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06SHANGHAI7044	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON CROSS-STRAITS RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Several prominent Shanghai-based cross-Straits scholars told visiting EAP Political Officers during meetings on November 1-3 that domestic political turmoil in Taiwan would continue and would prevent any breakthroughs on cross-Straits issues for the foreseeable future. The scholar [...]	2006-11-13 09:17:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW

06SHANGHAI7097	SHANGHAI BISHOP JIN ON ILLICIT ORDINATION OF XUZHOU BISHOP [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai Bishop Jin was shocked to learn of the illicit ordination of Xuzhou Bishop Wang Renlei. He said that the ordination was ridiculous and a challenge by the Chinese government to the Vatican. He said there was no hope for reconciliation in the near future. According to B [...]	2006-11-30 09:12:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH VT
06SHANGHAI7130	RECENT SETBACKS ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary. For the past several months, Shanghai's Public Affairs Section (PAS) has pursued local partner institutions as potential hosts for a variety of IIP-produced poster shows on key mission themes. Like our colleagues in Guangzhou (reftel),we too have run into resistance from our lo [...]	2006-12-15 05:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL US CH
06SINGAPORE1044	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GOS [...] (SBU) Summary: During Secretary Michael Chertoff's March 29 meetings with senior GOS officials, he stressed the need for closer law enforcement cooperation and a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT). The Secretary noted that Singapore and the United States had similar approaches to balance th [...]	2006-03-31 06:27:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN KCRM SN
06SINGAPORE142	MFA ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, U.S. REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: During a January 18 courtesy call by the Ambassador, MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho said Singapore shared our concern about Iran's recent actions on its nuclear program. Iran appeared impervious to outside pressure, he added. The Ambassador raised the importance of concluding a [...]	2006-01-18 09:32:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHSA KNNP ECON SN
06SINGAPORE1567	SINGAPORE SCENESETTER FOR EAP A/S HILL [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your May 20-22 visit to Singapore. Singapore's leadership will be interested in your views on developments in Asia and the U.S. role in the region and can be counted on to provide thoughtful views on questions such as terrorism in Southeast Asia and the rise of China. [...]	2006-05-16 05:39:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PTER PHUM SN
06SINGAPORE1829	A/S HILL'S VISIT TO SINGAPORE [...] (C) Summary: In his wide ranging discussions with Singapore's senior leadership, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill stressed the importance of Southeast Asia for the United States and said we were not in a competition with China for regional influence. Singapore wanted an open and in [...]	2006-06-05 09:41:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SN
06SINGAPORE197	SINGAPORE - 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Post submits below the draft text of the 2006 Singapore Investment Climate Statement (ICS). As requested reftel, we have also forwarded the document via email to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. Begin text of 2006 Investment Climate Statement: Investment Policy Summary 3. Foreign investments, combi [...]	2006-01-24 06:41:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06SINGAPORE201	SINGAPORE SCENESETTER FOR PM A/S HILLEN'S VISIT [...] (C) I look forward to welcoming you to Singapore during your February 6-7 visit here. Your visit comes at an important time to: -- thank Singapore for its diplomatic and military support for Coalition actions in Iraq; -- encourage Singapore to expand its role and level of commitment in A [...]	2006-01-24 08:24:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS SN
06SINGAPORE2695	SENATOR BOND'S MEETINGS WITH SINGAPORE'S SENIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussing the Middle East situation, Singapore's senior leadership told Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO) that Hezbollah had won a strategic victory against Israel and the reputation of the Israeli Defense Forces had been damaged by its poor performance in Lebanon. Foreign [...]	2006-08-24 06:45:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SN
06SINGAPORE2754	RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 05-1001820 [...] Per reftel, Post conducted inquiries to verify the bona fides of Avi-Com Enterprises. 2. Avi-Com Enterprises is a sole proprietorship that has been operating in Singapore since February 18, 2004. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists the company's principle officer as: N [...]	2006-08-31 02:47:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SN
06SINGAPORE2862	RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE [...] Per reftel, Post conducted inquiries to confirm the shipment of items on license 05-050009017 to Nigeria by Ranova Pte. Ltd. 2. Ranova Pte. Ltd. is a limited exempt private company that has been operating in Singapore since 1996. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists the c [...]	2006-09-11 07:15:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SN
06SINGAPORE2978	FED CHAIRMAN BERNANKE MEETS WITH SINGAPORE [...] (SBU) Summary: China's economic development and its economic relationship with the United States figured prominently in separate meetings between Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Ben Bernanke and Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew. Both the PM and [...]	2006-09-18 07:41:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PREL IMF IBRD SN
06SINGAPORE3073	TEXTILES AND APPAREL: UPDATED STATISTICS AND [...] In response to Ref. A, Post provides the following updated information concerning SingaporeQs textile and apparel industry. STATISTICS ---------- Total Industrial Production: Year USD (million) 2005 124,758 2006 H1 not available Total Textile/Apparel Production: Year [...]	2006-09-25 08:44:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD SN
06SINGAPORE3110	LEE KUAN YEW: MINISTER AND PATRIARCH [...] (C) Summary: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's October 9-23 visit to the United States will be an opportunity for him to discuss with senior USG officials the broad strategic developments that affect Singapore's future, notably the rise of China and India. The reemergence of these two powers on [...]	2006-09-27 08:12:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON SN
06SINGAPORE3522	RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 05-1006800 [...] Per reftel, Post conducted inquiries to verify the bona fides of SATS Security Services Pte. Ltd. 2. SATS Security Services Pte. Ltd. is a limited private company that has been operating in Singapore since November 17, 1989. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists the compan [...]	2006-11-03 08:06:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC EAIR SN
06SINGAPORE3538	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO SINGAPORE [...] (C) Mr. President, I warmly welcome your November 16-17 visit to Singapore. The U.S.-Singapore bilateral relationship is at an historic high point. Your visit and the major policy address you will deliver here signal the importance we attach to ties with both Singapore and the broader Southe [...]	2006-11-06 07:07:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SN
06SINGAPORE3829	VIETNAM'S PLACE IN THE SUN: SINGAPORE'S VIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore is actively promoting closer economic and diplomatic ties with Vietnam as an up and coming regional leader worth cultivating. Singapore is already Vietnam's largest source of foreign direct investment, and bilateral trade has grown at a 20-percent annual rate over the [...]	2006-12-21 03:34:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD VM SN
06SINGAPORE553	EAP DAS ERIC JOHN'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister George Yeo and EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John conducted a tour d'horizon of Southeast Asia during their February 9 meeting. FM Yeo said the United States' engagement with Indonesia was vital and he welcomed the resumption of U.S. ties with the Indonesian [...]	2006-02-24 03:45:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SN
06SINGAPORE563	IIP COORDINATOR ALEXANDER FELDMAN'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Minister Goh Chock Tong expressed his concern about a rising tide of Islamic conservatism to Coordinator for International Information Programs (IIP) Alexander Feldman during his February 16 - 19 visit to Singapore. SM Goh urged the United States to encourage Muslims to [...]	2006-02-24 06:37:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER SOCI KISL SN
06SINGAPORE89	MM LEE ON CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: During her January 6 courtesy call, Ambassador Herbold engaged Singapore's senior statesman, Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew, in a wide-ranging discussion covering China, Taiwan, and Iraq. MM Lee commented that the U.S. presence in Asia created the stability that engendered t [...]	2006-01-12 09:48:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW IZ SN
06SINGAPORE93	FM YEO ON U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH EAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: In a very cordial introductory call, Foreign Minister George Yeo sketched out for the Ambassador Singapore's hopes for a new East Asian architecture and emphasized the need for the United States to remain actively engaged with the region as it begins building this new structure. [...]	2006-01-13 07:18:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SN
06SINGAPORE943	COMMERCE U/S LAVIN'S MEETINGS WITH SINGAPORE'S [...] (C) Summary. Commerce Under Secretary for International Trade Frank Lavin assured Singapore's top leadership that the United States was pursuing a vigorous free trade agenda in the Asia region despite protectionist sentiment in Washington. Although a Malaysia FTA would help ASEAN integratio [...]	2006-03-24 04:31:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR PREL PGOV EFIN PTER EAIR
06SOFIA1068	LEBANON: BULGARIA CONDEMNS QANA ATTACK, CALLS FOR [...] SUMMARY/COMMENT: The Bulgarian government has closely coordinated its position with that of the EU from the outset of the Israel/Hezbollah conflict. On July 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement calling for maximum restraint from all parties, condemning the kidnapping of Isr [...]	2006-08-01 14:44:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS LE BU
06SOFIA1205	BULGARIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1701, MINISTER TO ATTEND [...] (C) We delivered reftel A & B talking points to Margarita Isaeva from the MFA's Near East and Africa Directorate on August 25. Isaeva was unaware of any planned delegations to or from Iran or Syria, and considered them unlikely for the foreseeable future. However, she promised to share our c [...]	2006-08-25 13:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS MARR IR LE SY SW BU
06SOFIA1230	BULGARIAN PRISONERS IN LIBYA: SOFIA SEEKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. After the August 29 court hearing in Tripoli (ref),Bulgarian officials are showing signs of guarded optimism that the current judicial process may run its course before the end of September. This would open the way for a political decision to return to Bulgaria the six nurses i [...]	2006-08-30 14:26:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LY BG
06SOFIA1655	BULGARIA STRUGGLES TO DISCLOSE COMMUNIST-ERA FILES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's parliament passed groundbreaking legislation on December 6, to open up the files of the former communist secret services. Under the law, adopted after heated debate, all senior officials in the Presidency, Parliament, government, the Judiciary, academia, mass media, [...]	2006-12-11 15:17:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BU
06SOFIA1696	BULGARIA LOCKS IN NEW DEAL WITH GAZPROM UNTIL 2030 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria signed December 18 a deal with Russian gas giant Gazprom, guaranteeing Russian natural gas deliveries and transit until 2030. Insiders tell us the price of gas will gradually rise 40 percent by 2012 - largely due to the termination of the agreement to barter gas in lieu [...]	2006-12-21 13:41:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON RU BU
06SOFIA202	UNDER THE YOKE: BULGARIA'S DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sixteen years after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, Bulgaria still finds itself under the Russian energy yoke. Bulgaria receives 88 percent of its natural gas from Gazprom or one of its sister companies, and 73 percent of its oil from Russia. As it awaits entry into the EU [...]	2006-02-08 11:57:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON ETRD TRGY EINV EPET PREL SENV
06SOFIA292	BULGARIA CONDEMNS AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Venelin Lazarov, Head of the MFA's Near East and North Africa Section, on February 24. The MFA issued an official statement February 24 condemning the Al-Askariya bombing and calling on Iraqis to exercise restraint. 2. (U) Embassy Sofia's unofficia [...]	2006-02-27 13:53:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ BU
06SOFIA537	BULGARIA'S G8 CTAG MEETING: POLITICS OVERSHADOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 13 April, A/DCM attended a local meeting of the G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group and delivered reftel A talking points. The meeting was chaired by Russian Ambassador Anatoly Potapov and was attended by diplomatic representatives of all G8 member nations except Canada, which [...]	2006-04-17 14:45:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PGOV PTER RS BU
06SOFIA90	BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT. [...] Bulgaria - 2006 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has a liberal foreign investment regime and attracting foreign investment, especially American, is one of the new administration's top priorities. The government is focused on developing promising s [...]	2006-01-23 10:13:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
06STATE109375	IRAQ: FIRST TRANSITION TO PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL [...] (U) This is an action request, see para. 4. 2. (C) Iraq Prime Minister Maliki's June 19, 2006 announcement of the transfer of security responsibility from the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) to Iraqi civilian authorities in Muthanna province is the first of its kind. The Department wishes [...]	2006-07-02 05:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO IZ
06STATE112806	DEMARCHE TO UNSC MEMBERS TO CO-SPONSOR RESOLUTION [...] This is an Action Request - see para 2. 2. The text of a Japanese-drafted UNSC resolution on the DPRK missile launches of July 4-5 has been put into final form ("put in blue") by SC members and will be voted on soon (text is in para 4). Russia and China have argued in favor of a UNSC Pre [...]	2006-07-07 23:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MARR UNSC KN
06STATE149059	LIST AND DESCRIPTIONS OF E.O. 13382 ENTITIES [...] (U) Action request: Department requests that Post deliver points in paragraph 3 to appropriate host-country officials, including New Zealand,s MFAT Director for North Asia David Taylor. The text in paragraph 3 should be left as a non-paper. End action request. 2. (U) Background: Followi [...]	2006-09-08 21:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KN KNNP KS NZ PARM PREL
06STATE16185	THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH EAST [...] (U) Classified by EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) January 24, 2006, 4:30-5:00 PM, Secretary's Outer Office. 3. (U) Participants: United States: -------------- The Secretary A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees III Executive Assist [...]	2006-01-31 23:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN PHUM PREL ID KEM KDEM UNSC KAWC PGOV
06STATE164524	THE SECRETARY'S SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: EAP Acting A/S Kathleen Stephens, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) September 26, 2006; 1:45 p.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Lynn Pascoe, Embassy Jakarta EAP A/S Christopher Hill PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft (S Staff [...]	2006-09-29 21:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS UN ID
06STATE170109	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): 2006 [...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the press statement issued at the conclusion of the October 2006 Copenhagen MTCR Plenary. Addressee posts may share this statement with interested parties as appropriate. Further information on the results of the Plenary will be forthcoming via septels. [...]	2006-10-10 21:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE PREL PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC
06STATE196224	HIGHLIGHTING THE U.S. ROLE IN THE UN CORRUPTION CONVENTION [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paras 7 and 9 for action. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (U) On November 29, 2006, the United States became a party to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). The Department issued a Media Note to that effect on the sa [...]	2006-12-07 00:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIIP KCOR KPAO KTIA UN
06STATE196230	IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT GUIDANCE [...] This cable provides initial guidance for posts to use in responding to inquiries about the report of the Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Representative Lee Hamilton. 2. BACKGROUND: The Iraq Study Group (ISG) was created on March 15, 2006 at t [...]	2006-12-07 02:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ IR SY XF
06STATE202474	GRANTING OF GSP BENEFICIARY STATUS TO EAST TIMOR [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. While the exact release date remains uncertain, an upcoming Presidential proclamation will announce the USG's decision to grant East Timor least developed beneficiary developing country (LDBDC) status under the U.S. Generalized System [...]	2006-12-22 19:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ETRD
06STATE203587	IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Moscow please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have transfe [...]	2006-12-28 15:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS
06STATE203803	IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have trans [...]	2006-12-28 21:08:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC CH
06STATE203832	REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) This cable informs addressee posts that grantees from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) and the Bureau of Near East Asian Affairs (NEA) may be operating in their countries, alone or in cooperation w [...]	2006-12-28 21:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM AW AF AJ AMB FR GG GM IR IT KZ TI
06STATE60256	UNDER SECRETARY SHINER,S APRIL 3, 2006 [...] (U) Classified by: Wendell Albright, Acting Director, EAP/J, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) April 3, 2006; 4:00 P.M.; Washington. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Shiner Louis Bono, Special Assistant, E Wendell Albright, Acting Deputy Director, EAP/J Rober [...]	2006-04-14 21:02:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID EAGR ETTC ENRG EAIR JA IN CH
06STOCKHOLM1452	LEBANON DONORS CONFERENCE IN STOCKHOLM AUGUST 31 [...] (SBU) Donors pledged 942 million USD in early recovery and humanitarian aid at the August 31 Stockholm Conference for Lebanon,s Early Recovery, nearly double the 500 million target set by the Government of Sweden, which hosted the event. Representatives from 50 countries as well as UN agenci [...]	2006-09-12 13:15:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL LE SW
06STOCKHOLM1907	SWEDEN: IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 15:24:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR SW
06STOCKHOLM192	SWEDISH GOV'T PRESSURES COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN [...] (U) Summary. On February 9 a Swedish internet company shut down a small, right-wing political party website that featured the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons and planned to publish additional ones. The Swedish government, which beforehand had cautioned the company on the danger the image [...]	2006-02-13 10:02:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER SCUL ECPS EINT PINS PROP KPAO KMDR
06STOCKHOLM1924	IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN CALLS ON AMBASSADOR WOOD [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Ambassador to Sweden, Ahmad Bamarni, visited Ambassador Wood and DCM on December 11 and provided a frank reaction to the Baker/Hamilton report, personal views on the interests of Iran and Syria in Iraq, comments on the sectarian violence, the role of U.S. forces, and the [...]	2006-12-11 14:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SW
06STOCKHOLM196	SWEDISH GOV'T PRESSURES COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN [...] (U) Summary. On February 9 a Swedish internet company shut down a small, right-wing political party website that featured the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons and planned to publish additional ones. The Swedish government, which beforehand had cautioned the company on the danger the images [...]	2006-02-13 13:33:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER SCUL ECPS EINT PINS PROP KPAO KMDR
06STOCKHOLM198	SWEDISH GOV'T PRESSURES COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN [...] (U) Summary. On February 9 a Swedish internet company shut down a small, right-wing political party website that featured the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons and planned to publish additional ones. The Swedish government, which beforehand had cautioned the company on the danger the images [...]	2006-02-13 13:34:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER SCUL ECPS EINT PINS PROP KPAO KMDR
06STOCKHOLM224	SWEDEN: FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES IN AN ELECTION [...] (u) Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds outlined 2/15 GoS priorities during the annual plenary foreign policy session of parliament, sparking pointed exchanges with the opposition as each side sought to lay down pre-election markers. Sweden's relationship to NATO and the U.S. were prominently fe [...]	2006-02-17 16:19:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW
06STOCKHOLM234	SWEDEN ON RELATIONS WITH HAMAS [...] (c) MFA Director for the Near East and North Africa Peter Tejler told us 2/22 that while Sweden hewed to the common line of the Quartet and the EU on the message to and contacts with Hamas, there was need for a strategy that went beyond "high-pitched" public diplomacy. Sweden's Palestinian a [...]	2006-02-22 14:59:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SW IS
06STOCKHOLM235	SWEDEN'S IMMIGRANTS' DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH [...] (SBU) Summary. Two recent GoS reports show immigrants in Sweden to be overrepresented in crime and sick leave statistics, which are interpreted as being indicators of integration shortcomings. The level of attention applied to the issue of integration stands to increase as we approach the S [...]	2006-02-22 15:45:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PINS PGOV KCRM ASEC SW
06STOCKHOLM527	SWEDEN: THE NEW POST "CIA PLANES" REALITY -- [...] (c) What could have been a routine diplomatic flight clearance for a 4/4 Department of Homeland Security deportation "ICE" flight to land briefly and refuel in Sweden enroute to final destinations in the Middle East developed into an urgent situation when late in the game Swedish authorities [...]	2006-04-18 13:32:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR PGOV PINR SW
06SUVA340	FIJI'S REVIEW OF PKO: PROSPECTS FOR IRAQ, LEBANON, [...] (C) The Fiji Government is reviewing its participation in peacekeeping operations (PKO) globally. Current deployments include to the MFO in the Sinai, with UNAMI in Iraq, and in Bosnia and Sudan. Prospectively, Fiji has requests to resume participation in UNIFIL in Lebanon and to join the Co [...]	2006-08-27 20:25:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO FJ
06SUVA352	FIJI AND PKO PARTICIPATION: CURRENT PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Fiji's Home Affairs Minister and CEO informed us that Fiji's Cabinet has approved deployment of 34 more troops to UNAMI in Iraq and 2 officers to East Timor. A request for Fiji to join the Coalition of the Willing in Iraq is before Cabinet, but no decision appears imminent. The Minister s [...]	2006-08-30 00:26:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KPKO MCAP PREL FJ
06SUVA370	FIJI THINKING SERIOUSLY ABOUT JOINING COALITION IN [...] (C) Chief Executive of the Fiji Ministry of Home Affairs Korovavala told us on Sept. 11 that recent conversations have convinced him the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) should join the Coalition of the Willing in Iraq. He wants to make the case strongly to a Cabinet subcommittee on Sep [...]	2006-09-10 22:25:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL IR FJ
06SUVA389	FIJI AND TONGA: PROSPECTS FOR IRAQ PKO [...] (C) Fiji's Cabinet subcommittee has postponed considering PKO issues until Home Affairs Minister Vosanibola returns from a trip to New York and the Middle East. Vosanibola has bones to pick with the UN about UNAMI and UNIFIL issues. He is open to considering Fiji participation in the Coalitio [...]	2006-09-21 22:16:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP KPKO PREL UN IR LE FJ TN
06SUVA425	FIJI CIVIL-MILITARY FRICTIONS RE-HEAT [...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama has resumed his public blasts at PM Qarase's government and has issued not-so-veiled threats that Qarase must step down or face the consequences. Current motivators for Bainimarama may include controversial bills coming before [...]	2006-10-11 23:33:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FJ
06SUVA459	ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S OCTOBER 25 MEETING WITH PACIFIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Pacific heads of government welcomed EAP Assistant Secretary Hill's participation in a Pacific Islands Forum special session with the U.S. in Fiji on October 25, 2006, as a sign of stepped-up U.S. engagement with the region. A/S Hill proposed to revitalize the Joint Commercial [...]	2006-10-26 22:41:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID FJ NZ XV
06SUVA462	FIJI CIV-MIL SITUATION: COB 10/31 UPDATE [...] (S) Following up on reftel, on the morning of 10/31, Fiji President Iloilo signed orders requested by PM Qarase to suspend Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama pending an investigation of subversion charges and to install Col. Meli Saubulinayau as Acting Commander. The [...]	2006-10-30 22:37:00	Embassy Suva	SECRET	PREL MARR CASC ASEC FJ
06SUVA469	FIJI'S CIV-MIL SITUATION AWAITS NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama is returning early to Fiji. On the way, he has had a series of media interviews, reiterating past rhetoric: that he does not intend a coup but that bloodshed will come if Prime Minister Qarase fails to accede to military demands [...]	2006-11-01 23:55:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC ASEC FJ
06SUVA490	PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM 2006: A/S HILL UNDERSCORES [...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill emphatically reaffirmed U.S. commitments and interests in the Pacific at the 2006 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit in Nadi, Fiji. In a new PIF-Leaders "special session" for the United States, Hill countered a suggestion that the U.S. has disengaged [...]	2006-11-13 15:26:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL EAID ECIN ETRD FJ XV
06SUVA538	FIJI UPDATE 12/5: COUP OR NO COUP? ACTION REQUEST [...] (C) Dec. 5 was an "only in Fiji" sort of day. RFMF Commander Bainimarama moved further to force his coup on the Qarase Government. The PM told the media he had heard from the President's office that the President had dissolved Parliament and given Bainimarama his green light. Certainly it a [...]	2006-12-04 23:58:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06TAIPEI103	Taiwan: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the Taiwan Investment Climate Statement for 2005, as requested reftel. A copy has been transmitted by e-mail to EB/IFD/OIA. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. Taiwan officially welcomes foreign di [...]	2006-01-12 06:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON OPIC KTDB USTR TW
06TAIPEI109	Overview of Taiwan's Investment Climate [...] Summary: Septel transmits AIT's mandated annual report with Taiwan's "Investment Climate Statement." Here we attempt to answer a different question: Are local and international investors, especially long-term investors, satisfied with Taiwan's investment climate, looking at both political a [...]	2006-01-12 06:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN PINR OPIC KTDB USTR TW
06TAIPEI1222	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON TAIPEI MAYOR/KMT [...] (C) Summary: Taipei mayor and Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou told the Director on April 4 that as the "majority" party in opposition, the KMT must assume greater responsibility for Taiwan's "national" welfare. Ma agreed that Taiwan's defense capability should not be treated as a pol [...]	2006-04-07 08:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MCAP TW
06TAIPEI1282	INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN TED HUANG ON PRC, [...] (C) Summary: Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce Chairman Ted Huang told AIT Director Stephen Young during an April 7 meeting that Taiwan businessmen believe the Taiwan government's cross-Strait policies are too restrictive. However, Huang supports efforts to diversify Taiwa [...]	2006-04-12 06:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI1321	JAPAN PRESS ALLEGES TAIWAN AIDS CHINA'S WEAPONS [...] (C) Summary: The Tokyo Sankei Shimbun reported on April 12 that China is using a large number of Taiwan-made numerically-controlled high-precision lathes in its weapons programs aimed at Taiwan. The report could tarnish perceptions of Honorary KMT Chairman Lien Chan's economic summit in Chi [...]	2006-04-14 08:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ECCT PARM MTCRE JP TW
06TAIPEI1623	TAIWAN'S OPPOSITION WANTS 3 LINKS [...] (C) Summary. KMT Vice Chairman Chiang Ping-kun told AIT Director Young May 1 that Taiwan's economic performance is slipping relative to its neighbors and the solution is to implement the three links. In an analysis heavily influenced by his partisan opposition to the current government, Chia [...]	2006-05-11 08:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1722	ORCHIDS AS TAIWAN'S STRATEGIC INDUSTRY [...] Summary. Orchid production has recently become a strategic focal point in Taiwan's agricultural economy and addresses Taiwan's focus to incorporate high-tech research into agricultural production. Orchid exports to the U.S. currently accounts for 30% of total export production. Trade opport [...]	2006-05-19 07:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON TW CH
06TAIPEI1837	DUSTR BHATIA'S MEETING WITH PREMIER SU TSENG-CHANG [...] (C) Summary. Deputy USTR Karan Bhatia called on Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang on May 26, the second day of the U.S.-Taiwan TIFA talks in Taipei. Stressing Taiwan's cooperation with the U.S. on export controls, pharmaceuticals, and other trade issues, Su urged the U.S. to consider a bilatera [...]	2006-05-29 22:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TW
06TAIPEI1840	DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S MEETING WITH TAIWAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: President Chen told DUSTR Bhatia that Taiwan is interested in an FTA for economic reasons and is prepared to take steps needed to further open its market. Bhatia stressed the difficulties in an FTA and explained that it would be more practical to negotiate agreements in specific [...]	2006-05-30 07:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI243	UNEXPECTED Q4 TAIWAN TRADE SURPLUS PUSHES UP GDP [...] As recently as November, Taiwan's official data projected a sharp decline in the overall trade surplus. However, an unexpected expansion of Taiwan's 2005 trade surplus will likely push up real GDP for 2005 and lays the basis for growth in 2006. Exports enjoyed accelerated growth as developed [...]	2006-01-24 21:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI2432	US-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary: Vice-Premier Tsai Ing-wen told the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) delegation that Taiwan is in generally good economic health, but must create new industries and jobs and must preserve its competitive advantages over China. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) [...]	2006-07-18 22:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2433	Middle East Tension Impacts Financial Markets [...] (U) Summary: The flare-up between Israel and Lebanon has impacted stock and foreign exchange (FX) markets in Taiwan. Like other Asian economies, on July 17, Taiwan experienced significant capital outflow, stock price plunges, and currency depreciation. End summary. Currency Depreciation [...]	2006-07-19 00:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON TW
06TAIPEI253	FRAUD SUMMARY - AIT TAIPEI, JANUARY 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 07:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TW
06TAIPEI2574	Taipei Economic Brief for July [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in July 2006: --Economic Conference offers 516 recommendations; --Economy expected to slow in H2; --Taiwan to streamline insurance policy review; --Restriction on foreign professionals relaxed; --TSMC vaults to 4th largest sem [...]	2006-08-01 08:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI2634	Steve Chen Promoted to Economic Minister [...] On the afternoon of August 4, Premier Su Tseng-chang announced that Economic Minister Hwang Ing-san (Morgan) had resigned due to poor health and Vice Minister Chen Ruey-long (Steve) would be promoted to Economic Minister. A brief bio of Mr. Chen is as follows: 2. Steve Chen, 58, has been [...]	2006-08-04 09:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI2701	MTAG: AUGUST 2006 UPDATE ON TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL [...] (S) Summary: On August 9, AIT delivered to the Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT)ref A talking points on recent machine tool transfers to North Korea by Ching Hwee International Trading and ref B results of three export license reviews. BOFT noted that the U.S. response on export license [...]	2006-08-09 22:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	MTCRE PARM TW ECCT
06TAIPEI2784	TAIWAN UPBEAT ON LATEST UN BID [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General for International Relations John Chen told AIT on August 14 that Taiwan's latest overtures to the UNGA this year involve bids to gain "recognition" of Taiwan by the UN and to urge UN involvement in maintaining peace in the East Asia region. Chen [...]	2006-08-16 07:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNSC UNGA TW
06TAIPEI2911	Dump Bian Campaign Impacts Markets [...] Summary. Financial analysts view the campaign to force President Chen Shui-bian to resign as a primary cause of the August 22 stock index plunge of 3.2% in the Taiwan stock index. Local institutional investors who are more concerned over political unrest than their foreign counterparts sold [...]	2006-08-23 07:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI2925	MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL: CASE REPORTS [...] (S) Summary: AIT delivered ref A responses on export license applications to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on August 23. BOFT reported on its investigation of the Dah Lih Machinery Industry Company and the Roundtop Machineries Industries Company Ltd (ref B). AIT has forwarded the [...]	2006-08-24 02:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	MTCRE PARM TW ECCT
06TAIPEI3027	CHEN PLAYS PRESIDENTIAL CARD AS PROTESTERS PREPARE [...] (C) Summary: President Chen is going forward with his long-planned trip to visit diplomatic partners Palau and Nauru Sept 3-6 in an effort to bolster Taiwan's ties to its allies in the South Pacific. In so doing, Chen aims to highlight his determination to forge on as President in the face [...]	2006-09-01 11:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3146	WEEKEND ANTI-CHEN PROTESTS PEACEFUL, CONTINUE ON [...] (C) Summary: Weekend protests aimed at "deposing" President Chen were peaceful and attracted up to 100,000 people on Saturday, September 9. Turnout did not reach the 300,000 organizers projected. Organizers nevertheless declared the turnout was a "strong statement" of the people's disapp [...]	2006-09-11 11:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3156	TAIWAN INVESTMENT IN CHINA GROWS [...] (SBU) Taiwan's approved investment in China in the first half of 2006 shot up 35.2 percent from the corresponding period in 2005, totaling USD 3.56 billion and reversing a one-year decline. Much of the investment comes from firms expanding existing China operations. This strong growth suggest [...]	2006-09-12 10:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI3214	WEEKEND OF BATTLING DEMONSTRATIONS: PRO-CHEN [...] (C) Summary: Organizers of the ongoing sit-in aimed at pressuring President Chen to step down will hold a "Besiege the City" march on Friday evening, September 15. The march will follow a route out of Ketagalan Boulevard, encircle the Presidential Office and residence, and end at the Taipei [...]	2006-09-15 10:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3426	ANTI-CHEN CAMPAIGN GENERATES LITTLE SUPPORT SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2 the "Depose Chen" movement motorcade crossed the Chuo-shui river into the deep Southern counties that make up the heartland of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Movement leader Shih Ming-teh, denied permission by local DPP authorities to hold events i [...]	2006-10-03 10:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3520	FOREIGN MINISTER JAMES HUANG ON REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Director discussed recent developments in East Asia, Central America, and Taiwan domestic politics with Foreign Minister James Huang (Chih-fang) on October 12. Huang reiterated Taipei's support for U.S. policy on North Korea and said regional instability underscored the need [...]	2006-10-13 09:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TW NU
06TAIPEI3551	TAIWAN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO NORTH [...] (C) AIT Director conveyed Ref A talking points on UNSCR 1718 to NSC Secretary-General Chiou I-jen, and Pol Chief conveyed them separately to MOFA Director-General for North American Affairs Leo Lee, on October 17. The Director expressed appreciation for Taiwan's serious attention to prolifer [...]	2006-10-17 09:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM KN TW
06TAIPEI3563	Policy Changes on Legal Education Delivery [...] (U) Summary: Since the 1992 establishment of southern Taiwan's first law degree program at National Chung Cheng University (NCCU) in Chiayi, law programs offered in southern Taiwan have never equaled in number or prestige the law programs offered in northern Taiwan, the center of the island's [...]	2006-10-18 06:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SCUL TW
06TAIPEI3603	New Taiwan Foreign Currency Bond Market [...] (SBU) Taiwan has established a foreign currency bond market and expects the first bond listings in October. The move is another in a series of measures designed to better utilize Taiwan's surplus capital. However, restrictions such as limits on PRC investment and the lack of incentives will [...]	2006-10-20 08:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI3707	TAIWAN OPTIMISTIC ON RELATIONS WITH JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Shinzo Abe's election as Japanese Prime Minister in late September is widely viewed within Taiwan academic and foreign policy circles as an opportunity for Taipei to further improve its already strong working relationship with Japan. While hoping to expand economic and cultural [...]	2006-10-31 10:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW JA
06TAIPEI3736	Taiwan Southerners' Views on U.S. Arms Procurements [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, at a Legislative Yuan procedural committee meeting, Taiwan's Pan Blue legislators once again blocked the U.S. arms procurements bill from the agenda for the next legislative session. Given that the Pan Blue opposition has blocked the special and supplemental defen [...]	2006-11-02 07:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SCUL TW
06TAIPEI3945	Foreign Investment in Taiwan Surges 291 Percent [...] SUMMARY. Inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased by 291 percent so far this year. Major factors behind the sharp increase include Philips Taiwan transferring local holdings to Philips Holland; several large merger and acquisition (M&A) projects; and a new regulation which allow [...]	2006-11-24 06:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN EIND ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI3971	MINISTER HU SHENG-CHENG ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: November 22, Minister Without Portfolio and Council for Economic Development and Planning Chair Hu Sheng-cheng said he thought China opposed the Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) because it undermined China's efforts to marginalize U.S. economic influence in East Asia. [...]	2006-11-27 09:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW WTO
06TAIPEI4067	CHINA RATCHETS UP DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary. Bejing is ratcheting up its global drive to contain and undercut Taiwan, Taiwan Foreign Minister James Huang told the Director on December 6. In particular, PRC pressure in Central America and Africa is keeping the heat on Taiwan, said Huang, who just returned from relations-st [...]	2006-12-06 22:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TW
06TAIPEI4089	TAIWAN PREMIER ON MAYORAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary. Two days before mayoral elections in Taipei and Kaohsiung, Premier Su Tseng-chang told AIT/T Director Young there is little hope for the Democratic Progressive Party in Taipei but the race is still tight in Kaohsiung. Su appears inclined to step down as premier if the DPP loses [...]	2006-12-08 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ETRD CH TW

06TAIPEI4096	RULING DPP AND OPPOSITION KMT SPLIT KEY MAYORAL [...] (C) Summary: In key mayoral elections on December 9, the ruling DPP narrowly retained control of its southern base, Kaohsiung, and the opposition KMT kept control of Taipei as expected. Although Frank Hsieh lost the election in Taipei, his stronger than expected 41 percent showing boosts his [...]	2006-12-11 10:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4110	DEFENSE MINISTER LEE UPBEAT ON DEFENSE BUDGET [...] (C) During a 12 December meeting with the Director, Defense Minister Lee Jye briefed on his recent discussions with LY members on the defense budget and indicated that his information is that the 2006 supplemental budget will be passed by the procedural committee next Tuesday 19 December 20 [...]	2006-12-13 08:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV MASS TW
06TAIPEI55	CHEN SPEECH - SPECIAL IMPACT ON HIGH-TECH COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: As reported in refs a-d, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian in his annual New Year's speech poured cold water on hopes for improved cross-Strait relations in the near future. The President in his address altered the accepted formulaic language on cross-Strait relations and announce [...]	2006-01-08 22:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PINR TW CH
06TAIPEI562	AIT/T VIEWS ON SPECIAL 301 REVIEW 2006 [...] Summary: The environment for Intellectual Property protection in Taiwan continues to improve as key sectors of society embrace the reality that Taiwan's economic prosperity is increasingly dependent on innovation. Taiwan authorities have continued effective enforcement actions targeted at o [...]	2006-02-24 05:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD TW
06TAIPEI64	Capital Inflow Lifting Taiwan Markets [...] SUMMARY. Expectations of a weaker U.S. currency in 2006 have prompted portfolio investors to move capital from the United States to East Asia recently. Huge capital flows have contributed to substantial rises in stock prices and appreciation of currencies across the region. In the first si [...]	2006-01-09 09:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06TAIPEI82	(U) TAIWAN'S EVERGREEN MARINE CORPORATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-10 09:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EWWT EAIR TW CH PM
06TALLINN1082	ESTONIA CONCERNED OVER PRESERVING SINIORA [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 15:19:00	Embassy Tallinn	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE EN
06TALLINN1145	ESTONIA: IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On December 28 Poloff delivered reftel points to Marin Mottus, MFA Director for Africa, Middle East and Latin America Division, and Linda Kolk, counselor in the same division, on UN Security Council Resolution 1737. Mottus welcomed the adoption of resolution 1737 and said that the GOE conti [...]	2006-12-29 13:54:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC KNNP ISN IO NEA EN
06TALLINN339	ESTONIA ON HAMAS AND THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 10:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL PREL IS EN
06TALLINN448	ESTONIA: LITTLE DAYLIGHT BETWEEN U.S./EU ON MAY [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA EU Correspondent Arti Hilpus told us on May 12 he thought the U.S. and EU shared common views on GAERC agenda issues. Hilpus said Estonia was pleased the EU would expand the mandate of its Iraq Rule of Law program (EUJUST LEX) at the May 15 meeting. End summary. Balkan [...]	2006-05-12 12:16:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM UN EUN EN
06TALLINN494	ESTONIA WELCOMES FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 14:28:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ EN
06TALLINN644	CREATION OF A BALTIC AMERICAN ENTERPRISE FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since its launch in 1995, the Baltic American Enterprise Fund (BalAEF) has played an important role in promoting economic growth in the three Baltic states. It is important for U.S. interests in the Baltics and beyond to create a successor institution that will be ready to st [...]	2006-07-12 08:04:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL EN LH LG
06TALLINN659	ESTONIA: GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy European Correspondent Kristel Kase told us on June 14 that the June GAERC meeting would be dominated by the recent escalation of violence in Lebanon and Gaza (with Iraq and Bosnia being bumped from the agenda to free up more time). Kase also briefed us on the Council's [...]	2006-07-17 15:02:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU
06TALLINN660	ESTONIA: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy European Correspondent Kristel Kase told us on June 14 that the June GAERC meeting would be dominated by the recent escalation of violence in Lebanon and Gaza (with Iraq and Bosnia being bumped from the agenda to free up more time). Kase also briefed us on the Council's [...]	2006-07-18 04:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU
06TALLINN683	IRAN: ESTONIA SUPPORTS P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-28 12:08:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL AORC PGOV UNSC IR EU EN
06TALLINN774	ESTONIA: IRAN/SYRIA ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-24 14:26:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL IR LE SY XG EN
06TALLINN797	ESTONIA WANTS FIRM EU STANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 14:31:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL EU IR EN
06TALLINN849	ESTONIA: DEMARCHE ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-18 07:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER USUN LE SY EU EN
06TALLINN908	ESTONIAN RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche on the North Korean threat to test a nuclear device, MFA Third Political Department Director General Simmu Tiik said that the GOE understands that the North's threat poses a serious challenge to both peace and security in North East Asia and to the global e [...]	2006-10-05 13:17:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EN
06TALLINN976	ESTONIA: ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-30 12:31:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS EN
06TALLINN983	ESTONIA: REFLECTIONS ON EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Estonia's attitude toward EU membership has evolved away from EU skepticism and towards a more pragmatic "good European" engagement. Public support for Estonia's EU membership has recently reached a record high. However, in foreign policy Estonian officials recognize that their [...]	2006-11-02 11:59:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU EN
06TASHKENT1562	UZBEKISTAN'S KARIMOV THREATENED BY MILITANT ISLAM [...] (C) Summary: In a marathon discussion with President Karimov, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Boucher pressed Karimov to live up to the promise that U.S.-Uzbek bilateral relations once held. Karimov welcomed the effort at dialogue, but said that a lack of trust is at the heart [...]	2006-08-11 12:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT579	GERMANY WARNS THE UZBEKS TO BE NICE [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentarians (MPs) from the German-Central Asia group met with GOU officials in February to discuss cooperation on issues including terrorism. GOU officials held to the party line that the truth about Andijon had been established. The Germans were generally pleased that the [...]	2006-03-24 16:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT584	MFA DISCUSSES OIC, KOREA AND INDIA [...] (C) Summary: The Asia and Africa Department of the MFA surprisingly agreed to see us regarding the upcoming meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Arab League Boycott (ref A). The MFA official gladly discussed South Korea and India, and welcomed future meetings. End [...]	2006-03-27 11:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TBILISI2668	GEORGIA TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR:UPDATED [...] Pursuant to Ref A Embassy Tbilisi provides the following statistics and information regarding the textile sector in Georgia. 2. Statistics (2005 data): Total industrial production (USD thousands): 1,158,267 Total textiles and apparel production (USD thousands): 7,745 Textile/apparel sha [...]	2006-10-04 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ETRD GG
06TEGUCIGALPA1487	HONDURAS OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN LEBANON [...] In response to Post's deliverance of the NIACT reftel demarche on UN Security Council Resolution on Lebanon, Eduardo Rosales Ramirez, Director General of Foreign Policy, delivered to Post the GOH's official paper position on the situation between Israel and Lebanon. The position is stated in t [...]	2006-08-16 21:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1950	HONDURAS: LOOSE MONEY: SPURRING GROWTH OR RISKING [...] (C) Summary: In stark contrast to its unhelpful and seemingly improvised trade policies and crumbling fiscal discipline (reftel),the GOH has implemented a more coherent and thus-far successful (if risky) monetary policy. The GOH is pushing down interest rates and pushing up money supply, wi [...]	2006-10-13 21:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA433	RECENT SECURITY INCIDENTS MAY INDICATE A TREND OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the transition into power one month ago of the elected Liberal Party government of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, RSO has seen a slow but steady increase in the reported cases of armed robberies, muggings, murders, and other violent crime throughout Honduras. These e [...]	2006-03-06 21:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC PGOV PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA897	HONDURAS: ALLEGED PETROCARIBE - ELECTRICITY FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TELAVIV1075	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1158	GOI CONCERNS OVER DE SOTO LETTER ON JERICHO [...] (C) Roni Leshno Yaar, the Israeli MFA's deputy director general (A/S-equivalent) for international organizations, contacted deputy polcouns on March 21 to inform of us of an exchange of letters with UN Special Envoy Alvaro de Soto on the aftermath of the GOI raid of March 14 on the Jericho pr [...]	2006-03-23 07:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV12	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Security Fence ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on missiles fired last night by IAF helicopter at a car carrying three senior activists in Islamic Jihad's military wing, causing their death. Among the three casualties was Said [...]	2006-01-03 11:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1318	FM LIVNI SEEKS NEW MECHANISM FOR DELIVERING AID TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni asked NEA A/S David Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams on March 30 for USG help in formulating a new mechanism to deliver aid directly to the Palestinian people; without this mechanism, she said, other donors might "take their own decisions" and use a de [...]	2006-04-04 04:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PGOV PHUM PREL PREF EAID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1362	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1392	MFA STILL HAS RESERVATIONS ON CUSTOMS PROTOCOL; [...] (C) Summary: During an April 5 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Director General Ron Prosor said that the GOI recognizes it is essential of keeping Karni open and only close the crossing when there is a specific threat. The Ambassador said a customs protocol is in Israel,s interest because t [...]	2006-04-06 16:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON KWBG KPAL ASEC EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1395	EMBLEM: GOI HEALTH MINISTRY OPPOSES COMPOSITION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israel Representative for the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) Anna Segall told poloff April 5 that the GOI has not yet approved changes to Magen David Adom (MDA) statutes because the Ministry of Health (MOH) opposes the proposed composition of the MDA executive [...]	2006-04-07 06:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ICRC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1473	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited President Bush's Passover message, which was issued on Wednesday and centered on the notion of freedom. Major media repor [...]	2006-04-14 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1685	UPDATE ON MDA EFFORTS TO CHANGE ITS STATUTES AND [...] (C) Summary: Following Foreign Minister/Justice Minister Tzipi Livni's engagement April 23 on Magen David Adom (MDA) accession to the Red Cross Movement (ref A),the GOI and MDA reportedly have made some progress toward amending MDA statutes, as required by the IFRC-ICRC joint statutes commi [...]	2006-04-28 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS ICRC GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1791	WHITE HOUSE SCIENCE ADVISOR ADVANCES DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) Summary: During a three-day visit to Israel, John Marburger, Science Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP),engaged in a dialogue on strengthening U.S.-Israel cooperation in S&T. He moved his Israeli interlocutors away from [...]	2006-05-08 15:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA TPHY PREL ECON OVIP KPAL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV1807	EMBLEM: AMBULANCE AND STATUTES UPDATE [...] (SBU) MFA Director of International Organizations Daniel Meron told poloff May 9 that the GOI has not yet adopted a position on the stationing of five additional ambulances of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in East Jerusalem. He twice replied to direct questions about the GOI vi [...]	2006-05-09 15:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF SZ IS PGOV ICRC GOI INTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV1838	AL QUDS UNIVERSITY RENEWS CALL FOR U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) In a meeting with Presidential Science Advisor John Marburger at Hebrew University April 23, Ziad Abdeen, Senior Researcher at Al Quds University, reiterated reftel request for U.S. support for Al Quds regional fundraising efforts. Abdeen was attending the meeting at Hebrew U. representing [...]	2006-05-10 14:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EAID KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV1876	AGAINST THE ODDS, MIDDLE EAST CANCER CONSORTIUM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Middle East Cancer Consortium is extending its reach and adding attendees from additional countries to its activities. Independent Palestinian health professionals remain eager to participate in MECC conferences and courses while PA officials are off-limits. Member countri [...]	2006-05-12 18:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL KPAL KWBG IS XF XD ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
06TELAVIV2019	KUPPERWASSER'S FINAL ASSESSMENT OF HAMAS [...] (S) In a May 2 meeting at the NSC, BGen Yossi Kupperwasser told Under Secretary (U/S) of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) Stuart Levey that if the Palestinian people turn away from Hamas, they would probably not turn towards Fatah unless Fatah undergoes a significant [...]	2006-05-24 12:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER KTFN EFIN PREL IS KPAL
06TELAVIV2020	KUPPERWASSER'S FINAL ASSESSMENT: HAMAS'S FOUR [...] (S) In a May 2 meeting at the NSC, BGen Yossi Kupperwasser told Under Secretary (U/S) of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) Stuart Levey that if the Palestinian people turn away from Hamas, they would probably not turn towards Fatah unless Fatah undergoes a significant [...]	2006-05-24 12:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER KTFN EFIN PREL IS KPAL
06TELAVIV2025	EMBLEM: MFA FRUSTRATED WITH MDA REFORM EFFORT, BUT [...] (C) On May 23, the Charge asked Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's chief of staff, Jakub "Yaki" Dayan (protect),for an update on efforts to facilitate the accession by Magen David Adom (MDA) to the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Dayan replied that two issues remain to be resolved [...]	2006-05-24 14:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS ICRC GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2077	MK TALKS OF EXPANDING HEBRON SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Kadima MK Otniel Schneller said on May 26 that the GOI plans to expand settlements in Hebron and connect them to the Kiryat Arba settlement, all of which would subsequently be included in the GOI's "realignment" plan, according to press. Ministry of Defense officials denied tha [...]	2006-05-30 15:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV2510	BEN-ELIEZER DISCUSSES ENERGY REFORMS AND [...] (C) Summary: National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told the Ambassador on June 21 that he is looking to Central Asia, particularly to Azerbaijan, for long-term oil contracts. He reported that he recently returned from a trip to Baku in which he discussed with Azeri officials [...]	2006-06-24 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV KWBG ENRG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV2618	ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES' JUNE 28 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales June 28 that Israel is grateful for U.S. support during the crisis in the Gaza Strip that began on Sunday with the attack on Kerem Shalom and the kidnapping of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. She said that there is not m [...]	2006-06-30 08:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV2620	OLMERT TELLS AG GONZALES THAT AIM IS SAFE RETURN [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting in his office, a cordial and receptive Prime Minister Olmert told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that: -- The kidnapping of a solider near Gaza is "a pure act of terror" and a "clear violation of international law." Olmert said that no one can any longer argue t [...]	2006-06-30 09:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2714	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. North Korea ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli diplomatic officials expressed concern Thursday that the world's reaction to the IDF incursion into northern Gaza, considered relatively mil [...]	2006-07-07 13:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2789	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 12:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2915	PERETZ CALLS FOR MNF ABLE TO BLOCK HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Amir Peretz told U.S. Representatives Peter Hoekstra, Jane Harman, Rick Renzi, and Darrell Issa, and the Ambassador July 23 that the GOI's goals in Lebanon are to secure the release of the two kidnapped IDF soldiers, see the implementation of UNSCR 1559, and give a [...]	2006-07-27 06:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER EG IS IR LE
06TELAVIV2923	ISRAEL CLAIMS IT IS SEEKING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Division Director for Religious Affairs Zvi Tal told Staffdel Lara Alameh July 9 that the GOI is considering creative options to advance GOI-Vatican negotiations for a concordat on fiscal and legal matters, but Tal did not elaborate on what the creative options might entai [...]	2006-07-27 10:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KIRF PHUM IL
06TELAVIV2964	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 07:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV299	OLMERT TO CODEL KERRY: "I AM COMMITTED TO CARRY ON" [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Senator John Kerry in a January 17 meeting that he is committed to carrying on Sharon's vision of setting the "political outcomes within the broad context of the roadmap." Olmert highlighted his commitment to pursue a serious dialogue wi [...]	2006-01-20 16:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL CH IR IS SY ETTC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV3144	LEBANON: GOI EXPLAINS CABINET DECISION TO GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier on August 9, PM Ehud Olmert, FM Tzipi Livni, and DefMin Amir Peretz explained a security cabinet decision that reportedly authorizes a possible expansion of the scope of Israeli military operations in Lebanon. According to the MFA [...]	2006-08-10 13:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS LE GM IS
06TELAVIV3145	LEBANON: CODEL ROYCE AND ISRAELI NSC CHIEF DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Council head Ilan Mizrahi told Representative Ed Royce July 9 that he does not believe any country will send troops to participate in an international force to fight Hizballah. He said the Lebanese army is "not a force you can count on," and indicated that Isr [...]	2006-08-10 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE IS
06TELAVIV3149	ICRC ACCESSES CIVILIANS SOUTH OF THE LITANI RIVER [...] (SBU) ICRC Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Balthasar Staehelin told the Ambassador August 9 that ICRC successfully mounted a humanitarian mission August 8 to evacuate approximately 230 civilians from Houla, south of the Litani River. (See Septel.) Staehelin said that ICRC dec [...]	2006-08-10 15:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV IS LE
06TELAVIV3196	IRAN DOMINATES OLMERT'S DISCUSSION WITH CODELS [...] (C) In an August 10 meeting, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told CODELs Miller and Royce that the Israeli fight against Hizballah in Lebanon was part of a larger war against Iran and Syria. Olmert attributed Hizballah's battlefield strength to direct Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) leadership [...]	2006-08-14 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
06TELAVIV3199	SHIMON PERES ON THE HOSTILITIES IN THE NORTH AND [...] (C) Summary. During an August 10 meeting Vice Premier Shimon Peres told visiting U.S. Representatives Johnson, Miller, Royce, Shaw, and Sherwood, and Ambassador Jones that Hizballah's goal is to destroy Israel. Peres defended the Israeli Air Force (IAF) saying it is only targeting rocket lau [...]	2006-08-14 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ECIN IS
06TELAVIV3336	SUMMER BUILDING: GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR [...] (U) The Israel Lands Authority and the Ministry of Construction and Housing on Thursday, August 17, issued a tender in Globes for construction on ten plots in Har Homa settlement south of Jerusalem. According to the tender, two plots are for a commercial area to include parking with a 49-yea [...]	2006-08-22 14:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3369	UN ENVOYS AND GOI DISCUSS UNSCR 1701, DISAGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen and UN Under Secretary General Vijay Nambiar met with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, FM Tzipi Livni, DefMin Amir Peretz, Vice PM Shimon Peres, PM Chief of Staff Yoram Turbowicz, and PM Prisoners Envoy Ofer Deckel during a visit to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on A [...]	2006-08-24 11:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER UN LE IS
06TELAVIV3485	UNSYG ANNAN IN ISRAEL: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan met with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, FM Tzipi Livni, DefMin Amir Peretz, Vice PM Shimon Peres, and the families of missing IDF soldiers during a visit to Jerusalem on August 29-30. Both sides characterized the talks as positive and producti [...]	2006-08-31 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN LE IS
06TELAVIV3844	GOI PERSPECTIVE ON WAZZANI SPRINGS [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to an MFA official, the villagers of Rajar (aka Ghajjar) resumed using piped water from the nearby Wazzani Springs after the IDF drove Hizballah fighters away from the area during the recent conflict. Armed Hizballah fighters had stopped the villagers from using the [...]	2006-09-28 09:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV PREL PGOV KPKO LE IS
06TELAVIV3909	PM OLMERT TO CODEL WARNER: ISRAEL READY TO SUPPORT [...] (S) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Prime Minister Olmert at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on October 3. (Septels to report the CODEL's meetings with Foreign Minister Livni and Defense Minister Peretz.) Olmert provided his assessment of the results of the war with Hizballah. He i [...]	2006-10-04 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV OVIP IS IR LE KPAL
06TELAVIV3972	NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST DEMARCHE [...] Post provided reftel points to the MFA Deputy Director General for the United Nations and International Organizations, Aharon Leshno Yaar, on October 10. Although most MFA staff are on holiday this week, Yaar agreed to share our points with MFA Deputy Director General Miriam Ziv, who heads t [...]	2006-10-10 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN PARM KNNP IS IR
06TELAVIV4002	ISRAELI ACADEMICS OFFER POST-LEBANON WAR [...] (C) Summary: The Charge, Political Counselor and PAO recently discussed Israeli politics and regional developments in the aftermath of the Lebanon war with leading academics and area experts from Israeli universities and think tanks. These academics, who spoke to us under the Chatham House ru [...]	2006-10-11 13:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS LE SY IR IZ
06TELAVIV4034	LABOR PARTY OBJECTS TO YISRAEL BEITEINU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Labor Party MKs have awakened to the political challenge posed by coalition-broadening talks between Prime Minister Olmert and Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Lieberman, but have yet to speak with one voice. Although Party Chairman Peretz conveyed his opposition to the Yisrael Bei [...]	2006-10-12 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS KPAL
06TELAVIV4037	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that a total of 8 or 9 Palestinians, including two children, were killed Thursday in two IDF operations in the Gaza Strip. Five Qassam rockets landed [...]	2006-10-13 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4111	DRUZE ELDERS: TIRED OF BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a meeting October 6, Druze leaders told PolCouns and poloffs that after almost sixty years, Druze loyalty to Israel had still not been rewarded. They cautioned that unless conditions in their communities improved soon, young Druze would begin sliding toward extremism. Th [...]	2006-10-18 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL LE SY IS
06TELAVIV4247	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Internal political issues continued to dominate the Hebrew language newspapers. All media estimated that Defense Minister Amir Peretz will inform Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tha [...]	2006-10-25 09:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4306	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US Israeli Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that the police will begin an initial examination to determine whether to open a criminal investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on his role i [...]	2006-10-30 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4368	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to continue military pressure on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but not to expand the operation. However, [...]	2006-11-02 11:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4375	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to continue military pressure on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but not to expand the operation. However, [...]	2006-11-03 05:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4466	TRADE MINISTER BACKS NEGOTIATING WITH USTR [...] Summary. (C) At an impromptu meeting while Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor (MOITAL) Eli Yishai was visiting the Embassy on a consular matter, Yishai told the Ambassador that he fully supports engagement on bilateral trade issues, possibly including updating the U.S.-Israel Free Trade A [...]	2006-11-08 17:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD IS
06TELAVIV4491	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prime Minster Olmert Visit to the US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began his visit to Washington on Sunday. Israel Radio reported that PM Olmert had met Secretary of State Cond [...]	2006-11-13 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV450	POVERTY SITUATION IMPROVES AMID HEADLINES TO THE [...] (C) The poverty report released on January 23 by the Israeli National Insurance Institute (INII) indicates a marked slowdown in the rate of increase of poverty in Israel. At a time when the sharp cut in welfare payments resulting from the enactment of the Netanyahu economic reform program in [...]	2006-01-31 13:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV4519	Israeli Delegation of Six Arab Businesswomen Denied Entry [...] Summary: A group of six Israeli-Arab women traveling to Abu Dhabi to attend a MEPI sponsored businesswomen's summit were denied entry to the UAE on October 30. The six were held for 12 hours in isolation under guard before being returned to Israel via Amman. The group's connecting tickets from [...]	2006-11-15 08:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL KMPI IS
06TELAVIV4534	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered the killing of a Muslim Israeli woman married to a Jewish man and the serious wounding of two men -- one of them a bodyguard for Defense Minister Amir Per [...]	2006-11-16 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV454	ISRAEL-CHAD RELATIONS ON HOLD; MFA DENIES ANY GOI [...] (C) Oren Anolik, advisor to the Israeli MFA's director general, informed poloff January 31 that the GOI has sought to reestablish diplomatic relations with Chad, which were broken in 1972. There is no Israeli charge d'affaires in N'Djamena, according to Anolik. As reported in reftel and in [...]	2006-01-31 15:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SU CD IS ML NG XY GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV4731	GOI UPDATES POST ON GOI-EU DIALOGUE ON RAFAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, MFA Head of Bureau for Middle East and Economic Affairs Irit Ben-Abba provided post with an update on the ongoing discussions between the GOI and Europeans on the Rafah crossing point. Ben-Abba conveyed that the GOI is pleased with the six-month extension of the [...]	2006-12-05 07:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06TELAVIV4736	ISRAEL'S OPPOSITION TO SPAIN'S MIDDLE EAST PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Israel is strongly opposed to the Middle East peace initiative proposed by Spanish PM Zapatero. Israeli FM Livni bluntly informed Moratinos of this position on November 16 and urged him to put the initiative aside or at least to discuss it with the GOI before proceeding f [...]	2006-12-05 15:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV EUN SP IS
06TELAVIV4914	OLMERT TELLS CODEL DODD/KERRY HE IS READY TO MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: SENATORS CHRISTOPHER DODD (CT) AND JOHN KERRY (MA) DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGE FACED BY THE U.S. AND ISRAEL IN DEALING WITH EXTREMISTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT ON DECEMBER 21. AT THE TOP OF THEIR MEETING, SENATORS DODD AND KERRY AND PRIME MINISTER [...]	2006-12-22 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE IZ
06TELAVIV498	ISRAELI MKS DISCUSS HOW TO DEAL WITH HAMAS [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a January 30 lunch with the Ambassador, members of the Knesset representing Kadima, Likud, and Labor disagreed on the underlying reasons for the success of Hamas in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. Likud members blamed disengagement, while t [...]	2006-02-03 06:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV642	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV676	ISRAELI MOD POLDIR GILAD DISCUSSES THE AMA AND THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on February 13, Israeli MOD Political Director Amos Gilad agreed with the Ambassador that progress should be made on as many AMA issues as possible before Hamas assumes control of the Palestinian Authority, but expressed concern about what he termed the lack of a Pale [...]	2006-02-15 04:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG RS IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV826	ISRAELI MILITARY INTEL CHIEF'S 2/23 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) In a February 23 meeting at the MOD, Israeli Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) Major General Amos Yadlin discussed with State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT) Henry Crumpton (A) USG and GOI priorities in the war on terror; (B) ways to coordinate between the intelli [...]	2006-02-27 16:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR PTER PINS PGOV KWBG KPAL MARR MCAP MOPS ASEC EG IS JO COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV858	MOD ADVISOR ON HAMAS, ABBAS, NEIGHBORS, IRAN AND [...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political Advisor Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Dibble that Israel was on a collision course with a new "Hamastan." He said the Hamas leadership was very clever and would seek international acceptance while retaining the intent to annihilate Israel. He agreed that [...]	2006-02-28 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER ECON PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
06THEHAGUE1148	DUTCH MAINTAIN LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION IS TOOL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with visiting G/TIP legal and research consultant Luke Goodrich May 8 and 9, government, police, and NGO representatives indicated that, overall, legalization of prostitution has helped municipal authorities fight crime, including trafficking in persons (TIP),in the [...]	2006-05-22 11:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN NL
06THEHAGUE120	DUTCH SAY TOO LATE TO REVERSE EIB ACTION ON SYRIA [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel demarche January 4 to officials at the Dutch Ministries of Foreign Relations and Finance. On January 17, Econoffs followed up with Stefan van Wersch, Director of the Office for EU External Affairs, Directorate for European Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MF [...]	2006-01-19 08:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY EUN NL
06THEHAGUE1308	NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) Poloff and intern delivered reftel demarche June 7 and 8, to policy officers of the MFA Political Affairs and European Integration Departments. Substantive responses follow. Balkans ------- 2. (C) The GONL expects Serbia/Montenegro to dominate discussion of the Balkans, particularl [...]	2006-06-09 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL UN BO CU IR IZ MW SR YI NL
06THEHAGUE1364	DUTCH INTEREST IN ACOTA, HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS AND [...] (S) Summary: Director of East African Affairs (and acting DAS) Eunice Reddick met June 14 with Wepke Kingma, the Director of the Dutch MFA's Africa Department. Also present on the Dutch side were Ambassador at Large for the Great Lakes Region, Fred Radke, and Head of East and Southern Africa [...]	2006-06-16 13:29:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL MARR KHIV PREF XY XW ZF NL
06THEHAGUE1383	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del reps met with French, German and UK delegations on June 15 to deliver talking points, proposed draft decision text, and suggested site visit parameters. Del reps met initially with UK rep to express concern over the UK insistence upon visits to capitals (in the context of site visit p [...]	2006-06-20 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1411	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): UNDER SECRETARY [...] (U) In his June 21 meeting with Rogelio Pfirter, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),Under Secretary Joseph reaffirmed that the U.S. is working to complete destruction of its CW stocks as soon as possible. He also emphasized to Pfirter the imp [...]	2006-06-23 12:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1431	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In preparation for Executive Council 46 and beyond, del continued to work with other delegations to build support for the U.S. extension request draft decision. After initial discussions with allies, del offered general points on the elements of the extension request, and the fact that th [...]	2006-06-27 12:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1457	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LETTER TO [...] (U) The following is the text of a June 23 letter from Rogelio Pfirter, Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to Secretary Rice regarding an OPCW workshop to be held in Rome on October 25-27. 2. (U) Begin text. Excellency, A Regional Wor [...]	2006-06-29 10:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1562	NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACH IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17 [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect discussion at the July GAERC to be more limited than normal - a reflection of the vacation season. Iran and the Israel are expected to be major foci of discussion. The Dutch will not raise North Korea but are not averse to its being raised by other members. Like [...]	2006-07-14 15:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL UN BO CG IR IZ KN MW SR SU
06THEHAGUE1706	NETHERLANDS/CHINA: BERN PROCESS DEMARCHE ON PRC [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-04 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH NL
06THEHAGUE1707	NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH SEE POTENTIAL NICHE [...] (S) Summary: Officially, the GONL continues to state that Dutch forces are "stretched too thin" in current operations in Afghanistan, Africa, and the Balkans to make a meaningful contribution to a possible International Force (IF) in Lebanon. But MFA Deputy Head for Conflict Prevention Joop [...]	2006-08-04 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MARR PREL LE NL
06THEHAGUE1782	NETHERLANDS/LEBANON/VENEZUELA/JSF: AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is confident his Christian Democrats (CDA) will do better than originally expected in the upcoming November elections, possibly even beating Labor (PvdA) to remain the largest party in Parliament. Balkenende welcomed the adoption of UNSCR 1701 on Lebanon [...]	2006-08-14 15:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS NL

06THEHAGUE1894	CHINA IPR WTO DISPUTE: DUTCH PREFER DIALOGUE AND [...] (U) On August 18, Econoff shared reftel points concerning a possible USG request for WTO dispute settlement consultations regarding aspects of China's protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) with Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA),Innovation Department officials Brigitte Spiege [...]	2006-08-29 12:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH NL
06THEHAGUE1913	(C) ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON - DUTCH PLAN ADDITIONAL [...] (U) On August 30, Econoff shared reftel points on U.S. assistance to Lebanon with Maaike van Koldam, Deputy Head, Humanitarian Aid Division, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Van Koldam confirmed that Dutch assistance to date totaled 4.8 million euros committed and pledged. 2. (C) Va [...]	2006-08-30 16:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL IS LE SW NL
06THEHAGUE1949	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) Del reps met with senior Technical Secretariat staff on August 31 to discuss the operational requirements that would arise with Iraq's accession to the CWC. The Iraqi Ambassador in The Hague had written to the Director General to inform him that the Iraqi Council of Ministers had appro [...]	2006-09-06 11:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1976	SCENESETTER FOR EUR PDAS VOLKER'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) My staff and I warmly welcome you to The Hague. Our Dutch MFA hosts are looking forward to consulting on a wide range of issues, including the Riga Summit, Uruzgan, Lebanon, OSCE reform (and the Kazakh presidency bid),the Arms Trade Treaty, and detainee policy. You will also have excelle [...]	2006-09-11 05:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MAAR ISAF NATO AF NL
06THEHAGUE2048	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Budget consultations were held on September 12 and 14. The consultations covered the International Cooperation and Assistance Division (ICA),the Secretariat for the Policy Making Organs (PMO),the External Relations Division (ERD),and the Executive Management (EM) sections of the budget [...]	2006-09-20 06:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2176	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: ENSURING A LEGITIMATE PEACE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-04 13:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV ER SU NL
06THEHAGUE2186	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Although there have been relatively few indications of renewed interest in the U.S. draft decision, several recent conversations are worth noting. First, Ambassador Petri of Germany has, in his role as WEOG Vice Chair of the CW Cluster, told Ambassador Javits that he has recently been ap [...]	2006-10-06 09:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2282	NETHERLANDS/SCENESETTER: FOREIGN MINISTER BOT'S [...] (C) Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot's upcoming visit to Washington DC comes just one month before national elections. It therefore provides an excellent opportunity to move some difficult issues forward in a way that helps ensure that the next Dutch government, whatever its configuration, co [...]	2006-10-20 11:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM NL
06THEHAGUE2431	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH POSITIONS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect the GAERC to focus largely on Turkey and enlargement, with limited discussion on a range of other issues. They do not expect the Turks to fulfill their Ankara protocol commitments, but seem unlikely to press for wholesale suspension of negotiations. The Dutch exp [...]	2006-11-09 21:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MARR PGOV PHUM EUN UN BK CG CU IR
06THEHAGUE2445	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) It was not possible to reach agreement at EC-47 on the U.S. request for an extension of the 100% destruction deadline, as details could not be ironed out regarding visit to the U.S. and Russia in connection with both extension requests. There also was no agreement on the 2007 OPCW budget [...]	2006-11-15 09:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2467	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEBORAH MALAC, [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Deborah Malac, Deputy Director for the Office of East African Affairs to travel to The Netherlands from November 27 - 28, 2006 to attend the Core Group Meeting on Uganda. 2. Per reftel, reservations have been made at the Sofitel Hot [...]	2006-11-17 15:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OVIP ASEC GM OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE2496	NETHERLANDS/BMENA: FM BOT NOT PLANNING TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot is currently not/not planning to attend the November 30 - December 1 Forum for the Future (FFF) meeting at the Dead Sea, according to Roger van Laak, Senior Policy Officer at the Dutch MFA's Department of Middle East and North African Affairs. Van Laak tol [...]	2006-11-22 15:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMPI NL
06THEHAGUE2515	EMBASSY HOSTS DUTCH-U.S. MUSLIM DIALOGUE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund convened the mission's most extensive outreach effort to date on November 1-2 when more than 120 Dutch and American Muslims, government officials, policy experts, civil rights and business leaders gathered fo [...]	2006-11-29 16:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL SOCI KPAO PHUM PREL KISL PINR NL
06THEHAGUE2543	NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH SUPPORT ENGAGING WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch will continue to press Syria to become a more responsible actor and believe the international community should hold Damascus strictly accountable for its actions. The international community, however, should also be prepared to engage positively with Syria if/when it ac [...]	2006-12-04 12:17:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY NL
06THEHAGUE2544	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: BOT TO DELIVER "FIRM" MESSAGE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot intends to deliver a "firm" message to Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki when the two meet on December 7, focusing on Iran's nuclear program, support for terrorism, regional meddling, and lack of human rights. Bot also expected to raise the al-Mansuri c [...]	2006-12-04 12:18:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM IR NL
06THEHAGUE2577	Integration: Netherlands Searches for a "New [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The diverse opinions heard during November 3 meetings between Farah Pandith, Director for Middle East Regional Initiatives, National Security Council, and Dutch government and think tank representatives capture the debate on what integration means for all of Dutch society. Agree [...]	2006-12-08 12:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL NL SCUL SCOI PINR
06THEHAGUE2597	NETHERLANDS/BALKENENDE: PM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a December 12 meeting with Ambassador Arnall, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Pieter Balkenende expressed satisfaction with his party's strong performance in the November elections, and predicted a centrist-coalition government could be in place by February. According to Balkenende, th [...]	2006-12-13 09:48:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON IR RU NL
06THEHAGUE2619	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: BOT'S ROAD TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot used his December 12 visit to Damascus to press for quick resolution of a controversial child custody case as well as to discuss broader regional issues, including Iraq, Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian relations. Bot's Syrian interlocutors, including [...]	2006-12-15 11:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN SY NL
06THEHAGUE2661	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: BOT AND MOTTAKI ON NUKES, MIDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his December 7 meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot urged Iran to work with the IAEA to address international concerns about Iran's nuclear program or face possible UNSC sanctions. Bot also called on Iran to rein in Hizballah and Hamas and [...]	2006-12-27 09:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR NL
06THEHAGUE357	NETHERLANDS/ISLAM: MORE ON CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Danish cartoon controversy continues to resonate in the Netherlands. Two small, generally peaceful demonstrations were held February 10 in Maastricht and February 11 in Amsterdam. Two well-known Muslim Amsterdam officials have attempted to downplay the issue in an effort t [...]	2006-02-16 15:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE534	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Russia hosted a March 7 meeting of the P-5 ambassadors. The Director General made a presentation on universality-related efforts of the OPCW. He noted that much has been achieved, membership now stands at 178 states, and the organization rapidly is being faced with approaches to just th [...]	2006-03-13 12:07:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE609	TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN'S MEETING WITH DUTCH MFA DG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an open and frank exchange with visiting Treasury Assistant Secretary O'Brien, Director General Siblesz discussed the Dutch Foreign Ministry's establishment of a "Terrorism and New Threats" unit, designed to improve the exchange of information related to terrorism and intern [...]	2006-03-21 17:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN NL
06THEHAGUE649	NETHERLANDS DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, KHARTOUM [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 23 and 24, to relevant MFA offices. On Sudan, the GONL continues to press Arab League and AU members through its embassies and through the offices of its Special Envoy for Sudan. On Iraq, we are awaiting a response. On Israel/Palestine, the GONL is [...]	2006-03-24 16:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SU NL
06THEHAGUE830	NETHERLANDS/PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE: NO AID TO OR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch support channeling Palestinian assistance through non-Hamas channels, but worry that existing aid organizations do not have the absorptive capacity to handle a large cash influx. The Director of the Dutch MFA's Department of Middle Eastern and North African Affairs [...]	2006-04-14 11:10:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS NL
06THEHAGUE927	NETHERLANDS/NATO: DUTCH ON NATO MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch support the principal of the NATO Middle East Security Cooperation Center, but remain convinced that Africa is "equally important." They are prepared to join consensus -- should one emerge -- to move forward on plans to first create the Middle East Security Cooperation [...]	2006-04-27 08:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR NL
06THEHAGUE986	NETHERLANDS MAY END DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch parliament passed a resolution this month mandating an end to direct development assistance to the Kenyan government, unless substantial and significant progress on corruption is shown. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs told emboffs it will spend the next 5 months (i.e., [...]	2006-05-03 12:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KCOR PREL XW ZF
06TIRANA1209	IMPASSE ENDS AFTER ISLAMIC COUNCIL VOTES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After losing a vote of confidence in a meeting of the National Islamic Council on November 25, Bashkim Bajraktari, the Mufti of Shkoder, agreed to step down. His resignation ended a weeklong impasse during which Bajraktari, who had been fired earlier in the week by Selim Muca, h [...]	2006-11-27 17:17:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF AL
06TIRANA352	ALBANIA SCENESETTER FOR AMB. WISNER, U.S. SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Albanian governments, past and present, support independence for Kosovo, but within the international framework. In contrast to generally quiet diplomacy of the past, the Berisha government, via FM Mustafaj (and Sabri Godo, his informal advisor on Kosovo),has more openly and [...]	2006-04-07 09:55:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR AL
06TIRANA420	ALBANIA: SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S [...] (C) Background/Summary: Albanians describe their relationship with the U.S. as "strategic" and consider it their most important bar none. Politically, and militarily Albania looks to the U.S. first, and is deeply appreciative of our help. In return, Albanians have worked hard to make themse [...]	2006-04-27 08:52:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR AL
06TIRANA467	FM MUSTAFAJ ON MEETING WITH CHINESE AMBASSADOR ON [...] (U) Ambassador met with Albanian Foreign Minister Besnik Mustafaj on the afternoon of May 8, following Mustafaj's meeting with Chinese Ambassador Tian Changchun and the release of a statement by Tian to News24, an Albanian television news channel. 2. (S) Mustafaj said Tian was "very tough" [...]	2006-05-09 02:59:00	Embassy Tirana	SECRET	PREF PTER PHUM PREL PINR AL CH
06TIRANA585	ALBANIA FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. OFFER TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel points to PM Berisha on June 1. Berisha immediately agreed to issue a statement in support of the USG's offer to Iran. The GoA issued the following statement on June 2: (Begin text) -- The Government of the Republic of Albania follows with special atten [...]	2006-06-02 12:36:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
06TIRANA600	SHKODRA REGION RELIGIOUS TENSIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Religious tensions that flared in Shkoder when a statue to Mother Theresa was proposed for a public spot in central Shkodra have settled somewhat, but there is still lingering resentment between the Muslim and Catholic communities. Both sides cite foreign influence(meaning fore [...]	2006-06-06 13:54:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR AL MW
06TOKYO1010	CHINA WANTS TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC TIES WITH JAPAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Chinese Officials told Trade Minister Nikai that China was concerned the political chill might begin to affect bilateral economic ties, Trade Policy Director General Kitamura told A/DCM on February 24. Although Premier Wen Jiabao, Commerce Minister Bo Xilai and State C [...]	2006-02-26 23:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON CH JP
06TOKYO1039	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1040	GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER STEINMEIER TALKS UNSC [...] (C) Summary. During his February 20-22 visit to Tokyo, German FM Steinmeier and his Japanese interlocutors agreed to continuing working toward UNSC reform within the G4 framework, with Steinmeier acknowledging that U.S. supports is also important. FM Aso stressed the potentially volatile Eas [...]	2006-02-27 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KS IR UNSC GM ENRG ETTC JA
06TOKYO1084	Japan Sees U.S.-Korea FTA As Positive [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Japanese business circles believe a U.S.-Korea free trade agreement (FTA) is unlikely to produce much liberalization in sectors of greatest interest to Japan, the Japanese government sees the negotiations between Korea and the United States as a possible catalyst for [...]	2006-03-01 06:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL JA KS CH
06TOKYO1085	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 06:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1096	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1126	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1136	JAPAN'S CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki met with FM Aso for two hours on February 27 and thirty minutes with PM Koizumi on the 28th. The discussions focused primarily on the nuclear impasse but also covered a range of other bilateral issues. During the meetings, FM Aso and PM Koizumi [...]	2006-03-03 05:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IAEA JA IR ECON ENER PGOV
06TOKYO1139	BIOGRAPHIC DATA ON JAPAN'S DIET FRESHMEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since the September 2005 election of 83 freshmen Diet members, Post has had several opportunities to gather biographic data on some of them. What follows is a summation of that data. END SUMMARY. 2. (C//NF) Yoshitami Kameoka of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) revealed d [...]	2006-03-03 05:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV ECON JA
06TOKYO1151	SENIOR LDP PARTY OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC OVER [...] (C) Summary: Senior LDP Party official Hidenao Nakagawa said he remained pessimistic over Japan-China relations despite press reporting there had been a positive atmosphere surrounding his recent visit to Beijing. Although the Chinese received him warmly and appeared willing to deal constr [...]	2006-03-03 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD CH JA
06TOKYO1153	JAPAN-CHINA ENERGY DISPUTES: RESOLVING THROUGH [...] (SBU) Summary. Japan is committed to resolving its energy dispute with China through dialogue, METI Director General Kodaira told EMIN. He expected China to make a counter offer to Japan,s proposal for joint development of these undersea resources in talks on March 6-7. Kodaira also mentione [...]	2006-03-03 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG JA
06TOKYO1159	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH VFM YACHI: MAR 2, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a working lunch with VFM Yachi on March 2nd, the Ambassador: -- Warned a realistic solution on beef must be found soon. -- Expressed concern over leaks of the KEEN EDGE exercise. -- Praised PM Koizumi's warning to Iranian FM Mottaki. -- Urged Japan to participate in a PRT [...]	2006-03-03 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ECON ETRD EAGR PARM PREL CH JA
06TOKYO1170	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/06/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1199	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 00:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1206	MEDIA REACTION IRANS NUCLER DEVELOPMENT - [...] "Too Early to Give Up on Iran" The liberal Asahi editorialized (3/7): "The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began its meeting yesterday at a time when the international community has failed to convince Iran to halt its nuclear development. The board agreed l [...]	2006-03-07 05:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO1217	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1224	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 01:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1228	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ - TOKYO [...] "Crisis in Iraq: Unity Needed to Form New Government" An editorial in the moderate Tokyo Shimbun commented (3/8): "Sectarian and ethnic conflict continues unabated in Iraq. Although it has been decided that the National Parliament will convene on March 12, conflicting interests among rival gro [...]	2006-03-08 04:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO1257	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 05:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1272	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1295	EAST CHINA SEA TALKS DISSOLVE INTO ACRIMONY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This week,s director general-level meetings in Beijing failed to bring the two sides any closer to an agreement on development of oil and natural gas resources in the East China Sea. Instead, China has provoked Japan,s ire by suggesting joint development of an area which Japan [...]	2006-03-10 09:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JA
06TOKYO1301	EAST CHINA SEA TALKS DISSOLVE INTO ACRIMONY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This week,s director general-level meetings in Beijing failed to bring the two sides any closer to an agreement on development of oil and natural gas resources in the East China Sea. Instead, China has provoked Japan,s ire by suggesting joint development of an area which Japan [...]	2006-03-12 23:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JA
06TOKYO1306	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-13 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1354	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 02:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1358	MEDIA REACTION JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS - [...] "Ending the Vicious Circle of Japan-China Relations" An editorial in the business daily Nihon Keizai commented (3/15): "The Japanese and Chinese governments have exchanged harsh criticism since last month. The tension and distrust over PM Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine, natural gas develo [...]	2006-03-15 04:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO1373	JAPAN NOT READY FOR PARTICIPATE IN ISAF PRT [...] (C) On March 8, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Second Middle East Division Director Fumio Iwai told us that Japan could not respond positively to our (ref A) request that Japan consider civilian participation in Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Iwai was clearly unhappy wi [...]	2006-03-15 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR JA AS
06TOKYO1382	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1415	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1445	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo welcomes your coming visit. The U.S.-Japan relationship is healthy and strong. Japan is eager to expand its special relationship with the United States. The Department of Homeland Security plays a central role in four of the key elements of a 21st century U.S.-Japan allia [...]	2006-03-17 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PTER PREL JA
06TOKYO1461	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1469	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 00:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1490	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1495	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-23 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1536	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1540	MEDIA REACTION BUSH PRESS CONFERENCE [...] "President Bush Should Stabilize Iraq During His Term in Office" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (3/24): "At a White House press conference, President Bush dismissed the idea of a complete US withdrawal from Iraq during his term in office, which runs through January 2009. With attention foc [...]	2006-03-24 03:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO1557	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 07:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1566	MOFA UPDATE ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: In comments to the Embassy on March 22, our MOFA contact on regional integration averred that efforts to create an East Asian community would move ahead, even if progress is slow and unsteady. He informally suggested that the United States might want to take advantage of Russia [...]	2006-03-24 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN APEC ETRD CH IN RS JA
06TOKYO1577	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1587	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1608	MEDIA REACTION CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] "With No Anti-Japanese Demonstrations This Year, China Looking to Improve Ties with Post-Koizumi Japan" The conservative Sankei's Beijing correspondent Ito wrote (3/28): "It has been nearly one year since anti-Japanese demonstrations were held all across China. Although Japan- China relations [...]	2006-03-28 06:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO1634	MOFA ECONOMIC CHIEF ON EAS-APEC DIFFERENCES, FTA [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Ministry's (MOFA) obsession with China is driving Japan's interest in the East Asian Summit (EAS),the Director General of MOFA's Economic Affairs Bureau told the U.S Senior Official for APEC on March 23. The MOFA official has endeavored to brief the Foreign Minist [...]	2006-03-29 06:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV APECO ASEAN JA
06TOKYO1662	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1705	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1735	JAPAN DELAYS DECISION ON CHINA LOAN PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Japan has decided to delay a decision on extending ODA yen loans to China for FY 2005 (April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006),reflecting growing political difficulties in the bilateral relationship. The delay resulted from a determination by MOFA that its proposal for a yen loan pr [...]	2006-03-31 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH JA
06TOKYO1742	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1757	MEDIA REACTION JAPANESE POLITICS/SINO-JAPANESE [...] "Maehara's Decision Comes Too Late" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (4/1): "DPJ President Maehara's decision to step down marks a bitter end to the confusion arising from the phony email scandal. On Friday, Maehara and the rest of the party leadership resigned to take resp [...]	2006-04-03 02:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO1801	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 02:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1815	JAPAN'S TRADE MINISTER PROPOSES EAST ASIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: METI Minister Nikai appears to be rolling out an ambitious new proposal for a region-wide "comprehensive economic partnership agreement" paired with a new regional policy think tank along the lines of the OECD. As reported by the press, his proposals run counter to recent GOJ dec [...]	2006-04-05 07:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO1818	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1831	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1848	JAPAN "CAREFULLY CONSIDERING" CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (C) The demarche on support for a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur (State 51778) was conveyed to MOFA on April 3. First Middle East Division's Jun Nanazawa on April 6 responded that, following consultations within the Foreign Ministry, Japan has decided to wait and consider the Secretary [...]	2006-04-06 09:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU JA
06TOKYO1851	JAPAN'S TRADE MINISTER PROPOSES EAST ASIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: METI Minister Nikai announced on April 4 an ambitious new proposal for a region-wide "comprehensive economic partnership agreement" paired with a new regional policy think tank along the lines of the OECD. Foreign, Finance and Agriculture Ministry senior bureaucrats had no prior [...]	2006-04-06 09:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO1859	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1883	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1884	IRAN: INITIAL JAPAN REACTION TO USG THINKING [...] (C) On April 6, Post conveyed reftel points regarding the status of USG thinking on Iran to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation and Second Middle East divisions, as well as the Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry (METI). MOFA also shared the information with its Po [...]	2006-04-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KNNP IR XE JA
06TOKYO1887	JAPANESE BUREAUCRATS SLAM METI'S TRADE PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary. Four Japanese Ministries slammed METI for its uncoordinated proposal for an East Asia Economic Partnership Agreement at a previously scheduled interagency meeting today. End Summary. 2. (C) METI Minister's Nikai's proposal for an East Asia Economic Partnership Agreement (see [...]	2006-04-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO1888	JAPAN SEEKING MORE EVIDENCE WHILE CONSIDERING [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel points regarding Tehran's treatment of religious minorities to MOFA Second Middle East Division on April 5 . On April 7, Second Middle East's Koichi Nakao replied [...]	2006-04-07 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI IR JA
06TOKYO1903	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06-1 [...] The flight paths will avoid the skies over the Henoko, Toyohara, and Abu districts in Nago. 2. In determining the construction site based on the government's plan, consideration will be given to: (a) the safety of the residents near the new airfield; (b) natural conservation; and (c) th [...]	2006-04-10 01:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1925	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06-3 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1932	MEDIA REACTION PALESTINIAN AID QUESTION - [...] "Caution Needed on Decision to Suspend Aid to Palestinian Authority" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (4/11): "The US and EU have announced that they will halt or freeze direct assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA),as its cabinet is led by the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas, whic [...]	2006-04-11 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO1962	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 00:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1982	EAP A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH ASIAN DG SASAE ON [...] (C) Summary. In an April 11 tour d'horizon of issues affecting the Asian region, MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae told A/S Hill: -- Japan is emphasizing relations with Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam in its strategic thinking with ASEAN; -- Japan will not stand in the way of Russia becoming a [...]	2006-04-12 09:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ECON ETRD EAID ASEAN ID TW IN CH
06TOKYO1984	EAP A/S HILL'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH [...] (C) During an April 12 meeting, MOFA North American Affairs DG Kawai told EAP A/S Hill that Prime Minister Koizumi hopes to resolve several outstanding bilateral issues before he visits Washington in June 2006. Japan understands issues remain concerning the relocation of some Marine Corps as [...]	2006-04-12 10:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAGR MARR MNUC KNNP PARM KN IN IZ
06TOKYO1985	EAP A/S HILL'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH MOFA VICE [...] (C) Summary. EAP A/S Hill emphasized to VFM Yachi April 11 the importance of getting North Korea back to the Six-Party Talks negotiating table, while noting the focus of Japan's media on his decision not to meet bilaterally with DPRK officials. Yachi confirmed that North Korean officials ha [...]	2006-04-12 10:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ECON ETRD MARR CH KS KN JA
06TOKYO2008	WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Continuing April 10 consultations, MOFA Latin American DG Sakaba told visiting WHA A/S Thomas Shannon that Japan was waiting for a positive response from Bolivian President Morales. Its three "issues" with Brazil were the status of Japanese-Brazilians in Japan, ethanol imports an [...]	2006-04-13 06:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EINV APECO ENRG XR XK LA CH
06TOKYO2011	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2040	JAPAN: SAUDI CROWN PRINCE SULTAN'S APRIL VISIT [...] (S) Saudi Crown Prince Sultan's April 5-6 visit to Tokyo was considered a "success" by both sides, according to MOFA Second Middle East Saudi Desk Officer Asako and Iran Desk Officer Nakao. Asako suggested the most thorough briefing material available was the joint statement from the visit, a [...]	2006-04-14 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ECIN MARR PREL SA JA
06TOKYO2048	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 00:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

06TOKYO2054	MEDIA REACTION IRAN/JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS [...] "The Iranian Issue: Not the Time for Mutual Intimidation" The liberal Asahi editorialized (4/16): "Iran is pushing ahead with its nuclear development in defiance of the UN Security Council. Although Tehran insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, the gap between Iran and the [...]	2006-04-17 04:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO2130	METI VICE MINISTER EXPLAINS REGIONAL FTA PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: Trade Minister Nikai's recent proposal for an East Asian free trade agreement (FTA) aims to balance a less-inclusive Chinese initiative, according to METI Vice Minister Kusaka. The proposal would also help to "neutralize" pressures within the Japanese business community for a [...]	2006-04-19 06:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL ASEAN APECO JA
06TOKYO2144	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2159	JAPAN WORKING TO RESOLVE LIANCOURT ROCK DISPUTE [...] (S) Summary: During an April 20 discussion of Japan's dispute with Korea over Japanese plans to conduct an undersea survey in an EEZ area claimed by the two countries, MOFA informed the Embassy that: -- Korea had rejected Japan's three-part proposal for resolving the issue through dialogue [...]	2006-04-20 07:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR KS JA
06TOKYO2176	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2207	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2240	MOFA DEPUTY MINISTER PUSHES FOR NEW ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Mitoji Yabunaka proposed that the U.S. and Japan begin preparations for a new U.S. Japan economic framework in a meeting with the Charge on April 24. The full proposal, with a broad focus and more emphasis on cooperation could be fle [...]	2006-04-25 23:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID EAGR ETTC ENRG JA IN CH
06TOKYO2276	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2283	METI'S ASIAN FTA PROPOSAL: TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: METI Minister Nikai's recent regional FTA proposal is a tactical move to counter an expected Chinese-backed regional FTA proposal to be presented to an August ASEAN Plus Three Economic Ministers' meeting. METI however, seems not to have considered the longer-term implications [...]	2006-04-27 06:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN APECO JA
06TOKYO2298	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2311	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2333	EAP/DAS KEITH'S MEETING WITH METI OFFICIALS ON PRC [...] (C) Summary: Questions from officials of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) focused on China's promises regarding exchange rate reform and intellectual property protection during an April 26 briefing on Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent U.S. visit by EAP Deputy Assis [...]	2006-04-28 06:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG APECO PREL CH JA
06TOKYO2377	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-01 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2400	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2440	CORRECTED COPY: JAPAN-KOREA-CHINA TALKS ON LATIN [...] (C) Summary. In strategic bilateral talks on April 26 with China on Latin American and Caribbean Affairs, followed by China-Japan-Korea Consultations on the same subject: -- China stated its desire to double trade with the region by 2010; -- China described its policy as based on three pi [...]	2006-05-02 09:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND ETRD XR XK LA KS CH JA
06TOKYO2443	FUKUDA MAKES HIS MOVE [...] (C) Summary. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary (CCS) Yasuo Fukuda is very slowly inching up in the public opinion polls on current CCS Shinzo Abe, the front-runner to replace PM Koizumi in September's LDP presidential election. While Fukuda, like Abe, is not a declared candidate, his recent wor [...]	2006-05-05 02:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH JA
06TOKYO2481	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 00:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2500	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2519	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2550	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 00:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2559	MEDIA REACTION IRAN/US IMAGE ABROAD - TOKYO [...] "Stronger Diplomacy Needed to Avert Iran Crisis" The business daily Nihon Keizai editorialized (5/11): "International diplomacy is entering an important phase following Iran's defiance of the UN Security Council chairman's statement calling for Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment activities. [...]	2006-05-11 05:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO2564	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/11/06 [...] The relocation plan is to be carried out in a manner of maintaining a balance between the maintaining of the deterrent capability of US forces in Japan and the reduction of burden on Okinawa. 2. The relocation plan is to be carried, based on the government plan, while being mindful of ( [...]	2006-05-11 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2571	JAPAN DETECTS IMPROVED ATMOSPHERE WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: In a read out of the May 7-9 Japan-China vice ministerial, MOFA assessed that the PRC is seeking to improve the "atmosphere" of the bilateral relationship. MOFA believes that Beijing now understands that holding bilateral relations hostage to the Yasukuni issue is not in China' [...]	2006-05-11 09:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON CH JA
06TOKYO2604	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2609	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a May 10 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando: -- expressed interest in possible response scenarios to Iranian nuclear ambitions; -- asked about U.S. confidence in the new Iraqi government; -- sought confirmation of continued U.S. commi [...]	2006-05-12 12:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ETRD EAGR ECON IR IZ KS CH KN JA
06TOKYO2612	S/P KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH MOFA DG FOR [...] (C) Summary: Japan is pursuing a series of bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in Asia in order to meet the challenge of China's active economic diplomacy, even though it would prefer progress within the WTO framework, said MOFA DG for Economic Affairs Bureau Kaoru Ishikawa in a May 10 me [...]	2006-05-12 13:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ASEAN CH KS JA
06TOKYO2613	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a May 10 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando: -- expressed interest in possible response scenarios to Iranian nuclear ambitions; -- asked about U.S. confidence in the new Iraqi government; -- sought confirmation of continued U.S. commi [...]	2006-05-12 13:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ETRD EAGR ECON IR IZ KS CH KN JA
06TOKYO2637	S/P KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH DFM NISHIDA [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Nishida told visiting S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner on May 10 that he was not hopeful for a short-term breakthrough in Japan's relations with South Korea. He argued that the Roh government's outlook, policies and low poll numbers explained much about t [...]	2006-05-15 03:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN CH KS JA
06TOKYO2638	S/P KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH MOFA DG KAWAI ON [...] (C) Summary. In a May 10 meeting between S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner and MOFA DG for North American Affairs Kawai, DG Kawai: -- expressed appreciation for the successful completion of 2 2 talks, and called for focusing U.S-Japan efforts now on implementation of the DPRI agreement; - [...]	2006-05-15 03:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR XF IN CH RS JA
06TOKYO2639	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH METI VM [...] Summary: The need to deal with China's growing economic strength and the prospect of ASEAN Plus Three acceptance of a China-backed initiative for a regional free trade agreement (FTA) were the factors behind Trade Minister Nikai's recent proposal for an alternative Asian arrangement, accordin [...]	2006-05-15 03:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ASEAN CH KS JA
06TOKYO2650	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 11 MEETING WITH MOFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a May 11 meeting, MOFA Disarmament DG Takeshi Nakane told visiting S/P Director Dr. Stephen D. Krasner that although Japan has not yet fixed its position, it remains concerned about the possible effect the U.S.-India nuclear agreement may have on the NPT regime, remains u [...]	2006-05-15 07:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IAEA IR IS IN JA
06TOKYO2654	U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TALKS, SESSION 4: [...] (C) Summary. In Session 4 U.S.-Japan-ROK policy planning talks, discussion focused on the future of the Middle East. S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner briefed on U.S. policy toward Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). Japanese DVFM Kohno said that Middle East devel [...]	2006-05-15 07:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ XF AF KS JA
06TOKYO2655	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 11 MEETING WITH ASIAN [...] (C) Summary: MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae told visiting S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner that: -- China is seeking to improve its relations with Japan; -- Japan's participation in Asian regional groupings can and will be consistent with U.S. and Japanese goals for APEC; -- Sasae per [...]	2006-05-15 07:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL APEC ARF CH KS IN JA
06TOKYO2657	JAPAN ATTENDANCE AT BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-15 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KMPI JA
06TOKYO2659	U.S.-JAPAN POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and Japan's leadership role in Asia were the main topics of a May 11 conversation between U.S. and Japanese policy planners. DVFM Kohno told S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner that he had expected the U.S. to make a counte [...]	2006-05-15 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ASEAN KS CH JA
06TOKYO2663	U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION [...] (C) Summary. In the May 11 U.S.-ROK-Japan Policy Planning Session meeting between S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner, Japanese Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Masaharu Kohno and Korean Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Park In-Kook, the three delegates o [...]	2006-05-15 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN EAID MARR UNSC IR IZ KS CH JA
06TOKYO2666	U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL TALKS, [...] (C) Summary. During Session 5 of the U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral policy planning talks on May 12, ROK Deputy Minister for Policy Planning Park In-kook characterized the NPT regime as under siege and that its "fatal loophole" allows parties to reach the brink of developing nuclear weapons under [...]	2006-05-15 09:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IAEA KS RS IN JA
06TOKYO2714	U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION [...] (C) Summary: During the May 12 U.S.-Japan-ROK Policy Planning discussion, South Korea DFM Park In-Kook expressed concern over the conditionalities the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) places on recipient governments. Japan DVFM Masaharu Kohno observed that elections were key to the de [...]	2006-05-17 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID UNSC PHUM KS CH RS JA
06TOKYO2740	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/18/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2751	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2758	AMBASSADOR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Schieffer told Trade and Economy (METI) Minister Nikai that he was concerned about reports that Japan was pursuing East Asian economic integration initiatives that excluded the United States. Nikai replied that Japan, too, wanted to sustain close relations and communi [...]	2006-05-19 05:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON ECIN PREL CH JA
06TOKYO2790	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 01:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2836	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2854	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2861	MEDIA REACTION PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY - TOKYO [...] "Can Palestinians Really Be Called Partners in Peace?" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (5/24): "The prospects for Middle East peace talks have become cloudy, as the Palestine Authority (PA) is losing its ability to function as a negotiating partner. The PA is facing a sever [...]	2006-05-24 02:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO2875	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2879	JAPANESE BUSINESS WANTS STRONG US TIES; CONCERNED [...] (SBU) Summary: Incoming Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) Chairman Fujio Mitarai told the Ambassador May 23 that Japan's most important foreign relationship was with the United States. He agreed with Ambassador Schieffer that it was time to consider further integration of the U.S. and Ja [...]	2006-05-25 02:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL CH KS JA
06TOKYO2895	MEDIA REACTION JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS [...] "Aso-Li meeting Ends Year-Long Diplomatic Vacuum" The liberal Asahi editorialized:(5/25): "...Japanese Foreign Minister Aso and his Chinese counterpart Li met for the first time in Qatar Tuesday. It was the first China-Japan foreign ministerial in a year. Although Li called for the 'Japanese l [...]	2006-05-25 05:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO2896	MEDIA REACTION JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS [...] "Aso-Li meeting Ends Year-Long Diplomatic Vacuum" The liberal Asahi editorialized:(5/25): "...Japanese Foreign Minister Aso and his Chinese counterpart Li met for the first time in Qatar Tuesday. It was the first China-Japan foreign ministerial in a year. Although Li called for the 'Japanese l [...]	2006-05-25 05:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO2916	JAPAN, CHINA FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: GOOD [...] (C) Summary: During a readout of the May 23 meeting between the foreign ministers of Japan and China, Embassy Tokyo's MOFA contact acknowledged there were no breakthroughs on the issues under discussion but stressed that: -- the meeting was a sign of China's desire to improve bilateral re [...]	2006-05-25 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CH JA
06TOKYO2940	THE AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH ADMINISTRATIVE VICE [...] (S) During a May 26 meeting, Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi expressed deep appreciation for the Ambassador's efforts on the abduction issue. In a tour d'horizon, the Ambassador and Yachi discussed the upcoming summit, regional issues, realignment and beef. Foreign Minist [...]	2006-05-26 10:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL ECON MARR KUNR AF IR IZ IN KN KS CH JA
06TOKYO2946	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 02:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2964	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2973	THE DCM'S MAY 26 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26th luncheon, MOFA North America Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told the DCM that the Japanese government would push DPRI implementation and urge Yokosuka's mayor to proceed with the plan for Kitty Hawk replacement. On beef, Kawai expected the risk communication [...]	2006-05-31 06:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SCUL EAGR UNSC AMGT AF ID IZ KN
06TOKYO2980	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2987	CO-CHAIRS APPEAL TO SRI LANKA TO PULL BACK FROM [...] (C) Summary: U.S., Japanese, Norwegian and EU participants at the 30 May 2006 Tokyo Co-Chairs meeting concluded a joint statement presenting a strong Co-Chairs position on the failing Sri Lankan peace process. Participants agreed to cite Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) failure to prevent attacks by a [...]	2006-05-31 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO JA
06TOKYO2988	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER,S MAY 30 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a May 30 meeting with MOFA Vice Minister Yachi to discuss the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, SCA A/S Boucher said that he expected congressional approval for necessary amendments to U.S. domestic law. India and the U.S. must also satisfy NSG partners bef [...]	2006-05-31 09:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN JA
06TOKYO3012	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/01/06 [...] Japan and the United States have held intergovernmental consultations, in which the Japanese and US governments reviewed the structure of US forces in Japan as well as the Self-Defense Forces' roles, tasks, and capabilities. On Oct. 29, 2005, the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee (SCC) a [...]	2006-06-01 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3016	MEDIA REACTION CONTINUING CONFUSION IN EAST [...] "Prime Minister Alkatiri Has No Intention of Resigning" Dili correspondent Hanada of the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported (6/1): "Embattled East Timorese Prime Minister Alkatiri stated Wednesday during an interview that he would not meet rising calls for his resignation, saying that [...]	2006-06-01 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO3038	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3044	LDP DIET MEMBER ISHIBA ON DPRI AND SDF DISPATCH [...] (U) Summary. The main issues facing the Japanese government on implementing DPRI are finding funding within the government's budget and gaining the understanding of the Okinawan people, LDP Lower House Diet Member Shigeru Ishiba told Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Paci [...]	2006-06-02 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL JA
06TOKYO3045	ASIAN REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: EXPLORING DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Reflecting Japan's preoccupation with the PRC when dealing with the question of Asia regional architecture, and sensitivity to being regarded as a less-than-equal partner, MOFA Asian Affairs Bureau Regional Policy Director Kazutoshi Aikawa, in an exceptionally frank personal op [...]	2006-06-02 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD APECO CH RS JA
06TOKYO3057	MEDIA REACTION IRAN'S NUCLEAR ISSUE - TOKYO [...] "Don't Miss Historic Opportunity" The liberal Asahi wrote (6/5): "There are signs of progress on the deadlocked Iranian nuclear issue. This is because Iranian President Ahmadinejad has showed his readiness to consider a comprehensive proposal from the five permanent members of the UN Security [...]	2006-06-05 02:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO3072	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-05 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3101	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3105	METI'S KITAMURA PROMOTES ASIA FTA AS DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: METI Minister Nikai's proposal for an Asian FTA was an alternative to an "aggressive" Chinese push for an ASEAN 3 FTA, METI Trade policy DG Toshiaki Kitamura told visiting EAP/PDAS Kathleen Stephens on May 29. The Chinese plan, which will be recommended by an ASEAN 3 expert [...]	2006-06-06 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ASEAN APEC CH KS AS IN NZ JA
06TOKYO3138	ABDUCTION ISSUE: STRONG SHOW OF U.S./INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Schieffer and representatives from 18 other countries voiced strong support for resolution of the DPRK abduction issue at a June 6 meeting hosted by Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Suzuki. Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe addressed the start of the meeting, stressing [...]	2006-06-07 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL RS KS KN CH JA
06TOKYO3151	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 01:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3161	MOFA'S ISHIKAWA CRITICIZES NIKAI EAST ASIA FTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan needs WTO negotiations to move forward while MAFF Minister Nakagawa is still in place, MOFA Economic Affairs DG Ishikawa told visiting APEC Ambassador Michalak, but Brazil needs to move first before Nakagawa can play his hand. Ishikawa cited problems with METI Minister Nika [...]	2006-06-08 06:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL JA APECO
06TOKYO3164	METI SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA "INEVITABLE" [...] (C) Summary: Japan is in no position to oppose an almost certain Chinese-led consensus among the other 12 member countries of the ASEAN Plus Three to pursue a regional free trade agreement (FTA),according to a senior official of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). The [...]	2006-06-08 07:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL APECO JA
06TOKYO3251	MOFA OFFICIAL VOICES CONCERN OVER FTA STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: ASEAN Plus Three countries will almost certainly launch free trade agreement (FTA) discussions later this year. That development will put Japan, which lacks a free-standing agreement with ASEAN, in a difficult negotiating position, according to the deputy director of the offic [...]	2006-06-13 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO3263	CHINA RELATIONS: SUPERFICIAL IMPROVEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: On June 13 MOFA's China Director told Embassy Tokyo that: -- China's growing economic dependence on Japan had prompted Beijing to adopt a policy of improving relations with Tokyo despite the risk that PM Koizumi might visit Yasukuni shrine before he steps down from office; [...]	2006-06-14 02:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EINV CH JA
06TOKYO3264	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 02:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3289	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 02:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3316	AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER DISCUSSES YASUKUNI, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Schieffer met with PRC Ambassador Wang Yi over lunch June 14. Highlights of their lunch included the following: -- FM's Aso's statement that "national interests are more important than personal image" during his meeting with Chinese FM Li had helped move the bilate [...]	2006-06-15 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR KS CH JA
06TOKYO3337	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3368	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 07:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3388	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3407	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 00:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3430	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3440	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3447	MEDIA REACTION Q GSDF WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ [...] "GSDF Withdrawal Not an End to Japan's Assistance for Iraq" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (6/21): "...Following the GOJ's decision Tuesday to withdraw GSDF noncombat troops engaged in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance from the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, JDA [...]	2006-06-21 04:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO3479	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3518	JAPAN TO SUPPORT SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso during a June 22 interview with Reuters stated that Japan would take part if the international community imposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. The report also noted that Aso had urged his Iranian counterpart to seriously consider [...]	2006-06-24 02:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP KNUC IAEA JA IR
06TOKYO3523	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3539	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3552	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3595	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3632	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3638	MEDIA REACTION Q PM KOIZUMI IN THE US - TOKYO [...] There were no immediate editorials concerning the Bush- Koizumi meeting. 2. "Bush, Koizumi Play up Strong Relations" Washington correspondents Yoshiyama and Igarashi of the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (6/30): "Thursday's summit between President Bush and PM Koizumi became [...]	2006-06-30 02:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO3711	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-04 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3732	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/05/06 [...] Measures against North Korea (1) Japan calls for a moratorium on North Korea's missile-launching and demands that North Korea return to the six-party talks on its nuclear programs quickly and unconditionally. (2) Japan prohibits the North Korean ship Man Gyong Bong from calling at Japanese p [...]	2006-07-05 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3743	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 03:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3755	MEDIA REACTION Q LAUNCHING OF NORTH KOREAN [...] These six papers carried editorials strongly protesting North Korea's Wednesday launches into the Sea of Japan. 2. "Protest Against North Korea's Reckless Act" The liberal Asahi editorialized (7/6): "North Korea launched six missiles Wednesday morning and another later in the evening, brea [...]	2006-07-06 05:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO377	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 03:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3789	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 02:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3809	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 09:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3815	LTGEN EIKENBERRY MEETINGS ON TOKYO CONFERENCE, [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-09 23:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR PGOV
06TOKYO3818	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 02:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3835	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

06TOKYO3838	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 22:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3844	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 02:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3867	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3878	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 02:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3900	MEDIA REACTION Q MIDDLE EAST/NORTH KOREA [...] "Japan Should Make Its Presence Felt in Middle East Diplomacy" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/13): "Ahead of the upcoming G-8 summit, Prime Minister Koizumi visited the Middle East and met Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert. Koizumi's visit to the region comes at [...]	2006-07-13 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO3909	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 05:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3921	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3922	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3924	JAPAN TO VOTE FOR QATAR-SPONSORED RESOLUTION [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel talking points to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki on July 13. In a subsequent conversation, Takizaki explained that the Qatar-proposed resolution was already in "blue" and that it would be "difficult" to ask the Qataris to [...]	2006-07-13 12:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JA
06TOKYO3931	MEDIA REACTION Q G-8 SUMMIT/MIDDLE EAST [...] "Nuclear and Missile Threats Will Test Unity at G-8 Summit" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/14): "The G-8 summit that begins this weekend in St. Petersburg, Russia, will be a major test of the Group's unity. In addition to the Iranian nuclear issue, North Korea's missile la [...]	2006-07-14 04:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO3967	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3985	KOIZUMI AND ABE GET HIGH MARKS FOR UNSC [...] (U) Summary. Prime Minister Koizumi and Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe have gotten high marks from most of the media SIPDIS and observers for Japan's work at the UN Security Council and G-8 Summit. The majority of the press views adoption of the UNSC resolution on North Korea as a success, [...]	2006-07-18 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL JA
06TOKYO3998	MEDIA REACTION Q MIDDLE EAST - TOKYO [...] "Lebanon Crisis: Syria's Isolation Deepening" The liberal Asahi's Cairo correspondent Tachino commented (7/19): "The deepening crisis in Lebanon has driven Syria into a tight corner. Syria has drawn criticism not just from the US but also from neighboring Arab countries for its role in support [...]	2006-07-19 04:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4011	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4042	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4061	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4065	MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CRISIS - TOKYO [...] "US Middle East Diplomacy at an Impasse" The liberal Asahi's Washington correspondent Umehara wrote (7/21): "With Israel's offensive in Lebanon continuing, it appears that the Bush administration's Middle East diplomacy is at an impasse, as the US already has to deal with an Iraq on the verge [...]	2006-07-21 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4134	MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CRISIS - TOKYO [...] "Dispatch of European Troops the First Step to Resolving Lebanon Crisis" An editorial in the conservative Sankei commented (7/25): "Though it has been two weeks since the Israeli military began action against Hezbollah in Lebanon, the situation appears to be taking a turn for the worse rather [...]	2006-07-25 04:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4152	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-26 02:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4184	MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CRISIS - TOKYO [...] "Lebanon Crisis: Immediate Ceasefire Must Be Priority" An editorial in the moderate Tokyo Shimbun commented (7/27): "Israeli military attacks on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon have been escalating, with civilian casualties continuing to mount. Though an immediate ceasefire is an urgent neces [...]	2006-07-27 03:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4204	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-27 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4217	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-28 02:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4224	MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CRISIS - TOKYO [...] "Lebanon Crisis: US-EU Discord Delays Ceasefire" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/28): "The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has left Lebanon facing a national crisis. Secretary of State Rice and the foreign ministers from European and Arab nations, joined by UN Secreta [...]	2006-07-28 05:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4273	JAPAN TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID TO LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will provide two million USD in emergency humanitarian aid to Lebanon, according to a July 29 MOFA announcement. Japan has taken a low-key approach to current events in Lebanon, issuing three official statements concerning the ongoing hostilities. The Japanese press is pr [...]	2006-07-31 10:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM LE JA
06TOKYO4323	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4343	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4364	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4365	2006 JAPAN DEFENSE AGENCY WHITE PAPER FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary. Alliance Transformation, Chinese activities in the East China Sea, and the proposed upgrade of the Japan Defense Agency(JDA) to a ministry are highlighted in the 2006 White Paper released on August 1. JDA Defense Councilor Tokuchi, the editor of the volume, told the embassy that [...]	2006-08-03 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL JA
06TOKYO4431	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 09:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4434	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 23:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4438	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4470	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4486	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO450	MEDIA REACTION PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS - TOKYO [...] "Will Chances for Middle East Peace Emerge?" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (1/27): "It appears that the radical Islamic group Hamas, which participated in Palestinian elections for the first time, has captured a majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council. Given that th [...]	2006-01-27 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4507	JAPAN FM TARO ASO'S AUGUST 3 VISIT TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary. MOFA DDG for Middle East Affairs Sugiyama on August 9 described U.S. support for FM Aso's August 3 visit to Baghdad as "a perfect operation." Aso made Japan's first-ever cabinet-level visit to send a clear message of Japan's support for Iraqi reconstruction and to encourage Japa [...]	2006-08-10 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JA
06TOKYO4508	KANDAHAR-HERAT RING ROAD: JAPAN LOOKING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL AF JA
06TOKYO4548	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4563	MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CEASEFIRE - TOKYO [...] "UNSC Resolution on Lebanon: Seeking a Breakthrough" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/13): "A measure has finally been taken to put an end to the month-long crisis in Lebanon. The parties involved must not only immediately suspend hostilities but also search for a lasting [...]	2006-08-14 23:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4566	MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CEASEFIRE - TOKYO [...] "UNSC Resolution on Lebanon: Seeking a Breakthrough" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/13): "A measure has finally been taken to put an end to the month-long crisis in Lebanon. The parties involved must not only immediately suspend hostilities but also search for a lasting [...]	2006-08-15 00:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4567	MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON CEASEFIRE - TOKYO [...] "UNSC Resolution on Lebanon: Seeking a Breakthrough" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/13): "A measure has finally been taken to put an end to the month-long crisis in Lebanon. The parties involved must not only immediately suspend hostilities but also search for a lasting [...]	2006-08-15 00:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4598	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 00:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4637	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4647	MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON CEASEFIRE - TOKYO [...] "Lebanon Ceasefire Should Not be Temporary" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/16): "The tragedy in Lebanon has come to an end for the time being following the acceptance by Israel and Hezbollah of a unanimous UNSC resolution calling for the cessation of hostilities.... However, complacency is [...]	2006-08-16 04:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4660	MOFA SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA PROCESS ADVANCING [...] (C) Summary: The ASEAN Plus 3 Economic Ministers, when they meet next week in Kuala Lumpur, will likely recommend the creation of a formal intergovernmental study group as a prelude to actual free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations among the 13 ASEAN Plus 3 countries. According to an offi [...]	2006-08-16 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO
06TOKYO4662	MOFA SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA PROCESS ADVANCING [...] (C) Summary: The ASEAN Plus 3 Economic Ministers, when they meet next week in Kuala Lumpur, will likely recommend the creation of a formal intergovernmental study group as a prelude to actual free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations among the 13 ASEAN Plus 3 countries. According to an offi [...]	2006-08-16 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO
06TOKYO4686	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4691	MEDIA REACTION Q LEBANON - TOKYO [...] "Ceasefire Must Not be Reversed" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/17): "In order to implement the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, a 15,000-strong Lebanese Army unit and a similar-sized UN force must be quickly deployed in southern Lebanon.... With the warring parties still sq [...]	2006-08-17 02:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4720	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4783	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/06 [...] Aso 2. Abe 3. Tanigaki Asia Â [...]	2006-08-22 00:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4797	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO482	MEDIA REACTION HAMAS ELECTION VICTORY - TOKYO [...] "Time for Hamas to Break with Terrorism" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/28): "The radical Islamic group Hamas has emerged as the Palestinians' leading political party after winning a majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council. Fatah, the mainstream PLO group that was previous [...]	2006-01-30 02:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO4823	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting on August 9 with S/P Director Stephen Krasner, MOFA North American Affairs Bureau DG Kawai expressed appreciation for our efforts in making Prime Minister Koizumi's recent trip to the United States a success. Kawai shared his expectation that Koizumi's successor wi [...]	2006-08-23 06:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IR KN KS CH JA
06TOKYO4830	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 23:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4891	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4895	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4913	IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie visited Japan August 22-26. In Tokyo he met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Taro Aso, Minister of State for Defense Fukushiro Nukaga, and briefed MOFA officials on the situation in Iraq. He also met with press representativ [...]	2006-08-28 07:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO4948	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4990	METI VICE MINISTER CITES BUSINESS NETWORKS, CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Japan feels a need for legal protections for its companies' integrated production facilities and trade flows throughout East Asia. That and Japan's desire to stop or slow China efforts to assume a leadership role in the process of regional economic integration had spurred Japan [...]	2006-08-31 06:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO
06TOKYO4998	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 23:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO501	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5023	NEW ANRE OIL AND GAS DIVISION DIRECTOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary. On August 29, Shin Hosaka, newly appointed director of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Division in the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),assessed that the situation involving the Azadegan field in Iran was far from [...]	2006-09-01 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG JA
06TOKYO5028	JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER VISITS KAZAKHSTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 28-29 visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Prime Minister Koizumi focused primarily on promoting cooperation in developing energy resources, particularly uranium, according to MOFA Central Asia and Caucasus Division Deputy Director Uyama. Koizumi urged Uzbekista [...]	2006-09-01 11:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	ECON ENRG PARM PHUM PREL ZK KZ UZ JA
06TOKYO5033	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5042	A/S HILL CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA DG SASAE [...] (C) MOFA Asia/Oceania Director General Sasae reiterated to EAP Assistant Secretary Hill on September 4 the need for actions implementing UNSCR 1695, saying we had to show North Korea there were consequences before the next round of DPRK brinksmanship. A/S Hill said USG decisions on implement [...]	2006-09-05 06:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM JA KS KN
06TOKYO5080	NAVY SECRETARY WINTER STRESSES U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. During a 20-minute meeting on August 28, Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter told Japan,s FM Taro Aso SIPDIS that the Secretary's visit symbolized the U.S. perception of the importance of cooperation between the navies and governments of both countries. The Secretary emphasize [...]	2006-09-06 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV JA
06TOKYO5089	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 23:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5091	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 23:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5139	ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL MEETING WITH MOFA [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Hill and MOFA Director General Atsumi agreed September 5 on the importance of strengthening ties with the nations of Southeast and Southwest Asia and playing up the cooperative nature of U.S. and Japanese efforts to take on a more active role in the region. [...]	2006-09-08 05:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA
06TOKYO5143	LEBANESE "DISAPPOINTED" BY JAPANESE CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Lebanon is "disappointed" by the small amounts pledged by Japan for reconstruction and humanitarian relief, Lebanon's Charge d'Affaires in Tokyo, Toufic S. Jaber, recently told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer. Japan initially pledged and has disbursed $2 million in humanitarian assistanc [...]	2006-09-08 06:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR LE JA
06TOKYO5209	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5218	MEDIA REACTION Q FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 - [...] There were no immediate editorials or commentaries concerning memorial services held throughout the US and elsewhere in the world. 2. "Five years After 9/11: Where is bin Laden" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri's Washington correspondent Sakamoto wrote (9/12): "Although Tuesday marked [...]	2006-09-12 05:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5221	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 05:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5286	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 02:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5288	SCENESETTER FOR EB A/S SULLIVAN: INCOMING [...] (SBU) With Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe the presumptive next prime minister, beef receding from the economic agenda, and a summit with President Bush anticipated in the coming months, your visit to Tokyo comes at an important point in discussions of how to broaden and deepen the bilater [...]	2006-09-14 03:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EFIN ETRD ECIN JA APECO
06TOKYO5308	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5325	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5330	JAPAN ON MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM ON LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan agrees that momentum must be maintained promoting peace in Lebanon and fully supports the implementation of UNSCR 1701. Tokyo is hesitant to contribute additional funds, however, citing Lebanon's wealth and the fact that assistance pledges at the Stockholm Conference yield [...]	2006-09-15 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON IS LE JA
06TOKYO5339	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 04:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5526	The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At- [...] (U) Summary. The Japan Economic Scope (JES) is a weekly e-newsletter produced by Embassy Tokyo's ECON section in collaboration with other sections and constituent Posts. It provides a brief overview of recent economic developments, insights gleaned from contacts, summaries of the latest cab [...]	2006-09-25 23:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO5568	U.S. POLICY PRIORITIES FOR ABE ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary and Table of Contents. New Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has outlined an ambitious policy agenda for his administration, with important implications for a number of U.S. foreign policy goals. This cable highlights the most significant initiatives from a U.S. perspective and assesses [...]	2006-09-26 10:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR ECON EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL TSPL
06TOKYO5569	ANRE'S ARIMA LOOKING FOR SUPPORT FOR IEA [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 13, newly appointed director of the International Affairs Division at the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Jun Arima reiterated the GOJ's request that USG support the appointment of Nobuo Tanaka as the new head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) [...]	2006-09-26 11:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG JA
06TOKYO5707	PDUSD RYAN HENRY,S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a September 25 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Nishida told Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Henry that U.S. involvement on China and North Korea is critical to maintaining stability in the region. Henry agreed that managing our relationship with China [...]	2006-10-01 22:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER CH KN IZ AF AS JA
06TOKYO5744	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-03 00:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO577	MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS [...] All six dailies carried editorials concerning President Bush's State of the Union address. 2. "Continued US Commitment to the World Reconfirmed" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (2/2): "The 'prescription' President Bush wrote for the difficult issues facing th [...]	2006-02-02 04:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5812	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5819	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-06 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5822	PRIME MINISTER ABE'S UPCOMING TRIP TO BEIJING AND [...] (C) Summary. Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo did not make a second, secret trip to Japan to arrange Prime Minister Abe's trip to Beijing, as reported in the press, MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae told Political Minister Counselor Meserve on October 5. Instead, a last-minute breakthroug [...]	2006-10-06 06:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP CH KN KS JA
06TOKYO5831	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-08 07:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5833	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-08 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5858	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-10 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5873	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-10 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5884	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 02:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5892	MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO [...] "We Condemn North Korea's Nuclear Test" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/11): "The dictatorship neighboring Japan has announced that it conducted a nuclear test. Although details of the test are as yet unknown, it is clear that tensions are rising in East Asia and around the world. North Ko [...]	2006-10-11 03:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5914	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5940	ABE'S VISIT TO CHINA SIGNALS IMPROVING RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 8 visit to Beijing was a success, according to MOFA China Division Principal Deputy Director Nomura. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao both raised the Yasukuni Shrine issue, but it did not impede discussions. Meeting one da [...]	2006-10-12 10:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG CH JA
06TOKYO6125	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-20 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6160	MOFA PAINTS AZADEGAN CONTRACT CHANGE IN POSITIVE [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Hideki Ito told EMIN on October 20 that Inpex's reduction in ownership of the Iranian Azadegan oil field from 75 percent to 10 percent has effectively delayed the start to the project by at least a year. [...]	2006-10-23 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6195	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-24 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6222	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-25 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6274	MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO [...] "North Korean Nuclear Test: NPT Heading Toward Collapse" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (10/29): "The DPRK's nuclear test could lead to a collapse of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) framework, which aims to prevent the emergence of further nuclear we [...]	2006-10-30 04:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA

06TOKYO6298	JAPAN NEGOTIATING FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH GULF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan has entered into Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and is hopeful an agreement can be inked as soon as possible, according to MOFA and METI sources. A major motivating factor for the Japanese is the fact that C [...]	2006-10-31 07:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ZP JA
06TOKYO6302	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/06 [...] Government 2. Minshuto A lack of required credit units Â [...]	2006-10-31 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6316	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-01 01:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6384	The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren to Call for FTA with U.S. 4. Embassy Meets with GOJ Officials on Triangular Merger Issues 5. Louisiana Governor Leads Trade Mission to Japan 6. DPJ Member and Agriculture Expert Matsushita Voices Support for Cooperation on Food Safety 7. MAFF Needs [...]	2006-11-06 22:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6389	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO [...] "Hussein's Death Sentence: Will It Inflame Sectarian Conflict?" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (11/7): "Saddam Hussein will be hanged, but it is questionable whether this will have a positive impact on the reconstruction of Iraq.... We are concerned that the death sentence [...]	2006-11-07 04:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6420	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6426	MEDIA REACTION - EAST ASIA SECURITY - TOKYO [...] "East Asia Security: Strengthen Japan-China Strategic Dialogue" An editorial in the moderate Tokyo Shimbun commented (11/8): "Japan was unable to be involved in the process of getting the six-party talks restarted, as the decision was the result of behind-the-scenes diplomatic maneuvering by t [...]	2006-11-08 06:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6485	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES DPRK, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met on November 7 with Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Koji Omi in his capacity as Presidential Emissary for the International Compact with Iraq. (Meetings with Japanese bankers, Vice Minister for Finance Watanabe and [...]	2006-11-13 05:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PINS PARM CH JA IZ
06TOKYO6488	The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Civair Talks: Beginnings of a Deal? 4. Canada-Japan FTA Off the Rails 5. MAFF Acknowledges Rough Going On Japan-Australia FTA 6. Treasury DepSec Talks Iraq Compact 7. Allgeier Pushes for Doha Round During DVC with Tokyo 8. MOFA Pushes Ahead With Asia Regio [...]	2006-11-13 05:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6497	U.S.-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA TRILATERAL STRESSES NEED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 09:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP PGOV JA KN
06TOKYO6542	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6578	MITSUI & CO. CONFIDENT RUSSIA WILL ALLOW SAKHALIN [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 27 Econoff met with Mitsui & Co. General Manager of Planning Ken Yamaguchi and General Manager of Sakhalin Development Toru Matsui to discuss Mitsui and Co.,s investments in the Russian Sakhalin 2 oil and gas project. (Note: Sakhalin 2 is owned by Sakhalin Energy, a [...]	2006-11-17 03:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6596	JAPANESE OPPOSITION TO UNGA EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A "no" vote or abstention by the Japanese to the November 17 UNGA Emergency Special Session (ESS) Resolution on Israel cannot be assured, according to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki. Although Japan agrees completely that the resolution is unbalanced [...]	2006-11-17 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA XF IS JA
06TOKYO6597	U.S.-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA TRILATERAL STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (S) Summary. During the November 6 U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral on implementation of UNSCR 1718, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and his counterparts Japanese DFM Tsuneo Nashida and Australian DFM David Richie, agreed upon the need for full and effe [...]	2006-11-17 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP PGOV KN JA
06TOKYO660	MEDIA REACTION US-JAPAN ALLIANCE - TOKYO [...] "QDR: Heighten the Effectiveness of the US-Japan Alliance" The conservative Sankei editorialized (2/7): "The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) put together by the Department of Defense not only reveals the future approach to the war on terrorism but also reexamines the fundamental nature of Jap [...]	2006-02-07 03:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6614	The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. METI Minister Calls for Deepening of U.S.-Japan Economic Relations 4. Keidanren Joins Call for a U.S.-Japan FTA 5. ACCJ Business White Paper Says Economic Integration Agreement Is Needed 6. Kansai Business Leaders Meet Finance Minister in Osaka; FTAs, EPAs St [...]	2006-11-20 07:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6645	JAPANESE REPRESENTATION AT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] It is unlikely Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso will be able to attend the Forum for the Future meeting in Amman November 30-December 1, due to scheduling conflicts and to the fact that the Diet will be in session during that period, according to Jiro Kanzawa, Deputy Director of MOFA's First [...]	2006-11-21 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMPI JA
06TOKYO6673	MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA-IRAQ-IRAN RELATIONS - [...] "Syria, Iran Improving Ties with Iraq" The liberal Mainichi's Cairo correspondent Takahashi commented (11/22): "Syria restored diplomatic relations with Iraq Tuesday, a move that is believed to be a big step toward improving ties with the US and Europe. Iranian President Ahmadinejad also propo [...]	2006-11-22 02:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6690	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6694	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO [...] "Review US Middle East Policy Thoroughly" The liberal Mainichi's editorial writer Fuse commented (11/24): "The bipartisan 'Iraq Study Group,' led by former Secretary of State James Baker, is reviewing the US Iraq policy. Although it is not known what proposal the group will come up with, the B [...]	2006-11-24 00:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6716	MEDIA REACTION - GAZA STRIP CEASEFIRE - TOKYO [...] "US Applying Pressure for Resumption of Israel- Palestinian Dialogue" Riyadh correspondent Kanazawa of the business-oriented Nihon Keizai commented (11/27): "The Gaza Strip ceasefire accord that Israel and the Palestinian Authority reached will likely be the first step toward resuming Israeli- [...]	2006-11-27 02:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6731	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-27 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6736	JAPAN DEBATES COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proposal to review constitutional interpretations that restrict the exercise of Collective Self-Defense has sparked a sharp debate within the government and ruling coalition. The focus of Abe's initiative has been on whether Japan has the authority to [...]	2006-11-27 23:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO6770	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 22:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO679	ECONOMIC GOALS OF JAPAN'S 164TH DIET SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Koizumi has labeled this 150 day session the &administrative reform8 Diet to emphasize his continuing commitment toward the structural reform of Japan's economy. Important economic bills this session include an administrative reform bill -- to be submitted by the [...]	2006-02-07 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
06TOKYO6795	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 00:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6842	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-05 00:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6877	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 00:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6878	Polls Indicate Support for U.S.-Japan Alliance [...] (U) The results of the annual Yomiuri Shimbun-Gallup Poll released on December 2, 2006 indicated that support for the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty is at an all-time high among Japanese, with 66 percent of respondents indicating that the security treaty is useful to Japan, up 4 percent from a yea [...]	2006-12-07 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OPRC KPAO KPLS JA
06TOKYO6897	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 00:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6903	MEDIA REACTION - ISG REPORT - TOKYO [...] "President Bush Should Immediately Act on ISG Report" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/8): "While pointing out numerous US policy mistakes committed since the start of the war, the bipartisan Iraq Study Group (ISG) proposed that President Bush should change his policy in that country.... We [...]	2006-12-08 06:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO691	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-07 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6912	DAS JOHN,S MEETING WITH DDG KITERA ON BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary: DAS Eric John on December 4 underscored the importance of passing a non-punitive UN Security Council resolution on Burma as a starting point for increased diplomatic pressure on the regime. Deputy Director General Kitera responded that Japan would prefer a Presidential Statemen [...]	2006-12-08 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM BM TT JA
06TOKYO6926	INDIAN PM VISIT: LIKELY JOINT STATEMENT, ECONOMIC [...] (C) Preparations for Indian Prime Minister Singh's December 13-16 visit to Japan are proceeding well, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) official told Econoff, and it appears the prime ministers will issue a joint statement announcing negotiations toward an "economic partnership agreement" [...]	2006-12-11 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL MARR JA IN
06TOKYO6931	The Japan Economic Scope ?- Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Sub Cabinet in Tokyo 4. Transcript of Press Roundtable after Sub Cabinet 5. Triangular Mergers: Still Pushing as the End Game Approaches 6. Amb. Michalak's Meetings on Triangular Mergers 7. DUSTR Bhatia and Dep. FM Yabunaka Exchange Reg Reform Recommendation [...]	2006-12-11 22:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6943	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6953	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6994	AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a lunch conversation on December 14, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and the Ambassador covered a wide range of issues including: -- the U.S.-Japan security relationship ("2 Plus 2" Talks, DPRI); -- Iraq; -- economic issues (sub-Cabinet meetings, "trian [...]	2006-12-15 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL ECON PGOV JA BM IZ KS RS AF IR
06TOKYO7000	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7027	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/06-1 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7047	NO HIGH LEVEL SYRIAN VISITS TO JAPAN PLANNED [...] (C) Japan has no plans to host any high-level Syrian visits in the foreseeable future, according to Hitoshi Ishizuka of MOFA's First Middle East Division. Embassy Tokyo Political Officer told Ishizuka we would be interested in knowing in advance if any such visits do come onto the calendar. [...]	2006-12-19 02:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY JA
06TOKYO7061	JAPAN: JOINT DEMARCHE OF EAST TIMOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 06:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RTT AS PO JA
06TOKYO7067	JAPANESE PLEASED WITH VISIT OF INDIAN PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials are pleased with Indian Prime Minister Singh's December 13-16 Tokyo visit, according to MOFA contacts. During the visit, the "Global Partnership" inaugurated in 2000 was elevated to a "Strategic and Global Partnership" calling for closer political and diplomati [...]	2006-12-20 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAIR EINV ETRD SCUL KNNP IN JA
06TOKYO7098	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7123	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 01:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7130	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7139	The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP Member Tatsuya Ito Reviews Regional Architecture Policy 4. Japan - Australia FTA: GOJ Will Drive Hard Bargain 5. Kagoshima Farmers: EPA with Australia, No Worries Mate? 6. Beijing Energy Ministerial Outcome: METI, MOFA Pleased 7. Transparency: GOJ Transla [...]	2006-12-27 06:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO7164	U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART TWO, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan Feigenbaum and a team of State and USAID officials continued their full-day U.S.-Japan consultations on Central Asia with interagency meetings on foreign assistance and project finance. MOFA International Coop [...]	2006-12-28 01:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH RU ZK JA
06TOKYO7166	U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART THREE, [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry's (METI) Trade Policy Bureau Central Asia division head and a Japanese trading company researcher met separately with SCA/DAS Evan Feigenbaum on December 8 to discuss the difficult business and political climate in Central Asia. Politi [...]	2006-12-28 02:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO7192	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 04:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO727	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO749	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO761	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 02:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO773	JAPAN: DVFM KONO ON IRAN [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with Deputy Vice Foreign Minister Masaharu Kono, DCM Donovan underscored U.S. appreciation for Japan's stance on Iran at the IAEA, and asked how Japan would deal with the Iran nuclear issue during the upcoming visit to Tokyo by Iran Foreign Minister Mottaki (ref a) [...]	2006-02-13 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA IR JA
06TOKYO775	JAPANESE READOUT: DAI BINGGUO UNCOMPROMISING ON [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Tokyo, Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo relayed an uncompromising stand on Yasukuni Shrine and tried to elicit positive messages from Japanese interlocutors, according to MOFA sources, who speculated Dai was attempting to deflect domestic criticism of MFA's handling of [...]	2006-02-13 09:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH JA
06TOKYO777	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 23:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO822	CHINA WATCHERS PIN HOPES FOR IMPROVED JAPAN-CHINA [...] (C) Summary: No improvement in Japan's relations with China should be expected during Koizumi's remaining seven months in office, according to Diet members and academic China specialists contacted by Embassy Tokyo. Citing domestic political difficulties in both countries, our interlocutors [...]	2006-02-15 09:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH JA
06TOKYO823	ABE AND ASO SAY CLASS-A WAR CRIMINALS NOT [...] (C) Summary. Opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leaders grilled Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe and Foreign Minister Aso in the Diet on February 14, regarding World War II and the War Crimes Tribunal. Although both Abe and Aso acknowledged the official line that the war was an act of ag [...]	2006-02-15 09:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH KS JA
06TOKYO827	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO876	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-17 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO904	JAPANESE BUSINESS SEEKS INDEPENDENT CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Confidence in the Japanese Government's capacity to analyze and to interpret events in China is waning among Japan's business community, according to some Japanese and expatriate Chinese researchers and academics. The anti-Japanese demonstrations of spring 2005 also alerted Jap [...]	2006-02-21 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV PREL JA CH
06TOKYO907	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/06 [...] Azadegan oil field: 260,000 barrels a day 2. Sakhalin 1 (Russia): 250,000 barrels a day 3. Sakhalin 2 (Russia): 160,000 barrels a day 4. Rang Dong oil field (Vietnam): 50,000 barrels a day 5. Mubarras oil field (United Arab Emirates): 20,000 barrels a day (5) Political comment [...]	2006-02-21 23:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO923	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/22/06 [...] Promote a strategy for growth in the Japanese economy, including the conclusion of a Japan-China economic partnership agreement 2. Urge China to become a democratic nation slowly by 2030 by expanding its middle class. Japan will share its experience with China. 3. Establish a trouble- [...]	2006-02-22 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO929	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 02:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO957	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO960	JAPAN-CHINA: CHINA TRYING TO "WALL OFF" YASUKUNI? [...] (C) Summary. A flurry of political exchanges between China and Japan and initiatives arising out of the Dai Bingguo-Yachi "comprehensive policy dialogue" suggest that China's President Hu Jintao has decided to leave the Yasukuni issue aside for the time being and to move ahead on multiple fro [...]	2006-02-23 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON ENRG USUN PINR CH JA
06TRIPOLI454	SENATOR SPECTER REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SENIOR [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 21-24 trip to Libya, Senator Arlen Spector, Chairman of the Senate Justice Committee, reviewed the bilateral relationship with senior Libyan officials and inquired about prospects for developing a "Libya model" that co [...]	2006-08-31 15:03:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	OREP PREL PTER PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI459	LIBYANS DISCUSS NON-PROLIFERATION WITH AMB. SCHULTE - WHERE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Schulte conducted extensive discussions on non-proliferation with Libyan officials and the Jamahiriya press August 28-30. The Libyans agreed with our assessment that Iran was working on a weapons program and that it should comply with the IAEA, while stressing tha [...]	2006-09-01 14:25:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT OVIP PARM KNNP LY
06TRIPOLI527	LIBYA: UN RESREP ASSESSES OPPORTUNITIES FOR BILATERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Julio Grieco told poloff September 17 that there were opportunities for the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) to expand on activities already underway in Libya that focus on education, financial sector refo [...]	2006-09-20 11:05:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI600	LIBYAN NOC CHAIRMAN GHANEM'S VIEWS ON PETROLEUM ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman (and former Prime Minister) Shukri Ghanem on October 15 to discuss US-Libyan energy sector cooperation. Ghanem expressed confidence in Libyan efforts to boost oil production and defended the establishment of the Cabinet-leve [...]	2006-10-19 14:43:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL LY
06TRIPOLI648	LIBYAN CENTRAL BANK ESTABLISHING NEW TRAINING INSTITUTE [...] (U) See action request, Para. 7. 2. (U) The Libyan Central Bank is launching a new training center to improve employee skills throughout the banking sector, and its director is open to U.S. offers of assistance. Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff met with the Libyan Central Bank on the afternoon [...]	2006-11-10 16:07:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EFIN LY
06TRIPOLI671	LIBYA: TIP SPECIAL WATCH LIST ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The most salient feature of trafficking in Libya is the lack of information about it. Governments, non-governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations, and the media all appear to know very little about the phenomenon. While slightly more information is available [...]	2006-11-17 13:30:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GTIP LY
06TUNIS10	TRIP TO SOUTHERN TUNISIA: RESIDENTS TOUGH ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Poloff and MEPI FSN visited the southern industrial town of Gabes December 19-21 and met with ruling and opposition party leaders, NGOs, and many local residents. All interlocutors were curious, and many skeptical, about the visit of an Embassy official to this oft-overlooked so [...]	2006-01-03 13:42:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS1157	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (C) Embassy Tunis is very pleased to welcome you to Tunisia from May 19-20. As the highest ranking State Department official to visit Tunis since former Secretary Powell in December 2003, you are in an excellent position to reinvigorate with President Ben Ali a bilateral dialogue which focuse [...]	2006-05-15 13:52:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	OVIP KDEM PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS1230	Special Media Reaction: DepSec Visit to Tunis [...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian print and broadcast media positively and prominently covered the May 18 - 19 DepSec Zoellick visit to Tunisia. While both the government and privately-owned press highlighted the DepSec's positive statements on Tunisian modernity and moderation, the private press also [...]	2006-05-23 12:02:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OIIP TS
06TUNIS1343	ABBAS VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30, Palestinian President Abbas began his three day state visit to Tunisia with a meeting with Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. The GOT, ever eager to play its traditional moderate role in the Middle East Peace Process, has focused the visit on its support for [...]	2006-06-02 12:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1641	MGGZ01: TUNISIA CALLS FOR RESUMPTION OF DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) On June 29, Tunisia released an official statement related to the latest Israeli-Palestinian developments, reiterating its call for "resumption of dialogue and implementation of the Roadmap." Also on June 29, in a speech to newly arrived ambassadors, President Ben Ali stressed the need [...]	2006-06-30 13:27:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAL TS
06TUNIS1661	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING MED DIALOGUE COUNTRIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 13:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR TS
06TUNIS1672	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART IV: THE FAMILY'S HOLDINGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 12:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON TS
06TUNIS1924	TFLE01: TUNISIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN LEBANON AND [...] (C) Summary: Since the beginning of the current Lebanon/Israel/Gaza crisis, the GOT has stood firmly in support of its "Palestinian and Lebanese brothers", releasing statements of support, sponsoring press articles critical of Israel, and in demonstration-free Tunisia, sanctioning and partici [...]	2006-07-28 14:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS1988	TFLE01: SITREP ON TUNISIAN SOLIDARITY WITH [...] (C) Summary. Media reports and anecdotal information from the past week suggest that Tunisians increasingly are viewing Hizballah as the underdog freedom fighter successfully standing up against the Israeli bully. The Qana attack stoked a round of news-driven anger against Israel. U.S. supp [...]	2006-08-04 14:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS208	TIFA UPDATE: MINISTER JOUINI EXPRESSES HOPE TO U/S [...] (SBU) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary Timothy Adams' January 30 meeting with Development Minister Jouini discussed ways to move forward our Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) process in 2006. Ambassador noted the Ministry's feedback on USTR discussion papers, which spotlighted [...]	2006-02-02 10:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EFTA ETRD TS
06TUNIS2111	LEBANON: TUNISIA WELCOMES UNSCR 1701; CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has officially welcomed UNSCR 1701 on Lebanon, releasing a statement expressing its "great satisfaction" with the resolution, which it characterized as a "first step" to the return to peaceful efforts in the search for a negotiated solution. President Ben Ali on August 1 [...]	2006-08-16 13:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TS
06TUNIS2144	TUNISIANS PROUD OF "ISRAELI DEFEAT", BUT MANY [...] (C) Summary: With the passage of UNSCR 1701 and the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon and Israel, the tense mood amongst many Tunisians, palpable during the active fighting, has largely abated. Tunisian newspapers proclaimed victory for Hizballah, and editorials spoke of the hope "the Hizb [...]	2006-08-18 14:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO PHUM TS
06TUNIS2155	MODERATE ISLAMISTS SEEK DIALOGUE WITH U.S. ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting hosted in Tunis by Washington-based Center for Islam and Democracy President Radwan Masmoudi, several self-described "moderate Islamists", including a founding member of the banned Tunisian Islamist party An-Nahdha, sought out Embassy officials to "reopen a dialogue" [...]	2006-08-21 08:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2227	TUNISIANS CONTINUE TO BE SEIZED BY EVENTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Events in Lebanon continue to dominate Tunisian newspaper headlines and cafe conversations, although less so than in previous weeks. The GOT announced delivery of humanitarian aid to Lebanon. Newspapers accused Israel of jeopardizing the cease-fire. Civil society contacts contin [...]	2006-08-25 14:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS224	MOVEMENT OF 18 OCTOBER COMPLAINS OF GOT ABUSE, [...] (C) Summary: The Committee of 18 October, an alliance of disparate opposition political groups and activists which grew out of the Movement of 18 October hunger strike (ref a),reported that plainclothes police "violently" blocked a committee meeting in Tunis on January 24. The following day, [...]	2006-02-03 14:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
06TUNIS2292	TUNISIA AND THE U.S.-MENA PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has provided contact information on bank associations in Tunisia (ref A). In addition, EconOff met with Mr. Amor Saafi, Managing Director of the Association Professionnelle Tunisienne des Banques et des Establissements Financiers (APTBEF) - the other bank association provi [...]	2006-09-06 07:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN TS
06TUNIS2534	HACKERS BREAK THE CODE TO AL-JAZEERA SPORTS CHANNEL [...] According to an As-Sabah Al-Ousboui newspaper article published September 25, 2006, Tunisian hackers have been able to break the encryption code for Al-Jazeera Sports Channel and are now selling bootleg access cards at cut-rate prices. The article tells its readers where they can go to procure [...]	2006-10-11 13:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR AG FR MO TC UK TS
06TUNIS2538	TUNISIA OUTRANKS U.S. IN COMPETITIVENESS, SAYS [...] (SBU) The Government of Tunisia is gloating over its ranking in the 2006 Global Competitiveness Report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on September 26th. Classified as the 30th most competitive country in the world and first among African and Middle East countries, Tunisia advanced [...]	2006-10-11 15:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD TC UK MO TS
06TUNIS2742	TUNISIA - INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (U) Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign currency. There is no discernible money laundering activity reported to be occurrin [...]	2006-11-09 16:06:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN TS
06TUNIS2771	Carrefour Closes its Counterfeit Optical Disc Sales [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT is taking positive steps to target the retail sector for enforcement of IPR. The Tunisian franchisee of retail giant Carrefour has stopped its practice of openly selling pirated optical discs. In addition, Carrefour's circulars now contain an explicit warning against r [...]	2006-11-17 09:56:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD TS
06TUNIS2802	VISIT OF EMIR FORESHADOWS RE-OPENING OF TUNISIAN [...] (C) Qatari Ambassador Saad Ben Nasser al-Hamidi told Ambassador that the Emir of Qatar, on a private visit to Tunisia, met one-on-one with President Ben Ali on November 22. The session was an effort to resolve differences, following recent frictions between Tunisia and Qatar over satellite T [...]	2006-11-24 13:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06TUNIS358	Special Media Reaction: SecDef Visit to Tunis [...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian broadcast and print media prominently covered the February 10 - 11 visit of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld to Tunis. The local SIPDIS reporting on the visit emphasized the positive strategic alliance between the U.S. and Tunisia as well as the Secretary's laudatory r [...]	2006-02-17 13:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OIIP TS
06TUNIS388	TUNISIAN ASSOCIATION OF DEMOCRATIC WOMEN ON GOT [...] (C) Summary: On February 9, Poloffs met with senior officials of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),an authorized and independent NGO active in debating and publicizing women's issues. While focused primarily on social issues, ATFD leaders have at times been outspoken critic [...]	2006-02-22 15:53:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO KMPI KDEM TS
06TUNIS452	TUNISIAN RESPONSE: COLLABORATING WITH [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Tunis welcomes the OES-led initiative to develop targeted activities in support of basic science and mathematics education, which are top priorities in Tunisia. Opportunities I-V, presented in reftel A, are all viable options for collaboration with Tunisian groups. In addi [...]	2006-03-02 11:02:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL SENV KPAO TS
06TUNIS569	MEPI OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED TO 120 JUNIOR CHAMBER [...] (U) SUMMARY. In February, Embassy Tunis' MEPI Coordinator spoke to the newly-elected presidents of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) chapters in Tunisia about MEPI programs, specifically highlighting the Small Grants Program. There are approximately 2,700 JCI members in Tunisia, aged 1 [...]	2006-03-13 13:06:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KMPI PREL TS
06TUNIS637	Special Media Reaction: A/S Welch visit to Tunis [...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian media provided wide and positive coverage of the March 14 -16 visit of Assistant Secretary Welch. Headlines in all papers focused on the SIPDIS strength and "excellence" of U.S.-Tunisian relations and referred to "discussions of international issues of mutual concer [...]	2006-03-17 15:54:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OIIP TS
06ULAANBAATAR401	Speaker's views on Anti-corruption, Money [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's May 24 call on Speaker Nyamdorj, he expressed his firm support for the windfall profits tax passed by the State Great Hural (parliament),and opined that the body may override a veto if the President chose to take that step. Companies that expected to [...]	2006-05-25 06:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV EMIN ETRD KCRM SNAR PINR MG KN
06ULAANBAATAR407	Mongolia Ponders Public Iraq Government [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 06:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MG IQ

06ULAANBAATAR461	Tense Standoff in Protest at Foreign Mine [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, 60-year old male protester died at the Boroo Gold mining site. Protest leaders claimed this occurred after Boroo security guards used a stun gun on him. However, mine officials stated that the elderly protestor apparently died of a heart attack while trying to cl [...]	2006-06-15 09:02:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV MG
06ULAANBAATAR550	Mongolia to Send 7th Rotation to Iraq [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the following diplomatic note to the Embassy on July 19: Begin text (informal embassy translation) (Complimentary opening) and takes the opportunity to state that, in relation to the completion of the period of duty for the sixth rotation of Mongol [...]	2006-07-19 09:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL MG IQ
06ULAANBAATAR553	GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to [...] (U) Reftel reported GOM's decision to send a seventh rotation of soldiers to Iraq, consisting of a "small number of command staff officers." The sixth rotation, whose tour is up in September, consists of 100 soldiers, serving under Polish command in Camp Echo, performing force protection dut [...]	2006-07-20 23:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR554	GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to [...] (U) Summary: In a July 20 meeting, the Foreign Minister reiterated to Ambassador the Mongolian government's support for the war on terrorism and its commitment to remain a member of the coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said that there had been no opposition in the Cabinet to a seventh [...]	2006-07-20 23:21:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR558	Mongolia Still Pondering Guatemala UNSC Vote [...] (SBU) On July 20, E/P Chief called MFA Multilateral Relations Director General Enkhtsetseg to ask whether the July 3 announcement of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Guatemala had resulted in any movement in Mongolia's decision on this year's UNSC vote. ( [...]	2006-07-21 06:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNSC MG IR VE GT
06ULAANBAATAR572	Exim's First Visit to Mongolia: Transactions in Aircraft [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) Export Finance Group Senior Vice President (SVP) John McAdams visited Mongolia July 6 to 11 to explain Ex-Im Bank's programs. Prime Minister Enkhbold gave McAdams an overview of the Mongolian situation and desired projects, w [...]	2006-07-27 23:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PGOV PREL KMCA MG
06ULAANBAATAR634	FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON POSSIBLE DALAI LAMA [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister on August 17 to deliver the paper conveyed in ref a, which responded to the Foreign Minister's request for U.S. perspectives on the likely Chinese reaction to a Dalai Lama visit (ref b). FM Enkhbold expressed appreciation for the report. He did not q [...]	2006-08-18 06:50:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH MG
06ULAANBAATAR673	World Bank Offers Prescriptions for Investment Climate [...] SUMMARY: A recent World Bank report provides a concise, well-documented account of the problems -- particularly corruption -- affecting Mongolia's investment climate. It also offers recommendations on how to tackle these problems. While the Spring session of Parliament passed tax reform and [...]	2006-09-08 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EAIR PGOV PREL MG
06UNVIEVIENNA500	IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL ON IRAN TO [...] (SBU) At the June BOG, mission, per reftel, accomplished its objectives of underscoring the absence of confidence in the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program, stressing Iran's need to halt enrichment-related activities, and re-dividing the NAM. Iran was dealt with under agenda item 8 (g) [...]	2006-06-16 09:29:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA511	IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL ON IRAN TO [...] (SBU) Further to Reftel, this message provides detailed information on the June 15 IAEA Board of Governors debate on Iran. During that discussion, 33 countries delivered statements, with a preponderance calling on Iran to cooperate with the IAEA to resolve the outstanding issues identified in [...]	2006-06-23 13:39:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IAEA IR KNNP
06USNATO622	17 OCTOBER COFFEE [...] SUMMARY: -- Riga Communique: PermReps endorse notion of a short and crispy document, SYG will circulate a strawman outline of key subjects o/a 31 October. -- ANA Training: SYG intends to circulate under silence a tasking to NATO Military Authorities (NMAs) on Afghan National Security Fo [...]	2006-10-19 15:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO
06USNATO643	NATO ECONOMICS COMMITTEE: "HEADS" AND "SECURITY & [...] (C) Summary: The NATO "Heads of Economic Intelligence" was convened by Defense & Economic Security Director Patrick Hardouin who reviewed the Committee's program over the past year. He then turned to the issue of the UK,s decision not to support the Committee's work in future and how to better [...]	2006-10-27 13:06:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET NATO PGOV RU UP
06USNATO701	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 06, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG conveyed the strong political convictions expressed by NATO Allies at the Summit in support of NATO's Afghanistan operations. He also cited the recent reduction in the overall level of violence in Afghanistan and the Hungarian donation of 20,000 rifles to t [...]	2006-12-07 15:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USUNNEWYORK1008	UN/IRAQ: S/I AMBASSADOR JEFFREY ON AN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Begin Summary. S/I Ambassador Jim Jeffrey briefed UN U/SYG Gambari and SRSG for Iraq Qazi May 9 on the proposal to develop an "Iraq Compact," whereby UNAMI would work closely with the newly elected Iraqi government to help al-Maliki's cabinet expand Iraq's partnership with the internation [...]	2006-05-18 09:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV IZ
06USUNNEWYORK1041	DRC SANCTIONS: UK PROPOSES REVISED LIST OF NAMES [...] (C) As reported in REFTEL, the UK would like to press forward with a list of names for sanctioning under UNSCR 1649. UKUN gave USUN on May 22 a revised list of targets. UKUN stressed its desire to move quickly and submit the names for sanctioning, ideally before the Security Council travels [...]	2006-05-23 20:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV CG
06USUNNEWYORK1042	DRC SANCTIONS: UK PROPOSES REVISED LIST OF NAMES [...] (C) As reported in REFTEL, the UK would like to press forward with a list of names for sanctioning under UNSCR 1649. UKUN gave USUN on May 22 a revised list of targets. UKUN stressed its desire to move quickly and submit the names for sanctioning, ideally before the Security Council travels [...]	2006-05-23 20:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV CG
06USUNNEWYORK1073	EGYPT AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT REFLECTED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The prevailing atmosphere at the UN is one of increasing polarization between the UN's top donors (chiefly the U.S., Japan, Europe and CANZ) and the G-77. This sharpening divide manifests itself in debates across the full spectrum of reform issues: administrative, bu [...]	2006-05-25 21:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ECON AORC KUNR EG
06USUNNEWYORK1137	UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),the 1267 or Al-Qaida/ Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council for the fifth time on their committees' a [...]	2006-06-05 15:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC ETTC PGOV PTER
06USUNNEWYORK1227	PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: [...] (U) This is an action cable. Guidance requested in para below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The 31 members of the newly-formed UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC)(reftel),agreed informally on June 16 that Angola will serve as the first Chair of the PBC, paving the way for the formal inaugural [...]	2006-06-16 21:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UN
06USUNNEWYORK1228	DRC SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE CHAIR CALLS FOR MORE [...] (C) DRC Sanctions Committee Chairman, Peruvian PermRep de Rivero, recently called on members of the Committee to submit new names of individuals and entities for sanctions under resolution 1596. Both France and the UK would like to respond to the Chairman,s call and submit new names for listi [...]	2006-06-16 21:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CG EFIN ETTC PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1229	PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: [...] (U) This is an action cable. Guidance requested in para below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The 31 members of the newly-formed UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC)(reftel),agreed informally on June 16 that Angola will serve as the first Chair of the PBC, paving the way for the formal inaugural [...]	2006-06-16 21:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UN
06USUNNEWYORK1254	INDIA AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT REFLECTED [...] (C) Summary and Comment. India's positions on key issues of importance to the U.S. in New York do not appear to have kept pace with the increasingly strong bilateral ties developing in New Delhi and Washington. India is perceived as one of a handful of countries (which includes Egypt, Pakistan, B [...]	2006-06-21 22:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON AORC KUNR UNSC IN
06USUNNEWYORK1255	SPECIAL ADVISER ON AFRICA LEGWAILA: 'UN CAN'T [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 14 courtesy call, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa Legwaila Joseph Legwaila (formerly Special Representative of the SYG for the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea) shared his 'professional peacekeeper' views with Ambassador Bolton on the proliferat [...]	2006-06-21 22:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XW ZF KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1268	UNSC: JUNE MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] Summary: During the monthly briefing on Middle East issues to the Security Council June 21, UN U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari reviewed recent events, including intra-Palestinian political developments and the welcome prospect of an imminent Olmert-Abbas meeting; an increase in violence resulting in dea [...]	2006-06-23 22:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1287	NEPAL: INDIA SUPPORTS UN ROLE IN MAOIST DDR BUT IS [...] (SBU) Summary. Indian Mission to the UN diplomat Harsh Shringla told Poloff June 20 that while his government supports the early establishment of a UN mission in Nepal to monitor Maoist disarmament, New Delhi would greatly prefer to avoid adding Nepal to the UNSC agenda for discussion -- lest [...]	2006-06-29 14:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO NP IN
06USUNNEWYORK1336	PLANNING FOR THE UNIFIL RENEWAL: ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary. Israeli Mission to the UN Political Counselor Gilad Cohen told Poloffs the week of June 26 that the GOI believes the upcoming UNSC resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) should urge the Lebanese Government to deploy forces to thre [...]	2006-07-10 21:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1418	UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-26 20:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
06USUNNEWYORK1437	FOLLOW UP ON HMONG MINORS ISSUE [...] (C) Begin Summary. Per Ref A, ECONOFF delivered talking points to Laos Desk Officer at the UN Department of Political Affairs (UNDPA). Reponse was that a request for a high-level visit to Laos was made by the UN Country Team and remains "under serious consideration." No decision has yet been [...]	2006-08-01 14:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM LA UNICEF
06USUNNEWYORK1485	JAPANESE VFM YAMANAKA'S AUGUST 2 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Summary. Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akiko Yamanaka told Ambassador Bolton on August 2 that the GOJ was extremely appreciative of U.S. support for strong Security Council action following the DPRK's missile launches in July. She reiterated Japanese support for aggressive UN reform, in [...]	2006-08-04 14:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KUNR UN JA
06USUNNEWYORK1488	UNSC EXPANSION: GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES PRODUCES [...] (U) Summary and Comment. During more than ten hours of speeches over July 20 and 21, eighty-six delegations spoke in the General Assembly on Security Council expansion and working methods reform. Proponents of expansion cited the large number of speakers as evidence of continued support for [...]	2006-08-04 21:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KUNR UNSC UN
06USUNNEWYORK1611	UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST FOCUSES ON [...] (U) Summary. Recalling recent UNSC focus on Lebanon, UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Under Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari used a monthly UNSC public debate on the Middle East held on August 22 to call for a renewed international effort to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace proc [...]	2006-08-23 00:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1717	AMB WOLFF AND UN U/SYG GAMBARI DISCUSS ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: DPR Amb Wolff advised UN U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari August 31 that the USG is highly skeptical about a Security Council ministerial on the peace process at this time. Amb Wolff noted, moreover, that since the Arab League has been unable to explain the purpose of the meeting, has fail [...]	2006-09-01 22:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1720	1540: COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SEEKS MOVEMENT ON WORK [...] Summary: Slovak PermRep and 1540 Committee Chairman Peter Burian consulted Ambassador Bolton and Ambassador Sanders August 31 on how to end the 1540 Committee's deadlock over its draft work program. The Russian delegation blocked the UK-drafted program on July 27, despite the P-5 experts' p [...]	2006-09-05 15:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP
06USUNNEWYORK1860	LUKEWARM UNSC RESPONSE TO ANNAN'S 30 DAY REPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on September 18, UN Secretary-General Annan outlined his one-month report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701, which led to a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizballah, and reviewed the results of his recent visit to the region. Pra [...]	2006-09-26 16:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO KPAL IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1920	UNFPA SEGMENT OF THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE [...] Summary: At the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board meeting in New York on September 11-13, UNFPA Executive Director Obaid stressed the importance of equity and human rights for the world's poorest and most disadvantaged people. She said reproductive health, women's empowerment, and gender equality re [...]	2006-10-06 00:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PREF PREL UNFPA
06USUNNEWYORK1932	UNSC/DPRK: COUNCIL MEMBERS CONDEMN TEST, PREPARE [...] (C) Summary. The Security Council met on the morning of October 9 to discuss the DPRK's announced test of a nuclear weapon. It took less than thirty minutes for each of the Council's fifteen members to condemn, without reservation, the DPRK's actions. Ambassador Bolton introduced elements of [...]	2006-10-10 18:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM UNSC KN
06USUNNEWYORK1990	UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-17 20:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
06USUNNEWYORK2085	SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMS UNSCR 1559 GOALS AMID [...] (SBU) Summary. During an October 30 closed-door briefing to the Security Council on the SYG's latest report on UNSCR 1559 implementation, SYG Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen praised the "historic" deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to south Lebanon, but highlighted the unfulfilled [...]	2006-11-02 20:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO IS LE SY
06USUNNEWYORK2141	UNSC: REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS -- GAZA RESOLUTION [...] (C) The Qatari sponsors of a resolution on the recent events in Gaza have put its draft into Blue for a vote now scheduled for November 11 at 12:00 noon. Though the original draft text has undergone two revisions in as many days, the current text remains unacceptable. Notwithstanding experts' [...]	2006-11-11 01:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS
06USUNNEWYORK2146	U.S. VETOES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON ISRAEL ACTION IN [...] The U.S. November 11 cast a no vote to veto an unbalanced Qatari-sponsored resolution on the situation in the Middle East, and specifically on casualties that resulted from a November 8 Israeli military operation shelling of Beit Hanoun in Gaza. The final vote was 10-1(U.S.)-4(UK, Denmark, Sl [...]	2006-11-13 21:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK2165	NEPAL PEACE PROCESS: NEXT STEPS AT THE UN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following the November 8 peace agreement between the Government of Nepal and the Maoists, the UN has begun contingency planning for its potential role in providing support for the implementation of the agreement, including assistance in the security sector ("arms manag [...]	2006-11-17 00:50:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK2172	VOTE RESULTS OF UN,S THIRD COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: On November 16, Member States voted on 17 resolutions in the UN's Third Committee (Human Rights). The resolutions that passed over objections of the USG received a plurality of support from non-aligned nations. A resolution sponsored by Egypt on the Right of the Palestinian People t [...]	2006-11-21 15:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PTER SMIG SCUL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2180	UN BUDGET: FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE ON BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 20:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR AORC UNGA PREL IS
06USUNNEWYORK2186	UN BUDGET: FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE ON BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Friday, November 17th, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) and the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly acted on the program budget implications (PBI) of draft resolution A/ES-10/L.19, in accordance with Rule 153 of the Rules and Procedur [...]	2006-11-23 00:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IS KUNR PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK375	UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a public meeting on 21 February 2006, the Chairmen of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),the 1267 or Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council [...]	2006-02-27 23:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC ETTC PREL PGOV
06USUNNEWYORK402	MEETING WITH LEBANESE TO DISCUSS OPTIONS FOR [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Ralph Riachy, Chief Justice of Lebanon's Supreme Court, and Choucri Sader, President of the Legislative Service of Lebanon's Ministry of Justice, discussed options for trying the persons responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri with USUN [...]	2006-03-03 16:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC LE
06USUNNEWYORK413	UNSC: UNSCO DE SOTO DISCUSSES CONUNDRUM OF [...] (C) Begin Summary: During his monthly briefing February 28 to the Security Council, the UN Special Coordinator on the Middle East Alvaro de Soto discussed the determinants of the current Palestinian assistance conundrum and the consequences of international inaction. Reporting that it is too s [...]	2006-03-03 19:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPAL
06USUNNEWYORK443	ELIASSON SIGNALS INTENT TO ADOPT HRC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. GA President Eliasson's Chef de Cabinet Wide told Ambassador Wolff March 8 that Eliasson is taking the first steps to prepare for the adoption of the Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution this Friday (March 10). Wide said the Fifth Committee will meet March 9 to approve the HRC [...]	2006-03-09 02:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KUNR UNGA PREL
06USUNNEWYORK503	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN OUTLINES EXPANDED FORMAT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Wolff made reftel points in a meeting with UN Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) for Peacekeeping Hedi Annabi and other Department of Peacekeeping Officials (DPKO) officials on March 10. He urged the Secretariat to ensure the UN Assistance Mission in SIPDIS Afgh [...]	2006-03-14 19:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF
06USUNNEWYORK642	AFRICAN TOUR D'HORIZON WITH UK LORD TRIESMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 20 Ambassador Bolton met with UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Lord SIPDIS Triesman to discuss Horn of Africa issues - namely Sudan, Ethiopia/Eritrea and Somalia - as well as the Great Lakes region (in particular the DRC),Charles Taylor and Z [...]	2006-03-30 21:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ET NI PGOV SO SU ZI KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK765	SYG SELECTION: UNSC PRESIDENT MAYORAL UPDATES ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bolton met on March 22 with Argentine Permanent Representative Cesar Mayoral, who was Security Council President for the month, to discuss the selection process for the next Secretary-General. Mayoral has continued the initiative started by Ambassador Bolton of bilateral con [...]	2006-04-11 19:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC AR UN
06USUNNEWYORK776	LETTER FROM UNDP ADMINISTRATOR KEMAL DERVIS TO U/S [...] USUN received a letter, dated April 5, 2006 addressed to Ambassador Bolton, transmitting a letter to Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paul Dobriansky, regarding UNDP's role in the Community of Democracies. Text of letter and note follow below. 2. Begin text of c [...]	2006-04-12 18:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI UN KDEM EAID
06USUNNEWYORK834	UNSC/IRAN: AMBASSADOR BOLTON MEETS WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Begin Summary. In an April 13 meeting, Director-General of Middle Eastern and African Affairs at the Japanese MFA Motohide Yoshikawa raised with Ambassador Bolton some of the economic and domestic pressures impacting Japanese government policy on Iran. He asked that U.S. statements not [...]	2006-04-24 13:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KNNP JA IR
06USUNNEWYORK882	AMBASSADOR WISNER DISCUSSES KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 25 meeting in the office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Secretary's Special SIPDIS Representative for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner communicated current U.S thinking on the road ahead for Kosovo in 2006 and solicited the Secretary [...]	2006-04-27 17:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC YI UNMIK
06USUNNEWYORK946	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: FIRST MEMBERS ELECTED [...] SUMMARY: In May 9 elections, the General Assembly elected the 47 members of the newly-created UN Human Rights Council. While most seats were filled in only one round of balloting, three rounds were required to fill the six contested seats allocated to the Eastern European Group. Iran's cand [...]	2006-05-11 14:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA UNHRC KUNR
06VATICAN115	VATICAN: HOLY LAND CUSTODIAN FOCUSED ON SURVIVAL [...] (C) Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Roman Catholic Custodian of the Holy Land, told the Ambassador during a recent visit to Rome that his continuing contact with Hamas was simply "a question of survival." Pizzaballa talks to various authorities about technical issues related to the maintenance [...]	2006-06-20 10:08:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PHUM KIRF PREL VT XF
06VATICAN134	LEBANON: HOLY SEE CONDEMNS ACTIONS OF BOTH SIDES [...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's foreign minister summoned charge July 14 to discuss the situation in Lebanon. The Holy See issued a public statement condemning both terrorist attacks and Israel's response to them in Lebanon. The pope will make a statement on the matter on Sunday, July 16. The H [...]	2006-07-14 13:25:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT LE
06VATICAN142	LEBANON-ISRAEL: VATICAN FINE-TUNING ITS POSITION [...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI's July 18 comment expressing support for the G-8 statement on the crisis in Lebanon and Israel helped establish a more helpful Vatican position on the conflict after a more one-sided statement by Cardinal Secretary of State Sodano July 14 (reftel). Holy See messages on [...]	2006-07-20 13:27:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS IS LE SOCI KIRF PHUM VT
06VATICAN143	LEBANON/ISRAEL: VATICAN HOPES FOR CEASE-FIRE, NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (U) The Vatican released a new statement (complete text emailed to EUR/WE and in para. three below) on the "worsening situation in the Middle East" this afternoon (July 20). The statement noted the pope's "great concern" for the "destinies of all the peoples involved" and expressed hope for [...]	2006-07-20 16:12:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS LE IS PHUM SOCI KIRF VT
06VATICAN145	LEBANON: VATICAN FAVORS MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE [...] (C) Holy See Middle East Director Coppola told the Charge July 21 the Vatican supported the idea of a robust multi-national force in Lebanon. He said there were no current plans to make a specific public endorsement of such a plan, but that the pope would imply support for some type of inter [...]	2006-07-21 17:08:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS LE IS VT PHUM KIRF
06VATICAN149	LEBANON: POPE SPEAKS OUT AGAIN; HOLY SEE RESPONDING TO [...] (C) Benedict XVI emphasized the rights and plights of Lebanese and Israelis July 23 while addressing the current crisis in the Middle East. Though the Holy See has expressed to us privately its support for a "robust" multi-national force, the pope stopped short of saying so Sunday. The Hol [...]	2006-07-24 12:26:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS LE IS PHUM VT
06VATICAN153	HOLY SEE: FOREIGN MINISTER'S INTERVIEW ON LEBANON [...] (U) Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States (i.e., Foreign Minister) gave an interview to Vatican Radio July 27 on the Rome Conference which met July 26 on the Lebanon crisis. The interview was published under the headline, "4 Positive Aspects of Talks on [...]	2006-07-28 13:10:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VT LE
06VATICAN158	HOLY SEE: POPE'S CALL FOR PEACE IN LEBANON [...] (U) Following in para 2 is Pope Benedict XVI's call for peace in the Middle East, which was delivered at his weekly Angelus public prayer on July 30 in Castelgandolfo. 2. (U) Begin text: At these moments I cannot fail to think of the ever more serious and tragic situation of the Middle [...]	2006-08-01 09:19:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VT
06VATICAN161	LEBANON: POPE RENEWS CALL FOR URGENT [...] (U) During his weekly Wednesday public audience in Rome on August 2, Pope Benedict XVI issued a new appeal for peace in the Middle East, with specific reference to Qana, Lebanon. Original text, and informal post translation, follow in paras 2-3. 2. (U) Begin text of Italian original: In [...]	2006-08-02 15:28:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VT
06VATICAN165	LEBANON: POPE ISSUES ANOTHER CALL FOR CEASEFIRE [...] Pope Benedict XVI issued another call for peace and ceasefire in the Middle East, during his weekly public audience in Castelgandolfo August 9. Text and informal translation follow in para 2. 2. Begin Italian text: Cari fratelli e sorelle, il mio accorato pensiero va ancora una volta all'am [...]	2006-08-09 14:57:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VT
06VATICAN169	LEBANON: CATHOLIC MEDIA COMMENTARY [...] (U) Catholic media have given balanced coverage to the war in Lebanon, while editorial material has tended to criticize U.S. support for Israel as well as Israel's "disproportionate" response to Hezbollah terrorism. More "page space" has been given to the greater loss of civilian life in Leba [...]	2006-08-11 12:55:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI VT
06VATICAN178	HOLY SEE: DIPLOMATIC NOTE EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy has received a diplomatic note (N.5783/06/RS, in English) dated August 26 from the Holy See, concerning the humanitarian consequences of the embargo on Lebanon. Text follows in para 2. 2. (SBU) Begin text. The Secretariat of State, Section for Relations with States, presen [...]	2006-08-29 09:59:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VT LE
06VATICAN179	CODEL SHAYS ENGAGES VATICAN ON MIDDLE EAST, SUDAN [...] (C) CODEL Shays engaged DFM Parolin on the Middle East and Sudan August 24, capping a visit to these areas with a stop in Rome. Parolin told the CODEL that the families of the kidnapped Israeli soldiers had approached the papal representative in Jerusalem and that Church personnel were tryin [...]	2006-08-29 14:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI KIRF IZ IS LE SU VT
06VATICAN180	LEBANON: VATICAN MONITORS AID, CALLS FOR MORE RAW MATERIALS [...] (C) Echoing a recent diplomatic note sent to the Embassy (ref a),Holy See Country Director for the Middle East Coppola told us August 29 that the Lebanese people needed raw materials for building and other reconstruction projects. Coppola described his recent trip with a papal envoy to Leba [...]	2006-08-30 15:14:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SOCI PHUM KIRF LE IS VT
06VATICAN197	HOLY SEE: HEATED DISCUSSION OF LEBANON AT INTERFAITH [...] Summary. A panel dedicated to Lebanon at the recent interfaith conference in Assisi gives an indication of the strength of feeling in the Rome-based Sant'Egidio community about the conflict in Lebanon. The panel was unusually partisan and emotional, given the context. End summary. 2. ( [...]	2006-09-14 11:10:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VT
06VATICAN215	NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST: HOLY SEE FAVORS DISARMAMENT [...] (SBU) Charge d'affaires raised issue of North Korean October 8 nuclear test with Holy See Undersecretary for Relations with States (i.e., deputy foreign minister) Pietro Parolin during an October 10 meeting on another subject. Parolin said at the time that the Holy See had not yet had time to [...]	2006-10-11 15:31:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VT KN PARM KNNP
06VATICAN239	NEA DAS GRAY'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM PAROLIN [...] (C) Summary. During a November 15 meeting, NEA DAS Gray discussed Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin. Parolin reminded Gray of the Holy See's great concern for Lebanon, which it had expressed consistently during the conflic [...]	2006-11-21 14:11:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
06VATICAN241	VATICAN: ISRAELI VISIT ADDRESSES FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) The Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry will visit the Vatican November 27 to discuss issues related to the Fundamental Agreement between Israel and the Holy See, an attempt to break the logjam on negotiations. Some Vatican contacts fear the visit may turn out to be an Israe [...]	2006-11-22 17:09:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KIRF PHUM SOCI VT
06VATICAN261	LEBANON: VATICAN FOCUSED, ENVOY NOT YET NAMED [...] (C) As discussed (ref a),the Holy See should shortly name a special envoy to Lebanon, most likely former Secretary for Relations with States and experienced Lebanon hand Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran. Meanwhile, Department calls to Papal Nuncio Sambi in Washington and current Secretary for Rel [...]	2006-12-13 17:06:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	LE SOCI PREL VT
06VATICAN264	LEBANON: HOLY SEE ENVOY PROPOSAL ON HOLD [...] (C) Holy See FM equivalent Mamberti told the Ambassador December 18 that the Vatican had decided to hold off on sending an envoy to Lebanon (ref a),saying that circumstances were not right for such a mission. In a separate conversation, a Vatican official implied that the Holy See was waiti [...]	2006-12-18 17:40:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PREL SOCI PHUM SY VT
06VATICAN265	POPE, OLMERT DISCUSS LEBANON, POSSIBLE VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (C) Referring to last summer's Lebanon conflict, Pope Benedict emphasized the need to protect civilians during his December 13 meeting with Israeli PM Olmert. The pope asked Olmert to ease obstacles for pilgrims traveling to Bethlehem during the Christmas season and said he was open to visit [...]	2006-12-18 17:50:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI LE IS VT
06VATICAN29	VATICAN: IRAN SHOULD RESPECT NUCLEAR OBLIGATIONS [...] (C) Summary. DCM called on Vatican deputy foreign minister Parolin to discuss Iran's nuclear activities. Parolin indicated that he had discussed the issue with representatives of the EU-3 and with the Iranian charge, and had pressed Iran to respect its IAEA obligations and improve its interna [...]	2006-02-22 14:18:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR VT
06VATICAN69	POPE CONDEMNS TEL AVIV ATTACK [...] (U) Pope Benedict XVI strongly condemned the April 17 terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, declaring that "it is not through such execrable acts that one safeguards rights, however legitimate, of a people." After offering his "strongest condemnation" of the attack April 19, the pope expressed the [...]	2006-04-21 09:18:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER IS PHUM VT OVIP
06VATICAN7	DIP CORPS ADDRESS: POPE HIGHLIGHTS TERRORISM, TIP, ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Pope Benedict XVI reinforced once again his denunciation of terrorism and linked the ideal of truth to peace, freedom, justice, reconciliation and other vital aspects of a just society in his annual audience with diplomats accredited to the Holy See January 9. The pope offered notable [...]	2006-01-13 15:09:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF IS VT PHUM PTER SU KPAL
06VATICAN88	VATICAN: EAST TIMORESE ACTIVIST CALLS FOR ATTENTION [...] (SBU) Fernanda Borges, the founder of East Timor's National Party, was in Rome recently pleading for greater international attention to the disorder and violence in her country. We met with Borges at the headquarters of the Community of Sant'Egidio, the Catholic lay group best known for conf [...]	2006-05-26 14:46:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM VT ID
06VATICAN92	HOLY SEE: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSION WITH SENATOR ALLEN FOCUSES [...] (C) Summary. Holy See deputy FM and visiting Senator Allen had a long and occasionally pointed discussion May 28 on Iran and other topics. Parolin appeared intent on using the meeting to remind the USG of the Holy See's opposition to military action against Iran, and also seemed to signal int [...]	2006-05-31 08:50:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM VT
06VIENNA1232	CONFERENCE ON "THE ROLE OF PRECAUTION IN GMO [...] On April 18-19, the Austrian EU Presidency hosted an experts meeting on the precautionary principle in the context of agricultural biotechnology. The meeting aimed to reinforce the role of the precautionary principle in agricultural biotechnology. The conference revealed differences among p [...]	2006-05-02 06:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ETRD AU
06VIENNA142	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM PLASSNIK [...] (C) Summary. During a cordial and lively first meeting with Ambassador McCaw, Foreign Minister Plassnik expressed her desire to continue the improved tenor of transatlantic relations during the Austrian EU Presidency. She pledged solidarity on Iran and Afghanistan, and agreed that the EU ne [...]	2006-01-18 07:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU AU IR AF RU
06VIENNA1474	MAJOR MERGER IN THE WORKS IN AUSTRIAN ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) The Austrian oil and gas giant OMV and Austria's leading electricity provider, Verbund, announced on May 10 their intention to form a new company, OMV-Verbund, by the end of 2006 or early 2007. The GoA, which holds a 51% share in Verbund and a 31% share in OMV, has blessed the merger. [...]	2006-05-19 11:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET AU
06VIENNA1563	AUSTRIA ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador discussed reftel points with acting Austrian Foreign Minister Johannes Kyrle on May 31. EconPolCouns also highlighted reftel message with MFA Middle East assistant secretary equivalent Ralph Scheide. 2. (C) Kyrle welcomed the Secretary's statement, noting its "historic na [...]	2006-05-31 17:41:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AU
06VIENNA2109	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: GAERC AND NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarches on July 14 to Austrian MFA European correspondent Andreas Riecken and deputy European Correspondent Klaus Famira. Riecken and Famira made the following substantive comments. 2. (C) Iraq has been taken off the agenda, although there will likel [...]	2006-07-17 07:26:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KN AU
06VIENNA2349	LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION: AUSTRIAN [...] (U) Charge d,Affaires and Acting EconPolCouns met with Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle and Helfried Carl from the Foreign Ministry's Office of Middle East Affairs to discuss the reftel demarche and draft Security Council resolution on Lebanon. Kyrle stated that Austria's cu [...]	2006-08-07 15:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UN LE IS AU
06VIENNA2612	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA ON EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) A/DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Middle East/Africa director Ralph Scheide on August 31. Scheide will convey the points to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik. Scheide has confirmed that Plassnik supports tough measures to prevent Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons. McCaw [...]	2006-09-01 08:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL UN EU IR AU
06VIENNA2713	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON SYRIA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered refetel demarche on September 12 to Wolfgang Lapuh, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Middle East Director. 2. (C) Lapuh agreed with our assessment of Syrian policy. However, he noted that the EU had taken the general position that it was necessary to press our com [...]	2006-09-12 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU AU
06VIENNA2714	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM IN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 12 to the MFA's DAS-level Middle East Director, Wolfgang Lapuh. Lapuh said there was virtually "full agreement" between the U.S. and Austria -- and, for that matter, the U.S. and the EU -- on the points we reviewed. He noted that the [...]	2006-09-12 15:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IS LE ECON AU
06VIENNA2749	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 14, 2006 [...] The leader of the opposition Social Democrats (SPOe),Alfred Gusenbauer, says he suspects a government plot to discredit his party ahead of next month's elections is behind allegations made by Wolfgang Floettl, one of those at the center of the Bawag bank scandal. The SPOe has denied Floettl's [...]	2006-09-14 16:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2801	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 20, 2006 [...] As expected, no common ground was identified in the eighth of the TV debates between party leaders - Tuesday night, Greens boss Alexander van der Bellen and FPOe party leader Heinz-Christian Strache, whose parties are fighting for third place in the upcoming national elections, engaged in a deb [...]	2006-09-20 12:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA282	AUSTRIA EXPRESSES TENTATIVE SUPPORT FOR WILLIAM [...] (SBU) During his January 20 visit to Vienna, FAA Director for Europe and the Middle East Paul Feldman called on GoA officials to urge Austrian support for William D. Voss, U.S. candidate for ICAO Secretary General. Alois Kraut, Head of the MFA's Transportation Unit; Dieter Gauptmann, Acting [...]	2006-01-31 09:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAIR ICAO AU
06VIENNA2960	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 04, 2006 [...] Negotiations for a new Austrian government start next Tuesday. All Austrian media expect a difficult and drawn out struggle between the country's two major parties, the SPOe and the OeVP, given their disagreement in a number of key political issues. Mass-circulation daily Kurier sees a "deep ri [...]	2006-10-04 11:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2976	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 05, 2006 [...] The chairperson of the Social Democrats Alfred Gusenbauer has said he only wants to hold coalition talks with the conservative OeVP, because "a two-party coalition is more stable than a three-party one." The OeVP, however, is divided on whether they want to govern with the SPOe. Presenting his [...]	2006-10-05 12:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3025	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 11 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian MFA's European Correspondent. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments on reftel points: -- Sudan: Riecken said there was broad agreement between the EU and US on Sudan. He not [...]	2006-10-12 09:58:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU AU
06VIENNA3072	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 17, 2006 [...] The Freedom Party, led by Heinz-Christian Strache, has ruled out participating in a coalition government with the OeVP and the BZOe, ORF online news and other major Austrian media report. According to ORF online news, the move means the Conservatives under Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel have lo [...]	2006-10-17 12:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3092	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 18, 2006 [...] The OeVP and the SPOe met on Tuesday for their second round of talks on forming a new coalition government. Although the two parties' negotiation teams addressed key topics at yesterday's meeting, they continue to be divided on a number of issues. While some Austrian media believe the talks are [...]	2006-10-18 13:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3093	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PRESERVING LEGANESE PM [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 17 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for the Middle East and North Africa. SIPDIS 2. (S) Scheide took careful note of our points. He said the Austrian Embassy in Damascus had engaged with the [...]	2006-10-18 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE AU
06VIENNA3175	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA REGARDING UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON [...] Acting EconPol Counselor and PolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Peter Huber, the MFA,s Deputy Head of the International Organizations Department. Huber stated that Austria shares the USG concern that there is a trend to inject contentious political issues into the UN's human r [...]	2006-10-27 13:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PTER UNGA AU LE IS

06VIENNA3176	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] Acting EconPol Counselor and PolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Peter Huber, the MFA,s Deputy Head (DAS-equivalent) of the International Organizations Department. Huber emphasized the importance of maintaining Austria's balanced approach within the Middle East. He added that [...]	2006-10-27 13:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA AU IS
06VIENNA3208	STEVE HELLMAN'S DISCUSSIONS WITH OMV ON NABUCCO, [...] (C) During an October 23 meeting with Werner Auli, CEO of OMV Gas, and Reinhard Mitschek, Managing Director of Nabucco Gas Pipeline International, S/P Steve Hellman updated OMV on Russia's continuing pressure, via its gas exports, on Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey. Hellman noted that Russia' [...]	2006-11-02 10:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EINV PREL AU
06VIENNA3248	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON DEBT RELIEF -- [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 6 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa. Charge especially urged that Austria forgive the remaining 20 percent of Iraq's debt. 2. (SBU) Scheide noted that Austria's forgiveness of 80 percent of Ira [...]	2006-11-07 10:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IZ AU
06VIENNA3286	AUSTRIA AGREES: KOSOVO NOT A PRECEDENT [...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel demarche on November 7 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's A/S-equivalent Director for Eastern Europe, and Valerie Zirl, the MFA's South-East Europe desk officer. 2. (C) Porias agreed with our message, and undertook to support it. He said it was increasingy [...]	2006-11-08 16:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL UP AU
06VIENNA3303	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 13, 2006 [...] The People's Party resents SPOe's demands that negotiations be resumed by Wednesday or not at all. SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer has threatened that he will "talk to the Federal President about alternatives," unless the OeVP returns to the negotiation table - the latter maintains that such an ult [...]	2006-11-13 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3314	WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT: AUSTRIAN FOLLOW-UP TO [...] EconPolOff shared reftel fact sheet on November 8 with Elisabeth Koegler, the Head of the MFA,s Unit for International Women,s Issues. Koegler said Minister Plassnik was delighted to participate in the working session in September. 2. In follow-up to September,s working session, Austria [...]	2006-11-14 08:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL UNGA AU
06VIENNA3326	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 14, 2006 [...] Speaking on ORF TV yesterday, former Parliamentary President Andreas Khol said a minority government for Austria would be "a disaster." He expects a "signal" for the OeVP from SPOe leader Alfred Gusenbauer regarding the suspended coalition talks. Speaking on ORF TV's late night news program Zei [...]	2006-11-14 15:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3392	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 22, 2006 [...] Coalition negotiations resume today between the Social Democrats and the People's Party. Party leaders Alfred Gusenbauer and Wolfgang Schuessel are to discuss issues aimed at paving the way for a grand coalition. Although Schuessel in an interview ruled out a coalition with the FPOe, Austrian m [...]	2006-11-24 07:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3433	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 29, 2006 [...] Ahead of the next round of coalition talks on Thursday, the Social Democrats and the Conservatives have reached a compromise on the issue of pension increases: Both sides approved raising pensions next year by 1.6 percent and providing a single payment between 25 and 60 Euros. Minimum pensions [...]	2006-11-29 16:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3447	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 30, 2006 [...] A meeting of the Eurofighter committee on Wednesday endured a small hitch caused by changes in the witness list originally agreed to by all five parties. The changes were made by SPOe, Greens and FPOe. OeVP and BZOe rejected the proposal, but it was accepted nonetheless. There may be trouble a [...]	2006-11-30 15:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3451	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON IRANIAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel demarche on November 30 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's A/S-equivalent Director for the Middle East and Africa. 2. (C) Scheide said Austria agreed that the Iranian electoral system needed to be more democratic. He said, however, that Austria would normal [...]	2006-12-01 10:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR AU
06VIENNA3459	DEAMRCHE TO AUSTRIA ON PRESERVING THE [...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel demarche on November 30 to Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide. 2. (S) Scheide said Austria, like the rest of the EU, had a clear position in supoprt of the UN Security Council resolutions on Lebanon. Austria will support Lebanese sover [...]	2006-12-01 13:21:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE AU
06VIENNA3503	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 06, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 11:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3504	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 07, 2006 [...] President Heinz Fischer has harshly criticized a Social Affairs Ministry decree denying family benefits to the children of some foreign-born women in Austria as "untenable." In a speech Wednesday, Fischer called for the regulation to be taken back. He pleaded for "fairness instead of unfairness [...]	2006-12-07 14:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA562	AUSTRIA TO MAKE STATEMENT OF CONDEMNATION OF THE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns raised reftel points during a February 23 meeting with Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level director for Middle East and African Affairs. SIPDIS We passed Scheide the texts of statements by the President and by Amb. Khalilzad and Gen. Casey. Schei [...]	2006-02-23 16:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ AU
06VIENNA563	MESSAGE ON HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH HAMAS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel message on February 21 to Klaus Famira, acting European Correspondent in the Austrian Foreign Ministry, and on February 23 to Ralph Scheide, the head of the Austrian MFA's Middle East and Africa Section. 2. (C) CODEL Wexler raised the Hamas issue with S [...]	2006-02-23 16:25:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL AU
06VIENNA573	DEMARCHE ON MULTILATERAL APPROACH TO CHARLES [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel talking points to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa; to Caroline Gudenus, Head of the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Division; and to Klaus Famira-Parcsetich, the MFA's Acting European Political Correspondent [...]	2006-02-24 15:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC XY AU
06VIENNA576	EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK LOAN TO SYRIA: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) On February 24-25, post met separately with the following GoA officials to underscore reftel concerns with European Investment Bank (EIB) loans to Syria: Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa; Melitta Schubert, Head of the MFA's [...]	2006-02-24 16:34:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY AU
06VIENNA651	CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSIONS ON ANTI-SEMITISM, DANISH [...] (U) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) visited Vienna February 22-23 to meet with Austrian and OSCE officials on a variety of topics, including religious tolerance and the controversy over cartoons depicting Mohammed in Danish newspapers with Austrian and OSCE officials. Septels report Con [...]	2006-03-03 10:48:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GM DA AU
06VIENNA833	HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN SYRIA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points on March 17 to MFA DAS-equivalent for Middle East affairs Wolfgang Lapuh. Lapuh said the timing of the demarche was excellent. The MFA had received an EU report (note: presumably either from the EU Commission or Council Secretariat) detailing the sam [...]	2006-03-20 14:38:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY AU EUN
06VIENNA894	STATUS OF AUSTRIAN RECONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENTS IN [...] As of December 2005, Austria has disbursed Euro 1.5 million (USD 1.8 million) in technical assistance to Iraq, according to Lydia Saadat, the MFA's Assistance Coordinator for the Middle East and Asia. (Saadat's department is updating figures for the first quarter of 2006). Austria had pledg [...]	2006-03-27 06:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AU
06VIENTIANE312	LAOS' NEW PARTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CHOUMMALY [...] (C) The 8th Party Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) elected Choummaly Sayasone as its new Secretary-General on March 21. Choummaly has been a fixture in the Central Committee for more than two decades, but remains one of the least-known of the senior leaders. A long-tim [...]	2006-04-03 09:53:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL LA
06VIENTIANE405	THE EU AND THE WAGES OF FECKLESS AID IN LAOS [...] (C) Summary: Feckless aid has long provided a life-line to the Lao government, despite its failure to meet conditions set for certain projects and its regular violations of human rights. Major donors such as the Japanese look set to continue to bankroll the regime unconditionally, and the EU [...]	2006-05-04 09:42:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM LA
06VIENTIANE434	THREAT TO DEPORT LAO HMONG GROUP FROM PETCHABOON [...] (C) Summary: Several sources reported to us over the weekend that Thai authorities had arrested a group of 24 Lao citizen ethnic Hmong in Petchaboon province on May 11 and had threatened to deport them to Laos. According to these sources the Hmong were "remote people" who had fled Laos as a r [...]	2006-05-15 10:13:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KIRF TH LA
06VIENTIANE632	MOVING LAOS INTO CHINA, TRUCK BY TRUCK [...] (SBU) Summary: Laos has mineral resources and China wants them. A regional mining conference in Vientiane shows the deep penetration of the Chinese into the mining sector, and the GoL's preferential treatment of its Chinese investors. Anxious to attract the investment, the Lao have little capa [...]	2006-07-07 03:01:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ENRG ETRD LA
06VIENTIANE756	FOLLOW UP ON HMONG MINORS ISSUE - EMBASSY [...] (C) Post highly appreciates the efforts of the Department and USUN to engage UNICEF and UNDPA on behalf of the captive Hmong children in Laos. UNICEF's assertion that their Vientiane RESREP has left for East Timor is not correct, as she visited us as recently as last Friday and told us she wou [...]	2006-08-11 04:31:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM LA UNICEF
06VIENTIANE894	CASE OF 26 MISSING HMONG CHILDREN STILL OF CONCERN [...] (C) This cable requests the Department pass an action request to Embassy Luxembourg; please see paragraph 14. It also has kudos for USUN and Embassy Sweden which we request the Department pass on; please see paragraph 15. 2. (C) Summary: &Like-minded8 senior diplomats met to discuss the c [...]	2006-09-14 10:42:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN LA PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG UNDP
06VILNIUS1050	LITHUANIAN FOREIGN POLICY GURU LANDS ON HIS FEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Albinas Januska was appointed advisor to Prime Minister Kirkilas on November 20, ending weeks of speculation following his abrupt resignation as Undersecretary at MFA (reftel). Although he remains under a cloud of allegations, Januska appears likely to weather the storm. We ex [...]	2006-11-22 14:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
06VILNIUS110	GOL CONTINUES TO SUPPORT US-EU EFFORTS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-02 14:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL AORC IR LH
06VILNIUS136	IRAN PROTESTS LITHUANIA'S REPRINTING OF MUHAMMAD [...] (SBU) The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a diplomatic note from Iran on February 9 protesting the publication in the Lithuanian press of cartoons featuring the Prophet Muhammad. On February 8, Lithuania's infamous daily "Respublika," which has repeatedly printed hateful cartoo [...]	2006-02-10 16:33:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM IR LH
06VILNIUS147	PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE: LITHUANIA DISTURBED BY [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding Palestinian assistance to Vaclovas Salkauskas, head of the MFA's Middle East Division, February 13. Salkauskas said that Lithuania agrees with the USG stance against assistance to a new Palestinian Authority government unless it renounces terrorism, re [...]	2006-02-13 13:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL RS IS LH
06VILNIUS148	LITHUANIA BRIEFED ON REPORTING IRAN TO THE UN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 15:38:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP AORC IR LH
06VILNIUS357	PARLIAMENT OUSTS SPEAKER IN LATEST LITHUANIAN [...] (C) The Lithuanian parliament removed Speaker Arturas Paulauskas April 11 in an overwhelming vote of no confidence that resulted in his New Union party's departure from the ruling coalition. It appears the remaining three coalition partners will succeed in retaining control of the government [...]	2006-04-12 13:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
06VILNIUS36	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS REPORTING IRAN TO THE UN [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-13 14:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP AORC LH
06VILNIUS522	GAERC: GOL TO RAISE EURO, ENLARGEMENT [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Tomas Gulbinas, Head of the MFA's Common Foreign Policy and Security Division, June 6. Gulbinas told us that the June 12 GAERC would concentrate less on external affairs and more on "future of Europe" questions. Lithuania plans to intervene, he said, to enc [...]	2006-06-06 13:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	UN KPAL PREL LH
06VILNIUS663	LITHUANIA TO RAISE NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES AT JULY 17 [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Tomas Gulbinas, Head of the MFA's Common Foreign Policy and Security Division on July 14. Gulbinas told us that the July 17 GAERC will concentrate on the priorities of the Finnish Presidency as discussed in the EU political Director's July 6 meeting in Helsin [...]	2006-07-14 14:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	UN KPAL PREL LH
06VILNIUS682	U.S.-LITHUANIA BILATERAL WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the annual Bilateral Working Group (BWG) meetings between the USG and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in Vilnius July 12-13, all three Baltic delegations carried a unified message on Baltic cooperation and Baltic air policing. In both the multilateral and bilateral fora, [...]	2006-07-19 13:21:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS AF LH
06VILNIUS793	LITHUANIA'S FINAL ANSWER: NO TROOPS TO UNIFIL [...] (U) Classified By: Pol/Econ Chief Rebecca Dunham for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Lithuania will not be making troop contributions to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),despite earlier indications of its serious desire to do so. Lithuania's Ministers of Foreign Affairs [...]	2006-08-24 13:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LH LE
06VILNIUS818	LITHUANIAN DEFENSE UNDER SECRETARY ON BALTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MOD Under Secretary Renatas Norkus gave the Ambassador areadout of the recent Baltic Defense Ministers' meeting and a sketch of his plans for his upcoming visit to Washington during a meeting September 1. The Baltic Defense Ministers agreed they would try to encourage NATO to [...]	2006-09-05 13:55:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL AF LG EN LH
06VILNIUS852	SEPTEMBER GAERC AND LITHUANIAN VIEWS ON GYMNICH [...] (C) We delivered reftel points September 13 to Tomas Gulbinas, head of MFA's Common Foreign Policy and Security Division who is responsible for briefing the FM for the GAERC. Gulbinas said that the Lithuanian FM does not plan any interventions in the September 15 GAERC, which focuses on issue [...]	2006-09-14 13:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH EUN RS UP
06WARSAW1551	LEBANON - TAPPING INTO POLAND'S POTENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to senior officials in the MFA and the presidential chancellery, the Polish government is prepared to contribute to the planned stabilization force in Lebanon. In addition, the GOP wants very much to participate in future meetings of the Lebanon Core Group, particularly [...]	2006-07-28 14:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID LE PL
06WARSAW1552	IRAN: DEMARCHE ON P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE DELIVERED [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Director for Middle East/Africa Amb. Maciej Kozlowski on July 25. Kozlowski was grateful for the information, which he said matched internal documents received from the EU-3. He asked, however, if there was any assistance the GOP co [...]	2006-07-28 14:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP IR PL EU
06WARSAW1687	LEBANON UPDATE: POLISH PUBLIC STATEMENT SUPPORTING [...] (U) As previewed Ref A, The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following public statement on UNSCR 1701 on August 12: BEGIN TEXT The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes with pleasure the unanimous passage by the UN Security Council of the resolution regarding the cessation of [...]	2006-08-14 10:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE
06WARSAW1721	WORKING WITH THE KACZYNSKI BROTHERS - GO STRAIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Now that PM Jarek Kaczynski has consolidated power domestically, the Polish government is starting to re-consider its position in the world. Jarek Kaczynski has very little foreign affairs experience, but he has also chosen to take foreign policy decision-making authority on him [...]	2006-08-17 15:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP PL
06WARSAW1746	POLAND: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNIFIL [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points on UNIFIL contributions to MFA Middle East Africa Director and MFA Americas Acting Director on August 17. DCM also raised the issue in a previously scheduled meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Pawel Kowal on August 18. Kowal indicated that Poland [...]	2006-08-22 06:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE PL
06WARSAW1758	POLAND: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR ROBUST UNIFIL-PLUS [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered Ref A points August 22 to Krzysztof Plominski, MFA Director for ME-Africa. Plominski said that FM Fotyga was to meet at 1200 with DefMin Sikorski to review GOP plans for UNIFIL-plus in advance of the August 23 meeting of selected EU foreign ministers in Brussel [...]	2006-08-22 14:43:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE PL
06WARSAW2176	NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST ANNOUNCEMENT: POLAND [...] (C) In the course of a previously scheduled meeting October 9 with MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, DCM delivered the substance of Ref A. Waszczykowski indicated that the GOP fully supported the U.S. position on the North Korean announcement of a nuclear test. MFA Director for East Asia & Pacif [...]	2006-10-11 10:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN PARM KNNP PINR PL
06WARSAW2224	NORTH KOREA: POLISH MFA ASKS FOR INTENSIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA East Asia Pacific Department Director Jacek Najder invited Pol External Chief in for a lengthy discussion of Polish policy on North Korea, which culminated in a request for intensified bilateral consultations. Poloff took advantage of the opportunity to deliver Ref A demarche [...]	2006-10-18 14:37:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP PL KN
06WARSAW2246	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE - PRESERVING LEBANESE PM [...] (S) Pol External Chief delivered reftel talking points on Syrian efforts to destabilize the Lebanese political situation October 20 to MFA Middle East & Africa Department Director Krzysztof Plominski. According to Plominski, MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski (de facto PolDir) was planning to visit [...]	2006-10-20 15:01:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PLN LE SY
06WARSAW2312	MFA DEMORALIZED AND WEAKENED UNDER FM FOTYGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lech Kaczynski's tight grip on foreign policy has squeezed out his own Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with a corresponding loss of effectiveness in European institutions and overall quality in Polish foreign policy. The politicization of top and mid-level positions, [...]	2006-11-02 16:16:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
06WARSAW2433	POLAND OPTIMISTIC ON DRAFT UNSCR TEXT ON IRAQ [...] (C) Pol External Chief and British counterpart delivered Ref B points jointly November 20 to Amb. Krzysztof Plominski, Acting Director of the MFA Middle East Africa Department. PolExtChief also took the opportunity to share Ref A text of Secretary Rice's letter to the UNSC President. SIPDIS [...]	2006-11-22 07:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC MOPS MARR PL IZ
06WARSAW2478	POLAND-IRAQ: GOP PREPARING TO CONFIRM TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior MFA officials stated privately that the Council of Ministers would shortly forward to President Kaczynski a decision extending the Polish deployment to Iraq through December 31, 2007, consistent with the newly passed UNSCR 1723, while MOD and the General Staff confirmed pl [...]	2006-11-30 11:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC MOPS MARR PL IZ
06WARSAW2479	POLAND-IRAQ: GOP PREPARING TO CONFIRM TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior MFA officials stated privately that the Council of Ministers would shortly forward to President Kaczynski a decision extending the Polish deployment to Iraq through December 31, 2007, consistent with the newly passed UNSCR 1723, while MOD and the General Staff confirmed pl [...]	2006-11-30 11:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC MOPS MARR PL IZ
06WARSAW2545	POLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S FLAWED [...] (C) PolExt Chief delivered reftel demarche December 1 to Krzysztof Plominski, Acting Director of MFA Middle East/Africa Department. Plominski acknowledged the U.S. position and expressed similar concerns over the undemocratic candidate selection process for Assembly of Experts and the "circu [...]	2006-12-08 15:55:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PL
06WARSAW2546	POLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING THE [...] (C) PolExt Chief delivered Ref A demarche December 1 to Krzysztof Plominski, Acting Director of MFA Middle East Africa Department. Plominski responded that the GOP was watching closely the situation in Lebanon following the assassination of Pierre Gemayel. Poland continued to support the de [...]	2006-12-11 08:57:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS PL
06WARSAW2636	S/CT CRUMPTON HEARS POLISH PERSPECTIVES OF THE GWOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on December 13, Deputy Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, and Chief of the National Security Bureau, Wladyslaw Stasiak, conveyed their thoughts on counterterrorism to Ambassador Henry Crumpton, State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism. In his si [...]	2006-12-22 09:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PL
06WARSAW296	POLES WILL NOT MEET WITH HAMAS [...] (C) Polcouns met February 23 with Krzysztof Plominski, MFA Director for Africa and the Middle East, to deliver reftel demarche on meetings with Hamas. Plominski said that Hamas had not made a request to send a delegation, and that Poland would not accept such a Hamas delegation even if aske [...]	2006-02-23 15:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
06WARSAW297	POLES ISSUE STATEMENT CONDEMNING BOMBING OF THE [...] (C) Polcouns met February 23 with Krzysztof Plominski, MFA Director for Africa and the Middle East, and as per reftel requested that Poland issue a statement condemning the bombing of the al-Askariya Shrine in Samarra. Plominski said that a statement was under preparation that would condemn t [...]	2006-02-23 15:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ PL
06WARSAW497	POLISH DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION AT A STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its position as a minority government and ongoing domestic political battles, the Marcinkiewicz government is beginning to define the future strategic direction of the Polish military. In the coming months, the parliament will consider bills that would radically reorganiz [...]	2006-03-17 09:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL
06WARSAW920	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT GIERTYCH [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador to Poland David Peleg called on President Lech Kaczynski May 17 to express his government's concern over the appointment of Roman Giertych as Minister of Education, given Giertych's anti-Semitic associations and his new responsibility for Holocaust education p [...]	2006-05-18 15:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PL
06WARSAW944	POLISH STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 14:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ PL
06WELLINGTON105	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: R. GLOVER AND P. [...] WELLINGTON PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER DR. ROY GLOVER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSISTANT (AUCKLAND) PHILIP MCKENNA REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO VISIT SYDNEY FOR THE FULBRIGHT EAST ASIA PACIFIC (EAP) REGIONAL CONFERENCE AND THE EDUCATIONAL ADVISING WORKSHOP RESPECTIVELY. 2. DR. GLOVER WILL ARRIVE I [...]	2006-02-09 03:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL PAO
06WELLINGTON133	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL ABIZAID TO NEW [...] (C) Mission New Zealand warmly welcomes your visit on 23-25 January. The Government has just returned from its lengthy Christmas and summer holiday period and has real anxiety that it is vulnerable to opposition attacks in a number of areas, including foreign and defense policies and the Gov [...]	2006-02-21 21:02:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON14	NOMINATION OF CAPTAIN KEVIN KEAT OF THE NEW ZEALAND [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-09 03:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO NZ
06WELLINGTON157	EAP/ANP DIRECTOR KRAWITZ'S FEBRUARY MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: Discussions during ANP Director Krawitz's February 8-11 visit to New Zealand addressed PRC activities in the Pacific, Pacific Island issues, regional stability, counter-terrorism, Antarctica, U.S.-New Zealand relations, bilateral military ties, and launch of a new U.S.-New Zealan [...]	2006-02-28 04:06:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON18	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADM [...] (C) Mission New Zealand warmly welcomes your visits on January 15-19 (PACAF) and January 16-22 (PACOM). New Zealand officials are also eager to meet with you. You will be arriving in New Zealand towards the end of the summer holiday period. With Parliament out of session until mid-February [...]	2006-01-10 02:36:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON253	SAMOA ELECTIONS: AUSTRALIA AND NZ PREDICT MORE OF [...] (C) Summary: Officials of New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian High Commission (Australian HC) in Wellington have been closely watching Samoa's elections. Both anticipate that a high number of election petitions and a large volume of candidates (especi [...]	2006-04-03 05:30:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ WS
06WELLINGTON284	A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: During his March 19-20 visit to Wellington and Auckland, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill met with GNZ officials from foreign affairs, defense, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies. All agreed that the United States and N [...]	2006-04-13 02:58:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV XB NZ
06WELLINGTON286	A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH PM CLARK AND FM PETERS [...] (C) Summary: During separate March 20 meetings with Prime Minister Clark and Foreign Minister Peters in Wellington, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill encouraged the United States and New Zealand to work together in areas such as the Pacific Islands and Afghanistan. Prime Minister [...]	2006-04-13 03:26:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL XB NZ
06WELLINGTON395	NEW ZEALAND ISSUES STATEMENT SUPPORTING FORMATION OF NEW [...] New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters issued a statement May 22 hailing the formation of the new Iraqi government. "I congratulate Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and his colleagues on persevering over many months with forming a representative list of Cabinet members," Peters said in his sta [...]	2006-05-24 04:15:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KPAO PGOV IZ NZ
06WELLINGTON405	NEW ZEALAND ON STANDBY FOR EAST TIMOR [...] (C) GNZ officials are deciding what support New Zealand will provide to E. Timor now that the Timorese government has officially asked for help. In the morning of May 25, NZ Defense Force (NZDF) Assistant Chief for Strategic Commitments and Intelligence, Brigadier Warren Whiting, told DATT a [...]	2006-05-25 04:45:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC TT NZ AS
06WELLINGTON449	THINLY STRETCHED NEW ZEALAND MILITARY AIMS HIGH, [...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) is being rebuilt after decades of neglect. The Labour Government, ideologically drawn to a peace-keeping role for the NZDF, has nonetheless proved willing to deploy small expeditionary forces around the world. Given that the entire military [...]	2006-06-12 05:58:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PMIL NZ
06WELLINGTON470	PRESENCE OF 9/11 HIJACKER CRONY IN NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) The New Zealand Government announced on June 11 that it had two weeks earlier deported Rayed Mohammed Abdullah Ali, a Saudi national of Yemeni background. When Ali had lived in the United States some years ago, he studied flying and roomed in Phoenix with 9/11 hijacker Hani Hanjour, wh [...]	2006-06-20 22:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER NZ
06WELLINGTON629	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LEBANON [...] (U) On August 14, Acting DCM delivered reftel information to Darryl Dunn, Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 2. (SBU) Dunn said that GNZ welcomes the resolution and remains interested in participating in a UN force. Ministry of Defence [...]	2006-08-14 03:08:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS UN IS NZ
06WELLINGTON655	VISIT OF EAP DAS DAVIES TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is eager to continue to identify areas of future US-NZ cooperation, GNZ officials told EAP DAS Glyn Davies during his August 17-19 visit. But PM Clark and other senior officials are wary of riling the Labour party's left, and prefer that we gradually signal our dialo [...]	2006-08-22 01:02:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ US
06WELLINGTON727	NEW ZEALAND'S UNIFIL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Summary: GNZ plans to announce soon a year-long deployment of a 4-person munitions team to Lebanon for demining and disposal of unexploded ordinances. Defence Minister Goff is also considering sending an additional team to train Lebanese Armed Forces. Pending Cabinet approval, GNZ also [...]	2006-09-15 05:42:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON NZ
06WELLINGTON811	KIWI MUSLIMS: HEADING TOWARD INTEGRATION OR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Zealand's small but active Muslim community points to a member of parliament, regular appearances on national television by community leaders, ready access to the Prime Minister and her cabinet, and joint statements with Jewish organizations as hallmarks of movement into [...]	2006-10-17 02:34:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SMIG PGOV PREL PTER NZ KISL
06WELLINGTON815	NZ WORRIES FRICTIONS COULD DERAIL PACIFIC ISLAND [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is working behind the scenes to help ensure that frictions over the Solomon Islands and other regional issues do not derail the October 23-26 Pacific Island Forum (PIF) meetings. PMs Clark and Howard are scheduled to discuss their goals for the meeting by telephone [...]	2006-10-18 04:58:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ XV XU
06WELLINGTON842	NZ WILL ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Post provided reftel demarche to Darryl Dunn, Director of the Middle East and Africa Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On October 30, Ondine Godtschalk, Policy Officer in the Division, called Pol-Econ Couns to say that as in the past, New Zealand would absta [...]	2006-10-30 03:38:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA NZ IS
06WELLINGTON86	PACOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon's January 20-21 visit to New Zealand came at a time of media interest in the bilateral relationship, sparked by a TV mini-series on the ANZUS breakup and public release of former Prime Minister David Lange's private papers (reftel). The Admiral met with Prime Mini [...]	2006-02-01 20:25:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC NZ
06WELLINGTON910	NEW ZEALAND ACTIVE IN TONGA AND FIJI [...] (C) Summary. Alan Williams, Deputy Director at New ZealandQs Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade, told the DCM November 20 that the current crisis in Tonga resulted from economic and political problems that have been developing over many months, but appeared to have abated. The Tongan Gover [...]	2006-11-20 20:52:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PREL NZ TN
06WELLINGTON927	NEW ZEALAND: AUCKLAND STADIUM DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Aucklanders are locked in an emotional debate over where to build a stadium to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The debate has highlighted the divided nature of decision-making in New Zealand largest city, as well as Auckland's uneasy relationship with the rest of the country. [...]	2006-11-24 02:46:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
06YEREVAN1263	DEMARCHE ON SYRIA DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 05:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU AM
06YEREVAN1742	AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER CAPTURED BY ARMENIAN TROOPS [...] (U) The Armenian press reports that an Azerbaijani soldier was captured by ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno Karabakh (N-K) on the line of contact December 7, after he reportedly crossed into Armenian-controlled territory east of N-K, in the Aghdam District. It is unclear whether 19-year-old V [...]	2006-12-20 11:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ AM
06YEREVAN193	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 13:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL PREL IS AM
06YEREVAN257	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-22 13:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
06YEREVAN264	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIA TO CONDEMN THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 11:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV PTER IZ AM
06YEREVAN458	SHOOTING DISRUPTS MARCH 29 OSCE MONITORING MISSION [...] (C) OSCE Special Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk told CDA on March 31 that he called off a March 29 cease fire monitoring event because shots were fired in the vicinity and neither the "N-K" nor the Azeri side could account for their origin. A report signed by OSCE Special Representatives And [...]	2006-03-30 13:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS OSCE AJ AM
06YEREVAN914	KOCHARIAN'S JULY 5-6 "WORKING VISIT" TO IRAN [...] (C) From July 5-6, during a "working visit" to Iran, President Kocharian met twice with President Ahmadi-Najad and presided over the signing of several agreements to further economic and cultural cooperation. Most significant of these dealt with increasing energy integration, including the c [...]	2006-07-07 11:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IR AM
06ZAGREB1499	CROATIA VIEWS CEFTA AS POSITIVE FOR REGION [...] Summary: The Government of Croatia is satisfied with the outcome of the CEFTA negotiations and the signing of the agreement in Bucharest on December 19. Despite negotiations that dragged until the eleventh hour with Bosnia, Zagreb believes that the inclusive outcome is positive both for Croati [...]	2006-12-20 15:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ECIN PREL HR
06ZAGREB417	SENATOR VOINOVICH PROMOTES PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Senator Voinovich met March 23 with President Stjepan Mesic, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, and Parliamentarians from across the political spectrum to discuss NATO accession, Article 98 (ref A),and Croatia's potential role in resolving Kosovo's [...]	2006-03-28 15:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV SR YI HR
06ZAGREB542	CROATIA PROACTIVE ON ARMS CONTROL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Over the past year (refs) the Government of Croatia has quietly but steadily built a track record of proactive cooperation and coordination with the USG on concrete arms control cases. Croatian industry has a long history of business ties to problematic Middle Eastern [...]	2006-04-27 14:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET	PARM ETTC PREL HR
06ZAGREB690	CROATIA SUPPORTS STABILITY PACT TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Croatian MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic told Ambassador June 1 that Croatia supports the transformation of the Stability Pact into a regionally-owned organization and believes the U.S. will need to play an active role in the process. The GOC anticipates that a [...]	2006-06-06 13:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR BK SR
06ZAGREB815	NJ-BASED BARR LABS IN BIDDING WAR FOR [...] SUMMARY: NJ-BASED BARR LABS ANNOUNCED A 2.3 BILLION DOLLAR TAKEOVER BID FOR CROATIA'S PLIVA ON JUNE 28, MARKING THE LARGEST SINGLE FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN CROATIA AND SPARKING A BIDDING WAR WITH RIVAL SUITOR ACTAVIS PHARMACEUTICALS OF ICELAND. ALTHOUGH BOTH PLIVA'S CEO AND THE GOC HAVE PUBLI [...]	2006-07-06 07:24:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV HR
06ZAGREB861	MFA CONDEMNS HEZBOLLAH ATTACKS, SYRIAN COMPLICITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The MFA condemned Hezbollah attacks on Israel from Lebanese territory in a July 17 statement and called on the international community to facilitate a quick calming of the crisis. The MFA's director of middle eastern affairs told PolOff that the GoC fears the confli [...]	2006-07-19 13:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
07ABIDJAN803	SORO, FORCES NOUVELLES STAY TIGHT-LIPPED ON [...] (C) Summary. Emboff traveled to Forces Nouvelles stronghold Bouake to meet with key aides to Prime Minister Soro concerning the investigation into who attacked Soro on June 29 (reftel D, C). Soro aide Cisse Sindou said the PM will not comment on who the authors of the attack were until an [...]	2007-08-01 07:47:00	Embassy Abidjan	SECRET	PGOV PREL IV
07ABIDJAN804	SORO, FORCES NOUVELLES STAY TIGHTLIPPED ON AUTHORS [...] (C) Summary. Emboff traveled to Forces Nouvelles stronghold Bouake to meet with key aides to Prime Minister Soro concerning the investigation into who attacked Soro on June 29 (reftel D, C). Soro aide Cisse Sindou said the PM will not comment on who the authors of the attack were until an [...]	2007-08-01 07:47:00	Embassy Abidjan	SECRET	PGOV PREL IV
07ABUDHABI103	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY BURNS TO [...] Summary: Print and electronic media gave extensive coverage to the visit of Under Secretary Nicolas Burns to the UAE January 22-23. 2007. The Arabic and English print media prominently carried photos and news agency story of Ambassador Burns meeting with Mohammed Bin Rashid (1/23) and Moha [...]	2007-01-25 13:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1119	FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, IRAQ, FOREIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah (AbZ) on July 2 to urge UAEG measures to stem the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and to persuade the Syrian government to do more on this matter. AbZ undertook to engage Bashar al Assad on taking action against the travel o [...]	2007-07-03 11:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KNNP MCAP PINS PARM CJAN ETRD ETTC KPAO
07ABUDHABI1126	EMIRATES FOUNDATION: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (C) On June 28 Emboffs met with Peter Cleaves, Emirates Foundation CEO, to discuss the Foundation,s plans to advance intellectual and social growth in the UAE. The Emirates Foundation, launched in 2005 by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),has an endowment of over USD 100 [...]	2007-07-05 12:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID SOCI SCUL AE

07ABUDHABI1180	DUBAI RULER/UAE PM MOHAMMED BIN RASHID ON IRAQ, [...] (S) Summary: On July 15, Ambassador met with UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR). MbR complained about the Iranian influence in Iraq and voiced his belief that the current situation in Iraq is a civil war which w [...]	2007-07-16 15:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PARM EAID IR IZ LE AF PK SY
07ABUDHABI1190	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: POTUS REMARKS ON MIDDLE EAST [...] SUMMARY: President Bush's July 16 call for an international conference on the Middle East receives relatively sparse coverage in the UAE's print media. "Al-Khaleej" voices skepticism regarding the peace conference, and notes that peace is impossible before the end of Bush's presidency. The ed [...]	2007-07-18 08:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1207	UAE STATEMENT ON POTUS 7/16 REMARKS; POTUS CALL TO [...] On July 18, the UAE's official news agency, WAM, released the following statement: Begin text. Khalifa Received Telephone Call From President Bush President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan received here (Paris) Wednesday a telephone call from US President George W. Bush. Dur [...]	2007-07-19 09:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAL AE
07ABUDHABI1214	SCENE SETTER - SECDEF GATES VISIT TO UAE [...] (S) Secretary Gates: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to Abu Dhabi. Your principal interlocutor will be Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ),whom you met at the Pentagon on May 16. The U.S. [...]	2007-07-19 12:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1234	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: While the editorial in "Al-Bayan" lauded Khalifa's welcoming statements on Bush's call for a peace conference, the editorial in "Al-Khaleej" considers the conference useless if its agenda is unclear and is not based on UN resolutions. End Summary. 2. Under the headline "The K [...]	2007-07-23 11:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1250	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: BLAIR VISIT TO THE UAE [...] SUMMARY: Blair's visit to the UAE receives front page coverage in "Al-Bayan" and "Al-Ittihad," as well as inside coverage in "Al Khaleej". All articles focus on the official news agency(WAM)'s statement that "It is high time to find a working mechanism to achieve peace." An editorial on Blai [...]	2007-07-26 08:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1262	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: BLAIR'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST [...] SUMMARY: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" opines that Blair will face many obstacles from both the Israeli and the American sides, especially because Arabs have offered everything they can. "Al-Ittihad" published an op-ed written by former U.S. Ambassador to the UAE, William Rugh, in which he asks wh [...]	2007-07-29 08:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1274	MEDIA REACTION: US ARMS DEAL TO THE GULF /ASSISTANCE TO [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. arms deal with the Gulf and assistance to Israel were covered in all front pages of the UAE print media on 7/29. On 7/30, interest is quickly re-directed, however, to the Iraqi soccer win of the Asian Cup, which generates extensive coverage in all UAE print media. A cartoon [...]	2007-07-30 10:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1292	SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT TO UAE BY U/S BURNS AND U/S [...] (S) U/S Burns and U/S Levey: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to the UAE. Your meetings with UAE's leaders come at a time when their attention is focused on U.S. policy in the Middle East and what this might mean to the UAE in the context of the violence in Iraq and Ira [...]	2007-08-01 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR LE AE
07ABUDHABI1294	ABU DHABI'S SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS -- THE TRILLION [...] (U) This cable contains business proprietary information. 2. (C/NF) Summary: The Emirate of Abu Dhabi is the largest and most powerful of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates, with over 90% of oil and gas reserves, and about 60% of GDP. In addition, it directly funds over half of [...]	2007-08-01 14:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EFIN ECON PINR AE
07ABUDHABI1413	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ AND THE U.S. OCCUPATION; REPORT ON [...] SUMMARY: A UAE writer in "Al-Khaleej" opines that America has become bored as a result of its failure to accomplish its objectives in Iraq. "Al-Khaleej" does not believe that dragging other countries, such as Britain, the U.N. and recently France, into Iraq will help solve the Iraqi crisis an [...]	2007-08-23 13:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1479	SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S SEPTEMBER VISIT [...] (S) Admiral Fallon, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for your second visit to the UAE as CENTCOM commander. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and the relationship that most matters on the military front is that with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zaye [...]	2007-09-05 13:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE SY AE
07ABUDHABI1482	CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP -- UAE NATIONALS IN UNOPS [...] An MoU signed in Dubai August 22 between the Executive Director of UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services) and the UAE Minister of Labor (and Chairman of the National Human Resource Development and Employment Authority) provides for 10 positions to be created for UAE nationals to se [...]	2007-09-06 07:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN AE
07ABUDHABI1512	CODEL JACKSON-LEE HEARS OF DUBAI'S AMBITIONS TO BE [...] (C) Summary: Representatives Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) and Adrian Smith (R-NE) reviewed Dubai priorities with Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed al-Gergawi (Chairman of para-statal Dubai Holdings and key aide to Dubai Ruler and UAE VP and PM Mohammed bin Rashid) on September 3. T [...]	2007-09-10 14:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR SCUL OVIP MO SU TS AE
07ABUDHABI1565	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: US AND IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: An editorial in "Al-Khaleej" suggests that the objectives of America's war in Iraq will not be satisfied until the country is divided, its oil put under U.S. control and the entire region disrupted. A Kuwaiti writer in "Al-Ittihad" urges Gulf States to unite against what may happen [...]	2007-09-19 12:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI158	SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF U/S FORE TO THE UAE [...] (SBU) U/S Fore, Mission UAE warmly welcomes you and looks forward to your February 13-14 visit to Dubai. Your meeting with Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR) will allow us to make progress on our new consulate compound (NCC) project and request [...]	2007-02-01 13:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETTC IR MASS AE
07ABUDHABI1688	PACING THE UAE'S POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Minister of State for Federal National Council (FNC) Affairs Anwar Gargash told a USG delegation (including Ambassador-at-large for Trafficking-in-Persons Lagon, NEA/ARP Director Steinfeld, Ambassador Sison, and Dubai Consul General Sutphin) that political development naturally lagged beh [...]	2007-10-10 05:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI AE
07ABUDHABI1696	ABU DHABI CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON SWF BEST PRACTICES [...] (SBU) Summary: Abu Dhabi financial officials told a Treasury delegation, led by DAS Ahmed Saeed that they welcomed the opportunity to cooperate with the USG. ADIA Managing Director Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Yousef Al-Otaiba, Foreign Affairs Director for Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shei [...]	2007-10-10 12:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PINR AE
07ABUDHABI1699	SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' OCTOBER VISIT TO UAE [...] (S) General Petraeus: Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai welcome your visit to the UAE, where we look forward to supporting your media appearances and meetings with senior Emirati officials. Our most valuable senior interlocutor on defense issues and regional security is Abu Dhabi [...]	2007-10-10 14:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1700	UAE SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL WHITCOMB [...] (S) General Whitcomb: Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for what we understand will be your final visit to the UAE in your current capacity. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and we appreciate the effort you have made to keep your UAE counterparts engaged [...]	2007-10-10 14:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1852	FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH,S VISIT TO UAE SCORES PUBLIC [...] (U) In an historic October 21-23 visit to the United Arab Emirates, First Lady of the United States Laura Bush scored a public diplomacy victory while helping to launch the first nation-wide UAE campaign for breast cancer awareness. Mrs. Bush was hosted for a gala luncheon by the "Mother of t [...]	2007-11-06 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL KMPI KDEM AE
07ABUDHABI1865	UAE DRAFT 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] (U) The following is our draft text for the 2008 National Trade Estimate Report. As instructed, a word document has been e-mailed directly to USTR. Begin Text UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade surplus with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was $6.21 billion thro [...]	2007-11-08 07:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR AE
07ABUDHABI187	ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE TALKS IRAN CONCERNS WITH [...] (S) Summary. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) Al Nahyan hosted Chief of Staff USAF General T. Michael Moseley on February 1, 2007. MbZ warned Moseley of the growing threat from Iran, stating that they (Iran) "can't be [...]	2007-02-07 06:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI193	Abu Dhabi Company Buys CMS Subsidiary [...] On February 6, CMS Energy (based in Jackson, Michigan) and the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) announced that Taqa would buy CMS' businesses in the Middle East, Africa, and India for $900 million. CMS announced that the sale would accelerate its financial recovery and allow an increas [...]	2007-02-07 10:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD AE
07ABUDHABI1939	MBZ LOOKS TO U.S. MARINE CORPS FOR TACTICAL TRAINING [...] (S) Summary: Over lunch in Abu Dhabi November 21, Commandant of the Marine Corps General James T. Conway and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) discussed the dynamics of terrorism, the need to root extremism out of education, and the proper role of the mosque. MbZ said the UAE w [...]	2007-11-27 13:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR AF PK AE
07ABUDHABI1949	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ANNAPOLIS (2) [...] SUMMARY: A Lebanese columnist in "Al-Khaleej" believes that Annapolis will do nothing but buy time and calm for Arab leaders at the expense of Palestinians and suggests that the situation will not truly improve until the Arab people revolt to reclaim their confiscated rights. A UAE writer in [...]	2007-11-29 12:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1998	UAE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES [...] Summary: the UAE, the second largest economy in the Arab World, is in the midst of aggressive economic development. Dubai is building high profile luxury projects such as the "Palms" and the world's tallest skyscraper, the Burj Dubai. On November 19, 2007, Amman ESTH Hub Officer visited Abu [...]	2007-12-13 13:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV AE
07ABUDHABI218	MUSIC VIDEO ON SUFFERING OF IRAQI NATION -- WITH LYRICS [...] (SBU) Summary: A music video on the suffering of the Iraqi nation with lyrics attributed to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MbR),the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is currently making the rounds in the Middle East. The video, implicitly critical of U.S [...]	2007-02-11 13:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PROP PTER IZ AE
07ABUDHABI298	EMBASSY ABU DHABI COMMENTS ON SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE Government remains strongly committed to protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). The UAE continues to enforce copyright, trademark, and patent laws passed in 2002 to protect U.S. intellectual property, and remains committed to the 2002 agreement providing TRIPS-p [...]	2007-02-21 09:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR PREL ETRD AE
07ABUDHABI33	MEDIA REACTION: EXECUTION OF SADDAM/RICE'S VISIT TO MIDDLE [...] Summary: A UAE columnist in "Al-Khaleej" discussed the losses born by Bush: "Though pleased with Saddam's execution, Bush will be very disappointed when the American project in Iraq fails." "Al-Khaleej" front page described Rice's visit to Palestine as "a bribe" to get Arabs "to support the [...]	2007-01-10 10:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI368	UAE 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of April 2006 through March 2007. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of reftel paragraphs 27-30. Embassy TIP point o [...]	2007-03-05 15:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
07ABUDHABI44	MEDIA REACTION: NEW STRATEGY FOR IRAQ [...] Summary: "Al-Khaleej" views Bush's new strategy for Iraq as inverted logic. The editorial notes that the president has lost his credibility and that no one inside or outside of Iraq is willing to give him a hand. "Al-Bayan" opines that Bush ignored all advice and decided to escalate. A col [...]	2007-01-12 11:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI473	TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES UNSCR SANCTIONS ON [...] (S) Summary. On March 6, 2007 Treasury U/S Stuart Levey met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi to discuss financial measures against Iran including UNSCR 1737 and recent USG actions against Bank Sepah and Bank Saderat. U/S Levey expressed concern that increasing European [...]	2007-03-20 07:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL KTFN ECON PTER IR AE
07ABUDHABI479	TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (S) Summary. On March 6, 2007 Treasury U/S Levey met with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) to encourage the UAE to apply financial pressure to Iran. U/S Levey discussed Iran,s financing of terrorism, WMD proliferation and its deceptive financial practices. Levey emphas [...]	2007-03-20 13:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL KTFN ECON PTER IR AE
07ABUDHABI51	MEDIA REACTION: NEW STRATEGY FOR IRAQ; RICE'S TRIP TO [...] Summary: "Al-Khaleej" believes that the U.S. will continue its "colonial onslaught", in spite of the disasters that it has caused, as the price is only at the expense of Arabs. A columnist in "Al-Khaleej" views American foreign policy as very dangerous against the unity of Arab countries, wh [...]	2007-01-15 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI778	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CHENEY'S VISIT TO REGION [...] SUMMARY: Vice President Cheney's visit to the UAE enjoyed widespread coverage in both the Arabic and English language press. This included several pages of photos covering bilateral meetings. Editorials and opinion pieces were generally skeptical of Vice President Cheney's visit to the region [...]	2007-05-14 11:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI780	IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD'S MAY 13-14 VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary. On May 13, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan received Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with full ceremony in the first-ever visit to the UAE by an Iranian head of state. Meetings reportedly focused on increasing economic ties and cooperation on regional issues [...]	2007-05-14 14:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL KNNP IR IZ AE
07ABUDHABI839	ACTION REQUEST: CUBA:COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE III [...] (C) UAE maintains diplomatic relations with Cuba. The Cuban Embassy in Cairo is accredited to the UAE, and the UAE Embassy in Cairo handles diplomatic communications. According to the UAE MFA's senior Americas, Desk Officer Rowda Al-Otaiba, the Deputy Director of the Department of Middle East [...]	2007-05-21 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL
07ABUDHABI894	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN TALKS/U.S. SANCTIONS ON SUDAN [...] SUMMARY: The unsigned front-page editorial in "Al-Khaleej" wonders what role the Arabs are playing in the Iranian-U.S. talks. In response to Bush imposing sanctions on Sudan, the editorial in "Al-Khaleej" describes Bush's policies as anti-Arab, focused only on showering them with sanctions and [...]	2007-05-30 10:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI964	ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE TALKS IRAN/IRAQ WITH USNAVCENT [...] (S) Summary. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) met with Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. Fifth Fleet Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff in Abu Dhabi on June 6. MbZ stressed the need for communication and [...]	2007-06-11 11:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MOPS MCAP KNNP PTER IR IZ AE
07ABUJA1153	President Yar'Adua's First Appointments [...] Summary: President Yar'Adua made some of the first official appointments to his government on May 30. He announced that Ambassador Babagana Kingibe is the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF),while Major-General Abdullahi Mohammed retains the post of Chief of Staff and Ma [...]	2007-06-07 13:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KJUS NI
07ABUJA2230	NIGERIA: SHARIA, STILL POLITICALLY RELEVANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nafiu Ahmed, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN),excoriated former Zamfara governor Ahmed Yerima for manipulating the sentiments of average northern Nigerians in his 2000 bid to re-introduce Sharia criminal law across 12 northern states. However, [...]	2007-10-19 15:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KISL NI
07ABUJA2303	ANTE UPPED IN NIGERIAN SENATE PRESIDENT BATTLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New allegations have emerged that Senate President David Mark misappropriated 2.5 billion naira (USD 20 million) to procure furniture for the new Senate building from the 2007 Supplementary Budget, and that 500 million naira (USD 4 million) was paid to television stations for the [...]	2007-10-31 13:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07ABUJA2447	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONQWITH [...] (U) Poloff met with Charles Ononye, Deputy Director of the Nigerian MFA's International Organizations Division, on November 27 to deliver reftel demarche. Ononye promised to consider the U.S. reasons for opposing the three resolutions and confer with his colleagues in New York, but he was ul [...]	2007-11-27 15:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA NI IS
07ABUJA413	NIGERIAN - CHINESE DIALOGUE [...] SUMMARY: China/Nigeria relations have intensified in recent years. Nigeria's role as a major oil producing nation has elicited Chinese (PRC) approaches in the energy sector and other areas. At this time, there is no dialogue between the USG and PRC regarding Nigeria. Potential areas of dial [...]	2007-03-05 13:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV NI CH
07ABUJA47	ALIYU MOHAMMED HOPES TO REPLACE YAR'ADUA ON PDP [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met with General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, the former National Security Advisor (NSA),on January 8. Aliyu Mohammed believes that Governor Yar'Adua has failed as a candidate and says that President Obasanjo is trying to find a way to replace him. Aliyu claims that his [...]	2007-01-10 16:43:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07ABUJA793	ELECTION RIGGING NIGERIAN STYLE [...] (C) Summary: Governor Yar'Adua of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) was pronounced by INEC to be the winner of Nigeria's April 21 presidential election. However, fraud and mismanagement plagued the poll at every stage, and it is therefore impossible to assert any meaningful relatio [...]	2007-04-26 14:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NI
07ABUJA80	SHARIA: POTENT, HERE TO STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 30-31 meetings, Kano-based Bayero University academics Sani Zaharadeen and Zainab Kabir discussed training for Sharia court judges and public perceptions of Sharia implementation in the North. According to Islamic Studies Chair Sani Zaharadeen, the training given to [...]	2007-01-12 15:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM NI
07ACCRA1033	UPDATE ON KRISAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a May 4 visit to Krisan Camp, Ref Coord noted relatively good morale, better access to potable water, and no incidents of sexual- or gender-based violence. There was still no lighting at night and the Camp Clinic has experienced occasional shortages of medication. Reset [...]	2007-05-09 17:41:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM GH
07ACCRA1438	GOG CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AT THE AU SUMMIT [...] (S) Summary: On June 27, the Ambassador met with Secretary to the President D.K. Osei at his urgent request, SIPDIS to discuss security concerns related to the African Union Summit. Hundreds of undocumented, armed individuals suspected to be Libyans have arrived at the airport. Osei was [...]	2007-06-28 17:41:00	Embassy Accra	SECRET	ASEC GH PINR PREL PTER
07ACCRA1439	GOG CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AT THE AU SUMMIT [...] (S) Summary: On June 27, the Ambassador met with Secretary to the President D.K. Osei at his urgent request, SIPDIS to discuss security concerns related to the African Union Summit. Hundreds of undocumented, armed individuals suspected to be Libyans have arrived at the airport. Osei was [...]	2007-06-28 17:41:00	Embassy Accra	SECRET	ASEC GH PINR PREL PTER
07ACCRA1962	GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) On August 27, the "Ghanaian Observer," a private daily newspaper, published a leaked survey in which the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) asked participants nationwide who they supported in the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) race to succeed President Kufuor. The report has raised publ [...]	2007-09-18 15:38:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GH
07ACCRA2165	KUFUOR'S TRIP TO ADDIS ABABA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 10, Chief of State Protocol Ambassador Kobina Wudu told poloff that on President Kufuor,s recent trip to Ethiopia, Kufuor met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and paid a courtesy call on German Chancellor Angela Merkel. While most of the trip focused on Africa [...]	2007-10-11 13:39:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC GH
07ACCRA2420	FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR MEETS WITH BNI, GHANA POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on November 9 with the Director of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and Ghana Police officials, FBI Deputy Director John Pistole emphasized the importance of mutual cooperation to more effectively combat transnational crime. The Director of BNI told [...]	2007-11-16 11:28:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM PINR GH
07ACCRA2534	TWO CONVICTED FOR ROLE IN 2005 COCAINE SCANDAL [...] (U) After a year long trial, an Accra court on November 28 sentenced both Kwabena Amaning, aka Tagor, and Alhaji Isaah Abass to 15 years hard labor in connection with the 2005 cocaine scandal involving the MV Benjamin. As reported in ref A, the 2005 cocaine scandal kicked off when five kilogr [...]	2007-12-13 17:16:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SNAR PGOV PREL GH
07ACCRA294	TOGOLESE REFUGEES IN GHANA NEARLY TWO YEARS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly two years after Togolese refugees streamed across the Ghana border following post-election violence, the number of refugees repatriating to Togo has slowed, even though their situation in Ghana has become somewhat less attractive. Food rations for half of them have stopp [...]	2007-02-08 17:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TO BN GH
07ADANA123	TURKEY: ADANA'S STAGNANT ECONOMY STILL AWAITING BTC-FUELED [...] (U) SUMMARY. Adana's business leaders are starting to develop alternatives to the big business-driven model that characterized the city's early growth. While an overvalued lira, financial mismanagement and removal of textile quotas in 2005 have led to closures of several large textile busin [...]	2007-10-31 10:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PREL ENRG TU
07ADANA51	TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE SUFFERING FROM INSTABILITY AND A CONGESTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's trade with Iraq has suffered in recent months due to increased instability in Iraq, continuing problems at Habur Gate and inadequate banking services. The situation at Habur dismays many businessmen since, even though the facilities there have been upgraded, it still t [...]	2007-04-06 06:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TU
07ADANA7	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 1, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-16 06:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA74	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 25, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 25, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. EKSPRES: The daily claims to hav [...]	2007-06-04 10:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA86	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 22, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 22, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES: CHP National L [...]	2007-06-22 11:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA99	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 21-27, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 21-27, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. CUMHURIYET/EVRENSEL/HURRIYET/YENI S [...]	2007-07-27 12:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADDISABABA1016	REPRESENTATIVE MCGOVERN MEETS PM TO DISCUSS FOOD [...] In response to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles' concern for the urban poor, Representative James McGovern (Massachusetts) explained to the Prime Minister that the Embassy and USAID could advocate for more food aid for the urban poor by arguing that it is an emergency food need. The Congressman [...]	2007-04-05 12:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA1744	ETHIOPIA-SOMALILAND: PRESIDENT KAHIN KEEPS HIS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Somaliland President Dahir Rayale Kahin said he kept his promise by releasing a detained Somalilander of interest to the USG. The release was kept quiet with most of his own cabinet kept in the dark. President Kahin and Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale stressed their hope [...]	2007-06-05 09:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER SO ET DJ YM
07ADDISABABA1745	ETHIOPIA: TERRORIST THREATS AND PLACING THE ONLF [...] (S/NF) Ethiopia's heightened security alerts in response to the kidnappings of British Embassy staff and Ethiopian guides by Afar rebels in February; the killings of Chinese and Ethiopian oil workers by the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) last month; and grenade attacks last week in Ji [...]	2007-06-05 09:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL ET
07ADDISABABA1958	2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post is aware of four (4) claims by U.S. persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Ethiopia. One claim included in the 2006 report has been resolved. There is one new reported claim. (See update to case of Claimant E, and new claim by Claimant H). Post is also [...]	2007-06-22 12:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA1960	UNSC-AFRICAN UNION DISCUSSIONS IN ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Commission Chairperson Konare urgently requested visiting UN Security Council representatives to provide funding for African peacekeeping forces in Darfur and Somalia. Konare, AU Commissioners, and African Ambassadors highlighted capacity and financial limitation [...]	2007-06-23 14:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU SO
07ADDISABABA2110	ETHIOPIA: DIVIDED PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, in a divided vote, Parliament approved PM Meles' nominations for a new National Electoral Board (NEB). The selections for the nine-member board came from a pool of candidates proposed to the PM by the inter-party dialogue between the ruling and opposition parties. Ho [...]	2007-07-05 13:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
07ADDISABABA2265	ETHIOPIA: FLOOD WARNING - PREPARING FOR THE WORSE [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST for AF Bureau, USAID-OFDA, DCHA and DOD/OSD: Early warning for the Horn of Africa forecasts heavy rainfall in the Ethiopian highlands, great or greater than last year's, during the July-Sept "kiremt" season with serious floods likely, especially in major river basins [...]	2007-07-18 08:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF MASS ET
07ADDISABABA232	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ETHIOPIAN VIEWS ON AU [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador delivered ref A points on January 23 to State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu. Minister Tekeda highlighted that while Ethiopia believed selecting Sudanese President Bashir as African Union Assembly Chair was not desirable for the AU, Ethiopia could not openly [...]	2007-01-25 17:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU SU ET ER
07ADDISABABA2361	ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER WEIGHED DOWN BY SOMALI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles, visibly weighed by the past weeks of tough negotiations on the amnesty for 38 high profile opposition leaders jailed since December 2005, and the close oversight of operations in Somalia and the Ogaden, questioned the Ambassador on July 24 over the Ogaden [...]	2007-07-25 15:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PINS CASC EAID MASS MOPS ET SO IS
07ADDISABABA2439	ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) UNOCHA REPORTS EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An August 2 briefing by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reports that despite the recent decision by Somali Region officials to allow emergency food relief to the Ogaden area---where military operations against suspected Ogaden National Libera [...]	2007-08-02 16:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2445	ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) ACTIONS AGREED ON OGADEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador convened a meeting on August 3 to address current developments in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, and possible responses by international partners. UN officials, NGO representatives, and key donor missions reviewed the humanitarian and security situation i [...]	2007-08-03 16:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2620	ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO ASSESS SECURITY SITUATION RELATED [...] (SBU) On August 22, the Addis Ababa Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to assess the security situation in regards to the Ethiopian Millennium (celebrated September 12). EAC members present included COM, A/DCM, ORA, DAO, CJTF HOA, POL/ECON, USAID, CDC, CONS, Peace Corps, Health Unit, MGT, PA [...]	2007-08-23 09:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA2859	ETHIOPIA-SOMALILAND: UK APPROACH - SUPPORT [...] (S/NF) Four British Labor Party MPs visited Somaliland the week of September 3. The group is considering advocating for the international community to consider some type of special treatment or &semi-recognition8 of Somaliland and a greater focus of assistance on port development, livestock ma [...]	2007-09-19 09:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER SO ET
07ADDISABABA2945	IFTAR with Addis Ababa's poorest [...] Ambassador and Political Specialist have quietly and without publicity visited three mosques during the past two weeks, meeting with clerics and distributing food to some of Addis Ababa's poorest people during the Iftar breaking of the fast at sunset. While these "Iftars for the Poor" have bee [...]	2007-10-01 14:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KISL PREL ET
07ADDISABABA3027	ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR GOE [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian military or government candidates who have been nominated for a USG-sponsored seminar, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (SBU) The candidates have [...]	2007-10-11 11:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MASS ET PGOV
07ADDISABABA3197	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: "A SENSITIVE AND DANGEROUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopia faces a "sensitive and dangerous time" with Eritrea, Tigray Regional President Tsegay Berhe told Ethiopia Desk Officer John Wysham, Deputy Political Counselor and Political Assistant (collectively, PolOffs) on October 24 in Mekele. Tsegay affirmed that Ethiopia will not [...]	2007-10-30 10:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PINR PHUM
07ADDISABABA3254	UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN DYNAMICS IN THE OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent discussions between Post and UN agency, donor, and NGO interlocutors over the past two weeks highlight the challenges facing the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali region. Ongoing commercial restrictions, limited operational access due to internal security operations in res [...]	2007-11-06 14:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3334	USAID FIELD ASSESSMENT IN THE OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A small USAID team traveled to conflict-affected areas of the Ogaden November 4-8, 2007 to try to obtain some ground truth on humanitarian, conflict and commercial trade conditions. Following the field assessment, USAID confirms the situation to be very serious and a continued ca [...]	2007-11-15 14:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3368	ETHIOPIA: MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR OCTOBER 2007 [...] SUMMARY -- Joseph Stiglitz cites Ethiopia's impressive economic growth. -- Consumer Price Index (CPI) continues to rise: General inflation reached 19.3% and food inflation 29.2% in October. -- The Birr continues to depreciate: the official exchange rate continues a slow crawl, but the pa [...]	2007-11-21 12:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA3485	ETHIOPIA: TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR UPDATE - PART I OF II - [...] This is part one of a two part cable on the Ethiopian telecommunications sector. Part one covers current infrastructure and future plans while part two covers policy matters. Meetings with Ethiopian telecommunications officials reveal a telecommunications and information and communication tec [...]	2007-12-10 08:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD EINV ET
07ADDISABABA3495	USAU: CODEL MEEK MEETING WITH AFRICAN UNION PEACE [...] (U) This cable is from US Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Cindy L. Courville. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 29 CODEL Meek met Ambassador Said Djinnit, Commissioner for Peace and Security at the African Union. The discussion focused on concerns about stability, particularl [...]	2007-12-11 10:55:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR OTRA KPKO
07ADDISABABA3584	ETHIOPIA: USAID OFDA REPORT - UPDATE OF OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This USAID OFDA report corresponds to a meeting hosted by the Ambassador on December 14 (septel),the fifth in a series of meetings of NGOs, UN agencies and donor countries, with the purpose of discussing and sharing information on the Ogaden. The general consensus at this meet [...]	2007-12-18 13:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PHUM SENV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA812	ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART 2 - [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. (Due to length of information reported, responses are being reported in two complementary cables.) 2. (U) Responses are keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. 3. (SBU) QUESTION 29 [...]	2007-03-16 06:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ET
07ADDISABABA813	ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART 1 - OVERVIEW [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. (Due to length of information reported, responses are being reported in two complementary cables.) 2. (U) Embassy point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-41 [...]	2007-03-16 06:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ET
07ADDISABABA852	SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (S) Per reftel, Post has reviewed the proposal to provide USD 15 million in Section 1206 funds for Ethiopia, Djibouti, Yemen, Kenya, and Tanzania, as part of the East Africa Regional Security Initiative (EARSI). Post supports funding the proposal in FY07, with the following observations (see [...]	2007-03-19 14:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS PREL PTER EAID KPKO ET SO
07ADDISABABA90	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY USTR ALLGEIER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country is focused primarily on the recent military operation in Somalia, but Ethiopia is making progress on development through growth and diversification of exports and substantial advances in education and health care. Septel d [...]	2007-01-12 10:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PREL ET
07AITTAIPEI1018	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY MEETING, [...] Summary: Almost all major Chinese-language papers in Taiwan gave front-page coverage to New York Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-ming, who is listed by "Time Magazine" as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. The English-language dailies, however, all gave front-page coverage to AIT [...]	2007-05-06 22:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1024	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY MEETING, U.S.-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 5-7 on the first stage of the DPP presidential primary Sunday, in which former Premier Frank Hsieh emerged as the winner, defeating Premier Su Tseng-chang by a margin of 15,855 votes; on New York Yankees pitcher Wang Ch [...]	2007-05-07 22:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1052	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage May 10 on the 2008 presidential election; and on a scandal over a local TV network allegedly falsifying information in a documentary on the 2-28 Incident of 1947. The pro-status quo "China Times" ran an exclusiv [...]	2007-05-10 09:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1062	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS; U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major dailies focused their front-page news coverage May 11 on a DPP plan to set up a task force next Wednesday to draft a "Resolution on Making Taiwan a Normal Country," to replace the DPP's "Resolution on Taiwan's Future." The other focus on their front pages is former Pre [...]	2007-05-11 06:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1091	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S WHO BID [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 08:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1165	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, INTER-KOREAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 24 on the assassination of a Taipei County councilor Wednesday and on the sentencing of a person involved in a derailment case in southern Taiwan in 2006. In terms of editorials and commentaries, a column in the mass-c [...]	2007-05-24 09:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI120	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S.-TAIWAN [...] Summary: As Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage January 17 on the scandal-ridden Rebar Asia Pacific Group, of which the chairman and his wife have fled to the United States, news coverage also centered on the KMT's timetable for primaries for the 2008 pres [...]	2007-01-17 06:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1227	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 2-4 on U.S. law enforcement's announcement Sunday of its having foiled an alleged terrorist plot to bomb the JFK Airport; and on the year-end legislative elections and the 2008 presidential election. The pro-independe [...]	2007-06-04 09:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1381	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 16-18 on the Taipei District Court's decision to detain Eastern Multimedia Group Chairman Gary Wang Sunday night for alleged involvement in a string of embezzlement cases and financial crimes; on the Kaohsiung District [...]	2007-06-18 07:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1396	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 19-20 on President Chen Shui-bian's proposal to hold a referendum on the island's UN bid under the name Taiwan and the U.S. State Department's statement Monday, which opposes such an initiative; on the 2008 presidentia [...]	2007-06-20 09:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1443	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 23-25 on KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, who announced Saturday his decision to select former premier Vincent Siew as his running mate in next year's presidential election; on the KMT party congress on Sunday; [...]	2007-06-25 07:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1549	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, U.S.' TAIWAN POLICY [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage July 11 on the legislators' elections and the presidential election slated for early 2008. Almost all papers also reported in the first few pages that footwear prices in Taiwan will go up by 30 percent after the [...]	2007-07-11 08:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW

07AITTAIPEI155	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SATELLITE MISSILE TEST, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage January 20-22 on the brawl at the Legislative Yuan's final session last Friday, which resulted in failure to pass the FY 2007 budget for the Central Government and other bills; on the debt-ridden Rebar Asia Pacific Group; [...]	2007-01-22 09:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1623	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 08:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI164	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SATELLITE MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 07:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1789	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies August 9 focused their news coverage on the meeting of Randall Schriver, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and President Shui-bian; on a ruling by the U.S. immigration court to release fugitive T [...]	2007-08-09 08:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI182	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SATELLITE MISSILE TEST, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage January 24 on the debt-ridden Rebar Asia Pacific Group; on the government's move Tuesday to publicize the names of certain non-performing borrowers; on the Donald Keyser case; and on the Presidential Office Allowance for S [...]	2007-01-24 08:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1945	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 24 on the investigation into the explosion of a China Airlines passenger jet in Okinawa Monday; on President Chen Shui-bian's trip to Central America; and on Taiwan's general economic situation. In addition, two Chi [...]	2007-08-24 09:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1972	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, IRAQ [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 28 on President Chen Shui-bian's visit to Central America; on the DPP's final draft version of its "Normal Country Resolution" Monday; and on the possible development of casino tourism in Taiwan. The pro-independenc [...]	2007-08-28 22:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2012	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: As Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to report on the aftermath of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's TV interview on Taiwan's UN referendum, news coverage on August 31 also focused on the DPP Central Executive Committee's passage of the party's "normal c [...]	2007-08-31 09:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2096	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 12 on the UN referendum, on the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference held in Annapolis Tuesday, on the Olympics torch relay route, and on Taiwan's first draft "Telecommunication Broadcasting Management Law." T [...]	2007-09-12 09:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2106	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 05:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
07AITTAIPEI2117	MEDIA REACTION: THE U.S. AND TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: As U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Thomas Christensen's speech on Taiwan's UN referendum Monday remained in the spotlight of the Taiwan media, news coverage on September 13 also focused on President Chen Shui-bian's interview with the "Wall [...]	2007-09-14 09:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2140	MEDIA REACTION: THE U.S. AND TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 18-19 on Typhoon Wipha, which hit Taiwan Tuesday; on the island's UN referendum and the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly, which is set to convene in New York today; and on an American citizen who was arrest [...]	2007-09-19 22:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2163	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: As Taiwan's UN bid remained in the spotlight of the Taiwan media, news coverage on September 21 also focused on the Olympic torch relay route issue, and on the legislative and presidential elections next year. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," citing the results of a recent opini [...]	2007-09-21 10:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI220	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 08:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2241	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM, TAIWAN'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 29-October 1 on the DPP's controversial "normal country resolution," which was subsequently passed during the party's national congress Sunday, rejecting an amendment proposed by outgoing Chairman Yu Shyi-kun; on [...]	2007-10-01 08:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2311	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: As Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant coverage October 10-11 to the National Day celebrations all over the island, news coverage also focused on Taiwan's UN referendum and the severe damage caused by Typhoon Krosa, which pounded Taiwan over the weekend. The pro- [...]	2007-10-11 09:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2462	INVASIVE SPECIES FLOOD TAIWAN RIVERS AND LAKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is an action cable see paragraph 9. Taiwan, an island 160 kilometers off the coast of China, has been home to unique flora and fauna. Distance from the mainland has managed to preserve many of its endemic species from foreign invasion, although that situation is under th [...]	2007-11-09 07:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ECON TW
07AITTAIPEI2494	ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTER WINSTON DANG ON TAIWAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency (TEPA) Minister Winston Dang told the Director on November 14 that President Chen Shui-bian's outspokenness on Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) issues has caused problems for both the party and presidential candidate Frank Hsieh. Dang sa [...]	2007-11-16 09:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV CH TW
07AITTAIPEI2500	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM, U.S.-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 17-19 on a Taiwan High Court verdict last Friday, which ruled in favor of DPP Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu on an appeal of the nullification of her election last December; on a Central Election Committee decision Frida [...]	2007-11-19 10:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI252	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN POLITICS, WAR IN IRAQ, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage February 1 on former President Lee Teng-hui, who made an about-face move by saying Wednesday that he has never advocated Taiwan independence; and on the rezoning of electoral districts for the year-end Legislative Yuan elec [...]	2007-02-01 08:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2574	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 6 on the clashes at the Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall (formerly known as the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall) Wednesday over whether the inscription, which contains characters associated with Chiang Kai-shek, should [...]	2007-12-06 22:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2637	MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 21 on the Legislative Yuan ratifying the government's 2008 budget and the amendment to Taiwan's National Communications Commission Act on Thursday; the controversy over the voting format in the legislative election [...]	2007-12-21 05:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2648	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY RICE'S STATEMENT ON TAIWAN'S UN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 27 on Taiwan's Central Election Commission (CEC)'s retreat from insistence on the "one-step" voting format at the upcoming legislative election; and on the alleged vote-buying cases in various legislative precincts [...]	2007-12-27 09:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI272	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S POLITICAL ISSUES, IRAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies all gave front-page coverage February 2 to Rebar Group founder Wang You-theng and his wife, who reportedly boarded a Singapore Airlines flight from Los Angeles and stopped over in Singapore today en route to Myanmar (Burma). Coverage also focus [...]	2007-02-02 08:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI295	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, TAIWAN'S NAME CHANGE [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage February 7 on the DPP's government's recent move to remove the statues of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek from military compounds and parks around the island and its plan to remove military guards and MPs stationed at Chiang [...]	2007-02-07 09:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI465	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS, SIXTIETH [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage February 28 - March 1 on the sixtieth anniversary of the 2-28 Incident, on the sudden tumble of China's stock market Tuesday, and on the 2008 presidential elections. The pro-status quo "China Times" carried the results of [...]	2007-03-01 08:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI515	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: On March 6, the impact generated by President Chen Shui-bian's "Four Wants and One Without" remarks Sunday continued to receive considerable coverage in the Taiwan media. The pro-status quo "China Times" ran a front-page banner headline that said "Bian's Call for Taiwan Independence [...]	2007-03-06 09:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI530	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S "FOUR WANTS" [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage March 8 on the pairing between possible candidates vying for the 2008 presidential elections; on Vice President Annette Lu, who on Wednesday demanded a written apology from the Associated Press and CNN for using "Scum of th [...]	2007-03-08 08:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI639	MEDIA REACTION: JOSEPH WU'S APPOINTMENT AS NEW TECRO CHIEF [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage March 21 on the 2008 presidential election, on the government's new language policy, and on local murder and kidnap cases. Several papers carried the remarks by President Chen Shui-bian and AIT Taipei Director Stephen Youn [...]	2007-03-21 09:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI742	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant news coverage March 31 - April 2 to the National Communications Commission's penalty on TVBS, a famous cable television network in Taiwan, for the network's violation of news ethics and principles of reporting by helping to shoo [...]	2007-04-02 08:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI761	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-ROK FREE [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies all gave significant coverage April 4 to the crash of a military helicopter in Kaohsiung County Tuesday afternoon, in which eight soldiers were killed. News coverage also focused on the first trial hearing on former KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's [...]	2007-04-04 09:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI79	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage January 11 on the probe into the alleged violation of securities transaction regulations of the Rebar Asia Pacific Group, and on President Chen Shui-bian's trip to Nicaragua. The pro-independence "Liberty Times, [...]	2007-01-11 09:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI804	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ROK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, CHINA-JAPAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage April 11 on the dispute between the Executive Yuan and the National Communications Council; on the 2008 presidential elections; and on other local political issues. In terms of editorials and commentaries, a col [...]	2007-04-11 09:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI839	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S WHO BID, U.S.-ROK FREE TRADE [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 13 on the human trafficking problem in Taiwan, on the Taipei prosecutors' raid of a local major mobile phone manufacturing company Thursday for alleged insider trading of company shares; on Taiwan's attempt to join th [...]	2007-04-13 09:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI98	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S IRAQ SECURITY PLAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to give extensive reporting and editorial coverage January 12 to the alleged violation of securities transaction regulations of the Rebar Asia Pacific Group. News coverage also focused on President Chen Shui-bian's trip to Nicaragua a [...]	2007-01-15 22:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07ALGIERS1001	AQIM FUNDING SOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to European and Maghreb press reports, criminal activity if the traditional funding source for al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). It is widely reported in the Algerian press that AQIM smuggles contraband to and from neighboring countries. In addition, AQIM extort [...]	2007-07-12 14:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC PINR AG
07ALGIERS1118	AUGUST STARTS OUT BADLY FOR AQIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local newspapers reported August 2 that two Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) figures, Ali Dix and Haroun Ashashi, were killed in an ambush by security forces in the mountains around Djurdjura (Tizi Ouzou province) east of Algiers. Indications are that the two were close to [...]	2007-08-07 16:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL MOPS KISL AG
07ALGIERS1323	FFS: THE SECULAR OPPOSITION STIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian media has been buzzing with the return from Switzerland of liberation hero Hocine Ait Ahmed, founder of the opposition Front des Forces Socialistes (FFS),and his alliance with former FLN Secretary General Abdelhamid Mehri and former Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche. [...]	2007-09-17 17:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG
07ALGIERS1618	HATTAB CASE SHOWS RECONCILIATION STILL AN OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hassan Hattab, notorious for helping create the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) in 1998, has become a symbol of the unresolved debate over national reconciliation in Algeria. Although the details of his situation are shrouded in mystery, a disproportionate amount [...]	2007-11-06 07:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL AG
07ALGIERS1763	ALGIERS MEPI UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Progress continued slowly but steadily in MEPI programs and initiatives in Algeria during the period of July 1 through October 31. MEPI programs remain a key element of our effort to fulfill the political, economic and education reform goals in our Mission Strategic Plan. During thi [...]	2007-12-09 15:09:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AG
07ALGIERS1764	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE DISCUSSES IRAN AND NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian officials told visiting UNVIE Amb. Schulte that they have encouraged Iran to cooperate with the international community regarding its nuclear programs, but they stopped short of agreeing to make a public statement that Iran has violated its commitments under the Non-Prol [...]	2007-12-09 15:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KNNP PGOV IR AG
07ALGIERS249	ALGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BEDJAOUI CRITICIZES U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Bedjaoui and U/S Hughes agreed February 24 on the need to work in partnership with the U.S. in finding solutions to the problems of the region. While agreeing on the importance of fighting terrorism across borders, Bedjaoui and Hughes parted ways on how best to bring about vi [...]	2007-02-27 10:30:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL KDEM AG
07ALGIERS259	COPS AND ROBBERS: ALGERIA COPES WITH MOUNTING CRIME [...] SUMMARY: The recent robbery of Algiers' consular chief at knifepoint typifies the rising crime rate in Algeria. Aggressive, violent and often armed theft has spiked even as insurgent violence has generally diminished over the last four years. Public perception, media coverage and police admi [...]	2007-03-01 09:53:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER ASEC ECON SOCI CASC AG
07ALGIERS526	ALGERIAN ELECTION PROCESS UNDERWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's major political parties, except Islah, have submitted voter lists in all 48 wilayas for the May 17 national parliamentary elections. According to FLN sources, its candidates are older and more conservative than expected, and the number of women figuring on its lists bas [...]	2007-04-17 15:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS666	ALGERIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN TRAIL: INFORMATION IN [...] (C) Summary: The Algerian legislative election, which will conclude with nationwide voting on May 17, has not been much focused on issues. The two major Algerian political parties, FLN and RND, form a presidential coalition with the Islamist MSP party. All three parties in their campaignin [...]	2007-05-15 12:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON AG
07ALGIERS997	AQIM WEBSITE UPDATE - SHADOWS OF THE SWORD SERIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 3, AQIM released a new video on its website www.qmaghreb.org. Entitled "Shadows of the Sword, Part II," the video features AQIM leader Abdelmalek Droukdal calling on viewers to repent and support AQIM with money, weapons and by spreading the word. The video shows a Januar [...]	2007-07-11 16:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PTER AG
07AMMAN1031	JORDAN'S SECURITY SERVICES [...] (C) The security services, made up of the Royal Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF),the Public Security Directorate (PSD),and the General Intelligence Directorate (GID),together constitute a vital and solid pillar of the Hashemite monarchy. The security services, along with the tribes (Ref E and [...]	2007-03-07 13:31:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV MARR MASS PINR SNAR KPAL JO
07AMMAN1067	FEBRUARY PRM VISIT TO SYRIA AND JORDAN FOCUSED ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 12:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL SY IZ JO
07AMMAN1163	PM DISCUSSES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW'S PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit told Ambassador March 13 that while the draft Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Law currently before Parliament is a top legislative priority, its passage during this parliamentary session is unlikely due to imminent adjournment. End Summary. 2 [...]	2007-03-14 14:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN JO PGOV
07AMMAN1299	NATIONAL CARRIER ROYAL JORDANIAN SIGNS UP FOR [...] After an intense and long-term advocacy effort by Boeing and the USG, Boeing has struck a breakthrough deal with Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ). RJ's Board of Directors decided on March 19 to commit to the purchase of four 787's, as well as lease an additional three 787's. RJ previously signe [...]	2007-03-21 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAIR ETRD JO
07AMMAN1380	A/S SAUERBREY'S MEETINGS WITH UN AND NGO OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Ellen Sauerbrey visited Jordan March 13-16 on the final leg of a regional tour focused on ensuring that displaced Iraqis receive effective protection and assistance, including expanded resettlement. Her meetings wit [...]	2007-03-28 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PTER PGOV PHUM SY IZ JO
07AMMAN1410	PARLIAMENT PASSES THREE KEY REFORM BILLS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Before ending their spring session March 28, Jordan's two houses of parliament hurriedly enacted three political reform bills on political parties, municipal government, and press and publications; all were high priorities for the government (refs A and B). They also passed imp [...]	2007-03-29 13:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN KDEM KISL KPAL JO
07AMMAN1508	KING AND SENIOR OFFICIALS GREET [...] (C) Summary: The King and senior GOJ officials told a Jordanian-sponsored staffdel that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the core issue in the Middle East. They described the burden large numbers of Iraqis impose on Jordan. The Minister of Labor explained the GOJ's plan to address repo [...]	2007-04-09 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ELAB IS JO IZ IR SY
07AMMAN1697	5TH MENA-FATF PLENARY [...] (U) Summary: Jordan hosted and presided over the fifth plenary of the Middle East North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENA-FATF) from April2-4 at the Dead Sea. Over the course of the plenary, delegates endorsed a World Bank anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (A [...]	2007-04-19 12:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER PREL XF JO
07AMMAN1936	ISLAMISTS, GOVERNMENT MANEUVERING IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: As elections approach, the Jordanian government is preparing to help candidates opposing the Islamists, while the Islamists are debating candidate selection. They will be well-placed to exploit populist domestic issues and the unpopularity of GOJ alignment with U.S. policies. [...]	2007-05-06 14:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
07AMMAN1959	JORDAN'S LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT ENDORSES AML LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly six years since the subject first arose in Jordan's Parliament, the Lower House endorsed the Anti-Money Laundering Law on May 6. The law, which still requires Senate approval (expected May 9),criminalizes money laundering and provides the legal basis for the Gover [...]	2007-05-07 12:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PGOV KDEM JO
07AMMAN2062	Request for Speaker to Address E-Commerce Entrepreneurship [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: U.S. Speaker program addressing E-commerce. 2. TIME FRAME: Fourth Quarter, FY-07; 3-day program. 3. PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM: Amman requests a speaker to address the topic of E-commerce. Ideally, we would like a successful entrepreneur who has started or greatly expa [...]	2007-05-15 14:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO SCUL JO
07AMMAN2241	GOJ DEFENDS MOVE ON GREEK PATRIARCH [...] (C) In conversations May 22 and May 24, the director of FM Khatib's private office, Thamer Adwan, stressed to Polcouns that the GOJ was carrying out its responsibilities under the Jordan-Israel peace treaty and Greek church law when it withdrew its recognition of Theophilos III, the Greek Ort [...]	2007-05-24 13:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI JO
07AMMAN2267	GOJ REPUDIATES FEDERATION PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: KING ABDULLAH AND JORDANIAN OFFICIALS ARE ATTEMPTING TO DISTANCE THE GOJ FROM A JORDANIAN SENATOR'S SUGGESTION TO ISRAELI POLITICIANS THAT IT IS WORTH EXPLORING A JORDANIAN-PALESTINIAN FEDERATION BEFORE PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD. HOWEVER, THE KING'S RECENT ENGAGEMENT WITH PROMINENT [...]	2007-05-28 12:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PBTS KWBG IS JO
07AMMAN2341	UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - MAY 31 [...] (C) On May 29, Poloff met with a counterpart from the Norwegian Embassy, which is funding the FAFO study to assess the numbers and conditions of Iraqis currently living in Jordan. The Norwegian Embassy expects FAFO to be ready to brief at least preliminary findings to interested governments i [...]	2007-05-31 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF IZ JO
07AMMAN2482	MINOR CLASH ERUPTS AS JORDAN RECLAIMS STATE-OWNED [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian police killed a gunman in the Jordan Valley in connection with a GOJ program to reclaim state-owned property throughout the country. Jordanian police consider the incident a criminal matter. The restoration of the state's rights in face of longstanding illicit use by [...]	2007-06-10 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI JO
07AMMAN2502	JORDAN,S MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND DONORS MAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Education and donors are developing plans and identifying resources to educate additional Iraqi schoolchildren in Jordan in time for the August 19 start date of the next school year. UNICEF submitted an education strategy to the Minister of Education on June 7, [...]	2007-06-11 14:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF IZ JO
07AMMAN251	OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR JORDAN IN 2007 [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Both the GOJ and oppositionists view the two elections expected in 2007 as the chief challenges - and opportunities - of the coming year. Both camps are already framing their positions on foreign and domestic issues with an eye toward the polls. Islamists and o [...]	2007-01-21 16:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
07AMMAN2640	UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO EDUCATE ADDITIONAL IRAQIS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Amman remains actively engaged with the GOJ, UNICEF, UNHCR, and key NGOs in preparing programs that will enable Jordanian public schools to accept additional Iraqi students. While all parties await the results of the FAFO survey (ref a) on the demographics of Iraqis in [...]	2007-06-20 14:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV SOCI EAID IZ JO
07AMMAN2752	Jordan's Electricity Sector Prepares to Meet Increasing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's national electric utility expects the country's electricity needs to grow by 10 percent annually due to increases in real economic growth and population (especially of Iraqis),and a rising standard of living for some Jordanians. To meet growing demand, electricity tra [...]	2007-06-26 11:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON JO
07AMMAN2985	JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan is gearing up for municipal elections on July 31, with potential candidates reaching out to their constituencies as they and their backers engage in pre-electoral alliances and maneuvering. While the campaigns are hard-fought local events, the competition between the Is [...]	2007-07-12 10:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN JO
07AMMAN2989	QUEEN AND SENIOR OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Queen and senior GOJ officials told a GOJ-sponsored staffdel that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the core issue facing the Middle East. They warned against a sudden withdrawal from Iraq and discussed key challenges they perceive as facing Jordan: extremism, Syrian and [...]	2007-07-12 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS JO IZ IR SY
07AMMAN3083	JORDAN PREFERS BUT CANNOT AFFORD U.S. WHEAT [...] (U) Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Montaser Oklah reiterated Jordanian interest in purchasing U.S. wheat during a July 9 meeting with Econoffs and Shannon Schlect, the U.S. Wheat Association's Assistant Regional Director for the Middle East/East Africa. Schlect [...]	2007-07-19 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID JO
07AMMAN3159	PETRA'S VICTORY AS NEW WORLD WONDER CAPTIVATES A NATION, [...] (U) Summary: Petra's candidacy and victory as one of seven "New Wonders of the World" have dominated the news and attention of Jordan since mid-June. Tourism has been growing in Jordan in spite of regional instability, and officials are optimistic that Petra's new designation will cause the t [...]	2007-07-25 14:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SCUL JO
07AMMAN3162	JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: THE ISLAMIST - [...] (SBU) Municipal election campaigning is in full swing across Jordan with an explosion of posters, rallies, and spontaneous political salons throughout the country. (The political environment in Amman itself, by contrast, remains subdued, given that the mayor and half the municipal council are [...]	2007-07-26 07:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
07AMMAN3168	OPIC GUARANTY: NO DEROGATORY INFORMATION ON JORDANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 09:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON JO
07AMMAN3242	REGENT TELLS STAFFDEL GROVE: NEED UNITED FRONT [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Regent stressed to STAFFDEL Grove the need for urgent movement toward a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in order to enable a united front against Iran to emerge. Discussions with interlocutors during the STAFFDEL's visit also focused on U.S. financi [...]	2007-08-01 16:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF JO KPAL IS IZ IR
07AMMAN3260	Ozomatli's Music and Message Attract Thousands of [...] SUMMARY: The three-time Grammy award-winning Los Angeles-based Latino funk and hip-hop band "Ozomatli" performed a series of concerts to highly-receptive audiences during a visit to Jordan last week, captivating more than 3000 young Jordanians during their tour of the Kingdom. Ozomatli thril [...]	2007-08-02 12:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL JO
07AMMAN3286	CHANGE IS IN THE AIR: JORDAN'S AVIATION PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) Summary: Several privatization and restructuring efforts continue in Jordan's aviation sector with the support of the King and Parliament (ref A). The Cabinet approved privatization of 74% of Royal Jordanian's stock shares. A contract has been signed for the expansion and private manageme [...]	2007-08-02 13:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO
07AMMAN3322	MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE LETTER TO COMMERCE [...] The Commercial Section received on August 6 a letter, dated July 19, 2007, from H.E. Minister of Industry and Trade Mr. Salim Al-Khazaleh, addressed to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, concerning the proposed January 2008 Trade and Investment Conference in Jordan. Full text of the letter follows [...]	2007-08-06 11:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV OTRA JO
07AMMAN3326	OPPORTUNITIES FOR JORDAN'S GROWING FILM INDUSTRY [...] (U) Summary: After several years with few major film productions, Jordan has been the site of eight feature films in 2007, bringing in approximately $10 million and creating thousands of freelance jobs. The Royal Film Commission (RFC) hopes to benefit from the number of Iraq War-themed movies a [...]	2007-08-07 06:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR SCUL JO
07AMMAN3365	EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE JULY 2007 [...] On July 9, EXBS Advisor met with Jerry W. Rowe, Regional Advisor-Africa & Middle East, Department of Treasury, Office of Technical Assistance Financial Enforcement (DOT-OTAFE),and Joe E. Parker, Advisor Financial Enforcement, DOT-OTAFE to discuss the EXBS program in Jordan and the region. Adv [...]	2007-08-09 13:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO
07AMMAN3366	EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] During July, Regional Advisor discussed the status of the MEGAPORTS Initiative MOU between Department of Energy and Yemen. There has been little change since last month. Yemeni officials continue to expect an affirmative response from the GoY concerning the MEGAPORTS Initiative MOU. B. TRA [...]	2007-08-09 13:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP XF
07AMMAN3545	UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - AUGUST 22 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minster Khatib confirmed that the Governments of Iraq and Jordan agreed in principle to implement a process for issuing visas to Iraqis seeking to enter Jordan. Jordanian schools began on August 19, though with far fewer Iraqis then expected. USAID, UNICEF, UNHCR and [...]	2007-08-22 14:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI EAID IZ JO
07AMMAN3598	JORDANIAN PRISONERS INJURE THEMSELVES PRIOR TO [...] (U) According to Jordanian media reports, during an August 26 visit by a Human Rights Watch (HRW) delegation to Swaqa correctional facility, approximately 100 prisoners injured themselves. A Public Security Directorate (PSD) spokesperson said that prisoners used ceramic and wood objects broken [...]	2007-08-27 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM JO
07AMMAN3654	E-GOVERNMENT: LOTS OF POTENTIAL BUT LITTLE ACTUAL [...] (U) Summary: After years of effort with few results, Jordan launched several e-government projects this summer, including those that will allow businesses to check their tax records online and citizens to review draft legislation. Among the projects in development are an online business tradem [...]	2007-08-30 10:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT PGOV TINT KMPI JO
07AMMAN3697	LIMITED CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS IN THREE [...] (U) As expected, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit announced September 2 the names of three ministers to replace vacancies left by recent resignations (reftels). All three new ministers are considered technocrats by observers: the new Minister of Finance was promoted from Secretary General (the nu [...]	2007-09-03 13:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JO PGOV SENV EAID EFIN PINR
07AMMAN3729	American Basketball Clinics and English Language Programs [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Amman recently concluded its first Youth Enrichment Program. Under the auspices of this R initiative, PA Amman hosted two basketball and English-language camps in August for more than 200 underprivileged Jordanian boys and girls from several different regions of the country. [...]	2007-09-05 12:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL JO
07AMMAN3806	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Balancing Development and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) manages the city of Aqaba and its surrounding 26 kilometers of Jordanian coastline. Roughly 30 percent of this strategic and precious real estate is a protected marine habitat. During meetings regarding environmental issues in [...]	2007-09-13 11:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO
07AMMAN3814	UPDATE ON U.S.-JORDAN TRADE ISSUES [...] (U) This message contains action request for State, USDA, and USTR; please see paragraphs 5, 7, 10, and 15. 2. (U) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) seeks responses to several trade proposals under the rubric of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA),as well as flexibility on a [...]	2007-09-13 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO
07AMMAN386	BURST OF PROGRESS AHEAD OF DEMINING MEETING [...] (C) Jordan cleared in 2006 nearly one-half of its minefields. However, the GOJ is concerned about conventional and terrorist threats from Syria, and may delay plans to remove mines along its northern border. Jordan will host the 2007 Meeting of States Parties to the demining treaty, at whic [...]	2007-01-30 11:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP JO
07AMMAN3871	IRAQIS IN JORDAN ENROLLING AT A MODERATE PACE; [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iraqi enrollment in Jordanian schools reached 21,000 as of September 15, with the GOJ agreeing to extend enrollment through September 30. No consensus has emerged to fully explain the low enrollment totals. UN agencies and NGOs are actively engaged in a last-ditch effort to cla [...]	2007-09-17 15:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF SOCI EAID IZ JO
07AMMAN3876	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HHS DR. SAMIR KHLEIF [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests country clearance for Dr. Samir Khleif, HHS National Cancer Institute's Chief of Cancer Vaccine Section (currently based in Amman),to visit Beirut, Lebanon from October 18 - 21, 2007, to participate in Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute (NKBCI) dedication activities a [...]	2007-09-18 11:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV OTRA APER LE
07AMMAN3949	American Foreign Policy Scholar Walter Russell Mead [...] SUMMARY: During a two-day speaker's program September 3-4, Council on Foreign Relations scholar Walter Russell Mead adroitly discussed many U.S. foreign policy issues, and disabused his influential audiences of several misperceptions they held concerning the motives and processes behind the f [...]	2007-09-25 13:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO SCUL JO
07AMMAN4015	FIRST UNSCR 1540 OUTREACH IN ARAB REGION PROMOTES [...] (U) Summary. The Regional Seminar, "Implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) for Arab States," took place on 4-5 September 2007 in Amman, Jordan. Jordan hosted the workshop jointly with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UN ODA) in close cooperation w [...]	2007-09-27 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP EU OSCE ARF
07AMMAN4072	DELTA AIR LINES ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR DIRECT FLIGHTS TO AMMAN [...] (U) Summary: Delta Air Lines recently announced it plans to operate direct service between Amman's Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) and New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport beginning June 2008. This will be the only non-stop service to the United States operated by a U.S. carrier. [...]	2007-10-03 10:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO
07AMMAN4129	JORDAN: DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since the development of our initial democratic reform strategy for Jordan (REF A),the GOJ has made progress on a wide variety of the goals set out. Post made substantial contributions to democratic reforms in Jordan through focused, well-funded programming efforts, advocacy w [...]	2007-10-09 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO KDEM PGOV PREL
07AMMAN4174	Jordan Continues to Strengthen Avian Influenza [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman's Avian Influenza (AI) Task Force met October 9 with representatives from the Government of Jordan (GoJ) to share information on avian flu preparedness. The meeting focused on: tracking the progress of avian flu; surveillance and detection training; and preparedn [...]	2007-10-11 13:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU XF JO
07AMMAN4207	REMITTANCES EQUAL ONE-FIFTH OF JORDAN'S GDP [...] (U) Summary: An estimated 260,000 Jordanians currently work abroad, many in information technology (IT) in the Gulf due to more opportunities and higher salaries. In 2006, remittances totaled $2.54 billion, equaling 19.6% of Jordan's gross domestic product, more than any single industry, and a [...]	2007-10-17 11:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI JO
07AMMAN4274	Construction Underway for Al-Mushatta Qualifying Industrial [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The newly established Al-Mushatta Industrial City, a designated Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) on the outskirts of Amman, aims to be the first "green" QIZ in Jordan. Al-Mushatta has partnered with an environmental services organization to screen prospective investors in the [...]	2007-10-21 11:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO
07AMMAN4320	JORDAN: WHY VOTE? [...] (C) Summary. Contacts across the political spectrum are showing apathy towards the November 20 parliamentary elections in Jordan. Reasons include: mistrust of the government following claims of improprieties during July's municipal elections, a perception that the parliament has no power t [...]	2007-10-24 14:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO KDEM PGOV
07AMMAN4324	NOMINATION FROM EMBASSY AMMAN FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S [...] (U) Embassy Amman is pleased to nominate Jordanian attorney Reem Abu Hassan for the Secretary of State's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage. Ms. Abu Hassan has used her legal expertise to champion equal rights and legal protection for Jordanian and Arab women as well as children, [...]	2007-10-25 04:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM JO
07AMMAN4378	Jordan Completes First Privatization Deal in its Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) finalized the privatization sale of the Central Electric Generating Company (CEGCO) - the first in Jordan's energy sector as part of a privatization program underway since 1996 (ref A). No immediate lay-offs of CEGCO's 1,600 employe [...]	2007-10-30 09:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EINV KPRV JO
07AMMAN4379	FY08 PRIORITIES AND WORK-ITEMS FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB [...] The Amman ESTH Hub for the NEA Bureau was established in 1997. The current incumbent (Manu Bhalla) is the fourth Hub officer. He is supported by regional environmental specialist Rana Safadi, who has served with the Hub for eight years. Key Priorities and Work Items ----------------------- [...]	2007-10-30 09:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO ETRD EAID PGOV JO
07AMMAN4426	ROYAL JORDANIAN IPO ON SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary: Royal Jordanian (RJ) Airlines president Samer Majali said that RJ's initial public offering is on schedule for completion in 2007. Majali expects that 60 percent of shares will be Jordanian-owned. RJ selected the GEnx engine for its previously-ordered Boeing 787s due in 2010. RJ [...]	2007-11-01 11:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO

07AMMAN4430	FROM THE TRIBES TO THE STREET: THE ANATOMY OF A [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's campaign season is in full swing. Many candidates start their campaigns on the tribal level, where they compete for endorsements and the support of a unified tribe. Not all receive a unanimous verdict, but most can count on some form of tribal base. Campaign teams (both [...]	2007-11-01 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO PGOV KDEM

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