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09KHARTOUM7	MORE ON POSSIBLE REPLACEMENTS FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The SPLM continues to believe that a succession scenario is likely, and it contends that the NCP regime is actively considering several candidates to replace President Bashir. However, many observers in Khartoum doubt that President Bashir will ever agree to step down as a resul [...]	2009-01-04 15:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SU

09KHARTOUM700	USG-GOSS MEETING ON SOUTHERN SUDAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Monday, May 25, USAID provided a presentation to Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials regarding a USAID assessment and recommendations for possible interventions in the agricultural sector. The audience included officials from a number of the GOSS Ministries, as well a [...]	2009-05-28 16:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM701	MEDIA REACTION TO U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY TO SUDAN EAST-WEST [...] (U) SUMMARY: The current East-West tour to China, Qatar, United Kingdom and France by U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration has dominated most of the local news in Sudan. While a handful of pro-government newspapers remain optimistic and describe the visits as "encouraging" and "a [...]	2009-05-29 07:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC KPAO OIIP SU
09KHARTOUM715	GOVERNMENT OF SOUTHERN SUDAN CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Kiir has changed ten of the 24 positions in the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) Council of Ministers. Most notably, SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng has been named Minister of Regional Cooperation and Kuol Athian Mawein was dismissed as Finance Minister, the third [...]	2009-06-02 06:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM720	CDA'S COURTESY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Foreign Affairs Deng Alor said that the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) is keen to attend the June 23rd CPA Forum in Washington, DC, and is willing to meet with the President's Special Envoy to Sudan General Gration in [...]	2009-06-03 07:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV SOCI AU UNSC SU KPKO PREL
09KHARTOUM726	NCP OFFERS ELECTION STRATEGIES AND STRESSES POST-REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2, CDA Whitehead made introductory calls on Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah Eddin as well as NCP strategists Yahya Babiker and Sayed Al-Khateeb. The NCP praised the Obama Administration's "new approach" to U.S.-Sudanese relations, provided some insight into NCP election [...]	2009-06-04 12:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM727	RISING OIL PRICES, REPAID ARREARS PROVIDE GOSS TEMPORARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With world oil prices on the rebound and arrears in revenue-transfers from Khartoum reduced, the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) revenues are gradually reaching levels projected in its 2009 budget, after an extremely lean first quarter. GoSS spending priorities are salary [...]	2009-06-07 04:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EAID PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC
09KHARTOUM729	DARFUR UPDATE: PROXY REBELS RETREAT TO LICK THEIR WOUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: JEM forces have reportedly returned to Chad. There is no confirmation that Sudanese warplanes have attacked JEM positions in Chad. JEM appears to have been significantly weakened following its May offensive in Sudan. Chadian rebels have returned to Sudan. While they claim to [...]	2009-06-07 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM735	CDA'S COURTESY CALL ON DUP LEADER AL MIRGHANI [...] SUMMARY. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Mohammed Osman al Mirghani complained to Charge Whitehead that the two CPA partners are ignoring the concerns of Sudan's other political groups. Despite this, Mirgahani seemed unable to articulate a clear strategy of how the DUP might compete in [...]	2009-06-09 13:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM736	DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: AS GENDER BASED VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Rape and gender-based violence (GBV) have increased in Darfur according to UN agencies and NGOs. Following the March 4-5 expulsion of 13 international NGOs, no mechanism exists to monitor such crimes in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and rural areas. The increase in th [...]	2009-06-10 11:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM739	NEC BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON STATUS OF ELECTORAL PROCESS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: National Elections Commission (NEC) Chair Dr. Abel Alier Alier briefed the diplomatic corps on the status of the electoral process, elaborated on the complexity of this historic election, explained delays in the demarcation of geographic constituencies and voter registration, a [...]	2009-06-11 05:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI ASEC KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM75	THE CHANGING DYNAMIC IN DARFUR: ZAGHAWA MOVEMENTS TURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to UNAMID, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) now controls the key South Darfur villages of Labado and Muhajarriya after attacking SLM/Minnawi positions. One UNAMID source claimed that the Government of Sudan (GoS) started bombing both JEM and SLM/MM on the periph [...]	2009-01-21 10:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM751	MEETING WITH MFA AMERICAS DIRECTOR TOUCHES OF [...] (U) In a June 11 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Americas' desk chief Ambassador Nasreldin Wali raised several points with Charge d'affaires, the majority of these focused upon the upcoming June 23 trilateral talks between the National Congress Party (NCP),the Sudan People's Libe [...]	2009-06-15 11:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC AU CD SU
09KHARTOUM760	DARFURI FEMALE STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM BEATEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Men dressed in black abayas (Note: an Islamic dress, common in Saudi Arabia but less so here, that covers a woman's entire body. End Note) reportedly raided a women's dormitory at the University of Khartoum in the early morning of June 11 and assaulted 15 Darfuri women. The foll [...]	2009-06-17 13:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM763	OIL: DAR BLEND GETS SWEETER, MORE ABUNDANT WHILE NILE BLEND [...] (SBU) Summary: GOS oil revenues for the month of April totalled $158.76 million, up from $157.26 million in March, according to figures released last week by the Ministry of Finance and National Economy. Though prices and production both rose in April, the resulting revenue increase was curbe [...]	2009-06-18 10:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM768	THREE AREAS UPDATE - NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND OLD CHALLENGES [...] (U) On June 16, the Three Areas Donor Steering Group discussed developments in the operating environment in Southern Kordofan and Abyei. The group also discussed Steering Group participation in the June 22-23 Forum for Supporters of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) hosted by Special En [...]	2009-06-21 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM774	MEDIA REACTION: SUDANESE MEDIA RESPONDS TO SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Khartoum's state-influenced media "selectively" portrayed U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Gration's June 17 remarks in Washington to U.S. and international press as strongly supportive of the policies of the ruling National Congress Party. Pro-government media spun the Special [...]	2009-06-23 07:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC KPAO OIIP AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM78	UPPER NILE VIOLENCE CONTINUES - WITH ALLEGED POLITICAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNMIS/Malakal continues to report fresh violence following an altercation between Dinka and Shilluk tribal members on the margins of celebrations surrounding the 4th anniversary of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). However, NGOs based in Upper Nile's state capital dis [...]	2009-01-22 08:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS ASEC SU
09KHARTOUM781	USAID AND AECOM SIGN IMPLEMENTATION PROTOCOL WITH MIC [...] (SBU) Summary. USAID and implementing partner AECOM (formerly operating in Sudan as PADCO) signed an Implementation Protocol (IP) with the Government of Sudan's Ministry of International Cooperation (MIC) on June 8, 2009. The new relationship with MIC restores the programming of the USAID Off [...]	2009-06-24 09:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM785	SUDANESE ELECTIONS DATE TO SLIDE TO APRIL 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM788	GOS RESUMES BOMBING IN DAR ZAGHAWA AMID RUMORS OF JEM [...] (SBU) Summary: GOS aircraft bombed several remote areas around Furawiya on June 23-24 amid rumors that JEM is regrouping for another offensive, according to the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS). UNDSS Officer Frazer King told poloff that the GOS aircraft sporadically bombed four to [...]	2009-06-28 05:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM789	USAID ENABLES GOSS WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE POLICY [...] SUMMARY. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and facilities in southern Sudan remain abysmal with only 9% of the population having sustained access to both safe water and sanitation facilities. USAID has made this a priority for improved service delivery. Through the Building Re [...]	2009-06-28 05:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM794	GOS MINISTER MICHAEL MAKUEI OFFERS PESSIMISTIC UPDATE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 24, Michael Makuei Lueth, the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Minister of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development, gave a pessimistic update to the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) on the stalled negotiations to adopt and revise legislation needed to i [...]	2009-06-29 08:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM802	PARTING THOUGHTS ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN DARFUR FROM THE [...] (SBU) On his last day on the job after five years with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan, two of those years as the OCHA/Sudan Chief, Mike McDonagh (protect) provided USAID officers with a candid tour d'horizon of the humanitarian situation in Darfur. [...]	2009-07-01 08:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM803	NAFIE SATISFIED WITH TRILATERAL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 30 meeting with CDA Whitehead, influential Assistant to the President Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie expressed satisfaction with the June round of Trilateral Talks in Washington, and deemed the progress made in improving bilateral relations "acceptable and reasonable." He urged the [...]	2009-07-01 13:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM804	GOS REPORTEDLY ATTACKS JEM PRESENCE IN HASHABA, NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: GOS forces targeting former SLA/Unity rebels now allied with JEM attacked the village of Hashaba on June 27-28, according to UN and rebel sources. The attacks consisted of Antonov bombing followed by a ground assault. The indigenous rebel force, comprised of two commanders, 36 [...]	2009-07-01 14:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM808	FINANCE MINISTER ALJAZ SAYS NCP COMMITTED TO [...] (C) Summary: The National Congress Party (NCP) is committed to the peaceful resolution of Sudan's political problems so it can focus its energy on economic development, Minister of Finance Dr. Awad Aljaz told CDA Whitehead in a July 2 meeting. Striking a friendly tone, Aljaz expressed hope tha [...]	2009-07-03 09:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM810	USAID/FFP DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S TRIP TO DARFUR [...] From June 20-24, a USAID team comprising the visiting Deputy Director of the Office of Food For Peace (FFP),Washington and Sudan-based FFP Officers and a USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Field Officer visited Darfur to meet with officials from the UN World Food Program ( [...]	2009-07-06 14:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL PREF ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM811	DARFUR HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] (SBU) The number of security incidents involving the UN and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Darfur has remained stable, with no increases reported in recent weeks. Nevertheless, the situation on the ground is unpredictable, with security remaining a primary concern for agencies. [...]	2009-07-06 14:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM814	UN ELECTIONS CHIEF CALLS DELAY OF ELECTIONS TO APRIL 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30, poloffs attended the monthly meeting of the Electoral Assistance Group (EAG) in Khartoum. UNMIS Chief Electoral Affairs Officer Ray Kennedy noted that the National Electoral Commission (NEC) would imminently release a new electoral calendar, which calls for voter reg [...]	2009-07-07 06:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM829	CHIEFS OF MISSION TOLD GOS IS COMMITTED TO DOHA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOS is committed to continuing the stalled Doha peace talks with the so-called "Tripoli Group" of Darfuri rebel factions, as well as increased participation from civil society groups, GOS lead negotiator Dr. Amin Hassan Omer. This message was delivered in Arabic and English [...]	2009-07-12 04:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM83	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS NEW MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with CDA Fernandez, influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail acknowledged a tactical mistake on the part of the SAF for failing to intervene quickly against JEM in recent clashes with the forces of Minni Minnawi (reftel). He admitted that t [...]	2009-01-23 08:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM834	VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BANK OF SOUTH SUDAN AIRS HIS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 9 meeting with CDA Whitehead, the Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, Mr. Kornelio Koriom Mayik, who also serves as head of the Bank of Southern Sudan (BOSS),described his contentions with northern officials over fiscal policy, especially with regard to [...]	2009-07-13 11:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM841	ABYEI SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) On July 14, CDA Whitehead met with SRSG Ashraf Qazi to discuss the impending decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on the Abyei border issue. Qazi stated that while the National Congress Party (NCP) has reportedly asked for a delay in the announcement of the PCA decision (Ref [...]	2009-07-15 05:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM844	SUDAN - INITIAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INCREASED [...] (SBU) Protection concerns--particularly incidents of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)--persist throughout conflict-affected areas of Sudan. Nearly six years after conflict erupted in Sudan's Darfur region, SGBV continues to negatively affect Darfuri communities; however, reliable statis [...]	2009-07-15 12:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EAID SOCI KWMN KOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM85	UNAMID DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE PLANS AND SOUTH DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 22, Rodolphe Adada, the Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID,) told CDA Fernandez that UNAMID continues to draft its ceasefire plans. Adada stated that UNAMID's plan will be flexible and applicable in bot [...]	2009-01-23 09:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM857	SE GRATION VISITS KALMA CAMP AND MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) During July 17-18, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration traveled to South Darfur to review the humanitarian situation in Kalma and Kass internally-displaced person (IDP) camps and meet with Darfuri civil society and ethnic leaders. A report of Gration's trip to Kass will be provided v [...]	2009-07-21 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM859	SE GRATION VISITS KASS IDP CAMPS AND IDP RETURN VILLAGE [...] (U) On July 18, U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan J. Scott Gration and his delegation traveled to Kass to assess remaining expulsion-related gaps in Kass town's internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and to visit a village of reported returns. During meetings with Kass's largely Fur tribe IDP [...]	2009-07-21 13:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM860	SE MEETING WITH ABYEI LEADERS BOUND FOR THE HAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy (SE) Gration presided over a July 20 meeting of senior NCP and Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials and Ngok Dinka and Misseriya Leaders, the latter parties bound for The Hague to hear the July 22 ruing of the Permanent Count of Arbitration (PCA) [...]	2009-07-21 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM862	PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION DECISION CHANGES ABYEI [...] (SBU) 1. (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy Gration, Charge Whitehead, as well as representatives from the EU, UN and Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),went to Abyei on July 22 for the announcement of The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) decision on the province's border demarc [...]	2009-07-23 06:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM869	Sudan: Special Envoy Gration and CDA Whitehead visit Heglig [...] (U) On July 21 Special Envoy (SE) Gration and Charge (CDA) Whitehead visited Heglig oilfield, the field headquarters of the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC). Taking off from the regional capital of Kadugli, SE and his delegation were transported by helicopter over the lush rainy [...]	2009-07-27 04:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM874	UGANDAN AMBASSADOR REQUESTS US ASSISTANCE WITH [...] (C) Summary. Ugandan Ambassador Betty Akech Okullou called on Charge July 28 to discuss the fate of a Ugandan national abducted a month ago in Darfur (reftel). Okullou said she had been consulting closely with the Irish, who are also working to free an Irish national abducted at the same ti [...]	2009-07-28 11:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PINR EAID UN AU SU UG IR
09KHARTOUM883	SECOND TRADE/INVESTMENT DELEGATION YIELDS GAINS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The July 2009 Trade and Investment Delegation (TradeDel),focused on investment opportunities the agricultural sector has generated interest by American investors in at least nine potentially viable agricultural projects, and garnered political capital for the US Government in the [...]	2009-07-30 09:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EAGR ETRD AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM89	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, JANUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The big news in UNAMID deployment for January 2009 was the successful movement, with strong Embassy support especially from the Defense Liaison Office (DLO),of Rwandan troops and equipment by the U.S. Air Force. The movements went flawlessly with full cooperation by the GoS and [...]	2009-01-25 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM890	CHADIAN REBELS WITHDRAW BUT MILITARY TENSIONS REMAIN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 29 meeting in Khartoum, United des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) Chadian rebel commander Mahamat Hanno claimed that UFR President Timane Erdimi and the UFR commanders have returned to Khartoum. UFR combatants have reportedly withdrawn from the border but have not disar [...]	2009-08-02 12:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM893	2009 ELECTIONS BUDGET PROPOSAL RELEASED [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Elections Commission (NEC) announced its 2009 budget of approximately $153 million USD on July 27, 2009, down from an earlier request of more than one billion USD. The GNU would commit approximately $72 million to 2009 elections preparations and seek over $79 millio [...]	2009-08-04 05:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM895	MASSIVE GRAIN CONTRACTS THREATEN SOUTHERN SUDAN BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY. Speaking on July 28 before the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA),David Deng Athorbei, the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) newly-appointed Minister of Finance, publicly confirmed that the GOSS has committed six billion Sudanese pounds (appx. 2.7 billion USD) to off- [...]	2009-08-04 08:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPIN EAGR ECON SU
09KHARTOUM901	PRO-REGIME IDP LEADER MURDERED IN ABU SHOUK CAMP [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent pro-regime IDP leader in Abu Shouk Camp was murdered in the early morning of August 2, according to IDP and UN sources. Omer Adam Ishaq, known as "Saroukh", was shot and killed along with his wife by unknown gunmen at his home. Reasons for the attack are unknown pen [...]	2009-08-04 14:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS SU
09KHARTOUM905	DEFENDANT IN TROUSERS CASE WOULD ACCEPT LASHING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese security forces on August 4 fired tear gas to disperse protesters at the trial of Lubna Hussein, a journalist currently working as a Public Affairs Officer at the United Nations. Ms. Hussein was arrested in Khartoum on July 3 and charged with "indecent dress" along with [...]	2009-08-05 15:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM91	ABYEI ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE DUE TO LACK OF [...] (SBU) According to Administrator Arop Mayok, the Abyei Interim Administration (AIA) has made little progress in securing funding since Mayok's meeting with CDA Fernandez in early December (ref A). Four months after it was established, the Government of National Unity (GNU) still has provided th [...]	2009-01-25 13:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID SOCI KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM914	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BONA MALWAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Whitehead met with Presidential Adviser Bona Malwal on July 29 at the latter,s request. A former minister in the late 1970s under Nimeiri and a long-time antagonist of the late John Garang, Malwal continues to pursue politics in the South while maintaining stron [...]	2009-08-07 09:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PGOV UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM917	GHAZI SALAHEDDIN TELLS REPRESENTATIVE ELLISON: "WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 5 conversation with Congressman Keith Ellison, Presidential Adviser and National Congress party (NCP) intellectual Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin said he is open to visits by anyone seeking to engage with the regime, including members of the U.S. Congress and the Darfur advocac [...]	2009-08-07 09:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM925	AN UMMA FACTIONAL LEADER'S TAKE ON ELECTIONS AND [...] (c) Summary. In a rambling hour-long meeting with Charge on August 10, UMMA party factional leader Mubarak Fadail Elmahdi addressed a possible opposition boycott of elections, internal National Congress Party (NCP)/Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) dynamics, the Lubna Hussein case, [...]	2009-08-11 12:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AU SU
09KHARTOUM93	SPLM DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL ANNE ITTO ON BASHIR, THE ICC, [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a SPLM Political Bureau meeting to discuss impending ICC indictments against GNU President Omar Bashir, Consul General met with SPLM Deputy Secretary General Anne Itto on January 22 to discuss the results of the party's deliberations. In the course of the meeting, Itto [...]	2009-01-26 14:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM94	NCP ALLEGEDLY ARMING ITS DARFUR ALLIES AS ICC LOOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for potential unrest in Darfur, several sources reported that the NCP has begun a large-scale arms distribution program in all three states of Darfur. In Nyala, an SPLM official alleged that the NCP is paying families to accept Kalashnikovs. Meanwhile, Fur IDP le [...]	2009-01-26 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM942	LONG-TIME NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY [...] (c) Summary. On August 13 President al Bashir sent a shock-wave through Khartoum political circles with a decree replacing long-time NISS Director General (DG) Salah Abdallah, better known as Salah Ghosh, with NISS Deputy Director Major General Mohammed Atta al-Moula. Ghosh will join the Pr [...]	2009-08-14 10:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SU
09KHARTOUM944	SOUTH KORDOFAN'S ICC-INDICTED GOVERNOR SEEKS TO ENSURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South Kordofan's ICC-indicted Governor, Ahmed Mohamed Haroun (NCP) and his SPLM deputy, Abdel Aziz Al Helou, asked international donors on August 8 for humanitarian and development assistance in delivering a peace dividend to the people of their state. They described a newly c [...]	2009-08-16 08:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM95	GOS/JEM CLASHES, AERIAL BOMBING SOUTH OF EL FASHER [...] (SBU) Apparently in an effort to r%pel JEM vEhicles, GOS airplanes conducted aerial bombings January 26 in areas south of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state. The bombing occurred in close proximity to Zam Zam IDP camp, approximately 20 km from the North Darfur capital. UN and NGO source [...]	2009-01-26 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM957	IOM STILL UNABLE TO WORK IN DARFUR; PLANNING FOR RETURNS [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the week of August 10, USAID Mission Director and staff met with the heads of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) to discuss potential returns in Darfur, IOM's role in verifying returns, [...]	2009-08-18 04:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM964	Opposition Parties Call for Elections Boycott [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Latif Joseph Sabag, a founding member of the Umma Party, told poloff August 17 that opposition party leaders decided August 15 to boycott next year's elections, based on their view that the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) conducted a flawed census, failed to reform national [...]	2009-08-23 05:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM970	CODEL HEARS IDP PROBLEMS AT DARFUR'S ZAM ZAM IDP CAMP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Keith Ellison traveled to El Fasher, North Darfur on August 6 to visit the Zam Zam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp. Conditions at the camp have deteriorated following an influx of 30,000 IDPs from South Darfur in February and the expulsion of humanitarian non [...]	2009-08-23 15:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU
09KIGALI124	RWANDA WITHDRAWS FROM DRC IN COLORFUL JOINT [...] (U) On February 25, 1300 Rwanda combat troops joined several hundred Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) soldiers in a colorful departure ceremony in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),witnessed by the two nations respective Foreign Ministers, Defense Ministers, Chiefs of Defense Staff [...]	2009-02-26 16:20:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS MOPS RW
09KIGALI142	RWANDAN-CONGOLESE COOPERATION IN THE WAKE OF [...] (C) Summary. The conclusion of Operation Umoja ("Our Unity) and the withdrawal of Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) troops from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have set the stage for further concerted bilateral Rwanda-Congo cooperation in the Kivus and beyond. Operations in South [...]	2009-03-04 09:19:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RW CG
09KIGALI15	RWANDA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) This cable responds to queries in reftel 2. (U) OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ -- The Government of Rwanda recognizes the private sector is an essential engine of development and welcomes foreign investment in policy and in practice. -- In Se [...]	2009-01-13 12:17:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC KTDB USTR
09KIGALI150	ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN GATHERS FORCE [...] (C) Summary. In recent months, anti-corruption efforts by the Rwandan government (GOR) have gathered force, with several senior civil servants under arrest. The GOR leadership is issuing orchestrated messages on anti-corruption, and a new anti-corruption body has been established to coordin [...]	2009-03-06 12:52:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM ECON RW
09KIGALI152	NO FORMAL REQUEST YET FOR SUPPORT FOR RETURNEES [...] (SBU) The Government of Rwanda (GOR) Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) and the United Nations High Council for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly held an information session March 3 on the status of preparations and outstanding needs to address Rwandans returning from conflict areas in neighboring [...]	2009-03-06 13:33:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF RW
09KIGALI158	READING THE TEA LEAVES - RWANDA'S ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 15:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ENGR EINV PGOV RW
09KIGALI163	NKUNDA LOSES FIRST ROUND IN COURT [...] (C) On March 11, a Rwandan Higher Instance court denied an application for release of detained renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda, ruling on procedural grounds that the court could not accept the case, and noting that the application had been addressed to the wrong individual represe [...]	2009-03-12 15:53:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
09KIGALI172	RWANDA DEFENCE FORCES TOP LEADERSHIP ON EASTERN [...] (C) Summary. Charge d,Affaires and Defense Attache met Rwanda Defence Forces, (RDF) Chief of Defence Staff General James Kabarebe, Army Chief of Staff General Charles Kayonga and Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Muhire on March 18. Kabarebe expressed satisfaction with the recently c [...]	2009-03-20 12:50:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS RW
09KIGALI181	PYRETHRUM: BACK TO THE FUTURE? [...] (U) Summary: Rwandan production of pyrethrum, a natural insecticide that has been a key Rwandan export crop since 1937, collapsed in 2007/8 due to the country's sole refiner mismanaging suppliers and buyers. From a peak of 1,350 tons in 2006, production slipped to less than 220 tons in 2008. [...]	2009-03-25 15:06:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV EINV USAID RW
09KIGALI207	RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]	2009-04-13 07:12:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI208	RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]	2009-04-13 07:12:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI212	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S VISIT TO RWANDA [...] (C) Your visit underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda, our support for peace and security in the region, and our recognition of Rwanda's leading role as an international peacekeeping force. You will arrive shortly after a week-long national commemoration of the 1994 genoc [...]	2009-04-14 11:41:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV ECON EAID
09KIGALI237	SUPPORTING DARFUR CANDIDACY OF RWANDAN GENERAL [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Rwandan government (GOR) has nominated Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba to be the Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNAMID) in Darfur, replacing current Commander, Nigerian General Martin Agwai. Nyamvumba is currently the J4 (Logistics Ch [...]	2009-04-24 09:07:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS KPKO RW
09KIGALI279	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE: RWANDA UN ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: I am delighted you will participate in the UN Security Council's May 17-18 visit to Rwanda. The Mission staff and I look forward to assisting you during your visit. Your participation underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda and our support [...]	2009-05-08 06:15:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC MOPS PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI289	NKUNDA LOSES ROUND TWO; JUSTICE MINISTERS MEET ON [...] (C) On April 17, a Rwandan Intermediate court in Gisenyi denied an application for release of detained renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda. Ruling on procedural grounds similar to those of an earlier Kigali court (Ref A),the court held that it lacked the "competence" to hear the matte [...]	2009-05-08 13:26:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
09KIGALI31	GERMANY, RWANDA AGREE TO RESTORE NORMAL RELATIONS [...] (C) On January 19 the Rwandan and German governments jointly announced they would appoint new ambassadors: the two governments agreed to "post to each other's capitals new heads of their respective missions in the near future." Rwanda had withdrawn its ambassador and requested the departure [...]	2009-01-21 09:29:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI314	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON [...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes CODEL Isakson to Rwanda. Your visit to Rwanda comes at an excellent time in U.S.-Rwandan relations. The U.S. Government has a deep partnership with Rwanda on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as fighting the spread of the global scourges [...]	2009-05-21 15:35:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI33	SUPPORTING THE JOINT CONGOLESE AND RWANDAN EFFORT [...] (C) As the international community awaits details of the joint Congolese/Rwandan military effort in the Kivus, it is essential we keep in mind what a sea change this joint operation represents. After many ups and downs, and often sharp disagreements on what has been happening in the eastern [...]	2009-01-22 15:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS PINR RW
09KIGALI335	RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) In this edition: - Kagame Castigates Party Officials at RPF Political Bureau Meeting - Anti-Corruption Campaign Continues -- Prosecutor General Readies New Cases - New Political Parties Have Trouble Organizing - Nkunda Loses Round Three Kagame Tough On RPF Cadres --------- [...]	2009-06-01 08:45:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI370	RWANDA'S 2009-2010 BUDGET TABLED BEFORE PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister James Musoni introduced the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) 2009-2010 budget before Parliament on June 11. His budget message laid out a USD 1.452 billion budget, up 24 percent from last year in nominal terms, with domestic resources for the first time exceeding [...]	2009-06-17 15:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID RW
09KIGALI410	THE WAGES OF (GENOCIDE) SIN IN RWANDA -- YOUR CASE [...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, as the National Gacaca Service closes out its million-plus caseload, politically sensitive cases are being heard. Senior Hutu officials in Parliament, in the executive branch and in the military are finally facing their accusers. Conviction, acqu [...]	2009-07-09 11:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI454	RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) In this edition: - Minister of Education Sacked - Ombudsman Report on Corruption Raises Hackles in Justice Sector - New Political Parties -- One Nearing Registration? - Nkunda Tries A Letter Writing Campaign Hard-Charging Minister Falls Hard on Corruption Charges ---------- [...]	2009-07-24 10:58:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI472	NEXT STEPS FOR THE RWANDA-DRC PARTNERSHIP [...] (S) In a July 24 conversation with DCM (then Charge),National Security Service (NSS) Director General Emmanuel Ndahiro said he expected Presidents Kagame and Kabila to meet some time before the UNGA sessions in New York in September. He did not have a specific date, but added that the possib [...]	2009-07-30 14:03:00	Embassy Kigali	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS KMCA RW
09KIGALI505	GADFLY NEWSPAPER AGAIN COURTS CONTROVERSY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rwanda's media authority on August 5 recommended the suspension of local-language newspaper "Umuseso" for three months, following its publication of an article that called President Kagame a dictator, compared him to the pre-genocide president who died when his aircraft was shot d [...]	2009-08-15 13:31:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS RW
09KIGALI525	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS [...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes CODEL Meeks to Rwanda. The U.S. Government partners closely with Rwanda on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as fighting HIV/AIDS and malaria, expanding economic development and assisting Rwanda's democratic structures. Rwandans deeply a [...]	2009-08-26 06:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KDEM PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI536	RWANDA, CONGO SOLICIT FUNDING FOR JOINT ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The energy ministers from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) met in Rwanda on August 17 to review and solicit donor support for a potential joint Rwandan-Congolese energy project. This project is a tangible outcome of the groundbreaking August 6 Kagame-Kabila m [...]	2009-08-28 14:51:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN EAID ENRG RW CG
09KIGALI552	WORLD BANK RANKS RWANDA MOST IMPROVED FOR BUSINESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: World Bank "Ease of Doing Business" 2010 indicators--released September 8, 2009--recognize Rwanda as the world's top reformer in implementing business regulation reforms. Rwanda introduced reforms in seven out of ten categories, improving its overall ranking from 143 to 67 out o [...]	2009-09-09 15:24:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EAID RW
09KIGALI570	CODEL MEEKS VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Congressional delegation led by Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY),who chairs the House Financial Services Committee's Sub-committee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, and including subcommittee members Representatives Melvin Watt (NC),Sheila Jackson Lee (TX),Jack Kingston (GA) [...]	2009-09-11 14:00:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI586	LOBBYING FOR RWANDAN SUPPORT AT UNGA [...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs raised with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali and her Americas Director our interest in working closely with Rwanda on UNGA issues. Museminali welcomed our approach and noted that the Government of Rwanda (GOR) often follows the African Union (AU) consensu [...]	2009-09-18 15:02:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN RW
09KIGALI618	RDF GENERAL EMPHASIZES REGIONAL STABILITY, URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 23 meeting, a senior Rwandan military officer stressed that regional peace and stability, especially with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),was in Rwanda's vital interest. He requested USG action against U.S.-based supporters of the Democratic F [...]	2009-09-30 16:30:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINS PINR KJUS CG RW
09KIGALI634	RWANDAN PM DESCRIBES IMPROVING RWANDA-DRC TIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, Rwanda's prime minister confirmed plans for Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to exchange ambassadors in the very near future and said Rwanda sought to strengthen its economic partnership with both the DRC and with countries belonging to the Ea [...]	2009-10-07 07:58:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI679	ICTR PROSECUTOR ON WORK, TRANSFER OF CASES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) chief prosecutor Hassan Jallow briefed Kigali-based diplomats October 15 on the tribunal's work, anticipated closure in 2010 and unresolved legacy issues. He intends to request transfer of some remaining cases to Rwanda, and ind [...]	2009-10-21 06:19:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCRM ICTR UNGA TZ RW
09KIGALI699	GOVT ALLOWING OPPOSITION BREATHING SPACE, SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, Internal Security Minister Harerimana told Emboffs the Rwandan government was purposely not applying the law to the full extent and was allowing new opposition parties some latitude to form and operate. He cautioned that politicians could easily manipulate many Rw [...]	2009-10-28 16:28:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS RW
09KIGALI716	SIERRA LEONE CONVICTS ARRIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 17:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM RW
09KIGALI719	OPPOSITION FIGURE NTAGANDA TO CHALLENGE KAGAME AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 25, members of the fledgling Parti Social-Imberakuri (PS-Imberakuri) party voted overwhelmingly to nominate party founder Bertrand Ntaganda, an ethnic Hutu lawyer, to be their candidate for Rwanda's 2010 presidential elections. Ntaganda was a founding member of the P [...]	2009-11-04 06:21:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI736	DASD HUDDLESTON AND RWANDAN DEFENSE REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Huddleston met October 26 with Rwandan Minister of Defense Gatsinzi and senior Rwandan Defense Force officers, including Chief of Defense (CHOD) Kabarebe. The Rwandans thanked DASD for USG cooperation on peacekeeping and highlighted the Rwan [...]	2009-11-06 11:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS MASS PINR CG RW
09KIGALI74	WORLD BANK SEEKS DONOR SUPPORT FOR NEW [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 6. 2. (SBU) World Bank (Bank) Country Representative Victoria Kwakwa convened a meeting January 30 seeking donor support for a proposed new Emergency demobilization and Reintegration Project with the Government of Rwanda (GOR). A team of Bank offi [...]	2009-02-02 16:51:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PINS MOPS RW
09KIGALI749	REFUGEE ISSUES IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Rwanda hosts 53,000 Congolese refugees in three refugee camps and 2,000 urban refugees from various nearby countries. Standards of living in the camps are high, although land and sanitation issues are sometimes problematic. Although relations between Rwanda and the DRC have impr [...]	2009-11-13 12:13:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV CG RW

09KIGALI756	GREEN PARTY PLANS 3RD ATTEMPT TO HOLD [...] (C) On November 6, polcouns met with Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR) leader Frank Habineza, secretary-general Charles Kabanda and a visiting Amcit Green party activist from California. Habineza said his still-unregistered party was running short on funds (he himself had had to take ou [...]	2009-11-16 15:17:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI773	2009 RWANDAN FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION SURVEY [...] (U) Summary: The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda released the 2009 Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis and Nutrition Survey. The survey analyzes nutrition trends over time by examining the extent, depth and causes of food and nutrition insecurity and vulnerabilit [...]	2009-11-20 11:29:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON SENV RW
09KIGALI775	CEPGL STAFF DESCRIBE REGIONAL GROUPINGS TO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Economic Community of Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL) senior staff on November 10 briefed U.S. Great Lakes Special Advisor Dr. Howard Wolpe on CEPGL activities in the areas of peace and security, energy, and transportation, as well as on how the CEPGL coordinates with other regio [...]	2009-11-23 10:53:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EAID MARR CG BU RW
09KIGALI78	RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] (U) In this edition: - Efforts to Form New Political Party Continue - Ombudsman on Corruption - EU Final Election Report Issued - Intel Chiefs Meet in Rwanda New Party Holds Assembly and Press Conference --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) Supporters of the n [...]	2009-02-05 13:37:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI784	WESTERN PROVINCE FOCUSES ON AGRICULTURAL REFORMS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 17, local officials in Western Province said they were focused on implementing agricultural reforms and improving delivery of basic services. Lack of financing and inadequate transportation infrastructure remained challenges. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On November 17, Em [...]	2009-11-24 16:52:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR RW
09KIGALI789	TOUGH ANTI-GOVERNMENT RHETORIC IS A STAPLE OF [...] (C) Anti-Government of Rwanda (GOR) rhetoric coupled with personal criticism of President Kagame and his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) party are the staples of Rwanda's Kinyarwanda-language popular press. A review of local language tabloids, all with small press runs but relatively wide reade [...]	2009-11-25 06:37:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KPAO PREL CG RW
09KIGALI793	GOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ECONOMICS & SECURITY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Rwandan officials led by Health Minister Sezibera met on November 9 with U.S. Great Lakes Special Advisor Dr. Howard Wolpe and urged continued military pressure against the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC [...]	2009-11-27 14:21:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID MARR PINS KCRM CG RW
09KIGALI796	RWANDAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE BACKS U.S. REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting with Rwandan Chief of Defense General James Kabarebe November 17, Ambassador hailed the arrival of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) first post-genocide Ambassador, Norbert Nkulu. Kabarebe agreed that it was a vital forward step and added that [...]	2009-11-30 12:47:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PREL KPKO CG RW
09KIGALI80	DRC-GOR JOINT OPERATION SCORES SUCCESS, IS EXTENDED [...] (C ) Summary. Senior Rwandans report that President Kabila has asked Government of Rwanda (GOR) troops to remain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) until February 28. A senior Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) officer asked if the U.S. had agreed with Kabila,s request to place U.S. milit [...]	2009-02-05 17:39:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINS PGOV RW
09KIGALI822	RWANDAN CABINET SHUFFLE, NEW FOREIGN AND FINANCE [...] (C) Summary. In the third cabinet shuffle of the year, President Kagame replaced his Foreign and Finance ministers and rearranged cabinet responsibilities for other ministers. The new Foreign Minister, Louise Mushikwabo, had been Minister of Information. She came back to Rwanda and became In [...]	2009-12-03 13:34:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RW
09KIGALI830	RWANDAN VIEWS ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Many Rwandans are aware of the negative impacts of climate change on their country and are taking a proactive approach, both domestically and internationally, to mitigate against those impacts. The government of Rwanda (GOR) is aggressively promoting "clean and green" energy (Ref [...]	2009-12-04 14:41:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID ECON RW
09KIGALI835	RWANDAN COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 6, 2009, the African Union/New Partnership for Africa's Development (AU/NePAD) held a Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) post-compact review of Rwanda's 2009-2012 Agriculture Sector Investment Plan to raise agricultural productivity and reduc [...]	2009-12-07 14:55:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD PREL EAID AU RW
09KINGSTON113	JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Engel at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, and high violen [...]	2009-02-12 19:35:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON1140	Jamaica: Threats of Protests Against "Wicked" Tax Hike [...] (SBU) Sweeping tax increases and further progress on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement were the subjects of two significant speeches by Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding and Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, in a special Parliamentary session held on [...]	2009-12-21 16:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV EAIR PREL PINR SOCI TRSY
09KINGSTON119	JAMAICA: INFORMATION FOR ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] The responses in this cable are keyed to the questions in Reftel. 2. 23 A. Information on trafficking in persons (TIP) is available from the Department of the Public Prosecutor (DPP),police anti-TIP Unit, and the national anti-TIP task force. These are reliable sources that provide veri [...]	2009-02-17 12:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB PHUM SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON1190	JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR DAS REYNOSO'S VISIT, JANUARY 11-13 [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of DAS Reynoso at a time when Jamaica faces serious challenges on multiple fronts: -- a crushing debt burden, negative growth, high unemployment, and the prospect of painful new taxes and budget cuts needed to conclude an indispensable standby arrangement wi [...]	2009-12-30 14:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR PHUM ASEC CJAN IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON121	JAMAICA: OLINT'S BOSS ARRESTED IN TURKS AND CAICOS [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of investigations, David Smith, head of the alternative investment scheme OLINT, has been arrested by the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) police. Charged on eight different counts, he has been released on USD 1 million bail and is expected to return to court in Augu [...]	2009-02-17 16:49:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON123	JAMAICA: OLINT?S BOSS ARRESTED IN TURKS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of investigations, David Smith, head of the alternative investment scheme OLINT, has been arrested by the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) police. Charged on eight different counts, he has been released on USD 1 million bail and is expected to return to court in Aug [...]	2009-02-17 19:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB
09KINGSTON156	JAMAICA: APPELLATE COURT RULING DISPELS PROSPECT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 20:47:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SOCI KCOR CARICOM IBRD
09KINGSTON157	JAMAICA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW REPORT [...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it passes a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-compliant patent law. The country's trademark and copyright regime meet international standards, and enforcement efforts remain commendable. Significant p [...]	2009-03-02 13:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR TRYS IADB IBRD IMF XL JM
09KINGSTON184	JAMAICA: CODEL ENGEL DISCUSSES ECONOMY, ENERGY, AND [...] (U) From February 20-22, a CODEL led by WHA sub-committee Chair Eliot Engel was in Kingston, Jamaica, meeting with government officials and civil society representatives to discuss energy, environmental, and law enforcement cooperation issues. In addition to Chair Engel, the CODEL included R [...]	2009-03-11 17:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON221	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S RULING [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 20:28:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR KCOR CARICOM IBRD
09KINGSTON223	JAMAICA: BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS WEAKENED STATE OF [...] (SBU) On March 18, Charge James Heg hosted a group of Jamaican business leaders at a lunch to discuss the state of the local economy. The discussions also covered the political dynamics following the decision by the Jamaican Supreme Court on the dual citizenship case. The business leaders wer [...]	2009-03-23 20:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TRYS ENRG SOCI EFIN EINV EAIR IADB IBRD
09KINGSTON232	JAMAICA: RULING LABOUR PARTY (JLP) CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 11:52:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR KCOR CARICOM IBRD
09KINGSTON248	JAMAICA: PROMINENT FIGURES ADVOCATE CARIBBEAN AGENDA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 15:14:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL IBRD IDB CDB TRSY
09KINGSTON253	FRAUD SUMMARY - KINGSTON (OCT 08-MAR 09) [...] (U) SUMMARY. In the first half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FPU at [...]	2009-04-02 11:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
09KINGSTON270	JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR RADM JOSEPH KERNAN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, [...]	2009-04-07 14:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC XL JM
09KINGSTON306	FEW OPTIONS FOR CASH STRAPPED JAMAICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the Bruce Golding-led administration reaches the 18 month mark; the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) faces difficult decisions on the eve of its second budget presentation. Still suffering the effects of the global economic meltdown and frozen credit markets, the GOJ has been for [...]	2009-04-22 20:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON315	JAMAICA: BUDGET PLAN AND GAS TAX UNVEILED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw presented a plan to Parliament on April 23 to bridge a USD 204.5 million gap in the national budget. During the speech attended by emboffs, Shaw announced a further USD 90 million increase in the new Budget - from JD 547.7 [...]	2009-04-24 18:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV SENV EAIR SOCI ASEC ETRD TRSY
09KINGSTON320	JAMAICA: 2009 HERBERT SALZMAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 20:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ECON BEXP ETRD AMGT EAIR SOCI IBRD IMF CDB IBD
09KINGSTON325	JAMAICA: APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Sporadic roadblocks, with some violent incidents emerged to protest a recent US 10 cent per liter gas tax, but appear to have passed for now. -- Rising aluminum inventories and a 58 percent global price decline since July, 2008 are putting a strain on Jamaica's already weaken [...]	2009-04-29 15:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON377	JAMAICA RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, MAY 2009 [...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. On May 5 during the 2009-2010 National Budget Debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said, &We continue to advocate for the revocation of the U.S. embargo against Cuba and the normalization of Cuba,s relations within [...]	2009-05-14 19:25:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON ETTC PREL JM
09KINGSTON387	JAMAICA: PUBLIC OUTREACH BY ENERGY SECURITY EXPERT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jerome Ringo, research scholar at Yale University and president of the Apollo Alliance, a broad coalition of major U.S. environmental organizations, visited Jamaica from May 13 to 15. The visit was organized by the U.S. Mission and included several speaking engagements, radio inte [...]	2009-05-18 20:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EMIN ASEC KPAO SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON388	JAMAICA: PUBLIC OUTREACH BY ENERGY SECURITY EXPERT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jerome Ringo, research scholar at Yale University and president of the Apollo Alliance, a broad coalition of major U.S. environmental organizations, visited Jamaica from May 13 to 15. The visit was organized by the U.S. Mission and included several speaking engagements, radio inte [...]	2009-05-18 20:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EMIN ASEC KPAO SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON405	JAMAICA IN ECONOMIC SURVIVAL MODE [...] (SBU) Jamaica's gargantuan debt, falling external earnings, and fiscal imbalance have placed it in a precarious position. Harsh global conditions have rendered the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) medium-term macroeconomic framework useless, and have forced an increase in the stock of debt to aug [...]	2009-05-22 11:46:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD ECIN EAIR IADB IBRD
09KINGSTON427	JAMAICA: POWER GENERATION, CAN YOU SPARE 200 MEGAWATTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jamaica relies on imports of petroleum products to fuel fully 95 percent of its power generation. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) spent nearly USD 3.4 billion in 2008 for imported fuel, a sum greater than total exports and up from USD 2.2 billion in 2007. Fluctuating fuel prices an [...]	2009-05-26 17:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC OAS
09KINGSTON436	JAMAICA: PARTIES NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR JUNE 16 [...] (U) Summary: On May 29, Jamaica's two major political parties announced their candidates to contest the June 16 by-election in the North East St. Catherine constituency. The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) selected its incumbent Member of Parliament (MP),Desmond Gregory Mair, who earlier th [...]	2009-05-29 20:36:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON45	JAMAICA: UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON [...] (SBU) The global financial crisis has begun to impact Jamaica, with economic growth for July to September 2008 falling by 0.2 percent -- the second consecutive quarter of decline. Continued stagnation in the real sectors was again responsible for the downturn. The economy is bound to fall dee [...]	2009-01-20 16:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR SOCI IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON452	JAMAICA: GOVERNING PARTY TO CHALLENGE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) Summary: In reaction to protracted legal challenges against the qualifications of four of his ruling Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Members of Parliament (MP),Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding indicated on May 29 that he would consider mounting similar efforts against "several" sitting MPs f [...]	2009-06-08 14:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON459	JAMAICAN COCOA INDUSTRY: VERY SWEET REFORM [...] (SBU) On August 20, 2008 USAID in association with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) held a workshop to present findings from a USAID-funded assessment of the Jamaican cocoa industry (reftel). The assessment found that although there are significant economic opportunities to be derived from coc [...]	2009-06-09 19:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SENV EINV AID SOCI KCOR ETRD JM XL
09KINGSTON467	JAMAICA: OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS CUBA MUST [...] (U) Summary: In an informal June 5 press conference in Kingston, Organization of American States (OAS) Assistant Secretary General (ASG) Albert Ramdin of Suriname described as "historic" the recently-concluded 39th General Assembly (GA) session in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, that saw the rescindi [...]	2009-06-12 13:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ASEC SOCI PGOV OAS JM
09KINGSTON480	JAMAICA: ANTI-DISCRIMINATION EFFORTS FOR HIV [...] (U) On June 11 the Jamaica Business Council on HIV/AIDS hosted the 4th Pan Caribbean Business Coalition Forum on HIV/AIDS (forum) for business and NGO leaders in the Caribbean. At the event the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) highlighted that Jamaica has more than 30,000 people living with HIV/AI [...]	2009-06-16 20:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID SOCI PREL KHIV TBIO JM XL
09KINGSTON490	JAMAICA: JLP WINS BIG IN NORTH EAST ST. CATHERINE BY [...] (U) Gregory Mair, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP),won handily a court-ordered by-election over the opposition People's National Party's (PNP) candidate, Granville Valentine on June 15. Mair almost tripled his margin of victory in the 2007 general election and p [...]	2009-06-18 19:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON496	JAMAICA: H1N1 14 CONFIRMED CASES, STATUS REPORT [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has confirmed fourteen cases of influenza A (H1N1) on the island. The first two cases were from two people who arrived from New York on May 19 (reftel). In the first week of June, five cases were detected, all related to people who traveled from the Unite [...]	2009-06-22 17:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO SOCI PREL PINR KFLU XL JM
09KINGSTON503	OAS-CARICOM UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP [...] Washington interagency representatives participated in the Domestic Export Controls and Maritime Security Workshop in Support of the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540) in Kingston June 15-17. This workshop was the result of regional response to UNSC resolutions [...]	2009-06-25 18:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL PTER UNSC XL JM
09KINGSTON508	JAMAICAN-TRINIDADIAN-TRADE: FIRE SALES, FAILED DEALS AND DETAINED PATTIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 15:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD JM OPIC PGOV PREL TRSY XL
09KINGSTON509	JAMAICAN-TRINIDADIAN-TRADE: FIRE SALES, FAILED DEALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Trade relations between the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) heated up again in May after Trinidad detained a container of Jamaican meat patties for several weeks before releasing them on June 1. An ensuing media debate subsequently brok [...]	2009-06-29 15:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV EFIN EMIN SOCI TRSY OPIC XL
09KINGSTON514	JAMAICA: FRUSTRATION GROWS OVER FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT, [...] (U) As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prepares for its July 2 summit in Guyana, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) finds itself increasingly frustrated and at odds with its partners in the 36 year old organization, especially the regional economic powerhouse of Trinidad and Tobago. Particula [...]	2009-06-30 16:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EIND PBTS PREL EINV EPET ETRD SMIG MIC
09KINGSTON517	JAMAICA: JUNE ECONOMIC REVIEW AND A RETURN TO THE IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The international rating agency Standard and Poor's (S and P) maintained Jamaica's long-term foreign and local currency debt rating at B- and its short-term debt rating at C. -- The Falmouth Port tourism and cruise facility redevelopment project has been delayed several month [...]	2009-07-01 14:47:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EFIN EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY
09KINGSTON536	JAMAICA RESPONSE: U.S. BIENNAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Despite enjoying some of the most generous preferential trading arrangements and being located next to the largest market in the world, Jamaica's export history continues to be less than impressive. During the last decade, exports grew on average by 11.7 percent per annum, from a low bas [...]	2009-07-13 14:41:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OTRA TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD IBRD IMF XL JM
09KINGSTON537	JAMAICA RESPONSE: U.S. BIENNAL CARIBBEAN BASIN [...] (SBU) Despite enjoying some of the most generous preferential trading arrangements and being located next to the largest market in the world, Jamaica's export history continues to be less than impressive. During the last decade, exports grew on average by 11.7 percent per annum, from a low bas [...]	2009-07-13 14:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OTRA TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD IBRD
09KINGSTON551	JAMAICA: IMF NEGOTIATIONS IGNITE DEBATE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. A Government of Jamaican (GOJ) delegation led by Don Wehby, Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance, visited Washington the week of July 6 to intensify negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The GOJ's failure to reach most of its ec [...]	2009-07-17 16:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB
09KINGSTON58	JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR JOHNSON'S FAREWELL CALLS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 15:31:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID ECON SNAR MARR MOPS PHUM KCRM
09KINGSTON581	JAMAICA ON VERGE OF IMF STAND-BY AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After months of negotiations, the Government of Jamaican (GOJ) is on the brink of signing a Stand-by Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This disclosure was confirmed by lead IMF representative, Trevor Alleyne, at a meeting with the donor community held at Post [...]	2009-08-03 19:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC IADB
09KINGSTON59	JAMAICA: LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION WARNS OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 15:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR EFIN ASEC KCOR CARICOM
09KINGSTON601	JAMAICA: RUMBLINGS OF KEY PERSONNEL CHANGES IN [...] (C) The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP)-led government is undergoing a second major reshuffle of portfolios for the year. Key Minister of Finance advisors Don Wehby and Dennis Chung have returned to the private sector. Chris Zacca, President of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ),[...]	2009-08-13 13:22:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG PINR PREL PGOV SOCI IADB
09KINGSTON611	JAMAICA: SUPREME COURT ORDERS THIRD BY-ELECTION IN CONTINUING [...] (U) On August 12, Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Hibbert: -- ruled that Michael Stern of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP),the Member of Parliament (MP) representing North West Clarendon parish, had been improperly nominated for the September 2007 general election because he had then held dual [...]	2009-08-17 13:49:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI PREL CASC CPAS JM XL
09KINGSTON613	JAMAICA: MONETARY GAINS, FISCAL PAIN, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a series of austere monetary measures, led by record high interest rates, the foreign exchange market has been showing signs of stability, reflected in the marginal depreciation of the Jamaican dollar during the June quarter. The stock of Net International Reserves (NIR) [...]	2009-08-18 18:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB
09KINGSTON614	JAMAICA: MONETARY GAINS, FISCAL PAIN, AND DOWNGRADES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a series of austere monetary measures, led by record high interest rates, the foreign exchange market has been showing signs of stability, reflected in the marginal depreciation of the Jamaican dollar during the June quarter. The stock of Net International Reserves (NIR) a [...]	2009-08-18 19:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON626	JAMAICA ENERGY MINISTRY: PLANNING AND CHANGING, AGAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marcia Forbes, the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Energy, resigned on August 20 after serving only four months. She became PS when Minister James Robertson took over the portfolio in April from then-Minister Clive Mullings (reftel A). The PS position has yet to be [...]	2009-08-24 18:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ENV ECON ETRD EIND EMIN PINR IADB IBRD
09KINGSTON66	JAMAICA: REACTION TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION [...] The intense interest and excitement surrounding the inauguration of Barack H. Obama as 44th President of the United States grew steadily in the run-up to January 20. Prior to inauguration day, the volume of newspaper columns, radio and television reports and commentary had steadily grown. Wit [...]	2009-01-22 13:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL ECON SOCI KPAO JM XL OIIP
09KINGSTON666	JAMAICA: U.S. REQUEST TO EXTRADITE POWERFUL "DON" [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-02 19:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR
09KINGSTON695	JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY [...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...]	2009-09-17 20:59:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC PINR SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON699	JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY [...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...]	2009-09-18 18:26:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON705	British High Commissioner Discusses COKE Extradition Request [...] (C) British High Commissioner (HC) Jeremy Cresswell requested a meeting with CDA Parnell to discuss the High Commissioner's recent discussion with Prime Minister Golding. The High Commissioner noted that he took the opportunity to tell the Prime Minister of his government's high intere [...]	2009-09-25 21:53:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON709	JAMAICA: PM ATTEMPTS TO RECAPTURE POLITICAL MOMENTUM, GOJ [...] (SBU) In a much-anticipated pre-dawn address to Parliament, Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding called for a "paradigm shift" in the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s civil service and government finances. Confronting a moribund economy, unsustainable budget deficits, and a resurgent opposition Peop [...]	2009-10-01 17:52:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SOCI ECON EFIN IMF IBRD ENRG EINV
09KINGSTON71	JAMAICA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary: This cable answers questions from reftel and outlines Jamaica's progress on eliminating the worst forms of child labor. During the reporting period, the Jamaican government trained fifty police officers on child labor/exploitation issues. In addition, the Department of Public Prosec [...]	2009-01-26 11:49:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON712	JAMAICA: PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY SHOWS NEW ENERGY AND UNITY [...] (U) A seemingly rejuvenated and energized People's National Party (PNP) held its annual conference in Kingston over the weekend, at which party President and former Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) assailed the current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) -led Government of Jamaica (GOJ) [...]	2009-09-22 19:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL ECON EFIN
09KINGSTON731	JAMAICA: DIP NOTE RECEIVED ON OCTOBER 30, 2009 [...] (C) On October 30, CDA received the following diplomatic note, dated October 30, from the Minister of Justice Dorothy Lightbourne of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ): (Begin text of MOJ DIP NOTE) Re: Request for extradition of Christopher Coke I have the honour of addres [...]	2009-11-02 18:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON733	JAMAICA: POLICE COMMISSIONER HARDLEY LEWIN RESIGNS [...] (U) Police Commissioner Hardley Lewin announced his resignation as head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on November 1, putting to an end weeks of speculation and bringing to a close a tumultuous two-year tenure in which Lewin was unsuccessful in either reversing the island's spiraling c [...]	2009-11-04 18:43:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON735	JAMAICA: IMF TEAM SEES GOJ'S CLARITY OF PURPOSE, BUT TIME IS [...] (C) Trevor Alleyne, Division Chief and head of the a six-person International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation to Jamaica, said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears to have a "clarity of purpose" in regard to current negotiations for a Standby Agreement. Alleyne met with Emboffs on November 5 [...]	2009-11-06 13:02:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN TRSY IDB SOCI IMF XL JM
09KINGSTON737	Jamaica: Private Sector Nervous Over Delay in IMF Deal; Risk [...] (C) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding's lack of political courage in making difficult decisions has created a crisis of confidence in the private sector. His promise of an imminent International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement worth USD 1.2 billion has set him, as well as his Jamaica L [...]	2009-11-19 14:41:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD SOCI PINR PREL IADB IMF TRSY JM
09KINGSTON743	AIR JAMAICA SALE: DEAL OR NO DEAL? GOJ CAN'T STAY ON MESSAGE [...] (C) Air Jamaica (AJ),the beleaguered national airline, is days away from finding out whether Indigo Partners (operator of Sprit Airlines) will be its new owner. The airline, currently owned by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),is eight months behind the original deadline for privatization, bu [...]	2009-11-30 13:50:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON747	JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in Reftel A. On May 5 during the 2009-2010 National Budget Debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said, "We continue to advocate for the revocation of the U.S. embargo against Cuba and the normalization of Cuba's relations withi [...]	2009-12-02 17:52:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETTC SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON749	EXTRADITION JAMAICA: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL COKE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 12:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC SOCI CJAN KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON753	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION GRILLS PRIME MINISTER IN PARLIAMENT ON [...] (SBU) The continuing controversy over the Christopher "Dudus" Coke extradition request exploded into partisan rancor and bitterness in Jamaica's Parliament on December 8, as Peter Phillips, Member of Parliament (MP) for the opposition People's National Party (PNP) and former Minister for Nation [...]	2009-12-10 17:45:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC CJAN KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON759	JAMAICA: ON THE BRINK OF AN IMF DEAL [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears on the verge of pursuing a selective default with local debt holders in order to secure a much needed Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prime Minister Bruce Golding has been adamant in wanting to avoid any blemish on the [...]	2009-12-14 19:38:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON761	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER'S WIFE SEES "NEFARIOUS INFLUENCES" [...] (C) Lorna Golding, the wife of Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding, told Post's Public Affairs Officer (PAO) Patricia Attkisson that she believes Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is under the "pernicious influence" of U.S. Representative Charles Rangel regarding the contentious U.S. extradition [...]	2009-12-14 20:19:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC CJAN
09KINGSTON782	JAMAICA: SEPTEMBER 2009 ECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) David Smith, the head of failed foreign-exchange trading club Olint TCI, has found himself on the wrong side of the law in the Turks and Caicos Islands for the second time this year. The Olint boss and his wife have been slapped with several additional charges including money laundering and [...]	2009-10-02 15:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT EAIR EAGR ECIN EFIN EIND ELAB EMIN ENRG
09KINGSTON790	Fraud Summary - Kingston March 2009 - August 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the second half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FP [...]	2009-10-06 16:50:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
09KINGSTON800	JAMAICA: JAMAICA'S FISCAL MALAISE [...] (SBU) Only five months after outlining its spending plans, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has announced a USD 67 million increase in expenditures for the current fiscal year. The hike comes after repeated pronouncements from Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding about deep cuts in the expenditure [...]	2009-10-08 20:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI IMF IBRD
09KINGSTON91	JAMAICA: JANUARY ECONOMIC REVIEW - HARDSHIP CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Jamaica's loss making national airline will begin an aggressive restructuring exercise next month in preparation for divestment later this year. -- The Jamaican Parliament has approved a four percent increase in the national budget to USD 6 billion. -- Finance Minister [...]	2009-02-02 19:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON914	JAMAICA: CAUGHT IN A DEBT TRAP-- CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) The resignation of the Governor of the Central Bank, Derick Latibeaudiere, during the middle of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations may be a sign that the time has come for the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to face the severity of the situation and negotiate a solution with pr [...]	2009-11-03 12:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PINR IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
09KINGSTON966	JAMAICA: WILL OPPOSE "NO ACTION" AND IRAN RESOLUTIONS, [...] (U) Per reftels, on November 13 Charg???? delivered demarche to Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) regarding upcoming UNGA human rights resolutions on Iran and Burma. At that time, Charg???? received assurances that the GOJ's Permanent Represent [...]	2009-11-19 13:30:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JM XL KN BM IR
09KINGSTON992	JAMAICA: RULING PARTY BLAMES OPPOSITION FOR CURRENT FISCAL [...] (U) At its scaled back November 22 annual party conference, an embattled Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) defended its two years in office and attributed much of the nation's economic and fiscal travails to the "inheritance" left by the opposition People's National Party (PNP). In a somber and serio [...]	2009-11-24 13:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ASEC ECON EFIN CJAN CVIS KCOR KCRM IMF JM
09KINSHASA1013	TIP Action Plan Demarche Delivered [...] (SBU) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel talking points on October 30 to Upio Kakura Wapol, Minister of Human Rights (MHR) and Sulubika Asha, lawyer and assistant in the MHR. PolCouns delivered reftel talking points on October 16 to Xavier Mirindi, Secretary General in the Ministry of Interior, [...]	2009-11-16 08:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PHUM PREL KWMN CG
09KINSHASA1022	MONUC PERSPECTIVE ON ARREST OF FDLR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Mathew Brubacher from MONUC's DDRRR Office in Goma met with TDY Goma PolOff on November 17 to discuss the arrest of FDLR President Ignace Murwanashyaka and Vice-President Straton Musoni in Germany on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity between January 2008 and July 2009. Bru [...]	2009-11-18 17:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1025	EQUATEUR ELECTIONS: THE END OF THE OPPOSITION? [...] (SBU) Summary: The interim governor, Jean-Claude Baende, won a special gubernatorial election in Equateur Province. Baende is an independent with close ties to President Kabila's AMP. As the AMP now controls all 11 provinces, it is well-situated to crush a feckless opposition in (unlikely) 2 [...]	2009-11-19 13:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINS CG
09KINSHASA1033	CLAN FIGHTING: EQUATEUR PROVINCE REMAINS TENSE [...] Summary: Dongo, the sleepy Ubangui river town that was the scene of recent fighting between the rival Enyele and Manzaya clans, is calm, but completely deserted. A small detachment of MONUC's Ghanaian force is in Dongo, along with 300 Congolese Rapid Intervention Police (PIR) elements. The [...]	2009-11-24 17:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1036	DRC INSTILLS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY [...] (U) Summary: Since the approval of the Forestry Code by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC) in 2002, the Congolese government has engaged in several mandatory reforms. In fact, the GDRC has begun to recognize the multiple social, economic, and environmental values of [...]	2009-11-25 14:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	DCOM ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1042	War Crimes Ambassador Rapp visits DRC; [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador at Large for War Crimes (S/WCI) Stephen Rapp visited the DRC from November 12-14 as part of a follow-on mission to Secretary Clinton's August visit. He interacted with a variety of Congolese and international actors in meetings with the Minister of Justice, the Vice [...]	2009-11-30 06:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA1043	KABILA ENGAGES DIP CORPS ON MONUC, ELECTIONS AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 15:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO ECON CG
09KINSHASA105	KABILA PRESS CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON EASTERN DRC [...] (SBU) DRC President Joseph Kabila held a press conference January 31, addressing questions on the situation in the East and on the state of the economy in the DRC. Kabila defended his decision to allow Rwandan troops into the DRC to pursue FDLR combatants, stressing that both Ugandan and Rwan [...]	2009-02-03 07:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS ECON KPKO CG
09KINSHASA1052	Rumors and Realities of Rwandan Returnees in North Kivu [...] (SBU) Summary: Statistics from UNHCR, MONUC, the Congolese National Commission for Refugees (CNR),and independent field investigations indicate that significant numbers of ethnic Tutsis are entering North Kivu from Rwanda. UNHCR's estimate of 12,000, while plausible, is probably inflated. [...]	2009-12-02 14:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1056	SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 1/3: OBJECTIVES AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 12:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS CG
09KINSHASA1058	GDRC ISSUES STATEMENT ON RELATIONS WITH ANGOLA; [...] (SBU) Following increased tensions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Angola (for summary, see septel on SA Wolpe's visit to Kinshasa),on December 2 the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent to all diplomatic missions in Kinshasa a statement clarifying its posit [...]	2009-12-04 17:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET CG AO
09KINSHASA1063	GDRC THOUGHTS ON CNDP INTEGRATION, SGBV, AND SADC [...] (U) During a December 2 meeting with polcouns, John Muabma, an advisor in the Ministry of Regional and International Cooperation, discussed the CNDP's transition from a military movement to a political party, sexual and gender based violence (SGBV),and the DRC's role in SADC and other Centra [...]	2009-12-07 13:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWMN ECON CG
09KINSHASA1071	PROMINENT PPRD PARLIAMENTARIAN ON KIMIA II, SGBV, [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with polcouns, Jean Mbuyu Luyongola, a prominent PPRD parliamentarian, stressed that sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) was a societal problem in the DRC. Ill-disciplined FARDC and police aggravated SGBV, as did the culture of impunity. Creating n effe [...]	2009-12-09 15:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN MOPS KPKO KDEM CG
09KINSHASA1086	EMBASSY'S MARK TWAIN LITERARY PRIZE HELPS [...] (SBU) Summary: PAS Kinshasa conceived, organized and sponsored the monthly Mark Twain Literary Prize from June to December 2009. Due to the event's enormous popular success, Ambassador has announced that the contest will be extended for another six-month period. More than 150 short works o [...]	2009-12-15 14:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL PHUM PINR SCUL SOCI CG
09KINSHASA1089	CONGOLESE MEDIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The media environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is unusually problematic and complicated, even by African standards. This is the first in a series of reports on the DRC press and mass media designed to help USG readers better understand the constraints and c [...]	2009-12-16 07:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG

09KINSHASA1090	CONGOLESE MEDIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The media environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is unusually problematic and complicated, even by African standards. This is the first in a series of reports on the DRC press and mass media designed to help USG readers better understand the constraints and c [...]	2009-12-16 08:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1096	EMBASSY KINSHASA TEAM VISITS BAS CONGO TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: An Embassy Kinshasa team comprised of two political officers, a representative of the office of the defense attache, and a USAID/OFDA representative visited the province of Bas-Congo on November 3-4 to look at the humanitarian situation. Angola has expelled approximately 140,00 [...]	2009-12-16 13:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID PREF PGOV KWMN PREL AG CG
09KINSHASA1098	USAID AND UNFPA SUPPORT NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE [...] Summary: USAID has helped to pave the way for the repositioning of Family Planning (FP) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),thus creating an opportunity for increased support to capitalize on the present momentum to expand the FP activities in the DRC. A December 8-9 National Confe [...]	2009-12-17 08:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1116	LIGHT INFANTRY BATTALION (LIB) TRAINING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: United States training of a Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) is scheduled to commence Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Major efforts to identify forces to conduct and support training are underway, as are efforts to contract for construction su [...]	2009-12-21 14:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MASS PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI CG
09KINSHASA1141	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DRC HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER: [...] Per reftel, on December 22 DCM and Poloff delivered information on changes to the Child Soldier Prevention Act to Minister of Human Rights Upio Kakura Wapol. Kakura responded with candor after listening to the salient points of the demarche concerning the definition of a child soldier, the i [...]	2009-12-24 09:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KMCA KTIP PGOV KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG
09KINSHASA1144	KENGO SAYS GOVERNMENT IS NEGOTIATING WITH EQUATEUR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met December 21 with Senate President Kengo wa Dondo. Kengo said the GDRC is negotiating with Dongo rebels, discussed his legislative agenda for the upcoming session of parliament, and gave his view on security sector reform (SSR). His priorities for the legislative [...]	2009-12-24 11:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EFIN MCAP MASS PREL CG
09KINSHASA1149	MASISI LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP YIELDS PROMISING [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 12 Michel Kassa briefed USAID Mission Director and TDY poloff on a Wilson Center-organized leadership training workshop held November 23-27 in Goma that brought together 100 representatives of six communities in Masisi District, North Kivu. The end results show prom [...]	2009-12-28 10:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF AORC PREL CG
09KINSHASA1164	CONGOLESE REPORTER'S TAKE ON CHINESE NEWS AGENCY'S [...] (SBU) Summary: A Congolese participant at a recent Chinese News Agency (CNA) seminar for African journalists in Nairobi told us the seminar was little more than a "marketing campaign" for CNA and the Chinese government. According to our contact, a discussion between CNA representatives and t [...]	2009-12-31 11:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL SCUL CG
09KINSHASA122	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 6 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Operation Umoja Wetu (Our Unity) -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) MON [...]	2009-02-06 13:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA123	USAID Food for Peace Monitoring Report on North Katanga [...] Monitoring the WFP (World Food Program) emergency work and the FHI (Food for the Hungry, Int.) progress with their MYAP (Multi-Year Assistance Program) in the ex-conflict districts of Moba and Kalemie was the object of a Food for Peace visit. 2. North Katanga is calm but potentially volatile [...]	2009-02-09 06:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD AMGT CF
09KINSHASA140	FOREIGN MINISTER'S FEBRUARY 11 BRIEFING TO AMBASSADORS ON [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted embassy late February 9 to request ambassador's attendance at briefing next day by Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwanke at MFA headquarters. Present at the briefing were ambassadors of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, South Af [...]	2009-02-11 14:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN
09KINSHASA143	DRC RESPONSE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) [...] (SBU) Post sent reftel questions in advance to Alice Kimpembe Bamba, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. PolCouns followed up with Kimpembe on February 10. Kimpembe confided that the GDRC, while supporting the overarching goals of the NPT, did not actively participate [...]	2009-02-12 08:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09KINSHASA145	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 12 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC noted reports of clashes be [...]	2009-02-12 12:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA159	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 18 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in Eastern DRC --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) MON [...]	2009-02-18 13:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA164	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 19 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Operations against the FDLR --------------------------- 2. (SBU) The 21st FARDC [...]	2009-02-19 11:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA169	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 20 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. FDLR Operations --------------- 2. (SBU) Goma PolOff and post have received info [...]	2009-02-20 13:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA179	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 26 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. End of Operation Umoja Wetu (Our Unity) --------------------------------------- 2 [...]	2009-02-26 12:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA189	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 2 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. FDLR Issues ----------- 2. (SBU) As part of the February 25 ceremony held in Gom [...]	2009-03-02 13:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA191	CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS LOOMS AS POWER STRUGGLE [...] (S) Summary: President Kabila's determination to remove National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe is quickly becoming a political and, possibly, constitutional crisis that will be resolved one way or another by March 15 when Parliament opens its upcoming spring session. As the President has [...]	2009-03-02 14:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA192	MONUC ANALYST DISCUSSES EVENTS IN THE KIVUS, [...] (C) Summary: Johan Peleman, Chief of MONUC's Joint Mission Analysis Cell, told PolCouns and visiting Washington analysts on February 26 that, although the joint FARDC-RDF operations against the FDLR had been successful in North Kivu, dealing with the FDLR in South Kivu represented enormous c [...]	2009-03-02 16:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PINR PHUM CG
09KINSHASA196	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HANGS ON; PRIME [...] (C) Not much appears to have changed since yesterday's report (ref A) on efforts by President Kabila and his advisors to secure the resignation of National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe. One new development is that the fifth of six National Assembly executive directorate (Bureau) members [...]	2009-03-03 15:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA219	AMBASSADOR, UN'S ASSISTANT SYG FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Garvelink had a wide-ranging discussion March 5 with Edmond Mulet, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. Mulet reported that opinion is divided within the GDRC with respect to MONUC's redeployment plan pursuant to UNSCR 1856. He also said that, [...]	2009-03-06 11:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA222	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 6; THE [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) USG personnel in Goma met recently with a Congolese civilian who has worke [...]	2009-03-09 10:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA23	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 8 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (C) A senior MONUC political offi [...]	2009-01-08 15:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA233	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 12; INTEGRATION PROCESS FAVORING [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) Goma sources recently spoke with two well-informed individuals, who mainta [...]	2009-03-12 14:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA237	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 13; STATUS OF GDRC-CNDP TALKS [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) International Facilitation members in Goma met on March 11 with MONUC Poli [...]	2009-03-13 12:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA241	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 16: WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. UPDF Withdrawal --------------- 2. (SBU) Somewhat unexpectedly, the withdrawal o [...]	2009-03-16 12:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA251	NGO OFFICIALS RELEASED AS KABILA-KAMERHE [...] (C) Summary: Human Rights NGO officials, arrested March 15 to pre-empt street violence the following day in conjunction with the opening of Parliament, have been released. The National Assembly has not yet taken steps to remove its president, Vital Kamerhe, who is locked in a power struggle w [...]	2009-03-18 17:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA254	DRC, INDIA LOCKED IN A HIGH-STAKES BATTLE OVER [...] (C) India's decision to withdraw its contingent from MONUC (reftels) has exposed a bitter row between the country that hosts the UN's largest peace-keeping operation and the country that is MONUC's largest troop contributor. A close look at the DRC-India feud reveals a complex mosaic of real [...]	2009-03-19 13:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC IN CG
09KINSHASA272	GDRC-CNDP FINAL AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (C) Summary: As expected (reftel),but with little specific advance notice, the GDRC and CNDP signed an agreement March 23 in Goma, effectively ending the CNDP's status as a politico-military group and committing it to transform into a political party. Minister of International and Regional [...]	2009-03-24 14:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA273	TEXT OF GDRC-CNDP AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Reftel reported that the GDRC and CNDP signed a final agreement March 24 in Goma, culminating the peace process overseen by UN Special Envoy Olsegun Obasanjo and AU Special Envoy Benjamin Mkapa. Unofficial embassy translation follows at para. 2; original French is at para. 3. 2. (S [...]	2009-03-24 14:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA277	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 26: FURTHER ANALYSIS OF [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Aftermath of GDRC-CNDP Agreement -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A numb [...]	2009-03-26 12:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA30	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 12 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC military officials re [...]	2009-01-12 10:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA308	PREPARATIONS FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS MOVE FORWARD TENTATIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Independent Election Commission (CEI) has announced that the GDRC will commit $31.3 million for the 2009 elections, an important step in leveraging crucial support from donors. Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito underscored the GDRC's commitment in a March 24 letter to UN [...]	2009-04-01 13:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA314	A CONVERSATION WITH GENERAL JOHN NUMBI [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of March 31, Ambassador Garvelink met with General John Numbi and discussed a range of issues. Topics included the GDRC-GOR joint operations in North Kivu, the demise of the CNDP, MONUC, the resignation of Vital Kamerhe as President of the National Assembly, and [...]	2009-04-02 06:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MARR MOPS IN CG
09KINSHASA316	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-02 11:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA317	IMF STAFF MISSION PRESENTS MIXED PICTURE TO DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Staff Mission presented donors on March 31 with a mixed picture of their two-week visit (Reftel) to the DRC to conduct Article IV consultations and engage in technical discussions on a formal IMF program (Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, PRGF). Positive developme [...]	2009-04-02 11:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA322	FARDC INTEGRATION PROCEEDS, HALTINGLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Father Apollinaire Malu Malu recently shared data (as of March 30) with the International Facilitation on North Kivu integration activities. According to his data, around 11,000 of the approximately 28,000 persons who have undergone some form of military integration since Janua [...]	2009-04-06 08:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS CG
09KINSHASA324	MONUC -- NO EASY SOLUTION FOR ANTI-LRA OPERATIONS [...] (S) Summary: According to MONUC Kinshasa, the FARDC will deploy up to three new brigades in Haut-Ulele for Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). Rudia II operations against the LRA will assume a more aggressive stance, as well as deploying Joint Protection Teams to help augment civilian protect [...]	2009-04-06 09:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS CG
09KINSHASA325	UPDATE ON GDRC-CNDP PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Sources have informed us that, as a follow-up to the GDRC-CNDP Agreement, a cabinet reshuffle, at the national level, could bring in a CNDP minister and another to represent the other armed groups. However, the issue of a "total" amnesty that would prevent any arrest in the DR [...]	2009-04-06 10:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA328	TUTSI POLITICIAN RUBERWA CONCERNED THAT FAILURE TO [...] (C) Summary: During an April 2 meeting with Ambassador, Chairman of the Congolese Rally for Democracy Party (RCD) Azarias Ruberwa warned that failure by Parliament to enact an Amnesty Law could easily encourage CNDP elements to reject integration and take up arms again. Ruberwa claimed that [...]	2009-04-06 12:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA33	THE CNDP RIFT: VIEWS OF TWO PROMINENT EASTERNERS [...] (C) In separate meetings with PolCouns and PolOff on January 8 and 9, Eugene Serufuli, former North Kivu Governor, and Enoch Ruberangabo Sebineza, a South Kivu civil society activist and former parliamentarian, discussed the recent CNDP split, as well as the prospects of joint DRC-Rwandan mil [...]	2009-01-13 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PREF CG
09KINSHASA334	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL ADAM SMITH TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-07 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA336	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-07 16:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA347	DRC FORESTRY TITLE CONVERSION PROCESS: [...] (U) Summary: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) has initiated the post-conversion process of forestry titles following the completion in January 2009 of a government year-long review of 156 logging titles. The review was completed following a presidential decree that o [...]	2009-04-09 11:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EAID ETRD EINV PGOV CG
09KINSHASA361	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 10 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The FARDC clashed with the FDLR in [...]	2009-04-10 11:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA370	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 14 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Political and Security Situation -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Genera [...]	2009-04-14 12:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA378	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EUGENE SERUFULI: [...] (C) During an April 14 meeting with Ambassador, Eugene Serufuli, former RCD Governor of North Kivu, clearly advocated for a decoupage of North Kivu into a Rwandophone-dominated Petit Nord and a Nande-dominated Grand Nord. He cautioned against viewing ethnic relations in Eastern DRC through [...]	2009-04-16 11:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CG
09KINSHASA387	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICTOR NGEZAYO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 17 with influential North Kivu businessman Victor Ngezayo. Unsurprisingly, Ngezayo was highly critical of the GDRC, particularly its efforts to bring peace to the East, which he characterized as superficial. Ngezayo maintained that the new CNDP was a Rwandan [...]	2009-04-20 12:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA388	DIMENSIONS OF THE RWANDOPHONE RISE IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Summary: It appears likely that, as previously reported, one of the central dynamics in North Kivu in the coming months will be the rise of "Rwandophone" power. The context of this dynamic is that in late 2008, Presidents Kabila and Kagame probably made a deal whereby Kagame would deact [...]	2009-04-20 13:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA39	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 14 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) A senior MONUC official tol [...]	2009-01-14 11:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA390	POTENTIAL RESISTANCE TO THE RWANDOPHONE AGENDA IN [...] (C) Summary: Reftel was analysis of key aspects of what appears to be an active policy, closely connected with recent Kinshasa-Kigali rapprochement, to secure Rwandophone dominance in North Kivu, specifically in the "Petit Nord". This message outlines the likely sources of resistance to this [...]	2009-04-21 09:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA393	EASTERN DRC NOTES -- APRIL 21 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to media reports, the FD [...]	2009-04-22 11:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA400	VISIT TO A FORMER FDLR STRONGHOLD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) travelled on April 17 to Nyabiondo, which lies 20 kilometers southwest of Masisi, to assess the situation on the ground, particularly with regard to the status of the FDLR in the area. JMG-TF members received a briefing from the MON [...]	2009-04-23 14:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA403	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 24 [...] The items contained in this report consist rincipally of spot information from various soures. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all te information contained therein be confirmed at ths time. Security Situation ----------------- 2. (SBU) Based on movements of LRA cadre, MOUC beli [...]	2009-04-24 10:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA410	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 27 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC sources say the villages of [...]	2009-04-27 11:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA422	MEETING WITH NEW CNDP LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: We recently met with members of the new CNDP leadership who, while remaining generally patient with the government, nevertheless displayed some anxiety and distrust over certain aspects of the new dynamics in North Kivu. This was displayed primarily in their continued antipath [...]	2009-04-30 07:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA429	DISCUSSION WITH A SENIOR MEMBER OF PARECO-HUTU [...] (C) Summary: We recently met with a senior political advisor from PARECO-Hutu, who claimed that blocks of CNDP fighters are still outside the FARDC, most of whom are still loyal to Nkunda. Nkunda, he said, remains extremely popular among Tutsis and the "real CNDP." Many Hutus want closer t [...]	2009-04-30 14:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PINR CG
09KINSHASA431	KAMERHE ADVISOR DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND THE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Manya Moupondo, Diplomatic Advisor to former National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe and GDRC delegate to the GDRC-CNDP political talks, told Emboffs that the transition from Kamerhe to the new Assembly President, Evariste Boshab, has been smooth. She expressed some concern t [...]	2009-04-30 17:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS KDEM CG
09KINSHASA437	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRC INTENDS TO VOTE BEFORE DEADLINE ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Marcel Kasongo, Chief of Staff to the DRC Central Bank Governor, and to Mr. Faustin Mpako, Chief of Staff to the Minister of Finance, on May 4, sharing background and talking points on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) Boar [...]	2009-05-05 06:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV CG
09KINSHASA441	MEETING WITH UNHCR REPRESENTATIVES ON REFUGEE RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: We recently met with the UNHCR team in North Kivu. They are under political pressure as a result of the recent thaw in relations between the GDRC and the GoR to facilitate the return of Congolese refugees to the Petit Nord. At the moment, those in Rwanda are staying put, but [...]	2009-05-05 15:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA45	DRC: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Per reftel, following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2009. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 65 million) and generally open trading [...]	2009-01-15 12:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR CG
09KINSHASA451	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: During a recent conversation with ambassador, South Kivu Governor Louis Muherhwa said he had stressed to senior GDRC officials the need to coordinate upcoming Kimia II military operations with the provincial government. Muherhwa noted that, although integration had generally be [...]	2009-05-07 18:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF CG
09KINSHASA453	KABILA'S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF LAMENTS PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met on April 30 with Kikaya Bin Karubi, former Private Secretary to President Kabila and current ambassador-designate to the United Kingdom, for a wide-ranging and candid discussion. Topics discussed included Freeport McMoRan's status, the background and aftermath of [...]	2009-05-08 09:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV CG
09KINSHASA455	SCENESETTER FOR MAY 18-19 VISIT OF U.S. PERMANENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),with the assistance of Great Lakes neighbors and the international community, achieved tangible progress in efforts to resolve persistent conflict and insecurity in its eastern provinces in late 2008 and early 2009. However, despite DRC [...]	2009-05-08 10:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA456	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 8 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) FARDC troops rescued four Congole [...]	2009-05-08 12:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA46	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 15 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) Precise information regardi [...]	2009-01-15 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA462	MINING ISSUES IN NORTH KIVU...AND RWANDOPHONIE [...] (C) We met on May 8 with a contact at MPC, the South African mining company that holds the GDRC-granted concession on North Kivu's largest cassiterite mine, located at Bisie in Walikale. He confirmed that control on the ground at the mine has passed from the FARDC's 85th brigade to newly int [...]	2009-05-11 16:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EMIN CG
09KINSHASA472	DAY OF CELEBRATION: AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES MOBA HOSPITAL [...] Summary: Ambassador inaugurated a hospital May 6 in Moba, Katanga, which was rehabilitated by the FY2008 Julia Taft Refugee Fund. Local officials and several hundred villagers from Moba welcomed the Ambassador with much fanfare. Following the inauguration ceremony, the delegation reviewed t [...]	2009-05-15 11:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA475	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 18 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC reported a FARDC-LRA clash [...]	2009-05-18 10:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA493	TFM EXPORTING COPPER DESPITE UNRESOLVED CONTRACT [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador visited the Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) site, the largest U.S. investment in the DRC, on May 7. TFM is currently producing copper and will soon be in cobalt production as well. The visit provided an opportunity for the ambassador to see first-hand TFM's USD 1.75 bil [...]	2009-05-22 14:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	ECON EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA495	PROMINENT NORTH KIVU TUTSI ON GOVERNOR PALUKU, [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Tutsi businessmen Emmanuel Kamanzi recently told us that North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku is in a political fight to maintain his position, with President Kabila favoring his replacement by former governor Eugene Serufuli. However, Kamanzi noted that it is still unce [...]	2009-05-26 06:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA497	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 26 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained herein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) The UPDF recently clashed with [...]	2009-05-26 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO KTIP CG
09KINSHASA498	WHO INVESTIGATES POSSIBLE H1N1 CASES IN DRC [...] (U) USAID's Dr. Emile Bongo was able to contact a representative from the World Health Organization (WHO) today (May 26, 2009) and obtained the following update on the three possible cases of Swine FLU (H1N1) that were being investigated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2. (U) The p [...]	2009-05-26 17:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI TBIO PGOV CG
09KINSHASA502	UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE IN DRC REPORTS THAT CONGOLESE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Joint Human Rights Office reported that Congolese officials recently broke up a sex trafficking ring in Bas-Congo province. According to a local NGO, an alliance of officials from several Congolese security forces were involved in the ring and trafficked over 30 women a [...]	2009-05-28 12:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KTIP KWMN AO CG
09KINSHASA503	NORTH KIVU HUNDE DISCUSSES RWANDOPHONIE [...] (C) Summary: A North Kivu Hunde contact recently told us that both DRC President Kabila and Rwandan President Kagame want North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku to step down. While Nande do not oppose Paluku being replaced, they do not want a Rwandophone governor or vice-governor. The GDRC, in t [...]	2009-05-28 14:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINR PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA509	AMBASSADOR RICE, UNSC PERMREPS MEET WITH MONUC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18 Ambassador Susan Rice and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Representatives (permreps) met with North Kivu provincial officials, MONUC leadership, and victims of sexual violence in Goma and visited Kiwanja, a village in North Kivu, where rebel groups [...]	2009-06-01 14:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA512	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 2 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) On May 25, LRA soldiers attacke [...]	2009-06-02 10:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA519	KABILA AND SENIOR GDRC OFFICIALS MEET WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC, including at the presidential level, has held separate meetings with the CNDP, South Kivu Armed Groups (SKAGs),and the North Kivu Armed Groups. We have received a readout on the first two. The CNDP has officially been recognized as a political party, but there is ju [...]	2009-06-05 09:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PREF PHUM CG
09KINSHASA520	IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR'S VISIT ADVANCES, BUT DOES [...] (U) Please see guidance request in para. 14. 2. (C) Summary: The May 23-25 visit of IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn to the DRC advanced, but did not resolve, outstanding issues with the China agreement necessary for approval of a formal IMF program (Poverty Reduction and Growt [...]	2009-06-05 11:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG
09KINSHASA521	RWANDOPHONIE: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT MEANS -- THE [...] (C) Summary: Since the early 2009 rapprochement between Kinshasa and Kigali, there has been great focus on the phenomenon of Rwandophone ascendancy in North Kivu to the detriment of other ethnic groups. Much has been reported (reftels) about the different aspects (political, economic, and s [...]	2009-06-05 11:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON PREF PHUM MOPS CG
09KINSHASA529	VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK: OPEN FOR BUSINESS AGAIN [...] (U) Summary: Virunga National Park in the eastern DRC reopened for limited tourism in early May 2009 following two years of inactivity. There are still pockets of FDLR rebels and Mai Mai militia in the park, but Park Director Emmanuel de Merode believes tourism is vital to the park's surviva [...]	2009-06-08 07:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EIND PGOV PREL PREF CG
09KINSHASA531	PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH IMPRESSED THE CONGOLESE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Obama's speech received wide media coverage in Kinshasa. Major print and broadcast media reported on the presidential address, providing, in some cases, opinion and commentary generally welcoming President Obama's effort to forge a new relationship with the Muslim world [...]	2009-06-08 08:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA55	CONTINUING MONUC DDRRR EFFORTS [...] (SBU) MONUC/DDRRR is prepared to transport combatants from the Rally for Unity and Democracy (RUD),cantoned at Kasiki, to Rwanda under its existing process. MONUC/DDRRR Officer in Charge Bruno Donat has proposed bringing trucks to Kasiki on or around January 23 to initially transport to Goma [...]	2009-01-20 14:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA558	Integration in South Kivu Moving Slowly [...] (SBU) Summary: Integration in South Kivu continues to be hampered by logistical problems and the FRF's decision not to participate in the process. MONUC is optimistic (perhaps overly) that it can overcome the logistical issues and that lead negotiator Malu Malu will be able to persuade the F [...]	2009-06-16 11:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF MASS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA56	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 20: GDRC AND BOSCO [...] (SBU) At a January 16 press conference in Goma, it was announced that CNDP renegade Bosco Ntaganda had signed a peace agreement with the GDRC. Ntaganda and other high-level CNDP commanders were at the press conference, as well as GDRC and GoR representatives. The press conference was precede [...]	2009-01-20 14:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA560	GDRC STABILIZES CURRENCY MARKET--BUT RISKS REMAIN [...] (U) Summary: Following a rapid depreciation of the Congolese Franc (franc congolais or FC, in French) in late 2008/early 2009, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) has successfully helped stabilize the FC through a series of interventions in the foreign exchange market. Spe [...]	2009-06-16 12:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA567	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 17 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. North Kivu Security Situation ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) Unknown me [...]	2009-06-17 12:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA574	MAI MAI KIFUAFUA STILL SUPPORT INTEGRATION, BUT [...] (C) Summary: A spokesman for the Mai Mai Kifuafua told us that, although the group has repeatedly demonstrated its interest to integrate more of its troops, FARDC unresponsiveness and ineptitude has prevented the process from moving forward. Kifuafua claims to support FARDC operations again [...]	2009-06-18 08:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PINR CG
09KINSHASA575	RWANDA VISIT ADDS PERSPECTIVE FOR JMG-TF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Rwanda (GoR) sponsored a visit of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) to Rwanda June 4-6 to enhance understanding of the repatriation process for FDLR rebels remaining in the DRC. The 18-member group of DRC-based diplomats (Note: Goma Liaison Offic [...]	2009-06-18 12:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA578	DRC: MBUSA NYAMWISI -- YESTERDAY'S MAN? [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting with TDY poloff, Minister of Decentralization and Territorial Development Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi expressed bitterness and resignation about developments in the DRC. An ethnic Nande, who in October was demoted from Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mbusa strongly c [...]	2009-06-19 09:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS PREF RW CG
09KINSHASA589	EASTERN DRC NOTES -- JUNE 22 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time Security situation in Haut Uele ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) An NGO s [...]	2009-06-22 16:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA596	DR CONGO: KAMBASU NGEVE -- CNDP'S LEADING NANDE [...] (C) Serge Kambasu Ngeve is the secretary general of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) political wing, which has abandoned ethnic Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda and is now negotiating for a place in the Kinshasa government. Kambasu, an ethnic Nande formerly affilia [...]	2009-06-23 16:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL CG
09KINSHASA602	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 24 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation - Haut Uele ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) On June [...]	2009-06-24 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA615	REQUEST FOR INCREASED ENGAGEMENT ON EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Although a strategy to combat sexual violence in the DRC has been created, the GDRC has yet to implement it due to its extremely low level of capacity. The USG helps fund activities to fight sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in North Kivu, South Kivu, Orientale, Maniema, [...]	2009-06-29 13:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS KWMN KOCI AF CG
09KINSHASA633	DEATH OF JEANNOT BEMBA SAOLANA [...] (SBU) DRC senator and businessman Jeannot Bemba Saolona, father of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, died of cardiac arrest in Brussels on July 1. Local media in Kinshasa announced the death of Bemba, a former Minister of Economy during the 2003-2006 transition and ex-head of the DRC chamb [...]	2009-07-06 07:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA639	SRSG MEETS WITH SENIOR DIPLOMATS ON EVE OF TRIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Following are notes on July 5 meeting between Alan Doss with representatives (ambassadors or DCM's) of Belgium, France and the U.S. just prior to his departure for New York to attend the Security Council's July 10 on MONUC. UK rep was unable to attend. Ambassador will meet th [...]	2009-07-06 12:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC MARR RW CG
09KINSHASA64	DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Continued attacks from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have displaced thousands of citizens in the DRC. UNHCR estimates that there are currently over 104,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Dungu Territory. In 2008, UNHCR reported that it assisted with the return of over 39,000 [...]	2009-01-21 16:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG CF TZ UG ZA UN
09KINSHASA640	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JULY 6 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) The FARDC attacked LRA positio [...]	2009-07-06 14:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA643	DRC NOMINATES NORBERT NKULU, CLOSE [...] (SBU) The head of the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Directorate, Banza Ngoy Katume, confirmed July 6 media reports that Norbert Nkulu Mitumba Kilombo is the DRC Ambassador to Rwanda-designate. 2. (SBU) Nkulu, born December 15, 1946, graduated in law from Lo [...]	2009-07-06 16:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG

09KINSHASA65	PRESIDENT KABILA PROVIDES BRIEFING ON RWANDAN [...] (C) Summary: President Kabila met with UNSC Ambassadors on January 20 to provide an update on events in the Eastern Congo, particularly the entry of Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) soldiers into DRC territory earlier that day. Following the meeting, Kabila and Ambassador met alone briefly. Kabil [...]	2009-01-21 18:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA652	EQUATEUR: "A REAL DIFFERENT CONGOLESE PROVINCE" [...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Equateur Province, polcouns met with Acting Governor Jean-Claude Baende, provincial government officials, parliamentarians, and MONUC officials, all of whom outlined the political struggle between supporters of impeached Governor Jose Makila and Acting G [...]	2009-07-07 14:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KWMN SENV PINR CG
09KINSHASA691	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JULY 16 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation - LRA ------------------------ 2. (SBU) Press reports state [...]	2009-07-16 11:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA708	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JULY 22 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Congolese Caritas employee killed --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A [...]	2009-07-22 15:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA71	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 22 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Rwandan Soldiers in the DRC --------------------------- 2. (SBU) A MONUC spokesp [...]	2009-01-22 13:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA715	DRC SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S AUGUST [...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your August 10/11 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) comes at a critical juncture. Effective leadership by President Joseph Kabila will determine whether the DRC,s government (GDRC) can successfully address the country's enormous development and security chal [...]	2009-07-28 06:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM CG
09KINSHASA736	EASTERN DRC NOTES - AUGUST 5 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation - LRA ------------------------ 2. (SBU) In an August 4 BBC i [...]	2009-08-05 12:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA741	KABILA, KAGAME MEET AUGUST 6 AT BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents Kabila and Kagame met yesterday, August 6, in the adjoining border cities of Goma/Rubavu (ex-Gisenyi). We do not yet have information on the private meetings between the two heads of state; Kabila and his team are still in Goma where they will meet with Secretary Cl [...]	2009-08-07 12:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA764	VITAL KAMERHE DISCUSSES KABILA, HIS RESIGNATION, [...] (C) Summary: Vital Kamerhe, the former President of the National Assembly, recently provided Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns a comprehensive review of the DRC's recent political history, offering his perspective on the DRC's political evolution. He views President Kabila as a changed man -- [...]	2009-08-19 08:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM KJUS CG
09KINSHASA768	PPRD PARLIAMENTARIAN GIVES CANDID VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: PPRD parliamentarian and former DRC Great Lakes Envoy Jean Mbuyu Luyongola told Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns that dismissing Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito might push PALU into the opposition. Kabila will easily win the 2011 elections, in Mbuyu's opinion, unless some kind of [...]	2009-08-20 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA78	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 23: NKUNDA CAPTURED [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Nkunda Captured --------------- 2. (SBU) Multiple press sources reported that Nk [...]	2009-01-26 07:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA796	IMPROVING DRC-GOR RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: All indications are that the main focus of the August 6 Kabila-Kagame discussions was development of Lake Kivu methane gas as an energy source. Specific details regarding the meeting, the first bilateral meeting between DRC and Rwandan presidents since 1998, remain sketchy, as t [...]	2009-08-27 13:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CG RW
09KINSHASA801	DRC ASSUMING SADC CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC lead for SADC issues, Minister for International and Regional Cooperation Raymond Tshibanda, told the Ambassador August 27 that the DRC hoped to focus on development and economic issues during its upcoming SADC Chairmanship. Tshibanda voiced optimism that political con [...]	2009-08-28 11:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD CG
09KINSHASA815	USAID MISSION DIRECTOR MEETS WITH DEPUTY SRSG FOR HUMAN [...] Summary: USAID Mission Director Stephen Haykin met with Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Leila Zerrougui on August 28. Zerrougui provided a comprehensive perspective on the related issues of weak security apparatus of the Congolese state, impunity and human rights issu [...]	2009-09-03 14:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN KJUS PREF CG
09KINSHASA852	EASTERN DRC NOTES - SEPTEMBER 21: IDP CAMPS [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained herein be confirmed at this time. IDP Camps Almost Empty ---------------------- 2. (SBU) UNHCR reported that most [...]	2009-09-21 15:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA857	S/P'S ROSS, COHEN AND PATEL MEET WITH CONGOLESE [...] (SBU) Summary: The visit of Senior Advisor for Innovation, Alec Ross, to Kinshasa and Goma September 9-12, accompanied by Policy Planning staff Jared Cohen and Mira Patel, was an opportunity to advance progress on the new U.S. - DRC partnership following Secretary Clinton's August 10-11 visit [...]	2009-09-22 12:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA861	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY PM MOBUTU [...] Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Joseph Mobutu Nzanga Ngbangawe told the Ambassador on September 21 that there would most likely be a cabinet reshuffle in early October, probably the last before upcoming elections in 2010 (local) and in 2011 (parliamentary and presidential). Muzito, who Mobut [...]	2009-09-23 10:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM CG
09KINSHASA873	PROLIFERATION OF MAI MAI GROUPS [...] (SBU) During a recent visit to Goma, AU Special Envoy Benjamin Mkapa and his aide, General Sumbeiywo, received complaints from various North and South Kivu Mai Mai (local militias) groups about non-implementation of the March 23 agreements. Citing GDRC inaction, especiall since the August mee [...]	2009-09-24 17:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA874	MOVES AFOOT TO REVISE CONSTITUTION? [...] (C) Summary: Despite denials by senior level GDRC officials, it appears an inter-institutional commission has met to discuss the possibility of constitutional amendments in three areas: halting plans to create 15 new provinces (part of the decentralization process); changing the presidentia [...]	2009-09-25 08:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA879	EQUATEUR PROVINCIAL CRISIS COMES TO A HEAD [...] (U) On September 21, the Supreme Court of Justice upheld the January 2009 impeachment of and removal from office of Equateur Governor Jose Makila by the Equateur Provincial Assembly. The high court also called on the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) to organize an election for a new go [...]	2009-09-25 14:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA886	NGO ACTIVIST ON RUDIA II, KIMIA II, AND INTEGRATION [...] (C) Summary: Noel Atama, a field researcher for the NGO ENOUGH, told PolCouns recently that, although the tide had turned against the LRA, capturing LRA leader Joseph Kony and dismantling the rebel group could ultimately take time. On Kimia II, Atama encouraged the FARDC to stay the course, [...]	2009-09-29 11:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREF PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA89	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 28 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Joint FARDC/RDF Operation ------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC announced on [...]	2009-01-28 16:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA896	DDRRR, the FDLR, and Kimia II [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma PolOff recently met with DDRRR officials, who presented a snapshot of their efforts in the Kivus. Many ex-CNDP units, "integrated" into the FARDC, continue to use child soldiers, according to DDRRR interlocutors. FARDC cooperation with DDRRR over the last month has impro [...]	2009-09-30 15:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PGOV PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA898	FRAUD SUMMARY - KINSHASA [...] Per reftel A, post is updating its country fraud summary, covering March 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS 2. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly recovering from a war begun in 1998 that led to the deaths of more than five million persons. Conflict [...]	2009-09-30 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CG
09KINSHASA908	S/P'S ROSS, COHEN AND PATEL MEET WITH CONGOLESE [...] (U) Introductory note: S/P staffers Alec Ross, Jared Cohen and Mira Patel visited Kinshasa and Goma September 9-12. Reftel is an account of the Kinshasa portion of their trip. This message refers their meetings in Goma. End introductory note. Courtesy Call with Vice Governor of North Kiv [...]	2009-10-05 12:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA915	RE-EMERGENCE OF CNDP'S NKUNDA WING? [...] (C) Summary: Former CNDP Spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa recently told us that the "real CNDP," i.e., the Nkunda wing was poised to reenter the DRC political fray. Claiming that the Bosco wing had no authority to sign the March 23 agreement with the GDRC, Bisimwa presented us with a memo outlini [...]	2009-10-07 12:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINR PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA922	DRC BRIGADIR GENERAL ADDRESSES CORRUPTION AND [...] (U) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and Transparency International Co-founder Michael Hershman, DRC Brigadier General Celestin Mbala Musense discussed issues concerning corruption, salary payment, and personnel management in the FARDC. Reftels are reports on Hershman' [...]	2009-10-08 15:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA936	EASTERN DRC NOTES -- OCTOBER 13: BOSCO SAID TO BE [...] (C) Summary: Sources in Goma have told us that former CNDP military chief Bosco Ntaganda has met with several Mai Mai groups in North Kivu to discuss the possibility of establishing a new militia. A former member of Nkunda's inner circle, a lawyer named Muiti, opined that attempts by Nkunda [...]	2009-10-13 16:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG
09KINSHASA961	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL [...] Econcouns delivered ref A points on October 15 jointly to the Ministry of Finance's Chief of Staff, Georges Wembi Loambi, and the Ministry of Budget's Deputy Chief of Staff, Onesime Kukatula. Neither GDRC official was aware of the restrictions contained in the FY 2009 Appropriations Act concer [...]	2009-10-21 14:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL CG
09KINSHASA969	WORRIES THAT PRESS FREEDOM MAY BE ERODING CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Freedom of the press is increasingly threatened in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the Ministry of Information and Media now requires domestic and international journalists to submit to a military code of justice. A Congolese military officer,s reported death threats [...]	2009-10-27 10:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	CG PGOV PREL
09KINSHASA976	GDRC EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE THE ARMED FORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 1, a draft Law to Organize the Armed Forces, a critical component of national institutional reform, was introduced in the National Assembly. Parliamentarians invited Defense Minister Charles Mwando Nsimba to explain the reform plan on October 6. While the Kabila adm [...]	2009-10-28 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MASS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA98	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 2 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During a February 1 press conference, President Kabil [...]	2009-02-02 12:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA990	The Rapid Exodus of IDPs from the Camps in Goma, DRC [...] (U) A rapid field study of the sudden exodus of an estimated 65,000 residents of camps for displaced populations in the Goma area has revealed evidence of excessive use of violence and the violation of humanitarian principles during the camps closure. The sudden camp closures also damaged relat [...]	2009-11-04 09:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF CG
09KOLKATA105	BHARAT BALLOT 2009: UPA DISCORD AND ANTI-INCUMBENCY FAVOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the mineral-rich tribal state of Jharkhand was carved out of the eastern Indian state of Bihar in 2000, it has been plagued by a string of poorly performing governments and political instability. Discord within the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and underlying anti-inc [...]	2009-04-22 07:14:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN IN
09KOLKATA132	REGIONAL PARTIES, NOT CONGRESS, EMERGE AS WINNERS IN EASTERN [...] (SBU) Voters in Eastern India primarily supported regional parties that were outside the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) that has returned to power. This trend has resulted in a divergence between the party and coalition in power at the national and state levels. Amongst the Ea [...]	2009-05-22 04:46:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON IN
09KOLKATA162	MAOIST GROUPS STEP UP VIOLENCE IN EASTERN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two weeks, there have been daily attacks on police and political party leaders in the Western part of West Bengal, primarily in and around the town of Lalgarh. Leaders of these attacks appear to be members of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (hereinafter ref [...]	2009-06-18 12:11:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV IN
09KOLKATA164	THE BATTLE FOR BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: West Bengal's Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) dominated Left Front is still reeling from its poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls (see Reftels). The perfect storm of issues appears to have worked against the Left Front. Some CPI-M leaders believe the party lost sup [...]	2009-06-19 10:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER PSEC IN
09KOLKATA167	WEST BENGAL: POLICE WIN FIRST ROUND AGAINST MAOISTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 03:41:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV CASC IN
09KOLKATA17	KOLKATA MUSLIMS SING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PRAISES, BUT WATCH [...] Summary. Kolkata area Muslims came together at the American Center on Inauguration Day to perform songs and recite poetry in honor of the incoming U.S. President Barack Obama. The spontaneous display of welcome for a new American president was unprecedented in Kolkata PAS' experience. The poets [...]	2009-01-23 10:46:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL KISL KPAO IN
09KOLKATA188	GUARDING AGAINST VISA FRAUD WITH "BATCH CHECKS" IN ADIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post recently expanded its approach to validation studies, providing more frequent and focused assessments of B1/B2 visa applicants. Using a "batch method" of retrieving Arrival Departure Information System (ADIS) records of multiple travelers with a single search, Post can quick [...]	2009-07-09 06:55:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD ASEC CVIS CMGT IN
09KOLKATA189	ORISSA'S BJD PARTY PROMOTES STATE INTERESTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: CG travelled to Orissa in June to congratulate Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Biju Janata Dal's (BJD)'s best electoral performance since the party was formed in 1997. The impressive performance of the regional party in the 2009 parliamentary and state elections validated the p [...]	2009-07-10 06:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IN
09KOLKATA19	A POLITICAL CRISIS IN JHARKHAND AS PRELUDE TO THE NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 19, the Government of India's (GoI) Cabinet recommended President's rule and the suspension of the state assembly in the eastern state of Jharkhand after state legislators could not agree on a consensus candidate for Chief Minister. A state-level political battle for [...]	2009-01-23 11:13:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
09KOLKATA215	GORKHAS PURSUE POLITICAL STRATEGY TO FURTHER STATEHOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: For the past two years, the new political party Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) has increased its efforts to carve out a new Indian state - Gorkhaland - from the existing state of West Bengal. Like other political parties in West Bengal, GJMM uses force and intimidation but it i [...]	2009-08-03 11:20:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA22	ASSAM ELECTORAL PRIMER - ETHNICITY, ALLIANCES AND TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: Ethnicity and migration in the northeastern state of Assam will continue to be a key issue in the state during the upcoming national elections. The Congress Party is confident of maintaining its current number of parliamentary seats in the state contingent; however, the relative [...]	2009-01-28 09:47:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SOCI PREL PGOV IN BG
09KOLKATA237	WEST BENGAL: JASWANT SINGH'S EXPULSION WEAKENS GJMM'S [...] (SBU) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) recent expulsion of Darjeeling's parliamentary representative Jaswant Singh (Reftel A),who supports political party Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha's (GJMM) efforts to create a new Gorkhaland state, is a temporary setback for GJMM who is now reassessing its rel [...]	2009-08-21 12:41:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA255	CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABLE KOLKATA LOOKS TO INDIAN AND US [...] (U) Summary: The eastern Indian city of Kolkata is one of the world's most vulnerable cities due to coastal flooding and the effects of climate change. While the West Bengal state government has set up a state-level Climate Committee and secretariat to formulate and implement adaptation strate [...]	2009-09-17 11:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON IN
09KOLKATA261	WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES SOCIAL DISTANCING DURING [...] Summary: Over the past three weeks there has been a decline in the rate of reported H1N1 infections in Kolkata. But thousands of people gathered in enclosed spaces during the ensuing Durga Puja festival could increase H1N1 transmission. The West Bengal government has launched a campaign to en [...]	2009-09-24 06:11:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU PGOV IN
09KOLKATA267	LAND POLITICS CONTINUE IN WEST BENGAL; BUSINESSES NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent statements from business leaders and politicians reinforced the idea that land acquisition will continue to be a political obstacle for businesses in West Bengal. Business leaders have recently begun acknowledging the importance of working with both the government and the [...]	2009-10-06 11:05:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IN
09KOLKATA286	WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER: PARTY MUST "CHANGE OR PERISH", [...] (C) SUMMARY: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said that his Communist Party of India-Marxist must "either change or perish" and he lamented the lack of technocratic expertise within party leadership in a meeting with the Ambassador in Kolkata on October 13. Bhattacharjee rei [...]	2009-10-27 09:18:00	Consulate Kolkata	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV IN
09KOLKATA3	NEW CONFIRMED AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAKS IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) On January 2 the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of H5N1 virus in poultry in two non-contiguous administrative blocks of Darjeeling, a district in northern West Bengal. Avian influenza (AI) was confirmed in Matigara in southern Darjeeling and Tukdah in the northern pa [...]	2009-01-07 09:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BG
09KOLKATA305	WEST BENGAL RE-ESTABLISHES GOVERNMENT PRESENCE IN MAOIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Since June 2009 state and central police have operated in West Bengal's three Maoist/Naxal insurgency-affected districts to re-assert government presence, eliminate anti-government armed resistance and win local tribal support. While police have re-established a limited governmen [...]	2009-11-17 04:39:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA335	CLIMATE CHANGE HERE AND NOW FOR SUNDERBANS: NGO'S ADAPTATION [...] (U) Summary: The famed Sunderbans, a deltaic region in the Bay of Bengal with more than one hundred islands and four million people, is one of India's most vulnerable areas to rising sea levels and extreme climatic events. On one of the islands, Mousuni, public and private actors have foc [...]	2009-12-23 12:00:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG ECON TSPL KSCA KGHG IN BG
09KOLKATA337	JHARKHAND: JMM'S SHIBU SOREN TO BE CHIEF MINISTER WITH BJP [...] (U) Summary: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo and parliamentarian Shibu Soren will become Chief Minister of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on December 30, heading a five-party National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition. Even though a Congress alliance garnered the highest number [...]	2009-12-29 14:44:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER IN
09KOLKATA34	PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS FEELS THE HEAT FROM SATYAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Two partners from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) remain in judicial custody in connection to admissions of large scale fraud by the chairman and founder of Satyam Computers Limited (Reftel). PWC leadership contends that the charges are politically motivated and that there is no ev [...]	2009-02-10 08:58:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
09KOLKATA35	BIHAR CHIEF MINISTER KUMAR: KOSI RELIEF, STATE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a wide range of contacts, Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is effectively mobilizing the state government machinery to respond to the August 2008 flooding of the river Kosi and improve development in the state. Since forming a government in November 2005, Kumar h [...]	2009-02-10 10:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID IN NP
09KOLKATA55	NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL - A CROSS BORDER [...] (U) On February 24, the GOI reported a second outbreak of the avian influenza (AI) virus H5N1 in backyard poultry in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, this time in the forest village of Punding (See Reftel). The village is about 630 km north of Kolkata and the district physically borders the [...]	2009-03-05 09:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BG
09KOLKATA7	WEST BENGAL AFTER THE NANO: INVESTMENT CLIMATE IS BLEAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Three months after Tata withdrew its Nano project from West Bengal in the face of violent opposition against land acquisition, the investment climate in West Bengal is bleak. The Government of West Bengal (GOWB) has not developed a strategy to repair the state's damaged image an [...]	2009-01-09 10:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND PGOV IN
09KOLKATA75	BHARAT BALLOT 09: A CRACK IN THE LEFT FRONT'S WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary. As the fourth most-populous state in the Indian Union, the seat of one of India's four great metropolises and the bastion of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),West Bengal politics has always had national significance. More important than the national electoral iss [...]	2009-03-19 12:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR IN
09KOLKATA78	BHARAT BALLOT 09: A CRACK IN THE LEFT FRONT'S WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary. As the fourth most-populous state in the Indian Union, the seat of one of India's four great metropolises and the bastion of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),West Bengal politics has always had national significance. More important than the national electoral iss [...]	2009-03-20 13:06:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR IN
09KOLKATA96	ULFA SUSPECTED IN ASSAM TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 6, nine people died and more than 30 were wounded in a series of six terrorist attacks in different parts of Assam, including the capital Guwahati. Police suspect that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA),which celebrates its foundation day on April 7, conducted [...]	2009-04-07 13:45:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV PK IN
09KOLKATA97	BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE, GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Politics in Bihar is dominated by regional parties pushing their caste interests. Bihar's Chief Minister (CM) Nitish Kumar heads the Janata Dal-United (JDU) party, presently a member of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA),and is winning over Bihar's poorest and lowest caste [...]	2009-04-08 12:11:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
09KOLONIA102	SURVEY OF MARITIME SURVEILLANCE AND FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary. The upcoming sub-committee meetings of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC),scheduled for September and October, will address unresolved issues of maritime surveillance and enforcement of the Convention area. However, the FSM suffers from ineffective ma [...]	2009-07-17 04:15:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS ECON EAID PREL AORC FM
09KOLONIA109	CHINESE COMPANY LUEN THAI REPORTEDLY SEEKS TO OPERATE ALL [...] (C) The largest fishing operation in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),Luen Thai, has reportedly submitted a proposal to FSM President Mori permitting the company to operate all port and fish processing facilities within the FSM. FSM National Government and State agencies responsible [...]	2009-07-28 05:39:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS ECON PGOV PREL PINR FM
09KOLONIA123	FAREWELL REFLECTIONS: A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP REQUIRES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-13 23:51:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID FM CH
09KOLONIA142	IPR ISSUES IGNORED BY FSM GOVERNMENT; POPULATION DOESN'T [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The only movie theater in the FSM may close its doors because it cannot compete against readily available pirated DVDs. Pohnpei State and the National Attorney General Offices concede that pirated DVDs are easy to obtain, but neither plans to take any action to limit their dis [...]	2009-11-13 08:46:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV FM
09KOLONIA39	CHINESE AMBASSADOR CRITICAL OF FSM GOVERNMENT CAPACITY AND [...] (C) In a wide ranging discussion with U.S. Embassy officers on March 21, People's Republic of China Ambassador Liu Fei was critical of the FSM's capacity at both the state and national levels. She then complained about the lack of an industrious attitude at the individual level. Although Chi [...]	2009-03-30 04:36:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINR FM CH
09KOLONIA46	ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY IN THE FSM UNDERSCORES NEED FOR U.S. [...] (U) In the early morning hours of March 26, two young males armed with a .22 caliber rifle and a shotgun entered the Chuuk State branch of the Bank of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),demanding entry into the bank's vault. The bank still had not opened for business. The sole bank emp [...]	2009-04-09 04:21:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS FM
09KOLONIA47	RIFT OVER FSM SOCIAL SECURITY LAW HIGHLIGHTS POHNPEI'S [...] President Mori's proposed amendments to the Federated States of Micronesia's (FSM) Social Security law ignited criticism from politicians and the public alike, particularly in Pohnpei State. The proposal gave more ammunition to those calling for secession ahead of Pohnpei's upcoming constituti [...]	2009-04-09 08:11:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI FM
09KOLONIA51	MOBIL ACCOMPLISHES OBJECTIVES IN MICRONESIA, SHARES TIPS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Where two previous Mobil executives failed, Guam Mobil President Kamal Singh succeeded in piloting a smooth withdrawal of Mobil from an unprofitable market in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). In a farewell breakfast with the Ambassador, he shared valuable tips that enab [...]	2009-04-16 02:01:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID FM CH
09KOLONIA53	FSM PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. HELP TO REFORM COMPACT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-19 23:30:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID FM
09KOLONIA65	BIO OF ASTERIO TAKESY, NEW FSM SENIOR ADVISER FOR THE [...] (U) On April 17, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Office of Statistics, Budget & Economic Management, Overseas Development Assistance and Compact Management (SBOC) informed post that the FSM Government hired Asterio Takesy (Ah-STAIR-ee-o TAK-eh-see) to be its Senior Adviser during the F [...]	2009-04-30 04:35:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA72	MICRONESIAN ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS RELEASED ON BAIL [...] In reftel, post reported that three suspects had been arrested for an attempted armed robbery of a bank in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Since the vault was inaccessible, the suspects fled without any money, but not before they shot up the lobby and clubbed an employee with the [...]	2009-05-06 02:52:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PINS CVIS FM
09KOLONIA8	CHINESE ACTVITIES ARE ATTRACTIVE TO CASH STRAPPED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's competition for resources and influence in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) shows no sign of diminution. In the absence of substantial indigenous enterprise, Micronesians are favorably inclined to accept offers of assistance. Recent developments include propos [...]	2009-01-15 01:36:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID FM CH
09KOROR40	CORRECTED COPY - JOINT HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING GRATITUDE [...] On March 9, post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of State transmitting a copy of the House Joint Resolution No. 8-6-1S-CD1 of the Eighth Olbiil Era Kelulau (Palau National Congress),"Expressing deepest gratitude and appreciation to the Government of the United States of America fo [...]	2009-03-11 03:22:00	Embassy Koror	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP PS
09KRAKOW14	POLISH ROAD NETWORK EMERGING FROM DECADES OF CRIPPLING [...] (U) Summary: Government and private sector analysts now hold that, after two decades of failed policies and mismanagement, the Tusk administration is making real progress towards developing a modern highway network, overcoming a major stumbling block which stunts investment and hinders Poland f [...]	2009-03-23 13:47:00	Consulate Krakow	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ELTN ELAB ENRG SENV
09KUALALUMPUR1013	MALAYSIAN F-5 ENGINES CASE AND ACTION REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 09:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PM PREL PGOV MARR MY
09KUALALUMPUR1014	FARAH PANDITH'S VISIT SHOWS MANY FACES OF ISLAM IN MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith visited Malaysia to begin engagement with civil society and establish contacts with government officials, politicians, teachers, students, and NGOs on December 13-14. SRMC Pandith explained her recent appointment as the Spe [...]	2009-12-24 02:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KDEM MY KPAO
09KUALALUMPUR1015	MALASIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES HOLD FIRST FORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The three main Malaysian opposition parties held their first official joint convention on December 19, agreeing to a core platform of unified party positions and setting their sights on taking over the government during the next general elections. The opposition coalition know [...]	2009-12-24 06:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR1025	SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP TRAINING OF MALAYSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: From December 8-16, a four-member United States Department of Justice Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (USDOJ-OPDAT) team, funded by the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),conducted two succ [...]	2009-12-30 08:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR113	AMBASSADOR KEITH'S MEETING WITH MFA SECRETARY [...] (C) The Ambassador met MFA Secretary General Rastam February 17 for an extended dinner conversation covering our commitment to ASEAN, a range of Iran-related issues, Burmese refugees, our trade relationship, bilateral ties, and Malaysia's desire to be part of the Anti-Piracy Contact Group. Ra [...]	2009-02-19 00:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD ETTC MNUC IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR122	MALAYSIA DPM NAJIB SEEKS STRONGER BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Najib reiterated Malaysia's desire to strengthen ties with the U.S. during a review of key issues in our bilateral relationship with the Ambassador on February 19. Najib extended an invitation for President Obama to visit Malaysia and encouraged other inc [...]	2009-02-20 09:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR135	AMB MARCIEL'S MEETING WITH MFA SECGEN RASTAM [...] (C) In a meeting February 23 with Ambassadors Marciel and Keith, MFA Secretary General Rastam expressed hope that Secretary Clinton will visit Malaysia in July when she is back in the region (for the ARF) and that the President will consider a visit here later in the year. Rastam emphasized t [...]	2009-02-24 10:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD ETTC MNUC IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR137	AMBASSADOR MARCIEL,S MEETING WITH MALAYSIAN TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Trade and Industry Muhyiddin Yassin told Ambassadors Marciel and Keith February 23 that Malaysia "treasured its relationship with the U.S.", was ready to resume our bilateral FTA negotiations and hoped the Obama Administration would choose to continue the talks as wel [...]	2009-02-25 09:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN ETRD SOCI PGOV PTER MA
09KUALALUMPUR150	MALAYSIA FRAUD SUMMARY (SEPT 2008 - FEB 2009) [...] SUMMARY: Malaysia is not a country associated with a high level of fraud in immigration and travel matters involving the United States. However Malaysia is a destination and transit point for many forms of illegal travel and human trafficking. The country, as a whole, enjoys a relatively hi [...]	2009-03-02 08:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EAP MY
09KUALALUMPUR177	SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: MALAYSIA [...] In 2008 Malaysian IPR enforcement authorities continued to make progress in fighting IPR piracy. The most promising development of the year was the continued progress and expansion of the specialized intellectual property courts. The United States and Malaysia continued to cooperate closely, i [...]	2009-03-10 01:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR MY
09KUALALUMPUR203	PM'S ALLY BARRED FROM CONTESTING IN RULING PARTY [...] (SBU) In a highly controversial decision, the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party on March 17 found Ali Rustam, an ally of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, guilty of "money politics" and barred Rustam from contesting for Deputy President in the party's late March election. [...]	2009-03-19 10:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR23	GAZA: PARLIAMENT VOTES TO CONDEMN ISRAEL, SEEKS [...] (SBU) In a special session of the Malaysian Parliament convened on January 12, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi delivered a blistering condemnation of Israel, while also lambasting the United States for supporting Tel Aviv. After seven hours of speeches, Parliament unanimously endorsed a resolu [...]	2009-01-13 10:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL UNSC UNGA IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR231	RULING PARTY CONFIRMS NAJIB, ELECTS NEW LEADERS [...] (C) Malaysia's Najib era has begun. The country's ruling party, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO),confirmed Najib Razak as party president on March 26 and elected new senior officials during its party elections and general assembly, which conclude March 28. Key Najib ally Muhy [...]	2009-03-27 12:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR243	EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES [...] (U) Advisor met with the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA)on export control issues. Training was conducted in General Santos, Philippines and dates for a site survey in the Philippines were confirmed. SITE ASSESSMENTS/MEETING [...]	2009-04-02 04:12:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR259	BY-ELECTION RESULTS -- HONEYMOON DAMPENER FOR NAJIB [...] (C) The opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) won two out of three by-elections held on April 7, handing a set back to the new administration of Prime Minister Najib Razak and his ruling National Front (BN) coalition. The key contest saw recently ousted Perak Chief Minister Mohammad Nizar o [...]	2009-04-08 10:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR266	NAJIB UNVEILS CABINET, PLACES LOYALISTS IN KEY [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Najib Razak publicly announced his cabinet on April 9, placing his loyalists in key positions and giving the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party control of 15 out of 24 ministries. Najib appointed Muhyiddin Yassin as Deputy Prime Minister, reflecting h [...]	2009-04-09 12:37:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR268	NAJIB'S NETWORK - A PRELIMINARY LOOK [...] (C) This cable provides a preliminary review of Prime Minister Najib Razak's close aides and political associates, known associated companies, and business contacts, as well as summary information on Najib's four brothers. The review is based on information available prior to Najib's confirma [...]	2009-04-10 07:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS ECON MY
09KUALALUMPUR299	MALAYSIA: IPR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS DOWN BUT COURT CASES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: According to High Court of Kuala Lumpur statistics recently released to the Embassy by the Intellectual Property Court, the number of IP cases registered has significantly gone up during the four month period from November 2008 to February 2009. Ministry of Domestic Trade and Co [...]	2009-04-22 09:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR MY
09KUALALUMPUR318	MALAYSIAN PM ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced a number of liberalizations to Malaysia's financial sector on April 27, as promised last week when he removed some restrictions in various service sectors (reftel). Foreign equity limits will be raised from 49 percent to 70 percent for in [...]	2009-04-28 12:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PREL MY BG
09KUALALUMPUR336	TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 6, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia has no reported human H1N1 cases. Four potential cases have already been tested and cleared. Post delivered a demarche to the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry requesting a reconsideration of the cur [...]	2009-05-06 09:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR362	TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 13, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia has no reported human H1N1 cases. Two confirmed cases in neighboring Thailand have led to increased surveillance. The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a more specific travel advisory, which again recommends against all non-essential travel to the U.S [...]	2009-05-13 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR378	NEW DEFENSE MINISTER WANTS TO EXPAND U.S.-MALAYSIA [...] (S) Newly appointed Defense Minister Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi emphasized Malaysia's desire to strengthen our bilateral military relationship during the Ambassador's May 11 introductory call. The Ambassador congratulated Zahid on Malaysia's anti-piracy efforts, while the Minister highlighted the [...]	2009-05-15 09:57:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS MY
09KUALALUMPUR380	MALAYSIA: ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AND FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (U) Summary and comment: Central Bank Deputy Governor Ooi Sang Kuang reports that Malaysia is seeing signs of a U-shaped recovery with positive growth in the fourth quarter of 2009. Ooi credits GOM monetary and fiscal policy (Ref A) as well as financial sector liberalizations (Ref B) for the [...]	2009-05-18 00:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV MY EINV
09KUALALUMPUR392	NEXT STEPS FOR U.S. - MALAYSIA RELATIONS [...] (S) We have come a long way in the first months of the new Administration's relationship with Malaysia. Secretary Clinton's congratulatory call to Foreign Minister Anifah and her early meeting with him in Washington as well as Prime Minister Najib's well publicized receipt of a letter of con [...]	2009-05-20 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR395	TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 21, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Malaysia's only two confirmed H1N1 cases will be released from quarantine on May 21 after the Ministry of Health (MOH) pronounced them both healthy. One AmCit who had traveled with these individuals was released from quarantine on May 20 after experiencing no symptoms. However, [...]	2009-05-21 08:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL

09KUALALUMPUR404	MALAYSIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Post conveyed reftel points on the Somali piracy Contact Group to Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on May 20. The MFA official proposed no changes to the draft CGPCS agenda and offered that Malaysia will be represented at the CGPCS by its PermRep and staff from its Perm [...]	2009-05-26 09:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KCRM MARR ECON EWWT MY
09KUALALUMPUR418	MALAYSIAN PM ACKNOWLEDGES ECONOMY IN RECESSION IN [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Najib announced on May 28 a substantial downward revision in Malaysia's 2009 economic growth forecast to negative four to five percent. The new forecast comes a day after the central bank announced first quarter growth results of negative 6.2 percent. Both figures [...]	2009-05-29 06:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR42	BY-ELECTION SETBACK FOR UMNO, BOOST FOR OPPOSITION [...] (C) The ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party suffered its latest setback when it lost a January 17 parliamentary by-election in Terengganu state to the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS),supported by its opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) partners, in a contest billed as [...]	2009-01-22 10:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR422	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MALAYSIA'S NEW MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's new Minister for Trade and Industry told the Ambassador during their initial meeting that the Najib government was completing an FTA stocktaking exercise and he hoped to have an opportunity to meet USTR Kirk on the margins of the Cairns Group to discuss how to move fo [...]	2009-05-29 10:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN ETRD SOCI PGOV PTER MA
09KUALALUMPUR463	DAS KASOFF REVIEWS TRADE ISSUES WITH MALAYSIAN [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary Kasoff June 4-5, senior officials at Malaysia,s Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Domestic Trade June signaled that Malaysia was ready to demonstrate more flexibility on key FTA negotiating issues. [...]	2009-06-09 09:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR471	ISLAMIST PARTY SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON ITS FUTURE [...] (SBU) The Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS),the Islamist opposition party, held its annual convention and biannual elections June 5- 7. Elections featured an unprecedented contest between two factions, those supporting leadership by Islamic scholars (ulamas) and those favoring more pragmatic p [...]	2009-06-11 10:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
09KUALALUMPUR5	Malaysia Aims to Complete Nuclear Energy Policy by 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Malaysia (GOM) plans to finalize a nuclear energy policy and enact legislation in 2009. The government also intends to establish a nuclear energy regulatory agency and increase public and political support for civilian nuclear energy as a renewable energy sourc [...]	2009-01-06 07:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
09KUALALUMPUR513	MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - June 25, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia is currently committed to containing local transmission of H1N1, although pressures to shift to a mitigation strategy appear to be mounting. The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Education (MOE) have jointly asked all students returning from the U.S., London, Me [...]	2009-06-25 09:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR521	DCM PRESENTS TIP ACTION PLAN TO HOME MINISTRY [...] (C) The DCM presented the trafficking in persons (TIP) action plan for Malaysia in a June 29 meeting initiated by the Home Ministry, which had sought an understanding of the steps Malaysia needs to take to upgrade itself from the current Tier 3 ranking in the U.S. TIP report. Deputy Home Min [...]	2009-06-29 09:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB KTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR524	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PHONE CALL TO [...] (U) Local press in Malaysia gave broad, positive coverage of the June 26 phone call between President Obama and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. The media reports highlighted what the PM described as the President's positive tone and praise for Malaysia, while also mentioning their d [...]	2009-06-30 10:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO MY
09KUALALUMPUR529	ANWAR IBRAHIM'S SODOMY TRIAL II - A PRIMER [...] (C) Malaysian Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will go on trial beginning July 8 on charges of sodomy -- a criminal offense in Malaysia -- with a former aide. Anwar was previously tried and convicted of sodomy in 2000 in a heavily manipulated trial that the U.S. concluded "was marred by deep [...]	2009-07-01 05:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR537	INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 POLITICAL MEETINGS WITH [...] (S) In July 6 meetings with senior officials at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office, UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Goldberg stressed Malaysia's developing partnership with the U.S., its prominent role in ASEAN, and the GOM's expertise on international financ [...]	2009-07-06 13:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	ECON KN KNNP MNUC MY PARM PGOV PREL
09KUALALUMPUR538	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG AND DELEGATION'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (S) In July 6 meetings with senior officials at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office, UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Goldberg stressed Malaysia's developing partnership with the U.S., its prominent role in ASEAN, and the GOM's expertise on international financ [...]	2009-07-06 14:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	ECON KN KNNP MNUC MY PARM PGOV PREL
09KUALALUMPUR555	MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - July 9, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Influenza A (H1N1) cases continue to grow in Malaysia with over 300 new cases in the last week. Most cases continue to be imported but about one-third involve local transmission. The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported the first case of second-generation local transmission on Ju [...]	2009-07-09 09:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR588	SURPRISINGLY CLOSE BY-ELECTION AND POPULARITY POLL [...] (C) A near victory in a by-election in the heart of opposition territory along with an apparent surge in Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's popularity have provided a boost for the PM and his ruling Barisan National (BN) coalition. Speculation that Najib might seek an early snap election appears [...]	2009-07-16 09:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR589	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AG GANI: LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) In a July 13 meeting with Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail (also reported reftels),the Ambassador expressed concern about diminished enforcement of international property rights (IPR) laws in Malaysia over the past year. Gani sought U.S. universities, interest in establishing train [...]	2009-07-16 09:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KCRM MY PREL
09KUALALUMPUR608	FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS FOR [...] Malaysia is almost unique in the world today. It is not of the Middle East but it seeks to be a leader in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). It is not the largest nation in Southeast Asia by any stretch, but it is a recent past chair of the OIC, it is a leader in Islamic Financ [...]	2009-07-24 08:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL
09KUALALUMPUR621	MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - July 29, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Malaysian Ministry of Health reported the third and fourth Influenza A (H1N1) related deaths on July 29. These deaths both involve local transmission of H1N1. The total number of locally transmitted cases now exceeds the number of imported cases. In the first three cases, t [...]	2009-07-30 01:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR632	TIP: GOM INTENSIFIES PUBLIC EDUCATION ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, press coverage of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues in government-influenced print media has intensified in terms of quality and quantity, another indication of the GOM's determination to be seen as proactively confronting the issue. The shift in the GOM's ap [...]	2009-08-03 10:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR663	MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - August 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported 14 H1N1-related deaths in the last 48 hours bringing the total to 32 deaths. The Embassy community has experienced its first suspected cases, both involving non-school age children of employees who have been treated and are now recoverin [...]	2009-08-11 12:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR704	TIP: MALAYSIA TIER 3 REASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: During June-August 2009, the Government of Malaysia (GOM) made significant efforts toward implementing the June 26 Action Plan on human trafficking (ref A). Prime Minister Najib, who took office in April 2009, has established a National Council for Trafficking in Per [...]	2009-08-19 09:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KTIP ELAB SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR716	CANING PUNISHMENT POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER RAMADAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysian Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a Muslim woman recently sentenced by a state-level Syariah court to six lashes with a cane for consuming alcohol in public, has been granted a temporary reprieve until after Ramadan ends in late September. The GOM appears to see the case as [...]	2009-08-26 11:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR723	Malaysian Economy Improves - Growth May Resume by Year End [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Bank Negara (BN) released second quarter 2009 (Q2) economic data August 26 showing a better than expected year-on-year quarterly GDP contraction of just 3.9 percent. GOM policy responses since November 2008 to the financial crisis including cutting reserve interest r [...]	2009-08-28 08:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL EXIM MY
09KUALALUMPUR734	OPPOSITION WINS ANOTHER BY-ELECTION, NOW 7 OF 8 [...] (U) Voters handed the opposition People's Alliance (PR) coalition another victory on August 25 by electing an Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) candidate into a recently vacated State Assemblyman's seat in the state of Penang. Mohd Salleh Man defeated his United Malays National Organization (UMN [...]	2009-09-02 08:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR752	BANK MELLAT/FEEB DEMARCH DELIVERED TO BANK NEGARA [...] (S) Econcouns delivered ref A demarche on FEEB xxxxxxxxxxxx emphasized that BN and LOFSA took their supervisory role seriously, and that Malaysia approved the FEEB license and would allow it to operate as long as there was no evidence that FEEB was in contravention of any relevant law and was not s [...]	2009-09-11 09:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PINR PTER MY
09KUALALUMPUR771	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 10:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MY PGOV ECON PREL PMIL
09KUALALUMPUR772	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER ANWAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the Embassy on September 14, opposition coalition Peoples Alliance (PR) leader Anwar Ibrahim told the Ambassador that, in line with reports in the blogosphere, he had met with Prime Minister Najib Razak alone for about two hours in early August. Najib had said tha [...]	2009-09-18 04:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	MY PGOV PREL
09KUALALUMPUR78	NAJIB LEADS TAKEOVER OF OPPOSITION-HELD STATE [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Najib and his ruling UMNO party have succeeded in retaking the state government of Perak, one of five under opposition People's Alliance (Pakatan) control after the March 2008 election. The Najib-led takeover followed the defection of three Pakatan state assembly me [...]	2009-02-06 09:04:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR80	MALAYSIA SCENESETTER FOR VISITS OF SENIOR U.S. [...] (C) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Malaysia at a juncture that offers new prospects in the bilateral relationship. Malaysia has cautiously welcomed the new U.S. Administration as it approaches its own leadership transition in late March. Malaysia is an economically successful, relatively [...]	2009-02-06 10:37:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PTER ECON OVIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR822	MALAYSIAN VIEWS ON IRAN COVERT NUCLEAR ACTIVITY [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Polcouns and Poloff met with Bala Chandran Tharman, Under Secretary for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Multilateral Affairs, and Shazryll Zahiran, Principal Assistant Secretary in the MFA,s Disarmament and Non-Proli [...]	2009-10-09 06:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR828	REALIST ISLAMIC POLITICS IN KELANTAN [...] (C) Summary: Kelantan, Malaysia's least-developed and most conservative Muslim state, has been governed by the opposition Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) for the last 20 years. Its relative poverty has led to jibes such as that from Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin on October 6 that Kelantan [...]	2009-10-19 02:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON GTIP MY TH
09KUALALUMPUR835	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 28, 2009; 12:30 p.m.; The Ambassador's residence; Kuala Lumpur. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Keith Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Directorate of National Intelligence Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Ma [...]	2009-10-22 05:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV MY CH
09KUALALUMPUR837	PM NAJIB LEADS UMNO PARTY CONVENTION WITH FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) At the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) annual general convention, October 13-16, Prime Minister Najib was successful in pressing for several important reforms of the party's constitution. The number of delegates who will elect the next UMNO President (i.e., the Prime Minister [...]	2009-10-22 07:14:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR863	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 28, 2009; 10:00 a.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Putrajaya. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Keith Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Directorate of National Intelligence Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot [...]	2009-10-27 08:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV PHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR886	SARAWAK: NATIONAL FRONT'S "SAFE DEPOSIT" SECURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An October 12-14 visit by Pol counselor to Sarawak -- known as a ruling National Front's (BN) "safe deposit" because BN can count on retaining political control of its 31-member Parliamentary delegation -- reinforced the view that Sarawak remains firmly in the ruling coalition's [...]	2009-11-02 10:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON MY
09KUALALUMPUR887	Malaysia: 2010 Budget Calls for Big Spending Cuts [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Najib unveiled Malaysia's 2010 budget on October 23. The GOM aims to achieve a dramatic reduction in its budget deficit from an expected 7.4 percent of GDP in 2009 to 5.6 percent of GDP in 2010. The GOM projects lower revenues due to reduced 2009 profits in their [...]	2009-11-02 23:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EPET MY
09KUALALUMPUR906	MALAYSIA: GTIP STAFF VISIT, AUGUST 15-21 [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: G/TIP officer Janet Zinn visited Malaysia from August 15 to 21 to review several programs currently receiving funding from G/TIP. She was joined by G/TIP officer Jane Sigmon for meetings on August 21. The visit included three days of NGO meetings with the Internat [...]	2009-11-10 07:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR913	MALAYSIA: REFORMING THE INTERNAL SECURITY ACT? [...] (C) Summary: In September the Malaysian government conditionally released five suspected terrorists detained under the country's Internal Security Act (ISA),which permits law enforcement authorities to detain for up to two years (with extensions possible)persons deemed a threat to national se [...]	2009-11-13 05:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINS MY
09KUALALUMPUR928	MALAYSIA: AUSTRALIANS, UK AND JAPAN SHARE CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: At a private lunch hosted by the Australian High Commissioner in honor of visiting GoA Special Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism Bill Paterson November 11, there was consensus among the participants, to include Ambassador Keith, the UK High Commissioner (HC),and the Japanese that [...]	2009-11-18 02:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ETTC PARM PGOV PREL IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR937	NON-PRO/EXPORT CONTROL MEETING WITH MALAYSIAN MFA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 02:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC EXBS ECON PARM PTER PGOV PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR943	CUBA: MALAYSIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (C) Summary: Per Ref A request, this message provides post's analysis of Malaysian policies and actions with respect to Cuba, for use in assessing whether to waive Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. There has been no substantive change since Ref B. Malaysia does not have significant economic or [...]	2009-11-20 08:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC MY PREL
09KUALALUMPUR956	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY ADMIRAL [...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. You will be participating in the Airpower and Maritime Conferences and meeting high ranking defense officials not only from Malaysia, but from other countries around the world who are participating in this year's Langkawi Intern [...]	2009-11-25 09:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR957	AUSTR WEISEL DISCUSSES TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (TPP) AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysian trade officials expressed interest in the Trans Pacific Partnership during meetings with Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Barbara Weisel on November 17, but noted that, having been focused on the bilateral FTA, Malaysia had not yet seriously considered whe [...]	2009-11-27 00:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD OTRA MY
09KUALALUMPUR958	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Madam Ambassador, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. U.S.-Malaysia relations are changing across a wide range of bilateral and multilateral settings. In his first seven months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-o [...]	2009-11-30 09:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PREL PGOV GTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR980	AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women,s Issues Verveer met with a wide range of public and private sector representatives during a December 3-4 visit to Kuala Lumpur. Accompanied by Ambassador Keith, Special Advisor Wenchi Yu, and Embassy officers, Ambassador Verveer discussed Mal [...]	2009-12-09 23:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO KTIP PGOV PHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR981	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY SPECIAL [...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. U.S.-Malaysia relations are changing across a wide range of bilateral and multilateral settings. In his first eight months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach [...]	2009-12-09 23:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR991	MALAYSIA: CIMB BANK ACTIONS AGAINST IRANIAN FRONT [...] (S) Summary: Following up on Iran related discussions with visiting Treasury officials last month, Malaysian CIMB Bank VP of Risk Monitoring, Shamsuddin Ali Hussin (Shamsuddin),shared information with econoff on action CIMB has taken against accounts possibly linked to Iranian front companie [...]	2009-12-11 09:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	EFIN ETRD ETTC IR KNNP MY PINR PTER
09KUWAIT1003	KUWAIT CHARGING FULL PRICE FOR JET FUEL [...] (C) As part of our review of potential outstanding issues for the -- now postponed -- Joint Military Commission, post wants to follow-up on reftels (particularly Ref A request for guidance to which a response was never received) and provide an update on the status of Kuwaiti fuel allocations fo [...]	2009-10-20 03:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR EPET PREL KU
09KUWAIT1009	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL CASEY (OCTOBER 25-58, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Casey to travel to post from Oct 25-58, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985-1697 Fa [...]	2009-10-22 10:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IR
09KUWAIT101	KUWAITI BILL OFFERS HOPE TO PRIVATE SECTOR FOREIGN [...] (U) In a rare show of parliamentary progress and a possible first step to updating the 1964 labor law, on January 29, Kuwait's National Assembly voted 43-0 to approve the first draft of a labor bill for foreign workers in the private sector. On February 10-11, the National Assembly will take [...]	2009-02-04 09:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU
09KUWAIT1013	KUWAITI FEMALE MP FIGHTS FOR RETURN TO COEDUCATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 13:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KISL KU
09KUWAIT1017	KUWAIT: MEASURED BUT REAL PROGRESS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary: Based upon concerns expressed during Washington consultations, upon arrival at post in April 2008, Ambassador used her introductory calls on the senior Kuwaiti leadership to assess ways to improve Kuwait's CT performance. In May 2008, Post laid out a strategy for promoting gr [...]	2009-10-22 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KTFN KU
09KUWAIT102	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER (FEBRUARY 5-7, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Boehner to travel to post February 5-7, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2009-02-04 09:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ AF KU PK TU EI COUNTRY
09KUWAIT1021	MOVING KUWAIT TERROR FINANCE COOPERATION FORWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (S/NF) Summary: (S/NF) Post believes we have an opportunity to change the terms of the engagement with the GoK by widening the scope of the terror finance conversation to include all financial crimes. A constituency exists among t [...]	2009-10-26 12:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR KTFN KU
09KUWAIT1034	UNCLOGGING KUWAIT'S DRAINS [...] (C) Summary: On August 24, some 180,000 cubic meters of wastewater leaked into the streets and storm sewers of the affluent Kuwaiti neighborhood of Mishref before making its way into the Gulf, where it created an ongoing pollution problem that fouled miles of Kuwait's shoreline and persists t [...]	2009-10-29 08:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1035	COURT RULES FEMALE MPS DO NOT HAVE TO WEAR HIJAB [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 10:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1036	A BIG FOOTPRINT IN THE SAND: THE U.S. PRESENCE IN [...] (S) Summary and Comment: During the nearly two decades since U.S. and Coalition forces liberated Kuwait, a robust USG presence -- military and civilian -- has become virtually a fixture here. This posture has been encouraged by a welcoming host government that has seen its own long-term secu [...]	2009-10-29 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL UNGA KU
09KUWAIT1038	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL CAMMACK (NOVEMBER 2-7, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Cammack to travel to post Nov 2-7, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-1697 [...]	2009-10-30 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT1039	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL CAMMACK (NOVEMBER 2-7, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Cammack to travel to post Nov 2-7, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-1697 [...]	2009-10-30 14:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT105	MFA U/S DEFENDS KUWAITI ARAB ECONOMIC SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: On February 2, MFA U/S Khaled Al Jarallah met with Ambassador to offer the GoK,s perspective on the results of Kuwait's January 19-20 Arab Economic Summit, and the sharp differences that were evident between the "Doha" and "moderate" camps with regard to Gaza. The Amir contribut [...]	2009-02-04 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ECON PREL KPAL EAID KU
09KUWAIT1051	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL PRICE (NOVEMBER 7-9, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Price to travel to post Nov 7-9, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-1697 Fa [...]	2009-11-04 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ EI KU JO BA NO LE
09KUWAIT1063	REACHING OUT TO THE JAHRA "FRONTIER": BRIDGING [...] (C) Summary. On October 22, as part of post's initiative to expand Embassy outreach beyond the traditional "walls" of Kuwait (ref a),Ambassador Jones visited Jahra, Kuwait's second largest city (after Kuwait City) and met with its Governor Shaykh Mubarak Al-Humoud Al Sabah. Jahra, around 50 [...]	2009-11-10 09:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT1070	FORMER GTMO DETAINEE MOVED TO REHAB CENTER [...] (C) Kuwaiti Psychiatrist and Al-Salam Rehabilitation Center board member Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghuloum confirmed to poloff November 10 that former GTMO detainee Khalid Al-Mutayri was recently transferred from a military hospital to the Salam rehabilitation center within the Central Prison and is [...]	2009-11-10 13:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG KU
09KUWAIT109	GOK FINESSING OF KUWAIT AIRWAYS CASE SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary inquiries debate about the terms of a possible settlement between Kuwait Airways Corporation(KAC) and Iraq have highlighted a major disconnect between the GOK and KAC. GOK MFA Undersecretary Jarallah affirmed that the Amir had intended to resolve the issue during si [...]	2009-02-05 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR ECON IZ KU
09KUWAIT1090	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MERKLEY (NOVEMBER 22-25, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL MERKLEY to travel to post from NOV 22-25, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Larry Carson ISU Management Officer Office: +965-2259-1545 Cell: +965-9983-5 [...]	2009-11-18 12:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
09KUWAIT1094	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MURTHA (NOVEMBER 22-23, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Murtha to travel to post Nov 22-23, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 998 [...]	2009-11-18 15:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU EI TC IT
09KUWAIT11	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- UPDATE ON KUWAITI MEDIA COVERAGE [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Monday, January 5, all Kuwaiti Arabic and English language print dailies continued to publish headlines and pictures related to the ongoing situation in Gaza. In addition to the continued front page news updates, a number of Editors-in-Chief offered editorials [...]	2009-01-06 07:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
09KUWAIT110	THE INTERIOR MINISTER'S REMEDY FOR TERRORISTS: [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a February 3 meeting in their ongoing dialog on US-Kuwait CT cooperation, Kuwaiti Minister of Interior Shaykh Jaber al-Khalid Al Sabah discussed with Ambassador US and Kuwaiti efforts to locate and apprehend terror financiers (including Mohammed Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Al-Ali, [...]	2009-02-05 16:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINR KU IR
09KUWAIT1106	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL BARRASSO (NOVEMBER 24-27) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL BARRASSO to travel to post from NOV 24-27, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy Point of Contact is: Control Officer: Garth Hall Political Officer Office: (965) 2259-1690 M [...]	2009-11-23 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
09KUWAIT1107	PM MAKES SURPRISE TRIP TO IRAN; AMIR MAY FOLLOW [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's Prime Minister led a high-level delegation to Tehran on November 21-22 for a short-notice visit that served multiple purposes. While the visit was hyped in glowing terms in the Iranian press, the Kuwaiti reaction has been more muted, and post,s interlocutors point to mi [...]	2009-11-23 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP IR KU
09KUWAIT1112	KUWAIT PM RAISED NUCLEAR CONCERNS DURING TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary: The GOK maintains a consistent position regarding Iran's nuclear program and that is that Iran has the right of any state to pursue a peaceful, transparent civilian energy program, but does not have the right to develop a program with military applications, according to MFA's Ira [...]	2009-11-24 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR KU
09KUWAIT1119	KUWAITI MINDEF GREENLIGHTS KC130J SALES [...] (C) Kuwaiti MinDef Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al Sabah conveyed to Ambassador on November 23 his support for the long-delayed Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for the purchase of the KC130J aircraft. He attributed the delays in signing the LOA to bureaucratic and budgetary processe [...]	2009-11-25 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR KU
09KUWAIT1125	WHEN WILL KUWAIT HAVE ITS FIRST FEMALE JUDGE? [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 10:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN KMPI PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1130	KUWAITI SECURITY DIALOGUE PARTICIPATION [...] (U) The responses below are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) The United States and Kuwait participate bilaterally in two established dialogues: The Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) and the Joint Military Commission (JMC). Details on these dialogues are provided below. Gulf Security Dial [...]	2009-12-02 11:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KU
09KUWAIT1133	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL RICHARDSON (DECEMBER 4-7, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Richardson to travel to post from Dec 4-7, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985-1 [...]	2009-12-03 07:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF
09KUWAIT1135	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL Kostiw (December 5-8, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Kostiw to travel to post from Dec 5-8, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Robyn AbouZeid, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1203 Cell- (965)9961-4586 Fax [...]	2009-12-03 09:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IR AF AE
09KUWAIT114	KUWAIT ESTH UPDATE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 16. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's science and technology establishment is dominated by the government-funded Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and the non-governmental Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS). Wh [...]	2009-02-08 12:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV KU
09KUWAIT115	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL LANKLER(February [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Lankler to travel to post on February 22-26, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...]	2009-02-09 09:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IQ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT1151	KUWAITIS TALK IRAN, IRAN, AND ENERGY WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: On December 6, Kuwait's Prime Minister made a strong plea to visiting DoE DepSec Poneman to avoid any military option against Iran, noting that Kuwait would be one of the first countries affected by any attack. The FM meanwhile noted that only a unified front by the P-5 and other [...]	2009-12-10 08:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG SENV IR IZ KU
09KUWAIT1153	EMBASSY ENDORSES ARCENT DU CONTAINERIZATION PLAN [...] (S/NF) Incoming Kuwaiti Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Ahmad Al-Khalid Al Sabah has made resolution of the long-running depleted uranium (DU) round reside issue a top priority. In several conversations with OMC-K, most recently on December 9, he has indicated his desire to see the USG [...]	2009-12-10 11:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MOPPS KU
09KUWAIT1154	INTERPELLATION RESPONSE: HISTORIC DAY FOR ARAB [...] (C) Updating ref A's interpellation account, though tribalist and Islamist MPs secured late on December 8 the requisite 10 votes to call for a December 16 vote of non-cooperation against the PM, the initial public reaction to the marathon grilling of PM Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al [...]	2009-12-10 11:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1155	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL TAYLOR (DECEMBER 12-15, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL TAYLOR to travel to post from Dec 12-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985-169 [...]	2009-12-10 12:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ
09KUWAIT1158	U.S. SPEAKER, DR. REZA ASLAN SPEAKS TO KUWAITI AUDIENCES ON [...] (U) Summary: Dr. Reza Aslan, a well known Iranian-American scholar and author of several books on Islam, spoke to a diversified group of scholars, intellectuals, Islamic thinkers, officials and students from a wide range of political, economic and social backgrounds during his November 22-25 vi [...]	2009-12-13 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO ZR
09KUWAIT1177	KUWAIT PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE FOR WOUNDED YEMENIS [...] (U) Kuwaiti news media widely reported on December 12 the arrival in Kuwait for medical treatment of 20 Yemeni civilians allegedly injured by rebel fighting in Yemen's Saada province. Press accounts noted that the victims were transported from Yemen on a Kuwaiti medical evacuation aircraft. A [...]	2009-12-16 12:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU YM
09KUWAIT1178	SUCCESSFUL AML CONFERENCE OPENS DOOR TO GREATER [...] (C) Summary. As part of post's on-going engagement with the GoK on anti-money laundering and terror finance issues (Ref a),Embassy Kuwait and an interagency USG team from State, Treasury and Justice supported the National Anti Money Laundering (AML) Committee's third annual AML conference ( [...]	2009-12-16 12:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON
09KUWAIT1181	KUWAITI PM HANDILY SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) As widely predicted, Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah -- in a closed door session -- survived on December 16 a 35-13 (one abstention) parliamentary vote of non-cooperation (reftel). The lopsided victory, which only required a simple majority vote, reinfo [...]	2009-12-16 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1196	THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN KUWAIT: AN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Prepared by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and published in Al-Qabas Arabic daily newspaper on September 27, 2009, a recently completed report revealed that Kuwait's public school students ranked near the bottom on international standardized tests, despite the country's u [...]	2009-12-17 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO ZR
09KUWAIT1204	SATELLITE TV ATTACK ON KUWAIT,S TRIBALS PROMPTS BACKLASH [...] (C) In an apparent attempt to exploit the GoK's recent spate of widely-perceived victories over parliamentary Islamists and tribalists (refs A, B),former parliamentary candidate and liberal urbanite Mohammed Al-Juwaihel launched on December 18 a scathing media attack against Kuwaitis of tri [...]	2009-12-22 14:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR PGOV KU
09KUWAIT1212	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL McConnell (January 7-8, 2010) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL McConnell to travel to post from Jan 7-8, 2010. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Robyn Abouzeid, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1203 Cell- (965)9961-4586 Fax [...]	2009-12-28 05:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF KU UK
09KUWAIT1216	SATELLITE STATION OWNER DETAINED FOR SLANDERING [...] (U) A media brouhaha over remarks that former National Assembly candidate and owner of the Al-Sour statellite channel Mohammed Al-Juwaihel delivered on the air on December 18 (reported refs A and B) which were viewed as disparaging to Kuwaiti tribesmen -- and certain prominent tribalist MPs -- [...]	2009-12-29 09:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT123	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ROS-LEHTINEN (February [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Ros-Lehtinen to travel to post on February 17-20, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ [...]	2009-02-10 09:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT129	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PINGREE(February 14-15, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Pingree to travel to post on February14-15, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2009-02-11 12:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT135	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA (February 14-18, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Faleomavaega to travel to post on February 14-18, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Agnel Berry, ISU Coordinator Office- (965) 2259-1416 Cell- (9 [...]	2009-02-16 04:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IT KU
09KUWAIT14	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL KILDEE (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Kildee to travel to post January 8-12, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2009-01-06 10:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM EG CY KU IS CENTCOM EUCOM
09KUWAIT148	KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's Ambassador to Baghdad has expressed strong frustration over his inability to get the Iraqis to treat him or the range of bilateral issues with the seriousness that a normal state-to-state relationship should warrant. Iraqi insistence on treating all issues as part of a [...]	2009-02-19 15:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KU
09KUWAIT155	UNCC VISITS KUWAIT; OIL LAKES LINGER 18 YEARS [...] (C) KEY POINTS: -- A UN Compensation Commission Governing Council (GC) delegation including USG representatives visited Kuwait February 16-20 undertook its first visit to Kuwait, focusing on environmental remediation projects relating to Iraq's destruction of oil infrastructure in 1991. - [...]	2009-02-23 11:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET PREL EINV PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT159	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LYNCH(February 27-28, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Lynch to travel to post on February 27-28, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2009-02-24 10:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT161	OPPOSITION MPS SUSTAIN CALLS TO "GRILL" PRIME [...] (C) Though the Kuwaiti Parliament is on recess for the February 24-25 national and liberation holidays, this respite only delays until its March 3 reconvening the targeting of PM Shaykh Nasser for opposition grilling. The beleaguered PM, who has been out of the country for the past two weeks, [...]	2009-02-24 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT185	KUWAIT: COMMENTS FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (U) Kuwaiti government agencies significantly improved the level of IPR enforcement activity in 2008 compared to activities in 2007. Sharp executive legislative tensions, in several areas, will complicate GOK efforts to amend Kuwait's copyright law and bring it into full TRIPS compliance. Whil [...]	2009-03-03 11:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD KU
09KUWAIT186	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT WELCOMES U.S. RETURN [...] (C) POLCOUNS on March 2 delivered reftel demarche points informing Kuwait of a U.S. decision to resume participation as an active observer at the UN Human Rights Council and to discontinue participation in negotiations on the present draft outcome document for the Durban Review Conference. Dr. [...]	2009-03-03 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNHRC PHUM KU

09KUWAIT20	Amended COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL KILDEE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Kildee (to include LTG Eric Schoomaker and LTC James Pulliam, as per email received from CDR Glen Diehl) to travel to post January 8-12, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq c [...]	2009-01-08 11:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM EG CY KU IS CENTCOM EUCOM
09KUWAIT210	KUWAIT'S PARLIAMENTARY CRISIS MAY STALL LABOR BILL [...] (U) During the March 3-5 session, Kuwait's National Assembly discussed the new labor bill (Ref A) but was unable to vote it into law due to a lack of quorum. The Assembly postponed the vote until March 17, the next scheduled session. However, supporters of the bill are now concerned that the [...]	2009-03-10 09:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU
09KUWAIT212	GOK RENEWS REQUEST FOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOR ITS [...] (U) There is an action request in para 6. 2. (C) Refs A and B reported the GOK's request to the USG in October and November 2008 for limited time-frame logistics and security support to assist Kuwait's then newly confirmed Ambassador to Iraq, Ali Al-Mou'min, to travel from Kuwait to Baghdad [...]	2009-03-10 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT213	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO PAKISTAN'S IDP [...] (U) EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Hamad Bu Rahmah, Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Counselor on March 10. Rahmah was not aware of the UN and ICRC requests but said he would coordinate with the MFA Economic Department on the GoK response. He sai [...]	2009-03-10 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF PK KU
09KUWAIT214	KUWAITI MPS STILL PLUCKING THE DISSOLUTION TRIPWIRE [...] (C) With three motions now filed to grill the PM, the Amir finds himself increasingly pushed either to act in defense of his beleaguered nephew, PM Shaykh Nasser Mohammed, and the government he leads, or to yield to the will of the disruptive, agenda-driven MPs. A cloud of uncertainty looms [...]	2009-03-10 15:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT244	TRIBALISM AS A MOBILIZING FACTOR IN KUWAITI [...] (C) While impossible to appreciate fully within the narrow boundaries of a single Gulf state, tribalism -- a phenomenon that links many contemporary Kuwaitis to an age-old tradition of honor and mutual support in the face of external challenge -- is a central factor in Kuwait's socio-political [...]	2009-03-15 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SCUL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT245	RECIPROCAL AVIATION TAX EXEMPTION AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) EconCouns and Econoff met with Ministry of Finance Undersecretary Khalifa Hamada and Omar Welayti, Head of the Ministry's tax treaties section to discuss reengaging on a reciprocal aviation tax exemption agreement. They verbally confirmed that Ministerial [...]	2009-03-15 14:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN KTIA KU
09KUWAIT25	CODEL GRAHAM SHARES VIEWS WITH GOK ON IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a January 8 meeting, Senator Joe Biden, accompanied by Senator Lindsey Graham, briefed Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Jaber Al Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah on the U.S. political transition and cabinet formation process. In [...]	2009-01-12 09:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT258	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GCC ASSISTANCE FOR THE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Marwan Al-Ghanim, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development on March 17. Ghanim confirmed the Kuwait Fund had been designated by Amiri decree as the lead agency for distribution of GoK aid to Gaza. He said t [...]	2009-03-18 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KU
09KUWAIT26	OVERVIEW WITH MFA U/S ON JCSE, GAZA, ARAB ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, Ambassador briefed MFA U/S Khaled Al Jarallah on the Embassy,s upcoming Joint Combined Security Exercise. She also discussed the ongoing crisis in Gaza and urged GoK support for both UNRWA and the PA. Jarallah raised his concern that if the Gaza "disaster" continued [...]	2009-01-12 12:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER EAID ECON PHUM KU
09KUWAIT265	IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 25, [...] [S/NF] Qalibaf Planning to Deliver US Goods in Time for Election?: The Tehran Municipality's interest in US agricultural trade continues, but now appears driven by a more overtly political agenda. IRPO Officer and Dubai-based regional Ag Attache met for a second time with two UAE-based Irania [...]	2009-03-19 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT270	AMIR CONSTITUTIONALLY DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT; PM [...] (C) On the heels of a March 16 Cabinet resignation (reftel),Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah on March 18, citing the need to "safeguard the security and stability of the nation," ordered the dissolution of the National Assembly. The Amir also confirmed that the dissolution would be conducted in a [...]	2009-03-19 15:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT287	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TSONGAS (APRIL 5-8, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Tsongas to travel to post April 5-8, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]	2009-03-23 10:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AF AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT288	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL TSONGAS (APRIL 5-8, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Tsongas to travel to post April 5-8, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-5933 [...]	2009-03-23 10:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AF AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT289	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL TSONGAS (APRIL 5-8, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Tsongas for travel to post April 5-8, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-5933 [...]	2009-03-23 10:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AF AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT302	KUWAITI OIL MINISTER ON KDOW, FOURTH REFINERY, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Caretaker Oil Minister Shaykh Ahmed Al-Sabah told Ambassador that Kuwait's oil sector development plans (including the Al-Zour (fourth) refinery) would go ahead. He welcomed Dow's interest in continuing a partnership, though he cautioned that the K-Dow Joint Venture was "dead. [...]	2009-03-25 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV KU
09KUWAIT308	SYNERGY CONFERENCE LAUNCHES KUWAITI ELECTION SEASON [...] (C) A March 23-25 National Synergy Conference, hosted by Tanami, Kuwait's first women's political association, effectively launched Kuwait's two month electoral season, which will culminate with a May 16 vote for a new Parliament. The conference provided the venue for an open and free-rangi [...]	2009-03-26 16:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KWMN KU
09KUWAIT314	KUWAIT'S EMERGING AVIATION SECTOR [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Civil Aviation President Fawaz Al-Farah discusses growth in air and passenger traffic, KCIA expansion project and views on privatization of Kuwait Airways. -- Despite the economic slowdown, Kuwait's two new independent airlines appear to be thriving. -- Wataniya [...]	2009-03-31 13:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN
09KUWAIT316	SCENESETTER FOR AF CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL SCHWARTZ [...] (C) General Schwartz, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your visit will provide an excellent opportunity to engage with senior Kuwait military leaders as the bilateral relationship adapts to our changing profile in Iraq and new challenges in Afghanistan/Pakistan. Your in [...]	2009-04-01 04:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KU
09KUWAIT338	KUWAITI OIL MARKET UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation has announced plans to invest USD 82 billion over the next five years, split roughly evenly between the upstream and downstream sector in support of its long range development plans to increase crude oil production capacity to 4 million barrels per da [...]	2009-04-07 15:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV KU
09KUWAIT343	EMBASSY KUWAIT WELCOMES CODEL REED (APRIL 14-16, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Reed to travel to post, April 14-16, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Agnel Berry, ISU Coordinator Office- (965) 2259-1416 Cell- (965)9973-9854 H [...]	2009-04-08 07:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ PK AF AE
09KUWAIT352	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MICHAUD (APRIL 14-15, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Michaud to travel to post April 14-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-593 [...]	2009-04-12 08:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU
09KUWAIT367	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL VISIT TO [...] (C) Special Envoy Mitchell, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your visit represents the first official high-level engagement of Kuwait's leadership by the Obama Administration. We have requested meetings with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al Sabah and Fore [...]	2009-04-15 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KU JO
09KUWAIT372	AMIR LAYS DOWN THE LAW AS CAMPAIGN BEGINS [...] (C) Campaigning is officially underway for Kuwait's National Assembly election, scheduled for May 16. The country's relatively open democratic environment continues to allow for lively political events, but this campaign season the Amir and his interim government have signaled that they int [...]	2009-04-16 07:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KU
09KUWAIT414	KUWAIT WILL SUPPORT IMF/WB MEMBERSHIP FOR KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On April 26, Ambassador followed-up on her April 15 conversation with GoK Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah to encourage Kosovo recognition. Dr. Mohammed stated definitively that Kuwait would support IMF/WB membership for Kosovo. He noted, however, that Kuwait was not yet re [...]	2009-04-28 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN KV KU
09KUWAIT426	KUWAITI STUDENTS' TERRORISM TRIAL ANYTHING BUT "MOOT" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: "The experience of a lifetime" is how one Kuwaiti student characterized her participation in a course titled "Rhetorics of Cultural Dissonance" offered at the American University of Kuwait (AUK). This course was developed with USG-funding and aimed at countering the influence o [...]	2009-04-30 02:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SOCI PTER KU ZR
09KUWAIT446	KUWAIT OIL LAKES LIKELY TO LINGER MUCH LONGER [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation confirmed that 2009 is likely to pass without any action to remediate the 18-year old oil lakes affecting large areas of Kuwait,s desert. A cancelled tender process and political paralysis are largely to blame. A [...]	2009-05-04 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET PREL EINV PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT452	KUWAIT: LAYING FOUNDATIONS FOR THE NEW SILK ROAD? [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis notwithstanding, Kuwaiti business and political leaders are seeking to strengthen commercial ties between Asia and Kuwait. From agriculture to banking and from energy to real estate, Kuwait's deep-rooted and globalist mercantile establishment appears [...]	2009-05-05 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON KU
09KUWAIT462	KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ DESCRIBES SLOW [...] (C) During a May 4 call by POLCOUNS and Econoff on Ambassador Ali Al-Mou'min, Kuwait's Ambassador to Iraq, Al-Mou'min said that he has made progress in getting his mission up and running, but remains frustrated at the difficulty in getting his Iraqi counterparts to come to grips with the main [...]	2009-05-07 14:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
09KUWAIT477	KUWAIT MULLING END TO OIF JET FUEL SUBSIDIES [...] (C) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Managing Director Abdullatif Al-Houti said that there was a reasonable likelihood that Kuwait would discontinue its discount pricing for Jet A-1 fuel used by U.S. forces in their operations in Iraq. Houti said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minist [...]	2009-05-12 12:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EPET KU
09KUWAIT486	KUWAIT: KEEPING A WARY EYE ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti government officials and foreign policy analysts remain deeply suspicious of Iran's hegemonic ambitions, which they view as a serious threat to the Gulf region and the wider Middle East, and regularly raise the issue at senior meetings with USG officials, most recently wi [...]	2009-05-14 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KU
09KUWAIT493	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Ambassador Christopher Hill and Senior Advisor Mr. Gordon Gray to travel to post on Monday, May 18, 2009 for a meeting with Ambassador Deborah K. Jones. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply f [...]	2009-05-17 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC KU IZ
09KUWAIT499	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS -- PLUS FOUR [...] Summary and Comment. Initial results of Kuwait's May 16 parliamentary elections were announced in the early hours of Sunday, May 17. Due to the timing, Kuwait's print media on May 17 contained limited to no reporting on the vote tallies. Local dailies, however, distributed the latest news v [...]	2009-05-18 02:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM SOCI KU
09KUWAIT500	CORRECTED COPY: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: PARLIAMENTARY [...] Summary and Comment. Initial results of Kuwait's May 16 parliamentary elections were announced in the early hours of Sunday, May 17. Due to the timing, Kuwait's print media on May 17 contained limited to no reporting on the vote tallies. Local dailies, however, distributed the latest news v [...]	2009-05-18 05:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM SOCI KU
09KUWAIT502	KUWAIT CLAIMS TO BUILD TERRORIST REHAB CENTER, [...] (C) Summary. GOK interlocutors have advised us a long promised rehabilitation center for Islamic extremists -- mentioned by Kuwait's Prime Minister during his September 2008 meeting with Secretary Rice -- has been completed and could soon begin operations. The GOK, under significant domestic [...]	2009-05-18 12:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINR IR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT504	KUWAITI WOMEN SHATTER PARLIAMENTARY GLASS CEILING [...] (C) Frustrated by three years of political gridlock largely attributable to rancorous Sunni Islamists and perhaps hoping to avoid another parliamentary dissolution, Kuwait voters on May 16 elected a new National Assembly they hope will have better chances than the last two of working coopera [...]	2009-05-18 14:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT506	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: VOTERS CALLED FOR CHANGE, PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Summary and Comment. In Kuwait's May 16 elections, the Parliament gained four women and Islamists registered significant losses. Moreover, liberals and Shias increased their representation. One day after the results were announced, several Kuwaiti Arabic dailies editorialized about Kuwa [...]	2009-05-19 02:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM SOCI KU
09KUWAIT51	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL ARCANGELI (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for StaffDel Arcangeli to travel to post January 28-31, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2009-01-21 10:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU QA BA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT511	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LEAHY(MAY 23-24, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Leahy to travel to post on May 23-24, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the base. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9721-5933 Ho [...]	2009-05-21 07:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI FR IZ PK KU
09KUWAIT512	CORRECTED COPY: KUWAIT OIL LAKES LIKELY TO LINGER [...] (U) NOTE: This cable supercedes 09 KUWAIT 446, which was sent in error. Post apologizes for the confusion. END NOTE. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Officials from the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation confirmed that 2009 is likely to pass without any action to remediate the 18-year old oil [...]	2009-05-21 09:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET PREL EINV PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT514	KUWAIT SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO KEEP IRAQ UNDER [...] (C) Amiri Advisor Muhammad Abulhassan told Ambassador Hill, during a May 18 stopover in Kuwait, that the GOK is deeply worried about Iraq's campaign to disencumber itself from the UN Chapter VII mandate and is therefore seeking P-5 support. The GOK views continued UN leverage as essential in [...]	2009-05-21 15:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT515	TFFLU01: UPDATE ON KUWAIT H1N1 CASES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Army Central Command (ARCENT) officers report that 18 cases of novel type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed among U.S. military personnel transiting through, or assigned to, U.S. military installations in Kuwait. All these cases were mild and the affected personnel have recove [...]	2009-05-21 15:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT518	U.S. PROGRAMS PROPEL KUWAITI WOMEN TO GREEN CHAIRS [...] (C) Summary. In Kuwait's May 16 election, four U.S. educated women -- Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, Dr. Aseel Al-Awadhi, Dr. Rola Dashti, and Dr. Salwa Al-Jassar -- became the first women to win seats in Kuwait's fifty-member parliament. Embassy believes their electoral chances were significantly [...]	2009-05-21 15:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ELAB KWMN KMPI KPAO OEXC OIIP
09KUWAIT523	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LANGEVIN (MAY 25-26, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Langevin to travel to post May 25-26, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-5933 [...]	2009-05-25 10:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ BA AF TC GM
09KUWAIT558	KUWAIT'S STATELESS BIDOON: BACKGROUND AND RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary. For the past twenty years, Kuwait's 100,000 stateless Bidoon residents have been denied access to the free healthcare, education, and other welfare-state benefits enjoyed by Kuwaiti citizens. Demonstrating a growing social awareness of the plight of the Bidoon and a sensitivity [...]	2009-06-03 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL KU
09KUWAIT561	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL HOLDEN(JUNE 6-7, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Holden to travel to post on June 6-7, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)99721-5933 [...]	2009-06-04 11:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC KU AFIN IZ
09KUWAIT565	ACTION REQUEST: RECOMMENDED ENGAGEMENT ON [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 10. Key Points ---------- 2. (C) -- Currently the Council of Ministers is seriously considering ending discount pricing for Jet A-1 fuel supplied to the U.S. military for use in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Council is awaiting recommenda [...]	2009-06-04 12:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EPET KU
09KUWAIT57	K-DOW AFTERMATH: LITIGATION LOOMS; HINTS OF HOPE [...] (C) Summary: In the two weeks since the demise of the K-Dow joint venture between Dow Chemical and Kuwait's Petroleum Industries Company(PIC),the project remains a lead item in local news reports including those covering recent intense parliamentary debate on the issue. Although PIC official [...]	2009-01-22 11:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EIND EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT571	WORDS VS. DEEDS: KUWAITIS REACT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an informal discussion held at the Ambassador's residence, a group of 13 Kuwaiti academics and political and media figures offered thoughtful commentary on President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. The overall theme was that this was a "good start" but the "proof was in the [...]	2009-06-08 03:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL SOCI KU ZR
09KUWAIT573	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JUNE 4 CAIRO [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Kuwaiti media reaction to the President's June 4 speech to the Muslim world from Cairo vacillated between gushing enthusiasm and calls for action, often within the same article. While some editorials described the speech as historical, balanced and very positive, others [...]	2009-06-08 10:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT578	KUWAIT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS STILL PRELIMINARY [...] (SBU) On June 4, Econcouns used the fact sheet on the U.S.-UAE Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (123 Agreement) to discuss Kuwait's plans for peaceful nuclear energy with Dr. Nader Al-Awadhi, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) Deputy Director General for Information and Kuwait's Nat [...]	2009-06-09 09:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP SENV PREL KU
09KUWAIT587	ICRC'S BRAINSTORMING SESSION ON MISSING PROVIDES [...] Capitalizing on the positive atmospherics of the June 1 Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee meeting (ref A),ICRC assembled a panel of forensics experts for a June 7 "brainstorming session" on ways to accelerate the search for the missing -- on both sides of the border -- from the [...]	2009-06-11 10:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT59	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- JANUARY 20 INAUGURATION [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Thursday, January 22, all the Arabic and English dailies continued to publish headlines and pictures about the January 20 Inauguration Day ceremony. In addition to the front-page coverage, many columnists commented positively on the event from different perspec [...]	2009-01-22 13:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
09KUWAIT608	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP WITH NEW MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-21 15:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU
09KUWAIT619	KUWAIT ECONOMIC UPDATE - JUNE 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: -Despite high profile defaults, Kuwait continues to be spared most of the ravages of the global financial crisis. S&P recently reaffirmed its "AA-/A-1 " ratings, citing Kuwait's "robust external balances." -Current oil prices will likely produce a budget surplus [...]	2009-06-24 09:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EPET KU
09KUWAIT623	INTERIOR MINISTER PRESENTS HIMSELF WELL IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT631	SCENESETTER FOR AA/S FELTMAN VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) Dear AA/S Feltman, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your arrival comes at an interesting moment, with a newly elected National Assembly already testing the government's resolve through the "grilling" of a senior Al Sabah minister. Your visit will provide an excellent [...]	2009-06-25 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV IZ IR KU
09KUWAIT633	KUWAIT H1N1 LESSONS LEARNED -- WALKING THE LINE [...] (C) Summary: Reports of multiple H1N1 influenza cases among U.S. military personnel in Kuwait in mid-May strained U.S.-Kuwait relations and threatened the seamless monthly flow of 50,000 OIF troops. Emboffs and senior Army officers worked diligently to maintain GOK trust in the USG's ability [...]	2009-06-28 03:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU MARR MOPS AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO
09KUWAIT639	KUWAIT'S AID TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary and Key Points ---------------------------- -- The Kuwait Red Crescent (KRC) has made preparations to provide Pakistani Internally Displaced Persons with 20,000 tents and 10,000 packages of foodstuffs, cooking ut [...]	2009-06-28 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID PHUM PREL PK KU
09KUWAIT643	KUWAIT-FRANCE NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde visited Kuwait June 20-21 for the twelfth meeting of the Kuwait-France Joint Economic Committee. Local media and wires played up French-Kuwaiti nuclear cooperation both from her talks with the Amir and from the concurrent visit by represe [...]	2009-06-29 06:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL EINV ETRD ECON ECIP ENRG KU FR
09KUWAIT645	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL HUTCHISON(JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Hutchison to travel to post on June 30-July 1, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9 [...]	2009-06-29 12:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC KU
09KUWAIT66	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TIERNEY (JANUARY 29-30, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Tierney to travel to post January 29-30, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2009-01-26 03:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI HU KU PK QA COUNTRY
09KUWAIT67	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SMITH (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Smith to travel to post January 31- February 1, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/e [...]	2009-01-26 03:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT675	AA/S FELTMAN MEETING WITH AMIRI ADVISOR REVIEWS [...] (C) Summary: AA/S Feltman reviewed with Amiri Advisor Ambassador Mohammed Abulhassan on June 30 the state of play on the Kuwait - Iraq bilateral relationship and GOK expectations for an August 3 Amir - POTUS meeting in Washington. Abulhassan made clear that the Amir's (and the GOK's) highest [...]	2009-07-08 05:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT676	AA/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: During a June 30 meeting between the Prime Minister and AA/S Feltman, the PM: -- urged ongoing dialogue with Iran, despite recent events, and the avoidance of any military option, notwithstanding his pessimistic outlook on Iran's nuclear program and the prospects for any opening [...]	2009-07-08 05:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNC IR IZ PK KU
09KUWAIT690	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE (JULY 12-15, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Grove to travel to post July 12-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Larry Carson, ISU Management Officer Office- (965) 2259-1545 Cell- (965) [...]	2009-07-10 11:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU
09KUWAIT691	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE (JULY 12-15, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Grove to travel to post July 12-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Larry Carson, ISU Management Officer Office- (965) 2259-1545 Cell- (965) [...]	2009-07-10 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU
09KUWAIT708	MFA U/S REVIEW IRAQ, MEPP AND GTMO IN ADVANCE OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 16:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MASS PTER KPAL KU IR IZ
09KUWAIT714	INTERIOR MINISTER ON GTMO, RESHAPING HIS MINISTRY [...] S) SUMMARY A buoyant Minister of Interior, still basking in his recent victory over parliamentarian "grillers," told Ambassador July 7 that he had been given a mandate to reorganize, "discipline and focus" his ministry to deal with what "all now recognized" was a serious global terrorism thre [...]	2009-07-18 09:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PINR KU IZ
09KUWAIT723	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] Key Points: -- (C) Our bilateral mil-mil relationship with Kuwait is strong; active FMS cases amount to USD 8.1 billion and Kuwaiti AIK for OIF exceeds USD one billion annually; -- (C) While concerned about the security implications of a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the GoK will likely need con [...]	2009-07-20 15:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT724	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] Key Points: -- (C) Our bilateral mil-mil relationship with Kuwait is strong; active FMS cases amount to USD 8.1 billion and Kuwaiti AIK for OIF exceeds USD one billion annually; -- (C) While concerned about the security implications of a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the GoK will likely need con [...]	2009-07-21 05:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT728	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL BARRASO(July 24-27, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Barrasso to travel to post from July 24-27, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985 [...]	2009-07-21 10:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT731	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LYNCH(July 25-26, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Lynch to travel to post from July 25-26, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985-16 [...]	2009-07-22 08:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IS IZ
09KUWAIT735	KUWAIT FUND SUPPORT TO AFGHANISTAN STALLED DUE TO [...] (U) Poloff and Econoff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Follow-up Department Counselor Abdulla Mehdi July 20. Mehdi agreed to review the points with Ambassador Khalid Maqamis, Head of Follow-up and Coordination Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and provide a respon [...]	2009-07-22 12:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL AF KU
09KUWAIT738	SCENESETTER FOR THE AMIR OF KUWAIT'S AUGUST 3 [...] (C) The President's August 3 meeting with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah offers an opportunity to reaffirm the importance we attach to our bilateral relationship at a time when the U.S. drawdown from Iraq, efforts to move Iraq out from under Chapter VII sanctions, and concern abou [...]	2009-07-22 15:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CVIS ECON IR IZ KU
09KUWAIT753	S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN APPLAUDS RECENT KUWAITI [...] (C) Summary. S/CT Ambassador-at-large Daniel Benjamin was warmly received by Kuwaiti officials July 26. Key points: - (C) S/CT Benjamin applauded the GOK's intensified efforts on CT over the past six to nine months, as well as continued GOK focus on ensuring force protection for the lar [...]	2009-07-30 10:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN KU PTER PGOV
09KUWAIT754	EMBASSY KUWAIT'S PROMOTION OF DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIM [...] (U) Summary. Regarding Ref A's tasking on the Consultative Process for Muslim Engagement, future events planned by Embassy Kuwait include the following five programs: -- Arab-American Science Partnership -- Alternative Energy Applications Conference -- American Diwaniya -- Food for Thought A [...]	2009-07-30 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KISL SCUL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT755	INTERAGENCY GTMO TEAM HAS SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO [...] (S/NF) An interagency team representing DoD, State, DoJ, and GRPO visited Kuwait July 26-27 to discuss GOK preparations in the event that any or all of Kuwait's remaining four GTMO detainees should be transferred, and to tour the purpose-built "Al-Salam Center" rehabilitation facility and rev [...]	2009-07-30 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT759	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL BISHOP(AUG 4-6, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Bishop to travel to post on August 4-6, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9986-169 [...]	2009-08-02 05:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AE GM
09KUWAIT760	GEN PETRAEUS AND KUWAITI DCOS ON IRAN, IRAQ, CT, [...] (S) CENTCOM Commander GEN David Petraeus, accompanied by Ambassador, engaged in a wide-ranging exchange on the evening of July 22 with Kuwaiti Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS) LTG Ahmed Khalid Al Sabah. Key Points: -- (C) On Iraq, General Petraeus said the USG appreciates Kuwait's [...]	2009-08-02 06:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT761	GOK ON TIP ACTION PLAN: ANTI-TIP LAW LIKELY TO [...] (SBU) Key points: -- The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) expressed confidence that an anti-TIP draft law will be approved by the National Assembly in the Fall. -- The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) now expects lengthy delays before construction can begin on a 700-bed shelter for d [...]	2009-08-02 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN SMIG ELAB KCRM KU
09KUWAIT762	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MURPHY-MCKEON(AUGUST 7-9, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Murphy-McKeon to travel to post from August 7-9, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965 [...]	2009-08-02 11:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM AF QA KU TU IZ
09KUWAIT789	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (AUGUST 14-16, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL McCain to travel to post August 14-16, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-169 [...]	2009-08-11 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EI AF KU IZ LY MU AE YM
09KUWAIT79	KUWAIT'S WITHERING BOURSE, POPULIST POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Investor confidence in Kuwait has gone from bad to worse in recent weeks. Many Kuwaiti investors had expected a new year rally in stock prices -- instead, the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) is down almost 20% since January Â [...]	2009-01-29 10:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KU
09KUWAIT790	GOK ADDS AL-BATHALY TO THE REHAB CENTER MIX [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Post received a diplomatic note August 10 from the Kuwaiti MFA reiterating the GOK's long-standing request for the return of the four Kuwaiti nationals held at Guantanamo Bay, and outlining the procedures to be followed by the GOK in the [...]	2009-08-11 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT793	KSS ARRESTS SIX FOR PLOTTING TERROR ATTACK [...] (S/NF) Acting on shared intelligence as well as on its own suspicions, Kuwait State Security (KSS) forces have arrested six Kuwaiti men -- in whose possession were home-made explosives and guns -- for planning attacks on Camp Arifjan -- a vital logistics hub that is home to thousands of U.S. [...]	2009-08-12 15:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL KU
09KUWAIT812	KUWAIT WEDDING FIRE KILLS 43; AMIR CONDOLES, [...] (U) At 9:20pm on August 15, a fire broke out at a Kuwaiti wedding tent which killed 43 women and children and injured 90 others. According to local press reports, the ex-wife of the groom confessed to setting the fire, which consumed the entire structure -- which had only one exit for just und [...]	2009-08-17 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT822	MFA U/S: TERRORIST THREAT HITS HOME; KUWAIT HOLDS [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah told CDA August 18 that Kuwait desired closer CT cooperation with the USG, "particularly now that it is clear Al-Qaeda has begun to target Kuwait." CDA expressed appreciation for Kuwaiti action in thwarting the terrorist plot against US military personn [...]	2009-08-19 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL IZ KU
09KUWAIT827	FM CONVOKES P3 TO LAY OUT KUWAITI POSITION ON [...] (S) FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah convoked French Ambassador and US and UK CDA's August 20 to make the following points: -- Kuwait appreciates the strong affirmation of UNSCR 833 by P3 states. -- Kuwait is seeking to be flexible in its approach towards Iraq, as called for by UNSYG Ban K [...]	2009-08-20 16:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT834	TSA REVIEWS KUWAITI AIRWAYS [...] (U) Summary and Key Issues. On August 17, Ian Ross, International Industry Representative, Transportation Security Agency (TSA),briefed Econcouns and RSO on his meetings with Kamil Al-Awadhi, Head of Safety, Security & Emergency Response, Kuwaiti Airways (KA) and Fareed Al-Qattan, Deputy He [...]	2009-08-24 05:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PTER PGOV PREL KU
09KUWAIT836	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL BORDALLO(AUGUST 24-25, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Bordallo to travel to post from August 24-25, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)99 [...]	2009-08-24 07:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ BA AF QA
09KUWAIT876	WASTEWATER GATHERINIG FACILITY FAILS: KUWAITIS [...] (C) Summary: In what has become yet another domestic political football, accusations of governmental incompetence and corruption are flying over a malfunction at a major wastewater pumping station in the tony residential district of Mishref. The ongoing sewage spill, which began on or about A [...]	2009-09-02 11:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV KU
09KUWAIT877	INTERIOR MINISTER ON REHAB CENTER, RECENT TERROR [...] (S) Summary: A focused Interior Minister told the Ambassador September 2 that he supported further cooperation on CT. Accepting the Ambassador,s congratulations on rolling up a Kuwaiti group planning attacks against Camp Arifjan and Kuwaiti targets, Shaykh Jaber clearly heard the Ambassador, [...]	2009-09-02 15:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV SNAR PINR KU IR
09KUWAIT884	WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LEVIN (SEPT 3-4, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Levin to travel to post September 3-4, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-169 [...]	2009-09-03 10:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT885	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GARVEY (SEPT 4-6, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Garvey to travel to post September 4-6, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985 [...]	2009-09-03 10:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT888	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK GOALS FOR ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) POLCOUNS on September 07 raised reftel points concerning the upcoming (September 09-10) Arab League Ministerial with MFA Arab World Department Counselor Salah Al-Mutairi. Al-Mutairi, while noting that he had not received much information about the ministerial agenda from his chain of comm [...]	2009-09-07 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AL KU
09KUWAIT89	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S JANUARY 26 Al-ARABIYA [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Thursday, January 29, no Kuwaiti dailies offered commentaries on President Obama's January 26 television interview with Al-Arabiya. The interview was covered in an extremely positive light by the State-run Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) on January 27, and picked up [...]	2009-02-01 06:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EINO OPRC KMDR XF KU MEDIA REACTION
09KUWAIT894	DELAYED MEGA PROJECT NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION: [...] (SBU) Summary and Key Points. On September 3, Econoff met with Engineer Adel Abdullah Al-Torke, Chief of Mega Projects Sector, Ministry of Public Works (MoPW)to discuss the status of the Bubiyan port project. Key points discussed: - Status of the Bubiyan port project: project delayed by on [...]	2009-09-08 12:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ENGR EWWT ELTN ECON KU
09KUWAIT898	MFA USEC ON IRAQ, IRAN, PEACE PROCESS AND SECURITY [...] (C) MFA Undersecretary Khalid Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador September 7 that Kuwait had heard via UN sources that Iraq is now willing to cooperate on the issue of maintenance of land border markers. Jarallah added that Kuwait would shortly welcome an Iraqi delegation here to work on the iss [...]	2009-09-09 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KU IZ IR
09KUWAIT903	GOK ESTIMATES H1N1 CASES EXCEED 16,000 [...] (C) Summary: While publicly reporting over 1,600 confirmed H1N1 influenza cases, the GOK's Ministry of Health (MOH) privately estimates that over 16,000 citizens and residents have been, or are, infected with the virus. There have been five fatalities, all relating to individuals with pre-ex [...]	2009-09-10 12:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU MARR PREL TBIO KPAO KU

09KUWAIT917	IRANIAN JAMMING OF IBB SERVICES INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Summary: This cable provides additional information on Iranian jamming of USG International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) transmissions (ref B). Recent months have seen a significant increase in Iranian efforts to jam satellite transmissions of Voice of America (VOA) Persian News Network (PN [...]	2009-09-16 09:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	OIIP BBG KPAO PREL KU IR
09KUWAIT918	DOG DAYS OF SUMMER? BRIEF TEMPEST OVER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A brief media tempest over misinterpreted remarks the Ambassador delivered August 27 to the Middle East Institute in Washington highlights the enduring divide here between the monied/cultured merchant elite and increasingly populous and powerful tribal conservatives. [...]	2009-09-16 11:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT942	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK ALSO DESIRES STABLE IRAQ, [...] (C) Polcouns on September 28 raised reftel points urging regional governments to support Iraq in the run-up to January 2010 elections with Salah Al-Mutairi, Counselor in MFA's Arab World Department. Mutairi fully acknowledged the importance for Iraq and for the region in obtaining a good, "de [...]	2009-09-28 14:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KU
09KUWAIT948	PROMINENT MP DRAFTS NATIONAL UNITY LAW, CALLS FOR [...] (U) This is an action message - see para. 9. Summary: --------- 2. (C) In a rare, but cogent unification strategy to counter the increasingly disruptive influence of tribalists in parliament, prominent moderate MP and Foreign Relations Chair Marzouq Al-Ghanem is re-forming the def [...]	2009-09-30 08:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT949	REGIONAL DOJ ATTACHE DISCUSSES FUGITIVE/BRIBERY [...] (C) Summary: During a September 29 meeting, Cairo-based Department of Justice Attach Jeffrey Cole, accompanied by RSO and Poloff, turned over to Ministry of Justice Counselor Najeeb Mulla Mohammed files pertaining to the case of Munirah Al-Tarrah, a fugitive Kuwaiti/U.S. dual citizen sought in [...]	2009-09-30 11:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN KTIA KCRM KU
09KUWAIT951	MOSAL CONTINUES TO MONITOR RAMADAN CHARITABLE [...] (C) Summary. Econ Couns met with Nasser Al Ammar, Director of Charity and Donation Organizations, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MoSAL),on September 28, 2009 to discuss the outcome of this year's Ramadan collections audit as recent Kuwaiti news leaks cited violations in charitable col [...]	2009-09-30 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KU PREL PTER PGOV
09KUWAIT958	TRIBAL/URBAN DIVIDE UNDERLIES DEBATE OVER RAMADAN [...] (C) Summary: Government attempts to censor programs parodying senior government figures and Kuwait's parliament during the recent Ramadan season (which traditionally functions as something of a "Sweeps Season" for Kuwait's public and private TV channels) aroused extensive criticism from media [...]	2009-10-04 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KU
09KUWAIT959	WRITING ON WALL FOR TARASOV MANDATE [...] (C) Ambassador Gennady Tarasov, UN High-Level Coordinator for the repatriation of Kuwait's missing persons and archives, expressed to Ambassador on October 5 his concern that an end to his mandate in June 2010 would be perceived by Kuwait as a mass surrender by UN officials to political exped [...]	2009-10-06 11:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV MARR KU IZ
09KUWAIT967	KUWAIT NEEDS THE IOCS [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti Minister of Oil Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah briefed Ambassador on Kuwait's oil expansion plans during the opening of the 3rd International Energy and Petrochemical Exhibition. He told the Ambassador -- and the press -- that Kuwait needed to bring in International Oil Companies (IOCs) [...]	2009-10-08 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG KU
09KUWAIT982	THE KUWAIT BANKING SECTOR: 2009 PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's banking sector, the third largest in the GCC after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, comprises 18 financial institutions, including market leaders National Bank of Kuwait (NBK),and Kuwait Finance House (KFH),the second largest Islamic bank in the world. With [...]	2009-10-14 10:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT985	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL NOBLET (OCTOBER 16-18, 2009) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Noblet to travel to post from Oct 16-18, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985 [...]	2009-10-15 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU JO IR GE
09KYIV1	RUSSIA CUTS OFF GAS TO UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Naftohaz officials confirmed that supplies of Russian gas had decreased substantially on January 1. The cutoff came despite Ukraine's insistence that it had paid more than $2 billion of its gas debt. In a joint statement, President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minis [...]	2009-01-01 17:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV1023	FAILURE OF COALITION TALKS HURTS TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) Opposition leader Yanukovych's June 7 withdrawal from talks on forming a "national unity" coalition with Prime Minister Tymoshenko's BYuT faction left Tymoshenko vulnerable as her supporters learn details of concessions that she made in the negotiations. Tymoshenko's denials that she had b [...]	2009-06-12 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1024	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Your June 19-20 visit to Ukraine comes in the midst of a severe economic crisis and an increasingly tense political environment ahead of presidential elections in 2010. The gas supply and transit contracts signed by Naftohaz and Gazprom in January 2009 increased transparency so [...]	2009-06-12 16:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV1071	RADA COMMITTEE WELCOMES ANTI-CORRUPTION LEGISLATION [...] (U) ON JUNE 3, DRAFT BILLS ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY PUBLIC SERVANTS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) THRESHOLD COUNTRY PROGRAM (TCP) FOR UKRAINE MET WITH AN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE RESPONSE IN A HEARING BEFORE THE RA [...]	2009-06-22 13:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UP
09KYIV1086	UKRAINE: COURT BRINGS BACK 13 PERCENT IMPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's Constitutional Court issued a ruling on June 24 that could reinstate a 13 percent tariff surcharge on a wide range of imports. The Court struck down portions of a law that had given Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers authority to tinker with the 13 percent surcharge measu [...]	2009-06-25 14:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV1091	GERMAN, POLISH FOREIGN MINISTERS' ROCKY VISIT [...] (C) The German and Polish Foreign Ministers visited Kyiv on June 17 to push political cooperation in dealing with the economic crisis and the need for stability in gas transit to Europe. President Yushchenko unexpectedly put off the meeting with the FMs, sending them (unwillingly) sightseeing [...]	2009-06-29 17:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP GM PL
09KYIV1092	UKRAINE: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES GAS [...] (C) Summary. During a June 19-20 visit to Kyiv, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Ambassador Richard Morningstar urged senior Ukrainian officials to begin reforms in the energy sector in order to build confidence with both European and Russian partners. In meetings with PM Tymoshenko, Energy [...]	2009-06-30 08:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV1093	AUSTR WILSON'S VISIT TO UKRAINE: PORK BAN LIFTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant U.S. Trade Rep (AUSTR) for Europe and the Middle East Chris Wilson visited Kyiv June 22-23. AUSTR Wilson delivered a positive message on our desire to expand bilateral trade and investment. The GOU gave us some good news, lifting a ban on U.S. pork put in place due t [...]	2009-06-30 12:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV117	UKRAINE: DETAILS AND QUESTIONS ON GAS DEAL STILL [...] (C) Summary. As natural gas supplies reach normal levels in Ukraine and other countries in Europe, more details on the gas deal have been released by the Prime Minister, the President, the Minister of Energy, various members of the Presidential Secretariat and Naftohaz officials. At present, [...]	2009-01-21 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1204	FORMER FM TARASYUK ON RUSSIA, POLITICS [...] (C) Former Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk, like other Western oriented Ukrainians, is looking for further reassurance that the "re-set" of relations with Russia will not come at Ukraine's expense. Tarasyuk regards Medvedev's security proposal as an effort to divide Europe from the US. He see [...]	2009-07-17 16:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1259	SPECULATION SOARS WITH ARREST OF GONGADZE MURDER SUSPECT [...] (SBU) The recent arrest of former police general Oleksiy Pukach, a key suspect in the 2000 murder of investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze, has many hoping that he will reveal who ordered this high-profile murder. Gongadze's widow told the press that senior officials from the Kuchma admi [...]	2009-07-29 13:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV UP
09KYIV1264	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER'S VISIT TO UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Your August 6-8 visit to Kyiv follows by two weeks that of the Vice President, who reassured Ukrainians that the "reset" of U.S. relations with Russia would not come at Ukraine's expense. The Vice President also called on Ukraine's leaders to put their antagonisms aside and move forward [...]	2009-07-30 14:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL RS UP
09KYIV1271	UKRAINE: FEWER SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL STUDENTS IN 2009, BUT [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (U) Summary: Between January and June, Post interviewed 8288 Ukrainian university students aspiring to participate in the summer work and travel and camp counselor (SWT) program in the U.S. The number of SWT applicants was approximately 14 percent lower tha [...]	2009-07-31 14:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CMGT ECON UP
09KYIV1310	ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS STIR CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Election law amendments passed in late July at a special Rada session have drawn criticism from both the President's office and the NGO community. Changes to the law limit the scope and timing of court appeals, make it easier to exclude NGO election observers and increase the financial r [...]	2009-08-07 17:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV134	UKRAINE: MORE ANSWERS TO GAS DEAL UNKNOWNS [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian daily Ukrainska Pravda posted on January 22 what it claimed to be a copy of the gas supply contract signed by Ukraine and Russia on January 19. Because the gas supply contract was supposed to remain confidential neither our Ukrainian nor Russian governmental contacts co [...]	2009-01-23 14:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1345	UKRAINE MINFIN ON BANK RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Ministry of Finance confirmed to us that recently nationalized UkrHaz and Rodovid banks, the 17th and 20th largest in Ukraine respectively, would soon receive new management and supervisory boards. The period of temporary administration would be extended at a third G [...]	2009-08-13 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV140	FAULTLINES IN UKRAINE'S BANKING SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF representatives indicated to us that the first diagnostic audits of Ukraine's banking sector were completed on January 22. In the IMF's view, the audits show that none of Ukraine's seventeen largest banks has enough capital to meet an expected deterioration of loan portfol [...]	2009-01-23 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1472	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ FOREIGN DEBT LIKELY TO BE [...] (C) Summary. Naftohaz's $500 million Eurobond, due September 30, will likely be restructured into a new $1.75 billion bond instrument backed by a sovereign guarantee. The new instrument would also incorporate $1.25 billion in bilateral debt that Naftohaz owes to four foreign banks that come [...]	2009-08-28 17:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL EREL EPET ECON ENRG UA
09KYIV1495	UKRAINE TRADE DEFICIT SHRINKS IN H1 2009 [...] (U) Summary and comment: Recently released government of Ukraine (GOU) statistics show the trade deficit narrowing 93% in the first half of 2009, with exports falling by 46.8% and imports by 53.4%. The government reported that the hardest hit import sector continues to be automotive, declining [...]	2009-09-02 09:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV UP XH
09KYIV1518	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PROMISES A "GAS CHRISTMAS" [...] (SBU) Following talks with Russian Prime Minister Putin in Poland on September 1 (Ref A),Prime Minister Tymoshenko stated that Ukraine would not experience a gas crisis this January. Tymoshenko also stated that the gas transit fee charged to Russia's Gazprom would increase in 2010, contradict [...]	2009-09-04 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1547	13% TARIFF SURCHARGE ON AUTOS AND REFRIGERATORS [...] (U) Summary. The tariff enacted by the GOU in February 2009, which applied a 13% surcharge on imports of cars and refrigerators, has expired as scheduled on September 7th. End Summary. 2. (U) Using Ukraine's trade deficit as a justification, the GOU had enacted a 13% tariff measure in Febr [...]	2009-09-11 13:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1557	NATIONAL BANK CAUGHT IN UKRAINIAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary. The ongoing dispute between Ukrainian government authorities and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) escalated this week, when the Ministry of Interior interrogated NBU deputy governor Anatoliy Shapovalov over recent fluctuations of the hryvnia exchange rate. Controversial Inte [...]	2009-09-11 15:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1604	BLOCKADE PARALYZES RADA [...] (C) The Rada has not held a regular session since its September 1 scheduled re-opening. Party of Regions MPs have physically blocked the rostrum. Seeking to appeal to voters in the run-up to the January presidential election, the Party of Regions demands passage of a bill that would raise so [...]	2009-09-17 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1607	Impact of Crisis: Ukrainians Suffering, But Not Rioting [...] (U) Summary. Real GDP contraction -- estimated to be 12%-15% for 2009 as a whole -- accumulating wage arrears, and a growing shadow economy have set Ukraine back in its economic development to the level of 2003, according to former Finance Minister Victor Pynzenyk. Despite increased hardship [...]	2009-09-18 12:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN
09KYIV1611	CONCERNS ON UKRAINE'S 2009 BUDGET DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Extensive government manipulation of the budget and coerced advance payment of corporate taxes have kept Ukraine in the black so far this year, but revenue from these measures is exhausted and the Government of Ukraine (GOU) has numerous outlays in the balance of the year. Anal [...]	2009-09-18 15:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1615	JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIA'S START [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Proliferation Head Oleksander Bondarenko on September 14. Bondarenko thanked the U.S. for following up with Ukraine, and asked whether we had shared the same information with other Treaty signatories. He took the opportunity to raise now-familiar [...]	2009-09-21 16:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM START UP
09KYIV1656	UKRAINE: NO EXPECTATIONS FOR A GAS PRICE INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. Despite apparent renewed pledges from Prime Minister Tymoshenko to the IMF that a 20 percent gas price increase for households would take place on October 15, the message from our Ukrainian interlocutors is that a gas price increase will not happen. Vitaliy Hayduk, head of Tymos [...]	2009-09-29 08:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV166	UKRAINE: EBRD TO SEEK EUROPEAN RESPONSE TO BANKING CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. EBRD senior advisor Piroska Nagy told us on January 28 that her bank hopes to establish a common European response to the banking crisis in Ukraine and elsewhere in central and eastern Europe. The EBRD would take equity stakes in, or provide debt financing to, the Ukrainian sub [...]	2009-01-28 14:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV167	UKRAINE: NBU GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (SBU) Summary. National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh may be on his way out. In a legally meaningless yet politically important move, the Rada voted to oust Stelmakh on January 26. The Rada's actions have incited a fresh round of accusations between Prime Minister Yulia T [...]	2009-01-28 16:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV1687	FRAUD SUMMARY-KYIV, UKRAINE [...] (SBU) The following is post's semi-annual fraud summary for the period March 1, 2009, through August 30, 2009. 2. (SBU) Country Conditions: As reported in the previous fraud summary cable (ref B),Ukraine is experiencing a severe recession, with a 14 percent expected decline in annual GDP fo [...]	2009-10-01 05:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV169	CORRECTED COPY: UKRAINE: NBU GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY [...] (SBU) Summary. National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh may be on his way out. In a legally meaningless yet politically important move, the Rada voted to oust Stelmakh on January 26. The Rada's actions have incited a fresh round of accusations between Prime Minister Yulia [...]	2009-01-29 07:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV1703	U.S.-UKRAINE BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary. The next round of the U.S.-Ukraine Council on Trade and Investment, scheduled to be held in Washington on October 14, will provide an important venue to address the broadest range of economic issues with Ukrainian counterparts. Issues of concern to U.S. business include Ukrain [...]	2009-10-02 07:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TBIO USTR OPIC UP
09KYIV1727	YATSENYUK: LOSING MOMENTUM IN PRESIDENTIAL BID [...] (C) Summary. Presidential contender Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who saw a surge in popular support in the spring, now appears to be losing ground in the pre-election environment in Ukraine. Latest public opinion polls move him squarely to third place from the statistical tie he held for second place [...]	2009-10-05 15:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1740	UKRAINE-RUSSIA: IS MILITARY CONFLICT NO LONGER [...] (C) Recent Russian actions have spurred a public discussion within the Ukrainian elite about Russian intentions toward Ukraine. The most systematic contribution to the debate has been made by former National Security Advisor Volodymyr Horbulin, who believes that internal Russian considerati [...]	2009-10-08 12:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PNAT UP RS
09KYIV1777	EXTORTION, BRIBES, AND THREATS: A KYIV BANKER'S [...] (C) Summary. Second-tier oligarchs and members of the Ukrainian parliament are extorting from the country's banks and threatening bankers, said a representative of Austrian-owned Raiffeisen Aval. The powerful borrowers act with impunity, having paid off the court system to evade their debt [...]	2009-10-15 17:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1780	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ REFORMS UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with Naftohaz Chairman Oleh Dubyna and PM Tymoshenko Energy Advisor Vitaliy Hayduk in late September both stated that the structural reform of the gas sector was unlikely, even unnecessary. Dubyna stated that he would not support the unbundling of Ukraine's gas tra [...]	2009-10-16 13:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1818	UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF [...] (C) With the start of the Ukrainian Presidential campaign, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Tymoshenko are clearly in the lead to enter the second round. Arseniy Yatsenyuk remains the lone second-tier candidate in the race, although his slumping poll numbers, down more [...]	2009-10-19 17:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS UP
09KYIV1822	MINSK: OPEN TO ROAD MAP DISCUSSION WITH THE USG, [...] (C) Summary: The President's Chief of Staff, Vladimir Makey, reaffirmed to Charge on October 14 the desire of Belarus to craft a Road Map with the USG on improving US-Belarus bilateral relations. He said they welcomed a fluid discussion with the PA in the lead on the Belarusian side. Makey [...]	2009-10-20 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
09KYIV1826	BRAINS BEHIND TYMOSHENKO'S BANKING DECISIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite his modest title at Ukraine's Ministry of Finance, Timur Bagirov has emerged as an intellectual force in the Tymoshenko government. By his own account, he serves as the Prime Minister's personal advisor on banking sector issues and is often asked to explain detailed fin [...]	2009-10-20 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1832	PRICE FREEZE IMPOSED ON MEDICINES AND MEDICAL [...] (U) Summary. Ukraine's parliament has enacted a new law fixing prices of imported medicines and medical products at their July 1, 2008 levels. Prices of domestically produced medicines would be regulated by the GOU under the legislation. Industry analysts expect the law would negatively impa [...]	2009-10-21 14:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON UB
09KYIV1835	KYIV POPULISM COULD TRIGGER "FISCAL DEVASTATION" [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's shaky IMF program took another direct hit, after the Rada (parliament) enacted legislation to significantly increase budget spending for pensions and public sector wages. The IMF said the measure would lead to "fiscal devastation," while the World Bank estimated an [...]	2009-10-21 15:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1837	UKRAINE: DIVERSIFYING THE NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's energy dependence on Russia is not limited to gas. Russia provides 100% of Ukraine's nuclear fuel and stores 60% of its spent fuel, while Ukraine's nuclear sector generates approximately half of the country's electricity. U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) assistance to [...]	2009-10-22 14:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1878	IMF AT ANOTHER UKRAINE IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations between the IMF and Ukrainian authorities appear to have stalled over a bloated budget and the uncertain fate of a new social spending law which, if signed by the President, would represent a "red line" for the Fund. According to the IMF's Kyiv-based resident repre [...]	2009-10-27 15:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1900	UKRAINE: DEATH TOLL AND PANIC RISING WHILE POLITICIANS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ukrainian government appealed for international help on November 1 as the official death toll from flu and respiratory infections reached 60, with at least 13 of those deaths caused by the A-H1N1 virus. The government is implementing unprecedented measures to combat the out [...]	2009-11-02 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP
09KYIV1915	UKRAINE: FIGHTING THE FLU WITH GARLIC AND ONION [...] (U) Summary. In a broadcast to the nation on November 4, President Yushchenko accused his political rivals of criminal negligence for their handling of the H1N1 outbreak. Prime Minister Tymoshenko, one of the "accused", did not help her case when she on the same day publicly indicated that sh [...]	2009-11-05 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP
09KYIV1916	NBU REFUSES TO CONCEDE ON NAFTOHAZ AND UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will continue to refuse to monetize government of Ukraine debt, despite a near empty GOU treasury and "psychological pressure" from Russia to make payments to Gazprom. In the NBU's view, the GOU will have enough resources via special IMF alloc [...]	2009-11-05 16:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1920	UKRAINE BUDGET MEASURE: A DARKER SHADE OF RED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Rada (Ukraine's parliament) adopted amendments to the 2009 budget that will allow implementation of the so-called social standards law. The move is likely to further destabilize Ukraine's partnership with the IMF, whose mission team had walked away from Kyiv in October, de [...]	2009-11-06 13:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1942	U.S.-UKRAINE NONPROLIFERATION MEETINGS SEPTEMBER [...] (S) Summary: Highlights of this semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine nonproliferation dialogue include: --Ukraine gave an inconsistent answer on the question of transferring HEU spent fuel to Russia. --Ukraine asked for additional security assurances beyond those provided in Budapest in 1994, and was intereste [...]	2009-11-09 12:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM PREL KNUC UP
09KYIV196	PARTY OF REGIONS REACTS TO GAS DEAL [...] (C) Party of Regions shadow Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko publicly called the recent gas deal between Ukraine and Russia "a betrayal of national interests." Regions MPs believe the economics of the deal favor Russia and will be a blow to Ukrainian industry. They dismissed the removal o [...]	2009-01-29 13:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1981	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ OPTIONS FOR GAS PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is expected to need about $1 billion to cover gas purchased from Russia in November and December. Prime Minister Tymoshenko has called on President Yushchenko to allow the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to make its foreign currency reserves available for the gas payments. [...]	2009-11-13 11:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA RU
09KYIV1984	WAKING UP TO UKRAINE'S FISCAL NIGHTMARE [...] (C) Summary. Payment delays have begun in Ukraine's regions and will get much worse in December 2009. January and February 2010 will be even darker, with no near-term causes for optimism in sight. Analysts from the IMF, World Bank, and EBRD ominously predict that, while social payments wil [...]	2009-11-13 13:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1989	UKRAINE'S IPR AGENCY FACES EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary. Upon receiving information that Ukraine's State Department of Intellectual Property (SDIP) was facing the possibility of elimination, Emboffs met with its chairman, Mykola Paladiy, to discuss the situation. The SDIP also briefed Emboffs on the status of new copyright legislation [...]	2009-11-13 14:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR UP
09KYIV199	DNIPROPETROVSK: HUNKERING DOWN FOR ECONOMIC SLIDE [...] (SBU) Poloff met with local government and political leaders and political analysts during a two-day visit to Dnipropetrovsk (DP). They reported that DP is calm for now, but an expected surge in layoffs and ineffectual government anti-crisis measures could result in large-scale unrest and po [...]	2009-01-29 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON UP
09KYIV1990	UKRAINE: H1N1 UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. With the flu epidemic spreading across Ukraine, President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko continue to blame each other over the response to the outbreak. Yushchenko vowed on Wednesday to veto a bill, pushed through the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) by Tymoshenko, that woul [...]	2009-11-13 15:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP
09KYIV2021	CONCLUDING THE SAGA OF UKRAINE'S MOST TROUBLED BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. Nadra Bank, the much troubled Ukrainian financial institution, may be close to finalizing a deal with at least 75% of its external creditors, who hold $570 million of Nadra's total debt. Nonetheless, the Ukrainian government is giving signals that it could be changing tack and [...]	2009-11-20 04:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV204	UKRAINE'S CASE THAT IT DID NOT IMPEDE GAS SUPPLIES [...] (C) Summary and comment. A week after gas supplies have resumed to Ukraine and countries westward, the question of whether Ukraine or Russia is responsible for stopping supplies is still being raised. A close look at developments in the first week of January, however, shows that Russia was t [...]	2009-01-30 08:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV2057	MORE UKRAINE BUDGET DRAMA [...] (SBU) Summary. After weeks of dithering, Ukraine's parliamentary budget committee approved hundreds of proposed amendments, only to see the draft 2010 budget get voted down in the Rada (Ukraine's parliament) on a floor vote. This orchestrated maneuver, designed to further delay the review pr [...]	2009-11-25 13:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV2064	UKRAINE CONSIDERING BIOTECH BAN [...] (U) Summary. Ukrainian legislators have crafted new legislation that, if adopted, would institute a complete ban on importation and domestic production of genetically modified (GM) materials in Ukraine, overriding previous laws regulating trade in GM products. Research on public sentiment indi [...]	2009-11-25 14:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO UP
09KYIV2102	TYMOSHENKO'S IMF SALVAGE OPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko dispatched Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria and Acting Finance Minister Umanskiy to Washington for meetings with IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and high-level USG officials. Bearing a Letter of Intent (LOI) with three signatures -- [...]	2009-12-07 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2114	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS; YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) Ambassador presented his credentials to President Yushchenko December 7. In the monologue that followed, Yushchenko asserted that Ukraine is facing the most serious challenge to its sovereignty since the fall of the USSR. The pro-Russian policies of PM Tymoshenko and Regions party leader [...]	2009-12-08 14:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UP RS
09KYIV2115	FALL OF YATSENYUK LETS TYMOSHENKO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Political observers, rival campaigns and internal advisers of Front of Change head Arseniy Yatsenyuk agree he has no hope of progressing to the second round of the January/February 2010 presidential election. Once considered by many disenchanted voters as the new western-leaning reform-mi [...]	2009-12-09 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP RS
09KYIV2116	EARLY RADA ELECTION TO FOLLOW PRESIDENTIAL VOTE? [...] (C) President Yushchenko and leading presidential candidates are calling for early parliamentary elections to quickly follow the January 17 Presidential contest. Opposition leader and presidential front-runner Yanukovych believes that early Rada elections could swing control of parliament to h [...]	2009-12-09 10:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2124	YANUKOVYCH ACOLYTES PREACH ECONOMIC ORTHODOXY [...] (C) Summary. Viktor Yanukovych's top economic advisors are counseling liberal market reforms, despite the Party of Regions' pre-election populist appeals. Shadow Minister of Finance Mykola Azarov and shadow Minister of Economy Iryna Akimova separately told embassy officers that Yanukovych as [...]	2009-12-10 14:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP
09KYIV2127	CHERNIVTSI AND THE 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: [...] (C) The presidential race in Chernivtsi Oblast, as in Ukraine as a whole, is boiling down to a contest between PM Yuliya Tymoshenko and front-runner Viktor Yanokovych of the Party of Regions (PoR). Despite the oblast's traditional "orange" orientation, the main concerns of voters -- the stat [...]	2009-12-10 14:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP RO
09KYIV2133	UKRAINE'S "SCARE TACTICS" OVER IMF LOAN [...] (C) Summary. Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier told Econoff on December 11 that GOU representatives deliberately misled Ukrainian and international media outlets into believing that Ukraine had met the IMF's "primary demands" for releasing a fourth loan tranche. Alier reitera [...]	2009-12-14 12:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2138	TYMOSHENKO'S UPHILL BATTLE [...] (C) PM Yuliya Tymoshenko continues to lag behind Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych in opinion polls for the January/February Presidential election -- and the gap, ten points or more, may be widening. President Yushchenko's daily attacks on Tymoshenko are hurting her with her base in [...]	2009-12-15 18:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2140	DPM NEMYRIA'S CASE FOR UKRAINE IMF TRANCHE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria made a strong pitch to the Ambassador for the disbursement of a fourth IMF loan tranche to Ukraine. He talked of unreasonable IMF demands for the passage of a 2010 budget, explained why the central bank could not monetize for budget and gas payments [...]	2009-12-16 13:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2147	UKRAINIAN FINANCE MINISTRY GRIM ON BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. In preparation for DPM Nemyria's talks with IMF officials on December 17 and 18 (ref A),the GOU's top budget experts met with Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier to reconcile revenue and expenditure figures for 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. Talking separatel [...]	2009-12-17 13:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2165	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO RUNS ON POPULIST ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the presumed heir of the Orange Revolution's reform banner, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has not made a liberal economic platform a part of her current campaign for Ukraine's presidency. Instead, her platform promises a strong role for the state, both in the social secto [...]	2009-12-17 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP
09KYIV2168	ALFA BANK CONFIRMS NAFTOHAZ SYNDICATED LOAN TALKS [...] (C) Kyiv-based Alfa Bank executive Ivan Yurik confirmed to Econoff on December 18 that Russian banks were in final-stage negotiations over a syndicated loan to Ukrainian state energy company Naftohaz. The loan would likely cover Ukraine's January 7 and February 7 payments to Gazprom, Yurik b [...]	2009-12-18 12:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2170	RUSSIAN BANKS ACTIVE IN UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Summary. While other foreign-owned banks have shrunk their balance sheets, deep-pocketed Russian banks have expanded and increased their market share in Ukraine. VTB Bank (formerly Vneshtorgbank) and Vnesheconombank (VEB),two Russian state-owned banks, have made several high profile a [...]	2009-12-18 13:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON UP XH
09KYIV2175	YANUKOVYCH READY FOR RESET WITH RUSSIA, EU [...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions head and presidential front-runner Yanukovych told the Ambassador that he welcomed international observation of the January 17 election. International observers will help ensure presidential candidates adhere to the law and prevent falsification. Yanukovych warn [...]	2009-12-21 13:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2182	UKRAINE: SPACE DEAL WITH BRAZIL UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary. During his December visit, Brazilian President Lula de Silva announced that Ukraine and Brazil would move ahead to launch the Ukrainian-designed and built Cyclone-4 space launch vehicle from Brazil's Alcantara launching pad. Ukraine and Brazil signed a cooperation agreement in 20 [...]	2009-12-22 14:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA ETRD ECON BR UP
09KYIV2219	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ SEES PAYMENT DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary. Naftohaz Chairman Oleh Dubyna told the Ambassador on December 24 that without IMF funds, Naftohaz will have difficulty making the January 11 payment for December gas purchases. Dubyna appealed for the Ambassador to ask the IMF to instruct Ukraine's National Bank to issue $2 bill [...]	2009-12-29 13:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EREL PGOV UA RU
09KYIV227	UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER'S SECRET PREDICTIONS [...] (SBU) In a leaked letter to PM Tymoshenko, Ukraine's Minister of Finance Viktor Pynzenyk has predicted the "very real" possibility of Ukraine's total economic collapse. Internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda published the classified document, addressed to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the [...]	2009-02-02 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV228	TYMOSHENKO ASKS FOR USG ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary and action request: Prime Minister Tymoshenko during a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador asked for both economic and political support as she grapples with Ukraine,s current crisis. She asked specifically for: 1) a USG bilateral budget support loan to help Ukraine address [...]	2009-02-02 16:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EU PGOV PREL PU UP
09KYIV229	UKRAINE ASKS A GUARDED IMF TO SUPPORT A BUDGET [...] (C) The IMF told the Ambassador on February 1 that the GOU says it cannot run a balanced budget this year. It has asked the IMF for flexibility on this key conditionality of the $16.4 billion loan package, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, head of the IMF mission performing the first formal review of the l [...]	2009-02-02 16:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD ECON PREL XH UP
09KYIV243	UKRAINE'S BANKS SQUEEZED PRIOR TO RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's banking sector troubles are among the IMF and World Bank's foremost concerns amidst a deepening financial crisis. Short of liquidity and with worsening loan performance by the day, banks are awaiting a decision by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and the GOU on a f [...]	2009-02-05 04:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV249	UKRAINE: CHANCES FOR OPIC'S RETURN FADE AS GOU ADDS NEW [...] (SBU) The chances of OPIC returning to Ukraine soon have faded after the GOU introduced new requirements into the proposed settlement. For over a year, OPIC has been negotiating with Tasko Corp., a private firm that the GOU designated to settle the outstanding OPIC claim on its behalf, and lat [...]	2009-02-05 15:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV250	UKRAINE'S TIGIPKO: ONCE AND FUTURE NBU CHIEF? [...] (SBU) Summary. In a statement that may presage his return to higher office, former National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor, Rada deputy, and influential commercial banker Sergey Tigipko declared on February 5 that the economic crisis in Ukraine is being consciously prolonged. He blamed inept [...]	2009-02-05 16:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV256	UKRAINE: IMF APPEALS TO G7, EU TO FINANCE BILLION [...] (C) On February 5 IMF Mission Director Ceyla Pazarbasioglu told the G7 and EU ambassadors that Ukraine faces a $3.75 to $6.25 billion budget shortfall this year. She appealed to the ambassadors for direct financial support for Ukraine's budget, arguing that Ukraine had no other options to fina [...]	2009-02-06 13:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ECON PREL XH UP
09KYIV258	TYMOSHENKO SURVIVES NO CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko on February 5 survived a no-confidence vote in parliament organized by the opposition Party of Regions. Regions MPs said that they pushed for the vote despite knowing beforehand that it would not pass because the party had to demonstrate to its voters opposition [...]	2009-02-06 14:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV288	UKRAINE'S PENSION SYSTEM: A TICKING TIME BOMB [...] Summary: Ukraine's financially-unsustainable pay-as-you- go pension system is a leading contributor to the GOU's current budget crisis. A special payroll tax is meant to finance this pension system, but, despite excessively burdensome tax rates, every year the government must pay more and mor [...]	2009-02-11 15:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EFIN ECON UP
09KYIV292	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: GOU, Embassy, and industry representatives discussed efforts to combat counterfeit agrochemicals at a February 10 IPR Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting, a follow up to the last ECG meeting held in November. GOU interlocutors recognized the danger presented by counterf [...]	2009-02-12 11:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EAGR SENV UP
09KYIV295	UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk abruptly resigned on February 12. As announced on the Ministry of Finance website and confirmed by Pynzenyk's special assistant, Pynzenyk did not "see any sense" in staying on "without influence" in the government. His assistant sta [...]	2009-02-12 14:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV305	PARTY OF REGIONS' INTERNAL DIVISIONS [...] (C) Party of Regions -- Ukraine's main opposition party -- is internally divided among competing political and business groups controlled by former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, former Finance Minister Azarov and oligarchs Rinat Akhmetov, Dmytro Firtash, and Andriy Kluyev. The Firtash gr [...]	2009-02-13 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV311	TIGIPKO TAPPED UKRAINE CRISIS COORDINATOR [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko told the Ambassador on February 11 that he has accepted a position as PM Yulia Tymoshenko's Deputy Prime Minister for economic affairs. Tigipko's daunting task will be to coordinate the GOU's anti-crisis efforts, reaching across political divides that have thus fa [...]	2009-02-13 14:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV337	KHARKIV'S LESSON FOR KYIV: STOP BICKERING, START [...] (SBU) In the face of the mounting economic crisis, Kharkiv Oblast political leaders have set aside long-running political rivalries and started to work together. The cooperation spans the political spectrum and has provided political cover for such unpopular measures as tranport fare increase [...]	2009-02-19 11:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV338	UKRAINE: TIGIPKO'S READY, BUT STILL NO DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko (a.k.a. Serhiy Tyhipko, see note on name transliteration in paragraph 6) told Econoff on February 19 that he is still being considered for a high-level position in Yulia Tymoshenko's government, though the situation remains fluid and no decisions on ministerial po [...]	2009-02-19 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP

09KYIV349	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT SIGNS LAW TO RAISE IMPORT [...] (U) Summary: President Yushchenko on February 20 signed into law a bill that will impose a temporary, 13 percent increase in customs duties for a large number of imported goods. The law will come into effect in less than two weeks, and is scheduled to last six months. Supporters of the law h [...]	2009-02-23 13:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV360	IMF COMPROMISE WOULD LEAVE SEVERE UKRAINE BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine faces a glaring budget gap this year, even if it meets all IMF conditionalities and introduces severe budget discipline. The GOU has thus far failed to complete "prior actions" articulated by the IMF, necessary before the Fund can pay out the next tranche of its $16.4 bi [...]	2009-02-24 12:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV38	GAS CRISIS: ORANGE RIVALS APPEAR UNITED [...] (C) Thus far at least, Orange rivals PM Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko have shown a unified front in the face of the gas crisis with Russia. They signed off on a joint statement January 1 and sent a unified team, with a pre-agreed upon position, to Brussels January 8 for talks with Gazpr [...]	2009-01-08 16:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD RS UP
09KYIV395	STAFFDEL SOCHA HEARS CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffdel Socha visited Kyiv February 19 and 20 to explore questions of regional security, Euro-Atlantic integration, and the effects of the financial crisis. Ukrainian officials emphasized concerns about Russia's more assertive foreign policy and the thr [...]	2009-02-27 17:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PARM UP RS
09KYIV399	UKRAINE IPR: 2009 SPECIAL 301 -- POST INPUT [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy recommends that Ukraine remain on the Special 301 Watch List. Ukraine has continued to make progress on IPR enforcement and therefore does not warrant a return to the Priority Watch List, but the GOU still has work to do before we should consider remo [...]	2009-03-02 11:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
09KYIV40	NO GAS YET, GOU SAYS IT GETS SHORT END OF MONITORING DEAL [...] (SBU) Early on January 11 the GOU signed the three-party agreement with the EU and Russia that should lead to a resumption of Russian gas deliveries to the EU. The thin document specifies that experts from the three sides will monitor the transit gas pipeline in both Russia and Ukraine. As of [...]	2009-01-11 16:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV404	UKRAINE'S DYSFUNCTIONAL CONSTITUTION: REFORM [...] (C) There is at least one thing, despite their many differences, that most Ukrainian politicians can agree on: the current Ukrainian constitution is in need of reform. There is also general agreement that the unclear delineation of powers between the presidency and prime minister/parliament is [...]	2009-03-02 15:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
09KYIV406	RADA OUSTS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On March 3, PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction delivered the decisive votes to oust Foreign Minister Ohryzko, a President Yushchenko ally. Opposition Party of Regions and the Communists initiated the measure. BYuT's coalition partners Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) and Speaker Lytv [...]	2009-03-03 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV421	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS GAZPROM AND AVOIDS A NEW CONFLICT, [...] (SBU) On March 5 Naftohaz paid Gazprom in full for gas delivered in February. The payment of $360 million averted a possible repeat of the recent gas crisis after Russia had threatened to cut off deliveries if Naftohaz failed to pay by the March 7 deadline. Naftohaz paid despite its worsening [...]	2009-03-06 11:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS UP
09KYIV427	UKRAINE: FIRTASH RETURNS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian oligarch and RosUkrEnergo (RUE) co-owner Dmytro Firtash asked again to see the Ambassador on March 3 to discuss the conclusion of the recent gas crisis, the state of RUE following the crisis, and his views on the political landscape ahead of the January 2010 presidential [...]	2009-03-06 15:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV EPET PINR PREL RS UP
09KYIV428	POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN UKRAINE'S MURKY JUDICIAL [...] (C) Ukrainians continue to view their judicial system as corrupt and open to political influence. The courts remain chronically underfunded, while judicial immunity and lifetime appointments for judges insulate their decisions. PM Tymoshenko is widely seen as controlling the Supreme Court, whi [...]	2009-03-06 16:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
09KYIV429	NEW NATO/EU COORDINATION BUREAU FINDING ITS ROLE [...] (C) Vadym Triukhan, Director of the newly formed Coordination Bureau for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration within the Cabinet of Ministers, recently outlined for Embassy his vision of the group's role in the existing network of often overlapping NATO/EU-focused inter-governmental coordin [...]	2009-03-06 16:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV430	IMF UKRAINE PROGRAM IN JEOPARDY [...] (C) Summary. In the presence of G7 ambassadors and the World Bank, the Kyiv-based IMF resident representative told PM Yulia Tymoshenko on March 5 that there would be "little benefit" in the mission team returning to Ukraine without greater progress on the Fund's conditionalities. Despite a [...]	2009-03-06 18:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV465	UKRAINIAN-GERMAN RELATIONS ON THE ROCKS [...] (C) Contacts within the Presidential Secretariat, MFA and Cabinet of Ministers continue to view Germany as an obstacle in their drive towards EU and NATO membership, while underlining the importance of maintaining a constructive bilateral relationship with Berlin. The Secretariat claims Berli [...]	2009-03-16 12:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM UP
09KYIV466	A View from the Window: Consular Elements of the Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: During the past several months, the Consular Section at Embassy Kyiv has seen changes that reflect the severe downturn in Ukraine's economy. As "economic crisis" became a ubiquitous refrain, the volume of nonimmigrant visa applications dropped noticeably. Fraudulent cases incre [...]	2009-03-16 14:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS EFIN ECON ETRD KFRD XH PL UP
09KYIV471	UKRAINE: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP MAKES RENEWED EFFORT [...] (SBU) On March 11 President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko and NBU Governor Stelmakh met and announced concrete steps aimed at securing the overdue $1.8 billion second tranche of the IMF loan program. Most importantly, they pledged to reduce the planned budget deficit to 3 percent of GDP, a level [...]	2009-03-16 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV483	UKRAINE: STELMAKH RETURNS, LASHES TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Stelmakh has returned to the political scene, and appears to have again taken clear control of the central bank. A reputable newspaper has claimed that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko have agreed to keep Stelmakh at the NBU until the presiden [...]	2009-03-17 15:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV484	UKRAINE'S DRAFT CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE SUBMITTED TO [...] Summary: On March 10, 2009, Ukraine's National Commission for Strengthening Democracy and the Rule of Law (NCSDRL) submitted to the President of Ukraine a revised draft of the proposed new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC). The President must now introduce the draft into Parliament, but if the C [...]	2009-03-18 13:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM UP
09KYIV515	PRESIDENT AND PM BURY THE HATCHET...FOR NOW [...] (C) A series of meetings between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko focused on the economic crisis and IMF requirements for a second funding tranche have raised some hope of enhanced cooperation between the President and PM. Cabinet of Ministers contacts noted the joint March 23 appearanc [...]	2009-03-24 15:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV518	IMF ENCOURAGED BY UKRAINE PM'S PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary. PM Tymoshenko has told the IMF that the GOU plans to put an anti-crisis package to a Rada vote on March 31, consisting of measures the IMF may consider satisfactory for the mission team's return. According to IMF resident representative Max Alier, "things have changed" betwee [...]	2009-03-25 13:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV54	RADA COALITION: AS STABLE AS IT WANTS TO BE [...] (C) As the Rada winds down its session with a final plenary week that started on January 13, the coalition appears to be stable, with PM Tymoshenko in control. Rada Speaker Lytvyn may harbor presidential ambitions, but he is unlikely to scuttle the coalition in pursuit of the presidency. Pro [...]	2009-01-13 17:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV571	DEFENSE MINISTER SEES NATO ACCESSION AS "MARATHON, [...] (C) Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov, meeting with the Ambassador in Sevastopol March 27, declared that the GOU now regards NATO accession as a "marathon not a sprint." Recognizing that a membership invitation "will not take place in the near future," the GOU will devote itself to bringing Uk [...]	2009-03-30 14:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UP
09KYIV578	POLAND AS UKRAINE'S ADVOCATE [...] (C) Ukrainian officials regard Poland as a strong bilateral partner, Ukraine's primary advocate in the European Union, and as a key supporter of Ukraine's NATO aspirations. Poland and Ukraine maintain close contacts at all levels: Presidential, Prime Ministerial and via their Foreign Ministri [...]	2009-04-01 09:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP PL
09KYIV590	TERNOPIL OBLAST ELECTION A BLOW TO TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) In a March 15 election in the western Ukrainian region of Ternopil, Oleg Tyahnybok's nationalist "Svoboda" party soundly defeated PM Tymoshenko's BYuT and a fractured Our Ukraine (OU) party. BYuT and OU had together controlled 102 of 120 council seats -- following the election they contro [...]	2009-04-02 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
09KYIV591	IMF HINTS AT RETURN TO UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The IMF is preparing to return to Ukraine in spite of Rada failures to pass needed spending cuts on March 31, according to its resident representative in Kyiv, Max Alier. Alier told us on April 1 that the IMF mission team would likely come back to Kyiv to engage in tough negoti [...]	2009-04-02 16:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV596	UKRAINE'S VIEW OF THE TRANSNISTRIA CONFLICT [...] (C) A series of calls on Ukrainian officials to discuss Ukrainian views of Transnistria issues and the "5 2" process, particularly in light of the March 18 joint statement signed by the parties of the Russia-sponsored "2 1" process (Moldova, Russia, Transnistria),revealed Ukrainian concerns [...]	2009-04-03 12:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UP MD RU EU
09KYIV620	ABSENT BILATERAL FINANCING, UKRAINE NEEDS BROADER [...] (C) Summary. As the IMF mission team looks set to return to Kyiv on April 9, President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko have assured the IMF of their intention to see through more budget cutbacks when the Rada votes on key laws on April 14. Nonetheless, it appears that Ukraine's ensui [...]	2009-04-08 18:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV634	WATCHING MOLDOVA CLOSELY; LITTLE FEAR OF SPILLOVER [...] (C) Kyiv continues to closely monitor events in Chisinau, but MFA contacts believe the Communists have weathered the storm and will now be able to consolidate power. The MFA view is that the Communists did win the election, while acknowledging media bias and manipulation of state resources [...]	2009-04-10 16:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MD PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV676	UKRAINE: IMF LIKELY TO SUPPORT RISKY GOU MOVE TO [...] (C) On April 14 Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko moved quickly after the Rada again failed to include key IMF-related anti-crisis legislation on the agenda. Within hours of the failed vote, the CabMin passed 19 resolutions that aim to provide the fiscal discipline that the IMF expects in return [...]	2009-04-16 09:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV692	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Your April 26-28 visit to Kyiv comes in the midst of Ukraine's unfolding economic and financial crisis. The IMF has recently concluded its mission review, recommending disbursement of a second loan tranche that had been delayed for two months. The agreement with the IMF is a major acc [...]	2009-04-22 13:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV ECON PREL UP
09KYIV758	DEPUTY SECRETARY REAFFIRMS U.S. COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Steinberg conveyed the message that the Obama Administration strongly supports Ukraine's independence and sovereignty in meetings April 26-27 with Rada Speaker Lytvyn, former Speaker and presidential contender Arseniy Yatsenyuk, opposition Party of Regions representatives, [...]	2009-05-06 14:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EPET UP RS
09KYIV785	UKRAINE: PRIVATIZATION UNLIKELY TO HELP CLOSE BUDGET GAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's 2009 budget foresees $1.1 billion of budget revenues this year, but the GOU is unlikely to earn anything near that amount from privatization of state-owned enterprises. The IMF, in its most recent review of its Stand-By Agreement, now estimates that Ukraine will gene [...]	2009-05-08 17:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPS BEXP EINT UP
09KYIV793	NEC'S LIPTON WARNS OF UKRAINE'S ECONOMIC HAZARDS [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs David Lipton and Treasury DAS for Europe Eric Meyer met with a wide range of high-level Ukrainian policy makers, businessmen, and bankers on April 26-28. Lipton warned of possible dangers to Ukraine's econom [...]	2009-05-12 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV864	PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT CHIEF QUITS, DENOUNCES [...] (C) Presidential Secretariat head Viktor Baloha, famous for vitriolic condemnations of PM Tymoshenko which included charges of treason, announced his resignation on May 16. On May 19 Baloha turned his attacks on President Yushchenko, saying he had betrayed the promises of the Orange Revolutio [...]	2009-05-21 15:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV865	WESTERN UKRAINE VIEWS ON ECONOMY, EUROPE, AND [...] (C) Summary. Remittances from abroad are falling and banks are still shaky, but the economy in western Ukraine has stabilized in recent weeks, the Ambassador heard in Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi on May 13-15. On his final trip outside Kyiv before departing post, the Ambassador met with g [...]	2009-05-21 16:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV868	UKRAINE WELCOMES EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) President Yushchenko welcomed the launch of the EU's Eastern Partnership as "a victory of the European idea." He underlined that Belarus in particular had a "very important role" to play. Ukraine aspires to a leadership role in the Partnership, but officials emphasize that it in no way [...]	2009-05-22 12:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP EU
09KYIV924	RADA OUTLOOK: POSITIONING FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) After a week's recess, the Rada will start its next plenary on June 2 amidst continued rumors that PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction and opposition Party of Regions (Regions) are close to forming a coalition. A BYuT-Regions coalition would have more than the 300 MPs necessary to enact constitu [...]	2009-05-28 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
09KYIV936	UKRAINE CARBON SALES BOOST FINANCES, ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Needing to stave off Ukraine's budget crisis and simultaneously enhance the country's energy efficiency, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has supported selling 180 million metric tons of surplus carbon emissions rights to Japan, Switzerland, and New Zealand. Back-of-the-envelope [...]	2009-06-02 10:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV940	EURO 2012: SOCCER ORGANIZER SHOWS UKRAINE THE YELLOW CARD [...] (SBU) Ukraine is in danger of losing the prestigious 2012 European soccer championships, which it is to co-host with Poland. Games were to be played in four Ukrainian cities, but the UEFA, Europe's ruling soccer body, has announced that only Kyiv is on track to be a host, and that its role coul [...]	2009-06-02 12:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPS BEXP EINT UP
09KYIV948	UKRAINE AMENABLE TO OUR WTO PROPOSAL ON EXPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: We delivered ref A demarche concerning our WTO export licensing proposal to the GOU on June 2. The Ministry of Economy, the key GOU agency on trade- related issues, supports our initiative and is now seeking interagency clearance on an official GOU position. The Ukrainians appe [...]	2009-06-03 10:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV95	UKRAINE: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA [...] As requested by ref A, below Post provides updated information on child labor issues in Ukraine to aid in the drafting of the 2008 Trade and Development Act (TDA) report. Refs B-C contain previous Post reporting on child labor issues. 2. Post will also send this information via email to US [...]	2009-01-16 09:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI UP
09KYIV955	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ'S FINANCIAL HOUSE OF CARDS [...] (SBU) Naftohaz's ability to pay its gas bill has become a monthly guessing game since the January 2009 gas crisis. While Ukraine has managed to pay its gas bill for the first four months of the year, it will face increasing difficulties to do so through the summer as it pumps gas into undergrou [...]	2009-06-03 15:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV96	2009 ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] (SBU) The following information is provided in response to REF: --------------------------------------- I. Overall Crime and Safety Situation: --------------------------------------- A. Crime Threat: Crime remains a concern in Ukraine. Ukraine's expatriate community - including A [...]	2009-01-16 14:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC UA
09KYIV988	PRESIDENT AND PM CALL IN DIP CORPS; DEFENSE [...] (SBU) President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko on June 5 called in selected HOMs to argue their respective positions on a potential broad coalition between BYuT and opposition Party of Regions (Regions). Yushchenko characterized the potential BYuT-Regions marriage and their planned [...]	2009-06-05 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
09LAGOS101	NIGERIA: OGUN STATE FREE TRADE ZONE PROJECTS STALLED [...] (SBU) Summary: The free trade zone (FTZ) projects in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria appear stalled by the global financial crisis and ongoing political wrangling in the state. EconSpec's visit to the Kajola Specialized Railway Industrial FTZ and the Ogun-Guangdong FTZ on February 23 revealed no [...]	2009-03-05 06:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV NI
09LAGOS106	NIGERIA: WARRI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLAMES FEDERAL [...] (U) Summary: The President of the Warri Chamber of Commerce, Edema Abrakata, told Pol-Econ Chief, PolOff and Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) representatives in Warri, Delta State, on February 5 that the current crisis in the Niger Delta was the result of neglect by the Federal Government [...]	2009-03-05 13:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EIND ENRG NI
09LAGOS111	NIGERIA: TELECOM SECTOR TO WEATHER FINANCIAL STORM IN 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria logs approximately 55 million active GSM lines as of first quarter 2009, up by 13 million new lines from 2008. Local mobile operators are cash-strapped given the global credit crunch and are seeking financing and alternative payment schemes from suppliers. Quality in se [...]	2009-03-11 07:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN NI
09LAGOS112	NIGERIA: AFENIFERE LEADER CLAIMS INCREASED [...] (C) Summary: In a February 27 meeting with Chief Supo Shonibare, Lagos State Chairman of the Yoruba socio-political organization Afenifere, Shonibare explained that Afenifere is playing an increased role as the principal socio-political vehicle to promote social democratic values in the South- [...]	2009-03-11 12:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
09LAGOS116	NIGERIA: GAZPROM ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR JOINT VENTURE [...] (C) Summary: Vladimir Ilyanin, Managing Director of GAZPROM Nigeria, told an audience at a major Nigerian oil conference in Abuja on February 25 that his company is close to signing a USD 2.5 billion oil and gas exploration deal with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Described as [...]	2009-03-12 15:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL NI
09LAGOS138	NIGERIA: DELTA STATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: Gary Akpobire, Director of the Delta State Integrated Development Agency (DIDA) told Pol-Econ Chief on February 17 that Delta State's development plans are proceeding apace. The state plans four new gas-fired power plants to drive industry, but Akpobire seemed unaware of problems [...]	2009-03-18 08:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS14	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBER [...] (U) Summary: Acting Consul General met on December 23 with Tony Uranta (protect throughout),a member of the Niger Delta Technical Committee and campaign manager for the 2007 presidential campaign of Patrick Utomi, Dean of the Lagos Business School. According to Uranta, the Technical Committe [...]	2009-01-12 06:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS142	NIGERIA: DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTS RISING SEA LEVELS, [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian film director Desmond Majekodunmi, with funding from the Heinrich Boll Foundation, produced "Global Warming: Nigeria Under Attack", a documentary screened in Lagos on November 19. The 40 minute-long film documents the threat of rising seas levels on recent developments o [...]	2009-03-19 05:52:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI PGOV ECON NI
09LAGOS165	FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS [...] Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 145 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inflation [...]	2009-04-02 06:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI
09LAGOS173	NIGERIA: NO SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR COPING WITH E-WASTE [...] (U) Summary: The March 7 edition of THISDAY, a widely read newspaper in Nigeria, reported that extensive trading in e-waste in Lagos is a source of revenue for growing numbers of the unemployed. It noted that there is inaccurate data on e-waste in Nigeria but that a Seattle based environmental [...]	2009-04-06 06:38:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ETTC NI ETRD PGOV
09LAGOS177	NIGERIA: LPG MARKET STILL DORMANT DESPITE HUGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Organizers and participants in the All-Africa Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) conference held in Lagos 30-31 March said Nigeria has made little progress in introducing LPG into the domestic market since the last meeting in 2006. Despite producing 2,000,000 metric tons per year, d [...]	2009-04-08 05:51:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EPET ECON EINV NI
09LAGOS178	NIGERIA: OIL EXEC SAYS POOR HEALTH HAS SIDELINED [...] (C) Summary: On 06 April, Akin Odumakinde, Managing Director of the large Nigerian petroleum engineering service firm DeltaAfrik said he has seen some recent improvement in getting large contracts approved by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),a process that had stalled over [...]	2009-04-08 12:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS179	NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE ECONOMIC REPORT CARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Post looked at five criteria, infrastructure, economic activities and growth, public services delivery, government leadership and capacity issues in order to give Lagos State Governor Fashola a "report card" on his performance. Governor Fashola has undertaken massive infrastructu [...]	2009-04-08 15:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS182	NIGERIA: CONSUL GENERAL MEETS WITH UNITED NIGER [...] (U) Summary: On March 17, Consul General met with Tony Uranta (protect),Executive Director for the new United Niger Delta Energy, Development and Security Strategy (UNDEDSS) organization. Uranta, who coordinated the 2007 African Democratic Congress (ADC) party presidential campaign of Patrick [...]	2009-04-09 14:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS184	NIGERIA: BAYELSA STATE FACING FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The Director General of the E-Government and Due Process Bureau of Bayelsa State, Dimieari Von Kemedi, told PolOff on March 19 that Bayelsa State passed a completely unrealistic budget and was on the brink of insolvency unless oil prices increased. Bayelsa is addressing this finan [...]	2009-04-14 06:25:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS188	NIGERIA: LAGOS FINANCIAL ELITES CRITICIZE CBN MONETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: As the financial crisis and economic downturn deepen in Nigeria, EconOff met Bismarck Rewane, CEO of Financial Derivatives Company and member of the President Economic Steering Committee, on April 1 and Doyin Salami, Professor at the Lagos Business School and member of the Presid [...]	2009-04-17 07:17:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS190	NIGERIA: VANDALISM NOT MILITANCY PLAGUES THE NIGER [...] (C) Summary: Former militant Sheriff Mulade told PolOff on March 27 that the vast majority of the kidnappings in the Niger Deltat are committed by criminals while most oil-theft is conducted by non-violent means. As a result, closing the militant camps and offering amnesty and skills training t [...]	2009-04-17 12:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET SENV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS191	NIGERIA: LEADING NIGER DELTA ACTIVIST BRIEFS [...] (C) Summary: Patrick Utomi, Director of the Center for Applied Economics at the Lagos Business School (LBS) and 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Party (ADP),and originally from Delta State, told Ambassador, while she was in Lagos on March 23, that he is working, as Chair o [...]	2009-04-17 12:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS193	NIGERIA: EKITI STATE ELECTION RERUN: POTENTIAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: In March 2 meetings in Ekiti State, political party representatives, journalists and civil society leaders told Poloff that the upcoming rerun election for governor has little to do with real issues, but displays the typical power politics of the People,s Democratic Party (PDP) i [...]	2009-04-17 12:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
09LAGOS198	NIGERIA: GAS EXEC SAYS GASOLINE, KEROSENE SHORTAGE IMMINENT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Adewale Tinubu, CEO of Oando Plc., Nigeria's largest indigenous energy group, the Government of Nigeria (GON) owes importers of refined petroleum products, namely gasoline and kerosene, USD 1 billion for products imported in 2008. Gasoline and kerosene are two primar [...]	2009-04-21 11:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
09LAGOS201	NIGERIA: IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL TELLS CONSUL GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Consul General met March 23 with Ijaw Youth Council spokespersons Dr. Felix Tuodolo, Chairman of the IYC Committee on Security and Economic Development (CSED),currently a lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility at Liverpool University, and first President of the IYC; Enginee [...]	2009-04-22 06:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS206	NIGERIA: COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a roughly 300-page report released February 10, the UK based Coventry Cathedral Centre for Reconciliation, one of the world's oldest religious-based centers for reconciliation and conflict resolution founded after WWII as a way to move beyond a desire for revenge against former [...]	2009-04-22 12:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS213	NIGERIA: EKITI ELECTION UPDATE: POLITICS AND [...] (C) Summary: The April 25 Ekiti gubernatorial by-election in 64 wards of 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs) between Dr. Kayode Fayemi (AC - Action Congress) and the incumbent Segun Oni (PDP - Peoples' Democratic Party),was marred by violence, voter intimidation by party members, general confus [...]	2009-04-29 07:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
09LAGOS215	NIGERIA: EKITI RETURNS TO NORMALCY AS AC PREPARES [...] (C) Summary: On May 6, following the May 5 announcement of the victory of Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Segun Oni in the contested Ekiti State gubernatorial rerun election, Ado-Ekiti broke out into violent demonstrations, as protesters clashed with police. The Action Congress (AC) [...]	2009-05-11 07:20:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS22	NIGERIA NOT READY TO FACE LOOMING ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Financial interlocutors say some state governments are planning for an oil price of USD 50 per barrel as the worst case scenario and have advocated drawing down the Excess Crude Account to finance their anticipated fiscal deficits. In the meanwhile, they are exploring alternativ [...]	2009-01-14 13:52:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID NI
09LAGOS231	NIGERIA: UNIONS COMMENCE PROTEST RALLIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 13 in Lagos, the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) held a protest demanding a higher national minimum wage, reform of the electoral process, and suspension of the planned deregulation of the downstream oil sector. Approximately 1,000 people gathered for the protest, then mar [...]	2009-05-20 08:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS233	Nigeria's Second-Largest Fast Food Chain Bullish on [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigeria's fast food industry has witnessed tremendous growth in recent years and the management of the country's second-largest chain, Chicken Republic, expects that pace to continue despite an economic slowdown and supply chain problems. Food Concepts Managing Director Deji Aki [...]	2009-05-21 16:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ETRD NI
09LAGOS239	NIGERIA: JTF, MILITANTS BELIEVED PREPARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: Industry and security contacts operating in the Niger Delta report that the JTF may be preparing to expand its campaign against militants, while militants are leaving their camps and taking refuge in more populated villages and cities to avoid being targeted. A oil company secur [...]	2009-06-01 07:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS EPET NI
09LAGOS25	NIGERIA: GASOLINE SMUGGLING MAY BE MORE LUCRATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Captain Thomas Kemewerigha (strictly protect),the head of the Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association told Econoffs on January 13 that a Lebanese citizen had been a kingpin in a cartel that smuggled stolen crude oil out of Nigeria for years, b [...]	2009-01-16 12:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EWWT PINS NI
09LAGOS252	NIGERIA: BOOMING SATELLITE TV MARKET SHOWS GROWING [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's direct-to-home satellite television industry has grown many fold over the past several years as providers tapped the country's expanding middle class and feed consumers' demand for homegrown entertainment. Executives from both the South Africa-based Multichoice and Nige [...]	2009-06-09 15:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPC EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS253	Nigeria's Developers Return to Basics After High-End [...] (U) Summary: The precipitous fall in high-end housing prices in Lagos over the past several months has prompted real estate developers to shift focus to medium and lower-end accommodations where demand is strong and, while margins tend to be less, prices have exhibited a steady climb. Executi [...]	2009-06-09 15:07:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS262	NIGERIA: POSSIBLE ATTACK ON CHEVRON FLOWSTATION [...] (C) Chevron Nigeria's Government and Community Affairs Manager, Femi Odumabo, confirmed that Chevron's Utonana flowstation in Delta State was closed because of a fire caused by an explosion near the facility on June 9. The company has publicly acknowledged a fire at the flowstation, but not t [...]	2009-06-11 16:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS285	NIGERIA: EDO STATE REFORMS ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18 PolOff met with senior officials of Edo State Government in Benin City to discuss progress on the reforms initiated by the Governor Adams Oshiomhole (Action Congress - AC) since he took office following an Appeals Court decision in his favor in November 2008. The sta [...]	2009-07-08 07:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KCOR NI
09LAGOS287	NIGERIAN OIL PRODUCTION: HOW BAD IS BAD? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Press reports and rumors abound that due to recent militant attacks in Delta State, Nigeria's oil production has fallen to 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) and maybe lower, down from recent production levels that hovered between 1.8 million and 2 million bpd. After reviewin [...]	2009-07-09 13:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS301	NIGERIA: ACTIVISTS SAY ENGAGING COMMUNITIES KEY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, PolCouns and PolOff met with two social activists from the Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State to discuss prospects for peace in the Niger Delta. Sheriff Mulade and Shedrack Agediga admitted that vandalization of oil facilities by desperately poor residents in local com [...]	2009-07-15 19:17:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR EPET NI
09LAGOS307	NIGERIA: CALL ON ONDO GOVERNOR AND VISIT TO USG FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, Ambassador made a call on Governor Olusegun Mimiko and his cabinet at the Governor's House, following a tour of the Matna Foods Cassava Processing Facility in Akure, Ondo State. Ambassador made introductory comments to the Governor's cabinet, highlighting the U.S. Mis [...]	2009-07-20 07:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS309	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS AT EKITI [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, the Ambassador participated in a roundtable on Democracy and Electoral Reform in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, hosted by the New Initiative for Social Development (NISD) and attended by three other civil society organization (CSO) partners. The roundtable was in part held i [...]	2009-07-20 15:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS310	NIGERIA: INCREASED VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH EAST - [...] (C) Summary: Recent cases of kidnappings, hijackings and armed robberies in the South East have been increasingly attributed to "militants" or other criminal elements coming in from the South South or Delta region blaming it on the military putting pressure on them in that area. Roadways bet [...]	2009-07-21 06:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KCRM NI
09LAGOS315	NIGERIA: IMO STATE GOVERNOR TO SWITCH TO PDP ON JULY 25 [...] (SBU) Summary: After weeks of speculation and denial, Imo State Governor Ikedi Ohakim of the Progressive Peoples' Alliance (PPA) has now finalized his plan to switch to the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP). PPA leaders have threatened to drag him to the Supreme Court if he leaves the party. H [...]	2009-07-24 06:46:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS316	NIGERIA: LAGOS BUILDS FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Summary: Officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Transport and related agencies, met June 29-July 3, with U.S. Department of Transportation's Rita Daguillard and National Transit Institute Director Paul Larousse, to outline the state's efforts at creating an integrated transportation syst [...]	2009-07-24 07:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ECPC EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS320	NIGERIA: LAGOS BUS RAPID TRANSIT TWO YEARS AFTER [...] (U) Summary: Two years after the introduction of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) program in Lagos, more Lagos car owners are leaving their cars for faster bus rides into Lagos's business districts. Lagos Bus Asset Management Company (LAGBUS),one of two companies running the service, has covered ab [...]	2009-07-29 11:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS330	NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE AND YAR'ADUA SPAR OVER LOCAL COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yar'Adua has demanded that Lagos dissolve the 37 local councils it created in 2003 or face sanctions if it refuses to revert to the 20 local government areas listed in the constitution. Lagos Governor Fashola's refusal to comply could significantly heighten tensions b [...]	2009-08-06 09:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS348	NIGER DELTA: LURING TOM POLO TO ACCEPT AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary: Individuals close to militant leader "Tom Polo" confirmed to CG Lagos on August 25 that Presidential Special Advisor Timi Alaibe had traveled into the Niger Delta to conduct negotiations with Tom Polo about amnesty. Governor Uduaghan of Delta State noted conditions that Tom Polo [...]	2009-08-27 14:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS358	NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Governor Sanusi of Nigeria's Central Bank (CBN) has been defending himself in National Assembly Committees. At issue is the legality of his sacking of five bank Managing Directors (MD). Sanusi contends that his actions were legal, while members of the National Assembly want to [...]	2009-09-09 07:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN NI PGOV
09LAGOS359	NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Governor Sanusi of Nigeria's Central Bank (CBN) has been defending himself in the National Assembly over his sacking of five Managing Directors. National Assembly members questioned Sanusi's use of CBN funds to prop up the five banks, and expressed a desire to be more involved i [...]	2009-09-10 16:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV NI
09LAGOS362	NIGERIA: MILITANCY POST AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary: A confidant of former militant leader Dokubo Asari, Rex Anighoro, claims that a new generation of militant leaders will become active if the currently prominent commanders accept the government's amnesty. The large monetary rewards offered to leaders such as "Boyloaf" and "Tom P [...]	2009-09-15 16:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS369	OBASANJO ON AMNESTY: QUALIFIED SUCCESS BUT NOW [...] (C) Summary. Former President Obasanjo deems the GON's amnesty for Niger Delta militants a "qualified success," but he is uncertain of what comes next. Per Obasanjo, all interested parties (governmental, community, NGO, and business) need to forge a comprehensive development program to addr [...]	2009-09-30 06:53:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM ECON SOCI NI
09LAGOS375	NIGERIA: AMNESTY ENDS ON A HIGH NOTE BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: With the last-minute surrender of a tearful Tom Polo, all major militant leaders accepted amnesty. What comes next, from the GON or the militants, remains unclear. The GON's modest but largely unexpected success should give the Delta at least a temporary respite, but under-devel [...]	2009-10-05 19:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM ECON SOCI NI
09LAGOS387	PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA OUTLINES INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) Summary: President Yar'Adua outlined major development projects and ownership-sharing of joint ventures for the Niger Delta in a meeting with South-South governors and former militants on October 9. Positive reactions to the plans were tempered by skepticism on delivery, but activists f [...]	2009-10-15 07:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS388	NIGERIA AFTER THE CENTRAL BANK AUDITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At September 29 Bank Directors Association (BDAN) of Nigeria forum bank directors received advice from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi and former Chairman of Diamond Bank Pascal Dozie on how to form and run a proper board of directors. Sanusi's remarks were deliver [...]	2009-10-16 07:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOC NI
09LAGOS393	EXPERTS ASSESS NIGERIAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL [...] (SBU) Industry experts continue to review the pros and cons of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Increased GON revenue, and excluded credits for security, contracting, and finance costs remain key concern for oil companies. The GON has retained the consulting services of an oil and [...]	2009-10-19 15:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
09LAGOS4	NIGERIA: CITIZENS ADVOCACY GROUP FOR [...] (C) Summary: On December 18 Pol-Econ Chief and PolOffs met in Lagos with Olawale Okunniyi spokesman of PRONACO (Pro National Conference),a coalition of Nigerian organizations seeking to ensure that Constitutional Reform takes into account the wishes of the Nigerian people. Okunniyi pointed ou [...]	2009-01-07 06:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
09LAGOS408	(C) CHEVRON MD DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF THE [...] (C) Chevron MD in Nigeria told Lagos officers that the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill represents "democracy" for more players but doubts it will lead to "good governance." He sees the bill becoming law this year. Key concerns for Chevron are ensuring "contract sanctity" and managing the se [...]	2009-11-02 14:56:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS438	FUNDAMENTALS OF ILLEGAL OIL BUNKERING IN NIGERIA [...] (C) Oil theft, widely referred to as "illegal bunkering" in Nigeria, represents a significant economic activity with serious ramifications for Nigeria's economy, security, democracy and environment. The widespread association of illegal bunkering with militant activity obscures some of the m [...]	2009-11-18 08:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON KCRM PGOV SOCI NI
09LAGOS444	(C) EXXONMOBIL MD MORE HOPEFUL ON PETROLEUM BILL [...] (C) ExxonMobil Nigeria Managing Director (MD) met with the Ambassador on November 9 to discuss the status of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and touch on other sectoral developments. The MD is "cautiously optimistic" for a better bill, given that Nigeria's President and Vice Presi [...]	2009-11-20 14:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS446	IOCS ASSUME PASSAGE OF NIGERIAN PETROLEUM BILL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 14:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI

09LAGOS449	UBA OUT BUT PDP PROBLEMS PLAGUE ANAMBRA RUN-UP [...] (C) A November 13 court dismissal of a suit by self-styled "governor-in-waiting" Andy Uba has seemingly cleared the path for the February 6, 2010, election to occur as planned. Incumbent Governor Peter Obi of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) faces challenges from the 26 other partie [...]	2009-11-25 15:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NI
09LAGOS450	U.S.-UK PRE-ELECTION ASSESSMENT IN ANAMBRA [...] (C) The electoral campaign is on in earnest in Anambra State in advance of the key February 6, 2010, gubernatorial election. Serious structural and electoral process problems exist in Anambra, notably the ability (or inability) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduc [...]	2009-11-25 16:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC ECON SOCI NI
09LAGOS453	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH STANDARD CHARTERED BANK [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with top management of Standard Chartered Bank, which is growing in Nigeria by focusing on profitability, not size. Standard Chartered offered their approval of Central Bank Governor Sanusi,s reforms with some criticism of previous Central Bank Governor Soludo's ac [...]	2009-11-30 08:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS455	ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN LAGOS [...] (SBU) Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Ministry of Environment Dr. Titi Anibaba told Embassy Accra-based REO and PolOff on November 16 that despite significant success with respect to "greening" Lagos and reducing traffic congestion caused by illegal activities, Lagos faces significant envi [...]	2009-12-01 12:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV SOCI PGOV ECON NI
09LAGOS462	SOUTHERN REACTIONS TO YAR'ADUA'S AILING HEALTH [...] (S) Lagos has remained outwardly calm over the recent Eid-el-Kabir holiday weekend, and during the week of November 30 over reports of President Yar'Adua's ailing health. The main southern Nigerian preoccupation, if there is one apparent now, is speculation and concern over the staying power [...]	2009-12-04 07:00:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PGOV PREL SOCI NI
09LAGOS465	NEW WAVE OF NIGERIANS RETURN FROM BAKASSI [...] (C) ConGen Lagos contacts confirmed press reports that increasing numbers of fishermen and their families are seeking refuge near Calabar in Cross River State, after alleged violent clashes with Cameroonian gendarmes in Bakassi. These individuals claim to have been harassed, illegally detain [...]	2009-12-04 18:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREF PREL PHUM NI
09LAGOS473	THE TRUE SCALE OF THE NIGERIAN BANKING CRISIS [...] (SBU) Former and current employees of Citibank participated in a November 13 discussion on the banking sector and ongoing reforms. They see green shoots of recovery on the horizon, but banking leaders in Nigeria took part in outright stealing. The end result could be 1.8 trillion naira (USD [...]	2009-12-08 15:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS476	FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS [...] (SBU) Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 145 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP/person is 1,500 dollars, and [...]	2009-12-14 12:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI
09LAGOS484	SUPREME COURT REINSTATES SOLUDO [...] (SBU) After several legal setbacks, People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Charles Soludo received Supreme Court approval December 17 to participate in the February 6, 2010, gubernatorial election in Anambra State. The PDP is therefore very much back in the fray, and the potential for el [...]	2009-12-18 15:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI
09LAGOS487	FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS [...] (SBU) Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 149 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inf [...]	2009-12-29 07:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI
09LAGOS490	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FIRSTBANK IN LAGOS [...] (C) FirstBank new CEO Onasanya briefed U.S. Mission on December 21 on the outcomes of the recent Central Bank retreat on banking and economic growth issues. With the audits completed, the banks are now focusing on consolidations and mergers with an emphasis on encouraging foreign banks to i [...]	2009-12-30 06:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS493	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (C) Ambassador met with former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, at his Hill top residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Dec. 23. The discussion focused on several topics including recent developments in the Congo, U.S. support for Nigeria and upcoming elections in Nigeria. The unexpect [...]	2009-12-31 15:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI
09LAGOS53	NIGERIA: ELECTRICITY EXEC SEES NO LARGE INCREASE [...] (SBU) Summary: The former country manager for GE Nigeria expects that due to a lack of domestic natural gas, Nigeria will see no significant increase in power generation in 2009. In a January 27 conversation, Ade Audifferen said the GON is focusing on transmission projects in the 2009 budget, [...]	2009-02-05 07:57:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL NI
09LAGOS58	NIGERIA: POLITICS FUELS INCREASING VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: John Akpan, a Akwa Ibom resident, business man and civil activist who was formerly an International Visitor Leadership Program participant, told PolOff in Calabar on January 12 that the increasing incidence of kidnappings in Akwa Ibom state had political roots. Akpan claimed that [...]	2009-02-06 11:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KCOR ECON NI
09LAGOS63	NIGERIA: SURGEON, ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST TAKES [...] (C) Summary: Edet Ikpi, Commissioner of Health in Cross River State, who is a practicing surgeon and former head of the Zero Corruption Coalition, told PolOff on January 13 that he has embarked on a campaign to introduce transparency, accountability and service delivery in his department. As a [...]	2009-02-09 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR NI
09LAGOS66	NIGERIA: DESOPADEC'S "QUICK START" PROJECTS BRING [...] (C) Summary: Chief Wellington Okirika, Chairman of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Council (DESOPADEC) told Pol-Econ Chief January 12 that in less than a year, he has put in place a series of "quick start" programs that provide potable water, free medical care for 200-300 perso [...]	2009-02-11 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ECON SENV KDEM NI
09LAGOS71	NIGERIA: CANADIAN TO HELP IGALI FOUNDATION OPEN [...] (C) Canadian expatriate Mary Ellen Havlik (protect throughout),former Security officer for the Canadian Embassy in Nigeria on leave from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and currently Executive Director of the Daniel Igali Foundation,) told Pol-Econ Chief on January 31 that her principal ta [...]	2009-02-13 06:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS72	PETROBRAS EXEC SAYS NIGERIA PRODUCING BELOW ITS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 06:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL BR NI
09LAGOS74	NIGERIA: IJAW YOUTHS "TAKE BACK THE STRUGGLE" AT [...] (U) Summary: Over 3,000 Ijaw youths, led by Dimieri von Kemedi and other drafters of the Kaiama Declaration, met in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State on February 6 to "take back the struggle" for solutions to the problems of the Niger Delta. According to Kemedi, the youths issued a strong [...]	2009-02-19 06:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS76	NIGERIA: ISRAELI MILITARY TRAINS, EQUIPS JTF IN [...] (C) Summary: Magnus Abe (protect throughout),Secretary to the State Government of Rivers State, told Pol-Econ Chief January 17 that Governor Amaechi had succeeded in pushing the military into buying helicopters, gunboats and other equipment for the Joint Task Force (JTF); as a result of milit [...]	2009-02-23 06:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS83	AMBASSADOR AND FONMIN DISCUSS PROPOSED NIGERIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 19, the Ambassador again discussed with Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe the question of Nigeria's commitment to deploy a battalion of peacekeepers to AMISOM. Drawing on ref A talking points, the Ambassador reiterated the importance of Nigeria standing by its previous c [...]	2009-02-25 14:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR NI SO
09LAGOS84	NIGERIA: PROFESSOR ASKS USG SUPPORT ON AMNESTY, [...] (C) Summary: Pol-Econ Chief met with President of the Lagos Business School and 2007 Presidential candidate Patrick Utomi at his request on February 6. The militant "boys in the creeks" want to come in, Utomi said, and but do not trust the politicians who they believe will profit from any plan [...]	2009-02-25 14:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS85	PETROBRAS EXEC SAYS NIGERIA PRODUCING BELOW ITS [...] (C) Summary: The head of Petrobras Nigeria said on February 9 that Nigeria is producing 80,000 barrels of oil per day less than its current OPEC quota. He expected the Total-led Akpo project, in which Petrobras has a 40 percent stake, to come on stream before April 1. Once Akpo comes on str [...]	2009-02-25 15:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL BR NI
09LAGOS88	NIGERIA: LAWYER: OKAH'S SECRET TRIAL INTENDED TO [...] (C) Summary: In January 15 and February 9 meetings in Lagos with Festus Keyamo (strictly protect throughout),human rights lawyer and activist, Keyamo claimed that the trial of Henry Okah, alleged head of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) who is currently charged with [...]	2009-02-26 06:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EPET KDEM PGOV NI
09LAGOS92	NIGERIA: FINANCIAL SECTOR SLOWDOWN POSES A SECURITY RISK [...] (SBU) Summary: During discussions on February 4, Professor Doyin Salami, Dean of the Lagos Business School told Econoffs he sees the downturn in the Nigerian stock market as a national security risk, especially as the government is preoccupied with dwindling revenues resulting from low oil pric [...]	2009-03-02 08:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS98	NIGERIA: SOUTH-EAST GOVERNORS BRING LIMITED CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings through January, contacts in Anambra, Ebonyi, and Abia states told Poloff that after being marginalized by the federal government for years, the states are now using their own resources to improve infrastructure and industry. On Poloff's road trips through [...]	2009-03-03 16:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS99	NIGERIA: NEW BAKASSI LOCAL GOVERNMENT: WHERE ARE [...] (C) Summary: During a January 12-14 trip to Cross River State, Poloffs, visit to the New Bakassi Local Government Area indicated that most, if not all, of the Nigerian citizen Bakassi residents who returned to Nigeria were temporarily housed for one to two months, and then sent away to other [...]	2009-03-04 14:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF NI
09LAHORE11	PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER THREATENS "OPEN WAR" IF NAWAZ IS DISQUALIFIED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 15:45:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
09LAHORE116	PUNJAB SUPPORTS IDP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Human Rights Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has registered 54,396 individuals in Punjab as of June 6, the majority of whom have taken refuge in private residences, but UNHCR expects many more have arrived in the province. The Punjab Government, Governor and other politi [...]	2009-06-16 02:28:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PK
09LAHORE119	SARFRAZ NAEEMI LAID TO REST AMIDST PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Funeral services for Dr. Sarfraz Naeemi brought Lahore to a standstill June 13 as mourners flocked from all over the city to pay their respects to the Brelvi leader killed in June 12 suicide attack. Shopkeepers observed a day-long strike while political leaders unanimously condemn [...]	2009-06-19 10:51:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE122	TRAFFICKING STILL PREVELANT IN RAHIM YAR KHAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The southern district of Rahim Yar Khan has served as Pakistan's hub for children trafficked to the Gulf States to work as camel jockeys. Since 2005, the Federal government has repatriated over 800 trafficked children from the United Arab Emirates. According to UNICEF, the Gov [...]	2009-06-23 02:01:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PK
09LAHORE123	EDUCATION, HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE CAN BEAT EXTREMISM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Improved education, health care and economic development can counter the rise of extremism in south Punjab, politicians and administrators told a USAID and State delegation that visited south Punjab June 2-8. Local leaders in Multan, Bahawalpur, Khanewal, Dera Ghazi Khan and Raj [...]	2009-06-23 02:39:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID PTER PK
09LAHORE132	PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE ELECTIONS SHOW PARTY IS ADRIFT [...] (C) Summary: Although the July 8 provincial party elections of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML; also known as the "Q League") strengthened the Chaudhry family control over the PML, a prominent faction of dissidents who boycott the PML polls could could damage the national standing of the PML in [...]	2009-07-13 04:33:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE156	FEMALE MADRASSAHS IN PUNJAB PREPARE WOMEN FOR THE HOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff visits to three female Ahl-e-Hadith madrassahs in Punjab has shown that they provide Islamic studies, Quran memorization and basic life skills training, but little else to prepare women for an independent life. Aside from the Quran, girls learn to cook, clean and sew; th [...]	2009-07-30 02:41:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV KISL PK
09LAHORE164	POWER IN PUNJAB: LIMITED OPTIONS FOR ADDING SUPPLY, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Punjab provincial government is increasingly concerned about persistent rolling blackouts, but has few options to respond to the electricity crisis. In a July 28 meeting with A/PO, son of the Chief Minister and Member of the Provincial Assembly, Hamza Sharif, acknowledged t [...]	2009-08-08 10:24:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ECIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE177	U.S. DAIRY IN PUNJAB: A $34 MILLION SUCCESS STORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Sweetwater International's Punjab dairy operation demonstrates how private business can lead economic development in Pakistan without government assistance. The firm's methods might provide a replicable model for modern milk production in the region. Acting Principal Office [...]	2009-09-02 07:18:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ECIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE204	CHRISTIANS DEMAND JUSTICE FROM PUNJAB PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 5, Christian villagers from Gojra made a show of rejecting USAID winterization kits and demanded justice after Muslim mobs burned houses in two Christian villages in August, killing eight people. Frustrated by the release on bail of a man arrested in connection wit [...]	2009-10-21 09:57:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PK
09LAHORE210	NAWAZ SHARIF ON ZARDARI: SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY, NOT THE [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister/Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Mian Nawaz Sharif said he resisted attacking President Zardari, despite pressure from his own party to do so. Zardari had called to thank Sharif for his responsible reproach, and Sharif responded that he was not tr [...]	2009-11-12 12:38:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PK
09LAHORE236	PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER ON SARGODHA DETAINEES, NRO, AND OTHER [...] (C) Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif asked for more time as Pakistani authorities need to thoroughly investigate the Sargodha detainees. As the Supreme Court decides on the NRO, Shahbaz believes the next five weeks are critical and reiterated the PML-N's position that it wants to see the d [...]	2009-12-21 10:36:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER PK
09LAHORE35	PUNJAB GOVERNOR TAKES OVER WHILE PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 04:20:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PK PTER
09LAHORE38	THE NUMBERS GAME IN THE PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: The key to power in the Punjab lies with the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and its leaders the Chaudhrys of Gujrat. The Chaudhry cousins told the Principal Officer on February 28 that they were being assiduously courted by both the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Mus [...]	2009-03-03 13:13:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
09LAHORE64	ATTACK ON POLICE TRAINING CENTER IN LAHORE -- SITREP 1 [...] (SBU) Between 20 and 25 unidentified terrorists attacked a police training center in the village of Manawan situated on the main road from Lahore to the Wagah border with India at approximately 7:30 am on March 30. Preliminary reports have placed the number of casualties at 20 with over 100 i [...]	2009-03-30 10:38:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PK
09LAHORE67	POLICE FOCUS ON DOMESTIC EXTREMISTS AS MARWAN INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: Senior police contacts have told post that the current investigation into the March 30 attack on the Manawan Police Training School is focusing on domestic extremist groups with ties to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Police are under pressure to concentrate on Baitullah [...]	2009-03-31 12:19:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
09LAHORE68	SUPREME COURT RESTORES SHAHBAZ SHARIF AS PUNJAB CHIEF [...] (C) Summary:The Supreme Court March 31 issued a stay order against its February 25 decision to disqualify Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif from holding public office. The immediate impact of this decision was to restore the status quo and temporarily restore Shahbaz Sharif as Chief Minister. It did n [...]	2009-04-01 11:14:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE69	CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF READY TO CORRECT GOVERNOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Newly restored Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer (PO) April 3 that he will focus on the terrorism issues that afflicted Punjab while Governor Salman Taseer had taken over. He noted that the March 31 court ruling only stayed his disqualification from office, whil [...]	2009-04-06 11:08:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE76	NAWAZ SHARIF TELLS CODEL KYL TO TALK TO ALL PARTIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 10:58:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PK
09LAHORE95	MODERATE ISLAMIC LEADERS IN PUNJAB LOOK TO U.S. FOR GUIDANCE [...] (C) Summary: Although historically divided by sometimes violent sectarian differences, Punjab's Islamic religious leaders have found common cause in recent years in pressing for a moderate alternative to the Taliban-style Islam increasing in Pakistan's Pashtun areas. While infiltration by wel [...]	2009-05-18 10:46:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
09LAPAZ1028	BOLIVIA: 2008-09 COUNTERNARCOTICS PERFORMANCE MIXED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Morales Government,s 2008-2009 counternarcotics performance continues to be mixed, with slowly rising eradication levels and increased seizures in interdiction, but with legislative reform on hold until after the December 2009 presidential elections. UNODC,s recent coca sur [...]	2009-07-13 11:55:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID BL
09LAPAZ1029	MGSF01: BOLIVIA: 416 CONFIRMED CASES [...] As of July 10, Bolivia has 416 World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu. The Bolivian Center for Tropical Diseases (CENETROP) claims 542 confirmed cases. Epidemiology officials communicated that CENETROP laboratory H1N1 testing capacity is now limited due to a shortage of [...]	2009-07-13 13:34:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AEMR AMGT ASEC BL CASC EAID KFLO KPAO
09LAPAZ103	BOLIVIA: REFERENDUM OBSERVERS UNDER OBSERVATION [...] (C) Summary: President of the National Electoral Court Jose Luis Exeni has confirmed that 11 international observer missions are expected to observe the January 25 constitutional referendum, including most prominently the European Union, OAS, Carter Center, the CAN, and Unasur. OAS Mission Re [...]	2009-01-23 22:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1043	CHOQUEHUANCA UNAWARE OF USAID SUSPENSION [...] (C) Summary: Government of Bolivia Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca expressed to CDA James Creagan in a meeting on July 14 some surprise that he was unaware Planning Minister Noel Aguirre had given Creagan a letter July 9 directing USAID to freeze all democracy and governance programming by [...]	2009-07-14 21:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON BL
09LAPAZ1046	SPECIAL ADVISOR ECHAVESTE VISITS BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Maria Echaveste, Special Advisor to the Secretary, traveled to Bolivia June 27-28 to meet with GOB officials including President Evo Morales, Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana, and Government Minister Alfredo Rada to convey the Secretary,s commitment to improving bilateral [...]	2009-07-17 18:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ECON SNAR EAID EINV
09LAPAZ1079	BOLIVIA: H1N1 GOVT INTERVENTIONS [...] Since ref B, Bolivia now reports five deaths from the H1N1 virus and over 600 cases throughout the country. Per ref A, the following is information relating to the national interventions for H1N1 influenza in Bolivia. 2. Making Influenza a Notifiable Disease and Emergency Declarations The [...]	2009-07-23 21:45:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AEMR AMGT ASEC BL CASC EAID KFLO KPAO
09LAPAZ11	CRY FRAUD: PRE-DENOUNCING REFERENDUM RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Podemos Party launched its first wave of voter fraud accusations January 5, focusing on sudden large increases in the electorate and increased support for the government in key regions. Former National Electoral Court (CNE) President Salvador Romero told us the attacks [...]	2009-01-06 13:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM VN BL
09LAPAZ1141	BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: TRANSPORTATION GRIDLOCK [...] (C) Bolivia's ground transportation infrastructure is either in complete disrepair or the standard by which South America should be measured, depending on one's perspective. Seventy percent of Bolivia's 50,000 KM (31,000 miles) of roads are in need of repair, yet the 3521 KM (2188 miles) of [...]	2009-08-04 20:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ1146	HOLY FRIJOLE: BOLIVIA'S ALBA TRADE PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is part two of a three-part series on the trade and economic situation in Bolivia. While Bolivian President Evo Morales continues to alienate his neighbors (ref C) his government publicly continues to rely on Bolivia's membership in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas [...]	2009-08-07 11:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KTEX BL CU VZ IR EAGR
09LAPAZ115	BOLIVIA: REFERENDUM PASSES, WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: In a generally peaceful day of voting marked by scattered accusations of fraud, Bolivians voted in a national referendum January 25 to approve a new constitution. Although official vote tallies will not be available until February, initial surveys place the national referendum r [...]	2009-01-27 15:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PINR BL
09LAPAZ117	BOLIVIA: MUTED REACTION TO USG STATEMENTS [...] (U) Summary: President Evo Morales used a substantial portion of his January 22 state of the union address (marking the beginning of his fourth year in power) to repeat baseless attacks on the USG, forcing Charge to leave the speech early (reftel). After leaving the event, Charge spoke with t [...]	2009-01-27 18:03:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ1183	MANY ACCUSATIONS, LITTLE PROOF OF BOMB MOTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Although the Bolivian National Police have not yet established a motive in the August 12 letter-bomb explosions in La Paz (Refs A and B),President Evo Morales has nevertheless cast a wide net in accusing the political opposition, former military officials, and unnamed Peruvians [...]	2009-08-14 18:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ1196	BOLIVIA: SPECULATION, LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: After initially blaming a range of potential actors for two letter bombs that exploded August 12 in La Paz (reftels A - C),the GOB now seems to be downplaying the attacks. Some embassy sources suggest the bombings could be the result of differences within President Morales' rulin [...]	2009-08-19 21:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ1233	BOLIVIA: BRAZIL'S LULA BACKS MORALES FOR [...] (C) Summary: At an open-air event August 22 in one of Bolivia's principal coca-growing regions, Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivered a public endorsement of Bolivian President Evo Morales, reflecting Brazil's conclusion that Morales' re-election is all but inevitable. Lula and Morales [...]	2009-08-26 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD ENRG PINR BR BL
09LAPAZ1239	"CLOSED" MEANS "CLOSED": USAID DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charg d'Affaires Creamer met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Deputy Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez on August 24 to discuss their previous agreement to "suspend" rather than "close" USAID democracy programs (REFTEL A). The meeting was prompted by an August 18 GOB l [...]	2009-08-27 18:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1256	BOLIVIAN JUDICIARY CRUMPLES UNDER MAS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Through a series of judicial maneuvers and pressure tactics reminiscent of their 2007 dismantling of the country's Constitutional Tribunal, Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party appear to be set on shutting down the Supreme Court until [...]	2009-08-31 20:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ127	BOLIVIAN GAS: LOWER SALES MAY HURT MORALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Evo Morales called in favors the first weeks of January, after Brazil announced it would cut its demand for natural gas by one-third (a potential loss of $600 million for Bolivia in the first four months of 2009). Morales sent delegations to both Brazil and Argentina in a [...]	2009-01-28 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ131	EU ISSUES MIXED REPORT ON BOLIVIAN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: The European Union Electoral Observation Mission (EU EOM) published on January 27 its Preliminary Statement regarding the January 25 constitutional referendum. Although the report says the referendum was credibly completed and the "electorate could in general freely exercise their ri [...]	2009-01-29 11:11:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ1321	PANDO SETTLEMENTS UPDATE: C-AL9-01687 [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, Poloff traveled to Bolivia's Pando department on September 11-12 to discuss GOB resettlement programs with local sources. The GOB maintains the settlements are necessary to reinforce its border with Brazil and "re-establish sovereignty" in the region, while cr [...]	2009-09-17 15:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1333	BOLIVIAN PRESS REVIEWS CLOSURE OF USAID PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the weekend of September 19-20, the Bolivian press featured extensive coverage of the recent closure of USAID democracy and public administration programs (reftels),highlighting the concerns of Bolivians affected by the cuts and prompting the GOB to articulate its interest [...]	2009-09-21 21:07:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV BO
09LAPAZ1417	BOLIVIAN ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS ADDRESS REAL NEEDS [...] (SBU) With an overall poverty rate of 60% and with 37% of the population in extreme poverty, the government of Bolivia has made the fight against poverty a priority. Although programs may be concentrated in areas where the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party hopes to win during the upcoming [...]	2009-10-06 17:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAID BL
09LAPAZ1425	POLLS: MAS TO SWEEP, MAY WIN TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY [...] (C) Summary: Three recently-published polls -- including an unreleased, privately-commissioned poll by Stanley Greenberg's firm -- confirm President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are well positioned to sweep the December 6 elections. Morales is favored to wi [...]	2009-10-07 19:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1468	GOB DIVIDED ON APPROACH TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Our recent experiences with the Bolivian government show its internal divisions, between those officials who distrust the USG but recognize the value of repairing relations and those who view us as a threat and want to reduce us to a minimal in-country presence. The upcoming sec [...]	2009-10-20 11:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID BL
09LAPAZ1477	SUSPENSION OF MINING ACTIVITY ON CERRO RICO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pressure from the local community in Potosi has led to a directive from the government of Bolivia (GOB) for Manquiri, a subsidiary of U.S. mining company Coeur d'Alene, to suspend mining activity at their San Bartolome silver mine at altitudes above 4,400 meters. Although this [...]	2009-10-21 12:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PREL PGOV EINV BL
09LAPAZ1537	BOLIVIAN LEADERS FORECAST EARLY AGREEMENT WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Recent statements by Bolivian President Evo Morales and Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca have underscored their commitment to a quick conclusion to ongoing bilateral framework agreement talks with us, raising public expectations of a signed accord before the end of November. In an Oct [...]	2009-11-09 12:17:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID BO
09LAPAZ1553	CAMPAIGN UPDATE: MAS GAINS MOMENTUM IN COCHABAMBA [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party of President Evo Morales is likely to do well in the December 6 elections in Cochabamba Department, a highland area southeast of La Paz that includes the coca-growing Chapare region. This reflects its strength in rural areas, an al [...]	2009-11-18 14:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1557	BOLIVIAN FM ON BILATERAL AGREEMENT, UNGA, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian FM Choquehuanca reported that the GOB now hopes to be able to give final approval to the bilateral framework agreement after the December 6 general elections here, with the aim of hosting a signing ceremony in La Paz before Christmas. Choquehuanca heard our message on the [...]	2009-11-19 16:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA BL
09LAPAZ1577	BOLIVIA: ELECTION MONITORS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on November 24 and 25 with representatives from the OAS, European Union, and Carter Center electoral observation missions, all told us they were prepared for the December 6 elections and identified potential pitfalls, including the practice of "public voting," inapprop [...]	2009-12-01 17:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1585	BOLIVIA: FINAL PRE-ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: With days remaining before the December 6 presidential and legislative elections, polls report President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have widened their lead, with an outside chance at reaching an overall two-thirds majority in the Plurinational Ass [...]	2009-12-02 20:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1587	BOLIVIA: WHAT LIES AHEAD IN A SECOND MORALES TERM [...] (C) Summary: With a sweeping victory increasingly likely for Bolivian President Evo Morales and his MAS party in December 6 elections, the political focus in Bolivia has already shifted to how Morales will approach his next five years in office. Morales's outreach to opposition voters and (re [...]	2009-12-03 20:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BL
09LAPAZ1593	BOLIVIA MINING -- UPDATE ON CERRO RICO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a visit to the San Bartolome silver mine in the southern Bolivian city of Potosi, EconOff learned that the financial impact of the suspension of mining above 4400 meters is significant and is already impacting operations for Manquiri, a subsidiary of U.S. mining company Co [...]	2009-12-09 16:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAID BL EMIN EINV
09LAPAZ1609	DECEMBER ELECTIONS SHOW MAS GAINING IN OPPOSITION DEPARTMENT [...] (C) Summary: The opposition remains strong in Beni, but the ruling Movemiento al Socialismo (MAS) party made considerable inroads in the December elections. The increase reflected the MAS' substantial investment in its Beni campaign, its increased appeal to poorer voters, and a weak oppositi [...]	2009-12-23 13:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ163	MORALES: "DEA PLANNED MY ASSASSINATION" [...] Summary: President Evo Morales and his ministers are calling for improved bilateral relations even as he continues to state publicly that the USG has tried, is trying, and will try to kill him. In the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil, Morales called for a "world revolution to end the north [...]	2009-01-30 21:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ1642	BOLIVIAN NOMINATION: THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] Per REFTEL, Embassy La Paz nominates Dr. Marina Flores Villena for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Through her work as a lawyer and public prosecutor, Marina has dedicated herself professionally and personally to positively impacting the lives of hundreds o [...]	2009-11-30 21:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL KPAO BL
09LAPAZ1730	Bolivia CN Update November 09 [...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Year-to-date seizures of precursors and labs rose substantially; seizures of cocaine base rose slightly; and cocaine HCL seizures declined. In a series of 43 joint operations called "Plan Inca," Bolivian and Peruvian Counter Narcotics (CN) forces seized 100 [...]	2009-12-11 14:14:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BL KJUS PHUM
09LAPAZ183	BOLIVIAN MINING: WORLDWIDE WOES AND LOCAL LAMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. presence in Bolivian mining will change dramatically over the next few years. Denver-based Apex Silver has announced the sale of all its San Cristobal Mine stock to former partner Sumitomo Corporation, which will take over full ownership of the largest silver mine in Bo [...]	2009-02-04 22:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ194	LOWER HOUSE PRESIDENT ENLISTS SELF AS BILAT ALLY [...] (C) Summary: Lower House President Edmundo Novillo told Charge' February 3 that, in order for bilateral relations to move forward, both sides would need to identify common ground and establish some "essential points" for engagement. He added the United States would need to acknowledge the his [...]	2009-02-06 14:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SNAR BL
09LAPAZ211	MAS AIMS CONSTITUTION AT SENATE, MFA, "TRAITORS" [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the January 25 constitutional referendum, we are seeing signs that the Morales Administration plans to move its agenda forward aggressively after promulgating the new constitution. The MFA's Director of Bilateral Affairs told diplomats February 5 that the governme [...]	2009-02-09 22:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ETRD KDEM KTIA BL
09LAPAZ220	BOLIVIA: NEW CONSTITUTION, NEW CABINET [...] (C) Summary: Leveraging his now certified victory in the January 25 constitutional referendum, President Evo Morales held a massive "party" February 7 to promulgate the constitution and herald the arrival of the new "community socialist" revolution. The next day, Morales announced the result [...]	2009-02-10 16:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ232	ALLEGED GOVERNMENT LAND GRAB AFFECTS U.S. RANCHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently, the Bolivian Government and landowners in the Cordillera province of Santa Cruz have clashed violently concerning land rights. The government acuses the landowners, including a high-profile AmCit rancher, of labor abuses and serfdom against the resident Guarani popula [...]	2009-02-11 16:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV PHUM EINV CACS BL
09LAPAZ267	LITHIUM: A NEW BATTERY FOR BOLIVIA'S ECONOMY? [...] (C) Summary: Recent articles from BBC, the New York Times, and business journals have created substantial buzz about the reportedly large reserves of lithium contained in Bolivia's Uyuni salt flat. On February 11, Bolivia's National Mining Director Freddy Beltran announced that four companies [...]	2009-02-19 13:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ268	BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Post recommends that Bolivia remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2009. Piracy and counterfeiting are serious problems, existing intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation is weak, and enforcement is inadequate. Post believes prospects for improvement are slim, especially [...]	2009-02-19 13:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD KIPR BL
09LAPAZ272	EVO RETURNS FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales returns from his Moscow/Paris trip February 18 basking in Russian and French goodwill, but with only promises of deals to come on counternarcotics, gas exploration, and lithium industrialization. Although the gas deal is potentially huge (up to $4.5 [...]	2009-02-19 15:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAIR ECON EINV EMIN EPET SNAR
09LAPAZ294	EVO BLAMES CIA FOR YPFB SCANDAL; POLICE'S MILGP BAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite overtures to the Obama Administration in general, President Morales and Government Minister Rada continued the GOB's now familiar barrage of U.S.-blaming and blasting February 20-21. This time the target was the CIA, blamed for the corruption and murder scandal involving [...]	2009-02-26 14:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PROP EAID EPET MARR OFDP
09LAPAZ386	"COMMUNITARIAN JUSTICE" SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL? [...] (C) Summary: Following the March 7 ransacking of former Vice President Victor Hugo Cardenas' home and attack on his wife and family (reftel),provincial community leaders declared March 10 they would formally expropriate the property and claimed the new constitution explicitly justified their [...]	2009-03-12 20:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ389	BOLIVIA: SENATE PRESIDENT CALLS FOR INT'L HELP [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate President and opposition leader Oscar Ortiz on March 12 publicly called on the diplomatic community to "remain engaged" and encourage the Morales administration to negotiate in good faith regarding the new constitution's implementation, Congress' role during the transitio [...]	2009-03-12 22:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ412	BOLIVIAN CORRUPTION: MORE SCANDALS LIKELY [...] (C) As the Bolivian state extends its participation in the economy well beyond its capacity, corruption scandals are likely to surface across any number of the poorly managed and highly politicized state enterprises. The state hydrocarbon company (YPFB) is far and away the largest of these c [...]	2009-03-17 18:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ418	BOLIVIAN VFM: THINGS MAY GET WORSE BEFORE THEY GET [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Fernandez, the GOB had no reaction to the Charge's protest regarding the expulsion of Francisco Martinez, President Morales' latest claims of CIA conspiracies, and Minister Rada's accusations that Bolivian Police working for the Embassy a [...]	2009-03-17 22:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PREL
09LAPAZ436	BOLIVIA: WHO CAN CHALLENGE MORALES? (PT 1) [...] (C) Summary: Although presidential elections will not occur until December 6, at least ten members of the opposition are being mentioned as potential candidates. This is the first in a series of cables that will review the possibilities for each. Part One will focus on the three leading can [...]	2009-03-20 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ENVR BL ECON
09LAPAZ469	MAS TRAMPLES CONSTITUTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales, his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, and affiliated social groups continue to use authoritarian measures to implement a so-called "democratic revolution," including the initiation of legal proceedings against Supreme Court President Eddy Ferna [...]	2009-03-26 16:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ472	GAS SCANDAL TOUCHES TARIJA AND SQUEEZES OPPOSITION [...] (C) As corruption scandals swirl around President Morales and his administration, corruption may also provide a mechanism for a power-grab in the southern, gas-producing state of Tarija. Ironically, the same company, Catler-Uniservice, that was presumably making the payoff to Santos Ramirez [...]	2009-03-27 12:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ478	BOLIVIA: A VIEW FROM THE BANKS [...] (C) Bolivian bank executives report that the sector is currently solid, but bracing for more difficult economic times ahead. While weaker commodity prices and reduced remittances will take their toll on the real economy in 2009, the banker's greatest fear is that pressure on the Bolivian cu [...]	2009-03-30 18:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN PINR ASEC
09LAPAZ496	MAS TRIES TO STACK THE DECK FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The new Bolivian constitution requires Congressional passage by April 7 of a "transitional regime" to establish the rules for the December 6 election of the president, vice president, and members of the new "Plurinational Assembly." Under threat of a 10,000-person siege by socia [...]	2009-03-31 17:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL

09LAPAZ508	GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA FOLDS REGULATORY BODIES BACK [...] (C) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) economic model firmly places the state at the center of all economic activity. One more step will be taken toward this goal with the dismantling of the regulatory system that won accolades upon its creation in the early 1990s. The system featured sup [...]	2009-04-01 20:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN ASEC SENV
09LAPAZ519	MORALES PARROTS CHAVEZ ON G20, CRITICIZES OBAMA [...] (C) Summary: During a press conference at the Presidential Palace, Bolivian President Evo Morales on April 3 repeated almost verbatim Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's criticisms of the G20 summit agreement from a day before. Morales added his own doubts regarding President Obama, saying he [...]	2009-04-03 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL ECON
09LAPAZ522	BOLIVIAN GAS: ACTIVITY RETURNS TO THE GAS FIELDS [...] (C) Despite the controversy surrounding Santos Ramirez's tenure as head of Bolivia's state hydrocarbon company (YPFB),he was able to clarify partially the operating environment for the major players in the Bolivian gas sector. As a result, activity has returned to many fields. That said, [...]	2009-04-06 15:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ55	FACEBOOK REMAINS YOUTH POLITICAL OUTLET IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The use of social networking groups and the internet is proliferating in Bolivia, despite the fact that relatively few Bolivians have access to the internet in their homes. Many of Bolivia's wealthier youth are using every resource available to promote their message, including Fac [...]	2009-01-12 22:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON ETTC KDEM
09LAPAZ572	NO ELECTION DEAL; MORALES: USG DEATH THREAT [...] (C) Summary: After five days of often heated debate, as of 4:00pm April 13, President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have been unable to reach a satisfactory compromise with the opposition to pass a constitutionally-mandated Electoral Transition Law (ETL). The [...]	2009-04-13 21:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL ECON
09LAPAZ578	OPPOSITION GAINS WITH ELECTORAL LAW PASSAGE [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 4:00am on April 14, the Morales administration reached formal agreement with the opposition and passed the Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which establishes the rules for the December 6 national elections. The ETL directs the National Electoral Court to construc [...]	2009-04-14 22:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ6	FEARS OF CLOSING CONGRESS FOR EARLY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Alternate Senator Rafael Loayza (Podemos, La Paz) told PolOff he anticipated Bolivian President Evo Morales would shut down Congress sometime before mid-summer. Loayza argued that Morales will use the "inevitable" approval of a constitutional referendum January 25 to j [...]	2009-01-05 19:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ600	GOB BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON "TERRORIST CELL" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and other senior administration members, during an address to the diplomatic corps on April 21, underscored the seriousness of what they labeled a series of three terrorist attacks and the presence of a terrorist cell with at least ten [...]	2009-04-23 11:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL PTER
09LAPAZ601	MORALES PRAISES OBAMA, BLASTS DEA [...] (SBU) Bolivian President Evo Morales gave a press conference with foreign press April 21 to express his views on the Summit of the Americas (SOA) in terms of the U.S.-Bolivian bilateral relationship. He highlighted his brief encounters with President Obama at the SOA, saying that Bolivia "saw [...]	2009-04-23 11:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ611	MIXED SIGNS ON TERROR INVESTIGATION, USG [...] (SBU) During April 22 interviews to BBC Mundo and CNN Espanol, Bolivian President Evo Morales seemingly sent mixed messages regarding any international role in the investigation of the April 16 operation against an alleged terror cell in Santa Cruz in which three alleged terrorists were killed [...]	2009-04-24 14:33:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ODIP OFDP OPRC PGOV PREL PTER HU EI HR RO BL
09LAPAZ62	BOLIVIA: EVO WARNS HE WILL RULE BY DECREE [...] (U) At the January 11 conference of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, President Evo Morales called on his followers to perpetuate MAS power "forever." Morales assured his listeners that he was confident the new constitution would pass in the January 25 referendum, allowing for [...]	2009-01-13 21:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ635	BOLIVIA: "TERRORISM" EXCUSE FOR MASS ARRESTS? [...] (C) Summary: The Morales administration may use an April 16 police team raid in opposition-dominated Santa Cruz, in which police shot and killed three alleged terrorists, arrested two more, and reportedly found a separate weapons cache (Reftels A, B),to initiate arrests of the political opposition [...]	2009-04-29 21:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ659	GOB IMPLICATES SANTA CRUZ LEADERS IN "TERRORISM" [...] (S) Summary: The government prosecutor has implicated a dozen top Santa Cruz leaders in supporting a "terrorist cell" aiming to divide the country. A former public defender for one of the Hungarian defendants told us the government had informants within the group and a great deal of evidence t [...]	2009-05-06 15:17:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC BL
09LAPAZ67	LA PAZ - ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT - 2009 [...] ROAD CONDITIONS IN BOLIVIA Outside the major cities, road conditions are quite poor. Of the 42,815 Km. of roads in Bolivia, less than five percent are paved. Of the remainder, one third is topped with gravel, and the rest (approximately 60% of all the roads in country) are poorly maintained [...]	2009-01-15 11:13:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT APER BL
09LAPAZ674	EL ALTO MAS ASKS FOR USAID EXPULSION [...] SUMMARY. El Alto members of President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party verbally attacked the United States May 4, following a presentation by Venezuelan-American Eva Golinger entitled "The Interference and Subversive Strategies of the United States in Latin America during the Twe [...]	2009-05-07 18:01:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ69	BOLIVIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Bolivia remains a difficult place to do business. Economic activity is often disrupted by social unrest resulting from centuries of economic, political, and social inequality, and indigenous, labor, and anti-globalization organizations have recently targeted private investment )- particula [...]	2009-01-15 17:10:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	BL EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB PGOV ELAB
09LAPAZ695	POSITIVE TARIJA EVENTS: BOOKS, OREGANO, BASEBALL [...] Building on the positive relationship enjoyed between the Embassy and the southern, gas-producing Department (state) of Tarija, the A/DCM traveled to the region May 7-8 to host a variety of events. A PAS book donation was attended by the mayor of Tarija, Oscar Montes and well over 100 red, wh [...]	2009-05-12 19:51:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV BL EAID OEXC OPRC EAGR
09LAPAZ715	SUPREME COURT HALTED, JUDICIARY DISMANTLED [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian Congress' lower house narrowly voted on May 14 to impeach Supreme Court President Eddy Fernandez, and the opposition-controlled Senate will begin a "trial of responsibilities" within two weeks. The ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party's main charge against F [...]	2009-05-15 20:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ72	WE'RE RUDE, WE'RE NUDE, WE WANT OUR '99 NISSANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivian government is facing massive protests - some in the nude - relating to a December Presidential decree relating to used car imports. The decree limits the importation of used cars older than five years into Bolivia. Importers have been protesting for weeks, including o [...]	2009-01-15 20:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SENV BL
09LAPAZ722	SCENE SETTER FOR A/S SHANNON VISIT [...] (C) Welcome to La Paz! Your visit comes at a critical moment in U.S./Bolivian relations. In the past year, bilateral relations sank to their lowest point in decades, largely as a result of unprovoked Government of Bolivia rhetoric and action. Events over the past twelve months include a mar [...]	2009-05-19 11:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL EAID ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ743	CHARGE MEETING WITH FORMER VP CARDENAS [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation on May 15, Charge d'Affaires met with former Vice President and leading opposition presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas and discussed Cardenas' campaign prospects, recent attacks against political opponents by ruling Movement Toward Socialism [...]	2009-05-22 15:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ750	LAWYER: GOB INVOLVED IN TERROR, PANDO, YPFB CASES [...] (S) Summary: A Bolivian government lawyer who worked closely on the Santa Cruz terrorism case, the investigation into the September 2008 Pando conflict, and the YPFB (state oil company) murder and corruption case provided new information on GOB involvement in all three incidents. In the alleg [...]	2009-05-26 19:45:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ758	GOB TO SEIZE "TERRORIST" ASSETS WITHOUT TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: President Morales issued a supreme decree on May 20 authorizing government prosecutors to seize, without trial, assets related to alleged terrorist acts, including personal goods, business assets, bank accounts, and communications media. The decree is to be applied retroactively [...]	2009-05-27 22:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ802	MGSF01: BOLIVIA: THREE SUSPECTED CASES OF A/H1N1 [...] On May 28, the first two cases of Influenza A/H1N1 in Bolivia were confirmed by the Bolivian National Center for Tropical Disease (CENETROP). A 39-year-old woman and a seven-year-old boy have both been diagnosed with A/H1N1 in Santa Cruz. Both individuals arrived in Bolivia Monday, May 25 via [...]	2009-06-02 19:34:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AEMR AMGT ASEC KFLU CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF
09LAPAZ828	MFA ON UPCOMING DC ROUND OF BILATERAL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez told Charge June 4 that he would confirm the timing of D.C.-based bilateral talks with UN Charge Pablo Solon. Fernandez urged that President Obama reverse suspension of ATPDEA trade preferences for Bolivia by June 30. Fernandez said it would [...]	2009-06-05 16:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PINR OFDP OPDC OVIP SNAR EAID
09LAPAZ844	HOW GOB COULD BLAME US FOR ALLEGED TERROR CELL [...] (S) Summary: The USG has not yet been directly accused of involvement with an alleged terrorist cell in Santa Cruz. However, there are several factors that could induce the GOB to connect us to suspected extremist groups in Santa Cruz: the petition of political asylum from alleged terrorist Hug [...]	2009-06-08 20:52:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
09LAPAZ871	PL-480: TWO YEARS OF FRUSTRATION [...] (C) As the Bolivian State presses forward with its desire to more fully control U.S. donations, the attempt to program and use PL-480 Title I funds provides an insightful case study. Following the monetization of agricultural commodities in 2004-05, about $6.7 million was planned to be joint [...]	2009-06-15 13:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ89	U.S./BOLIVIA RELATIONS: HOW WE GOT HERE [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales has repeatedly stated that he will "never break relations with the United States," and he has recently expressed hopes that bilateral relations will improve under the Obama administration. Privately, however, high-level officials told us as early as 2007 tha [...]	2009-01-21 19:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ECON EFIN EAID BL
09LAPAZ898	EVO BLAMES U.S. FTA FOR PERU "GENOCIDE" [...] (C) Summary: Tensions between Bolivia and Peru continue to simmer following Peru's allegations that the June 5 indigenous uprising, in which an estimated 24 police and nine indigenous were left dead, was incited by a pro-rebellion letter from President Morales (reftel). Morales' claims that t [...]	2009-06-19 21:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PINR ETRD EPET EMIN ECIN OFDP
09LAPAZ90	SANTA CRUZ "NO" CAMPAIGN WORKING FOR EVERY VOTE [...] (C) With less than a week before the January 25 constitutional referendum, both the pro-government "Yes" and the anti-government "No" campaigns have stepped up efforts in Santa Cruz Department (state). Pro-government Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) forces have a higher campaign budget in Sant [...]	2009-01-22 11:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ASEC CONS BL
09LAPAZ93	BOLIVIA: MORALES TARGETS USG BEFORE REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: In his January 22 State of the Union Address marking the beginning of his fourth year in office, President Evo Morales made repeated rhetorical attacks against the United States, to the point that Charge was obliged to leave the meeting. In an encounter with the press afterwards, [...]	2009-01-22 22:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ETRD EAID OFDP OPRC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ957	BOLIVIA: CDA, FM DISCUSS BILAT RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca welcomed new Charge d'Affaires James Creagan June 26 at what he called a "historic moment" in the country's history. Although he emphasized his desire to return the bilateral relationship to a state of normalcy, Choquehuanca admitted no [...]	2009-06-26 23:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ968	BOLIVIAN GAS: PURGATORY [...] (C) Over the past three years investments in the Bolivian gas fields have been minimal; this is changing, as companies have begun to make significant investments to guarantee enough gas for both domestic demand and exports to Brazil (with any excess going to Argentina). Moments of optimism [...]	2009-06-30 14:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LEIPZIG15	RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS WIN MINOR GAINS IN EASTERN GERMANY'S [...] (U) The right-wing extremist "National Democratic Party of Germany" (NPD) achieved minor gains in the June 7 communal elections in the eastern states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia, had an increase in support in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (M-V) from .08 to 3.2 percent of the vote statewid [...]	2009-07-02 08:32:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV GM
09LEIPZIG26	SPD POSITIONED AS KINGMAKER IN THURINGIA COALITION DILEMMA [...] (SBU) The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered a severe blow in the Thuringia state elections August 30, losing its absolute majority. This has been interpreted as a setback on the national level as well, since the CDU came up short of being able to form a coalition with its preferred par [...]	2009-08-31 16:04:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GM
09LEIPZIG28	THURINGIA ELECTION AFTERMATH: CALLS FOR A GRAND COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Having lost its absolute majority in the August 30 state elections, Thuringia's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) may resort to pushing Minister-President Dieter Althaus aside to increase its chances of forming a coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD). A CDU-SPD coali [...]	2009-09-02 14:11:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GM
09LIBREVILLE109	GABON STEPS UP SECURITY IN RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL [...] (U) The Gabonese Ministry of Defense issued a communique March 16 stating that it was stepping up patrols in Libreville and cities in the interior of Gabon in response to "corroborated information" about a potential attack by an "identified armed group." A translation of the communique follo [...]	2009-03-18 12:05:00	Embassy Libreville	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE139	SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - UPDATE ON MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Senior political leadership in Sao Tome and Principe (STP),including the president and prime minister, remain committed to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) threshold program but frustrated over what they perceive as a lack of progress. MCC Threshold Programs Director Malik Ch [...]	2009-04-06 09:50:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD ECON KMCA TP
09LIBREVILLE16	GABON: DETAINED NGO LEADERS OUT ON BAIL [...] (C) Five NGO leaders and others arrested by Gabonese authorities in a December 31, 2008, crackdown (reftels) were released on bail January 12. The two most prominent detainees appeared initially to be in good physical condition. In a wide-ranging press conference days before the release, th [...]	2009-01-13 13:16:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE195	GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO, SERIOUSLY ILL, "SUSPENDS" [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, who we believe was hospitalized on May 4, was discharged on the night of May 6-7 but remains gravely ill, according to well-informed medical sources. Informed speculation is that the president may be suffering from some form of cancer, compl [...]	2009-05-07 13:34:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB ASEC
09LIBREVILLE210	GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO SAID TO BE RECEIVING [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, who is seriously ill, is said to be receiving medical treatment in Europe. His precise location is unknown, although he appears to have traveled first to Spain, and may be receiving treatment there. His prognosis is uncertain. Unease is gr [...]	2009-05-14 15:31:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GB SP
09LIBREVILLE211	CEEAC/ECCAS PURSUES AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (U) The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS, or French acronym "CEEAC") is the least developed of Africa's major regional organizations with responsibility for peace and security issues. CEEAC is nevertheless pursuing an ambitious agenda that includes oversight of a peacekeepi [...]	2009-05-14 16:23:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MASS GB TP CD CG CF AO BY EK CM
09LIBREVILLE220	GABON AFTER PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Africa's longest-serving head of state, is gravely ill. Following is Embassy Libreville's analysis of the prospects for succession and stability in Gabon, and the likely impact on U.S. interests. End Summary. ------------------------------ [...]	2009-05-20 10:42:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR GB FR
09LIBREVILLE23	GABON: BONGO'S NEW GOVERNMENT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE [...] (SBU) Following weeks of public hints that a government shakeup was imminent, Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba announced a modest cabinet reshuffle January 14. The already-bloated cabinet grew from 43 to 48 positions (including deputy ministers). The new government, while it doe [...]	2009-01-15 15:28:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE230	GABON'S CHINESE-BACKED 3.6 BILLION IRON MINE PROJECT AT A [...] (SBU) Since Gabon's May 2008 agreement with Chinese authorities for the development of Gabon's rich Belinga iron ore deposit (Ref. B),preliminary infrastructure work has stalled and no further activities are underway. Unofficial reports from government, diplomatic, and NGO sources cite the c [...]	2009-05-22 07:08:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EMIN PGOV GB CH
09LIBREVILLE232	Gabon: Discontent May Close Schools Early [...] (U) Since tense negotiations ended a primary and secondary teachers' strike in December 2008, the problems facing Gabon's education sector have multiplied and spread to higher education. University professors are now on strike, demanding better pay and working conditions, and their colleagues a [...]	2009-05-22 07:08:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB SOCI PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE270	PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO DEAD AT 1430 LOCAL [...] (U) Gabonese officials have confirmed that President Omar Bongo Ondimba passed away on June 8 at 1430 Gabonese time. The Government of Gabon has announced a 30-day period of mourning. There are no details on the funeral yet. The Gabonese military is on alert, the international airport is clo [...]	2009-06-08 17:37:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB SP FR
09LIBREVILLE281	GABON: U.S. INTERESTS IN THE POST-BONGO ERA [...] (C) About a dozen African heads of state, French President Sarkozy, AU Chair Jean Ping and other luminaries are expected in Libreville for Gabonese President Omar Bongo's June 16 state funeral. Drawing on our excellent condolence message, any U.S. delegation should honor Bongo's memory and f [...]	2009-06-12 11:53:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE295	GABON: GOVERNMENT DISMISSED, REAPPOINTED, AND [...] (C) On June 19 Interim President Rose Francine Rogombe accepted the constitutionally-mandated resignation of Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong and the demission of the Cabinet of Ministers. Ndong was appointed hours later to head a transitional government that looks much like its predecessor. [...]	2009-06-22 16:29:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF GB
09LIBREVILLE310	GABON: ANNULLED SCHOOL YEAR AVERTED... FOR NOW [...] (C) The possibile annulment of the 2008-2009 school year was resolved between the teachers and Gabonese Government on June 27. President Omar Bongo had been the arbiter of union demands and ended most lingering strikes. Without his intervention, the teachers' stike continued until the Prime [...]	2009-06-30 14:03:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE318	GABON: NO DATE YET FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT [...] (C) Preparations for Gabon's presidential election are underway, including the revision of electoral lists and determining the number of local electoral commissions. However, an election date has not yet been determined and there is broad agreement across the political spectrum that more time [...]	2009-07-06 12:58:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE344	GABON: VOTER REGISTRATION CLOSED, MINISTER OF [...] (C) Voter registration for Gabon's upcoming presidential election ended on July 22 after being extended an extra day due to higher-than-expected demand. Long lines and early closings of registration offices have fueled complaints by citizens and political opponents to the ruling party. Casami [...]	2009-07-23 16:14:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE36	GABON: PRISON UPRISING EXPOSES DEPLORABLE [...] (C) An uprising at Libreville's Central Prison January 19 left three prisoners dead and several wounded before authorities restored order. Trouble started when prisoners took four guards hostage in a protest over filthy living conditions and lengthy pretrial detention. The government's inter [...]	2009-01-26 05:21:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE364	GABON: TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRIKE SHUTS DOWN [...] (C) In the critical lead time prior to Gabon,s presidential election August 30th, much of the country is without internet and telephone capability. A strike by Gabon Telecommunication workers has resulted in internet, land, and cellular lines being disabled, and is affecting all subsidiaries [...]	2009-08-04 14:12:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINT EINV ELAB ETTC
09LIBREVILLE365	SAO TOME: ELECTION TIMING UNRESOLVED, ECONOMIC [...] (C) Dates for country-wide National Assembly and Presidential elections in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) are unresolved due to the severe lack of funds of the Sao Tomean Government. Originally scheduled for summer 2009, the Government announced in June that it did not have the required 2 millio [...]	2009-08-05 13:16:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PGOV PREL TP
09LIBREVILLE368	GABON: ELECTION MISCELLANY [...] (C) As Gabon enters into an unprecedented period in its history, Gabonese politics also struggles to define the norms for the first truly unpredictable political landscape in 41 years. New election tactics like the use of short messaging services (SMS) and billboards are prompting local debate [...]	2009-08-06 15:31:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE38	GABON: ACTIVISTS SAY GOVERNMENT TRUMPED UP [...] (C) The Ambassador met January 16 with two Gabonese NGO leaders under investigation for an alleged plot to undermine state security. Marc Ona and Georges Mpaga, arrested on New Year's Eve, were released January 12 but are still subject to a lengthy investigation and trial. Neither is free to [...]	2009-01-26 11:00:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SENV SOCI GB
09LIBREVILLE387	GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS IN FULL SWING: ALI [...] (C) Gabon,s two week presidential campaign period officially started August 15 with launch rallies held by most, if not all, 23 candidates in Libreville. Also on the eve of the campaign Bongo stepped down as Defense Minister. Quickly establishing himself as the spending forerunner, ruling PDG [...]	2009-08-19 15:57:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE388	GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS IN FULL SWING; ALI [...] (C) Gabon's two week presidential campaign period officially started August 15 with launch rallies held by most, if not all, 23 candidates in Libreville. Also on the eve of the campaign Bongo stepped down as Defense Minister. Quickly establishing himself as the spending forerunner, ruling PDG [...]	2009-08-19 16:07:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE389	GABON: ELECTION MISCELLANY II [...] (C) The jockeying for position and desire for votes by the candidates of the Gabonese presidency has steadily risen in intensity. Bruno Ben Moubamba, an independent candidate, is in the sixth day of a hunger strike to protest irregularities regarding the Constitutional Court and electoral list [...]	2009-08-21 13:55:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE392	GABON: FIRST CASE OF H1N1 CONFIRMED [...] (C) Gabon recently suffered its first confirmed case of H1N1 (Influenza A) Swine Flu, resulting in heightened public awareness and the development of a multi-Ministry committee to respond to the threat, while neighboring island country So Tome & Principe remains surprisingly aggressive in their [...]	2009-08-24 14:11:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KFLU TBIO EAID GB
09LIBREVILLE395	GABON: IS THE VOTERS LIST INFLATED? [...] (C) Independent candidate Bruno Ben Moubamba was hospitalized briefly on August 22 in the 7th day of his hunger strike (reftel). He returned to his spot at the entrance of the National Assembly after being treated and is now drinking juices. Prior to the start of the hunger strike Moubamba [...]	2009-08-25 13:14:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE398	GABON: SECURITY ISSUES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Libreville is calm and will likely remain so in the leadup to the August 30 presidential election. For the first time in 41 years the Gabonese will not have Omar Bongo as the shoo-in candidate. Since the rules that applied under Omar Bongo's presidency are now in flux, security and peacef [...]	2009-08-28 15:02:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE421	GABON: OPPOSITION IN DISSARAY FOLLOWING THE [...] (C) The Gabonese opposition has been unable to present a meaningful challenge to the results of the August 30 election despite lingering questions about the legitimacy of the vote count. With 18 candidates on election day, the opposition's failure to coordinate split the vote, giving Ali Bongo [...]	2009-09-18 10:31:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
09LIBREVILLE460	GABON: ALI BONGO INSTALLATION, IMPLICATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ali Bongo Ondimba, the son of former President Omar Bongo who ruled Gabon for 41 years, will be formally inaugurated as the country's fourth president on October 16. The Constitutional Court's validation of the August 30 election results on October 11 and Bongo's installation end [...]	2009-10-15 15:18:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB EK
09LIBREVILLE466	GABON: NEW FACES IN LEANER ALI BONGO CABINET, PART [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ali Bongo Ondimba era has begun in Gabon with the naming of a new cabinet. President Bongo lived up to a campaign promise, cutting more than 15 senior positions in the government and consolidating a number of ministries. New and younger faces now head the remaining ministries [...]	2009-10-19 16:47:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE467	GABON: ALI BONGO ARRESTS KEY PLAYERS IN REGIONAL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly installed Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba recalled Philibert Andzembe, the Governor of the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC),who is Gabonese, in the wake of revelations about the $82 million financial scandal. Press sources are reporting that two other [...]	2009-10-20 14:47:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCOR GB
09LIBREVILLE48	ECHOES OF WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS SOUND IN GABON [...] SUMMARY: With an economy almost entirely dependent on the export of raw materials -- mainly petroleum, manganese, and timber -- Gabon has experienced significant recessionary effects linked to the current international economic crisis. Private sector decision-makers are taking a cautious appro [...]	2009-02-06 09:35:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET EMIN EAGR GB
09LIBREVILLE481	GABON: PPRESIDENT ALI BONGO CHANGES WAY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Ali Bongo's changes to the government are shaking up the way Gabon does business. His efforts look to streamline the government and focused its agenda. He continues to eliminate "dead-weight" positions throughout the government. He has capped the maximum public secto [...]	2009-11-02 14:33:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE495	GABON: NATIONAL PARKS FACING SIGNIFICANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Gabon's newly-appointed director of the National Parks Agency (ANPN),biologist and environmentalist Dr. Lee White, reviewed the current status of the parks authority, anticipated next steps to develop eco-tourism and the parks, and provided a general background on the status of [...]	2009-11-12 07:18:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE501	SAO TOME: LETTER FROM MENEZES CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] On November 12 the Embassy received a letter dated October 10 from Sao Tome and Principe President Fradique Menezes for President Obama conveying congratulations for the award of the Nobel Peace Prize. 2. The translated letter reads as follows: Dear Mr. President, It is with great plea [...]	2009-11-16 13:25:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TP
09LIBREVILLE504	GABON: U.S. OIL COMPANY SELLS ASSETS DUE TO OIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 09:07:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EIND TPHY GB
09LIBREVILLE506	GABON: U.S. OIL COMPANY SELLS ASSETS DUE TO OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S.-owned Marathon Oil sold its permits and holdings in Gabon to a French company, but will continue to monitor its exploration of offshore blocks from Houston. This move effectively discontinues Marathon's active operations on-the-ground. Another U.S. company, Vaalco, remai [...]	2009-11-17 12:45:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EIND TPHY GB
09LIBREVILLE539	GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO SAYS HE WILL FOCUS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 05:02:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPL SENV GB
09LIBREVILLE543	GABON: UTILITY PROBLEMS PLAGUE LIBREVILLE [...] Summary: Electrical and water service in Gabon is becoming increasingly unreliable and is presenting a potentially serious challenge to the government. Previously unheard of, rolling blackouts, frequent power outages, and lack of water are now common. The partially government-managed Electr [...]	2009-12-10 08:37:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE56	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: COUP PLOT FOILED? [...] (U) According to information trickling out of Sao Tome and Principe (STP),security forces thwarted a suspected coup plot by arresting several suspects on the evening of February 11. Information is sketchy, but initial reports indicate that the former paramilitary group known as the Buffalos [...]	2009-02-12 16:03:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CASC GB TP
09LIBREVILLE76	GABON: GOVERNMENT AT A NEAR-STANDSTILL [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadjj Ombar Bongo Ondimba has been in Morocco since February 5, attending to his ailing 45-year old wife Edith, who is said to be incapacitated and possibly near death. A media blackout on the case continues in Gabon, and all but the most critical government decision [...]	2009-02-27 10:39:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GB
09LIBREVILLE87	GABONESE GOVERNMENT LASHES OUT AT FRANCE [...] (U) Gabon's foreign minister convoked the diplomatic corps March 6 to deliver a scathing indictment of the French "media campaign" against President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, which the foreign minister says threatens to seriously damage relations with France. He noted bitterly that the cam [...]	2009-03-06 10:40:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GB FR
09LIBREVILLE96	GABON: UNION LEADERS WARN OF IMMINENT STRIKES IN [...] (C) Union leaders in Port Gentil, the center of Gabon's petroleum production, warn that one or more strikes by oil workers are imminent. Though splintered into dozens of small unions and five overlapping confederations, labor leaders in the petroleum sector are united by a cause that may soo [...]	2009-03-12 15:05:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON EPET GB
09LILONGWE110	MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE: TWO MONTHS TO GO [...] (C) Summary: The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has delayed its long-awaited ruling on former President's Muluzi's candidacy until after the dissolution of Parliament on March 20. The MEC's recent discovery that over $2.8 million that had not been properly accounted has dented its credibil [...]	2009-03-02 15:28:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AU MI
09LILONGWE113	CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST MALAWI'S FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Former President and current United Democratic Front (UDF) Presidential candidate Bakili Muluzi was arrested Feb. 25 on corruption charges. Immediately released on bail, Muluzi awaits a date for a High Court hearing on the case. Investigations began into Muluzi's alleged cor [...]	2009-03-04 15:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	SECRET	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE122	AMBASSADOR TALKS ELECTIONS, U.S. COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador had a lengthy one-on-one meeting with President Mutharika on Monday, March 2nd. The cordial and wide-ranging discussion covered expanded U.S. assistance for economic development, particularly agriculture; Malawi,s Millennium Challenge Corporation compact status; USG [...]	2009-03-06 08:14:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MI
09LILONGWE150	MALAWI: AU PRACTICES PRE-ELECTION "PREEMPTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Joachim Chissano of Mozambique returned to Lilongwe March 5 to facilitate an African Union (AU) sponsored dialogue between President Mutharika, former President Muluzi, and opposition leader John Tembo. The talks brought together Mutharika and Muluzi for the fi [...]	2009-03-17 15:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AU MI
09LILONGWE155	MALAWI: WEB REPORT CLAIMS MUTHARIKA SERIOUSLY ILL [...] (SBU) On March 22 Nyasa Times, a notoriously anti-government web site linked to former President Bakili Muluzi, claimed that President Mutharika had become seriously ill and fallen into a coma. The web report claimed that Mutharika's cancellation of two campaign rallies, March 22 in Blantyre [...]	2009-03-23 13:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE156	MALAWI: ELECTORAL COMMISSION REJECTS MULUZI [...] (C) Summary: The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) announced March 20 that it had rejected the nomination of former President Bakili Muluzi as the United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate on the grounds that he had already served the maximum two consecutive terms allowed under the [...]	2009-03-23 13:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE157	MALAWI ELECTION UPDATE: IS MEC STILL INDEPENDENT? [...] (C) Summary: The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC),while still reeling from an audit that discovered an unaccounted $2.8 million USD (reftel),appears on track logistically and operationally for a May 19 election date. However, legal challenges over former President Muluzi's denied nomination [...]	2009-03-23 15:27:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE175	MALAWI: NORTHERN REGION NO LOCK FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Malawi's Northern Region looks to be a key swing district in May 2009 elections, where its 14% share of the national electorate could be a major factor. Key issues for Northerners are economic development, representation in the national government and an end to discriminatory poli [...]	2009-04-01 12:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE181	MALAWI: IMF FORGIVES OVERSPENDING, HIGHLIGHTS STRONG [...] SUMMARY: A just-concluded IMF mission to Malawi found that the GOM had sufficiently met Fund benchmarks to justify continuation of the one-year ESF agreement extended in late 2008. The IMF team and the GOM compromised on how to account for overspending on the 2008 fertilizer subsidy program. [...]	2009-04-03 10:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD MI
09LILONGWE183	MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE - MULUZI READY TO WAVE THE [...] (C) Summary: According to Muluzi confidante Harry Thomson and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General Chris Daza, former President Bakili Muluzi is prepared to withdraw his nomination for President and support MCP candidate John Tembo if the Constitutional Court upholds the MEC ruling on [...]	2009-04-03 14:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE219	MALAWI: MULUZI BACKS TEMBO FOR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Former president Bakili Muluzi finally endorsed Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate John Tembo for president in a joint rally in Blantyre on April 18. In addition to kicking off the United Democratic Front (UDF) - MCP coalition, the rally answered several key questions about [...]	2009-04-20 16:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE220	MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE - RUSHING TO ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The inspection of Malawi's new voter roll revealed numerous problems, including 50,000 missing registrants and over 300,000 people with data errors. To quell political party complaints and add the missing voters, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has hired 550 temporary sta [...]	2009-04-21 12:10:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE228	MALAWI ELECTIONS - EXPECT A TIGHT RACE [...] (C) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader John Tembo are the clear front-runners in a pack of seven presidential candidates. Despite Mutharika's real macroeconomic success and populist programs such as the fertilizer subsidy, incumbency in Malawi has not [...]	2009-04-29 10:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE241	MALAWI ELECTIONS: WHAT'S AT STAKE? [...] (C) Summary: A presidential victory by either President Mutharika or MCP leader John Tembo in Malawi's May 19 presidential race would pose its own challenges and opportunities. A Mutharika victory would favor the continuity of key U.S. development initiatives including an MCC Compact, the new [...]	2009-05-08 09:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE27	MALAWI: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy without restrictions on ownership, size of investment, source of funds, and destination of final product. There is no government screening of foreign investment in Malawi. Apart from the privatization [...]	2009-01-20 14:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MI
09LILONGWE283	MALAWI'S TRANSFORMATIONAL ELECTION SHIFTS [...] (C) Summary: Malawi's May 19th election transformed the country's political landscape. President Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) became the first candidate and party to capture the majority of the votes in all three regions of Malawi (ref A). The decisiveness of the victo [...]	2009-05-28 13:04:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE285	MALAWI - DPP DOMINATES PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),riding the coattails of President Mutharika, won an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly in May 19 elections. The DPP won 113 out of 192 seats and will likely reach a two-thirds majority as independents join the government. The [...]	2009-05-29 06:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE29	MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE - DELAYS AND DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary: The latest extension in Malawi's voter registration process will delay completion of the exercise to January 28, pushing the deadline for Presidential and Parliamentary nominations into early February. With no decision yet on Muluzi's candidacy, potential delays from legal cha [...]	2009-01-21 14:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE316	MALAWI SWINE FLU RESPONSE: GOOD PLANNING BUT STILL [...] Summary: While experience with SARS and preparations for Avian Influenza (AI) have benefited Malawi by raising awareness and facilitating relatively advanced planning, the GOM would face serious challenges in managing an actual H1N1 swine flu outbreak. Limited human capacity and scarce finan [...]	2009-06-05 12:26:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO AEMR CASC KSAF KPAO MI
09LILONGWE348	UN ACCEPTS MALAWI FOR MISSION IN CHAD, BUT [...] (C) Summary: During its recent inspection, the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO),accepted a Malawi Defense Force (MDF) infantry battalion for deployment to the U.N. Mission to Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT). Coming on the heels of a nine-week African Conti [...]	2009-06-23 15:12:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS KPKO PREL MI
09LILONGWE358	ELECTION DEFEATS FRACTURE THE MALAWI CONGRESS PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The poor performance of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the recent general elections led Ishmael Chafukira, the party's spokesman, to call for the immediate resignation of the party's leader and presidential candidate, John Tembo. In return, Tembo fired Chafukira and has branded [...]	2009-06-24 12:33:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV MI

09LILONGWE363	MUTHARIKA ANNOUNCES A COMPREHENSIVE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In his State of the Nation address on June 23, President Mutharika highlighted his first administration's achievements in food security, economic growth, and respect for democracy through successful and peaceful elections. Mutharika said the voters gave him an overwhelming mand [...]	2009-06-25 15:30:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID MI

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