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04BRUSSELS5408	TFX001: INITIAL EC RESPONSE TO ASIAN TSUNAMI [...] SUMMARY: The European Commission has activated two emergency mechanisms to meet the immediate humanitarian assistance needs arising from the December 26 earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. The EU,s Community Mechanism SIPDIS Civil Protection Unit and Monitoring and Information Ce [...]	2004-12-28 12:51:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IN CE TH EUN USEU BRUSSELS

04BRUSSELS5427	TFX001: EC ON DONOR COORDINATION AND ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) Summary: The EU will meet in Luxembourg on January 7 to coordinate its response to the tsunami in Asia. On the agenda is the advisability of an international donor conference. Commissioner Louis Michel may visit Sri Lanka before this meeting to assess the situation. The European Commiss [...]	2004-12-29 16:20:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IN CE TH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS631	THE NEXT EU COMMISSION: A BRUSSELS PREVIEW [...] (SBU) The EU rumor mill is already full of possible candidates for the succession of Romano Prodi as Commission President in November 2004. EU leaders are expected to pick a President-designate at their June 17-18 Summit (European Council) meeting in Brussels, shortly after the June 10-13 el [...]	2004-02-12 14:19:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS666	US-EU COEST CONSULTATIONS PART 1: CENTRAL ASIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 9 in Brussels, EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe -- accompanied by EUR/ACE Deputy Dan Rosenblum and EUR/ERA Director Kathy Allegrone -- discussed US-EU cooperation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus with the EU's COEST Troika. This cable covers the Central Asia portion of the [...]	2004-02-13 15:39:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KZ KG TI TX UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS728	KOFI ANNAN AND THE EU: MULTILATERALISM, MONEY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNSYG Kofi Annan used his January 28-30 visit to Brussels to lecture the EU in public on the need to have more open migration policies, while holding private talks on a range of world hotspots. The EU showcased its commitment to a policy of "effective multilateralism" centered [...]	2004-02-20 08:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UNGA UN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS733	EU VISIT GIVES URIBE LITTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's February 9-10 EU visit resulted in a cooperation and information sharing agreement between Colombia and Europol. He got little from the Commission on an EU/Andean trade pact, or a 10 year GSP extension. EC officials said that they would have no [...]	2004-02-20 11:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM EAID ETRD CO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS752	EC FUNDING FOR UNRWA AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY IN [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission (EC),through funding mechanisms in ECHO, DG RELEX and EuropeAid, will continue to provide substantial funding for vulnerable Palestinians, as well as for the Palestinian Authority, in 2004. However, it does not have immediate plans to respond to UNRWA [...]	2004-02-23 04:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREF EAID UNRWA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS758	US-EU COEST CONSULTATIONS PART 2: SOUTH CAUCASUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9 in Brussels, EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe -- accompanied by EUR/ACE Deputy Dan Rosenblum and EUR/ERA Director Kathy Allegrone -- discussed US-EU cooperation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus with the EU's COEST Troika. This cable covers the South Caucasus portion of the [...]	2004-02-23 10:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ GG RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS854	JANUARY 16 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 16 in Brussels, Geneva CD Ambassador Jackie Sanders and AC/ISN Director Robert Luaces led productive discussions on arms control and disarmament with the EU's global disarmament troika (CODUN). USEU Poloff Van Reidhead participated as Control Officer. Issues discus [...]	2004-02-27 11:49:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP UNGA EUN CDG USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS898	BELGIUM TO ATTEND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 13:38:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL RS BE USEU BRUSSELS
04BUCHAREST3413	IRAQ DEBT: ROMANIA WANTS ITS MONEY BACK [...] (C) Summary: Joint U.S. and British Embassy discussions with Romanian government (GOR) officials reveal little enthusiasm for debt reduction for Iraq. Instead, Romania is aiming for a &flexible8 solution that could involve oil deliveries, equity in joint ventures or debt restructuring. GOR o [...]	2004-12-10 15:40:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL RO
04BUCHAREST3421	CENTER-RIGHT CANDIDATE TRAIAN BASESCU WINS [...] (C) Summary: Center-right National Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) alliance candidate Traian Basescu has won Romania's presidency, according to official results released early afternoon December 13. PNL-PD leaders tell post that the alliance is still absorbing the surprise win, but will soon beg [...]	2004-12-13 12:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI ECON RO
04BUCHAREST3439	REPORT ON NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISISON OFFICIALS' [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Commissioner Jeffrey Merrifield visit to Romania in late September provided the USG insight into the strong Romanian civil nuclear program. End Summary. First Visit to Romania by NRC Commissioner ---------------------------------------- [...]	2004-12-15 11:38:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA ENRG ECON RO IAEA
04BUCHAREST3442	ROMANIA'S NEW PRESIDENT: FORMER SAILER PILOTS SHIP OF STATE [...] (C) Summary. Romania's President-elect, National Liberal Party-Democratic Party (PNL-PD) alliance co-leader Traian Basescu, is a skilled political campaigner and popular politician, renowned for his tenacity, but also for his approachability and straightforward style. Basescu is a long-standing dom [...]	2004-12-15 13:46:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO
04BUCHAREST3445	ROMANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post's submission in "Patterns format," updating last year's "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report (reftel) follows: Romania is a staunch ally of the United States in the global war against terrorism, providing full public and diplomatic support for US goals to counter terrorism. In 2004, ab [...]	2004-12-15 16:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON RO NATO
04BUCHAREST3447	ROMANIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT TRAIAN BASESCU SETS OUT [...] (U) Summary. In his first speech after acknowledging his win in presidential run-off elections, Romanian President- elect Traian Basescu emphasized EU integration, poverty, political influence on state institutions and corruption, all key Basescu themes in his presidential campaign. He highl [...]	2004-12-15 17:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO
04BUCHAREST3448	COALITION POLITICS LEAVE ROMANIANS WONDERING WHO WILL FORM NEW GOVERNMENT; NASTASE TRIES TO HANG ON [...] (C) Summary. Center-left Social Democratic Party (PSD) Prime Minister Adrian Nastase is attempting to remain in power through a coalition deal negotiated before his December 12 presidential defeat. Two small parties - the Romanian Humanist Party (PUR) and the ethnic Hungarian Party (UDMR) - hold th [...]	2004-12-15 17:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO
04BUCHAREST3479	ROMANIA: BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON KEY FIGURES IN THE NATIONAL LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. In the wake of President-elect Traian Basescu,s upset victory over PM Adrian Nastase December 12,key members of the center-right National Liberal Party-Democratic Party (PNL-PD) Alliance, which Basescu heads, have moved to the center of Romania,s political stage. While it is too earl [...]	2004-12-20 05:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI ECON PHUM RO
04BUCHAREST3500	INAUGURATION SPEECH DELIVERED BY NEWLY ELECTED [...] On December 20, 2004, before a joint session of Parliament, newly elected Romanian President Traian Basescu delivered his inauguration speech. 2. The text of Embassy Bucharest's unofficial translation of President Basescu's inauguration speech follows below: "Mr. President of the Senate, [...]	2004-12-21 15:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL RO
04BUCHAREST3524	ROMANIAN PM DESIGNATE PROPOSES NEW CABINET, [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister designate Calin Popescu Tariceanu announced his proposed cabinet December 26, with parliament's vote of confidence on the list likely to take place as early as December 28. Many of the proposed ministers are relatively young, with limited experience. The Humanist [...]	2004-12-27 15:06:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO
04BUCHAREST3560	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RO
04BUENOSAIRES2228	WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR 2004 UPDATE [...] In 2002, the Ministry of Labor estimated that 7.1 percent of children ages 5 to 14 were working in Argentina. Such statistics have not been updated to reflect the severity and consequences of the 2001 economic crisis. According to the Minister of Health, there are more children than adults [...]	2004-08-04 13:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI KOCI KWMN ELAB AR
04BUENOSAIRES2291	FORMER PRESIDENT DUHALDE ON KIRCHNER, FTAA AND [...] (C) Summary: Former President Eduardo Duhalde claims that a MERCOSUR-led "South American Union" will be announced before year's end. He claimed to support free trade and FTAA, especially after the recent compromise reached at the WTO meeting in Geneva. Duhalde said President Kirchner is more pr [...]	2004-08-10 21:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL AR MERCOSUR FTAA
04BUENOSAIRES2310	INDIGENOUS RIGHTS SUPPLEMENT: RIGHTS TO LAND AND [...] Argentina's Northwest province of Salta is undergoing a gradual economic transformation with prices for agricultural products, mining, oil up, and the tourism sector growing. Life, however, for the region's rural poor and indigenous communities remains difficult, characterized by high unemploy [...]	2004-08-12 17:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI ELAB PGOV EAID SENV AR
04BUENOSAIRES2419	KIRCHNER MOVES SECURITY SECRETARIAT INTO CASA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 20 President Nestor Kirchner announced the transfer of the Security Secretariat from the Justice Ministry to the Interior Ministry. This is widely viewed as a positive step that will increase the profile of security issues, by both placing one of the most influential Mi [...]	2004-08-25 21:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR PROTESTS
04BUENOSAIRES2712	AMIA TRIAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recused trial judge Juan Jose Galeano tendered his resignation September 13 to the President in the face of the ongoing investigation into the alleged irregularities committed in his investigation of the 1994 terrorist bombing of the Jewish Community Center (AMIA). President Ki [...]	2004-09-23 20:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA
04BUENOSAIRES2866	ARGENTINA: POLLING THE POLLSTERS [...] (C) Summary: Poloff recently met with several of the leading Argentine pollsters to discuss their views on the image of the United States, public support for Kirchner, and the current political situation in Argentina. Included in these meetings were Graciela Romer, Manuel Mora y Araujo, Mari [...]	2004-10-07 20:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
04BUENOSAIRES2891	ARGENTINA: THE UCR AT A CROSSROADS [...] (U) Summary: The election of Adolfo Stubrin as president of the national Radical Civil Union (UCR) convention provides the UCR the opportunity to reorganize the party and begin to build on its grass-roots strength to serve as a viable opposition to the ruling Peronist Party (PJ). Stubrin's [...]	2004-10-12 20:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
04BUENOSAIRES2900	MEETING WITH TUCUMAN PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28-29, Pasoffs and Poloff met with Tucuman Governor Jose Jorge Alperovich and leading journalists in the province. The meeting with the Governor was positive and covered key issues facing the province, such as economic reform, relations with the national governmen [...]	2004-10-13 20:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AR
04BUENOSAIRES2912	ARGENTINA CRACKS DOWN ON PIQUETEROS IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Early in the morning of Saturday October 2, 85 members of an elite Gendarmeria riot control unit, assisted by provincial police, broke up a roadblock and forcibly ended the piquetero occupation of an oil depot in the town of Caleta Olivia in President Nestor Kirchner,s home prov [...]	2004-10-14 17:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR PROTESTS
04BUENOSAIRES3310	IRAN/IAEA: ARGENTINA ON STRONG NATIONAL STATEMENTS [...] (C) Polcouns delivered points in reftel to the Argentine MFA Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN) the afternoon of November 24 to DIGAN counselor Luciano Tanto Clement. Clement reiterated the GOA's longstanding concerns regarding Iran's nuclear program and its [...]	2004-11-24 22:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR AR IAEA
04BUENOSAIRES3364	SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT: [...] (C) The GOA continues to pursue what it refers to as a policy of constructive engagement toward Cuba on democracy and human rights issues. The Presidency and Foreign Ministry argue that engagement and the influence that comes with it -- however limited -- is the best way to promote reform in [...]	2004-12-01 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL CU AR MOLINA
04BUENOSAIRES3489	MOLINA INCIDENT CREATES TURMOIL WITHIN ARGENTINE [...] (U) Following the Molina incident at the Argentine embassy in Havana on December 16, Chief of Cabinet Alberto Fernandez told reporters on Friday that a "clarification" would be made later in the day regarding the status of the Argentine ambassador to Cuba, Raul Taleb, and the MFA chief of cabi [...]	2004-12-17 20:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AR CU MOLINA
04BUENOSAIRES3490	ARGENTINE CHAPTER OF 2004-2005 INCSR PART I [...] Argentina is not a major drug producing country, but it is a transit country for cocaine flowing from neighboring Bolivia, Peru and Colombia primarily destined for Europe. Argentina is also a transit route for Colombian heroin en route to the U.S East Coast (primarily New York). Due to its a [...]	2004-12-17 20:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV AR PREL
04BUENOSAIRES3542	RAISING VENEZUELA WITH ARGENTINA MFA [...] (C) Ambassador Gutierrez met December 23 with Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa to raise again our concerns about recent events in Venezuela. The Ambassador began by noting that in his meeting with Secretary Powell, Bielsa had stated that President Kirchner and the GOA would use every [...]	2004-12-27 13:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL VE AR
04CALCUTTA427	U.S.-FUNDED NGO TARGETED IN COURT [...] SUMMARY. The Indian Supreme Court has issued a notice to the West Bengal Government on a petition alleging that the NGO Sanlaap, in collusion with the police, has been running a racket to exploit minor girls as a means to obtain foreign donor funding, according to an October 28 report in the [...]	2004-10-28 12:46:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM KWMN EAID IN
04CALCUTTA428	NEPALESE MINORS RESCUED FROM A CIRCUS IN EASTERN INDIA [...] SUMMARY: On October 6, the District Magistrate of Madhubani District in north Bihar handed over five minor Nepali girls to the Nepalese NGO Maiti Nepal. The girls were rescued from a circus performing in the district. This is the first instance in eastern India wherein an NGO, the state Lab [...]	2004-10-29 09:10:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM SOCI KWMN IN
04CALCUTTA445	OPPOSITION STRIKES IN WEST BENGAL LEAVE GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY: In the coming three weeks, starting on November 17, West Bengal will witness three general strikes planned by different political parties protesting the recent hike in petroleum prices by the central government. West Bengal's Left Front government, eager to establish its business-fr [...]	2004-11-16 15:07:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV ECON ELAB AMGT IN
04CALCUTTA449	MANIPUR: INDIAN ARMY PRESSURE NEAR BURMA BORDER [...] (SBU) On October 26, the Indian Army launched a counter-insurgency exercise in the Chandel and Churachandpur districts of Manipur, a Northeast Indian state bordering Burma. Remaining initially tightlipped, an Army spokesman finally announced on November 6 that more than 100 rebel bases had been [...]	2004-11-19 03:58:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PINS PGOV BM IN GOI
04CARACAS100	GOV SEIZES USD 2.5 MILLION BELONGING TO LARGEST [...] (C) VENEZUELAN CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES SEIZED A SHIPMENT OF USD 2.5 MILLION IN CASH OWNED BY ITALCAMBIO, THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST CURRENCY EXCHANGE HOUSE. THE MONEY WAS ABOARD A FLIGHT FROM MIAMI. ITALCAMBIO PRESIDENT CARLOS DORADO CLAIMED THE SHIPMENT WAS ROUTINE AND THE SEIZURE IS IN RETALIATION [...]	2004-01-09 19:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS1009	OPPOSITION GOVERNORS, MAYOR: A SNAPSHOT OF [...] (C) The violence that hit Venezuela February 27 to March 4 unmasked the radical bent of President Hugo Chavez's revolution, Caracas Mayor Alfredo Pena and Governors David De Lima (Anzoategui) and Luis Lippa (Apure) told the Ambassador March 16. They noted the influence of Cubans in the Vene [...]	2004-03-24 22:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS101	VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION: A LOOK AHEAD FOR 2004 [...] (C) Despite a number of optimistic predictions that Venezuelan oil production will increase by the end of 2004 (which seem largely to be attributable to the success of Venezuelan lobbying efforts in the U.S.),our sources in Venezuela are not as sanguine. While some believe that Venezuela's 2 [...]	2004-01-09 19:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
04CARACAS1011	GOV DAMAGE CONTROL OVERWHELMED BY BARRAGE OF [...] (C) The GOV attempted to supersede negative international media and NGO reports about alleged human rights violations by speaking directly to the international community in Caracas March 14 and 16. Among the efforts, President Hugo Chavez called together Ambassadors to Venezuela March 5 and t [...]	2004-03-25 12:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1031	A PEEK BENEATH LARA STATE'S REVOLUTIONARY FACADE [...] (C) Information Officer traveled March 10-14 to Barquisimeto, Lara state to seek private media views on freedom of expression and on the state's economic and political landscape. Most private media owners and managers maintain a low profile and present both pro- Venezuelan government (GOV) [...]	2004-03-26 14:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL VE
04CARACAS1054	VENEZUELA PREPARES FOR REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Opposition and pro-government candidates are registered for the August 1 regional elections as the registration period closed March 25. At stake are 23 governors, the high mayor of the metropolitan Caracas district, 336 mayors, and hundreds of municipal council positions -- in sum, the la [...]	2004-03-26 20:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1083	THE OPPOSITION PRESENTS CANDIDATES FOR REGIONAL [...] (C) Opposition political parties have registered their candidates for the August 1 gubernatorial and mayoral elections (ref b) despite criticism from opposition NGOs that see the elections as a distraction from the recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. Opposition parties largely po [...]	2004-03-29 22:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1087	FOREIGN MINISTER PEREZ: RELATIONS COULD NOT GET [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Jesus Perez said the relationship between the U.S. and Venezuela could not get worse. Perez said there was a lot of fear in the GoV that the USG was planning to overthrow the Chavez regime. The Ambassador told him that there is n [...]	2004-03-30 17:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1107	PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CRITICIZES GOV [...] (U) The human rights NGO "Committee of the Relatives of Victims of February 1989" (COFAVIC) criticized the GOV March 18 for not appropriately addressing alleged human rights abuses during the February 27-March 4 period. The COFAVIC report describes alleged abuses, including deaths, use of exc [...]	2004-03-31 19:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS VE
04CARACAS1114	CELLIST TELLS OF TORTURE AND FLUBBED INVESTIGATION [...] (C) National Guard troops detained Carlos Izcaray, first cellist with the National Symphony Orchestra, March 1 while he was observing demonstrations in Caracas. Guardsmen beat him, subjected him to electrical shocks, forced him to inhale tear gas in an enclosed space, and burned tear gas powde [...]	2004-03-31 20:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS VE
04CARACAS1115	FEAR OF REPRISALS AND UNDERREPORTED HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) The Coordinadora Democratica (CD) claims its figures on human rights violations are the most accurate in Venezuela, though they are higher than those reported by the media and NGOs. DCC Judicial Advisor D'lsa Solorzano told poloff March 23 that even DCC numbers, do not portray the true ma [...]	2004-03-31 23:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1116	WHEN CHAVISTAS ATTACK: OPPOSITION ACCUSATIONS/GOV [...] (C) The Coordinadora Democratica (CD) documented 210 assaults on opposition supporters by civilians or plainclothes security forces between February 27 and March 5. National Assembly Deputy Pedro Diaz Blum (Proyecto Venezuela) told poloff March 17 that National Guard troops allowed armed Chav [...]	2004-03-31 23:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1138	EVO, THE ICC, AND THE U.N.: VENEZUELA POLITICAL [...] (U) Leftist Bolivian legislator Evo Morales joined President Hugo Chavez in Caracas March 30 to announce plans to stage international demonstrations to commemorate the events of April 2002, when Chavez was temporarily removed from power and returned in triumph. Members of the Venezuelan human [...]	2004-04-01 22:07:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1139	CHAVEZ TO ILO: FRY MONKEYS! [...] (C) A preliminary report by the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Committee on Freedom of Association determined that Venezuela's December 2002 - February 2003 work stoppage was tantamount to a general strike. The Committee deplored the mass dismissal of more than 18,000 PDVSA workers [...]	2004-04-01 22:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB PGOV VE
04CARACAS1154	TORTURE VICTIM DIES OF INJURIES [...] (U) ARMY PERSONNEL OF THE 11TH INFANTRY BATTALION DETAINED JUAN CARLOS ZAMBRANO, HIS COMMON-LAW WIFE, HIS BROTHER AND ANOTHER COMPANION MARCH 6 IN LAGUNILLAS, ZULIA STATE. DURING MARCH 6-9, THEY ALLEGEDLY BEAT AND TORTURED THE MEN AND RAPED ZAMBRANO'S WIFE. ZAMBRANO DIED OF HIS INJURIES ON MA [...]	2004-04-02 20:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1155	TORTURED DETAINEES RELEASED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE [...] (U) SEVEN YOUTHS (DAVID AMUNDARAIN, HEBER GUSTAVO PRADA, JOSE PERALTA, RODRIGUO ALEGRETT, JOSE MOYO ROJAS, ANGEL KENT DAVIOTT, AND JOSE RAMON MERLO) DETAINED DURING POLITICAL DISTURBANCES FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 5 WERE RELEASED FROM LA PLANTA PRISON IN CARACAS MARCH 31, ACCORDING TO NEWS REPORTS. PR [...]	2004-04-02 20:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM VE
04CARACAS1156	CHAVISTAS SEE REGIONAL ELECTIONS AS DE FACTO [...] (C) Pro-Chavez political parties registered their candidates in March in anticipation of the August 1 elections for governors and mayors. As with the opposition, the Chavistas see the regional elections as a referendum of sorts on President Hugo Chavez. They also see the elections as an oppo [...]	2004-04-02 21:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1157	CHAVISTAS SEE REGIONAL ELECTIONS AS DE FACTO [...] (C) Pro-Chavez political parties registered their candidates in March in anticipation of the August 1 elections for governors and mayors. As with the opposition, the Chavistas see the regional elections as a referendum of sorts on President Hugo Chavez. They also see the elections as an oppo [...]	2004-04-02 21:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1159	CAPRILES, CNE AND CEV: VENEZUELA POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (U) The Criminal Chamber of Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) dismissed on procedural ground the order to detain Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles April 1, and ordered the case sent to a new court. Supporters of President Hugo Chavez objected to the possibility National Electoral Council (CNE) alt [...]	2004-04-02 21:08:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1161	GOV REPRESSION'S "FAIR AND REASONABLE" LEGAL FACADE [...] (C) The GOV has been using a range of legal actions, administrative procedures, and illicit activities to punish and harass opponents. Tax investigations, broadcasting private phone conversations, and blacklisting signers of a presidential recall petition from GOV services or employment are a [...]	2004-04-02 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL VE
04CARACAS1169	SIGNATURE TALKS ADVANCE AT CNE [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) Director Jorge Rodriguez announced April 5 that talks between the opposition and the GOV are "well advanced" on an agreement over the appeals process for the signatures collected in support of a recall vote on President Hugo Chavez. Rodriguez said the CNE [...]	2004-04-05 19:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS12	CHAVEZ MAINTAINS POPULARITY, BUT STILL VULNERABLE [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez climbed one point to 45 percent in approval ratings in December, according to two polls, after hitting a popularity trough of 30 percent in May 2003. Of the 59 percent of those likely to vote in a recall, however, only 34 percent say they would keep Chavez, with 65 pe [...]	2004-01-02 20:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1203	MURDER CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST FOUR NATIONAL [...] (U) JUDGE JORGE MENDEZ ORDERED FOUR NATIONAL GUARDSMEN (CAPT. WILLIAN CAMPOS, SALVADOR FRANCHI, GUSTAVO PUERTA AND PEDRO BELISARO) RELEASED MARCH 31 AND ALL CHARGES AGAINST THEM DROPPED IN THE NOVEMBER 10, 2003 MURDER OF SEVEN INMATES OF VISTA HERMOSA PRISON IN CIUDAD BOLIVAR, BOLIVAR STATE. T [...]	2004-04-06 19:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1241	PDVSA PRESIDENT RODRIGUEZ COUNSELS PRAGMATISM [...] (C) In an April 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) President Ali Rodriguez counseled a "dose of pragmatism" for U.S. relations with Venezuela. He defended the recent OPEC decision to reduce production but said Venezuela would be able to supply gasoline to the U.S. t [...]	2004-04-12 20:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL VE
04CARACAS1267	COURT BATTLE CLOUDS CNE SIGNATURE TALKS [...] (C) Two chambers of the Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) issued conflicting decisions on April 12 regarding the recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. The Electoral Chamber issued its definitive decision nullifying the National Electoral Council's (CNE) disqualification of 876,000 sig [...]	2004-04-14 21:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1270	CHAVEZ LOSING SUPPORT AMIDST SHIFT IN VOTER MOOD. [...] (SBU) A poll and a focus group study on Venezuelan politics published at the end of March highlighted President Hugo Chavez' job approval rating falling from 44% to 36%. The poll suggests that the National Electoral Council,s handling of the signature verification process for the Presidential [...]	2004-04-15 12:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1313	POLITICIZING VENEZUELA'S ECONOMIC BUREAUCRACY [...] (C) Current efforts to ensure loyalty within Venezuelan government institutions by using the list of persons who signed the recall petition against President Chavez, take place against the backdrop of a longer history of politically motivated firings and personnel shuffling aimed at cementing [...]	2004-04-16 20:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV VE
04CARACAS1316	DISAPPEARANCES, AN ONGOING CONTROVERSY [...] (U) The Democratic Coordinating Committee (CD) announced March 9 that eight opposition protesters had disappeared during the February 27-March 5 political disturbances. Subsequently, one of the eight reappeared, and the GOV denied that the remaining seven were missing, citing the lack of compl [...]	2004-04-20 13:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1331	MEDIA AND GOV MAKE HAY OUT OF GENERAL HILL [...] (C) Leading Venezuelan national dailies, "El Universal" and "El Nacional," printed articles April 3 and 4 that distort parts of General James Hill's March 24 and April 1 statements on Venezuela to the U.S. House and Senate Armed Forces Committees. Both newspapers' articles were based on an [...]	2004-04-20 19:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PINR PM PTER VE
04CARACAS1346	CNE ANNOUNCES SIGNATURE APPEALS PROCESS FOR MAY [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) said on April 21 it will hold the appeals process May 27-31 for signatures collected in support of the presidential recall referendum. The CNE board approved regulations governing the appeals ("reparos") but did not immediately release the text. The CN [...]	2004-04-21 21:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1350	CHAVEZ RAISES OIL CUT-OFF AGAIN [...] (C) President Chavez has again raised the threat of stopping oil sales to the U.S., this time in response to President Bush's alleged "intervention." The remarks, made to an Italian newspaper, follow several weeks in which this theme had lain dormant (although he has turned to other forms o [...]	2004-04-21 21:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EPET VE
04CARACAS1368	JULIO BORGES LEANS TOWARDS ACCEPTING [...] (C) Julio Borges told DCM and PolOff April 21 that Primero Justicia would decide whether to participate in the signature verification process once the National Electoral Council released details of the plan on April 23 or 24, with an opposition decision likely 24 hours later. He seemed to be [...]	2004-04-23 18:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1431	FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER CHADERTON STICKS TO MESSAGE [...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR HAD BREAKFAST WITH FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER, NOW AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO FRANCE, ROY CHADERTON APRIL 22. CHADERTON LAMENTED THE POOR STATE OF U.S.-VENEZUELA RELATIONS, AND BLAMED THE SITUATION ON SCHEMING COLOMBIANS AND ON MEDIA OWNERS LIKE GUSTAVO CISNEROS. THE AMBASSADOR [...]	2004-04-28 16:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1444	VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION GREEN LIGHTS SIGNATURE [...] (C) Venezuela's Coordinadora Democratica (CD) decided April 27 to participate in the appeals process, scheduled for May 27-31, for the signatures collected to petition for a recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. CD leader Governor Enrique Mendoza told Poloff April 26 it is technica [...]	2004-04-28 21:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1446	GOV DENIES OIL WILL GO TO CHINA [...] (C) The GOV said once again on April 26 that Venezuela would continue to be a reliable oil supplier to the United States. The statement was made in response to a story in Miami's "El Nuevo Herald" picked up by all leading Caracas dailies the morning of April 26, which alleges that Chavez has [...]	2004-04-29 10:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EPET VE
04CARACAS1476	GOV: RENEWED OFFENSIVE AGAINST EX-PDVSA EMPLOYEES [...] (U) THE GOV RESUMED FORCED EVICTIONS OF EX-OIL WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES EARLY THE MORNING OF APRIL 22 AT THE CAMPO MEDICO RESIDENTIAL AREA IN FALCON STATE. UP TO 80 NATIONAL GUARD (GN) TROOPS IN FULL RIOT GEAR SURROUNDED THE HOME OF ANDRES AND MARISOL PACHECO AND FORCED THE FAMILY TO VACATE [...]	2004-04-30 21:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1479	VENEZUELA MACROECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) Venezuela's most recently published economic indicators illustrate the negative effects of deep recession, exchange and price controls, and chronic fiscal deficits. Strong international reserves position and high average oil prices have contributed to reduce the country risk and facilitate [...]	2004-05-03 16:26:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS1507	VENEZUELA: POTENTIAL FRAUD IN THE APPEALS PROCESS [...] (C) Although the opposition has agreed to participate in the National Electoral Council's (CNE) signature appeals process ("reparos") on May 27-31, which if successful will prompt a recall vote against President Hugo Chavez, most in the opposition do not expect a fair and transparent process. [...]	2004-05-05 18:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1508	SUPREME COURT LAW PASSED [...] (C) The National Assembly completed the second reading of the Organic Law of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) April 30. The bill, which now goes to committee before further consideration by the plenary, would: -- raise the number of Supreme Court judges from 20 to 32; -- allow the judges [...]	2004-05-05 18:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1510	PRO-CHAVEZ GROUP PLANS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) The pro-Chavez human rights group ASOVIC delivered a letter to the Director General of the Office of the Foreign Minister Demir Porras declaring its intention to begin legal action against the Ambassador for alleged involvement in the April 11, 2002 events. The group cites alleged traini [...]	2004-05-05 18:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VE
04CARACAS1534	SECOND SOLDIER DIES OF BURNS FROM FORT FIRE [...] (C) The Attorney General's Office announced May 5 that a civilian court will take over the case of an army fort fire in Zulia State that resulted in six injuries and two deaths. On May 4, Angel Pedreanez became the second soldier to die after being severely burned in a Fort Mara confinement cel [...]	2004-05-10 23:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1540	THE ABCS OF THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT'S POLITICAL [...] (U) The Venezuelan government (GOV) has crafted a targeted and generously funded political propaganda strategy to convince Venezuelans and the international community that Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution is the true democratic road to prosperity and to divide, discredit, and demoralize opposi [...]	2004-05-11 14:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL PINR VE
04CARACAS1542	VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION TESTS APPEALS MECHANISM [...] (U) The Coordinadora Democratica conducted on May 8 a nationwide simulation of the May 27-31 appeals process ("reparos") for the presidential referendum signatures. Press reports estimate that about 950,000 people attended the one-day event, which was carried out peacefully. Signers were invi [...]	2004-05-11 17:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1543	CHAVEZ: COUP ATTEMPT AVERTED WITH ARREST OF [...] (C) Venezuelan authorities detained between 50 and 90 alleged Colombian irregulars in the dawn hours of May 9 in the southern outskirts of Caracas. Calling the men "paramilitaries" in his "Alo, Presidente" program, President Chavez claimed the opposition was training them for another coup att [...]	2004-05-11 18:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS VE
04CARACAS1548	FOREIGN EXCHANGE AGENCY: DESPITE CORRUPTION AND A [...] (SBU) Amid considerable press attention on reports of corruption at CADIVI (the Commission for Administration of Foreign Exchange) which has led to the dismissal of 50 employees, a pamphlet bomb exploded at their main office in the early morning hours of April 29. CADIVI's President is more c [...]	2004-05-11 21:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS1549	STEEL STRIKE RAISES ISSUES OF POWER AND [...] (SBU) A strike at the partially privatized SIDOR steel complex in Puerto Ordaz (Bolivar state) by a pro-government union has gone on for two weeks. Company sources express fear that the strike, allegedly over failure to share profits with workers, may be a prelude to an effort to undo the [...]	2004-05-11 21:14:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV VE
04CARACAS1551	LIEUTENANTS DETAINED IN SOLDIER'S DEATH [...] (U) FOUR MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WERE DETAINED APRIL 28 IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARCH 5 DEATH OF THE SOLDIER ROBERT AGUILAR AT SOCUAVO MILITARY BASE IN ZULIA STATE. AGUILAR'S FAMILY CLAIMS HE DROWNED AFTER SUPERIOR OFFICERS PUT HIM IN A TANK OF SEWAGE AS PUNISHMENT. DEFENSE MINISTER GEN. JORG [...]	2004-05-12 15:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1552	VENEZUELA'S POWER SECTOR: HEADING FOR ANOTHER [...] (C) After dodging the drought bullet in 2003, Venezuela's power sector is once again (still?) in a fragile state. This time, however, other weaknesses in the electric power system caused by lack of investment, government inattention, and political meddling are taking center stage. The problem [...]	2004-05-12 15:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG VE
04CARACAS1553	LIEUTENANTS DETAINED IN SOLDIER'S DEATH [...] (U) FOUR MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WERE DETAINED APRIL 28 IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARCH 5 DEATH OF THE SOLDIER ROBERT AGUILAR AT SOCUAVO MILITARY BASE IN ZULIA STATE. AGUILAR'S FAMILY CLAIMS HE DROWNED AFTER SUPERIOR OFFICERS PUT HIM IN A TANK OF SEWAGE AS PUNISHMENT. DEFENSE MINISTER GEN. JORG [...]	2004-05-12 15:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1554	MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE [...] (U) THE GOV UNILATERALLY DECREED A 30 INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE, ATTEMPTING TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION FOR THE LOWEST-EARNING WORKERS. HOWEVER, THOUGH OVERALL INFLATION IS RELATIVELY DOWN, FOOD PRICES ARE INCREASING FASTER THAN ANY OTHER CATEGORY, AND THIS NEW ACTION IS ONLY GOING TO EXACE [...]	2004-05-12 15:03:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS162	GOV FLOATS USD 1 BILLION BOND ISSUE [...] (C) Venezuela issued its fifth tranche of bonds in the past six months on January 7. The new bonds raised USD 1 billion for the GOV and were in heavy demand due to their high offered yield. With a high rate of financing needed for the FY 2004 budget deficit and debt service, more bond operat [...]	2004-01-16 13:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV VE FIN
04CARACAS1656	CNE SHOWDOWN WITH OAS AND CARTER CENTER [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) President Francisco Carrasquero issued an ultimatum to the OAS and The Carter Center (TCC) to either retract their statement of May 12 or the CNE would reconsider the OAS/TCC observation mission of the recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. The Ma [...]	2004-05-13 22:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1658	GOV NABS BARUTA MUNICIPALITY MAYOR HENRIQUE [...] (U) BARUTA MUNICIPALITY MAYOR HENRIQUE CAPRILES RADONSKY (PRIMERO JUSTICIA) PRESENTED HIMSELF BEFORE A CARACAS COURT MAY 11 TO FACE CHARGES REGARDING HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN A VIOLENT PROTEST OUTSIDE THE CUBAN EMBASSY ON APRIL 12, 2002 (REF). DURING THE HEARING, PROSECUTOR DANILO ANDERSON [...]	2004-05-14 12:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1692	UPDATE: ALLEGED COLOMBIAN PARAMILITARY COUP PLOT [...] (U) Colombian Foreign Minister Carolina Barco, after meeting with President Chavez May 14, told reporters that her government is cooperating fully with Venezuelan authorities in the investigation of alleged Colombian paramilitaries detained in the southern outskirts of Caracas May 9 (ref). Bar [...]	2004-05-17 18:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS VE
04CARACAS1723	CHAVEZ CALLS FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez addressed a pro-GOV mass march on May 16 against the alleged Colombian paramilitaries detained near Caracas May 9. Outlining a new strategy for the "integral, popular defense" of the country, Chavez pledged to increase the size and budget of the armed forces, root ou [...]	2004-05-18 20:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINS KDEM VE
04CARACAS173	OPPOSITION FRAYS OVER ELECTORAL QUESTIONS [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) officially began the verification process for the three signature drives to recall President Hugo Chavez and numerous National Assembly deputies January 13. The CNE's announcement that gubernatorial and mayoral elections will take place as scheduled in [...]	2004-01-16 17:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
04CARACAS1730	VENEZUELA: SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE [...] (C) Opponents of President Hugo Chavez and the National Electoral Council (CNE) continue to prepare for the signature appeals process ("reparos") scheduled for May 27-31. Relations between the international observers (OAS and the Carter Center) and the CNE improved slightly, but sensitivities [...]	2004-05-19 18:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS1740	VENEZUELA'S DETENTIONS RECORD: POLITICALLY [...] (C) More than 400 persons detained during the February 27-March 5 political disturbances have been released, but many still face pending charges. Since December 2002, the detention, or threatened detention, of individuals aligned with the opposition has increased. Some of the persons detaine [...]	2004-05-20 19:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1749	DEPUTIES SIGNATURE APPEALS PROCESS BEGINS [...] (C) The signature appeals process for the recall of 14 National Assembly deputies (13 from the opposition and one from the GOV coalition) takes place May 20-24, with appeals centers operating May 21-23. The CNE decided May 19 to drop two opposition and one pro-GOV deputy from the appeals proc [...]	2004-05-21 19:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS176	CHAVEZ HURLS INSULTS AND REACTS TO USG STATEMENTS [...] (C) Seeking to shift attention from the CNE and the recall referendum processes, President Hugo Chavez reacted to recent comments on Venezuela by USG officials, repeatedly calling National Security Advisor Rice "an illiterate." Chavez believes that the USG is meddling in Venezuelan internal af [...]	2004-01-16 21:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE

04CARACAS1799	VENEZUELA: PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE [...] (C) The signature appeals process for the recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez will begin May 27, with 2,659 centers opening to the public May 28-30. The pro-Chavez campaign committee Comando Ayacucho formally requested the National Electoral Council (CNE) remove OAS Chief Observer [...]	2004-05-26 21:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS1817	TSJ LAW TAKES EFFECT [...] (U) The Organic Law of the Supreme Court of Justice came into effect May 20 after the National Assembly (NA) passed it on May 18. The Internal Policy committee of the NA made several substantial changes in the law between its second reading and the final vote, which the opposition claims vio [...]	2004-05-27 19:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1837	SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE: MAY 27 [...] (C) The signature appeals process formally began on May 27, with armed forces and National Electoral Council (CNE) workers mounting the 2,607 appeals centers throughout Venezuela (centers will be open to the public May 28-30). Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel on May 27 characterized an edito [...]	2004-05-28 21:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1839	VENEZUELA: SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE: MAY 28 [...] (U) The appeals centers opened May 28 in an atmosphere of calm. Turnout appeared to be good (anecdotally, between 25 and 30 percent by the afternoon),especially in urban areas, with reports that very few of the participants sought to withdraw their signatures. There were reports across the [...]	2004-05-28 21:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1860	SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE: MAY 29 [...] (U) The second day of the signature appeals in the presidential referendum process began slowly with low turnout, picking up by mid-morning. There were multiple reports of violence at appeals centers, including two assaults against journalists. National identity cards continued to be controv [...]	2004-06-01 17:15:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1861	SIGNATURES APPEALS UPDATE: MAY 30 [...] (C) Venezuelans turned out in lesser numbers on the last day of presidential signature (May 30) appeals. Partial results indicate the opposition collected enough appeals to activate the referendum. There were violent confrontations between Chavez sympathizers and opposition groups near appea [...]	2004-06-01 17:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1878	VENEZUELA: SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE, JUNE 1 [...] (C) The Coordinadora Democratica (CD) claimed on June 1 they had collected 131,000 more signature appeal than needed to activate the referendum against President Hugo Chavez. National Electoral Council (CNE) Vice President Ezequiel Zamora (pro-opposition) denounced on May 31 that the CNE had i [...]	2004-06-02 19:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS1879	MYSTERIOUS GASOLINE SHORTAGE AFFECTS EASTERN [...] (C) A gasoline shortage affected the eastern, primarily opposition, portion of the city of Caracas over the weekend of May 29-30. The shortage mysteriously coincided closely with the days of the appeal process for the presidential referendum. While Minister of Energy and Mines Rafael Ramirez [...]	2004-06-02 20:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1880	STATUS OF CAPRILES AND SUMATE CASES [...] (U) Maria Corina Machado, of the electoral NGO Sumate told reporters June 1 that the hearing to charge her with treason and conspiracy had been rescheduled for the second time until June 10. Another Sumate leader, Alejandro Plaz, is scheduled to have his hearing June 2. On May 31, a Caracas c [...]	2004-06-02 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1889	WHAT'S NEXT FOR CHAVEZ [...] (C) Pending announcement of the official results of the appeals for the presidential recall referendum signatures, there are rumors and indications that President Hugo Chavez may be willing to accept a National Electoral Council (CNE) decision that results in a recall referendum. If so, the [...]	2004-06-03 16:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1904	GDP GROWTH OR REBOUND? DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK [...] (SBU) THE CENTRAL BANK (BCV) HAS REPORTED 1ST QUARTER GDP GROWTH OF 29.8% COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD OF 2003, WHEN IT FELL 27.8%. MINISTER OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT JORGE GIORDANI SAYS THAT THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED GROWTH. HIS IS A LONE VOICE, AS INDEPENDENT ECONOMIS [...]	2004-06-04 17:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS1908	CHAVEZ AGREES TO RECALL REFERENDUM [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) announced June 3 that its preliminary calculations indicated that the opposition had collected enough signatures to activate the recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. In a national radio and television broadcast (cadena) from Miraflores Pala [...]	2004-06-04 20:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1910	RETIRED GENERAL ARRESTED FOR DEFAMING MILITARY [...] (U) ON MAY 22 THE NATIONAL GUARD AND DIRECTORATE FOR MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ARRESTED FORMER FINANCE MINISTER, BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANCISCO USON RAMIREZ_ FOR "DEFAMING" THE MILITARY. GENERAL USON HAS BEEN AN OPEN SUPPORTER OF THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT CHAVEZ AND RECENTLY CRITICIZED [...]	2004-06-04 21:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1942	VENEZUELA REFERENDUM: RECALL OR RATIFICATION [...] (C) Before a multitude of supporters June 6, President Hugo Chavez morphed the recall referendum sought by his opponents into a referendum to ratify his mandate. He called on his supporters to help him once again defeat the enemies of the Bolivarian revolution who would deprive them of the s [...]	2004-06-09 12:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1950	CNE SETS AUGUST 15 FOR CHAVEZ RECALL [...] (U) FRANCISCO CARRASQUERO, PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA'S NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL, OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED JUNE 8 THAT OPPONENTS OF PRESIDENT CHAVEZ HAD OBTAINED SUFFICIENT SIGNATURES TO PETITION FOR A REFERENDUM TO RECALL THE PRESIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE CNE TALLIES, THE OPPOSITION OBTAINED 2,541, [...]	2004-06-09 20:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1957	JOURNALIST PATRICIA POLEO QUESTIONED BY MILITARY [...] (U) A MILITARY JUDGE REFUSED THE PROSECUTOR'S REQUEST JUNE 8 TO JAIL JOURNALIST PATRICIA POLEO. A MILITARY PROSECUTOR CHARGED POLEO MARCH 22 WITH FOMENTING REBELLION AND DEFAMATION OF THE ARMED FORCES BASED ON A VIDEO POLEO MADE PUBLIC SHOWING CUBANS IN A NATIONAL GUARD BARRACKS. MILITARY PRO [...]	2004-06-10 20:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS198	DENGUE AND THE POLITICS OF HEALTH CARE IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) A significant increase in the number of dengue cases in Caracas in December sparked concern about an epidemic among city residents (including the Embassy community). The upsurge in dengue, following shortly after an October 2003 outbreak of yellow fever, triggered questions about the G [...]	2004-01-20 21:50:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PGOV VE
04CARACAS1993	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SUMATE LEADERS [...] (C) SUMATE leaders Maria Corina Machado and Alejandro Plaz were charged on June 10 and 11 respectively with conspiracy to "destroy the republican form of government" for accepting funds from the National Endowment for Democracy, but have not been detained. Plaz and Machado told the Ambassador [...]	2004-06-16 15:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1994	UPDATE ON CONDITION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (U) VENEZUELA'S SUPREME COURT (TSJ) COURT RULED JUNE 10 THAT THE NINE PERSONS DETAINED IN TACHIRA FOR THE PAST YEAR ON CHARGES OF REBELLION SHOULD NOT BE FREED FROM PRISON PENDING TRIAL, AND ORDERED THE TRIAL JUDGE TO BEGIN THE TRIAL WITHIN EIGHT DAYS. DISIP (POLITICAL POLICE) AGENTS TRANSPOR [...]	2004-06-16 15:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1998	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT RANGEL [...] (C) On June 16, the Ambassador met with GOV Executive Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel. Rangel stated that Chavez and his supporters would accept the results of any referendum and would act as a democratic opposition if they lost. He said that the integrity of Venezuela's electoral insti [...]	2004-06-16 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
04CARACAS2003	NO PROGRESS ON POVERTY UNDER CHAVEZ - UNDP [...] (SBU) The Chavez government appears to have made little progress on its alleged "flagship" issue - that of alleviating poverty, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) office in Caracas. There is no mechanism in place to track the results of its various ad hoc social welf [...]	2004-06-17 11:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI VE
04CARACAS2027	NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS HELD IN PRISON KILLINGS [...] (U) The Bolivar state appeals court June 7 ordered four National Guardsmen be detained pending trial for murder. The four are suspected of executing seven prisoners and wounding 200 in the Vista Hermosa prison November 10, 2003. A lower court had set the four free March 9, 2004. The case is be [...]	2004-06-18 20:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS2033	THE NEXT ROUND OF ARRESTS? [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-18 20:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS2036	REFERENDUM DEVELOPMENTS: QUESTIONS UPON QUESTIONS [...] (C) A Supreme Court (TSJ) decision on June 8 determined that a recalled Chavez may run for president in 2006, but left unclear whether he may participate in presidential election 30 days after the recall vote. The National Electoral Council (CNE) on June 15 approved the question for the recal [...]	2004-06-18 21:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2038	PDVSA: AND YET MORE RESHUFFLING? [...] (C) RUMORS OF UPCOMING SENIOR LEVEL DEPARTURES/REASSIGNMENTS WITHIN VENEZUELA'S ENERGY SECTOR ARE ONCE AGAIN REACHING FEVER PITCH IN CARACAS WITH PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA (PDVSA) PRESIDENT ALI RODRIGUEZ, CITGO PRESIDENT LUIS MARIN, AND VICE MINISTER FOR HYDROCARBONS LUIS VIERMA THE MOST POPULAR [...]	2004-06-18 21:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
04CARACAS2045	PDVSA: AND YET MORE RESHUFFLING? [...] (C) RUMORS OF UPCOMING SENIOR LEVEL DEPARTURES/REASSIGNMENTS WITHIN VENEZUELA'S ENERGY SECTOR ARE ONCE AGAIN REACHING FEVER PITCH IN CARACAS WITH PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA (PDVSA) PRESIDENT ALI RODRIGUEZ, CITGO PRESIDENT LUIS MARIN, AND VICE MINISTER FOR HYDROCARBONS LUIS VIERMA THE MOST POPULAR [...]	2004-06-21 19:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
04CARACAS2059	TIP REPORT: GOV REACTS INDIGNANTLY [...] (U) NUMEROUS GOV OFFICIALS RESPONDED WITH INDIGNATION AND CONDEMNATION TOWARD THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, WHICH LISTED VENEZUELA AS A TIER 3 COUNTRY. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCUSED THE U.S. OF SERIOUS TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF ITS OWN. GOV A [...]	2004-06-22 20:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2064	GOV REACTS HARSHLY TO HRW REPORT ON JUSTICE SYSTEM [...] (C) Jose Miguel Vivanco, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, released a report in Caracas June 17 strongly criticizing Venezuela's new Supreme Court law, and calling for implementation of the OAS Democratic Charter if the Venezuelan authorities did not act to preserve the balance of pow [...]	2004-06-22 21:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VE
04CARACAS2078	CHAVISTA LEGISLATORS FIRE OPPOSITION SUPREME COURT [...] (U) The National Assembly (NA) removed Supreme Court (TSJ) Vice President Franklin Arriechi Gutierrez June 16. The Chavista-controlled NA used the power given them by the new TSJ law to remove judges with a simple majority vote in some SIPDIS situations. Arriechi, known to oppose Chavez, wil [...]	2004-06-23 21:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2081	CHAVEZ V. CHAVEZ: WHAT'S HIS PLAN? [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez is in full campaign mode for the August 15 referendum on whether he should finish his term. Smarting from the moral defeat of having to accept the referendum, Chavez has recast the referendum as an inevitable victory for his revolution. His strategy rests on mobilizin [...]	2004-06-25 15:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2088	THE CHAVEZ, CARTER, CISNEROS RUMOR MILL [...] (C) On June 18, President Hugo Chavez, former President Jimmy Carter and media magnate Gustavo Cisneros met behind closed doors for two hours at Fuerte Tiuna in Caracas. While Chavez, Cisneros and the Carter Center have all stated the meeting was simply a first step toward improved dialogue, [...]	2004-06-25 20:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2108	VENEZUELA'S AUTOMATED VOTING SYSTEM: UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Venezuela's new automated voting system will make its premiere in the August 15 recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. The consortium behind the untested system, led by the U.S. company Smartmatic, has yet to finalize its contracts with the National Electoral Council (CNE). The [...]	2004-06-28 21:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2118	PDVSA - OIL COMPANY OR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY? [...] (C) Through budgetary and non-budgetary spending, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) is now the primary agent for implementation of Chavez Administration social programs. Over $1.7 billion has been designated to social development programs in PDVSA's 2004 budget while up to an additional $2 billi [...]	2004-06-29 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN PGOV VE ECON
04CARACAS2146	ARRIECHI ACCUSES TSJ JUDGES OF CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUPREME COURT (TSJ) JUDGE FRANKLIN ARRIECHI SPOKE WITH PAO AND POLOFF JUNE 23, AFTER BEING REMOVED FROM THE TSJ (SEE REFTEL.) ARRIECHI REJECTED THE VALIDITY OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA) VOTE TO REMOVE HIM. HE STATED HIS INTENTION TO IGNORE THE RULING, AND CONTINUE TO REPORT TO WORK IN ORD [...]	2004-07-01 21:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
04CARACAS2147	TITLE III LIBERTAD ACT WAIVER: VENEZUELA [...] (C) VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ IS PERHAPS THE CLOSEST INTERNATIONAL ALLY OF FIDEL CASTRO. THE TWO NATIONS' TRADE RELATIONSHIP IS BASED ON VENEZUELA'S CONCESSIONARY PETROLEUM EXPORTS TO CUBA. THE GOV HAS NOT TAKEN ANY STEPS OF WHICH POST IS AWARE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO ADVANCE DEMOCR [...]	2004-07-01 21:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETTC KDEM VE
04CARACAS2153	CHAVEZ PADS VOTES WITH NATURALIZATION AND IDENTITY [...] (C) THE GOV'S "MISION IDENTIDAD" (MISSION IDENTITY) IS PROVIDING CEDULAS (IDENTITY CARDS) TO MASSIVE NUMBERS OF UNDOCUMENTED VENEZUELANS AND FOREIGNERS. THE GOV IS WORKING BUSILY VIA THE MISSION TO ISSUE IDENTITY CARDS TO POTENTIAL VOTERS BEFORE THE JULY 10 ELECTORAL REGISTRY DEADLINE FOR THE [...]	2004-07-02 17:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE CONS
04CARACAS2158	OPPOSITION RANK-AND-FILE ATTACK CHAVISTAS [...] (C) A GROUP OF OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS ATTACKED A PRO-CHAVEZ COMANDO MAISANTA CAMPAIGN TEAM IN THE WEALTHY ALTO PRADO AREA OF CARACAS ON JUNE 27. A STATE TELEVISION REPORTER WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND, AND A CHAVEZ CAMPAIGN WORKER WAS HIT IN THE HEAD AND LEFT BLEEDING. THE INCIDENT IS BEING USED [...]	2004-07-06 11:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS2197	MAVERICK DEPUTY MAKES CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTY ROGER RONDON (PODEMOS) ATTACKED THE RULING FIFTH REPUBLIC MOVEMENT (MVR) AND HAD HIS HANDS SLAPPED AS A CONSEQUENCE AFTER A WEEK-LONG MID-JUNE CAMPAIGN TO BRING A VOTE OF CENSURE AGAINST MINISTER OF ENERGY AND MINES RAFAEL RAMIREZ_. RONDON FAILED TO BRING THE VOTE [...]	2004-07-09 14:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG VE
04CARACAS2199	PRESIDENT OF TSJ ELECTORAL CHAMBER RETIRES [...] (U) THE PRESIDENT OF THE ELECTORAL CHAMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT (TSJ) ALBERTO MARTINI RETIRED FROM THE TSJ ON JULY 7, ALONG WITH JUSTICES RAFAEL HERNANDEZ AND RAFAEL PEREZ PERDOMO. MARTINI AND HERNANDEZ, BOTH MEMBERS OF THE ELECTORAL CHAMBER, WILL BE REPLACED BY PRO-CHAVEZ ALTERNATES. THE TSJ [...]	2004-07-09 15:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS VE
04CARACAS2200	CHAVEZ'S FORMER PARTNER DISCUSSES THE DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) HERMA MARKSMAN, CHAVEZ'S FORMER COMMON-LAW WIFE FROM 1984-1993, SPOKE TO POLOFFS ON JULY 1 ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHAVEZ'S POLITICAL IDEOLOGY. SHE CLAIMS THAT CHAVEZ WAS INFLUENCED BY 1960'S GUERRILLAS. MARKSMAN DISAGREED WITH THE OPPOSITION'S PORTRAYAL OF CHAVEZ AS AN IDIOT AND WARNED THAT H [...]	2004-07-09 15:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
04CARACAS2201	GOV GAG RULE ON INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS [...] (C) VENEZUELA'S NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL (CNE) APPROVED ON JUNE 23 THE REGULATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS DURING THE AUGUST 15 PRESIDENTIAL RECALL REFERENDUM. THE RULES STIPULATE THAT OBSERVERS WILL HAVE FULL ACCESS TO VOTING SITES AND CNE OFFICES, BUT MAY NOT MAKE PRESS STATEMENTS OR [...]	2004-07-09 15:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2202	TRIAL BEGINS IN TACHIRA 9 CASE [...] (U) JUDGE GERSON NINO OPENED THE TRIAL AGAINST NINE OPPOSITION LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN IN PRISON FOR THE LAST YEAR IN TACHIRA STATE ON JULY 6. THE NINE ARE CHARGED WITH CIVIL REBELLION FOR THE EVENTS OF APRIL 11, 2002 IN SAN CRISTOBAL, TACHIRA. AT THE OPENING OF THE TRIAL, PROSECUTOR JAIRO ESC [...]	2004-07-09 15:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS2203	"SI" RECALL CAMPAIGN MOBILIZES [...] (C) VENEZUELA'S COORDINADORA DEMOCRATICA IS GEARING UP ITS CAMPAIGN FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL RECALL REFERENDUM, ORGANIZING ITS GET-OUT-THE-VOTE PROGRAMS THROUGH POLITICAL PARTIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS. KEY OPPOSITION FIGURES HAVE EMBARKED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THROUGHOUT VENEZUELA, THOUGH STAYI [...]	2004-07-09 16:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2207	CARTER CENTER BALKS AT OBSERVER RULES [...] (C) Carter Center (TCC) representative Edgardo Mimica told poloffs July 8 TCC will not accept an invitation from the National Electoral Council (CNE) to observe the August 15 presidential recall referendum without agreement to minimum conditions that guarantee the freedom and autonomy of the o [...]	2004-07-09 20:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2224	UPDATE ON THE USAID/OTI VENEZUELA PROGRAM [...] (U) USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) began its Venezuela program in August 2002 to support a democratic solution to Venezuela's political crisis as part of an overall USG strategy. USAID's overall goal in Venezuela is to support a political process that is democratic, constitut [...]	2004-07-13 17:40:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2239	DIVISIONS BETWEEN PROYECTO VENEZUELA AND CD [...] (C) The Coordinadora Democratica in Carabobo is divided over the actions of Proyecto Venezuela, according to local party leaders who talked to PolOffs on July 8 and 9. Leaders of several parties complained that Proyecto Venezuela was not participating enthusiastically in the recall referendum [...]	2004-07-14 20:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2248	OPPOSITION LAUNCHES "NATIONAL CONSENSUS PLAN" [...] (C) On June 9, the Coordinadora Democratica (CD) launched "Plan Consenso Pais" (National Consensus Plan),a set of proposals that address the key social problems in Venezuela. The four major points of the plan are employment, security, health, and education. The plan serves as a guide for rec [...]	2004-07-15 18:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2251	VENEZUELA'S ELECTORAL COUNCIL WOBBLING TOWARD THE [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) continued preparations for the August 15 recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. Citing logistical difficulties, the CNE decided July 13 not to expand the number of voting centers, primarily in poor neighborhoods, as contemplated previously. [...]	2004-07-15 18:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2252	CHAVEZ AND THE EVANGELICALS [...] (C) The GOV is catering to evangelical Christians, who make up nine percent of Venezuela's population, to build the support base of President Hugo Chavez and to win the August recall referendum. Some Evangelicals have plugged into Chavez's coffers and his social message, at times reflecting a [...]	2004-07-15 18:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KIRF VE
04CARACAS2254	SENIOR OFFICIAL PUTS POSITIVE SPIN ON NEW PROJECT [...] (C) Energy Vice Minister Luis Vierma told Emboffs July 12 that Venezuela is currently producing 3 million b/d of oil. He also provided a glowing overview of upcoming projects, both for Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and the private sector. Most industry analysts, however, continue to put Vene [...]	2004-07-15 19:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET VE
04CARACAS2255	PETROAMERICA: CHAVEZ'S OIL DREAM FOR THE AMERICAS [...] (C) Energy Vice Minister Luis Vierma told Emboffs July 12 that discussions with Caribbean nations on the formation of a "PetroCaribe" joint venture are at a preliminary stage. According to Vierma, the GOV's plans for the Hemisphere envision a holding company "PetroAmerica" that would have thre [...]	2004-07-15 19:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL VE
04CARACAS2266	BISHOPS URGE VOTER PARTICIPATION AND CLEAN ELECTION [...] (U) The Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV),comprised of Venezuela's Catholic bishops, July 12 exhorted all actors participating in the August 15 presidential recall referendum to act ethically. The bishops also urged them to ensure that the process remains free of corruption and fraud so [...]	2004-07-16 17:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2312	VOTING SIMULATION: YANKEES NO, RED SOX SI [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) successfully conducted a voting simulation on July 18 to prepare for the August 15 presidential recall referendum. SBC, the consortium operating the new voting system, reported a 99.2 percent success rate with the 5,200 machines distributed throughout [...]	2004-07-21 15:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2431	VENEZUELA'S RECALL REFERENDUM: OBSTRUCTIONS AND [...] (C) With little more than two weeks to go before the scheduled Presidential recall referendum, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) refused July 29 to consider requests to changes in voting locations which the opposition claims were done fraudulently. The more than one million chang [...]	2004-07-30 13:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS2432	OPPOSITION UNITES BEHIND GOVERNANCE ACCORD [...] (C) The Coordinadora Democratica is calling on Venezuelans to sign its National Accord for Social Justice and Democratic Peace August 1. Coordinadora leaders publicly signed the document, which establishes a broad framework for an opposition-led transition government, should President Chavez [...]	2004-07-30 13:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2466	VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE-AUGUST 3, 2004 [...] (C) Supporters of President Hugo Chavez and the National Electoral Council (CNE) conducted separate voting simulations August 1, while the opposition Coordinadora Democratica rallied supporters to sign its Governance Accord and verify electoral registry entries. Each side of the referendum qu [...]	2004-08-03 18:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2480	VENEZUELA: VIEWS FROM ANDEAN REGIONAL CAPITAL [...] (C) While the Coordinadora Democratica in Merida is divided about local politics and how to run the campaign for the August 15 Referendum, the leaders of several parties agree that President Chavez will be recalled. A barely visible &Si8 campaign for the recall contrasts starkly with overwhelm [...]	2004-08-04 13:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS251	CHANGES IN GOV FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) FOREIGN MINISTER ROY CHADERTON CONFIRMED REPORTS ON JANUARY 20 THAT ADAN CHAVEZ, PRESIDENT CHAVEZ'S OLDER BROTHER, WILL BE THE NEW GOV AMBASSADOR TO CUBA. SOURCES AT THE MFA CONFIRM THAT CHADERTON WILL BE REPLACED BY JESUS ARNALDO PEREZ, CURRENT GOV AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE, AND RUMORED TO BE [...]	2004-01-26 13:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
04CARACAS2540	VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 6 [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) unanimously agreed to go to a manual vote if the electronic voting machines fail August 15. The CNE also finalized plans to audit the electronic voting machines on August 8. Unidentified persons attacked a pro-Chavez campaign office in Maracaibo August [...]	2004-08-09 11:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2543	REFERENDUM DAY GASOLINE SHORTAGES LIKELY IN [...] (C) ChevronTexaco (CTX) downstream managers confirm they believe the GOV will seek to cut off gasoline supplies in the eastern (opposition) part of Caracas before the August 15 referendum. Such an action could cost the opposition a (very) few votes, but would raise tensions immediately before [...]	2004-08-09 19:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG KDEM VE
04CARACAS2547	VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 9 [...] (U) National Electoral Council (CNE) director Jorge Rodriguez and Valter Pecly Moreira, head of the Organization of American States (OAS) observation mission in Venezuela, told reporters the audit of 150 electronic voting machines on August 8 was a success. Also on August 8, Chavez supporters [...]	2004-08-09 20:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2563	VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 10 [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) President Francisco Carrasquero August 9 warned the opposition and the media not to violate rules prohibiting the announcement of referendum results before the votes are officially counted August 15. Chavez supporters attacked opposition campaign workers in [...]	2004-08-10 21:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS2570	EXXONMOBIL TO SIGN PROJECT DOCUMENT [...] (C) ExxonMobil de Venezuela President Mark Ward told the Ambassador August 9 that the company is likely to sign the Preliminary Development Agreement (PDA) for a multi-billion dollar petrochemical project with the GOV on August 12. Ward reported that the signing will take place in PDVSA Presid [...]	2004-08-11 15:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV VE
04CARACAS2577	VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 11 [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) approved the Venezuelan NGO "Electoral Eye" as the only national observation group for the August 15 referendum. Beginning from six different points throughout Caracas and culminating on the highway, opposition supporters will begin a march to conclude [...]	2004-08-11 21:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ELAB VE
04CARACAS2582	MAKING SENSE OF VENEZUELA'S POLLS [...] (C) The August 4 release of a poll reportedly by the Venezuelan Institute of Data Analysis (IVAD in Spanish) showing a majority favoring the recall of President Hugo Chavez, prompted a fierce response from Minister of Communication and Information Jesse Chacon, who said he had seen other poll [...]	2004-08-12 14:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2591	COVERING VENEZUELA'S RECALL REFERENDUM [...] (C) Embassy Caracas will field informal observers to cover the presidential recall referendum August 15 in and around the capital, Maracaibo and Puerto LaCruz as well as Carabobo and Aragua States. Lacking National Electoral Council credentials for access to voting centers, our observers wil [...]	2004-08-12 19:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2594	CHEVRONTEXACO: SEIZING THE DAY [...] (C) ChevronTexaco is pushing to expand its business opportunities in Venezuela. The company received the formal license for Block 3 of the off-shore Deltana Platform project at an August 6 ceremony marking the opening of exploratory drilling in Block 2 (see reftel). At that time, ChevronTexa [...]	2004-08-12 20:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
04CARACAS2595	SECRETARY POWELL'S STATEMENT ON THE VENEZUELAN [...] On August 12, the last day of campaigning for the presidential recall referendum, the printed and electronic press are full stories on the various aspects of the referendum. While "El Universal" led with the story on the Pope's remarks and prayers to Venezuela, it also picked up Secretary [...]	2004-08-12 20:44:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV OPRC KIRC VE
04CARACAS2596	RICE LETTER ON SUMATE GETS ATTENTION [...] On July 31, one of Caracas' most important opposition dailies, "El Nacional" carried an article entitled "Condoleezza Rice Criticizes the Political Persecution of Sumate Directors." That same week the Venezuela press has included coverage of a letter from members of the House Committee on I [...]	2004-08-12 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM OPRC KIRC VE
04CARACAS2597	VENEZUELA REFERENDUM UPDATE, AUGUST 12 [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) director Jorge Rodriguez made clear that the referendum campaign officially closes at midnight August 12, as was initially decided by the CNE, despite Chavez's Comando Maisanta's request to extend the deadline so its campaign closing event could be held Aug [...]	2004-08-12 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS2599	VENEZUELA: GOV CONTINUES TO ACCUSE CANTV [...] (C) The GOV continues to accuse CANTV, the telecommunications company handling the automated voting August 15, of attempting to manipulate the referendum results. Vice President Jose Vincente Rangel warned CANTV and its "North American associates" that the GOV would act if the company and its [...]	2004-08-12 20:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM VE
04CARACAS2607	VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 13 [...] (C) As the campaigns for the Presidential recall referendum closed August 12, supporters and opponents of President Hugo Chavez celebrated, each claiming future victory. Chavez said he would extend dialog invitations to opposition leaders who accepted his victory and said he would step down i [...]	2004-08-13 21:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS2615	VENEZUELA: REFERENDUM DAY, NOON, AUGUST 15 [...] (U) Despite reported delays in the opening of voting locations, long lines of people (between 400-1,000 people) waited patiently to vote in the August 15 presidential recall referendum. As of 10:30 am local, 99% of the voting centers had opened, according to CNE director Jorge Rodriguez. CNE [...]	2004-08-15 15:57:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS2616	VENEZUELA: REFERENDUM UPDATE, 6:00 P.M., AUGUST 15 [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) director Jorge Rodriguez announced at 1:30 p.m. that polling hours have officially been extended until 8 p.m.; persons still in line at the time would be allowed to vote. CNE directors Francisco Carrasquero and Rodriguez told reporters they obtained a CD [...]	2004-08-15 21:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2624	CHAVEZ DECLARES REFERENDUM VICTORY - SO DOES [...] (C) Venezuelan National Electoral Council President Francisco Carrasquero announced August 16 that preliminary results showed 58% of voters chose not to revoke President Chavez. Opposition leaders rejected the result, claiming their exit polls showed that 59% voted in favor of revocation. In [...]	2004-08-16 17:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
04CARACAS2629	VENEZUELA: NO CLOSER TO ACCEPTANCE OF GOV VICTORY [...] (U) In a press conference August 16, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Cesar Gaviria announced that the results of SIPDIS their quick count coincide with the results announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE) giving Presiden [...]	2004-08-16 20:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS2643	VENEZUELA REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 17 [...] (C) Violence in Altamira Plaza in Caracas left one dead and 10 injured when a group of opposition demonstrator?T?Qi"QQ\s August 16, President Hugo Chavez said the attack was orchestrated by the opposition to destabilize the country. Chavez once again invited the opposition to a dialogue and [...]	2004-08-17 22:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2644	CHAVEZ CAMPAIGNS ON THE PUBLIC'S DIME IN REFERENDUM [...] (C) Using state finances and manipulation of the structure established in the media accords, President Hugo Chavez mounted a much more impressive campaign in the referendum than the opposition. Pro-government advertising and propaganda filled Venezuelan newspapers, overshadowing the little op [...]	2004-08-18 14:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRC PHUM KDEM EPET VE
04CARACAS2669	OPPOSITION ALLEGES ELECTRONIC FRAUD IN REFERENDUM [...] (U) Miranda state Gov. Enrique Mendoza told reporters August 18 the opposition would not participate in the audit of election results agreed to by the National Electoral Council (CNE) at the suggestion of the OAS and Carter Center. The Coordinadora instead wants an audit that would look at th [...]	2004-08-19 19:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2687	GOV. ROJAS BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON FRAUD CHARGES [...] (C) Bolivar State Gov. Antonio Rojas Suarez and Bolivar state legal advisor Juan Jose Rendon briefed the Ambassador August 19 on the allegations of fraud uncovered by Rendon in the August 15 presidential recall referendum. Rojas said the opposition has found 1920 voting machines with what they [...]	2004-08-20 19:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2689	REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 19-20 [...] (C) On August 17 political police service DISIP and local police authorities arrested the three men suspected of shooting on demonstrators in Altamira on August 16. On August 18 and 19, the government heavily criticized the opposition's latest claims of fraud and calls for public protests an [...]	2004-08-20 20:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2692	CORRECTED COPY: REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 19-20 [...] (C) On August 17 political police service DISIP and local police authorities arrested the three men suspected of shooting on demonstrators in Altamira on August 16. On August 18 and 19, the government heavily criticized the opposition's latest claims of fraud and calls for public protests an [...]	2004-08-23 13:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2702	VENEZUELAN MAYOR CARPRILES (STILL) HELD FOR TRIAL [...] (U) A Caracas judge ruled August 18 that Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles should stand trial for the events at the Cuban Embassy on April 12, 2002. The judge also ruled that Capriles should remain in jail. PolOff attempted to attend the Capriles trial August 17, but was denied entry as was the [...]	2004-08-24 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS VE
04CARACAS2705	ELECTORAL COUNCIL'S SECOND AUDIT BACKS AUGUST 15 [...] (C) Carter Center and OAS representatives found no merit in the arguments made by the opposition that the GoV committed fraud in the August 15 presidential recall referendum. OAS/TCC reps are convinced the audit of 150 voting tables completed on August 21 was sufficient to conclude that the a [...]	2004-08-25 14:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2728	VENEZUELA MACROECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) Venezuela's most recently published economic indicators illustrate an economic rebound based on increasing government expenditures. Levels of new foreign direct investment remain low. A strong international reserves position and high average oil prices have contributed to reduce the cou [...]	2004-08-27 13:38:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS2730	OPPOSITION REFERENDUM FRAUD THEORIES [...] (C) The Venezuelan opposition has developed theories -- though no solid evidence -- of alleged fraud and irregularities in the August 15 presidential recall referendum. Among the theories, mathematicians have proposed that the election results were manipulated using a pre-determined percentag [...]	2004-08-27 16:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2734	ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE REQUIRES DIP NOTE FOR [...] (C) Alis Boscan, Director of the Office for the Protection of Fundamental Rights at the Attorney General's office, told PolOff August 26 that the Embassy would have to make a formal request to the Attorney General to get information for the Human Rights Report. Boscan promised to begin compil [...]	2004-08-27 18:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VE
04CARACAS2739	VENEZUELA: EXTRA HEAVY CRUDE-BEST CHANCE FOR [...] (C) The prospects for additional Venezuelan oil production in the short term come from the four projects that produce synthetic crude from Venezuela's abundant resources of extra heavy crude. We calculate that Venezuela's syncrude production could increase to as much as 634,000 b/d by the en [...]	2004-08-30 14:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
04CARACAS2740	EXXONMOBIL: STAYING THE COURSE IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) With the August 12 signing of the Preliminary Development Agreement (PDA) for a giant petrochemical project, ExxonMobil finally looks to have overcome the disappointment of being shut out of the Mariscal Sucre natural gas project in 2002. Econoff met July 22 with ExxonMobil de Venezuela P [...]	2004-08-30 14:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG VE
04CARACAS2758	REGIONAL AND MAYORAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Venezuela's gubernatorial and mayoral elections are scheduled for September 26, but National Electoral Council (CNE) director Jorge Rodriguez told reporters on August 23 that the CNE is discussing changing the date of the regional elections for logistical reasons. President Hugo Chavez's [...]	2004-08-30 21:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2759	OPPOSITION DIGS IN FOR THE LONG FIGHT [...] (C) The Coordinadora Democratica plans to contest the National Electoral Council's (CNE) certified results announced August 26 that President Hugo Chavez won the August 15 recall referendum. The Coordinadora is working toward documenting its case. A Coordinadora commission headed by constitu [...]	2004-08-30 21:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2807	ROCKY START TO BUSINESS-GOVERNMENT DIALOGUE [...] (C) The GOV rejected talks with umbrella private sector organization FEDECAMARAS after the latter issued a "Business Manifesto" which cast doubts on the results of the recent referendum on President Chavez's tenure in office and sharply criticized other GOV policies. Interior Minister Chacon [...]	2004-09-08 12:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
04CARACAS2808	VENEZUELAN MAYOR RELEASED FROM PRISON [...] (C) Judge Dayva Soto Vallenilla released Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles from pre-trial detention September 6, following a defense motion on September 2. Capriles must appear before the court every 15 days, remain in Venezuela, and is not allowed to make public comments on the case against him [...]	2004-09-08 13:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PGOV VE
04CARACAS2811	GOV DENIES LABOR CLAIMS OF EX-OIL WORKERS [...] (C) Venezuela's Minister of Labor rejected on August 31 a petition to reinstate 14,000 ex-workers of Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) fired in the wake of the December 2002 - January 2003 national strike. Minister of Labor Maria Cristina Iglesias ruled the dismissals do not meet the legal defin [...]	2004-09-08 13:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM ENRG VE
04CARACAS2814	GOV TAKES FULL CREDIT FOR GDP GROWTH, BUT STILL [...] (SBU) First half GDP statistics show a 23.1% increase over last year, which also represents the first improvement over 2002 figures. Second quarter growth was 13.6%, led by non-petroleum growth of 15.0%. Considering these factors, the GOV has revised its 2004 growth estimate from 6 to 12%. M [...]	2004-09-08 16:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS2817	VENEZUELA'S COORDINADORA DEMOCRATICA AT A [...] (C) Venezuela's Coordinadora Democratica is hobbling after its defeat in the presidential recall referendum August 15. Some Chavez opponents blame the Coordinadora's leadership for either losing the referendum via an inept campaign or for not preventing the alleged fraud. The dozens of opposit [...]	2004-09-08 20:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2840	VENEZUELA: OPPOSITION FIGHTS BACK ON FRAUD [...] (C) Opponents of President Hugo Chavez put forward their preliminary findings of the investigation of alleged fraud during the August 15 presidential recall referendum September 8. Lawyer Tulio Alvarez, presenting a 70-page preliminary report, noted irregularities in all stages of the referen [...]	2004-09-09 20:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2903	OAS REFERENDUM WRAP-UP GETS SPUN BY BOTH SIDES [...] (C) The report issued by OAS Secretary General (SYG) Cesar Gaviria on September 13 gave ammunition to both the GOV and the opposition regarding the question of fraud in the August 15 presidential recall referendum. The GOV played up Gaviria's admonitions to the opposition to begin to accept t [...]	2004-09-17 13:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE OAS
04CARACAS291	DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING WITH CNE PRESIDENT [...] (C) WHA DAS Peter DeShazo and the Ambassador discussed the verification process for the recall referendum with National Electoral Council (CNE) President Francisco Carrasquero and CNE Secretary General William Pacheco January 22. Carrasquero assured DeShazo that the process is on track to be c [...]	2004-01-27 18:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
04CARACAS292	DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING CHIEF JUSTICE RINCON [...] (C) DURING A JANUARY 22, 2004 MEETING WITH SUPREME COURT (TSJ) CHIEF JUSTICE IVAN RINCON, WHA DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY PETER DESHAZO NOTED THAT THE USG REMAINS VITALLY SIPDIS INTERESTED IN A DEMOCRATIC AND ELECTORAL PROCESS, SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF THE CARTER CENTER AND THE ORGANIZATION O [...]	2004-01-27 19:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE OAS

04CARACAS293	WHA/DAS PETER DESHAZO,S 1/22/04 MEETING WITH [...] (C) During a January 22, 2004 meeting with Supreme Court (TSJ) Chief Justice Ivan Rincon, WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Peter DeShazo noted that the USG remains vitally SIPDIS interested in a democratic and electoral process, supports the efforts of the Carter Center and the Organizatio [...]	2004-01-27 19:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
04CARACAS3013	COORDINADORA LOSES SOME LESSER LIGHTS [...] (C) Five groups nominally associated with the Venezuelan opposition -- including political parties Alianza Bravo Pueblo and Causa R -- announced their separation from the Coordinadora Democratica on September 21. The groups criticized the Coordinadora's handling of the referendum campaign an [...]	2004-09-24 12:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS3025	MFA RESPONDS TO TIP DEMARCHE [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche regarding trafficking in persons, September 21, Venezuelan MFA officials insisted that the TIP report had not accurately assessed Venezuela's anti-trafficking initiatives under its treaty obligations with the United Nations. PolOff reiterated USG reasoning be [...]	2004-09-24 18:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN VE
04CARACAS3031	AIRCRAFT CONTRACT RUMORS RESURFACE (U) [...] (C) A 10 September newswire reporting Venezuela's alleged interest in procuring Russian jet fighters has renewed media speculation that the two countries may be close to an arms deal. Chavez has already purchased Russian helicopters, according to DAO and press reports. Although he is seeki [...]	2004-09-27 11:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
04CARACAS3032	GOV MAKES BORDER AMBUSH LATEST CRISIS [...] (C) Five Venezuelan soldiers and an oil worker died on September 17 near the Colombian border in an apparent ambush by unidentified irregular forces. Speculation about the identity of the attackers includes the range of armed groups operating in the area. President Hugo Chavez deployed add [...]	2004-09-27 11:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER VE
04CARACAS3050	VENEZUELAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY EYES AGENDA [...] (C) Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) reportedly plans to tackle four controversial bills in its new session that started September 17. The Assembly's pro-Chavez majority will push to pass controversial laws on the media, a national police force, reform of the penal code, and the organization [...]	2004-09-28 20:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS3070	VENEZUELA: CNE DISCARDS FRAUD CHALLENGES [...] (U) Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) found the Coordinadora Democratica's challenge of the results of the August 15 recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez inadmissible on September 23 and said the matter should be taken to the Supreme Court instead. CNE Director Jorge Rod [...]	2004-09-30 12:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS3077	PRIMERO JUSTICIA JUMPS FROM THE SINKING OPPOSITION [...] (C) Venezuelan opposition party Primero Justicia withdrew from the Coordinadora Democratica September 24. Lines of cooperation among groups opposed to President Hugo Chavez have been reduced to documenting fraud claims related to the referendum, negotiating with the National Electoral Council [...]	2004-10-01 11:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS310	SIGNATURE CHECK TURNS INTO SAUSAGE FACTORY [...] (C) The verification process of the signatures in support of recall votes against President Hugo Chavez and various National Assembly deputies proceeds at a snail's pace at the National Electoral Council (CNE). The CNE board initially proposed restricting the access of international observers [...]	2004-01-28 18:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
04CARACAS3110	PRESSURE ON CENTRAL BANK INCREASES ON THREE FRONTS [...] (C) The GOV has renewed pressure on the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV),by again demanding a large sum of money. It asserts the BCV owes more than USD 2 billion from improperly accounting for foreign exchange profits. While the BCV has resisted this demand, it may be caving in another area. I [...]	2004-10-05 11:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS312	CARTER VISITS VENEZUELA TO OBSERVE REFERENDUM [...] (C) From January 25-27, former President Jimmy Carter visited Venezuela to observe the referendum process and meet with the National Election Commission (CNE),Organization of American States, the National Assembly (AN),the Supreme Court, the Group of Friend's ambassadors, business leaders, p [...]	2004-01-28 20:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS3124	GOV EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIPS [...] (C) Venezuela's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) chairs a 22-person interdepartmental working group that meets approximately once a month to coordinate efforts to combat trafficking in persons. Representatives from the MFA and the Ministry of Interior and Justice (MIJ) told Poloff on Septemb [...]	2004-10-05 18:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN VE
04CARACAS3125	TOBACCO FIRMS COMPLAIN OF CIGARETTE SMUGGLING FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On October 1, Economic and Commercial Counselors met with representatives of Philip Morris and British-American Tobacco, the two largest cigarette companies in Venezuela, who raised the impact of contraband cigarettes in the domestic Venezuelan market. The particular focus was on [...]	2004-10-05 19:57:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV VE
04CARACAS3164	LABOR STRUGGLES AMID THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION [...] (C) The assimilation of organized labor into the Bolivarian Revolution continues to elude supporters of President Hugo Chavez. Two rival labor confederations -- the anti-Chavez Venezuela Workers Confederation (CTV) and the pro-Chavez National Workers Union (UNT) -- plan to hold elections in e [...]	2004-10-13 19:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PHUM VE KEDEM
04CARACAS3173	RUMORS STILL SPINNING ON APURE AMBUSH [...] (C) Summary: The media has continued to report on the killing of a PDVSA engineer and five soldiers in Apure State. The opposition and the Colombian Government continue to fault the government for complicity in border violence. The GOV and its supporters have blamed the United States and [...]	2004-10-14 16:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS VE
04CARACAS3216	VENEZUELA: REVOLUTIONARY CONTRADICTIONS IN LABOR [...] (C) Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez are stuck on how to roll back market-oriented reforms of worker benefits from the 1990s. The 1999 Constitution reversed changes to the severance, health care, pensions, and housing regimes, replacing them with impractical and, so far, impossi [...]	2004-10-19 21:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS3219	VENEZUELAN PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATES 400 FOR [...] (U) Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson took testimony from three media executives at the beginning of October as part of his investigation into the events of April 12-13, 2002. Anderson announced on September 17 that he was reopening the investigation of persons who had supported the inte [...]	2004-10-19 21:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS VE
04CARACAS3230	VENEZUELAN-RUSSIAN COOPERATION [...] (C) Venezuelan Vice-President Jose Vicente Rangel led a delegation to Moscow from October 2-6 for the first meeting of the High-Level Russo-Venezuelan Intergovernmental Commission (CIAN). Rangel discussed joint efforts to combat international terrorism and military-technological cooperation w [...]	2004-10-20 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD VE
04CARACAS3251	BLAZE DESTROYS GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN TALLEST SOUTH [...] (U) A fire ripped through 20 floors of the East Tower of Caracas' Parque Central complex the night of October 16. No one was killed, but the top third of the building was completely burned and the tower is unusable. Finger pointing to place the blame for the fire began immediately between the [...]	2004-10-21 18:26:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR EAGR PGOV VE
04CARACAS3270	CONVICTIONS IN USON AND TACHIRA CASES [...] (U) On October 13 a court in Tachira State convicted eight persons on charges of rebellion in relation to the events of April 2002. The court found on of the original nine defendants not guilty, and five of them are free one probation. On October 11 a military court convicted retired Army Gen [...]	2004-10-22 20:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS VE
04CARACAS3271	VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (C) Venezuela's Ambassador to the U.S. Bernardo Alvarez_ told us October 18 he is amenable to meeting with National Endowment for Democracy (NED) President Carl Gershman to discuss GoV perspectives regarding NED support to NGOs such as Sumate. In a breakfast meeting with Ambassador and PolC [...]	2004-10-22 20:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS329	DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING WITH CHIEF JUSTICE RINCON [...] (C) During a January 22, 2004 meeting with Supreme Court (TSJ) Chief Justice Ivan Rincon, WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Peter DeShazo noted that the USG remains vitally SIPDIS interested in a democratic and electoral process, supports the efforts of the Carter Center and the Organization o [...]	2004-01-29 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE OAS
04CARACAS3291	OPPOSITION FRAUD UPDATE HITS DATA TRANSMISSION, [...] (C) The Coordinadora Democratica issued on October 12 its second report on alleged electoral fraud in the August 15 recall referendum on President Hugo Chavez. Using statistical analyses, the report alleges that some 2.5 million votes were manipulated during the referendum to reverse what sho [...]	2004-10-25 20:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS3292	VENEZUELA'S REGIONAL ELECTIONS: COMING TO AN END [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) President Francisco Carrasquero declared October 19 that only 2.1% of Venezuelan voters registered did not have addresses. Opposition leaders, who had alleged that more than a million persons did not meet the legal requirement of having an address, challen [...]	2004-10-25 20:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3340	CHALK ONE FOR CHAVEZ IN ANZOATEGUI [...] (C) Candidates are battling against voter apathy for gubernatorial, mayoral, and state legislative positions in the oil-rich Anzoategui State, currently controlled by the opposition. The administration's candidate, National Assembly deputy Tarek William Saab, is close to President Hugo Chav [...]	2004-10-28 19:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3341	EFFICIENCY TRUMPS POLITICS IN VENEZUELA'S BOLIVAR [...] (C) Both sides in the race for governor of Bolivar State are confident their candidate will be elected in the regional elections on October 31. Efficiency, rather than politics, is the main theme in the campaign, and both campaigns hope to draw supporters away from their opponent. The GoV wa [...]	2004-10-28 19:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS3361	VENEZUELA'S REGIONAL VOTE: PROCESS BODES [...] (C) The voting process for Venezuela's October 31 regional elections is complicated. In a process akin to the recall referendum, voters will elect governors, mayors, and state legislators. Screens will have dozens of options, which are organized by political parties rather than by races. [...]	2004-10-29 19:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3365	CONTENT LAW FRIGHTENS MEDIA AND FREE SPEECH [...] (U) Pushing to advance the "revolution" following the favorable outcome of the recall referendum, the GoV has made good on its promise to seek enactment of the "Law of Social Responsibility in Radio and Television." The private media insist it's a significant step toward the muzzling of free e [...]	2004-10-29 21:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV VE
04CARACAS3382	CHAVISTAS WIN BIG IN REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Pro-Chavez candidates won 20 of 22 governorships and the mayoralty of metropolitan Caracas in the October 31 regional elections. Governors Enrique Mendoza (Miranda State) and Henrique Salas Feo (Carabobo) trailed their Chavista opponents and challenged the accuracy of the preliminary resu [...]	2004-11-01 16:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS3431	VENEZUELA JUDICIAL UPDATE: CASES DISMISSED, NEW [...] (C) A Caracas Appeals Court overturned the conviction of National Guard Gen. Carlos Alfonzo Martinez on November 1 on grounds that the actions alleged by the prosecutor did not constitute a crime under Venezuela's Penal Code. The same court, citing similar grounds, dismissed the charges agai [...]	2004-11-05 20:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS VE
04CARACAS3432	RED MAP IN VENEZUELA: WHAT CHAVEZ WON IN THE [...] (C) Pro-Chavez mayors won 270 of 337 municipalities in the October 31 regional elections, up from the previously held 115. The National Electoral Council settled the one remaining dispute in the governors' races November 4, giving the victory to the pro-Chavez challenger in Carabobo State. I [...]	2004-11-05 20:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS3434	A VIEW OF VENEZUELAN ARMS PURCHASES FROM RUSSIA [...] (C) According to Jose Rafael Gomez, a former Presidential staffer who participated in Vice President Rangel's recent trip to Moscow, the Venezuelan-Russian deal for MI-17 helicopters is not yet final because of financial issues, and might go forward initially at least with a limited number. [...]	2004-11-05 21:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETRD VE RU
04CARACAS3501	AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) At a November 10 luncheon with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Nobrega touched on a range of issues including: Eximbank lending (he'd like it to return, but downplays the impact of its absence); the GOV's surprise increase in petroleum royalties (he admits it was badly handled); Minist [...]	2004-11-15 17:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL VE
04CARACAS3506	CHAVISTAS AT THE HELM IN A SEA OF RED [...] (C) October and August electoral successes have renewed President Hugo Chavez's mandate, placed his loyalists in most of the governorships and key mayoralties, and positioned the Chavista movement to capture an overwhelming majority in next year's National Assembly elections. Chavez supporters [...]	2004-11-16 14:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS3536	LEVIATHAN'S RETURN: CHAVEZ'S NEW ECONOMIC [...] (C) With his pockets full of petro-dollars, Chavez has created new Ministries of Food, Housing, Popular Economy, and Development Finance. He is also moving forward with the creation of a new state airline and a telecommunications enterprise. The establishment of the Ministries of Food and [...]	2004-11-16 20:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
04CARACAS3542	SHATTERED OPPOSITION SHORT ON STRATEGY [...] (C) Venezuela's Coordinadora Democratica, the amalgamation of opponents to President Hugo Chavez that had begun to disintegrate before the regional elections on October 31, has been deemed dead by opposition parties and Chavez supporters alike. Many opposition members, who tend to blame th [...]	2004-11-17 13:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS3577	KILLING OF POLITICAL PROSECUTOR [...] (C) Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson was killed the night of November 18, according to press reports and the GoV, as he traveled home in his personal vehicle. More than a dozen GoV officials and government supporters, among them Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel, went to the site of th [...]	2004-11-19 18:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3583	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESSES FORWARD ON MEDIA LAW [...] (C) Veneuela's National Assembly approved 17 more articles in sessions on November 9, 11, 15, and 18. A top priority of President Hugo Chavez, the GoV seeks to complete the legislation by December 15. Beginning November 8, opposition parties withdrew from negotiations begun on September 23 with [...]	2004-11-19 20:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV VE
04CARACAS3617	TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] This message responds to action request (REFTEL). 2. Q: How (or are) military expenditures audited? A: Each branch of the Venezuelan Armed Forces (army, navy, air force, and national guard) has its own budget and planning office. The services submit proposed expenses and acquisit [...]	2004-11-23 18:26:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID MARR VE
04CARACAS3622	CHAVEZ LOOKING INSIDE AND OUT [...] (C) Fresh from electoral victories in August and October, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is deepening his Bolivarian Revolution with a new ten-point strategy. Chavez now plans to create a "new political infrastructure" that integrates social action groups and forces political parties to elec [...]	2004-11-23 19:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3638	Ramirez_ TAKES OVER PDVSA WHILE KEEPING ENERGY [...] (C) Minister of Energy and Mines Rafael Ramirez_ has been sworn in as President of state oil corporation PDVSA, while maintaining his ministerial position. Energy experts who have opposed Chavez publicly assert that his appointment marks the definitive end to PDVSA as a commercial (vice poli [...]	2004-11-24 19:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV VE
04CARACAS366	PDVSA POWER STRUGGLES: THE REVOLUTION DEVOURS ITS [...] (C) With street battles between opposing labor groups, mass protests to force the removal of managers, new allegations of corruption in internal product sales, and rumors of yet another new Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) board, January has demonstrated yet again the disarray in the Venezuelan [...]	2004-02-02 18:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV VE
04CARACAS3677	RESULTS OF JUDICIAL REFORM IN VENEZUELA: MOVING [...] (C) The administration of justice in Venezuela faces criticism on two principal grounds. The first is the claim, voiced by the political opposition, NGOs, judges, and the World Bank, that the justice system is not politically neutral, and that prosecutors and judges are acting according to [...]	2004-11-29 12:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS VE
04CARACAS3679	RECENT HISTORY OF JUDICIAL REFORM IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Venezuela's judicial system, according to a variety of experts, suffers a number of structural flaws, including politicization of the courts and the shock waves of the switch to an adversarial court system. Judges, academics, and journalists concur that judicial reform has had mixed res [...]	2004-11-29 12:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS VE
04CARACAS369	VENEZUELAN GOVERNORS: ELECTIONS, POLLS, AND HEALTH [...] (C) President Chavez, though buoyed by the spread of benefits and end of year spending, will likely suffer a hard drop in popularity when the National Electoral Council (CNE) announces a referendum, a group of Venezuelan Governors told the Ambassador January 14. The four Governors (including [...]	2004-02-02 20:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3704	VENEZUELAN POLICE RAID HEBREW CULTURAL CENTER [...] (U) Venezuelan police investigating the killing of prosecutor Danilo Anderson searched the Hebrew Club in Caracas November 29 for three hours. The search, which began at 6:30 a.m. and disrupted the arrival of 1,500 students to the school on the premises, turned up no evidence or weapons. L [...]	2004-12-01 12:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KIRF VE
04CARACAS3711	VENEZUELA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: ALI RODRIGUEZ [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez swore in Ali Rodriguez Araque as Foreign Minister on November 21, replacing outgoing Minister Jesus Perez. Rodriguez was most recently president of the state-run oil company PDVSA. Rodriguez, who served one year as the Secretary General of OPEC, was a cong [...]	2004-12-01 16:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VE
04CARACAS3715	CHAVEZ-URIBE SUMMIT: ECONOMICS FOCUS WITH SECURITY [...] (C) Most Venezuelan press reports on the Chavez-Uribe summit in Colombia November 9 focused on security issues, especially Chavez's declaration that the GOV does not support the FARC. The joint declaration, on the other hand, avoided such topics, focusing almost completely on economic issues [...]	2004-12-01 19:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PINS ENRG ETRD VE
04CARACAS3745	UPDATE ON ANDERSON INVESTIGATION [...] (U) Police investigating the assassination of Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson have killed two suspects, while a judge has ordered three former police officers (two brothers and their cousin),detained on charges of murder. Lawyers and family members allege that the three were tortured [...]	2004-12-06 15:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER KJUS VE
04CARACAS3747	GROWTH IS NOT ENOUGH - HAND OVER THE CASH! [...] (C) Amidst good news on the economic front, the GOV's thirst for cash remains unslaked. Third quarter GDP grew 15.8% versus the same period in 2003, and the official unemployment figure for October was 13.7%, the lowest since 2001. However, the GOV's row with the Venezuelan Central Bank con [...]	2004-12-06 18:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS3748	AFTERSHOCKS OF VENEZUELAN PROSECUTOR'S KILLING [...] (U) At President Hugo Chavez's order, following the killing of prosecutor Danilo Anderson, Venezuela's National Defense Council November 23, began to define a GOV anti-terrorism strategy. Measures will include tighter border and communications security, and bodyguards for GOV officials. Th [...]	2004-12-06 18:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV KJUS VE
04CARACAS3779	VENEZUELA: RESPONSE ON TITLE III OF CUBA LIBERTAD [...] (C) In response to tasking in ref a, Post sees no evidence that the GOV has undertaken policies or actions to advance democracy, human rights, or fundamental freedoms in Cuba over the last six months. President Hugo Chavez is a close ally of Fidel Castro and often praises Cuba as a "bastion of [...]	2004-12-07 20:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC VE CU
04CARACAS3781	VENEZUELA: POLICE OFFICIALS IN CUSTODY AFTER [...] (U) Venezuelan authorities took former Metropolitan Police commissioners Henry Vivas and Lazaro Forero into police custody on December 3, after the government of El Salvador refused their request for political asylum. The former police leaders sought asylum at the Salvadoran Embassy in Caraca [...]	2004-12-08 14:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VE OAS
04CARACAS3805	VENEZUELA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL CHALLENGES APRIL 2002 [...] (U) Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez asked Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) December 2 to overturn its decision which freed four alleged military leaders of the April 2002 events and rejected his request to try the officers for military rebellion. The case is important because it established [...]	2004-12-09 19:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS VE
04CARACAS3817	VISIT TO MASS MARKET AND BOLIVARIAN SCHOOL [...] (C) Caracas' El Coche food market is a blend of formal, informal, public and private economies. Accompanied by members of the NGO Asociacion Nina Madre (Child Mother Association, ANM),poloff visited the market December 7 to observe child labor conditions there. More than a dozen children ag [...]	2004-12-10 19:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS3826	CHAVEZ'S ANTI-IMPERIALIST MISSIONARY JOURNEY [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez visited Spain, Libya, Russia, Iran, and Qatar during November 23-30 as part of what GOV officials called an "international offensive" to promote the new phase of the Bolivarian Revolution. In Spain, Chavez capitalized on Foreign Minister Moratino's assertion that the [...]	2004-12-10 21:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON VE SP RS IR QA
04CARACAS3846	VENEZUELAN ASSEMBLY APPOINTS NEW SUPREME COURT [...] (U) Venezuela's National Assembly appointed 17 new Supreme Court justices and 32 alternates December 13. The appointments expanded the Court by 12 justices, and replaced 5 retired or removed justices. Opposition Deputies boycotted the vote. Among those appointed are two Deputies from Pres [...]	2004-12-15 13:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS VE
04CARACAS3917	VENEZUELA MACROECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) Venezuela's economic recovery continues based on high government expenditures and strong consumption levels. Unemployment has continued its slow decline. Inflation, while slowing, remains somewhat high. The balance of payments has moved from strong surplus to a near even position. Fore [...]	2004-12-22 15:56:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS3918	VENEZUELA MACROECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) Venezuela's economic recovery continues based on high government expenditures and strong consumption levels. Unemployment has continued its slow decline. Inflation, while slowing, remains somewhat high. The balance of payments has moved from strong surp lus to a near even position. Fo [...]	2004-12-22 16:40:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS3926	CONTENT LAW NOW IN EFFECT, MEDIA STRUGGLE TO ADJUST [...] (U) Signed by President Hugo Chavez Frias on December 7, the "Law for Social Responsibility in Radio and Television" went into effect with its publication in the official gazette December 8. The final legislation reflects some last minute changes to a handful of articles, but remains much the s [...]	2004-12-23 11:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KPAO PGOV VE
04CARACAS3928	CHAVEZ GIVES MARCHING ORDERS FOR THE REVOLUTION [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez laid out plans for his Bolivarian Revolution to a group of loyalist governors, mayors, and other officials November 12-13 in Caracas. According to an account of Chavez's presentation put together by veteran Marxist writer and Chavez adviser Martha Harnecker [...]	2004-12-23 12:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON VE
04CARACAS3929	MEETING WITH TUPAMAROS WORKING IN CARACAS [...] (C) Alberto "Chino" Carias, a member of the urban guerrilla group Tupamaros (now a political party) and now a public security official for the Caracas metropolitan district, discussed with poloff December 21 the re-structuring the Metropolitan Police and the December 8 street vendor riot in do [...]	2004-12-23 14:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3936	AMBASSADOR VISITS VALENCIA, CAPITAL OF CARABOBO [...] (C) Ambassador's visit to the central city of Valencia on December 9 - 10, 2004 included meetings with the Governor and Mayor, although for the third consecutive trip, the military declined to meet. Newspaper coverage was excellent, and there was an abundance of media reporters and questions a [...]	2004-12-27 14:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON VE
04CARACAS3940	VENEZUELA 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Summary: The Following is Embassy Caracas' submission for the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report. This document was also submitted as a MS Word document to G. Blue and B. Harmon at USTR by e-mail on December 23, 2004. End Summary ------------- TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (U) The [...]	2004-12-27 18:47:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD VE
04CARACAS3944	ARREST WARRANTS FOR STRIKE LEADERS, TRAVEL LIMITS [...] (C) Venezuelan judges issued arrest warrants on December 23 for eight former state oil company executives accused of civil rebellion and other crimes for their role in the December 2002 - February 2003 national strike. Included among those sought are Juan Fernandez, leader of the civil societ [...]	2004-12-27 21:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3979	LAND "INTERVENTIONS" PRESAGE REDISTRIBUTION [...] (C) Venezuelan Governors in Cojedes and Monagas States have issued decrees ordering land "interventions" and charging committees of government and goverment-allied officials to review the ownership rights of over three dozen ranches and rural properties. The first decree, issued by Governor [...]	2004-12-30 18:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR VE ENV
04CARACAS407	ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK ON SIGNATURE COUNT [...] (C) Technical and organizational problems, suspected employee sabotage, and lethargic decision making continue to stymie progress of signature verifications collected to convoke recall referendums on President Hugo Chavez and 67 National Assembly deputies. National Electoral Council (CNE) Pre [...]	2004-02-05 12:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS425	HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR VENEZUELA [...] Venezuela continued to be embroiled in a political crisis over the government of President Hugo Chavez, who was elected in July 2000 in generally free and fair elections. The democratic environment suffered from deteriorating rule of law and weakened institutions that were increasingly subord [...]	2004-02-09 14:56:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL VE
04CARACAS430	READOUT ON CARTER VISIT: SHORING UP THE REFERENDUM [...] (C) Carter Center representative Francisco Diez believes the January 27-29 visit of former President Carter was pivotal in keeping the signature verification process at the National Electoral Commission (CNE) on track. In meetings with President Chavez, Carter emphasized the need for Chavez to [...]	2004-02-09 21:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS437	SIGNATURE COUNT FACES ROCKY WEEK [...] (C) The National Electoral Commission (CNE) faces a tough week, as the politically symbolic deadline of February 13 will come and go without a definitive decision on the recall referendum against President Chavez. Opposition groups plan a march on February 14 to "defend" their signatures and k [...]	2004-02-10 17:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS501	UPDATE ON THE USAID/OTI VENEZUELA PROGRAM [...] USAID'S OFFICE OF TRANSITION INITIATIVES (OTI) BEGAN ITS VENEZUELA PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER 2002 TO SUPPORT THE PRIMARY USG GOAL OF SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLUTIONS TO VENEZUELA'S POLITICAL CRISIS. USAID'S OVERALL GOAL IN VENEZUELA IS TO SUPPORT A POLITICAL PROCESS THAT IS DEMOCR [...]	2004-02-11 15:26:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS527	CNE DIRECTOR MEJIAS INVOLVED IN NATIONAL GUARD [...] (C) An alleged attack on a National Assembly (AN) Deputy Edgar (Democratic Action) Zambrano and National Electoral Council (CNE) Director Sobella Mejias (pro-opposition) by National Guard (GN) troops as the two dined on February 7 created a political firestorm. At issue is whether GN Gen. Mar [...]	2004-02-12 15:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS533	THE "TROPICAL UNITY" OF THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) The opposition remains convinced that the referendum is on track, according to a top aide for Enrique Mendoza. Organizers of the February 14 march to defend the signatures calling for a recall vote on President Hugo Chavez are planning on 100,000 (some hope for one million) to participate [...]	2004-02-12 17:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS546	GROWING PRESSURE FOR RENEGOTIATION OF OIL SERVICE [...] (C) There are signs that the GOV has started playing hardball in its efforts to force the oil companies that signed operating service agreements in the 1990's to convert these contracts into the majority GOV-owned joint ventures mandated under the 2001 Hydrocarbons Law. Public claims by the [...]	2004-02-13 20:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON VE
04CARACAS548	ANOTHER CUBAN DOCTOR ATTEMPTS TO FLEE [...] ON FEBRUARY 4, NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ARRESTED ULISES BERNAL PEREZ, A CUBAN DOCTOR ASSIGNED TO THE "BARRIO ADENTRO" (INTO THE SLUMS) PROGRAM, AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO DEFECT BY FORCING TWO JOURNALISTS TO DRIVE HIM TO THE COLOMBIAN BORDER, ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS. BERNAL PEREZ REPORTEDLY BELI [...]	2004-02-13 20:52:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF VE
04CARACAS552	VENEZUELA POLITICAL UPDATE: 2/13/2004 [...] Carter Center: -- (U) In a February 13 statement the Carter Center called on the National Electoral Council (CNE) to publish a firm schedule to finish their verification of signature sheets by February 28. 2. OAS: -- (C) OAS observers told poloff that a February 28 deadline would most [...]	2004-02-13 21:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
04CARACAS559	BRAIN TRUST PREVIEWS PRIMARY PLANS [...] (C) On 07 February, the Ambassador met with a group of opposition "wise-men" who made a presentation on a plan for a unified candidate to run for president in elections following an eventual recall referendum. The group claimed that the plan had possible widespread support among leaders of the [...]	2004-02-17 19:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS560	DAS DESHAZO PRESSES SIGNATURE COUNT WITH VP RANGEL [...] (C) WHA DAS Peter DeShazo told Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel on February 16 that the world is watching the manner in which the National Electoral Council(CNE) carries out the signature count on the recall petition against President Hugo Chavez. DAS DeShazo expressed full support for the w [...]	2004-02-17 19:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS577	CARTER CENTER/OAS RAISE CONCERNS WITH DAS DESHAZO [...] (C) WHA DAS Peter DeShazo expressed USG support for the OAS and the Carter Center in a lunch on February 16 for representatives of both organizations hosted by the Ambassador. OAS Chief of Staff Fernando Jaramillo said it is clear the National Electoral Council (CNE) is attempting to invalida [...]	2004-02-18 12:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS578	VENEZUELA POLITICAL UPDATE: 2/14/2004 [...] OAS: -- (C) OAS chief of staff Francisco Jaramillo told the Ambassador February 13 that the National Electoral Council (CNE) board meeting with the Carter Center and OAS was "a disaster." Jaramillo said the CNE refused an OAS and Carter Center proposal to bring fingerprint experts from the [...]	2004-02-18 15:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
04CARACAS610	IMF REP SEES LITTLE TO CHEER ABOUT IN VENEZUELA'S [...] (C) In a February 19 meeting with Econcouns, IMF Resident Representative Humberto Arbulu expressed deep skepticism over Chavez administration economic policies and frustration over the lack of transparency in economic information made available to him. He gave the Finance Ministry high mark [...]	2004-02-20 13:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS612	CHAVEZ TAKES AIM AT HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS [...] (C) During his February 15 "Alo Presidente" broadcast, President Chavez accused several human rights organizations of receiving funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) through the Washington-based Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) to help overthrow the GOV. Seve [...]	2004-02-20 16:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS628	DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING WITH AMBASSADORS ON 2/16/2004 [...] (C) During a February 16 meeting in Caracas, DAS Peter DeShazo told ambassadors from interested countries that the international community needs to make clear its strong and unified support for the democratic process, the OAS and the Carter Center. The Spanish ambassador worried about a CNE [...]	2004-02-25 13:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
04CARACAS634	CHAVEZ ACCUSES USG OF FUNDING "COUPMONGERS" [...] (C) During his February 8 and 15 "Alo, Presidente" broadcasts, President Chavez accused the USG of supporting opposition efforts to oust him by funneling $60,000 to the NGO Sumate and millions more to assist other opposition groups. Chavez also claimed that the CIA's refusal to provide any in [...]	2004-02-26 14:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP VE
04CARACAS649	VENEZUELA REFERENDUM UPDATE: 2/25/2004 [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) announced February 24 that petition forms with more than one third of the signatures to petition the recall of President Chavez will be submitted to the CNE's Superior Technical Committee (CTS) for further review because they were filled in with the sam [...]	2004-02-26 22:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
04CARACAS651	CIVIL REBELLION CHARGES SPARK PROTESTS IN MERIDA [...] (C) Pro-GOV Merida State Governor Florencio Porras ordered an investigation against 24 opposition-aligned citizens in January, alleging civil rebellion stemming back to events in April 2002, when President Hugo Chavez was briefly removed from power. Students led violent protests January 29 and [...]	2004-02-26 22:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS699	REPORT ON STAFFDEL FEBRUARY 18-20 [...] (C) House Western Hemisphere Subcommittee staff members met with opposition and government leaders, members of the National Assembly, and the UNHCR representative in Caracas February 18-20. Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel emphasized the importance of maintaining a good Venezuelan-U.S. bil [...]	2004-03-01 20:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF VE
04CARACAS700	WEEKEND OF CONFLICT IN CARACAS; NO CNE DECISION YET [...] (C) Opposition groups staged two days of protests in the wake of the February 27 march that left one dead and dozens injured. The GOV staged its own march of hundreds of thousands on February 28 to protest U.S. intervention in Venezuelan affairs. Speaking to the crowd, President Chavez deliv [...]	2004-03-01 21:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS708	CHEVRONTEXACO GRANTED SECOND OFF-SHORE GAS BLOCK [...] (C) Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez_ announced February 19 the award of Block 3 of the off-shore Deltana Platform natural gas project to ChevronTexaco. Despite the fact that ChevronTexaco was the only bidder for the block in December 2003, ChevronTexaco de Venezuela President Ali Moshiri said [...]	2004-03-02 17:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON VE
04CARACAS714	ECONOMIC FALL-OUT FROM INCREASED POLITICAL TENSIONS [...] (SBU) The rise in political tensions over the revocatory referendum on Chavez's tenure in office and attendant violence is beginning to spill over into the economy. The parallel market bolivar/dollar rate has spiked as has the spread on Venezuelan bonds. It appears, however, that a planned [...]	2004-03-02 20:41:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EFIN ENRG VE
04CARACAS731	HOW REAL IS CHAVEZ'S OIL THREAT? [...] (C) On February 29, President Chavez threatened to cut off Venezuelan oil supplies to the U.S. or to nationalize U.S. company assets if the U.S. were to seek to "blockade" or impose sanctions against Venezuela. The U.S. majors in Venezuela dismiss his words as bluster but do not totally disco [...]	2004-03-04 22:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV VE
04CARACAS740	WHERE THE OPPOSITION STANDS ON CNE TALKS [...] (C) OPPOSITION LEADERS BEGAN DISCUSSIONS WITH NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL (CNE) JORGE RODRIGUEZ ON MARCH 3 TO WORK OUT A FORMULA FOR THE REFERENDUM SIGNATURES APPEALS PROCESS. IN ADDITION TO NEGOTIATING WITH THE CNE, THE OPPOSITION LEADERS FACE FUNDAMENTAL INTERNAL DIVISIONS AS TO WHETHER TO PU [...]	2004-03-05 19:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS749	OAS AND CARTER CENTER PUT PRESSURE ON GOV [...] (C) CARTER CENTER REPRESENTATIVE MATTHEW HODES TOLD THE AMBASSADOR MARCH 4 THAT FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER AND OAS SYG CESAR GAVIRIA WOULD PULL THEIR MISSIONS OUT OF VENEZUELA IF THE GOV INSISTS ON UNWORKABLE RULES FOR THE PROPOSED APPEALS PROCESS (REPARO). CNE DIRECTOR JORGE RODRIGUEZ WANT [...]	2004-03-05 21:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
04CARACAS752	IS ANYONE KEEPING SCORE? HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS [...] (U) Growing violence since February 27 has produced a sharp rise in the number and types of human rights violations throughout Venezuela. Several local human rights organizations, Amnesty International, and the Inter-American Human Rights Commission issued statements condemning the violence [...]	2004-03-08 11:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS786	CNE EMPLOYEES: GOV TAKING OVER, RECALL UNLIKELY [...] (C) Diego Acevedo, aide to CNE Director Sobella Mejias, claimed even if the presidential referendum signature appeals process overcomes significant technical hurdles, it will nonetheless be vulnerable to pro-Chavez sabotage from the overseeing officials. He claimed all of the CNE's regional o [...]	2004-03-09 15:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS851	IN GAS CEREMONY CHAVEZ SOUNDS A LESS AGGRESSIVE [...] (C) President Chavez pointedly lowered his anti-U.S. rhetoric in a March 9 ceremony hurriedly organized by the GOV to recognize the award to ChevronTexaco (CTX) of an exploration license for an off-shore natural gas block. While agreeing that Chavez had sought to send a message to the USG, sen [...]	2004-03-12 16:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ECON VE
04CARACAS890	DUELING CLAIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS [...] (C) Nearly a dozen Venezuelans died, 1,758 were wounded or injured, and 410 were detained during disturbances in the country from February 27 to March 5, according to the opposition Democratic Coordinating Committee (DCC). Amid the claims of government human rights abuses, the GOV has mounted [...]	2004-03-15 16:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS908	CHESS GAME IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Venezuela Supreme Court's (TSJ) Constitutional Chamber declared March 11 that it alone is the appropriate forum to hear cases regarding the National Electoral Council (CNE) and the proposed presidential recall referendum. Constitutional Chamber president Ivan Rincon told the Ambassador Mar [...]	2004-03-16 12:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS920	BIOGRAPHY OF VENEZUELA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C/NF) Jesus Arnaldo Perez became Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Relations on February 13, 2004. Having served as Ambassador to France (2002-2004) and to Algeria (2001-2002),Perez replaced outgoing Minister Roy Chaderton, who will replace Perez as Ambassador to France once the GOV receives [...]	2004-03-17 20:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR VE
04CARACAS922	U.S.-LED CONSORTIUM TO PROVIDE ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) The U.S.-based company Smartmatic (Boca Raton, Florida) is the managing partner of the SBC Consortium that recently won the contract to provide automated electoral equipment and services for Venezuela's August 1 regional elections (and a presidential referendum if necessary). The consor [...]	2004-03-17 20:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BEXP VE

04CARACAS945	VENEZUELA ON THE VERGE OF A PURGE [...] (C) The GOV appears to be engaged in a broad effort to ensure loyalty and punish opposition using the list of persons who signed the recall petition against President Hugo Chavez. Since the beginning of March, reports have emerged of GOV offices and state enterprises using signature data from [...]	2004-03-19 21:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PHUM VE
04CARACAS949	REGIONAL ELECTIONS WILL TEST OPPOSITION UNITY [...] (C) THE REGISTRATION OF CANDIDATES FOR VENEZUELA'S AUGUST 1 GUBERNATORIAL AND MAYORAL ELECTIONS BEGAN MARCH 16. OPPOSITION GROUPS FACE THE CHALLENGE OF MAINTAINING UNITY IN THEIR EFFORTS TO REVOKE THE MANDATE OF PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ WHILE COMPETING FOR THE REGIONAL ELECTIONS. OPPOSITION LEAD [...]	2004-03-19 21:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS950	WANTED: BARUTA MAYOR, FOR INCITING CROWD AT CUBAN [...] (C) Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles Radonsky said March 18 he will not present himself to the court as summoned until after he sees the case file alleging his involvement with a violent protest at the Cuban Embassy April 12, 2002. The court has refused Capriles' lawyers access to the case file [...]	2004-03-19 21:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS967	NEW PDVSA BOARD ANNOUNCED [...] (C) A new, expanded Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) board was announced on March 12. The change is not likely to have any near term effect upon operations. The board, the ninth named in the five years of the Chavez government, will continue to be led by Ali Rodriguez and will have three vice [...]	2004-03-22 17:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON VE
04CARACAS975	HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CLOSE-UP: DETENTIONS [...] (U) The GOV has detained hundreds of individuals since February 27 on charges ranging from "violent behavior" to civil rebellion. The detentions share certain characteristics, including little concern with the detainee's relation to the alleged charges, beatings and torture while in National [...]	2004-03-23 14:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS VE
04CHENNAI1306	DUMPING DUTIES ARE LEAST OF SHRIMP FARMERS' [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Early fears that USDOC anti-dumping duties on warm water shrimp from India could become a hot- button political issue appear to be groundless. Shrimp farmers do not blame the duties for their problems, but rather four years of slumping international demand. While politicians in [...]	2004-11-01 08:27:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIS SENV IN CE BR EC US
04CHENNAI1394	VEERAPPAN'S DEATH PUTS DHARMAPURI'S FUTURE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A seventeen-year manhunt ended with the shooting death of K.M. Veerappan, the famed forest brigand of Dharmapuri. The shootout was the culmination of months of planning by the Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) and the police Special Task Force (STF). The operation showcased the [...]	2004-11-09 08:50:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINR PHUM IN
04CHENNAI1395	NAXALITE CONSOLIDATION A CAUSE FOR WORRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The merger of India's two largest and best organized Maoist groups, the Peoples' War (PW) and Maoist Communist Center (MCC),into the Communist Party of India (Maoist) is likely to expand the horizon of their ambitions. It will help these "Naxalites" knit together their areas [...]	2004-11-09 10:04:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PTER IN
04CHENNAI1418	HINDU PONTIFF ARRESTED FOR MURDER; LITTLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tamil Nadu police arrested one of India's most prominent Hindu religious leaders, Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi of Kanchi, accused of murdering a former aide. The arrest has shocked Tamil Nadu, but there is little public anger. The move upset a miniscule group of the AIA [...]	2004-11-12 11:13:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IN
04CHENNAI1470	BJP'S BID TO EXPLOIT PONTIFF'S ARREST A FLOP IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the BJP and Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) shouted themselves hoarse about the arrest of Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi, their protests have fallen on deaf ears in Tamil Nadu. A call for a bundh (strike) failed, no non-Brahmin parties joined the protests, and even Tam [...]	2004-11-23 09:23:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI IN
04CHENNAI1490	KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT IN LIMBO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bangalore, India's leading technopolis and the capital of Karnataka, is burdened with a tardy and incomplete state government led by contending coalition partners. Local business leaders complain that the new Singh government has overshot the mark in shifting focus from urban t [...]	2004-11-26 09:03:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IN
04CHENNAI294	LTTE SPLIT FESTERING WOUND SAY SOUTH INDIANS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The current split in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) hamstrings the Sri Lankan peace process and might even degenerate into a "bloodbath," warned security analysts who met DAS Donald Camp during his May 15 visit to Chennai. They predicted a standoff between Karuna, th [...]	2004-03-19 06:35:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL IN CE
04COLOMBO100	ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-20 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC
04COLOMBO1012	In a well-received public speech, Maldivian [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 9 landmark public speech, Maldivian President Gayoom recommended a series of constitutional reforms to be considered by a special parliamentary session. Gayoom's proposals would mark a great step forward in building democracy in Maldives. They have been well-received [...]	2004-06-17 08:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO1013	Talks about Talks in Stasis while Norwegians [...] (C) SUMMARY: The LTTE showed no flexibility on negotiation issues during Norwegian Ambassador's June 16 visit to Kilinochchi. Both sides have rejected a Norwegian compromise formulation on the negotiating agenda. The situation in the East is somewhat improved but remains troubled. The LTT [...]	2004-06-17 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE NO IN LTTE
04COLOMBO1027	New GSL-drafted anti-conversion bill presented [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meetings with top GSL officials, the Ambassador voiced USG concerns about reports of a draft anti-conversion bill and the implications for religious freedom in general. Both the President and Foreign Minister said they were not in favor of such legislation. In the me [...]	2004-06-18 07:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF CE
04COLOMBO104	MEDIA PLAY: President Kumaratunga claims right to [...] Summary. President Kumaratunga's 1/13 address to the nation on government-owned Independent Television News (ITN) in which she claimed the right to serve until 2006 sparked a firestorm of contradictory headlines in the Sri Lankan media. Government-owned (and Kumaratunga- controlled) English [...]	2004-01-21 08:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE
04COLOMBO107	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 008 (01/21/04) [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador David Danieli (based in New Delhi),in town to present credentials to CBK, called on the Ambassador January 21. Danieli was accompanied by Mordehai Amihai, Director of the Israeli Foreign Ministry South and Southeast Asia Department. DCM sat in. Danieli noted that [...]	2004-01-21 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO1070	FOREIGN SECRETARY SAYS NO DRAFT ANTI-CONVERSION [...] (C) During the course of a call on another subject on June 22, the Ambassador and Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara discussed recent developments regarding a proposed GSL-sponsored anti-conversion bill. Despite local media reports that the Cabinet gave initial approval to a draft bill [...]	2004-06-23 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF CE
04COLOMBO1071	SRI LANKA POLITICAL UPDATE: GSL LOOKING FOR [...] (C) This update reviews the following political developments in Sri Lanka: -- The government remains in pursuit of an elusive majority in Parliament -- Continued reports of tension and violence in the east -- The UNP increases the volume of verbal attacks against the government -- T [...]	2004-06-24 06:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1074	Former PM requests U.S. visa for fellow MP [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNP MP Moulana admits to transporting rebel Tiger leader Karuna to Colombo. According to former PM Wickremesinghe, Karuna is now in the hands of the Sri Lanka Army. Wickremesinghe also requests Ambassador to help facilitate a U.S. visa for Moulana and his family. Moulana has [...]	2004-06-24 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CVIS MOPS CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1082	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 088 (06/25/04) [...] (SBU) We noted the Trade Minister's request for 416(b) Milk Powder in his discussions with U/S Larson. FYI, we have an outstanding inquiry with the Ministry of Finance on whether they want the 500 MT of Milk Powder that USDA has allocated for GSL. We have already received negotiating instruc [...]	2004-06-25 05:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO1084	MEDIA PLAY: Coverage of Ambassador's roundtable [...] (U) SUMMARY. Following an Ambassadorial roundtable on June 24 with senior newspaper editors (see Reftel),press coverage in Sri Lanka was largely positive and upbeat. Newspapers, both English and vernacular, covered the event factually and placed their coverage of the event prominently. Key [...]	2004-06-28 09:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1086	Karuna Affair Continues to Plague Government [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors and stories continue to swirl around the events associated with rebel Tiger leader Karuna and his whereabouts. Government officials are engaged in fingerpointing about who knew what and when they knew it about Karuna. The GSL has not done a good job of managing the medi [...]	2004-06-28 11:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS PGOV CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1101	LTTE BACKSLIDES ON CHILD SOLDIERS, REPORTEDLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 26 statement, UNICEF has blasted the LTTE for accelerating its efforts to recruit children in LTTE-controlled areas, despite promising signs this April when the Tigers released hundreds of children. Since April, UNICEF has received 159 reports of forcible and voluntar [...]	2004-06-30 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KOCI CE UNICEF LTTE
04COLOMBO1120	POTENTIAL SUICIDE BOMBER DETONATES AT COLOMBO [...] (C) At 12:15 pm on July 7, 2004, a potential suicide bomber detonated at the Colpetty (Kollupitiya) Police Station in Colombo. According to news reports, the bomber was caught at a nearby government ministry building and brought to the police station for further investigation. Sri Lankan mi [...]	2004-07-07 08:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV CASC CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1131	AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT: PEACE AND PROSPERITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the Ambassador's assessment of where things stand in Sri Lanka 90 days after the new government took office. The heady optimism on peace and prosperity which prevailed when Ranil Wickremasinghe took over in December 2001 has largely disappeared. Though Ranil lost the Ap [...]	2004-07-07 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE ECONOMICS LTTE
04COLOMBO1132	SUICIDE BOMBER HITS POLICE INSTEAD OF TAMIL MINISTER AMID AN INCREASE IN VIOLENCE IN THE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 7, a suspected LTTE suicide bomber detonated herself at a local police station in Colombo. Four police officers were killed and at least 11 injured. The police station is located near the Chancery, but no Americans were injured, nor was the compound damaged. There is n [...]	2004-07-07 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV CASC CE LTTE PHSA PREL
04COLOMBO1145	MEDIA PLAY: Coverage of suicide bombing by alleged Tamil [...] (U) SUMMARY. Per Reftel, on July 7, a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber detonated a bomb inside a police station in the heart of downtown Colombo, near the Prime Minister's office, U.S. Embassy and British High Commission. The suspected targ of the suicide bombe [...]	2004-07-09 05:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER PHUM OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1146	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 090 (07/09/04) [...] (SBU) Two Japanese Embassy Econ officials called on Dean yesterday to discuss our reaction to the UPFA's recently announced economic plan (reporting septel). During the meeting they mentioned that they had been instructed to ask about our perceptions on the economy, particularly anything we [...]	2004-07-09 05:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO1158	PRESIDENT'S ALLIANCE WINS MAJORITY IN SIX [...] (C) Summary: The President's alliance won control of all six provincial councils being contested during the July 10 election, even defeating the Opposition party in its up-country stronghold. The elections were characterized by unusually low voter turnout and there were only minimal reports [...]	2004-07-12 11:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CE
04COLOMBO117	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 009 (01/22/04) [...] (C) FYI. Late January 22, the pro-LTTE website, "TamilNet," reported that the Tigers will not attend the Tokyo donors followup meeting scheduled for January 23 in Colombo. LTTE political leader Thamilchelvam declined the invitation on the grounds that there was "no political stability and u [...]	2004-01-22 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO1171	GSL ECONOMIC PLAN HEAVY ON PROMISES, SHORT ON [...] (C) Summary: Following the Central Bank's first quarter review of the Sri Lankan economy, which indicated strong GDP growth and posited a generally sound economic situation, the UPFA Government released its "Economic Policy Framework." The plan clearly notes the GSL,s focus on the agricultura [...]	2004-07-14 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR EAID CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1181	TIGER RHETORIC CONTINUES TO INCREASE AFTER COLOMBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: After the July 7 suicide bombing of a police station in downtown Colombo, Tiger rhetoric is heating up. The uptick in the group's rhetoric is accompanied by an increasingly fearful climate in the east, where the Tigers have been flexing their muscles. Assassinations and child [...]	2004-07-16 04:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1191	SRI LANKA MAKES CONCERTED EFFORT ON SEVERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: G/TIP Program Officer and Embassy officials met with Government officials and local NGO representatives in Colombo to discuss the multifaceted issue of trafficking in persons in Sri Lanka, including sex tourism, prostitution, and external migrant workers. Officials throughout th [...]	2004-07-19 10:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB CE
04COLOMBO12	Sri Lanka: U.S. efforts to help end [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka has been abuzz the last several days with reaction to the Secretary's letters to the President and the PM, and the Department's statement issued after the Deputy Secretary met with Minister Moragoda last week. Press reaction has been mixed, with some commentary suppor [...]	2004-01-05 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PINR CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1216	TNA MPS REQUEST USG SOFTEN STANCE ON LTTE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 16 meeting with poloff, TNA MPs had a litany of familiar requests for the USG: lift the ban on the LTTE, stop USG military assistance to the GSL, promote the ISGA as the basis for peace talks, stop making statements against the LTTE, and pressure the GSL to stop helpin [...]	2004-07-22 06:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1219	PEACE PROCESS TIDBITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An LTTE official requested and received a meeting with the GSL on July 20. Meanwhile, when Parliament reconvened, TNA MPs broached the ISGA as a basis for talks. The discussion was postponed. Violent episodes between LTTE cadre loyal to the Wanni and those loyal to breakaway e [...]	2004-07-22 09:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1235	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 098 (07/26/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. A Buddhist monk MP presented a draft anti- conversion bill to Parliament on July 21 as a private member's bill. The Buddhist Affairs Ministry is pursuing its own version of an anti-conversion bill. In a July 26 conversation with poloff, the Legal Draftsperson discussed the legis [...]	2004-07-26 11:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO1236	EIGHT POSSIBLE PRO-KARUNA FACTION MEMBERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: LTTE attacks against breakaway Eastern LTTE leader Karuna's faction continued on July 25, this time close to Colombo. Eight people, possibly including Karuna's deputy, were killed in a "safe house" in Kottawa, an outer suburb of Colombo. While the identities of the killers are [...]	2004-07-26 11:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1243	PUBLIC BATTLE FOR THE HEARTS OF TAMILS [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga apologized for the July 1983 riots in which hundreds of Tamils were killed, but tempered her apology with a call for the LTTE to apologize for its actions as well. An LTTE political official commented that Kumaratunga's public apology was driven by "poli [...]	2004-07-27 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1244	Monk MP's anti-conversion bill begins trek in [...] (C) SUMMARY: A JHU MP presented a private member's bill on anti-conversion to Parliament on July 21. This began a many-month process of debate and legal editing before a potential vote on the draft legislation by Parliament. Several groups have already submitted Supreme Court petitions cha [...]	2004-07-27 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF CE
04COLOMBO1247	ICP FOR Certified Transportation Network [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 06:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BBSR CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO126	TRYING TIMES FOR JOURNALISTS IN THE NORTH AND EAST [...] (SBU) Summary. The media scenes in Jaffna and Trincomalee are dramatically different from each other and from the scene in Colombo. Local newspapers are king in the Jaffna media world, with consistently pro-LTTE reporting and editorials. Coverage of local Muslim issues in Jaffna is nonexist [...]	2004-01-23 05:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PHUM OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
04COLOMBO127	UNICEF reports that the Tamil Tigers forcibly [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNICEF's Sri Lanka Office has issued a report stating that the Tamil Tigers forcibly recruited over 700 children in 2003. With the Tigers showing little sign of stopping forcible recruitment, UNICEF has again warned that it may have to suspend the child transit center program i [...]	2004-01-23 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1271	Potential Fallout of MFA Expiration in 2005 [...] Summary: There is heightened anxiety in Sri Lanka's apparel sector, as expiration of the Multi-Fiber Arrangement approaches in January 2005. Sri Lanka's top end producers, controlling about 70% of exports, are expected to be the least affected, as they have gone high- tech, cut costs and le [...]	2004-07-30 06:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV KTEX ELAB CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1278	MEDIA PLAY: Coverage of PDAS Camp's roundtable discussion [...] (U) SUMMARY. Following a roundtable discussion with PDAS Don Camp on July 30 with senior newspaper editors, press coverage in Sri Lanka was largely positive and upbeat. Newspapers, both English and vernacular, covered the event factually and placed their coverage of the event very prominently [...]	2004-08-02 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1295	In political move, President resigns from [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga resigned as leader of her government United People's Freedom Alliance on August 4. Government interlocutors officially described the resignation as expected, adding that it would allow the President more time to focus on the peace process. Her departure f [...]	2004-08-05 10:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CE
04COLOMBO13	MEDIA PLAY - SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTERS TO [...] Summary. Secretary Powell's letters to Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and President Kumaratunga were front page news over the weekend. English and vernacular headlines implied that the Secretary was critical of the President; one English weekly reported, "End political infighting CBK told - [...]	2004-01-06 03:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1301	Mission conveys points on USG initiatives for [...] (C) On August 3, poloff spoke with Sumedha Ekanayake and presented the USG initiatives for the 59th UN General Assembly, per Reftel. Ekanayake said he would review the points with his colleagues but that he did not foresee any GSL conflicts with U.S. initiatives to advance economic freedom, [...]	2004-08-06 05:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC CE UNGA UN
04COLOMBO1309	In meetings with PDAS Camp, interlocutors show [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 29-30 visit to Sri Lanka, State Department PDAS for South Asia Donald Camp met with interlocutors throughout the government and political arena. The government reiterated its commitment to talks and was clearly thinking about how to get back to the table. Comment [...]	2004-08-09 08:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO131	BFIF FY04 PROPOSALS FOR SRI LANKA AND THE MALDIVES [...] BFIF funds are critical for Post to carry out Commercial activities in two distant, but substantial markets with strong potential but little US penetration. Post submits the following projects for consideration for FY04 funding. The proposals are listed in priority order under each country h [...]	2004-01-23 07:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD ETRD EINV BTIO CE MV ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1337	Maldivian reform in peril after August 12-13 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the evening of August 12, Maldivians began massing outside police headquarters on the capital island of Male', demanding the release of several political prisoners. The crowd continued to grow until the police moved in with tear gas on the afternoon of August 13 to end the d [...]	2004-08-16 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CASC MV
04COLOMBO1342	SRI LANKA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX, [...] This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Sri Lanka. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Country Commercial Guide (of which the Investment Climate Statement i [...]	2004-08-17 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1362	EU AND JAPAN TALK TOUGH TO TIGERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU troika and the Japanese ambassador both delivered tough messages to LTTE political chief Thamilchelvan on killings, child soldiers and a rapid return to the peace table. Thamilchelvan told all that the LTTE is committed to a federal solution in accordance with the Oslo dec [...]	2004-08-18 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE NO JA EU LTTE
04COLOMBO1385	SRI LANKA: TWO VIEWS OF THE EAST - TRINCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The diversity of the humanitarian and security situation in the east is shown by differences between Trincomalee and Ampara. In Trinco, the humanitarian situation is gradually improving and the area is generally peaceful. Meanwhile, at the other end of the east, Ampara is tens [...]	2004-08-20 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1386	SRI LANKA: CHRISTIAN PASTORS RECOUNT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 12 visit by the political intern and FSN specialist to Christian churches in the Colombo region, local pastors expressed anxiety over recent attacks and threats they and their congregations have faced, especially in the wake of an outspoken Buddhist monk's death [...]	2004-08-20 05:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF CE
04COLOMBO1392	MALDIVES: ATMOSPHERE CALM BUT TENSE AMID FEARS [...] (C) Summary: The atmosphere in the Republic of Maldives remained calm but tense in the week following the August 12-13 demonstrations against the government in Male', the capital. Night-time curfews (from about 11:00 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.) remain in effect, but schools and businesses are open, [...]	2004-08-20 09:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO1396	SRI LANKA CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TRADE AND [...] Sri Lanka Child Domestic Labor, A Rapid Assessment, 2. A Study of young domestic workers in Sri Lanka: proposals for legal amendments and a code of conduct, 3. List of hazardous employment approved by the National Labor Advisory Commission. ENTWISTLE [...]	2004-08-23 04:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CE USAID
04COLOMBO1401	MEDIA REACTION: DEPARTMENT'S AUGUST 19 STATEMENT [...] SUMMARY. The Department's August 19 statement on Sri Lanka elicited widespread media coverage, with the vast majority of papers (both English and vernacular) placing the statement very prominently in above-the-fold banner headlines. TV news programs on August 20 also led with the full statem [...]	2004-08-23 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1414	COLOMBO EAC REPORTS LESSONS LEARNED FROM WHITE [...] (SBU) Colombo EAC convened on 08/17/04 to discuss lessons learned from an anthrax letter hoax that led to the closure of the Mission 08/10-13. EAC members in attendance included the Charge', RSO, ARSO, DATT, POL, ECON, PD, ADMIN, AID, and RMO New Delhi. The EAC, chaired by the Charge', conduct [...]	2004-08-25 01:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED ASEC CE PTER
04COLOMBO1421	USG FUNDED SRI LANKA ARMY HUMANITARIAN DEMINING [...] (U) SUMMARY. PM/WRA Office Director Richard Kidd and Deputy Office Director Col. Stuart Harris visited Sri Lanka August 5 - 9 to review USG-funded Sri Lanka Army (SLA) humanitarian demining efforts. The USG-funded humanitarian demining program in Sri Lanka illuminates how mine action can be [...]	2004-08-26 03:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER EAID KHDP LTTE
04COLOMBO1422	COLOMBO PLAN: DRAFT AMENDMENT FOR DRUG ADVISORY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, Mission verifies that it is prepared to amend the existing Colombo Plan Letter of Agreement (LOA) to accept funding of 330,000 USD for the two projects: The Third Asian Youth Congr [...]	2004-08-26 09:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT PREL SNAR CE
04COLOMBO1427	MALDIVES: OFFICIAL BLAME OF FUNDAMENTALISTS FOR [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- please see Para Thirteen. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Maldivian government continues to allege that fundamentalists are behind the August 12-13 demonstrations. In an August 26 address before Parliament, President Gayoom reiterated his commitment to reform and ex [...]	2004-08-26 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1432	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT TALKS TOUGH ABOUT RECENT [...] (U) The week of August 20-27 saw a continuation of the violence between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its opponents cited in Ref B. On August 20 two senior-ranking Tigers were shot and killed by unidentified assailants as they left a meeting in Batticaloa. The proximity o [...]	2004-08-27 06:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1438	SRI LANKA DROUGHT DISASTER DECLARATION [...] AS A RESULT OF PROLONGED DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN SRI LANKA, THE U.S.CHARG?D'AFFAIRS DECLARES THAT A DISASTER DOES EXIST AND IS BEYOND THE CAPACITY OF THE HOST GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND, THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA WILL ACCEPT USG ASSISTANCE AND THAT IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE USG TO PROVIDE S [...]	2004-08-30 11:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1456	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMB. COFER [...] (C) Your visit comes at an important juncture in the 30-month-old ceasefire between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). A recent surge in assassinations by the LTTE, coupled with the lack of progress toward resumed negotiations, have raised conc [...]	2004-09-01 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC CE MV ECONOMICS LTTE
04COLOMBO1464	DEVELOPING A COMMERCIAL PLATFORM AT NON-FOREIGN [...] Post appreciates the efforts to better support non-FCS Commercial offices, and welcomes this review. Following are suggestions for consideration. Responses are keyed to the four main areas delineated in reftel. 2. Resource Allocation: -- With limited resources, it makes sense to concen [...]	2004-09-02 09:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ECON AMGT AODE CE MV ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO147	President-PM joint committee meets after [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a month's hiatus, the joint committee formed by the President and the Prime Minister recommenced meetings on January 23. Contacts report that the meeting did not result in a breakthrough on control of the Defense Ministry, the key issue dividing the two sides. Contacts ag [...]	2004-01-26 11:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR CE
04COLOMBO150	In January 23 Tokyo followup meeting, Donors [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, Japanese Special Envoy Yasushi Akashi hosted a second followup meeting to the June 2003 Tokyo donors conference. The first session of the meeting was attended by Colombo-based diplomats and local heads of multilateral organizations (WB, IMF, UN). Representatives [...]	2004-01-26 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PTER CE NO JA EU LTTE
04COLOMBO1502	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. YES - There are communities in Sri Lanka capable of conducting anti-US demonstrations. B. NO - There have been no anti-US demonstrations in the past 12 months. C. YES - Other forms of demonstrations have taken place outside USG facilities. D. Demonstra [...]	2004-09-10 06:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
04COLOMBO1510	SRI LANKA: VISIT OF S/CT COORDINATOR AMB. J. [...] (C) In meetings with Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) officials on September 8, Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador J. Cofer Black underscored U.S. appreciation of Sri Lanka's support of the Global War on Terror. He emphasized USG commitment to helping the GSL achieve a peaceful resolut [...]	2004-09-13 08:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1516	MALDIVES: EU DELEGATION DENIED ACCESS TO [...] (C) After the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) turned down requests by an EU delegation for meetings with President Gayoom and prisoners detained after the demonstrations of August 12-13 (Ref B),EU Heads of Mission issued a stinging press release on September 8, decrying the pro [...]	2004-09-13 11:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO1521	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION IN NO RUSH TO JOIN PROPOSED COUNCIL ON PEACE TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-14 12:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE LTTE PGOV
04COLOMBO1526	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) In separate meetings with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and Peace Secretariat head Jayantha Dhanapala on September 15, the Ambassador discussed prospects for resumed negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). While Rajapakse [...]	2004-09-15 12:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1527	MALDIVES: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON FOREIGN [...] As reported reftel, the Government of the Republic of Maldives announced the appointment of Abdul Hameed Zakariyya as Foreign Secretary on September 1. Biographic information on Zakariyya follows below. 2. Like many of his colleagues in the small Foreign Affairs Ministry with few oversea [...]	2004-09-15 14:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PREL PGOV MV
04COLOMBO1549	MALDIVIAN GOVERNMENT SEEKS US HELP IN STAVING OFF [...] (C) On September 16 Mahamoud Shougee, Minister of Education for the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM),and Abdul Hameed Zakariyya, GORM Foreign Secretary, called on the Ambassador to request U.S. advice and assistance in staving off a resolution before the EU Parliament condemning [...]	2004-09-17 06:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO155	In readout, Japanese Ambassador sees visit by [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 26, Japanese Ambassador Suda provided Ambassador Lunstead and the other local co-chairs of the Tokyo process with a readout of Special Envoy Akashi's recent visit to Sri Lanka. In Akashi's meeting with the LTTE, the group requested that more be done to funnel aid to [...]	2004-01-27 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE NO JA EU LTTE
04COLOMBO1563	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT LOSING MOMENTUM, CEDING [...] (C) President Chandrika Kumaratunga's five-month-old government has so far proven unable to regain the momemtum lost in the peace process since the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) walked out of negotiations with her predecessor's government in April 2003. Without encouraging signs of [...]	2004-09-20 11:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1573	BRIEFING SRI LANKA'S "GOOD FRIEND" HIGH ON FINMIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama reviewed for the Ambassador his recent discussions with OPEC and outlined his thoughts on the WB/IMF meetings in Washington in early October. He looks forward to meeting USTR Zoellick and seeks to assure USTR of the GSL's commitment to support th [...]	2004-09-22 01:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EPET CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1582	MALDIVES: DEMOCRACY AND DHOONIDHOO [...] (C) Summary: Democracy and human rights themes dominated the DCM,s September 19-20 visit to Maldives to open the American trade fair. Government (GoRM) officials acknowledged they have a public relations problem with the detained Special Majlis members but argued that a serious investigatio [...]	2004-09-23 08:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO1594	SRI LANKA: TIGER CHILD RECRUITMENT OUTSTRIPS [...] (U) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continue to recruit children under the age of 18 at a rate outpacing the number of child soldiers it has released under a UNICEF-sponsored Action Plan signed last year. UNICEF has been forthright in publicizing and criticizing the Tige [...]	2004-09-24 15:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER SOCI CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1596	COLOMBO PLAN: DRAFT WORDING FOR THE 175,000 USD [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) In response to Reftel, Mission is prepared to amend the existing Colombo Plan Agreement to accept funding (USD 175,000) for two drug prevention projects to be implemented by the Colombo Plan's Drug Aware [...]	2004-09-27 05:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR AFIN AMGT PREL CE
04COLOMBO16	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 001 (01/06/04) [...] (C) FYI. During a January 5 meeting with the Ambassador (see Septel),Hindu Affairs Minister T. Maheswaran mentioned that the long-delayed reopening of the rebuilt Jaffna Library may quietly take place in the next two to three weeks. (Early in 2003, the Tigers made clear that they did not w [...]	2004-01-06 11:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO1616	REQUEST FOR FUNDING OF COUNTERDRUG (CD) DETECTION [...] (SBU) The U.S. Embassy Sri Lanka request approval of $121,000 CD funds to be used in the acquisition of counterdrug detection and monitoring equipment for front-line Maldives Customs officers inspecting maritime conveyances. CD funds for equipment acquisition will enhance detection and monito [...]	2004-09-28 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MV SNAR
04COLOMBO1623	SRI LANKA: EAST REMAINS TENSE AMID POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several recent political killings in the East, connected to last spring,s factional split of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),have raised the level of tension and concern among local residents. Emboff's trip to the East September 23-24 to inaugurate several USAID p [...]	2004-09-29 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PTER PHUM CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1624	MALDIVES CONSIDERS MAJOR LABOR REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: After years of inaction, the Maldives government is set to embrace far-reaching labor reforms which appear to be linked to President Gayoom's overall political reform program. The Minister of Employment and Labor seeks US assistance. End Summary. 2. (U) In a September 21 meet [...]	2004-09-29 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB MV PREL
04COLOMBO1625	HUMAN INTELLIGENCE THREAT REVIEW FOR COLOMBO [...] (S/NF) Embassy Colombo convened a Counterintelligence Working Group (CIWG) meeting on 9/28/04. The purpose of the meeting was to respond to the annual Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Threat Review outlined in Ref A. In attendance were AMB, DCM, RSO, ARSO, POL, DAO, and IPO. The Colombo CIWG p [...]	2004-09-29 10:41:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CE
04COLOMBO1643	REPORTED LTTE THREAT TO TARGET AN AMERICAN [...] (S/NF) Reftel outlined a source report that the Sri Lankan terrorist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),had been instructed by its leader, Velupillai PRABHAKARAN, to begin to collect specific information in an attempt to identify individuals connected to Western intelligence s [...]	2004-10-01 01:46:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CE PTER
04COLOMBO1686	MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT LIFTS EMERGENCY FOLLOWING [...] (C) In an October 6-7 visit to Maldives, Ambassador urged the President, Attorney General and Cabinet Ministers to relax the State of Emergency, continue the process of democratic reform, and improve conditions for detainees, including restoring the right to legal counsel. He emphasized that [...]	2004-10-08 08:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1694	ICP FOR FISERV CBS WORLDWIDE [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-12 06:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BBSR CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1702	Sri Lankan Economy Continues to Grow Despite [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan economy grew by 5.2% in the second quarter, following 6.2% growth in the first quarter. Consequently, first half GDP growth is estimated around 5.7% and the Central Bank is optimistic of 5 to 5.5% overall growth in 2004. The Bank attributes the growth this year [...]	2004-10-13 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1703	SRI LANKA: KARUNA FACTION FORMS PAPER TIGER PARTY [...] (U) On October 12 the Tamil vernacular media received a press release announcing the formation of a new political party by Karuna, the former Eastern military commander for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),who split with LTTE headquarters in March. (Note: Karuna fled the East af [...]	2004-10-13 11:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1717	THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN SRI LANKA - [...] (U) The agenda for the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) meeting includes an opportunity for the USG to discuss the current investment climate with the GSL. This message describes Post's experiences over the past year. 2. (U) Sri Lanka continues to offer both promise and pe [...]	2004-10-15 07:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1718	MALDIVES: IN-LAW OF PRESIDENT ELECTED SPEAKER OF [...] (SBU) Abbas Ibrahim, the brother-in-law of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, was elected Speaker of the Special Majlis by open ballot on October 14. Shaheen Hameed, Gayoom's nephew, was elected Deputy Speaker. Ibrahim received 70 of the votes from the 98 MPs attending; former front-runner and [...]	2004-10-15 07:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1722	WHO'S WATCHING WHAT: A SNAPSHOT OF SRI LANKAN TELEVISION VIEWING HABITS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Sri Lankan Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera recently stated that he wished to see changes to the state-run media, particularly improving the quality of the very popular teledramas (soap operas) watched by millions of Sri Lankans. Recent surveys also indicate that most Sr [...]	2004-10-18 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE
04COLOMBO1726	SRI LANKA: EXAGGERATED PRESS REPORTS OF LTTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Weekend press reports in both the government-owned and independent media trumpeting a breakthrough in stalled negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) appear to have been overblown. According to sources in both the [...]	2004-10-18 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1727	US-SRI LANKA TIFA DISCUSSIONS AN OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (C) Summary: The GSL delegation for TIFA, headed by Commerce Minister Fernandopulle, is looking forward to discussions with USTR during the next round of talks on October 26. The delegation will seek to convince the USG of the GSL's continued commitment to economic reforms (while true for mos [...]	2004-10-19 05:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1737	MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT READYING CHARGES AGAINST [...] (C) The Government of the Republic of Maldives has filed charges against three individuals who had been detained after the civil unrest of August 12-13; more charges, including some against Members of the Special Majlis, are expected to be filed soon. All of the remaining 43 detainees are e [...]	2004-10-20 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
04COLOMBO174	USG promotion of Human Rights in Sri Lanka [...] Mission's response to Reftel request for information on the promotion of human rights in Sri Lanka follows: 2. PEACE PROCESS: The ongoing peace process in Sri Lanka has more of a direct and dramatic impact on improving the human rights situation in Sri Lanka than any other factor. The U [...]	2004-01-29 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KIRF CE

04COLOMBO1757	SRI LANKA: DRL/IRF VISIT ELICITS VARIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an October 7-8 visit, Joanella Morales, Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of International Religious Freedom in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL/IRF),discussed religious freedom issues and possible anti-conversion legislation in Sri Lanka with repre [...]	2004-10-25 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CE
04COLOMBO1764	YOUR VISIT TO SRI LANKA NOVEMBER 7-8 [...] (C) After 18 months with no movement toward resumed talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),the peace process is beginning to look less like a process and more like a protracted stalemate. This perception, which is gaining ground among the Sin [...]	2004-10-26 10:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID ECON CE LTTE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1765	SRI LANKA: SWISS NATIONAL KILLED IN GRENADE ATTACK [...] (U) On October 25, a Swiss national was killed in a grenade blast in Mamangam, near Batticaloa. According to media reports, an unidentified person lobbed a grenade at 61-year-old Ken Ulrich in his home. Some media reports cited the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres as responsibl [...]	2004-10-26 10:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1777	SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTRY REQUESTS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Ambassador Pamela Deen, the Director General of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, contacted the Ambassador on October 29 to request U.S. assistance in obtaining information on a Sri Lankan reportedly abducted in Iraq on October 28. The Ministry learned of the re [...]	2004-10-29 08:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL CE
04COLOMBO1779	Cultural Envoys Faulkner and Freeman Connect to Sri Lankan [...] (U) SUMMARY: Culture Connect envoys Courtland Freeman and Omari Faulkner elicited extremely positive feedback among a rarely-reached segment of the youth audience during their three-day program in Sri Lanka October 11 to 14. The two basketball envoys reached hundreds o high school and college- [...]	2004-10-29 08:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE
04COLOMBO179	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 014 (01/30/04) [...] (U) FYI. As requested in State 14279, Mission will host a local Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting on February 5 to discuss and compile the counterterrorism assistance and training that has been provided to Sri Lanka by CTAG members. We have invited Australia, Canada, EU, France, [...]	2004-01-30 06:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO1792	YOUR VISIT TO SRI LANKA NOVEMBER 7-8 [...] (U) This message replaces Colombo 1764. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) After 18 months with no movement toward resumed talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Eelam (LTTE),the peace process is beginning to look less like a process and more like [...]	2004-11-01 10:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CE
04COLOMBO1796	AKASHI "SOMEWHAT ENCOURAGED," BUT NOT CLEAR WHY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese envoy Akashi is "somewhat encouraged" from his visit to Sri Lanka. He found President Kumaratunga eager to move forward on talks, while the LTTE's Thamilchelvan complained that a "no war, no peace" situation was not satisfactory. Opposition Leader Wickremesinghe said [...]	2004-11-02 09:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE NO JA LTTE
04COLOMBO1809	Special Media Reaction: Deputy Secretary [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Armitage's taped message to Sri Lankans on the occasion of the U.S. presidential elections, transmitted as part of Embassy Colombo's Election Day event, garnered positive coverage in both the English and vernacular media. Reporting on the message and the event u [...]	2004-11-04 10:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
04COLOMBO1811	SRI LANKA: RIVAL MUSLIM SECTS CLASH IN THE EAST [...] (U) Local authorities imposed a night-time curfew in a town in the eastern district of Batticaloa November 1-3 after ten people were injured in violence between mainstream Muslims and members of a rival Sufi sect. According to M.L.A.M. Hizbullah, a local politician, the curfew was lifted th [...]	2004-11-04 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CE
04COLOMBO1817	SRI LANKA: JVP DENIES RUMORS OF RIFT IN ALLIANCE; [...] (C) Members of the JVP leadership denied recent press speculation of a growing rift between President Kumaratunga's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and alliance partner Janatha Vimukti Peramuna (JVP). Despite some internal disagreements--like the size of the Cabinet--there is consensus on mat [...]	2004-11-05 05:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
04COLOMBO1832	MALDIVES: REMAINING PRISON DETAINEES STAGE HUNGER [...] (C) Summary: Eighteen of the 20-odd Maldivian detainees still in prison since the events of August 12-13 have reportedly gone on a hunger strike. The likely cause is the almost three month continuing detention, without charges, while most of the other detainees have been released or transfer [...]	2004-11-08 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1834	SRI LANKA: NEW LTTE ORGANIZATION OFFERS LIP [...] (C) As part of its continued effort to build a "government" infrastructure, in July the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) set up the Northeast Secretariat of Human Rights (NESOHR),staffed by both non-LTTE community members and bona fide Tigers. At present, NESOHR officials are draftin [...]	2004-11-09 08:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1845	SRI LANKA: CEASEFIRE MONITOR SEES NO EVIDENCE OF [...] (C) Summary: In an October 28 meeting with poloff, Hagrup Hauckland, Deputy Head of Mission of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),said his organization has found no evidence to support Government allegations, widely reported in the press, of a significant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ee [...]	2004-11-10 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO185	Cohabitation channels remain open, but dispute [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cohabitation channels between the President and the PM remain open, but the two sides have still not come to agreement on how to divide Defense Ministry functions. As the impasse continues, there is renewed talk that parliamentary elections may be in the offing, perhaps in conj [...]	2004-02-02 11:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CE
04COLOMBO1856	SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) In a November 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar noted a "lack of clarity" in the peace process following the Norwegian facilitators' November 11 meeting with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Prabhakaran. Prabhakaran's ambiguous response to t [...]	2004-11-16 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1857	SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO INDIA YIELDS SOFT LOANS, STRONGER LANGUAGE ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) President Chandrika Kumaratunga's November 3-7 working visit to India yielded USD 250 million in concessional loans; the announcement of a pending bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement and Indian assistance to refurbish a strategic airfield in Jaffna; and an even stronger public statement of [...]	2004-11-17 06:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN CE LTTE
04COLOMBO186	MALDIVIAN DEPUTY FM ASKS US TO RECONSIDER LDC [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-03 01:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON MV
04COLOMBO1862	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR SEES LACK OF CLARITY ON BOTH [...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian ambassador observes that &neither side is clear8 in the peace process. The LTTE was markedly less negative of President Kumaratunga in the Norwegian,s discussions in Kilinochchi last week. Balasingham in particular made clear that the ISGA is subject to negotiatio [...]	2004-11-17 10:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1878	MALDIVES: ELECTION NEARS AS LEGAL PROCESS FROM [...] (C) Summary: The Maldivian government is slowly returning to work following the Ramadan Eid-al-Fitr holiday. Prison detainees are no longer on a hunger strike and approximately 21 people remain detained or under house arrest in connection with the August 12-13 civil unrest. Nine people have [...]	2004-11-19 04:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1891	Media Reaction: Deputy Secretary Armitage's conversation [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Armitage's November 19 telephone conversations with President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, as well as the Department's subsequent press statement, received broad, prominent coverage in the Sri Lankan media and served to reinfor [...]	2004-11-22 09:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1896	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT THREATENS RETURN TO DEATH [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced that President Chandrika Kumaratunga has decided to reactivate the death penalty following the November 19 assassinations of a High Court judge and his bodyguard in Colombo. The killings were likely prompted by the judge's involvement [...]	2004-11-22 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SNAR PHUM ASEC CE
04COLOMBO1897	SRI LANKA: SPASM OF VIOLENCE IN NORTH AND EAST [...] (C) Summary. On the eve of the LTTE's emotional Hero's Day ceremonies November 26-27, violent incidents, including LTTE killings of an army soldier and informants in the east, grenade attacks on the LTTE's political offices in Batticaloa, and an LTTE-enforced strike in Jaffna, have created [...]	2004-11-23 00:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1905	GSL BUDGET "NOT AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT;" BUSINESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Amunugama presented the GSL's 2005 budget proposal to Parliament on November 18. The budget included a number of provisions to expand revenue collection, widen the tax base and numerous new spending initiatives aimed primarily at the public sector, the rural se [...]	2004-11-24 09:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1906	MALDIVES, TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY [...] RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: A. General Overview of Auditing Procedures: 2. The Maldives has a system of public audit by the Auditor General (AG),a civilian authority. The Auditor General is appointed by and reports to the President. Audit reports are also sent to the heads of the [...]	2004-11-24 09:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID MV
04COLOMBO1907	SRI LANKA TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY [...] POST RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: A. General Overview of Auditing Procedures: 2. In Sri Lanka, the Auditor General (AG),a civilian authority, audits military expenditures as well as expenditure of all other government agencies. The Constitution provides for the appointment of the AG [...]	2004-11-24 09:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID CE
04COLOMBO191	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 016 (02/03/04) [...] (C) FYI. Ambassador Lunstead met Feb. 3 with Minh Pham (Amcit -- strictly protect),the head of the UNDP in the Maldives and a long-standing Mission contact. The wide-ranging discussion touched on a number of issues, including the newly created Human Rights Commission (as mentioned in Colomb [...]	2004-02-03 11:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO1912	MALDIVIAN REFORMISTS IN EXILE ASK FOR USG SUPPORT [...] (C) In a November 24 meeting with poloffs, representatives of the unregistered Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) living in Sri Lanka expressed concern about the freeness and fairness of parliamentary elections scheduled for December 31. In particular, they said that legal restrictions, inclu [...]	2004-11-26 06:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO1913	SRI LANKA: TENSIONS CONTINUE TO RISE AS LTTE [...] (C) Summary: Tensions continue to flare in the north and east as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) plan to celebrate their annual November 26-27 Heroes' Day. Throughout the two regions, interlocutors report that Sri Lanka army and civilians have clashed in attempts to disrupt prepa [...]	2004-11-26 06:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1916	COLOMBO PLAN: ACTION REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- please see Para Four. 2. (C) REPLACEMENT FOR DAP DIRECTOR?: Poloff met with Colombo Plan Secretary-General Kittipan Kanjanapipatkul on November 23 to discuss organization's Drug Awareness Program (DAP) directorship and the search for candidates to succeed [...]	2004-11-29 06:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR AORC CE
04COLOMBO192	Church attacks continue, but pressure for GSL [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been several attacks on churches in recent weeks, continuing the trend that began in 2003. The President and the PM have both condemned the attacks, but, as of yet, there have been few arrests and no prosecutions. On the positive side, pressure on the government to [...]	2004-02-03 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PHUM SOCI KPAO CE
04COLOMBO1920	SRI LANKA: LTTE HEROES' DAY ADDRESS SOFTER THAN [...] (C) Summary. On November 27, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran delivered his 16th annual "Heroes' Day" address from an undisclosed location in LTTE-controlled territory in Sri Lanka. In the speech, Prabhakaran criticized Sinhalese political parties and the [...]	2004-11-29 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1924	SRI LANKA: VIOLENCE IN TRINCOMALEE ESCALATES [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)'s November 26-27 "Heroes' Day" celebrations, violence is escalating in Trincomalee. Tensions there are running high after two Sinhalese men were killed in a November 29 LTTE-called hartal (general shutdown),and numerou [...]	2004-11-30 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1937	SRI LANKA: GSL RESPONSE TO LTTE HEROES' DAY SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL)'s response to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)'s annual "Heroes' Day" speech criticized the Tigers' call for an unconditional return to the peace talks as not conducive to "good faith negotiations," and reiterated the GSL's readiness [...]	2004-12-02 09:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1944	SRI LANKA: PERSONAL POLITICAL ISSUES FOR [...] (C) Summary: One of the major political issues being hotly discussed in all circles in Colombo is the exact tenure of President Kumaratunga's second term. One school of thought holds that her term ends in 2005, while constitutional scholars say there is some legal basis to the President's c [...]	2004-12-03 06:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CE
04COLOMBO1948	"LOW KEY" NORWEGIAN VISIT TO WANNI; THREE [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Ambassador,s December 2 meeting with Thamilchelvan produced no breakthroughs but kept lines of communication open. Thamilchelvan told him Prabhakaran,s recent policy speech had not been intended as a threat or ultimatum; he also reiterated LTTE commitment to maintainin [...]	2004-12-06 05:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1951	NEW GSL TARIFF FEES' NEGATIVE BUT MINIMAL [...] (SBU) Summary: As recently reported (Reftels),the GSL has imposed new tariff surcharges on non- essential items, though many agricultural, food, household and other consumer products are affected. The new levy ranges from 10-20 percent and does not affect the bulk of US exports to Sri Lanka. [...]	2004-12-06 10:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1952	SRI LANKA: PARTY OF EXTREMIST BUDDHIST MONKS [...] (C) Summary: The Buddhist extremist JHU party looks set to stir up religious tension during this holiday season. Its members have made several ultimatums to the government and say they will begin a "fast-unto-death" if these demands are not met by December 12. The party is also actively pla [...]	2004-12-06 11:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF CE
04COLOMBO1973	Batticaloa Generally Calm Despite Recent [...] (U) SUMMARY: A recent trip to the Eastern Sri Lankan cities of Batticaloa and Oluvil by PAO and CAO revealed them to be generally calm, despite previous shootings not far from Batticaloa and skirmishes in the more northern city of Trincomalee after the November 27 Heroes' Day speech. Student [...]	2004-12-09 11:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER OIIP EAID KPAO CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1975	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION TERMS JAILED MP "POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Opposition United National Party (UNP) MPs disrupted Parliamentary proceedings for two days with protests about the December 7 sentencing of a UNP Member of Parliament to two years in prison for contempt of court. The UNP views the harsh sentence as further evidence of an ongo [...]	2004-12-10 06:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
04COLOMBO1978	2005 National Trade Estimate report for Sri [...] The U.S. trade deficit with Sri Lanka was $1.7 billion in 2003, an increase of $14 million from 2002. U.S. goods exports in 2003 were $155 million, down 10 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Sri Lanka were $1.8 billion, down 0.2 percent. Sri Lanka is currently th [...]	2004-12-10 09:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO198	Tentative indications that cohabitation deal [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bradman Weerakoon, the PM's Secretary, told Ambassador Lunstead February 4 that a cohabitation deal was in the works. The deal, which would provide for sharing Defense Ministry powers, is under review by the President and the PM. In another potentially positive signal, the Pre [...]	2004-02-05 11:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CE
04COLOMBO2	GSL arrests large number of Sri Lankan illegal [...] (C) SUMMARY: In several recent incidents, GSL authorities have arrested roughly 350 Sri Lankans attempting to illegally migrate to Italy. The GSL also recently repatriated the last of a large number of third country nationals (all South Asian) who were arrested in mid-2003. At this point, [...]	2004-01-02 05:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON KFRD CE
04COLOMBO200	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 017 (02/05/04) [...] (SBU) We noted with great interest the press guidance from the Department on the Millenium Challenge Corporation and timeline for implementing the Millenium Challenge Account. Knowing that Sri Lanka figures high on the notional list of recipients, however, gives us pause when we think about [...]	2004-02-05 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO2002	TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT LTTE ACTIVITIES [...] Summary and Action Request (C): The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is engaging in numerous fundraising activities worldwide, from both "legitimate" sources and organized crime activities. As much as $200 million of funds raised from their organized crime and "legitimate" fundraisi [...]	2004-12-16 09:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN CVIS KCRM PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO2007	2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Please find attached Mission's 2004 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Para 20 I. Summary: Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug tra [...]	2004-12-17 05:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL CE
04COLOMBO2011	SRI LANKA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Updated information for the Department's 2004 annual terrorism report follows below. 2. Begin text of submission: The Sri Lankan government supports the Global War on Terror and continues to demonstrate a strong commitment to combating terrorism--a commitment stressed by President Chand [...]	2004-12-17 06:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC CE
04COLOMBO2012	MALDIVES: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 06:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC MV
04COLOMBO2014	SRI LANKA: LOCAL GOVERNANCE THE PRIORITY IN [...] (C) Summary: During a December 14-15 visit to Kandy, Sri Lanka's cultural and Buddhist capital, emboffs found interlocutors focused on local governance and dedicated to addressing the needs of the communities in the Central Province. Elected officials spoke about working together with their [...]	2004-12-17 06:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF KWMN CE
04COLOMBO2018	SOLHEIM SEES NO PROGRESS TOWARDS TALKS BUT [...] (C) Summary. After making the rounds in Sri Lanka, Norwegian peace envoy Solheim sees little chance of a quick return to the peace table although "things could be worse." He found both sides committed to the cease-fire and neither seeking a return to combat. In the Norwegian view, the pri [...]	2004-12-20 09:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO2032	2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Please find attached Mission's 2004 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). The Maldives ------------ The Maldives is not a producer of narcotics or precursor chemicals. Officials believe that all narcotics trafficked into Maldives is for local use, not for transshipmen [...]	2004-12-22 09:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL CE
04COLOMBO2043	CARTEGENA PROTOCOL ON BIO SAFETY [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-23 07:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAGR EAID TBIO
04COLOMBO2046	SRI LANKA, MALDIVES REPORT EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, [...] (U) At least 2000 people were reported killed in Sri Lanka, including 4 in Colombo, and an unknown number in Maldives as a result of flooding caused by tidal waves unleashed by an earthquake off the coast of Indonesia on December 26. Beach resorts in both countries, packed with holiday touris [...]	2004-12-26 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAID CE MV
04COLOMBO2047	DISASTER DECLARATION - TIDAL WAVE IN SRI LANKA [...] Summary: Based upon an official request from the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka and our assessment SIPDIS of the situation, the Ambassador declares that a state of disaster has resulted from the tidal wave that hit Sri Lanka on December 26, leaving at least 2000 dead, 200,000 ho [...]	2004-12-26 12:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PGOV CE
04COLOMBO2048	DISASTER DECLARATION - TIDAL WAVE IN MALDIVES [...] Summary: Based on an official request from the Chief Government Spokesman of the Republic of Maldives and our assessment of the situation, the Ambassador declares that a state of disaster has resulted from the tidal wave that hit Maldives on December 26 (reftel). The Ambassador requests USD [...]	2004-12-26 12:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR PGOV MV
04COLOMBO2053	SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES: UPDATE ON POST-TSUNAMI [...] Five Americans have been reported killed and about 100 remain unaccounted for after a tsunami struck Sri Lanka the morning of December 26, causing at least 6,000 deaths islandwide. (Note: The latest government figures indicate the count could rise as high as 10,000. End note.) This tally in [...]	2004-12-27 12:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AEMR EAID CE MV
04COLOMBO2061	SRI LANKA: LTTE REJECTS NEW GSL PROPOSALS FOR [...] (C) Summary. In a December 27 conversation with Ambassador and U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Professional Staff Member Tim Rieser, Secretary General of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Peace Secretariat Jayantha Dhanapala explained the latest developments in the peace process with [...]	2004-12-28 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO2062	SRI LANKA: ASSISTANCE EFFORTS BEGIN [...] (U) As of COB on December 28, unconfirmed estimates put the number killed in the December 26 tsunami at over 12,000 (some tallies were as high as 18,000),of which, according to the Sri Lankan Tourist Board, 70 were foreign tourists. The Embassy has confirmed that seven American citizens wer [...]	2004-12-28 13:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC AEMR PREL EAID CE
04COLOMBO2063	TFXO01: MALDIVES SITREP -- LOW CASUALTIES, HIGH [...] FOREIGN TOURISTS: Econoff visited Maldives on December 27, 2004. As of 2030 on December 27, no American citizens have been reported killed in Maldives and there are no known American citizens reported missing or injured in Maldives. The Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) believes [...]	2004-12-28 13:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AEMR EAID PREL PGOV MV
04COLOMBO2073	TFX001: SITREP NO. 3 ON SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES, [...] (U) American Citizens: The number of American citizens confirmed killed in the December 26 tsunami stands at 7; 116 remain unaccounted for; 180 welfare/whereabouts cases have been resolved. All American and LES employees of the Embassy, USAID and IBB have been accounted for. According to [...]	2004-12-30 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC AEMR EAID PGOV PREL CE MV
04COLOMBO2078	TFX001: SITREP NO. 4 ON SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES, [...] (U) American Citizens: A total of 7 Americans are confirmed dead; 68 remain unaccounted for; 233 welfare/whereabouts cases have been resolved. One American consular officer and one Consular FSN traveled to Matara District on December 31 to visit hospitals. 2. (SBU) Government Actions: [...]	2004-12-31 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR CASC EAID PGOV PREL CE MV
04COLOMBO216	MEDIA PLAY: President Kumaratunga dissolves [...] (U) Summary. On February 7, President Kumaratunga dissolved Sri Lanka's Parliament. Newspaper reporting was partisan, particularly in government-owned (and Kumaratunga-controlled) media outlets. The independent press carried Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and his UNP party's story, as well [...]	2004-02-09 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE
04COLOMBO217	President sets parliamentary elections for [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late February 7, President Kumaratunga dissolved Parliament and called early general elections for April 2. The GSL remains in place, but is now a "caretaker" government and there may be some large-scale ministerial changes at the President's request. Sri Lanka's political par [...]	2004-02-09 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ASEC CE
04COLOMBO218	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 019 (02/09/04) [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: You will see our front- channel report re the calling of elections on April 2. As with previous elections in Sri Lanka, we are looking into the options of assisting election monitoring. During the December 2001 parliamentary elections, the National Democratic Institute [...]	2004-02-09 11:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO226	Sri Lanka: PM appears relaxed about elections; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Lunstead met with Prime Minister Wickremesinghe late February 9. The PM appeared relaxed regarding the just announced parliamentary elections scheduled to take place April 2. He said he had always expected President Kumaratunga to go for elections and he predicted th [...]	2004-02-10 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CE JA NO EU
04COLOMBO234	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 021 (02/11/04) [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-11 10:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO241	Sri Lanka's election process [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of President Kumaratunga's calling of early parliamentary elections to take place on April 2, Mission has put together the following primer on Sri Lanka's election process. Flagging the many idiosyncrasies of the process, the primer focuses on four key areas: the nomi [...]	2004-02-12 09:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR CE
04COLOMBO242	Campaign Snapshot: President sacks all non- [...] (C) In this message, Mission reviews the following items revolving around Sri Lanka's parliamentary election campaign: -- In transparent bid to circumscribe GSL's powers before election, President Kumaratunga fires junior ministers; -- Protesting that move, key Minister Milinda Moragoda [...]	2004-02-11 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR PHUM CE
04COLOMBO244	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 022 (02/12/04) [...] (U) Ambassador will be traveling out of Colombo (but within Sri Lanka) from about noon on Friday till Monday afternoon. He should be in cell phone reach during that period. AID Director Carol Becker will be Acting DCM. Joe Novak and Dean Thompson will also both be in Colombo and reachable th [...]	2004-02-12 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO248	Maldives: Increasing signs of opposition to [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition to President Gayoom's long rule of the Maldives appears to be growing stronger. Mission has heard that anti-Gayoom elements may be planning to rally in Male' and that police have been out in force to counter any such effort. There are also indications that an anti-Ga [...]	2004-02-13 06:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM MV
04COLOMBO25	COLOMBO THREAT LETTER CLAIMS LTTE TERRORIST PLOT [...] (SBU) On January 7, 2004, AmEmbassy Colombo received a letter from an unknown source of unknown reliability who identified himself as Anton Moses, of No. 119/16 Kleiyamana Road, Gurugewatta, Hendala, Wattala (Sri Lanka). Source reports that a member of the LTTE is currently in the United St [...]	2004-01-07 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC CE
04COLOMBO250	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 023 (02/13/04) [...] (C) FYI. Just wanted to flag the following items regarding the Sri Lankan parliamentary election campaign: -- Has Milinda Moragoda officially resigned (see Colombo 242)?: According to February 13 press reports, the President has sent a letter to the Prime Minister stating that Minister M [...]	2004-02-13 06:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO257	Maldivian government cracks down on opposition; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maldivian government has confirmed that it arrested eight people on February 13 and has indicated that it will charge them with planning an illegal demonstration, among other items. There are reports that an additional 10-25 people may also have been detained on trumped up [...]	2004-02-17 10:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM PINR CASC MV
04COLOMBO258	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 024 (02/17/04) [...] (C) Sri Lanka is focused on all the little nuances of the electoral campaign. The following are some of the latest nuggets: -- Today, February 17, is the official opening date for nominations for the April 2 parliamentary elections. Candidates have through February 24 to turn in candidacy [...]	2004-02-17 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO26	PM suggests need to amend ceasefire with [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 7 United National Party (UNP) meeting in Panduwasnuwara, roughly 70 miles north of Colombo, the Prime Minister gave a speech suggesting the need to amend the government's ceasefire agreement with the LTTE based on the President's control of the Defense Ministry. [...]	2004-01-07 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO271	Washington donor Co-chairs meeting reaps [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media coverage of the February 17 Sri Lanka donor Co-chairs meeting hosted by the Deputy Secretary in Washington is just beginning to flow in. SIPDIS Most local press reaction, thus far, has been straightforward reporting of the Department's press statement with little commen [...]	2004-02-19 09:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPAO CE NO JA EU LTTE
04COLOMBO273	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 026 (02/19/04) [...] (C) You will see our front-channel today regarding reaction to February 17 Co-chairs meeting. Media reaction is just beginning to flow in: it has been fairly straightforward with little commentary as of yet. Political contacts and local observers were generally upbeat. We will provide mor [...]	2004-02-19 10:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO291	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 028 (02/23/04) [...] (C) The Ambassador's call on the President did not come through February 23. She was up-country most of the day. We will reinvigorate the request when the Ambassador returns from the Maldives (see below) and in the meantime brief some of her key advisors. Ambassador and Team to Maldives - [...]	2004-02-23 11:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO3	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 173 (01/02/04) [...] (C) FYI. We just wanted to highlight the following recent threads of information regarding the peace process/cohabitation situation that emerged over the New Years' period: -- Tiger chief negotiator Anton Balasingham, according to a January 1 report on the pro-LTTE website "TamilNet," sta [...]	2004-01-02 06:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV KWMM
04COLOMBO307	MEDIA PLAY: Sri Lanka Co-Chairs Meeting in [...] (U) Summary. While media reaction to the statement Washington released after the 2/17 Sri Lanka co-chairs meeting was headline heavy, editorial comment was limited. All major English, Sinhala and Tamil Sri Lankan media outlets reported on the post-meeting statement with straightforward head [...]	2004-02-25 08:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO309	Campaign Snapshot: election-related violence [...] (C) In this message, Mission reviews the following items related to Sri Lanka's upcoming April 2 parliamentary election campaign: -- Incidents of election-related violence already being reported; -- Buddhist leadership oppose monks standing for election; -- Elections Commissioner set [...]	2004-02-25 09:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR PHUM CE
04COLOMBO311	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 030 (02/25/04) [...] (S) We have been following press reports and Embassy Kuala Lumpur cables regarding the Pakistan-related nuclear proliferation activities in Malaysia of Sri Lankan citizen B.S.A. Tahir. We've uncovered no information here to date. Today, however, a Sri Lankan businessman came in to discuss h [...]	2004-02-25 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO32	GSL still a party to the ceasefire with the [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the PM's January 7 comments calling for the President to take responsibility for the ceasefire agreement with the Tigers, the ceasefire is still in effect and fears that the GSL would withdraw from the agreement have subsided. The ceasefire remains intact, as both [...]	2004-01-08 09:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO321	Campaigning begins in earnest as nomination [...] (C) SUMMARY: The proverbial dust has settled on the nomination process for Sri Lanka's upcoming April 2 parliamentary elections, with nominations closing February 24. Campaigns by the two major parties have kicked off as of February 26, and the stage is set for the fourth national election i [...]	2004-02-26 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR PHUM CE LTTE
04COLOMBO322	ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION WITH DHS SECRETARY [...] Ambassador Lunstead looks forward to the roundtable discussion with other COMs and DHS Secretary Ridge on March 8. Following is a list of relevant issues in Sri Lanka and Maldives, keyed to the format in reftel. A. Movement of People In both Sri Lanka and Maldives, we seek to improve th [...]	2004-02-26 11:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT CVIS OTRA PREL PTER CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO327	FOLLOW-UP ON MADRID CONFERENCE DONORS FOR IRAQ [...] In response to Embassy queries, Mr. Weerakoon of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs relayed the follwing status report on the Government of Sri Lanka's assistance to Iraq. 2. Sri Lanka's commitment to Iraq was 100,000 kilograms of tea and 100,000 pieces of clothing. As o [...]	2004-02-27 05:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IZ CE
04COLOMBO328	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 031 (02/27/04) [...] (C) The Ambassador and party report that the Maldives trip continues to go well, with a number of interesting meetings including with President Gayoom yesterday. Meanwhile, on the opposition front, you may see press reports that the GSL has ordered MDP organizer Mohammed Latheef (with whom w [...]	2004-02-27 05:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO406	Sri Lanka: Ignoring orders of LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The main Tamil Tiger organization in the north announced March 6 that it was replacing a dissident commander. The commander, Karuna, has refused to step down, however, and remains ensconced in his eastern jungle base. No violence has been reported, but the situation is becomin [...]	2004-03-06 08:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR MOPS CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO422	Campaign Snapshot: Despite LTTE rift, Tamil [...] (C) In this message, Mission reviews the following items related to Sri Lanka's April 2 parliamentary election campaign: -- Despite LTTE split, pro-Tiger party carries on campaign; -- Extremist Buddhist monks launch effort; -- Incidents of campaign-related violence on low side, so far [...]	2004-03-09 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PTER PHUM CE
04COLOMBO424	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 037 (03/09/04) [...] (C) We continue to monitor the situation in the east. As you know, it is not clear exactly what is transpiring amid many conflicting reports. Here are some of the latest items: -- REPORTED KILLINGS: There are various reports that fighting has begun between the rival LTTE factions. The [...]	2004-03-09 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO43	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 003 (01/09/04) [...] (U) FYI. On January 8, Parliament passed a motion to appoint a parliamentary select committee to examine the differences between the findings of two reports on the 2002 police raid of a Sri Lanka Army safehouse. As reported in 03 Colombo 2121, a retired judge commissioned by President Kumar [...]	2004-01-09 06:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO435	Sri Lanka: Rebel eastern commander torques up [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rebel LTTE commander Karuna continues to lash out at the main Tamil Tiger organization in the north. In a March 9 interview with BBC TV, Karuna -- speaking at a base in Batticaloa -- asserted that he had left the LTTE because he thought the group was preparing for war pending t [...]	2004-03-10 05:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR MOPS KPAO CE NO IN LTTE
04COLOMBO439	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 039 (03/11/04) [...] (C) The Ambassador met March 11 with Foreign Secretary Bernard Goonetilleke. As Goonetilleke is also SIPDIS chief of Sri Lanka's Peace Secretariat, the discussion focused mostly on the situation in the east. Goonetilleke -- who is clearly spending much time on the matter -- made the follo [...]	2004-03-11 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO440	Sri Lanka: Can rebel Tamil Tiger commander in [...] (C) A week after he split from the main LTTE organization in the north, rebel commander Karuna appears to be gradually consolidating his position in the east. With many loyal troops in strong defensive redoubts, his military position seems relatively strong. There are also signs that he is p [...]	2004-03-11 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR MOPS CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO444	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR USCG 41- [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA HAS SUBMITTED REFERENCE (FORWARDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER) REQUEST FOR EDA TRANSFER OF 41-FOOT US COAST GUARD UTILITY BOAT. BOTH THE SRI LANKAN NAVY (SLN) AND SRI LANKAN POLICE - PARAMILITARY BRANCH, THE SPECIAL TASK FORCE (STF) HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN OBTAINI [...]	2004-03-12 05:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV PTER CE
04COLOMBO45	RESULTS OF COLOMBO LTTE THREAT LETTER INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary - REFTEL reported the text of a letter sent to Embassy Colombo claiming a LTTE terrorist plot in the U.S. RSO investigation indicates the threat information contained in the letter is most likely false. The letter appears to be the work of a jealous lover. End Summary. 2. ( [...]	2004-01-09 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CE PTER
04COLOMBO456	Norwegian Special Envoy Solheim reviews latest [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 13 meeting with the four local co-chairs (Japan, Norway, U.S. and the EU) and again to a wider donor group on March 15, Norwegian Special Envoy Erik Solheim discussed his latest visit to Sri Lanka. Ambassador Lunstead participated in the meetings. Most of Solheim's [...]	2004-03-15 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO460	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR SURVEILLANCE RADARS [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA HAS SUBMITTED REFERENCE (FORWARDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER) REQUEST FOR SURVEILLANCE RADARS FOR BOTH STATIC & MOBILE COASTAL RADAR STATIONS. THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE CURRENTLY DESIRES TO ESTABLISH COASTAL RADAR STATIONS AND IS REQUESTING FOUR HIGH FREQUENCY OVER THE HO [...]	2004-03-16 04:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO465	Campaign Snapshot: Major parties issue dueling [...] (C) In this message, Mission reviews the following items related to Sri Lanka's April 2 parliamentary election campaign: -- President Kumaratunga defends record in nationally televised address; -- United National Party (UNP) releases strongly pro- peace process manifesto; -- President [...]	2004-03-15 03:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PTER PHUM CE KWMM
04COLOMBO469	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 042 (03/17/04) [...] (C) Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar called Ambassador Lunstead March 17 to relay a conversation the Norwegians had with Pulithevan, head of the LTTE "Peace Secretariat." In his discussion with the Norwegians, SIPDIS Pulithevan stated that the LTTE had had no involvement with the rumor [...]	2004-03-17 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE

04COLOMBO480	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 043 (03/18/04) [...] (C) FYI. In a long interview with TamilNet posted on March 17, London-based LTTE spokesman Balasingham has made his first public comments on the Karuna situation. Balasingham said the Tiger split between the north and east was not a major politico-military crisis and that the LTTE would deal [...]	2004-03-18 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO489	Sri Lanka: Competing Muslim groups engage in [...] (C) SUMMARY: Muslim parties are engaged in fierce infighting ahead of the April 2 parliamentary election. Tensions are particularly high in the east, where there have been many incidents of violence between the pro-UNP Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and Muslims who are loyal to President K [...]	2004-03-19 05:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO490	PROMISES, PROMISES: ECONOMIC RHETORIC FROM [...] (C) Summary: As the march toward the April 2 parliamentary elections continues, much of the campaign rhetoric has focused on the economy. At the same time, the continued political instability caused by the dissolution of parliament and the ensuing campaign is casting a pall over the economy. [...]	2004-03-19 05:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO50	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 004 (01/12/04) [...] (C) FYI. Further to the January 8 email concerning Ambassador Subasinghe's comments to the desk regarding the possible re-swearing in of Ministers Amaratunga and Barkeer Markar to their old Interior and Mass Communications portfolios, respectively, we just want to flag to you that these mini [...]	2004-01-12 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO501	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 045 (03/22/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. President Kumaratunga's United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) party alleged over the weekend that foreign governments -- including the U.S. -- were trying to influence the outcome of the April 2 parliamentary elections by providing financial assistance to monitoring organization [...]	2004-03-22 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO503	Sri Lanka: Radical JVP party ramps up [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahead of Sri Lanka's April 2 parliamentary election, the radical JVP party is running hard in Sri Lanka's south. The party appears to be garnering strength, though some of its support may be siphoned away by a small party running an all-Buddhist monk slate of candidates. In a [...]	2004-03-22 11:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM PINR SOCI CE
04COLOMBO510	WALK-IN CLAIMS LOCAL PASSPORT VENDOR HELPED FOUR [...] (S/NF) On March 18, a confidential source of undetermined reliability but known to RSO and ORCA New Delhi contacted the RSO to pass new information and advise he will be relocating to Abu Dhabi for work. Source is identified as Mohamed Ilyars Mohamed HUNU, DPOB 12/15/1972 - Sri Lanka, National [...]	2004-03-23 07:53:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
04COLOMBO514	To gain edge for President, state-run [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two state-run, pro-President Kumaratunga newspapers appear to have fabricated results of a recent USAID-funded poll to make it seem that Sri Lankan voters favored the President over the PM and distrusted donor countries. In a March 22 courtesy call with SA DAS Patterson, Minist [...]	2004-03-23 10:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PREL CE
04COLOMBO52	FY-2004 MRP "MULTI-CULTURALISM IN A DEMOCRATIC [...] POST NOMINATES MR. RUWAN P. CHANDRASEKERA, ACTING REGIONAL COORDINATOR, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION-JAFFNA AS THE PRINCIPAL CANDIDATE AND VEN. WALMORUWE PIYARATHANA THERO, LECTURER AT THE DEPT. OF PALI AND BUDDHIST STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA AS THE ALTERNATE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SUBJECT [...]	2004-01-12 10:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO520	Sri Lanka: Level of violence falls markedly [...] (C) SUMMARY: The level of campaign-related violence in Sri Lanka has fallen markedly compared to that recorded in the past. It is not clear why violence is down, but the Elections Commission, the police, and local and foreign monitors have worked hard to tamp down the violence. That said, [...]	2004-03-23 11:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM PINR PTER CE
04COLOMBO54	Japanese proposal for donor meeting in Colombo [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan has proposed that Special Envoy Akashi convene a formal "Tokyo Follow-up Meeting" during his late-January visit to Sri Lanka. Both the GSL and most, if not all, other donors think a formal meeting is not a good idea. They prefer to see Akashi's visit as a prelude to a Fe [...]	2004-01-12 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS EAID PINR CE LTTE
04COLOMBO543	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 048 (03/26/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. Here are the latest nuggets of news: -- President Kumaratunga attended a large rally in the southern town of Matara on March 25. She did not say anything dramatic, per se. The rally was well-attended. Based on what we are hearing, the President's SLFP-JVP alliance (the "UPFA") [...]	2004-03-26 05:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO546	AMERICAN NGO RECEIVES THREATS AFTER ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary - On 03/26/04, RSO Colombo was advised by a local USAID-funded NGO that its office had received a series of anonymous phone and fax threats concerning a local newspaper article that publicized the results of an election survey funded by the NGO that was favorable to President Ku [...]	2004-03-26 11:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER
04COLOMBO557	Campaign Snapshot: Campaigning set to end [...] (C) In this message, Mission reviews the following items involving Sri Lanka's April 2 parliamentary election campaign: -- Per the rules, campaigning set to end March 30, 48 hours before election day. -- Conflicting poll results. -- In visit to southern districts, Mission team finds s [...]	2004-03-29 02:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PINR CE
04COLOMBO563	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 050 (03/30/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. Here are the latest nuggets of news: -- As noted in Colombo 557, campaigning for the April 2 election is set to end at midnight tonight (March 30). The PM is speaking at a number of rallies before attending the UNP's final rally of the campaign in Colombo tonight. President Kum [...]	2004-03-30 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO564	New party with all-monk candidate slate [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unprecedented move, the JHU, a new political party, is fielding an all-Buddhist monk slate of candidates. While its platform is vague, the party is basically anti-peace process. It has also taken a tough stance against corruption. The JHU effort has drawn flak from the [...]	2004-03-28 03:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI PHUM CE
04COLOMBO565	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA HAS SUBMITTED REFERENCE (FORWARDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER) REQUEST FOR TWO VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND LANDING (VTOL) EAGLE EYE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV). THE SRI LANKA NAVY CURRENTLY DESIRES TO PURCHASE TWO VTOL EAGLE EYE UAVS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THEIR SURVEILLANCE [...]	2004-03-31 03:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO567	Sri Lanka: Implications for U.S. policy of [...] (C) SUMMARY: This message reviews the implications for U.S. policy of possible scenarios resulting from Sri Lanka's April 2 parliamentary election. The two most likely post-election scenarios are: -- (A) The President's UPFA grouping wins outright or is able to cobble together a majority [...]	2004-03-31 11:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR PHUM ECON CE
04COLOMBO568	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 051 (03/31/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. Just want to flag that tensions between the main LTTE and rebel commander Karuna in Batticaloa District in the east are rising. As you know, a TNA candidate and a relative were gunned down on March 30, probably by a LTTE hit squad (the LTTE, for its part, has denied involvement). [...]	2004-03-31 11:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO572	Sri Lanka braces for tight, tense election [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lankans are getting ready to go to the polls on April 2 to vote for a new Parliament. At this point, it still seems to be anyone's race to win: the Prime Minister's UNP appears to be making a late charge against the President's UPFA, but it is not clear which side has the o [...]	2004-04-01 10:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM ASEC CE
04COLOMBO573	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 052 (04/01/04) [...] (C) FYI. We want to flag the following items related to Sri Lanka's parliamentary elections, which take place tomorrow, April 2: -- We are sending out a snapshot of Sri Lanka on the eve of the election, which you should see in a front-channel tonight. -- There continues to be an argume [...]	2004-04-01 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO579	Sri Lanka goes to the polls: Situation is [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lankans flocked to the polls April 2 to elect a new Parliament. The situation throughout the country -- including the often volatile north and east -- is reportedly calm and there have been few reports of violence. Turnout seems high. Polls have now closed and results wil [...]	2004-04-02 01:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO587	Sri Lanka: Results of Sri Lanka's April 2 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Final results from Sri Lanka's April 2 parliamentary election came out late April 4 and President Kumaratunga's political grouping, the "UPFA," emerged with the largest number of seats in Parliament. The UPFA did not attain a majority, however. The President may swear in an "in [...]	2004-04-05 12:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON CE
04COLOMBO592	MEDIA PLAY: Sri Lankan Media Consumed by [...] (U) Summary. Sri Lanka's English and vernacular media offered exhaustive coverage and commentary about the nation's April 2 parliamentary elections. The morning after the poll (4/3),glowing lead headlines focused on the relatively peaceful election. The media also reported on election vio [...]	2004-04-06 02:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE
04COLOMBO601	Sri Lanka: President swears in new PM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 6, President Kumaratunga swore in Mahinda Rajapakse, a senior leader in her SLFP party, as Sri Lanka's next prime minister. A new cabinet may be sworn in the next day or so. In the meantime, the President's UPFA grouping (SLFP plus JVP) continues to look for partners [...]	2004-04-06 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR CE
04COLOMBO606	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 054 (04/07/04) [...] (C) The Ambassador will call on new Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse at 9 am Thurday morning. We assume that the POTUS-Prime Minister congratulatory letter referred to in the D memo you e-mailed us is in the works? Let us know if you need language from us. Depending on how long the meeting [...]	2004-04-07 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO607	Tensions continue to percolate between LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions continue to percolate between the main LTTE organization and rebel eastern commander Karuna. The Tigers recently warned Karuna that they plan to "get rid" of him. In the meantime, there are continuing reports of LTTE hit squads roaming the east and of LTTE and Karuna [...]	2004-04-07 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PINR PHUM MOPS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO611	In meeting with Ambassador, new PM expresses [...] (C) Ambassador Lunstead made a congratulatory call on new Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse on April 8. During their 45-minute long discussion, Rajapakse underscored his support for the peace process. In a theme he kept returning to, he also expressed deep concerns about the high d [...]	2004-04-08 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON MASS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO620	LTTE FACTIONS SQUARE OFF IN EASTERN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Embassy Colombo received information today that rival factions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),located in eastern Sri Lanka, became engaged in two gun battles beginning early this morning April 9. Three cadres, most likely from the northern faction, were reported killed [...]	2004-04-09 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CE MOPS PGOV PINS PTER LTTE
04COLOMBO628	Sri Lanka: Under pressure from the main LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The forces of dissident eastern LTTE commander Karuna have buckled in the face of the offensive launched by the main LTTE organization on April 9. There is word that Karuna's forces have retreated and that hundreds of them have apparently surrendered without a fight. Karuna's [...]	2004-04-14 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS MOPS EAID CE LTTE
04COLOMBO637	Sri Lanka: President swears in new Cabinet [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga swore in Sri Lanka's new Cabinet on April 10. As expected, the President kept control of the defense and internal security portfolios, while key SLFP advisers received most of the other top portfolios. The radical JVP, a key SLFP ally in the recent campai [...]	2004-04-14 12:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR CE
04COLOMBO646	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 057 (04/15/04) [...] (C) FYI. This is an update to our April 14 front- channel (Colombo 628) about the crumbling of rebel Tiger commander Karuna's forces in the east: -- The whereabouts of Karuna remain a mystery. Although speculation remains rife that Karuna is either in Sri Lankan military custody or in dis [...]	2004-04-15 12:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO647	Sri Lanka: Biographic data on new Cabinet [...] (C) As reported Reftel, Sri Lanka's new cabinet was sworn in on April 10. (FYI. President Kumaratunga retained control of the defense and internal security portfolios -- see Reftels. Due to a dispute with President Kumaratunga, the radical Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, "JVP," has not yet assu [...]	2004-04-15 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON CE
04COLOMBO653	After ousting rebel commander, LTTE reasserts [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the face of the LTTE's recent offensive, breakaway commander Karuna's forces appear to have totally melted away and, as of April 16, the situation in the east is calm. Karuna's whereabouts remain a mystery. For its part, the GSL military continues to deny reports that it is [...]	2004-04-16 07:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS MOPS PHUM EAID CE LTTE
04COLOMBO669	Sri Lanka update: Parliament set to reopen [...] (C) In this update message, Mission reviews the following political developments in Sri Lanka: -- Parliament is set to reopen on April 22, with the selection of a Speaker one of the first tasks; -- Tensions continue between the President's party and its extremist coalition partner; -- [...]	2004-04-17 08:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE
04COLOMBO676	USAID/SRI LANKA SECURITY PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR FY 05 AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 03:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NONE
04COLOMBO69	Tigers say they still support ceasefire accord, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the recent controversy over the PM's remarks about the ceasefire accord, Tiger officials have publicly reaffirmed their support for the ceasefire and the peace process. The Tigers and pro- Tiger elements have expressed a significant degree of impatience with the [...]	2004-01-13 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR PINS KPAO CE LTTE
04COLOMBO690	Amid raucous scenes, initial vote on Speaker [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's Parliament convened on April 22. The opening session was chaotic, with both sides of the chamber hurling invective at each other. Initial voting for the Speaker of Parliament ended in a 108-108 tie between the government and Opposition candidates. Another vote is e [...]	2004-04-22 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM CE
04COLOMBO694	In big defeat for new government, Sri Lankan [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Parliament has elected W.J.M. Lokubandara, an MP for the Opposition UNP, as its next Speaker. The vote, which took place late April 22, was a close one, 110-109, with six abstentions. Parliament reconvenes on May 18. While the Speaker job is largely symbolic, th [...]	2004-04-23 06:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR CE
04COLOMBO696	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 061 (04/26/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. As flagged in Colombo 669, Provincial Council elections in the "Wayamba" province of north- central Sri Lanka took place on April 26. In an impressive showing, the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) captured 31 seats on the Council, with 19 going to the United National Party [...]	2004-04-26 10:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO701	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 062 (04/27/04) [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-27 10:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO702	UPFA government wins Provincial Council [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UPFA government easily won the April 24 Provincial Council election in Wayamba, an area north of Colombo. In other political news, the JVP's ministerial nominees are scheduled to take their oath of office on April 28 after a compromise was reached in the JVP's dispute with [...]	2004-04-26 23:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CE
04COLOMBO705	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 063 (04/28/04) [...] (U) FYI. After much wrangling with the President over the content of their ministerial portfolios (see Colombo 702, and previous),the JVP accepted the compromise offered by Kumaratunga and eight JVP MPs assumed their minister- and deputy-ministerships in an April 28 ceremony. The JPV took [...]	2004-04-28 11:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO706	UNICEF cites recent positive actions by the [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 27 meeting with the DCM, Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Country Representative for Sri Lanka, discussed the LTTE's recent releases of child soldiers. Chaiban cited significant tranches of child combatants released by the LTTE in March and April, driven in part by the factional [...]	2004-04-28 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KOCI CE LTTE
04COLOMBO71	COLOMBO FY2003 BFIF CLOSEOUT [...] Post greatly appreciates the support it receives from the BFIF program and staff. It allows the Commercial Section to promote US exports in a region where there is stiff competition from Asian neighbors, and a lack of knowledge about tapping the US market. Both Sri Lanka and the Maldives are [...]	2004-01-14 01:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO CE MV ETRD ABUD ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO72	Donors find agreement over Akashi visit [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Tokyo Co-chairs and the larger donor group both agreed that the Akashi visit should include an informal meeting with the donors only, followed by a meeting with GSL -- and LTTE, if they would come. Meetings will be low-key, with no communique or press release. Akashi wil [...]	2004-01-14 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CE NO EU JA LTTE
04COLOMBO742	Maldives: Draft International Religious [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Per Ref B, Mission submits below the draft Maldives International Religious Freedom report for 2004. A Word document with tracked changes in the final 2003 version of the Maldives report has been sent to [...]	2004-05-07 05:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF KSEP MV
04COLOMBO747	Peace Process update: Norwegian FM in high- [...] (C) This update on Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following recent developments: -- Norwegian Foreign Minister visits Sri Lanka for meetings with GSL and LTTE leaders. -- LTTE London-based spokesman Anton Balasingham visits Sri Lanka after a year's hiatus. -- Tensions between th [...]	2004-05-10 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO750	SPECIAL FY-2004 MRP "YOUNG LEADERS: EFFECTING [...] POST NOMINATES MS. CHAMPIKA LIYANARACHCHI, POLITICAL COLUMNIST/DEPUTY FEATURES EDITOR, "DAILY MIRROR," AS THE PRINCIPAL CANDIDATE AND MR. SEEVALI AMITIRIGALA, LECTURER, SRI LANKA LAW COLLEGE, AS THE ALTERNATE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SUBJECT PROJECT. POST CONFIRMS THAT THIS NOMINATION HAS "FU [...]	2004-05-11 05:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO760	Amid decline in number of church attacks, new [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the course of the past several months, there has been a sharp decline in the number of attacks on Christian churches in Sri Lanka compared to the late 2003 - early 2004 timeframe. The decline seems attributable, at least in part, to the public condemnation of the attacks b [...]	2004-05-11 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KIRF CE
04COLOMBO767	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 070 (05/12/04) [...] (C) FYI. Mission has heard there may be some negative reaction in Sri Lanka and the Maldives to the news accounts and photos of alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners. In one case, a USAID contractor working in the ethnically diverse east was told not to visit a project as some Muslims in the area [...]	2004-05-12 10:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV ECONOMICS LTTE
04COLOMBO770	After recent election defeat, UNP leader [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNP leader and former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is under fire from members of his own party who are seeking to clip his wings and/or remove him as party leader. The discontent stems from the view of many party members that Wickremesinghe led the party poorly in the Ap [...]	2004-05-12 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CE
04COLOMBO776	Counternarcotics Update: Recent large heroin [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent counternarcotics developments in Sri Lanka include police seizures of several large shipments of heroin in early May. In other news, the GSL is set to review the possible legalization of marijuana for certain medicinal purposes. Finally, a USG-funded training program [...]	2004-05-13 11:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PINR PREL EAID CE
04COLOMBO794	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 072 (05/17/04) [...] (SBU) Christina had a successful visit to Trincomalee over the weekend, meeting with a wide variety of people and visiting three AID/OTI projects. Frontchannel reporting on the Sri Lanka portion of her trip will be on the wires Tuesday. The Ambassador reports from Male' that the Maldives po [...]	2004-05-17 10:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO795	Bio-data on Jayantha Dhanapala, new chief of [...] (SBU) On May 14, President Kumaratunga's office issued a press release naming Jayantha Dhanapala as the new Secretary General of the Sri Lankan government's Peace Secretariat (see bio-data below). (The Peace Secretariat, technically known as the "Secretariat for SIPDIS Coordinating the Pe [...]	2004-05-17 11:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO797	MEDIA PLAY: KADIRGAMAR COVERAGE: LONG ON [...] Summary. When Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar visited Washington in mid-May, press coverage in Sri Lanka was long on headlines, short on editorial comment. Newspapers and broadcasters, both English and vernacular, gave extensive coverage to the visit, starting on 5/13 and mo [...]	2004-05-18 04:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE
04COLOMBO809	Peace process, economic issues highlighted [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina B. Rocca visited Sri Lanka, May 13-16. Highlights of the visit included meetings with President Kumaratunga, Prime Minister Rajapakse, Opposition Leader (and former PM) Wickremesinghe, business leaders, and Tamil politicians. [...]	2004-05-18 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CE NO LTTE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO810	FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP [...] Post nominates Dushni "Weerakoon", Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is [...]	2004-05-18 10:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO816	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 073 (05/18/04) [...] (C) FYI. After almost a month's hiatus, Sri Lanka's Parliament reopened today (May 18). The first order of business was the selection of the new Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Deputy Chairman of Committees. In sharp contrast to the fractious, raucous scenes that attended the election to [...]	2004-05-18 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO825	Ambassador and Special Envoy Akashi discuss [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 19 meeting with Ambassador Lunstead, visiting Japanese Special Envoy Akashi was relatively upbeat about the peace process based on his discussions with the GSL and LTTE. The Ambassador and Akashi also discussed the June 1 Co-Chairs meeting in Brussels, agreeing it was [...]	2004-05-19 08:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE JA NO LTTE
04COLOMBO833	FY 05 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINEE FOR MRP [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-20 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO842	Maldives: A/S Rocca's visit shows reform has [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Christina B. Rocca visited Maldives, May 16-17. Highlights of the visit included meetings with President Gayoom, FM Fathulla Jameel, Defense Minister Adam, Human Rights Commissioner Mujthaba, and UNDP Resident Representati [...]	2004-05-20 10:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV MOPS MV
04COLOMBO843	FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP [...] Post nominates Soundarie "David", Researcher/Project Coordinator, International Center for Ethnic Studies for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): [...]	2004-05-20 10:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO864	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 075 (05/24/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. Late May 21, longtime UNP MP and former Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando formally joined President Kumaratunga's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). The probable reason for Fernando's defection is his ire at the UNP for being left off the UNP's "national list," and thus out of Parlia [...]	2004-05-24 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO868	Spate of killings in eastern Sri Lanka as [...] (C) SUMMARY: A spate of killings has taken place recently in eastern Sri Lanka, amid public statements by the Tigers indicating their support for the peace track moving forward. The killings in the east, which are almost certainly connected to the LTTE, seem to stem from leftover factional [...]	2004-05-25 10:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE LTTE
04COLOMBO870	Sri Lanka: Upcoming meeting of the Co-Chairs [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 1, the four Co-Chairs (Norway, Japan, the U.S., and EU) of the Tokyo Process are scheduled to meet in Brussels. The meeting is an important one and will build on recent visits to Sri Lanka by the Norwegian facilitators, GoJ Special Envoy Akashi, and SA A/S Rocca. Recen [...]	2004-05-25 10:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE JA NO EU IN LTTE
04COLOMBO877	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 076 (05/26/04) [...] (C) FYI. We received a call today from the Ops Center asking whether President Kumaratunga's rescheduling of her planned meeting with visiting GoN envoy Erik Solheim was a deliberate snub. (The meeting was slated to take place on May 25 and is now scheduled to take place later this week, fr [...]	2004-05-26 10:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO88	Potential alliance between radical JVP and the [...] (C) SUMMARY: A long-negotiated accord between the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the extremist, Marxist Janantha Vimukthi Peramuna party is scheduled to finally be signed on January 20. There is little information on the exact nature of the proposed accord and how it addresses the on-going pea [...]	2004-01-16 06:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO888	Sri Lanka Exceeds 2003 GDP Expectations; Serious [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sri Lankan economy responded remarkably well to continued peace and economic reforms in 2003, and stymied naysayers who thought political instability during the final quarter would hurt overall growth. GDP grew by 5.9%. Per capita GDP rose to $947. There were commendable [...]	2004-05-27 10:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID CE USTR ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO894	Sri Lanka: Draft International Religious [...] (U) This is Senstive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Per Ref B, Mission submits below the draft Sri Lanka International Religious Freedom report for 2004. A Word document with tracked changes in the final 2003 version of the Sri Lanka report has been sent to the D [...]	2004-05-28 04:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF KSEP CE
04COLOMBO897	Political update: Norwegian Envoy's visit; [...] (C) This update on Sri Lanka's political situation reviews the following recent developments: -- In latest visit, Norwegian Envoy characterizes meetings with GSL and Tigers as "fruitful." -- Several new ministerial appointments announced. -- Provincial Council elections look set to take [...]	2004-05-28 05:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON CE NO
04COLOMBO911	Co-chairs meeting in Brussels receives a [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local reaction to the Sri Lanka donor co-chairs meeting held in Brussels on June 1 has been largely positive. Embassy interlocutors were appreciative of the international community's sustained support for the peace process. Media coverage has been light so far and focused on t [...]	2004-06-03 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CE NO JA EU LTTE
04COLOMBO915	Co-Chairs' June 1 statement stirs up more [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Kadirgamar told Ambassador that the Co-Chairs' Brussels statement could be seen as a "threat" to the GSL. In the Wanni, the LTTE rejected a World Bank proposal for a mechanism to deliver development funds for the north/east. The Co- Chairs' statement clearly p [...]	2004-06-04 05:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER CE NO JA EU LTTE
04COLOMBO939	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 081 (06/08/04) [...] (C) FYI. On June 8, Parliament met for the third time since the April elections and chaos reigned again. Details are still unclear, but Buddhist monks MPs in the JHU party came to blows with MPs from the President's United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) regarding the validity of replacing [...]	2004-06-08 11:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO950	SOURCE REPORT ON MUSLIM MILITANCY IN SRI LANKA [...] (C/NF) On 6/01/04, RSO and RSO/FSNI interviewed former Directorate of Internal Intelligence (DII) desk officer M.I. CADER (Source) at Embassy Colombo (cell phone 0777-598768, email - iqbalcader@yahoo.co.in). Source was a former police academy classmate of the RSO/FSNI, is recently retired and [...]	2004-06-09 06:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CE PTER
04COLOMBO951	SRI LANKA: REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-09 08:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CASC CE OPIC ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO953	Recent meetings show the way forward for Sri [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition Leader Wickremesinghe thought the Co-Chairs statement was good, but that the President and her government do not understand the psychology of the LTTE, and are determined to begin talks on the final ("hard") issues. He also thinks the military is using LTTE rebel Kar [...]	2004-06-09 09:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO970	Controversial anti-conversion bill tabled for [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MP has published a draft religious "anti-conversion" bill and intends to present it before Parliament as a private member's bill. The GSL has not publicly formulated an opinion on the draft bill and is waiting to review it before commenting further. Christian groups, especia [...]	2004-06-10 10:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF CE
04COLOMBO983	In meeting with Ambassador, President [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting with the Ambassador, President Kumaratunga expressed her appreciation for the Co-Chairs' support for the peace process and indicated her desire and difficulties in getting the Tigers back to peace negotiations. Her flexibility on the substance of the propos [...]	2004-06-14 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE LTTE
04DAMASCUS6857	HAMAS MEMBER TARGETED IN CAR BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, a car bomb exploded in the Old Mezzeh section of Damascus, wounding some passers-by but apparently killing no one. Media contacts confirmed that the target of the bombing was Mesbah Abu Hweileh, a Palestinian HAMAS official residing in Damascus. Interior Minister [...]	2004-12-14 15:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PTER PGOV PREL IS SY
04DHAKA3149	FOREIGN SECRETARY THINKS INDIANS BEHIND AUGUST 21 [...] (C) DAS Torkel Patterson met with Foreign Secretary Shamsheer Chowdhury on September 13 with Ambassador Thomas and Poloff (notetaker). With renewed rains, downed trees and flooded roads blocking traffic, Patterson noted to Chowdhury the difficulties presented by the August flooding and expres [...]	2004-09-15 02:22:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BG IN
04DJIBOUTI1042	INFORMATION FOR USITC STUDY ON U.S. [...] Good management and foreign assistance have greatly contributed to a healthier economy in Djibouti. Hosting the COMESA conference in 2005 will give the Government of Djibouti (GOD) an opportunity to promote its liberal economic regime and the port of Doraleh, which is expected to jump start t [...]	2004-08-01 12:47:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ETRD AF ECON PREL EAID DJ
04DJIBOUTI110	DJIBOUTIAN GOVERNMENT REACTS TO TRAIN EXPLOSION [...] (U) As outlined in Ref. A on the morning of January 18, 2004 an explosive device detonated aboard a passenger car of the Ethiopian/Djibouti railway. This explosion follows close on the heels of explosions just within the Ethiopian frontier of fuel trucks, and is one of several explosions on th [...]	2004-01-26 12:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PHUM ASEC ET DJ
04DJIBOUTI1113	RAILROAD UNIONISTS PROTESTS LATE SALARY [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Djibouti-Ethiopian Railway (CDE) union staged two protests the week of August 15th-19th. Protests on Sunday, August 15th and Wednesday, August 18th were peaceful and did not result in any arrests. The most apparent cause of this week's protests is the late payment [...]	2004-08-19 11:40:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EINV ECON ELTN DJ
04DJIBOUTI1124	DJIBOUTI CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Even though child labor subsists in Djibouti, all our sources confirmed that the worst forms of child labor do not exist. In Djibouti, laws against the worst form are found in the Constitution, the Penal Code and ratified International Conventions such as ILO Convention 182. In [...]	2004-08-24 10:05:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI DJ AID
04DJIBOUTI1128	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT TRANSLATION BEGUN; WEBSITE INCOMPLETE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 05:29:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO AINT KWWW OIIP DJ AF ASA
04DJIBOUTI1137	RUMORS OF CHANGES IN DJIBOUTI'S DIPLOMATIC CORP [...] (C) Political Assistant reported to Poloff that rumors have been circulating throughout town and within Foreign Affairs that changes in Djibouti's Embassies abroad will be coming soon, possibly as soon as September. Washington DC, Asmara, Addis Ababa, Jeddah and Yemen are rumored to be where [...]	2004-08-26 10:25:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1142	DJIBOUTI NEC - LAND ACQUISITION CLARIFICATION [...] With reference to para 3, Ref C, Post reports it has been unable contact its local attorney, reported to be vacationing in France. His office says he will return to Djibouti on Sunday, August 29. On his r post will task its attorney to ascertain Djiboutian position re land acquisition and rela [...]	2004-08-29 02:35:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMGT
04DJIBOUTI1156	DJBOUTIANS' REGIONAL TRAVEL [...] (U) Summary. September marks the beginning of the school year in Djibouti and with it, the return of thousands of Djiboutians who have spent the last few months in cooler neighboring climes. While historically part of the pattern of life, expanded travel indicates growing middle class wealth. [...]	2004-08-31 07:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL DJ PTER
04DJIBOUTI1163	THE MOOD IN SOMALILAND IS DEFIANT, YET [...] Summary. An embassy Djibouti FSN recently returned from several weeks leave in Hargeisa, Somaliland. He reported an active interest there in the Somalia National Reconciliation Conference that is taking place in Nairobi, but rejection of any effort by the conference or subsequently by the inte [...]	2004-09-01 11:14:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL DJ SO
04DJIBOUTI1164	POSSIBLE IED AT U.S CAMP LEMONIER [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 31, 2004 at approximately 1200 hours a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was discovered on the outer perimeter fence of U.S. Military Camp Lemonier in Djibouti. Preliminary investigations suggests the device is innocuous. End Summary 2. (SBU) On Augus [...]	2004-09-02 08:28:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC
04DJIBOUTI1168	Djibouti Speaks Out on Darfur [...] (U) The state run newspaper, La Nation, yesterday published a story saying that the Republic of Djibouti will support the Government of Sudan until the Darfur crisis is resolved. The story indicated that the Sudan situation is improving and that progress is being made at the Abuja conference. [...]	2004-09-02 08:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC KMDR KPAO US XA
04DJIBOUTI1189	ETHIOPIAN PASSPORTS REPORTED LOST [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-12 11:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD ER DJ
04DJIBOUTI1196	DJIBOUTIAN OPPOSITION LEADER DIES [...] (U) President of the Djiboutian opposition party Republican Alliance for Democracy (ARD),Ahmed Dini Ahmed, died during the morning of 12 September 2004 at Peltier Hospital. Dini had been suffering from lung cancer, which progressed into metastasis. President Ismail Omar Guelleh reportedly v [...]	2004-09-13 13:25:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1225	SOMALILAND INTEREST SECTION TO OPEN IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Minister of Foreign Affairs of the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland, Edna Adan Ismail, visited Djibouti 12 September to discuss the relationship between Djibouti and Somaliland. Among the topics discussed was the facilitation of an economic cooperation between the two governments. [...]	2004-09-21 10:11:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV DJ SO
04DJIBOUTI1277	CONVERSATION WITH OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a statement to the press 30 August 2004, Mohamed Daoud Chehem, president of opposition Djiboutian Party for Development (PDD),declared his candidacy for the presidential race to take place in April/May 2005. Chehem visited Ambassador Ragsdale 29 September as a courtesy call t [...]	2004-10-03 10:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1278	DJIBOUTI PASSES NEW LEGISLATION ON CITIZENSHIP [...] (U) Summary: On 26 September the Permanent Commission of the Djiboutian National Assembly adopted a new law regarding qualifications for Djiboutian citizenship. The new law is more liberal than the current requirements and will give greater rights to pass on citizenship to Djiboutian women. E [...]	2004-10-03 11:13:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1288	DJIBOUTI AND SAFE SKIES FOR AFRICA REVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: As Djibouti does not yet have a program under Safe Skies for Africa, Post endeavors to describe what the civil aviation officials on the ground hope a SSFA program could provide. Djibouti's airport is not up to international standards as written by the ICAO, however, according to [...]	2004-10-06 13:20:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EAID ECON ETRD MOPS PTER DJ
04DJIBOUTI1289	MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON RECENT U.S. AND [...] (C) In a meeting October 6 with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Abdi Farah, Ambassador asked for the Minister's impression of his and President Guelleh's recent trip to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA),which also included stops in Washington and Cuba. Farah spoke in general terms [...]	2004-10-06 14:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL DJ SO
04DJIBOUTI1292	REDESIGNATION OF REST AND RECUPERATION FOR [...] (U) POST RESPONSES TO REFTEL, KEYED TO ELEVEN FACTORS LISTED IN 3 FAH-1 H3721.2-1, FOLLOW: A. CLIMATE: DJIBOUTI REMAINS ONE OF THE HOTTEST PLACES ON THE PLANET WHERE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ARE VIRTUALLY CONSTANT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TAXING PHYSICALLY AND IMPOSES KEY [...]	2004-10-07 07:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER DJ

04DJIBOUTI1313	DJIBOUTI: 3RD QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT - JUL, AUG, [...] Summary of Significant Events -------------------------------- A. Narrative Overview of Significant Events Â [...]	2004-10-13 08:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC
04DJIBOUTI132	UNCONFIRMED THREAT TO PORTS [...] (SBU) On Thursday January 29, 2004, Post received an Unclassified E-MAIL from the Foreign Minister of the self SIPDIS proclaimed State of Somaliland, Edna Adan Ismail claiming an unconfirmed threat to the sea ports of Djibouti and Berbera. Ismail sent this report to Post's Executive OMS usin [...]	2004-01-30 11:43:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC DJ SO PREL
04DJIBOUTI1356	RPP CONGRESS OFFICIALLY NOMINATES GUELLEH FOR [...] (U) The RPP (People's Rally for Progress),the ruling party in the Djiboutian Government, held its annual Central Committee Congress October 6 and 7. The two-day event consisted of an ordinary session of the central committee, a body of 250 members gathered from around the country, and a sec [...]	2004-10-25 02:54:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON DJ
04DJIBOUTI1373	REPORT OF CONDEMNATION OF DJIBOUTI IN PORTO-ALLEGRE [...] (U) Alleged violations of labor rights have come to the forefront of opposition party attentions after the Fourth Congress of International Education held in Porto-Allegre, Brazil 16-26 July, 2004. In its first few issues back from their summer holiday, La Realite, the opposition journal publi [...]	2004-10-27 05:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ELAB PHUM BR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1374	GUELLEH INTERVIEW WITH BBC SOMALI [...] (U) Summary: The October 7th issue of Le Progres, the journal of the ruling party RPP (People's Rally for Progress),carried an overview of President Ismail Omar Guelleh's interview with BBC Somali while in New York during Guelleh's recent trip to the U.S and Cuba. In the [...]	2004-10-27 05:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1377	RULING COALITION PARTIES REACT TO RPP CONGRESS [...] (C) In the days after the ruling party, People's Rally for Progress (RPP),held their conference nominating current President Ismail Omar Guelleh as the party's choice for presidential candidate in the 2005 elections, word of discontent from the ruling coalition partners started to surface. S [...]	2004-10-28 05:44:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1382	REPORT OF TERRORIST CAPTURED AND HANDED OVER TO [...] (U) Summary: The international Saudi newspaper Al Sharq Al Awsat reported on October 25th that the brainchild of the latest series of European aid workers killings in Somaliland has been caught. The Somali terrorist, who is said to be an activist of Al Ittihad Al Islamiya, a terror group linked [...]	2004-10-28 08:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PINR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1390	NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S BRIEF, UNANNOUNCED [...] (U) Nigerian President Olesugun Obasanjo made a brief, unannounced visit to Djibouti 30 October while en route to Japan. The government run newspaper La Nation reported on 1 November that during his time in Djibouti, Obasanjo met with President Ismail Omar Guelleh at the Djiboutian head of sta [...]	2004-11-01 10:37:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS NI KE ET DJ SO
04DJIBOUTI1391	DJIBOUTIAN OPPOSITION MEDIA THEMES, OCTOBER 27-28, 2004 [...] (U) Summary: The opposition journals during the week of October 24-28 focused on the alleged complaint against La Realite for slander filed by the Minister of Defense; the designation of the successor to Ahmed Dini Ahmed as president of the Republican Alliance for Democracy (ARD); and the dist [...]	2004-11-01 10:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO DJ
04DJIBOUTI1392	NEW SOMALIAN PRESIDENT SPEAKS ON CHALLENGES FACING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Al Hayat a London based Arabic newspaper published 30 October an interview with the new President of Somalia. In the interview, widely read in Djibouti, he addressed several issues dealing with his return to Mogadishu, the disarmament process, terrorism in Somalia and the African U [...]	2004-11-01 10:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PNAT PARM PTER PINS DJ SO
04DJIBOUTI1399	DJIBOUTI: EAC 11/02/2004 [...] (C) Post convened a core meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 02 November, 2004 to review recent threat reporting from US Military sources. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on western targets and the addition of needed security measures to mitigate the threat. Potenti [...]	2004-11-02 11:20:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC DJ
04DJIBOUTI1405	MORE ON OBASANJO VISIT TO DJIBOUTI: SOMALIA AT [...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Cooperation Mahamoud Ali Youssouf 3 November, at her request, to address several items. Among them was a discussion on the nature of Nigerian President Olesugun Obasanjo's visit to Djibouti. Youssouf confirmed reports in the local press (see reftel) that th [...]	2004-11-04 02:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ET KE NI DJ SO
04DJIBOUTI1435	DORALE TRANSMITTER GOES LIVE; NEGLIGIBLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A medium wave transmitter at the Radio Television Djibouti (RTD) station in Dorale was activated on November 4, marking completion of phase one of the RTD- International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) joint renovation of the station. Concerns that the transmitter may interfere with c [...]	2004-11-09 07:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS ASEC KPAO KU DJ BBG
04DJIBOUTI1500	2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT - DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Embassy point of contact for Annual Terrorism Report is Pol/Econ Officer Erinn Reed (reedec@state.gov). Below is post changes to 2003 Country Section for Djibouti. 2. (U) Djibouti, a staunch supporter in the global war on terrorism and a member of the Arab League, has taken a strong sta [...]	2004-11-23 03:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO DJ
04DJIBOUTI1511	TERRORIST FINANCING: DJIBOUTI 1267 REPORT [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 23 November to Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Badri SIPDIS Ali Bogoreh. Bogoreh was unaware of follow-up or supplemental reports requested by the 1267 Committee, but suspected the message was probably delivered to the Djibouti [...]	2004-11-24 06:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER DJ
04DJIBOUTI1512	VISIT OF SOMALI PRESIDENT TO DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Summary: Newly elected President of Somalia, Abdillahi Youssouf Ahmed, came to Djibouti for a 24-hour visit on November 15, 2004. In a press conference with Djiboutian national media during the visit, Abdillahi Youssouf touched on the conflicting relations between Somaliland and Puntland, [...]	2004-11-24 06:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNAT PBTS PINS PTER DJ SO
04DJIBOUTI1516	DJIBOUTI: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] (U) Expenditures by the Djiboutian military are audited on a yearly basis by the Chambre des Comptes (the Public Accounts Auditing Board). The audit is limited to accounting books and other financial documents. Audits of military budgets are reported only to the President of the Republic, who [...]	2004-11-28 01:05:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID MASS DJ MAAR
04DJIBOUTI1530	SWITCH IN BUTANE GAS SUPPLIER GIVES ENOC EXCLUSIVE [...] (U) The Government of Djibouti recently decided to switch providers of Butane cooking gas from a Yemeni company to Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC). The offer of a lower price for Butane gas is in contrast to the trend in global markets, where prices have gone up recently. However, the new [...]	2004-12-01 09:31:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG DJ
04DJIBOUTI1533	MAJORITY PARTIES HOLD CONGRESS TO SELECT [...] (U) Summary: Two parties within the ruling coalition held congresses to select their presidential candidate and formulate plans for the elections scheduled for April 2005. The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) held an ordinary session of the National Council on 24 Novembe [...]	2004-12-02 02:13:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1534	MASSIVE TRASH CLEAN UP CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Djibouti has taken the first of many small steps to clean up Djibouti in launching a contest for the best "Act and Keep Your City Clean" poster. The contest opened for registration November 6th to 11th for children between the ages of 10 and 20. The contest part [...]	2004-12-02 02:19:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON PGOV SCUL EINV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1562	BUDGETARY SESSION OPENING INDICATIVE OF FRICTION [...] (U) Summary: On November 29th, the Djibouti National Assembly officially opened its second session, known as the budgetary session, for 2004 in a ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita. The ceremony, in which PM Dileita and National Assembly President Idriss Arnaoud A [...]	2004-12-08 07:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EPET PHUM DJ
04DJIBOUTI1566	PDD CURRIES SOMALILAND VOTE, PROMISES RECOGNITION, [...] (C) Summary: In a move aimed at currying the Djiboutian vote resident in Somaliland, Mohamed Daoud Chehem, President of the Djiboutian Party for Development (PDD),visited Hargeisa, Somaliland 1 December. While in Hargeisa, Chehem met with officials from Somaliland opposition party Kulmiye to [...]	2004-12-09 03:03:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PNAT SO DJ
04DJIBOUTI1572	DISCUSSING SECURITY IN DJIBOUTI: OUR RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 08:32:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC CMGT CASC AMGT APER SA ZP ZR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1586	MOBIL AND GOVERNMENT OF DJIBOUTI OUTSTANDING [...] (C) Mobil Oil's Chief Executive in Djibouti, Alain Adam, met late on December 8 on an urgent basis with Ambassador to report that he had been approached at his office only an hour earlier by two representatives of Djibouti's security forces. They had come to arrest him at the behest of Djibout [...]	2004-12-13 10:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PGOV SCUL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1588	CONSULAR NARRATIVE FY04 - DJIBOUTI [...] (U) A) Please identify the following: Consular Section Chief name, ETD, direct office telephone number and e-mail: Andrea K. Lewis, ETD: October 2006 Telephone: (253) 35-39-95 ext: 2203, e-mail: LewisAK@state.gov - Deputy Consular Section Chief name, ETD, direct office telephone number and [...]	2004-12-14 01:07:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ASIG AFSI DJ
04DJIBOUTI1596	DJIBOUTI: SECURITY CONCERNS AT POST [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE, SEE PARAGRAPH 7. 2. (C) Since the inception of the U.S. Military's base (Camp Lemonier) in 2002, Djibouti has gained international notoriety as a staunch supporter of the Global War on Terror. Although the arrival of the U.S. Military has brought with it sev [...]	2004-12-16 08:35:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC ABLD DJ
04DJIBOUTI1600	2005 NTE ON THE ARAB LEAGUE - DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Post's 2004 report on the subject remains valid. Djibouti does not currently enforce any aspect of the boycott against the state of Israel. Israel's import code has not been removed from the local import codification manual and remains 624; however, there is little to no direct trade. [...]	2004-12-16 11:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS KPAL DJ USTR
04DJIBOUTI1601	DJIBOUTI - 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Much of the information included in Post's 2003-2004 report remains the same. Djibouti is still the most stable country in the Horn of Africa. It is a financial hub in the sub-region, thanks to its US dollar-pegged currency and its unrestricted foreign exchange. Officials from the Central Ban [...]	2004-12-17 01:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR KTFN DJ
04DJIBOUTI1617	GUELLEH UNLIKELY TO TRAVEL TO SUDAN; DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ragsdale delivered reftel (B) demarche on December 22 to Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf. Youssouf told the Ambassador that the meeting in Khartoum on December 28 is a regularly scheduled one among the self-proclaimed "a [...]	2004-12-22 12:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	DJ ODIP PREL SA SO SU YM
04DJIBOUTI1619	SUDANESE PASSPORTS REPORTED LOST [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-26 05:40:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD ER DJ
04DJIBOUTI18	DJIBOUTI: 4TH QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT - OCT, NOV, [...] Summary of Significant Events -------------------------------- A. Narrative Overview of Significant Events Â [...]	2004-01-06 05:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KSEO DJ
04DJIBOUTI21	SUMMARY OF DECEMBER ACTIVITIES AT AMEMBASSY [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-06 11:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	DJ ECON EFIN KPAO PREL
04DJIBOUTI23	SUMMARY OF DECEMBER ACTIVITIES AT U.S. [...] (U) A review of items of interest in Djibouti for the month of December follows. DJIBOUTI-SOMALIA RELATIONS -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary for Bilateral Relations Miriam Goumaneh updated visiting AF/E Deputy Director Phil Carter and Political Of [...]	2004-01-07 07:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN KPAO DJ
04DJIBOUTI290	IMF TO MONITOR DJIBOUTIAN ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The IMF's February 22-29 visit resulted in the beginning of a Staff Monitored Program (SMP) to assess the Government of Djibouti's (GODJ) commitment to the carrying out the required reforms that went unmet in the 1999-2003 Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) program. F [...]	2004-03-02 11:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON EFIN DJ
04DJIBOUTI291	2ND REQUEST FOR REACTIVATION OF A MARINE SECURITY [...] (U) Ambassador Ragsdale supports REFTEL request that a Marine Security Guard Detachment (MSG DET) be re-activated at American Embassy Djibouti. Embassy Djibouti submitted REFTEL in May of 2003 and, to date, has not received an official reply. The following justification for an MSG DET is res [...]	2004-03-02 14:09:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER DJ
04DJIBOUTI298	MINISTER OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS AND DJIBOUTI'S [...] (C) Summary: The close relationship of Minister of Presidential Affairs, Osman Ahmed Moussa, with President Ismail Omar Guelleh afforded Ambassador the opportunity to reaffirm her mandate in Djibouti as U.S. Ambassador and to solicit the Minister's views on ways to enhance the U.S.- Djibouti [...]	2004-03-03 13:47:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID PHUM PGOV PINR DJ FR
04DJIBOUTI299	DISCONTENT IN THE DJIBOUTIAN MILITARY [...] (C) USLO Chief has learned that on Saturday, February 28 large groups of soldiers in the interior districts of Dikhil, Tadjoura, and Obock refused to accept their monthly salaries. Four high ranking Djiboutian military officers have since been dispatched to the districts to engage the disgrunt [...]	2004-03-03 13:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PM DJ
04DJIBOUTI301	MINISTER OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS ON CAMP LEMONIER [...] (C) In a February 29 call on Minister of Presidential Affairs, Osman Ahmed Moussa (reported septel),Ambassador raised the CJTF-HOA presence in Djibouti, its role and that of the U.S. Mission in support of the global war on terrorism. She noted that the Camp Lemonier lease agreement was up fo [...]	2004-03-03 14:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS DJ
04DJIBOUTI307	SOMALILAND REFUGEES IN DJIBOUTI HEAD FOR HOME [...] (U) SUMMARY: After a long hiatus, voluntary repatriations from Djibouti's Ali-Adde and Hol-Hol refugee camps have begun to leave in reportedly steady numbers. However, food resources remain tight and over-evualtion of the population has gone unresolved. REFUGEE REPATRIATION RESUMES ------ [...]	2004-03-04 11:10:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID DJ
04DJIBOUTI328	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT CRITERIA DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered Millenium Challenge Account Criteria and Methodology report and talking points to Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SIPDIS Badri Ali Bogoreh, on March 8, 2004. Bogoreh seemed very interested and said he would look over the issue. 2. (C) Ambassado [...]	2004-03-08 12:46:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID
04DJIBOUTI333	DJIBOUTI'S RESPONSE TO 2003 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (U) In a meeting March 8th with PolOff, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Badri Ali Bogoreh, commented on the release of the 2003 Country Report on Human Rights. Bogoreh initially was highly defensive, calling the report severe. He then commented that Djibouti still has w [...]	2004-03-09 12:15:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM DJ
04DJIBOUTI335	DJIBOUTI SPECTACLE AT PELTIER HOSPITAL [...] (U) Djibouti's Minister of Health, Mohamed Ali Kamil, along with French Ambassador Phillipe Selz, inaugurated on March 7 a new wing at Djibouti's public hospital, Peltier. The French financed surgical wing also has UN HIV/AIDS blood testing equipment and an imaging scanner donated by Djibouti' [...]	2004-03-09 14:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PM EAID PINR KHIV AFIN DJ
04DJIBOUTI364	DJIBOUTI'S FM ON CAMP LEMONIER LEASE RENEWAL [...] (C) In a meeting with Djibouti's Foreign Minister Ali Abdi Farah on March 10, Farah contradicted information we reported (reftel A) that placed authority for negotiations on the Camp Lemonier base lease renewal within the Ministry of Presidential Affairs. Farah also denied that Ambassador Olh [...]	2004-03-11 13:44:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS MARR DJ
04DJIBOUTI380	BUSES STRIKE IN PROTEST OF FUEL COSTS [...] (U) On Saturday, March 13, the Buses' Union members went on strike, causing a total disruption of the bus transportation in the capital city of Djibouti. The overwheming majority of the inhabitants in the capital rely on bus transportation, primarily in the form of 11 or 21 passenger minivan [...]	2004-03-14 12:34:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB ELTN ENRG EPET ASEC DJ
04DJIBOUTI381	DJIBOUTI, JUST ANOTHER SATURDAY [...] (C) Emboff met Djiboutian Army Captain Abdullahi Youssouf for coffee on March 13. The primary focus of the meeting was to gain insight into the status of recent Djiboutian military discontent (see reftel). Conversation also touched on the railroad explosion in the late evening of March 12. T [...]	2004-03-14 13:43:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PM PINR DJ
04DJIBOUTI413	IGAD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SEES NO CONCLUSIVE [...] (C) Ambassador Attalah Bashir Hamed, Head of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Secretariat, cites two problems confronting IGAD after the SIPDIS March 12 Ministerial Facilitation Committee Meeting on Somalia Reconciliation, and in the wake of the March 22 follow-up mini [...]	2004-03-21 10:37:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS ET ER LY DJ
04DJIBOUTI441	DJIBOUTI "SHOCKED" AT CANCELLATION OF GERMAN [...] (U) German President Johannes Rau cancelled his trip to Djibouti, scheduled for Wednesday, March 24th, at the last minute due to "considerable and concrete personal risk to the President," according to German security services. Rau's trip to Djibouti was the third stop in a three-country Afri [...]	2004-03-25 12:11:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER
04DJIBOUTI442	DJIBOUTI: INFLUENCE ANALYSIS [...] (U) The following text was compiled in report form per reftel. Begin text: DJIBOUTI Djibouti,s population is estimated at 600,000 inhabitants from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Somalis make up the majority, followed by the Afars and a minority of Arabs. The population has ethnic, cultur [...]	2004-03-25 13:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP DJ
04DJIBOUTI446	POSSIBLE DIPLOMATIC FALL-OUT FROM CANCELED GERMAN [...] (C) Reftel conveys report of Djiboutian government reaction to cancellation of the March 24 visit to Djibouti of German President Rau. Embassy notes that the German Ambassador to Ethiopia (who also has responsibility for Djibouti),Helga Strachwitz, expressed considerable concern to Ambassado [...]	2004-03-25 15:28:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL ASEC PGOV PTER GR DJ
04DJIBOUTI447	DJIBOUTIAN GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO PURSUING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti was the site of a kick-off conference for the African Rift Valley Geothermal Development Facility (ARGeo) March 17-20, 2004. The conference focused on energy needs in Djibouti, next steps for the exploration and exploitation of geothermal resources in Djibouti and lesson [...]	2004-03-28 06:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN ENRG SENV PREL DJ GM XW
04DJIBOUTI451	JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION IS [...] (C) Minister of Justice, Ismail Ibrahim Houmed, told Ambassador that he intends to take a more active role in human rights promotion in Djibouti than the Ministry had previously. The occasion for Houmed's declaration was the Ambassador's courtesy call on him March 4 at Ministry of Justice off [...]	2004-03-28 12:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM SCUL PINR DJ
04DJIBOUTI452	DJIBOUTI'S MFA HIGHLIGHTS MOVE TOWARDS MILLENNIUM [...] (C) In Ambassador's recent meeting with Mahmoud Yusuf Ali, Minister for Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ali stated that he believed all U.S. criteria and standards under the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) were achievable for Djibouti. Democracy, he said, is Djibouti's ulti [...]	2004-03-28 12:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PHUM SCUL LE SG DJ
04DJIBOUTI460	KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY; GUELLEH'S LABOR POLITICS [...] (C) Recent worker discontent in Djibouti brings the spotlight back to the subject of workers' rights in this commercial city-state. The International Labor Organization has long maligned the Government of Djibouti for its labor policies but clever manipulation of key players, strong arm tacti [...]	2004-03-29 06:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PREL PINR DJ
04DJIBOUTI461	DJIBOUTI'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE RAU [...] (U) This is an action message. See action requested paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (U) Following is translated text of the official statement of Djibouti's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on cancellation of the visit of German President Rau. This statement was issued March 24 and was sent by the Mini [...]	2004-03-29 09:59:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC PGOV PTER GR DJ
04DJIBOUTI463	ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT POSTPONED: DJIBOUTIAN PRESS [...] (U) Immediately following the announcement of the postponement of the Arab League summit in Tunis, "La Nation," the official government newspaper, ran three articles of commentary in the Monday, March 29th edition. 2. (U) The first article, on the front page of "La Nation," carried an imme [...]	2004-03-29 14:28:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAL DJ
04DJIBOUTI488	RECENT TELECOM DEVELOPMENTS IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti has begun to market itself as a potential hub for trade activity. It is trying hard to bring the country up to speed for the 21st century with significant reform and development in the telecommunications sector. Already home to a hub for the SEA-ME-WE#3 (South East Asia [...]	2004-04-04 11:59:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECPS EINT TINT ETRD ECON CH DJ
04DJIBOUTI489	AMBASSADOR'S POST MEMORANDUM - DJIBOUTI [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-04 13:28:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASIG AMGT DJ
04DJIBOUTI528	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS PRESIDENT GUELLEH WITH OFFER [...] (C) At her request, Ambassador met April 11 at the Presidency with President Ismail Omar Guelleh to present the USG's formal offer to purchase land for a new Embassy compound site in the Salines Est section of Djibouti. The Ambassador was accompanied by Pol/Econ and GSO officers. (Notetakers) [...]	2004-04-12 12:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ABLD AMGT DJ
04DJIBOUTI540	UNUSUALLY HEAVY RAINS CAUSE SEVERE FLOODING IN [...] (U) Summary: Heavy rains and flooding earlier this week have resulted in loss of life and severe damage to Djibouti's infrastructure. This damage will present longer term dangers to the economic and social health of the country, including possible outbreaks of cholera, typhoid and malaria. [...]	2004-04-14 13:36:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI EAID DJ
04DJIBOUTI557	DJIBOUTI: STATUS REPORT [...] (U) As outlined in REFTEL (a),the Nation of Djibouti has suffered severe damage to it's infrastructure as a result of flooding in certain parts of the city. Currently, there have been no official reports of instability or an increase in crime due to the flooding. Clearly, the potential exist [...]	2004-04-15 10:40:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC DJ
04DJIBOUTI565	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In light of unusually heavy rains and resulting flooding early this week and the inability of the host government to respond adequately to the needs of the population, Ambassador declares the situation in Djibouti City a disaster. Ambassador requests that immediate disaster reli [...]	2004-04-16 16:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV SENV DJ
04DJIBOUTI583	PRESIDENT GUELLEH REVIEWS FIVE YEARS IN OFFICE [...] (U) SUMMARY: To commemorate the fifth anniversary of his election April 9, 1999 President Guelleh held a press conference with local journalists (not the opposition) April 7 to outline what he described as his accomplishments. He began with a short speech and answered questions for more than a [...]	2004-04-19 11:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EINV SO ECON PHUM SOCI DJ
04DJIBOUTI587	DCHA/OFDA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE ON DJIBOUTI FLOODS [...] (U) This is a USAID/DCHA/OFDA reporting cable, which provides analysis on the humanitarian situation in Djibouti, following OFDA Regional Advisor's April 15-18 assessment on the impact of last week's flash floods. 2. (U) In light of unusually heavy rains, resulting flooding and the inabilit [...]	2004-04-19 14:14:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV SENV DJ
04DJIBOUTI595	JUSTICE REROUTED, AMCIT SENTENCED [...] (U) U.S. Citizen Alan Funk (PPT# 156160695) has received a six month suspended prison sentence and a 1.6 million DF (U.S.$9,040) fine from the Djiboutian court of appeals for his role in a March 2000 traffic accident in which a Djiboutian man was killed. Funk was absolved of any wrongdoing in [...]	2004-04-21 12:28:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT KJUS CASC CJAN PHUM PREL ECON EINV KISL DJ
04DJIBOUTI61	DJIBOUTI: TRIP WIRES [...] (C) Post held an executive meeting of the Emergency Action Committee on 01/10/2004 to discuss recent threat activity in the region and what measures to take in response to a particular threat. The executive EAC was composed of the Charge' d'Affaires, RSO, COS, USLO and Consular Officer. 2. [...]	2004-01-15 04:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AEMR CASC
04DJIBOUTI647	DJIBOUTI: EAC 05/02/04 [...] (S) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 02 May, 2004 to review threat information as outlined in REFTEL and recent threat reporting from other sources. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on western targets and the addition of needed security measures to [...]	2004-05-03 12:26:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PTER ASEC DJ
04DJIBOUTI650	DJIBOUTI: EXPLOSION IN THE CITY LIMITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 26 April, 2004 an explosion took place in Quartier 4 (Q4) in the city of Djibouti. One person was injured and taken to the hospital for treatment. The National Police (PN) conducted an investigation and submitted their findings to RSO Djibouti. Several details of the inci [...]	2004-05-03 15:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL DJ ET
04DJIBOUTI651	SECURITY CONCERNS IN LIGHT OF ATTACKS IN SAUDI [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Minister of Cooperation, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, May 3, to discuss Embassy concerns in light of the attack in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, on May 1st. Ambassador explained that the Embassy has assessed that its security posture should remain the same but raised concern [...]	2004-05-03 15:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC DJ
04DJIBOUTI654	ETHIOPIAN DIPLOMATIC AND SERVICE PASSPORTS REPORTED [...] D001938 FOR MS. TIZITA KASSA DERARA 2. D001862 FOR MR. ZELEKE DELESSA DADI 3. D001912 FOR MRS. KOPY TSEGAYE TADESSE 4. S005718 FOR MR. EYOEL ZELEKE DELESSA 5. S005719 FOR MR. EYASU ZELEKE DELESA RAGSDALE [...]	2004-05-05 08:13:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD ASEC SNAR EAIR PTER ET DJ
04DJIBOUTI667	2004 EACTI CONFERENCE - REACTION OF DJIBOUTI [...] (C) Summary: Members of Djibouti's delegation to the April 22-23 East Africa Counter-Terrorist Initiative EACTI) Conference in Kampala relayed their observations of the event to Embassy officers. The delegates found the conference a useful forum to express Djibouti's total commitment to the [...]	2004-05-06 14:43:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC DJ PREL PTER
04DJIBOUTI67	ENGAGEMENT IN THE SELF-PROCLAIMED REPUBLIC OF [...] (C) Somaliland officials have been practicing an unprecedented diplomatic offensive in Djibouti recently with both U.S. and Djiboutian representatives. Somaliland Foreign Minister Edna Ismail has met with DAS Yamamoto, AmEmbassy Djibouti CDA Timothy Smith, CJTF-HOA Brigadier General Robeson, [...]	2004-01-15 13:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER DJ SOM
04DJIBOUTI680	DJIBOUTI'S FOLLOW-UP ON U.S. OFFER TO PURCHASE NEW [...] (U) On May 3, Ambassador raised with Mahmoud Ali Youssef, Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the outstanding U.S. offer to purchase a site for a new embassy compound (NEC) in Djibouti. Youssef, at that time, said he had did not yet have a response to the U.S. offer, [...]	2004-05-10 13:14:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT ABLD DJ
04DJIBOUTI681	MINISTER OF INTERIOR SEEKS ADDITIONAL U.S. [...] (SBU) This is an action message. 2. (SBU) Minister of Interior and Decentralization, Abdulkader Dualeh Wais, convoked Ambassador to the Ministry on May 8 to request additional USG financial assistance for Djibouti's upcoming regional elections. Reftels reported an outstanding request from [...]	2004-05-10 14:50:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID DJ
04DJIBOUTI711	EXXON-MOBIL NOTIFIED OF TERMINAL CLOSURE AND LEAD [...] (C) Summary: Exxon-Mobil has received notification that it must terminate its operations at the existing port effective May 2005 and relocate to the new Doraleh port. Storage tanks would be available at the new port for either rent or a possible shareholding arrangement with Horizon Terminals [...]	2004-05-17 13:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI721	REPORT OF CRASH IN DJIBOUTI OF U.S. UNMANNED [...] (S) Commanding General of French Forces in Djibouti, Gerard Pons, told me during my regular weekly meeting with him on May 19 that he had been informed three days earlier, through a private Djiboutian citizen, of the crash in Djibouti "last week" of a U.S. small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). [...]	2004-05-19 14:13:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS FR DJ
04DJIBOUTI725	FIRST NATIONAL FORUM ON HUMAN RIGHTS BOYCOTTED BY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Djibouti's Ad-Hoc Committee on Human Rights held the first ever national forum on Human Rights 17-18 May, 2004. This forum was funded by a DHRF grant from Embassy Djibouti and by United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The main goal of this forum was to open [...]	2004-05-21 07:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI767	DJIBOUTI NEC SITE ACQUISITION [...] (U) At the invitation of the Djiboutian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador, Management Officer and General Services Officer met on June 1 with representatives of MFA, Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of Bilateral Relations, and Secretary General Badri Ali Bogoreh. The purpose of this SIPDI [...]	2004-06-02 14:50:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT PREL PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI785	IBB SIGNAL INTERFERES WITH FRENCH RADIO OPERATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Commander of French Forces in Djibouti told the Ambassador that signals from the International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) Radio Sawa tower at PK12 were interfering with French radio operations in Djibouti. Tests by IBB imply that the problem rests in structural de [...]	2004-06-08 09:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KPAO FR DJ BBG
04DJIBOUTI793	TRIP REPORT: SELF-HELP SITE VISITS TO OUTER [...] (U) Summary: Pol/Econ officer and Self-Help Clerk (SHC) traveled to the Southern districts of Dikhil and Ali Sabieh, May 16 and 17 and to the Northern districts of Tadjourah and Obock, June 1,2 and 3 to visit FY02 and FY03 projects for follow-up and close-out visits, as well as initial visits [...]	2004-06-09 08:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SCUL SENV SOCI PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI794	DJIBOUTI: WALK IN 06/09/2004 [...] (SBU) On 06/09/2004 at about 0930 hours an individual walked into the American Embassy in Djibouti requesting to speak with an American official. After careful screening, RSO and Embassy Force Protection Officer (FPO) conducted a preliminary interview with the individual. The individual stat [...]	2004-06-09 12:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC DJ
04DJIBOUTI796	DJIBOUTI INAUGURATES FREE ZONE WITH SUPPORT FROM [...] (U) Summary: Djibouti and its United Arab Emirates investor, Dubai International (DI),inaugurated June 5 the new Djibouti Free Zone (DFZ) with the participation of President Guelleh, cabinet officials, heads of diplomatic missions, and potential DFZ investors. The project, billed "the first o [...]	2004-06-09 14:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV AA DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI825	EACTI: PRIORITIZATION OF DJIBOUTI CT PROGRAMS [...] (C) In response to reftel, Embassy Djibouti sections and agencies reviewed East Africa Counter-Terrorism Initiative (EACTI) objectives and supporting programs. Embassy provides the following list of objectives and supporting programs in order of priority: a. (C) EACTI objective - Limit Free [...]	2004-06-16 12:35:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PTER EAID EFIN PREL PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI833	DJIBOUTI: EAC 06/17/04 [...] (S) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 17 June, 2004 to review threat information as outlined in REFTEL and recent threat reporting from other sources. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on western targets and the addition of needed security measures to [...]	2004-06-17 12:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC DJ
04DJIBOUTI835	REPORT ON RECENT ARREST OF JOURNALIST [...] (C) On 8 June, Houssein Ahmed Farah, journalist for the opposition newspaper Le Renouveau and brother to famed opposition leader Daher Ahmed Farah - jailed several times in 2003 for political reasons, was arrested after he failed to stop for the First Lady of Djibouti's convoy traveling toward [...]	2004-06-17 13:19:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SCUL DJ
04DJIBOUTI856	DORALEH PORT: DJIBOUTI'S ECONOMIC GATEWAY FORGES AHEAD [...] (U)Summary: With the help of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC),Djibouti is moving ahead with its major port construction project at Doraleh. Increasingly seen as the future economic lifeline for Djibouti, the port's site manager, an Indian national of Dubai residency, admits that he is und [...]	2004-06-21 12:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN ET DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI89	TRAIN EXPLOSION IN DJIBOUTI [...] (SBU) On the morning of January 18, 2004 an explosive device detonated aboard a car of the Ethiopian/Djibouti Railway. Current reports reveal that several people experienced moderate injuries and one female experienced serious injuries that would possibly result in the amputation of one of he [...]	2004-01-21 11:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC DJ
04DUBLIN1020	IRISH RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 16:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EUN
04DUBLIN1101	NORTHERN IRELAND - IRISH PM TELLS SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Mitchell Reiss met on June 30 in Dublin with Irish Prime Minister Ahern and Foreign Minister Brian Cowen to review Irish/British efforts to lay the ground work for another effort at restoring devolved government in NI. Ahern confirmed that he and [...]	2004-07-26 07:22:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK EUN NIPP
04DUBLIN1103	TERRORIST FINANCING: POST DELIVERED INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-26 10:39:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER EFIN ECON PREL ETTC
04DUBLIN1104	BURMA/ASEM: IRISH FAVOR LOWER-LEVEL BURMA [...] Emboff delivered reftel points on July 22 to Niall Brady, Deputy Head of the Asia Division at DFA. Brady's remarks mirrored those of DFA's Deputy Political Director Paul Kavanagh as reported in reftel b. While Brady reiterated the EU position will likely not be reached until the September G [...]	2004-07-26 11:07:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL
04DUBLIN1121	GTRI CONFERENCE INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 13:58:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY PTER AORC IAEA
04DUBLIN1141	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RANDAL VERBRUGGE - NO [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Randal Verbrugge to travel to Cork, Ireland, from August 22nd, 2004 to August 26th, 2004. Purpose of the visit is to present a paper at the International Association of Research on Income and Wealth conference. 2. Embassy telephone number whi [...]	2004-07-30 09:30:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA
04DUBLIN1195	PRELIMINARY RESPONSES TO DEMARCHE ON ICAO ASSEMBLY [...] On August 9, Post delivered ref A's talking points to Micheal O'Mealoid and Niamh O'Brien, Department of Transport Assistant Principals for Aviation Regulation and International Relations. O'Mealoid noted that several Department officials involved in ICAO issues, principally Robin McKay, Ass [...]	2004-08-10 16:02:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR ICAO
04DUBLIN1199	IRELAND'S RESPONSE TO MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA DEMARCHE [...] On August 11, Post delivered ref A's requested demarche to Jane Connelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Third Secretary for Eastern Europe (who noted that more senior SIPDIS officers were on leave). Connelly said that Ireland shared EU concerns about rising tensions in Moldova/Transn [...]	2004-08-11 17:10:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS
04DUBLIN1200	IRELAND SUPPORTS EU ON VENEZUELA REFERENDUM [...] On August 11, Post delivered reftel's requested demarche to Brian Muldoon, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean. Muldoon noted SIPDIS that Ireland had participated in extensive EU consultations on Venezuela and endorsed the August 3 EU dec [...]	2004-08-11 17:12:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO
04DUBLIN1281	FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNS BOOKS, MEETS PM [...] Summary: Former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton paid a private visit to Dublin August 24 - 26. While the main purpose of Clinton's trip was to promote his new book, he and the Senator also met with PM Ahern over dinner and a reception that included other ministers. Clint [...]	2004-08-31 16:09:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OTRA PREL EAID
04DUBLIN1331	EU/IRELAND: FORMER IRISH PM BRUTON APPOINTED NEXT [...] On September 9, Former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) and current member of the Irish Parliament John Bruton was appointed EU Ambassador to the US. He is the first EU ambassador to the US to be chosen since the European Commission's decision to give the appointment to a political heavyweight in [...]	2004-09-09 16:26:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EU PINR
04DUBLIN1345	IRELAND'S GAME PLAN ON ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS [...] Summary: Firms in Ireland must move increasingly into high-value goods and services in order to safeguard the country's prosperity, advises a high-profile, government-commissioned report on Ireland's economic competitiveness. The report notes that rising costs, poor performance by indigenous [...]	2004-09-13 15:40:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EIND ELAB
04DUBLIN1385	IRISH RESPONSE TO EUROFAB DEMARCHE [...] (C) On September 17, DCM and French Charge d'Affaires, Luc Serot Almeras, jointly delivered reftel talking points to James MacIntyre, Department of Foreign Affairs EU Division Counsellor, and Joseph Mooney, Department of the Environment Assistant Principal Officer for Nuclear Safety. Almeras [...]	2004-09-17 15:17:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG PREL
04DUBLIN1470	IRISH PRIME MINISTER PICKS HIS NEW CABINET [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On September 29, the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern announced a cabinet shuffle, anticipated since early summer. The shuffle saw eight ministers switch portfolios, three members retain their positions, and four lower ranking officials join the Cabinet. Ahe [...]	2004-10-01 12:35:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EFIN PINR PREL SENV

04DUBLIN1488	IRELAND AND THE US DRAFT REFORM RESOLUTION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-05 14:51:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PREL CDG UNGA
04DUBLIN1494	CONTINUED IRISH ATTENTION TO THE EUROFAB SHIPMENT [...] (C) Summary: In recent days, the Irish media have continued to focus on the U.S.-France Eurofab plutonium shipment, highlighting opposition by Greenpeace and Irish activists. In reply, the Irish Government has claimed to have received assurances that the shipment will not harm Irish interest [...]	2004-10-06 07:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP ENRG PREL
04DUBLIN1517	IRELAND'S RESPONSE TO ISG REPORT ON IRAQ WMD [...] (C) On October 7, Post delivered reftel talking points to Paul Gunning, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Regional Director for the Gulf and North America, after having discussed the ISG Report over the phone with him on October 6. Gunning said that the report reinforced the GOI's lo [...]	2004-10-08 09:53:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KPDD
04DUBLIN1550	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ERATH, O'SULLIVAN, CASHMAN [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to PM/DTCP Deputy Director John F. Erath, DRL/PHD Senior Advisor for Asia Susan O'Sullivan, and CMDR. Edward Cashman of the Joint Staff J-5 to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from October 18 to October 20, 2004. Purpose of visit is to consult with Irish [...]	2004-10-14 09:57:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ETTC PARM PREL
04DUBLIN1598	TERRORIST FINANCE: IARA AND FIVE OFFICIALS, JTJ [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 15:09:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CVIS ECON LVPR
04DUBLIN1606	IRELAND EXPANDS LINKS THROUGH PM AHERN'S ASIA TRIP [...] (SBU) Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern's October 7-16 visit to Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and Bahrain was an opportunity to pursue new diplomatic, commercial, and humanitarian links for Ireland in the region, according to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials who spoke [...]	2004-10-22 13:58:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV PHUM
04DUBLIN1632	IRISH RESPONSES ON PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (U) On October 28, Post delivered reftels' talking points to Gerald Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) European correspondent. ---- Iraq ---- 2. (C) Keown noted that Member States' foreign ministers were preparing for November 2 discussions in Brussels on measures to support [...]	2004-10-29 14:23:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN1644	IRELAND SUPPORTS EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 16:04:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU
04DUBLIN1696	ROUND TWO: IRELAND TO MONITOR UKRAINIAN ELECTION [...] (C) On November 16, Emboff, drawing on reftel points, spoke to Austin Gormley, the DFA's Deputy Director for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Gormley, who was on the ground personally during the first Ukrainian election, stated that the GOI would be actively monitoring the second roun [...]	2004-11-18 13:28:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE
04DUBLIN1697	IRISH RESPONSE TO TURKEY AND PRE-GAERC DEMARCHES [...] (U) On November 17, Post delivered reftels' talking points to Gerald Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. ------ Turkey ------ 2. (C) In a November 12 conversation with the Ambassador, Michael Collins, senior advisor to Prime Minister Ahern, said that Ireland [...]	2004-11-18 15:41:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN1710	MCCAIN/GRAHAM CODEL TO DUBLIN [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator John McCain, Senator Lindsey Graham and delegation of officials to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 1 to 3, 2004. Purpose of visit is to meet with Taoiseach, (PM) Bertie Ahern and address Trinity College Philosophical Soci [...]	2004-11-24 11:29:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
04DUBLIN1739	SHANNON: GOI UNDER PRESSURE BUT NO CHANGE IN [...] (S) DCM met with Keith McBean, DFA's Chief of International Security Policy. McBean's office has the lead in the Irish government for issues surrounding U.S. use of Shannon airport. McBean noted that while there always has been an element of Irish society that objects to the U.S. military's [...]	2004-12-02 12:41:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	MOPS PINR PREL
04DUBLIN1749	MARY KELLY GETS A SUSPENDED SENTENCE [...] Mary Kelly, who was convicted on October 28 of causing $1.5 million of damage to a US military aircraft, was given a two-year suspended sentence by Judge Carroll Moran at Limerick Circuit Court. Kelly was spared a custodial sentence and given four years probation on the condition that she co [...]	2004-12-03 16:13:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR EI
04DUBLIN1753	IRELAND'S 2005 GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Tax relief and social welfare spending increases are the marquis features of the 2005 Irish Government Budget, a reflection of the Government's newly embraced "caring" image. The Budget provides for a 9 percent increase in government spending over 2004, slightly above the incr [...]	2004-12-06 14:24:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SOCI
04DUBLIN1783	IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (U) On December 9, Post delivered reftel talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. ------- Ukraine ------- 2. (C) The common line taken by the EU and United States regarding the Ukrainian crisis had been immensely constructive, said Keown. [...]	2004-12-10 17:47:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KPAL EUN
04DUBLIN1789	IRELAND: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Per ref A, Ireland was not included in the 2003 Annual Terrorism Report and there are no significant developments that would merit its inclusion this year, nor are there significant changes to information reported in ref B. 2. Per ref B, as of December 14, the GOI had not acted to pass legi [...]	2004-12-13 16:21:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC
04DUBLIN1815	IRELAND: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Please see below outline for post's submission as chapter for 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part I. I. Summary The Republic of Ireland is not a transshipment point for narcotics to the United States, nor is it a hub for international drug trafficking. [...]	2004-12-20 13:06:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EI
04DUBLIN1823	IRELAND: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Please see below outline for post's submission as chapter for 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part II. The primary sources of funds laundered in Ireland are narcotics trafficking, fraud and tax offenses. Money laundering mostly occurs in financial instituti [...]	2004-12-21 13:41:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN
04DUBLIN1827	NORTHERN IRELAND: REISS CONSULTS WITH IRISH ON [...] (C) The President's Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, Mitchell B. Reiss, traveled to Dublin on December 16 to discuss next steps in the peace process with Irish officials. Brendan Scannell, DFA Director of the Anglo-Irish Division, expressed views similar to those heard in London (reftel). [...]	2004-12-21 16:42:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EI NIPP
04DUBLIN347	TRIAL OF USMIL PLANE ATTACKERS: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See Para 7. 2. ( C ) Embassy Dublin has received a request from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs to release to the defense the text of a diplomatic note in the case of "DPP v. Clancy (and others)." This case refers to the Irish Government,s [...]	2004-03-08 11:53:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EI
04DUBLIN760	IRISH REMAIN CONFIDENT ON EU CONSTITUTION, DESPITE [...] SUMMARY. DURING A MAY 19 DEBRIEF OF THE MAY 17-18 GAERC, IRISH EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT KEVIN CONMY AND IGC NEGOTIATOR BOB PATTERSON STRESSED THAT IRELAND REMAINS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATING THE NEW EU CONSTITUTION BY THE JUNE 17-18 EUROPEAN COUNCIL. THEY DISMISSED RECENT PESSIMISTIC [...]	2004-05-19 13:55:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EUN
04DUBLIN765	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT - ESTABLISHING A NEW FRAMEWORK [...] (C) SUMMARY. FOLLOWING THE EU'S OWN ASSESSMENT OF RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA AND THE APRIL 27 AGREEMENT ON THE EXTENSION OF THE PCA, DFA'S RUSSIAN DIVISION HEAD, BARBARA JONES, IS HOPEFUL THAT THE MAY 21 EU-RUSSIAN SUMMIT WILL HELP ESTABLISH A MORE PRODUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR FUTURE EU- [...]	2004-05-20 10:53:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN774	SCENE SETTER FOR EU-LATIN AMERICAN AND CARRIBBEAN [...] (SBU) The EU-Latin American and Caribbean Summit convenes in Guadalajara, Mexico, May 27 - 29. 15 EU Heads of Government plan to attend a meeting the Irish hope will commit countries in the region to further social, economic and political development leading to expanded trade and better rel [...]	2004-05-21 11:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EUN
04DUBLIN780	SAID THE TIGER TO THE DRAGON: READOUT OF [...] (C) Visiting Ireland May 11-12, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met Irish President Mary McAleese, Dail (Parliament) Speaker Rory O'Hanlon, and Chairman of the Senate Rory Kiely before extended, substantive discussions with the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern. Wen then visited Iona Techn [...]	2004-05-21 15:16:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN850	DARFUR: IRISH EU PRESIDENCY STRONGLY ENGAGED [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Don Sexton, of the Emergency and Recovery Unit in the DFA's Development Cooperation Division, on June 3. Sexton said Ireland agreed with the urgency of the situation and was participating in the Donor's Consultative Meeting on Darfur in Geneva today in both [...]	2004-06-03 14:35:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PHUM PROV
04DUBLIN867	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO IRELAND [...] (C) Summary: Irish President Mary McAleese and Prime Minister Bertie Ahern are looking forward to welcoming the President to Dromoland Castle in the west of Ireland for the U.S.-EU Summit June 26. Ahern can be justly proud of his management of the EU Presidency to date, including his lead [...]	2004-06-08 16:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ETRD EAIR MASS MARR CASC CVIS EUN
04DUBLIN881	2004 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Post is aware of one (1) claim of a United States citizen that is outstanding against the Government of Ireland (GOI). 2. The dispute involves the salvage rights of the United States citizen Greggory Bemis to the wreck of the ocean liner Lusitania. In 1998 the GOI imposed a "Heritage Or [...]	2004-06-09 12:36:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE
04DUBLIN883	BURMA PRESENTS UNITY CHALLENGE TO EU 25 [...] (C) Irish government concerns about the continuing detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and the lack of participation by pro-democracy groups at the constitutional convention will not result in public statements soon. Ireland continues to work indirectly through its Asian partners. Upcoming Asia-E [...]	2004-06-09 14:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ASEAN
04DUBLIN945	NO IMMIGRANTS NEED APPLY? IRISH OVERWHELMINGLY [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 11th, 2004, the Irish electorate overwhelmingly approved a referendum that eliminated the automatic right of Irish citizenship to all children born on the island of Ireland. While many referendum opponents claimed the voters were motivated by xenophobia, a more balance [...]	2004-06-24 08:01:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN
04DUBLIN953	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SPECIAL ENVOY REISS TO [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Special Envoy Mitchell Reiss and S/P Eric Green to travel to Ireland June 30, 2004 for meetings with GOI officials to advance the Northern Ireland peace process. 2. Control officer for this visit is John Fennerty, tel (011) 353-1-668-8054, ce [...]	2004-06-25 17:04:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA
04DUBLIN990	GOI SHOULD SUPPORT US REVCON AIMS, BUT EXPECT A [...] Summary. Emboff delivered reftel points to Sarah McGrath, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section of the DFA. The GOI agrees that proliferation via a vis Iran and the DPRK is a serious problem and supports USG non-proliferation efforts. However, McGrath reminded emboff t [...]	2004-07-02 14:14:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP NPT
04FRANKFURT10393	Accounting - Bumpy Ride to The Big Deal [...] (SBU) Summary: Having all 7,000 EU firms listed on EU stock exchanges use the same accounting standards will be a very big deal for European financial markets. Investors will be able to compare investment opportunities, capital will be allocated more efficiently, and supervisors will more c [...]	2004-12-10 13:17:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
04FRANKFURT10394	Council Agrees on Cross-Border Merger Directive: [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Council's agreement on the proposed directive on cross-border mergers concludes a nearly 20-year process. The directive is to facilitate cross-border mergers of companies with share capital, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises that opt not to establis [...]	2004-12-10 13:17:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
04FRANKFURT10640	"King Maker" Deal For Europe's Stock Exchanges: [...] (SBU) Summary: The German Stock Exchange's (Deutsche Brse (DB)) informal approach to purchase the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has unleashed the next and biggest round of consolidation in Europe's capital market infrastructure. Euronext, DB's continental rival, reportedly has made its [...]	2004-12-21 13:45:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
04FRANKFURT10842	ALLEGED MOROCCAN PARLIAMENT MEMBER STOPPED BY [...] (SBU) THE GERMAN BORDER POLICE REPORTED TO FRANKFURT DHS/ICE DECEMBER 28, 2004 THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL WAS STOPPED DURING ROUTINE CHECKS AT THE FRANKFURT AIRPORT: LAST NAME: EL IDRISSI FIRST NAME: ABOUZAID ELMOKRIE DOB: 09/19/1960 POB: MARRAKECH, MOROCCO MOROCCAN PPT: "OFFICIAL", A [...]	2004-12-29 18:06:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER
04FRANKFURT1495	Rheinland-Pfalz Lobbies for U.S. Troops to Stay [...] (SBU) Concerned over the USG Global Posture Review (ref A),the state of Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) is fighting hard to hang on to the approximately 24,000 active-duty U.S. soldiers stationed within the state. Home to US Air Force Europe (USAFE) headquarters at Ramstein Airbase as well as the airba [...]	2004-02-25 09:26:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MASS PREL GM
04FRANKFURT2404	FRANKFURT'S MODEL DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM [...] In just a decade, Frankfurt has evolved from being Germany's drug capital to a city that uses an innovative and widely-praised initiative to treat and rehabilitate addicts. In meetings with Pol/Econ reps, police and city officials report new challenges, namely dealing with crack use and copin [...]	2004-03-24 07:41:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR SOCI GM
04FRANKFURT3169	Commission proposes directive on auditor regulation [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission has proposed a directive to clarify the duties of statutory auditors in the European Union and to set out clear principles to ensure their objectivity and independence. The proposal mirrors much of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and reflects close consultation [...]	2004-04-16 08:29:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
04FRANKFURT3351	The Lisbon Agenda: targets missed [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 25/26 European Council confirmed that there is little news regarding the so-called Lisbon Agenda, which aims at making the EU the world's most dynamic and competitive economy by 2010. Lack of progress in meeting the Lisbon targets has been highlighted in structural i [...]	2004-04-20 10:27:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
04FRANKFURT3507	BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG REMAINS SKEPTICAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) state authorities stand by their designation of the Church of Scientology (CoS) as an extremist sect and will continue official surveillance of CoS activities for the time being. State government representatives are still considering our request (per ref A [...]	2004-04-22 14:28:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM PREL PGOV GM
04FRANKFURT3861	New Bundesbank President calms situation; [...] (SBU) Summary: Well-respected monetary policy expert Axel Weber was appointed as the new Bundesbank President. A supporter of stability-oriented monetary policy, his nomination was well-received across party- lines and among academics as well as in the financial markets. While many observer [...]	2004-05-03 13:51:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
04FRANKFURT6156	SEARCH OF FRANKFURT MOSQUE PROVOKES CONTROVERSY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police searched Frankfurt's Taqwa ("Fear of Allah" in Arabic) mosque on July 11 in response to allegations that Taqwa's religious curriculum includes violent and extremist material. Justification for the raid centered on a 9-year old's statement to police that the mosque's schoo [...]	2004-07-19 12:56:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KISL PINS PHUM PGOV GM MO BINR
04FRANKFURT6238	Troubled GM/Opel Signals Further Cutbacks as CEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GM recently shuffled top management at European subsidiary Opel (based in Ruesselsheim outside Frankfurt) amid continued weak consumer demand within the flagging German economy. Effective July 1, Opel CEO Carl- Peter Forster became President and Deputy Chairman of GM Europe, [...]	2004-07-21 15:06:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ECON ETRD ELTN GM
04FRANKFURT6240	Proposed Daimler-Chrysler Cost-Cutting Measures [...] (U) SUMMARY: Emulating an earlier approach by Siemens, German auto giant Daimler-Chrysler has demanded from IG Metall cuts in bonuses under the threat of moving 6,000 jobs from their main plant in Sindelfingen to either Bremen (where the Mercedes C-Class model costs 500 Euro less to produce) [...]	2004-07-21 15:12:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ECON ETRD ELTN GM
04FRANKFURT6769	Resignation of Liberal Justice Minister Almost [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The July 22 resignation of Baden- Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister of Justice Corinna Werwigk- Hertneck (Free Democrat Party - FDP),amid allegations that she leaked confidential information to former Economics Minister and B-W FDP chairman Walter Doering, triggered a call for new e [...]	2004-08-09 09:08:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PINR GM
04FRANKFURT737	Sanofi-Aventis Takeover Battle Ignites Political [...] Sanofi-Synthelabo's bid to take over French-German pharmaceutical company Aventis has sparked resistance in Germany, particularly over French government remarks suggesting that Germany will absorb all the job losses. 2. The Sanofi-Synthelabo bid is facing fierce resistance in Hesse, locatio [...]	2004-01-30 07:39:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV GM
04FRANKFURT8337	European Commission Proposes Changes to Stability [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 3 the European Commission initiated a discussion of possible changes to the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). The Commission is seeking to find a balance between flexibility that accommodates individual country circumstances and strict rules that instill [...]	2004-09-27 08:17:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
04FRANKFURT8521	FRANKFURT AIRPORT MANAGEMENT DISPUTES MEDIA [...] (C) Over the past few months, German media outlets, on a number of occasions, have reported negatively on Frankfurt Airport (Fraport) customs enforcement and its control of restricted areas. In a meeting with consulate representatives, senior Fraport officials said the airport is 100-percent [...]	2004-10-01 15:11:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAIR PTER SNAR GM
04FRANKFURT8717	Forecast for Germany: Moderate Growth, High [...] (SBU) Summary: Our forecast for Germany shows moderate real GDP growth of 1.7% in 2005 after 1.8% in 2004. The government deficit should top 4% of GDP this year, then decline to 3.5% in 2005, based on current policies. Persistent joblessness in western Germany, and even more so in the East, [...]	2004-10-08 10:55:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
04FRANKFURT9139	Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister-President Teufel [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent speculation by Baden- Wuerttemberg Christian Democrat (CDU) Minister-President Erwin Teufel on a possible bid for re-election has added fuel to the state's smoldering leadership debate. Several party organizations, including the Junge Union (the CDU's youth organizatio [...]	2004-10-22 15:24:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINR GM
04FRANKFURT9266	FRANKFURT EAC CONVENED CONCERNING SECURITY POSTURE [...] (C) Frankfurt EAC convened 1500 hrs. 10/29 per request reftel to assess post security posture due to reports of Chairman Arafat's failing health. Present were CG, DPO, RSO, DHS, TSA, Consular, IMO, RSO Berlin, MGMT and ORCA. Assessment of the EAC at present is to remain at our current securi [...]	2004-10-29 05:55:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PTER
04GABORONE2026	HIGH COURTCASE DEVELOPMENTS: FIRST PEOPLE OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: First People of the Kalahari's (FPK) High Court case against the Government of Botswana made slow progress during the month of November. Developments outside the court room, including the FPK leader Roy Sesana's trip to the U.S. and U.K., the increasing involvement of Survival [...]	2004-12-10 11:03:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BC SAN CKGR
04GABORONE2027	DOMESTIC CONCERN OVER ZIMBABWE SIMMERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The perception of adverse impact on Botswana of the situation in neighboring Zimbabwe is steadily growing. Debate over what the Government should do to mitigate the costs to the country continues to simmer. During National Assembly debates following President Mogae's November 8 [...]	2004-12-10 11:12:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BC
04GUATEMALA1081	BERGER'S FIRST 100 DAYS: HONEYMOON ENDING? [...] (SBU) Summary: President Oscar Berger,s government is off to a strong start and retains strong public approval. Berger and his team have effectively conveyed new energy and direction, launching significant initiatives to reduce and modernize the military and to open borders to freer intra-reg [...]	2004-05-04 14:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA1106	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- Labor: 100 Days in Labor (paras 1-2) -- Labor: Apparel Sector Plans Mediation Center (3) -- Labor: Uncertainty at NB Maquila (4) -- Labor: [...]	2004-05-05 20:16:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA1124	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- Labor: 100 Days in Labor (paras 1-2) -- Labor: Apparel Sector Plans Mediation Center (3) -- Labor: Uncertainty at NB Maquila (4) -- Labor: [...]	2004-05-07 00:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA1132	OAS RELOCATES GUATEMALANS FROM ADJACENCY ZONE [...] Summary: On April 30, HROff attended the inauguration of a community constructed by the Organization of American States (OAS) to relocate Guatemalans living in the "Adjacency Zone" between Belize and Guatemala. Twenty families moved voluntarily from Nueva Juda on the Belizean side of the bo [...]	2004-05-07 18:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA1213	EXECUTIVE RALLIES BEHIND CICIACS [...] This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Berger has taken the first step to salvage the GOG-UN agreement to create a UN Commission to Investigate Clandestine Groups (CICIACS) by convincing the Congressional leadership to withdraw the agreement to the Executive [...]	2004-05-14 16:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA1241	GANA-FRG VOTE STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 13:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS GT PGOV PHUM
04GUATEMALA1259	PEREZ MOLINA LEAVES GOVERNMENT FOR CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: On May 17, after meeting with President Berger, GOG Security and Defense Commissioner Otto Perez Molina announced his resignation from the Executive branch, the Patriot Party's (PP) exit from the GANA coalition, and his return to Congress to lead the PP in opposition. Perez Mo [...]	2004-05-19 15:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA1278	BERGER RECOVERS AFTER STUMBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism lingers of Berger's handling of his private talks with the FRG, but the political storm has apparently passed and media criticism has decreased considerably. Berger shored up the GANA coalition after the departure of Security Commissioner Otto Perez Molina and his [...]	2004-05-21 17:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA1320	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #4-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- TIP: GOG Enforcement Efforts Gaining Traction -- TIP: Police Corruption Investigation -- TIP: First Conviction Lightly Fined -- TIP: Legis [...]	2004-05-27 21:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM
04GUATEMALA1361	(C) DIFFICULT POLITICS OF ARTICLE 98 PASSAGE [...] (C) Summary. As reported reftel, the GOG signed an Article 98 agreement on April 28 but requested that we keep the agreement confidential while it devises a strategy to gain Congressional approval. MFA Vice Minister Skinner-Klee told DCM on May 25 that the GOG remains absolutely committed t [...]	2004-06-02 14:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL GT
04GUATEMALA1417	GUATEMALA'S 2004 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Land invasions (squatter takeovers) of large farmlands are fairly common in Guatemala. Private sector organizations complained that the squatters sometimes acted with government complicity during the four-year administration of President Portillo, who left office in January 2004. The new ad [...]	2004-06-08 18:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CASC OPIC
04GUATEMALA1442	ANTI-GOG PROTESTS END PEACEFULLY, EARLY [...] (U) Summary: Nationwide protests organized by labor and popular groups scheduled for June 8-9 were suspended late on June 8 after protest leaders reached agreement with President Berger on a range of measures to address demands. The demonstrations were smaller than expected and remained pea [...]	2004-06-10 16:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PHUM ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA1447	GUATEMALA: HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #4-2004 [...] (U) This message summarizes significant recent developments relating to human rights, including: -- Executive Send CICIACS to Court (paras 2-3) -- Progress on Southcom Human Rights Initiative (4) -- Human Rights NGOs Speak Out on National Police (5) -- New Trial in Rio Negro Massacre [...]	2004-06-10 19:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN AORC GT
04GUATEMALA1460	BREAKFAST WITH BERGER: PROGRESS ON MILITARY [...] (C) At breakfast with Ambassador June 10, President Berger expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance to date on military downsizing and accepted that we would need a better idea of how the money would be used before asking the Congress to unfreeze the $2.2 million of MAP funds. Vice Presid [...]	2004-06-10 23:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS MCAP GT
04GUATEMALA1555	PAYMENTS TO EX-PACS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The Constitutional Court (CC) ruled on June 21 that payments to the ex-civil self defense patrollers (ex-PACs),authorized by the government of former President Alfonso Portillo, were unconstitutional. After a week of public threats against the Court, the reaction to the ruling [...]	2004-06-23 20:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PHUM ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA1573	TIP BILATERAL MINISTERIAL MEETING RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Embassy anti-TIP team met with the Government of Guatemala inter-institutional group to combat TIP on June 22 to formally present the 2004 TIP report and urge continued progress combating TIP. The GOG's reaction to the release of the 2004 Trafficking in Per [...]	2004-06-25 13:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA1604	ATTACK AGAINST KAREN FISCHER REPORTED [...] (U) On June 23, major daily "Prensa Libre" reported that Karen Fischer, former Special Prosecutor against Corruption and private plaintiff in the 1993 murder of "El Grafico" publisher Jorge Carpio Nicolle, was the target of an attempted assault June 19. EconCouns contacted Fischer, who report [...]	2004-06-29 20:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA1696	GOG GIVES NEW REPARATIONS COMMISSION 3.7 MILLION [...] (U) Summary. President Oscar Berger formally installed Rosalina Tuyuc, head of CONAVIGUA (an organization representing widows and orphans from the civil conflict),as President of the National Reparations Commission (CNR) on July 6. Berger also confirmed seven Commission representatives fro [...]	2004-07-09 17:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA178	SMALL GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO 4TH CICTE IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-26 20:26:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER GT OAS
04GUATEMALA1791	Guatemala - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-20 19:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE KTDB EFIN ECON GT OPIC
04GUATEMALA206	BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS ROLANDO [...] (U) Dr. Rolando Morales Chavez (47) of the Union Nacional para la Esperanza (UNE) party was elected President of Congress on January 14, 2004, as part of a governability pact negotiated between the ruling GANA party and the center-left UNE and center-right PAN blocks in Congress. Morales is a [...]	2004-01-28 15:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA2114	STAFFDEL SHANK'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA [...] Sensitive But Unclassified - entire text. 2. Summary: Staffdel Shank,s three-day visit to Guatemala gave the Congressional visitors an updated picture of the Guatemalan reality, through meetings with key GOG and private sector interlocutors. The GOG representatives emphasized the Berger [...]	2004-08-20 16:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID GT KCOR KCRM MARR PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR
04GUATEMALA2146	GUATEMALAN CONGRESS APPROVES PAYMENTS TO EX-PACS [...] (U) Summary: Guatemala's Congress has approved payments to ex-members of the civil self-defense patrols (PAC) that served as adjuncts to the Guatemalan Army from 1981 to 1996. The Congress agreed to pay the equivalent of about 665 dollars in three payments to each ex-PAC between now and the [...]	2004-08-24 22:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EFIN EAID MASS SNAR PREF ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA2163	ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION PLANS PROGRESSING [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Minister is now persuaded that moving ahead quickly on Article 98 ratification makes better sense than leaving it to an end-of-legislative session rush. The Ambassador's consultations with the FRG and Patriotic Party appear to have lined up their support. If procedur [...]	2004-08-26 14:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA2201	GUATEMALAN VP STEIN MEETS WITH SFRC STAFFER SIMON [...] Summary and introduction: Guatemalan Vice President Eduardo Stein received Jennifer Simon, visiting professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, at the presidential palace August 24. Stein outlined GOG plans for salvaging CICIACS, explained the GOG's position on comp [...]	2004-08-27 20:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MARR KCRM SNAR ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA223	SCENE SETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Guatemala comes as President Berger and his team are anxious to demonstrate publicly that bilateral relations have improved and that we have a shared agenda on trade and investment, fighting domestic corruption and transnational crime, and the 1996 Peace Accords. As he did w [...]	2004-01-29 21:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PGOV SNAR EAID ETRD PHUM MASS KTIA GT
04GUATEMALA2248	GUATEMALA: ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE SQUATTERS LEAVES [...] (SBU) Summary: At least ten persons, including four police, were killed in an August 31 police attempt to remove several hundred squatters from a farm in southwestern Guatemala. The squatters had occupied the farm to protest GOG inaction following the apparent disappearance last year of the [...]	2004-09-02 17:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS ASEC SNAR KCRM GT
04GUATEMALA2365	GUATEMALAN MILITARY COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATION [...] On September 10, the Guatemalan Defense Ministry complied with a civilian court order and released to government investigators the military financial records from the 2001-2003 calendar years. The investigation is focused on allegations of mishandling approximately $115 million in military f [...]	2004-09-14 22:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PHUM EFIN KCOR SNAR GT
04GUATEMALA2406	GUATEMALA: INFORMATION ON U.S. MANUFACTURED [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-20 22:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KHDP GT
04GUATEMALA2415	CHILD LABOR UPDATE: GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Significant child labor developments in Guatemala over the past year include the introduction in Congress of legislation raising the minimum age to work and NGO efforts to help children leave the fireworks industry for less hazardous jobs. ILO-IPEC programs launched since 2001 aim [...]	2004-09-21 19:05:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD EAID PHUM SOCI GT
04GUATEMALA245	DESPISED TAX AND CUSTOMS CHIEF ABADIO QUITS; IS [...] (C) President Berger appointed respected banker and former Central Bank President Willy Zapata to be the new Superintendent of Tributary Administration on January 28. His exceptionally unpopular predecessor, Marco Tulio Abadio, quit as rumors circulated that the government sought his removal [...]	2004-02-02 19:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	SECRET	EFIN PGOV KCOR SNAR GT
04GUATEMALA2505	GUATEMALAN TEXTILE AND APPAREL DATA [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-01 19:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX
04GUATEMALA251	ADDRESSING LABOR VIOLATIONS BY US FIRMS: THE [...] Subject: Since mid-December, a U.S.-owned maquila has been closed, throwing up to 800 workers, mainly single mothers, out of work after failing to meet a payroll. The GOG has requested USG assistance resolving the workers' claims against the U.S. owners, Robert and Steven Alexander of Medle [...]	2004-02-03 15:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EINT GT
04GUATEMALA252	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS: U.S. EFFORTS IN GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Following is the Embassy response to Reftel request. End Summary. Overview of Human Rights and Democracy Environment and U.S. Strategy for Improving It --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. Guatemala held free and fair elections in November and December of 2 [...]	2004-02-03 15:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KCRM PREL PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA2673	LUNCH WITH PRESIDENT BERGER [...] (C) Summary: At lunch October 21, President Berger and the Ambassador addressed a variety of international and national topics. Principal among them, Berger said Guatemala would give the informal candidacy of exGuatemalan UN PermRep Gert Rosenthal 30 days and then fall in behind his good fr [...]	2004-10-22 19:14:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC ETRD MARR PHUM NU ES OAS USAID
04GUATEMALA2804	GUATEMALA'S EX-PARAMILITARY GROUPS BLOCK [...] Summary. Guatemala's ex-PAC members practically shut down the nation on November 3 in protests over the Government's failure to disburse payments promised to them in the 2003 election. These payments have been delayed due to constitutional challenges to the process. Congress immediately met [...]	2004-11-04 22:29:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GT PGOV PHUM PINS
04GUATEMALA2805	GUATEMALAN SQUATTERS REINVADE SITE OF PREVIOUS [...] Summary: Guatemalan squatters reinvaded Nueva Linda farm, the site where eleven people were killed during a violent eviction in August. The squatters, who this time were unarmed, maintain their previous demand for government action to investigate the 2003 disappearance of their colleague and [...]	2004-11-04 23:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON GT KCRM PGOV PHUM PINS ASEC
04GUATEMALA2845	GUATEMALA'S INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TIP [...] The Government of Guatemala made appreciable progress in each of the following areas in regard to trafficking in persons (TIP). The responses below are keyed to the questions in paragraph D of reftel. Our own comments follow in para 2. a) Guatemala has several pending legal proposals to co [...]	2004-11-10 17:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA2868	GUATEMALA: MINUGUA CLOSES ITS DOORS [...] (U) Summary: On November 15, MINUGUA will hold a closing ceremony in the National Palace to commemorate the end of its ten years in Guatemala. Over the last two months, the organization has released a final report and held a closing conference to evaluate the progress made in implementation [...]	2004-11-12 18:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA2904	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #5-2004 [...] (U) This message summarizes significant recent developments relating to human rights, including: -- Conviction in murder of Menchu Foundation accountant (para 2) -- Courts Give PDH Access to EMP Documents (3) -- Journalists Demand Justice for &Black Thursday8 Riots (4) -- Threats Aga [...]	2004-11-17 15:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID GT MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR
04GUATEMALA2969	GUATEMALA: NO REPORTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 17:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA2985	UN OFFICIAL'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA SPURS ACTION ON [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Guatemala sent UN SYG Kofi Annan a letter reaffirming its commitment to CICIACS and outlining interim measures it is taking to pave the way for CICIACS. The letter was prompted by the visit to Guatemala of UN U/S for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast to Guat [...]	2004-11-29 13:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA305	FOREIGN MINISTER BRIZ DESCRIBES AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (C) EconCouns and an AID delegation called on Foreign Minister Briz Feb. 6 to discuss integration. Briz confirmed that a customs union, beginning with El Salvador, was a top priority of President Berger. He noted that El Salvador and Guatemala already had harmonized 96% of their external t [...]	2004-02-10 00:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA3071	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA [...] (U) This is the first of a series of biweekly cables with which, in a more discursive style than the standard telegram, the Embassy intends to report on newsworthy political and economic developments and provide some context to Guatemalan policy-making. ---------------------- Cabinet Change [...]	2004-12-01 23:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON GT
04GUATEMALA3161	GUATEMALAN OHCHR OFFICE NEGOTIATIONS AT DELICATE [...] (C) Summary: The DCM and Polcouns met with Ambassador Carla Rodriguez, MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs, on December 9 to discuss the state of play of negotiations between the GOG and UN to establish a local Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Following divided [...]	2004-12-10 18:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GT UN
04GUATEMALA3164	GUATEMALAN UNION LEADER'S DEATH: MORE COMMON CRIME [...] (U) Julio Rolando Raquec, Secretary of the Federation of Workers in the Informal Economy (FSTIG),died after being mugged several blocks from his Guatemala City residence by unidentified individuals on November 30. Raquec sustained fatal injuries during the robbery and died later the same d [...]	2004-12-10 18:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM SNAR EAID KPAO ECON
04GUATEMALA3211	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (2) [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 17:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR PREL KIPR GT

04GUATEMALA3241	GUATEMALA: MILITARY CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: The Guatemalan Ministry of Defense and the U.S Southern Command co-sponsored a December 7-10 conference in Antigua, Guatemala, to develop an action plan for the regional Human Rights Initiative (HRI) Consensus Document. Civilians worked alongside military officers to design a pla [...]	2004-12-21 21:40:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MASS SNAR ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA3244	GUATEMALA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Guatemala's submission for the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report: Begin text: There were no significant acts of international terrorism in Guatemala in 2004. The Government of Guatemala has supported the war on terrorism in international fora such as the UN and OAS a [...]	2004-12-21 23:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO GT
04GUATEMALA3246	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met on December 14 with Guatemala's Human Rights Coalition Against Clandestine Structures (CDHCEC, formerly known as "Coalition for CICIACS") to discuss the general human rights situation. The CDHCEC harshly criticized what they viewed as the low priority the Ber [...]	2004-12-21 23:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC MASS SNAR GT UN
04GUATEMALA3265	CASA ALIANZA IN GUATEMALA [...] We strongly support the work of Casa Alianza's Guatemalan operation and are pleased that their work continues unabated in light of the issues raised in ref (A). As we reported in the ref (B) Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Update, Casa Alianza is a critical component of Guatemala's anti-TIP activ [...]	2004-12-23 20:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG EAID SNAR GT
04GUATEMALA3288	GUATEMALA ACCEPTS OHCHR RESIDENT OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: The GOG and the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have agreed to establish an OHCHR Resident Office in Guatemala. We believe the agreement, although later than desired, reflects well on the GOG and will help secure advances in human rights. The final [...]	2004-12-29 21:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GT UN
04GUATEMALA431	SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary: Guatemala recently concluded negotiations of the US - Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA),which includes a strong chapter on IPR. The obligations undertaken in the agreement, along with commitments of the new government, should strengthen Guatemala's weak enforcement of I [...]	2004-02-23 21:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON WHA
04GUATEMALA466	PRESIDENT BERGER FIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL, [...] (U) Summary: President Berger announced on February 24 that he had fired Attorney General Carlos De Leon. The Constitutional Court has twice issued temporary rulings upholding Berger, but its final rulings could yet reinstate De Leon and deal a severe blow to Berger's legal reform efforts. [...]	2004-02-26 16:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM GT
04GUATEMALA479	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #2-2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights. Topics include: -- GOG to Re-dedicate Peace Accords (para 2) -- President Supports Gang Rehabilitation (3-4) -- Bruce Harris Acquitted on Slander Charges (5) -- Escape of convicted Mack murd [...]	2004-02-26 23:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA504	SCENE SETTER FOR MARCH 5 PCC ON GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary and introduction: After only six weeks in office, the Berger government has generated high expectations among Guatemalans that it will spur economic growth, reduce violent crime and investigate and prosecute official corruption and organized crime. Berger has also told us privatel [...]	2004-03-01 21:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV SNAR CVIS MASS KCOR OVIP PBTS GT
04GUATEMALA508	GUATEMALA ANTI-TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Government of Guatemala took office on January 14, 2004, is giving TIP priority attention, and is building on initial progress by the outgoing government. The Ambassador and Embassy TIP Working Group met with the GOG Inter-Institutional Group to Combat TIP on February [...]	2004-03-01 22:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA529	GSP DELEGATION PROMOTES LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary: An inter-agency USG delegation visited Guatemala on February 23-24 to review GOG compliance with GSP labor conditions and encourage the new government to take steps to protect fundamental worker rights. The group met with GOG officials, union, and business leaders to discuss th [...]	2004-03-03 15:22:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD GT
04GUATEMALA531	THE BERGER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST FIFTY DAYS [...] (C) Summary: In his first fifty days in office, President Oscar Berger increased his influence in Congress, removed the controversial Attorney General and the corrupt head of the Tax Authority, relaunched the fiscal pact, dealt effectively with his government's first protest demonstrations and [...]	2004-03-03 20:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SNAR ECON ETRD EAID MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA58	NEW GOVERNMENT AND MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTY AGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: The incoming GANA government reached agreement on January 12 with the UNE and PAN delegations in Congress to elect the congressional leadership board and to support a progressive legislative agenda. The agreement gives the center-left UNE party of Alvaro Colom the Presidency of C [...]	2004-01-13 15:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID GT
04GUATEMALA655	GOG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON ALLEGED RACIAL [...] This is an action request for the Department--See Para 4. 2. During a March 9 meeting with Human Rights Officer, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Altolaguirre expressed concern regarding the possible racial motive in a recent attack against two Guatemalans in Atlanta. The two men, C [...]	2004-03-16 22:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM GT CAVO PROV
04GUATEMALA691	LABOR/TIP UPDATE #2-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- TIP: GOG Stepping Up Enforcement Efforts (para 2) -- TIP: ILO Introduces Reforms to Congress (3-4) -- Labor: Successful USDOL Project Design Visit [...]	2004-03-19 17:57:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA779	GUATEMALA TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Summary: The new Government of Guatemala is giving TIP priority attention. A major step forward has been the creation of an anti-TIP unit in the Public Ministry's Office of the Special Prosecutor for Women, which is taking the lead on TIP investigations and has launched a series of operations [...]	2004-03-30 20:41:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA798	GUATEMALA: SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Berger Government has recently taken significant steps to combat trafficking in persons. During President Fox's recent visit to Guatemala, Guatemalan authorities signed an MOU on anti-TIP cooperation with Mexico. The GOG will deposit its articles of ratification of the U [...]	2004-03-31 22:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA821	BERGER PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES DEEP MILITARY CUTS [...] (U) In a public ceremony at the National Palace on April 1, President Berger formally announced a reduction in troop levels, to be implemented by June 30, from 27,214 to 15,500 (about 43%) and a 30% reduction in the military's budget for 2004 (the budget cut for 2004 was even deeper if intra-bu [...]	2004-04-02 17:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA824	CICIACS GOES TO COURT [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOG-UN agreement to create a Commission to Investigate Clandestine Groups (CICIACS) is slowly moving toward implementation, if fitfully. The CICIACS agreement underwent Congressional review in February and March and will shortly be sent to the Constitutional Court for its [...]	2004-04-02 17:49:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA860	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights. Topics include: -- Cutbacks in Special Prosecutor's Office for Human Rights (para 2 and 3) -- Rosalina Tuyuc to Head Presidential Reparations Committee (para 4) -- CALDH Kidnapping (para 6) [...]	2004-04-07 22:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA909	GUATEMALA ANNOUNCES SUPPORT BUT NOT CO-SPONSORSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-13 22:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GT UNCHR
04GUATEMALA944	GUATEMALA COOLS RHETORIC ON BELIZE SHOOTING [...] (C) Summary: GOG officials are ratcheting down what had been a war of words over the April 7 shooting of a Guatemalan peasant by Belize Defense Forces. On April 15, President Berger called the incident "isolated" and said he would not send troops to the border area. Foreign Minister Briz con [...]	2004-04-16 18:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM BH GT
04GUAYAQUIL1120	NO SURPRISES IN GUAYAS AND GUAYAQUIL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A pre-electoral assessment of Ecuador's largest city of Guayaquil and the surrounding province of Guayas suggests that the incumbent Social Christian Party (PSC) mayor and provincial prefect are likely to be re- elected in local elections on October 17. Any result short of a PS [...]	2004-10-07 17:29:00	Consulate Guayaquil	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EC
04GUAYAQUIL1223	GUAYAS ELECTIONS AND BEYOND - PSC ROLLS ON [...] Summary: As expected, the Social Christian Party (PSC) dominated election results in its heartland of Guayas province and the city of Guayaquil. Jaime Nebot easily won reelection as mayor of Guayaquil and the incumbent PSC prefect, Nicolas Lapentti, turned back his challenger and won a fou [...]	2004-10-22 12:55:00	Consulate Guayaquil	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EC
04GUAYAQUIL1231	PSC SUPPORTS PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, the Social Christian Party (PSC) leadership decided to follow through on party leader Leon Febres-Cordero's post-electoral threat to pursue impeachment proceedings for misuse of funds against President Lucio Gutierrez. PSC leaders tell us there are divisions wi [...]	2004-10-26 20:42:00	Consulate Guayaquil	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR EC
04HALIFAX115	ATLANTIC CANADA: ENERGY TOPICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have been working to streamline their regulatory regimes for offshore energy exploration, but industry calls for combining the two federal-provincial offshore boards will not be acted upon any time soon. The Premiers of Nova Scotia and Newfoundlan [...]	2004-04-21 13:47:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV CA
04HALIFAX12	CAMPOBELLO ISLAND RESIDENTS FEELING CUT OFF [...] Regional press and politicians have begun to focus attention on the plight of the 1450 residents of Campobello Island, New Brunswick. This small a small Island in the Bay of Fundy is, from September to July, accessible from Canada only via a bridge to Lubec, Maine. During the summer a privat [...]	2004-01-20 16:54:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL PTER PGOV ETRD CA
04HALIFAX172	MAJOR DRUG SEIZURE IN ATLANTIC CANADA [...] This past weekend, at Whitney Pier, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, during a routine search of the Canadian Steamship Lines vessel the "Shelia Ann", Canadian Border Services Agency officials and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police seized 83 kilos of cocaine. The drugs were hidden in two duffle bag [...]	2004-07-02 19:51:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CA VE
04HALIFAX174	MAJOR DRUG BUST OFF COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA [...] (U) The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, working with officials from Montreal seized 500 kilograms of cocaine aboard the Antiguan 15-meter sailing vessel the "Friend Ship" on Monday, July 5, 2004. The seizure was worth an estimated value of more than C$18 million [...]	2004-07-07 13:23:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CA BB
04HALIFAX242	HALIFAX PRECLEARANCE: BANGOR WITHDRAWS OBJECTIONS [...] The City Council of Bangor, Maine, unanimously approved late October 25 a resolution to withdraw opposition to Halifax International Airport's (HIA) application for preclearance. The Council also authorized the City Manager and Airport Director to sign an agreement with HIA on joint marketing [...]	2004-10-26 13:16:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD PREL ASEC BEXP CA
04HALIFAX40	ATLANTIC CANADA/STATEOF MAINE: ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS [...] Several energy infrastructure projects being contemplated in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia promise to bind Atlantic Canada further into the northeastern U.S. gas and electric grids, with likely benefits for New England energy consumers: - Refurbishment of NB Power's Point Lepreau nuclear gene [...]	2004-02-10 15:12:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET ENRG ETRD CA
04HANOI1007	GVN "CLOSES" CENTRAL HIGHLANDS TO FOREIGNERS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and ConGen officers, who had been told the Central Highlands were "closed" to foreigners after demonstrations there turned violent, were stopped by police from traveling to the Central Highlands town of Buon Ma Thuot, in the province of Dak Lak, on April 10. Police sto [...]	2004-04-12 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PGOV VM HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI1010	LABOR EXPORT SITUATION AND VIETNAM'S TIER [...] (U) Summary and action request: Embassy has reviewed the suggested language in the Trafficking in Persons report and would like to clarify some issues that appear to have led G/TIP to recommend a "watch list" designation for Vietnam. The GVN is engaged in monitoring and investigation of work c [...]	2004-04-13 08:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI105	STILL REUNIFYING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: [...] (U) Summary. Construction of a new major highway system designed further to link northern and southern Vietnam and to increase access to mountainous areas is underway. The portion through central Vietnam is largely completed -- with some major exceptions -- and provincial and local officia [...]	2004-01-14 08:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI VM
04HANOI1074	DAEWOOSA CASE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR 2004 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: The GVN cracked down hard on the Vietnamese labor companies involved in the Daewoosa case, including jail terms for some executives, who publicly acknowledged their wrongdoing. Since that response to illegal trafficking-related activity in Vietnam, the GVN has reformed its labor [...]	2004-04-14 10:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI1076	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: BLAME UNHCR [...] (SBU) Summary. The GVN officially blames UNHCR for having caused the April 10-11 demonstrations in the Central Highlands by "organizing" illegal crossings of Montagnards and granting them asylum. Ambassador sharply criticized this "farfetched" notion, stressing the local conditions in the [...]	2004-04-15 00:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI1081	LATEST FROM COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) has sent its own officials to investigate recent unrest in the Central Highlands, which it believes stemmed mostly from land issues. UNHCR was also blamed for encouraging Montagnards to flee into Cambodia. "Most" Protestant congregat [...]	2004-04-15 06:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI1094	Ha Giang remains sore spot for Protestants [...] (U) A leader of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam-North has provided additional details about three Protestant figures in Ha Giang province in the Northwest Highlands who had been arrested (reftel) as well as information about an additional arrest, as follow: -- Ly Sin Quang, 28 years old, [...]	2004-04-16 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI1113	MFA "EXPLAINS" CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SITUATION [...] (U) The MFA invited diplomatic missions to an April 19 briefing by Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung on the situation in the Central Highlands (text of statement in para 4). Ambassador and poloff attended and met afterwards separately with VFM Phung to deliver reftel demarche and discuss [...]	2004-04-19 10:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL PINS VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI1190	LAWSUIT AGAINST DAEWOOSA TRAFFICKING VICTIMS [...] (U) Ref A contained documents originally provided by G/TIP allegedly supporting the assertion that the GVN sued victims in the Daewoosa trafficking case to recover the back wages they were paid in the U.S. as part of the court settlement. It also described G/TIP's position that this lawsuit w [...]	2004-04-27 02:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR
04HANOI1196	Ag Minister in disgrace; MPT Minister next? [...] (U) The April 27 "Nhan Dan" carried a small article on its back page reporting on Decision No. 398/2004/QD-TTg to "discipline" Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Huy Ngo, which was apparently signed by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai on April 22. Ngo was specifically censured for [...]	2004-04-27 05:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON VM
04HANOI1209	Another "success" for "democracy" in Vietnam [...] (U) Vietnamese voters went to the polls on Sunday, April 25 to vote for People's Councils at the provincial, district, and local levels (reftel). According to a report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs carried by the CPV flagstaff newspaper "Nhan Dan" on April 27, overall turnout was an [...]	2004-04-27 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM VM DPOL
04HANOI1224	VIETNAM AND UNHCR -- STORM CLOUDS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GVN continues to blame UNHCR for a role at least in encouraging flights by Montagnards from the Central Highland and insists that the UNHCR staff in Cambodia is "anti-Vietnam." The MFA has yet to agree to an expected visit next week by senior UNHCR officials. While the [...]	2004-04-28 09:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR
04HANOI1239	GVN APPRECIATES RECENT POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 29, Nguyen Ba Hung, Deputy Director of the Americas Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with DCM to convey messages on six issues relating to the bilateral relationship. These issues included the political dialogue in May, the extradition of suspected t [...]	2004-04-29 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID PTER VM HUMANR CTERR
04HANOI1267	NGUYEN VU BINH'S SENTENCE UPHELD ON APPEAL [...] (U) The Appeals Court of Hanoi upheld activist Nguyen Vu Binh's sentence of seven years imprisonment and three years administrative detention at home during a May 5 hearing, according to press reports and family friends. Court and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials refused to confirm the [...]	2004-05-04 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR
04HANOI1268	MISSION TEAM VISITS GIA LAI IN WAKE OF PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in Gia Lai province April 27-29 downplayed reports of violence connected to the April 10 events in the province, telling Mission poloffs that protests had taken place in nine locations, had involved a total of no more 1000-3000 demonstrators, and were quickly contained [...]	2004-05-04 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI1421	ADOPTIONS IN VIETNAM: PREVENTING ABUSES [...] (U) Summary: As we wait for the GVN to make written revisions to the draft text left with them at the conclusion of the first round of adoption negotiations in March, we wish to take this opportunity to once again raise our concerns about the implementation of any agreement we eventually rea [...]	2004-05-19 09:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
04HANOI1442	U.S. HUMANITARIAN DEMINING EFFORTS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: The U.S.-funded VVAF survey project is underway, though it has also lost its project manager and will not be complete by September 30. U.S.-funded demining- related NGOs are operating successfully in Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces and have generated goodwill towards the U.S. [...]	2004-05-21 02:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV EAID VM
04HANOI158	VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The eleventh Vietnam Consultative Group of Donors (CG) meeting took place in Hanoi December 1-3, 2003. Donors at the meeting, co-chaired by the Government of Vietnam (GVN) and the World Bank, expressed continued support to the GVN's action program for 2002-2007 and emphasized th [...]	2004-01-16 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM HIV AIDS ETMIN SOE
04HANOI1584	ESTABLISHMENT OF DRUG INTERDICTION TASK FORCE UNITS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A key element of a UN-led, U.S.-funded anti-drug project setting up drug interdiction task force units in six Vietnamese provinces bordering China, Cambodia, and Laos is underway. The three-year project focuses on generating [...]	2004-06-02 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL EAID VM CNARC
04HANOI1587	NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2004 [...] (U) In response to incoming request, post is providing responses keyed to 2004 certification instruction points as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Unit [...]	2004-06-03 03:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
04HANOI1604	REVIEWING HUMAN RIGHTS WITH DPM DUNG [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dung on June 3, Ambassador urged Vietnam to take steps on human rights and religious freedom, inter alia, that would create a good environment for high level visits from Vietnam. Dung acknowledged problems in implementation of "clear" [...]	2004-06-04 06:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM IZ VM CTERR ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI1613	RAISING COMMERCIAL/ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH DPM DUNG [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Dung on June 3 promised Ambassador to invite Lockheed Martin for negotiations on Vinasat, "took note" of a request to look into a decision on MWH's bid for a program management contract for the Son La dam project, predicted licenses for US insurance compan [...]	2004-06-04 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EINV VM WTO BTA
04HANOI1617	POSSIBLE TERRORIST SIGHTING IN HO CHI MINH CITY [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 2, 2004, AT 11:00 HOURS, RSO MET WITH TWO AMCITS WHO WERE CURRENTLY ON A BUSINESS TRIP TO HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM. BOTH AMCITS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE STAYING AT THE SHERATON SAIGON HOTEL IN HO CHI MINH CITY. THEY SAID THAT ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 1 AT APPROXIMATELY 22:00 HOURS, T [...]	2004-06-04 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER VM CTERR
04HANOI1618	POSSIBLE TERRORIST SIGHTING IN HO CHI MINH CITY - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: REFTEL (A) and (B) reported that on the evening of June 1, two visiting AMCITS observed an individual in a Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) night club who they believed to be Fahid Mohammed Ally MSALAM (SUBJECT 1). SUBJECT 1 is listed on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist Web site. Despit [...]	2004-06-04 12:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER VM CTERR
04HANOI1649	BA SAO PRISON: A PREVIEW [...] (U) Summary. The Ha Nam (more commonly called Ba Sao) prison that A/S Craner may visit on June 18 appears a model facility, with clean if Spartan cells and extensive grounds. It holds a relatively high number of recidivists; a plurality of prisoners were convicted on narcotics charges. Acti [...]	2004-06-09 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PINS VM HIV AIDS
04HANOI1676	GVN REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR ACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GVN is seeking USG support to deny consultative status to two NGOs at the upcoming ECOSOC session in New York. The GVN considers the Free Vietnam Alliance and the Transnational Radical Party to be terrorist organizations with the aim of either forcibly overthrowing the GVN [...]	2004-06-10 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER VM UN ECOSOC ETMIN CTERR
04HANOI1699	EARLY RELEASE OF LE CHI QUANG [...] (SBU) A reliable activist source has confirmed the early release on June 12 of Le Chi Quang, who had been sentenced by the Hanoi People's Court on November 8, 2002 to a four year sentence (refs b and c) for alleged "acts of propaganda" against the State. According to Vietnamese media accoun [...]	2004-06-15 06:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL VM HUMANR
04HANOI1724	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN VIETNAM'S TIP EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam continues to take more direct steps to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),in part with assistance from the international community. New and ongoing strategies include: the creation of anti-trafficking police units in local provinces; a large-scale media and education c [...]	2004-06-17 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI1727	FURTHER REDUCTION IN FATHER LY'S SENTENCE [...] (U) The Foreign Ministry on July 17 confirmed media reports that the Nam Ha Provincial Court had further reduced by five years the sentence of Father Thadaeus Nguyen Van Ly in tribute to his satisfactory compliance with the regulations of the Nam Ha prison. Father Ly had originally been sen [...]	2004-06-17 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI1729	DASD JENNINGS' MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GVN OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary. In meetings with a range of GVN leaders in Hanoi and HCMC, DASD Jennings and staff reached agreement on the archival research initiative; assessed positively the utility of continuing the wartime leaders interview initiative; reiterated USG priority for underwater recovery oper [...]	2004-06-18 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR VM
04HANOI174	STAFFDEL MCCORMICK'S TRIP TO HANOI: EXPANDING [...] SUMMARY: During Staffdel McCormick's official meetings January 6-8 with the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),National Assembly (NA),Government Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA),and Office of the Government (OOG),the delegation agreed on the value of an expanded U.S.-Viet [...]	2004-01-26 09:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PHUM ETRD EAID VM RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS
04HANOI1780	CRITICISM LANDS TWO MORE IN JAIL [...] (U) The Vinh Phuc provincial public security department confirmed media reports (initially in the June 17 "Tien Phong" newspaper) of the arrest of Tran Van Luong and Nguyen Minh Hoan on charges of writing and distributing documents that "distorted the economic policies" of the government and [...]	2004-06-24 04:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINS VM HUMANR
04HANOI1793	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY -- FLEXING ITS MUSCLES [...] (U) Summary. Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) ended its summer session on June 15 after approving a record number of laws and resolutions, thanks in large part to the implementation of a new legislative procedure. Several Cabinet members faced strong and well-publicized criticisms of their pe [...]	2004-06-24 08:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV VM DPOL
04HANOI1837	Vietnam - DCM Meeting with Consular Department [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-30 03:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CASC KOCI PREL PTER VM CTERR HUMANR
04HANOI1869	LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary. Ninety nine point five per cent or about fifty million voters allegedly cast the polls on April 25 to elect deputies to local legislatures -- known as People's Councils -- at the provincial, district, and commune levels. Percentages of women, "young," and Communist Party (CPV) mem [...]	2004-07-02 07:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM DPOL
04HANOI1918	VIETNAM RESPONDS TO INFLATIONARY PRESSURE [...] SUMMARY. Vietnam's CPI has registered an increase of 7.2% so far this year. While the GVN attributes this rise to external forces such as oil prices, the CPI is also heavily weighted to reflect rises in the price of food and foodstuffs. Credit growth has also rapidly increased by 33% this [...]	2004-07-09 10:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON VM FINREF
04HANOI199	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #2 [...] (U) According to WHO, there are currently 53 possible cases of avian influenza in humans in Vietnam; of these, eight have been confirmed (of which 7 have died),nine are possible cases, and 36 are under investigation. A total of 18 cases under investigation have resulted in death as of Janua [...]	2004-01-27 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI1993	EIGHTH WORKING PARTY ON VIETNAM'S WTO ACCESSION [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Eighth Working Party on the Accession of Vietnam to the World Trade Organization met June 15 in Geneva to continue its review of Vietnam's trade regime and plans to bring it into compliance with WTO standards. Vietnam's presentation reported progress especially in [...]	2004-07-16 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD VM WTRO WTO
04HANOI2003	VIETNAM: US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETINGS IN [...] During a visit to Hanoi July 12-13, 26 member firms of the US-ASEAN Business Council, accompanied by Ambassador and embassy officers, met with key GVN leaders including Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien, Finance Minister Nguyen Sinh [...]	2004-07-19 08:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EINV VN IPROP ASEAN
04HANOI2009	TEXT OF VIETNAM'S NEW ORDINANCE ON RELIGION [...] (U) Following is an unofficial Embassy translation of Vietnam's new Ordinance on Belief and Religion. //Begin text// Ordinance on Belief and Religion Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/Q [...]	2004-07-19 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI2107	ENCOURAGING TIP PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: To provoke the changes necessary to graduate Vietnam off the TIP Watch List, the USG should encourage greater protection of workers while staying out of the sensitive debate over the character and desirability of the labor export sector in Vietnam. We should push hard on areas [...]	2004-07-29 09:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI2116	VIETNAM: DUSTR SHINER UNDESCORES USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings July 25 with DPM Vu Khoan, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen and other senior GVN officials, DUSTR Josette Shiner conveyed strong USG support for Vietnam's WTO accession; agreed to begin another round of bilateral market access negotiations in October; urged the G [...]	2004-07-30 09:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTRO WTO IPROP
04HANOI2169	VOICE OF AMERICA RECEIVES POSITIVE SIGNAL FROM [...] (U) SUMMARY: VOICE OF AMERICA'S (VOA) ASIA DIRECTOR FOR MARKETING AND PROGRAM PLACEMENT, DR. JOYCE NGOH, GARNERED A POSITIVE REACTION FROM VIETNAM TELEVISION ON HER FOURTH ANNUAL VISIT TO HANOI. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE VOA BEGAN ITS MARKETING EFFORTS IN VIETNAM, VTV OFFICIALS WELCOMED VOA'S E [...]	2004-08-05 03:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO VM
04HANOI2205	DEATH SENTENCE CASE OF JOHN NHU HUNG NGUYEN [...] (U) Summary. AmCit John Nguyen has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking. Post believes that this penalty is disproportionate to his crime, and given the state of Vietnam's judicial system, requests clearance on talking points supporting Mr. Nguyen's request for leniency. End Summary [...]	2004-08-10 08:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL VM CNARC
04HANOI2284	TALKING THE TALK AND WALKING THE WALK DURING DRUG [...] (U) SUMMARY. June is "Drug Awareness Month" in Vietnam, and this year's campaign was billed as a success. Typically energetic government-encouraged anti-drug publicity events were accompanied by atypically successful drug trafficking enforcement operations throughout the country, with severa [...]	2004-08-18 00:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SOCI VM CNARC
04HANOI2398	PRISONER AMNESTY DISAPPOINTING [...] (U) This is a retransmission and update of Hanoi 2397. First transmission duplicated and reinserted deleted text due to track-changes function of Microsoft Word. 2. (U) No U.S. citizens and no high-profile political prisoners were among the 8623 individuals receiving amnesties to mark Vietn [...]	2004-08-31 03:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC VM HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI2404	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADER REACTS TO TIP REPORT [...] Summary. On July 28, Madame Ton Nu Thi Ninh, Vice Chairwoman of the External Relations Committee of the National Assembly (NA),made an unannounced appearance at the USAID-funded Development Alternative Initiative (DAI) meeting in Hanoi. Madame Ninh expressed the GVN's support for anti-traff [...]	2004-08-31 06:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP ASEAN
04HANOI2430	STAFFDEL JANUZZI MEETINGS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Frank Januzzi in Hanoi on September 1, a Catholic Church leader and a GVN Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) official depicted a steadily improving situation for religious believers in Vietnam. Of note, the [...]	2004-09-03 05:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI2438	FINAL THOUGHTS FROM HANOI [...] An American who knows Vietnam very well related to me soon after my arrival in Hanoi how he had briefed President Clinton just before Clinton's November 2000 visit to Vietnam: He had explained that the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) makes its most important decisions in re [...]	2004-09-04 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD VM DPOL
04HANOI2499	TIP IN VIETNAM: DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) used a recent meeting with Emboffs and a visiting G/TIP officer to complain about the decision to resurrect a five year-old labor trafficking case in the 2004 TIP report. MOLISA challenged some of the fact [...]	2004-09-13 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR
04HANOI2507	UNICEF AND MPS REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Public Security, working in cooperation with Cooperazione Italiana and UNICEF, released the government's first comprehensive statistical report on trafficking in Vietnam. At the same time, the GVN and other agencies in Vietnam agree that "official" trafficking st [...]	2004-09-13 22:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI2518	VIETNAM'S JUSTICE SECTOR: CLIMATE AND LANDSCAPE [...] (U) This message incorporates the report of the ICITAP/OPDAT team that visited Hanoi July 19-23 2004 in advance of planned DOJ counternarcotics training activities. 2. (U) Summary: DOJ is ready to implement the training programs supported with INCLE funds and listed in the U.S.- Vietnam Cou [...]	2004-09-15 00:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC
04HANOI252	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #4 [...] (U) There are currently 58 cases of suspected avian influenza in humans in Vietnam under investigation. Of these, eight have been confirmed as H5N1 in the laboratory, of which six have died. 21 possible cases have tested positive for Influenza A on a rapid test, but have not yet been confir [...]	2004-01-30 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI2595	Ambassador's September 16 Meeting with Assistant [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met for the first time September 16 with Assistant Foreign Minister (and Americas Department Director General) Nguyen Duc Hung. Following a brief discussion of VFM Phung's upcoming U.S. visit and Vietnam's efforts to reach out to members of Congress, the issue o [...]	2004-09-16 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI2602	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOF VM TAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-17 07:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTRO WTO
04HANOI2603	GVN: TERRORISTS HERE ARE VIETNAMESE EXILES [...] (SBU) Summary: MPS counterterrorism officials are keeping a close watch on Vietnamese Muslims. They do not perceive a threat yet, but note that contacts between Vietnamese Muslims and international Muslim groups have developed. The GVN highly appreciates U.S. assistance in counterterrorism, [...]	2004-09-17 07:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC VM CTERR
04HANOI2608	"BANDIT" GROUPS RAID NEAR LAOS BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: We have confirmed reports of clashes between Vietnamese Border Army troops and small groups of armed Hmong in western Nghe An province that have left two dead since late July. The GVN published the story in the newspaper but has declined to discuss it with us. End Summary. [...]	2004-09-17 09:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC LA VM ETMIN
04HANOI2620	Vietnam: Trade Officials Arrested for Taking [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 15, a key Ministry of Trade (MOT) official responsible for allocation of Vietnam's textile quota for the U.S. market was arrested by the Economic Police for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for quota. MOT officials have stated publicly that the case will not delay [...]	2004-09-20 08:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ECON VM
04HANOI2660	GVN DECLARES LISTS OF STATE SECRETS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN has for the first time publicly issued a list of Office of the Government documents requiring classification. Included in this list are documents related to security issues, national reserves, budget figures and "important internal and external policies." Official sour [...]	2004-09-24 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR VM
04HANOI2708	Vietnam Adoptions: Meeting With Deputy Director of [...] (U) Summary: During two recent meetings with Post's Consular Section Chief, Nguyen Cong Khanh, Deputy Director of Vietnam's Department of International Adoptions, repeated the GVN position that under Vietnamese law any adoption agreement must meet the definition of a "treaty." He went on to n [...]	2004-09-30 08:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
04HANOI2711	REPORT ON DPMO DISCUSSIONS IN GIA LAI PROVINCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Defense, POW/MIA Affairs Office, Senior Director for Policy, led a team of five Americans to Pleiku city on 23-24 September 2004, in order for U.S. and Vietnamese technical experts to review cases involving unaccounted- for Americans in Gia Lai Province, inte [...]	2004-10-01 08:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS
04HANOI2734	VIETNAM'S LARGEST DRUG CASE EVER [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Recent counternarcotics successes, culminating in the arrest of the key members of a drug syndicate billed as the nation's largest ever, have not lifted the flagging spirits of Vietnam's counterdrug officers. Departing from their usual relentlessly optimistic propaga [...]	2004-10-04 22:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC
04HANOI2742	CORRESPONDENCE FROM GVN'S COMMISSION ON RELIGIOUS [...] Embassy received October 4 identical letters from the Government of Vietnam's Commission on Religious Affairs addressed to the "Department of State," DRL/IRF Ambassador Hanford and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Embassy pouched the letters to EAP/BCLTV, Registration [...]	2004-10-05 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI2745	VIETNAM: WEN JIABAO TO DISCUSS TRADE, BORDER DURING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Chinese Prime Minister (PM) Wen Jiabao will join the parade of Asian and European leaders to the ASEM 5 summit in Hanoi October 7-9. Reflecting China's status as Vietnam's ideological soulmate and "big brother," Wen will be one of only five leaders to also have a bil [...]	2004-10-06 02:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ASEAN CVR
04HANOI2752	Vietnam: Textile Quota Bribe Scandal - Part Two [...] Summary: The arrest of the son of a Vice Minister of Trade (who bears overall responsibility for textile quota allocation) added a new twist to the GVN's ongoing investigation into schemes by Ministry of Trade (MOT) officials to extract bribes in exchange for U.S. textile quota. Both English [...]	2004-10-06 09:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON VM
04HANOI2782	POLITICAL PRISONERS DR. QUE AND DR. SON TRANSFERRED [...] (SBU) Summary: Political prisoners Dr. Nguyen Dan Que and Dr. Pham Hong Son have both been transferred to a prison in Thanh Hoa Province in northern Vietnam. Son is reportedly in poor health and may require surgery for a hernia. Family members have not been able to visit Que or Son, and one [...]	2004-10-12 23:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV VM HUMANR
04HANOI2795	BURMA ADDRESSED IN LOW-SUBSTANCE ASEM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Predictions that ASEM-5 would be a talk shop lacking in substance proved for the most part accurate, but the Europeans successfully insisted on raising the Burma issue and including a reference to the political situation there in the Chairman's Statement. The event [...]	2004-10-13 09:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU PHUM BM VM ARF
04HANOI2816	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF PLANNING [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-15 08:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID EINV VM HIV AIDS
04HANOI2856	CATHOLICS DEDICATE NEW CATHEDRAL [...] (U) Summary: A large number of Catholic bishops, priests and believers celebrated the dedication of a new cathedral in Lang Son City on October 2. The dedication comes after a long period of difficult relations between the Catholic Church and provincial authorities in Lang Son and is reflect [...]	2004-10-21 06:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE

04HANOI2860	VIETNAM: TERRORIST FINANCE COORDINATION [...] (U) As a follow-up to the meeting described in ref A, Hanoi's full TFC team met on October 7, 2004 to clarify and coordinate Post's position on terrorist financing. While terrorist financing and money laundering are similar, these two issues are treated separately by the Government of Vietnam. [...]	2004-10-21 08:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL VM FINREF CTERR
04HANOI2864	13 Montagnards Return to Vietnam [...] (SBU) UNHCR Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son reported to us October 18 that the 13 Montagnards who had originally sought resettlement from Cambodia but ultimately decided to return to Vietnam -- with or without UNHCR's assistance -- had indeed returned to Vietnam. According to Son, t [...]	2004-10-21 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR
04HANOI2878	AMBASSADOR, CA A/S HARTY DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 20 meeting, Minister of Justice (MOJ) Uong Chu Luu identified for the Ambassador and Consular Affairs A/S Harty a number of areas where he thought the Vietnamese legal system needs reform, most notably in commercial law. Minister Luu also spoke very highly of [...]	2004-10-25 01:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS VM
04HANOI2882	VIETNAM: EAP DAS HUHTALA DISCUSSES BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 22, EAP DAS Ambassador Marie Huhtala, accompanied by the Ambassador, met separately with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu and Vice Minister of Finance Le Thi Bang Tam. DAS Huhtala encouraged the GVN to ensure full implementation of all parts of the U.S.-Vietnam B [...]	2004-10-25 08:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ETTC KIPR VM WTRO APEC BTA IPROP WTO MNUC
04HANOI2886	Bulldozed Mennonite Church [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Multiple contacts in the official and non-recognized Protestant communities confirmed that local authorities tore down an "unofficial" Mennonite church in Kontum Province September 24, as reported October 22 by Human Rights Watch. However, it appears that the actio [...]	2004-10-25 09:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI2888	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOLISA MINISTER HANG [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Madame Nguyen Thi Hang expressed hope that the Department of Labor would continue and expand its projects in Vietnam and gratitude for the selection of Vietnam as a President [...]	2004-10-25 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ECON VM HIV AIDS LABOR TIP
04HANOI2908	VIETNAM: PRIME MINISTER KHAI'S SPEECH TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On October 25, the Ambassador attended Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's address at the opening of the Sixth Session of the National Assembly's Eleventh Legislature. The PM's lengthy speech focused largely on economic issues, outlining socio-economic targets for the u [...]	2004-10-27 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV VM WTO DPOL
04HANOI2921	VIETNAM ISSUES NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION ON TIP [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam has come up with the long-awaited national action plan on trafficking in persons. The plan focuses on the 2004-2010 period and addresses the major elements of prevention, prosecution and protection. It identifies the deficiencies in the current approach and the challenge [...]	2004-10-29 01:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI2960	HIV/AIDS: AMBASSADOR VISITS U.S. GOVERNMENT- [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 trip to Haiphong, the Ambassador visited three HIV/AIDS projects supported by the President's Emergency Plan (EP) and met with city officials. Haiphong is Vietnam's fourth most-populous city and suffers from the country's second highest HIV incidence rat [...]	2004-11-02 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI VM HIV AIDS
04HANOI2973	AVIAN FLU, in Viet Nam, FALL 2004 (AI) [...] (U) Summary. Poultry flocks in South East Asia, continue to be infected with highly pathogenic Avian Influenza A Subtype H5N1 (AI) with sporadic reports of human fatalities both in Vietnam and Thailand. As the weather cools and the humidity drops, the viability of the influenza virus improves [...]	2004-11-03 07:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR VM AFLU
04HANOI2993	AVIAN FLU, in Viet Nam, FALL 2004 (AI) [...] (U) Summary. Poultry flocks in South East Asia, continue to be infected with highly pathogenic Avian Influenza A Subtype H5N1 (AI) with sporadic reports of human fatalities both in Vietnam and Thailand. As the weather cools and the humidity drops, the viability of the influenza virus improves [...]	2004-11-05 08:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR VM AFLU
04HANOI302	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #5 [...] (U) The number of suspected cases of avian influenza in humans in Vietnam continues to increase. 10 have now been confirmed as H5N1 in the laboratory. (Yesterday, we mistakenly reported a total of 12.) The number of affected provinces has further increased to 52 out of a total of 64 provin [...]	2004-02-03 10:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI3021	UPDATE ON LABOR EXPORT IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) officials and Vietnamese press reports, increasing labor exports from Vietnam have created new demands for services and protections for overseas workers. While not yet complete, the process of turn [...]	2004-11-09 09:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR
04HANOI3050	Ambassador Visits MIA Recovery Site; Meets with [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador traveled to Nghe An and Ha Tinh Provinces in northern central Vietnam November 4-5 to visit a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) operational recovery site and to observe the turnover of remains believed to be those of an American serviceman lost during the V [...]	2004-11-10 10:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO VM PGOV PHUM KHIV KIRF MARR MOPS
04HANOI3071	VIETNAM: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is the Vietnam mission's interim assessment of Vietnam's anti-Trafficking in Persons performance according to the three questions posed in reftel A. QUESTION A: PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Procuracy's new statistics office only [...]	2004-11-15 03:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI3083	GVN MISSES DEADLINE FOR RELIGION DECREES [...] (SBU) Vietnam's new Ordinance on Religion came into effect on November 15, but the GVN has yet to issue the necessary decrees detailing how the ordinance is to be implemented (Ref A). Sources within the Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) indicated to us that the implementing decrees are pe [...]	2004-11-15 23:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI3084	VIETNAM: SNAPSHOT OF RECENT ECONOMIC EVENTS [...] This cable describes economic events in Hanoi during October and early November 2004. Financial Sector Donor Working Meeting -------------------------------------- 2. The Financial Sector Donor Working Group met in Hanoi on October 18 to discuss donor projects in the financial sector and [...]	2004-11-16 02:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAID ENRG VM FINREF
04HANOI309	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #7 [...] (U) WE ARE AWARE OF DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE NUMBERS OF CASES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) IN HUMANS IN OUR CABLES, REPORTED BY WHO, AND THE NUMBER REPORTED BY THE GVN'S MOH. THE STATISTICS REPORTED IN OUR CABLES REFLECT WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE MOST RECENT RELIABLE NUMBERS BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS [...]	2004-02-04 10:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI3097	VIETNAM ECONOMY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2004 - STABLE [...] SUMMARY: The Vietnamese economy grew steadily at an annual rate of seven percent in the first six months of 2004. Nonetheless, the economy is facing increasing inflation primarily resulting from external supply factors. Boosted by higher oil prices, export performance remained strong with gro [...]	2004-11-17 07:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM FINREF
04HANOI321	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #8 [...] (U) WHO INVESTIGATIVE TEAM DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE TO INDICATE 13 CASES OF LABORATORY-CONFIRMED H5 INFLUENZA IN HUMANS. ------------ PPE SHORTAGE ------------ 2. (U) Due to worldwide demand, the GVN, WHO, and FAO are now facing difficulties in purchasing Personal Protective Equipment (P [...]	2004-02-05 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI3215	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR ASIA/PACIFIC DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on November 24 with Janet Lim, the new Asia/Pacific Bureau Chief for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Describing an earlier meeting with VFM Le Van Bang as "very good," Lim said that VFM Bang had told her that the GVN wants to work [...]	2004-11-29 10:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI3246	AMBASSADOR VISITS VIETNAM'S SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the south-central coast of Vietnam and found economic development plans in their infancy. Senior officials called for U.S. investment and humanitarian assistance. The Ambassador raised religious freedom, HIV/AIDS, and educational and cultural exchanges an [...]	2004-12-03 11:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE HIV AIDS
04HANOI3257	NORTHERN PROTESTANT CHURCH HOLDS LONG AWAITED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Evangelical Church of Vietnam: North (ECVN) held its first National Congress in 20 years December 1-2. The meeting allowed the Church to name a new leadership board, appoint two new pastors and make progress on rewriting the ECVN's charter. The new leadership indicated tha [...]	2004-12-06 08:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI327	RESURGENCE OF TRADITIONAL BELIEF CELEBRATIONS [...] (U) Summary. The expansion of religious freedoms and resurgent interest in local culture over the past two decades has also sparked new pride in local folk belief and led to the resurgence of large, well-organized festivals dedicated to local gods and heroes. Poloffs attended one major fes [...]	2004-02-06 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PGOV VM RELFREE
04HANOI3273	VIETNAM: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] Summary: The transparency of Vietnam's budget and audit process has improved since the last reporting on this issue. The Law on State Budget effective January 2004 made significant changes including giving the National Assembly (NA) final approval over the budget and its allocation to all GVN [...]	2004-12-09 03:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID VM
04HANOI3286	VIETNAM: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Vietnam's low-threat terrorist situation did not change in 2004. There is a tiny Muslim population with no known affiliations with international terrorist organizations. There is no evidence that terrorists operate in or transit Vietnam, or that they use Vietnam for other support serv [...]	2004-12-10 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER VM CTERR
04HANOI330	TIP IN VIETNAM: VISIT OF G/TIP PROGRAM OFFICER [...] Summary: G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Gregory Holliday's meetings in Vietnam were productive and reflected the hard work and effort Vietnam is putting into the fight against trafficking in persons. He heard about the GVN's increasing attention to trafficking and about recent changes to how [...]	2004-02-06 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM ELAB CB CH MY RP VM OMIG TIP LABOR
04HANOI3313	Congressman Chabot Meets with Ministries of Trade, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Hanoi, Congressman Steve Chabot met separately December 13 and 14 with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat and Vice Minister of Finance Le Thi Bang Tam. DCM accompanied the Congressman to the Ministry [...]	2004-12-15 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV OTRA PREL VM WTO IPROP
04HANOI333	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #9 [...] (U) LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE 15 CASES OF LABORATORY- CONFIRMED H5 INFLUENZA IN HUMANS. WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THIS FIGURE WITH THE WHO INVESTIGATIVE TEAM. ---------------------------- GVN BRIEFING FOR AMBASSADORS ---------------------------- 2. (U) A GVN briefing for [...]	2004-02-06 10:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI3331	VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The Twelfth Vietnam Consultative Group (CG) Meeting took place December 1-2, 2004 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co-chaired the meeting. A wide range of Vietnamese Government officials and repr [...]	2004-12-17 07:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM KKIV AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO
04HANOI3332	VIETNAM: SUGGESTED REVISIONS FOR 2005 NTE [...] This cable transmits post's suggested revisions to the text of the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report for Vietnam. As instructed reftel, text was sent via email attachment separately to USTR. 2. Begin text of draft NTE report: VIETNAM TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade deficit with Viet [...]	2004-12-17 09:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIS VM BTA IPROP SOE FINREF
04HANOI3335	VIETNAM: INSCR RESPONSE PART II, MONEY [...] (U) Summary: Although the government monitors international financial transactions in Vietnam closely, it is not clear whether the procedures are adequate to preclude money laundering or terrorism financing. Some branches of the government are more cooperative than others in trying to addres [...]	2004-12-20 04:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL VM EUN CTERR CNARC FINREF
04HANOI334	H5N1 AVIAN FLU RESPONSE [...] Following are post's responses to questions posed in Reftel. I. Yes, there is active animal surveillance in Vietnam. A. Ministry of Agriculture Contact: Dr. Bui Quang Anh Director General Department of Animal Health (MARD/DAH) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) N [...]	2004-02-08 23:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON EAID KHIV AMED VM AFLU
04HANOI3341	Charge Meets with UNHCR Regional Representative [...] (SBU) The Charge met December 17 with UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan and UNHCR Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son. According to Utkan, he had had a productive meeting earlier in the day with MFA Director General for Consular Affairs Bui Dinh Dinh and had focused on three iss [...]	2004-12-20 07:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR
04HANOI335	VIETNAM'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam's banking sector is presently characterized by a few dominant state-owned commercial banks (SOCBs),a number of comparatively small joint stock banks (JSBs),and some foreign banks. In recent years, the GVN has undertaken a number of reforms, with the goals of ensuring [...]	2004-02-09 01:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD VM BTA FINREF SOE
04HANOI3352	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES SECURITY LAW, BLASTS PM ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) ended its autumn session on December 4 after passing six new laws, including two on publishing and national security. The contents of the National Security law have not been released, but they reportedly seek to rein in the military's intelligence se [...]	2004-12-20 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MARR VM DPOL
04HANOI3356	2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
04HANOI336	DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN VIETNAM'S LABOR [...] SUMMARY: With approximately 340,000 Vietnamese currently working overseas, Vietnam looks to labor exports as a means to expand opportunities for its growing labor force while generating foreign exchange. In order to address the challenges created by the increase in labor exports, Vietnam inc [...]	2004-02-09 01:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON VM KTIP TIP LABOR
04HANOI3424	MINISTRY OF SECURITY NEWSPAPER ACCUSES UNHCR OF [...] (SBU) An Ninh The Gioi (World Security),a newspaper published by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS),printed a long article (excerpted below) on December 29 accusing two UNHCR employees - Westerner Katy Grant and ethnic Vietnamese Y Xuan - of having links with separatist groups and attemp [...]	2004-12-30 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI347	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #10 [...] (U) THE WHO INVESTIGATIVE TEAM INDICATES THAT TYPE SPECIFIC LABORATORY TESTS HAVE CONFIRMED THE TWO NEW CASES OF H5 INFLUENZA IN HUMANS, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HUMAN CASES IN VIETNAM TO 18 (13 OF WHOM HAVE DIED). THESE TWO NEW CASES WERE HOSPITALIZED IN HCMC, AND INCLUDE A 6 YEAR-OLD B [...]	2004-02-09 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI351	STAFFDEL FLICKNER'S TRIP TO VIETNAM [...] SUMMARY: During Staffdel Flickner's visit to Vietnam January 10-15, the delegation met with the Office of the Government (OOG),during which its Vice Minister expressed his appreciation for U.S. assistance, requested continued support, and asked for continued dialogue on human rights and rel [...]	2004-02-10 04:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP EAID ETRD PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE HIV AIDS
04HANOI367	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #11 [...] (U) THE WHO INVESTIGATIVE TEAM REPORTS NO NEW CASES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN HUMANS. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 19 CONFIRMED HUMAN CASES OF H5N1, OF WHICH 14 HAVE DIED. ------------------ FINANCIAL SUPPORT ------------------ 2. (U) MONETARY AND IN-KIND SUPPORT CONTINUE TO BE PLEDGED. WHO IS TH [...]	2004-02-10 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI377	MFA GOALS FOR 2004 AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary. MFA Policy Planning Department Deputy Director General Bui Thanh Son, in a meeting with Pol/C on February 10, reiterated Vietnam's commitment to moving forward on U.S.-Vietnam relations "in all fields, including military" in 2004. He pondered about the possibility of a bilat [...]	2004-02-11 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP CH LA CB VM ASEAN
04HANOI383	MORE ALLEGATIONS OF HARRASSMENT OF PROTESTANTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sources in the Protestant community in northern Vietnam continue to provide the Embassy with cases of alleged abuse by local authorities. The claims range from petty harassment of believers to two accusations of rape in the Northern Highlands province of Lai Chau. While the [...]	2004-02-12 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI391	COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP INPUT FOR VIETNAM [...] Summary: According to CTAG members (and representatives from Switzerland, Spain, and Australia) at Hanoi-based Embassies, Vietnam receives little attention and less assistance, especially compared to high-threat Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia. Some members -- notably Australia, [...]	2004-02-12 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL ASEC VM CTERR
04HANOI392	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #12 [...] (U) THE WHO INVESTIGATIVE TEAM REPORTS 19 CONFIRMED HUMAN CASES OF H5N1, OF WHICH 14 HAVE DIED. CASE AND FATALITY COUNTS HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE TUESDAY 2/12/04. --------------------------- BUSINESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS --------------------------- 2. (U) ON FEBRUARY 11, 2004, THE HANOI [...]	2004-02-12 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI447	ADMIRAL FARGO FOCUSES ON AREAS OF CONTINUED AND [...] SUMMARY. COMMANDER, UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND (PACOM) WAS HOSTED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) FROM 08-11 FEBRUARY 2004. SENIOR MOD OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE ADMIRAL'S VISIT AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." IT WAS MARKED BY LESS CAUTION AND MORE WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE THAN HAS BEEN EXPERIENC [...]	2004-02-18 08:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM ASEAN CTERR CNARC TIP
04HANOI51	Listening to the views of "the people" [...] (U) Summary. The GVN has set up a comprehensive system of offices to receive public complaints, including direct contact with local officials on a regular basis. It appears that these offices mostly give guidance on where to go for more specific resolution of problems rather than actually [...]	2004-01-08 10:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI VM DPOL
04HANOI513	VIETNAM: EMBASSY INPUT FOR 2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Embassy recommends continued placement of Vietnam on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2004 as 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 make some [...]	2004-02-23 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON VM IPROP BTA
04HANOI535	YOUNGER GVN OFFICIALS ON NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent seminar on Vietnam's national security, younger generation officials from a range of GVN agencies and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) variously commented that: China and the U.S. both represent serious, but completely different threats for Vietnam's future [...]	2004-02-25 06:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PTER SNAR BM KN IZ VM CTERR ASEAN CVR DPRK CNARC
04HANOI548	RAPE -- OR CORRUPTION? -- TAKES DOWN SENIOR OFFICIAL [...] (U) According to media reports, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai on February 25 suspended Vice Chairman of the National Committee for Sports Luong Quoc Dung following his arrest February 19 on charges of child abuse. Dung reportedly has already confessed to having sex with a 13 year old girl in [...]	2004-02-26 05:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM VM DPOL
04HANOI582	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #14 [...] U) The WHO investigative team continues to report 23 confirmed human cases of H5N1, of which 15 have died. While the confirmed case count is unchanged, suspect cases are daily identified, many of which are ruled out. One new case occurred in a district of a province that had not reported case [...]	2004-02-27 07:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI634	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE - DEMONSTRATIONS 1A. NO 1B. YES 1C. YES 1D. :Following the initiation of hostilities in the Gulf, there were small street demonstrations across from mission facilities in both Hanoi and HCMC of about 100. In addition there were also some large rallies (5,000 [...]	2004-03-02 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER VM CTERR
04HANOI636	VIETNAM: CONGRESSMAN COLLINS MEETS MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: On February 27, Congressman Mac Collins (R- GA) met with Vietnam's Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen to discuss bilateral trade relations. Collins emphasized that bilateral cooperation on trade is closely linked to cooperation in other areas such as MIA issues. Tuyen emphasize [...]	2004-03-02 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ETRD ECON PREL KPOW VM BTA LABOR WTO DPOL
04HANOI638	A PRISON FOR THE WORST OFFENDERS [...] (U) Summary. At what was described as only one of two prisons nationwide for serious male criminal offenders, conditions were basic, clean, and orderly. Prisoners must work without pay on prison farms, which produce most of the prison food. Almost 40 pct of the prisoners were convicted on [...]	2004-03-03 05:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINS PGOV SNAR SOCI VM CNARC CTERR HUMANR
04HANOI64	FAMILY PLANNING IN PRACTICE ALONG THE HCM HIGHWAY [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Reftel described Vietnam's new ordinance on family planning that went into effect on May 1, 2003, "encouraging" families of one or two children but highlighting individual choice. Under the revised national guidelines, no fines or administrative sanctions are to be [...]	2004-01-09 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR
04HANOI652	INPUT FOR 2004 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in reftel A follows, following the requested 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 children, but the [...]	2004-03-04 03:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI663	RECENT MAJOR DRUG CASES IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary. A recent large drug trial in Ho Chi Minh City concluded on February 26, with the People's Court handing down four death sentences, four life imprisonments, and other lengthy prison terms. 140 other suspects are to be tried at a later date. Other cases in Son La, Da Nang, and N [...]	2004-03-05 02:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC
04HANOI671	Vietnam Auto Taxes take their Toll on Manufacturers [...] (SBU) Summary: Increases in the Special Consumption Tax (SCT),VAT and import duties applied to cars manufactured from kits (CKDs) that went into effect January 1 are already negatively impacting the auto industry in Vietnam. Sales across the industry fell dramatically in January. Also, acc [...]	2004-03-05 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON VM
04HANOI682	REPORT ON DOE/STATE VISIT TO VAEC AND DALAT [...] SUMMARY: A DOE/State delegation participated in meetings in Hanoi and Dalat, Vietnam on February 10 and 12 to discuss with Vietnamese officials and reactor operators a U.S. proposal to ship fresh fuel assemblies containing HEU to Russia and to convert the Dalat Research Reactor to LEU fuel. [...]	2004-03-08 04:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG TRGY VM
04HANOI693	February 24 Repatriation Discussions [...] (U) Summary. A joint DOS/DHS delegation proffered a new approach to resolving the issue of the acceptance by Vietnam (GVN) of its nationals, based on the successful arrangement now in place with the Royal Cambodian Government (RGC). GVN officials agreed to review the new approach, but held t [...]	2004-03-09 05:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KJUS PREL CASC VM
04HANOI710	GVN UPDATES ON SITUATION FOR RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS [...] (SBU) Summary: During recent meetings in Hanoi with DRL/IRF's Dr. Will Inboden, Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials reiterated firmly that religious freedom already exists in Vietnam, but also noted progress on a new ordinance for religion, as well as new training classes on religion for loc [...]	2004-03-10 04:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI713	SALVAGE TALKS IN HCMC - NO U.S. SHIP, BUT PROGRESS [...] Summary. In expert-level U.S.-Vietnam talks regarding options for underwater recovery of Vietnam War-era MIAs, the GVN agreed "in principle" to U.S. technical suggestions, but stressed that underwater search and recovery operations would continue to be carried out on Vietnamese vessels only. [...]	2004-03-10 08:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL KPOW VM
04HANOI719	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN VIETNAM'S STOCK MARKET [...] (U) Summary. Econ Counselor met with State Securities Commission (SSC) Vice Chairman who spelled out his vision for expanding Vietnam's capital markets. The Vice Chairman confirmed the Prime Minister's recent decision to place the SSC directly under Ministry of Finance authority. DPM Vu Kh [...]	2004-03-10 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD VM FINREF
04HANOI729	NORTHERN CATHOLICS RELY ON TIES SOUTH, ABROAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Catholic Church remains strong in the northern provinces of Nam Dinh and Ninh Binh, the historic heartland of Catholicism in Vietnam. With government acceptance, the Church is expanding the number of clergy, renovating colonial-era churches, and planning new charitable pro [...]	2004-03-12 01:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI738	A/S TAYLOR DISCUSSES SECURITY AND COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting March 10 with visiting Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security Frank Taylor, Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong said he wanted to see closer cooperation between MPS and the Embassy, including formal communication channels for CT and [...]	2004-03-12 08:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER SNAR KCRM VM CTERR
04HANOI752	CONVICTION OF PHAM VAN TUONG AKA THICH TRI LUC [...] (U) In a brief trial on March 12, former Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) monk Pham Van Tuong (better known by his earlier religious name of Thich Tri Luc) was sentenced by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court to twenty months' imprisonment for "fleeing abroad with a view to opposing [...]	2004-03-15 07:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL CB VM
04HANOI821	Vietnam: MOT Affirms No MFN for U.S. Wines [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 16, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen asserted that textile agreements are outside the "WTO track" and exempt from MFN. He confirmed that the GVN believes it is not obligated to extend tariff reductions given to EU wines in the context [...]	2004-03-22 09:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON VM BTA WTO
04HANOI86	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES SEEK OFFICIAL REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jehovah's Witnesses maintain a small network of unregistered churches across Vietnam. In urban areas, they have developed working relationships with authorities that allow them to operate unofficially, although smaller congregations in rural areas report some harassment. [...]	2004-01-13 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PHUM VM RELFREE
04HANOI886	ICT REFORM: WILL REALITY MATCH ENCOURAGING WORDS? [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador David Gross, Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (CIP),came to Hanoi February 27 for discussions on Vietnam's telecom and ICT market. He met a Vice Minister of Posts and Telematics (MPT),a Vice President of Vietnam's state-owned telephone [...]	2004-03-29 06:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EINV VM IPROP WTO
04HANOI888	Vietnam: Textile Consultations in Hanoi [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: USTR Special Textile Negotiator David Spooner and Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary James Leonard led textile consultations with the GVN March 17-18. The discussions focused on whether Vietnam's textile quotas should be reduced, given a U.S. C [...]	2004-03-29 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KTEX VM
04HANOI90	9TH PARTY PLENUM ENDS WITHOUT A BANG [...] (SBU) Summary. With no real surprises, the 9th CPV plenum concluded with predictable calls for faster economic growth and integration as well as tougher campaigns against corruption. No major personnel shifts were announced (or apparently made),but four Central Committee members were cens [...]	2004-01-13 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON VM DPOL
04HANOI908	INFLUENCE ANALYSIS - VIETNAM [...] Per Reftel request, Post provides an Influence Analysis statement on Vietnam. 2. The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has a monopoly on political power. A hierarchy topped by the Politburo sets its policies. The decision-making process is opaque to most observers and usually slow. Input f [...]	2004-03-31 06:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP VM DPOL
04HANOI916	HUE POLICE RUN INTERFERENCE IN MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: A political reporting trip to Hue by Embassy poloff and congenoff was marred by police obstruction of attempted meetings with non-recognized religious figures. These unfortunately successful attempts at blocking access are more damaging to GVN credibility on religious freedom [...]	2004-04-01 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI920	U.S.-VIETNAM DRUG COOPERATION COULD STRENGTHEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: GVN Defense and Public Security Ministries, as well as the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),are "eager" to work on implementation of the new bilateral counternarcotics letter of agreement. Training and infrastructural assistance are high GVN priorities; all are interested i [...]	2004-04-02 00:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR EAID PREL VM CNARC
04HANOI923	JOINT RESEARCH ON HEALTH/ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF [...] (U) This is an action cable. Embassy recommends that the USG Agent Orange/Dioxin Interagency Working Group meet to review and discuss the contents of this cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: More than two years after the March 2002 signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to address joint r [...]	2004-04-02 01:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL TBIO VM
04HANOI956	DEPUTY AG MINISTERS GET OFF ON APPEAL [...] (U) Summary. The suspension of jail sentences of two former deputy Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) by the Hanoi Court of Appeals on April 5 will undermine public credibility in the GVN's determination to stem official corruption, even though the Court upheld the death [...]	2004-04-06 03:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM DPOL
04HANOI962	VFM BANG ON UPCOMING VISITS, HUMAN RIGHTS, SHIPS [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-06 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP PHUM MARR VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI980	Vietnam: Implementation of BTA Customs Obligation [...] (U) Summary: The GVN has taken significant steps toward implementing the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) obligation to adopt a system of customs valuation based on the transaction value of the imported merchandise, according to GATT standards. At this time, the GVN is applying t [...]	2004-04-08 07:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EAID PREL VM BTA
04HARARE1009	MDC QUIETLY CULTIVATING DOMESTIC ALLIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Discussions with MDC officials reveal continued hope within the party for the success of mass action and a broad alliance of civic groups. Discouraged by unsuccessful efforts in court and in recent elections, the party leadership plans to press the ruling party through mass actio [...]	2004-06-16 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE1018	POLITBURO MEMBER ON RULING PARTY INTENTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF Central Committee member Simba Makoni told the Ambassador on June 17 that GOZ efforts to reach out to the international community, including international financial institutions, were not a compelling priority for the ruling party. The party leadership would not accept [...]	2004-06-18 10:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE1021	NATIONALIZATION FALLOUT BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The public debate over GOZ plans to nationalize most productive farmland has begun. The initial policy announcement was only the first salvo. There appears to be a growing fissure within ZANU-PF over nationalization. End summary. 2. (SBU) Ostensibly correcting Land Minister J [...]	2004-06-21 06:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE1067	COSMETIC ELECTORAL REFORMS EMERGING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Electoral law changes proposed by the ruling party last week appear to be attempts to project a more level political playing field without jeopardizing the party's absolute grip on power in the run-up to next March's scheduled parliamentary elections. The proposals provide for [...]	2004-06-29 13:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE1083	A CONVERSATION WITH WELLINGTON CHIBEBE [...] (SBU) Summary: After attending the International Labor Organization (ILO) conference in Geneva, Wellington Chibebe, Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union's (ZCTU),talks about the ILO Conference, land nationalization, and wage negotiations. End summary. ILO CONFERENCE - [...]	2004-07-01 05:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI ZCTU
04HARARE1110	GA-GA FOR GONO [...] (SBU) Summary: During their visit to Harare, the Staff Delegation lunched with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono. The conversation touched upon the local economy and the international community, land nationalization, food security and recent food deals, electoral reform, and [...]	2004-07-06 12:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE1139	HOLDING ZIMBABWE ACCOUNTABLE FOR FOOD [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 08:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
04HARARE1147	HIGHLIGHTS / RESULTS REPORT: COMMUNITY BANKING [...] Description of Activity: PAS Harare hosted a one-hour TPC on Community Banking with Liz Kelderhouse, Community Officer for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Ms. Kelderhouse outlined the different models of Community Banks in the U.S. and how they strive to reach out to th [...]	2004-07-13 11:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO ZI
04HARARE1157	STAFFDEL VISIT ILLUMINATES ELECTION REFORMS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel comprised of Majority Professional Staffperson Joan Condon and Democratic Party Professional Staffperson Pearl-Alice Marsh of the House International Relations Committee and USAID Congressional Liaison Susan Williams met with a host of interlocutors during a June 29-Ju [...]	2004-07-15 05:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI VIP
04HARARE1179	GOVERNMENT PRESSES WOMEN'S ACTIVIST GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA),a group that demonstrates against human rights abuses and particularly against the Public Order and Security Act (POSA),are on trial for violating POSA. The trial was continued after two successive court dates in June for lack of a magi [...]	2004-07-19 08:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
04HARARE1197	ANOTHER OPPOSITION MP ARRESTED [...] (U) GOZ police arrested MDC MP for Glen Norah, Priscilla Misihairambwi - Mushonga on July 15. Misihairambwi was asked to present herself to the Law and Order section at Harare Central Police station at 9:30 am. Charged under the Miscellaneous Offences Act, she is accused of having breached the [...]	2004-07-20 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ZI MDC
04HARARE1201	OPPOSITION GIRDS FOR TREASON TRIAL VERDICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MDC is preparing for the possibility that its President, Morgan Tsvangirai, will be found guilt of treason in a verdict scheduled to be issued July 29. Tsvangirai told the Ambassador July 19 that the party woul SIPDIS boycott elections and not negotiate with the ruling part [...]	2004-07-20 16:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE1205	TREASON VERDICT REPORTEDLY DEFERRED [...] (SBU) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai's lawyers informed the Embassy July 20 that the High Court had advised them that day that judgment in Tsvangirai's treason trial would not be rendered July 29, as earlier expected. The court did not indicate a new date for the judgment's release or a reas [...]	2004-07-21 14:34:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE1206	LITTLE NEW IN MUGABE'S OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] (U) In his remarks opening the fifth and final session of the country's fifth parliament, President Mugabe projected familiar GOZ refrains: good harvests assured adequate food supplies into the next season; the nation's economy was recovering; ongoing land acquisitions would meet the populati [...]	2004-07-21 15:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ZI
04HARARE1210	WORKING WITH WILDLIFE [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, perspectives of the World Wildlife Fund differ from GOZ's National Parks and Wildlife Authority on the state of wildlife, conservancies, land nationalization, and the proposed Trans-Frontier Park. Despite National Parks' positive picture, the once exemplary wildlif [...]	2004-07-22 08:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE122	LESS VIOLENCE - BUT ZANU-PF STILL AHEAD IN RUN-UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MDC candidate in an upcoming by-election reported that the pre-election environment was less threatening than press reports describe. A Minister reiterated ZANU-PF's age-old theme that the West was responsible for Zimbabwe's problems at a rally for the ruling party candidat [...]	2004-01-22 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
04HARARE1224	LAWYERS ELABORATE ON TSVANGIRAI CASE [...] (C) Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's lawyers told the Embassy on July 22 that the court advised them that announcement of the verdict had been postponed until August, date to be determined. The reason given was that the assessors had requested full transcripts of the trial for further r [...]	2004-07-23 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
04HARARE124	TREASON TRIAL CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai's treason trial resumed in the High Court on January 19. The defense concluded its direct examination of Tsvangirai on January 22 and the case now moves to Tsvangirai's cross- examination by the prosecution. The trial will likely conclude [...]	2004-01-22 13:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI MDC
04HARARE1250	CRACKDOWN ON NGOS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Zimbabwe is putting the squeeze on non-governmental organizations. GOZ officials have said NGOs will be required to operate with the permission of provincial governments and in accordance with conditions set out in a proposed restrictive new NGO bill. The draft bi [...]	2004-07-26 15:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ZI
04HARARE1293	More fluff than focus from central bank [...] (U) Summary: In a speech more like a sermon than monetary review, Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono delivered his quarterly remarks yesterday. Unfortunately for most Zimbabweans suffering from the country's rapid economic decline, Gono failed to address underlying economic problems, suc [...]	2004-07-28 11:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1309	A TALE OF TWO VICTIMS [...] SUMMARY: Although the media only reports political violence occasionally, most often when it occurs against a prominent individual, Zimbabwe continues to suffer from a steady level of unreported violence that often is devastating to the victims. The opposition is unable to protect its people, [...]	2004-07-30 08:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI

04HARARE1313	ZIMBABWE AND THE SADC ELECTION AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A proliferation of meetings relating to election standards in the run-up to next month's scheduled SADC summit in part reflects Zimbabwean and regional efforts to lower domestic and international tensions associated with Zimbabwe's political crisis. Central to the effort are draf [...]	2004-07-30 10:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI

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