudi Arabia continues to be a destination country for foreign domestic workers, primarily women from East and South Asia, who are either trafficked into the Kingdom or whose treatment after arriving in the country qualifies them as victims of trafficking. --In additio [...]	2009-02-11 06:26:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09JEDDAH62	CONGEN HEARS PITCH FOR GREATER US INVESTMENT: [...] (SBU) Summary. During a January 28 all-day visit to the Red Sea coastal city of Yanbu, ConGen Jeddah delegation (CG, ECON, FCS, PD) were warmly welcomed by local business and government leaders who encouraged us to carry the message to American industry that Yanbu is open for business where U. [...]	2009-02-11 07:22:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EINV EWWT SA

09JEDDAH65	IS THE JEDDAH ECONOMY FALTERING? [...] (SBU) Summary. At a February 10 lunch roundtable, hosted by CG on behalf of the American Businessmen in Jeddah (ABJ),leading members painted a gloomy economic picture across nearly all sectors of the local economy. The candid admission by one participant that Saudis have been in denial for [...]	2009-02-12 12:23:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EPET EINV PREL SA
09JEDDAH78	SAG REPORTEDLY ELIMINATING BARRIERS FOR SAUDI [...] (SBU) Summary. The SAG has reportedly decided to eliminate restrictions on Saudi women which prevent them from entering into a number of commercial fields or from running businesses under their own names. The move, which was communicated in writing to the Businesswomen's Center at the Jeddah C [...]	2009-02-25 20:12:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KWMN PGOV PHUM SA
09JEDDAH79	COMEDIAN AHMED AHMED CIRCUMVENTS RELIGIOUS POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 21, well-known Egyptian-American comedian Ahmed Ahmed and other comedians performed in Jeddah before a mixed-gender audience of nearly 1000 Saudis and expats, who were regaled by comic routines on sensitive topics ranging from the Mutawwa (religious police) to Arabic-s [...]	2009-02-26 16:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV SA SCUL
09JEDDAH85	HIJAZIS COMMENT ON RECENT MEDINA CLASHES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post met with Hijazi Shi'a to get their views of recent demonstrations in Medina following clashes after Shi'a pilgrims were not allowed to enter Baqi'a cemetery on February 20. Poloffs also spoke to a local Sunni contact with ties to Medina who claims the situation has been blown [...]	2009-03-02 16:49:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA
09JEDDAH94	SPARKS FLY AS JEDDAH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary. After years of pushing, the women of Jeddah were finally allowed to meet the elected Municipal Council on neutral ground at the offices of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry on March 5. Hesitant council members entered a meeting room featuring a blocking partition which [...]	2009-03-08 13:32:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWMN PGOV SA
09JERUSALEM1003	SPECIAL JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINIAN REACTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1005	PALESTINIANS DISMAYED BY NETANYAHU'S SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's June 14 speech has been overwhelmingly negative. Palestinians believe Netanyahu introduced a series of unacceptable preconditions, as well as limitations on the future Palestinian state that render the call for such a st [...]	2009-06-15 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS KPAL KPAO
09JERUSALEM1006	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/16): PALESTINIAN UNEASE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 10:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM102	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 10 [...] (SBU) Summary. All Gaza crossings were closed on January 10. UNRWA restarted coordination with the IDF following a meeting with GOI officials on January 9, and requested permission for trucks to enter Gaza on January 11. UNRWA shelters now hold more than 21,000 displaced people. Health, wate [...]	2009-01-10 16:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD CASC IS PREF
09JERUSALEM1020	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/17): "AHMADINIJAD'S VICTORY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 09:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1028	56 AL-AQSA FUGITIVES RECEIVE AMNESTY FROM GOI [...] (C) Summary: According to Palestinian Authority (PA) officials, the GOI has approved 56 al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade (AAMB) fugitives for full or partial amnesty under a program initiated by the PA and GOI in June 2007. The fugitives, who have been in PA custody, will be subject to varying post-r [...]	2009-06-18 12:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM103	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 11, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 10-11, primarily in northern Gaza. IDF troops moved closer to the urban centers of Gaza City and Khan Yunis. Airstrikes caused a number of casualties, including civilians, mostly in northern Gaza. Gaza-based medical sources reporte [...]	2009-01-11 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM1030	INVESTIGATORS UNCOVER EVIDENCE OF ABUSE IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) General Intelligence (GI) officials have confirmed evidence of abuse in the June 15 death of Haitham Abdel Allah Amre while in PA custody. Initial reports that Amre fell to his death while trying to escape appear to be "simply wrong," according to GI [...]	2009-06-18 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG
09JERUSALEM1031	PM FAYYAD RESPONDS TO NETANYAHU'S SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: At a June 17 meeting of donors, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad responded to Israeli PM Netanyahu's June 14 speech. He acknowledged the mention of a Palestinian state, but commented that the speech as a whole describes a policy that will not lead to a success [...]	2009-06-18 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM104	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 11 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station were open on January 11. UNRWA coordinated several convoys through Kerem Shalom. Karni crossing remains closed. The GOI announced another three-hour "humanitarian pause" on January 11, but there was confusion among UN [...]	2009-01-11 17:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PREF
09JERUSALEM1042	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/22): "NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 11:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1078	IDF AGREES TO REFRAIN FROM INCURSIONS IN FOUR WEST [...] (C) Summary: Senior PA security officials told Post that the IDF informed them on June 24 of a halt to incursions into four West Bank cities -- Ramallah, Bethlehem, Qalqilia, and Jericho -- for one week, except in extreme cases. As of June 25, PA officials confirmed there had been no overnight [...]	2009-06-25 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS PTER KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1079	IDF EASES ACCESS AND MOVEMENT IN THE WEST BANK, [...] (C) Summary: The IDF has taken measures to ease access and movement around a number of West Bank cities since February 2009. The IDF's removal of checkpoints and road obstacles and the easing of restrictions at several manned checkpoints has directly benefited the Nablus, Qalqiliya, Ramalla [...]	2009-06-25 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD PHUM PTRD KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1088	AMAWI BUILDING RENOVATION PROJECT [...] With the approval and signature of the leases for the Amawi building and primary setback property, post would like to pursue the immediate renovation and upgrade of this annex to allow for occupancy of the facility as soon as possible in FY 2010. Post reiterates its request that it be authori [...]	2009-06-26 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ABLD KPAL
09JERUSALEM1091	TALMON PLANS PAVE THE WAY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW [...] (C) Summary. Israeli NGO Bimkom provided PolOff a copy of the plan deposited last April to expand Talmon settlement (reftel). The plan includes capacity for 300 total residential units. NGOs report that approximately 60 residential units illegally constructed in the area would be retroact [...]	2009-06-26 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG PREL
09JERUSALEM1098	UPDATE ON SETTLEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary. Israeli NGO contacts briefed PolOff on several West Bank settlement infrastructure projects. Projects include a wastewater pipeline to serve Ariel settlement, a wastewater purification plant in Ofra settlement, a road between Geva'ot and Beitar Illit settlements, and access roads [...]	2009-06-29 15:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG PBTS PREL
09JERUSALEM1101	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/30): PALESTINIANS WANT HAMAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 09:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1126	FATAH-HAMAS RECONCILIATION TALKS TO RESUME JULY 25 [...] (C) A sixth round of reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah representatives in Cairo ended June 30 without agreement. Fatah officials who participated in the talks blamed the continuing impasse on Hamas intransigence, citing Hamas's insistence on the release of all Hamas-affiliated pri [...]	2009-07-01 14:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1137	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/06): Abbas Calls for Cessation [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 10:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1142	PA MAKES SALARY PAYMENT AS OVERALL FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid June salaries on schedule July 6, thanks to an influx of cash from a one-time telecom deal. However, a visiting IMF team told donors that the PA is now certain to end the year with substantial commercial debt to banks and private sector arre [...]	2009-07-06 12:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KWBG PGOV IS
09JERUSALEM1152	EAC APPROVES CHANGES TO WEST BANK TRAVEL POLICY [...] (U) On July 1, 2009, the Consul General chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review West Bank travel policy. The meeting was attended by EXEC, RSO, POL, CONS, ORA, MGT, ECON, PD, USAID, USSC, DAO, MSG, and INL. 2. (SBU) This was the first review of West Bank travel [...]	2009-07-07 04:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	ASEC CASC MOPS PTER KWBG
09JERUSALEM116	GAZAN CONTACTS MAKE GOOD USE OF "HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Gaza contacts reported that the daily "humanitarian pauses" in the fighting allow them to take care of household chores and stock up on supplies, but do not mean a complete cessation of IDF attacks. Some contacts and USG partners reported severe damage to their homes from IDF [...]	2009-01-12 16:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID IS KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF
09JERUSALEM119	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 13, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 12-13, with heavy fighting occurring in and around Gaza City as troops moved closer to urban areas. Airstrikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip and the Rafah border area. Gaza-based medical sources reported as many as 921 Palestin [...]	2009-01-13 11:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM1203	ABU ALA'A ON RECONCILIATION AND THE FATAH CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. In a July 13 meeting with the Consul General, Fatah Central Committee member Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala'a) expressed optimism the Fatah General Congress will occur on schedule, but said he "can't exclude surprises." His main concern is whether Hamas will allow Gaza-based delegates to a [...]	2009-07-14 13:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1204	HAMAS CONTINUES TO INTERFERE WITH GAZA ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: According to international NGO and UN sources, Hamas continues to interfere in the distribution of assistance in Gaza. Hamas does not routinely block aid distributed by groups that rebuff its demands, but there have been a number of serious incidents of harassment in recent mont [...]	2009-07-14 14:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM PREL PTER KWBG IS KTFN
09JERUSALEM1220	PALESTINIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS COMPLAIN OF ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli National Police (INP) are exercising increasing control over the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount and interfering with the Jordanian-run Waqf's ability to operate, according to Palestinian religious leaders. The INP, they allege, has prevented the Waqf from carrying out [...]	2009-07-16 07:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL JO KISL IS
09JERUSALEM1221	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/16): "Qaddoumi: Why did you [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 09:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1229	PM FAYYAD ON SECURITY AND WEST BANK ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In a July 14 meeting, PM Salam Fayyad said he is proud of gains in West Bank security but stressed again the need to end IDF incursions. He also noted an improving economy and cited the opening of a new theater in Nablus as a key development. Finally, Fayyad stressed the import [...]	2009-07-20 04:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1263	FAYYAD DISCUSS WEST BANK ECONOMY, SECURITY AND [...] (C) On July 18, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told CODEL Corker that security and socio-economic conditions had improved in the West Bank, while the humanitarian situation in Gaza continued to deteriorate. Fayyad recounted the risky but successful strategy he pursued [...]	2009-07-22 13:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM ECON EAID MOPS KWBG IS OREP
09JERUSALEM1264	GAZA: TUNNEL ECONOMY FLOURISHES, THOUGH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Summary. The tunnel trade into Gaza continues to flourish, although Gaza business contacts are alert to changes in Egyptian security practices and claim to notice some impact from Egyptian anti-smuggling efforts. ConGen contacts report that increasingly high-end, sophisticated products a [...]	2009-07-22 15:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM PREL PTER KWBG IS KTFN
09JERUSALEM1265	RECENT TRENDS IN WEST BANK VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary. While levels of Israeli-Palestinian violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are down this year, the first half of 2009 saw a 44 percent increase in incidents of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians or Palestinian property, and a doubling of the number of Palestini [...]	2009-07-22 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM IS KWBG KPAL PTER
09JERUSALEM1266	FOUR PRE-CONGRESS VIEWS ON FATAH [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, contacts from various segments of Fatah and a prominent analyst discussed expectations for the upcoming Congress on August 4. One said Fatah had little to show for its platform of peaceful resistance, and worried that any U.S.-Israeli "deal" on settlements [...]	2009-07-22 15:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1276	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/24): PALESTINIANS CALL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 10:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1280	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/27): Palestinians seek deeper [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1282	WEST BANK HOUSING PROJECTS: FINANCING ON TRACK, [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and private sector representatives told Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) representatives that obstacles largely related to infrastructure needs still face a number of West Bank housing developments. OPIC updated contacts on th [...]	2009-07-27 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KWBG PGOV IS EFIN
09JERUSALEM1283	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/28): Palestinians looking for [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 09:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1284	MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON MOSQUES, HAMAS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmud al Habbash outlined progress in the Palestinian Authority (PA) government's campaign against mosque incitement in a July 16 meeting. Compliance with mandatory PA sermons in the West Bank's 1,800 mosques is now over ninety percent, he claimed [...]	2009-07-28 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP PTER KWBG KPAL KISL IS
09JERUSALEM130	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 14, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 13-14, with heavy fighting occurring in and around Gaza City. Airstrikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip and the Rafah border area. Gaza-based medical sources reported as many as 976 Palestinians dead and 4,418 wounded since hosti [...]	2009-01-14 12:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM132	PD CONTACT IN GAZA SEES "NO PLACE TO GO, AND NO [...] (C) Summary. As the Israeli military operation in Gaza ended its 18th day, a Post PD partner vividly described the severe psychological strain Gazans face as a result of internal displacement and humanitarian suffering. Dr. Awni Karzon, American Corner Gaza Director, spoke of danger and physi [...]	2009-01-14 16:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID IS KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF PTER KPAO
09JERUSALEM133	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- JANUARY 14 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom crossing was open on January 14 for approximately 100 truckloads. Nahal Oz fuel transfer station and Karni conveyer belt were closed. An estimated 10 trucks of medical supplies entered through Rafah. ICRC and Gaza water and sanitation authorities reported signif [...]	2009-01-14 17:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PREF
09JERUSALEM1343	SETTLER LEADER SHARES VIEWS ON US POLICY, FUTURE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Radical settler leader Arieh King called U.S. policy in Jerusalem "anti-Semitic" and attacked USG officials, including President Obama, during a meeting with PolOff July 29. He demanded that the ConGen "stop meddling in domestic Israeli legal issues." He accused th [...]	2009-08-04 13:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1354	FATAH CONGRESS: ON DAY TWO, QUESTIONS REMAIN ON [...] (C) Summary. A debate over Fatah's past dominated discussions on the second day of the Sixth Congress, leaving little time to focus on preparations for leadership elections. It is possible that elections may slip a day (until 8/7) as a result. Discussions have not yet begun on the politica [...]	2009-08-05 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1376	EXTENDED HOURS FOR PASSENGERS, INCOMING CARGO AT [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOI implemented extended hours for passengers crossing the Allenby (King Hussein) Bridge for a two-month trial period, starting August 4. According to ConGen's Palestinian contacts, the passenger crossing remains crowded, but operations are running smoothly on both sides. [...]	2009-08-07 14:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KWBG KPAL PGOV ETRD EAID IS
09JERUSALEM1380	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/10): As Fatah Congress Draws [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 09:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1394	FATAH CONGRESS: PRELIMINARY CENTRAL COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: Fatah officials have released a "semi-official" list of the new Fatah Central Committee (FCC). Only four incumbent FCC members retained their seats in elections held August 10; the other 14 members largely reflect familiar Fatah power centers. The biggest surprise was Abu Ala' [...]	2009-08-11 15:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KWBG KDEM KPAL
09JERUSALEM1398	YESHA COUNCIL WEAKEND, NEEDS TO DELIVER TO SETTLER [...] (C) Summary. Although it emerged weaker from the 2005 Gaza disengagement and 2006 evacuation of Amona outpost, and is now challenged by a younger generation of radical settlers, the YESHA Council remains the strongest settler organization, according to ConGen contacts. One expert claimed t [...]	2009-08-12 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1402	MORE CONSTRUCTION AT KOCHAV YA'AKOV SETTLEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. At least 12 new caravans have been "illegally" constructed in Kochav Ya'akov settlement since June 2009, according to ConGen's NGO contacts. PolOff observed 12 new caravans, which appear to be uninhabited. The Local Council of Kfar Aqab village, with the assistance of Israel [...]	2009-08-13 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG PREL
09JERUSALEM1403	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/14): Time Has Come For [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 07:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM141	CONGEN FSN EMPLOYEE PLEADS FOR EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: PD FSN Essam Mattar called PD Chief from Gaza City by phone January 15 and begged for assistance to be evacuated from Gaza. He had fled earlier in the day from his home, which was destroyed by Israeli rocket fire, seeking shelter from Israeli military operations raging in his nei [...]	2009-01-15 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	AFSN KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF PTER KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM143	NEW LAND CONFISCATIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM AND WEST [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality informed an East Jerusalem family that ten dunams (2.5 acres) of their land will be confiscated to build a school for Palestinian children. A Municipality representative told PolOff the Municipality planned to confiscate land throughout East Jerusalem [...]	2009-01-15 16:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
09JERUSALEM144	ICRC SURGEON DESCRIBES CONTROLLED CHAOS AT MAIN [...] (C) Summary. ICRC surgeon Harald de Veen told donors and international medical NGO representatives January 14 that Gaza City's main government hospital, al-Shifa, has been functioning as well as can be expected and coping with massive numbers of injured. He said clinical staff are capable a [...]	2009-01-15 16:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI EAID ICRC KWBG KPAL PREF PTER GZ IS
09JERUSALEM1443	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/17): Internal Fatah elections [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 07:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM145	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 15, 2009, 1700 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: UNRWA's main warehouse of food and medical supplies was engulfed in fire and destroyed on January 15, as a result of IDF shelling. UNRWA suspended some movements in Gaza, but continued operations. Gaza City residents report that the IDF has taken control of several high-rise [...]	2009-01-15 17:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PTER MOPS
09JERUSALEM1450	FATAH CONGRESS ELECTS FRESH FACES TO FRC [...] (SBU) On August 16, the Fatah Sixth Party Congress released official election results for the (now) 81-member Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC). Voting resulted in a substantially newer FRC, with only 11 incumbents retaining their seats. Many newly-elected members are former First Intifada [...]	2009-08-17 14:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWBG KDEM PINR
09JERUSALEM146	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/16): EGYPTIAN PROPOSAL - [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1463	TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY EXPLORES POTENTIAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Trade Development Agency (TDA) Regional Director Carl Kress visited the West Bank in August to follow-up on WiMax and Internet data center studies, and to discuss new projects that would promote economic development and generate U.S. exports. Private sector representatives and [...]	2009-08-18 15:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1465	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/19): Palestinians continue to [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 07:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1486	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/21): Palestinians await new US [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1488	EGYPTIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO PA ON RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian Representative to the PA Yasir Othman told D/SEMEP David Hale that GOE mediators made no progress during a visit to Amman and Ramallah the week of August 17. Gaps remain on a proposed factional committee, and may have widened on the issue of Hamas prisoners in the West [...]	2009-08-21 10:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS EG
09JERUSALEM1494	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/24): Settlement activity [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 10:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1498	SAUDI SUPPORT PROVIDES BRIEF RESPITE FROM PA [...] (C) Summary: The PA will be able to pay salaries through September and reduce its domestic debt slightly after receiving USD 200m in budget support from Saudi Arabia. The PA Ministry of Finance stressed the PA need for additional support from other Arab countries to make it through the end o [...]	2009-08-24 14:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG PGOV SA QA
09JERUSALEM1499	JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Plans for demolitions and new Israeli construction in several East Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhoods are progressing, according to local legal and NGO contacts. Demolitions in Al Bustan and Abasiya could move ahead at any time, they claimed. Islamic Waqf contacts expressed [...]	2009-08-24 15:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1515	HAMAS IMPOSES CONSERVATIVE DRESS FOR SCHOOL GIRLS [...] (SBU) Summary. The school year in Gaza began on August 23 with Hamas imposing a requirement for girls to wear conservative Islamic dress. Teachers and administrative staff were also directed to work segregated by gender. This follows a July order requiring female lawyers to appear in court [...]	2009-08-25 14:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER KPAL KWBG KISL KWMN SCUL
09JERUSALEM153	FATAH GRASSROOTS LEADERS WANT TO "STAND UP" TO THE [...] (C) Summary. Fatah grassroots activists say Hamas will benefit politically from the Israeli operation in Gaza, diminishing Fatah's standing and forcing national reconciliation on Hamas' terms. They say the Palestinian public sees Fatah's choice of negotiations over armed struggle as having [...]	2009-01-16 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG KPAL IS GZ
09JERUSALEM1533	PALESTINIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETS FOR FIRST TIME [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On August 26, the Palestinian National Council (PNC) convened for the first time since 1998 to fill six seats vacated by deaths on the PLO Executive Committee (PLO/EC). Three of the new members return to the seats traditionally held by their small factions. Two othe [...]	2009-08-27 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KDEM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1555	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/28): Conflicting reports about [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1561	UPDATE ON SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary. Ongoing construction was observed at settlement sites ranging from established blocs inside the separation barrier to Jordan Valley farms during observation trips conducted by PolOff August 21-25. Near Givat Zeev, just north of Jerusalem, construction continues on 300 additional [...]	2009-08-28 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM158	GAZANS RESILIENT IN REBUILDING THEIR SHATTERED [...] (C) Summary. With a cease-fire in Gaza, two Gazans, whose stories Post tracked throughout the 22 days of fighting, are picking up the pieces of their lives and their homes, focusing on the welfare of their families above all else, and getting ready to go back to school. In telcons with PD Off [...]	2009-01-20 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	AFSN KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF PTER KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1584	HAMAS PURSUES THREE-FOLD STRATEGY IN GAZA [...] (C/NF) Summary. In separate meetings August 27, UNRWA Director for Gaza John Ging and Gaza-based Associated Press reporter Ibrahim Barzak characterized Hamas' agenda in Gaza as three-fold: (1) imposing gradual social and cultural change in accordance with Islamic values; (2) seeking internat [...]	2009-09-02 14:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREF KISL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1586	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/02): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 10:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1587	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/02): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 10:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1595	MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON PA RULE OF LAW, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 2 meeting, Minister of Justice Ali Khashan noted that international assistance in the security sector had outstripped efforts to build the capacity of the justice sector. He urged increased donor attention to the latter. He criticized of piecemeal approaches to [...]	2009-09-03 13:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KWBG ASEC IS
09JERUSALEM1602	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/04): Negotiations Require a [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 09:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1605	DEATHS IN CUSTODY PUT SPOTLIGHT ON WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: The deaths of four Hamas-affiliated detainees held by PA security services since the start of 2009 has focused a spotlight on PA detention practices. Senior PA officials also express concerns about conditions in general-population prisons, noting that the PA's correctional syst [...]	2009-09-04 11:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1606	WEST BANK SETTLEMENT LEADERS FULMINATE ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Local West Bank settlement leaders expressed anger over a possible construction freeze in separate meetings with PolOff on September 2. Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman Shaul Goldstein said he gave up on the YESHA Council after Gaza disengagement and is now organizing me [...]	2009-09-04 13:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL KPAL KWBG IS KPAO
09JERUSALEM1608	PA VIEWS JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE AS CRITICAL, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The PA-GOI Joint Economic Committee (JEC) met at the Ministerial-level on September 2 to discuss economic issues, including customs, visa restrictions, investor access, inputs for businesses, Wataniya, import of meat products, and marketing of West Bank dairy products in Jerusale [...]	2009-09-04 14:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL PTER PREL IS
09JERUSALEM163	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 21 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom crossing, the Karni conveyor belt, and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station are open on January 21. Ninety AmCits were in the process of evacuating Gaza through the Erez crossing as of mid-day January 21. UNRWA reports that it will seek to avoid a repeat of the Januar [...]	2009-01-21 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PTER
09JERUSALEM1651	BARAK APPROVES CONSTRUCTION OF 455 WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary. On September 7, Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak publicly approved the construction of 455 new housing units in nine existing West Bank settlements. Issuance of construction permits represented the last step in the GOI approval process. Settler organization sources said th [...]	2009-09-11 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1703	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/18): Normalization will not [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 08:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1705	GAZA: LIMITED FOOD, FUEL, AND MEDICINE; [...] (SBU) Summary: Access to Gaza for goods through Israeli crossing points remains severely constrained. While there are adequate stocks of basic food items in Gaza, the lack of variety and continuing price increases are negatively impacting people's health. A lack of medicine is crippling th [...]	2009-09-18 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAID PREF PGOV KWBG SENV IS GZ
09JERUSALEM1707	CONTINUED TUNNELING IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The settler organization ELAD continues to excavate a tunnel under the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to NGO sources, despite a stop-work order from Israeli courts. The organization is beginning to publicize its efforts, leading Muslim leaders to criticize the [...]	2009-09-18 16:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1708	CONTINUED TUNNELING IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The settler organization ELAD continues to excavate a tunnel under the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to NGO sources, despite a stop-work order from Israeli courts. The organization is beginning to publicize its efforts, leading Muslim leaders to criticize the [...]	2009-09-18 16:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM171	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/23): "INTERNAL DIVISION, A [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 13:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1715	TULKAREM -- IMPROVED SECURITY, BUT NO SIGN OF [...] (C) Summary. In a September 16 visit to Tulkarem, ConGenOffs heard from Palestinian refugees and business leaders that, while security has improved in the city, the local economy is struggling and has not benefited from any easing of internal movement, unlike other West Bank communities. Wit [...]	2009-09-23 14:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PTER ETRD ECON KWBG KPAL ASEC IS
09JERUSALEM1716	PALESTINIAN PRESS AND PUBLIC REACTION TO SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Local press reaction to the September 22 U.S.-Israeli-Palestinian trilateral meeting in New York was largely divided along partisan lines, with pro-Hamas commentators criticizing PA negotiators for participating in the absence of a full settlement freeze, and analysts aligned with Fata [...]	2009-09-23 14:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1719	MUTED PALESTINIAN REACTION TO POTUS SEPTEMBER 23 [...] (C) Summary: Despite positive public comments by PA leadership in local media following President Obama's September 23 UNGA speech, mid-level Fatah contacts told Post that, while they welcomed the President's references to Palestinian statehood and the illegitimacy of continued settlement a [...]	2009-09-24 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS PTER
09JERUSALEM1721	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/25): Continued Skepticism [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 06:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM174	FAYYAD TO DONORS: AFTER GAZA, PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad called for national reconciliation in conjunction with a comprehensive plan to rebuild Gaza. He said that the GOI needs to allow in "more than food and medicine" and lamented restrictions on cash transfers that continue to [...]	2009-01-23 15:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KWBG IS PGOV
09JERUSALEM1742	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/29): Palestinians hope for [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 05:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1748	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/30): American Role in Peace [...] Hamada Fara'neh commented in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Reaching a settlement without a third party" (9/30): "It is not the first time that the US failed to forge an agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis, especially in regards to the final status issues ... It was unsuc [...]	2009-09-30 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM175	PA AGAIN REQUESTS CASH SHIPMENTS TO GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) has again asked the Bank of Israel (BOI) to approve the transport of banknotes to Gaza bank branches. UNRWA successfully transported USD 16 million and NIS 20 million into Gaza on January 20 and 22. No cash has been transferred from the [...]	2009-01-23 15:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KWBG PGOV PINR PTER IS
09JERUSALEM1751	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/01): Israeli plan for a new [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-01 08:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1754	PROFILE OF AVIGAIL OUTPOST FOUNDER ELISHA MEIDAN [...] (C) Summary. On September 22, PolOff visited the settlement outpost of Avigail in the Hebron Hills and met with its founder, 30-year-old Elisha Meidan. Meidan, a new husband and father living in a converted bus, explained to PolOff that while he considers himself and his fellow outpost sett [...]	2009-10-01 16:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG CASC IS
09JERUSALEM1755	PA SECURITY FORCES ON ALERT FOR FRIDAY UNREST [...] (C) On October 1, PA Minister of Interior Said Abu Ali assessed the security situation in the West Bank as "extremely tense" following September 27 clashes at the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif (reftel). "It recalls the beginning of the second Intifada," he said, "when emotions ran very high. [...]	2009-10-01 20:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1763	PA LEADERSHIP DISCUSSES SECURITY SECTOR REFORM [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Fayyad's highest priority in the area of security sector reform at present is to address allegations of, and prevent future, prisoner abuse. He convened NGOs on September 30 to encourage active monitoring of the situation, and threatened to dismiss any personnel [...]	2009-10-02 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PGOV PINS PHUM PINR KWBG

09JERUSALEM1764	PA PRESSES ON WTO OBSERVER STATUS, BUT OPENS THE [...] (C) Summary: PA officials claim to have broad support for their bid for WTO observer status from other WTO delegations, while acknowledging USG concerns. PM Fayyad told the Consul General October 1 that he will not put the U.S. in a position where it must vote no on a PA request. He and his [...]	2009-10-02 14:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KWBG WTRO KPAL IS

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