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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
05DUBLIN47	IRELAND - 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Over the past twenty years, Irish governments have actively promoted foreign direct investment (FDI),a strategy that has helped Ireland to achieve unprecedented economic growth during this "Celtic Tiger" period. FDI flows into Ireland increased from an annual average of USD 140 million in [...]	2005-01-14 16:58:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV

05DUBLIN489	IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) On April 22, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. In his responses, Keown focused primarily on Sudan and the Middle East Peace Process. He noted that Minister of State for Overseas Development, Conor Lenihan, had held [...]	2005-04-26 06:56:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EUN
05DUBLIN53	ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT SHARING: [...] The information in paras below is based on Post's discussion of reftel questions with Dr. Philip Buckley, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) national focal point for Ireland. Buckley has been the Director of the Heritage Policy Division in the Department of Environment and Local Go [...]	2005-01-19 11:53:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO
05DUBLIN606	GOI UNVEILS AVIATION POLICY PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, the Irish Government announced an aviation policy package that includes plans to sell a majority stake in Aer Lingus, the national carrier, and to build a second terminal at Dublin Airport. The package capped months of negotiations between the governing party, Fianna [...]	2005-05-23 14:37:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB
05DUBLIN657	NORTHERN IRELAND: GOI WAITING FOR IRA RESPONSE AND [...] (C) During Special Envoy Mitchell Reiss' visit to Ireland May 19-22, the Irish government emphasized that the Good Friday Agreement and the December 8 joint communique must be the basis for forward movement in the peace process. They anticipate an IRA response to Gerry Adams' call to leave the [...]	2005-06-01 08:39:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS EI UK NIPP
05DUBLIN680	VISA DENIAL OF SINN FEIN MEMBER RITA O'HARE [...] (S) In May, the USG reversed past practice and denied a visa to Rita O'Hare, who serves as Sinn Fein's U.S. representative. As is well-known, Rita O'Hare, like most of the Sinn Fein leadership, was a member of the IRA and she is wanted in the UK for an attempted murder in 1971. The USG has [...]	2005-06-03 17:22:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER UK EI NIPP
05DUBLIN718	IRELAND: HUNGER AND HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 16:44:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR
05DUBLIN884	IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Post delivered reftel demarche to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Foreign Correspondent. According to Keown, the GOI was optimistic that EU accession talks for Turkey would begin October 3. He noted that Ireland would favor referring any Iranian [...]	2005-07-15 14:27:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL UN
05DUBLIN942	IRISH THANK USG FOR PEACE PROCESS SUPPORT AND [...] (C) Dermot Gallagher, DFA Secretary General, asked to meet with the ambassador July 28 to discuss the IRA statement. Gallagher said that in the view of the GOI, the IRA statement of July 28 showed "a clarity that was not in previous statements" and is "as good as you can get." He hoped the Ir [...]	2005-07-29 07:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR EI UK
05DUSHANBE1678	TAJIKISTAN EXBS PROGRAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS advisor conducted an 11 day assessment/end use monitor trip through the Gorno - Badakhshan and Sogd regions of Tajikistan which included the Afghan, Chinese, Kyrgyz, and Uzbek borders. Please see Dushanbe 1503 for summary. 2. The European Commission Border Management and Drug [...]	2005-10-17 09:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE1741	RUSSIANS RESCIND INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT REQUIREMENT FOR [...] (U) The Tajik and Russian governments officially announced that beginning November 1, citizens of both countries may travel between Russia and Tajikistan on their internal passports. A spokesman for the Tajik MFA stressed the understanding was not an "international agreement" nor would it cre [...]	2005-10-28 11:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SMIG RS TI
05DUSHANBE1805	TIPS FROM THE MFA ON HOW TO FIGHT THE WAR OVER NGO'S IN [...] (C) DCM had a long talk with MFA North America Chief Ismatullo Nasredinov on November 10 on the growing pressure on U.S. and other Western NGO's. The DCM said Tajikistan appeared to be taking a step backwards by not providing registration, visas, or other support for NGO's like the Rotary Cl [...]	2005-11-10 11:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV TI
05DUSHANBE1812	DESPITE RUSSIAN PRESSURE, THE UNITED STATES CAN PROMOTE ITS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Although we now de-emphasize its previous Cold-War primacy in U.S. foreign policy, Russia still requires clear-eyed scrutiny for the havoc it can play with the President's democracy agenda and larger goals for transformational diplomacy in the former Soviet republics. We believe Russia [...]	2005-11-14 06:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PROP ECON EAID KDEM KPAO RS TI
05DUSHANBE1814	TAJIKISTAN: IMAGINED REPORT TO MOSCOW BY THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) The following is an Embassy Dushanbe exercise to imagine a report that Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov might submit to the Kremlin. It draws on Post's observations of the last 18 months, Russian and regional media reports, and other reporting. This cable should be read as a compan [...]	2005-11-14 08:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM RS TI
05DUSHANBE1826	TAJIKISTAN'S NGOS TIRED OF CORRUPTION AND VISA DELAYS, BUT SOLDIER ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the monthly NGO Forum meeting, the only surprise was that a handful of NGOS had not experienced visa problems or been forced to pay bribes for airline tickets or continuous electricity. The November 17 meeting underscored the Dushanbe development community's increased [...]	2005-11-18 12:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1870	MODERATE TAJIK ISLAMIC LEADER KABIRI WAL... [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-28 07:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM RS TI
05DUSHANBE1947	TAJIK GOVERNMENT-WESTERN NGO ROUNDTABLE: ATTENDANCE HIGH, [...] (SBU) What looked like a routine meeting was a small breakthrough for Tajikistan's development community. The December 2 roundtable discussion of donors, NGOs and government was the first time all three groups came together on any subject, let alone the sensitive issues of NGO intentions, re [...]	2005-12-06 09:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM RS TI
05DUSHANBE1966	TAJIKISTAN'S VIEWS OF US FORCE POSTURE (C-RE5-00249) [...] (S) Post's DATT and DCM polled their colleagues informally on the questions below. The following answers should be seen as the Tajik government's current mood on these hypothetical questions. When and if negotiations were to start, outside pressures and local politics would influence the rh [...]	2005-12-08 09:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PINR MARR PREL AJ PL RO TI
05DUSHANBE2005	THE GRINCH CHANGES HIS MIND: U.S. EMBASSY'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) After the close of business on December 9, Ismat Nasredinov, Post's MFA contact and Chief of the North America Desk, contacted PAS to inform that the previously canceled Human Rights roundtable discussion at Tajik Technical University, planned for December 12, was back on track (septel). [...]	2005-12-09 13:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL RS TI
05DUSHANBE2006	VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD HAZMAT RESPONSE ASSESSMENT TEAM [...] SUMMARY: Four members of the Virginia National Guard (VNG) assessed the capability of Tajik ministries to respond to a hazardous materials incident. The team visited the Ministries of Emergency Situations, Defense, State Border Protection Committee, Academy of Sciences, and local fire departm [...]	2005-12-09 13:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE2012	COUNTERING DISINFORMATION IN DUSHANBE [...] SUMMARY: Is the United States responsible for the "Color Revolutions" in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan? Are Americans employed in such organizations as CARE and the National Democratic Institute spies fomenting revolution? Are U.S.-funded legal assistance programs designed to turn childr [...]	2005-12-12 11:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PROP KDEM KPAO RS TI
05DUSHANBE2038	TAJIK GOVT INSISTS PASSPORT DECISION REVERSAL PRACTICAL NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan orders Tajiks to use international passports when traveling to Russia despite an Eurasian Economic Community (EEC) agreement permitting citizens to travel using internal passports. This affects up to one million labor migrants who do not have the expensive interna [...]	2005-12-14 13:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB SMIG TI
05DUSHANBE2052	TAJIKISTAN WMD EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN BUDAPEST [...] SUMMARY: The Tajikistan Weapons of Mass Destruction executive seminar held in Budapest 12-17 December ended Friday with mixed reviews. Although the seminar was an opportunity to assess Tajikistan's ability to combat the proliferation of WMD and exchange information, some Tajiks complained di [...]	2005-12-19 12:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE2097	BACK IN THE USSR? TAJIKISTAN'S SECURITY WONKS UNDECIDED [...] (SBU) Tajikistan understands the economic and security benefits of globalization, but Russia remains Central Asia's most important global partner. These two themes dominated the papers at a conference on "Globalization: National Interests and National Security for Central Asian Countries" sp [...]	2005-12-27 13:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TI PHUM ENRG
05FRANKFURT1092	International Use of the Euro - Broadly Stable; [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Central Bank's (ECB) annual publication on the international role of the Euro concludes that the euro's role in international capital and foreign exchange markets and use as an international reserve currency "has remained largely stable," while "there have [...]	2005-02-04 15:56:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
05FRANKFURT1373	Lisbon Acton Program: Its All About Growth and [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 2 European Commission President Barroso presented his proposal to make economic growth and job creation the focus of EU activities for the next five years. To move beyond slogans, Barroso has proposed setting out who, the EC or member states, is respons [...]	2005-02-15 11:04:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
05FRANKFURT174	EU's Stability and Growth Pact: Tidying Up the [...] (SBU) Summary: In December the European Commission (EC) issued several statements for member states under the Stability and Growth Pact's (SGP) excessive deficit procedures (EDP). For Germany and France, the Commission acknowledged that (a) both would get an extra year, to 2005, to correct t [...]	2005-01-07 15:30:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
05FRANKFURT2410	New Legal Payments Framework: Monetary Integration [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission (EC) intends to propose a directive for payments services in the internal market by June or September. A legally consistent framework for the EU payments market, providing for transparency of payment services contracts, competition and consumer [...]	2005-03-24 11:52:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
05FRANKFURT2435	Stability Pact Revision: Art Imitates Life [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecofin's report that was approved by the European Council on improving the stability and growth pact (SGP) is a vindication of the Council's application of the SGP, not its demise. While the Council had always implicitly considered prolonged economic stagnation and [...]	2005-03-24 15:40:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
05FRANKFURT2671	Structures and Trends in German Banking Industry: [...] (SBU) Summary: There is a lively debate about whether the relatively poor performance of the German banking sector is related to its "three pillar" structure of (1) private commercial, (2) public state and savings, and (3) cooperative banks. The discussions were triggere [...]	2005-04-05 13:08:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
05FRANKFURT3867	New Baden-Wuerttemberg State Cabinet [...] (U) SUMMARY: After assuming office (ref A),new Baden- Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister President Guenther Oettinger (CDU/Christian Democrat) reshuffled the long-standing state government and laid out an extensive program to gain re-election in March 2006. On April 29, Oettinger replaced former M- [...]	2005-05-20 12:13:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINR GM
05FRANKFURT4506	Nuclear Energy Phase-Out Continues Amid Uncertainty [...] SUMMARY: The phase-out of nuclear power in Germany took a major step in mid-May with the decommissioning of the country's oldest nuclear power plant at Obrigheim in the state of Baden- Wuerttemberg. While Green party leaders and environmental groups celebrated the move with a "phase-out fes [...]	2005-06-14 14:45:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SENV PGOV GM
05FRANKFURT4988	Stability and Growth Pact: Revived, Passes First [...] (SBU) Summary: Even before modifications of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) were adopted by the Council on June 27, the European Commission (EC) had passed its first test applying the "spirit" of the new rules to Italy and Portugal. The EC's recommendations that thes [...]	2005-07-01 12:58:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
05FRANKFURT5056	The Chancellor and Hedge Funds [...] (SBU) Summary: Chancellor Schroeder has pledged to raise "standards for hedge funds" at the G-8 Summit. His position reflects a negative characterization, publicly stated by the Chairman of the SDP and others in the Chancellor's party, of investors fixed on quick financi [...]	2005-07-05 14:53:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
05FRANKFURT549	Germany's Economy Grows in 2004: Break Out the [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's Federal Statistical Office reported that Germany's economy grew 1.7% in real terms last year. Even taking into account that 0.6 percentage points of that growth came from extra working days, the growth was higher than any experienced since 2000. The cause for celebr [...]	2005-01-21 09:36:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
05FRANKFURT5998	DALAI LAMA VISITS GERMANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dalai Lama paid a three-day visit to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden to receive one of Germany's most prestigious awards (the Hesse Peace Prize). Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU/Christian Democrat) drew praise from across the political spectrum for his endorsement of the [...]	2005-08-05 14:27:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PINR GM CH XD
05FRANKFURT7078	AMERICA IN THE CAMPAIGN: SNAPSHOT FROM SW GERMANY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Frankfurt's relatively pro-American district, attitudes towards the U.S. and U.S. foreign policy appear to play a smaller role in this German election campaign than in 2002. While some on the left have tried to raise issues of war and peace, overall the campaign in our dis [...]	2005-09-19 06:21:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GM
05FRANKFURT7207	Drama in EU Clearing and Settlement Heightens: US [...] (SBU) Summary: European securities infrastructure industry of stock exchanges, clearing and settlement activities is among the most dynamic in the financial industry, undergoing substantial change in the last decade. As the European Commission (EC) prepares to decide whe [...]	2005-09-23 11:50:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
05FRANKFURT8181	Scenesetter/Visit of Baden-Wuerttemberg M-P Oettinger [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 14-15, Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister- President Guenther Oettinger (CDU/Christian Democrats) will make his first official visit to Washington. A political moderate, Oettinger leads one of Germany's largest and economically most successful states. Oettinger is favored t [...]	2005-11-10 16:01:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINR GM
05GABORONE1002	SAN DISPUTE ALLEGED LINK BETWEEN DIAMONDS AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Working Group on Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa (WIMSA),which represents San communities in Botswana, South Africa, Namibia and Angola, has spurned the argument that plans to mine diamonds prompted relocations from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve(CKGR). WIMSA as [...]	2005-07-14 11:58:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BC SAN CKGR
05GABORONE1015	GOB PLANS TO COMBAT SMALL ARMS PROLIFERATION [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Botswana has adopted a three- year national action plan to combat proliferation of small arms but intends to approach G-8 nations, and specifically the United States, to request financial assistance to meet its USD 2 million budget. Subsequent to its participation [...]	2005-07-20 10:54:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PARM KCRM BC POL MIL
05GABORONE1019	POSSIBLE FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A KHAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Acting Director for Multilateral Affairs Mr. Pulaente Kenosi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the GOB could be on the cusp of re-evaluating some of the tenets of its foreign policy. This is prompted in part by world events but also [...]	2005-07-21 15:17:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BC UNGA
05GABORONE1039	RULING PARTY STILL MIRED IN FACTIONAL FIGHTING [...] (SBU) Summary: The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) went to its bi-annual national congress internally divided and emerged from the event equally, if not further, mired in factional fights over personalities and positions of influence. Vice President Khama's supposedly neutral effort [...]	2005-07-27 11:25:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BC
05GABORONE1100	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON TRIBAL NEUTRALITY PASSES [...] Botswana's National Assembly passed a Constitutional Amendment Bill intended to make the Constitution more tribally neutral by reforming the largely symbolic House of Chiefs (reftel) on August 2. The Ntlo ya Dikgosi -- Setswana for House of Chiefs - as it was renamed in the Amendment, provide [...]	2005-08-08 14:50:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BC
05GABORONE1113	BOTSWANA'S ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN FUELS POVERTY [...] Summary. Botswana's "middle income status" masks its rising poverty and unemployment that could impact future political stability. The economy is declining, with real GDP growth expected to be a sluggish 2.3 percent in 2005. While the central government's official statistics put the unemp [...]	2005-08-11 06:05:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN ELAB BC
05GABORONE1165	PRIVATIZATION PROGRESSING SLOWLY [...] SUMMARY. Privatization in Botswana is moving in the right direction - slowly. Mr. Joshua Galeforolwe, CEO of the Public Enterprise Evaluation and Privatization Agency (PEEPA),described to Charge and Emboffs the political, institutional, and economic challenges facing the privatization move [...]	2005-08-16 11:44:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV BTIO BC
05GABORONE1179	BOTSWANA UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR [...] SUMMARY. No reliable data exists to demonstrate that child labor is a significant problem in Botswana, although some social workers and child welfare activists fear that it might not be uncommon. The Government of Botswana and ILO initiated projects in the year since August 2004 that will a [...]	2005-08-18 16:00:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND PHUM ETRD SOCI BC
05GABORONE1203	SADC SUMMIT KEEPS STUDIED SILENCE ON ZIMBABWE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The "Silver Jubilee" Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit held in Gaborone August 17-18 tackled no thorny issues. Incoming SADC Chair, Botswana President Festus Mogae, urged concrete steps to make SADC effective. The regional leaders did not speak out on Zimbabw [...]	2005-08-23 13:16:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ETRD RW WZ ZI ZU BC SADC
05GABORONE1224	MFA AND OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT SHUFFLE SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is in the midst of rotating several of its senior officers into new positions. This movement will bring new incumbents to the offices of the Permanent Secretary, Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Director for Multilate [...]	2005-08-26 10:34:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV BC
05GABORONE1228	SLOW PROGRESS IN CKGR COURT CASE, FPK OUT OF FUNDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hearings in the First People of the Kalahari's (FPK) legal challenge of the GOB's policy of relocating San and other minorities out of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) resumed on August 8. With the case dragging, FPK appears to be on the brink of another financial cris [...]	2005-08-29 08:20:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BC SAN CKGR
05GABORONE1268	HIGH COURT JAILS LEGAL ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) In a dramatic turn of events, Botswana's High Court jailed for contempt the Special Advisor to the President Sidney Pilane, who is the State's lead counsel in the court case challenging its policy of relocating San and other minorities out of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. During hea [...]	2005-09-07 12:12:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BC SAN CKGR
05GABORONE1426	TENSIONS HIGH BETWEEN GOB AND FIRST PEOPLE OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tensions between the GOB and the First People of the Kalahari (FPK) have reached a new high with the arrest of 21 individuals trying to force entry through a closed gate into the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) on September 24. Government officials reportedly had followed [...]	2005-10-04 15:13:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BC SAN CKGR
05GABORONE1454	BOTSWANA ANNUAL AGOA ELIGIBILITY UPDATE [...] Post recommends renewal of Botswana's AGOA eligibility status based on its continued compliance with the stipulated criteria. As described below, during the year, Botswana took steps to strengthen its private sector, improve its capacity to combat the financing of terrorism, and prevent child [...]	2005-10-07 14:26:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BC AGOA
05GABORONE1539	BYE-ELECTION VICTORIES HEARTEN OPPOSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Botswana's opposition parties scored a victory by combining forces to win a parliamentary seat and a local council seat in an October 15 bye-election. The President of Botswana's largest opposition party, the Botswana National Front (BNF),Mr. Otsweletse Moupo bested wealthy ph [...]	2005-10-21 10:26:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BC
05GABORONE154	CHALLENGES FACING BOTSWANA'S MEDIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: While Botswana enjoys a relatively free press, public and privately-owned media face a number of challenges. State-owned outlets, the primary source of news for most Batswana, generally feature uncritical reporting on the government and are susceptible to political interference [...]	2005-02-02 05:14:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BC
05GABORONE1577	STUDENTS TO PAY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL [...] (U) SUMMARY: As of January 2006, students will pay to attend secondary schools and technical colleges in Botswana. The Government decided to re-introduce school fees in response to growing budgetary constraints. Despite Government assurances that no child will be turned away for lack of mon [...]	2005-10-28 11:05:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BC
05GABORONE162	UPDATE ON CKGR RELOCATION COURT CASE [...] (U) Summary: Hearings in the court case involving the First People of the Kalahari (FPK) vs. the Government of Botswana got off to a slow start in mid-January. Meanwhile, political and budgetary considerations have delayed proposals to improve the Remote Area Development Program (RADP). The [...]	2005-02-02 12:40:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BC SAN CKGR
05GABORONE21	OUTLOOK FOR RURAL AREA DWELLERS BLEAK [...] SUMMARY: The outlook for Botswana's Remote Area Dwellers (RADs) is bleak, despite the Government of Botswana's multifaceted efforts to improve their standard of living. RADs endure high rates of poverty and unemployment, exacerbated by limited access to natural resources (especially land),a [...]	2005-01-07 06:37:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI KHIV BC KPRP SAN CKGR
05GABORONE243	OPPOSITION PARTIES CONSIDER COOPERATION, AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Energized by growth in their share of the popular vote in the October 2004 elections, Botswana's opposition parties are debating with renewed vigor how cooperation could embarrass, if not unseat, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in 2009. In order to achieve that obj [...]	2005-02-17 10:32:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BC
05GABORONE257	A PAPER TOO FAR: U/BOTSWANA ACADEMIC SERVED [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB served a 48-hour deportation order to U/Botswana academic and Australian citizen Prof. Kenneth Good on February 18. Good is a 15-year Botswana resident and critical observer of its politics. His attorneys obtained a stay of execution from the High Court on February 19 [...]	2005-02-22 14:59:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BC
05GABORONE405	BUILDING THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS [...] Summary: Botswana is one of 15 focus countries assisted by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. In FY- 2004, the U.S. Mission in Botswana expended more than $18 million for Emergency Plan HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care. More than $35 million has been programmed in FY- [...]	2005-03-18 10:29:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID KPAO BC HIV AIDS
05GABORONE411	A VISIT TO GHANZI DISTRICT: HAPPINESS IS [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Huggins visited Botswana's western town of Ghanzi and the San/Basarwa relocation settlement of New Xade on March 10-11. Rural poverty, severe dependence on government assistance, lack of income-generating opportunities, despair among youth, and the underperformance of t [...]	2005-03-18 11:27:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BC SAN CKGR
05GABORONE532	BOTSWANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY [...] (C) Summary. This cable is an analysis of the Botswana telecommunications industry's efforts at greater liberalization and the potential consequences of political interference in the nation's regulatory framework. The Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) held a stakeholders' workshop in [...]	2005-04-15 15:33:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV EIND ETRD OTRA BC KPRP
05GABORONE535	REFUGEES AT DUKWE REFUGEE CAMP SEEK ARV [...] (U) Summary: A March 31 visit to Botswana's Dukwe Refugee Camp by Ambassador Huggins revealed difficult living conditions and challenges in fighting HIV/AIDS within the camp's population. Community leaders at the Camp blamed the Government's policy of not providing ARV treatment to the refu [...]	2005-04-15 09:55:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV KHIV BC HIV AIDS
05GABORONE554	BNF PRESIDENT HOPES FOR OPPOSITION COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: In an April 1 meeting, Otsweletse Moupo, president of Botswana's largest opposition party, the Botswana National Front (BNF),shared with Ambassador Huggins his commitment to cooperation with other opposition parties in the next general election, scheduled for 2009. Moupo noted [...]	2005-04-20 09:03:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV BC
05GABORONE568	SADC'S ROLE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOSAFETY IN THE [...] Biotechnology can play a key role in economic and social development in the Southern African region. Agricultural technologies, including genetic modification, have the potential to increase food production over the next 50 years and help fight regional hunger. Progress is being made in som [...]	2005-04-21 17:18:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO SENV EAID BC
05GABORONE600	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FALLS SHORT OF TRIBAL [...] (C) Summary: The GOB has proposed a so-called "tribal neutrality" bill that would amend Botswana's constitution to broaden representation in the House of Chiefs, the largely symbolic second chamber of parliament through which traditional leaders advise the National Assembly. Well over a dec [...]	2005-05-02 14:33:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BC
05GABORONE66	REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH [...] Summary: Embassy Gaborone requests USD7,000 from EB to fund a biotechnology outreach project in Botswana that will provide two weeks of technical assistance to the Government of Botswana's National Coordinating Committee on Biosafety (NCCB) in creating a national framework for biosafety. We [...]	2005-01-14 10:56:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO BEXP KPAO BC
05GABORONE666	STATE ATTORNEY PROTRACTS CKGR CASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hearings in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) relocation case resumed on May 3 but proceeded slowly due to the state counsel's delay tactics. According to First People of the Kalahari (FPK),it has been betrayed by the Indigenous Land Rights Fund, which has yet to turn [...]	2005-05-17 11:29:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BC SAN CKGR
05GABORONE715	TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN BOTSWANA AND [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Botswana views the development of the tourism industry as a prime driver of its economic diversification strategy away from mineral dependence. Currently, tourism ranks second as a generator of foreign exchange for the national coffers, but growth has been stif [...]	2005-05-27 07:43:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO BEXP ECON ETRD SENV BC TRADE
05GABORONE745	BOTSWANA DEVALUES CURRENCY [...] Summary: The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MOF) announced a 12 percent devaluation of the Pula on May 29 as well as a restructured formula for calculating the exchange rate. The Pula is currently pegged to a basket of currencies, including the U.S. Dollar, the Yen, the Euro, [...]	2005-06-02 11:39:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP EFIN ETRD BC TRADE
05GABORONE749	SCENESETTER FOR BOTSWANA PRESIDENT MOGAE'S JUNE 13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Botswana President Festus G. Mogae's June 13 meeting with President Bush provides an opportunity to affirm and advance Botswana's role as a partner in promoting peace, democracy and human rights in Africa, increasing economic growth through trade, and combating HIV/AIDS. Botswan [...]	2005-06-02 14:48:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM KHIV BC
05GABORONE767	REVIEWING BOTSWANA'S ELIGIBILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: In a May 30 meeting at the UNDP Resident Representative's office in Gaborone, Ambassador Huggins and visiting World Food Program's chief James Morris reviewed Botswana's need for development assistance in light of the inroads made by the HIV/AIDS crisis, and agreed that despite t [...]	2005-06-06 05:39:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KHIV BC HIV AIDS SADC AGR
05GABORONE838	PROSPECTS FOR LIBERALIZING BOTSWANA'S [...] Summary. The recently-formed Botswana Cattle Producer's Association (BCPA) submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) in late May to remove the monopoly of the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) on the exportation of beef. If the proposal were accepted, the beef industry would es [...]	2005-06-17 09:38:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EAGR ETRD BC TRADE
05GABORONE847	BOTSWANA AGOA FORUM OUTREACH PLAN [...] This is a response to reftel request for submission of a Botswana AGOA Forum outreach plan. 2. Post has conducted a number of outreach activities in conjunction with the Gaborone-based USAID-supported Southern Africa Trade Hub. A press conference with the Hub's AGOA Advisor Amanda Hill [...]	2005-06-20 15:18:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AMGT PREL
05GABORONE879	ADDRESSING LABOR EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS [...] (U) Summary: HIV/AIDS is slowing economic growth in Botswana by an estimated 1.5 percent per year, in part through its impact on labor - decreased productivity, increased leave taking, and lost workers. In order better to quantify this drag on growth, the GOB has begun to collect data on th [...]	2005-06-27 07:55:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KHIV PGOV PHUM BC KPRP HIV AIDS
05GABORONE913	CKGR COURT CASE ADJOURNS, PROBLEMS FOR SAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, hearings in the case of the First People of the Kalahari against the Government of Botswana adjourned until August 3. As the legal process drags on, residents of the relocation settlements continue to face grim circumstances. Hearings by a mission of the African [...]	2005-06-30 05:56:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL BC SAN CKGR
05GABORONE934	LOCAL RESENTMENT TOWARD CHINESE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Perceived unfair competition, against a background of slower economic growth and rising unemployment, has fed an emerging anti-Chinese sentiment, particularly in Francistown, Botswana's second largest city. Local businessmen there see Chinese shopkeepers as illegally crowding ou [...]	2005-07-06 14:58:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON CH BC
05GABORONE951	REFUGEES IN BOTSWANA: AN UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Botswana and the Francistown Vicariate of the Catholic Church are exploring the possibility of providing anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to a limited number of refugees. Approximately 550 Angolan refugees are registered t [...]	2005-07-08 10:45:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM AO CG WA ZI BC HIV AIDS
05GABORONE953	HIV/AIDS IN BOTSWANA: FRANCISTOWN BUSINESSMEN [...] SUMMARY: HIV/AIDS is decreasing productivity and reducing economic growth in Botswana. According to members of the business community in Francistown, Botswana's second largest city where some of the highest HIV/AIDS infection rates in the country are found, the costs of AIDS-related leave t [...]	2005-07-08 11:06:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV ECON ELAB BC HIV AIDS
05GENEVA1037	UNHCR STILL GRAPPLING WITH FUNDING AND POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with U.S. Mission DCM and refugee officer, Director of UNHCR's Sudan unit Jean Marie Fakhouri highlighted funding and policy issues impacting its operations in Chad and Sudan. In Chad, he acknowledged that malnutrition had increased at some camps when rations had be [...]	2005-04-22 08:40:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CD SU PHUM UNHCR
05GENEVA1052	UNHCR ON WESTERN SAHARA, LIBYA, AND MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: In response to refs A and B, Mission Geneva's Joe Cassidy and Anne Phillips met with officials from the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) April 25 to brief on demarches directed to Algiers and Tripoli on refugee issues. UNHCR's Deputy Director in charge o [...]	2005-04-26 03:16:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG XI UNHCR
05GENEVA1211	MEETING OF THE WTO NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON- [...] SUMMARY. The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva on April 25-29, 2005 to continue discussions on tariff formula options, treatment of unbound tariffs, sector tariff liberalization, issues of concern to developing countries, and non-tariff barriers. The meeting moved [...]	2005-05-17 13:35:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1287	UNHCR FORUM: ONE BRIDGE, ONE DEAD END [...] (U) Summary: The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' Forum (UNHCR/Forum) met May 20, with Deputy High Commissioner Kamel Morjane and Director of International Protection Erika Feller on the podium for an all-day session attended by approximately one hundred representatives from Geneva missio [...]	2005-05-25 13:28:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF SMIG UNHCR
05GENEVA1394	JCIC-XXVII: (U) U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JUNE 2, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-019. 2. (U) At a U.S.-hosted reception, held on June 2 at the U.S. Mission, Delegation members engaged the other participating Delegations' members from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine on various topics under discussion in the JCIC. Those conversations are [...]	2005-06-07 10:04:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1604	UNHCR: MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES FOR 2006 DESCRIBED [...] (U) Summary: Donor government representatives and NGOs were in full attendance at UNHCR,s informal consultations, May 18-19 in Geneva. Saying &we heard you last year,8 then-Acting High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin led the meeting, providing donors with an update on UNHCR,s approach to budget [...]	2005-06-29 05:39:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1605	UNHCR: REGIONAL ISSUES AND IDPS DISCUSSED DURING [...] (U) Summary: Donor government representatives and NGOs were in full attendance at UNHCR,s May 18-19 informal consultations. Then-acting High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin led the meeting, flanked for the regional sessions by Assistant High Commissioner Kamel Morjane and the entire senior man [...]	2005-06-29 05:42:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1647	WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) [...] The Eighth Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) was held in Geneva, Switzerland from June 6-10, 2005. The U.S. Delegation Consisted of Dominic Keatin [...]	2005-07-05 12:38:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR WIPO
05GENEVA1673	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: REPORT ON THE 58TH [...] Summary. This message reports on the annual 192-member World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO),which met from May 16-25, 2005, in Geneva, Switzerland. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt headed the U.S. Delegation, which included offic [...]	2005-07-08 04:53:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO AORC WHO
05GENEVA1742	UNHCR: 2006 BUDGET CONSULTATIONS AND STANDING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Donors and staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have held multiple discussions as UNHCR shapes its 2006 budget and its plans for the second half of 2005. In all of these discussions, UNHCR has highlighted its (new) commitment to results-based manag [...]	2005-07-18 12:04:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1755	WHO: 58TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: MINISTERIAL [...] SUMMARY. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, invited the Ministers of Health from the fifteen focus countries of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to meet with them during the 2005 World H [...]	2005-07-19 10:54:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA AORC WHO
05GENEVA1771	UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS: GENEVA MEETINGS WITH UNHCR, [...] (C) Summary. US Mission Geneva Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) Counselor and Refugee Officer met with UNHCR staff representing the Bureaus for Central Asia, Europe, and Protection July 20 to press for details on the status of efforts and plans to relocate 455 Uzbek asylum seekers from Kyr [...]	2005-07-21 13:58:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	KG PREF PREL UZ UNHCR
05GENEVA1780	3RD WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE: DECISION ON HOLDING [...] (U) The World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Executive Council requested at its 57th session (June 21- July 1) that the WMO Secretary-General form a provisional organizing committee to develop a meeting plan for a third World Climate Conference and submit that plan to the Executive Counci [...]	2005-07-25 06:40:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TPHY WMO
05GENEVA1815	WMO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57TH SESSION: FINANCIAL AND [...] (U) This cable provides an overview of the key financial and administrative matters considered by the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Executive Council (EC) at its 57th session from June 21 to July 1 and by the WMO Financial Advisory Committee (FINAC) at its June 20 session. Reportin [...]	2005-07-29 11:31:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC KUNR WMO
05GENEVA1922	REPORT OF THE WMO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57TH SESSION [...] The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 57th Executive Council (EC) Session was held June 21-July 1, 2005 in Geneva. The EC addressed a number of items including continuing financial reform efforts, potential changes to the WMO convention, program details, financial and administrative ma [...]	2005-08-11 12:54:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY TSPL SENV EFIN KUNR AORC WMO
05GENEVA2101	LETTER FROM REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SYG ON THE HUMAN [...] Mission received the following communication from Walter Kalin, Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, regarding the situation in the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-ma [...]	2005-09-07 11:50:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF UNHRC
05GENEVA2370	REPORT ON NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS [...] The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva from September 19-23, 2005 to continue work on the modalities for the reduction and/or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting industrial goods, with the goal of determining the formula for tariff reductions [...]	2005-10-03 09:08:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2374	LES: CY 2006 COMPENSATION QUESTIONNAIRE [...] FOR POSTS WHERE THE VENDOR'S COMPENSATION DATA IS MARKET POSITION BASED, SUCH AS WATSON WYATT, WHAT IS POST MANAGEMENT'S OVERALL AVERAGE DESIRED MARKET POSITION PERCENTILE FOR THE REGULAR SALARY SCHEDULE? (50TH PERCENTILE IS CONSIDERED MODERATELY COMPETITIVE; 75TH IS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE; AND [...]	2005-10-03 12:02:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSN APER ABUD AMGT KICA
05GENEVA2412	REPORT ON NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS [...] The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva from September 19-23, 2005 to continue work on the modalities for the reduction and/or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting industrial goods, with the goal of determining the formula for tariff reductions [...]	2005-10-06 12:08:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR

05GENEVA2465	UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #1: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Summary: The Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees met October 3-7 in Geneva. As per ref a, USDEL was led by PRM acting Assistant Secretary Rich Greene and included representatives of USAID SIPDIS and DHS, as well as two NGOs. This cable summarizes [...]	2005-10-13 14:31:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF UNHCR
05GENEVA2471	WHO: FIFTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE [...] Summary. The 52-member WHO Regional Committee for Europe (EURO) met from September 12-15, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania. WHO Director-General J.W. Lee participated in the opening session. In his remarks he focused on avian influenza, universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment, recalling the G8 g [...]	2005-10-14 03:57:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL EAID SOCI WHO
05GENEVA2483	UNHCR EXCOM #4: PURSUING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Acting PRM A/S Greene pressed Bhutanese and Nepalese officials to agree to a comprehensive solution to the problem of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, during October 3-7 meetings on the margins of UNHCR's annual ExCom. Nepalese PermRep Acharya asserted a "lack of urgency" on the pa [...]	2005-10-14 08:41:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF NP PHUM BT PREL UNHCR
05GENEVA2489	UNHCR EXCOM #6: BILATERALS COVER RESETTLEMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: In bilateral meetings with delegations from Romania, Canada, Sweden and Australia on the margins of the October 3-7 meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the US Delegation discussed modalities for increasing capaci [...]	2005-10-14 11:27:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SMIG RO AS CA SW UNHCR
05GENEVA2505	OCTOBER 13, 2005 - MEETING OF THE WTO TRADE [...] The meeting of the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on October 13, 2005 featured a more upbeat atmosphere evident since the lift given to the process by the new U.S. agriculture proposal. Director-General Lamy and many other speakers observed a new impetus in the negotiations, while man [...]	2005-10-17 08:58:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2614	22-30 SEPTEMBER 2005 MEETINGS OF THE WTO RULES [...] The WTO Rules Negotiating Group held three days of plenary meetings to discuss eight papers on antidumping issues and two papers related to fisheries subsidies. There were also plurilateral meetings for more in-depth discussions of selected elaborated antidumping proposals. Two U.S. papers, [...]	2005-10-28 06:02:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2653	WIPO GENERAL ASSEMBLIES 2005 - BETTER THAN [...] Summary: The meetings of the Assemblies of Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),held in Geneva from September 26 to October 5, 2005, ended with better-than-expected results. Member States strengthened accountability and oversight within the organization, th [...]	2005-11-01 12:57:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	IO KIPR WIPO
05GENEVA2654	COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. An October 10 meeting in Geneva marked the end of the decade-long CIS Conference Process, originally created to address problems of refugees and displaced persons -- as well as statelessness -- arising out of the break up of the Soviet Union. Although a final conference statemen [...]	2005-11-01 13:56:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM SMIG XG CIS
05GENEVA2655	UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #8: MEETING ON AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides a readout of an October 7 meeting in Geneva on the situation of Afghan refugees in Iraq and Pakistan. The meeting occurred, and the cable was drafted, before the October earthquake in Kashmir. At this time, it is still unclear what ramifications, if any, th [...]	2005-11-01 14:12:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID AF PK IR UNHCR
05GENEVA2682	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON A [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-034. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 31, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 4:35 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on October 31, 2005, to discuss a [...]	2005-11-03 10:16:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2714	IOM SUB-COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE [...] (U) Summary: Member states approved most agenda item presented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) during the 94th Session of the Sub-committee on Budget and Finance (SCBF) November 1. However, three issues -- IOM's overhead rate policy, its Program and Budget for 2006, and [...]	2005-11-08 07:56:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF IOM
05GENEVA2719	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-039. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 2, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 2, 2005, to discuss the Ukrainian [...]	2005-11-08 10:57:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2726	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-040. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 3, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 6:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 3, 2005, to discuss the U.S [...]	2005-11-09 05:41:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2727	WSIS PREPCOM III MEETS IN GENEVA; LEAVES KEY [...] Summary: The third meeting of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom III) for Phase II of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) took place in Geneva, Switzerland on September 19 ) 30, 2005. Over 1,900 participants attended the PrepCom including 1047 delegates representing 152 states [...]	2005-11-09 05:44:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EU IO TS WSIS
05GENEVA2735	JCIC-XXVII: (U) U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-049. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the text of the U.S. statement that was made at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mission on November 9, 200 [...]	2005-11-09 08:36:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2748	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-042. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 7, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (U) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 7, 2005, to further [...]	2005-11-09 13:09:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2749	JCIC-XXVII: (U) UKRAINIAN GRIEVANCES WITH CTR AND [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-046. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 8, 2005 Time: 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Ukraine took the opportunity, during a bilateral meeting at the U.S. Mission on November 8, 2005, [...]	2005-11-10 03:54:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2751	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-043. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 7, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:40 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting, followed by a Working Group meeting, were held at the Russ [...]	2005-11-10 05:49:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2757	JCIC-XXVII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-053. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Ukrainian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mi [...]	2005-11-10 08:19:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2778	WTO COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (TBT) [...] Begin Summary: On November 2, 2005, the WTO TBT Committee met to review new trade concerns arising from the following notifications (or lack thereof): China's proposed regulations to control pollution from electronic information products, the EU's Directive on eco-design requirements for ene [...]	2005-11-16 03:13:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2809	TRIPS COUNCIL, CHINA TRM, OCTOBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 04:07:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD KJUS PGOV CH JA SW CA WTRO EUN
05GENEVA837	WTO TRIPS COUNCIL, MARCH 8-9, 2005 [...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council meeting took place on Wednesday and Thursday, March 8-9, 2005. Mr. Tony Miller of Hong Kong, China chaired the meeting. There was an informal session held on the morning of March 8, with the formal session beginning on the afternoon of the fir [...]	2005-04-01 13:16:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTRO
05GENEVA909	BHUTANESE REFUGEES PRESENT THEIR HISTORY AND [...] (SBU) Summary. At a private meeting on the margins of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the Bhutanese refugee delegation presented a video explaining the facts of their flight and situation in Nepal, and drawing governmental attention to their desire for durable solutions. Missionoff persua [...]	2005-04-08 14:59:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF NP PHUM BT PREL UNHCR
05GEORGETOWN1273	President's Economic Vision for Guyana [...] At a December 1 speech to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, President Jagdeo threw away his speech and instead spelled out, unscripted, his economic vision for Guyana's future. His remarks highlight a strategy for Guyana's infrastructure, macroeconomic policy, and growth sectors. ------- [...]	2005-12-06 12:46:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BTIO PGOV EAGR EFIN ENRG GY
05GEORGETOWN1318	CARICOM Likely to Observe Haiti Elections [...] SUMMARY. CARICOM officials communicated two wildly inconsistent messages on December 15 regarding the CARICOM's intention to send observers to the upcoming Haitian elections. CARICOM official told PolOff that CARICOM has not made a decision yet whether to send observers but continues to fol [...]	2005-12-16 19:49:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM CARICOM GY HA XL
05GEORGETOWN1329	CABINET INSIDER AMBIVALENT ABOUT PROSECUTING DRUG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Head of Presidential Secretariat Roger Luncheon on December 16 to discuss DEA SIPDIS plans in Guyana (reported septel). Luncheon's comments during the meeting about how to fight the drug trade in Guyana, such as his stated preference for sanctioning rather [...]	2005-12-20 20:59:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EFIN PGOV PREL KCRM GY
05GEORGETOWN1349	TEIXEIRA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL HOME AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Charge, Deputy Consul, and PolOff met with Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira on December 23. Teixeira had requested a Consular briefing on trends in fake Guyanese civil documents detected by the Consular Section. Teixeira also described problems with control of the visa proce [...]	2005-12-28 23:20:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	PGOV PREL SNAR SMIG KFRD KCOR KCRM GY
05GUATEMALA1403	GUATEMALA COUNTERDRUG PERFORMANCE: C-CN5-00289 [...] (C) The Berger Government (GOG) is seized with and increasingly alarmed by the growing power of drug traffickers in Guatemala. Guatemala,s political, business, and even NGO and Church leaders recognize drug trafficking and the crime and violence it spawns as a very serious threat to the nation,s [...]	2005-06-02 22:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR SNAR GT
05GUATEMALA1745	GUATEMALA'S LATEST BOOGEYMAN: "SOCIAL CLEANSING" [...] Summary: "Social cleansing" is a phrase increasingly bandied about in Guatemala to explain some unsolved killings. Although frustration with the government's inability to reduce crime is very real, there is no indication of a state policy to pursue extrajudicial executions of delinquents, nor [...]	2005-07-15 13:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM PGOV EAID ASEC SNAR MASS KJUS GT
05GUATEMALA1890	GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT DENOUNCES ALLEGED THREATS [...] Summary. The Guatemalan Government recently denounced threats and intimidation against human rights defenders, apparently in response to the widespread but unconfirmed impression that such incidents rose dramatically in the first half of 2005. If the self-reported statistics are reliable, t [...]	2005-08-04 21:08:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ASEC ELAB EAID SNAR GT
05GUATEMALA2483	Top economists' views on Guatemala [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalan economists generally agree that to address the country's socio-economic problems institutions must become more effective. However, for this the government will need more revenue, and tax increases have been repeatedly blocked by special interest groups, including bu [...]	2005-10-28 18:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EAGR GT
05GUATEMALA2504	DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF STAN [...] Summary: Still gripped with the immediate concerns of disaster relief, GOG officials have not yet tallied the economic costs of Tropical Storm Stan and the accompanying rains that drenched more than one third of Guatemala's territory in the first two weeks of October. Some estimates have put [...]	2005-11-02 21:40:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ET EAID SENV PGOV KPAO EAGR GT
05GUATEMALA2644	GUATEMALA INCREASINGLY FOCUSING ON HEALTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Guatemala's social indicators still lag behind most countries in Latin America, the Berger administration has made education and health a top priority and has undertaken convincing initiatives that are moving the country in the right direction. The relevant indicators [...]	2005-11-21 17:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EAID EFIN GT
05GUATEMALA2684	PROPOSAL FOR REBUILDING LIVELIHOODS IN STAN- [...] SUMMARY. Post requests State and USAID support for a two-year program "Rebuilding Rural Livelihoods in Western Highlands" to respond to U.S. national interests and assist the GOG in the recovery and reconstruction from damages caused by Hurricane Stan. This program responds directly to impo [...]	2005-11-29 17:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREF MOPS GT
05GUATEMALA2849	BIRTH OF A UNION IN GUATEMALA [...] (U) Summary: Following months of negotiation and some severe conflicts regarding labor rights, the management of a major apparel manufacturer agreed to support the establishment of a labor union in its workforce. Potential CAFTA benefits and the steady interest of U.S. brands were encouragin [...]	2005-12-30 13:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC GT
05GUATEMALA294	EXTRA, EXTRA! LETTER FROM GUATEMALA: THE BEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PITY THE POOR REPORTERS IN GUATEMALA. WHIPPED INTO A FRENZY OF HATRED AGAINST THE PREVIOUS PORTILLO GOVERNMENT, THEY NOW HAVE HAD A YEAR TO ADJUST TO PRESIDENT BERGER'S CLEANER ADMINISTRATION. WITH NO OBVIOUS GOVERNMENTAL ENEMY, EDITORIALISTS HAVE STRUGGLED TO STAY ON AN ADVERSA [...]	2005-02-07 14:08:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR KPAO EAID ELAB SENV ETRD GT
05GUATEMALA312	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (6) [...] (SBU) January 31 marked the 25th anniversary of the fire at the Spanish Embassy that killed 37 persons. In a land that has suffered more than its share of grim tragedies over the last 50 years, this particular incident remains vividly controversial. Bishop Gonzalo de Villa, former head of L [...]	2005-02-07 22:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ETRD EAID ASEC MASS SNAR SENV KCOR GT
05GUATEMALA341	GUATEMALAN OPTIONS FOR LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) has identified three approaches (not mutually exclusive) to reinstate the Labor Inspectorate's authority to impose fines on employers found to be in non-compliance with labor laws. The Minister of Labor -- in congruence with our recommendations [...]	2005-02-09 21:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PREL PGOV EAID GT
05GUATEMALA595	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-07 21:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PREL GT
05GUATEMALA658	GUATEMALA ON CHR-61 [...] (SBU) DFM Marta Altolaguirre will head Guatemala's delegation to the Commission on Human Rights. She is currently in Vancouver attending a conference on migration issues. Polcouns therefore delivered reftel demarche to Guatemalan MFA's Luis Carranza, deputy director for multilateral policy [...]	2005-03-11 18:17:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM GT UNCHR
05GUAYAQUIL1090	PSC,S LEGACY THWARTING IT'S PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OPERATING FORCEFULLY FROM THE SHADOWS, ECUADOR,S SOCIAL CHRISTIAN PARTY (PSC) AND ITS ENTRENCHED LEADER, FORMER PRESIDENT LEON FEBRES CORDERO (LFC),HAVE PROVEN THE COAST,S MOST FORMIDABLE PARTY AND INTEREST GROUP. LFC,S DOMINEERING PRESENCE MAY ALSO BE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE [...]	2005-09-01 18:16:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EC
05HALIFAX120	LOCAL ACTIVIST PROMISES PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (U) Consul General met recently with Tamara Lorincz, head of the Halifax Peace Coalition. Lorincz called to request the meeting after CG sent her a USG publication on the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. 2. (SBU) Lorincz, who is by any measure the most active and successful [...]	2005-05-26 18:11:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC PARM CA
05HALIFAX16	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NOVA SCOTIA -- SECURITY AND TRADE [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Cellucci visited Nova Scotia January 13-15, stressing key policy goals of security and trade. He met with U.S. and Canadian military officers and the leadership of the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, the Lt-Governor and the Premier of the province. He gave several media in [...]	2005-01-25 14:09:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD BEXP ASEC MARR PINR CA US
05HANOI1034	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: RECENT MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: This week new information emerged about Avian Influenza H5N1 (AI) in meetings with CDC Influenza Epidemiologist Keiji Fukuda, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Donor Group. Experts now believe that the virus may be changing in the north of Vietnam, but [...]	2005-04-29 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI1035	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an introductory call April 26 on Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Minh Hien. After expressing confidence that Vietnam would fully develop its national educational system, Hien acknowledged that Vietnam requires additional resources to raise its teaching s [...]	2005-04-29 10:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB KPAO KIRC VM ETMIN HIV AIDS
05HANOI1044	Vietnam: BTA Joint Committee Review [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: DAUSTR Elena Bryan led the U.S. delegation and Nguyen Thu Do, Deputy Director, Office of the Government, led the GVN side at the expert- level meeting of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) Joint Committee in Hanoi April 11-12. Other USG participants in the Jo [...]	2005-05-05 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON VM BTA IPROP WTO
05HANOI1047	VIETNAM'S UNHEALTHY BANKING SECTOR [...] This cable contains sensitive information and should not be placed on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's banking sector is underdeveloped and dominated by state owned commercial banks, many of which would be insolvent by international standards. Joint stock banks comprise the fas [...]	2005-05-05 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD VM FINREF
05HANOI106	Vietnam: VM Industry on Auto Policy [...] (SBU) Summary. At an Amcham luncheon in Hanoi on January 13, Vice Minister of Industry Do Huu Hao said that the GVN is currently "reconsidering" its policy (approved by the National Assembly in May 2003) to increase the special consumption tax (SCT) on automobiles to eighty percent by 2007/8. [...]	2005-01-14 09:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND ECON VM WTO
05HANOI1111	THE DEMOGRAPHIC ROOTS OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent years have seen heightened attention on the Central Highlands, especially following the 2001 and 2004 disturbances in the region. There is growing concern over the social and economic challenges that are underlying causes for political dissatisfaction. Whether or not [...]	2005-05-12 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID VM ETMIN HUMANR
05HANOI1114	CENTRAL HIGHLAND ETHNIC MINORITIES LEFT BEHIND IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has experienced rapid economic development since beginning its Doi Moi (Renovation) reforms in 1986 and achieved rapid poverty reduction throughout the 1990s. But between 1998 and 2002, while other regions continued to show reductions in poverty, the Central Highlands [...]	2005-05-13 06:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID VM ETMIN HUMANR
05HANOI1115	INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE STRATEGY AND DELIVERY IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ongoing poverty and political unrest in 2001 and 2004 have led many international donors to develop a new plan of engagement in the Central Highlands. The Group of 4 (G4) (Canada, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland),the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) agenci [...]	2005-05-13 06:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID VM HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI1116	RESONSE TO DEPARTMENT COMMENTS ON VIETNAM FY 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post as reviewed the suggestions in ref A and made seeral revisions to the FY-07 Mission Performance lan. In most cases, Post accepted Washington's uggestions. END SUMMARY. Brief Overview and COMStatement -------------------------------- 2.(U) Post appreciates the comments [...]	2005-05-13 08:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI VM
05HANOI1122	EVALUATION OF SPEAKER TIMOTHY TRAINER ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-13 10:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO VM
05HANOI1143	VIETNAM AND CHINA: COMING AROUND WARILY [...] (C) Summary: After a rocky six months (ref A),China and Vietnam are knitting relations back together. An exchange of leader visits is in the works, the GVN is looking forward to a China-hosted conference on the Mekong and the Chinese Minister of State Security recently visited Vietnam for tal [...]	2005-05-17 08:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	CH MOPS PGOV PREL SENV TW VM CVR
05HANOI1172	VIETNAM: THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S CALL ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On May 5, Deputy Secretary Robert Zoellick met with Minister of Planning and SIPDIS Investment Vo Hong Phuc. The Deputy Secretary advocated in favor of broadening the U.S.-Vietnam relationship. He identified HIV/AIDs and education as areas of good collabor [...]	2005-05-19 03:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SENV TBIO VM WTRO AFLU HIV AIDS WTO BTA ETMIN SOE
05HANOI1179	VIETNAM-DPRK TIES: OPPORTUNITIES FOR AND [...] (C) The Vietnam-DPRK bilateral relationship, although strained by last year's "mass defection" of North Korean asylum-seekers from Ho Chi Minh City to Seoul, is slowly returning to normal. Vietnam recognizes that its "traditional ties" with the North, combined with its proximity to China and [...]	2005-05-19 09:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PARM PHUM KN KS VM DPRK
05HANOI1235	CHARGE GETS PM VISIT UPDATE FROM LE VAN BANG [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge met with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang May 25 and discussed ongoing plans for the Prime Minister's June visit to the United States. VFM Bang said that his first priority was to reach general agreement on a "joint statement," and relayed the GVN's requests for a [...]	2005-05-27 09:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD OVIP KPOW VM WTRO WTO RELFREE
05HANOI1310	VIETNAM: HANOI'S ECONOMIC RESEARCH FORUM [...] (SBU) Among the biggest challenges in Vietnam's transition to a market economy is the lack of Western trained economists capable of analyzing policy choices for the Government. One attempt to address this challenge is the year-old Vietnam Economic Research Consortium (VERCON) which held its f [...]	2005-06-06 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON VM
05HANOI1321	VIETNAM'S ECONOMY IN 2004: HIGH GROWTH, INFLATION [...] Summary: The Vietnamese economy achieved a growth rate of 7.7 percent in 2004. Foreign direct investment and exports recorded the highest growth rates in the last seven years (37 percent and 28.9 percent respectively). Nonetheless, the economy is faced with increasing inflation primarily resu [...]	2005-06-07 07:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON VM EB AFLU FINREF
05HANOI1325	VIETNAM'S ECONOMY IN 2004: HIGH GROWTH, INFLATION [...] Summary: The Vietnamese economy achieved a growth rate of 7.7 percent in 2004. Foreign direct investment and exports recorded the highest growth rates in the last seven years (37 percent and 28.9 percent respectively). Nonetheless, the economy is faced with increasing inflation primarily resu [...]	2005-06-08 01:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON VM
05HANOI1394	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT [...] (C) Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's visit to the United States will be the first by a Vietnamese Prime Minister since 1975, and will take place in the tenth anniversary year of the normalization of bilateral relations. This historic occasion will give us the opportunity to highlight a growing [...]	2005-06-13 06:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF PREF ETRD VM PROV
05HANOI1415	A/S DEWEY MEETINGS WITH GVN MFA OFFICIALS REFLECT [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey, Ambassador Marine and PRM/ANE Director McGann met with GVN Vice Foreign Minister Vu Dzung and officials of the Americas and Consular Departments. A/S Dewey requested that the GVN act quickly on the start of the Humanitarian Resettleme [...]	2005-06-14 09:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL VM ETMIN HUMANR
05HANOI1416	The Ambassador's June 13 Meeting with the Prime [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met June 13 with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to discuss the latter's upcoming trip to the United States and a number of pending issues, including Vietnam's WTO accession bid. The Prime Minister expressed his commitment to using his visit to construct the framework for fu [...]	2005-06-14 09:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR MARR OVIP ETRD VM WTO HIV AIDS AFLU HUMANR RELFREE CNARC
05HANOI1430	NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION FOR VIETNAM FOR 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam has made substantial progress on the key metric of opium poppy cultivation and heroin production. Interagency Mission consensus is that Vietnam now has less than 200 hectares of opium under cultivation, and that represents a shifting patchwork of small fiel [...]	2005-06-15 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
05HANOI149	VIETNAM - CONDITIONS FOR DPRK REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has not signed any international refugee convention and does not officially recognize North Koreans as refugees in need of protection. Several thousand North Koreans, however, have passed through Vietnam en route to other Southeast Asian countries where they have receive [...]	2005-01-19 10:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM KN VM HUMANR DPRK ASEAN
05HANOI162	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF HEALTH, [...] Summary: In a January 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Health Tran Thi Trung Chien thanked the United States for additional Emergency Plan funding for HIV/AIDS interventions in Vietnam. She responded to the Ambassador's push for more efficient and effective HIV/AIDS cooperation [...]	2005-01-20 09:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON OSCI VM AFLU HIV AIDS
05HANOI17	Vietnam: USAID STAR Technical Assistance for Key [...] (SBU) The National Assembly (NA) recently finalized its legislative agenda for 2005. The agenda encompasses laws and ordinances that will be reviewed and/or passed in 2005, but not decrees and other lower level implementing regulations that are also in progress. At the request of the GVN and [...]	2005-01-04 08:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON VM
05HANOI1822	Ambassador's Web Chat on VietnamNet Provides [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador participated for the first time in a web chat with VietnamNet online, reaching over 100,000 readers with over 300,000 hits the first day. The one-hour, no holds barred chat covered a wide range of topics including human rights, religious freedom, democratic sys [...]	2005-07-19 07:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO VM PHUM PREL KIRF HUMANR CVR WTO
05HANOI1833	Ambassador's Dinner with Hanoi City People's [...] Summary: At the invitation of Phung Huu Phu, Chairman of the Hanoi City People's Council (HCPC),the Ambassador attended a dinner on July 14 to discuss Hanoi's efforts to establish more links with the United States and its Sister City plans. Phu also commented on the Twelfth Plenum of the Ce [...]	2005-07-20 05:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO VM PGOV ETRD PREL SCUL OEXC DPOL
05HANOI1863	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOT VM TU ON WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 19, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu at the VM's request. Both agreed on the need to maintain the momentum on Vietnam's WTO accession following the great progress made in the June talks as well as during Prime Minister Phan Van Kai's visit to [...]	2005-07-22 09:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTRO BTA WTO
05HANOI1888	DPM VU KHOAN MAKES URGENT WTO POINTS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 25, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Vu Khoan to discuss Vietnam's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Prime Minister is becoming concerned about the possibility that Vietnam will not be able to accede to WTO by its self-im [...]	2005-07-26 10:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD VM WTRO WTO AFLU HIV AIDS
05HANOI1916	AVIAN INFLUENZA TEAM VISITS VIETNAM TO DETERMINE [...] Summary: A ten member U.S. Government Interagency Assessment Team visited Vietnam on July 18-19 to determine key priorities and appropriate responses; find potential partners; and, develop the next steps to implement U.S. assistance for the prevention and containment of H5N1 Avian Influenza ( [...]	2005-07-27 11:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI1972	VIETNAM MFA OFFERS THOUGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Ministry of Foreign Affairs officer spoke with Embassy Poloff August 2 to offer the MFA's support for a USG visit to the Central Highlands to monitor the condition of returned ethnic minority migrants; advise that t [...]	2005-08-02 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM CB VM HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI2031	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WTO, APEC CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met August 8 with a senior official in the Prime Minister's office and used the occasion to highlight key points relating to Vietnam's WTO accession, the proposed joint U.S.-Vietnam APEC conference on export controls, human rights and religious freedom and the on [...]	2005-08-09 10:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PGOV PHUM PREF VM WTRO APEC WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI2060	SEXUAL ABUSE CASE OF VIETNAMESE WORKERS IN [...] (U) Summary: The GVN responded energetically to reports in the press of abuse of Vietnamese women who were sexually abused after traveling to Taiwan as overseas laborers. The GVN demanded investigation and follow-up by Taiwan authorities and ordered a review of all cases involving the offend [...]	2005-08-11 11:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PREL PINS TW VM HUMANR ASEAN
05HANOI2063	POLITICAL CHANGE IN VIETNAM ON THE AGENDA IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Political "Doi Moi," or renovation, is under serious consideration in the highest level of the Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV's) decision- making ranks, according to numerous sources after the 12th Plenum of the CPV Central Committee. The Party is not ready or likely to sha [...]	2005-08-11 11:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV VM DPOL
05HANOI215	Memorandum of Understanding Signed by UNHCR, [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25, the UNHCR's Director of International Protection Erika Feller briefed interested diplomatic missions on the UNHCR-Vietnam-Cambodia tripartite meeting and the unexpected signing by the three of a Memorandum of Understanding on dealing with the 750 Montagnards curr [...]	2005-01-25 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB UN HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI2154	The Ambassador's August 18 Meeting with Politburo [...] (SBU) During an August 18 meeting with senior Politburo member Phan Dzien, the Ambassador underlined continued USG support for Vietnam's WTO accession and stressed that, while bilateral progress is important, Vietnam will also need to deal with multilateral issues in Geneva and matters raised [...]	2005-08-19 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR ETRD VM WTO RELFREE SOE
05HANOI2163	US SUPPORT FOR MARINE SCIENCE AND INTEGRATED [...] Summary. USAID's US-Asia Environmental Partnership (US- AEP) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) have supported a program for cleaner air quality in Vietnam for several yearssince 1999. Thise program, which ends in September, has been an example of strong bilateral support betwe [...]	2005-08-22 03:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TBIO VM
05HANOI2164	VIETNAM AND CHINA WORKING TO BOOST RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: While U.S.-Vietnam relations have been improving and expanding, fueled by the June visit of the Prime Minister to Washington, Sino-Vietnamese relations have not been standing still. In keeping with its long-standing "balancing" strategy, Vietnam sent State President Tran Duc L [...]	2005-08-22 04:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM CVR WTO
05HANOI223	VIETNAM'S PRIME MINISTER CHAIRS NATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 31, 2004 in Ho Chi Minh City, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai chaired a National Conference on HIV/AIDS, the first such meeting he had ever attended. Co-chairing the conference were Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem and the Ministers of Health, Labor and Public S [...]	2005-01-26 09:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OSCI VM HIV AIDS
05HANOI2237	MONETARY POLICY IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Responsibility for monetary policy-making rests with the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV),which functions as a central bank as well as the owner and supervisor of the State-owned commercial banks (SOCB). For 2005, the SBV decided to focus on controlling the monetary aggregate, rest [...]	2005-08-29 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON VM SOE FINREF
05HANOI228	VIETNAM - CHINA COUNTERNARCOTICS COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: In 2004 China and Vietnam made an effort to increase counternarcotics cooperation both along the border and at the policy level. This effort culminated in a December 2004 joint case that resulted in several arrests and the seizure of 10.3 kilograms of heroin. Despite this high-p [...]	2005-01-27 03:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PINS VM CN CVR CNARC
05HANOI2313	NORTHERN PROTESTANTS REPORT SOME RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6, Pastor Au Quang Vinh of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (ECVN) shared with Poloff his impressions of the status of religious freedom in Northern Vietnam. He noted that his organization's recent interactions with the GVN have been mostly positive, though there [...]	2005-09-07 10:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI2398	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOH VM ON PEPFAR [...] SUMMARY/COMMENT: The Ambassador met September 9 with Vice Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen to discuss the progress of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Vietnam, the activities leading to the development of the 06 Country Operational Plan (COP),the development of a p [...]	2005-09-14 10:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM HIV AIDS
05HANOI246	ASIA-PACIFIC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thirteenth Annual Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) was held in Ha Long January 10 to 13. The U.S. Congressional was headed by Senator Daniel Akaka and included Representative Darrell Issa. The Forum expressed sympathy for tsunami victims and passed 22 non- binding [...]	2005-01-28 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VM
05HANOI2482	VIETNAM IS NOT READY FOR APEC 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is struggling to prepare for APEC 2006 and faces a steep uphill battle. Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung told the Ambassador during a luncheon on September 23 that Vietnam "does not have much time" to prepare for APEC and will seek help from [...]	2005-09-23 10:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD ECIN VM APECO APEC
05HANOI2484	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ASSISTANT MINISTER ON BURMA, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Trung Thanh September 22 to discuss Vietnam's role in ASEAN and other regional architecture institutions and how Vietnam can help advance political change in Burma. Thanh said Vietnam is heavily invested in AS [...]	2005-09-23 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV BM VM ASEAN WTO
05HANOI249	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFM HUNG: AMNESTY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN's 2005 Tet amnesty will include five prisoners from the USG's list of persons of concern, including the high profile cases of Father Nguyen Dan Ly, Nguyen Dan Que, and Thich Thanh Tu, confirmed Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung January 28. Hung also conveyed th [...]	2005-01-28 11:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM OVIP VM HUMANR CTERR
05HANOI2511	EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Communist Party [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eric John met Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Commission on External Affairs Director for the Western Europe and Americas Department Pham Tien Nhien at the CPV headquarters September 27. The Ambassador, EAP Mainland Southeast Asia Direc [...]	2005-09-29 06:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR KN VM DPRK
05HANOI2517	EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Deputy Prime [...] (SBU) Summary: During EAP DAS Eric John's September 27 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, the Deputy Prime Minister urged the United States to conclude at an early date its bilateral WTO negotiations with Vietnam for both economic and political reasons. DPM Khoan also pressed the U [...]	2005-09-29 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINR KIRF PGOV ETRD VM APEC ASEAN WTO RELFREE HUMANR
05HANOI2534	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met September 29 with Committee on Religious Affairs Chairman Ngo Yen Thi to present Ref A points (previously provided to Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang) and discuss the religious freedom situation in Vietnam. Although there has been great progress, problems remain, an [...]	2005-09-30 07:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
05HANOI2547	EAP DAS Eric John Meets AmCham and MOT Vice Luong [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 27 luncheon with AmCham Board members and a separate meeting with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed Vietnam's WTO accession and BTA implementation. AmCham members expressed growing concern about the draft investm [...]	2005-09-30 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP VM WTO
05HANOI2555	VIETNAM'S EXTRA-BUDGETARY FINANCING [...] (U) Summary: The Development Assistance Fund (DAF) and the Vietnam Postal Savings Company (VPSC) are responsible for an increasingly large share of the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) policy lending efforts. The VPSC raises funds from ordinary citizens through its deposit and transfer [...]	2005-10-03 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD VM SOE FINREF
05HANOI256	Communist Party Wraps up Plenum [...] (SBU) Summary. The Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Committee met January 17-25 to kick off preparations for the 10th Party Congress, to be held in the second quarter of 2006. Among the major issues reportedly discussed were Party membership for capitalists, the participation of Party m [...]	2005-02-01 00:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR VM DPOL
05HANOI268	The Ambassador's January 31 Call on Deputy Prime [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Ambassador met for 75 minutes January 31 with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. Describing his satisfaction with the bilateral relationship's progress over the past ten years, DPM Dzung said his Government is willing to have a dialogue with the United Sta [...]	2005-02-01 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF PINR ECON ETRD EINV VM ETMIN HUMANR WTO RELFREE HIV AIDS
05HANOI2715	APEC OFFICIAL MICHALAK'S MEETING AT THE MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting between Deputy Director General at Multilateral Trade Policy Department of the Ministry of Trade (MOT) Tran Thi Thu Hang and U.S. Senior Official for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Michael Michalak, the two frankly discussed upcoming opportunitie [...]	2005-10-17 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV VM WTRO APEC AFLU WTO IPROP
05HANOI2823	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETINGS WITH HAIPHONG [...] (SBU) Summary: On his second full day in Vietnam, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt SIPDIS traveled to the port city of Haiphong to survey the avian influenza (AI) and HIV/AIDS situations there. He met with local Haiphong Provincial Health Department officia [...]	2005-10-25 10:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM HIV AIDS AFLU
05HANOI2838	AMBASSADOR'S INTERVENTION ON BEHALF OF PROTESTANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador visited Quang Ninh Province October 17-19. During this visit he discussed religious freedom issues with the People's Committee and met with Protestant and Catholic leaders. Police harassed the Protestants prior to the Ambassador's visit, but his intervention wit [...]	2005-10-26 10:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM VM RELFREE HUMANR
05HANOI2967	COMMUNIST PARTY SEIZED WITH UPCOMING PLENUM; RUMORS [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for next year's Party Congress, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is currently preparing for its 13th and penultimate Plenum, during which key personnel decisions will be thrashed out based on ongoing lower-level party congresses. A number of rumors, sometime [...]	2005-11-08 04:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR VM DPOL

05HANOI2973	RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PRAISES RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnamese press recently published an interview with the GVN official responsible for religious affairs in which he highlighted Hanoi's accomplishments in the area of religious freedom since it enacted a new law on religion last year. The article, which was intended to re [...]	2005-11-08 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
05HANOI3031	MPS TO FBI: LET'S UPGRADE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The early November visit of an FBI delegation to Hanoi, led by Ms. Deborah Pierce, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division (CID),and Mr. Thomas Fuentes, Special Agent-in-Charge, Office of International Operations, offered the opportunity for the Mission to st [...]	2005-11-15 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC VM CNARC CTERR
05HANOI3067	DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE SAMPSON MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson met with Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc November 17 to discuss bilateral relations and matters of interest to U.S. business. The DepSec reasserted the United States' commitment to Vietnam's WTO accession on sound c [...]	2005-11-21 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTRO WTO BTA
05HANOI308	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY. On February 3, the Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of Construction Nguyen Hong Quan. Minister Quan explained the role and functions of the Ministry of Construction (MOC),and he described MOC's vision for foreign involvement in the construction sector. The Ambassado [...]	2005-02-07 08:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ETRD EINV SOCI VM SOE
05HANOI309	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY. On January 28, the Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of Home Affairs Do Quang Trung. Minister Trung described the history of his organization and its recent elevation from committee to ministerial status. He also explained his role in the GVN's efforts on public admi [...]	2005-02-07 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EAID VM
05HANOI3092	DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE'S ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Influential Government of Vietnam (GVN) advisors offered their views on current economic and reform issues in a roundtable discussion with visiting Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson on November 18. The roundtable focused on Vietnam's investment climate, intellectual property [...]	2005-11-22 10:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV VM WTRO IPROP BTA SOE WTO
05HANOI3096	SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS ON [...] Summary: In a speech to the AmCham Madame Pham Chi Lan, a senior advisor to the Prime Minister, said that despite Vietnam's progress in economic reforms it is falling behind its international competitors. Vietnamese businesses are mainly small to medium-sized and lack experience and resourc [...]	2005-11-23 07:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD VM WTRO ASEAN WTO SOE FINREF
05HANOI3099	VIETNAM: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Local G-8 Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) Ambassadors were briefed by the Head of the Counterterrorism Department of the Ministry of Public Security, and later met privately with representatives from Australia, the European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drug [...]	2005-11-23 07:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SNAR VM CTERR
05HANOI311	NSC SR. DIRECTOR GREEN TALKS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND [...] (U) Summary: Vice Chairman of the CPV Central Committee's External Relations Commission Ta Minh Chau told visiting NSC Senior Director Michael Green that sustained economic development would solve Vietnam's social problems, and that the Party plans to accelerate political and economic reforms [...]	2005-02-07 11:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE
05HANOI312	NSC Senior Director Michael Green's Meetings with [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Michael Green and Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung met for 90 minutes February 4, again at dinner the same night, and then for 30 minutes on February 5 to discuss regional issues, a religious freedom work plan and Prime Minister Phan Van K [...]	2005-02-07 11:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD BM VM ASEAN HUMANR RELFREE
05HANOI314	NSC Senior Director Michael Green's Meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Dr. Michael J. Green and the Ambassador discussed bilateral relations and regional strategic dynamics with Minister/Chairman of the Government Office Doan Manh Giao on February 4. Giao urged the removal of Vietnam's designation as a Country of Part [...]	2005-02-07 11:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP ETRD CASC MASS VM WTO RELFREE APEC
05HANOI315	NSC Senior Director Michael Green Discusses China, [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Dr. Michael J. Green and the Ambassador discussed bilateral relations and regional strategic dynamics with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Vu Khoan on February 4. The DPM stressed regional dialogue, particularly through the ASEAN framework, while recog [...]	2005-02-07 11:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD OVIP KPOW CH VM APEC CVR HUMANR RELFREE ASEAN WTO
05HANOI3214	VU KHOAN ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM HEADS OF MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan raised the following points while answering questions from thirty heads of mission and donor representatives at a meeting held December 1 in preparation for the December 6-7 Consultative Group (CG) Meeting. One of the dramatic developments in Viet [...]	2005-12-07 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EAID KHIV VM HIV AIDS FINREF AFLU WTO
05HANOI3237	INCSR, PART I, VIETNAM [...] (U) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2005. Specific actions included: sustained efforts of counternarcotics law enforcement authorities to pursue drug traffickers; increased attention to interagency coordination; continued coop [...]	2005-12-09 06:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
05HANOI3240	VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since the confirmed October 29 death of a Hanoi man. The total number of active AI-affected provinces and cities decreased to 15 out of Vietnam's 64 provinces and cities, but localized poultry outbreaks have spread. Th [...]	2005-12-09 07:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI3256	Codel Chris Smith Discusses Human Rights, TIP with [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Congressman (and vice-Chairman of the House International Relations Committee) Christopher Smith (R-NJ) met with two of Vietnam's most seasoned America experts, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and National Assemblywoman Madame Ton Nhu Thi Ninh in separate meetings. C [...]	2005-12-13 03:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP VM TIP HUMANR RELFREE APEC ASEAN
05HANOI3259	CONGRESSMAN SMITH DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Congressman (and Vice-Chairman of the House International Relations Committee) Christopher Smith (R-NJ) met with Vietnamese government officials, and Catholic, Protestant and Buddhist leaders in Hanoi on December 2. Principal issues discussed were improvements and chal [...]	2005-12-13 03:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE TIP HIV AIDS ETMIN
05HANOI3334	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TENTATIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: While still fundamentally a rubber stamp for official policy, Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) has made tentative moves toward a more independent role. It has also become an important tool in the Vietnamese Communist Party's limited efforts to reform Vietnam's political system, [...]	2005-12-21 06:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV VM SOE DPOL
05HANOI3337	VIETNAM'S 2005 BUSINESS FORUM AND CONSULTATIVE [...] Summary: The 2005 Vietnam Business Forum and Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting took place December 5-7, 2005 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co- chaired the meetings, in which a wide range of donors and Vie [...]	2005-12-21 06:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO FINREF
05HANOI3342	VIETNAM'S NEW COMMON INVESTMENT LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) passed fourteen pieces of legislation during its final 2005 session (October 18-November 29). Of the fourteen, none were as controversial as the Common Investment Law (CIL). Approved only in the final hours of this session, the official CIL is [...]	2005-12-21 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM WTO
05HANOI3343	SUCCESSFUL MARITIME NEGOTIATIONS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and Vietnam initialed, ad referendum, a draft Agreement on Maritime Transport after three days of intensive negotiations on December 6-8, 2005. The agreement provides shipping companies of each party the right to form 51 percent joint ventures immediately and t [...]	2005-12-21 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD VM
05HANOI3355	CODEL SMITH MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN [...] (SBU) Summary. A delegation of seven U.S. Senators, led by Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) and accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. Dzung warmly welcomed the senators and thanked the United States for its assistance in the fights against HIV/AIDS and A [...]	2005-12-23 06:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL OREP VM WTRO AFLU HIV AIDS WTO IPROP BTA
05HANOI3361	THE TWENTY-YEAR REVIEW OF VIETNAM'S DOI MOI POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: In remarks prepared for a conference reviewing Vietnam's "Doi Moi" or "renovation" policy after twenty years, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung emphasized the political/social component of the policy and the importance of the Community Party in the process of reform. He al [...]	2005-12-27 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PINR VM DPOL
05HANOI3385	VIETNAM'S FISCAL POLICY: STILL MUCH ROOM FOR [...] (U) Summary: After two years of implementation, it id clear that the 2002 "Law on State Budget," which came into effect on January 1, 2005, has significantly improved Vietnam's budgetary fiscal transparency. Other new laws and regulations have helped modernize Vietnam's revenue collection and [...]	2005-12-29 23:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD VM FINREF SOE
05HANOI366	NSC Senior Director Michael Green Discusses China [...] (SBU) Summary: The complicated Vietnam-China relationship is at a relatively weak point, with the traditional friendship of the two ruling Communist Parties tested by bilateral incidents and rising distrust of China's motives in Asia, according to Vietnamese think tank and foreign policy offic [...]	2005-02-16 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ARF CVR ASEAN
05HANOI373	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] Summary. On February 1, the Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Mai Ai Truc. The Minister portrayed MONRE's task as assisting the GVN, National Assembly and other government ministries to achieve a balance between rapid economic development a [...]	2005-02-17 04:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TBIO VM
05HANOI437	EAST ASIA SUMMIT: VIETNAM'S TAKE ON RECENT ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During recent Senior Officials Meetings in Hanoi and Jakarta, ASEAN members agreed that ASEAN should be at the center of East Asia Summit (EAS) process, the ASEAN chair should be the EAS chair and the EAS should be held in an ASEAN country (with exceptions made only under speci [...]	2005-02-23 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VM ARF ASEAN
05HANOI441	Codel McHugh Discusses Fullest Possible Accounting [...] (U) Summary: Representatives and Armed Services Committee Members John McHugh, Jim Marshall and Ken Calvert met February 22 with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, National Assembly Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Vu Mao and Vice Minister of Defense Colone [...]	2005-02-24 06:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP VM HIV AIDS WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN BTA
05HANOI451	VIETNAM: EMBASSY INPUT FOR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy recommends continued placement of Vietnam on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2004. Enforcement of IPR in Vietnam remains weak and IPR violations are rampant. We do not believe elevation to the Priority Watch List is warranted, however, as: -- Vietnam continued to m [...]	2005-02-25 04:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON VM IPROP BTA WTO
05HANOI452	VIETNAM: STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY [...] What follows is Embassy Hanoi's effort to map out the involvement 2. Goods, sectors and industries included in SOE fact sheets Aviation Banking Beer Cement Chemicals Coffee Construction Electricity Footwear Furniture and Wood-Based Products Insurance Liquor Milk and Milk Product [...]	2005-02-25 04:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON VM SOE
05HANOI459	VIETNAM: STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY [...] What follows is Embassy Hanoi's effort to map out the involvement 2. Goods, sectors and industries included in SOE fact sheets Aviation Banking Beer Cement Chemicals Coffee Construction Electricity Footwear Furniture and Wood-Based Products Insurance Liquor Milk and Milk Product [...]	2005-02-25 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON VM
05HANOI468	VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-25 14:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV FINREF ILAB IPROP KTDB OPIC PGOV SOE VN WTO
05HANOI494	VIETNAM: STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY [...] What follows is Embassy Hanoi's effort to map out state involvement in Vietnam's economy, especially through the involvement of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs),which are typically under the control of a ministry. 2. Goods, sectors and industries included in SOE fact sheets Aviation [...]	2005-03-01 09:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON VM IRM
05HANOI509	INPUT FOR 2005 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in ref A, paragraphs 18-21 follows, following the alphabetical checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked women and [...]	2005-03-02 06:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG CVR TIP
05HANOI515	VIETNAM - SUPPORT TO INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT [...] Summary. Anne Walton, a marine coordinator with the National Marine Sanctuaries Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spent three weeks in Vietnam as an Embassy Science Fellow in December 2004. She focused on improving marine protected area management and coast [...]	2005-03-02 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA EAID SENV VM
05HANOI536	HIV/AIDS IN VIETNAM: SITUATION AND RESPONSE [...] (SBU) SENSITIVE: Please do not post on internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: In June 2004, Vietnam was selected as the fifteenth focus country under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan). While HIV/AIDS in Vietnam is a relatively recent phenomenon compared with nearby Th [...]	2005-03-04 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OSCI VM HIV AIDS
05HANOI537	VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA ASSISTANCE NEEDS [...] (SBU) Post has been sending the Department regular reporting cables (Ref A) on the avian influenza (AI) situation in Vietnam. While life is normal on the streets of Vietnam, should the increasingly pessimistic forecasts of the World Health Organization come true, Vietnam and her neighboring c [...]	2005-03-04 11:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON VM ESCI
05HANOI560	HIV/AIDS IN VIETNAM: SITUATION AND RESPONSE [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive information and should not be posted on the internet. This cable is a corrected copy of Hanoi 536. 2. (SBU) Summary: In June 2004, Vietnam was selected as the fifteenth focus country under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan [...]	2005-03-08 03:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OSCI VM
05HANOI570	IRF Ambassador at Large Hanford's March 4 Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: During a nearly three-hour meeting March 4, Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) Chairman Ngo Yen Thi told visiting Ambassador at Large for International Religious Affairs John V. Hanford that the situation for religious freedom in Vietnam has never been better, with the recent [...]	2005-03-08 11:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI575	VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 04:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV ELAB FINREF IPROP KTDB LABOR OPIC PGOV SOE VN
05HANOI579	VIETNAM: ECONOMIC REFORM SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a breakfast on March 4 for a number of Ambassadors as well as representatives of the UNDP, IMF and World Bank to discuss the economic reform situation in Vietnam in advance of the mid-term Consultative Group (CG) meeting in early June. IMF Representative [...]	2005-03-09 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD VM FINREF SOE WTO
05HANOI599	IRF AMBASSADOR AT LARGE HANFORD MEETS WITH GVN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met March 6 with Vice Minister for Public Security Nguyen Van Huong. Huong objected to the designation of Vietnam as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) and said many in the GVN were asking why they should c [...]	2005-03-11 06:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI622	The Ambassador's March 10 Meeting with Minister of [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met March 10 with Minister of the Office of the Government Doan Manh Giao, the equivalent of the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff. The Ambassador described the current state of play of Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford's ongoing [...]	2005-03-11 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR MARR OVIP ETRD VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE WTO BTA
05HANOI685	NEW ACTIVIST COMES UNDER POLICE SCRUTINY [...] (C) Summary: Do Nam Hai, better known by his pseudonym of Phuong Nam, became known to us as an emerging Vietnamese dissident after he posted an open letter in December 2004 protesting official harassment for advocating peaceful democratic change in Vietnam. Hai has since been fired from his j [...]	2005-03-22 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VM HUMANR CVR
05HANOI716	DISCUSSIONS WITH VIETNAM ON CPC ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bilateral discussions between the USG and GVN to address the issue of Country of Particular Concern (CPC) designation and Presidential action have stalled on the form, rather than substance, of a bilateral "binding agreement" as allowed by the International Religious Freedom Ac [...]	2005-03-24 08:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR
05HANOI719	Pragmatic Diplomacy: Vietnam's Relations with [...] (SBU) Vietnam's relations with post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe and Mongolia have shown the GVN's willingness to move beyond ideology and politics to satisfy practical foreign policy, economic and security needs. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the demise of C [...]	2005-03-24 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PGOV SOCI RS EZ PL HU MG VM
05HANOI72	WTO ENTRY A PREREQUISITE FOR ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN has transfered responsibility for negotiating an Article 98 agreement from the MFA to the Ministry of Justice. MOJ lawyers, with the encouragement of the Minister, are actively tackling the task of obtaining internal consensus on the agreement. However, the GVN fears o [...]	2005-01-10 09:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL VM KICC WTO
05HANOI749	ENGAGING VIETNAM ON BURMA AND ASEAN [...] (SBU) DCM John Boardman, accompanied by Poloff, met with Acting Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for ASEAN Affairs Nguyen Duy Hung March 28. Drawing from reftel talking points, the DCM asked Hung his thoughts on Burma's chairmanship of ASEAN. 2. (SBU) The DCM suggested that the issue [...]	2005-03-30 09:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV BM VM ASEAN
05HANOI753	Vietnam: March 22-44 Consultations on Maritime [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the Ministry of Transportation (MOTr) met March 22-24 in Hanoi to discuss the potential for conclusion of a bilateral maritime services agreement in the near future. The Vietnamese side provided a draft agreement, which served as the [...]	2005-03-31 02:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EINV PREL VM
05HANOI766	VIETNAM: SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT [...] Summary. The Department of State's East Asia Pacific Environmental Initiative (EAP-EI),USAID and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have supported the project Building Capacity for Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) in the Tonkin Gulf in Quang Ninh Province, Vi [...]	2005-03-31 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TBIO VM CVR
05HANOI767	EXILED BUDDHIST LEADER RETURNS TO VISIT HOMELAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Exiled Buddhist leader Thich Nhat Hanh (TNH) completed a "successful" two-and-a-half-month visit to Vietnam, his first in almost forty years. In a private meeting with the Ambassador March 26, he described the Buddhist community in Vietnam as split and weakened due to Governme [...]	2005-03-31 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
05HANOI817	VIETNAM: PM DIRECTIVE ON ADVANCING WTO LEGISLATION [...] On April 4, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai issued a Directive aimed at advancing the pace of Vietnam's legislative calendar in support of WTO accession. The Directive follows on and provides guidance for implementing the legislative program the GVN presented to the National Assembly (NA) on Mar [...]	2005-04-07 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD VM WTRO VN WTO
05HANOI820	VIETNAM: NOAA'S SPINRAD SUPPORTS ICM ACTIVITIES [...] Summary. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service Assistant Administrator Dr. Richard Spinrad led a seven-person NOAA delegation to attend a March 13-16 wrap-up workshop of the EAP-EI/USAID/NOAA funded project to build capacity for integrated coastal [...]	2005-04-07 08:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TBIO VM
05HANOI909	The Ambassador's April 18 Meeting with Communist [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met for the first time April 18 with Nguyen Van Son, the Chairman of the Communist Party's External Relations Commission. Chairman Son was optimistic about continued progress in expanding the bilateral relationship, noting that the Party attaches importance to the U.S. ro [...]	2005-04-20 01:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR PREF MARR OVIP ETRD VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN APEC ASEAN WTO
05HANOI919	Vice Foreign Minister Discusses PM Visit, Religious [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent speech to the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM),Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang implied that a visit to Washington by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was almost a sure thing. He described steps Vietnam has already taken to overcome the hurdle of designation as [...]	2005-04-20 08:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OVIP ETRD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR APEC
05HANOI956	VIETNAM OFFERS AMNESTY TO SIX RELIGIOUS PRISONERS [...] (SBU) The MFA informed us April 26 that Vietnam will offer amnesties to six individuals whom the United States had highlighted as cases of concern for religious reasons. In addition, Mennonite Le Thi Hong Lien, for whom we had requested the GVN provide appropriate medical care, will also be gi [...]	2005-04-26 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC VM HUMANR RELFREE
05HANOI993	VIETNAM: DAUSTR BRYAN AND VICE MINISTER OF TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting April 11 with Deputy Assistant USTR, Elena Bryan, Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu highlighted efforts Vietnam has made to implement its obligations under the U.S. - Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA),suggested holding the BTA JC Chairman's meeting in [...]	2005-04-29 01:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EFIN VM WRTO BTA IPROP FINREF WTO
05HARARE1004	ZIMBABWEQS WINTER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) The winter of Murambatsvina (Operation Restore Order) seems to have changed everything in Zimbabwe and nothing. Robert Mugabe is still president and likely to remain so for as long as he wants Q which could be until the day he dies. ZANU-PF is still firmly in control. The economy is sti [...]	2005-07-22 11:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE1008	ZIMBABWE,S WINTER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) The winter of Murambatsvina (Operation Restore Order) seems to have changed everything in Zimbabwe and nothing. Robert Mugabe is still president and likely to remain so for as long as he wants ) which could be until the day he dies. ZANU-PF is still firmly in control. The economy is still [...]	2005-07-22 16:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
05HARARE1009	SAG-GOZ NEGOTIATIONS AND THE USG [...] (C) The Mugabe regime is confronting a "perfect storm" of converging challenges - international opprobrium over Operation Restore Order, the economy's accelerating implosion, and a looming IMF vote on Zimbabwe's expulsion. As a result, the GOZ is showing growing desperation and signaling unch [...]	2005-07-25 13:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SA ZI
05HARARE1018	SURPRISING MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's surprise monetary policy statement of July 21 announced a substantial devaluation and an increase in interest rates among other measures designed to arrest the country,s economic decline. At his diplomatic briefing the next day, Gono stresse [...]	2005-07-26 13:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
05HARARE1095	UNDP RESREP ON NEXT STEPS FOLLOWING TIBAIJUKA [...] (C) UNDP Resrep Agostinho Zacharias briefed the donor community July 28 on the UN,s next steps following the release last week of UN Special Envoy Tibaijuka,s report on Operation Restore Order. Zacharias said the goal was to work with the GOZ to end further demolitions and to provide relief t [...]	2005-08-02 13:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
05HARARE1115	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR HALL,S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The US Mission in Harare, Zimbabwe welcomes your August 9-13 visit. You are coming at a critical time in Zimbabwe,s independent history. Once the breadbasket of Southern Africa the country is now a basket case. The political, economic, and humanitarian crises that have gripped the cou [...]	2005-08-05 09:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP ZI
05HARARE1126	CALTEX HEAD ON FUEL SHORTAGES; GOZ POLICIES [...] (C) In an August 4 meeting with the CDA, Caltex Zimbabwe Chairman Simba Kambarami told the CDA that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) had asked the major oil companies present in Zimbabwe to provide lines of credit for fuel imports to help with fuel shortages. He said the RBZ was also advoca [...]	2005-08-11 08:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV EFIN EINV ELTN ZI
05HARARE1156	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM BILL GAZETTED [...] (U) The GOZ published a bill to amend the constitution on July 15. Proposed amendments include: transfer of title to the state of land acquired during land reform; elimination of judicial challenges to land acquisitions; the addition of a Senate to the legislature; additional restrictions on [...]	2005-08-19 09:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ZI
05HARARE1175	ZIMBABWE STOCK MARKET PARALYZED [...] (C) The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has virtually ground to a halt in reaction to GOZ stopgap measures to help close the budget shortfall and finance the burgeoning domestic debt. The introduction of a withholding tax on the sale of securities, and stricter enforcement of requirements for i [...]	2005-08-24 15:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
05HARARE1239	IMF MISSION FINDS MODEST REFORM MEASURES, HEARS [...] (C) Summary. An IMF mission was in country from August 22-September 1 to give advice, assess economic policies, and review the strength of the GOZ,s commitment to economic reform prior to the September 9 meeting of the Fund's Executive Board. The team acknowledged recent modest progress by t [...]	2005-09-02 16:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI
05HARARE1269	CENTRAL BANK SWEEPS FOREX ACCOUNTS TO PAY IMF [...] (C) Summary. In yet another blow to investor confidence, and a reflection of the depth to which monetary probity has sunk, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) appears to have raided private foreign currency accounts to help finance its unexpectedly large recent arrears payment to the IMF. The [...]	2005-09-08 15:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
05HARARE128	ZIMBABWE NOMINATES SIMBA MAKONI FOR ADB PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) The GOZ informed diplomatic representatives from African Development Bank (ADB) shareholder countries that it will nominate former Finance Minister Simba Makoni to succeed Moroccan Omar Kabbaj as ADB President. Foreign Minister Mudenge and acting Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa presente [...]	2005-01-25 06:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EAID AORC ZI EINV
05HARARE1290	ZVOBGO ON RULING PARTY DYNAMICS [...] (C) Eddison Zvobgo, Jr., an astute player in the ruling party's younger generation and son of Robert Mugabe's late principal intra-party rival, on September 12 told the Ambassador that the ruling party was essentially biding its time until its octeganarian leader passed from the stage. Zvobgo [...]	2005-09-14 16:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE1310	ZIMBABWE: 2005 UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOZ made no changes to child labor laws or regulations in the past year. The ongoing economic and social crisis in Zimbabwe impedes additional efforts to address child labor problems. The country's high HIV infection rate continues to contribute to the number of child-head [...]	2005-09-20 15:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ECON PGOV ZI
05HARARE1322	SIMBA MAKONI - DISILLUSTIONED AND IN-THE-WAITING [...] (C) Summary: During a September 21 meeting, Politburo member and ex-Finance Minister Dr. Simba Makoni told the Ambassador there was much more questioning of policy by government insiders since Operation Restore Order. Mugabe, however, was out of touch with reality, his mind blocked to what [...]	2005-09-26 07:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
05HARARE1331	IDEOLOGY, DESPERATION FUEL GOZ,S TIES TO CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The ruling ZANU-PF party has long maintained a close diplomatic and military relationship with China, dating back to the liberation war in the 1970,s. In recent years as the GOZ,s international isolation increased and the local economy nosedived, Zimbabwe has placed growing impor [...]	2005-09-27 06:59:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EMIN PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CH
05HARARE1345	CONTINUING RIVALRIES, SUCCESSION TENSIONS [...] (C) By many measures, the Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party is as firmly in control of Zimbabwe as ever. Its tainted but overwhelming parliamentary election "victory" in March left it in firm control of the legislature and executive, and simultaneously demoralized Zimbabwe's political oppo [...]	2005-09-28 15:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE1346	ISOLATED LAND SEIZURES BUT MIXED SIGNALS ON [...] (C) Summary: Incendiary comments about "Faster Track" land reform by GOZ Ministers may have spurred some recent isolated, but violent farm seizures, but it is unclear whether they signal a new series of farm invasions. Nevertheless, pressure on commercial farmers to give up their farms is i [...]	2005-09-29 06:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ZI
05HARARE1352	RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR IN THE SEARCH OF AN OPENING [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ZI
05HARARE1356	ZIMBABWE RUNNING ON EMPTY [...] (C) Summary. Fuel supplies in Zimbabwe are at critical levels as a result of the GOZ,s gross economic mismanagement, forcing commuters and business to rely on the black market if they want to remain mobile. Zimbabwe has faced period fuel crunches for several years, but in the past month sup [...]	2005-09-30 10:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL ZI
05HARARE1362	ZIMBABWE NOT COMPLIANT WITH AGOA ELIGIBILITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 15:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINT ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
05HARARE1420	MOYO WEAVES TALE OF PARTIES IN DISARRAY [...] (C) In an October 13 meeting with the Charge, Independent MP and former Minister of Information Jonathan Moyo said that both the opposition MDC and ruling ZANU-PF were significantly weakened since the March parliamentary elections. The MDC, he said, had been focused inward since the elections [...]	2005-10-18 13:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC ZANU PF
05HARARE1492	CORRECTED COPY - NEW FOREX TRADING REGIME - A LOT [...] (SBU) In his Monetary Policy Review Statement for the third quarter of 2005, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced numerous policy shifts, many of which centered around replacement of the auction system of foreign currency allocation by a system intended to be largely governed [...]	2005-10-31 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
05HARARE1507	DECLINING FOOD SECURITY IN ZIMBABWE [...] The Ambassador traveled to Bikita, a district in hard-hit Masvingo Province, in early October to observe the food security situation. Although no overt signs of starvation were apparent, it was clear that deprivation had increased dramatically. The country's severe economic contraction and [...]	2005-11-03 11:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL US ZI
05HARARE1537	TSVANGIRAI ASCENDANT AS MDC STRUGGLES CONTINUE [...] (C) At a meeting with diplomats at party headquarters November 10, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai confirmed the party's planned boycott of scheduled November 26 senate elections but left the door open for reconciliation with the Ncube faction that had supported participation. However, despi [...]	2005-11-10 12:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
05HARARE1545	OFFICIAL INFORMAL [...] (SBU) I am writing regarding the terrific program that VOA is broadcasting in Zimbabwe under the Studio 7 brand. The program is among our best tools for promoting free expression in a country where supporters of democracy battle daily to defend democratic principles. It provides objective ne [...]	2005-11-10 14:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT
05HARARE1620	MDC Split Gets Nastier [...] (C) With the campaign for and against the Senate behind them, the two rival MDC factions have begun the battle for control over the party's institutions and assets. The Ncube faction drafted a legal application on November 28 seeking to bar party president Morgan Tsvangirai from speaking for t [...]	2005-12-02 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ZI MDC
05HARARE1663	UN ENVOY WRESTLES CONCESSIONS FROM MUGABE [...] (C) UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland visited Zimbabwe December 4-7 to survey the ongoing humanitarian crisis and to press the GOZ for better cooperation. In his public remarks Egeland was relatively upbeat, claiming good UN/GOZ [...]	2005-12-09 05:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI UN
05HARARE168	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ZIMBABWE [...] The Zimbabwean economy remains very weak, making it unlikely to attract or absorb signficiant foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2005. In recent years, FDI has been less than US$10 million annually, down from US$300-500 million in the mid-1990s. As we note in the more extensive Country Comme [...]	2005-02-02 05:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
05HARARE1680	THE NEW SENATORS: FEW GUIDING LIGHTS [...] (C) By far the majority of the 66 new Senators are ruling party hacks, in office only to accumulate a salary and government-provided luxury cars, a fleet of which, according to a state-controlled newspaper, will cost more than US$4.3 million at the overvalued official rate. Nonetheless, the [...]	2005-12-13 14:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ZI
05HARARE1681	ZANU-PF CONFERENCE ATTACKS PARTY/GOZ OFFICIALS, [...] (U) At the ZANU-PF annual national conference held in Esigodini December 9-10, President Mugabe conceded significant problems in agrarian reform, which he attributed in part to misallocation among ruling party officials and poor planning by the government. The party reportedly adopted a repo [...]	2005-12-13 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAGR ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE1692	ATTORNEY GENERAL CALLS PASSPORT SEIZURES UNLAWFUL; [...] (C) Trevor Ncube, publisher of Zimbabwe's independent Standard and Independent weeklies and South Africa's Mail and Guardian, confirmed to the Ambassador on December 15 that GOZ authorities had returned his seized passport (ref B) on December 14. Ncube reported that he would be leaving for S [...]	2005-12-15 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO ZI
05HARARE172	ZIMBABWE: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Zimbabwe is not a major producer, supplier, or exporter of drugs or precursor chemicals. Cannabis remains the biggest drug problem in Zimbabwe. The majority (80 percent) is imported, largely from Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia. The remaining 20 percent is raised domestically. Cocaine remai [...]	2005-02-03 05:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
05HARARE176	RBZ: GOLD EXPORTERS GET DEVALUATION; FAST-TRACK [...] (C) The highlight of Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono,s January 26 address to the nation on the country,s economy was the announcement that he had devalued the zimdollar from Z$ 6,151 to 8,692:US$ for gold producers. However, he left in place the controlled exchange rate of Z$ 5900:US$ [...]	2005-02-04 04:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI
05HARARE180	OPPOSITION LEADER POSTPONES WASHINGTON VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on February 2 that he needed to stay in Zimbabwe to focus on the upcoming parliamentary elections instead of traveling to the United States and Canada next week as earlier planned. Tsvangirai was optimistic about the party's ch [...]	2005-02-04 11:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
05HARARE182	SACC AND IDASA READY TO LAUNCH ZIMABABWE ELECTION [...] (SBU) One day after the the Governament of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) announcement of March 31 as the date for general Parliamentary elections, a group consisting of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) and the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) quitely traveled to Harare to fin [...]	2005-02-04 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM PGOV AMGT ECON XA AFIN ZI
05HARARE202	PARALLEL EXCHANGE RATE HITS Z$11,000:US$ [...] (C) Summary: Importers are now buying U.S. dollars at Z$10,500-11,000:US$, a zimdollar depreciation of 20 percent since Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono,s January 26 address to the nation, according to Zimbank Senior Economist Best Doroh. Unless Gono devalues official exchange rates, [...]	2005-02-09 11:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI
05HARARE228	ZANU-PF DINOSAURS, DISSENTERS EXPOSE RULING PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's February 7-9 trip to Bulawayo and Masvingo, ZANU-PF "Old Guard" figures Thenjiwe Lesabe and Dumiso Dabengwa excoriated the party's younger generation for their unseemly disregard for "liberation values," in their view, the basis for ZANU-PF's right to rul [...]	2005-02-14 14:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE229	MATABELELAND RESTIVE AS CAMPAIGNS COMMENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's visit to Bulawayo February 7-8, MDC and civil society figures reviewed the election environment in surrounding Matabeleland, a historically marginalized region that is the principal home to Zimbabwe's leading minority Ndebele tribe (about 15 percent of th [...]	2005-02-15 05:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF
05HARARE251	DINOSAURS AND DISSENTERS - TAKE TWO [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 14 with the Minister of State for Indigenisation and Empowerment, J.T. Tungamirai, a Politburo member and reputedly close to President Mugabe, as well as separately with two of the ZANU-PF Members of Parliament who lost in the party primaries two weeks ago. The [...]	2005-02-17 11:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE312	ZIMBABWE STILL AGOA INELIGIBLE [...] Zimbabwe remains ineligible for African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) benefits. We submit the following input for the President,s Section 106 report to Congress. 2. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of Barriers to U.S. Trade: Since the late-1990s, the government has approached [...]	2005-02-24 10:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI
05HARARE325	COKE TO NEGOTIATE NEW PRICE [...] (C) Summary: Producing a price-controlled commodity, Coca-Cola's local subsidiary will now resume negotiations with the GOZ's Ministry of Trade and Industry over the cost of its hallmark drink. Coke country manager Togi Chinoda told Econoff on February 22 that the company now loses money on e [...]	2005-02-28 14:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV ZI ECON EINV
05HARARE345	ZIMBABWE'S INTERIM REPORT CARD ON IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: With just over four weeks to go before the nation's parliamentary elections, the GOZ continues to implement measures to further its case that it is complying with SADC election principles and guidelines. Many of the measures have been superficial or incompletely implemented. Th [...]	2005-03-02 11:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI

05HARARE347	MIDLANDS GOVERNOR ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On February 22, ZANU-PF Midlands Governor Cephas Msipa told the Ambassador that this year,s elections would be less violent than past elections. He predicted the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would retain only one or two of its five seats in the province. Respon [...]	2005-03-02 12:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE383	ZIMBABWE'S ELECTION -- WHAT'S A SUCCESS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 31 parliamentary election cannot deliver a change of government, which under Zimbabwe,s constitution is appointed by President Mugabe. That said, the stakes are high for both parties. ZANU-PF's objective is an election that secures it a 2/3 majority of 100 seats, incl [...]	2005-03-09 15:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF
05HARARE384	MDC CANDIDATES OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met February 23 with three MDC officials: sitting Ministers of Parliament Willias Madzimure and Job Sikhala who are defending their seats, and MDC candidate for Parliament Goodrich Chibaira. The candidates were optimistic that the MDC would do well in the election [...]	2005-03-10 06:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
05HARARE423	NATURAL RESOURCES DEGRADATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] The degradation of Zimbabwe's natural resources is continuing at an alarming rate. Environmental and natural resource issues have taken a backseat to more pressing concerns. Confronted with insecure land tenure, food insecurity and rising poverty, there are few incentives for Zimbabweans t [...]	2005-03-16 07:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
05HARARE457	BUSINESSMEN WANT RAPID POST-ELECTION CHANGES [...] (C) Summary: Participants at the Embassy's March 17 business roundtable agreed that Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono had further damaged the economy since taking office on December 1, 2003 with his emphasis on state control of the economy. They disagreed whether more market-oriented [...]	2005-03-24 15:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV ZI ECON EINV
05HARARE459	ZIMBABWE'S LESS VIOLENT ELECTION [...] (C) This is the latest in a series of cables post is doing assessing the legal setting, pre-electoral environment, and conduct of Zimbabwe,s March 31 parliamentary elections. According to everyone involved in the election, violence is much reduced from the 2000 parliamentary and 2002 president [...]	2005-03-25 09:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI
05HARARE547	ZANU-PF POLITBURO MEMBER DISMISSIVE OF PARTY,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a candid exchange with the Ambassador on April 6, politburo member and former Finance Minister Simba Makoni asked about U.S. reaction to the elections. The Ambassador explained USG objections, sharing with Makoni a copy of the Embassy press release. Makoni said the U.S. anal [...]	2005-04-08 12:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE580	LESSONS LEARNED FROM ZIMBABWE,S 2005 PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) The lessons to be learned from Zimbabwe,s tainted March 31 parliamentary elections fall into four categories, lessons for: (a) the opposition; (b) civil society; (c) regional outreach; and, (d) the US government. Some of these lessons are not new but build on or refine lessons from previo [...]	2005-04-14 11:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PREL PHUM ZI
05HARARE588	MDC Post-Election Plans Taking Form [...] In an April 14 meeting with the Ambassador, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai laid out in more detail his party's plans for challenging the GOZ in the wake of a third successive stolen election. Tsvangirai said Mugabe would never leave power by democratic means. The Zimbabwean people would have [...]	2005-04-16 08:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI MDC
05HARARE604	MORE OF THE SAME IN NEW GOZ CABINET [...] (C) President Mugabe on April 15 announced a new, expanded cabinet, which he said was geared to &turn around8 Zimbabwe,s economy. However, most members of the new Cabinet are holdovers from the previous one, including on the economic front, although some Ministers have shifted portfolios. Th [...]	2005-04-21 14:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
05HARARE656	ZIMBABWE'S BELEAGUERED ECONOMY: CAN IT EVER BOUNCE [...] (C) Summary: Amembassy Harare's departing econchief offers some reflections on Zimbabwe's dismal economy, which has been in freefall since 1997. At each policy crossroads, the GOZ has chosen and rarely retreated from the interventionist path. Output in nearly every productive sector has falle [...]	2005-05-06 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN ZI EFIN
05HARARE715	VICE-PRESIDENT CORDIAL, SIGNALS LITTLE IN MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador on May 19, Vice-President Joyce Mujuru reiterated her government's desire for better relations with the United States, but gave no indication that the GOZ was contemplating concrete steps to encourage rapprochement. The Ambassador recount [...]	2005-05-20 07:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
05HARARE740	ECONOMIC POLICY STATEMENT OFFERS LITTLE HOPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's Monetary Policy Statement of May 19 set out a series of piecemeal prescriptions that most local economists and business people agree will be unable to stem Zimbabwe's continued economic decline, including soaring inflation, a deteriorating curr [...]	2005-05-27 10:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI PHUM EINV ZI
05HARARE760	GONO LAYS IT ON THICK [...] (C) Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono told the Ambassador June 1 that the GOZ wanted western financial assistance and better relations with the U.S. and the UK. The GOZ was prepared to play by global economic rules, including honoring bilateral investment agreements, and was prepared to negot [...]	2005-06-02 15:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
05HARARE801	INFORMATION MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, MEDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador at the Ministry on June 2, new Minister of Information Tichaona Jokonya defended the GOZ's media policy and its Operation "Restore Order". He said he wanted better relations with the independent media and with the USG. The Ambassador cond [...]	2005-06-09 13:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PHUM PGOV ZI
05HARARE804	NO NEW DIRECTION IN MUGABE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) President Mugabe's speech to the opening session of the new Parliament on June 9 projected familiar themes of western conspiracies and government intervention in the economy. It broke little new ground and reinforced that the GOZ was unlikely to relax its heavy-handedness in political, [...]	2005-06-09 15:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
05HARARE83	TURMOIL AND INTRIGUE CONTINUE IN RUN-UP TO ZANU-PF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Harare's headlines continue to be dominated by tales of intra-ZANU-PF conflicts and a spy scandal in the run-up to the ruling party's parliamentary primaries scheduled for January 15. Plans to reserve a quota of seats for women appears to be the method of choice for dislodging c [...]	2005-01-14 09:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE928	UN ENVOY CRITICAL OF GOZ AND "RESTORE ORDER", [...] (C) UN Special Envoy Anna Tibaijuka on July 4 told the CDA and visiting Congressional staff Gregory Simpkins and Pearl Alice Marsh that she found the GOZ's Restore Order campaign misguided, destructive, and wrong. She said that GOZ officials, including President Mugabe, had been unapologetic [...]	2005-07-06 13:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI ZI
05HARARE970	ANOTHER CASH CRUNCH COMING? [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's largest denominated bill, Z$20,000 (US$2 at the official exchange rate, less than US$1 at the parallel market rate),appears to be growing scarcer, reportedly as a result of deliberate GOZ policy. It is being replaced with smaller bills that will prove cumbersome to use in com [...]	2005-07-14 10:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV ZI
05HARARE976	STAFFDEL SIMPKINS ENGAGES ON RESTORE ORDER [...] (C) On a visit to assess and discuss the effects of Operation Restore Order, Majority Staffer Gregory Simpkins and Minority Staffer Pearl-Alice Marsh from the House of Representatives International Relations Committee (HIRC) traveled to Harare and Bulawayo, July 2-6. The staffdel saw first ha [...]	2005-07-15 07:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EFIN SOCI ZI VIP
05HARARE977	BUSINESS LEADERS PLEAD FOR IMF LENIENCY [...] (C) At a meeting with the CDA on July 13, Congress of Zimbabwean Industries (CZI) President Patison Sithole, CZI immediate past president Kumbirayi Katsande, and Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe President Jack Murehwa urged that the USG not support IMF expulsion of Zimbabwe. They expressed concer [...]	2005-07-15 07:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EINV ZI
05HARARE982	THIRD FORCE READY TO EMERGE? [...] (C) Pearson Mbalekwa, an ex-MP who recently resigned from ZANU-PF, told poloff on July 14 that a "third force" was coalescing and expected to emerge publicly within two months. The force, which so far lacked a leadership structure, would likely be composed of disaffected ZANU-PF elements large [...]	2005-07-18 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
05HARARE990	MOYO ON ZANU-PF, NEED FOR NEW LEADERSHIP [...] (C) In a July 5 exchange with visiting Congressional senior staff Greg Simpkins and Pearl Alice Marsh, Jonathan Moyo cast ZANU-PF as a party in crisis - ossified in policy and beholden to one man who no longer enjoyed the confidence of either the party or the nation. He said conditions were [...]	2005-07-20 10:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE995	ZIMBABWE FINANCIAL SANCTIONS - SUGGESTED ADDITIONS [...] (SBU) In response to the flawed March parliamentary elections, the EU,s new sanctions list, and the GOZ,s brutal Operation Restore Order, Post suggests the additions and deletions to the financial sanctions list detailed below. Post relayed suggested additions and deletions to the visa sancti [...]	2005-07-20 15:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN PINR PHUM PGOV ZI
05HELSINKI1013	EXTREMISM IN FINLAND [...] (C) Summary: Finland has a small but growing Muslim population of approximately 20,000. Extremist sentiment is not widespread throughout the Muslim community, but areas of concern exist. Embassy Helsinki's strategy to combat extremism consists of an active outreach to Finland's Muslims co [...]	2005-09-26 06:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI KPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID FI
05HELSINKI1022	FINLAND: TURKEY, IRAN AND CROATIA TO DOMINATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finland believes discussions of Turkey and Iran are likely to dominate the Oct. 3 GAERC meetings. The GOF is optimistic about an Oct. 3 start date for EU accession talks with Turkey, but fears that some member states may try to push prematurely for a statement regarding Croatia's [...]	2005-09-27 12:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KPAL FI TU EUN EU GAERC
05HELSINKI1047	CODEL HOBSON VISIT TO FINLAND [...] Summary. CODEL Hobson -- House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Chairman David Hobson (R-OH),Representative Ed Pastor (D-AZ),Representative Marion Berry (D-AR),Representative James Clyburn (D-SC),and Representative Phil Gingrey (R-GA) -- visited Finland, August 18- [...]	2005-09-29 13:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ENRG PREL FI EUN
05HELSINKI1113	FINLAND: MY THOUGHTS AS I DEPART POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Finland's 2006 second-term EU Presidency offers the opportunity to strengthen trans- Atlantic ties and advance key U.S. interests. The U.S. and Finland share a broad agenda, including promoting democracy, crisis management and peacekeeping, trafficking-in-persons, and security [...]	2005-10-18 13:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI FI EU
05HELSINKI1114	AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...] (C) The Ambassador on Oct. 7 paid a farewell call on President Halonen. Halonen began her remarks by pointedly telling the Ambassador "I am a friend of America." She said that Finnish-American relations were strong, and that she looked forward to working together with the U.S. in the futur [...]	2005-10-19 05:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL FI
05HELSINKI1116	FINNISH PRESIDENT HALONEN'S TRAVELS TO RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In late Sept. and early Oct., President Halonen has made official visits to Russia and to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. In Russia, the GOF sees bilateral progress on environmental issues and border security, in part thanks to the good relations between the two presidents. Howe [...]	2005-10-19 06:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SENV FI AJ EU RS LG UK EN AM
05HELSINKI1137	Finland Prepares for EU Presidency and CSD 14 - [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for Finland's upcoming presidency of the EU, OES representatives Jonathan Margolis and Griffin Thompson visited Finland to discuss areas of cooperation and to share views on the current cycle of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD). Margolis and Tho [...]	2005-10-26 10:51:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY TSPL XG FI
05HELSINKI1139	EVERY FINN'S PRESIDENT: WHY TARJA HALONEN REMAINS [...] (SBU) Social Democratic President Tarja Halonen remains enormously popular in Finland, and polls consistently predict that she will easily win a second term in January's election. Halonen's left-wing base remains rock solid and her appeal across party lines is the object of great envy. Finlan [...]	2005-10-26 11:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FI
05HELSINKI1145	FINLAND: PROPOSED RESIDENCY PERMITS FOR TIP [...] (U) Officials at the Interior Ministry told Poloff that they intend to draft a proposed amendment to Finland's "Aliens Act" that would allow trafficking-in-persons victims to receive temporary residency permits. The proposed permits would allow TIP victims to remain in Finland for up to one [...]	2005-10-27 12:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI SMIG FI
05HELSINKI1146	FINLAND SUPPORTIVE OF COORDINATED U.S-EU EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOF welcomes U.S. efforts to coordinate a robust Belarus strategy with EU partners. It views a strong message to Lukashenko as desirable and welcomes democracy promotion and outreach to civil society. However, the GOF cautions that the U.S. and EU must commit for the long-ter [...]	2005-10-27 12:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID BO FI PROG EUN
05HELSINKI1203	FINLAND: CUBA LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Poloff spoke with officials in the Office for Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and confirmed that there have been no changes in Finland's policy toward Cuba since Reftel was drafted in May. There have been no high-level contacts between Finnish and Cuban officials [...]	2005-11-15 12:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI
05HELSINKI1209	FINNISH REACTION TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tanya Jaaskelainen, Deputy EU Correspondent in the MFA's Unit for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy. The points were also sent to the EU Coordinator in the Prime Minister's Office. Jaaskelainen said that Finland would focus on the MEPP, Kosovo, an [...]	2005-11-17 11:27:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL IZ FI EUN EU GAERC
05HELSINKI122	2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-28 11:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR FI
05HELSINKI1267	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FINNISH PRIME MINISTER [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Vanhanen and Charge reviewed several issues of interest to the U.S. and Finland Nov. 25. Vanhanen raised the issue of an alleged CIA flight through Finland about which the GOF has faced heavy political and press criticism. He also discussed the current presidential [...]	2005-12-08 15:12:00	Embassy Helsinki	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON MARR MOPS FI EU
05HELSINKI1277	FINLAND MOVES TO IMPLEMENT NATIONAL ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Summary: Finland is in the process of implementing its new National Action Plan. Each ministry and agency has created an internal implementation strategy. An interagency working group will monitor and report results. Police and prosecutors are investigating several cases, but suffer f [...]	2005-12-12 11:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG SOCI FI
05HELSINKI1290	FINLAND: UN RAPPORTEUR WELCOMES THE SECRETARY'S [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Scheinin welcomed the Secretary's clarification of U.S. policy on transportation of prisoners and U.S. obligations under the CAT. He said her specific reference to "degrading" treatment was important, but noted that additional clarificati [...]	2005-12-15 12:32:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI FI
05HELSINKI1310	FINLAND'S "NATO CANDIDATE" STRESSES TRANS-ATLANTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish People's Party candidate and MEP Henrick Lax briefed us on the presidential campaign and the political challenges facing the US and Europe. He expressed grave concern about developments in Russia and argued that Finland must assume far greater leadership in helping formu [...]	2005-12-23 10:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR SENV PINR FI
05HELSINKI1321	FINLAND: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This report is keyed to the applicable questions in reftel paragraphs 7-10. Post's summary update has also been emailed to Rhonda Shore and Ed Salazar per reftel instructions. Embassy POC for the report is Poloff David Schlaefer (SchlaeferDA2@state.gov). 2. (U) General Assessment ( [...]	2005-12-29 09:33:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER FI
05HELSINKI1325	FINLAND: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) This report is keyed to the relevant sections in reftel. Embassy poc for the drugs and chemical diversion control portion of the INCSR is Poloff David Allen Schlaefer (SchlaeferDA2@state.gov). Embassy poc for the financial crimes portion of the INCSR is Econoff Mika Cleverley (Cleverle [...]	2005-12-30 11:08:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SMIG SOCI PREL FI
05HELSINKI160	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH FM: MIDDLE EAST IS "NUMBER [...] (C) Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja invited the Ambassador to a working lunch February 2. Tuomioja was more relaxed and upbeat than we have seen for some time; the Ambassador was received unusually warmly and a cordial atmosphere existed throughout. The FM welcomed the President's Fe [...]	2005-02-04 15:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF AF ID CH MARR CASC KIPR FI EUN
05HELSINKI186	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...] (C) In a meeting over lunch February 11, Finnish President Tarja Halonen reinforced in person what we have already heard from her staff: that she would appreciate an opportunity to meet with the President. Halonen told the Ambassador that she wants to take a leading role in promoting the norma [...]	2005-02-14 17:01:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF AF CH IZ RS FI EUN
05HELSINKI207	FEBRUARY 21 GAERC: FINLAND RESPONSE [...] (U) We delivered Ref A demarche to the Finnish MFA and the Prime Minister's Office on February 11. In a February 16 follow-up conversation with Kimmo Lahdevirta, Finnish EU Correspondent, Lahdevirta provided GoF views on the GAERC agenda and a preview of the issues the Finns want to raise dur [...]	2005-02-17 13:04:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP MD SR BK SU HR FI EUN EU GAERC
05HELSINKI273	FINLAND: 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS UPDATE [...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...]	2005-03-04 16:15:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI
05HELSINKI274	CORRECTED COPY - SEE PARAGRAPH 2 -- FINLAND: 2005 [...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...]	2005-03-07 10:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI
05HELSINKI287	FINLAND ON SYRIA'S PRESENCE IN LEBANON [...] (U) In a March 6 interview with local television, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said that withdrawal of Syrian troops to the Biqa' is insufficient. Tuomioja stressed that Syrian troops must move to the Syrian side of the border, and added the following: "It is not a question of a [...]	2005-03-07 14:27:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS SY LE FI
05HELSINKI300	AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH NEW EU REP KEMPPINEN [...] (C) Reijo Kemppinen, who until recently was European Commission spokesman, has been appointed the Commission's new Head of Representation in Finland. In his introductory conversation with the Ambassador, discussion covered a wide range of topics, from the President's and Secretary's February [...]	2005-03-10 15:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF RS FI EUN
05HELSINKI321	FINLAND: VIEWS ON MARCH GAERC ISSUES [...] (U) On March 15 we met with Finnish MFA Acting European Correspondent Leena Aalto to review issues on the agenda for the March 16 GAERC, and to reinforce USG concern over the future of the EU's China arms embargo. Following are Finnish views, by subject: 2. (C) Croatia: Aalto said that "fr [...]	2005-03-15 15:17:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM XF CH HR LE RS FI EUN EU GAERC
05HELSINKI383	FINLAND'S ATTENDANCE AT THE OSLO DONOR'S [...] On March 31, Ambassador Mack delivered the reftel talking points to Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Paula Lehtomaki, requesting high-level Finnish attendance and commensurate pledges at the Oslo Donor's Conference on Sudan on April 11-12. Minister Lehtomaki was noticeably impressed t [...]	2005-03-31 12:23:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON FI
05HELSINKI406	GWOT ASSESSMENT: EMBASSY HELSINKI RESPONSE [...] (S) Embassy Helsinki has found that our primary challenge in dealing with the GoF on counterterrorism issues has been to overcome the ingrained Finnish belief that "it can't happen here." This mind-set, on the part of senior officials and public opinion alike, has slowed Finnish progress in m [...]	2005-04-07 14:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	SECRET	PTER PREL FI
05HELSINKI407	FINLAND: UPDATE ON TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS; FINLAND [...] (U) This supplemental report provides additional information about trafficking and Finland, in particular Finland's newly released National Action Plan, which centers on victim assistance. The 66-page plan was released on March 31. An English language translation of the entire plan is expec [...]	2005-04-07 15:03:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG SOCI FI
05HELSINKI471	FINLAND: UPDATE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (U) In addition to the Finnish officials reported in ref A, Finland's MFA advised post on April 22 that Ambassador Marjatta Rasi will also attend the Community of Democracies meeting in Chile. Rasi is currently "Special Ambassador for Development Assistance" in the MFA, and will assume the [...]	2005-04-22 11:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL FI
05HELSINKI475	APRIL 25-26 GAERC: FINLAND'S RESPONSE [...] (C) On April 22 we met with Jarno Syrjala, Finnish MFA's new European Correspondent, to review the agenda for the April GAERC meeting (Reftel). Finnish views follow, by subject. See below for bio information on Syrjala, who has just taken over this position. 2. (C) Iraq: Syrjala said he e [...]	2005-04-25 14:54:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAIR XF IZ SU LE CG ZI RS FI EUN EU GAERC
05HELSINKI587	FINLAND: CUBA LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Poloff spoke with officials in the Office for Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and confirmed that there have been no changes in Finland's policy toward Cuba since Ref B was drafted. There have been no high-level contacts between Finnish and Cuban officials in the [...]	2005-05-26 06:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI
05HELSINKI590	U/S BROWN'S MEETING WITH FINLAND'S INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Under Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Brown and U.S. Ambassador to Finland Earle I.Mack met with Finland's Interior Minister, Kari Rajamaki, on April 26 in Helsinki. Rajamaki told them that Finland was just beginning its preparations for its fall 2006 EU Presidency; [...]	2005-05-26 07:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PTER KCRM KWMN FI EUN NATO EU
05HELSINKI613	OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...] (U) CODEL Hyde -- House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL),HIRC Minority Leader Tom Lantos (D-CA),Representative Melvin Watt (D-NC),Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA),and Representative Diane Watson (D-CA) -- visited Finland, May 29-31. On May 30, the CODEL met wi [...]	2005-06-02 05:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT
05HELSINKI690	CODEL HYDE VISIT TO FINLAND [...] (U) CODEL Hyde -- House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL),HIRC Minority Leader Tom Lantos (D-CA),Representative Melvin Watt (D-NC),Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA),and Representative Diane Watson (D-CA) -- visited Finland, May 29-31. On May 30, the CODEL met wi [...]	2005-06-27 11:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT FI
05HELSINKI695	FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) Acting Pol Chief delivered the reftel talking points to Anne Lammila, Director for the Latin America Unit at the Finnish MFA. Lammila chose not to elaborate on her assessment of the situation in Venezuela, except to point out that the GoF is concerned about conditions there (particularly wi [...]	2005-06-28 06:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE FI
05HELSINKI75	OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...] (C) Beth, I would like to ask for your support and assistance in requesting that the President meet bilaterally with Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen on February 22 on the margins of the U.S.-EU meeting in Brussels. 2. (C) To the best of our knowledge, the two leaders have never met -- [...]	2005-01-14 16:42:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT
05HELSINKI873	PUTIN VISITS FINLAND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Earle I. Mack met privately with Jarmo Viinanen, Chief of Staff to Finland's President Tarja Halonen, on August 3. Viinanen briefed the Ambassador about Russian President Putin's 2 day visit to Finland for meetings with Halonen. Viinanen said that both sides emphas [...]	2005-08-04 05:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM RS EN FI
05HELSINKI920	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CONSERVATIVE PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Conservative Party presidential candidate Sauli Niinisto provided us a candid summary of his views on the upcoming campaign and on key issues of interest to the United States. Domestically, he criticized President Halonen for benefiting from Finland's decade of economic and fore [...]	2005-08-23 13:17:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU FI TU
05HELSINKI930	FINLAND: PLANS FOR SEPTEMBER 1-2 GYMNICH MEETING [...] Summary: (U) The GoF plans to concentrate on three issues at the Gymnich: EU enlargement, the Middle-East Peace Process, and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Finland will strongly support the start of Turkish accession talks on Oct. 3, and EU Commissioner for Enlargement Ollie Rehn (a Finn) [...]	2005-08-26 14:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EU PGOV PHUM PREL FI EUN
05HELSINKI988	FINLAND'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SPAR OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: The unofficial opening rounds of Finland's presidential campaign appear to indicate that European and trans-Atlantic security issues could become central themes. Conservative Party candidate Niinisto has advocated that Finland embrace European security guarantee mechanisms and [...]	2005-09-16 07:51:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR FI NATO
05HOCHIMINHCITY1045	INTERVIEWS WITH VISAS-93 APPLICANTS SHOW SOME PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. HCMC's Refugee Resettlement Section recently concluded interviews of 124 ethnic minority families as part of the VISAS-93 reunification process for Central Highlands ethnic minority families. This was the first time that ConGen staff have had completely unfettered access to a l [...]	2005-10-04 06:50:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
05HOCHIMINHCITY1091	CENTRAL VIETNAM'S TALE OF TWO PROVINCES: POLITICS, [...] (SBU): The Consul General led a team to Danang and Quang Nam provinces October 4-7 to broaden U.S. engagement in central Vietnam and to promote U.S. economic, human rights and religious freedom interests. The style and substance of our interaction with the province's two Party Secretaries and [...]	2005-10-20 10:54:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM PINR VM DPOL HUMANR RELFREE
05HOCHIMINHCITY1092	TOURISM SUCCESS IN CENTRAL VIETNAM TOWN OF HOI AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The historic coastal town Hoi An in central Quang Nam province is a model of private sector development. A thriving trading center 300 years ago, Hoi An in recent years has drawn on its tradition of entrepreneurship and has leveraged the progressive attitudes of provincial leader [...]	2005-10-20 10:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV VM LABOR
05HOCHIMINHCITY1105	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONSULTS FOREIGNERS ON DOING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly (FACNA) organized a consultative meeting on September 1, 2005, in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to solicit direct feedback from foreign businesspeople on how the implementation of Vietnam's regulations and policies affect them. [...]	2005-10-25 03:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV VM WTRO WTO DPOL
05HOCHIMINHCITY1118	CENTRAL VIETNAM'S CHU LAI OPEN ECONOMIC ZONE: STILL [...] (SBU): Quang Nam province in central Vietnam is preparing to develop as central Vietnam's industrial hub with a massive open economic zone (OEZ) in Chu Lai. The Chu Lai zone covers 30,000 hectares and includes a seaport, airport, tourism areas and an industrial zone. Quang Nam provincial lea [...]	2005-10-27 10:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD EAIR EWWT VM
05HOCHIMINHCITY1151	COMMUNIST PARTY REFORMERS PUSH FOR CHANGE [...] (SBU): Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, senior statesman of the Party in southern Vietnam, has reportedly emerged in recent months as the de facto spokesman of the Party's reformist wing. According to a Party insider close to Kiet, his critique of the draft political report of the 10th party [...]	2005-11-03 10:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EINV PREL SOCI VM DPOL
05HOCHIMINHCITY1326	COMMUNITY COLLEGE CONFERENCE PRESENTS OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (U) Summary: On November 11-12, Kien Giang Community College hosted a conference for American and Vietnamese institutions to collaborate on effectively establishing a community college system in Vietnam. Participants included representatives from the local People's Committee, the Ministry of [...]	2005-12-27 10:53:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL VM
05HOCHIMINHCITY1338	CHRISTMAS 2005 IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen contacts in the Catholic and Protestant communities report that, barring a handful of exceptions, Christmas services in all Central Highland provinces and elsewhere in southern and central Vietnam were held without any government interruption despite increased police and [...]	2005-12-30 02:34:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KIRF SCUL SOCI PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE
05HOCHIMINHCITY169	CG CALLS ON DISSIDENT NGUYEN DAN QUE; UPDATE ON FATHER LY [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently amnestied democracy activist Nguyen Dan Que appeared healthy and relaxed when the CG visited him at his HCMC home on February 17. He said that over the near term he plans to maintain a low-key profile but remains committed to encouraging Vietnam's transition to democr [...]	2005-02-17 10:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KIRF PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
05HOCHIMINHCITY191	S/P STAFFER'S HCMC CONSULTATIONS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with visiting S/P staffer William Inboden and ConGenOffs in HCMC February 20-23, HCMC officials cited the Prime Minister's February 4 "Order on Protestantism" as evidence of the GVN's commitment to improve the climate for religious practice in Vietnam. They said th [...]	2005-02-24 12:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
05HOCHIMINHCITY383	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HCMC DEPUTY PARTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied the CG, PolOff and notetaker, met HCMC Deputy Party Secretary Le Hoang Quan at HCMC's Communist Party Headquarters on March 30. The Ambassador, noting the ongoing port call of the USS Gary to HCMC, said that he believed that the U.S.-Vietnam relationship had i [...]	2005-04-12 08:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KIRF PHUM VM HUMANR HIV AIDS RELFREE
05HOCHIMINHCITY422	(SBU) GVN ADVISOR THANH ON PARTY REFORM, CHINA, CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Special Advisor to the Prime Minister in the South Vo Viet Thanh described for the Consul General on April 18 his frustrations with the pace and tenor of reform in Vietnam and outlined ideas for change, particularly within Vietnam's Communist Party (CPV). Thanh said [...]	2005-04-20 12:03:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM CH HUMANR ETMIN CVR RELFREE
05HOCHIMINHCITY516	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO HCMC: CHALLENGES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During his visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on May 6, the Deputy Secretary focused on the economic challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for HCMC, Vietnam's economic and financial locomotive. The U.S.-educated Vice-Chairman of HCMC's People's Committee told the Deputy Sec [...]	2005-05-18 13:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI EAID PINR OVIP VM WTO SOE LABOR IPROP
05HOCHIMINHCITY528	DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH HCMC ENTREPRENEURS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a roundtable discussion with HCMC entrepreneurs and government representatives, the Deputy Secretary discussed the current state of Vietnam's economy and future prospects, including accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). HCMC business representatives voiced con [...]	2005-05-20 12:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV BEXP PREL VM WTO IPROP BTA
05HOCHIMINHCITY586	MEETING WITH ACTIVIST FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with U.S. officials since his release from prison in February, democracy and religious freedom activist Father Nguyen Van Ly told us that he would continue to oppose Communist rule in Vietnam. Ly expressed skepticism that the GVN would faithfully implement [...]	2005-06-02 11:20:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
05HOCHIMINHCITY622	U.S. CUSTOMS BONDS HIT SHRIMP INDUSTRY HARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Vietnamese shrimp exporters, a new bond requirement issued by U.S. Customs may effectively close the U.S. market to Vietnamese shrimp. These recently-implemented bond regulations require U.S. importers to pay as much as USD 20 million in bonds, up from USD 50,000, i [...]	2005-06-09 07:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIS EAGR ECON PREL VM
05HOCHIMINHCITY634	VIETNAM'S LARGEST PROTESTANT GROUP REPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) were cautiously optimistic that a meetings in Hanoi and HCMC with GVN officials in late May set the stage for improved conditions for the Protestant Church, particularly in the Central Highlands. While the SECV is di [...]	2005-06-14 13:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM
05HOCHIMINHCITY636	VIETNAM'S LARGEST PROTESTANT GROUP REPORTS PROGRESS AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) were cautiously optimistic that a meetings in Hanoi and HCMC with GVN officials in late May set the stage for improved conditions for the Protestant Church, particularly in the Central Highlands. While the SECV is di [...]	2005-06-14 13:57:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
05HOCHIMINHCITY687	UPDATE ON IMPRISONED MENNONITE PASTOR NGUYEN HONG QUANG [...] (SBU) Le Thi Phu Dung, wife of imprisoned Mennonite pastor Nguyen Hong Quang, told us June 23 that she has just returned from visiting her husband in his new prison in Dak Lak Province. Quang was transferred from Bo La prison in Binh Duong Province, adjacent to Ho Chi Minh City, to Dac Trung [...]	2005-06-24 02:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
05HOCHIMINHCITY739	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: CAO DAI: PRIEST OR PUPPETS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the GVN-recognized Tay Ninh Cao Dai sect, a once anti-Communist, autonomous religious and social organization, maintain that they have an excellent relationship with the GVN. They praised the GVN for its support of the Cao Dai religion and said the new legal framework [...]	2005-07-14 00:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
05HOCHIMINHCITY818	(SBU) AMBASSADOR MEETS DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST NGUYEN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a private meeting in Ho Chi Minh City, democracy activist Nguyen Dan Que told the Ambassador that there has been a gradual expansion of personal freedoms in Vietnam. The visit of Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to the United States has strengthened the hand of "liberals" within [...]	2005-08-05 11:54:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
05HOCHIMINHCITY855	AVIAN FLU IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Experts in southern Vietnam have begun to prepare for the possibility of an avian influenza (AI) outbreak during the cool season of December-February by focusing on poultry biosafety and vaccinations. ConGen contacts report that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural`QQ$Qpment h [...]	2005-08-16 00:50:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON AMED TBIO CASC PGOV SENV SOCI VM AFLU
05HOCHIMINHCITY924	MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY IN HCMC SEEKS POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff (accompanied by RSO) was invited to a first-ever meeting at HCMC's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) headquarters at which officials made a pitch for greater cooperation between the MPS and ConGen on political issues. The clear implication was that this cooperation was p [...]	2005-09-01 08:41:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR CTERR
05HOCHIMINHCITY944	WTO ACCESSION CONCERNS STRESSED IN EB/CBA MERMOUD HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative J. Frank Mermoud discussed commercial issues, WTO accession, and Vietnam's business climate in Ho Chi Minh City September 1. Amcham governors expressed concern with GVN intransigence on WTO related issues. HCMC officials confirmed these fears and were unus [...]	2005-09-07 06:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL TBIO VM WTO
05HOCHIMINHCITY962	RESULTS OF USG REFUGEE MONITORING VISIT TO GIA LAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on interviews and observations during a visit to Gia Lai Province September 6-8, a joint Hanoi-HCMC team found no indications of mistreatment or discrimination against the 18 returnees interviewed. Although a number of returnees raised grievances related to GVN policies [...]	2005-09-12 11:16:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
05HOCHIMINHCITY968	GIA LAI AND DAK LAK PROVINCES ON DIFFERENT PATHS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Gia Lai Province September 6- 8 to assess the conditions of ethnic minority returnees, Gia Lai officials enumerated the various steps they are taking to normalize the status of Protestant churches in the province, in particular the GVN-recognized Southern Evang [...]	2005-09-14 07:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
05HOCHIMINHCITY984	SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND HIV/AIDS IN HCMC (UPDATE) [...] (SBU) The visit of an INL-led team to HCMC underscored the need for new approaches in drug rehabilitation and in HCMC's 20 drug rehabilitation centers. HCMC is still struggling to provide effective substance abuse and medical treatment for the 30,000 injecting drug users and commercial sex wor [...]	2005-09-16 07:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR PHUM VM KHIV CNARC HIV AIDS RELFREE
05HONGKONG4611	HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE DONALD TSANG LOOKS AHEAD [...] (C) At lunch with me on October 3, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang looked ahead to the Government's Policy Address on October 12, its upcoming proposals for political reform, and his visit to the U.S. at the end of October. With the policy and political reform issues out in the open, he hop [...]	2005-10-03 09:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH HK
05ISLAMABAD15316	TFPK01 - PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Relief supplies and assistance teams are beginning to reach affected areas even as transportation remains a serious on-going problem. There is great concern that deteriorating weather conditions -- snow has already begun falling in parts of Kashmir -- may exace [...]	2005-10-12 16:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD15766	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The Government of Pakistan (GOP) estimates that the earthquake killed 41,121 people and injured 67,634 others, and these numbers are likely to increase. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reports that the GOP has made a credible effort to respond to the earthquake given [...]	2005-10-20 11:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16051	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MBS GEARING UP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the detailed needs assessment is just beginning, multilateral development banks (MDBs) are trying to come up with funds to support reconstruction needs following Pakistan's October 8 earthquake. The World Bank board will vote October 25 on a $200 million package of e [...]	2005-10-25 11:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PREF PK
05ISLAMABAD16641	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PROTECTION SECTOR REPORT [...] Due to the enormity and complexity of this emergency and the major focus on providing shelter to villages in the mountains, it has been extremely difficult to monitor relief distributions in order to ensure that vulnerable populations, including those without effective male protection, are id [...]	2005-11-09 06:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17267	SUCCESSFUL DONOR CONFERENCE GIVES MAJOR BOOST [...] (SBU) summary and comment. The Musharraf Government is basking in the glow of a successful November 19 donor reconstruction conference that raised $6.0 billion (GOP's current internal figure, as of November 21 evening) in pledges for earthquake reconstruction, comfortably in excess of both t [...]	2005-11-21 21:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PK PREL SENV
05ISLAMABAD17835	IRAN PIPELINE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; GOP DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOP officials took Ref B demarche points on the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline under consideration but had no immediate reply. Petroleum Secretary Waqar met with Iranian officials in Tehran November 16-17 in what was termed a "confidence building" meeting that discussed routing o [...]	2005-12-01 12:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IN IR PK

05ISTANBUL1075	BMENAI: MFA BMENAI COORDINATOR AND NEA DAS CARPENTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial June 21 meeting with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter in Istanbul, MFA Coordinator for the Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENAI) Ambassador Omur Orhun reiterated Turkey's strong support for the initiative and its determination to express that support throu [...]	2005-06-23 14:07:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL TU
05ISTANBUL1164	AK'S BUSINESS BASE GOES CALLING IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Independent Businessmens' Association (MUSIAD) returned on June 30 from a three-day lobbying junket to Ankara, where they pressed for government action to assist small and medium-sized enterprises, arguing that it is time to "rehabilitate the real sector a [...]	2005-07-07 14:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
05ISTANBUL1283	BMENA REGION BUSINESSWOMEN BRAINSTORM IN ISTANBUL [...] (U) Summary: On July 11-12, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Istanbul Center hosted a workshop on "Building Awareness of Women's Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)," at which some 90 participants from MENA and other countries brainst [...]	2005-07-26 07:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KWMN KMPI TU XD XF XI BMENA
05ISTANBUL1289	ISTANBUL - OSAC COUNTRY COUNCIL UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The Istanbul Country Council was "re-established" on February 26, 2003. Post philosophy for the Istanbul chapter has been to hold three to four meetings each year using guest speakers on substantive matters. In April 2004, a new steering committee signed the chapter's charter, [...]	2005-07-26 17:21:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC
05ISTANBUL1333	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: KINALIADA CONTROVERSY BOILS [...] (C) Summary: Controversy flared this week between the GOT and the Ecumenical Patriarch after Turkish bureaucrats delayed the opening of a longstanding youth summer camp at a monastery on Kinali Island in an attempt to force church officials to recognize state seizure of that property. Church [...]	2005-08-03 16:15:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU OSCE
05ISTANBUL1393	CURRENT ACCOUNT CONTINUES TO SWELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's current account deficit set a new record in June, reaching 2.35 billion USD, for a year-to-date total of 13.7 billion USD and a cumulative total of 19.3 billion USD over the last 12 months. The result slightly exceeded market expectations, but was not a surprise, as Tu [...]	2005-08-12 13:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN TU
05ISTANBUL1421	TURKEY: EURASIA SENIOR ADVISOR MANN'S JULY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 20 meeting in Istanbul with Raphel Moissis, the CEO of the Public Gas Corporation of Greece (DEPA),Senior Advisor for Eurasia Ambassador Steven R. Mann discussed the Greek-Turkey gas interconnector, prospects for Italian-Greek cooperation on the Greece-Otranta line, pr [...]	2005-08-19 05:37:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ENRG GR SENV TU
05ISTANBUL1579	INTROSPECTION AND SCUFFLES MARK 50TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to its indifferent approach to earlier anniversaries, Istanbul marked the 50th anniversary of the infamous 1955 riots that sounded the death knell for its once vibrant Greek Orthodox community with exhibits, panels, and a flurry of media attention. Interest focuse [...]	2005-09-15 09:46:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
05ISTANBUL1723	UNDER SECRETARY HUGHES' ISTANBUL MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: During her 24-hour visit to Istanbul, Under Secretary Hughes met with religious leaders representing a range of confessions and exchanged views on how extremism can most effectively be counteracted. All stressed the need to combat the underlying causes of extremism, including [...]	2005-10-05 10:37:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TU
05ISTANBUL175	MUSLIM OUTREACH - THE INDIRECT APPROACH [...] (SBU) Summary: While remaining steadfast in opposition to U.S. policies on Iraq and the Middle East, Islam-oriented opinion leaders and broader audiences of devout Muslims in Istanbul and the surrounding areas have been receptive to our public outreach on other topics of common interest. Our [...]	2005-02-02 17:23:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KPAO PREL TU
05ISTANBUL1867	TURKEY-ARMENIA: TRACK TWO ON TRACK? [...] (C) Summary: Turkish-Armenian "Track Two" efforts continue to chip away at old attitudes. A New Jersey-based Armenian Orthodox Church official was pleased with his reception in Ankara during a recent visit, and plans to organize tours to Turkey with diaspora Armenians next year. "Alternati [...]	2005-10-27 11:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM
05ISTANBUL1870	ISTANBUL BUSINESS BULLISH, BUT SEES INFLATD ASSET [...] (SBU) Summary: In Istanbul meetings October 20,visiting Special Representative for Commercial ad Business Affairs Frank Mermoud found both Turksh and international business executives optimistc about the Turkish economy. They concurred, hoever, that there is something of a bubble in Turish as [...]	2005-10-27 14:07:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TU
05ISTANBUL1941	INVESTMENT CONFERENCE PRAISES TURKEY'S PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A November 8-9 investment conference organized by Turkey's Foreign Investors' Association (YASED) offered GOT policymakers a chance to highlight progress registered in recent years and to underline their readiness to accept foreign investment, whatever its source. Business part [...]	2005-11-14 13:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN TU
05ISTANBUL1968	DOD A/S FLORY'S BSEC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an extended November 11 briefing and subsequent private meeting with Ambassador Tedo Japaridze, Secretary General of the Organization for Black Sea Economic SIPDIS Cooperation, visiting DOD Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy Peter Flory explored areas wher [...]	2005-11-16 15:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD TU PREL
05ISTANBUL2152	ISTANBUL JOURNALISTS DEBATE TURKISH POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador exchanged views with senior Turkish journalists n Istanbul on key foreign policy issues, includig Iraq, Iran, Syria, Cyprus, EU accession and doestic developments in Turkey. In this off-the-recrd discussion, debate was most spirited among thejournalists regarding t [...]	2005-12-22 12:45:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV TU
05ISTANBUL403	MARMARA GROUP REFLECTIONS ON PRESIDENT ASSAD AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A delegation of Marmara Group (Strategic and Social Research Foundation, founded in 1985) members visiting Damascus February 20-24 was impressed with President Assad's stated interest in promoting positive relations with Turkey and the U.S., but sensed the Syrian bureaucracy was [...]	2005-03-14 12:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SY TU
05ISTANBUL422	TURKISH-U.S. BUSINESS COUNCIL PLANS AGRESSIVE PUSH [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish-U.S. Business Council (TUSBC) leaders outlined an agressive push to expand both their business promotion work and their public relations activities in support of the bilateral relationship in a March 14 breakfast with Consul General. Incoming President Yilmaz Arguden, [...]	2005-03-17 14:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV TU
05ISTANBUL890	REFLEXIVE TURKISH NATIONALISM ENSNARES MASTERCARD [...] (SBU) Summary: After briefly basking in the reflected glow of last week's exciting UEFA Champion's League Final in Istanbul between Milan and Liverpool, corporate sponsor Mastercard has found itself dealing with a public relations nightmare in recent days following public criticism of inclusion in [...]	2005-06-01 11:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL ASEC TU
05JEDDAH2179	IDENTIFYING LAND FOR A NEW CONSULATE: GOVERNOR OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On July 28, the Ambassador and CG met with Prince Abd al-Majid bin Abd al-Aziz, Governor of Mecca, to discuss the future of the Jeddah Consulate General. During the meeting, the Governor agreed to help the USG identify a tract of land for a new Consulate. He propos [...]	2005-06-29 14:54:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD ABUD AMGT ASEC PREL
05JEDDAH2537	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - JEDDAH 07/26/2005 [...] (S) The Acting Consul General convened the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on July 26, 2005 to discuss the current security situation in Jeddah. The A/CG, BPM, ARSO, MGT, MSG and CONS were in attendance. 2. (S) The EAC reviewed the warden message sent out on July 26 and current t [...]	2005-07-26 11:03:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PTER
05JERUSALEM1891	WB/G SITREP: MAY 6, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. Fatah won at least 60 percent of 906 municipal council seats in May 5 elections held in 84 localities in the West Bank and Gaza, based on preliminary results and exit polling, but Hamas also garnered 35-37 percent. Militants fired four Qassam rockets toward Sderot May 5-6, ac [...]	2005-05-06 14:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3701	WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 12, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF entered the Nablus casbah on August 11 and clashed with gunmen from the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, injuring one Palestinian in the clashes. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian police on August 11 found an explosive device near the Eley Sinai settlement. The [...]	2005-08-12 15:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM4288	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 0900 local time September 12, all settlers and IDF personnel had departed the Gaza Strip. PA security forces took over Gaza settlement areas in stages before dawn September 12. Rafah crossing was closed in both directions by Israel, pending an agreement on border crossin [...]	2005-09-12 15:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05JERUSALEM5669	HAMAS AND FATAH OFFICIALS REJECT HOUSE RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah and Hamas spokesmen reacted strongly to the U.S. House of Representatives resolution against Hamas participation in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. While most of the official Hamas statements focused on U.S. "interference" and "hypocrisy," Ga [...]	2005-12-20 17:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS
05KABUL5024	REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT FOR WASHINGTON REVIEW [...] (SBU) This cable includes the full text of the December 11 revised Afghanistan Compact and three Annexes for Washington review. This final revision reflects the bulk of consensus recommendations reached at a series of December 2- 5 PrepCom meetings held on the margins of the Kabul Regional Ec [...]	2005-12-13 02:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF
05KABUL5027	AFGHAN PARLIAMENT - ONE WEEK UNTIL INAUGURATION DAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the final week before Afghanistan's first Parliamentary Inauguration in 30 years, discussions among MPs are intently focused on who will take the "plum jobs" in the new National Assembly. Despite skepticism among some partisan politicians in Kabul, both the Ambassador and USG [...]	2005-12-13 05:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5038	HELMAND GOVERNOR SENT TO PARLIAMENT; REPLACED BY [...] (U) President Karzai has named Engineer Mohammad Daoud, currently holding a senior position at the National Security Council, as the new Governor of Helmand Province. Per reftel, outgoing Governor Mullah Shir Mohammad Akhund is leaving Helmand to take a seat in the Meshrano Jirga (MJ, Upper H [...]	2005-12-14 08:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5042	EMERGING AFGHAN INTERAGENCY PROCESS TO MANAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. USDOJ and CFC-A representatives briefed a delegation of Afghan officials on the fundamentals of an interagency process. The GOA officials are to become the working group that will decide the form of the process Afghanistan will use to receive detainees transferred by the USG. [...]	2005-12-14 08:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KAWC AF
05KABUL5051	DEPUTY MINISTER DAUD BOLSTERS OPERATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (C) On December 11, 2005, Deputy Minister General Daud Daud of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Alistair Corbett of the UK Drugs Team and Doug Wankel Director of Embassy Kabul's CN Task Force, met with General Wardak of the Ministry of Defense (MOD). General Wardak, who had previously worked wit [...]	2005-12-14 08:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV AF
05KABUL5052	FINANCE MINISTRY DEFLECTS CUSTOMS REFORM [...] (C) Afghan customs reform is lagging due to weak GoA commitment and systemic corruption at all levels. In discussions between USAID and its implementing partner Bearing Point (BP) and with the UK,s DFID and its implementing partner Adam Smith International (ASI),there was broad agreement th [...]	2005-12-14 09:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD PGOV AF
05KABUL5066	MINISTRY OF FRONTIERS AND TRIBAL AFFAIRS: [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Frontiers and Tribal Affairs Alhaj Sayeed Ahmad Haqbeen described for Poloffs the important work of his Ministry in supporting national unity and understanding. The key competencies of the Ministry of Frontier and Tribal Affairs (MFTA) are promoting the nation [...]	2005-12-14 12:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
05KABUL5110	POPPY ELIMINATION PROGRAM (PEP) STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Afghanistan (GOA) sponsored Poppy Elimination Program continues to move forward. The Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) is on-target to hire all PEP personnel by early 2006. All seven PEP teams have Afghan members and four international advisors (IA) have been hi [...]	2005-12-17 03:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF
05KABUL5118	DUELING AFGAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE [...] (SBU) An ongoing battle between the AID-supported Afghan International Chamber of Commerce (AICC) and the GTZ- supported Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry is heating up with a proposed law that would effectively eliminate the AICC, dealing a significant blow to the development of an inde [...]	2005-12-17 14:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL EAID PGOV AF
05KABUL5176	INAUGURATION OF AFGHAN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The inauguration ceremonies for Afghanistans first Parliament in over 30 years began shortly after 10 a.m. on the cold and cloudy morning of 19 December. The city was under strict security, with most roads and even pedestrian traffic strictly controlled. Both the upper and lower [...]	2005-12-20 07:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL KCRM KDEM AF
05KABUL5256	REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT [...] (SBU) The GoA pushed back strongly against Washington's undercutting the reciprocal balance of the Afghanistan Compact but accepted most of our other points. In a December 24 meeting, Senior Economic Advisor to the President Naderi and UNAMA Deputy SRSG Haq reviewed with Ambassador the lates [...]	2005-12-27 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF
05KATHMANDU1353	KOIRALA DISTRUSTFUL OF MAOISTS AND KING [...] (C) Charge found former Nepalese PM and current leader of the seven party alliance 80-year-old GP Koirala fit and spry when calling on him at his residence on June 21 after his return from a "medical" trip to India. Koirala said that there was an important role for the international community [...]	2005-06-21 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS NP IN GON
05KATHMANDU1384	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 21 TO 27, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS Subedi released from detention: Ending a weeklong drama, the government released Navaraj Subedi, general secretary of People's Front from detention as per the second order from the Supreme Court on Friday. He had been re-arrested nine days ago and the government had claime [...]	2005-06-28 05:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
05KATHMANDU2146	DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY FOR NEPAL [...] (C) Embassy Kathmandu welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Secretary's call for a strategic and systematic review of our democracy promotion efforts. The situation in Nepal is fragile and deteriorating rapidly. The main impediment to the growth of democracy here is the violent Maoist i [...]	2005-09-30 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC EAID NP
05KATHMANDU2210	NEPAL FACES LOOMING CRISIS IN PETROLEUM SUPPLY [...] (SBU) The state-owned monopoly oil importer, the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC),is experiencing a serious financial crisis. Unable to collect payment of the balance owed by NOC, the NOC's supplier, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC),has threatened to stop providing petroleum products to Nepal. The [...]	2005-10-07 11:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2218	EU TROIKA SEES STRONG RISK OF POLITICAL COLLAPSE [...] (U) An October 6 statement on Nepal released by a European Union (EU) Troika noted that unless all involved moved quickly to address the country's problems effectively, there was a "strong risk" of political collapse. The Troika called on those in Nepal who wanted peace "to act now." Specific [...]	2005-10-07 11:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2315	SAFE MIGRATION: PREVENTION OF LABOR AND SEXUAL [...] (SBU) With dwindling economic prospects stemming from a decade-long Maoist insurgency, increasing numbers of Nepalese workers are leaving for other countries in search of safety and better employment opportunities. The Embassy and USAID recently gathered representatives from UN agencies and N [...]	2005-10-24 08:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB PINS KWMN NP
05KATHMANDU2389	NEPAL-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador that it was likely Indian Prime Minister Singh would have a bilateral meeting with the Nepal King on the margins of the upcoming SAARC summit in Dhaka. Mukherjee said Singh would likely send a clear message to the King on the need to reconci [...]	2005-11-04 10:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS CH IN NP
05KATHMANDU2399	NEPALI CONGRESS NOT FORMING ALLIANCE WITH MAOISTS [...] (C) Nepali Congress (NC) President GP Koirala, reacting to the Embassy's recent statement warning against a Maoist-Parties alliance, insisted to the Ambassador on November 7 that his party would "not join hands with the Maoists while they still had guns." Koirala, who expressed concern about [...]	2005-11-07 11:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR NP
05KATHMANDU2400	POLITICAL PARTIES: TALKS, NOT ALLIANCE, WITH [...] (U) Responding to the Embassy's November 4 Press Statement "Embassy Warns Against Maoists-Parties 'Alliance'" (ref A),leaders of the Seven-Party Alliance stressed to the media that the ongoing dialogue with the Maoists should not be construed as an attempt to forge an agreement with the insur [...]	2005-11-07 11:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2415	UNHCR REGIONAL DIRECTOR ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES, [...] (U) This is an action request please see para. 3. Bhutanese Refugees: Need Solution to Protracted Problem --------------------------------------------- ----------- 2. (C) Janet Lim, UNHCR Director for the Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, briefed the diplomatic community in Nepal on Novemb [...]	2005-11-09 07:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER PHUM PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU2487	UNHCR REGIONAL DIRECTOR CALLS FOR ACTION ON [...] (C) Janet Lim, UNHCR Director for the Bureau of Asia and the Pacific, emphasized to the Ambassador on November 13 that she believed there was great urgency in finding a solution to the Bhutanese refugee situation in Nepal. She noted that the worsening security situation in the camps, which she [...]	2005-11-15 11:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2492	CPN-UML LEADER: DIALOGUE, NOT ALLIANCE, WITH [...] (C) In a November 15 meeting with CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, the Ambassador emphasized that SIPDIS the USG was not against dialogue between the political parties and the Maoists with the goal of bringing the Maoists into the political mainstream. While not clearly admitti [...]	2005-11-16 04:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2493	FEAR AND HOPE IN EASTERN, RURAL NEPAL [...] (C) During a November 9-10 visit to the Morang and Dhankuta Districts in Eastern Nepal, the Ambassador met with the National Human Rights Commission's (NHRC) new Biratnagar team, journalists, NGO representatives, government officials, members of the business community, and discovered considera [...]	2005-11-16 06:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MCAP PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2516	CHINESE AMBASSADOR DENIES COMMERCIAL WEAPONS [...] (C) Chinese Ambassador Sun Heping categorically stated to the Ambassador in a November 18 meeting that China had no large commercial sales to Nepal in the works. The Ambassador described to Sun his comments at a press conference in Butwal (refs A and B) that new provisions of large amounts of [...]	2005-11-18 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP PGOV PINS CH NP
05KATHMANDU2547	KING SHOULD SEIZE INITIATIVE AND CALL CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) In separate meetings on November 21, the Ambassador suggested to Vice-Chairmen Kirti Nidhi Bista and Tulsi Giri that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) call for a cease-fire with international monitoring. If the Maoists accepted, Nepal would be closer to peace. If the Maoists refus [...]	2005-11-22 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON EINV NP
05KATHMANDU2548	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS POSSIBLE PARTY-MAOIST [...] (C) In a November 21 discussion on developments in Nepal, the Ambassador and Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee discussed a reported agreement between the political parties and the Maoists. The Ambassador related that British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield had approached him at a social function on [...]	2005-11-22 11:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV MASS MCAP NP
05KATHMANDU2549	COAS THAPA WELCOMES PROPOSAL THAT KING CALL FOR [...] (C) In a November 22 meeting, COAS Thapa thought the Ambassador's suggestion that the King call for an internationally-monitored cease-fire was a good proposal. Thapa denied there was any cooling of our military-military relationship and welcomed a visit by PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon. The [...]	2005-11-22 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MCAP MASS NP
05KATHMANDU2565	FM PANDEY: BITTER TOWARD INDIA, NEED TO [...] (C) Hosting the Ambassador over one-on-one drinks at his home just hours after returning to Nepal from his international travel, FM Pandey was particularly bitter toward the Government of India (GOI),accusing them of brokering the recent Maoist-Parties understanding (ref A). Pandey indicated [...]	2005-11-25 08:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV AMGT NP
05KATHMANDU2633	GOVERNMENT RESTRICTS TIBETAN REFUGEE MOVEMENT [...] (C) Two separate recent incidents cause concern that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) may be restricting normal transit of Tibetan refugees. In both cases, HMGN has cited the need to investigate a November 17 incident when police apprehended 43 Tibetans transiting Nepal without docume [...]	2005-11-29 10:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF NP
05KATHMANDU2653	NC-D PARTY SUSPICIOUS, BUT VIEWS UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) In a November 29 meeting with the Charge, Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) Acting President Gopal Man Shrestha hailed the Maoist-Parties understanding a "breakthrough for peace and democracy," but noted that many details needed to be worked out. He worried that the Maoists might be usin [...]	2005-11-30 10:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2727	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] This is post's updated 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report per reftel. Begin text. Nepal I. Summary Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of, nor a major transit route for, narcotic drugs, small amounts of cannabis, hashish and heroin are trafficked [...]	2005-12-06 10:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
05KATHMANDU2733	USTDA IDENTIFIES PROFITABLE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS [...] (SBU) In separate meetings during her recent mission to Nepal, U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) contractor Judy Chang found that U.S. companies may have a competitive advantage in transportation projects in Nepal dealing with cargo rail development, the upgrading of airports, and inte [...]	2005-12-07 07:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN ETRD ELTN EAIR PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU2783	DOMINANT MAOIST PRESENCE IN FAR WEST DISTRICT OF [...] (C) During a December 5-9 World Food Program (WFP)-organized trip including the Norwegian Ambassador, the mission head for Britain's Dept. for International Development (DFID),a representative of the Technical Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Germany (GTZ),and the Embassy's P/E Chief t [...]	2005-12-12 11:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID MOPS NP
05KATHMANDU2791	LOOKING TOWARD SPRING 2006 UN HR MEETING IN GENEVA [...] (C) A group of representatives of countries donating to the Nepal Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) met on December 9 to discuss strategy regarding Nepal for the Spring 2006 UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) meeting in Geneva. The representatives agreed that while either [...]	2005-12-13 10:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU2804	NEW HOME MINISTER TO PROMOTE DIALOGUE WITH PARTIES [...] (C) New Home Minister Kamal Thapa told the Ambassador on December 13 that until "the Maoists showed sincerity," the government would not talk with them. Thapa saw no indication that the Maoists had changed their policy of using violence to achieve their goal of power, even if they now say that [...]	2005-12-14 10:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2811	FM PANDEY SEEKS SPECIAL, LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On December 14, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey emphasized to the Ambassador that HMGN sought a long-term special Nepal-U.S. relationship; Pandey urged the U.S. to change course and use engagement, rather than pressure, with the King. The Ambassador responded that he was authorized to [...]	2005-12-15 10:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2813	MAJOR PARTY HEADS SKEPTICAL ABOUT FUTURE MAOIST [...] (C) On December 14, in separate meetings with Nepali Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala and CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, the Ambassador cautioned that SIPDIS if the Maoists returned to violence, Washington would look askance at the political parties remaining linked to the [...]	2005-12-15 11:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2828	2005-2006 INCSR REPORT, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY [...] (SBU) This is Post's 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering, per reftel. Begin Text. Nepal Nepal is not a regional financial center and there are no indications that Nepal is used as an international money laundering cen [...]	2005-12-16 10:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR NP
05KATHMANDU2871	LITTLE PROGRESS ON REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (C) Despite calls in a variety of meetings from December 12-15 by the Ambassador, DCM and visiting PRM/ANE Deputy Director Larry Bartlett for His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to issue travel documents and exit permits to Tibetan and Bhutanese refugees, HMGN continued to withhold issuanc [...]	2005-12-20 09:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2897	BUSINESS LEADERS TO STAFFDEL: NEPAL IS OPEN FOR [...] (SBU) At a December 21 breakfast meeting with congressional Staffdel, six Nepali business leaders said that Nepal was "open for business." The business leaders explained to the Staffdel how the Maoist insurgency and the current instability of His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) were hind [...]	2005-12-22 09:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EINV ECON ENRG NP
05KATHMANDU2903	STAFFDEL URGES HMGN TO ALLOW REFUGEES TO EXIT NEPAL [...] (SBU) On December 21, House Staffdel Szymanski met separately with both Acting Foreign Secretary Nabin Bahadur Shrestha and Acting Home Secretary Chabbi Prasad Bant to discuss future parliamentary exchange and urge action on refugee issues. Shrestha welcomed the possibility of future Congress [...]	2005-12-23 04:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2906	SECRETARY GENERAL OF PARLIAMENT EAGER FOR [...] (SBU) On December 21, Surya Kiran Gurung, Secretary General of Nepal's Parliament, met with a Congressional Staffdel and welcomed possible future Parliamentary exchange between the two countries, although he was not confident that Nepal would have an acting Parliament in the near future. Gurun [...]	2005-12-23 06:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2907	MAOISTS ANNOUNCE ACTION AGAINST ELECTION [...] (C) On December 22, the Maoists reacted to Vice-Chairman Giri's December 20 statement (septel) in a public relations campaign aimed at both internal and external audiences. Maoists announced a February 5-11 strike to boycott elections, including "physical action" against those involved in the [...]	2005-12-23 06:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU2969	UML SUSPICIOUS OF MAOIST INTENTIONS [...] (C) UML Leader MK Nepal told the Charge on December 30 that he was suspicious of Maoist intentions. He said the Maoists were not acting against the Palace, but rather targeting common people, so he suspected the Maoists were playing both the Parties and the Palace. He said he did not know wh [...]	2005-12-30 10:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL NP
05KIEV5150	UKRAINE: PRESS COVERAGE OF THE GAS DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA [...] Summary: Most Ukrainian media have described Russia's intention to hike Ukraine's gas prices as politically motivated. Many press reports also highlighted the assertion from Ukrainian leaders that this is a step in Ukraine's transition from patriarchal to pragmatic relations with Russia. Depen [...]	2005-12-23 10:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EPET ENRG PREL PGOV RS UP
05KINGSTON1041	UPDATE ON ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN JAMAICA [...] This cable provides an update on GOJ anti-TIP efforts since Post's initial input (ref A) for the 2004-2005 anti-TIP report. Post will continue to report any substantive developments in advance of the April 30 submission deadline. --------------------------------------------- Senior Official [...]	2005-04-15 13:17:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TIP
05KINGSTON1055	SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE APRIL 17-19 VISIT TO [...] Post welcomes the 17-19 April visit to Jamaica of CoDel Kolbe. Jamaica, which has enjoyed a strong democratic tradition since independence from Britain in 1962, is undergoing a significant period of transition as longtime political leaders retire, or prepare to do so. P.J. Patterson, Jamaica's [...]	2005-04-15 21:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS JM
05KINGSTON1315	ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS IN [...] Embassy Kingston has reviewed the proposal contained in reftel and does not believe that this research will have any negative implications from a U.S. foreign policy standpoint. 2. The USG Mission to Jamaica would encourage the researchers to share the study results with the Jamaican Minist [...]	2005-05-20 18:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA JM
05KINGSTON1319	PRICES REMAIN HIGH IN JAMAICA [...] Inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, rose by 13.2 percent for the Jamaican fiscal year 2004/05 (April - March). While this was below the 16.8 percent recorded for the comparative period, it outpaced the original target of nine percent. Inflationary impulses were fed by a prol [...]	2005-05-20 20:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1328	NEW RULES FOR PETROLEUM SECTOR [...] Representatives from ChevronTexaco contacted Emboffs on May 3 requesting an urgent meeting to discuss developments in the Jamaican petroleum market. Econoff, FSN Econ Specialist and FCS Specialist met with Maria Pis- Dudot, Regional Latin American Manager for Policy, Government and Public Af [...]	2005-05-24 17:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ENRG JM
05KINGSTON1342	DIRECTOR FOR CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS MEETS WITH JLP [...] (U) Visiting WHA/CAR Office Director Brian Nichols, accompanied by poloff, met on May 10 with James Robertson, Deputy Leader of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and Member of Parliament for Western St. Thomas. Robertson offered his views on the recent spate of police killings in Kingston, JLP le [...]	2005-05-25 20:51:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1406	JAMAICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH REMAINS SLUGGISH [...] Summary: Data published by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in May 2005 showed that the economy continued to suffer from the residual effects of Hurricane Ivan as well as prolonged drought conditions. The unfavorable weather conditions stymied agricultural production, fueling an incre [...]	2005-06-02 14:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1426	JAMAICA: 2005 CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD [...] This message updates progress on objectives identified in the 2004 certification report card (Ref A). Topic order descriptions track (Ref B) for ease of evaluation. LAW ENFORCEMENT --------------- 2. The U.S. encouraged the GOJ to demonstrate its commitment to counter drug activity by co [...]	2005-06-03 19:36:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1549	ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS IN [...] Embassy Kingston has reviewed the proposal contained in reftel and does not believe that this research will have any negative implications from a U.S. foreign policy standpoint. 2. Embassy Kingston would encourage the researchers to share the study results with the Jamaican Ministry of Healt [...]	2005-06-21 12:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA JM
05KINGSTON1611	A DEFENSIVE NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER HOSTS TIP [...] (U) On June 24, at the request of National Security Minister Peter Phillips, Charge, USAID Mission Director, and Poloff (notetaker) attended a meeting hosted by Phillips on the subject of trafficking in persons (TIP) at the Ministry of National Security (MNS). Unfortunately, Phillips used the [...]	2005-06-29 20:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1622	CABINET OFFICE HOSTS TIP WORKING SESSION [...] On June 28, the Cabinet Office hosted a working meeting with USAID Mission Director and Poloff to review actions taken to date by the GOJ to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The meeting had been scheduled as a follow up to a June 24 meeting on TIP at the Ministry of National Security (MNS [...]	2005-06-30 18:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON176	INVESTMENT CLIMATE - JAMAICA 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-21 13:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM NOTAG
05KINGSTON1782	KINGSTON NOMINATES ROBIN GOERTZ FOR OFFICE [...] Post is pleased to nominate OMS Robin W. Goertz (FP-6) to attend the Department's Worldwide Office Management Specialist Conference to be held October 3-7, 2005 in Washington (Reftel). A second-tour OMS, Ms. Goertz works in the Political/Economic Section and ably supports the Front Office a [...]	2005-07-21 20:38:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AOMS APER JM
05KINGSTON1784	DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS VISIT KINGSTON TO EVALUATE [...] (U) On July 14 and 15, G/TIP Reports Officer Rachel Owen and WHA/PPC Senior Labor Advisor Michael Puccetti visited Kingston to assess what actions the GOJ had taken to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the 60-day grace period following the June 1 publication of the 2005 TIP Report (Ref A) [...]	2005-07-21 20:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1802	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JULY 1-21, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Hurricanes Cause More Damage in Jamaica -- Government Leads Opposition in National Poll -- Police Raids Target Trafficking Victims -- Murder Leading Cause of Death in Males -- Jamaica Opens Embassy in Beijing -- President of Ghana Visits Jamaica -- Tranquility Bay Ru [...]	2005-07-22 20:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV KCRM CASC JM UNGA TIP
05KINGSTON188	INVESTMENT CLIMATE - JAMAICA 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-21 20:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD EIND EAGR EMIN KTDB JM
05KINGSTON1904	ASSESSMENT OF RECENT GOJ ACTION ON TIP [...] The GOJ has responded energetically to the June 3 publication of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, in which Jamaica was downgraded to Tier 3 (Ref A). Coordinated from the highest levels by the Office of the Prime Minister and various other Cabinet-level officials, a National TIP Ta [...]	2005-08-10 13:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1905	IMF GIVES JAMAICA PASSING MARK [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Interim Staff Report, issued on June 23, gave the GOJ high marks for stabilizing the economy following the macroeconomic challenges of 2003. By expressing broad agreement with the country's economic policies, the report could have boosted public confidence in Finance Minister [...]	2005-08-10 13:41:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2052	HURRICANES STALL ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN JAMAICA [...] Summary: Data published on August 15 by the Planning Institute of Jamaica showed that economic growth, for April to June 2005, continued to suffer from the lagged effects of Hurricane Ivan and drought conditions. The adverse weather conditions wreaked havoc on the country's already ravaged [...]	2005-08-31 17:17:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2053	SOARING INFLATION THREATENS JAMAICA'S MACRO- [...] Summary: Less than two months after the IMF gave Jamaica high marks for stabilizing the economy, spiraling inflation is again threatening macroeconomic stability. Inflation, which reached almost 14 percent last year and has already jumped to 7.4 percent for the first four months of the fisca [...]	2005-08-31 17:19:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2083	JAMAICA HOSTS PETROCARIBE SUMMIT IN MONTEGO BAY [...] (U) On September 6, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Cuban President Fidel Castro, and representatives of CARICOM states, the Dominican Republic, and Monserrat, to conclude the PetroCaribe Energy Cooperation Agreement. Domestically, the summit was oversha [...]	2005-09-07 23:34:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL JM
05KINGSTON2225	JAMAICA CLEARS ON NIH PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-23 20:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA GY JM
05KINGSTON2290	JAMAICA: CRIME ROUND-UP FOR SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Statistics compiled by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for the period January 1 through October 2 reveal that 1,266 murders were compared to 1,078 committed during the same time period in 2004. Of the 1,266 murders victims, Sixteen were children, ten were police officers and one vict [...]	2005-10-05 13:52:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM ASEC JM
05KINGSTON2293	GOJ REQUIRES COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE FOR VEHICLES [...] SUMMARY: This is an ACTION TELEGRAM; see para 9. The GOJ is refusing to license newly imported GOVs and POVs, and will not renew existing official and personal vehicle registrations unless the Embassy and its staff purchase local comprehensive insurance covering the value of duties and tax [...]	2005-10-05 17:53:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL JM
05KINGSTON2318	MFA&FT MEETS WITH DIPLOMATIC CORPS RE [...] SUMMARY: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFA&FT) officials met with members of the diplomatic corps on October 11 to discuss the GOJ requirement to insure diplomatic vehicles comprehensively for a value to cover duties and sales tax. MFA&FT agreed to resume on an inte [...]	2005-10-11 18:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL JM
05KINGSTON237	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN JAMAICA [...] Per reftel request, the following text constitutes Post's 2004-2005 report on supporting human rights and democracy in Jamaica. 2. Jamaica has a mixed human rights record, with serious problems in some areas. The government is faced with high rates of crime, violence, and drug traffickin [...]	2005-01-28 12:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL
05KINGSTON2450	PRIVY COUNCIL RULES AGAINST PROMINENT FORMER [...] Summary: Don Crawford, former head of the failed Century National Bank, has lost his appeal to the Privy Council following a 1999 conviction in civil court for financial fraud and has been instructed to repay about USD 45 million to the GOJ. Although the Director of Public Prosecutions has [...]	2005-10-28 19:31:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2495	PETROCARIBE: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Under the bilateral agreement signed between Jamaica and Venezuela on August 23 (ref A),Jamaica receives 21,000 barrels of petroleum products and crude oil daily. While the island pays market price for the products, a portion of the payment can be converted into a concessionary loan for [...]	2005-11-03 20:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL JM
05KINGSTON2497	JAMAICAN CURRENCY UNDER PRESSURE [...] (U) Summary: The Jamaican dollar is facing its biggest test following a prolonged period of stability dating back to early 2003. Foreign exchange market instability emerged during September 2005, prompting the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to institute new measures aimed at identifying and blacklis [...]	2005-11-03 20:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2634	GUIDANCE REQUESTED FOR CANDIDATURE OF AMBASSADOR [...] Response guidance is requested for Government of Jamaica diplomatic note received on November 15, 2005. Note gives notice of the candidature of Ambassador Professor the Honorable Ralston Nettleford OM for election to the Working Group of Experts on Peoples of African Descent as representativ [...]	2005-12-01 20:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL JM

05KINGSTON2643	RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (U) This cable responds to information requested by Department (Ref A). It is a joint State-USAID message. Answers are updated from information provided by post (Ref B). 2. (U) Responses are keyed to Ref A. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -- The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has a draft e [...]	2005-12-05 15:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL JM
05KINGSTON2651	JAMAICAN ECONOMY STAGES MILD RECOVERY BETWEEN [...] Summary: Data released by the Planning Institute of Jamaica on November 15 showed that the Jamaican economy staged a mild recovery during July to September 2005. Output expanded by an estimated 2.7 percent due to the gradual normalization of some sectors of the economy following the impact o [...]	2005-12-06 16:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2680	PRC ACTIVITIES IN JAMAICA [...] (U) This message responds to Ref A Tasking. Post regrets the lateness of submission. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) It is not surprising that both economic and political calculations underlie the GOJ's efforts to enhance ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC),while Beijin [...]	2005-12-09 12:28:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG PHUM CH JM
05KINGSTON2702	JAMAICA 2005 INCSR - PART I [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 18:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR JM
05KINGSTON2797	BOND. JAMAICAN BOND. LESS ATTRACTIVE THESE DAYS. [...] (C) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave its assessment of the Jamaican economy as part of the conclusion of its yearly Article 4 consultations with the Government of Jamaica (GOJ). Ratna Sahay, the Assistant Director of the Western Hemisphere Department for the IMF, acknowled [...]	2005-12-30 16:47:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON292	JAMAICA CIVAIR: INFORMING GOJ OF FAA REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, on January 27 Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff met with Transport Minister Robert Pickersgill, Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) Chief Col. Torrance Lewis, and members of their staffs, to advise of the areas in which the FAA found the Jamaica Civil Aviation Autho [...]	2005-02-02 19:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL JM
05KINGSTON364	LETTER TO SECRETARY OF STATE RICE FROM JM MINISTER [...] The Embassy received a Diplomatic Note with an accompanying letter from K.D. Knight, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, requesting it be transmitted to Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State. 2. Begin text: Dr. Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State SIPDIS Washington DC USA D [...]	2005-02-10 18:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON JM OPDC OPRC PREL
05KINGSTON448	COPS ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGES IN BRAETON 7 [...] (U) Summary: On February 11, six Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers were freed by a Home Circuit Court judge in the 2001 murder case of seven young men known as the "Braeton Seven". Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewelyn argued the case for the Crown. Llewelyn co [...]	2005-02-18 12:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM SOCI JM
05KINGSTON466	REQUEST FOR CONTRACT EXTENSION; LAW [...] Summary. The Law Enforcement Development Advisor (LEDA) position was established in March 2003 in Kingston, Jamaica. LEDA, David W. Purdy, has been working directly with the Commissioner, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF),on modernization and reform of the JCF. Mr. Purdy's original contract e [...]	2005-02-22 11:13:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON486	2004 END USE MONITORING REPORT; JAMAICA, PART II [...] Part II of the End Use Monitoring Report of INL-funded commodities or services acquired and donated by the Embassy Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is submitted in accordance with instructions in referenced telegrams. NAS PD&S inventory was also conducted but [...]	2005-02-24 12:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON487	2004 END USE MONITORING REPORT; JAMAICA, PART I [...] Part I of the End-Use-Monitoring Report is submitted in accordance with Ref A. A. Designation of Employees for EUM Responsibilities: The NAS Program Assistant, under the supervision of the NAS Director, has primary responsibility for End-Use-Monitoring. Two Personal Services Contractors (P [...]	2005-02-24 12:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON623	GOJ, IOM, AND UNHCR AGREE MOST HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Just after dawn on March 4, a boatload of 58 Haitians arrived in Long Bay, Portland, raising the total of Haitian migrants in Jamaica to 496. During a week which began with the one-year anniversary of former President Aristide's resignation and departure from Haiti, the GOJ continues to [...]	2005-03-04 22:31:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG HA JM
05KINGSTON640	A "NEW VISION" FOR THE JLP [...] (U) Emboffs met on February 24 with James Robertson, Deputy Chairman of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),and jointly on February 25 with Ken Baugh, Leader of the Opposition, and Karl Samuda, JLP General Secretary. Robertson shared his thoughts on the outgoing leader, Edward Seaga, and the JLP,s [...]	2005-03-07 21:15:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	JM PGOV PREL
05KINGSTON772	REQUEST FOR FY- 2005 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDING [...] Background In 2003, the U.S. Government provided Economic Support Funds to assist Jamaica in building a more professional police force. A Law Enforcement Development Advisor position (LEDA) was established within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to implement recommendations from the Pol [...]	2005-03-17 21:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM JM
05KINSHASA1056	30 JUNE: PPRD CONFIDENT IN POLICE, LESS SO IN [...] (C) National Security Advisor Samba Kaputo told PolCouns June 27 that the government (i.e., the president's party, the PPRD) is confident that the police (controlled by the PPRD Minister of Interior) will support the government June 30, but that there are some doubts that all the military will [...]	2005-06-28 14:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1071	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN REFORM [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Ramazani (who was travelling),Ambassador delivered demarche points from reftels on June 27 to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu Kilo-Abi, Chief of Staff to the Minister. Zulu said a committee in the Foreign Ministry, which he chairs, is currently examining Un [...]	2005-06-29 14:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR CG UNSC
05KINSHASA1112	JUNE ECONOMIC OVERVIEW [...] (U) Summary. -- The Congolese Franc (FC) significantly appreciated against the USD and prices generally fell, though petroleum prices increased. -- In response to U.S. Coast Guard sanctions, the GDRC is trying to form a permanent commission to address port security. -- In the mining [...]	2005-07-08 10:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB CG
05KINSHASA1270	CONGO/B: ISSUES OF WHO COST EFFECTIVENESS [...] This cable is a revised version of Kinshasa 1256. 2. SUMMARY: After the recent visit of a high-level delegation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) in Brazzaville, a senior professional sta [...]	2005-08-05 09:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN AMGT OTRA OVIP CF
05KINSHASA1289	VOTER REGISTRATION CENTER IN KASAI ORIENTAL [...] (SBU) An unidentified individual set fire to a voter registration center in Mbuji Mayi, Kasai Oriental, August 9, causing slight injuries to four people, and minor damage to the registration equipment, Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) officials said. According to these officials, around 1 [...]	2005-08-10 12:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO PREL CG
05KINSHASA1323	ELECTION LAW MOVING TO CENTER STAGE [...] (C) The next major step needed for DRC elections is an election law to provide statutory authority and to specify the legal parameters for general elections. The issue has been receiving considerable attention in Kinshasa, most recently in the August 15 meeting chaired by President Kabila inv [...]	2005-08-17 10:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA148	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - CONGO-KINSHASA [...] Summary: The Congolese Government (GDRC) has completed over one year of its transition from war to peace with only limited impact on the investment climate. The inclusion of former rebel groups in the GDRC has provided a modicum of political stability. Additionally, IMF and World Bank reform [...]	2005-01-27 14:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB PGOV PREL CG OPIC
05KINSHASA1484	MONUC TAKES ACTION ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT [...] (C) Nigerian Civil Police (CivPol) officers under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct remain confined to their barracks in Kinshasa pending official results of a board of inquiry, an official at MONUC's Office for Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (ASEA) reported. According to t [...]	2005-09-14 10:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO PREL PHUM CG
05KINSHASA1501	NIGERIA TO REPATRIATE CIVPOL CONTINGENT FOLLOWING [...] (U) The Nigerian Government has decided to repatriate its entire Civilian Police (CivPol) unit from MONUC following sexual abuse allegations which are the subject of an ongoing UN investigation, according to a September 15 statement from the spokesman for the UN Secretary General. The statement [...]	2005-09-16 10:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO PREL PHUM CG NI
05KINSHASA1614	CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN AFRICA: EXPANDING IN THE DRC [...] (C) As is the case in many African nations, China is working hard to expand its ties with the DRC. Chinese interest in the DRC comes at a moment when the GDRC is itself searching for significant investment to assist with social and economic development, as well as equipment (such as boots and [...]	2005-09-29 08:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN ETRD PREL CG CH
05KINSHASA162	CONGOLESE FRANC EXPERIENCING INSTABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congolese franc is experiencing a progressively worsening bout of instability that commenced in September 2004, and which has seen the franc depreciate 17.4 percent from September through January. The Congolese Central Bank (BCC) has intervened with over $50 million in the pa [...]	2005-01-31 12:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV CG
05KINSHASA1798	PRESIDENCY ALARMED BY EUROPEAN REPORTS OF UGANDAN [...] (C) The Ambassador was called to the Presidency Friday afternoon, October 28. Upon arrival, President Kabila was in another meeting, but Chief of Staff She Okitundu received the Ambassador to relay Kabila,s message. The gist was that "Europeans" had provided reports to the Presidency which c [...]	2005-10-28 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS UG CG
05KINSHASA198	CONGO/B: UPDATED 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Embassy Brazzaville submits the following updated Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to the questions in Ref A and C with very little change from Ref B. Republic of Congo (Congo/B) Overview of activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Congo/B is not belie [...]	2005-02-04 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CF
05KINSHASA204	PARLIAMENTARIANS AIM TO FINISH CONSTITUTION BY [...] (U) SUMMARY: A working group of parliamentarians and government representatives agreed February 4 to a calendar that would have the Senate finish with the draft constitution by February 27 and the National Assembly adopt a final version by March 14. On issues of substance, the group basicall [...]	2005-02-07 09:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL CG
05KINSHASA2055	UDPS TORPEDOS INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION INITIATIVE [...] (C) During the November visit of the U.N. Security Council to the DRC, members of Etienne Tshisekedi,s UDPS party approached the French Ambassador indicating that the party realized the need to modify the party,s rejection of the Transition and election process. In other words, the UDPS was i [...]	2005-12-16 15:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA219	CONGO/B: CENTRAL AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) Summary: The Second Summit of the Central African Heads of State on Conservation and the Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems, held in Brazzaville on February 4 and 5, was marked by the signature of a treaty that strengthens the role of the Central Africa Forest Commission (COMI [...]	2005-02-08 17:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL CF
05KINSHASA243	CONGO/B: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] As requested in Reftel, here is the 2004-5 report on Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record for the Republic of Congo (Congo/Brazzaville). 2. BEGIN TEXT: The Republic of Congo is ruled by a government in which most of the decision-making authority is vested directly in th [...]	2005-02-11 11:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP CF HURI
05KINSHASA271	MOROCCO ACTS AGAINST PEACEKEEPERS ACCUSED OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-16 13:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PHUM CG
05KINSHASA322	Congo/B: 2005 AGOA Report [...] The Republic of Congo (Congo/B) leadership is committed to meeting the eligibility requirements of AGOA. See para 3 for Government and Post public diplomacy programs 2. Post's 2005 responses are kept to template outlined in reftel: A) Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of barriers [...]	2005-02-25 07:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA KPAO CF
05KINSHASA352	DEM. REP. OF CONGO 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa provides the following information in accordance with instructions in reftel. Responses are keyed to reftel's numbered paragraphs (18-21). Begin responses: OVERVIEW OF COUNTRY'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (para 18): A. The DRC is not generall [...]	2005-03-01 16:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN EAID SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CG
05KINSHASA396	FY-05 PROPOSAL FOR AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR [...] SUMMARY: Kinshasa would like to submit the following proposal as its primary Cultural Preservation Project. This grant will fund the preservation project of the ethnographic and archeological collections of the National Museum of Lubumbashi thereby preserving the cultural and archeological her [...]	2005-03-07 13:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP ECIN SCUL CG
05KINSHASA399	CONGO/B: FY2005 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR CULTURAL [...] Brazzaville Embassy Office submits the following FY2005 project application for the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. A. HEADING WITH COUNTRY AND CONTACT INFORMATION Embassy: Brazzaville Embassy Office Country: Republic of Congo POC: George W. Indyke Jr. (Deputy Chief of Mission [...]	2005-03-07 16:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECIN SCUL CF OXEC UNESCO
05KINSHASA410	U.N. BRIEFS ON ITURI SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.N. officials briefed Kinshasa-based diplomats and humanitarian workers on March 8 about the current situation in Ituri. They stressed the need for the GDRC to adopt a clear position towards Ituri militias and to address the dire humanitarian situation they have caused. End Summa [...]	2005-03-09 16:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL CG
05KINSHASA731	CONGOLESE MINING PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: The natural resources wealth of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is enormous, including diamonds, copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc, uranium, gold, coltan, niobium, and cassiterite. As the DRC turns its eyes to peacetime economic development, the mining sector will become ever mo [...]	2005-04-29 16:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON PGOV PREL CG
05KINSHASA769	CONGO/B: MEETINGS WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 13:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON CF CU IMF
05KINSHASA790	CONGOLESE CONSTITUTION ALMOST COMPLETE, ELECTORAL [...] (C) After several weeks of intense negotiations, the National Assembly is in the third day of final consideration of the draft constitution, which is expected to be approved by the end of this week. Substantial changes were made to the original text to address concerns earlier voiced by CIAT [...]	2005-05-11 12:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA807	WHAT WE NEED TO GET TO ELECTIONS IN THE DRC [...] (C) Now that the Congolese have completed work on the constitution, they and we can focus on realizing the DRC's first democratic elections in almost 50 years. This monumental undertaking -- a model not only for the Great Lakes region but Africa as a whole -- is an avowed policy priority tha [...]	2005-05-16 15:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
05KINSHASA88	CONGO/B: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Sensitive but unclassified - entire text. 2. Embassy Brazzaville submits the following Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to the questions in Ref A. Republic of Congo (Congo/B) Overview of activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Congo/B is not be [...]	2005-01-20 05:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CF
05KINSHASA894	CONGO/B: FY'06 AFRP: "Investigative Journalism," [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-01 14:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
05KINSHASA961	IMF GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DRC ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. Visiting IMF officials expressed guarded optimism about DRC economic circumstances and will recommend that the GDRC proceed to the sixth and final IMF review. The team stated that the DRC has made adequate fiscal and monetary progress, with generally stable inflation and exchang [...]	2005-06-13 15:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV CG
05KUWAIT115	NEWSPAPER PUBLISHES GOK ANTI-TERROR STRATEGY PAPER [...] (U) Kuwait news daily Al-Qabas obtained and published a Social Affairs Ministry working paper outlining Kuwait's efforts to combat terrorism. The paper, according to the article, is expected to be presented by GOK officials at the upcoming conference in Riyadh on International Counterterroris [...]	2005-01-09 11:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV KISL KU
05KUWAIT1172	KUWAIT PM'S ECON ADVISER ON TRADE AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) On March 19, Ambassador met briefly with the Prime Minister's Economic Adviser, Dr. Youssef Al-Ebraheem, to discuss U.S./Kuwaiti TIFA discussions and the state of economic reform in Kuwait. Ambassador briefed on the overall impressions of the previous week's discussions with visiting USTR [...]	2005-03-22 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KU
05KUWAIT1173	AMBASSADOR AND MFA DIRECTOR DISCUSS U.S.-GOK [...] (U) The Ambassador used a March 22 courtesy call on Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Ambassador Abdullah Ahmed Al-Murad to thank Kuwait for its vote in favor of a UNGA resolution on Human Cloning. He noted the declaration was a U.S. policy priority and appreci [...]	2005-03-22 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV KU UN
05KUWAIT1286	SENATOR REED THANKS KUWAIT FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT; [...] (C) Summary: Senator Jack Reed (D-RI),accompanied by the Ambassador, OMC-K Chief and Poloff, met Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah March 27 at the Minister's home. The Senator expressed appreciation to Kuwait for assistance with U.S. [...]	2005-03-29 16:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PGOV KWMN ECON EAID KU
05KUWAIT1295	U.S.-KUWAIT "MINI-TIFA" TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. On March 16-17, USTR's John Fennerty met with members of Kuwait's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) team (participant list in para 31) in a series of "mini-TIFA" meetings, to assess Kuwait's progress since the May 2004 inaugural TIFA Council meeting in [...]	2005-03-30 07:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON EINV KU
05KUWAIT1400	GWOT ASSESSMENT: KUWAIT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Counterterrorism remains at the top of our bilateral agenda and post has experienced increased cooperation from the Government of Kuwait (GOK) in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) since January when a series of security incidents revealed to the GOK a home-grown threat. There [...]	2005-04-06 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT1449	ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, PROMINENT MP DOWNPLAY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Responding to a week of press speculation that Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah would seek the dissolution of the National Assembly in response to repeated ministerial grillings, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi told local dailies April 9 that [...]	2005-04-11 04:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05KUWAIT1462	MP SAYS GOK ALLOWED HEALTH MINISTER'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) During an April 9 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, Liberal MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager told the Ambassador the Prime Minister had committed a "big mistake" in not replacing former Information Minister Mohamme [...]	2005-04-11 13:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KU
05KUWAIT1467	AMB. JONES CONSULTS WITH KUWAITI PM ON KEY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, met with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah on April 9 to discuss political, security and economic support for the new Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG). Ambassador Jones, w [...]	2005-04-12 05:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL EAID KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT1468	ASSEMBLY FOREIGN RELATIONS CHAIR ON IRAQ'S [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, met with Chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Relations Committee, MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager on April 9. Ambassador Jones, who had just returned from Iraq, briefed the MP on the formation of the P [...]	2005-04-12 05:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05KUWAIT1497	PRIME MINISTER REQUESTS SECURITY FOR BORDER TEAM; [...] (C) During their April 9 meeting, Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told visiting Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, that the United Nations had agreed to return to the Kuwait/Iraq border to oversee border pillar maintenance, but would need so [...]	2005-04-13 12:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KTIA MARR KU IZ UN KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT1498	PRIME MINISTER COMPLAINS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah complained that the State Department's Human Rights Report unfairly accused the GOK of interfering in the country's judicial process during his April 9 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Amb [...]	2005-04-13 12:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KU
05KUWAIT1711	EMBASSY KUWAIT VALIDATION STUDY ON DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Kuwait has completed a nonimmigrant visa validation study on domestic employee B1 visa recipients. The purpose of this study was to measure the overstay and non-return rates for B1 visa holders with Kuwaiti sponsors, as well as the B1 sponsors' compliance with U.S. labo [...]	2005-04-26 16:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD PHUM KU
05KUWAIT1729	FOREIGN MINISTER: GOK SERIOUS ABOUT COMBATING TIP [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador demarched Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on Department concerns regarding Kuwait's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) status (reftel). While highlighting a strong U.S. desire to work with the GOK, the Ambassador raised specific concerns a [...]	2005-04-27 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL KU
05KUWAIT1834	KUWAITI SHIITE POLITICAL BLOCS BUOYED BY WAVE OF [...] (C) Summary: The often mistrusted Shi'a population has slowly increased the intensity of its calls for reform since the liberation of Iraq, winning some concessions from the GOK, but losing ground in the face of active Salafi opposition. Although most Kuwaiti Shiites claim to identify themse [...]	2005-05-03 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PINR KISL KU SOLI
05KUWAIT1859	KUWAIT SUPPORT FOR MUSCAT-BASED ESTH HUB [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait strongly supports the establishment of an environment, science, technology and health (ESTH) regional hub in Muscat. Although the Gulf countries confront many of the same challenges as their counterparts in the Levant and Maghreb, there are many ESTH concerns that are uniq [...]	2005-05-04 12:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO AMGT KU ZR
05KUWAIT1884	IRANIAN GAS AND PROJECT KUWAIT: THE VIEW FROM KPC [...] (C) Summary: During a May 2 meeting, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) General Counsel, Shaykh Nawaf Saud Nasser Al-Sabah (strictly protect) gave Poloff a readout on the status of Kuwait's efforts to import natural gas, including details on the highly publicized March 15 MOU with Iran. Nawaf [...]	2005-05-08 10:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL PTER KU IZ IR OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT1965	KUWAIT: THREE IPR SEMINARS IN THREE WEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. After their country was strongly criticized this past year for its poor intellectual property rights (IPR) record, Kuwaitis from inside and outside the government organized three different IPR seminars in late April and early May. The first event, an April 25 roun [...]	2005-05-11 13:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL KIPR KU
05KUWAIT213	SHIITE POLITICAL SCIENTIST: IRAN NOT TRYING TO [...] (C) Summary: Liberal Shiite and Kuwait University Political Science Chairman Professor Abdull Redha Assiri shared his thoughts on Iran with Poloffs during a January 11 meeting. Assiri, who travels often to Iran, said Kuwait and Iran maintain good relations and predicted that Iran -- already a [...]	2005-01-12 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IR IZ
05KUWAIT214	GRILLING OF JUSTICE MINISTER UNEVENTFUL; PERSONAL [...] Summary: In what is being described as the most bland grilling yet, Justice Minister and MP Ahmed Baqer, the only Salafi in the cabinet, was grilled by liberal MP Jamal Al-Omar on January 10 for nine hours. Al-Omar is known to have a personal feud with the Justice Minister and this is likely [...]	2005-01-12 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL KPAO PINR KU
05KUWAIT2174	LAWYER FOR ACCUSED TERRORIST MAKES HIS CASE [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs met with prominent defense attorney Osama Al-Munawer on May 15, 2005, at the law offices of his father, Ahmed H. Al-Munawer, to discuss the status of pending criminal cases against many of his clients. Al-Munawer is the defense attorney for most of the Kuwaiti nationals [...]	2005-05-22 14:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PINR KJUS KISL KU TERRORISM ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT2197	KUWAIT'S PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES ADVANCING ON [...] (U) Summary and Key Findings: During May 2005, Ambassador met with the leading figures in the Kuwaiti private investment sector. The Ambassador encouraged continued investment in the U.S. and new investments in Iraq and in other countries of U.S. interest. The Ambassador encouraged the inve [...]	2005-05-23 13:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV KU KGCC
05KUWAIT2229	KUWAITI PM SAYS THERE WILL BE A FEMALE CABINET [...] (C) Summary: During a May 24 call on Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Sabah, the Ambassador congratulated him on the May 16 vote granting women full political rights and encouraged speed in bringing women into senior government positions. The PM said the GOK would appoint a woman cabinet minister, a matte [...]	2005-05-24 16:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON KDEM SOCI KWMN IZ KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2485	AMBASSADOR CRITICIZED FOR REITERATING U.S. [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Led by National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, a few Kuwaiti political figures have criticized the Ambassador's May 25 speech to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense Command and Staff College. The public release of the speech, in which the Ambassador reiterated U.S. [...]	2005-06-06 12:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KU IR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT2486	KUWAIT HOLDS SEMINAR ON POSSIBLE FTA WITH U.S. [...] (U) Summary. In a June 4 seminar sponsored by American-Kuwaiti Alliance (AKA),the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the American Business Council of Kuwait and the Kuwait Economic Society, Kuwaiti, American, Jordanian and Singaporean speakers discussed the benefits of U.S. free trade [...]	2005-06-06 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PREL BEXP JO SN KU
05KUWAIT2509	AMBASSADOR CONGRATULATES NEW MUNICIPAL COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary: Ten Kuwaiti men were elected in June 2 elections to the 2005-2009 Municipal Council and the GOK appointed on June 3 two women and four men to the Council completing the formation of the 16-member local governing body. The Ambassador paid courtesy calls on several newly-elected Cou [...]	2005-06-07 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR KWMN EIND KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
05KUWAIT2548	IRANIAN NSA VISITS KUWAIT, CALLS FOR AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following a number of official exchanges, the Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, visited Kuwait June 4-6, during which he held a series of meetings reportedly focusing on security cooperation in the fight against terroris [...]	2005-06-08 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT257	KUWAIT'S 2004 SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] Per reftel, following is Kuwait's submission for the 2004 report on supporting human rights and democracy. The Embassy point of contact is Richard Michaels. 2. Begin text: Kuwait is a constitutional, hereditary emirate. The Constitution provides for an elected National Assembly; however, it [...]	2005-01-17 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM ELAB PGOV PREL ECON KU HURI
05KUWAIT2618	KUWAIT: TIP ACTION PLAN REVIEWED WITH THREE SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: Post has delivered TIP action plan to three senior Kuwaiti officials, including a Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister and the President of the National Security Bureau, who both stressed that the GOK views trafficking and other human rights as serious issues. In addition, two Ku [...]	2005-06-13 08:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KU
05KUWAIT264	KUWAITIS SHOCKED BY RECENT TERROR INCIDENTS; MANY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of a second shoot-out on January 15 between Kuwaiti security officers and extremists, public calls for increased monitoring of mosque sermons, weapons turn-in programs, and increased security throughout the country indicate a genuine and growing concern amo [...]	2005-01-17 15:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KISL KPAO KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2654	AMERICAN CORNER SPRING SEMESTER WRAP-UP [...] Summary: Post programming at the two American Corners in Kuwait was wrapped-up with the completion of the spring 2005 academic semester. Emboffs, Fulbright scholars and visitors were programmed at both of the American Corners in Kuwait. Programming involved informal lectures, presentations [...]	2005-06-15 03:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP KIRC XF KU
05KUWAIT2694	Public Diplomacy in Kuwait -- What "Moves the Needle"? [...] In the report "Changing Minds and Winning Peace" by the Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy for the Arab and Muslim World," the authors emphasize the need for our public diplomacy programs to be evaluated by their ability to change attitudes towards the United States, using the metaphorical meas [...]	2005-06-19 04:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC PREL SCUL OIIP XF KU
05KUWAIT2802	DOE WILLIAMSON DELEGATION VISITS KUWAIT [...] (U) Summary. DOE officials Williamson and Brodman met on 21 June with Minister of Energy Shaykh Ahmed and other senior GOK energy officials. The delegation delivered a letter from Secretary Bodman inviting Shaykh Ahmed to meet with him in Washington and expressing the Secretary's interest i [...]	2005-06-23 05:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET KU PREL OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT2893	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: KUWAITI OPINION ON IRANIAN [...] Summary: The election of Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stirred unease among Kuwaiti observers. While few voices predict Iranian foreign policy will substantially change under the new president, the perceived continuation of the status quo has prompted calls for GCC unity and [...]	2005-06-28 14:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KISL PHUM PINR KU
05KUWAIT2925	KUWAITIS EXPRESS CONCERN, UNEASE ABOUT NEW IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Prominent Kuwaitis expressed unease with the recent election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran during June 27 and 28 meetings with Poloff. Although conceding that Ahmadinejad's election would probably not bring about drastic changes to Iranian foreign and do [...]	2005-06-29 15:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MARR KU IR KNPP
05KUWAIT2927	POST INPUT FOR GULF STRATEGY PAPER TO COMBAT [...] (S/NF) Post read with interest the Kuwait portion of the "Strategy for the Gulf Region to Combat Terrorist Financing And Strengthen Overall AML/CTF Efforts" paper (Ref A). While we endorse the action points for Kuwait as well-targeted and appropriate, we are concerned that the background por [...]	2005-06-29 16:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN ETTC PGOV KU
05KUWAIT3178	The Diwaniya: A Defining Element of [...] Introduction: Post reporting often refers to "diwaniya" visits, important sources for information on domestic and international developments. Most readers recognize the diwaniya as an uniquely Kuwaiti political, social, and cultural institution, but what exactly is a diwaniya and what role [...]	2005-07-18 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KU
05KUWAIT3246	Engaging Kuwaitis On Terrorism and Islam [...] (U) SUMMARY: The July 7 terror attacks in London, followed closely by increasingly horrific and deadly suicide attacks in Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt, have deeply affected Kuwaiti leaders and opinion makers. Some contacts have said that the London attacks, in particular, hit them harder than the 9 [...]	2005-07-24 04:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KPAO KISL PREL PHUM KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT3270	KOC GAS CHIEF LOOKS FOR HELP IN AVOIDING [...] (C) Summary: At a July 23 meeting, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) Gas Management Group Manager Mohammad Al-Otaibi told Econ Officer that Iran was "very eager" to have Kuwait sign an agreement to import gas from Iran, but that the GOK was still weighing its options. He asked for any assistance that [...]	2005-07-25 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PINR BEXP KU IR IZ OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT3325	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti writers rallied around Egypt in the wake of the July 23 Sharm El-Sheikh bombings condemning the acts and seeking to assign blame. Most commentators foreswore blaming the acts on Israeli perfidy or U.S. policy, as has been the case after previous attacks elsewhere. Some sought [...]	2005-07-27 11:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KPAO KISL PREL SCUL KU
05KUWAIT3384	ISLAMISTS OFFER CRITIQUE OF U.S. POLICY, ADVICE ON [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 26, CDA hosted a gathering of Kuwaiti Islamists from the media, academic, religious and political fields for the purpose of engaging Kuwait's religious leaders and opinion makers in a formal dialogue about U.S. policy and world events. The guests, some of whom expr [...]	2005-07-31 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO KISL PTER KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT3422	IN KUWAIT, POLITICS AS USUAL AFTER DEATH OF SAUDI [...] (SBU) Summary: The death of Saudi King Fahd elicited little surprise in Kuwait. With both the Amir and the Crown Prince old and ailing, however, King Fahd's death has renewed speculation on Kuwait's own succession issues (septel). Crown Prince Abdullah's accession to the Saudi throne will ha [...]	2005-08-02 14:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KISL KU
05KUWAIT3462	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: THE DEATH OF KING FAHD [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators universally mourned King Fahd as a true Islamic leader and a special friend of Kuwait. The timing of his death, on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, led many writers to remember the special support Saudi Arabia offered Kuwait as a re [...]	2005-08-06 04:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KISL PREL KU
05KUWAIT3552	AMBASSADOR HOSTS YES STUDENTS AS NEW GROUP HEADS [...] SUMMARY: On Sunday, August 6, 2005, the Ambassador hosted a reception at his residence for past and present Kuwaiti participants in the YES program, their parents and AMIDEAST-Kuwait officials. Attendees said that they loved being invited to the Embassy. The event earned wide positive pres [...]	2005-08-09 12:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL XF KU
05KUWAIT3562	NAVY MEDIA TRIP EARNS POSITIVE COVERAGE FOR [...] SUMMARY: A three-day trip to two Coalition ships and an Iraqi oil platform by a team of Kuwaiti reporters earned three days of positive media coverage for Coalition maritime security operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf. Of particular value to post PA efforts were sidebar stories on the coo [...]	2005-08-09 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PGOV KPAO PHUM KDEM KU
05KUWAIT3590	ACTING SPEAKER INFORMS AMBASSADOR NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, Acting National Assembly Speaker, August 9 to discuss legislation that would be addressed when the National Assembly reconvened October 17. Al-Sager predicted the National Assembly would approve Project Kuwait legislation for [...]	2005-08-10 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EPET KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05KUWAIT366	MEDIA REACTION - SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION [...] On the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, one commentator advocated equating all human suffering. Other commentators wrote they expect little or no change in Administration policies during President Bush's second term. Writers were highly critical of GOK for having "miscalculated" e [...]	2005-01-26 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
05KUWAIT3677	REVIVED AL-SABAH DEBATE OVER SUCCESSION; [...] (S/NF) Summary: Sources indicate a major change in leadership may take place in Kuwait, possibly before the end of August. Although Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is considered the primary candidate for Amir, his succession is not a foregone conclusion. According to [...]	2005-08-16 12:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KU PDEM
05KUWAIT3827	FM TO RAISE IRAQ, IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AND [...] (C) The Ambassador met August 27 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah at the latter's invitation to discuss the FM's one-day visit to Iran on August 28. The FM said that he would raise three "issues of concern" with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- Iraq, [...]	2005-08-27 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT3902	FOREIGN MINISTER ON HIS VISIT TO IRAN; PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah sat with the Ambassador on August 30 to discuss his trip to Tehran, two days earlier. The visit itself last four hours on the ground and included meetings with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the new Foreign Minister, M [...]	2005-08-30 14:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU
05KUWAIT3957	TFUSO1: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: KUWAITIS EXTEND [...] Summary: Kuwaitis from all sectors of society and across the ideological spectrum have joined in praising the Government of Kuwait's decision to offer $500 million in aid to Hurricane Katrina victims, and effusive pledges of support covered the front pages of nearly every Kuwaiti newspaper. Ku [...]	2005-09-06 09:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO PREL KU KATRINA AID
05KUWAIT4209	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN KUWAIT [...] (S) Summary and Introduction: This report responds to the request (ref A) for information on programs for combating extremism. Embassy Kuwait actively engages the Government of Kuwait at every opportunity on every level on ways to combat extremism. Although the GOK has previously discounted [...]	2005-09-27 11:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI KISL ASEC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4293	FREEDOM AGENDA: REDUCTION OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reducing the number of electoral districts from 25 to 10 is a top priority for reform-minded parliamentarians (MPs) in the next National Assembly session, which begins October 17. They argue that the reduction would reduce electoral corruption by making common prac [...]	2005-10-03 14:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA
05KUWAIT4325	MEPI-FUNDED REGIONAL CAMPAIGN SCHOOL BRINGS ARAB [...] (U) Summary. The National Democratic Institute (NDI) held in Kuwait from September 25 - 28, the fourth regional campaign school funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). "Partners in Participation" attracted women activists from 14 countries in the Middle East and North Afri [...]	2005-10-05 09:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PREL PINR KU XF WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS MEPI
05KUWAIT4378	STUDENT UNION ELECTIONS: A MICROCOSM OF POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Islamic Alliance, a partnership between two student parties affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis, swept Kuwait University's (KU) Student Union elections held in October. The Muslim Brotherhood has dominated the influential Student Union, which [...]	2005-10-11 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KISL KDEM KWMN SOCI KU
05KUWAIT4406	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ON SUCCESSION, PROJECT [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The Ambassador met October 12 with National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi for a periodic update on a range of issues. The speaker quickly turned to recent dispute within the ruling family (reftel). Al-Khorafi said the Amir's strong public support for the Prime Minis [...]	2005-10-13 16:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ KU SUCCESSION NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FREEDOM AGENDA

05KUWAIT4480	AMID FLURRY OF RUMORS ABOUT SUCCESSION, PM OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah opened the National Assembly October 17, delivering the Government speech on behalf of the Amir, who was notably absent from the protocolary duty. The session comes amid a flurry of rumors that Shaykh Sabah will replace th [...]	2005-10-18 12:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU SUCCESSION NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05KUWAIT4527	FY05Q4 IIP SPEAKER EVALUATION: PATRICK CLAWSON; [...] SUMMARY: October 1-2, 2005, U.S. Speaker Dr. Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director for Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, conducted a speaking tour in Kuwait focusing on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Addressing diverse audiences, Dr. Clawson spoke at Kuwait Unive [...]	2005-10-22 09:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL XF KU
05KUWAIT4623	RESEARCH LINKS WITH THE U.S. - THE KUWAIT FUND FOR [...] SUMMARY: On October 19, 2005, the Ambassador met with the Director General of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS). KFAS is a non-profit, non- governmental research funding entity chaired by the Emir of Kuwait, and supported by nearly 900 Kuwaiti companies that annuall [...]	2005-10-29 11:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECON OEXC XF KU
05KUWAIT4643	GOK STILL GEARING UP FOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Advisor to the Prime Minister Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem on October 26. Among other issues, they discussed the slow pace of Kuwait's economic reform and the stalled TIFA process. Al-Ebraheem acknowledged that the GOK carried as much responsibility as did the parliament [...]	2005-10-30 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL EFIN EINV BEXP KU
05KUWAIT4644	GCC EQUITIES: INVESTMENTS OR LOTTERY TICKETS? [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with the Ambassador October 26, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) CEO said skyrocketing GCC equities could presage a Gulf equivalent of the U.S. "dot com" market bust. In order to "shake up the market a bit," NBK will host a December 18 symposium to examine the [...]	2005-10-30 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL KU
05KUWAIT4648	COMMENTS FROM ENERGY MINISTER AND UNDERSECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: During an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that prospects for a vote on the northern oilfields project were good for November or December and that he expected it to pass, echoing what Ministry of Ener [...]	2005-10-31 08:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON KU OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT4672	FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI DEBT, ECONOMIC REFORM, [...] (C) Summary. In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Al-Humaidhi explained that there had been no renewed contact with the Iraqi government on debt relief since Ambassador Jeffrey's visit in October and that reconstruction assistance was proceeding slowly. He expressed [...]	2005-11-01 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KTFN PGOV PREL IZ KU
05KUWAIT4685	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S NOVEMBER 13-14, [...] (SBU) Secretary Bodman will arrive about one week after the celebration of the end of the month of Ramadan. He will meet with Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. He will also meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sab [...]	2005-11-02 15:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ENRG EPET OVIP PREL KU
05KUWAIT4717	POST ASSESSMENT OF KUWAIT CASH COURIER ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Per reftel A request, the following is Post's assessment of Kuwait's cash courier environment. At the Border and Legal Environment ----------------------------------- 2. (C) The GOK's 2002 law (No. 35) "Concerning Combating Money Laundering" criminalizes cash smuggling within the [...]	2005-11-08 12:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PGOV KU TERROR FINANCE
05KUWAIT4770	SECRETARY OF ENERGY THANKS GOK FOR KATRINA AID, [...] (U) Summary: During his November 13-14 visit to Kuwait, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman thanked the Government and SIPDIS people of Kuwait for their generous support for Hurricane Katrina victims, as well as their support of reconstruction efforts in Iraq, Pakistan and elsewhere. The Sec [...]	2005-11-15 08:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU
05KUWAIT4776	Study in the U.S.A.: We Are Failing [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 12:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP CVIS XF KU
05KUWAIT4811	STUDY IN THE U.S.A.: WE ARE FAILING [...] SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: Despite the Mission's focused priority efforts at increasing the number of Kuwaitis studying in the U.S., the number of Kuwaitis opting for higher education in America continues to decline. In FY-05, 58 fewer F1 visas were issued to Kuwaitis than during FY-04, a [...]	2005-11-19 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP CVIS XF KU
05KUWAIT4813	28TH MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMISSION: 28 [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait hosted on November 15, the 28th meeting of the Tripartite Commission (TPC) on Gulf War Missing. The session closed 28 cases (26 Kuwaitis, two Saudis, and one Iraqi),continued the mandate of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) for one year, and selected November 15, 2006 [...]	2005-11-19 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR AORC ICRC KU IZ SA
05KUWAIT4832	AMBASSADOR RAISES ALARM RE SHARP DECLINE IN KUWAITI [...] (U) Summary and comment: On November 9, Ambassador met with Undersecretary for Higher Education, Dr. Rasha Al- Sabah. During the meeting, they discussed reasons for the significant decline in the number of Kuwaiti students studying in the U.S., the benefits of increasing the number of Ameri [...]	2005-11-22 04:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC KPAO SCUL PREL PTER OIIP CVIS KISL XF KU
05KUWAIT486	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES ANTI-TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: During separate February 2 discussions with the Ambassador, Members of Parliament (MPs) Dr. Yousef Al-Zalzalah and Abdullah Al-Roumi discussed the National Assembly's February 1 passage of a new law which expands law enforcement powers to search and seize illegal weapons, calling [...]	2005-02-02 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL EFIN PGOV KU
05KUWAIT4979	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WORLD BANK ON-SITE PRESENCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-03 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KU
05KUWAIT4993	FREEDOM AGENDA: NOW SHOWING AT EMBASSY KUWAIT. [...] (U) Post has taken advantage of its Motion Picture Licensing Corporation license to screen films addressing democratic reform issues and MEPI themes for host country audiences. The response has been overwhelmingly positive and post has made available purchased DVD versions of the movies to [...]	2005-12-04 11:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO SOCI KDEM KWMN KMPI KU
05KUWAIT5063	NEA DAS GRAY ENGAGES GOK ON AID, IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: NEA DAS Gordon Gray met with Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Abdulwahab Al-Bader, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, and Minister of Social Af [...]	2005-12-10 07:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM EAID KDEM KPAO CVIS KU
05KUWAIT5069	FREEDOM AGENDA: USING INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] PolChief participated December 10 in a program organized by the American Universal School in celebration of International Human Rights Day. Addressing an audience of approximately 100 students aged 15-16, and drawing from reftel, she emphasized the U.S. commitment to promoting and safeguardi [...]	2005-12-10 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL KIRF KDEM KPAO PINR KU
05KUWAIT5082	TERRORIST FINANCE: AMBASSADOR OPENS ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) On December 11, Ambassador delivered remarks at the opening of an anti-money laundering and terror finance conference hosted by Kuwait General Administration of Customs (KGAC) and DHS's U.S. Custom's Advisory Team. The Ambassador's remarks praised ongoing cooperation between the GOK and t [...]	2005-12-11 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT5133	KUWAIT: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT DRAFT [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2005 Terrorism Report is provided below. The text will also be submitted electronically as instructed in reftel. Addendum information will be provided septel. Post contact is Political Officer Andrea F. Gastaldo who can be reached at GastaldoAF2@stat [...]	2005-12-14 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5135	FREEDOM AGENDA: AMBASSADOR URGES WORDS TO MATCH [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador December 14 that Kuwait had a strong record of encouraging religious tolerance and did not need to respond to calls by extremists to limit the construction of places of worship other than mosques. The Ambassador agreed the GOK [...]	2005-12-14 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA
05KUWAIT5141	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (U) Post's input for Part II of the 2005-2006 INCSR follows in para 2. An updated redlined country write-up has been emailed to rindlerep (AT) state.gov per reftel instructions. 2.(U) BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT. Kuwait The Government of Kuwait should significantly accelerate [...]	2005-12-16 11:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
05KUWAIT5164	GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT SHOWS INTEREST IN [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-17 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL PTER KU
05KUWAIT5231	SCENESETTER FOR A/S TONY WAYNE'S JANUARY 7, 2006 [...] (SBU) We look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Over the past three years the GOK has embarked on an ambitious program of economic and political reform, with some successes and some frustration. There are significant opportunities for U.S. businesses in Kuwait, which will continue to incr [...]	2005-12-21 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KU
05KUWAIT656	ISLAMISTS IN KUWAIT: CONTOURS OF A GROWING, [...] (C) Introduction: The Islamist movement in Kuwait reaches into every aspect and sector of Kuwaiti society. From grass-roots businesses to senior positions in government, Islamists have a strong voice throughout this country. Paradoxically, Islamists lead the national dialogue in calling for d [...]	2005-02-14 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT669	MINISTER OF FINANCE AND TREASURY U/S DISCUSS AID [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Finance Minister Mahmoud Al-Nouri hosted a working dinner 9 February for Department of Treasury Undersecretary John Taylor at which the two discussed aid to the Palestinians, Iraqi debt and reconstruction, future plans for BMENA and G8 involvement in economic and political [...]	2005-02-15 08:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KU IZ GZ WE
05LAGOS1044	ATTENTION TO HIV/AIDS INCREASES AMONG LAGOS [...] Summary: Little statistical information exists on the effect of HIV/AIDS on the private sector in Lagos. The number of businesses with AIDS policies and programs has risen, but such efforts remain largely the domain of large multi-national companies. Anecdotal information indicates the HIV/ [...]	2005-07-06 14:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KHIV PGOV NI
05LAGOS1047	UPDATE ON LAGOS STATE AIDS CONTROL AGENCY [...] Summary: Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) continues to work with 11 state ministries, 20 local governments, and over 400 organizations to reduce the incidence and mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS in Lagos State. Achievements in 2004 included the expansion of voluntary counseling and t [...]	2005-07-06 14:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KHIV PGOV NI
05LAGOS1100	NIGERIA: STATE OF THE ECONOMY FOR JUNE/JULY [...] Summary: Nigerian economists indicate that the country can expect continued inflationary pressure, increased interest rates, and modest naira depreciation. This economic environment will cause Nigerian investors to continue to look outward for investment opportunities, as evidenced by a 30% [...]	2005-07-12 10:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET ETRD ECPS NI
05LAGOS1128	NIGERIA: ADDITIONAL PROJECT FOR EMBASSY SMALL [...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. After supplying project descriptions to the Senior Policy Operating Group (SPOG) per reftel, Mission's Small Project Funds Committee received a proposal from an NGO in Edo State. Because Edo State is widely considered the country's highest volume t [...]	2005-07-14 11:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NI
05LAGOS1361	NIGERIA: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] As per ref B, para 5, Post met with Ministry of Labor, ILO, UNICEF, law enforcement and immigration, as well as NGO representatives to update the mandatory child labor report. The following paragraphs are updates keyed to the topics listed in ref B, para 7. Post has provided a separate respons [...]	2005-08-31 11:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NI
05LAGOS1376	NIGERIA: FUEL PRICE HIKE AND NATIONAL STRIKE UPDATE [...] (SBU) On August 26, the Petroleum Products Regulatory Agency (PPPRA),citing increased international oil prices, raised gas prices from 50 Naira/liter to 65 Naira/liter. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) requested the increase, claiming it could no longer shoulder the financ [...]	2005-09-01 16:22:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ELAB KDEM PGOV NI
05LAGOS1397	NIGERIA: STRIKE PLANS FIZZLE [...] (U) The Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) cancelled plans to initiate a nation-wide strike on September 7 in response to the recent fuel price increase (see ref A). Apparently, the NLC encountered resistance or foot-dragging within organized labor. Instead, the NLC now will organize a series of [...]	2005-09-08 06:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI
05LAGOS1405	BANKS SCRAMBLING TO MEET DECEMBER RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Banking experts predict 25 to 30 banks or newly merged bank groups will make the December 2005 Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deadline to attain a 25 billion naira capital base. A large number of banks will be unable to meet the CBN's naira 25 billion (USD 192 million)recapitalization re [...]	2005-09-08 15:07:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV NI
05LAGOS1420	BASIC FOOD PRICES RISE CONSIDERABLY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRICES OF BASIC FOOD ITEMS HAVE RISEN CONSIDERABLY IN THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS. CORN, SORGHUM, MILLET AND COWPEA PRICES HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED DURING THE PAST YEAR. LOCAL SOURCES ATTRIBUTE THE SPIRAL TO A COMBINATION OF FACTORS, NAMELY: (A) LOW PRODUCTIVITY AND UNATTRACTIVE PRIC [...]	2005-09-14 07:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PGOV NI AME
05LAGOS1428	LAGOS FUEL PRICE PROTEST WENDS PEACEFULLY THROUGH [...] The September 14 protest rally and march (against fuel price increases) in Lagos concluded peacefully. Police estimate 30,000 to 50,000 protestors gathered at the Lagos State Government Complex in the city's Alausa district. A protest letter was presented around 1:30 p.m. Protestors remaine [...]	2005-09-15 12:52:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI
05LAGOS1531	TELECOM SECTOR GROWS, CHINESE FIRMS EXPAND [...] (C) Summary. Telecom operators believe the Nigerian Communications Commission's (NCC) unified licensing policy allowing existing fixed wireless and mobile licensees to provide both services for voice, data and multimedia will reinforce the current dominance enjoyed by the key players already [...]	2005-09-30 14:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV NI CH
05LAGOS1637	BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...]	2005-10-21 16:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
05LAGOS1638	BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...]	2005-10-21 16:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
05LAGOS1639	BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...]	2005-10-21 16:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
05LAGOS1640	BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...]	2005-10-21 16:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
05LAGOS1641	BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...]	2005-10-21 16:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
05LAGOS1863	NIGERIA CANNOT DETECT H5N1 AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. AgAttache met with the acting director of Nigeria's Department of Agriculture and Pest Control Services to discuss the GON's plan for contending with an outbreak of AI. Senior GON policymakers are keenly aware that an AI outbreak would very likely destroy Nigeria's poultry industry [...]	2005-12-09 14:39:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV EAGR AMED CASC EAID XX NI WHO FAO
05LAGOS1875	NIGERIA LAUNCHES ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION [...] (U) Continuing its high profile campaign to reform the power sector, the GON inaugurated the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on October 31. The 2005 Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) mandates NERC promote quality and efficiency in the provision of electricity, and en [...]	2005-12-12 15:26:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV NI ENERG
05LAGOS1961	AQUACULTURE EXPERTS STATE NIGERIAN FISHING [...] (U) Aquaculture experts report Nigeria has consistently underperformed in meeting targeted fish production quotas. They blame the low productivity on lack of available commercial vessels and able seafarers, environmental pollution, poor enforcement of fishing regulations, lack of defined water [...]	2005-12-30 08:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIS ETRD EINV PHSA SENV PGOV PREL CH NI
05LAGOS346	NOMINATION FOR JULY 25-29 OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY [...] (U) Post nominates Economic Specialist - Obilade, Mayowa Olalonpe, as its candidate for the oil and gas industry course scheduled for July 25-29, 2005 in Houston. Ms. Obilade holds a Masters degree in Economics and has been the Consulate General's Economic Specialist for the past 12 months. [...]	2005-03-06 04:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	NFATC ECON
05LAGOS362	ALIKO DANGOTE AND WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIM [...] (C) Summary. Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Dangote) is Nigeria's most well known businessperson and may be its wealthiest citizen. He has taken on the aura of an economic folk hero for some, villain for others. To supporters, he symbolizes that Nigeria can do more than barter and trade. It can suc [...]	2005-03-07 14:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON NI PINR BEXP PGOV
05LAGOS364	ALIKO DANGOTE AND WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIM [...] (C) Summary. Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Dangote) is Nigeria's most well known businessperson and may be its wealthiest citizen. He has taken on the aura of an economic folk hero for some, villain for others. To supporters, he symbolizes that Nigeria can do more than barter and trade. It can suc [...]	2005-03-07 14:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON NI PINR BEXP PGOV
05LAGOS433	CHEVRON LOOKS TO ETHNIC COUNCIL MODEL FOR DELTA [...] (C) Chevron Texaco is moving away from the 'host community' paradigm for implementing its community relations and development programs in the Delta region, and instead is embracing state-level 'ethnic councils.' These councils would disburse Chevron community development funds, and be respo [...]	2005-03-18 06:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS472	EXPELLED GOVERNOR BOASTS: I AM THE BEAUTIFUL [...] (C) Summary. Anambra State Governor Chris Ngige met with us days after being expelled from the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Ngige predicted that a growing army of supporters as well as some disgruntled politicians would move with him to the party of his choice, thus wresting Anambr [...]	2005-03-29 06:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KJUS NI PGOV PINS PREL
05LAGOS502	TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES; MISSION RAMPS UP EFFORTS [...] (C) Striking Tidex employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members (approximately 45-50 expatriates),including thirteen AMCITs, from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. Tidex now states thirteen, not seventeen AMCITs, are aboard the detained vessels. T [...]	2005-04-01 21:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS537	NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GON's privatization program may accelerate as a result of the power sector reform bill signed into law March 11, and the new Maersk operating concession of the Apapa (Lagos) port container terminal. The GON has also contracted the Italian firm, Grimaldi Group, to build a USD [...]	2005-04-08 13:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON ECPS EWWT EINV PINR NI
05LAGOS542	IMF HEARS OUT NIGERIAN PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (U) Summary. During the IMF Mission Team's Article IV consultations in Nigeria (ref A),U.S. private sector firm representatives told the IMF team the operating environment in Nigeria remains challenging. Port delays and improprieties, arbitrary political decisions, and currency payment issues [...]	2005-04-11 09:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
05LAGOS551	OIL UNION STRIKE SUSPENDED; TIDEX NEGOTIATIONS [...] On April 9, leaders of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) suspended a three-day warning strike which had been scheduled to begin April 11. The unions called off the strike, saying [...]	2005-04-12 14:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV
05LAGOS630	Nigeria's 2005 Special 301 Review: Special [...] Summary. While awareness of intellectual property rights (IPR) is increasing in Nigeria, IPR compliance has improved only slightly. Inadequate funding of relevant agencies and the inability to sustain public and government attention to IPR violations remain concerns. Optical media piracy is [...]	2005-04-27 14:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR NI
05LAGOS747	CBN'S NEW CAPITALIZATION DEADLINES CAUSE BANKS TO [...] (C) Summary. Eschewing prior consultation with the industry, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) unexpectedly promulgated a new set of deadlines to spur banks to meet its recapitalization requirement: April 30 for pre-merger consent, August 31 for preliminary merger approval, and October 31 for [...]	2005-05-19 08:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI
05LAGOS749	NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 2005 [...] (U) This economic update includes: -- American Business Leaders Discuss Local AmCham -- Stock Market Affected by Banking Reform -- Shipping Dinner Reveals Hands Behind Cabotage Act -- GON Introduces Presidential IPR Initiative: STRAP -- Nigeria Census 2005, Plan for the Worst and Hope for t [...]	2005-05-20 09:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI
05LAGOS765	SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS PROVOKE PLEAS FROM [...] Summary: On a visit to Oru Refugee Camp, PRM regional refugee coordinator, PRM admissions program officer, and Lagos pol-off were greeted by a large crowd. The refugees complained of substandard housing and sanitation, both evident on a tour of the camp. They explained the barriers to local [...]	2005-05-23 16:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL LI NI
05LAGOS806	NIGERIAN POWER SECTOR REFORM LAW IS SIGNED, [...] (U) Summary. After languishing in the National Assembly more than four years, the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) has been passed and signed by President Obasanjo. The Act: 1) Seeks to expedite privatization of the legendarily dysfunctional National Electric Power Authority (NEPA); [...]	2005-05-31 10:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NI
05LAGOS935	NIGERIA: 2006 NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD [...] (U) This responds to Ref A's request for a certification report card identifying the Government of Nigeria's (GON's) efforts towards meeting the 2004 certification benchmarks. A. Major Traffickers 2. (SBU) The 2003 benchmark for cooperation against major traffickers include increased eff [...]	2005-06-16 14:17:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR NI
05LAPAZ3518	VENEZUELA OVERSTEPS IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] Summary: In a diplomatic stumble, Venezuelan Charge d'Affairs Rafael Valero hailed Evo Morales as the anti-imperialist candidate and criticized Podemos rival Tuto Qurioga as the puppet of multinationals and the U.S. in a press conference on November 23. Public reaction to Venezuelan "interf [...]	2005-11-25 21:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BL
05LILONGWE1018	MALAWI LAND REFORM STALLED [...] Malawi's informal system of land administration continues to hinder economic development. A land reform program adopted last year proposes across-the-board reforms, but resistance from local chiefs is stiff. There has been some progress putting a land bureaucracy in place, but the current GO [...]	2005-12-05 09:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV MI
05LILONGWE105	RULING PARTY POISED FOR MAJOR SPLIT [...] SUMMARY: Amid the continuing rift within Malawi's ruling United Democratic Front (UDF),two senior party officials have resigned their positions on the party's National Executive Committee. Former president Muluzi, in his capacity as party chairman, is now openly seeking to expel President M [...]	2005-02-02 15:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM MI
05LILONGWE1062	RE-ENERGIZED MUTHARIKA LAUNCHES IRRIGATION DRIVE [...] (U) Summary: Fresh from his party's by-election victory, a newly confident President Mutharika has launched a major GOM initiative to expand irrigation and improve food security. In a wide-ranging donor briefing on December 16, the president talked of plans for commercial farming, new dams and [...]	2005-12-20 09:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EAGR PGOV MI
05LILONGWE109	MALAWI REPLACES RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR [...] (U) The GOM announced on Tuesday that Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Elias Ngalande is to be replaced at the end of his contract on February 28. He is to be replaced with the recently retired chief executive and current chairman of Stanbic Bank, Victor Mbewe. Stanbic is Malawi's secon [...]	2005-02-04 06:26:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL MI BUD FIN
05LILONGWE131	MALAWI'S ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHT RATCHETS UP [...] (U) Malawi's president used Malawi's Anti-Corruption Day on February 5 as a platform to reaffirm his stance against corruption and to use the issue as a political lever against the ruling party. As he raises the profile of this issue still further, the main GOM agency responsible for prosecut [...]	2005-02-10 14:41:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV KCOR PGOV KMCA MI
05LILONGWE166	PRESIDENT PRESSES DEVELOPMENT AGENDA [...] Summary: President Mutharika last week launched a new series of regular meetings with donor heads of mission, and used the occasion to amplify his vision of Malawi's development. The president emphasized economic growth, rural development, performance evaluation, and the need to mobilize all [...]	2005-02-22 14:31:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID KMCA MI
05LILONGWE188	NATIONAL ACTION GROUP [...] Summary: Over the past year, Malawi has seen a remarkable reversal in the level of importance the GOM has placed on the role of the private sector in contributing to economic growth and poverty reduction. Now, more than ever, the US Mission is uniquely positioned to contribute significantly to [...]	2005-03-02 08:28:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON EINV EFIN ETRD KMCA MI
05LILONGWE227	DEBT PROPOSAL A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR MALAWI [...] (SBU) Over the past week, Embassy has discussed the relative merits of the U.S. and U.K. proposals for debt relief to poor countries (reftel) with senior Malawian officials in ministries of finance, foreign affairs, and economic planning. To a person, our interlocutors have been unaware of ev [...]	2005-03-10 14:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EAID PA MI BUD FIN
05LILONGWE274	Journalists Charged with "Insulting President" [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-22 15:27:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV MI PDEM
05LILONGWE302	PREACHING FREE MARKETS IN MALAWI [...] Over the past several months, Mission Lilongwe's economic team has undertaken a concerted effort to promote the virtues of free markets among Malawi's key decision makers. The country has made halfhearted efforts toward market reforms in recent years, and the new president is pressing a pro-gr [...]	2005-04-06 11:23:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EAID EAGR KMCA MI
05LILONGWE333	MUTHARIKA LAUNCHES NEW PARTY [...] Summary: President Mutharika has launched his new party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The party platform is essentially the same as that of his government, stressing development, anti-corruption, and law and order. End summary. 2. In a raucous and colorful four-hour rally in Lil [...]	2005-04-18 10:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM MI
05LILONGWE343	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS [...] SUMMARY. The National Assembly adjourned on Wednesday April 13 after meeting for eleven days. The two major issues during the sitting were the National Assembly's rejection of President Mutharika's choice for head of the Police and a motion to prohibit MPs from changing parties. The major m [...]	2005-04-21 10:19:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM
05LILONGWE402	SUCCESS OF AN ARV PROGRAM: IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT [...] Summary: Malawi has been making remarkable progress in the roll-out of its Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) funded Anti-Retroviral (ARV) Program. It appears that treatment goals will be met and testing goals exceeded. Some government officials are now asking why Malawi cannot r [...]	2005-05-11 12:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV MI HIV AIDS
05LILONGWE406	IMF ON MALAWI: STRONG PERFORMANCE, BUT RISK AHEAD [...] (C) Following a recent visit from the IMF's country team, the Resident Representative confirms that fiscal performance was strong in the last quarter, despite much weaker than expected donor inflows. The IMF and GOM have reached a tentative agreement for a new Poverty Reduction and Growth Fac [...]	2005-05-13 10:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON MI
05LILONGWE457	PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA'S FIRST YEAR IN POWER [...] SUMMARY: Bingu wa Mutharika's first year as President of Malawi has seen ups and downs. The questionable nature of the May 2004 presidential election created an unsettled political atmosphere that would have tested any president. His inaugural speech generated hope with its emphasis on the [...]	2005-05-31 14:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR ECON KPAO MI
05LILONGWE509	MALAWI: POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2 [...] (U) Malawi 2. (U) Grant No: MLW-102-G01-H-00 Phase 1 amount: $41,751,500.00 Phase 2 amount requested in proposal: $155 million 3. (SBU) Overall Comments/Recommendations: Post recommends funding Malawi's Phase II, HIV/AIDS proposal at the levels requested. However, approval of Phase II [...]	2005-06-16 14:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO MI HIV AIDS
05LILONGWE539	REQUEST FOR PEPFAR GUIDANCE [...] Malawi is one of the USG Missions receiving more than $10 million in USG funding for HIV/AIDS programs. We understand that Malawi and other posts in the "over $10 million" category will have new reporting requirements, but to date we have not received any formal notification from OGAC/State o [...]	2005-06-24 10:38:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SOCI MI HIV AIDS
05LILONGWE542	REQUEST FOR PEPFAR GUIDANCE [...] Malawi is one of the USG Missions receiving more than $10 million in USG funding for HIV/AIDS programs. We understand that Malawi and other posts in the "over $10 million" category will have new reporting requirements, but to date we have not received any formal notification from OGAC/State o [...]	2005-06-27 05:33:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SOCI MI HIV AIDS
05LILONGWE579	PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA'S LEADERSHIP STYLE [...] Despite a year of solid success in imposing discipline on government spending and launching a strong anti-corruption campaign, President Mutharika has been frustrated in his reform agenda by an increasingly militant opposition and a weak civil service. A series of negative media stories has p [...]	2005-07-08 09:20:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMCA MI
05LILONGWE905	MALAWI ON WTO AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points to trade ministry principal secretary Newby Kumwembe on 3 October, with follow up on 11 October. As is usual in Malawi's multilateral trade discussions, Kumwembwe anticipated that Malawi would follow the consensus of least-developed countries in the WTO n [...]	2005-10-13 14:51:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EAGR ETRD
05LILONGWE946	SUBSIDIES WORSEN MALAWI'S FOOD SHORTAGE [...] (SBU) In a year marked by severe shortages of food and fertilizer, it is increasingly clear that the government's interventions in these commodities have considerably deepened the crisis. The current shortage of maize is in part a result of the GOM's insistence on selling subsidized maize thr [...]	2005-11-02 13:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAGR EAID MI
05LILONGWE994	IMF MALAWI REVIEW: ANOTHER GOOD QUARTER [...] (SBU) The IMF's country team today delivered its first quarterly review of Malawi's new Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Malawi has met substantially all of its targets, although it appears headed to miss its net asset target next month. The IMF is recommending a looser foreign [...]	2005-11-22 11:52:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MI
05LIMA1092	PERU'S IPR NEGOTIATOR RESIGNS, BUT THEN STAYS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Infighting between the Ministry of Trade (Mincetur) and Indecopi (Peru's IPR administrative agency) over Peru's intellectual property rights position in the FTA negotiations has become increasingly heated. Following the resignation of Peru's lead IPR negotiator and Indecopi emp [...]	2005-03-04 17:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON PGOV PE FTA
05LIMA1191	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EXIM BANK OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-10 13:54:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN OTRA CI PE EXIM
05LIMA1331	DISCUSSING U.S. VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF, MCA WITH [...] Acting EconCouns delivered on March 15 reftel demarche, outlining U.S. views on debt relief for poor countries, to Minister Counselor Cesar de las Casas of the Office of Commercial Promotion at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. De las Casas was accompanied by Vivian Weiner of APCI, the Peruv [...]	2005-03-18 14:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV PE
05LIMA1346	Peru: 2005 ATPDEA Eligibility Report [...] The following is Post's submission of Peru's 2005 ATPDEA Eligibility Report, as requested in reftel. Effect of the ATPA/ATPDEA ------------------------- 2. The growing importance of the U.S. market for Peruvian exporters is reflected by the fact that the U.S. share of Peru's total expor [...]	2005-03-21 16:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV PE OPIC USTR
05LIMA1361	FINANCE MINISTER ON THE CURRENT SITUATION AND HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK),during a 3/18 breakfast with the Ambassador, was uncertain whether the Toledo Administration would be able to hold the fiscal line as pressure mounts in an electoral climate to meet social demands and to show concrete progress on co [...]	2005-03-21 22:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV PE
05LIMA1409	FUTURE OF OUR CN PROGRAMS AND OBJECTIVES IN PERU [...] (SBU) Summary: As reported reftels, our Mission counter- drug strategy in the short term will be focused on holding the line against expansion of coca and opium cultivation and drawing the noose around no-go coca source zones through eradication and alternative development. The advent in mid [...]	2005-03-23 21:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA2115	TINTAYA MINE: FROM CONFLICT TO COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Conflicts between communities and mining companies are among the most serious problems that confront Peru. One company, however, stands out as an exception: BHP Billiton, an Australian firm with a copper mine in Tintaya, has succeeded in ameliorating once highly conflictive relations w [...]	2005-05-10 19:12:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EMIN SOCI ETRD ECON EAID ENRG PGOV PHUM PE
05LIMA2226	ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON HANDLING OF RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Foreign Minister Armando Lecaros, in response to a query from the Ambassador during a meeting on 5/16, stated that the Foreign Ministry has worked closely with President Alejandro Toledo in handling the crisis in bilateral relations with Chile over the latter's delivery o [...]	2005-05-18 16:11:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PE CI
05LIMA2546	FY 2006 Narcotics Certification for Peru [...] Peru has cooperated fully in the bilateral drug program with the United States. This report is based on the benchmarks. 2. Coca reduction - The goal is to reduce the amount of coca for illicit uses under cultivation through eradication of illegal coca to 27,800 hectares as measured by th [...]	2005-06-07 19:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
05LIMA2554	FOREIGN MINISTER ON PONDERING INITIATIVE ON [...] (U) This is an action message for WHA and INL. See para 6. 2. (C) In the course of a meeting to discuss Venezuelan meddling with Peruvian extremist groups, Foreign Minister Rodriguez Cuadros told the Ambassador that the inroads Bolivarian movements have made among cocaleros in Bolivia [...]	2005-06-07 22:06:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PE PGOV
05LIMA2720	VISIT OF PERUVIAN MINISTERS TO DISCUSS FTA [...] (C) Summary. Four Peruvian Ministers -- Trade, Finance, Agriculture, and Production -- will be traveling to Washington D.C. for high-level meetings with Deputy Secretary Zoellick, USTR Portman, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, NSC Tom Shannon and several members of Congress, June 21-22. The Pe [...]	2005-06-17 19:33:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV EAGR PE ENIV
05LIMA2751	VENEZUELAN EMBASSY'S SEMINAR ON THE SOCIAL CHARTER [...] (SBU) On 6/15, Political Section FSN Assistant attended a "Participative Forum/Workshop" sponsored by the Embassy of Venezuela in Lima entitled "The Social Charter of the Americas (SCA)." Summaries of the interventions by the scheduled speakers are provided below. 2. (U) Ambassador Jorge V [...]	2005-06-21 17:03:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI VE PE
05LIMA2840	THE "U.S. DESIGNS ON THE AMAZON" MYTH RESURFACES [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and a USDAO member have confronted Peruvian officials concerning a Peruvian Army officer's briefing at a bilateral intelligence conference in Quito that depicted the U.S. as the principal security threat to Peru, and alleged that the U.S. had plans to take over the [...]	2005-06-27 15:41:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS MARR PE EC
05LIMA3113	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UN REFORM PRIORITIES WITH [...] (SBU) On 7/13, the Ambassador discussed Ref B talking points on overall UN reform priorities of the USG with Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez; their exchange on Security Council Reform and the G-4 Resolution was reported in Ref A. The Ambassador emphasized the critical nature of the reform pr [...]	2005-07-15 23:02:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNR AORC PE UNSC
05LIMA3341	EU AMBASSADOR PROVIDES READOUT ON SOUTH AMERICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with EU Ambassador Mendel Goldstein on 7/27 to convey concerns about statements attributed to EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner that appeared to criticize U.S. counternarcotics policies in the Andes. Goldstein stated that Ferrero-Waldne [...]	2005-08-03 21:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL ETRD PTER EU PE
05LIMA3415	Peru's Evangelicals: Political Strategy [...] (U) This is the second in a three-part series on Peruvian Evangelicals. It will delineate their political strategy for the upcoming presidential and congressional elections. -------- Summary: -------- 2. (U) Peruvian Evangelical Christians fervently believe that Peru needs thoroughg [...]	2005-08-08 22:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PE

05LIMA3416	CUZCO COCA REGULATION - NO LEGAL IMPACT BUT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-09 14:18:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV SNAR ETRD PE
05LIMA3419	Letter of Agreement of Narcotics Control between [...] Post has completed discussions with the GOP on the text for an amendment to the 1996 Operating Agreement for the Project for Control of Narcotics last amended in September 2004 (Reftel). The amendment would incorporate Fiscal Year 05 funds in the amount of 57,932,000 dollars. We have agree [...]	2005-08-09 15:22:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV PE
05LIMA3434	PERUVIAN COMMITMENT TO UN MISSION IN HAITI [...] (C) Peruvian Defense Minister Roberto Chiabra, in recent conversations with Emboffs (most recently on 8/5 with the Ambassador),has echoed the concern expressed by UN SRSG Valdes that Chile and Argentina are leaning towards withdrawing their troops from MINUSTAH by June 2006 (Reftel). According to [...]	2005-08-09 21:54:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR PREL ASEC PE AA UN
05LIMA3474	Peru: Human Rights Update [...] The following report provides a mid-year update on the Human Rights situation in Peru. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather to identify emerging trends and highlight key issues. Peru's human rights situation, in terms of the GOP's respect for the human rights of citizens, continu [...]	2005-08-11 20:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3476	APPOINTMENT OF FERNANDO OLIVERA AS FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Alejandro Toledo appointed coalition ally Fernando Olivera as Foreign Minister on 8/11; Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero and Housing Minister Carlos Bruce resigned in response. Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti and Justice Minister Eduardo Salhuana reportedly boycotted Oliv [...]	2005-08-11 23:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
05LIMA3554	PERU RESUMES FTA NEGOTIATIONS WITH THAILAND [...] (U) Summary. After almost 10 months of delay, the GOP resumed free trade talks with Thailand on August 15. During round six, held in Lima August 15-17, the GOP and GOT will negotiate chapters on market access, rules of origin, customs procedures and safeguards. GOP officials view Thailand [...]	2005-08-17 16:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA3555	NAMING OF KUCZYNSKI CABINET CALMS POLITICAL [...] SUMMARY: President Alejandro Toledo's 8/16 swearing-in of a new Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK),received a warm welcome from politicians across the political spectrum, the business sector and the media; calmed the recent political turbulence; and should not/not [...]	2005-08-17 17:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR ECON SCUL PE
05LIMA3870	INVITATION FOR SECSTATE TO SPEAK BEFORE [...] Alejandro Miro Quesada, the President of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) and publisher of Peru's leading daily "El Comercio," has invited Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to address the opening session of the IAPA's General Assembly on 10/10 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A previous [...]	2005-09-08 01:23:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PHUM PREL SOCI PE
05LIMA3998	APRA LEADER SUPPORTS ERADICATION, REELS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: APRA Party leader (and former President) Alan Garcia, on 9/9, publicly declared illegal coca should be eradicated and that coca eradication policy is the purview of the GOP, not regional governments. Garcia was responding to warnings by La Libertad Regional President Homero Burg [...]	2005-09-15 15:59:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PE
05LIMA4071	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-19 20:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA ECON PE
05LIMA4078	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) In response to Reference A, Embassy Lima provides the following information for use in the preparation of the DS/DSS/ITA Security Environment Threat List (SETL). Responses are cued to questions posed in the SEPQ reporting guideline: ------------------ POLITICAL VIOLENCE -------------- [...]	2005-09-19 22:04:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	ASEC PTER PE
05LIMA4179	EMBASSY AND EVANGELICALS: BREAKING NEW GROUND [...] (U) This is the third in a three-part series on Peru,s Evangelical Christians. Reftels described the history and contemporary political strategy of this key emerging group. This cable discusses Embassy outreach. -------- Summary: -------- 2. (U) Peru,s rapidly-growing population of [...]	2005-09-26 20:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA4217	CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL RULES REGIONAL COCA [...] SUMMARY: The Constitutional Tribunal (TC),on 9/27, ruled unconstitutional the pro-coca ordinances issued by the Cuzco and Huanuco regional governments. While siding with the GOP on the main legal point -- that coca policy is exclusively within the national government's domain -- the TC als [...]	2005-09-28 17:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PINS PE
05LIMA4226	PUBLIC COMMENTS ON PERU'S MOBILE TERMINATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 26, Osiptel, Peru's telecommunications regulator, hosted a public audience to hear comments on its model for the reduction of mobile termination rates. Osiptel officials began the conference by explaining how the model was derived and justified the need for a thr [...]	2005-09-28 20:12:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD EINV ECON PE
05LIMA4265	FINALLY, AN OMBUDSMAN [...] After almost five years of frustrated attempts to reach a consensus on a candidate, the Peruvian Congress selected former Prime Minister Beatriz Merino on 9/29 to be the country's next Public Ombudsman (Defensora del Pueblo). Merino replaces the "interim" incumbent Walter Alban, who had been [...]	2005-09-30 16:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PE
05LIMA4314	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 15:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA ECON PE
05LIMA4377	PERUVIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER TOLEDO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under the Toledo Administration, Peru's foreign policy has become more aligned with that of the United States than it has probably been at any time since the 1968 Velasco coup. While Peru continues to advocate policies that we disagree with, such as adherence to the Internation [...]	2005-10-11 18:25:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PE US
05LIMA4521	PETROANDINA FALTERING? [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOP Hydrocarbon Director Gustavo Navarro told Econoff on October 13 that an Andean Community meeting to discuss PetroAndina failed to materialize. At the preliminary meeting at the subministerial level, Venezuela wanted PetroAndina to be a vehicle to help only the poor. Navarro a [...]	2005-10-19 21:42:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ETRD PREL ECON VE PE
05LIMA4569	WHA/AND DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) In meetings with Foreign Ministry, congressional, economic, trade, counternarcotics, and human rights officials/activists on 10/17-18, visiting WHA/AND Director Philip French received a briefing on Peruvian views on bilateral relations (termed excellent, with a plug for a Toledo-POTUS me [...]	2005-10-24 18:00:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR ETRD PHUM PTER PE
05LIMA4633	DECENTRALIZATION: MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK IN PERU, [...] Peru will hold referenda in 16 of its 25 departments on 10/30, in which voters will decide whether to consolidate their departments into up to five macro-regions. The formation of macro-regions would be a major step forward in Peru's ongoing decentralization process, which is aimed at devolv [...]	2005-10-27 22:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL PE
05LIMA4634	DECENTRALIZATION: MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK IN PERU, [...] This is the second in a two-part series on Peruvian decentralization. It focuses on the 10/30 referenda on forming macro-regions, current opinions, and possible outcomes. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. SUMMARY. On the eve of the 10/30 referenda on the formation of macro-regions, the GOP fi [...]	2005-10-27 22:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL PE
05LIMA4703	PROGRAM EVALUATION: FUNDED VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM ON CONSERVATION, FOR MR. FRANZ GRUPP AND MS. ZULLY MERCADO (APRIL 24- MAY 4, 2005) [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Voluntary Visitors (VV) Franz GRUPP and Zully MERCADO participated in subject program to increase their knowledge of protection and preservation of cultural heritage in the United States. This program enhanced their understanding of governmental and non-government [...]	2005-11-03 20:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4704	PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 RP: "COUNTERTERRORISM AND [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: The program was designed to introduce participants to initiatives employed in the United States to fight terrorism and international crime. Participants traveled to three different regions of the country and focused on topics including financial crime, border and [...]	2005-11-03 20:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4713	PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 RP: "The FTAA and [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: IV Elizabeth TABOADA participated in subject program to have an overview of the current status and trends in the FTAA. These included: implications for future development; perspectives of the different actors involved in and affected by economic integration throu [...]	2005-11-04 14:25:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA478	CHINESE VICE PRESIDENT ZENG QINGHONG'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong, accompanied by a delegation of 124 persons, paid an official visit to Peru on January 26 to 28. The visit here was the second leg of a five-nation sojourn within Latin America and the Caribbean, which also includes Mexico, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobag [...]	2005-01-28 18:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON PE CH
05LIMA4780	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 22:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA ECON PE
05LIMA4781	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 22:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA ECON PE
05LIMA4818	PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 MRP: "YOUTH LEADERSHIP II" [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: IV Marithza ALDAZABAL participated in subject program to examine how young U.S. citizens acquire leadership skills to improve their communities and influence public policy at their local, national, and international levels; explore youth education and training to [...]	2005-11-10 21:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4819	PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 MRP: ELECTRONIC COMMERCE [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: The program was designed to examine the scope and influence of electronic commerce in the national and global economy; review the U.S. economic system, current trends and economic policies, and the current efforts of government and business to promote electronic co [...]	2005-11-10 21:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4821	PERU PLANS ON SEEKING REVISION OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Action Request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Peru is moving forward on signing and ratifying the International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, and plans to submit a report to the UN Secretary General that will recommend revising the [...]	2005-11-14 12:38:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM MOPS PE
05LIMA4822	PROGRAM EVALUATION: SPECIAL WINTER FY-05 [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: The program was designed to provide grantees with a variety of perspectives on issues of U.S. National Security and Foreign Policy. The group visited think-tanks, international organizations, non- governmental organizations, and governmental agencies. 2. DATE, [...]	2005-11-14 12:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4899	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 21:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA ECON PE
05LIMA4934	PERU'S UN AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ [...] Peru's new Ambassador to the United Nations, Oswaldo de Rivero, who will represent Peru on the Security Council Starting in January, recently authored an article entitled, "Is Iraq Another Vietnam?" in the Lima intellectual journal "Quehacer." De Rivero's piece criticizes U.S. policy in Iraq [...]	2005-11-21 17:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA4983	COUNTERING CHAVEZ IN PERU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is actively seeking to project his "Bolivarian Revolution" to Peru politically, institutionally (via Venezuela's membership in the Andean Community and South American Community of Nations),commercially (energy integration and offers of development [...]	2005-11-22 22:00:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ENRG PE VE
05LIMA5090	SCENESETTER FOR A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO LIMA, [...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Lima I am pleased to extend a warm welcome to Peru. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to lay the groundwork for close cooperation on the UN Security Council (which Peru will join in January for a two-year term) and on U.N. reform issues. We are arranging [...]	2005-11-30 19:31:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PE
05LIMA5135	ANDEAN COMMUNITY SECGEN WAGNER'S PROPOSALS TO [...] Andean Community of Nations (CAN) Secretary General Allan Wagner hosted a colloquium entitled: "Andean Community External Relations: International Insertion with Social Inclusion" on 11/15, at which he presented his vision for CAN's foreign relations role. Wagner argued that the time and env [...]	2005-12-02 15:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PE
05LIMA5210	SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER OSCAR MAURTUA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua believes that the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement adds a new political as well as commercial dimension to our relationship. He will wish to discuss how we can take advantage of this to raise the bilateral relationship to a higher level, emphasizing [...]	2005-12-09 16:08:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PE KICC
05LIMA5252	PROGRAM REPORTING: SPEAKER ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] Armando Irizarry, Counsel for Intellectual Property Rights at the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy and Coordination, visited Lima under PAS auspices from November 2-3, 2005. Mr. Irizarry's schedule included meetings with key IPR players from the public and private sectors, a vide [...]	2005-12-12 19:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PE
05LIMA5267	REQUEST FOR STATUS ASSESSMENT OF LIMA AIRPORT [...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Peruvian Government and its private airport Concession holder, Lima Airport Partners, continue to press the U.S. Embassy to pay its outstanding bill dating back to 2001 for landing, parking, and other user fees [...]	2005-12-13 20:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PE
05LIMA5311	STATUS OF INQUIRIES INTO THE DEATHS OF PERUVIAN [...] Per Ref A, this message summarizes the information post needs in order to respond to diplomatic notes, family concerns, and media inquiries in these cases. 2. Embassy has received three diplomatic notes regarding Martin Jara Hichard, a security guard working for the U.S. firm MVM Inc. who [...]	2005-12-15 22:32:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR ASEC PE
05LIMA5332	THE PERUVIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN BASELINE: HUMALA [...] (SBU) The Peruvian presidential race currently has four major contenders: Lourdes Flores of the Unidad Nacional alliance; ultra-nationalist Ollanta Humala, who has yet to register his Peruvian Nationalist Party; former President Alan Garcia of the APRA party; and former Interim President Va [...]	2005-12-16 18:18:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD SNAR PREL PE
05LIMA5333	PERUVIANS WANT QUICK CONGRESSIONAL VOTE ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP and supporters of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement believe it is imperative that the current Peruvian Congress vote on the agreement before the new Congress and President are inaugurated in July 2006. The current Congressional Members are familiar with and are favorab [...]	2005-12-16 18:19:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EFIN KIPR PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA5391	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT, [...] The following is Post's submission as Part I of the 2005- 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Drugs and Chemical Controls 2. Summary - In 2004-2005, the Peruvian government (GOP) surpassed its coca eradication goals and conducted operations on land and sea to disr [...]	2005-12-21 20:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PE
05LIMA5396	FUJIMORISTAS TRYING TO SELL THEIR MAN AS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's brother Santiago, along with three other members of the Fujimorista brain-trust, in a 12/14 breakfast with Polcouns, described their movement's strategy for the upcoming elections; inquired as to the USG's position on the presidential candidacy of [...]	2005-12-21 22:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA5440	SENDERO IS CHANGING STRATEGY: WHAT IT MEANS FOR [...] (C) I believe that the armed Sendero Luminoso factions in the Monzon and VRAE valleys have changed both their strategic objectives and tactics in a way that has implications for our counter narcotics work and anti-terrorism interests. The Toledo Government fully doesn,t realize this yet. We [...]	2005-12-27 19:33:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PTER PINS ASEC SNAR PGOV PE
05LIMA5467	CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-29 14:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA PE
05LIMA5486	PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS, DECEMBER 2005 [...] (SBU) The Government of Peru (GOP) eradicated close to 9,000 hectares of coca in 2005, far surpassing its goal of 8,000 hectares. This achievement was accomplished through the strong commitment of the Ministry of Interior's eradication force (CORAH) and the drug police (DIRANDRO) that provid [...]	2005-12-30 19:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LJUBLJANA11	SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS: On 06 January, Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA Deputy Head of NATO Department Stanislav Vidovic. DATT and Pol-Miloff delivered reftel points to MoD Director for Defense Policy Uros Krek later the same day. Both Krek and Vidovic reiterated FoMin [...]	2005-01-07 08:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SI NATO
05LJUBLJANA112	SLOVENIA ON FEBRUARY 21 GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-17 12:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK SI
05LJUBLJANA118	SLOVENIA: COM AND NEW LABOR MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 16 February courtesy call, new Labor Minister Janez Drobnic told COM that combatting unemployment is his top priority, with a focus on introducing programs to help the disabled, the elderly, and first-time job-seekers. Drobnic also listed improving MoL's IT base as a key [...]	2005-02-18 11:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB PINR PHUM SI
05LJUBLJANA126	SLOVENIA: MFA SHEDS LIGHT ON ISAF AND NTM-I [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an unrelated demarche on 22 February, DCM and Pol-Miloff pressed MFA Security Policy Department Head Borut Mahnic for more information about Slovenian decisions to send officers to an ISAF Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and military trainers to a third country under [...]	2005-02-24 06:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SI NATO
05LJUBLJANA127	SLOVENIA: 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - [...] SUMMARY. In light of significant progress Slovenia has made over the past year, Post recommends that Slovenia not be included on the Special 301 Watch List or Priority Watch list for 2005. Post has consulted with PhRMA members in Ljubljana and relevant government authorities on the PhRMA re [...]	2005-02-24 07:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD SI
05LJUBLJANA15	SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, [...] SUMMARY. The new FMF Training case was signed in December and all documentation was completed in time to use the case to send nine students to training in January. The ACSA with Slovenia is not in force yet. 2. POLITICAL-MILITARY A. FMF/FMS BUDGET 1) ODC submitted the FY07-12 FMF [...]	2005-01-07 10:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
05LJUBLJANA152	KOSOVO/WESTERN BALKANS, CROATIA'S EU ACCESSION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/NCE Director Janet Garvey held a series of meetings in Ljubljana 4 March with key Slovenian interlocuters. Issues raised included: -- Slovenia's interest in working toward a final agreement on Kosovo this year; -- the priority Slovenia places on its relationships with its [...]	2005-03-08 04:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI HR OSCE KO RU
05LJUBLJANA187	SLOVENIAN PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK LUNCHES WITH COM, [...] (C) SUMMARY. At lunch 21 March with President Drnovsek, COM discussed Embassy security, got Drnvosek's positive assessment of the first 100 days of the Jansa government, and heard that PM Jansa and Drnovsek are meeting weekly. Drnovsek encouraged more U.S. work on global environmental protect [...]	2005-03-22 11:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI
05LJUBLJANA235	SLOVENIA IN ISAF: NO CAVEATS AND POSSIBLY MORE [...] (S) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points on 08 April to Stanislav Vidovic and Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek in the MFA Security Policy Department, noting in particular that Slovenia's "no caveats" policy for its ISAF troops allowed Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers to be among the first [...]	2005-04-08 10:32:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	PREL MARR SI NATO
05LJUBLJANA246	(S) SLOVENIA: NO REPORTED ARMS SALES TO YEMEN [...] (S) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points on 08 April to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who handles non-proliferation issues and export controls. Having taken over his current portfolio just last year, Jerman was confident that no arms shipments from Slovenia hav [...]	2005-04-13 05:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC SI
05LJUBLJANA247	GOVT. OF SLOVENIA FINDS RESOURCES TO KEEP TIP NGO [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-13 07:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SI
05LJUBLJANA36	SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MARKING AND [...] (C) On 20 January, Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points and position paper to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who handles SA/LW issues. Jerman mentioned that Ambassador Thalmann's draft text was discussed among EU member states in Brussels on 17 January. He said [...]	2005-01-20 11:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM SI
05LJUBLJANA366	SLOVENIA: WILL SUPPORT COMMON EU POSITION ON CUBA [...] (C) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA EU Department staffers Peter Grk and Vesna Hojnik on 06 June. Grk pointed out that Cuba is "not in Slovenia's strategic interest zone" and that Slovenia would only weigh in on the debate surrounding suspension of restrictive measures in or [...]	2005-06-07 08:45:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SI EUN
05LJUBLJANA369	MTAG 05-96: SLOVENIA TO INVESTIGATE PROCUREMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-07 09:19:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR SI
05LJUBLJANA39	SLOVENIA: LITTLE EU SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO [...] (C) As reported ref B, Pol-Miloff delivered ref A talking points on 12 January to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who serves as MFA's point person for non-proliferation issues. Jerman read through the points and issue paper with interest, remarked that UNSCR 1540 is see [...]	2005-01-21 02:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT SI
05LJUBLJANA400	VWP BIOMETRIC PASSPORT REQUIREMENTS: SLOVENES EXPECT NO [...] Conoff delivered statement about USG policy on requirements for biometric passports for Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries to Slovene government officials June 15, as directed in Ref. A. Conoff discussed the issue in an afternoon meeting with Andrej Ster, Director General of the MFA's Director [...]	2005-06-15 08:52:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT PREL KPAO SI
05LJUBLJANA438	COM LUNCH WITH SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER JANSA: [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jansa told COM at lunch, June 28, that next week the GOS planned to review options for sending a team of trainers to Iraq . Jansa made clear his preference to go forward with a training contingent in Iraq, but noted that there was resistance from his coalition p [...]	2005-06-28 10:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI
05LJUBLJANA448	SLOVENIA ON WMD PROLIFERATORS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points 1 July to Bostjan Jerman of the MFA's Division for Security Policy. Jerman noted that he was unaware of the reftel Executive Order announcement, but said he would "immediately" pass the entity names to the Ministry of the Economy and Slovene intelligence. [...]	2005-07-01 08:57:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC SI
05LJUBLJANA460	SLOVENIA: LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Since Parliamentary elections in October 2004, the former ruling Liberal Democracy Party (LDS) has lost focus, cohesion and leadership - and there is no clear savior in sight. It is universally agreed among Slovenes that, from the time he assumed the role of Prime Minister, Anto [...]	2005-07-07 09:36:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SI
05LJUBLJANA461	ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, [...] SUMMARY. The MOD signed the ACSA implementing letter; Gasper Kresnik is "FSN of the Year"; the new ODC Chief, Lt Col Gene Moty arrived; Bell 412 IFF installation schedule is not yet finalized. 2. KEY ISSUES AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. FMF 1) ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING (S3-D-TAC, $650,1 [...]	2005-07-08 02:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
05LJUBLJANA549	SLOVENIA: UNHCR COUNTRY DIRECTOR MEETS WITH COM [...] (U) Summary: On July 21, UNHCR Director for Slovenia Greg Garras met with COM to discuss the state of Slovenian asylum policy at the end of his three and a half year tenure. Garras lamented that Slovenia,s asylum policies have continued to regress under the current center-right government - a [...]	2005-08-03 08:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF SI
05LJUBLJANA57	SLOVENIA: PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S ELECTIONS AND [...] Pol/Econ Chief and British DCM, Bob Setterfield, met jointly with Jasna Grasek, the new Head of the Department for Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, and Iraq desk officer, Beti Likar to deliver reftel points. Grasek, reflecting the new openness towards the U.S. PM Jansa has made a priority for [...]	2005-01-26 10:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IZ SI
05LJUBLJANA576	RENEWAL OF ISAF'S U.N. MANDATE [...] (C) On August 9, PolMil Off met with MFA Security Policy Division staffer Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek to deliver reftel points. Cimpersek noted that Slovenia thought of ISAF and CFC-A integration as inevitable, but that Slovenia did not want to commit itself to a final decision on ISAF's mandate [...]	2005-08-10 08:10:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SI NATO
05LJUBLJANA593	CHARGE DISCUSSES IRAQ AND TIP WITH SLOVENE DG FOR [...] (C) Summary. Stanislav Rascan, MFA Director General for Policy Planning and Multilateral Affairs requested a meeting with Charge to discuss Iraq and Trafficking in Persons. On Iraq, Rascan specifically asked for USG assistance in promoting its International MBA program in Iraq. The GOS has [...]	2005-08-16 05:50:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM PREL SI
05LJUBLJANA61	SLOVENIA PM CONSIDERING IRAQ DEPLOYMENT: "WE'RE [...] (C) On January 27, I called Prime Minister Jansa to express my appreciation for his statement on Iraq at his January 25 Brussels' press conference. (NOTE: Jansa was quoted as saying Slovenia will consider sending troops to Iraq to train the local security forces there..."We will consider an [...]	2005-01-28 10:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SI
05LJUBLJANA611	SLOVENIA'S PM JANEZ JANSA: CHALLENGE OF A CLOQ US [...] (SBU) Three months shy of one year in office, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa may feel frustrated that his plans for change and reform are not moving more swiftly. It is clear, however, that he has managed to lay the groundwork for Slovenes to make the psychological shift from a minor c [...]	2005-08-24 09:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SI
05LJUBLJANA627	GRANTS OFFICER APPOINTMENT FOR PHILIP M. BEEKMAN [...] FOLLOWING IS A CABLE REQUESTING GRANT AUTHORITY FROM A/OPE FOR INCOMING PDO PHILIP M. BEEKMAN. 2. PLEASE APPOINT POST'S INCOMING PDO AS GRANTS OFFICER. MR. PHILIP M. BEEKMAN SHOULD HAVE WARRANT EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1, 2007. INFORMATION ON PDO BEEKMAN FOLLOWS: A. [...]	2005-08-31 03:55:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASUP AMGT KPAO
05LJUBLJANA689	SLOVENIA: SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On September 28, PolMil Off delivered reftel demarche to MFA Security Policy Division staffer Maja Zuzek. Zuzek did not have any immediate comment and noted that Slovenia was not heavily involved in the SUA negotiations. ROBERTSON NNNN 2005LJUBLJ00689 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED [...]	2005-09-29 03:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA SI
05LJUBLJANA713	60TH UNFC: SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. UNGA FIRST [...] (U) On October 5, MFA Security Policy staffer Bostjan Jerman called PolMil off from New York to respond to reftel demarche, which was delivered on October 4. Jerman noted Slovenia was generally supportive of the U.S. resolution but that it had not yet discussed it with its EU partners. Noting [...]	2005-10-06 08:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL SI UNGA
05LJUBLJANA756	SLOVENIA: INDEPENDENT KOSOVO - WHAT WAS DRNOVSEK [...] (C) Summary. On October 19 Slovene President Janez Drnovsek briefed Contact Group (CG) Ambassadors in Ljubljana on his nine point plan for conditional independence of Kosovo (Reftel). (Note: text of nine-point plan will come spetel). Much to the surprise of the CG Ambassadors, the Foreign Mi [...]	2005-10-26 08:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI YI
05LJUBLJANA764	SLOVENIA ON BELARUS POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia currently has a significant (for its size) commercial relationship with Belarus totaling around USD 30 million in trade; politically, relations are cool. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) agrees that it is important for the US and EU to have a coordinated approach to [...]	2005-10-28 07:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI BO
05LJUBLJANA80	COM MEETS WITH FORMER SLOVENE PM ANTON ROP [...] (C) Summary. In his first meeting with COM, former PM Anton Rop was forthcoming on his views for the future of his party, the challenges faced by the current government and Slovenia's close ties to Europe. He views his new role as leader of the main opposition party as an opportunity to reg [...]	2005-02-04 11:50:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI
05LJUBLJANA808	SLOVENIA ON IRAN RELATED BRIEFING [...] (S) On November 23, DCM, C/SIMO, and PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche and presentation to MFA Director for Policy Planning and Multilateral Policy (A/S equivalent) Stanislav Rascan, Security Department Head Stanislav Vidovic, and Security Department staffer Rina Pavlin Gnidovec. During the [...]	2005-11-23 08:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL AORC SI
05LJUBLJANA831	SLOVENIA ON NAC COMMUNIQUE AND U.S. CONCERNS [...] (C) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on December 1, 2005 to MFA Security Policy Department Deputy Director Oto Pungartnik and staffer Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek. Pungartnik said he was surprised the discussion of the language on CFE/Istanbul Commitments had even been broached at the HLTF and [...]	2005-12-01 07:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL SI NATO
05LJUBLJANA870	SLOVENIA ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN ILLICIT [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel points 16 December to Klaudijo Stroligo, Director of the Office for Money Laundering Prevention at the Slovene Ministry of Finance, and to Bostjan Jerman, security policy staffer at the MFA. Stroligo was not personally aware of the Banco Delta Asia case, but said h [...]	2005-12-20 02:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	EFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN KN SI
05LJUBLJANA882	OSCE: U/S BURNS BILATERAL MEETING WITH CIO [...] (U) Summary. Meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, U/S Burns and Slovene Foreign Minister and Chairman in Office of the OSCE Dimitrij Rupel discussed Slovenia's cooperation in and contribution to international peacekeeping missions; the Government of Slovenia's (GOS) recent politi [...]	2005-12-27 07:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SI
05LJUBLJANA886	SLOVENIA ON EIB INVESTMENT IN SYRIA [...] Econoff delivered reftel points 28 December to Bostjan Jerman, MFA security policy staffer, and Oliver Dajic, MFA desk officer for North America. Both Jerman and Dajic understood the USG's dismay at the EIB decision and said they would immediately pass along the information within the MFA. Du [...]	2005-12-28 05:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SI
05LJUBLJANA894	SLOVENIA ON EIB IN SYRIA: PUSH THE BIG PLAYERS [...] (C) Econoff delivered ref A points 30 December to Sibil Svilan, CEO of the Slovene Export Corporation and Slovenian representative to the European Investment Bank. A former senior Finance Ministry official and long time EIB board member, Svilan said he was not aware of the USG position on the [...]	2005-12-30 05:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV
05LJUBLJANA92	SLOVENIA: INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS EXPECTED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Building on COM's recent conversations with PM Janez Jansa and DefMin Karl Erjavec, the snapshot below provides new information about Slovenian contributions for Iraq and Afghanistan and summarizes what we have reported piecemeal in recent weeks. Slovenia may offer five or more [...]	2005-02-10 11:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SI NATO
05LONDON1257	TAKING ACTION AGAINST HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Prime Minister's commitment to the Secretary to proscribe the political wings of Hezbollah and Hamas coupled with the March 1 London meeting to support the Palestinian leadership provide us with our best opportunity in three years to leverage significant change in HMG policy t [...]	2005-02-11 15:31:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK XF
05LONDON4981	IMO SECGEN REPORTS ON HIS TRIP TO THE KOREAN PENINSULAR [...] (C) On June 10, Efthimios Mitropoulos, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) briefed ESTOff on his trip the previous week to the Korean Peninsula. Even before his arrival, the North had indicated that his offer of the IMO's good offices to increase North-South maritime [...]	2005-06-15 10:55:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT JA KR PREL UK IMO PSI
05LONDON793	FUTURE OF IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) We delivered reftel points on January 28 to FCO Iraq Policy Unit DepDir for PolMil Gerard Russell. Russell was grateful for the points and exceptionally complimentary of their attention to other coalition partners. The points should help to reassure various countries that USG and HMG off [...]	2005-01-28 12:17:00	Embassy London	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS UNSC IZ UK
05MADRID100	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March, 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish l [...]	2005-01-12 12:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB SP OPIC USTR
05MADRID1000	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 16 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the China arms embargo, Croatia, Human Rights in Belarus and Cuba, the Middle East Peace Process, Hamas, Lebanon, Sudan, Moldova, and Georgia with the MFA's Head of EU Policy Planning Enrique Mora Benavente on March 10 and March 14. Spain's position regarding [...]	2005-03-15 17:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG SP EUN
05MADRID1010	ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES MEETINGS WITH SPANISH [...] (C) Summary. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales held bilateral meetings with Minister of Interior Jose Antonio Alonso and Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar on the margins of his March 10-11 visit to Spain to represent the USG at the commemoration honoring the victims of the March [...]	2005-03-16 13:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1030	SPAIN ON CUBA CHR RESOLUTION [...] (C) Charge met with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy (P equivalent) Rafael Dezcallar to discuss reftel points and urge Spain to co-sponsor the Cuba human rights resolution at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights. Dezcallar noted that Spain is not a voting member on the CHR this year, [...]	2005-03-16 18:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU SP
05MADRID105	SPAIN PLEDGES A GENEROUS RESPONSE TO TSUNAMI [...] Summary: The GOS has pledged a robust EUR 56 million (USD 74 million) aid package to the Asian countries inundated by the December tsunami. This package includes EUR 50 million (USD 66.1 million) in reconstruction credits and EUR 6 million (USD 7.9 million) in humanitarian assistance. In ad [...]	2005-01-12 15:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PGOV SP
05MADRID1061	SPAIN: POSITIVE ON U.S. EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EU-3 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-17 16:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO IR SP
05MADRID1073	UNCHR 61: SPANISH VIEWS [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Susana Camara Angulo, MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights, on March 15. Camara Angulo said that generally the GOS agrees with positions presented in the talking points. She stated that even though Spain is no longer a voting member of the UN C [...]	2005-03-18 12:03:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SP UNHRC
05MADRID1088	SPAIN'S BOOMING HOUSING MARKET AND THE UNCERTAIN [...] SUMMARY: The Spanish housing market in 2004 and the first trimester of 2005 can be characterized by record growth, easy credit, and poor rentability. In recent years, tremendous demand for housing, coupled with insufficient supply has resulted in rising prices and unprecedented construction. [...]	2005-03-18 17:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN AMGT SP
05MADRID109	SPAIN: NO DECISION YET ON ISAF STAGE II [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Deputy National Security Adviser Maria Jesus Alonso on 1/11, following up on recent Embassy calls on Alonso and other GOS officials to encourage Spanish participation in ISAF Stage II through leadership of a PRT. Poloff stressed the importance of the issue to t [...]	2005-01-12 16:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP NATO
05MADRID1118	MFA ON CUBA CHR RESOLUTION, CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo requested a meeting with poloff on March 21 to discuss Spain's position on the USG draft Cuba human rights resolution and to provide a readout on the recent visit of Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. On the draft Cuba UNCHR [...]	2005-03-22 16:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU SP
05MADRID113	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS [...] (C) Poloff discussed policy issue papers and reftel talking points concerning U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) with Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament [...]	2005-01-12 16:40:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT

05MADRID1141	SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. The Madrid train bombings in March 2004 came as a terrible shock to a country that felt it was accustomed to dealing with terrorism [...]	2005-03-23 16:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS ECON IZ SP NATO
05MADRID1252	FALL 2005 INTERN PROGRAM [...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Fall 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - seven - one for the Economic Section, one for the Political Section, one for the Management [...]	2005-03-31 15:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT ASEC SP
05MADRID1316	SENATOR SHELBY MEETS SPANISH ECONOMICS OFFICIALS [...] Summary: Senator Richard Shelby met separately in Madrid March 28 with two high-ranking Spanish government officials in the government,s two ministries dealing with economic and finance issues. The Senator and his hosts discussed the current state of the Spanish economy, the impact of EU en [...]	2005-04-06 11:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PGOV SP
05MADRID1350	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC VILMA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vilma Carande-Kulis, Senior Policy Advisor in Health Economics, OD, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-15 to attend a public health meeting, present "Definition of Public Health Economics" and "Investing in Promoting Public Health and Pr [...]	2005-04-07 13:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1475	MORATINOS WILL PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-15 15:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL SP
05MADRID1576	SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-22 13:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL SP
05MADRID1577	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...]	2005-04-22 14:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN
05MADRID1578	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...]	2005-04-22 14:54:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN
05MADRID1580	SPAIN: WATER BILL PASSED BY LOWER HOUSE [...] The Spanish lower house of Congress passed April 21 a landmark reform of the country's water policy, thus advancing one of the Socialist Party (PSOE) government's leading environment-related policy goals. The bill passed by a vote of 188 in favor, 135 against (the former ruling Popular Party [...]	2005-04-22 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SP
05MADRID1587	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. Our counter-terrorism cooperation with Spain remains strong despite problems in other areas and your visit will help demonstr [...]	2005-04-25 11:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1619	SPAIN: DOE LETTER ON ITER NEGOTIATIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-26 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY TNGD ENRG KSCA CH KSAC RS JA SP EUN
05MADRID1626	SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S [...] (C) The Zapatero government believes it has taken significant steps to put relations with the U.S. back on track, such as agreeing to lead both a PRT and an FSB in western Afghanistan. Military-to-military relations between Spain and the U.S. have remained strong over the past 14 months despite the [...]	2005-04-27 06:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP
05MADRID1628	POPULAR PARTY: TROUBLE IN THE HEARTLAND [...] (U) The opposition Popular Party (PP) is working hard to avoid losing its controlling majority in Galicia, historically a bedrock region for the center-right PP and home to both PP founder Manuel Fraga (now leader of the Galcian Regional government) and current PP leader Mariano Rajoy. The PP [...]	2005-04-27 06:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SP PSOE
05MADRID1687	SPAIN NOT SUPPORTIVE ON WHO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS [...] (U) ESTHOFF passed reftel points April 21 to appropriate MFA and Health Ministry contacts. POLMILOFF passed reftel points that same day to the Defense Ministry. The MFA contacted ESTHOFF to inform the Embassy that it would deliver the combined GOS response to our demarche. This response was [...]	2005-04-29 15:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL PTER SP WHO
05MADRID1693	SPAIN: ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) Summary: Senior Spanish Defense and Foreign Ministry officials said they will reevaluate the caveats placed on their forces in Afghanistan in light of Spain's new missions there: leading a PRT and an FSB in western Afghanistan. Current caveats on Spanish operations in Afghanistan will bec [...]	2005-05-04 07:52:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP NATO
05MADRID170	SPAIN'S BUSINESSES REJECT MINIMUM WAGE INFLATION [...] Summary: Spain's largest business organization (CEOE) publicly rejected January 13 the governments new minimum wage decree because it includes a clause that indexes future wage increases to inflation. The decree was passed on December 29 after an agreement between the Ministry of Labor and Spa [...]	2005-01-14 17:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EFIN SP
05MADRID171	SPAIN ON RELATIONS WITH USG: "WE WANT BACK IN" [...] Summary. The Zapatero Government has undertaken a series of gestures intended to signal their desire for improved ties with the USG. Spain will contribute $20 million to the UNDP to support the Iraq elections, met a USG request to press Arab governments to encourage Sunni participation in the Iraq [...]	2005-01-15 12:21:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP
05MADRID1710	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-04 15:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA SP
05MADRID1803	SPAIN: SOCIALIST DEPUTY'S VIEWS ON ENERGY ISSUES [...] (SBU) ESTHOFF met with Socialist Party (PSOE) Congresswoman and Industry Commission spokesperson Arantza Mendizabal Gorostiaga May 11 to discuss nuclear and renewable energy-related issues. Mendizabal made several interesting comments that tended to confirm our previous reporting (reftels) [...]	2005-05-11 14:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SP
05MADRID1816	FM MORATINOS URGES NORTH AFRICAN "COLLECTIVE [...] (U) During a visit to Paris, FM Miguel Angel Moratinos urged the governments of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania to begin laying the groundwork for the formation of a "collective security system" to help foster regional stability. Moratinos acknowledged that his recommendation [...]	2005-05-12 14:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP
05MADRID1819	SPANISH VIEWS ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS:REVISED [...] Summary: The GOS devotes significant staff to services. Insurance, telecoms and banking are Spain's main interests. The EU is making an effort to improve its services offer according to GOS interlocutors. The EU has not shared with Member States examples of alleged "roll-backs". The EU is pl [...]	2005-05-12 14:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO
05MADRID186	SPAIN WANTS TO KEEP FCN TREATY WITH U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-19 11:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON ETRD KTIA EINV SP
05MADRID1865	SPAIN'S COMPETITION TRIBUNAL TRAVESL TO WASHINGTON [...] Summary: The President of Spain's Competition Tribunal Gonzalo Solana Gonzalez travels to Washington next week to meet with U.S. Foreign Trade Commission officials, the Department of Justice and International Financial Institutions (IFIs). Solana's goal is to discuss proposed reforms to compe [...]	2005-05-16 16:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON SP
05MADRID187	FSC/ETI DISPUTE [...] EconOff discussed reftel demarche with Subdirector General for EU Trade Policy (Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism) Nicolas Lopez on 1/19/05. Lopez said the GOS was still studying its "posture" on the automaticity issue, although he conceded that in the past, Spain had not opposed the Co [...]	2005-01-19 11:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SP USTRUWR
05MADRID1879	U.S.-SPAIN COUNCIL: MOD BONO EXPRESSES "PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary. The U.S.-Spain Council, a private bi-national NGO dedicated to strengthening U.S.-Spain relations, held its tenth annual meeting May 13-16 in Seville. Participants included U.S. Council Chairman Senator Chris Dodd, EUR DAS Glyn Davies, Charge Manzanares, Spanish Minister of Defense Jos [...]	2005-05-17 15:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
05MADRID1891	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed the China Arms Embargo, European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),and Sudan with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on May 17. Fernandez-Arias does not expect the China Arms Embargo [...]	2005-05-18 10:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREL SU MARR MOPS SP EUN
05MADRID1922	CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION DEMARCHE [...] Summary: Spain supports the philosophy underpinning the Cultural Diversity Convention, and there is a political desire on the part of the GOS for the international community to adopt the Convention. There does not appear much willingness on the part of the GOS to revisit the Chair's proposal [...]	2005-05-19 13:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL SP UNESCO
05MADRID2102	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US DELEGATION TO THE OSCE [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals: Governor George Pataki, Head of Delegation, Major Gary Berwick, Chairman Charles Gargano, David Catalfamo, Director of Communications, Salvatore Graven, Travel Aide, Jeffery Lovell, Senior Policy Advisor to th [...]	2005-06-02 11:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA PREL SP OSCE
05MADRID2114	EU CUBA POLICY: SPAIN CONTINUES TO FAVOR INCREASED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on June 6 to MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo and requested GOS views on Cuban government actions over the last six months and how the EU should respond. Sandomingo said that the GOS remained confident in its long term strategy toward [...]	2005-06-03 15:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
05MADRID2131	SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on support for democracy [...]	2005-06-06 14:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU SP
05MADRID2209	OPPOSITION HITS MORATINOS ON WESTERN SAHARA/MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary. FM Moratinos faced vigorous opposition criticism this week for declining to condemn Morocco's refusal to admit two Spanish political delegations seeking to visit Laayoun as a demonstration of support for the Sahrawis. The opposition Popular Party has been the most vocal critic, [...]	2005-06-08 15:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO WS SP
05MADRID2266	SPAIN LEGALIZES STATUS OF NEARLY 691,000 ILLEGAL IMMGRANTS [...] (U) Summary: Spain concluded its three-month amnesty program for illegal immigrants having collected more than 691,000 petitions nationwide. Officials at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs stated they expect to approve 80% to 90% of the petitions. New immigrants earnings could generat [...]	2005-06-13 14:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SMIG CMGT CVIS SP
05MADRID2272	SPAIN: EMBASSY SUGGESTS POSTPONEMENT OF DUSD VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-20 22:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP OTRC MGT
05MADRID2314	NOVEMBER 14-16 TERRORISM FINANCE CONFERENCE IN [...] Summary: The Embassy, Ministry of Interior and the Ortega y Gasset Foundation (a well-respected thinktank) are collaborating on a November 14-16 terrorism finance conference in Madrid. This will be the fourth conference on terrorism issues we put together with the GOS and the Foundation. The [...]	2005-06-15 15:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM SP
05MADRID2352	NOMINEES FOR USPTO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROGRAMS [...] Per reftel, post nominates two candidates. 2. Elena Rojas Romero Senior Officer Department of Legal Coordination and International Relations Ministry of Justice Ms. Rojas prepares legal and policy recommendations for the Ministry of Justice on IPR-related matters, particularly [...]	2005-06-17 13:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR SP
05MADRID2359	ZAPATERO AND THE BASQUE PROBLEM: A HIGH STAKES [...] (C) Summary. In one of his most dramatic gestures since taking office last year, President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero recently requested Parliamentary approval for direct government negotiations with the Basque terrorist group ETA, if ETA agrees to abandon the armed struggle. This was the [...]	2005-06-17 15:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID2452	SPAIN'S VIEWS OF USG PRIORITIES FOR UN REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge and Polcouns discussed USG priorities for UN reform with Rafael Dezcallar, MFA Director General of Foreign Policy, on June 22. Dezcallar said he was responding on behalf of Foreign Minister Moratinos who had received our initial demarche (Refs A and C) on the issue. Pol [...]	2005-06-24 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNR AORC SP UNSC
05MADRID2478	SPAIN: AMBASSADOR AGUIRRE'S MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) Summary: One day after his June 27 arrival in Spain, US Ambassador Eduardo Aguirre met with Foreign Minister Moratinos to lay the groundwork for a new relationship after a year of difficult relations with the Socialist government, but also to make clear US concerns about Spanish policy toward V [...]	2005-06-28 14:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
05MADRID2484	SPAIN: ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENERGY SUPPLY [...] SUMMARY: Spain's national energy grid, Red Electrica de Espana (REE),was forced to temporarily cut power to hundreds of businesses in various parts of Spain in June due to record demand and inadequate supply. The businesses affected have contracts with the electricity supplier that allow for [...]	2005-06-29 14:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SP
05MADRID2523	DRUG TRAFFICKING AND POSSESSION TRENDS CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) The Government of Spain's National Drug Plan (PND) latest Annual Statistical Report on Drugs reports increases in total drug seizures (29%),trafficking arrests (11%),and arrests for drug possession (22%) between 2003 and 2004. Officials consider these statistics to be an indication tha [...]	2005-07-05 10:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KSEP PINR PGOV PREL SP
05MADRID2576	SPAIN'S HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE 60TH UN [...] (SBU) The Government of Spain intends to send the following delegation to the UN High Level Event (HLE) and/or General Assembly in September: A. --Head of State: King Juan Carlos will NOT attend. B. --Head of Government: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President --Plans to attend the S [...]	2005-07-08 08:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSEP PREL OTRA OVIP SP UNGA
05MADRID2588	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD BONO [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador held a successful first meeting on July 6 with Minister of Defense Jose Bono and CHOD General Felix Sanz. Bono thanked the Ambassador for the USG's warm reception during his visit to the U.S. in early May, particularly during his productive meeting with Secretary Rumsfel [...]	2005-07-08 15:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP VZ
05MADRID2607	SPAIN'S REACTION TO US OPPOSITION TO ITS CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 09:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER SP
05MADRID2608	SPAIN'S POSITION ON THE COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 09:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SP UNGA
05MADRID2609	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 18-19 FOREIGN [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, poloff discussed Turkey, the UN High-Level Event on Millennium Review, Syria, Iran and Uzbekistan with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on July 11. ------ Turkey ------ 2. (C) Fernan [...]	2005-07-12 09:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SP UN
05MADRID2652	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals: Mr. Vann H. van Diepen, Head of Delegation, Director, Office of Chemical, Biological and Missile Nonproliferation, US Department of State Mr. Steven Clagett, Director, Nuclear and Missile Technology, US Departmen [...]	2005-07-14 11:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PREL PARM AMGT OTRA SP MTCRE
05MADRID2653	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Aguirre had his first meeting with President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on July 12 to introduce himself and to review the USG roadmap for improving bilateral relations. The 90-minute meeting was cordial and relaxed throughout and covered a broad range of bilateral an [...]	2005-07-14 12:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP VZ
05MADRID2663	POSITIVE BIOTECH DEVELOPMENTS IN SPAIN [...] The local Monsanto representative has reported that the Spanish Interministerial GMOs Commission (composed of the Ministries of Environment, Agriculture, Health, Education and Science, and Industry, Tourism and Trade) took the following positive decisions at its 7/13/05 meeting. a) Monsanto' [...]	2005-07-15 10:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO SP
05MADRID2676	AMBASSADOR ALERTS PRESIDENCY THAT OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador informed Spanish National Security Adviser Carles Casajuana that opposition leader Mariano Rajoy will visit the White House as a member of a delegation of international political leaders. The Ambassador briefed Casajuana on this issue in order to avoid any misinter [...]	2005-07-18 14:54:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
05MADRID2750	GOS DENIES SHIFT IN CHINA ARMS EMBARGO POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Spanish media reported that President Zapatero expressed support for a lifting of the EU China arms embargo during an official visit to China. DCM spoke with Deputy FM Bernardino Leon and with MOD Chief of Staff Miguel Fernandez Palacio to convey the sensitivity of this issue for [...]	2005-07-26 11:54:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP
05MADRID2792	DHS U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. DHS Acting Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security visited Madrid July 19 to brief Spanish Ministry of Interior and MFA officials on DHS discussions with EU interlocutors regarding the value of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data as a tool for enhancing border secur [...]	2005-07-29 08:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR SP EUN
05MADRID2833	CORRECTED COPY: DHS U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Randy Beardsworth visited Madrid July 19 to brief Spanish Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials regarding the value of Passenger Name Record [...]	2005-08-02 14:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR SP EUN
05MADRID2876	AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 3 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] Summary: Ambassador stressed the importance of a level playing field in government procurement/infrastructure projects and explained our trade policy interests, particularly in intellectual property rights and agricultural biotechnology. Responding to the Ambassador, Montilla noted the import [...]	2005-08-05 14:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR TBIO SP
05MADRID2985	AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY:CODEX AD HOC TASK FORCE [...] Trade policy officer discussed contents of ref B on August 12 with the GOS working-level head of the interministerial working group charged with coordinating Codex issues. His name is Juan Carlos Calvo (Ministry of Health). Tel : 34 - 9133808883. E-mail: jcalvo@msc.es He will not be attend [...]	2005-08-19 11:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON TBIO SP
05MADRID3035	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER 1-2 [...] (U) Poloff discussed reftel talking points with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator. He stressed that the Gymnich meeting is an informal gathering of Foreign Ministers in which the ministers are meant to speak freely, and therefore no talking points were being prepared for Minist [...]	2005-08-24 15:03:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL SP
05MADRID3040	SPAIN ON TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) The Zapatero government has consistently expressed its support for Turkey's accession to the European Union (reftels B and D),and the MFA reaffirmed this support to the Embassy August 24. In the aftermath of the French "no" to the EU constitution in May and the dissolution of the German p [...]	2005-08-25 08:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
05MADRID3177	SPAIN ON UNGA DEVELOPMENT ISSUES [...] DCM passed reftel points September 2 to MFA Secretary of State for International Assistance Leire Pajin, outlining U.S. concerns about the UNGA High Level Event (HLE) Outcome Document and the six-country (including Spain) draft "Declaration on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development." [...]	2005-09-08 13:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN PREL SP UNGA
05MADRID3302	SHIELD S59A-03: TELSTAR TO END IRAN SALES [...] (S) Summary: Representatives of Spanish firm Telstar met with ISN/CBM Director Vann Van Diepen on September 16 to explore Telstar's options for exporting its products to Iran. Van Diepen explained that, under the agreement that Telstar made to get previous Iran Nonproliferation Act (INPA) sanctions [...]	2005-09-20 09:16:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC SP IR CBW
05MADRID3492	SPAIN: U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH FM MORATINOS [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky visited Madrid on 9/27 and met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos and Director General for Political Affairs Rafael Dezcallar for wide-ranging discussions on democracy promotion, potential areas for colla [...]	2005-10-04 14:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
05MADRID3540	SPAIN: MIGRANT ASSAULT CRISIS CHALLENGES ZAPATERO [...] (C) Summary. After weeks of increasingly brazen and dangerous incursions by illegal immigrants into the Spanish North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, the Zapatero administration launched a high-profile effort to stem the flood of sub-Saharan immigrants into the two cities. Zapatero fac [...]	2005-10-06 16:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MO SP
05MADRID3570	U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETINGS IN MADRID [...] Summary. During her September 27 visit to Madrid to meet with FM Miguel Angel Moratinos (REF A),Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky also met with Director General for International Organizations and Multilateral Affairs Arturo Laclaustra to discuss USG initiativ [...]	2005-10-11 16:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO PGOV EAGR SP
05MADRID3631	SPAIN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPANISH VICE [...] Ambassador Aguirre paid a previously scheduled courtesy call October 17 on Spanish First Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, who, among her many duties, coordinated arrangements for the Ibero-American Summit which Spain hosted in Salamanca October 14-17. In a warm, cordial me [...]	2005-10-17 15:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
05MADRID3635	SPAIN PLAYS DOWN AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT [...] The reported arrival of the H5N1 virus in Greece and a flurry of EU and national meetings on Avian Influenza have kept "Bird Flu" in the Spanish headlines over the past week. Spanish Health and Agriculture Ministry spokespersons having been urging calm, alleging that Avian Influenza is not lik [...]	2005-10-18 11:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI KSCA SP WHO FAO OIE
05MADRID3691	SPAIN PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT FOR NATO RESPONSE FORCE [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on October 21 with MOD Deputy Director for Defense Policy Admiral Enrique Perez Ramirez and Spain's Defense Counselor to NATO CAPT Gonzalo Rodriguez. They said that Spain recognizes the urgency of the situation and is prepared to fully support whatever NATO [...]	2005-10-21 15:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK SP NATO
05MADRID3784	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) ROUNDTABLE IN [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric Stewart and Spain's Under Secretary of Culture presided over a day-long U.S.-Spain IPR Roundtable in Madrid on September 28. This event stemmed from former Commerce Assistant Secretary William Lash's February 27 Roundtable proposal t [...]	2005-10-27 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR SP
05MADRID3812	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA NAKISSA SADRIEH [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nakissa Sadrieh, Associate Director for Research Policy, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, November 6-9, to attend the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) Scientific W [...]	2005-10-28 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID395	SPAIN ON AFGHANISTAN, ISAF STAGE II CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) Summary. Coordinator for Afghanistan Maureen Quinn, accompanied by Department of Defense, JCS, and State Department officers met with Spanish MOD, MFA and Presidency officials on 1/26 to discuss Spain's commitment to lead a PRT in western Afghanistan. Just before Ambassador Quinn's arrival, the [...]	2005-02-02 16:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF SP NATO
05MADRID4022	SPAIN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-18 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL SP
05MADRID4025	SPAIN ON THE NOVEMBER 21 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator. Fernandez-Arias said that Kosovo, Syria and Ukraine were not on the agenda.Defense issue points were passed to contacts who deal with defense issues, and when post has a response, we will pass it t [...]	2005-11-18 15:36:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL ETRD PREL SP
05MADRID4054	SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Spain remains among the most important foreign investors in Cuba, a position it has held since the beginning of the 1990s. The "Association of Spanish Companies in Cuba" (AEEC) represents over 170 Spanish companies that trade with or invest in Cuba. The current Socialist (PSOE) government has c [...]	2005-11-22 17:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU SP
05MADRID4059	SUCCESSFUL TERORRISM FINANCE CONFERENCE HOSTED IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 14-16, the Fundacion Jose Ortega y Gasset hosted a conference entitled Terrorism Finance: What Control is Possible? The conference was attended by a diverse mix of government officials, academics, journalists, and students. The Embassy contributed by providing speak [...]	2005-11-23 09:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER KPAO SP
05MADRID4095	EUR A/S FRIED AND WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried, accompanied by WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, visited Madrid November 15-16 for meetings with Spanish officials to discuss cooperation to advance Broader Middle East reform, the upcoming NATO summits, and areas for possible collaboration in Latin [...]	2005-11-28 15:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
05MADRID4347	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SPAIN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-29 19:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PREL SP
05MADRID453	CHARGE MEETING WITH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TOURISM [...] Summary: Charge reviewed outstanding trade issues with Spain's number two trade official, Pedro Mejia Gomez, on 2/2/05. Charge pressed for progress on rice talks, airbus negotiations, biotechnology, intellectual property rights, and wine. Mejia urged U.S. support for Pascal Lamy's WTO candid [...]	2005-02-07 10:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO KIPR SP
05MADRID475	SPAIN'S SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AID SUPPORTS [...] Summary. In a February 4 meeting Charge and Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation Leire Pajin SIPDIS discussed Spain's international assistance program including electoral assistance to Iraq and forgivneess of Iraqi debt. Pajin characterzed Spain's effort in responding to [...]	2005-02-07 16:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL SP KBIO
05MADRID501	DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES AND EU PERMREPS ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-09 12:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU WTRO
05MADRID504	SPAIN ON MERCURY ISSUE AT UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: As the world's leading producer of mercury, Spain has an economic interest in working with the U.S. on our partnership approach to mercury control. But it is not clear if Spain's economic interests will outweigh the logic of accepting an EU consensus position that perhaps moves more [...]	2005-02-09 12:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC ETRD PREL SP
05MADRID515	INCREASED SPANISH ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA [...] (C) Summary. Regional leader and Socialist Party (PSOE) President Manuel Chaves touched off a minor political scandal when he announced in Havana that King Juan Carlos and President Zapatero would make official visits to Cuba in 2006. Representatives of both the King and President Zapatero d [...]	2005-02-09 16:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
05MADRID517	SPAIN OFFERS AMNESTY TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Spain's illegal immigrant population has multiplied three-fold over the last five years, from 300,000 to nearly one million. Now, new Spanish immigration measures taking effect February 7 through May 7 could grant amnesty to as many as one million illegal immigrants currently working in [...]	2005-02-10 08:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SMIG CMGT CASC CVIS KFRD SP
05MADRID541	SPAIN: TIME TO DEFROST THE DEEP FREEZE? [...] (C) Summary. After a tumultuous year in our bilateral relations with Spain, the Mission is considering how best to establish a more productive relationship with the Zapatero administration. The GOS scored early political points with the Spanish public by withdrawing Spanish forces from Iraq, attack [...]	2005-02-10 16:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
05MADRID550	SPAIN PREPARES FOR EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM [...] SUMMARY. On February 20, Spain will become the first EU country to put the European Constitution to a popular referendum. Because of support from both the governing Socialist party and the opposition Popular Party (PP),there is little doubt that a "yes" vote will win. Many in Spain see Sp [...]	2005-02-11 12:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SP EUN
05MADRID569	ZAPATERO VENEZUELA POLICY PERPLEXES SPANISH MFA [...] (C) Summary: The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' chief official for Andean countries informed poloff February 9 that a majority of officials at the MFA are as perplexed as the U.S. is at President Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero's policy of building closer relations with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. [...]	2005-02-11 16:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP CO VE
05MADRID623	SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (U) As directed in REFTEL, the following responses constitute the SEPQ for Mission Spain. The responses will directly correlate in sequence with the questions asked. All questions and responses have been coordinated with the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and the Consulate General in Barce [...]	2005-02-16 11:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER
05MADRID644	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FTC ALDEN ABBOTT [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Trade Commission official Alden Abbott, Assistant Director for Policy and Evaluation, Bureau of Competition, to travel to Madrid, February 20-23 to speak at the Spanish Competition Tribunal's Annual Symposium of Competition. 2. Emba [...]	2005-02-17 16:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR OTRA SP
05MADRID653	SPANISH DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON CANDIDACY FOR UN COMMISSION ON NA [...] (U) The following is an Embassy translation of a diplomatic note "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honor to inform that the Spanish Government has decided to present its candidacy for reelectio [...]	2005-02-18 16:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC OPDC SNAR SP UN
05MADRID659	SPANISH DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON CANDIDACY FOR UN COMMISSION ON [...] (U) The following is an Embassy translation of a diplomatic note that we received from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 15 regarding Spain's candidacy for reelection to the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation presents its comp [...]	2005-02-22 08:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SNAR UN OPEC
05MADRID689	SPAIN: THE TRADE IMPACT OF REVISING THE WHO'S [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-23 13:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SP WTRO
05MADRID696	SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION [...] Summary: Piracy in Spain continues to be a major problem. The new government is formulating, in concert with stakeholders, an integrated plan against piracy (ref B). Industry is skeptical but is working actively with the government to fix some legislative loopholes and to encourage more effect [...]	2005-02-23 16:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR SP
05MADRID699	SPANISH MUSLIMS VIEWS ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This message is the second of two cables discussing Spain's large and growing Muslim community and is based on Poloff's discussions with leading members of the Muslim community in Madrid (Reftel). Poloff recently met with three prominent members of the Muslim community--Yusuf [...]	2005-02-24 09:52:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KPAO KISL SP
05MADRID724	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Spanish Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega on 2/22 for a review of U.S.-Spain relations and to discuss USG security, consular, and commercial priorities in Spain. Charge congratulated de la Vega on her government's success in obtaining a good turnou [...]	2005-02-25 08:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CVIS SP
05MADRID741	MFA READOUT OF CUBA/VENEZUELA DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see request for guidance on Venezuela in paras 4 and 15. 2. (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo requested a meeting with polcouns on February 24 to discuss his recent meetings at the Department and the NSC, which he s [...]	2005-02-25 15:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU CO SP VZ
05MADRID8	BASQUE PARLIAMENT APPROVES PLAN TO SEEK GREATER [...] (U) Summary. The Basque Regional Parliament surprised Spanish political observers by narrowly approving a proposal by the ruling Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) to seek increased autonomy from the national government. Known as "Plan Ibarretxe," the proposal falls short of calling for an indep [...]	2005-01-03 15:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID960	BMENA - POSSIBILITY FOR COOPERATION WITH SPAIN [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-14 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
05MADRID978	REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-14 16:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA SP
05MADRID987	CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: SPANISH POSITION UNCHANGED [...] (C) Poloff met with Enrique Mora Benavente, the Head of EU Policy Planning at the MFA, on March 10 and March 14 to discuss the China arms embargo, reiterating U.S. concerns over human rights violations, the possible transfer of U.S. military technology to China, and the shifting balance of p [...]	2005-03-15 11:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CM SP EUN
05MADRID988	DELIVERY OF HIZBALLAH NON-PAPER TO SPAIN [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 11:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PTER EFIN SP EUN
05MADRID992	SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S BORDER MONITORING [...] (C) Charge raised the issue of a Georgia Border Monitoring Organization (BMO) in a March 14 discussion with Rafael Dezcallar, MFA Director General for Foreign Policy, and Josep Pons, MFA Director General of Foreign Policy for Europe and North America. Dezcallar professed little knowledge of [...]	2005-03-15 15:03:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZJ RS GG PBTS EUN OSCE
05MANAGUA2093	USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS) FY 2006 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AMENDMENT [...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors [...]	2005-07-20 19:48:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID
05MANAGUA2094	USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON [...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors will mak [...]	2005-07-20 19:49:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID
05MANAGUA2096	USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON [...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors [...]	2005-07-20 19:50:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID

05MANAGUA2097	USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON [...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors [...]	2005-07-20 20:35:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID
05MANAGUA2100	NICARAGUA NOTIFIED ON USG POSITION ON G-4 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 22:19:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NU UNSC
05MANAGUA2140	NICARAGUA UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] This cable is submitted in response to reftel A request for information on Government of Nicaragua child labor practices for compliance with Trade and Development Act provisions. Because post submitted reports in response to similar DOL tasking cables in 2003 and 2004 (reftels B and C),and b [...]	2005-07-26 19:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NU
05MANAMA101	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BOLTON'S JANUARY [...] (S) We warmly welcome your visit to Bahrain. On the key issues of Iran, counter-terrorism, and Article 98, you will find the Bahraini government to be fully supportive of U.S. foreign policy objectives and interests. However, on CT and Article 98, you will find that there are specific areas [...]	2005-01-24 10:04:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM ASEC KISL BA IR IZ KICC IAEA
05MANAMA103	BAHRAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] The following is post's Investment Climate Statement submission for 2005. 2. Begin text: INVESTMENT CLIMATE OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The government of Bahrain has a generally liberal approach to foreign investment and is eager to improve Bahrain's attractiveness to internati [...]	2005-01-25 04:47:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD BA
05MANAMA1256	CROWN PRINCE CONCERNED ABOUT SECTARIAN SPILLOVER [...] (C) Crown Prince Salman expressed concern to the Ambassador August 28 that Iraq will not be able to meet its goal of improving security for some time. While making clear that Bahrain fully supported the U.S. position in Iraq, he worried that a developing sectarian paradigm "is doomed to fail [...]	2005-08-29 13:29:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BA IZ
05MANAMA1257	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa reaffirmed Bahrain's commitment to move ahead quickly on implementation issues of the U.S. - Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA). On the development of the G8 - BMENA Entrepreneurship Center, [...]	2005-08-29 13:37:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EPET ECON KMPI ELAB BA
05MANAMA1297	MAJOR COVERAGE OF AMBASSADOR'S THANKS TO BAHRAINI [...] Major Arabic and English dailies carried a statement September 7 from the Ambassador expressing "profound gratitude" for the $5 million offer of assistance from the Government of Bahrain, as well as the many gestures of compassion, concern, and generosity shown by the Bahraini people. Englis [...]	2005-09-08 09:13:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA1385	OECD-MENA INVESTMENT PROGRAM: BAHRAIN MEETING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Working Groups 1 (Open and Transparent Investment Policies - WG 1) and 2 (Investment Promotion Agencies and Business Associations as Drivers of Reform - WG 2) of the OECD-MENA Investment initiative met in Bahrain September 12-14 to review and approve their contributions to a sto [...]	2005-09-26 08:41:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD BA OECD
05MANAMA1403	COMBATING EXTREMISM: BAHRAIN ACTIVE PARTNER IN [...] (S) The United States and Bahrain are close partners in combating extremism and promoting tolerance and moderation inside the Kingdom. King Hamad is a recognized regional leader for his political and economic reforms and advancement of women's rights. He is fully committed to the global war [...]	2005-09-29 08:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KPAO PTER EAID PHUM KMPI BA
05MANAMA1432	OFAC DIRECTOR WERNER'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE [...] (S) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Robert Werner met with the Minister of Finance Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Social Affairs (MSA) Dr. Fatima Belooshi and the Governor of the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) Rasheed Al-Maraj in Bahrain September 14-15. Topi [...]	2005-10-03 13:28:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER BA
05MANAMA1463	KING HAMAD OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH PRAISE AND [...] (C) Summary: King Hamad opened the fourth session of parliament on October 1 with praise for the work of both chambers of parliament over the last year, in particular for the chairman and members of the Finance and Economy Committee of the Council of Representatives (COR). The King commended [...]	2005-10-10 13:28:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL BA
05MANAMA1497	BAHRAIN: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER [...] Embassy Manama TFCO is Econoff Stephen Simpson, phone: (973)1724-2986, unclassified email: SimpsonSC@state.gov, and classified email: SimpsonSC@state.sgov.gov. 2. Deputy TFCO is OFAC Attache Jason Beal, phone: (973)1724-2709, unclassified email: BealJ@state.gov and classified email: BealJR@ [...]	2005-10-17 08:10:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL BA
05MANAMA1498	UPDATE ON FORUM FOR THE FUTURE AGENDA [...] (C) The DCM October 15 presented Ref A points concerning the agenda for the November 11-12 Forum for the Future conference to MFA Assistant Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz. Shaikh Abdul Aziz said he would consider a U.S. proposal that Bahrain and the UK appoint chairs for each of the thre [...]	2005-10-17 09:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI OVIP BA
05MANAMA1506	OPPOSITION GROUPS AL WIFAQ, NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Leading opposition societies Al Wifaq and the National Democratic Action Society (NDAS) in separate votes October 6 approved proposals to register with the government under the new political societies law. Al Wifaq members approved the measure by a resounding 87 percent, and a majority o [...]	2005-10-18 11:10:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL KISL BA
05MANAMA1523	Bahrain Broadcasting Builds Independence from [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 13. 2. Summary: The Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (BRTC) has begun a major overhaul of its state-run media enterprise, and has embraced a reform strategy that has potential to enhance its independence by making major structural changes to [...]	2005-10-19 04:16:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA1558	Citizen-Teacher Ambassadors Reach Bahraini [...] (U) Youth empowerment and civic participation were the core messages of a three-day visit by ECA Citizen Ambassadors, nationally recognized award winning American teachers Shannon C'de Baca and Linda Plattner. The Citizen Ambassadors visited six Bahraini public schools and met with over 400 [...]	2005-10-24 09:30:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
05MANAMA1580	CREEPING CONSERVATISM HITS HOTELS DURING RAMADAN [...] (SBU) Bahrain's Tourism Directorate issued instructions to five-star hotels in early October directing them to stop serving alcohol in their bars and restaurants during the holy month of Ramadan, an unprecedented development. Compliance was spotty at first but by mid-month all hotels had imp [...]	2005-10-29 14:26:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KISL BA
05MANAMA1581	EDB CHIEF OUTLINES ECONOMIC PLAN [...] (C) Economic Development Board (EDB) CEO Shaikh Mohammed Bin Essa Al Khalifa October 18 presented the EDB's plan for economic reform to a gathering of the local American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham). Shaikh Mohammed identified three key pillars for reform: investment in people; stimulation of [...]	2005-10-29 14:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD BTIO BA
05MANAMA1618	DEPUTY PM SHAIKH MOHAMMAD ON FTA, IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (C) Ambassador called on Deputy Prime Minister and former Foreign Minster Shaikh Mohammad bin Mubarak Al Khalifa October 31 at the newly refurbished Gudaibiya Palace in Manama. During the meeting they discussed transfer of Guantanamo detainees (reftel A),progress on the FTA, recent bellige [...]	2005-11-02 12:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL BA
05MANAMA1633	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF SECRETARY RICE TO BAHRAIN [...] (C) We warmly welcome your November 11-12 visit to Manama for the Forum for the Future meeting. The Bahraini leadership, which values its relationship with the United States and yearns for more high-level engagement, looks forward to receiving you here. This will be your first opportunity to [...]	2005-11-07 09:36:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL BA OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA165	NEW MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador met with the second woman in Bahrain's reshuffled cabinet, Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Fatima Al Belooshi, on February 1. Al Belooshi, formerly the Dean of Education at the University of Bahrain, was sworn into office January 15 (reftel). The Ambassador congratulated Al [...]	2005-02-05 11:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OEXC KWMN BA
05MANAMA1678	GOB statements and Special Media Reaction on [...] Summary: The recent terrorist bombings in Jordan were overwhelmingly condemned in the Bahraini press, which quoted Bahraini government officials, led by King Hamad bin Isa Al- Khalifa, condemning the attacks. Editorials described the perpetrators as "not human" and highlighted the similarity [...]	2005-11-14 16:03:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PA PREL BA
05MANAMA1679	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: REGIONAL MEDIA FOCUS ON [...] Summary: In contrast to the American press' focus on the November 12 Forum for the Future's failure to issue a final communiqu, characterizing it as "ending in discord" over Egypt's objection on the role of NGOs, the Bahrain and regional media highlighted the broader importance of the Forum' [...]	2005-11-14 16:03:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV KMPI BA
05MANAMA169	BAHRAIN'S SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] (U) In 2002, Bahrain became a monarchy and adopted a constitution which reinstated a legislative body. The upper house of parliament (Shura Council) is appointed by the King, and the lower house (Council of Representatives) is elected by the people. All men and women citizens age 21 and abov [...]	2005-02-05 15:43:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA174	OPPOSITION SOCIETIES TO HOLD CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) On February 10, four opposition political societies, known as the Quartet Alliance, will hold a conference entitled "Contractual Constitution for a Constitutional Monarchy." Conference attendees will discuss means of promoting constitutional reform in the kingdom, including petitions, d [...]	2005-02-06 14:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BA
05MANAMA176	CONTINUING SAUDI CONCERNS ABOUT BAHRAIN FTA [...] (C) Bahrain officials have indicated both publicly and privately to us that the crisis with Saudi Arabia over the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade agreement has ebbed, and that it is full speed ahead on ratification and implementation. Saudi Ambassador to Bahrain Abdulla Al-Kuwaiz, in a February 6 dis [...]	2005-02-07 08:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON BA SA
05MANAMA1810	ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TOWNSEND'S DECEMBER 2 [...] (C) Summary: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with Kuwaiti National Security Bureau President Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah December 2 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Shaikh Sab [...]	2005-12-10 12:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PARM PGOV KISL BA KU REGION OFFICIALS CTR
05MANAMA1892	BAHRAIN: REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY THROUGH [...] Summary: Cultural and sports programs have great potential to support mission goals, but the dearth of such programs and the resources available to pursue them has resulted in many missed opportunities. On numerous occasions, we face a hostile public audience to U.S. foreign policy. From a [...]	2005-12-26 04:13:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV SCUL BA OESC BILAT
05MANAMA22	IRAQ ELECTION DEMARCHES: BAHRAIN ASKS ABOUT [...] (C) Ambassador delivered on January 4 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdel Ghaffar demarches on the January 6 Iraq Neighbors Conference and January 9 Arab League Meeting (Ref A) and support for the international mission for Iraq elections (Ref B). Iraq also figured heavily [...]	2005-01-04 13:58:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL JO IZ BA
05MANAMA239	BAHRAIN: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel message concerning supporting the Iraqi transitional government February 21 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Sheikh Abdul Aziz said he would pass the message to Minist [...]	2005-02-22 15:16:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BA IZ
05MANAMA273	PM ENDORSES FOR ENHANCED SECURITY COOPERATION, [...] (C) Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa told the Ambassador February 26 that Bahrain must improve its security system with American assistance. The United States continues to be the leader in dealing with security threats while the Gulf region has fallen behind. The PM expressed his admiration fo [...]	2005-02-28 15:05:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KJUS PINR BA IZ IR
05MANAMA321	BAHRAIN: YEAR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary. In 2004, Bahrain sustained a strong anti- piracy policy, seizing nearly 60,000 audiovisual products, mostly audio CDs and Video Compact Discs (VCDs). The GOB legalized its Microsoft software and is now purchasing, rather than illegally copying, additional software products. Five of [...]	2005-03-07 06:40:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR BA
05MANAMA328	CRITIQUE OF SISTANI CREATES DEBATE ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) Columnist Sameera Rajab's February 16 article on the Iraqi elections that criticized Ayatollah Sistani created an intense debate on freedom of expression. The controversy continues to make headlines almost daily. Rajab, a columnist for Akhbar Al Khaleej, wrote that Sistani was an America [...]	2005-03-07 14:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO BA
05MANAMA339	BAHRAIN: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Embassy Manama's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that in January 2005, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) was divided into two separate ministries, the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Social Affairs. As the Ministry of [...]	2005-03-08 13:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA
05MANAMA347	GOB REACTS TO OUTWARD SIGNS OF SHIA ACTIVISM [...] (C) The GOB has launched a public and private campaign complaining of Iranian interference in Bahraini affairs and attempts to sow sectarianism in Bahrain. Interior Minister Shaikh Rashed said publicly that some people spread hate messages during mid-February Shia Ashura celebrations by chan [...]	2005-03-09 14:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PREL KIRF BA
05MANAMA375	LEADING BOYCOTTER DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Aziz Abul, Director of International Relations for the Quartet Alliance of boycotting societies and organizer of the February 10 conference on constitutional reform, told us that the boycotting societies want to be a part of the democratic process but they do not believe that the current [...]	2005-03-15 14:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV BA
05MANAMA531	FM DISCUSSES GCC-EU FTA, FORUM FOR FUTURE, [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Mohammed told the Ambassador April 6 that both sides at the recent GCC-EU Ministerial were committed to try to conclude an FTA by the end of the year; local EU and GCC diplomats, conceding that serious issues remain, are skeptical. The EU reiterated concerns about th [...]	2005-04-11 05:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV PHUM BA
05MANAMA616	CROWN PRINCE PROMOTES LABOR REFORMS [...] (C) Crown Prince Salman attempted to ease public fears over proposed labor reforms by announcing March 25 that the GOB would implement reform slowly and gradually. The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Chairman announced soon after that the private sector felt more comfortable t [...]	2005-04-25 14:59:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV ELAB BA
05MANAMA65	FOREIGN MINISTER ON PALESTINIANS, SAUDI [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa opened a January 11 meeting with the Ambassador by speaking positively of comments made the day before by President Bush about Mahmoud Abbas's electoral victory and the President's invitation for Abbas to visit Washington. Shaikh Moh [...]	2005-01-13 14:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PTER BA
05MANAMA68	NEW CABINET REFLECTS CONTINUED REFORM; PM'S BASE [...] (C) The new cabinet announced January 14 by King Hamad has two new ministers and six ministers from the former cabinet covering new portfolios. Five ministers in the previous cabinet, formed in November 2002, were dropped, four of whom have new positions as advisors to the Prime Minister or [...]	2005-01-16 11:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BA
05MANAMA680	TREASURY DAS GLASER CONGRATULATES BAHRAINI [...] (S) Summary. Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser and a US delegation congratulated the Minister of Finance, Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed al Khalifa, the Governor of the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA),Rasheed Mohammed al Maraj, and the Finance Ministry Undersecretary, Sheikh Ebrahim Bin Khalifa al Khali [...]	2005-05-11 14:05:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC BA
05MANAMA705	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE MAY 10 STEERING COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Bahrain hosted a meeting of the G8/Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future (FfF) Steering Committee May 10 that included representatives of the U.S., UK, Russia, Morocco, Jordan, and Egypt. The parties discussed preparations for the FfF meeting, to be co-chair [...]	2005-05-17 11:29:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KMPI ECIN BA XF XG CA JA
05MANAMA718	PM SHAIKH KHALIFA DISCUSSES ECONOMIC SITUATION, [...] (C) The Ambassador, during a May 17 meeting with Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, discussed Bahrain's efforts to attract foreign investment to spur economic growth, and the possible impact of the Crown Prince's labor reform initiative on the business sector. 2. (C) The [...]	2005-05-21 10:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB BA
05MANAMA72	BAHRAIN: NEW U.S. SPACE TRANSPORTATION POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-16 14:07:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA TSPL BA
05MANAMA728	MINISTER OF INFORMATION DEFENDS WEBSITE [...] (C) Minister of Information Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar, during a May 17 discussion with the Ambassador, sought to explain and defend a recently-announced policy calling for the registration of all Bahrain internet sites with the Ministry of Information. He stressed the policy should not be lo [...]	2005-05-22 13:06:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA747	ISLAMIC BANKING, SHARIAH BOARDS, AND INVESTMENTS [...] (U) Islamic banking is a growth industry worldwide and represents a sector for which Bahrain holds a comparative advantage and would like to expand and solidify as a regional center in the Middle East. Bahrain has a strong reputation for transparency and regulation of its financial sector in [...]	2005-05-25 11:56:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	EINV ECPS EFIN ECON ETRD PREL BEXP BA
05MANAMA762	BAHRAIN NOMINATES GULF CLOSURES FOR SECRETARY'S [...] Summary: Embassy Manama nominates small-to-medium size enterprise (SME) Gulf Closures W.L.L. for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence for its exemplary work in good corporate citizenship and provision of a safe and healthy workplace. Its efforts have resulted in 100 First Aid volu [...]	2005-05-30 13:32:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD SENV BA
05MANAMA779	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FTA, KORAN DESECRATION, [...] (C) Council of Representatives (COR) Chairman Khalifa Al Dhahrani told the Ambassador May 30 that he did not expect the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to be ratified by the COR before the June 15 summer recess (but following the Ambassador's emphasis of the importance of an early rat [...]	2005-05-31 14:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD BA
05MANAMA835	ARCAPITA ENDORSES SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS WITH USG [...] (C) Arcapita Director for Legal Affairs Henry Thompson told the Ambassador June 8 that his company is willing to enter into security arrangements with the USG to gain approval for its proposed acquisition of Atlanta-based Cypress Communications. He said that Arcapita would keep all of Cypres [...]	2005-06-12 11:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECPS EFIN ECON ETRD PREL BEXP PTER BA
05MANAMA839	BAHRAIN "POSTPONES" AL QUDS CONFERENCE, WORRIES [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 8. 2. (S) Summary. Bahrain has decided to "postpone" an Al Quds Institute conference planned for next week, and the MFA has assured us that postponement really means cancellation. In delivering that welcome news, MFA MinState Abdul Ghaffar at the s [...]	2005-06-13 06:46:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM KTFN BA
05MANAMA910	MEPI-FUNDED NDI PROJECT COMES UNDER FIRE [...] (C) The MEPI-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) project in Bahrain has attracted criticism from many directions recently. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Abdul Ghaffar has privately expressed his concerns to the Ambassador several times that NDI gives too much emphasis to oppos [...]	2005-06-28 08:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMPI KDEM PREL BA
05MANILA1056	FURTHER PROGRESS IN COUNTERTERRORISM SCENARIO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The second in a series of USG-GRP staff talks on the development of counterterrorism cooperation scenarios produced progress, with a notable "climate change" on the RP side in the wake of the February 14 terrorist bombings in Manila and Mindanao. The two sides reached consensus [...]	2005-03-07 06:46:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PTER RP
05MANILA1061	RECRUITMENT COMPANIES AND TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recruiting Filipinos to work abroad is an important national industry in the Philippines. The GRP regulates and licenses recruitment companies through the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency [...]	2005-03-07 08:31:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN PHUM KCRM KCOR ELAB ECON RP
05MANILA1098	MARAWI CITY: ISLAMIC PRIDE IN THE TROUBLED SOUTH [...] (U) Summary. Marawi, the capital of Lanao del Sur Province in Central Mindanao, is officially an "Islamic city" under municipal law, the only such city in the Philippines. The city of 125,000 is 96-percent Muslim. The main campus of Mindanao State University, located in Marawi, is a nonethe [...]	2005-03-09 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL PINS KCRM SNAR SA RP
05MANILA1258	RP-JAPAN POLITICAL SECURITY TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The first-ever Philippine-Japanese political security talks allowed both sides to exchange views on China, North Korea, terrorism, and other issues. While few concrete results emerged from the one-day discussions, they did establish the framework for a continuing and developing [...]	2005-03-17 08:43:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS JA RP
05MANILA1348	THIRD COUNTERTERRORISM STAFF TALKS SET STAGE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The third in a series of counterterrorism scenario staff talks clarified the parameters of possible enhanced US-Philippine cooperation, setting the stage for a tentatively scheduled flag officer-level seminar in May that will examine the key issues for key decision makers, especi [...]	2005-03-23 07:17:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PTER RP
05MANILA1597	REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST SUPPORT FOR DEA TRAINING [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Action request -- DEA Manila Country Office, with support of the Mission's Law Enforcement Working Group, requests $5,000 in funding assistance from Joint Interagency Task Force-West (JIATF-W) to meet P [...]	2005-04-06 08:51:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KCRM MARR MASS PGOV RP
05MANILA1817	GRP'S NSC GROPES FOR ANSWERS TO "ISLAMIST [...] (C). Summary and Comment: National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales provided Ambassador with a copy of a report he presented to the Philippine National Security Council on March 29 regarding Islamist extremism in the Philippines. Gonzales has asked us to treat it with due discretion but ha [...]	2005-04-21 03:07:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER RP
05MANILA1893	ARROYO ON ASEAN BURMA STRATEGY [...] (S) In a conversation on other subjects April 26, I urged President Arroyo to keep up her country's leadership on pressing Burma on democracy and human rights. Looking ahead to senior US-RP contacts in Manila and Washington, I suggested that this is one especially meaningful way that the RP [...]	2005-04-26 23:42:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV RP
05MANILA1909	PROPOSED MOU FOR THE "MAPP" [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (U) Noting that the Philippine National Police (PNP) -- at the instigation of Philippine Ambassador to Washington Del Rosario -- was now interested in pursuing a "Management Assessment of the Philippine Police" with the USG that would parall [...]	2005-04-27 08:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM SOCI KCOR PTER PGOV PINS ASEC RP
05MANILA1954	CHINESE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO VISITS MANILA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao focused primarily on economic and trade issues, with apparently no discussion of improving military-to-military ties. Although Deputy Chief of the General Staff General Xiong Guang Kai plans a trip Manila in May, observers do not e [...]	2005-04-29 08:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR CH RP
05MANILA1960	PDR SHIFTING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under the personal direction of Defense Secretary Cruz, Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) is moving to SIPDIS the implementation phase. The GRP has requested three additional US experts to complement the nine already in place to carry out an ambitious, but well thought through [...]	2005-04-29 09:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PINS MG ID AS RP
05MANILA2014	PHILIPPINES EXPECT BURMA TO RELINQUISH ASEAN CHAIR [...] (C) In meeting with Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo on May 2, Ambassador urged the GRP -- and Romulo, personally -- to continue to work within ASEAN to push Burma toward democratic change and release of Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as other key roadmap goals, as Romulo had done at the ASEAN Fo [...]	2005-05-03 06:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM RP ASEAN
05MANILA2241	MORE JOURNALISTS SLAIN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Two more journalists have been slain in the Philippines in the past two weeks. This brings to five the number of killings of journalists this year, according to most sources. Police appear t [...]	2005-05-16 07:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS KPAO RP
05MANILA2335	DEFENSE SECRETARY MAKES STRONG PUBLIC CASE FOR PDR [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech at the prestigious Manila Overseas Press Club, Secretary of National Defense Cruz made a strong public pitch for Philippine Defense Reform (PDR),saying it would allow the Philippines to defeat the multiple insurgencies and terrorist threats facing the country. [...]	2005-05-20 08:05:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PINS PTER CH RP
05MANILA2359	ILLEGAL "JUETENG" LOTTERY POTENTIALLY THREATENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The illegal lottery known as "jueteng" played a prominent role in the downfall of former President Estrada, and a newly brewing scandal related to jueteng could potentially have a similar impact on the Arroyo Administration. Despite Malacanang's vows to crack down on jueteng, [...]	2005-05-23 07:42:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KCRM ASEC RP
05MANILA249	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (U) North Koreans have access to the same international protection offered other refugee groups in the Philippines. The Philippines is the only country in Southeast Asia to have signed the 1951 UN Convention on Refugees and to have an institutionalized regime of refugee protection. The Depar [...]	2005-01-14 08:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KN KS RP
05MANILA2590	STAYING ENGAGED WITH COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY. US counterterrorism assistance, ranging from operations/intelligence fusion support for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to RMAS' involvement with the Philippine National Police (PNP),has helped the Philippines register some counterterrorism successes in 2004 and 2005. [...]	2005-06-03 04:24:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINS ASEC MOPS PINR RP
05MANILA2670	PHILIPPINES CORRUPTION: BUSINESS LEADERS [...] (C) Influential members of the Manila business community increasingly express concerns about how corruption is undermining the RP's economic outlook. According to long-time Embassy contact Washington Sycip, who is widely respected as among the top economic observers in the country, corruption [...]	2005-06-09 05:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV BEXP KCOR RP
05MANILA2691	DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLING TO TACKLE TOUGH POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary of National Defense Cruz appears ready to explore three key policy questions in the US-RP defense relationship: combined rules of engagement; a legal framework for counterterrorism cooperation; and cooperative security locations. In doing so, his emphasis seems to be o [...]	2005-06-10 04:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PTER RP
05MANILA3045	LITTLE ECONOMIC IMPACT SO FAR FROM ARROYO'S WOES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Peso broke the PhP56/$1 mark on June 29, but has marginally recovered. The stock market continued to slide lower on concerns about the President's future, but most local analysts said that the situation remains manageable. The Philippine business community appears to be [...]	2005-07-01 08:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA3115	A GMA INSIDER GETS OUT [...] (S) Summary. The defection from GMA ranks of Congressman Golez is a blow to Arroyo. He believes she has lost the "moral high ground" and civil society support. There are no signs yet of other significant political defections or military unrest, but the situation remains highly fluid. End [...]	2005-07-07 07:09:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS PINR RP
05MANILA3202	VATICAN HAND IN CATHOLIC BISHOPS' STATEMENT? [...] (C) Summary: Several local press reports have claimed that the Papal Nuncio "scolded" the Catholic bishops during their recent conference, demanding that they not involve themselves in politics by explicitly calling for President Arroyo's resignation. As reported, after much discussion, the [...]	2005-07-12 07:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI RP VT
05MANILA3282	ARROYO REBUILDING ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the exodus of key economic advisors, President Arroyo began reconstruction of her economic team on July 12 with the appointment of Margarito Teves as Secretary of Finance. On July 14, she announced other key appointments, including Peter Tavilia as Secretary of Tr [...]	2005-07-15 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TBIO RP
05MANILA3370	CALMER WEEK ON POLITICAL FRONT PROVIDES RESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary: A relatively calmer week on the political front and positive fiscal news gave currency, stock, and bond markets some breathing space to partially recoup lost gains. The peso traded above the 56 pesos/$1 level throughout the July 18-22 trading week, but ended the week down sl [...]	2005-07-22 09:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA3415	2005 SOUTHEAST ASIA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE, [...] Embassy Manila will host the 2005 Southeast Asia Reporting Officers Conference (SEAROC),October 13-14. Most of the event will take place at Mission's historic chancery. Please send a front-channel cable confirming attendance, security level of participant(s),and flight details as soon as p [...]	2005-07-26 07:51:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON OTRA XB RP
05MANILA3657	JULY 27-AUGUST 5 UPDATE: PHILIPPINE FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo and her new economic team went on a media offensive shortly after the President's July 25 State of the Nation Address (SONA) to assure investors, creditors and other Philippine observers that the Administration remains focused on managing the economy and pursu [...]	2005-08-08 10:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA3811	USGS DISCUSSES JOINT MINERAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) In meetings in Manila with senior GRP officials, USGS Acting Director Leahy confirmed the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) intentions to develop a work plan with the GRP to conduct the first phase of a mineral resources assessment of the Philippines. Department of Environment and Natura [...]	2005-08-18 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN SENV EINV ECON BEXP RP
05MANILA3830	PHILIPPINES: CHILD LABOR UPDATE 2005 [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: This message provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implementation of commitments to eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor (ref A). It updates information provided by Post in 2004 (per ref C) regarding child labo [...]	2005-08-19 07:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB EAID RP ILO
05MANILA3946	CATHOLIC CHURCH CHANGES TACK AND TAKES MORE [...] (C) Summary: The Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines is changing tack in regard to its political role. Under the leadership of the now-deceased Cardinal Sin, the Church assumed an activist posture, pressing for the ouster of two presidents, and at times indicating preferences for or ag [...]	2005-08-25 07:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI RP
05MANILA4271	ARCHBISHOP ROSALES ENCOURAGES CHURCH TO STAY OUT [...] (C) Summary: In a September 8 meeting with Charge, Archbishop of Manila Gaudencio Rosales identified economic and moral poverty as the greatest problems in the Philippines today and criticized the current political leadership as corrupt and ineffective in improving the lives of the people. [...]	2005-09-11 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RP
05MANILA4395	IPR ROUNDTABLE 2: IMPROVED PROSECUTION OF IPR CASES [...] (U) Summary: On September 13, Embassy conducted its second IPR roundtable to review IPR issues with US company reps and GRP officials. Roundtable participants praised the government for recent initiatives, notably its crackdown on pirated optical media goods, but stressed the need to prosecu [...]	2005-09-19 00:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL BEXP RP
05MANILA4491	MORE COVERAGE IN PHILIPPINE PRESS OF ALLEGED [...] Anti-government, pro-opposition daily "The Philippine Daily Inquirer" printed another in a series of daily articles summarizing and analyzing purported classified US Embassy reports on the front page in its edition of September 23. Following is the full text of the article. BEGIN TEXT " [...]	2005-09-22 08:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PINS KPAO RP
05MANILA4600	SLUGGISH GROWTH IN ELECTRONICS HIGHLIGHTS POWER AND [...] Philippine semiconductor and electronics exports, 70% of total exports, are growing slightly in 2005 despite the closure of a major Toshiba laptop factory in late 2004. Growth in semiconductor exports offset a decline in other electronics categories caused by Toshiba's departure. The industry [...]	2005-09-27 06:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV PREL ECON RP
05MANILA4810	PHILIPPINES: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message is in response to the action request contained in "Democracy Promotion Strategies for EAP Focus Countries" (ref a). Responses are keyed to specific informational requests contained in ref a, p [...]	2005-10-10 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PINS ECON KDEM RP
05MANILA4901	EMBASSY MANILA HOSTS SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL [...] (U) Embassy Manila hosted the 2005 Southeast Asia Reporting Officers Conference, October 13-14. Thirty-eight participants from Missions in Southeast Asia and other posts in EAP, as well as from the Department and Pentagon, participated in the two-day event. A full list of participants is inc [...]	2005-10-16 09:16:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ECON PHUM SOCI XB XC RP
05MANILA4929	GRP TAKES STEP TO REDISTRIBUTE LARGE ESTATE OWNED [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Taking steps to resolve a long-standing labor dispute, the Philippine government has ordered that the large "Hacienda Luisita" estate owned in part by former president Corazon Aquino be redistri [...]	2005-10-17 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI PINS RP
05MANILA4934	DISPERSAL OF OPPOSITION RALLY SPARKS DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: The October 14 dispersal of a small Opposition rally has sparked a sharp debate over the GRP's tactics. The Opposition and many in the media have criticized the police, asserting that the use of water cannons was not appropriate, for example. Malacanang -- while not endorsing [...]	2005-10-18 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4971	ANTI-ARROYO RALLY SPONSORED BY LEFT DRAWS 10,000 [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: About 10,000 leftist anti-President Arroyo protesters convened at a site near Malacanang Palace on October 21. In scuffles with police, several people were injured. This latest rally is part o [...]	2005-10-20 07:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4984	TIP: USG-FUNDED TRAINING AIMS TO ASSIST HUMAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: GRP prosecutors and NGO lawyers continue to make limited headway in prosecuting traffickers under anti-trafficking laws. The slow pace of progress is due in part to inadequate training of loca [...]	2005-10-23 07:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON RP
05MANILA5067	USTR, DOC VISIT ILLUSTRATES TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR, Department of Commerce (DOC) and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) officials, accompanied by econoffs, met with congressional leaders, GRP officials and U.S. business leaders to discuss general economic issues including the upcoming WTO meeting, ASEAN, IPR protec [...]	2005-10-27 07:17:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR RP
05MANILA5068	USTR VISIT LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR JANUARY SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR, Department of Commerce (DOC) and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) officials, accompanied by econoffs, met with congressional leaders and GRP officials to discuss IPR protection and the upcoming Special 301 Out-of-Cycle review (OCR). The GRP is keen to get off t [...]	2005-10-27 07:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR RP
05MANILA5098	DFA ON MEDIA REPORTS RE US-RP RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Acting Foreign Secretary Edsel Custodio called in Charge d'Affaires Jones to DFA on November 2 to receive an aide memoire (full text in para 6) regarding recent media reports purportedly based on alleged US Embassy documents that the GRP believes are "aggravating political tensions and d [...]	2005-11-01 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS RP
05MANILA5137	SCENESETTER FOR EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] (C) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we seek to work even more constructively not only bilaterally but in a variety of regional and international fora as well. We have a comprehensive program of engagement with the GRP -- ranging from [...]	2005-11-02 12:00:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS EAID MOPS ECON EFIN RP
05MANILA5166	ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL THREATS TO DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The Philippines' once again turbulent political environment has sparked new waves of rumors that the President or her advisers are considering emergency rule or martial law, and that elements within the military are seeking to stage a coup. We assess that neither scenario yet [...]	2005-11-06 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS MOPS ASEC PREL RP
05MANILA5326	PHILIPPINES/TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this message provides information on the Philippines for the Interim Assessment on the Special Watch List countries due in Congress no later than February 1. The Philippine Department of Justice (DoJ) has trebled the number of prosecutors at the national [...]	2005-11-14 09:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN KCRM RP JA
05MANILA5328	GRP CONTINUES TO CONSIDER EMERGENCY RULE [...] (S) Summary/Comment: EAP DAS John underscored the USG's firm opposition to the imposition of emergency rule or any other similar measures during separate meetings with President Arroyo, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, and defense officials on November 11. Both Arroyo and Romulo indicated [...]	2005-11-14 09:56:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR RP
05MANILA5382	Manila Port Readies for Nuclear Detection [...] (SBU) Port operators and government officials implementing the USDOE Megaports Initiative are eager to see the program operational by mid-2006. Megaports is designed to place equipment at major international ports to scan all incoming containers for the detection of radioactive materials and [...]	2005-11-17 04:07:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER RP
05MANILA5457	USGS PREPARES WORK PLAN FOR SURVEY OF MINERALS [...] In meetings in Manila with the GRP's senior geologists, a team of experts from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) drafted a work plan for the first phase of a mineral resources assessment of the Philippines. Phase one involves gathering existing data in digital format for release to the publi [...]	2005-11-22 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN SENV EINV ECON BEXP RP

05MANILA5794	EMBASSY MANILA MARKS HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK WITH ONLINE [...] (U) Summary: On December 12, Mission hosted an online discussion to mark Human Rights Week, with participation from the GRP's Commission on Human Rights and a local human rights NGO. Participants in the chat reviewed U.S. advocacy of human rights and democracy, and the human rights situation [...]	2005-12-13 06:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO RP

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